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One popular technology to accomplish these goals is a VPN (virtual private network). A VPN is a private network that uses a public network (usually the Internet) to connect remote sites or users together. The VPN uses "virtual" connections routed through the Internet from the business's private network to the remote site or employee. By using a VPN, businesses ensure security -- anyone intercepting the encrypted data can't read it.
The VPN server can be configured to use either Windows or RADIUS as an accounting provider. If Windows is selected as the accounting provider, the accounting information accumulates on the VPN server for later analysis. Logging options can be specified from the properties of the Local File or SQL Server objects in the Remote Access Logging folder in the Routing and Remote Access snap-in. If RADIUS is selected, RADIUS accounting messages are sent to the RADIUS server for accumulation and later analysis.
Now coming back to the recommendation – I am a big fan of ExpressVPN as personally I have never encountered an issue while downloading torrent with this premium fast VPN connection. I download 2-3 torrent files every week, and for me the German and Florida server works like a charm. I only see a drop of 10% in speed compared to what I get without a VPN, which is a fair reduction.
We have tested dozens of VPN providers in our quest to find the most reliable and fast secure VPNs. During our test, we found that a lot of VPN services falls short on the minimum speed benchmark requirements we have set. Hence we excluded them from our fastest VPN list. This doesn't mean that those VPNs are not good, but we aim to rank the ones that give top-notch VPN speed on the grounds of many factors. Below are the top 5 fast VPN providers that secured the position in our list of high-speed VPNs to use in 2018.
For VPN connections, however, IP datagrams sent across the Internet can arrive in a different order from the one in which they were sent, and a higher proportion of packets can be lost. Therefore, for VPN connections, MPPE changes the encryption key for each packet. The decryption of each packet is independent of the previous packet. MPPE includes a sequence number in the MPPE header. If packets are lost or arrive out of order, the encryption keys are changed relative to the sequence number.
When we test VPNs, we use the Ookla speed test tool. (Note that Ookla is owned by PCMag's publisher, Ziff Davis.) This test provides metrics for latency, download speeds, and upload speeds. Any one of these can be an important measurement depending on your needs, but we tend to view the download speed as the most important. After all, we live in an age of digital consumption.
Avast SecureLine VPN offers good overall performance and steady connections, and it was the best of the limited-feature services we tested in 2017. But at $80 per year for software installation on five devices, it's more expensive than any full-fledged VPN service that doesn't limit installations. A single Mac or PC license is $60, while iOS or Android licenses are $20 each.
Mobile VPNs are designed and optimized to ensure a seamless user experience when devices are switching networks or moving out of coverage. It generally has a smaller memory footprint, and because of that, it also requires less processing power than a traditional VPN. Therefore, it enables your applications to run faster while the battery pack is able to last longer.
NordVPN is a popular no logs VPN service based in Panama. It performed well in testing for the latest update to the NordVPN review and offers very competitive prices. While the speeds can be somewhat variable, the latest speed test results were good with the servers I tested. To improve speeds, NordVPN has added hundreds of servers to their network, so there is more bandwidth for users.
TunnelBear is designed for a very specific group of people: people who want a VPN service but don't want to mess around with configuration or become IT experts to make their connections more secure. And it caters brilliantly for that market, with a very straightforward interface and jargon-free writing. In truth, all of the VPN services these days do this but TunnelBear tries very hard to stand out. It's not for power users - there isn't much you can change - but with up to five simultaneous connections, servers across 20 countries and decent performance on US and Canadian websites. Longer connections can be slower, though: it's when the relatively small number of server locations makes itself obvious. There's a free version that limits you to 500MB of monthly traffic, and if you pay annually the price of the full version drops from $9.99 to $4.99 per month.
We asked TorGuard detailed questions about the company's internal policies and standards, just as we did with five other top-performing services. TorGuard CEO Benjamin Van Pelt answered all our questions, as he has done for other outlets multiple times since the company launched in 2012. Though TorGuard's answers weren't as in-depth as some other companies' responses, Van Pelt is a public figure who has been willing to talk about TorGuard's operations at length. In 2013, ArsTechnica got a close look at TorGuard's engineering and network management skills as the company rebuffed repeated attacks on its servers. Even though the company's marketing is wrought with overreaching claims about being "anonymous"—an inaccurate boast that makes some experts cringe—the technical and operational standards of the company are focused on protecting customer privacy. In one interview with Freedom Hacker, Van Pelt notes that if there were problems on a server, such as someone using it for spamming, the company couldn't restrict a single user. "Rules would be implemented in that specific server which would limit actions for everyone connected, not just one user. Since we have an obligation to provide fast, abuse free services, our team handles abuse reports per server – not per single user."
If you're of the iPhone persuasion, there are a few other caveats to consider for a mobile VPN. Some iPhone VPN apps don't use OpenVPN, even if the VPN service that made the app supports the protocol. That's because Apple requires additional vetting if a company wants to include OpenVPN with its app. VPN app developers have slowly started jumping through those extra hoops and are bringing support for protocols such as OpenVPN to iOS.
After the tunnel is established, data can be sent. The tunnel client or server uses a tunnel data transfer protocol to prepare the data for transfer. For example, when the tunnel client sends a payload to the tunnel server, the tunnel client first appends a tunnel data transfer protocol header to the payload. The client then sends the resulting encapsulated payload across the network, which routes it to the tunnel server. The tunnel server accepts the packets, removes the tunnel data transfer protocol header, and forwards the payload to the target network. Information sent between the tunnel server and the tunnel client behaves similarly.
If you're going to bother with a VPN, you should spend money on a good one—don't trust a free VPN. Security and privacy cost money, and if you aren't paying for them, the provider has an incentive to make money from marketers at your privacy's expense. Though price doesn't always equal quality, a few dollars a month more for a better experience is worth it for something you'll use on a regular basis.
To be fair, not all pay VPN services are legitimate, either. It's important to be careful who you choose. Over on ZDNet's sister site, CNET, I've put together an always up-to-date directory of quality VPN providers. To be fair, some are better than others (and that's reflected in their ratings). But all are legitimate companies that provide quality service.
If you're not looking to take advantage of its Channel Bonding functionality, users still benefit from a few tools designed to ensure users have a stable connection at all times. This includes its error correction algorithm that reduces packet loss and its automated, seamless network switching that acts as a failsafe should users step out of WiFi range or their primary connection fails.
Downloads took four times as long as they did without the VPN switched on, but even then, ProtonVPN was far from the worst among the nine free services we tested. You'll also be limited to VPN connections in only three countries, as opposed to the paid complement of 25, and you won't have access to ProtonVPN's "Secure Core" of super-hardened servers.
Given the aggressive pricing and marketing of other services that don't measure up to our picks, IVPN's most obvious downside may look like its price: At the time of this writing, the regular price for an annual IVPN subscription is $100 (about $8 per month). Promotions regularly bringing that down to $70 to $80 per year, but some services have regular pricing of half that. But you shouldn't pay for a VPN you can't trust, or one so slow or confusing that you avoid using it at all. We think IVPN's combination of trust, security, and performance is worth the price. But if it's too expensive for your needs, consider our budget pick instead.
If the VPN server is behind a firewall, packet filters must be configured for both an Internet interface and a perimeter network interface. In this scenario, the firewall is connected to the Internet, and the VPN server is an intranet resource that is connected to the perimeter network. The VPN server has an interface on both the perimeter network and the Internet.
Voluntary tunneling occurs when a client computer or routing server creates a virtual connection to the target tunnel server. To accomplish this, tunneling client software and the appropriate tunneling protocol must be installed on the client computer. For the protocols discussed in this technical reference, voluntary tunnels require an IP connection (either LAN or dial-up).
The practical uses for a VPN service are plentiful. Want to access a website that your ISP has blocked? A VPN puts that website just one click away. Want to access the US version of Netflix from the UK? Just set your VPN to a US location and you're there. Want to access porn without your ISP or your business knowing about it? Want to download torrents without being blocked by your ISP? It's easy.
A VPN is created by establishing a virtual point-to-point connection through the use of dedicated connections, virtual tunneling protocols, or traffic encryption. A VPN available from the public Internet can provide some of the benefits of a wide area network (WAN). From a user perspective, the resources available within the private network can be accessed remotely.[2]
Thankfully, there's a workaround for this problem. Instead of using the VPN app from the company from which you've purchased a subscription, you can download the standalone OpenVPN app. Open it, and you can enter your subscription information from the VPN company you've decided to work with. The OpenVPN app will then connect to the VPN company's servers using our preferred protocol.
Reliability and stability:Unlike other services in the market, VyprVPN.com has its own servers not included in the hiring of extra companies, which improves security and include it in the list of the most reliable VPN in the world. It is part of the company's policy, not to keep any type of customer data, both personal and navigation.The protocols used are those that give you greater security, encryption and speed to service, here you can find 4 alternatives, i.e. PPTP, L2TP / IPsec, OpenVPN and Chameleon.
NordVPN, for example, has well over 4,800 servers across the globe. If you live in the US, you're likely to find a nicely uncrowded server close by. The ubiquity of its servers also means you're likely to find a server nearby no matter where you travel. Private Internet Access and TorGuard are notable for being the only VPNs we've yet reviewed that have more than 3,000 servers.
Speed Test – The Internet is only as good as how fast it operates. I recently conducted a research where I tested 15 popular VPN providers for speed, using different servers in major countries. The speed you get on the Internet from a VPN is almost always lesser than what you would get without it. This is simply a result of the way VPNs work. However, the leading VPN services only cause a small reduction in VPN speeds, not more than 30% of your usual connection speed. Thus, speed is one of the main criteria I used to evaluate VPNs here.
Prices – PIA offers monthly, yearly, and two-year subscription plans. The two-year plan is the cheapest at $2.91/month. PIA is a personal favorite VPN of mine that falls in the cheap category because it is easy to trust this VPN. It does not make any exaggerated claims: everything about the VPN is transparent. Its reliance on physical servers only (which are far more costly than virtual servers) also makes it an appealing choice with its low-priced subscription.
Consumers use a private VPN service, also known as a VPN tunnel, to protect their online activity and identity. By using an anonymous VPN service, a user's Internet traffic and data remain encrypted, which prevents eavesdroppers from sniffing Internet activity. VPN services are especially useful when accessing public Wi-Fi hotspots because the public wireless services might not be secure. In addition to public Wi-Fi security, a private VPN service also provides consumers with uncensored Internet access and can help prevent data theft and unblock websites.
ProtonVPN offers both free and premium versions. It is remarkably fast for a free VPN and provides excellent security to boot. You can connect to your favorite servers in a matter of a few seconds. It rarely disconnects once the connection has been established and provides good stability. Although not as fast as the leading brands, it still beats dozens of other providers out there. You can read more about the provider in ProtonVPN review.
IPVanish is a top pick, especially for Kodi and torrenting, due to excellent speeds, zero logging and extensive privacy tools. It's ultra fast on local connections but less consistent internationally across a network that's mid-sized for locations but super-sized for servers and IP addresses. Netflix is working but iPlayer is currently blocked, which is a shame as it's otherwise fantastic for streaming.
iOS, once considered a strong, impregnable operating system, is becoming vulnerable to numerous cyber threats since last few years. Apple has recently confirmed that almost all of its products are affected by the Intel major bug; means any of your most sensitive information could potentially be read. The exact nature of the problem is still unclear, and so does the danger, there are some things we all can do.
Hi Douglas, I don't want you to publish my previous comment particularly, I'm not trying to attack their company, the comment was mainly for your information - given your comment about ease of use. I finally got it connecting after reinstalling both NordVPN and Avast, then adding exceptions, with all the previously mentioned config mods having been made. I installed the software on a Windows 10 machine, and it still required some mods, but was easier than Windows 7. cheers Nathan
Windscribe's network performance was once about average in our tests, but a recent switch in VPN protocols put it on par with Private Internet Access in head-to-head tests. Windscribe is compatible with many platforms (including routers and Amazon Fire and Kodi TV set-top boxes), offers a wide variety of connection options, has a wide geographic reach with hundreds of servers, and presents an appealing, if minimal, user interface.
Use IP packet filters on the VPN remote access policy profile to discard both inbound traffic on the VPN connection that has not been sent from the VPN client and outbound traffic that is not destined to the VPN client. The default remote access policy, named "Connections to Microsoft Routing and Remote Access server in Windows Server 2003" has these packet filters configured and enabled by default.
Speed should not be all you consider when shopping for a VPN. For one thing, your internet experience will almost certainly be faster without a VPN. For another, speeds depend so much on which server you use, where you are, what your network environment is like, and so on. You might find that the service that's lightning fast today is dog slow tomorrow.
Mullvad is not that easy to use, with a bare-bones desktop interface and, unlike every other VPN service we've reviewed, no mobile client apps. (You do get instructions on how to manually set up OpenVPN apps.) This service's network speeds were far from great in our tests, and it's fairly expensive, with no discount for paying yearly instead of monthly.
Finally, read the fine print to see if they restrict any protocols or services you wish to use the service for. If you want to use the service for file sharing, read the fine print to ensure your file sharing service isn't blocked. Again, while it was typical to see VPN providers restrict services back in the day (in an effort to cut down on bandwidth and computing overhead) it's more common today to find VPNs with an anything-goes policy.
Instead of logically tying the endpoint of the network tunnel to the physical IP address, each tunnel is bound to a permanently associated IP address at the device. The mobile VPN software handles the necessary network-authentication and maintains the network sessions in a manner transparent to the application and to the user.[30] The Host Identity Protocol (HIP), under study by the Internet Engineering Task Force, is designed[by whom?] to support mobility of hosts by separating the role of IP addresses for host identification from their locator functionality in an IP network. With HIP a mobile host maintains its logical connections established via the host identity identifier while associating with different IP addresses when roaming between access networks.
There's currently only one scenario where you would entertain using L2TP/IPsec instead of OpenVPN and that's for mobile devices like iOS and Android phones. Currently neither Android nor iOS supports native OpenVPN (although there is third-party support for it). Both mobile operating systems do, however, support L2TP/Ipsec natively and, as such, it's a useful alternative.
Our next pick for best VPN of 2018 is IPVanish. The service permits torrenting and throws in a free Smart DNS service for all customers. The biggest downside is that it's based in the US —not an ideal location since the NSA is notorious for its intensive and often illegal surveillance. To combat this, IPVanish doesn't keep logs and does provide DNS leak protection. Despite being a little stripped-down, works very well.
Hi Sandra. I just gave VyprVPN a go and didn't have any problems running the iPlayer. Try clearing your cache and cookies (you only need to clear all BBC and iPlayer related ones if you don't want to clear them all) and run in an Incognito/Private browser window. That may fix it. Alternatively, it's possible you just got unlucky and were assigned an IP blacklisted by the BBC.
Some VPNs offer great service or pricing but little to no insight into who exactly is handling them. We considered feedback from security experts, including the information security team at The New York Times (parent company of Wirecutter), about whether you could trust even the most appealing VPN if the company wasn't willing to disclose who stood behind it. After careful consideration, we decided we'd rather give up other positives—like faster speeds or extra convenience features—if it meant knowing who led or owned the company providing our connections. Given the explosion of companies offering VPN services and the trivial nature of setting one up as a scam, having a public-facing leadership team—especially one with a long history of actively fighting for online privacy and security—is the most concrete way a company can build trust.
Initially, the routing table for each router includes only the networks that are physically connected. A RIP router periodically sends announcements that contain its routing table entries to inform other local RIP routers of the networks it can reach. RIP version 1 uses IP broadcast packets for its announcements. RIP version 2 can use multicast or broadcast packets for its announcements.
When choosing your VPN, do your research and mind the legal aspects. Countries like Germany, France or Japan are cracking down on copyright infringement, while the members of the 14 Eyes treaty have draconian data retention laws and extensive surveillance. So, if you're looking to maximize your privacy, you might want to avoid connecting to servers in those countries.
Whether the VPNs you're familiar with are the ones offered by your school or business to help you work or stay connected when you're traveling or the ones you pay to get you watch your favorite shows in another country as they air, they're all doing the same thing. For much more detail on what VPNs are, how they work, and how they're used, check out this How Stuff Works article.
Two networks can be connected over an intranet using a site-to-site VPN connection. This type of VPN connection might be necessary, for example, for two departments in separate locations, whose data is highly sensitive, to communicate with each other. For instance, the finance department might need to communicate with the human resources department to exchange payroll information.
Layer Two Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) is a combination of PPTP and Layer 2 Forwarding (L2F), a technology developed by Cisco Systems, Inc. Rather than having two incompatible tunneling protocols competing in the marketplace and causing customer confusion, the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) mandated that the two technologies be combined into a single tunneling protocol that represents the best features of PPTP and L2F. L2TP is described in RFC 2661 in the IETF RFC Database.
TorGuard's signup and payment process is also fine but not stellar. Compared with that of IVPN, the checkout process is clunky, and using a credit or debit card requires entering more personal information than with our top pick. The easiest option for anonymous payments is a prepaid debit card bought locally. Otherwise, like most providers, TorGuard accepts a variety of cryptocurrencies, PayPal, and foreign payments through Paymentwall. That last service also allows you to submit payment through gift cards from other major retailers. We don't think this method is worth the hassle for most people, but if you have some money on a fast-food gift card you don't want, turning it into a VPN service is a nice option.
Hotspot Shield depends on a custom VPN protocol that's not been publicly analyzed by independent experts. We don't know how private or secure it really is. The company has been accused of spying on users (it denies the allegations), and complaints abound online about Hotspot Shield software installing on PCs without users' permission. All this, and the company's U.S. location, may scare away customers who want to protect their privacy.
If HTTP browsing is a postcard that anyone can read as it travels along, HTTPS (HTTP Secure) is a sealed letter that gives up only where it's going. For example, before Wirecutter implemented HTTPS, your traffic could reveal the exact page you visited (such as http://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-portable-vaporizer/) and its content to the owner of the Wi-Fi network, your network administrator, or your ISP. But if you visit that same page today—our website now uses HTTPS—those parties would see only the domain (https://thewirecutter.com). The downside is that HTTPS has to be implemented by the website operator. Sites that deal with banking or shopping have been using these types of secure connections for a long time to protect financial data, and in the past few years, many major news and information sites, including Wirecutter and the site of our parent company, The New York Times, have implemented it as well.
Yet Mullvad is worth a look because it's extremely private and secure. It asks nothing about you when you sign up. Instead, it assigns you a random number that will be your combined username and password. You don't have to provide an email address, and you can pay by mailing cash to the company's headquarters in Sweden. (Mullvad also takes credit cards, PayPal, bitcoin and wire transfers.)
In conjunction with information security experts at The New York Times (parent company of Wirecutter), we reached out to our finalists with questions about their internal security practices. We asked how they handled internal security access, how they communicated securely with customers, in what ways they collected reports on security bugs, and of course whether their statements on logging policies matched their marketing and privacy policies. We also considered which companies had public-facing leadership or ownership, and which ones openly supported projects and organizations that promoted Internet security and privacy. (For a full breakdown of trust and VPNs, check out the section above.)
CyberGhost gives Mullvad some stiff competition in the speed department, especially for locations in North America and Europe. It does a good job protecting user anonymity, too—requiring no identifying information and using a third-party service for payment processing—albeit not to the same degree as Mullvad. Add to that CyberGhost's unique, easy-to-use interface, good price, and streaming unblocking (although not for Netflix), and this VPN is a solid choice. (See our full review of CyberGhost.)
I had to know why Goose VPN was so named. My first order of business was to reach out to the company's co-founder and ask. Geese, I was told, make excellent guard animals. There are records of guard geese giving the alarm in ancient Rome when the Gauls attacked. Geese have been used to guard a US Air Defense Command base in Germany and a brewery in Scotland.


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RV 10 Willpower
RV 10 Lifestyle
RV 20 Repute
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Danger Sense (a): one of the psionic abilities that Airborne has demonstrated is the ability to sense whether or not he - or people he feels a strong bond to - are in immediate or imminent danger. While using this power (it is not automatic), Airborne can get an advanced notice of direct or potential danger to himself or his comrades up to thirty seconds before it manifests. This is a rank value 30 power.
Nonapparent Vision (t): in addition to being able to sense danger in the environment around him or his friends, Airborne is rumored to have the so-called 'far-seeing look'. Of course, this is no mere rumor, and that's not just because of the way Airborne seems to be looking through you all the time. He can use this psipathic talent to dispel illusions, should he believe something is such, with rank value 30 ability.
Telelocation (s): Airborne has also shown that he has the ability to 'tune in' to the general location of people or things. When attempting to get a fix on something he's very familiar with, Airborne need only make a red power ACTION. Blue ACTIONs are required for less familiar things, and yellow ACTIONs are required when tracking an object that he's only been seen or handled once. This is a rank value 30 power.
Assault Rifle: Airborne's trusty firearm, this modified M-16 rifle can be fired in combat to inflict rank value 10 Piercing damage in a semi-automatic burst, rank value 20 Piercing damage in a fully automatic hail of lead. This gun also has a convenient bayonet mounted on the front, one that can be used by Airborne in a pinch (i.e., sudden melee) to inflict rank value 6 Slashing damage.
Colt M1911A1 Pistol: should Airborne find himself in extended combat, and expend all the ammunition he's carrying for his assault rifle, he also carries a backup piece, one he holsters on his right leg. This standard issue military firearm can be fired to inflict rank value 6 Piercing damage (+1 RS semi-auto), and has a magazine that can be accessed eight times before it needs to be swapped out.
Grenade: like most of the Joes, Airborne carries at least one grenade on his person at all times, allowing him to blow up something really big should Cobra throw it at him. This grenade, most likely fragmentary in nature, can be thrown at a target to inflict rank value 30 Slashing damage to it, as well as every other exposed person and object within the target area.
Helmet: since he jumps out of airplanes for a living, Airborne can use all the protective gear he can get his hands on. This headgear only offers him rank value 10 protection against physical attacks, which does nonetheless give Airborne a chance of survival in the event of a head shot. Furthermore, the attached goggles provides him rank value 6 screened senses (sight) while he wears them.
Knife: in the event that he's got to cut his parachute straps in an emergency, or should he have to fight an opponent without the benefit of his guns, Airborne always carries a blade with him, usually strapped onto his vest. He can use this serrated blade to inflict rank value 6 Armor Piercing Slashing damage with each deadly strike, or he can cut through items of up to material value 40.
Parachute: being a paratrooper, Airborne naturally has a parachute on his person while he's on missions - this is because he's usually assisting in the execution of an airborne combat mission. When he's falling through the sky, Airborne can open the 'chute to break his fall, reducing the speed of his descent to three sectors per turn - assuming it has proper time to open.
Aerial Combat: Airborne's primary claim to fame, this skill represents his ability to effectively battle the forces of evil while in the air, whether he is a gunner in a helicopter, piloting a glider, or even parachuting in on a foe from above. While fighting in the air, Airborne gains a +1 RS on any combat ACTION that he must roll, whether it be based on his Melee or Coordination trait.
Guns: one of Airborne's essential Army-given skills is his ability to competently wield a gun or rifle in battle, whether it be a standard, semi-automatic, or fully automatic weapon. While firing a pistol or rifle, Airborne may do so as though his Coordination trait was +1 RS in value. Naturally, this bonus is cumulative with those that are offered by the above skill, making him a demon combatant in the skies.
Law: before he actually signed up with the Army, Airborne went to college at Arizona State, where he studied law for years. He managed to pass the Arizona Bar exam, though he doesn't actually practice law right now; he IS a Joe, after all. While he doesn't use this skill actively, Airborne does make any law-based Intellect ACTIONs (including legal actions) at +1 RS.
Martial Arts style B: another of Airborne's required combat skills is his basic training in hand-to-hand fighting. Whenever he's engaging in unarmed melee combat, whether he's throwing punches, dealing out kicks, flinging head-butts, or even perpetrating knee or elbow smashes, Airborne does so as though his Melee trait was +1 RS in value (and he dodges such attacks with a similar bonus).
Piloting: in addition to being a competent aerial combatant, Airborne is also quite good at operating aircraft all by his lonesome. While he does excel in regards to being a pilot's assistant, gunner, etc..., he has the ability to fly various air vehicles, such as helicopters and gliders, with ease. When he does so, Airborne makes all applicable Coordination or Handling ACTIONs at +1 RS.
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Tech's most unique positions: From AI-created art curator to microbiome scientist
Israel's diverse and imaginative tech environment created rare opportunities for non-tech professionals. Animators, musicians and scientists find themselves in places they could have never imagined
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JoyTunes
BreezoMeter
ART AI
SciPlay
DayTwo
Ramon.Space
Startups that work in different realms such as climate, gaming, or music need development workers with distinctive expertise, and often that set of skills is not technological. Thus, unique employment opportunities sometimes come along for people from diverse professionals or academic backgrounds such as animation, art, or research. Below are a few examples of these uncommon professions that exist in Israeli high-tech today.
Atmospheric science specialist
Dr. Yvonne Boose is an atmospheric science specialist at BreezoMeter, a startup that developed air pollution monitoring technology. Boose is responsible for the entire scientific side of climate data collecting focusing on air quality, pollination, and fires. After earning her Phd. in Switzerland followed by a period working for the German Space Agency she moved to Israel, searching for a career step where she could have an impact and meaning, and will combine fascinating academic research with real world results. Together with BreezoMeter's research team, Boose develops models for predicting air pollution, air pollination that causes allergies, and fire locations.
Dr. Yvonne Boose Photo: Roni Mendelson
"In our day-to-day work and research, we integrate and analyze information from a wide range of sources such as terrestrial measurement, satellites, regional and global models, and machine learning algorithms, for the purposes of real-time data accuracy and validation and future forecasts. Applying our research brings new insights on the changes of our planet and ultimately offers new information that can help keep people healthy," she says.
Space computing development engineer
"As a development engineer at Ramon.Space, I face challenges outside this world. In my work, I collaborate with local and international academics from a variety of fields related to space, from space radiation research to materials science to face the challenging outer space environment the company's products need to function in, "says Zeev Maister, a space computing development engineer and team leader at Ramon.Space, a company that develops technologies for space industries.
Raon.Space lab Photo: Ramon.Space
He describes a unique work environment as the components he builds have to withstand extreme environmental conditions in space. "I perform fascinating experiments using advanced particle accelerators all over the world to simulate the space environment. Other engineers and I use advanced simulation tools to evaluate the impact of the environment in space on the products, and we participate in discussion groups of researchers from around the world to learn and teach about the environment in space."
Oded Essner introduces himself as a musician at JoyTunes. He says he is a member of the 'piano tribe' in the company and within it, of the team responsible for retention. "We are not only musicians on the team. There is Ayalon, another musician, and there are other members of the team who come from various disciplines - development, data, product, design, and more."
Essner explains that some of his responsibilities are musical in nature. "The work includes things directly related to being a musician and music teacher, creating piano lessons, delivering live Facebook sessions, writing musical arrangements, writing music and exercises, but that's just part of the job," he said, emphasizing the importance of working as a team.
Oded Essner Photo: JoyTunes
"It is the communication between the members that drives most of the processes. Analyzing a lot of data helps us, as musicians, to better understand the difficulties and desires of our users, and build the tools to help them progress. The development team is also an integral part of creating the courses, and their ability to understand our musical needs is truly exceptional and critical to creating appropriate pedagogical tools. For our product people, we are the musical eyes, and together, with a great deal of trust, we succeed in creating a product that is an app but also an educational tool."
When describing his day-to-day work, Essner gives a long list of different tasks he could be doing. "Sometimes we have to produce courses, sometimes we just have to think together with the whole team about what next thing we need to do to give our students real value, sometimes we shoot tutorial videos, sometimes I produce sounds for the in-app animations. My academic training is generally in the field of the Hebrew language, but even there, in the humanities, there is a lot of practice with data and building a concept based on it."
AI-created art curator
Adi Avidani is the art curator of ART AI, the technology company behind the art gallery artaigallery.com, whose art was created by artificial intelligence. As an artist, sculptor, and avid technology enthusiast, Adi is the function that oversees the quality of the paintings created by the AI, and curates them.
Adi Avidani Photo: ART AI
Apart from the artistic aspect, Avidani is also responsible for monitoring the products' processes. She is the human factor that connects the computerized art and people behind the algorithms. Avidani passes her input, aiming at improving future generations of paintings.
Gaming animator
Shahaf Vorman, who has been with social gaming company SciPlay for eight years, has a particularly fascinating role. He breathes life into the characters, backdrops, and various elements in a game, in fact, into everything that moves on screen.
Shahaf Vorman Photo: SciPly
As an animator, Shahaf gets the ready-made designs which he edits and prepares to fit the animation he designed, and eventually, animates them. He creates smooth transitions between the various elements, draws the player's attention towards the desired object or location, and in many ways, he pours the joy into the gaming experience.
As an experienced animator, Shahaf makes sure to keep up with all the updates and upgrades in the software with which he works, taking into account the game plans.
Microbiome scientist
Dr. Yossi Cohen, a microbiome scientist at the startup company DayTwo, joined his workplace after earning his doctorate from the Hebrew University. "I heard talks within the scientific community about the research that brought this company to be, it sounded interesting because it touched on areas close to my research, as well as investigating the links between the microbiome, diseases, and nutrition, which are the most influential factors on the composition of bacterial populations in our bowel.
Dr. Yossi Cohen Photo: DayTwo
"In recent years, this triangular relationship has been established as a factor that has contributed greatly to the outbreak of a variety of diseases. I approached the company while I was writing my thesis even though I had not previously focused on the human bowel microbiome, I was hired and started working within the research team," Cohen says.
Cohen emphasized that while his main goal has been his research, his role has many "byproducts" that broaden his horizons. "During my Ph.D., I was exposed to a lot of research methods and a lot of computational methods and took them further into my day-to-day work. The aim of our main research is to develop additional products based on the microbiome and its connection to various diseases as well as continuous research support for the existing products used to balance blood sugar levels. As part of my role, I explain the deep science in which the company is involved to the company's investors and customers. "
Cohen also works with the company's laboratory and Prof. Eran Segal's laboratory at the Weizmann Institute to design clinical trials for the company. In addition, together with the data science team, they write code that is used internally for research and construction purposes of machine-based models.


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21 examples of Michael Jordan's insane competitiveness
Tony Manfred and Scott Davis
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Michael Jordan's competitiveness is as legendary as his career.
Jordan was known as one of the fiercest competitors in the NBA, unafraid to talk trash and mix it up with other players.
However, that competitiveness extended beyond the court. He was known to be ruthless in golf and would look to make everything a competition — even drinking water.
Here are 21 examples of Jordan's insane competitiveness.
Actor Will Smith said he's never met anyone as competitive as MJ.
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"Mike will compete with anything, though. If we're drinking water, Mike will be like, 'I'll race you!'"
Source: Jimmy Kimmel Live
He trashed all his doubters in his Hall of Fame induction speech, saying of former Bulls GM Jerry Krause: "I don't know who invited him … I didn't."
Stephan Savoia/AP
Watch the video here >
He punched former Bulls teammate Steve Kerr in the face during a scrimmage.
Kerr said he talked back to MJ during training camp, and then:
"He punched me in the face … It was one of the best things that ever happened for me. I needed to stand up and go back at him. I think I earned some respect. But, we have a great relationship ever since … you gotta prove it, and then once you prove it, you're fine."
Source: Dan Patrick Show
He played through the flu and scored 38 points.
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It was the pivotal game of the 1997 NBA Finals. Jordan had a nasty flu, but he dropped 38 points and the Bulls won. They won the series two days later.
He allegedly ruined Rodney McCray's career by dominating him in $100 post-practice shooting games.
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ESPN's Rick Reilly says he witnessed Jordan eviscerate McCray in practice in 1993.
A source told him: "MJ is in Rodney's face, screaming, 'You're a loser! You've always been a loser!' Rodney can hardly put up a jumper now."
He psyched out the Washington Bullets in the playoffs by smoking cigars before games.
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From NBA star Chris Webber told Dan Patrick that Jordan walked into the Bullets locker room with a cigar and asked, "Who's going to check me tonight?"
Later on in the series, the team went back to Chicago. When the Bullets got off the bus, Jordan and Scottie Pippen were in a car, smoking cigars together.
"We get off the bus and we have to pass them with a lit cigar," Webber said.
"You want to talk about posturing? Forget Phil Jackson. You got Michael Jordan there behind the scenes smoking a cigar before the game, letting us know that he's the Red Auerbach before the game even started."
Source: Bleacher Report/Dan Patrick Show
He allegedly broke the jumpshot of former NBA point guard Muggsy Bogues with one sentence of trash talk.
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From Deadspin:
"On the biggest possession of the game, Mugsy had the ball with the Hornets down 1. Jordan backed off of him and told him: 'shoot it you f---ing midget.' Mugsy shot it, didn't come close. A year later Mugsy actually told Johnny Bach that he believes that single play ruined his career. His shot never recovered."
Kobe Bryant, whose competitiveness and overall game has been likened to Jordan's, said Jordan once tried to trash talk him during a friendly dinner.
Brian Bahr/AP
Jordan said that at his peak, in 1991, he would have beaten Bryant at his peak. Bryant said he politely steered the conversation elsewhere.
He destroyed O.J. Mayo, then a top high school prospect, in a pickup game at age 43.
Watch the whole thing here >
He played a Bobcats player one-on-one in 2013, and had to get treatment from the trainer the next day.
Source: ESPN
He made a $500 bet with a fan that he could hit the green at a charity golf event in 2011, and won.
Charles Barkley said Jordan used to bet "hundreds of thousands" of dollars on golf matches.
John Swart/AP
Read more: Charles Barkley says Michael Jordan used to wager 'hundreds of thousands of dollars' on rounds of golf >
He forced Dream Team coach Chuck Daly to play him in golf by pounding on his hotel room door.
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Rick Reilly reported that Jordan lost to Daly in golf in Monte Carlo. The next morning, he pounded on Daly's door at their hotel until Daly finally agreed to go play him again. Jordan won.
Source: Sports Illustrated
At age 50, he made it a goal to lose 45 pounds to get down to his playing weight of 218.
He used to never lose arguments.
Jordan told ESPN's Wright Thompson that his then-fiancee (now wife) Yvette pressured him into driving seven hours so she could see where he grew up. He said that would have never happened 10 years ago:
"It's amazing what women can talk you into doing. Make you change. Ten years ago, we'd have been arguing all f---ing day. I would've won. This time, this stage where I am, you win. That's progress."
He led a group of hard-line NBA owners who refused to budge during the lockout in 2011.
Chuck Burton/AP
Source: New York Times
He once trash-talked Bill Clinton on the golf course.
They two were playing golf together when MJ forced the former president to play from the farthest-away tees.
"You're going to play from the little girls' tees?" Jordan asked him.
Source: Wall Street Journal
He continually cheated Scottie Pippen out of money by betting on pre-recorded races.
From ESPN's Amin Elhassan:
"[Jordan] would show up really early to get his shots up on gameday. If you show up to an arena early enough, you'll see the gamehouse people basically doing a dry run through everything. Everything from the national anthem to the … One of the things they have is that thing where it's like the three Bulls flying, and it's like 'Who's gonna win?' So Mike is watching this and is like, 'Oh, so you guys already know [who's going to win]?' And the guy says, 'Yeah we know; it's all pre-recorded.' [Jordan says] 'So you know who's gonna win tonight, right?' And he says, 'Yeah, the red one.'
"Fast-forward to the game. Timeout. Phil is drawing up a play. Mike goes to Scottie and says, 'Hundred bucks the red one wins.' And then proceeds to do this for the rest of the season and Scottie never catches on."
He had final say on who made the Dream Team.
In his book "Dream Team," author Jack McCallum hinted that no one was allowed on the team unless Jordan wanted him on the team.
Magic Johnson even echoed the sentiment, telling McCallum: "Michael was all about who was going to be on the team. It was more important ... no, make that just as important, for Michael to have a good time as it was to play games."
Read the full story here >
He once told Shaq exactly what he was going to do against his teammate, and it worked.
Shaquille O'Neal says Jordan told him:
"I'm coming down. I'm going to dribble it between my legs twice. I'm going to pump fake, and then I'm going to shoot a jumper. And then I'm going to look at you. And that's exactly what he did."
Magic Johnson said he once trash-talked Jordan during a practice with the Dream Team and lived to regret it.
Susan Ragan/AP
Johnson told Jimmy Kimmel that his team was beating Jordan's in a scrimmage, and Johnson told Jordan, "If you don't turn into Air Jordan, we're going to blow you out today."
Jordan proceeded to lead his team to a comeback, hitting consecutive three-pointers and staring down Johnson. The coup de grace was a 360 dunk around David Robinson that blew Johnson away.
Read more: Magic Johnson has a fantastic story about paying the price for trash-talking Michael Jordan >
Now check out what happened to the players in one of the most famous drafts in NBA history...
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW? The players from LeBron James' legendary 2003 NBA Draft >
More: NBA Features Michael Jordan


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Home : Magazine : The Bicycle Hotel & Casino Vol. 33, No. 24 : The Slippery Slope Into Cheating
The Slippery Slope Into Cheating
by Gavin Griffin | Published: Nov 18, 2020
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It seems as though it's been about 30 years, but somehow, we're only a year removed from the first accusations of cheating against Mike Postle, a poker player who won six-figures in a low-stakes, live streamed, Sacramento cash game. The story completely took over the poker world for several weeks, and has been revived with updates throughout the year. Well-known poker players and personalities combed through live-streamed hand histories to gather evidence, and even ESPN was ran segments on SportsCenter about it.
It was the talk of the live poker scene. Almost everyone in the poker room I was in was discussing it, sharing theories about what happened, who was involved, and how it was allegedly done. In June of this year, the court case against Stones Gambling Hall and its tournament director Justin Kuraitis was dismissed. Now, Postle is suing many in the poker community for defamation, libel, and some other things I don't quite understand.
I'm not here to discuss whether Mike Postle cheated or not. I think that has been discussed ad nauseam and there's an overwhelming consensus in the poker community. If you'd like to read more about that, there are plenty of articles about the situation on CardPlayer.com.
In this column, however, I want to share why I believe that not all cheating is equal. This is the story of how I found myself sliding into cheating, and why I stopped.
Back in the early days of online poker, when partypoker was still operating in the U.S., there were a lot of skins for the software. Skins use the same underlying software, but with a different look. Back then, anyone could be an affiliate for one of these skins. When I told people that I played poker online, many offered me an affiliate code and some bonuses or rakeback.
This is how I found myself with four accounts on Empire Poker, one of the partypoker skins. The site and their skins would only allow you to play four tables at a time, but the games on there were way too good for me to limit myself to four, so I started some new accounts.
No big deal, as far as I was concerned, as almost everyone I knew that played online at that time had more than one account. Some people even had naming conventions that made it obvious that all the accounts belonged to the same person. (PokerGuy1, PokerGuy2, PokerGuy3, etc.) There were locks on having more than one account from the same IP address in a cash game or single-table tournament (STT), so I couldn't play those accounts in the same games.
Then they started offering multi-table tournaments (MTT) that had an overlay almost every week. I played them with my main account, while I played STTs with my others. It still didn't feel like I was doing anything wrong.
I entered two of my accounts into the MTT one week, and it still didn't hit me that I was doing anything wrong. After all, those accounts weren't playing at the same table, so it wasn't that big of a deal in my eyes. In fact, when some others in the community were busted for multi-accounting in 2006 on PokerStars and partypoker, I remember thinking to myself that it had been standard practice only the previous year.
As was probably inevitable in a tournament that soft and small, one day I made the final table with two of my accounts. I tried to play in such a way that I wasn't cheating, but it was impossible. It was at this point that I realized how big of an advantage I was gaining, and that it was something I needed to stop doing. I had been cheating, and I had kind of slid into it by continually excusing myself for things that, when looking back on it, were at least against the site's Terms of Service and probably morally wrong. I could argue to myself that everyone I knew was doing it, or that it didn't matter if I didn't play at the same table with two of my accounts, but with some distance, it's clear that what I was doing was wrong and there's not really a good excuse for choosing to do so.
I'm not saying any of this to excuse the allegations against Mike Postle. Clearly, using the information of everyone's hole cards to beat them in a poker game is something that every single person, whether they understand the game of poker well or not, should know is absolutely wrong. But I wanted to show that not all cheating comes from nefarious beginnings.
When I opened four accounts on one skin, I was doing so to be able to play more of the STTs that were being offered, because it was like printing money for me. This eventually led to me doing something I justified to myself as okay, but later realized to be morally wrong.
The difference between a capital-C cheater and someone who cheats, I think lies in the ability to be self-reflective, realize what you're doing is wrong, make amends if they are required, and then change the behavior. We can hopefully learn from our mistakes, and the mistakes of others, and through that learning we can get better as poker players and as people. ♠
Gavin Griffin was the first poker player to capture a World Series of Poker, European Poker Tour and World Poker Tour title and has amassed nearly $5 million in lifetime tournament winnings. Griffin is sponsored by HeroPoker.com. You can follow him on Twitter @NHGG
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Dr. Isa Ibrahim Pantami, the director-general of National Information and Technology Development Agency (NITDA), spoke about fully implementing e-Government and accurate deployment of ICT tools to slash the cost of governance, improve national economic growth, enhance access and quality of services as well as render public agencies more transparent and accountable. Dr. Pantami made the contention while speaking at a stakeholders' engagement on Nigeria e-Government Interoperability Framework (Ne-GIF) organized by NITDA in Abuja, on Tuesday.
He stated; ''We recognize the enormity of the responsibilities placed on the Agency as well as the possibilities of IT or e-Government as a development resource for achieving socio-economic transformation. ''e-Government and ICT tools can among other things, cut down the cost of governance, improve national economic growth; enhance access and quality of services as well as render public agencies more transparent and accountable. ''Accordingly, at this information age, going digital for any government is the optimal route to attain Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). ''When all governance processes are integrated, you do not need personal contact or see somebody because he treats whatever you apply for. ''It will help eliminate corruption. Without accountability, and transparency, we can't fight corruption.'' He added that NITDA is dedicated to changing the narrative by working side by side with stakeholders to remove existing barriers caused by archived deployment of IT solutions in the Ministries, Departments and Agencies of government, resulting to the need for the stakeholders' forum to review the e-Government Interoperability Framework (Ne-GIF) for effective service delivery.
According to him; ''The barriers have made information sharing a nightmare among MDAs. It is an obvious fact that applying information technology (IT) for governance holds tremendous potential to improve the way governments deliver public services. ''It is worthy to note that seamless exchange of Information between various MDAs' IT infrastructure and applications is critical to cross-portfolio service delivery and public service transformation. Section 6c of the NITDA Act, 2007 empowers the agency to develop guidelines for electronic governance and monitor the use of electronic data interchange and other forms of electronic communication transactions as an alternative to paper-based methods in all sectors of the economy, where the use of electronic communication may improve the exchange of data and information. He listed Treasury Single Account (TSA), Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System (IPPIS), Government Information Financial Management Information System (GIFMIS), Bank Verification Number (BVN), e-Taxation, e-passport, e-wallet for farmers among others.
'We think there is need to come up with a framework. Many nations have their own framework, but Nigeria is yet to have one. It is better than never. ''The Ne-GIF is expected to provide tools, specifications and recommendations that are based on Standards for supporting MDAs in undertaking interoperability of e-government solutions for the provision of cross-portfolio services. ''Leveraging on ICT to ensure seamless information exchange is a prerequisite to achieving ERGP objectives, Sustainable Development Goals by United Nations and attaining our desired Government Digital Transformation Agenda. We need to build capacity and ensure the right leadership is provided across MDAs,'' said Dr. Pantami.
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Miranda, the narrator of Rebecca Stead's When You Reach Me is a twelve-year-old latchkey child who lives with her single mother in New York city. Stead begins by quoting Albert Einstein, who wrote: 'The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious.' Then the story's opening intrigues as it informs us that Mira's mother has been accepted as a contestant on The $20,000 Pyramid TV show - and that this was predicted in mysterious notes Mira has been receiving.
Mira likes her mother's lawyer boyfriend Richard. Mom calls him Mr. Perfect, but is reluctant to give him his own key to their shoddy apartment. Mom wants to become a criminal defense lawyer but circumstances force her to work as a paralegal at Richard's small law office. Mira is unhappy because Sal, her best friend since childhood, recently rejected her after being bullied on their way home from school - now she has to walk alone past the crazy laughing man on the corner.
Mira's life begins to change. She becomes close to Annemarie, whose own friendship with Julia has grown rocky. She also befriends Marcus, the boy who punched Sal, and learns why he did it. She begins to see many of the people around her differently and to understand them better. Then Mira starts to receive the mysterious notes (that predict future events and ask her to write an important letter) and there are other odd happenings. Will she act as requested? What will happen if she doesn't?
The story evolves to show Mira maturing from a typically self-centered sixth grader into a more thoughtful person, who solves the mystery with which she's been presented - and ties all loose threads together for readers - in time to save someone she deeply cares about. When You Reach Me is an intriguing and engaging read.


A sprain to the first metatarsophalangeal(MTP) joint , otherwise known as a 'Turf Toe' or 'death toe' , is a common injury in athletes in which the plantar capsule and the ligament of first metatarsophalangeal joint is damaged.
The power to move the MTP joint is provided by both intrinsic (flexor hallucis brevis, extensor hallucis brevis, abductor hallucis, adductor hallucis) and extrinsic (Flexor hallucis longus, extensor hallucis longus) muscle groups. Two sesamoid bones (medial, or tibial, sesamoid and lateral, or fibular, sesamoid) provide mechanical advantage to the intrinsic plantar flexors by increasing the distance between the empirical centre of joint rotation and the respective tendons. The sesamoid complex articulates with facets on the plantar aspect of the first metatarsal head and is stabilized by a plantar capsule (plantar plate) as well as a ridge (or crista) on the metatarsal head that separates the two sesamoids.
The classic mechanism of injury is that of a forced hyper extension to the first metatarsophalangeal(MTP) joint, although occasionally a plantar flexion injury may result in this injury. The typical football associated injury occurs when a player firmly plants his forefoot and is then struck from behind. The continued forward motion of the leg over the fixed forefoot produces hyper dorsiflexion of the first MTP joint and increased on the plantar plate and capsule. Taken to an extreme, these forces may continue and produce a dorsal impaction injury to the cartilage and bone of the metatarsal head.
Objective findings-No ecchymosis. Minimal or no swelling. Local plantar or medial tenderness.
Pathologic condition-Stretching of capsulo-ligamentous complex.
Treatment-Ice/elevation. NSAIDs. Rigid insole. Continued participation in sports.
Objective findings-Ecchymosis. Minimal swelling. Diffuse tenderness. Pain, restriction of motion.
Pathologic condition-Partial tear of capsulo-ligamentous complex.
Treatment-Same as Grade I. Restriction of athletic activity for 7-145 days.
Objective findings-Considerable ecchymosis and swelling. Severe tenderness on palpation. Marked restriction of motion.
Pathologic condition-Tear of capsulo-ligamentous complex. Compression injury of articular surface.
Treatment-Same as Grade II. Crutches and limited weight-bearing. If MTP dislocated, reduction and immobilization initially with case. Restriction of athletic activity.
The athlete suffering from Turf Toe usually complains of localized pain, swelling, and occasional redness at the 1st MTP joint following a bending injury to the joint. The pain is classically aggravated by weight bearing or movement of the big toe. An antalgic gait may be present as a tendency to avoid loading of the first ray by foot supination.
Examination reveals- Localized swelling and tenderness at 1st MTP joint. In mild injuries plantar and plantar medial tenderness is present; in more severe injuries dorsal tenderness occurs. Passive plantar flexion or dorsiflexion of 1st MTP joint are generally painful, and there may be reduction in range of motion in both direction.
Plain X-rays are generally unremarkable, although occasionally small periarticular flecks of bone are noted, most likely indicating avulsion of MTP capsule or ligamentous complex. Isotopic bone scans, although not generally performed, may demonstrate increased uptake in spite of normal X-rays.
Treatment of 1st MTP joint sprain (Turf Toe) is symptom based.
For low-grade Injuries that do not involve significant capsular tears, the patient is instructed to perform gentle ROM. Motion is limited during athletic activity by taping or shoe modification.
For moderate and severe Injuries , including severe capsular tears and dorsal articular fractures, the initial treatment is modified by a brief period of casting with a solid walking cast, or alternatively, a removable walking boot. Once the pain and swelling subsides, attention is focused on re-establishing ROM. Activity is resumed once pain-free ROM is established.
Acute Injuries are treated with RICE (rest, ice, compression, elevation) method followed by a gentle ROM program and protected weight bearing.
Chronic Injuries are treated with a ROM program and protected weight bearing. The hallux MTP joint is supported by a variety of methods including walking cast, removable walking cast, rigid shoe modifications, rigid shoe inserts, stiff soled shoes and a various taping methods. The joint is protected by reducing activity levels, increasing rest intervals and duration, and avoiding rigid playing surfaces. Intra-articular steroids are of no benefit and may be detrimental to the joint.
Operative treatment is rare for isolated 1st MTP joint sprains. Occasionally, an associated condition is recognized and surgery becomes a treatment option.
Prevention of Turf Toe includes the use of supportive footwear (with avoidance of overly flexible shoe forefoot) and firm inserts and avoidance of hard playing surfaces when possible.
Rest, ice bath, contrast bath, whirlpool, and ultrasound for pain, inflammation, and joint stiffness.
Joint mobilization, followed by gentle, passive and active ROM.
Isometrics around the MTP joint as pain allows.
Cross-training activities, such as water activities and cycling, for aerobic fitness.
Protective taping and shoe modifications for continued weight bearing activities.
Modalities to decrease inflammation and joint stiffness.
Emphasis on flexibility and ROM, with both active and passive methods and joint mobilization.
Progressive strengthening by toe pick-up activities, towel scrunches and manual resistive hallux MTP dorsi flexion and plantar flexion. Seated ankle and toe dorsiflexion and progression to standing. Seated isolated toe dorsiflexion and progression to standing. Seated supination-pronation with progression to standing.
Balance activities, with progression of difficulty to include BAPS.
Cross-training activities (slide board, water running, cycling) to maintain aerobic fitness.
Continued ROM and strength exercises.
Running, to progress within limits of a pain-free schedule.
Plyometrics and cutting program, with progression of difficulty.


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Q: Pegar posição do mouse dentro de scroll pane Como eu consigo pegar a posição do mouse dentro de um scroll pane em javafx? Eu tenho um app que faz uma operação de drag and drop dentro dele, e eu preciso dessa informação para posicionar o nó na tela.
O scroll pane é Pannable.
Se precisarem ver mais algum pedaço de có é só pedir, mas acho que postei o necessário para o entendimento ficar claro já.

public EventHandler<? super MouseEvent> getStartClassDrag(Node n, TipoClasse t) {
    return (e) ->{
        //this.ac_comp.setDisable(true);
        ClipboardContent cc = new ClipboardContent();
        cc.putUrl(FXMLFile.CLASSE);
        n.startDragAndDrop(TransferMode.ANY).setContent(cc);

        //Trecho de código original
        //sp_desktop.onDragDroppedProperty().set((evet) -> {

        //Solução
        pn_desktop.onDragDroppedProperty().set((evet) -> {
            if(evet.getDragboard().getUrl().equals(FXMLFile.CLASSE)) {
                FXMLLoader loader = new FXMLLoader(getClass().getResource(FXMLFile.CLASSE));
                try {
                    loader.load();
                } catch (Exception err) { err.printStackTrace(); }
                ClasseController controller = loader.getController();
                controller.inicializar(this);
                controller.classe.setTipo(t);
                classes.add(controller);

                Point2D teste = new Point2D(evet.getX() + sp_desktop.getHvalue(), evet.getY() + sp_desktop.getVvalue());
                System.out.println(sp_desktop.getHvalue() + "x" + sp_desktop.getVvalue());

                teste = sp_desktop.parentToLocal(teste);

                relocateToPoint(teste.getX(), teste.getY(), controller.ap_classe);
                controller.ap_classe.setVisible(true);

            }
        });

        //Trecho de código original
        //sp_desktop.onDragOverProperty().set((evento) -> {

        //Solução
        pn_desktop.onDragOverProperty().set((evento) -> {
            if(evento.getDragboard().getUrl().equals(FXMLFile.CLASSE)) {
                evento.acceptTransferModes(TransferMode.ANY);
            }
            evento.consume();
        });

        n.onDragDoneProperty().set((aux) ->{
            sp_desktop.onDragDroppedProperty().set(null);
            sp_desktop.onDragOverProperty().set(null);
            ac_comp.setDisable(false);

        });
    };
}

protected void relocateToPoint(double x, double y, AnchorPane no) {
    no.setVisible(true);
    pn_desktop.getChildren().remove(no);
    pn_desktop.getChildren().add(no);
    no.setLayoutX(x - (no.getWidth() / 2));
    no.setLayoutY(y - (no.getHeight() / 2));
}

A: Tenho um exemplo que fiz recentemente para movimentar minha janela.
Verifica se o código abaixo ajuda na solução.
    double xOffset = 0;
    double yOffset = 0;

    scrollPane.setOnMousePressed((MouseEvent event) -> {
        // Nesse trecho de código será capturado a posição do mouse
        xOffset = event.getSceneX();
        yOffset = event.getSceneY();
    });
    scrollPane.setOnMouseDragged((MouseEvent event) -> {
        primaryStage.setX(event.getScreenX() - xOffset);
        primaryStage.setY(event.getScreenY() - yOffset);
    });

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Today we're proud to announce the next release of King Phisher, version 1.10. This release saw extensive changes under the hood to improve the long term experience. One of the notable changes that users will directly benefit from are multiple tweaks to the email messages sent by King Phisher resulting in lower scores when rated with the popular SpamAssassin engine. This means that messages with the same HTML content in the body now have higher chances of reaching the target users's inbox.
The project has a few new and updated signals in the release making it easier for plugins to do various things. One of which is a new campaign-alert signal, which will be used moving forward to allow different types of alerts from the server to be issued and handled by plugins. Two such plugins exist today, one to freely send SMS alerts via a carriers gateway (just like King Phisher used to) and another to more reliably deliver them using the commercial Clockwork SMS service.
This version features two new client plugins as well. One simply aids in testing how SPAM messages are handled by including the Generic Test for Unsolicited Bulk Email (GTUBE) string. This "magic" value is conceptually equivalent to EICAR for Anti-Virus programs, causing any message containing it to be identified as SPAM. Users can enable this plugin to quickly verify that their SPAM engine is working and test how it handles SPAM messages.
Other backend-centric changes moved away from what we're referring to as the "legacy" table API in favor of the new GraphQL API. What this means for users is that while this release does bump the RPC version and everyone will need to upgrade their clients, the project will have more flexibility moving forward without needing to do this. Additionally it will allow the server to easily add additional fields for storage in the database. This will by extension make it much easier to add new metrics for tracking in the future.
King Phisher version 1.10.0 can be found under the releases page here: https://github.com/securestate/king-phisher/releases/tag/v1.10.0. Happy Phishing!


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'Jessica Jones' Creator Melissa Rosenberg Departs Series for Warner Bros. TV Deal
by Vinnie Mancuso August 22, 2018
Jessica Jones creator Melissa Rosenberg—who also served as showrunner on the first two seasons, as well as the upcoming third—is departing Netflix's small-screen Marvel Universe. Deadline reports Rosenberg has signed an overall deal with Warner Bros. TV, where she'll develop projects alongside DC Comics series like Arrow, The Flash, and Supergirl.
In a statement sent to Deadline, Rosenberg said,
"All of my attention remains with the extraordinary cast, writers and production team of 'Marvel's Jessica Jones,' until the completion of Season Three. It continues to be a career highlight working with my partners at Marvel Television and Netflix. We're extraordinarily grateful to the viewers who have supported us every step of the way on Jessica's journey, which is so beautifully realized by Krysten Ritter and the amazing cast including Rachael Taylor, Eka Darville and Carrie-Anne Moss. We have so many talented storytellers in every area of this show, who I'm honored to call friends and collaborators. As I look ahead after this season, I'm thrilled that I will be able to explore new projects with the talented team at Warner Bros. Television and push myself in new challenging creative directions."
THR simply reports that Rosenberg was "ready to move on," which methinks is diplomatic speech for not wanting the mighty Marvel machine going over every creative decision with a fine-toothed comb. (The comb is also wearing mouse ears in this scenario.) The writer/director is a gigantic get for any studio who can lock her down; before shepherding an entirely new type of superhero show into existence with Jessica Jones, Rosenberg served as head writer on Dexter for three years between 2006 and 2009, a.k.a when Dexter was good.
Though nothing is confirmed about the type of projects Rosenberg plans to develop under the WBTV, it's interesting to note that she did write three episodes of The WB's short-lived Birds of Prey series that aired 13 episodes in 2002. With a Batwoman series already in the works at The CW, might it be time for a return to Gotham City?
Up-and-Comer of the Month: Michelle La on Her Big Break in 'Searching'
Fantastic Fest Second Wave Includes 'Halloween', 'Hold the Dark'
• Daredevil • Iron Fist • Jessica Jones • Luke Cage • Marvel • Melissa Rosenberg • Netflix


INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Gilles Simon used a simple serve-and-volley game to beat Benjamin Becker 7-5, 3-6, 6-0 and reach the quarterfinals of the Indianapolis Tennis Championships on Wednesday.
Also advancing was Germany's Tommy Haas, the fifth seed. He used an accurate service game to sweep American John Isner 6-3, 6-4.
Isner won just 5-of-27 of Haas' first serves and 5-of-26 second serves.
"My second serve was very good today," Haas said. "I used that to move him around a bit.
Third-seeded Dmitry Tursunov of Russia, the defending champion, advanced to the quarterfinal round when his opponent, American Wayne Odesnik, withdrew with a back injury before the night's final match.
Earlier, Paul Capdeville of Chile won 23 of his 27 of his first-serve points and swept qualifier Joseph Sirianni of Australia, 6-3, 6-4.


Do something that is just for you and only you.
We all have a notoriously bad habit for checking our phones as compulsively as we check the fridge when we're hungry — and even when we're not hungry, we're just bored.
Before you go scrolling through your email, probably stumbling across a to-do that immediately puts you into a bad mood, go do something for yourself. Make a cup of coffee and pick up a book. Read the newspaper. Go for a run. Write. Paint. Play the piano. Anything that is just for you and only you.
3. Make a green smoothie.
I am all about eating healthy.
Grab a blender, and mix up half a frozen banana, kale, a handful of spinach leaves, a half-cup of frozen blueberries, a splash of apple juice, and if you're really feeling ambitious, half of an avocado. Mix it with water (or almond milk) and enjoy.
You'll feel so much clearer than if you had just eaten a huge pancake breakfast — or worse, not eaten anything at all.
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Q: jquery issue in custom module magento 2 i am on the way to create a custom module for sliding. But always its driving me crazy on jquery issues. Sometime the js will load and everything will be fine. After sometime, jquery wont get loaded.
var config = {
map: {
    '*': {
             'flexslider': 'Slidermodule_Mymodule/js/jquery.flexslider-min'
    }
} };

and the script looks like
require([ 'jquery', 'flexslider', 'domReady!'], function(){   jQuery(document).ready(function () {
jQuery('.flexslider').flexslider();  });  });

Some time there is no error. Sometime there is error on refresh. Please advise.

A: The flexslider plugin doesn't use an AMD pattern, so you'll have to use a 'shim' to guarantee jQuery as a dependency.
Take a look at Alan Storm's excellent article, he has a whole section dedication to "RequireJS and jQuery Plugins":
Alan Storm: Magento 2 and RequireJS