![]() I’m not surprised that there’s vulnerable software on my computer – I have a lot of software and it’s a pain to update it all – but these last two items gave me a little bit of pause. AVAST ENDPOINT PROTECTION ADVANCED UPDATE What does Avast count as unprotected sensitive documents and how do they find them? Furthermore, how do they check the strength of my passwords?Īs it turns out, the sensitive documents scan is highly effective. ![]() It found tax records, employment documents, financial statements, and more – stuff I’ve stored on my computer without even remembering that I’ve put it there. In all, it only detected two false positives. Avast sorted these documents into categories such as taxes, payroll, employment, and travel (documents such as driver’s licenses and passports. It also gives you an easy button to the right of each entry that instantly shows you the location of each document that it finds. Reading between the lines of the marketing copy, Avast seems to be leveraging a technology known as Data Loss Prevention (DLP). DLP is a tool that’s normally used in the context of large companies that store customer data such as credit card and social security numbers. Using DLP, companies can scan word documents and conduct optical character recognition (OCR) on PDFs in order to detect strings of numbers that resemble these sensitive bits of data. The company can then know exactly where its sensitive data is and take steps to ensure that no one moves or deletes it. Simply knowing the location of my sensitive data is very useful and seeing DLP technology move from a corporate to a consumer context is interesting to say the least. There’s unfortunately not a lot that you can do with this information without locking yourself into a subscription, however. Once you do subscribe, you get the option to encrypt your information and store it in a secure digital locker. If any attacker attempts to move or delete these files, the program blocks access and notifies the user.Īvast’s weak password scan is frankly a bit of a letdown. ![]() I was expecting the service to tell me that I’d set one of my passwords to “123cat” or something equally simple by using some sort of futuristic hash-scanning algorithm. Instead, it just told me that I’m storing passwords in my browser (everyone does), that this method is potentially insecure (jury’s out on that), and that I should upgrade in order to use Avast Passwords, Avast’s password management service. AVAST ENDPOINT PROTECTION ADVANCED UPGRADE This may certainly be useful, but it’s not worth committing to a yearly subscription when you could just use one of the best password managers that are already available elsewhere. ![]() ![]() AVAST ENDPOINT PROTECTION ADVANCED PASSWORD (More on this later.) Does the Antivirus Engine Make the Grade?Īll of these extras are frankly a distraction from the core of the scan itself – the malware detector. Independent lab tests show that Avast has a highly-rated antivirus engine, demonstrating advanced features and flagging zero false positives. In addition, testing-under real-world conditions shows that Avast is efficient at detecting and mitigating the vectors – such as drive-by-downloads and code injection attacks – by which malware propagates. To summarize, Avast will detect most forms of advanced malware, and prevent most of them from even installing on your computer. ![]()
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![]() ![]() The AURA Band puts it on your wrist, and makes it available at all times."Īll four AURA Band color combinations are on sale for $162 right now, which is down from its standard price of $179. That's why the Aura Brand keeps track of your sleep and rest periods and ports the info into your Apple HealthKit, Google Fit, Strava, or MyFitness Pal account to streamline your goals.ĭigital Trends noted, "Previously, to get this kind of data you'd need to visit a fitness center with the right equipment, a sports therapist, or a nutritionist. Measure how much your fat, muscles, water level, and many more. Of course, great health isn’t all about activity rest is important, too. AURA Strap 2 brings body composition and water level tracking right to your Apple Watch. ![]() You may have used a device to track your activity and diet in the past, but the AURA Band uses bioimpedance analysis to measure fat and muscle mass so your daily snapshot is much more accurate. The band uses a highly sensitive motion sensor to track and analyze your heart rate throughout the day and compares your numbers while at rest to your numbers when you’re running, walking, or playing sports. The AURA Band monitors your body throughout the day for real-time health data to make actionable changes. If you wish to download the Aura application to your phone, you can find our apps available on both the App Store and Google Play. You'll get all of that information and more with the AURA Band Fitness Tracker, which is currently on sale. You can personalize your routine even further with a fitness tracker that records all of your exercise metrics, like calories burned, heart rate, and steps taken, so you can get a better look at where you're succeeding and where you need to improve. Now, people have easy access to specific programs like Pilates, high-intensity interval training, yoga, CrossFit, weight rooms, and plenty more. Maintainability Index: 49 - Values of at least 20 indicate that the code is probably well written and easily maintainable. Fitness has become a more personalized experience in recent years, as opposed to the one-size-fits-all regimens that were popular decades ago. Lines of Code: 56 Total Tokens: 344 Cyclomatic Complexity: 3 - Values of 10 and lower indicate that the code is simple and easy to understand. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() More educational, multicultural, and realistic than past versions, this is the perfect supplement for history studies on this period. Students can keep track of their adventures in a trip diary, which can even be printed out at the end of the trip (hopefully when the entire wagon has reached Oregon and not when the last member has died from dysentery). They break up the daily traveling and trials in a realistic manner as players cross plains, ford rivers, and climb mountains. With all these things combined, I was impressed with the amount of history lessons contained in the game. These are basically mini-movies of Captain Jed sharing true stories around the campfire at night. Another great addition is a storytelling time with Captain Jed Freedman. In this edition, players can select various characters, and they'll share historic facts in a storytelling manner, like you're chatting with pioneers as they share their hopes, fears, and adventures. Besides being able to hunt like the original game (with better graphics), players can also fish and forage for food, which is a lot of fun. The game is more realistic than is used to be, as players get more choices on supplies to bring and even different wagon styles. Like real people who traveled the trail, you run into problems like food and water shortages, broken wagon parts, flooded rivers, illness and injuries, stolen supplies, bad weather, getting lost, and more. For those who aren't familiar, this is a game where players fill a wagon with people and supplies and then head West on the historic Oregon Trail. It's also a ton more educational than it used to be as well. I wasn't disappointed, as this edition is even more fun and exciting than the original. I have very fond memories of playing this computer game as a child, so I was excited to take a look at this new and updated edition. ![]() ![]() Summaryīhang may help reduce nausea and vomiting, especially due to side effects of chemotherapy. This is especially frequent in middle-aged men and not easily treated by conventional anti-nausea medications ( 6). Still, evidence also link heavy chronic use of cannabinoids to abdominal pain, chronic nausea, and heavy vomiting in some people. ![]() Similarly, other reviews observed strong evidence that cannabinoids - the main active compounds in bhang - are effective at reducing nausea and vomiting, particularly in adults undergoing chemotherapy ( 4). What’s more, these products appeared to be as effective as conventional anti-nausea medication ( 5). Those given cannabis-containing products were close to three times less likely to experience nausea and vomiting, compared to those given a placebo. In a review of 23 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) - the gold standard in research - people undergoing chemotherapy for cancer were given either cannabis-based products, conventional anti-nausea drugs, or a placebo. So far, its anti-nausea and anti-vomiting effects have been most researched in people undergoing chemotherapy for cancer. THC - one of the main cannabinoids found in bhang - has been approved to treat nausea in some parts of the United States ( 4). Summaryīhang contains THC and CBD, compounds that can bind to your body’s cannabinoid receptors and impact your learning, memory, motor, and immune functions.īhang may help reduce nausea and vomiting. In contrast, cannabinoids consumed as part of a food or drink are released into the bloodstream a lot more slowly - peaking around 2–3 hours later ( 3). Smoking or vaping dried parts of the cannabis plant causes blood cannabinoid levels to peak within 15–30 minutes. A non-psychoactive cannabinoid thought to be the main compound behind the health benefits linked to bhang.īoth CBD and THC have a molecular structure similar to compounds your body naturally produces - known as endocannabinoids.Įndocannabinoids bind to your body’s cannabinoid receptors and are involved in activities like learning, memory, decision making, immunity, and motor function ( 2).ĭue to their likeness in structure, THC and CBD can also bind to your body’s cannabinoid receptors - impacting the way your brain relays messages between its cells. The main psychoactive compound in cannabis, which is responsible for the “high” people experience after consuming foods and beverages containing bhang. There are several different types of cannabinoids in bhang, but the two best-researched are ( 2): ![]() ![]() Summaryīhang is made by grinding and soaking parts of the Cannabis sativa plant to form a paste, which is used to prepare cannabis-infused food and drinks.īhang is known for its psychoactive effects, or its ability to affect the way your brain and nervous system work.Ĭannabinoids - the main active chemical compounds in the Cannabis sativa plant - are behind these effects. One common way to consume bhang is blended with curd and whey - the solid and liquid parts of milk that separate when milk is coagulated - to make a beverage called bhang lassi.Īnother popular option is bhang goli, a drink consisting of freshly ground cannabis mixed with water.īhang can also be combined with sugar and ghee - a clarified butter commonly used in India - and used to make sweets. However, the Indian National Policy on Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances only permits the addition of the leaves and no other parts of the cannabis plant ( 1). This may be especially true in religious cities, where bhang-infused food and drinks can be purchased both from street vendors and government-approved shops. Though cannabis is considered illegal in most parts of the country, the sale and consumption of bhang seem to be tolerated. Bhang is a mixture made by drying, grinding, and soaking the buds and leaves of the Cannabis sativa plant to form a paste that’s added to food and drinks.īhang has been consumed in India for centuries. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Then use a note taking app like Notability to make the actual notes. So, I only use LT to read, annotate and digest the basic ideas of the academic papers. They make terribly large files, & have really shitty backup functions. But both of them suck at being a note taking app. You get to really have a 'paperlike' reading experience. Keep in mind that both of these apps are pdf readers. Although, I agree that the excerpt function works & looks better in MN. I like to handwrite questions/equations in the canvas as I go through a document, & I've found that MN is simply not the best app for it. I have the paid version of Liquid Text, I've only tried the free marginnote & I didn't like it. I suppose the experience varies greatly depending on the subject you're studying, but I'll just tell you my personal experience, you then decide if it's useful for your case. Then just revise at the end.Īny thoughts on this would be great thanks! And I do tend to excerpt and highlight a lot when reading. I already spent the entire day working out this conundrum haha.Īctually I thought that it seems like making a lot of notes on such is faster on either Marginnote or LiquidText since excerpting is where they're both good at. Notion side by side since I'm usually on my Mac these days anyway :))) Although I still would like the convenience of having the iPad. So far I'm just WiFi transferring files to my iPad as I wish to do so.Ī little more frustration on this and I'll switch back to using Adobe Reader and a notes app, e.g. And then with LiquidText, well just open file with LiquidText from Mendeley. I planned to do iCloud sync on the iPad, but users say its buggy. So far, my workflow is putting things in Mendeley on my Macbook, then use the same Menedeley pdf folder as Marginnote does so everything's inside marginnote already. However, I'm also thinking if maybe this linear notebook style thing can be done in Marginnote as well by simply just not making things into mindmaps, but arranging loose "excerpts" that are not grouped, and not as mindmaps. I suppose I was still looking for that "linear" notebook style. So I tried LiquidText for this, and things just made more sense. ![]() Thing is, I bought LiquidText first, and since I was studying textbooks then, when I tried out Marginnote it seemed to be better of being read in Marginnote especially due to space considerations, review mode, and for building linear concepts.īut then I read research papers on Marginnote, but things just seem so weird or harder to understand when things get either grouped automatically or in mindmap form in Marginnote somehow. Am considering getting LiquidText on Mac as well I have the pro versions of LiquidText and Marginnote on the iPad, and so far the pro version of Marginnote on Mac. So far, been testing out both on Desktop and iPad. ![]() ![]() ![]() The tragic flight of Icarus depicts the path of historic self-awakening through the work of Art. Icarus becomes a sacrificial victim after all. ![]() 291 17th-century relief with a Cretan labyrinth bottom right (Musée Antoine Vivenel) A partridge sat perched on a holm oak and watched him, chattering for delight – the soul of his sister Polycaste, at last avenged. Daedalus circled around, until the corpse rose to the surface, and then carried it to the near-by island now called Icaria, where he buried it. The heat of the sun had melted the wax, and Icarus had fallen into the sea and drowned. Presently, when Daedalus looked over his shoulder, he could no longer see Icarus but scattered feathers floated on the waves below. ‘Follow me closely,’ he cried, ‘do not set your own course!’ They had left Naxos, Delos, and Paros behind them on the left hand, and were leaving Lebynthos and Calymne behind on the right, when Icarus disobeyed his father’s instructions and began soaring towards the sun, rejoiced by the lift of his great sweeping wings. ![]() ‘My son, be warned! Neither soar too high, lest the sun melt the wax nor swoop too low, lest the feathers be wetted by the sea.’ Then he slipped his arms into his own pair of wings and they flew off. Why must the the price for the ecstasy of flight be the death of your son-or daughter, as in the case of Joyce himself whose daughter “drowned” in the archetypal waters her father was swimming in?įor once Daedalus made a pair of wings for himself and another for his son Icarus, they were poised for flight just before take off, Daedalus addressed his son Icarus “with tears in his eyes”: The mythologem of Daedalus and Icarus speaks of a being “caught” in the flight of historic becoming and change, exacted by the logic of self-sacrifice and resurrection, in order to carry out a venture which is finally rewarded with loss and pain. Let us recall that todestrieb is, after all, the Freudian category of material transcendence. Precisely where the symptom becomes a repetition of a traumatic wound, we have already stepped into the subterranean pulse of deathdrive ( todestrieb), the realm of the Thing, a universal energy or drive which propells the incessant activity of the artist in flight. The archetypal nature of human creativity can be gleaned in the transgression of incest, which is again connected with the secret that binds sexuality with death, its self-relating “incestuous” or uroboric logic. Apparently, the ancient law found the satisfaction of an I for an I and a son for a son. In the end the dead Polycaste exacted her revenge on Daedalus by taking his own son. Daedalus had “punished” his sister Polycaste for having incestuous relations with her own son. If Daedalus represents the artist himself, Icarus, his son, stands for the work of art and its fall into the lifeless heap of mythic history.Īlthough Daedalus enjoys a momentary “release” from Crete, he ends up paying for his crime, the murder of his nephew Talos, with the life of his own son, Icarus. Joos de Momper the Younger (1564–1635).Īs we saw last time, the secret identity-in-difference between Hephaestus, Daedalus, Talos, and Icarus begins to expose the greater network of mythic inflexions that belong to the archetype of the artist in Greek mythology. It is also possible to rent Original Oil On Canvas artwork for your office or at home.Landscape with the Fall of Icarus. Reserves that are paid are non-refundable.ģ. You then get in touch directly with to make a payment plan to complete your purchase, arrange personal pick up, or delivery, and meet Louis in person at the studio, or at a place of your choosing. By paying a deposit, you ensure your immediate ownership of the painting. By getting in touch directly, you can make a deposit on the painting. There are two payment options and a rental option:Ģ. These are finished with thin and dense layers of oil paint on canvas to reflect a beautiful luminosity into your living or work space. Original Oil on Canvas artwork is built upon many washes of colour, textures and oriental papers to obtain a delicate textured surface that feels vibrant, alive and unique. The more I learn about how my art moves people, the more I evolve as an artist. That works includes both mastery of oil painting techniques, and mastering of the energy and information that I turn into artwork. These oil on canvas paintings are the culmination of a decades of work. I often get asked "How long does it take you to paint an original?" ![]() ![]() ![]() Through efforts like the Levitt Leadership Institute that she founded at Hamilton College, Bushnell now devotes herself to shaping future leaders, including women executives and foreign affairs and national security experts. Links to the UCET One Stop teaching and technology pages. Descriptions of our institutes, workshops, and other programs that can help you improve your teaching. Know about the Student Engagement Roster. She co-founded the statewide Faculty Colloquium on Excellence in Teaching at Indiana University, served as its first director, and received many awards for her work at IU South Bend as a teacher and campus leader. Northside Hall 244 P (574) 520-4894 Email. government were honored with the Service to America Career Achievement Award. Eileen Bender was a professor of English at IU South Bend for 33 years before retiring in May of 2010. ![]() In 2002, Bushnell’s sacrifices and contributions to the U.S. Readers follow Bushnell as she makes wrenching decisions that pit what she feels is right for the country against her own life and career aspirations. Hailed by critics as both a “gripping diplomatic thriller” and a “treatise on the double-bind of female leaders,” the book provides a glimpse into the challenges of being a woman leader in the highest ranks of the State Department. security strategies to assumptions about terrorism and the Muslim world-continue to inform U.S. It examines how the causes of that tragic event-from U.S. African-American Studies (AFAM) American Studies (AMST) Art History (AHST) Classical Studies (CLAS) Comparative Literature (CMLT) English (ENG) (ENG-W 131 or higher for composition courses) Fine Arts (FINA) Folklore (FOLK) French (FREN) German (GER) History (HIST) History and Philosophy of Science (HPSC) Integrated New Media Studies (INMS) Japanese/Eastern Languages & Culture (EALC) Music (MUS. Her book is a harrowing account of her personal experience of the Kenyan Embassy bombing. 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![]() ![]() The paid-for version has more customisation and integration options.Ī bookmarklet that links to gov.uk guidance on words to avoid. With an emphasis on grammar and spelling, Grammarly also makes a decent editor. ![]() The Hemingway App highlights difficult, long sentences, superfluous words and unnecessarily complex language, giving a readability score.Ī competitor to the Hemingway App, Typely checks for all sorts of things as you edit, including repetitions, oxymorons and cliches. These tools can help hone, clarify and correct text. But many of them don’t concentrate on the editor as a user. And animated wizard emoji.īy the time content reaches the editing stage, content management systems really ought to prove their worth. But in terms of the functionality of collaborative content creation, Google Docs is the champion.ĭropbox’s attempt to challenge Google is better than most: it has an attractive, straightforward interface, some innovative features and a mobile app that’s a pleasure to use. Google Docs doesn’t have the most beautiful interface and you have to do some work to tweak its typography to aid readability. As with GatherContent, you can also combine content workflow and project management into system that’s incredibly flexible. Which means it really comes into its own on bigger content projects.Įspecially well-suited to web projects, Notion is a great way to build and populate structured content, meaning that you can create a words-and-pictures-only prototype. More than just a content collaboration tool, GatherContent also manages workflow. For working with subject matter experts or pair writing, a tool that allows more than one person to work simultaneously, and which tracks changes without creating multiple versions of files, is crucial. Often, content isn’t created by one person alone. Its stubbornly unconfigurable use of monospaced text isn’t to everyone’s taste. The grandfather of distraction-free text editors for writers, iA Writer has some great features such as focus mode, night mode and reading time calculator. ![]() Its distraction-free writing view is useful for blocking everything else out, and its excellent mobile apps mean you can carry your content around in your pocket. Ulysses is especially good for writing books, with tools that allow the structuring and organising of multiple files or chapters. It’s designed for taking and organising notes, but it also makes an excellent tool for writing longer content. BearĪ big improvement to Evernote’s bloat, Bear has beautiful typography and an effortless interface. Or, for the ultimate in stripped-down geekishness, you could just use a plain text editor: Sublime, Atom and Brackets are all good. These prioritise usability for writers, with minimal interfaces, often using Markdown for basic formatting. In recent years, a backlash against Microsoft Word has resulted in a new wave of simpler, more elegant text editors. Formatting, complex functionality and interfaces can get in the way of forming the words. ![]() The best tools for writing aren’t the best ones for word processing. If your brain insists on using straighter lines from the outset, and outlining rather than mind-mapping, this is worth a try. Though it doesn’t have the single focus that MindNode or Coggle have, Miro’s combination of power and intuitive interface makes it hard to beat. Miro’s mind maps are simple to make and collaborative. Useful for running online workshops, complete with virtual sticky notes, Miro (formerly Realtime Board) is a multipurpose whiteboard tool that does just about everything, bar making tea. Once you have ideas and themes laid out in a mind map it should be simpler to find a good, logical, narrative thread. Outlining also has its fans but we prefer mind mapping because it allows you to organise the ideas before the structure takes shape. It gives a bird’s eye view of structural elements and makes it easy to move things around. As a first step planning tool for content, it’s great because it forces you to structure ideas in a non-linear way. A mind map is a diagrammatic representation of thoughts and ideas. ![]() ![]() ![]() Realising that the Contras are not serious about the guns, Barry starts delivering the guns to the Cartel. Schafer warns Seal of the consequences and protects him from the DEA by moving him to a remote town in Arkansas called Mena and in reciprocation, forces him to transport guns to the Contras. The Medellin Cartel kingpins Jorge Ochoa (Alejandro Edda), Carlos Ledher (Fredy Yate Escobar) and Pablo Escobar (Mauricio Mejia) make him an offer he cannot refuse.īeing a CIA mission aircraft, the CIA turns a blind eye to the drug smuggling, but the DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) tracks him down. And this soon leads to him using his CIA-provided twin-engine plane to transport drugs into Louisiana from Colombia. Narrated in a non-linear manner with archived video footage, the plot unveils how during the height of the Cold War, in the mid-1970s, Barry Seal (Tom Cruise) the youngest pilot for the commercial airline TWA got into a crazy mess.īarry explains how he was enticed by Monty Schafer, a CIA agent, to fly clandestine reconnaissance missions over South America using a small plane with cameras installed to snap photos of warring insurgents on behalf of the US government.īut, what starts with taking photos of insurgent groups in the jungles of Central America quickly morphs into a courier service between the CIA and General Noriega in Panama. ![]() ![]() Based on a true story, it reveals the thrilling life of an opportunist. Director Dough Liman's "American Made" is a good example of greed and the epic culture of corruption in the US. ![]() |
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