3/24/2024 0 Comments Society finch in nest![]() ![]() Although House Finches do migrate, House Finches in Pennsylvania have been resident. They are extending their range north into southern Canada and south into Mexico. Some northern populations of House Finches are migratory, moving south in the winter. Their flight all is a soft husky “fidlip” or “vweet” (Sibley). The final slurred note is more often heard in House Finches than in the other two species. Compared with Cassin’s and Purple finches, House Finch songs sound slower, rougher, and somewhat less fluid. Females sometimes give a shorter, simpler version of the song. The song often ends with an upward or downward slur, and lasts about 3 seconds. Male House Finches sing a long, jumbled warbling composed of short notes. There are consistent differences in song patterns among House Finches. House Finches also sing and may have song dialects. The fact remains that House Finches are easy to feed and will not starve if the insects are lacking (Valle). They also eat a few small insects, especially aphids, but are primarily seed and fruit eaters at all times of the year (Bird Web). They feed their young regurgitated seeds. ![]() ![]() The House Finches diet is mostly vegetable matter (seeds, buds, berries and nectar). They also often forage on the ground and perch on weeds, shrubs, and trees. While House Finches flock towards feeders during the non-breeding season, most flocks will stay together and use the bird feeder’s year round. They prefer edge habitats and are absent from dense coniferous forests. They are also found in wild areas such as savannas, desert grasslands and chaparral thickets (Vuilleumier). House Finches are native to open and desert habitats, but now can be found in almost any kind of human altered habitat. The color varies among males, from pale yellow, to orange with bright red (All About Birds). Females also have an indistinctly marked face. Female house finches have blurrier streaks and grayer undersides. The male house finch typically has a red head, breast, and rump, but does not have red coloring on its brown back or wings. Many finches have notched tails but the house finch has only a shallow notch in its tail. The house finch is a relatively small bird with a longish, slightly notched tail, short wings, and a distinctively small bill with a curved culmen (the upper ridge of the bird’s bill). It is very common in suburban areas and is attracted in large numbers to seed feeders. The house finch has spread to a multitude of states and habitats across North America and Hawaii. It was introduced into eastern North America in the 1940’s via the release of cage-raised “Hollywood finches.” These birds quickly became established in the east and interbred with native purple finches (Elliot). It is native to western North America (All about Birds). The House Finch, ( Haemorhous mexicanus) is a bird in the finch family Fringillidae. Content for this page researched and created by Marcus Signore ![]()
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3/21/2024 0 Comments Android 18 and 21 naked![]() 孫/ 孫 そん is a common Chinese/Japanese surname that normally means "grandchild", while 悟空/ 悟 ご 空 くう is a common Buddhist name that means "perceiving air/awakened to emptiness". The name 孫 そん 悟 ご 空 くう is simply the Japanese on'yomi rendering of 孫悟空, as Chinese and Japanese share the same characters but with different pronunciations. ![]() Goku's adoptive full name is also based on the traditional Mandarin Chinese full name 孫悟空. Toriyama's third draft became the final design. During Toriyama's second draft, Goku was instead a full human dressed in sailor clothes that rode a flight mecha instead of the Flying Nimbus. When Toriyama started his first draft of Dragon Ball, he originally planned on making Goku full monkey to make the series more faithful to Journey to the West. Similarities between the two include their mischievous nature and possession of the Power Pole and Flying Nimbus. The Dragon Ball universe began as a loose adaptation of the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West, with Goku himself as an alternate take on Sun Wukong. ![]() The original inspirations for that story were Hong Kong martial arts films, including Bruce Lee films such as Enter the Dragon (1973) and Jackie Chan films such as Drunken Master (1978) Toriyama later said he had a young Jackie Chan in mind for a live-action Goku, stating that "nobody could play Goku but him." The original incarnation of Goku in the Dragon Ball prototype Dragon Boy was Tangtong. ![]() 3/21/2024 0 Comments Authenticator totp vs hotp![]() The members consist of IBM, Axalto, Gemplus, VeriSign and a lot of other providers for software or hardware Identity Solutions on the market. We can find the “mission statement” directly on the OATH consortium homepage:Īn industry-wide collaboration to develop an open reference architecture by leveraging existing open standards for the universal adoption of strong authentication. OATH - Initiative For Open Authentication While OATH is a little bit more mature, most of the current development and changes happen arround the FIDO project. If we have a look at the currently supported, relevant specifications we can find two main industry consortiums / projects leading the authorships: OATH and Fido. The following picture shows the Google Authenticator application, supporting OATH-HOTP and OATH-TOTP. Using mobile phones as hardware platform for OTP applications has become more and more common over the last years. In the end, choosing the right one depends on the standards you need support for. There is also a credit-card-thin-fancy-e-ink-display-version from Token2 and a whole bunch of other forms and sizes from different manufacturers. With some support of the industry by giving discounts buying a YubiKey (for example 20% from Github or a key for 5$USD) it became one of the more widely used security tokens outside the enterprise environment. YubiKeys come in various shapes and different feature sets and support different types of OTPs. The CTO and one of the founders ( Jakob Ehrensvärd) is part of the team authoring some of the Fido Standards, which we will look into later (U2F and WebAuthn). This lead to another attack two months later on Lockheed Martin and maybe other customers.Īnother example of a hardware security token is the YubiKey from Yubico Ltd. In March/2011 RSA announced publicly an attack against their systems via spear phishing, losing some of the private keys. Of course, you have to keep your private keys private to prevent any attacks on the mechanism. During a multi-factor authentication, it can be used as a second factor because cryptographic keys ensure you must be in possession of the hardware token. They provide the user with an OTP which changes every minute. Since you usually need to possess them, a common usage is as a second factor.Īn example are RSA SecureID Tokens (PDF) which are often used in an enterprise environment. Security tokens are usually a piece of hardware which can have multiple features. In the end, even adding a simple second factor on the same channel, will increase authentication security over a static password. ![]() Creating a backup of a secret should not be possible, so you will need to store additional recovery codes, weakening the security measures. While aiming for a multi-factor, out-of-band authentication might be the most secure option, it can bring additional requirements for account/device recovery with it. SMS would also be an example for Out-Of-Band authentication, but is not advised by NIST without any counter measures for specific attacks, see Section 5 “Out-of-Band Verifiers” and “Authentication using the Public Switched Telephone Network” in the Digital Identity Guidelines - Authentication and Lifecycle Management 800-63B. If the second factor is generated on a dedicated device, we use a second channel. ![]() If you remember your static password and possess a cryptographic key on the same computer you are trying to authenticate, there is clearly only one channel used. Two Channel (or Out-Of-Band) authentication is an additional way to strengthen authentication security. It would also be possible to use OTPs in an authentication as your primary factor, but static passwords are a common pattern so most of the time they are used as a second factor. It is not just a second PIN you remember. The cryptographic key would be stored inside a hardware token or an application of the mobile phone you carry around. This will often be a one-time usable password (OTP), like a generated 6-digit code. To prove that you own a special cryptographic key without exposing it, you would usually present some kind of proof which would be valid for a limited amount of time. After adding a second factor, you are using two or multiple factor authentication. This could be something you carry with you (a security key), something you are (biometric data), somewhere you are (IP addresses, specific device details which are hard to spoof) or something you do (for example special gestures). To strengthen a login to a system, you could add one or multiple other factors. This is called a factor und usually it is something you know, your password for example. Two-Factors, Two-Channels and One-Time-Passwordsĭuring authentication you usually present one type of credentials to get access to a system. ![]() ![]() ![]()
3/21/2024 0 Comments What is metamorphosis manga![]() ![]() I mean, unless you are a sick fuck, there's really nothing about this manga that is stimulating or hot or sexy. And to me, Metamorphosis utterly fails as porn. If you believe that Metamorphosis is exempt from criticism because it's only porn and it's not that deep, I have news that you might not like to hear: nothing is exempt from criticism, especially not So I will separate this review based on these two point of views. People will claim it's a deep, thought-provoking, innovative, subversive manga, but when you try to criticize it based on these claims, suddenly it's only porn and you shouldn't be taking it so seriously. I will be blunt: there is absolutely no value to be found in this.ĭiscussing Metamosphosis is complicated. Read it because you probably haven't read anything like it before & you're tired of reading the same old boring cliches in every other hentai/manga. Not to get off to either, unless you're full on sadist. Not to get some insight on how drug addiction works in real life. Overall, I would recommend other people to read it. It's clear this work has managed to leave a mark on people just the way it is, and that's the important thing. I'm not sure how other people may feel about that. For me, it would have enhanced my experience with it. You could argue that 'hey this is hentai, what do you expect?' Maybe there needed to be the right balance of realism and fantasy. However, it could have gone further with it and made it even more messed up. I guess, as far as hentai goes, yes this one of the more realistic and darker ones out there that I know of. The only thing close to that is what happens at the very end of the series. If you're someone who is living that kind of lifestyle, those moments are a HUGE part of the cycle of addiction. There's not any exploration of the relationship she has with herself. But, you don't get to see her own personal mental breakdowns. True, you get to see what she's willing to put her body through overtime & how other people ramp up their abuse towards her. They just seem to be working with cliches surrounding the drugs in question.Īlso, you don't really get to see the lowest parts that come with substance abuse. It seems to be written by someone who didn't do much research on any of the drugs used throughout the series. The reactions she gets from the drugs she takes don't really make sense. Someone coming from an average background like that doesn't seem like the type to suddenly go all the way with an older stranger and take E.Īnd even if you are high, I really don't think losing your virginity like that would be pleasurable at all. But, before then it doesn't seem like she's been through anything particularly traumatic or unusual. Her dad gets creepy when she gets a makeover, true. From what is provided, she seems to have a pretty normal home life. I guess we don't get to see much of her life before her descent into substance abuse begins. None of this makes sense in a character coming from her background and especially for her age. How much she loves sex right from the beginning. How attached she becomes to these men who abuse her. How willingly she trusts complete strangers. main character's mindset towards life and other people doesn't make sense to me. However, this attempt at realism is also the series' downfall for me. Which I don't mind, but it can get boring. It's definitely original and I haven't seen many other hentai that have tried to be anything other than mindless smut. My expectations were set pretty high because of all the hype surrounding the series, which probably impacted my judgement in a negative way, as it did not completely live up to that hype. 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Step 2: Add Images to the Discord Reactive Images Tool Use the “ Make a Copy” button after exporting the original to add a colored border, laser eyes, sunglasses, quote bubble, or any overlay to add more flair to your icon when you’re speaking. ![]() You may also want to make another version of your photo with small edits so it changes more than just its brightness when you speak on stream. When you’ve created the transparent image you want to display when you’re not speaking, click Export Image, then Download to save the file. Here, you can remove plain backgrounds with a single click of the Magic Wand tool, or precisely cut out your avatar with the Erase tool. Upload the picture you want to start with to the Studio and select the Erase tool on the right. On Twitch streams, for example, you should probably use a PNG version of your Twitch profile picture, rather than your Discord PFP. 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![]() ![]() ![]() Also during that time, I observed several elderly customers (one disabled with a walker) having difficulty signing in at the kiosk. During that time the reception area remained unstaffed and there was no one to talk to. Well, I sat there for nearly an hour waiting for my name to be called. A text came around 15 minutes later and I immediately entered the facility where I had a seat expecting to be attended to right away. I returned to my car to wait for the text message as instructed. ![]() I also noted at the time that curiously the large two person reception station was empty. Noting that unfortunately no one in the waiting area was wearing masks, I opted to indicate the choice on the kiosk screen that I would be waiting in my car for a text message notification that the staff was ready for me. On March 7, 2024, after arriving on time for a 7:40 AM appointment, I signed in to the kiosk. I have never had any of these problems at any other lab draw facility and would never recommend this place to anyone.Īm bringing to your attention a very poorly handled appointment at a Quest facility at 33 Old Kings Road in Palm Coast Florida. I then went 3 doors down and walked into another lab draw facility with no problem. There was absolutely no one waiting for blood work in the lobby, but I was turned away by the lab tech. Third time I tried checking in on my phone and received a message that I was more than 1 minute late and needed to reschedule my appointment. I went to another lab that same day and had no problem. The first time I was turned away for being a walk-in, the second time I could not get blood drawn because Cortisol levels must be drawn very early in the morning per the lab and the computer won't let them be drawn past that time even though no appointments were available anywhere that early. Any time I have gone there there was always a problem. I have had to use quest on occasion due to provider preference. Accessed March 22, 2019Ģ US Department of Transportation’s Office of Drug andĪlcohol Policy and Compliance.I have had blood work drawn many many times. To learn more about drug test collections, visit our website.ġ US Department of Transportation. When risks of potential cheating occur, our collection sites are prepared and trained to handle a variety of situations. From a collector’s point of view, the process must follow strict criteria to ensure quality. From a donor’s perspective, the experience may be daunting because he or she may not know what to expect during a collection. The test is a follow-up or a return-to-duty drug testĭrug test collections are a critical part of the drug testing process.The employee’s positive or refusal test result had to be cancelled because the split specimen test could not be performed (for example, the split was not collected).The Medical Review Officer orders the direct observation because the employee has no legitimate medical reason for a certain atypical laboratory result.The collector finds an item in the employee’s pockets or wallet, which appears to be brought into the site to contaminate a specimen or the collector notes suggest tampering.The specimen shows signs of tampering, such as unusual color or odor.The specimen temperature is outside the acceptable range.The employee attempts to tamper with his or her specimen at the collection site.Is a direct observation collection necessary?Īccording to the DOT’s Office of Drug and Alcohol PolicyĪnd Compliance, direct observation collections are authorized and required only When the donor provides their drug test specimen. Observation collections are used to help ensure cheating does not take place Implemented a new drug testing rule in the Federal Register allowing observedĬollections for return-to-duty and follow-up drug tests. In 2008, the US Department of Transportation (DOT) However, there may be scenarios where witnessing the collection of the specimen is necessary, for example, when a donor takes part in well-choreographed and intentional efforts to undermine, or cheat, the drug test collection process. The process is typically seamless and straightforward. With urine being the most widely used specimen type, a donor will often visit a collection site and complete a urine drug test collection. Drug tests are frequently part of an employer’s drug-free workplace program and may require both prospective and current employees, known as donors, to provide a drug test specimen. ![]() 3/20/2024 0 Comments Paintnet pyro's plugin pack![]() ![]() Merge it down.ġ7) Now, on a NEW LAYER, use the text tool and write your name in a color similar to the color you set the circle to. ![]() Merge layer down.ġ4) On the lower layer, run effects > blur > gaussian blur at 60.ġ5) On the upper layer, effects > photo > glow at these settings:ġ6) Duplicate the layer and set the top one to multiply. Top layer should be a lighter color, the bottom layer a darker color.ġ2) Set the top layer's blend mode to additive. Set it to a sphere at the half sphere repeat setting.ĥ) Now, duplicate the layer and set it to negation.ħ) Duplicate the layer and set it to multiply.Ĩ)Twist the sphere layer at these settings:ġ1) Use color balance, color balance plus, or even curves, to make the sphere a nice cyan color. Not sure which I used are plugins, sorry.Ģ) Click on effects>distort>color distort.Ĥ) Run shape 3D. (I'll hopefully get some example shots soon though as I know I'm not doing real well with text on this. Though I agree with larger range your effect would work fine and much more quickly with being able to do this on a single layer only. Again, this is merely with the idea of pushing distortion or modification to the base effect Drop Shadow can create. If the original image is still on that layer, it will bleed into the shadow and create issues, especially if in high contrasting color to the shadow being used. ![]() A good for instance is using something like zoom and point blur combinations to create some striation in the shadow. Regarding the use of multiple layers and not keeping the original: If she was going to use further distortion on the layer underneath, the potential to have the edge of the image extend outward and creating a density issue was why that was recommended. Once opacity was turned down (at least in my fast help) I lost enough outer density to show the same form of shadow effect as the other tool was creating. Short version on density is that even set to 1 it was creating a distinct outline that would have to be compensated for with the opacity setting. to try and give a complete answer on the main question here.Īlso trying to ensure I can demonstrate the difference in the corner aspect of the other shadow/outline effects and the density issue with the widening radius. just trying to figure out how to create examples to see how much scope would be needed for both large canvas work etc. I realize this is more of a yes or no question. (Partial reply as I've been struggling to get some images together to help illustrate my point, but do not wish to seem rude by letting this drag on.) If that's true, I could increase the ranges in the next version. a blur radius of 100 pixels), I'm thinking you'd get your result faster with such a blur range in my effect and "keep original image" on, than having to do these multiple steps with duplicating the layer and separate blur. If I understand your needs correctly (i.e. But if you turn it off, the effect becomes significantly slower. The "keep original image" checkbox is present, precisely to allow this kind of scenario. But of course, the blur only blurs the shadow, not the original image. And you can think of the widening as being (more or less) the same as an object outline. You can think of the widening happening before the blur. As long as widening radius is less than blur radius, you will not get "unblurred" full opacity pixels in your shadow. In the interest of improving my effect for future versions: do I understand that the problem here is that you'd want (need) the set the blur radius to something between 75 and 100?Īlso, if you want the shadow to be darker, one way to get that is to use widening with bluring. then duplicate that layer and adjust the opacity to your liking if it is not dark enough to get the same effect. Or run Kris' drop shadow on a duplicate under the top layer with widening zero, blur 24 then run gausian blur at about 50-75 with keep original image un-checked. ![]() |
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