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MTAC 2015: 'Shadow of the Demon Lord' Panel with Creator Robert J. Schwalb
April 5, 2015 JGEarp	Leave a comment
The Middle Tennessee Anime Convention is in full swing this weekend, and Outright Geekery was there covering all of the cosplayers, news, and panels from the show.
After finishing a wildly successful Kickstarter campaign, Robert J. Schwalb's table-top RPG 'Shadow of the Demon Lord' is set to hit store shelves very soon. But, before you get your hands on the game itself, we've got you chance to learn everything you need to know about this upcoming RPG directly from the creator himself. Continue reading MTAC 2015: 'Shadow of the Demon Lord' Panel with Creator Robert J. Schwalb →
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Comic Books, Games, IDW Publishing
IDW Games Bringing POWERS To Tabletop Gaming
April 4, 2015 Gaumer	Leave a comment
IDW GAMES SET TO ADAPT POWERS INTO A SERIES OF TABLETOP GAMES
AWARD-WINNING COMIC SERIES COMES TO GAMING IN 2015
IDW Games is on the case! Get ready to hunt down the city's super-powered serial killers in a new line of tabletop games based off the Powers graphic novels. Powers, by Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming, is an Eisner Award winning super hero noir series that was recently adapted for television by PlayStation network. The Powers game line will include card, board, and dice games each focusing on different situations and characters from the series.
Continue reading IDW Games Bringing POWERS To Tabletop Gaming →
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IDW Publishing, Merch, News
IDW Games to Make 'The Godfather' Tabletop Games
IDW ENTERS AGREEMENT WITH
PARAMOUNT PICTURES TO PUBLISH
THE GODFATHER TABLETOP GAMES
THE FIRST RELEASE WILL BE THE GODFATHER CARD GAME DUE OUT THIS SUMMER
IDW announced it would release a line of The Godfather tabletop games ranging from quick-to-play card and dice games to big box strategic board games. Paramount Pictures' The Godfather is widely recognized among the most revered films of all-time.
"The Godfather is more than a movie, it's an icon," says IDW's Director of Business Development, Jerry Bennington. "We plan to give players as many options as possible when it comes to gaming in this rich environment. From quick dice fun to intense big box strategy this will be a line of games truly worthy of the name The Godfather."
Continue reading IDW Games to Make 'The Godfather' Tabletop Games →
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IDW To Release Tabletop and Card Games Based on 'Orphan Black'
IDW TO RELEASE ORPHAN BLACK TABLETOP GAMES
CARD AND BOARD GAME DUE OUT IN 2015
On the heels of Orphan Black #1 being announced as February's top-selling comic, today IDW announced it would release a series of Orphan Black tabletop games. Up first will be a deductive card game scheduled to be in stores this summer. The games will feature characters from the hit show and will further enrich the tension and unpredictability fans have experienced through the first two seasons. Orphan Black returns to BBC AMERICA for a highly anticipated third season on April 18th at 9:00pm ET, with the season premiere also airing across all AMC networks channels – AMC, IFC, SundanceTV, and WE tv in the U.S. and across Bell Media's Space, Bravo, CTV, and MTV channels in Canada.
Continue reading IDW To Release Tabletop and Card Games Based on 'Orphan Black' →
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Wizards of the Coast Releases Free Player Companion for New 'Encounters' Season
March 18, 2015 Gaumer	1 Comment
Wizards of the Coast is excited to kick off the start of the D&D Encounters Elemental Evil season, which comes on the heels of the Elemental Evil Player's Companion—a free PDF download chock full of player options, new races and spells for adventurers to get ready to unearth the deception this season.
Continue reading Wizards of the Coast Releases Free Player Companion for New 'Encounters' Season →
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IDW Games Bringing 'Fire & Axe' Back to Game Tables
February 3, 2015 Gaumer	Leave a comment
LAUDED VIKING GAME FIRE & AXE TO COME AGROUND IN MAY 2015
FIRE & AXE: A VIKING SAGA INVADES TABLETOPS WITH BREATHTAKING NEW ART, BELOVED MECHANICS, AND EXCLUSIVE PRE-ORDER BONUS MINIATURES
IDW Games and Pandasaurus Games announced today that Fire & Axe will land in game stores this May. Fire & Axe pits players as Viking warriors, racing to pillage, plunder, and conquer their way across Europe in an effort to bring glory to their clans. Fire & Axe has long been out of print, and has developed a cult-like status in the marketplace, this new edition features updated art and more than 90 brand-new sculpted miniatures, including exclusive minis that will only be available by pre-ordering this title. Continue reading IDW Games Bringing 'Fire & Axe' Back to Game Tables →
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Card Game Based on 'Chew' Comes with Issue #1 Variant
January 22, 2015 Gaumer	Leave a comment
CHEW: CASES OF THE FDA DUE TO HIT STORES IN MAY 2015
ALL PRE-ORDER COPIES OF THE GAME TO INCLUDE EXCLUSIVE CHEW #1 VARIANT COMIC
Today, IDW Games announced the official release date for the first in a series of CHEW tabletop games. CHEW: Cases of the FDA will be available in May of 2015. This fast-paced, high-laughs card game features art by Rob Guillory, including a brand-new box cover, as well as text by CHEW creator and writer, John Layman. IDW Games tapped designer Kevin Wilson (Descent, X-Files, Arkham Horror) to create an appropriately over-the-top card game worthy of the CHEW name.
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Preview, Star Wars, Table-Top Gaming
IG-88's '57 Chevy
January 15, 2015 akadavid	1 Comment
We're celebrating the release of Marvel's Star Wars comic this week here at Outright Geekery. With the building excitement for Episode VII, there's quite a bit to still get excited over between now and this December. This is something that I'm excited to see soon:
Back in August of last year, Fantasy Flight Games announced Wave 6 for the Star Wars X-Wing Miniatures Game, calling it Scum and Villainy. In this wave, the players are given the opportunity to abandon the Rebel Alliance or the Empire to play purely as the criminal organizations, pirates and bounty hunters which inhabit the Star Wars Universe, in this third new faction. This faction has its own ships and upgrades, opening up new builds, styles of play and game tactics. Continue reading IG-88's '57 Chevy →
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Game World Building 101: "Hello. My name is Destrine Star'Rune, and I'm an Elven Alcoholic."
July 9, 2014 indelikatt	1 Comment
NPCs are whomever we make them. The possibilities for the range of intelligence, humor, psychological issues, and so on are endless. Yet again and again we see characters that are stereotypes.
Swillbinge the Dwarf just downed his tenth tankard of ale. Five more and he'll start to feel it, but he'll be too busy mumbling in his heavy Scottish accent to care.
Thugg, the Half-Orc in the party, is right there with him though. Those nine mugs of ale were needed to wash down the entire turkey he just consumed (bones and all). Without the party's help though he wouldn't have the intelligence, or good graces, to pay his tab.
Klepto McBardy, the Halfling, is finding it all great sport. His songs and tales are filling the room with laughter…while his nimble fingers fill his pockets with "things he's keeping safe".
Only A'loof'n Pr'tenshus remains unamused. The Elven wizard barely glances up from her heavy tome as the party finds itself in a tavern fight with the highlord's minions. With a reluctant sigh, she closes the volume and rolls initiative.
Even if I hadn't identified the characters above by race, could you have guessed correctly based on their description? I bet you could. So why do these generic NPCs (or, worse, PCs) keep appearing?
We could start pointing fingers, at Tolkein and others, for making things this way. But, unless you're playing in Middle Earth, who dictates the standard? It's the DM's world and it's up to each of us to decide what works.
Try taking a step back and examining the mechanics of the race. Dwarves have darkvision so it makes sense that they evolved (or were created) in an area with no light. That fits the tradition of a race that lives in caves and mines. Such an environment also fits their stocky build; their low center of gravity helping them on shifting slopes.
But how are they making all this ale they are supposedly so fond of drinking? Not many barley fields a mile underground. And the Scottish accent? Well, there's no "Scotland" at all but it sounds like it. While the DM might have to use an Earth accent just to keep things consistent for himself, why couldn't the accent sound African or Spanish or pretty much anything but bad Gaelic?
Halflings? One of my worlds keeps the idea that halflings are socially clever and great with growing things. But, while some are farmers of the traditional sort, many others are farmers of a flower used to make narcotics. Using their agricultural skill, and a societal bent toward Evil for a change, the halflings rule a drug cartel that few want to cross. The halflings can be as clever with ways to deliver pain to their enemies; a swerve on the stereotypical Halfling creativity.
Of course, the whole point is to avoid stereotypes altogether. Not all Halflings should be good-natured Rogues or, for that matter, sadistic drug lords. In our own world we seek to eliminate racism and racial stereotypes. The same enlightened approach should be employed in the game world. But, just as there is a basis as to why certain characteristics are associated with humans on Earth, so too can we craft some basis for it on your game world.
The suggestion is to step back and look at the big picture of the world you want to create. Then focus in, designing your races' nature in a way that fits that view without simply repeating the same old tropes.
You know who can often be the most helpful in this design process? Non-gamers.
Those who don't play RPGs, and are not even lovers of fantasy movies and books, can have a very unbiased perspective on the whole thing. When you mention "elf", they don't think of Galadriel and Legolas. They think of Ernie, making cookies in a tree. Their thoughts, even if they don't know how to apply them to a gaming situation, might just spark some creative ideas of your own.
Any way you go about it, you will benefit from a game world that feels a little bit fresh, even to longtime diehard gamers. It's also a bit of a challenge for you as a DM, and that's a good thing too. The end result is a more vibrant world that still adheres to any game mechanics you use but provides a setting your players are intrigued enough to explore.
"Who ordered the roast basilisk with honey served on a pine plank?"
(shrugs) That's for you to decide. Maybe that's a cultural delicacy for the humans in this town? The half-orc isn't sure. He's too busy calculating probabilities of success on the party's next dungeon crawl. Orcs are renowned for their math skills, didn't you know?
(co-written by R. Currence and Michael N., aka Navarre)
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Game Building 101: Downtime and Level Advancement
June 28, 2014 indelikatt	Leave a comment
In a campaign world, the higher level a character (PC or NPCs) is, the less he or she represents the size of the population. For example, it may not be hard to find a 3rd level Fighter in the local town, but if you find a 15th level Fighter, she's a pretty big deal.
So why is it that in most games (including my own), PC characters rise from 1st level to 20th level in usually a few months to a year of in-game time? Even if downtime is included, it is a random "Okay, you have two months of downtime. Tell me what you want to do." Then the game picks up the next session, incorporating some things from the downtime but not having too much effect on the overall game.
The PC says he's going to research a spell and make a few wands, maybe even build a small wizard's tower. It happens and, other than a few incidences for flavor, everyone jumps right back to the plot, probably leaving the tower behind.
Part of the reason this happens is because, from a meta-gaming standpoint, the game is too often about the plot. The DM has worked in his secret lair for weeks or months to craft the game so, clearly, the PC is there to defeat the overlord Ensydious Tyrent, not grow petunias in his back yard and take care of his son, Little Jimmy.
Players usually follow the same mindset, which might be part of the reason most PCs have parents and siblings (albeit missing or recent converts to Tyrent's cause) but rarely have children or even spouses. Who has time to care about a family when there's a +5 Dancing Sword out there with your name on it?
So the campaign speeds along as PCs jump from one adventure arc to the next, with a smattering of downtime thrown in to add any semblance of realism. Soon enough, the world is saved, the PCs are 20th level, and one of the party even had a single birthday during all that time. While the PCs are probably far above the norm, how does one account for such incredible level advancement in such a short amount of time?
Let's try a different approach, one that makes the story about the characters and not only the plot. What if the campaign takes, say, fifty years of game time? I think it makes much more sense for a 1st level character who's 20 years old to be 70 when he finally hits 20th level, not 21 years old.
It should be noted, of course, that fifty years is a long time to a human but "last Tuesday" to an elf. So one has to consider why all elves aren't in the upper-teen levels as compared to humans.
Maybe the answer is as simple as, while the elf can have a lot of adventures over the course of her life, it isn't simply the actions that matter. Wisdom is a reflection on our experiences, not the experiences themselves. Elves take longer to reflect and learn from their experiences because their perspective of time is so much different than that of a human.
Over the course of the PC's fifty years, they will have varying periods of downtime. I will also suggest up front that the term "downtime" should be renamed. The name suggests it's the less important time used for less important things, ie "not the adventuring job". But just because a soldier or police officer is on leave doesn't mean what happens in his daily life isn't just as important to the entire scope of his life. So let's call these time periods "intervals".
The first adventure arc might encompass, for example, levels 1-2. Then the characters might have an interval of 3-5 years where they are doing other things. Whether they are running businesses, working their 9-5, starting a family, or whatever, these things matter.
Likewise, the rest of the world is moving on as well. When the adventuring party reconvenes (for whatever plausible reason) they reencounter the bartender at that first tavern where they all met (and had a brawl because that's what taverns are for). The barkeep, Bart Ender, having seen years ago that tavern work is dangerous, quit bar tending. Bart went to trade school and got his private security license (with a minor in business management). Five years later Bart is the owner of "Behind Bars", a security firm that maintains safety in taverns across the region; mostly by keeping an eye on any character found sitting at the shadowed table in the corner.
Maybe a PC has met a fine woman and they now have a three year old son. But the spouse's father recently passed away, the mother-in-law has moved in, and she is quick to argue that no self-respecting father would go hunt renegade orcs and leave their wife and child at home.
Often, in comics or movies as well as games, these sort of things aren't included. Part of the reason is that it is, actually, a challenge for Peter Parker to justify his adventuring ways when he has a wife (or if he had a child). But that is exactly the sort of thing that Parker has always done, even where it concerned his Aunt May. And, not only did he still put on the tights, but he is a more layered and interesting character for it.
During the intervals, the DM could have a session or two to cover events and RP that occur during the interval. The PCs are likely split up during this time so it may require shorter individual sessions. But the goal of the game isn't to get to the end as much as enjoying the entire thing from top to bottom.
Work with the player to help them develop their life; the life they would try to live if they didn't suffer the call to action that all heroes must suffer. If the PC's time is spent researching then give them extra ranks in that Knowledge. If they decide to help the city watch patrol for those orcs then you likely don't want to give them levels, as that would unbalance the group, but they certainly earn ranks in Spot, Listen, and Survival.
Each PC gains some number of Skill points, distributed based on their activities. They also gain RP connections to other NPCs that might prove useful during the adventure arcs. A good DM can easily incorporate the interval activities to the adventures themselves.
Then, after a couple weeks of real time as the players and DM work on the intervals, the PCs will be able to have a more realistic feel to the passage of time when the party gathers once again as Ensydious Tyrent's forces are spotted in the western marshes. Peace has been a pleasant reprieve for the party but destiny calls.
It should be noted that the DM might have to take a different perspective on how their campaign is organized. A game with impending doom just around the corner doesn't leave time for many breaks from the action. But, again, I assert that doesn't have to mean 20 levels of non-stop adventure.
For all the things Frodo Baggins did during his trip from the Shire to Mordor, the time involved still wasn't enough to account for 20 levels of advancement. If you look at Frodo from when he started to when he reached Mt. Doom, that arc might have been only five levels or so.
So think of these arcs as mini-campaigns that, together, comprise the breadth of the PC's life. If the focus is on the characters living in a vibrant world, they will find no end of plots (which may even ultimately all connect together).
This cycle of adventure/interval repeats over the lives of the characters. Fifteen years after that first meeting at the tavern, the party now owns their own town and land. But those fifteen years have been enough time for Bazterd Tyrent, son of Ensydious, to grow up and seek vengeance against the party for killing his father years ago.
Decades later, the party (now Lords, Arch-Mages, and all-around heroes) meets in the flying crystal castle of their Fighter's cloud kingdom. Maybe they will enjoy stopping by the Auld Lang Syne (formerly Bart's Tavern) for one last drink and reflection on their fifty years together.
Someday, the elves and dwarves in the party will sadly move on, after the funeral of their less-long-lived comrades, still holding much adventure and intervals to come. But that is another story.
Extra: It should be noted that the Pathfinder SRD has information on the use of downtime.
http://www.d20pfsrd.com/gamemastering/other-rules/downtime
The rules seem rather too convoluted to provide the sort of story flow I am suggesting. But the concepts might be useful to a DM in handling the mechanics of events during the intervals.
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Warsaw Metro Line Expansion
Sarens was brought in to transport and load a tunnel-boring machine (TBM) to be used in the construction of a new transit line.
For the expansion of Warsaw Metro's rapid transit system, Sarens was brought in to transport and load a tunnel-boring machine (TBM) to be used in the construction of a new transit line.
The operation was performed at the C06 Księcia Janusza underground station for the second metro line currently under construction. The €209 million expansion project, which is being led by Italian firm Asaldi, began in 2016 and is expected to last for 36 months.
For this operation, large elements first had to be transferred from the storage area to the work site. This included a 57-tonne cutting wheel (1.9m x 6.3m x 6.5m) and 65-tonne center shield top (3.9m x 4.3m x 6.3m).
Next, the Sarens team had to assemble the TBM. For this part of the operation, one of the biggest challenges the team faced was the lack of space. Crawler cranes were selected because of their ability to travel on the construction site. The LR 1350 was used to build the TBM on the ground, in the L configuration (36m, 125t + 38t).
With the assembly completed, Sarens prepared to lower the TBM underground. The C2800-1 crane was used to lower the 400-tonne load, using the SSL configuration (36m, 180t + 60t, 300t SL). The crane lift load was at a 13m radius, with an extended radius to 16m and 90° slew. The load was rotated into position, and the crane drove six metres to lower the TBM in place.
"The greatest challenge was to fit the load and safely place it under the ceiling," says Mariusz Sudol, Country manager, Poland. "The clearance was only 40 cm and our team safely performed the operation."
Both cranes deployed on the project came from Sochaczew, Poland. Each was assembled within three days.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


text:
require_relative '../../spec_helper'
require_relative '../../../lib/admin_statistics_digest/parse_to_cron_hash'

RSpec.describe AdminStatisticsDigest::ParseToCronHash do

  describe '#parse' do
    context 'min parameter' do

      it 'returns true if min value is between 0-59, hour value is between 0-23, and day value is between 1-30' do
        result = described_class.parse(0, 0, 1)
        expect(result.valid?).to be_truthy

        result = described_class.parse(59, 23, 30)
        expect(result.valid?).to be_truthy

        result = described_class.parse(-1, 0, 1)
        expect(result.valid?).to be_falsey
        expect(result.message).to eq('Invalid minute')

        result = described_class.parse(0, -1, 1)
        expect(result.valid?).to be_falsey
        expect(result.message).to eq('Invalid hour')

        result = described_class.parse(0, 0, 0)
        expect(result.valid?).to be_falsey
        expect(result.message).to eq('Invalid day')

        result = described_class.parse(60, 23, 30)
        expect(result.valid?).to be_falsey
        expect(result.message).to eq('Invalid minute')

        result = described_class.parse(59, 24, 30)
        expect(result.valid?).to be_falsey
        expect(result.message).to eq('Invalid hour')

        result = described_class.parse(59, 23, 31)
        expect(result.valid?).to be_falsey
        expect(result.message).to eq('Invalid day')
      end

      it 'returns valid cron hash when argument is valid' do
        result = described_class.parse(0, 0, 1)
        expect(result.valid?).to be_truthy
        expect(result.cron_hash).to eq('0 0 1 * *') # tested on http://cron.schlitt.info/
      end
    end
  end
end

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Hello, all. How's everyone doing? This is a glorious recipe that is sure to brighten up anyone's day - who doesn't love ice cream cake? And what? It's HEALTHY, you say? Well, I'll be! It's a miracle! Actually it's not really a miracle, it's just momma nature treatin' us well and providing all the sustenance we need in the form of juicy fruits. Life is good when you've got ripe plants to eat. I am very happy with these photos, if I am being honest (and I am.) Then again, it's not hard to take beautiful photos when you have beautiful subjects to take photos of. The vibrant colours of nature are the thing to be admired here. I found these flowers at the farmer's market this morning, where a vendor was selling bunches of edible plants: 3 for $5.00! She recommended dipping the sage leaves in coconut oil then baking them with a pinch of salt until crispy... she is a genius.
Today I share with you a simple yet beautiful recipe for a sweet, creamy, fresh ice cream cake. It is made of 100% fresh fruit, and nothing else. Because when you care about the world, animals, and yourself - why eat anything but plants? Enjoying a plant-based diet is the best choice you can make to have the most positive impact on the health of our planet, our animal friends, and your own well-being. It is the intelligent decision, and the compassionate one. If you are a lover, you should let go of meat, dairy, and other animal products; it is that simple. I hope I don't sound preachy or judgemental in this post, I only want to spread a message of peace and equality. I have just been sobbing for an hour over the state of humanity. We support the systemized murder and torture of billions everyday, just to say "mmm... bacon!" It is literally insane and it must stop. I know the majority of people are not aware of the impact of their simple meal choices, and that is because there are huge corporations and massive amounts of money and power intentionally masking the truth and parading lies to the public. I do not blame the public. But I do think it's fair to demand an end to the killing. A sane person understands murder is wrong, so why eat meat? An animal is an animal - we are all animals. There is no categorical difference between us and all other living beings, so why kill one and love another? It doesn't make sense. I love my friends, so I do not eat them. Instead, I eat fruit. Let's eat cake, hug pigs, save the earth, regain our health, and love each other.
Slice the frozen bananas, then blend in a high speed blender until they get to the consistency of soft serve ice cream; it will take a minute but suddenly you'll have that perfect thick, creamy, fluffy texture. Add the strawberries one by one, until the mixture is pink but still thick.
Now in a 4-inch cake mold, or other small mold, layer the sliced banana pieces with the ice cream mixture. Set in the freezer just long enough to make it hold together. Then cut around the edge of cake with a knife so it separates from the mold, then carefully take it out and enjoy! I decorated mine with edible flowers and sage leaves.
This looks wonderful. I'm inspired.
Gorgeous! I just bought your cookbook [which I'll review as soon as I make a few recipes] and finally discovered your blog. Where have I been all this time? Keep it up, chica.
Uhhmm... I have to say that I am not convinced by this recipe. There is no image of the cake sliced and I really fear that it is actually not possible to cut it into even remotely near slices... which makes the neatness of it in its entire form a bit pointless for me.
So it is frozen solid (and this is first thing I do not like about this type of cakes). To cut it, it needs to thaw at least a bit. Then, putting the knife through it, everything will get squashed... is this really a practical recipe?
80-10-10 is great, but I have to say that texture wise it may affect cakes negatively... or so it seems the case here.
Actually, frozen bananas cut very easily - even through thick sections. I know this because I just cut up a quart of bananas that I had accidently frozen into a giant block. No problem.
hello! I have to say I completely understand your pain. I lay in bed sometimes with tears in my eyes because of the state of affairs for our animal friends. I literally lose sleep! and I know people who "love" animals..but don't bat an eye at the reality of serving meat at every meal. it makes me literally ill. so it's hard to not become the "angry vegan" who preaches and tries to get people to actually think..that seems to make people hate me. haha. if only things were logical!
Yum! I can't wait to make this sweet ice cream cake.
Thank you for the gorgeous food and heartfelt lament.
I love your blog and I think your photographs are gorgeous. However, I strongly recommend you read the book "The Vegetarian Myth" by Lierre Keith. Basically she says 1) our bodies are built to eat meat, 2) eating meat is ideal for sustainability, 3) animals eat each other, it's just the cycle of life (and we are overpopulated anyway), 4) plants are life just as much as animals are and why have a bias towards life with faces? When we eat fruit, we are basically stealing plant's chances for spreading their seeds and regeneration. I know your mind is probably made up, and right on for being vegan because it makes you feel good. Just maybe it will open your eyes to seeing that eating meat isn't necessarily "murder"
At the last commenter... errr... I think you should choose better the forum where to make your statements.. or are you just trying to attract attention as you enjoy people getting furious??? As for your own version of 'the truth', I strongly recommend you read scientific papers (LOTS of them, and textbooks as well) not just one book you found on the shelves which conveniently 'makes you feel less bad' about your murderous ways (let's admit, this is what it is about...). Em's wonderful website is not the place where to start an argument and she totally deserve your praise and ours, but... disproving your points is just too easy!
2- meat is one of the most polluting industries on earth. Even meat from your local organic farm is damaging to the environment because of the crazy gases cows produce and the fact that animals need to be fed a lot to feed us only a little. A very uneconomical process.
3- animals eat each other? really? ALL of them? My tortoise, despite her very sharp teeth, eats only veggies. Oh, and I think a good number of primates actually do the same.
I mean, these are just so basic facts you could have find them anywhere... at least do some proper research? Yep, meat is always murder.
I think everything you make looks so beautiful!
I always like it when you write a little bit about the reasons why it's important for people to go vegan, other than eating the most delicious healthy food ever. :) I'm sure your blog has inspired many to take that step, and will continue to. Let's hope that someday we see a world in which the consciousness has shifted.
i have to mention that while many farm animals are not treated well that doesn't mean all of them aren't. and it's still nothing compared to what animals do to each other in the wild. quite brutal really. i hope you are crying for those animals as well.
do you ever use spring form pans? if so which one do you recommend?
@lightaction - Yep! I have a 9 inch.
wow you deleted my comment about 80 10 10 not working for me and all the issues i had with it?? wow, totally lost respect for you.
@Andrea - I didn't delete anything, I never delete comments! I don't see your comment anywhere but I would love to read it!
I love you, I love this treat, I love our world and our friends. Thank you!


The dominate predators were archosaurs like Postosuchus. Walking with Dinosaurs has Postosuchus as a solitary ambush predator. It had legs directly under the body unlike modern lizards and an ankle design that differed from both dinosaurs and crocodiles. It probably laid in wait on game trails for prey like modern Komodo dragon or crocs do. It could then take out a nasty chuck of of flesh, killing smaller animals or wounding larger animals fatally and then waiting for them to die from the blood lose and infection. It should be noted that while crocs and Komodo are not social pack animals in the mammal sense, they do seem be able to live in close association with other members of their kind.
So Postosuchus might not have been as solitary as the show implies. One notable scene has the Postosuchus spraying the boundaries of its territory like a modern lion. I think a certain amount of skepticism needs to be applied here. First birds and lizards don't produce urine like a mammal. They excrete a slurry as seen in pigeons. This reduces their water requirements compared to mammals a difference stressed in the show. I think it that if Postosuchus scent marked its territory, specialized glands might have been a possibility but birds and crocs vocalize to mark their territories so maybe we should have a singing Postosuchus. It could be a Disney musical.
Postosuchus was 18 feet long and 6 feet tall. The skull is narrow and deep. The pelvis suggests that Postosuchus was cable of a more upright posture than other archosaurs. It has been reconstructed with a bipedal posture but the conscensus is it was similar in construction to other archosaurs with a quadrapedal posture.
Postosuchus continues into the early or middle Norian. One of the unusual and interesting rauisuchians discovered in recent times is Postosuchus, from the Triassic Dockum Formation of Texas and made famous in Walking with Dinosaurs. While the ornithisuchids and rauschids continued to share the top predator slot with dinosaurs, dinosaurs take over the small to medium carnivore roles and prosaurapods take over the herbivore category.


Season 12 of Great Performances at the Met concludes Sunday, September 9 at 12 p.m. on PBS (check local listings) with Cendrillon, Massenet's operatic take on the classic fairy tale Cinderella, starring Joyce DiDonato as the titular heroine and Alice Coote as Prince Charming, alongside Kathleen Kim as the Fairy Godmother and Stephanie Blythe as Madame de la Haltière.
Laurent Pelly's imaginative production takes place in a storybook kingdom, where Cendrillon is forbidden to attend the ball at the palace by her wicked step-mother, Madame de la Haltière. After her family's departure, Cendrillon's Fairy Godmother appears and gifts her with a coach, a gown and glass slippers that will hide her true identity. There is one condition: Cendrillon must depart the festivities before midnight. At the ball, an unhappy Prince Charming's mood suddenly changes when Cendrillon arrives, and the two immediately fall in love. As midnight approaches, Cendrillon hurries away, leaving behind one glass slipper. As Madame de la Haltière and her daughters complain about the mysterious beauty from the ball, Cendrillon escapes to the forest where she find's Prince Charming. After revealing her true identity to the prince, the two fall into an enchanted sleep in the woods. Awakening at home, Cendrillon begins to believe it was all a dream, until a herald announces that the prince is hosting women from all over the kingdom to try on the glass slipper left behind at the ball. Upon her arrival, Prince Charming immediately recognizes Cendrillon and the two declare their love as the kingdom hails Cendrillon as their future queen. Bertrand de Billy conducts. Ailyn Pérez hosts.


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PREVIEW | Exiles searching for third successive victory against Morecambe
Dan Fletcher
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Fifth face sixth on Saturday afternoon as Newport County AFC travel to the Mazuma Stadium to take on Morecambe FC.
A mere two points separate the sides going into the match, ensuring County can overtake their opponents with a win in Lancashire.
Here, you can find all the facts and statistics ahead of this Sky Bet League Two fixture...
The opposition - Morecambe FC
Morecambe currently hold 5th position in the Sky Bet League Two table after accumulating 56 points from their 34 matches so far this campaign. The Shrimps have won 16 of their games, drawn eight and lost 10.
Morecambe started the season in great form, achieving four wins from their first five matches against Cheltenham Town, Southend United, Port Vale and Oldham Athletic. However, they got just two wins from their next eleven fixtures.
The Shrimps have since returned to their best and surged up the table to join the promotion race.
County will be looking to follow up on their Tuesday win with another victory with a side that could remain unchanged against the Shrimps.
Morecambe have been without Nathaniel Percival-Knight for the last few games, and will also be missing on-loan Brad Lyons.
One to watch – Carlos Mendes Gomes
Carlos Mendes Gomes is certainly Morecambe's main goal threat with 12 goals and three assists in Sky Bet League Two so far this season.
The Spaniard is top scorer for the Shrimps this season, and scored in their latest outing at Forest Green, as his 94th-minute goal saved a point against their fellow promotion rivals.
The 22-year-old began his career in the Atletico Madrid academy, before moving to England in 2016 to join West Didsbury & Chorlton.
Manager – Derek Adams
Derek Adams took over at the Mazuma Stadium in November 2019 after succeeding Jim Bentley, who had been in the position since 2011.
In his first season at Morecambe, Adams successfully guided them to safety after taking over with the club at the bottom of the table. The Scot now has his sights set on chalking up a promotion with the Shrimps.
The 45-year-old has also managed at Ross County in Scotland, where he won the Scottish First Division by a record 24-point margin, and Plymouth Argyle, where he achieved promotion from Sky Bet League Two in 2016/17.
Last meeting between the sides
The last time the two sides met was back in December at Rodney Parade. The game followed the trend of late drama in south Wales, with County coming out on top.
The Exiles took the lead after 11 minutes when Padraig Amond guided home a Scott Twine pass. The teams were level at the break, however, as Morecambe scored through Carlos Mendez Gomes.
The winner for Newport came in the last 10 minutes when Josh Sheehan was fouled in the penalty area, and Matty Dolan stepped up to secure the win for the home side in a tight and tough encounter.


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Australia vs Sri Lanka 2nd Test: Australia strike late after posting mammoth totalhttps://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/australia-vs-sri-lanka-2nd-test-australia-strike-late-after-posting-mammoth-total-5565942/
Australia vs Sri Lanka 2nd Test: Australia strike late after posting mammoth total
Australia, who lead the two-match series 1-0 after winning the opener by an innings and 40 runs at Brisbane last week, are on course to claim their first series since a 4-0 Ashes victory over England last year.
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Sri Lanka reached 123-3 at stumps and trail Australia by 411 runs. (AP Photo)
Australia picked up three late wickets after Sri Lanka opener Dimuth Karunaratne was felled by a nasty bouncer on Saturday, as the hosts took command of the second test by posting a massive first innings 534-5 declared on day two at Manuka Oval. The tourists reached 123-3 at stumps and trail Australia by 411 runs, with Kusal Perera unbeaten on 11 and Dhananjaya de Silva on one.
After resuming on 384-4, the hosts declared their first innings closed after lunch. Kurtis Patterson, in just his second test innings, was unbeaten on 114 after posting his maiden century and captain Tim Paine was 45 not out.
In reply, Sri Lanka's left-handed opening pair of Karunaratne and Lahiru Thirimanne held off Australia's attack for 30 overs to add 82 before a vicious Pat Cummins delivery struck Karunaratne around the back of the neck.
The impact felled the 30-year-old and he was stretchered off in a neck brace after a lengthy delay. He was forced to retire hurt on 46 but Sri Lanka coach Chandika Hathurusingha later had good news about his condition.
"He's in the hospital at the moment and in good spirit," he told reporters. "He's been assessed and no danger at the moment. He was talking to us before leaving (for hospital) as well."
"It was a bit scary the way he fell back initially. But he was okay, was talking throughout to the umpires and the physio." That ended Sri Lanka's solid opening stand, the best from a visiting team in Australia since England's Alastair Cook and Michael Carberry put on 85 in Perth in December 2013.
CLASS ATTACK
Karunaratne's departure seemed to derail Sri Lanka's innings. In the following over, Thirimanne hit off-spinner Nathan Lyon for two fours before edging him to slip on 41. Cummins then breached the defence of Kusal Mendis (six) with a peach of a delivery.
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Mitchell Starc, who nabbed 15 wickets in five tests during the India series and opener against Sri Lanka, has come in for criticism for some wayward bowling and while he was regularly clocking over 150 kph during his opening spell the Australia pace spearhead once again lacked direction.
He finally had some joy when he got captain Dinesh Chandimal (15) to glove a catch behind shortly before stumps. Patterson said the home side's attack was showing its class.
"I am not sure what Karunaratne is going to do but we are two wickets away from bowlers," he said. "There's generally been a little bit in the wicket for the first 30-40 minutes of each day."
"If we can get a couple of early wickets and wind Starc up to get into their tail, it will go a long way in winning the test."
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The home side had struggled with the bat recently but have three centurions in Canberra already. After hundreds from Joe Burns and Travis Head on the first day, the 25-year-old Patterson, who made his debut in Brisbane, looked untroubled against a second-string Sri Lanka attack.
Overnight centurion Burns added eight to his overnight score before playing on to his stumps for 180. Patterson, who smacked 14 fours and a six in his knock, and Paine then continued to plunder runs at will with an unbroken sixth-wicket stand of 130.
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Q: Applications of Kneser graphs? Kneser's conjecture remained unsolved for over two decades and is now well known for its proofs using topological methods in combinatorics.
However, I am wondering why we are interested in Kneser graphs. Are there any interesting applications (perhaps computer science?) or properties that make them special? Where does the motivation stem from?

A: Method ringing.  Over at the demo Kneser Graphs, the permutation 13527486 is used to traverse one graph.  This is the same permutation used by the Central Council of Church Bell Ringers to traverse 8 bells, two at a time, no two rung twice in a row.  Dates back to 1650.

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Experience on Demand
What Virtual Reality Is, How It Works, and What It Can Do
Jeremy Bailenson
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"If you want to understand the most immersive new communications medium to come along since cinema… I'd suggest starting with Mr. Bailenson's [book]." —Wall Street Journal
Virtual reality is able to effectively blur the line between reality and illusion, granting us access to any experience imaginable. These experiences, ones that the brain is convinced are real, will soon be available everywhere. In Experience on Demand, Jeremy Bailenson draws upon two decades spent researching the psychological effects of VR to help readers understand its upsides and possible downsides. He offers expert guidelines for interacting with VR, and describes the profound ways this technology can be put to use to hone our performance, help us recover from trauma, improve our learning, and even enhance our empathic and imaginative capacities so that we treat others and ourselves better.
Praise For Experience on Demand: What Virtual Reality Is, How It Works, and What It Can Do…
An accessible introduction [and] a cogent primer to the potential and pitfalls of VR.
— Washington Post
Excellent.… A fascinating journey.
— San Francisco Chronicle
Few people alive know as much about VR as Jeremy Bailenson. For decades he's been researching how VR affects humans. Read this before you enter this new world.
— Kevin Kelly, founding editor of Wired and author of The Inevitable
[Bailenson's] enthusiasm is contagious, and he explains complex issues to an audience broader than fellow scientists, providing a real vision of our possibly VR-infused future.
— Nature
Virtual reality is changing the way athletes train. This book is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand and hone performance through VR.
— Joe Montana, Hall of Fame quarterback
Jeremy Bailenson's work is unflinching and brave. He helps us see more of our vulnerabilities and our potential than ever before. This book describes the edge of human self-knowledge, and a precipice of human foibles to avoid.
— Jaron Lanier, VR pioneer and author of You Are Not a Gadget
Bailenson provides a clarifying framework for a necessary conversation about what it will mean to 'be there' in the twenty-first century. Read this to calibrate the ethical and moral choices ahead.
— Sherry Turkle, professor of the social studies of science and technology, MIT, and author of Reclaiming Conversation
As one of VR's pioneers, Jeremy Bailenson sheds light on how it works, its benefits, and how it will impact us in the future.
— Young Sohn, president and chief strategy officer, Samsung Electronics
Nobody has thought longer or deeper than Jeremy Bailenson about how VR will affect society. He takes us on an entertaining tour of what it can do, from giving children thrilling educational experiences to teaching the public about climate change to enhancing the storytelling powers of filmmakers and journalists.
— Laurene Powell Jobs, president of Emerson Collective
What is virtual reality? Everyone is talking about it but very few have really indulged in artistic and well-crafted simulations. Jeremy Bailenson takes you beyond the hype and into the profound and empathic ways VR is enhancing every facet of life… from how we communicate to how we are entertained. A must-read for anyone who is curious about the world we live in.
— Jane Rosenthal, producer and cofounder of Tribeca Enterprises
Jeremy Bailenson is professor of communication at Stanford University and founding director of the Virtual Human Interaction Lab. His writing has appeared in the Washington Post, Slate, and the San Francisco Chronicle. He lives in Redwood City, California.


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Music videos of Eurogliders, as well as a Video clips feat. Eurogliders
Music Videos of(feat.) Eurogliders total: 8 Videos
Eurogliders
Music Video: Heaven (Must Be There)
Artist: Eurogliders Video Genre: Rock
DVD Album: Telegenics Number 20A. November 1984 Released on DVD: 1984
Music Video: Another Day In The Big World
DVD Album: Rock America February 1985 Released on DVD: 1985
DVD Album: Rock America November 1984 Released on DVD: 1984
Music Video: Can't Wait To See You
DVD Album: Telegenics Number 35A. February 1986 Released on DVD: 1986
DVD Album: Rock America AOR February 1986 Released on DVD: 1986
Music Video: We Will Together
Artist: Eurogliders Video Genre: Pop
DVD Album: Aussies Never Looked So Good Released on DVD: 2003
DVD Album: Pop Never Looked So Good Released on DVD: 2003
About Eurogliders
Rock America February 1985
Rock America November 1984
Telegenics Number 35A. February 1986
Rock America AOR February 1986
Aussies Never Looked So Good
Pop Never Looked So Good
Regarded as one-hit wonders in America, the Eurogliders actually had a longer and more successful career in their homeland. Formed in 1980 in Perth, West Australia, the Eurogliders consisted of six members: Grace Knight (vocals), Crispin Akerman (guitars), Bernie Lynch (guitars), Amanda Vincent (keyboards), Geoff Rosenberg (bass), and John Bennetts (drums). As a teenager, Knight used to perform in folk clubs. Searching for a career boost, she traveled to Australia where she met Lynch, a friend of her sister's. As Knight developed her vocal style, Lynch began assembling the pieces for a band. In 1982, the Eurogliders released their first album, Pink Suit Blue Day, but it did not sell well. However, "Heaven," the autumnal single from 1984's This Island, was a worldwide smash; it provided the group's only U.S. airplay. Unable to duplicate that success, the Eurogliders broke up in 1989. In 1990, Knight appeared in the TV miniseries Come in Spinner; she also covered '40s torch songs on the soundtrack. Knight recorded her first solo album, Stormy Weather, in 1991. Leaving behind the new wave synthesizers and folksy harmonies of the Eurogliders, Knight switched to jazz and soul with Stormy Weather. A year later, Stormy Weather and the Come in Spinner soundtrack both landed in the Top Ten of Australia's jazz charts. In 1993, Knight released Gracious.


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The Blockchain Players You Need to Know About in 2018
By	Team AngelHack
Blockchain is not a new technology, but the world is just beginning to discover it's value in our evolving digital world. If you're interested in what's up and coming in the world of blockchain, keep an eye on the following companies. Each one is disrupting the way we work, share and secure the digital world we live in; one big idea at a time.
Dispatch Labs
Industry: Development
Business relies on technology, especially cloud applications that make it easier to share, collaborate and access documents and assets anytime, anywhere. These applications, however, suffer from lack of scalability, downtime and increasingly expensive hosting costs. While the blockchain offers an opportunity to change that, the creators at Dispatch Labs believe current blockchain protocols need to be updated first—and they're making that happen.
They explain on their website: "Dispatch enables any data-driven application to transition to blockchain easily. The Dispatch protocol securely stores data off-chain, while managing that data through extensible smart contracts, and is built for long-term scalability, security, and versatility."
As blockchain becomes more ubiquitous within society, and especially in business, their product will improve functionality and the ability to securely store data.
Experty
Industry: Networking
Developers are always learning, and Experty is making it easier for that to happen with a new blockchain-based platform. The company's initial plan is to give blockchain experts a platform to sell their time: "Our current focus is on solving the talent crisis in the blockchain community by allowing experts to monetize their skills through a Skype-like voice and video application."
Users can pay for one-on-one calls with experts, converse via group texting, attend webinars, and make all payments via smart contracts and Experty's native token, EXY. As the platform grows, so will the base of experts available to users, making it a valuable product for professional development.
Note that Experty is not a searchable marketplace; experts can share their Experty contact information anywhere and with anyone—and payments are then facilitated through the platform.
Elastos is one of China's G3 blockchain companies and had an initial goal, in 2000, of developing "the world's first Internet Operating System." Now, nearly 20 years later, the company creating a "blockchain powered Internet" is still one to watch. When they tapped into the power of blockchain in 2017, Elastos created the Smart Web with a new important goal: support large-scale decentralized applications.
Head to their website to learn more about the four pillars of the Smart Web. As DApps become more important and relevant in our online world, platforms like Elastos will become increasingly valuable to developers.
PolySwarm
Industry: Cyber Security
Today's $8.5 billion/year threat intelligence (anti-virus) market is broken. A whopping 70 percent of threats go undetected and cybercrime damages are expected to double by 2021 and reach 6 trillion USD dollars, according to Cyber Security Ventures. PolySwarm, a new player in the blockchain space, is using the technology to disrupt what we know to be the norm in cybersecurity.
Thanks to blockchain's inherently distributed nature, PolySwarm's ecosystem will allow for "crowdsourced" security, where security experts are also incentivized—via their utility token, Nectar (NCT)—to innovate, continue learning and submit correct assertions. The platform will also make it possible for cybersecurity organizations who choose to plug into the ecosystem to provide more robust security and avoid the overlap in coverage that's commonplace right now.
TrustToken
Industry: Investing
There are $256 trillion in real-world assets: which includes "every bar of gold, every barrel of oil, every piece of real estate," says Kristin Houser, author for Futurism. The problem:
"Unfortunately, the processes used to trade these assets are outdated. Transactions can take weeks or even months to complete and may include massive amounts of red tape, numerous fees, and geographical restrictions. For these reasons and more, investors may be wary of taking part in these potentially lucrative markets," explains Houser.
Enter TrustToken, the safe and secure platform bridging the gap between blockchain and these assets. The platform relies on smart contracts and recognition of ownership with legal institutions—if contractual agreements and instructions are not followed or met, consequences are enforced under civil and criminal law.
While other organizations have tried to create a similar product, they've lacked the security and legal enforcement necessary to make it usable. As such, TrustToken's applications are wide-reaching, and has the potential to provide significant value to growing industries like real estate and investing.
CoinLancer
Industry: Freelance
By 2020, the freelance economy will represent 40 percent of the American Workforce, according to a recent Intuit Report. As such, the need for platforms that can facilitate work and payment in a secure manner is needed. That's where CoinLancer, a new UpWork-style platform, comes in. They use blockchain and digital currency to increase transparency between client and freelancer. The best part is: the process works the same as most freelancers are already familiar with—parties connect, work is done, money is paid.
The key piece, however, is the second step, in which funds are deposited into an Escrow account. Thanks to smart contracts, that money is released to the freelancer when agreed upon work is completed; no arguing about payment or chasing people down.
All payments are made via CoinLancer's token but can be transferred to traditional currency, or a number of other digital currencies including BTC, BCH, LTC, ETH, and DASH. Be sure to check out their FAQ for details about participating.
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2019 "Aussie List" Revealed
Warner Bros., The Black List and Veerhuis Pictures Reveal 2019 "Aussie List" including Two Western Australian Projects
Screenwest is pleased to support the Australian Script Writing Opportunity which provides aspiring Australian screenwriters the opportunity to be considered in a two-step, blind screenwriting deal with Warner Bros. Pictures.
Western Australian screenwriters Owen Beck and John McMullan were selected with their screenplay for Mister Wick and Maziar Lahooti was shortlisted for his project Manichean.
"The team at Veerhuis Pictures are very pleased to have worked with Warners and The Black List again to curate a list of outstanding Australian screenwriting talent. The 2019 Aussie List is testament to the existing talent we have on offer here in Australia. It is great to see two new Western Australian voices on the list, John McMullan and Owen Beck with their film Mr Wick and to see Maz Lahooti qualify as a solo writer. There is a wide range of projects on the list with many voices being heard and I encourage a thorough read," explained film producer Chris Veerhuis of Veerhuis Pictures.
The scripts submitted underwent evaluations from The Black List reviewers and were shortlisted and presented to Warner Bros and Veerhuis Pictures.
The official announcement from Warner Bros., The Black List and Western Australia's Veerhuis Pictures was made this morning and can be read in full below.
Warner Bros., The Black List and Veerhuis Pictures Reveal 2019 "Aussie List"
11 Australian Screenwriters Short-Listed
Warner Bros. Pictures, The Black List and Veerhuis Pictures are thrilled to announce the 2019 "Aussie List", featuring the eleven short-listed scripts from the second year of the Australian Script Writing Opportunity.
The short-listed scripts showcased the extraordinary writing talent on offer in Australia via works that cross many genres, social issues and diverse topics. The films are set in a variety of locations worldwide. Over 250 scripts were submitted during the opt-in period, which was open from August 30th to November 28th 2019.
The 2019 Aussie List – in no particular order
SPITFIRE GIRLS – Stephen Ayres
Spitfire Girls reveals the incredible true story of British aviatrix Pauline Gower as she battles inequality, a crisis of faith, a crippling disease and her own inner demons to allow the ATA Women's division – 10 top pilots from across the allied world – to play a vital part in defending Britain from the Nazis during WWII.
MY SUMMER IN THE HUMAN RESISTANCE – Steve Anthopoulos
A socially awkward young man is happy to live in a world ruled by robots, but his life is upended when he falls in love with a handsome anti-robot revolutionary.
A CITIZEN – Jason Christou and Tanya Farley
After being caught trying to board a plane bound for the Middle East to join ISIS, 17-year-old Iman Abdullah is given a lifeline by psychologist Kathy Klimas and her deradicalisation program that aims to reconnect him to the life, family and community he once swore to destroy.
MISTER WICK – Owen Beck and John McMullan
Upon the loss of his wife and estrangement with his daughter, an Aussie ex-rocker departs for Bangkok to reunite with a former bandmate. There, his passion for performing is unexpectedly reinvigorated by a band of kind-hearted locals.
FUNGAL – Nick King
When a fungal brain parasite rips through Seattle, Heidi — an intelligent, headstrong nurse — will have to learn to trust and rely on her unfaithful boyfriend if the two of them are to team up, escape and survive. Problem is, the pathogen renders people caring, helpful and kind…before turning them into murderous zombies. These human qualities are exactly what Heidi needs from Aiden but are they symptoms of infection or signs of personal growth?
PIG – Georgina Love
A moving sci-fi feature, follows an experimental scientist as he raises a sentient pig as a mirror image of his terminally ill son, but when the pig learns his "father's" plans have a sinister bent, he fights to resist the inevitable.
MOTHER MOUNTAIN – Andy Friedhof
Based on a bizarre true story. Following their escape from prison, two scam artist brothers attempt to con a poor village by hiring a prostitute to act as a cave-dwelling goddess. Things quickly turn dangerous when the prostitute comes to believe she truly has divine powers and orders a human sacrifice be made in her honour.
THE TRANSLATOR – Joel Mitchell
Tomás, an immigrant from the Dominican Republic, finds himself volunteering as a translator in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. But as Tomas' backstory continues to unspool, it becomes clear that this dedication is a shot at redemption, one for acts in his past that he has not even told his wife and family about. Based on actual events.
BULLYPROOF – Tim Keen
To save his son from being picked on, over-anxious father Drew reaches out to his own childhood bullies, to teach him how to make his son bully-proof.
PAYLOAD – Matthew Clayfied and Stuart Willis
During the final evacuation of Earth, a hardened people smuggler makes a deal to send a young girl to safety. But when he discovers that he has been betrayed and she has been sold into slavery, he must infiltrate a hostile space elevator to find her and bring her back home.
MANICHEAN – Maziar Lahooti
A hardened Iranian refugee; ex NA and ex bikie muscle, finds himself coerced into committing a series of savage robberies to bury a false debt in order to pull his only surviving family out from the underworld he once inhabited, even if it means sacrificing his own life.
Last year's co-recipient Mazair Lahooti made the short list again, this time as a solo writer.
The short-listed writers have been contacted, and are now eligible for consideration in a two-step blind deal with Warner Bros. Pictures.
A number of the short-listed scripts for the Australian Script Writing Opportunity will be available to view and / or download for industry members on The Black List website after logging in, along with thousands of other scripts hosted within The Black List database. Interested industry members who do not already have an account on blcklst.com can apply for membership at blcklst.com/register.
Screenwest proudly supported this opportunity.
A reminder of the threshold – Eligible writers must be at least 18 years old, be either a legal Australian citizen or a permanent resident of Australia (with the intent to remain a resident), and have received writing credits on no more than one feature film or up to three hours of broadcast television (or a combination of both).
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CA is a professional course. It is considered as a Qualification and not a degree. It is not equivalent to graduation and cannot replace it either.
In case you wish to study abroad you have to do graduation it can be B.com, BBA or anything but you have to do it. You must note in Pakistan and many in many foreign country graduation is completed in two to four years. Where as in India bcom, BBA or any Other Equivalent is a three year course. They also follow a system of credits which depend on courses you have studied during under graduation. If you are keen on studying abroad it will be good to check their credit requirement and take up course accordingly because many course may need additional degree to meet credit requirement.
If you do not want to do graduation along with CA, you can look for memorandums which ICAI has entered with open universities where you will get graduation degree once you clear your IPCC.
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Massachusetts House of Representatives' 4th Plymouth district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers part of Plymouth County. Democrat Patrick Kearney of Scituate has represented the district since 2019.

Towns represented
The district includes the following localities:
 Marshfield
 part of Scituate

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with that of the Massachusetts Senate's Plymouth and Norfolk district.

Former locales
The district previously covered:
 Halifax, circa 1872
 Pembroke, circa 1872

Representatives
 Henry Blanchard, circa 1858
 Peter Salmond, circa 1859
 John Quincy Adams Lothrop, circa 1888
 Elwin Temple Wright, circa 1920
 Martha Ware, circa 1951
 John R. Buckley, circa 1975
 Frank Hynes 1983–2009
 James Cantwell
 Patrick Joseph Kearney, 2019-current

See also
 List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
 Other Plymouth County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
 List of Massachusetts General Courts
 List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

Images
Portraits of legislators

References

External links
 Ballotpedia
  (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).
 League of Women Voters Plymouth Area

House
Government of Plymouth County, Massachusetts


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Bright är en ort (CDP) i Dearborn County, i delstaten Indiana, USA. Enligt United States Census Bureau har orten en folkmängd på 5 693 invånare (2010) och en landarea på 32,5 km².

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Electronics Matter
Meaning of Taskbar
electronicsmatter February 4, 2021
A bar is a piece longer than it is thick; the counter of a business; the raw metal roll; the iron lever that is used to move something heavy; a graphic sign used in writing; the fans of a team or an athlete; or the group of friends who meet frequently.
A task, on the other hand, is a work or work that must be done in a limited time or the duty that someone who is pursuing an educational program has to complete, either in an institute or through private lessons.
According to DigoPaul, the concept of task bar, like the notion of tool bar, refers to a component of the graphical interface of a software. This is a row that appears at the bottom or top of the desktop of an operating system and allows you to control various applications.
The Windows operating system, for example, presents its taskbar at the bottom of the screen. From left to right, it displays access to the Start menu, a quick launch bar, taskbar buttons and a space known as the notification area where the system is responsible for presenting various messages of various importance to the user.
Throughout the many versions of Windows we have seen numerous changes in the taskbar features. In Windows XP, multiple windows can be grouped under one button on the taskbar. Windows Vista, meanwhile, offers a preview of the windows.
One of the functions offered by the taskbar is to automatically hide itself when the user is not using it, so that other applications can take advantage of its space; only when the cursor is placed on the border of the screen in which the bar is hidden, it is shown again. This was especially useful in the era of small monitors, before the wave of high definition and flat panel displays, since these days it is rare that someone needs those few pixels.
More than one operating system gives us the possibility of anchoring programs to the taskbar; In short, and thinking about older concepts, it is nothing more than creating a shortcut in the bar, but done in a much faster and easier way. In general, it is enough to launch the desired application and then press the right button of the mouse on its icon in the bar, to indicate to the system that we want it to remain there once closed.
It is worth mentioning that it is possible to reverse this action at any time, simply by clicking the right mouse button on the icon that we previously created, and selecting the appropriate option to unpin the program from the taskbar. On the other hand, we can also change the place icons, simply dragging them individually to the position that suits us best, in order to achieve an organization that speeds up our work.
The taskbar is, in principle, a space that helps us organize our shortcuts to programs, find a large number of functions in an agile and dynamic way and, why not? Always have the date at hand and the time. However, depending on the operating system, it is also possible to modify its appearance to suit our tastes: the degree of transparency of its background, the size of its buttons and the combination of colors are just some of the most common options.
It should be noted that, beyond the popularity of Windows, other operating systems such as Linux or Mac OS X also have a task bar to facilitate the management of resources for users.
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Early movers: IBM, VWR, CI, MCO, AVP, CBS, SHAK, ZG & more
Published Fri, May 5 2017 7:44 AM EDT Updated Fri, May 5 2017 11:25 AM EDT
Peter Schacknow@peterschack
Check out which companies are making headlines before the bell:
International Business Machines — Berkshire Hathaway's Warren Buffett told CNBC that he has sold about a third of his IBM holdings. Buffett said IBM did not perform the way he had expected when he bought the stock six years ago.
VWR — The life sciences company agreed to be bought by privately held Avantor for $33.25 per share in cash, or $6.4 billion. The price is below Thursday's close, but the stock had spiked earlier in the week when reports of the talks first surfaced.
Cigna — The health insurer reported adjusted quarterly profit of $2.77 per share, compared to estimates of $2.45 a share. Revenue also beat forecasts and Cigna raised its full-year forecast, as well. Its results were helped by customer additions in its commercial insurance business.
Moody's — The credit rating agency came in 23 cents a share above estimates, earning an adjusted $1.47 per share for its latest quarter. Revenue beat by a wide margin, as well. Moody's benefited from an increase in bond issuance during the quarter.
Avon Products — Activist investor Barrington Capital is calling on the cosmetics company to fire CEO Sheri McCoy, following a surprise quarterly loss for the company. Barrington and Avon had agreed to a settlement last year which shook up the company's board of directors.
CBS — CBS beats estimates by nine cents a share, with adjusted quarterly profit of $1.04 per share. Revenue beat Street forecasts, as well, boosted by content licensing and subscription fees.
Shake Shack — Shake Shack came in two cents a share above estimates, with adjusted quarterly profit of 10 cents per share. Revenue was also above consensus, however comparable-restaurant sales fell 2.5 percent and the company also gave lower-than-expected revenue guidance.
Zillow — Zillow reported adjusted quarterly profit of 11 cents per share, six cents a share above estimates. Revenue also scored a beat. The real estate website operator raised its full-year revenue guidance, but is predicting a wider loss than analysts were anticipating.
Herbalife — Herbalife surpassed consensus estimates by 35 cents a share, with adjusted quarterly profit of $1.24 per share. Revenue was slightly above forecasts. The nutritional products maker also raised its full-year earnings guidance above current consensus.
Zynga — Zynga shares are getting a pre-market boost after forecasting current-quarter bookings above forecasts. The online gaming company's results are being helped by strong performances by games such as Words With Friends.
Syngenta — Syngenta shareholders have tendered enough shares to clinch ChemChina's deal to buy the agricultural chemical maker for $43 billion. The deal is scheduled to close on May 18.
Johnson & Johnson — J&J was ordered by a jury to pay $110 million in a case involving its talc-based feminine hygiene products. The payment will go to a Virginia woman who told the court she developed ovarian cancer after using the products for several decades.
Facebook — Facebook's Oculus unit is shutting down its film studio in order to focus on supporting external virtual reality content producers.
Activision Blizzard — Activision reported adjusted quarterly profit of 31 cents per share, 10 cents a share above estimates. The video game maker's revenue also topped forecasts. The company is seeing strong results for its "Overwatch" game and said anticipation among fans is high for debuts of new versions of "Call of Duty" and "Destiny" later this year. Activision did give a full-year forecast that fell below consensus estimates.
LendingClub — LendingClub lost two cents per share for its latest quarter, one cent a share smaller than expected. Revenue topped forecasts. The lender raised its revenue forecast for the full year, but also reported higher expenses and a drop in loan originations.


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Sri Lankan military attacks drive thousands from Muttur
By Shantha Ajithan
Thousands of people are fleeing Muttur in eastern Sri Lanka, amid a continuing battle for control between the military and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The town has been devastated by artillery, mortar and air strikes since LTTE fighters entered it on Wednesday and forced government security forces to retreat to their camps.
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) estimates that 20,000 to 30,000 people have fled from the predominantly Muslim town due to the lack of food and water, and continued shelling. A bank worker in the nearby port of Trincomalee told the WSWS by phone last night that the ICRC had sent 50 lorries of relief supplies to Muttur, but had been blocked by the military at Kantalai just to the south of the town.
The LTTE attacked the government-held town in a bid to cut army supply lines between Trincomalee and troops further south seeking to capture the Mavilaru irrigation sluice gate. President Mahinda Rajapakse ordered an offensive on July 26, accusing the LTTE of closing the sluice and cutting off water to thousands of farmers downstream. The military operation is the first attempt to seize LTTE territory since the two sides signed a ceasefire agreement in 2002.
Well aware of widespread public fear and opposition to a return to war, the government and military, with the assistance of a compliant media in Colombo, are playing down the extent of the fighting. Yesterday Rajapakse told an all-party conference in the capital that the security forces had defeated the LTTE in Muttur and repeated his hollow declaration that "we are committed to peace". He was cheered on by his Sinhala chauvinist allies—Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) and the Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU)—who praised the government's decision to launch a military offensive.
Even the limited military briefings, which exaggerate LTTE casualties, reveal that fierce fighting is taking place. The defence ministry reported yesterday that "a wave of Kfir jets flew over eastern seas" to bomb an LTTE sea base inflicting heavy losses. It also maintained that more than 100 LTTE fighters had been killed in an attempt to take control of the jetty at Muttur on Friday.
The WSWS spoke to a Muttur resident yesterday who described the chaotic situation and accused the military of killing civilians by shelling the area. He had accompanied several injured residents who had managed to get out of the town and were taken to Colombo for medical treatment.
He blamed the government for restarting the war. "The closure of the Marvilaru anicut [sluice gate] could have settled through negotiations. But [last week's] protest march by the Jathika Hela Uramaya made things worse. It gave a push to elements of the military that are working against peace. The government started the aerial bombing and shelling of locations supposedly held by the LTTE. And fierce fighting started as troops moved toward LTTE-controlled areas."
He explained that the LTTE had entered Muttur from the adjoining LTTE-controlled area of Sampur, which has already been repeatedly shelled by the army and navy. Thousands of Tamils have been displaced from Sampur. He surmised that the LTTE must have overrun the Kattaparichan military camp, which is the entry point from Sampur into the area around Muttur.
"In Muttur, near the Peoples Bank and the Bank of Ceylon, there was a police post with about 10 to 12 officers. When the LTTE entered the town, the police withdrew. Now the banks are closed. After the LTTE entered Muttur, the navy started indiscriminate attacks using multi-barrel rocket launchers from the Trincomalee naval base.
"They [the military] say they are targeting the LTTE but it is the civilians who are caught up in this fighting. There are hundreds of wounded people. Now these people are not in a position to move out. There is no ferry service, no bus service and no way to get out.
"Even the wounded who tried to escape via Kantalai have been blocked by security forces. Some of the injured got out on small boats and have been admitted to Trincomalee hospital. I came that way. After one or two days, people in Muttur will have no food. The government may say that they are sending food but this is all lies. How is it going to reach the area when all entry to Muttur is closed off?
"Yesterday [Thursday] the special forces landed on Muttur jetty. It is said that they are planning to enter Muttur to relieve soldiers in bunkers at the Kattaparichan camp. The navy is using its multi-barrel rocket launchers from its Trincomalee base. The air force is also bombing.
"I don't know how many people are going to die because of this. In Muttur, there are no multi-storey buildings. All the houses are small. So there is no safe place for people to take shelter. The government says it started the attack to provide water to 15,000 people. But how many will now die and be injured? Tens of thousands have already been displaced."
He disputed the government's attempts to blame the LTTE for the shelling of two schools in Muttur on Thursday, which killed at least 17 civilians. "Why would the LTTE shell Muttur? They were already there. I am a Muslim and I do not agree with the LTTE's policies. However, by accusing the LTTE of killing people at the Arabic college and the Thopur school, the military is trying to instigate communal violence between Tamils and Muslims."
A bank worker in Trincomalee, who spoke to the WSWS on Thursday and Friday, explained that the situation was very tense. "I live in the town area. We cannot bear the sound of bombing from the naval base. How can the people of Muttur bear the bombs falling on them? There is no bus service through Kantalai to Trincomalee now, and no ferry service. People have to use the Kinniya sea route to get out. It is too risky, as the navy may attack them.
"Since the LTTE's attack on the Trincomalee naval base on Monday, all shops and offices have closed in the port by noon [for the rest of the day]. People don't sleep at night because of the fear. Since the attack on the naval base, there have been fewer security forces in the town. The [identity] checking process has been reduced. I think that the security forces have been shifted to military operations."
Yesterday, shops and government offices in Trincomalee were shut by a hartal [a general strike and business closure] to protest against the indiscriminate attacks by security forces on Muttur. Transport services were paralysed. Demonstrators demanded an end to the bombing and the removal of the recently appointed district secretary, a retired army officer.
The widespread anger over the military's attacks on Muttur has compelled the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) leader Rauf Hakim to repeat his accusation that government forces were responsible for the deaths of at least 30 civilians in Muttur. Hakim is politically hostile to the LTTE and until recently was considering joining the Rajapakse government.
The military denounced his initial remarks as "irresponsible", "arbitrary" and "unverified". But Hakim repeated the accusation at a press conference yesterday, saying: "We may seem to be making an anti-government statement. But we have to go by what the local people tell us, and they say that most of the shells came from the direction of the army camps in the vicinity."
Hakim said he had complained to presidential advisor Basil Rajapakse and to the chief of defence staff, Air Vice Marshal Donald Perera. "They promised to stop the shelling. But the promise was not kept," he stated, adding that another five refugees had been killed on Friday morning while attempting to flee. Hakim accused the military of hindering supplies, confirming that a Red Cross convoy had been blocked at Kantalai.
Not surprisingly, the Colombo press has virtually ignored Hakim's remarks except insofar as he has criticised the LTTE for detaining some Muslims. Throughout the past nine months, the media has functioned as a compliant mouthpiece for the Rajapakse government as it has stirred up communal hatred and pursued a policy of plunging the country back to civil war to divert attention from the country's deepening economic and social crisis. The ruthless bombardment of Muttur is a warning that even bigger war crimes are being prepared.
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Failover (NIST)
The capability to switch over automatically (typically without human intervention or warning) to a redundant or standby information system upon the failure or abnormal termination of the previously active system.
Failure Access (NIST)
Type of incident in which unauthorized access to data results from hardware or software failure.
Failure Control (NIST)
Methodology used to detect imminent hardware or software failure and provide fail safe or fail soft recovery.
False Acceptance (NIST)
When a biometric system incorrectly identifies an individual or incorrectly verifies an impostor against a claimed identity
In biometrics, the instance of a security system incorrectly verifying or identifying an unauthorized person. It typically is considered the most serious of biometric security errors as it gives unauthorized users access to systems that expressly are trying to keep them out.
False Acceptance Rate (FAR) (NIST)
The probability that a biometric system will incorrectly identify an individual or will fail to reject an impostor. The rate given normally assumes passive impostor attempts.
The measure of the likelihood that the biometric security system will incorrectly accept an access attempt by an unauthorized user. A system's false acceptance rate typically is stated as the ratio of the number of false acceptances divided by the number of identification attempts.
False Negative (NIST)
An instance in which a security tool intended to detect a particular threat fails to do so.
False Positive (NIST)
An alert that incorrectly indicates that malicious activity is occurring.
An error or failure in either software or hardware.
Federal Identity, Credentials, and Access Management (FICAM)
The programs, processes, technologies, and personnel used to create trusted
digital identity representations of individuals and NPEs, bind those identities to credentials that may serve as a proxy for the individual or NPE in access transactions, and leverage the credentials to provide authorized access to an agency's resources. ICAM cuts across numerous offices, programs, and systems within an agency's enterprise, which are typically directed and managed separately. As a result, many of the aspects of ICAM within the Federal Government have traditionally been managed within individual stove-pipes. The following figure provides a high-level overview of the complementary nature of different parts of ICAM and how concepts that were once viewed as stove-pipes can intersect to provide an enterprise capability.
SOURCE: FICAM ROADMAP AND IMPLEMENTATION GUIDANCE
Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) (NIST)
A standard for adoption and use by federal departments and agencies that has been developed within the Information Technology Laboratory and published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, a part of the U.S. Department of Commerce. A FIPS covers some topic in information technology in order to achieve a common level of quality or some level of interoperability.
Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) (NIST)
A statute (Title III, P.L. 107-347) that requires agencies to assess risk to information systems and provide information security protections commensurate with the risk. FISMA also requires that agencies integrate information security into their capital planning and enterprise architecture processes, conduct annual information systems security reviews of all programs and systems, and report the results
of those reviews to OMB.
Title III of the E-Government Act requiring each federal agency to develop, document, and implement an agency-wide program to provide information security for the information and information systems that support the operations and assets of the agency, including those provided
Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP)
A federal government-wide program that provides a standardized approach to security assessment, authorization, and continuous monitoring for cloud products and services.
SOURCE: HTTP://CLOUD.CIO.GOV/FEDRAMP
Federal Taxpayer Information (FTI)
Confidential personally identifiable information (PII) related to a specific taxpayer.
File Encryption (NIST)
The process of encrypting individual files on a storage medium and permitting access to the encrypted data only after proper authentication is provided.
File Name Anomaly (NIST)
1. A mismatch between the internal file header and its external extension; or
2. A file name inconsistent with the content of the file (e.g., renaming a graphics file with a non-graphical extension.
File Protection (NIST)
Aggregate of processes and procedures designed to inhibit unauthorized access, contamination, elimination, modification, or destruction of a file or any of its contents.
File Security (NIST)
Means by which access to computer files is limited to authorized users only.
Network protocol used to transfer data from one computer to another through a public network such as the Internet. FTP is widely viewed as an insecure protocol because passwords and file contents are sent unprotected and in clear text. FTP can be implemented securely via SSH or other technology.
FIPS PUB 199
Federal Information Processing Standards Publication 199 – Standards for Security Categorization of Federal Information and Information Systems. Provides a standard methodology to categorize the impact of a disruption based on confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data.
FIREFLY (NIST)
Key management protocol based on public key cryptography.
Firewall (NIST)
A gateway that limits access between networks in accordance with local security policy.
A hardware/software capability that limits access between networks and/or systems in accordance with a specific security policy.
A device or program that controls the flow of network traffic between networks or hosts that employ differing security postures.
Firewall Control Proxy (NIST)
The component that controls a firewall's handling of a call. The firewall control proxy can instruct the firewall to open specific ports that are needed by a call, and direct the firewall to close these ports at call termination.
A common term for physical devices, software, and network architectures designed to block or filter access between a private network and a public network such as the Internet. Firewalls also provide access control between separate internal networks. Firewalls enforce the enterprise's security policy at determined perimeters, e.g., access point to the public Internet. To be effective, each must provide the single point of access to and from an un-trusted network.
Firmware (NIST)
The programs and data components of a cryptographic module that are stored in hardware within the cryptographic boundary and cannot be dynamically written or modified during execution.
Computer programs and data stored in hardware - typically in read- only memory (ROM) or programmable read-only memory (PROM) - such that the programs and data cannot be dynamically written or modified during execution of the programs.
A multimedia and software platform used for creating vector graphics, animation, games and rich Internet applications (RIAs) that can be viewed, played and executed in Adobe Flash Player. Flash is frequently used to add streamed video or audio players, advertisement and interactive multimedia content to web pages.
Flaw (NIST)
Error of commission, omission, or oversight in an information system that may allow protection mechanisms to be bypassed.
Flaw Hypothesis Methodology (NIST)
System analysis and penetration technique in which the specification and documentation for an information system are analyzed to produce a list of hypothetical flaws. This list is prioritized on the basis of the estimated probability that a flaw exists, on the ease of exploiting it, and on the extent of control or compromise it would provide. The prioritized list is used to perform penetration testing of a system.
Flooding (NIST)
An attack that attempts to cause a failure in a system by providing more input than the system can process properly.
Focused Testing (NIST)
A test methodology that assumes some knowledge of the internal structure and implementation detail of the assessment object. Also known as gray box testing.
Forensics (NIST)
The practice of gathering, retaining, and analyzing computer-related data for investigative purposes in a manner that maintains the integrity of the data.
Formal Security Policy (NIST)
Mathematically-precise statement of a security policy.
Frame Relay
A standardized wide area network (WAN) technology that specifies the physical and logical link layers of digital telecommunications channels using a packet switching methodology. Originally designed for transport across Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) infrastructure, it may be used today in the context of many other network interfaces.
FRAMEWORK (NIST)
A risk-based approach to reducing cybersecurity risk composed of three parts: the Framework Core, the Framework Profile, and the Framework Implementation Tiers. Also known as the "Cybersecurity Framework."
FRAMEWORK CORE (NIST)
A set of cybersecurity activities and references that are common across critical infrastructure sectors and are organized around particular outcomes. The Framework Core comprises four types of elements: Functions, Categories, Subcategories, and Informative References.
FRAMEWORK IMPLEMENTATION TIER (NIST)
A lens through which to view the characteristics of an organization's approach to risk - how an organization views cybersecurity risk and the processes in place to manage that risk.
FRAMEWORK PROFILE (NIST)
A representation of the outcomes that a particular system or organization has selected from the Framework Categories and Subcategories.
The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. § 552, is a federal freedom of information law that allows for the full or partial disclosure of previously unreleased information and documents controlled by the United States government. The Act defines agency records subject to disclosure, outlines mandatory disclosure procedures and grants nine exemptions to the statute.
Full Disk Encryption (FDE) (NIST)
The process of encrypting all the data on the hard disk drive used to boot a computer, including the computer's operating system, and permitting access to the data only after successful authentication with the full disk encryption product.
Full Isolation
This method has been interpreted as no communication whatsoever between any component in the CDE and any non-CDE, regardless of which device initiates the connection, and whether the communication channel is secure and is established between trusted systems.
Isolation is achieved using various methods, including:
* "Deny all" rules on routers and firewalls
* Host-based network and application access restriction
* Physical "air-gap" isolation
Due to lack of clarity, many organizations question the practical sustainability of a "full isolation model" in complex, large-scale environments.
A team or group of people and the tools or other resources they use to carry out one or more processes or activities.
FUNCTION (NIST)
One of the main components of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework. Functions provide the highest level of structure for organizing basic cybersecurity activities into Categories and Subcategories. The five functions are Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond, and Recover.
Functional Testing (NIST)
Segment of security testing in which advertised security mechanisms of an information system are tested under operational conditions.