A criminal charge is a serious matter. In today's security-obsessed environment, it seems that everyone is asked to undergo a criminal record check, whether for work, school or volunteering. A criminal record, even for a minor offence, can have devastating consequences for you as an employee, a student, a parent volunteering at your child's school, a traveler to the United States, a new immigrant, or even as a homeowner seeking to borrow money from the bank.
And like an infection or disease left untreated, a criminal charge can metastasize into something worse unless you seek legal help.
That is why, if you are faced with a criminal charge laid against you by the police, by another branch of government, or by a private citizen, you need to consider hiring a criminal defence lawyer to advise you and to defend your interests.
What if I don't know a lawyer? If I don't have any friends or relatives who are lawyers or police officers, how can I find a good criminal lawyer to defend me?
These are common questions, and in the past, not having any connections or inside knowledge was a real problem. But now, in the online era, all the information you need, to help you find the best lawyer for you and your case, is only a click away.
There is so much information on the Internet, how can I know I am choosing the right lawyer?
The following is a short guide to making sure that the criminal defence lawyer you choose is the right one for you.
In most cases where you are facing a criminal charge, the answer is yes. Even the most minor shoplifting or drug possession or domestic assault can cause long term problems and affect your future prospects for employment, travel, school, or even attendance at your children's school functions. A lawyer will be able to negotiate- or fight for- the best result for you, because she knows what laws, policies, precedents and evidence will be most compelling, and she will know how to assemble and present it all in the most effective way. But more than, this, a good lawyer will provide you with information and insight, to help you understand why you are facing this ordeal; what your options are; and will help you navigate these unfamiliar waters. Your lawyer will not only get you the best results, he will give you knowledge, and peace of mind.
A paralegal will often be cheaper than a lawyer, but be careful. A paralegal will not have the same education and experience; is limited in what types of cases he can take on; and will not receive the same respect or attention in court that a real lawyer will. If you are facing a traffic ticket, hire a paralegal. But for a criminal charge, don't cut corners.
Do I need to hire a lawyer before my first appearance in court?
Not necessarily. You could go to court, collect your disclosure (the evidence brief), and then meet with lawyers. On the other hand, you will usually have 4-6 weeks between your arrest date and the first court date. If you are anxious about the case, and want to get information (as most people do), why wait? This is a valuable time to start looking for a lawyer. Most lawyers will handle routine court appearances for you, including your first appearance, and this can save you time and the stress of going to court until the end of the case. It should cost the same whether you hire a lawyer before or after the first court appearance. Sometimes the lawyer can get started right away, and recommend valuable steps for you to take long before the first court appearance. This could save you time later on, or even help to gather important evidence while it is still fresh. And knowing that you have a lawyer to represent you and to answer your questions, long before you have to go to court, can generate real peace of mind.
There are many lawyers out there. Some are specialists in one area of the law, and some practise in several fields (such as criminal law, family law, and civil litigation). The law is complex and ever-changing. It is challenging enough to stay current and sharp in one area of law; trying to be a "jack-of-all-trades" often leaves the general practitioner the "master of none". There are exceptions, but especially if you live in a busy urban area, you should seek out a lawyer who specializes in criminal law to defend you in a criminal case. Don't be the guinea pig for an old divorce lawyer who wants to get back into the courtroom one last time, or a young real estate lawyer who thinks it can't be that hard to handle a DUI or a domestic assault.
There are old lawyers who have been around forever, but are bitter and unmotivated. There are young lawyers who are motivated, energetic, but just don't have the experience to know how to guide your case through the analysis, negotiation and trial stages of a criminal proceeding. You need to find a balance: a criminal defence lawyer who has practised for several years and who has worked on a variety of cases ranging from the simple to the complex. Has the lawyer handled a case like yours? How often? Is he a trial lawyer? If your case is an appeal, is she an appeal lawyer? If the Crown is proceeding by indictment, has he conducted jury trials before?
Once you have narrowed your search to criminal defence lawyers who have the knowledge and experience to handle your case, you can then move on to consider other important issues that are key to selecting the best lawyer for you and your case.
I want a lawyer who will return my calls!
This is very important. A lawyer who wants your business, but won't return your call or email promptly when you first contact him, is a lawyer who will not be returning your call after he has taken your money. Law is a client-driven business. Your case is about you, and it is you who bears the consequences of the case, not the lawyer. So don't tell yourself that lawyers are busy, or that because your case is a small one it might take a few days to hear back. A good lawyer is busy, but she is also one who will return your call promptly. You should expect prompt and courteous service, and a lawyer who does not make that a priority is a lawyer who is focused on the wrong things. You should get a call back the same day, and certainly within 24 hours, even if it is to say that she has received your call and will get back to you today, or tomorrow by a certain time. And when there is an emergency, like the police are on their way to arrest you, you want a lawyer or law firm that has an emergency number for 24/7 service. A criminal defence lawyer with a 24 hour emergency line is a lawyer who puts clients first.
The criminal case will feature case law and statute, regulations, policies and procedures, strategy and tactics. For someone who has never been in trouble before, the complexity of the law can seem intimidating.
That is why you need a lawyer who takes the time to explain to you each and every aspect of the case, because, as mentioned earlier, it is your case and you are the one who must live with the result. You need to know what is happening with your case, and why. There are no "stupid questions". Lawyers, especially courtroom lawyers, are, above all, communicators, and so your lawyer should be able to communicate with you properly. That means that you are entitled to have these questions answered, in plain English, and answered promptly.
It's true. Unless you are signing a simple will or getting your passport notarized, legal fees are expensive. And if you are facing criminal charges in court, they can add up quickly. There are many things that go into a lawyer's fee. You are paying for their time: to communicate (with you, with the police, the Crown, with witnesses, with the Court); to analyze your case; to do legal research; to go to court; to negotiate; to prepare and argue your case. You are paying for their level of knowledge and experience. A recent law graduate is going to be a lot cheaper than a former Crown attorney with twenty years of experience. You are also paying for the size and complexity of your case.
Some lawyers charge an hourly rate; others charge a fixed fee, also known as a "block" fee. For most criminal cases, a lawyer should quote you a fixed fee so that you know in advance what the case will cost. This is especially so when the case is one which could be considered relatively straightforward or "routine" (routine does not mean it's not important- every client's case is important). For the simpler cases, and even for the most of the more complex ones, an experienced criminal defence lawyer will have a pretty clear idea of what amount of time and effort will go into the various stages of the case, and can quote you a fee either at the first meeting, or after getting a fairly quick glance at the nature and volume of the disclosure (the evidence provided by the Crown). In some cases, the lawyer will quote you a fee to analyze the evidence, with the balance of the fees to be discussed after the analysis is complete, depending on what the options are for the case. But either way, the lawyer should be able to quote you a ballpark figure for the case, depending on whether gets resolved or goes to trial. A criminal lawyer who won't give you a quote or a good sense of what you might be on the hook for financially is not a lawyer you should trust with your hard-earned money.
Find out what the retainer fee includes. Will the lawyer cover court appearances for you? Are they included in the fee? The Criminal Code permits lawyers to handle most routine court appearances on your behalf so that you do not have to take a day off work every month to go to the courthouse. Make sure that the fee includes these appearances, or at least that you are not charged an unreasonable amount for each routine appearance.
Does the lawyer charge for disbursements? It is normal for some fees, such as those for outside experts, counsellors, court transcripts, to be charged to the client, or for the client to pay directly. But what about internal office costs, like paper, faxes, photocopies, mileage? Make sure you find out what is included in the fee, to avoid unpleasant surprises.
When you are looking for a lawyer, be especially careful about the "ambulance chasers" who prey on inexperienced, vulnerable or scared people who are showing up for a bail hearing or a first court appearance without a lawyer. These courthouse hustlers will approach you in the hallway and take a small amount of money from you (always cash) and will take the disclosure (the evidence package) from you. You will never hear from them again unless you keep paying them, over and over again. A good lawyer is too busy to solicit clients in the courthouse hallway.
As for payment of fees, most lawyers will offer a variety of payment methods: cheque, bank draft, email transfer, credit card, and yes- cash. A lawyer who only accepts cash is a lawyer who is cheating on his taxes, and he is likely violating the regulations of the Law Society as well. A criminal lawyer who is a criminal is not a lawyer you want to hire for your case. And for clients who qualify for Legal Aid, you should know that a lawyer who is handling your case on a Legal Aid certificate is not permitted to ask you for additional money. That is a violation of Legal Aid rules, and Law Society rules as well. There are plenty of good, honest lawyers out there who will handle your case on Legal Aid without siphoning money from you under the table.
A final note: when you give your lawyer money, no matter what the form of payment, make sure you GET A RECEIPT. As mentioned above, being a crook doesn't make you a better criminal lawyer.
Legal fees are an important factor in deciding who to hire for your case. As with many things in life, you get what you pay for. But not always. Some excellent lawyers are reasonably priced, and some expensive ones are too busy to handle your case with proper care. You need to have an idea of what the cost might be to you before you formally hire a lawyer and give her your hard- earned money.
Will the lawyer I hire do the actual work, or will she delegate it to a junior lawyer or student?
That is a very important question. At many firms, the senior lawyers are focused on the more complex or higher profile cases, and the simpler or more "routine" cases are handed down the line to the junior staff. This might be fine if the senior lawyer oversees the work. But you need to know who will be analyzing the evidence, meeting with you, negotiating with the Crown. And you should not be paying rates for a senior lawyer if a junior lawyer is doing most of the work.
Does the lawyer offer a free consultation?
You want a lawyer who takes the time out of her busy schedule to meet with you at no cost to you, to discuss your case and to answer your questions. That is a sign that she will take the time to return your calls and explain the case to you after she is hired. A lawyer who wants money before meeting with you is a lawyer who puts money first, the client second. A consultation is an opportunity to meet and evaluate the lawyer who will handle your case. You will be able to ask questions and obtain vital information about the lawyer, his methods and approach to the case, as well as about the costs, timeframe for the case, and so on. When you can meet and discuss the case with the lawyer in advance, you will be able an informed decision about whether this lawyer is best for you. If you are pressured to make a decision before meeting with him, or to pay for the privilege of a conversation, you will not be able to make a proper assessment of whether she is the right lawyer for you.
I am charged with sexual assault. Should I hire a female lawyer?
There are several variations to this question: I am from a small town. Will it help me or hurt me to hire a lawyer from a big city like Toronto? I am charged with impaired driving. Should I hire a lawyer who specializes in DUI cases? Does it help to have a former Crown represent me? In each of these scenarios, the answer is that you first need to find a lawyer who meets the criteria mentioned above: a criminal lawyer with the knowledge and experience to handle your case; who will communicate with you in a timely and complete fashion; and a lawyer you can afford. Once you are satisfied that the lawyer meets these criteria, then the decision becomes more about who you feel most comfortable with. Do you like his approach to the case? Do you feel like she understands you and will do her best for you? These factors will matter more than the lawyer's gender, location or C.V.
I've followed all of these steps, but I'm still not sure. What do I do?
The reality is that you will not really know how your lawyer will perform until after she is hired and begins working on your case. You will have to base your decision on the information you have collected by following the steps laid out above, perhaps supplemented by reading reviews about the lawyer on Google or on a site like LawyerRatingz.com (but decide for yourself: reviews are only a guide, and some can be misleading). You are placing your future into the hands of a professional, but she is someone you have only met perhaps once or twice. To avoid regrets or second-guessing, do your homework first. Meet her. Ask questions. Know what you are getting with this lawyer. But once you have done the research and asked the questions, trust your gut. Your instincts will likely be correct. And when you enjoy the peace of mind that comes with believing that you made the right decision, and when you get the result you were hoping for, or even if you don't, you can rest secure in the knowledge that you chose the best lawyer for you and your case.
Arun S. Maini is a former Crown attorney, and the founder of The Defence Group, a practice devoted to defending criminal cases.


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Victoria Colliery
Heather Stoddart (RCAHMS) – Midlothian
July 26, 2013 Historic Environment ScotlandArchaeological Prospection, Buildings, Day of Archaeology 2013, Industrial#myarchaeology, architectural drawings, draughtsperson, drawings, Heather Stoddart, illustrator and surveyor, Midlothian, Newtongrange, RCAHMS, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland, Scotland, Scottish Archaeology, Scottish architecture, Scottish Mining Museum, survey, survey drawings, Total Station, Victoria Colliery
Heather Stoddart, RCAHMS
I am Heather Stoddart, draughtsperson, illustrator and surveyor in the Architecture and Industry Section at RCAHMS.
Midlothian 'Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2011'
My chosen building is the impressive Lady Victoria Colliery at Newtongrange, which we recorded for Industrial Survey.
This was one of the largest surviving Victorian collieries in Midlothian and Europe that was saved from demolition after its closure in 1981 and is now the site of the Scottish Mining Museum. The tall red-brick buildings and the arcading create an impressive structure that housed one of Scotland's most important industrial processes.
We were asked to produce survey drawings of the ground plan of the site, pithead tub-circuit plan and the North, South, West and East elevations which was an extensive amount of survey work but shows the layout of the buildings to scale and generated a good comprehensive record of the complex.
Survey drawing of the ground plan of Lady Victoria Colliery, drawn by the author. Copyright RCAHMS
Drawing any Industrial site can be challenging as you are recording a process and machinery but the scale of this site made it even more so. Often a process links one level to another like hoppers, conveyor belts, winding gear and elevators which is important to record and was the case at this site too.
East elevation of Lady Victoria Colliery. Drawn by the author. Copyright RCAHMS
The initial survey was started using a EDM/Total Station (a distance laser theodolite) which generated an accurate skeleton layout of the buildings from which we were able to generate the scaled plans and subsequently the elevations. We also used the EDM to assist with the recording of the Headgear which is the steel structure located above the mine shaft and can be seen from quite a distance due to its elevated position.
I also created finished digital images of the North and West elevations for 'Scottish Collieries', a RCAHMS publication which was published in 2006.
The North elevation image was nominated as Scotland's favourite archive image by public vote in 2008 for RCAHMS Treasured Places.
This is what I've chosen for Day of Archaeology, but why not tell us your favourite archaeological sites in Scotland on Twitter using #MyArchaeology.
Heather Stoddart and Ali McCaig – Measured Survey for Historic Environment Scotland Derek Russell (RCAHMS) – North Lanarkshire Mike Middleton (RCAHMS) – Shetland Robin Turner (RCAHMS) – Falkirk Martin Conlon (RCAHMS) – Glasgow Robert Adam (RCAHMS) – Edinburgh Kayleigh Russell and Louise Rogers (RCAHMS) – Clackmannanshire George Geddes (RCAHMS) – East Renfrewshire

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As it stands, modern virtual reality (VR) is a wonderful hub of lively debate and activity from indie developers. There are pushes from the likes of Sony Computer Entertainment, Epic Games and CCP Games of course, but by-and-large most of what you'll encounter comes from smaller studios or one-man-bands, even. Tim Aidley is one such indie developer, inspired to create an interesting experimental title for reasons he can no longer remember. It's strange then, that The Crypt is an experience you're not likely to forget in a hurry.
Although lacking an official title until Aidley's meeting with VRFocus, The Crypt had already received a welcoming amount of praise. Using three motion-control devices that any gamer worth their salt should be intimately familiar with – the Oculus Rift, PlayStation Move and Kinect – The Crypt reshuffles the deck by combining them into a singular experience. Though Aidley may not be the only designer to combine all three products into a combined videogame experience, he's most certainly the most confident in his ability to do so. And it shows.
A trail of cables and a pouch in which to hold excess, The Crypt is not an easily mounted experience. For sure, this would not be suitable for a theme park attraction or for users unwilling to take responsibility for their own safety when effectively blinded to the real-world. It is, however, an incredibly immersive experience throughout it's relatively short duration. In VRFocus' mind, this makes the elaborate set-up and the restrictions of heavy cabling wholly worth the effort. Those first few seconds in The Crypt are in themselves some of the most interesting moments in the indie VR scene thus far.
The videogame begins with the player standing on a cliff edge, unlit torch in hand and a fire before them. The vacant area at a wood's edge is shrouded by a night's sky, and upon moving to the fire – with their spatial position detected by the Kinect, without need for any motion-control device attached to their feet or legs – the player can reach out and light their torch. The torch, of course, is represented by the PlayStation Move controller. The physicality of such an object should not be underestimated as, while it falls short of the grand goal of haptics that many are trying to reach for currently, feeling weight in your hand as you see the article pressing upon it in the videogame enhances the experience dramatically. Such a simple design decision infers a heavy achievement in suspension-of-disbelief.
Upon lighting their torch a wizard will begin speaking to the player. Exactly what his instructions are feel unimportant; a writ amongst the phasing of a cleverly designed tutorial. Once his speech has ended a portal opens, moving the player to the second phase of the experience: the crypt itself.
A small, dank room with nothing on offer but crude brickwork and a heavy wooden door. This is your first clue that the peaceful twilight and warm glow of a fire are long behind you. Opening the door you see little else but cold blackness. The only light is that of your torch, and in the dark so heavy even this is little comfort. Moving into the room you hear a scraping; stone-on-stone. You may look around but you're unlikely to see anything. It'll take a few more moments to realise that turning your back on the soulless accompaniments is not your best course of action. A treasure chest sits not too far from the entrance and the player's objective becomes clear: approach, open, take what's inside and retreat. Do this with haste, or ultimately forgo any chance of escape.
The Crypt is not a AAA production. Crude in places, bug-ridden and uncomfortable even, and yet there's something special about it. It in itself stands as a testament to what one man can achieve with an idea and a little bit of know-how. Aidley himself keenly admits that his talents are limited, borrowing liberally from Unity's asset store and cutting corners in order to achieve the desired goal in what little spare time he has. Throughout all of that however, Aidley has still created a VR experience that immerses the player, deep and thick in atmosphere through technical creativity over accomplishment. The Crypt is not a AAA production, but it's not hard to see how much an experience like this could become influential to those with the budgets and teams large enough to take the idea further.


Learn how to train any robot to recognize an object and pinpoint its 3D location with only an RGB camera and a lot of training with Keras.
In this case, we use a very interesting approach to learning which is Environment Randomization. This method exploits the versatility of environment generation in simulations to train a robot in a way that the resulting model is very robust, no matter the lighting conditions. It also makes the transition from simulated learning to reality much smoother and fast. Learn through hands-on experience how to train a robot for 3D object recognition using random environments.
Keras will be the cornerstone of this system and you will learn all the necessary skills to generate training data, convert it to a database, train a MobileNetV2 model, retrain it and make predictions with it.
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Aššur-dān I. ("Aššur ist mächtig") war der Sohn von Ninurta-apil-ekur und regierte nach der Assyrischen Königsliste 61 Jahre.

Gegen 1160 v. Chr. kam es zu einer Schlacht gegen Zababa-šuma-iddina von Babylon. Aššur-dān eroberte die Städte Zaban, Irriya, Ugarsallu und (weitere abgebrochen) und brachte reiche Beute nach Assyrien (Synchronistische Geschichte II 9–12).

Nach der synchronistischen Königsliste herrschte Aššur-dān gleichzeitig mit den kassitischen Königen Marduk-apla-iddina I., Zababa-šum-iddina und Enlil-nādin-aḫi.
Sein Nachfolger war Ninurta-tukulti-Aššur, der aber nur kurz regierte.

Sein Sohn war Ninurta-tukulti-Aššur. Muttakil-Nusku, sein Bruder, kämpfte mit ihm und zwang ihn, nach Babylon zu flüchten, während er selber auf dem Thron verblieb (Chorsabad-Liste iii 31–36).

Bauten
Aššur-Dan erbaute in Aššur einen Kanal. Nach dem zerbrochenen Obelisken fiel er 30 Jahre trocken, bevor ihn ein anderer assyrischer König erneuerte.

Literatur
 Johannes Boese, Gernot Wilhelm: Assur-Dan I., Ninurta-Apil-Ekur und die mittelassyrische Chronologie. In: Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes. 71, 1979, S. 19–38.
 John A. Brinkman: Mesopotamian Chronology of the Historical Period. In: A. L. Oppenheim: Ancient et al., Mesopotamia: Portrait of a Dead Civilization. 2. Auflage. Chicago, London 1977, S. 335–348.
 Albert Kirk Grayson: Assyrian Royal inscriptions. Wiesbaden 1972.
 Albert Kirk Grayson: Assyrian Rulers of the Third and Second Millenia BC (to 1115 BC). Toronto, Buffalo, London 1987, S. 305–308.
 Albert Kirk Grayson: Assyrian and Babylonian Chronicles. Winona Lake 2000.
 Julian Reade: Assyrian King-Lists, the Royal Tombs of Ur, and Indus Origins. In: Journal of Near Eastern Studies. 60/1, 2001, S. 1–29.
 Ernst F. Weidner: Bruchstücke assyrischer Königsinschriften. In: Archiv für Orientforschung. 22, 1968–1969, S. 1976–1977.

Einzelnachweise

König (Assyrien)
Geboren im 13. Jahrhundert v. Chr.
Gestorben im 12. Jahrhundert v. Chr.
Mann

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Topics: COVID-19, Email Protection, K-12 Education
October 29, 2020 November 30, 2020 Mike Flouton
As many schools and colleges continue to be remote, they rely heavily on email to receive updates from teachers, principals, and heads of departments. Hackers understand this and are taking advantage of the situation.
From June through September 2020, Barracuda researchers evaluated over 3.5 million spear-phishing attacks, including attacks against more than 1,000 educational institutions such as schools, colleges, and universities.
Our researchers found that educational institutions are more than twice as likely to be targeted by a business email compromise (BEC) attacks than an average organization. In fact, more than 1 in 4 spear-phishing attacks that we saw targeting the education sector was a carefully crafted BEC attack.
Recent high-profile BEC attacks targeting schools and colleges demonstrate the devasting costs of this kind of attack:
Manor Independent School District in Texas reported that a seemingly normal school-vendor transaction resulted in a loss of $2.3 million.
Scammers used a fraudulent email to steal $3.7 million from Scott County Schools in Kentucky.
Here's a closer look at the trends Barracuda researchers found in the ways cybercriminals are targeting schools, as well as solutions organizations can use to defend against these attacks.
Highlighted Threat
Spear-phishing attacks targeting schools ― Spear phishing is a personalized phishing attack that targets a specific organization or individual, and cybercriminals are constantly adapting how they use these attacks against different industries, such as education.
Our research shows that, overall, cybercriminals targeted organizations evenly throughout the summer months, with an increase in the number of attacks in September. In comparison, there was a significant drop-off in spear-phishing attacks against the education sector in July and August when schools are closed for summer break. These months saw a drop of 10% to 14% below average, and the number of attacks picked up substantially in September when students returned.
Cybercriminals also adjusted the types of attacks they used against schools during summer break. In July and August, attacks against schools focused on email scams, which are less targeted and often sent in large volumes.
Targeted attacks, such as phishing that includes service impersonation, were much more common during the school year. In June and September, these types of attacks made up almost half of all spear-phishing threats against schools (47% and 48% respectively). This number dropped by more than half in July when schools were out. Our researchers observed a similar trend for business email compromise attacks, where a number of these attacks increased during school time. For other industries, the distribution of different attack types stayed relatively stable across the months.
According to our analysis, attackers used Gmail accounts to launch 86% of all BEC attacks targeting the education sector. We have seen similar trends in attacks on organizations overall, where hackers give preference to Gmail accounts for launching BEC attacks. Cybercriminals prefer to use well-known email providers like Gmail because they are easy to register, free, and have a higher reputation suitable for highly targeted BEC attacks.
Attackers also customize their malicious email addresses using terms like 'principal,' 'head of department,' 'school,' and 'president' to make them look and sound more convincing. Email addresses that we saw used in BEC attacks against schools in this analysis include:
headofdepartment600@gmail.com
pprincippaledu@gmail.com
boardofdirectors2334@gmail.com
school_principal007@my.com
headofschoolmail2000@gmail.com
presidentedu2002@gmail.com
principalmail142@gmail.com
theschoolprincipalerin@gmail.com
Cybercriminals create targeted, relevant subject lines to grab the victim's attention and create a sense of urgency. For example, in this analysis we saw a significant number of attacks using COVID-19 in their subject lines:
COVID19 NEW UPDATES
Covid-19 Update Follow Up Right Now
COVID-19 SCHOOL MEETING
Re: Stay safe
Compromised EDU accounts used as launch pads for email attacks
Barracuda researchers also analyzed malicious email messages that were sent from potentially compromised internal accounts.
When looking at the total number of malicious messages (both inbound and outbound) for all organizations, our analysis found that around 1 in 4 messages detected were sent from internal email accounts. This percentage was significantly higher for education sector, with 57% of malicious emails sent from internal accounts. This means accounts in the education industry were used to send more attacks than they received.
These compromised accounts are highly valuable for cybercriminals due to the high degree of trust associated with emails sent from these legitimate addresses, which makes them a good launch pad for further email attacks. We saw some large-scale campaigns leaving these organizations because scammers want to send as many emails as possible before their malicious activity is detected and they are locked out.
How to Protect Your Educational Organization
Invest in protection against targeted phishing attacks. Education sector is disproportionately targeted by socially engineered attacks, such as service impersonation and business email compromise. Attackers know that these organizations don't always have the same level of security sophistication as other organizations, and they take advantage of it. Schools, colleges, and universities need to prioritize email security that leverages artificial intelligence to identify unusual senders and requests. This additional layer of defense on top of traditional email gateways will provide substantial protection against spear-phishing attacks for both staff and students.
Get account takeover protection today. Educational institutions are more susceptible to account takeover than an average organization because many school districts and colleges don't have necessary tools and resources to protect against this threat. Invest in technology that will allow you to identify suspicious activity and potential signs of account takeover.
Improve security awareness education. Users are the last line of defense. Educate them about email threats faced by educational institutions today. Ensure both staffers and students can recognize attacks, understand their fraudulent nature, and know how to report them. Security awareness training is especially important now when remote learning is a such a big part of the education system and students and teachers rely on technology and email for both communication and educational purposes.
Set up internal policies to prevent wire transfer fraud. All organizations, including educational institutions, should establish and regularly review existing company policies to ensure that personal and financial information is handled properly. Help employees avoid making costly mistakes by creating guidelines and putting procedures in place to confirm all email requests for wire transfers and payment changes. Require in-person or telephone confirmation and/or approval from multiple people for all financial transactions.
Spear phishing: Top Threats and Trends, Vol. 4
Mike Flouton
Mike Flouton is vice president for Barracuda's email security business. In this role, he oversees product management for Barracuda's portfolio of email security solutions: Barracuda Total Email Protection, Barracuda Essentials, Barracuda Sentinel, and Barracuda PhishLine. Connect with him on LinkedIn here.
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Kulvinder Kaur Johal
Regional mentor at Primary Science Teaching Trust, London and South East of England
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Kulvinder Kaur Johal is a primary teacher, who spent over 25 years at a large multicultural school in East London. As a primary teacher she taught all the subjects as part of the English national Curriculum and was the science subject leader at her school. Kulvinder was awarded 'Primary Science Teacher of the Year' in 2012 by the Primary Science Teaching Trust.
She now works full time for the PSTT as a Regional Mentor, supporting primary teachers across London and the South East of England.
She became involved with Science on Stage when the 'Growing Music 'project was chosen to form part of the UK delegation. Kulvinder presented at Science on Stage London 2015 with her colleague, Carol Sampey.
After that she was invited to join the National Steering Committee. Since then, Kulvinder has been involved with choosing and supporting the delegation for Debrecen and Cascais. She has recently been involved with several Science on Stage primary webinars and working with the European Code League Jury.
What does being a teacher mean to you?
Being a teacher means being able to provide an exciting, energising, educational and empowering environment, where the pupils and now the adults can develop and grow as human beings. For them to be able to grow and develop and I am able to watch and be a part of that journey. For me, it's the best job in the world.
What does Science on Stage mean to - in 3 words?
Collaboration, connections, excitement
Why should teachers participate in Science on Stage ?
You should experience Science on Stage so you can feel the sense of European community, unity and the wealth of resources, ideas and like-minded thinkers gathered in one space. So much energy and enthusiasm on display!
Other involvement
In a wider role, she has been a member of the ASE Primary Science Committee and is currently part of the Science on Stage steering committee. Kulvinder is also part of the Royal Society Partnership Grant committee. She has written for the Times Educational Supplement, ASE Primary Science magazine and also helps judge the Teach Primary resource awards. Kulvinder has qualified for a Fellowship of the Chartered College of Teaching (FCCT), SLE qualification and is a Chartered Science Teacher (CSciTeach).
Press articles about Kulvinder Kaur Johal
https://explorify.wellcome.ac.uk/blog/how-to-improve-teacher-confidence
https://www.lbbd.gov.uk/news/boroughs-young-people-develop-science-skills-in-national-scheme
https://www.tes.com/news/why-one-charity-sending-free-science-kits-every-school-country
https://www.spacetoearthchallenge.org.uk/northbury-primary-space2earth-challenge/
https://pstt.org.uk/who-we-are/our-team/staff/Kulvinder-Johal
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Two-Time Super Bowl Winner Coughlin Resigns as Giants Coach
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Tom Coughlin, who returned the Giants to NFL prominence by winning two Super Bowls, resigned Monday after missing the playoffs for the fourth consecutive year.
The Giants announced the decision one day after the Giants (6-10) capped their third straight losing season with a 35-30 defeat against Philadelphia, their third straight and sixth in seven games.
Coughlin said he stepped down "in the best interest of the organization."
The move may signal the end of a 20-year NFL head coaching career for the 69-year-old Coughlin, one of 13 coaches to win multiple Super Bowls.
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When Sean and I first moved to Silver Spring, we cooked, sure…but we definitely ordered take out and ate at restaurants more often than we should've. We're now down to getting take out or going out to dinner once every week…sometimes even once every other week. This little effort has saved money, inspired new dishes, and puts the idea of "a night out" up on a pedestal. I feel like we're total rockstars out on the town now. It simply celebrates the idea of going out so much more when it's a less frequent occasion. And when I'm cooking, he's cooking, or we're both cooking together – it continues to bring us together and scents our home with harmonious culinary creations.
Pacci's Neapolitan Pizzeria is located along Georgia Avenue in downtown Silver Spring. Shortly after we moved to Silver Spring, Sean's parents wanted to take us out to lunch at an Italian restaurant nearby. When we found out that they were closed for the afternoon, we looked around for another option. We stumbled upon this pizzeria. Walking in, there's a lovely outdoor patio to your right, and a beautiful selection of well stocked wine along the wall to the left. Before going in further, their beautiful wood-burning oven catches your eye; always a good sign of how classically authentic the pizza will taste. We sat inside towards the back of the restaurant. I ordered a pizza with buffalo mozzarella, arugula, fresh vine-ripe cherry tomatoes, a touch of olive oil, probably some additional spice that God recommended they add to the dough, and BAM! – I was in love, in Heaven, in the midst of a classical symphony written only for this pizza…you get the idea…it was marvelous.
Sean called in an order for us last night as we were both stuck in separate areas of D.C. traffic. Such a treat to know that this pizza was waiting for me to pick it up at the end of a long commute, and a very long week. The manager must have answered the phone when Sean called in the order, because as I walked in ready to tell him that I was there to pick up an order, he kindly smiled and say'd, "…Katherine?" That simple gesture of recognizing who I was and what order I was picking up was just as refreshing as the pizza itself. All too often, restaurants lack a sense of their own neighborhood and personability. This was different. This place made me feel right at home.
Pacci's – on those rare occasions that we do go out/order out – you'll be seeing us. As for all of you interested in a new place to explore – go try Pacci's.
That's all for now. I took the day off and am in happy Katherine heaven. I have a date with Stella (our yellow lab) for a walk around the neighborhood, a date with Silver Spring as I need to run some errands, a date with the computer for more wedding planning fun, and a lunch date with the left over Pacci's pizza waiting for me in the fridge.


In Type 3 driver, a three-tier approach is used to accessing databases. The JDBC clients use standard network sockets to communicate with an middleware application server. The socket information is then translated by the middleware application server into the call format required by the DBMS, and forwarded to the database server.
This kind of driver is extremely flexible, since it requires no code installed on the client and a single driver can actually provide access to multiple databases.
You can think of the application server as a JDBC "proxy," meaning that it makes calls for the client application. As a result, you need some knowledge of the application server's configuration in order to effectively use this driver type.
Your application server might use a Type 1, 2, or 4 driver to communicate with the database, understanding the nuances will prove helpful.
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Reading has many benefits essay
There was an increasing trend in the sales of adult coloring books in 2015. This was a common complaint against Microsoft in the 90s when they bundled applications like Internet Explorer with Windows. In the United States, the Association of American Publishers found that e-book sales fell.7 over the first nine months of 2016. Society doesnt need newspapers. Thus both buyers and sellers benefit from bundling. During the wrenching transition to print, experiments were only revealed in retrospect to be turning points. The insights themselves are still nebulous, as learning gained through reading fiction often isbut therein lies its power. Book publishing has an estimated value of 151 billion.S., which is a bigger business than film and entertainment, magazines, video games, and music.
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They are demanding to reading has many benefits essay be told that ancient social bargains arent in peril, that core institutions will be spared, that new methods of spreading information will improve previous practice rather than upending. Old habits of advertisers and readers would not transfer online. Various books of the Harry Potter series make their appearances in the best selling list, making them some of the most profitable books in the world. Not only do illiterate people miss out on cultural perks such as best sellers and the classics, but their socioeconomic status and health are also affected. One of the people I was hanging around with online back then was Gordy Thompson, who managed internet services at the New York Times. There is now a network of bibliotherapists selected and trained by Berthoud and Elderkin, and affiliated with the School of Life, working around the world, from New York to Melbourne. But what was happening in 1500? Round and round this goes, with the people committed to saving newspapers demanding to know If the old model is broken, what will work in its place?
Dislike of micropayments would prevent widespread use. It makes increasingly less sense even to talk about a publishing industry, because the core problem publishing solves the incredible difficulty, complexity, and expense of making something available to the public has stopped being a problem. But people who are illiterate essentially live in a world where books have no meaning for them. Nobody had ever asked me these questions before, even though reading fiction is and always has been essential to my life. We have started to show how identification with fictional characters occurs, how literary art can improve social abilities, how it can move us emotionally, and can prompt changes of selfhood, he wrote in his 2011 book, Such Stuff as Dreams: The Psychology of Fiction. Reading can give us a lifetime of pleasure.
Today, bibliotherapy takes many different forms, from literature courses run for prison inmates to reading circles for elderly people suffering from dementia. Using the above simplified model, the two demand curves that go from 10 to 3 become one curve that stays flat. In 2015, the average American adult read 12 books. Even ferocious litigation would be inadequate to constrain massive, sustained law-breaking. And so it is today. When reality is labeled unthinkable, it creates a kind of sickness in an industry. The first use of the term is usually dated to a jaunty 1916 article. I felt my life was without purpose, she says. This model is obviously dramatically oversimplified. We dont know who the Aldus Manutius of the current age. When we read, not only are we improving our working memory, but research has shown that it makes us feel better and more positive too.
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That the relationship between advertisers, publishers, and journalists has been ratified by a century of cultural practice doesnt make it any less accidental. Fiction is a kind of simulation, one reading has many benefits essay that runs not on computers but on minds: a simulation of selves in their interactions with others in the social worldbased in experience, and involving being able to think of possible futures. In a notional town with two perfectly balanced newspapers, one paper would eventually generate some small advantage a breaking story, a key interview at which point both advertisers and readers would come to prefer it, however slightly. I worked my way through the books on the list over the next couple of years, at my own paceinterspersed with my own discoveriesand while I am fortunate enough to have my ability to withstand terrible grief untested. If Archy the cockroach could be so dedicated to his art as to jump on the typewriter keys in order to write his free-verse poems every night in the New York offices of the. In contrast, sales of paperback books rose.5 during the same time, and hardback book sales increased.1.
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As any bookworm knows, readers can also seem antisocial and indolent. DRMs requirement that the attacker be allowed to decode the content would be an insuperable flaw. Thats been a fine accident to have, but when that accident stops, as it reading has many benefits essay is stopping before our eyes, were going to need lots of other ways to strengthen journalism instead. Bundled pricing is one reason why subscription models like Spotify should ultimately win out over à la carte models like iTunes. Would DRM or walled gardens work better? Sometimes its been Richard Mellon Scaife. Elderkin says this is one of the most common woes of modern readers, and that it remains a major motivation for her and Berthouds work as bibliotherapists. I love to gorge on books over long breaksIll pack more books than clothes, I told Berthoud. Many of these models will fail. As a result, the conversation has degenerated into the enthusiastic grasping at straws, pursued by skeptical responses. Sports lovers lie on the left of the espn demand curve but on the right side of the History Channel curve. The end result is either geographic or demographic segmentation among papers, or one paper holding a monopoly on the local mainstream audience. (Financial information is one of the few kinds of information whose recipients dont want to share.) Micropayments work for iTunes, so they will work for us!
Were collectively living through 1500, when its easier to see whats broken than what will replace. Some things to note about bundled pricing:. Keith Oatley, a novelist and emeritus professor of cognitive psychology at the University of Toronto, has for many years run a research group interested in the psychology of fiction. These are just some of the fascinating facts about world reading habits found in the infographic below. Ive long been wary of the peculiar evangelism of certain readers: You must read this, they say, thrusting a book into your hands with a beatific gleam in their eyes, with no allowance for the fact that books mean different. We draw on the same brain networks when were reading stories and when were trying to guess at another persons feelings. There is no general model for newspapers to replace the one the internet just broke. Continue reading, health and Medical, posted on, march 7, 2019 by wsgrwe. I have to admit that at first I didnt really like the idea of being given a reading prescription. Novel reading is not a team sport. One was to partner with companies like America Online, a fast-growing subscription service that was less chaotic than the open internet.
For a century, the imperatives to strengthen journalism and to strengthen newspapers have been so tightly wound as to be indistinguishable. If you are an author with a potential best seller in the works, you have the option to consult for professional book editor which can improve your manuscript. I felt a failure as a woman. Many of these models will rely on excitable 14 year olds distributing the results. They not only saw it miles off, they figured out early on that they needed a plan to deal with it, and during the early 90s they came up with not just one plan but several.
A bundle of stocks). The competition-deflecting effects of printing cost got destroyed by the internet, where everyone pays for the infrastructure, and then everyone gets to use. If espn and the History Channel were sold individually, the revenue maximizing price would be 9 (10 with a 10 discount). (George Bernard Shaw is at the top of the list.) Bagster is finally called away to deal with a patient who has taken an overdose of war literature, leaving the author to think about the books. The newspaper people often reading has many benefits essay note that newspapers benefit society as a whole. Several years ago, I was given as a gift a remote session with a bibliotherapist at the London headquarters of the School of Life, which offers innovative courses to help people deal with the daily emotional challenges of existence. I remember Thompson saying something to the effect of When a 14 year old kid can blow up your business in his spare time, not because he hates you but because he loves you, then you got a problem. Not pleasant stories that make you forget yourself. To which the answer is: Nothing.
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Reading has been shown to put our brains into a pleasurable trance-like state, similar to meditation, and it brings the same health benefits of deep relaxation and inner calm. Leadership becomes faith-based, while employees who have the temerity to suggest that what seems to be happening is in fact happening are herded into Innovation Departments, where they can be ignored en bloc. What seemed like a minor change take a book and shrink it was in retrospect a key innovation in the democratization of the printed word. As novelty spread, old institutions seemed exhausted while new ones seemed untrustworthy; as a result, people almost literally didnt know what to think. The benefits of bundled pricing are proportionate the buyers reading has many benefits essay variance of preferences for the goods. Later in the century, bibliotherapy was used in varying ways in hospitals and libraries, and has more recently been taken up by psychologists, social and aged-care workers, and doctors as a viable mode of therapy. Any experiment, though, designed to provide new models for journalism is going to be an improvement over hiding from the real, especially in a year when, for many papers, the unthinkable future is already in the past. Reading is an activity that enriches our lives. Another was The Gospel According to Jesus Christ, by José Saramago: Saramago doesnt reveal his own spiritual stance here but portrays a vivid and compelling version of the story we know so well. The Bible was translated into local languages; was this an educational boon or the work of the devil? In the United Kingdom, a whopping 80 of Britons had read a book in the last year, slightly outdoing the Germans. The old difficulties and costs of printing forced everyone doing it into a similar set of organizational models; it was this similarity that made us regard. Suppose the demand curves for espn and the History Channel look like this: The green boxes represent revenue for the seller.
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Professor Tim Delivers A Lesson In Drama From Compántas Lir
Posted March 1, 2002 by Josette Farrell in Events.
Claregalway drama fans are in for a treat with the news that the local drama group is up and running with their latest production which has hit the stage in the last two weeks.
As they enter their twentieth year, Compántas Lir head back on the road this month after taking a year off from the amateur drama circuit. And they are back with a bang, with Malachy Noone making his three-acting production debut with George Shield's comic masterpiece Professor Tim.
The play set in the 1920s tells the story of one family's realisation that their esteemed relative overseas is not as they thought, and this realisation is brought sharply into focus when he arrives on their doorstep.
Philip Cribbin is excellent in the title role, playing the drunken, bedraggled "professor" who suddenly arrives back in the village at a most inopportune time for all concerned.
Triona Dunleavy makes her debut as his niece Peggy who is about to be married off to Joseph, the gombeen son of the local county councillor. Joseph is played with great aplomb by Padraig O'Connell, fresh from his debut in By The Bog of Cats last year. Others who feature well are Fidelma O'Rourke who plays the hawkish Bridget, demon of the household where she reigns with all the subtlety of a dictator; and Paddy Greaney who plays her "scarecrow" husband;
Vincent Moran, Eddie Fitzgerald, Mike Hession, Simon Kavanagh, and Evelyn Casserly are all outstanding in a play which is bound to entertain when it features in Claregalway on March 15th.
Last year, the Foot & Mouth disease crippled the amateur drama circuit and the plans of many groups were left in tatters as a result. Many of those groups have decided to put on last year's play for this year's circuit and consequently, the task of reaching the All-Ireland finals will be all the harder.
However, Compántas Lir are made of stern stuff and with the dedicated Malachy Noone at the helm and with another excellent set designed by the crew, there are high hopes that this play can make it three All-Ireland finals in a row. Lighting is by Lakeview's Francis and Adrian Moran and the sound engineering is by Gortatleva's answer to Bill Gates, Tom Maguire. Make-up is by Ann Moran and Sile Mannion, and the stage manager is Carmel Kenny.
Professor Tim features in the Claregalway Drama Festival on March 15th and is sure to be a sell-out.
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Q: Boolean evaluation of JavaScript arrays I ran across an interesting bug the other day. I was testing an array to see if it evaluated to Boolean false, however just directly evaluating it always returned true:
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Okay, so basically any array I put in there will be true regardless, right? I run this in the JavaScript console just for fun:
> [] == true
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What is going on here?

A: It has to do with the The Abstract Equality Comparison Algorithm versus the algorithm used to tranform a value to a boolean.
By looking at the spec, we can see that the point number 9. is the only one that defines what should be happening when Type(left side value) is Object. However it's specifying that the right side value has to be either String or Number.

9 . If Type(x) is Object and Type(y) is either String or Number,
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Looking at [] == true:
typeof [] is 'object' so we are fine, but typeof true is not 'string' or 'number', it is 'boolean', so it fallback to the last statement, point number 10.

10 . Return false.

However !![] translates into !!Boolean([]), and since [] is a thruty value (objects are), it's the same as writing !!true, which returns true.

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Blxst, L.A.'s New Hip Hop Voice With An R&B Edge, Is A HipHopDX Rising Star 2021!
Published on: Feb 3, 2021, 10:01 AM
by Trent Clark
Influenced by the likes Kanye West, Pharrell Williams, the late great Nate Dogg and more, Los Angeles multi-talent Blxst has made a name for himself patenting his sonically layered Hip Hop bops and as of today, he is forever a HipHopDX Rising Star 2021!
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Notable Co-Signs: Ty Dolla $ign, Dom Kennedy, Eric Bellinger
Notable Projects To Date: No Love Lost (2020)
Accolades To Date: No Love Lost album debuted at No. 14 on Billboard Heatseekers Albums Chart, No. 8 on iTunes Top Albums for Hip-Hop/Rap; 2.5 Million monthly listeners on Spotify; Signed to Red Bull Records In 2020
[This post has been updated. The following was originally published on February 3, 2021] Read updates below.
Hip Hop and R&B music stemming from California is typical renown for emoting feelings of the year-long sun on your face — and even hotter living conditions. Consider Blxst's sound the fully evolved vessel of what a next-gen Golden State artist can bless the space with. His beats are peppered with buoyant keys and groove-laden baselines that do the Hip Hop, R&B and funk lineage of his city a proper honoring.
Much like any post-Drake explosion artist worth their studio gold, his bars are drenched in manicured harmony but his bouncy 2019 single "Hurt" undoubtedly displays his rapping capabilities.
On the flip side, his vibrant update of 90s singer Donnell Jones' single "This Way" to transform into his signature "Overrated" displays an R&B genius who can speak to a multitude of audiences.
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Boasting healthy "WYD?" text-inducing singles such as "BRAND NEW" (led by Bino Redeaux), "Slip & Slide" and "Be Alone," Blxst has established himself as "The Prince Of The Pull-Up Anthem" at the onset of his career. On the aforementioned "Be Alone," he pierces lovelorn emotions with lyrics like "I been on the late-night, making sure your plate right/You be paranoid hearing sirens again/I been tryna make time/I been moving statewide/Hope I'm on the safe side, flying in the wind," giving both sides of the relationship spectrum an honest lens. His brilliant duet with L.A. rapper 1TakeJay "Slip & Slide" also builds on that "BRAND NEW" energy, giving quarantine relationships the casual vibes they deserve.
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Yet, being from L.A. all but guarantees he knows how to rock a party — and be the coolest guy in it! The Dom Kennedy-featured "Got It All" swings with infectious palm tree flavor. Whether he's donning his wide array of trucker hats with the folded brim, free-flowing braids or stunna shades, his swag never acts as a sacrificial lamb for the quality of the music, the makings of a true Rising Star.
HipHopDX will closely chronicle Blxst's tracks and triumphs alike this year as he preps his next full-length album. Congratulations on "The Prince Of The Pull-Up Anthem" for being a 2021 Rising Star!
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Elvira Meets Vincent Price #2 preview
by First Comics News on September 7, 2021 Elvira Meets Vincent Price #2 preview2021-09-07T07:26:11-07:00 - News
Elvira Meets Vincent Price #2
writer: David Avallone
artist: Juan Samu
covers: Dave Acosta (A), Juan Samu (B), Anthony Marques, J.Bone (C), Photo (D), Photo (RI-E/BW), Juan Samu (RI-F/Line Art), Dave Acosta (RI-F/Line Art)
FC | 32 pages | Horror, Comedy | $3.99 | Teen+
The two titans of horror and comedy unite in comics for the very first time!
Dynamite Entertainment Proudly Presents… Elvira Meets Vincent Price!
Elvira and the Ghost of Vincent Price continue their quest to find a lost cult movie… AND save the world from the wrath of an awakened Egyptian god. Their journey takes them to the crumbling country estate of a reclusive film director and his movie-star bride, but things go all Dr. Phibes before you can say House of Usher! Come for the sexy horror, stay for the terrible puns and
movie trivia! From writer David Avallone (Bettie Page, Twilight Zone: The Shadow) and artist Juan Samu!
Issue #2 features a continuing all-star cast of cover artists, including fan favorites Dave Acosta, Anthony Marques w/ J. Bone, series artist Juan Samu and a stunning photo of the gorgeous lady herself – Elvira: Mistress of the Dark!
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Elvira Meets Vincent Price #2 writer: David Avallone artist: Juan Samu covers: Dave Acosta (A), Juan Samu (B), Anthony Marques, J.Bone (C), Photo (D), Photo (RI-E/BW), Juan Samu (RI-F/Line Art), Dave Acosta (RI-F/Line Art) FC | 32 pages | Horror, Comedy | $3.99 | Teen+ The two titans of horror and comedy unite...


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App-etite for Destruction
Very few derive more satisfaction from seeing the little guy stick it to Wall Street more than yours truly. As those closest to me can attest, I have my own longstanding beefs with Wall Street, and it starts with its historical exploitation of average investors. Wall Street's good ole boys club has been notorious for reaping billions at the expense of average investors. So, imagine my delight when, in the wake of the meteoric rise in GameStop shares at the hands of the little guys, Wall Street suddenly began crying foul, demanding SEC and/or Justice Department investigations and intervention. Suddenly, Wall Street was FOR regulation. How humorous.
To be fair, however, not all Wall Street funds were caught in a "short squeeze" (when those whom have sold a stock short, believing the price would go down, are forced to buy back those shares to cover their positions when the tide turns against them, that is, prices rise). There were numerous Wall Street firms whom, alongside individual investors, reaped substantive gains on the rise of GameStop shares, thanks to long positions. Particularly, Senvest Management LLC, reaped a jaw-dropping $700 million-dollar-payday on GameStop shares, perhaps more than all the individual investors combined. But let us not allow facts to get in the way of the delight we felt at Wall Street's suffering.
Humor aside, the GameStop escapade highlights the burgeoning popularity of trading by individual investors, utilizing trading apps like Robinhood which tend to gamify investing. It is not difficult to fathom how such gamification could become hugely disastrous. We need look no further than the young man who committed suicide this past summer, influenced by the mistaken belief that he had reaped substantial losses—to the tune of over $700,000—while trading complex options. Certainly, not every single case of loss, real or perceived, will be as dramatic, but the need for caution is still necessary and urgent.
Robinhood, in its defense, has resorted to threadbare retorts, casting aside all legitimate criticisms as "elitist" attacks while reasserting itself as an avenue for average investors to reap the market gains that, hitherto, has been the alleged exclusive domain of Wall Street. Yet, Robinhood failed to disclose to those very same average investors that it was being highly compensated for its order-flow (a process by which trading firms pay millions of dollars to brokerage firms for directing trades its way). One cannot, both, claim to be a proponent for the "little guy" and, simultaneously, intentionally withhold material information from the "little guy" that might affect his/her decision-making. In its efforts to deflect criticism, Robinhood has even leveled attacks at the principled Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett's right-hand man and vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway.
Beyond withholding information regarding its payment for order-flow, it is quite disingenuous for any trading app to encourage a culture of day/options trading by unsuspecting, unsophisticated individuals while also claiming to be their friend (and by "unsophisticated" I simply mean someone not trained, academically or by experience, in investment finance). As the proverbial saying goes, with friends like Robinhood who needs enemies. To be clear, these are not investing instruments…but are, for the unsophisticated average investor, weapons of near-mass destruction. It is no different than urging your childhood friend to go down to the local casino every day and oh, by the way, advising him/her to take out a loan from the casino while he/she is there. I am not sure about you, but I would never encourage my friend to engage in such foolishness. Yes, my friend might post a big win here-and-there but, over the long term, he is bound to lose his shirt…and his tie. The odds will never be in his favor. Gambling is never an investment strategy.
What is an investment strategy for the average investor is a long-term investment in a broad index fund that tracks, for example, the S&P 500 Index (i.e., "the market"). The secular trend of the market has always trended up. Sure, there will be short-term fluctuations, mostly as a result of the short-sightedness of the market. Long term, however, the market will offer the average investor an annual return in the neighborhood of 7.5-8.0%, a historical fact dating back to 1957 when the S&P Composite Index expanded to 500 from 90 stocks. Going back even further, the historical return average gets better. Index funds are cheap to boot. For example, Vanguard's average expense ration is just 0.07%!
And can anyone guess what constituency would be the biggest beneficiary of a long-term average return hovering around 8%? You guessed it: younger investors with a long-term investment horizon, a constituency on whom Robinhood thrives. This is because, with a longer investment horizon, investors are better able to withstand the short-term vicissitudes of the market, thereby smoothening out its return performance. Then there is the magic of compounding. Again, with a longer investment horizon, younger investors are better able to maximize their returns over a longer period. A no-brainer.
Which brings us to our conclusion.
Clearly, I am of the opinion that index funds are a much, much better option for average investors, for the reasons outlined above and more. If, however, the rise and influence of trading apps is here to stay, I would issue a little bit of advice to the likes of Robinhood. For starters, if Robinhood and the like is truly on the side of the average investors, it would encourage its loyal followers to do more long-term index investing with the majority of its investing dollars. Of course, you will still have those who want to gamble or roll the dice, and that is fine…as long it comprises no more than 5-10% of a portfolio.
Next, if Robinhood is serious about its mission, it would disallow the practice of trading in options and eliminate margin accounts for average investors. There should be a certification process in place, much like Interactive Brokers, to determine if an individual has the requisite background knowledge and/or experience—and financial means—to engage in options or margin trading.
Finally, I am all about average investors making money…nothing gets me more excited. However, I believe it should be done in a smart, sensible way. Indeed, we can stick it to Wall Street without gambling and, as Peter Lynch would say, beat the street.
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If anyone could help me with the following problem, it would be greatly appreciated.
I am running the shopping cart on a UNIX server and have set the permissions as directed. When I run the program, I get a server error. I have had it working in the past, so I reinstall a previous version of smart and can't seem to get it working again. The strange thing is that the smartadmin script works fine.
I am doing all of my editing etc. on a Win NT 4.0 machine and saving my files as UNIX files.
Also, my header files have a graphic image. It won't display the image even though the properties show it to be pointing to the correct place. I have also set the permissions on the graphic.
please don't make any changes to the database...thanks.
Try moving your images outside your cgi-bin directory. You should also move any .htm or .html files. I did not receive any server errors when I ran it, but I did notice some minor bugs.
-- Tom (tom@haddonfield.com), March 07, 1998.


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Q: How to have a date that updates that is not today's in excel I'm trying to make a pivot table that shows information that was updated in the last week.  In the list I'm pulling from, someone manually inserts the date as necessary.  I am a novice at VBA, but the idea I have is to have a reference cell that has a date that automatically updates to a week ago from the current date.  Is there a way to do this?  I'm also going to have the same table except for the last month so if this is different then please let me know the coding for this as well.  Thanks in advance for the help!  It is much appreciated.

A: Your question is a little hard to follow. You mention VBA but then talk about a cell with a reference. Since you didn't post the code you're working with, I will assume you are referring to a cell formula.
You can use this formula in the cell of your choice to get today's date minus 7 days.
=Today()-7

To back date a month simply change the 7 to 30.
If you are truly working with VBA, please add the code to your question so we can help you with it.

A: As CharlieRB said, the following gives you the date of 7 days ago:
=TODAY()-7

30 days ago is similarly easy, but one month ago is a tad more complicated. To my knowledge, the following would be the most straightforward way to do it:
=DATE(YEAR(TODAY()),MONTH(TODAY()-1),DAY(TODAY()))

Also, you may want to hit F9 when in the spreadsheet to make sure the today() functions update.


Discount rate is the rate of interest used to determine the present value of the future cash flows of a project. For projects with average risk, it equals the weighted average cost of capital but for project with different risk exposure it should be estimated keeping in view the project risk.
Capital budgeting techniques such as net present value, internal rate of return, discounted payback period and profitability index are based on the concept of time value of money. In net present value, we discount the future incremental cash flows of a project to time 0 and then subtract the initial investment to see if we the project adds value or not. In internal rate of return technique, the IRR is compared with a rate called the hurdle rate which represents the cost of capital of the company and the risk of the project and the project is accepted only if the IRR is higher than the discount rate. The result we get from all the techniques is sensitive to the discount rate which makes it the most important input in capital budgeting process.
Where we, wp and wd are the target weights of common stock, preferred stock, and debt respectively in the company's capital structure. Similarly, ke, kp and kd represent the cost of equity, cost of preferred stock and cost of debt respectively. The cost of debt is multiplied with a factor of (1 – t) where t represents the tax rate. It is because interest payments are tax deductible which results in a decrease in effective (after-tax) cost of debt.
Cost of equity can be calculated using capital asset pricing model or Gordon growth model. Cost of preferred stock equals preferred dividends divided by current price of preferred stock and cost. Cost of debt is estimated based on the debt's yield to maturity.
While WACC is a good starting point in determining the discount rate, it is useful only when the project has the same risk as that of the average project of the company which is rarely the case. A better approach is to notch the discount rate up and down keeping in view the project risk. A risk-adjusted discount rate can be determined through application of the capital asset pricing model and pure play approach.
Risk free rate represent the expected return on investments with zero risk. Yield on government bonds is typically a good proxy for risk-free rate. Equity risk premium is the total compensation for all risks inherent in an investment. Market risk premium is the difference between return on the broad market index and the risk-free rate.
All the other inputs are the same expect for the beta. In determining the hurdle rate for a project using CAPM, we must use the project beta or asset beta.
Where βa is the project beta we should use, βe, D/E and t are the equity beta, debt-to-equity ratio, and tax rate of the pure play company.
The project beta should be plugged into the CAPM equation to get the appropriate discount rate.
The discount rate determined using this approach will be higher or lower than the weighted average cost of capital. It will be higher where the project is riskier and vice versa. It offers a better measurement of value added by a project.
Let us continue with Apple's example above.
Since the processor project has a risk profile different than the average risk of Apple's other project, we should use the risk-adjusted discount rate determined based on the pure play approach. Qualcomm is a good pure play company. Its equity beta is 1.49, D/E ratio is 0.81. Current interest rate on 10-year Treasury bonds is 2.86% and the expected return on the market is 7.6%. Assume a marginal tax rate of 30%.
If we use Apple's WACC to determine the processor project we would be overstating the NPV because the WACC is understating the project risk. The risk-adjusted discount rate approach based on the pure play method is a theoretically better approach.


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Everything We Know About 'Locke and Key' Season 2
Everything We Know About Locke and Key Season 2
There's plenty of comic left to adapt.
By Joshua St. Clair and Evan Romano Published: Apr 6, 2020
Spoiler warning: The following story contains spoilers for the first season of Locke and Key.
The first season of Netlfix's Locke and Key followed the magical adventures of the Locke family.
Though Netflix has yet to officially greenlight a second season, writing is already underway.
Here's everything we know about Locke and Key Season 2.
By now you've probably binged right through Netflix's Locke and Key Season 1 (or at least are in the process), and if you're not running out to buy the comic series (written by acclaimed horror writer Joe Hill, son of legendary novelist Stephen King), or running around your apartment listening for whispers and keys (keys to make your apartment larger than your office break room), you're probably wondering about Season 2.
Season 1 followed the adventures of the Locke family after tragedy uprooted them from Seattle, sending them to their creepy-ass patriarchal home in Massachusetts. Because creepy things always happen in New England.
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But will the creepy magic continue? How long do we have to wait for more Lockes and more keys and more puns?
Will Locke and Key have a season 2?
It was recently announced that Locke and Key will, indeed, be returning for a second season on Netflix. "more keys, more demons, more aloha 🗝 Locke & Key is returning for a season two!!!," Netflix wrote on their official Instagram.
Hill shared a video announcing the second season on his own Instagram page. "So happy we get to drop the deuce," he wrote in the caption. "Wait, I'm not sure that came out right. #lockeandkey"
According to executive producer Carlton Cuse, the team behind Locke and Key have already started writing.
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There's no shortage of source material. The comic series, written by Joe Hill and illustrated by Gabriel Rodriguez, ran for five years between 2008 and 2013. But Cuse admits adapting a comic series doesn't always mean panel-for-panel retelling. TV is a different medium, requiring different decisions.
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In an interview with Gamespot, Cuse spoke about the possibility of the series diverging from the comics in later seasons:
"We can't really answer that question yet. I think by the time we get to the end of the season, we'll have a better sense of how much longer the show can go. We've spent a lot of time talking with Joe [Hill], and I think, in concert with Joe, we'll figure out the answer to that question. I mean, it is a cool ending, but again, the show's diverging from the comics and it becomes something [else]. We want to be sure that the ending works for the TV series and we're not just forcing ourselves into an ending for endings' sake. We want the ending to be something that really feels like it's the right conclusion for our story."
Who will the Season 2 cast be?
Casting so far is still TBD, but we can expect the return of the vast majority of the first season's principal players. That means Jackson Robert Scott, Connor Jessup, and Emilia Jones as the three Locke kids, Bode, Tyler, and Kinsey, along with Darby Stanchfield, as their mother, Nina. We can also expect Bill Heck to continue to appear in flashbacks as their late father, Rendell. The rest of the gang also figure to continue to be part of the story: Petrice Jones as Scot, Griffin Gluck as Gabe, and Hallea Jones as Eden chief among them. Laysla De Oliveira, who plays Dodge, should also be expected to return. Always need a villain, right?
When will Season 2 come out?
With everything at a standstill production-wise right now due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it's hard to predict when, exactly, anything will be coming out. That being said, the second season of Locke & Key is likely still in the writing process, which can be done from home without any major delays due to the outside situation right now, so there's a chance that the show is relatively unaffected by everything happening in the world right now.
That being said, the closer the show gets to filming and production without things resuming to a previous status quo, the closer a second season of Locke & Key comes to being delayed. It's a far ways off, but fans can be relatively hopeful about a new season of the show coming at some point in 2021.
Joshua St. Clair
Joshua St Clair is an Assistant Editor at Men's Health Magazine.
Evan Romano
Evan is the culture editor for Men's Health, with bylines in The New York Times, MTV News, Brooklyn Magazine, and VICE. He loves weird movies, watches too much TV, and listens to music more often than he doesn't.
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