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The NorthCap University, Gurgaon
The National Capital Region commonly known as is a metropolitan region that includes the National Capital Territory of Delhi plus 23 districts in the neighboring states of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. Delhi and NCR, especially Gurgaon, is a hub of multinational companies which offer multiple job opportunities in varied management fields for deserving aspirants. Delhi and neighboring cities of Gurgaon, Ghaziabad, Noida, Greater Noida and Faridabad have plenty of options for keen MBA admission seekers, who are looking for admission in well known MBA colleges and want to stay close to industry and corporate world. Delhi and NCR actually accounts for one of the largest clusters of Business Schools in India.
MBA degree not only broadens one's knowledge, strengthens business acumen, hones managerial skills but also develops a holistic view of business environment and world at large. If one is inclined towards possessing an MBA degree, one of the crucial decisive areas is to select the most appropriate Institute that offers the MBA programme and paves the way for endless number of job opportunities. Delhi NCR is a home to a large no of institutes imparting industry driven management education striving to bridge the gap between classroom learning and acclimatizing students to corporate culture. However, selection of an institute that gives an aspirant, personal and professional dividends, throughout his life is not an easy task. As pursuing MBA involves a serious commitment of time and money so one needs to be very judgmental to cut through information about various possible options available in terms of plethora of institutes making huge promises and boastful of providing quality management education and helping in realizing one's dreams.
Some commonly identified decision criteria and key parameters for choosing an MBA institute are the quality of faculty, students, fee structure, courses offered, placement history, infrastructure, location, and facilities. Some of the well known MBA institutes/ universities offering MBA programme, located in Delhi NCR which have contributed in awarding it a prominent place on the national map in the area of management education are MDI Gurgaon; Fore School of Management, New Delhi; Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi; IMT, Ghaziabad, IMI New Delhi, NIILM Centre for Management Studies; GL Bajaj , Noida; Jaipuria Institute of Management, Noida;
Amity University, Noida; NITRA, Ghaziabad and The NorthCap University, Gurgaon, to name a few.
The NorthCap University, Gurgaon has been rated as the top and only private university in Delhi/NCR in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) by Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India. It is ranked 82nd out of 233 participating universities of the total 740 universities in India. Management aspirants in NCU are nurtured by experienced faculty using innovative teaching pedagogy and are equipped for facing industry challenges with a bang by partnering with them for their holistic development. The state of the art campus, lush green environment, modern classrooms, smart boards further add to the overall enriching experience of the students. They are provided a platform for interacting with management professionals through seminars, guest lectures, alumni interactions, workshops, panel discussions, and pre-placement interview sessions. Realizing the need for all round development of its students, NCU also endows its students with ample opportunities to participate in cultural events, technical and annual fests, etc. which imbibes a sense of discipline, responsibility, togetherness and a chance of learning by doing. Last but not the least safety and security of its members has always been a matter of prime importance for The NorthCap University. It has been positioned at the 4th rank in all Private Universities in North India by NIRF Ranking by Ministry of Human Resource Development. This has been possible only because every member of NCU family shares a common vision of imparting quality education and contributing in making it a preferred destination amongst MBA institutes in Delhi/NCR to realize one's dreams in the field of education.


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The Movie you are about to See is Fiction
I remember hearing republicans bitching about the Regan mini-series, about how it portrayed a fictional president biography. Now democrats are bitching about ABC's made for T.V. movie about the events leading up to 9/11. And I talking about members of my own party affiliation, take my advice, it's a movie, it's that simple.
Do movies take creative liberties? Of course. I know this movie which no one has seen as of yet, places some of the blame on the hands of Bill Clinton, wow, get over it. I remember seeing the trailer for this movie a few weeks ago and I must admit that it looked good as far as movies go. In fact I plan on watching it, rather tivo.
It just irks me that we have to take everything to this level, and by the way I don't plan on coming back on here and tell all of you what I thought of this movie. Why? because it's a movie, and don't give me this garbage about how movies influence the culture of the world, come on if that where true no one in their right mind would have re-elected George Bush.

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It is a couple of hours before dawn. Restless Ignatious lies sleeplessly in his bed, staring blearily upwards at the room's ceiling. Suddenly the chair that he used to wedge his door closed scrapes quietly across the floor. In the dead silence of the night this sounds to Moor like a deafening screech, and his awakening attention is immediately fixed on the door. It comes slowly ajar, and whispering voices can be heard: "It's not here. Kill them all." Ignatious silently begins to reach for the shaded oil lamp at his bedside table.
The door opens and a dark figure creeps in. Moor feigns sleep, his heart racing, and senses the figure's approach. He hears the distinctive sound of a blade being drawn. This has gone on long enough. The seasoned warrior grabs the warm lantern and flings it at the intruder. The silent assassin is caught off guard and gets covered with blazing hot oil which quickly sets his robes ablaze. The figure screams in surprised agony, and screams so loudly that Moor's companions wake up to find a robed murderer in each of their own rooms, all about to make a killing strike.
Encounter: Naked Wizard Attack
The five warriors fight off the assassins, killing three as two escape. The ruckus awakens many in the inn, the innkeeper among them. Ignatious pushes his way downstairs and goes outside to look for a trail. Wistark frisks the bodies but finds that they wear only robes, boots and greatswords. The robes bear an emblem, but not one he recognises. Leaving the bodies where they are, Wistark walks down the corridor to explain things to the innkeeper. He is reminded to put some clothes on (by Grimlock of all people) just in time.
Re-emerging fully clothed from his bedroom, the wizard gives the innkeeper a brief explanation and asks that he rouse the city guard. Wistark leaves the Cantering Cow with Norman and Gravilla to find that Ignatious has discovered a trail of blood. Concerned that the trail might go cold, the group follow it into the city. Unfortunately, it eventually runs dry. Wistark, Norman and Ignatious make their best guesses at the assassin's heading and continue the hunt. Their keen senses lead them true – they find the missing killer, dead from blood loss.
Ignatious takes the body to a guard post and the warriors return forlornly to the Cantering Cow. The city guard have now set up a perimeter and the group are interviewed on the night's events. Norman feels it is unsafe to linger and presses Wistark to find a new inn. Ignatious votes in the dwarf's favour, pointing out that it would be foolish to give the assassins a second chance. Having heard from Ignatious that the would-be killers were looking for something, Wistark decides to check up on Oliver Finnagin.
They arrive at Heddibrun University to find that the historian has also been attacked, though fortunately this too was unsuccessful due to the valour of the Knights of Arcelor. The Necronomicon is safe for the moment. Wistark sees an opportunity to get some more coin out of the knight captain and proceeds to kick up a fuss. He argues that perhaps the tome should be investigated next Season when things have died down. The knight captain is angered by this suggestion and questions the rightful ownership of the book.
Wistark convincingly bluffs outrage, pointing out that the book has achieved nothing but good in his hands and that someone did just try to assassinate him. Grimlock and Ignatious chime in, certain that they too deserve something for their trouble. The knight captain relents, winning the wizard an increase to his deposit and the entire group 50ip each as a gesture of good will. Wistark shows Professor Finnagin the emblem on the robes of the attackers. It is the mark of Esselfine University – a rival of the university Finnagin works for.
Oliver mentions that, should they want to look for the assassins, he knows someone who can sneak them onto Esselfine's campus. Further discussions are interrupted when a large man in green paint enters the room. He is accompanied by a frightened, bruised woman. He explains that she was ambushed on Gerelden's outskirts while delivering necromantic tomes to Finnagin. The books were stolen and she awoke in a ditch not long ago. Before departing he suggests that the scene of the crime might be worth investigating, and gives Ignatious its location with only a little prompting.
The Capital Punishers decide to investigate the assassins themselves, and set off with a mind to take the law into their own hands. On their way out of the city they are intercepted by a city guard who calls himself Lt. Gordon. He provides them with information on a possible meeting place of the Droogs, the band of thieves encountered the day before, in the hopes that they will go clean them out. As the Punishers continue to make their way to the ambush site the city shudders beneath them with the knowledge that a new era of brutal vigilante justice has come.


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After its success with Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City, Rocksteady Studios set out on a new challenge to bring Batman to the latest consoles.
At GDC 2014, Rocksteady unveiled the next-gen Batman: Arkham Knight with a hands-off demo that began with the evacuation of Gotham City.
Scarecrow, stepping up to fill the role of lead villain in the wake of Arkham City, has threatened the entire city of Gotham with a WMD-grade fear gas bomb.
The massive bomb threat raises the stakes and opens up the entirety of Gotham as Batman tries to hunt Scarecrow down, but it's somewhat disappointing to see Rocksteady use the evacuation as a cop out to fill the streets of Gotham with thugs rather than incorporating civilians to give Gotham the feeling of a living city.
Right off the bat, brand marketing producer Dax Ginn made the bold claim that Arkham Knight will be "all about the vertical gameplay we were able to develop on next-gen."
That verticality takes the form of far taller skyscrapers than in past Arkham games, allowing Batman even more dramatic dives from rooftops and more room to glide and grapple across the skyline.
While Batman's aerial maneuvers appear to be mostly unchanged from Arkham City, Batman can now also utilize more gadgets while soaring through the skies like raining batarangs on enemies or using his zipline between any two buildings to create an impromptu perch.
But before too long, Dax Ginn wanted us to meet one of the new stars of Arkham Knight, excitedly exclaiming that the game is really "all about the Batmobile."
The Batmobile is quite the beastly machine in Arkham Knight, with a design that falls somewhere in the middle of what is seen in the comics and the military-grade vehicle from Christopher Nolan's Batman film trilogy.
From watching the hands-off demo, there was the sense that the Batmobile controls almost more like a character than a car, capable of quick, physics-defying turns that should make the streets of Gotham relatively easy to navigate.
It also helps that Gotham City is selectively destructible in Arkham Knight, with certain walls, fences and columns crumbling under the Batmobile to open side streets and new routes through the city.
You may have noticed that Ginn said that Arkham Knight all about both verticality and the Batmobile, two methods of transportation that seem to be at odds with one another.
The idea seems to be that players can choose their preferred mode of travel, either climbing up and gliding from the nearest building or calling the Batmobile with the press of a button at any time.
With a Gotham to explore that is five times larger than what players saw in Arkham City, that is a lot of real estate to cover from multiple vantage points.
The question is how well Rocksteady will balance city traversal. The Batmobile has an inherent cool factor to it, but from the brief demo it seems that Batman's signature ride is mostly being utilized for gimmicks so far.
The first mission shown with the Batmobile was to chase down an armored vehicle and knock it off the road to interrogate its driver.
Shortly after that the demo introduced the Riddler with his new brand of challenges in the form of Riddler caves. This particular Riddler cave was a three-lap race track, where Batman could control retractable platforms and walls by clicking the controller's analogue stick.
While it was a bit jarring to see The Riddler testing Batman's car rather than his intellect, after the demo a Rocksteady representative clarified that the Riddler caves won't all use the Batmobile.
The Riddler race track was by far the most interesting part of the demo, perhaps because it represented the only completely new element added to the Arkham series formula.
Of course there are other additions to the Arkham formula, particularly in combat, which are more evolutionary than a revolutionary new mechanic.
For example, Batman can now steal melee weapons from enemies, like baseball bats and clubs, and use those weapons in combat until they break.
Batman also has a new move called the fear takedown, which lets him knock out up to three armed enemies at once through a quick-time event rather than needing to lure each guard away from the group individually like in past games.
After a quick trip to meet up with Oracle, aka Barbara Gordon, in her clock tower headquarters, the demo ended with one final character introduction: the Arkham Knight.
It turns out that the game's title is a reference to this new character created specifically for the game, rather than to the Dark Knight himself.
The Arkham Knight wears an armored black suit similar to Batman's, though sleeker and with a more militaristic flair. Rocksteady refused to say anything more about the Arkham Knight, leaving much unknown about Batman's mysterious new rival.
Overall, Batman: Arkham Knight is shaping up to be a bigger Arkham City, with the option to drive through the streets along with soar through the skies.
Whether that is good or bad news will depend entirely on your preference for the original Arkham Asylum's Metroidvania design, which wasn't even hinted at the demo, or Arkham City's open world.
Whichever way you lean, Batman: Arkham Knight promises to conclude the storyline of what is now being referred to as the "Rocksteady Arkham Trilogy." Sorry Batman: Arkham Origins.
Batman: Arkham Knight will be available on PS4, Xbox One and PC by the end of the year.


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In this unique puzzle game you try to get your Mechanics safely from point A to point B. Four worlds, 60 levels, a challenging arcade and puzzle game.
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The Chemist by Stephenie Meyer shares the story of a chemist who used to work with the U.S. Government as an interrogator. When she and a co-worker become a liability, the government kills her co-worker and the chemist goes on the run and constantly needs to be on alert to stay alive. When a former handler contacts her with a way to erase the target on her back, will she be able to finally be safe?
I was excited when Stephenie Meyer wrote a new book. I enjoyed The Host (The Twilight Series was okay) and was hoping this would be a really enjoyable read. The beginning was a rough read for me. It was hard to follow the character's change of names and not having a clear picture of her backstory. I wasn't sure what she did in a lab - did she make inventions, chemical reactions for bombs, research for the government? The character's backstory becomes clearer later, but it seemed unnecessary for the vagueness and only created confusion. The story and characters grew on me later as I progressed through the story and as the backstory became more clear. I enjoyed the ending. The book would have been phenomenal if the issues in the beginning were resolved prior to being published. To learn more about The Chemist, click here.
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Firefighters making sure students not left out in the cold this winter
OKLAHOMA CITY- Thanks to Local 157 firefighters, they won't be left out in the cold this year.
They are teaming up with Air One Radio in "Operation Warm" to give Greystone Upper Elementary students new winter coats.
This includes more than 500 children from Plaza Towers and Briarwood Elementary.
Those schools took a direct hit in the May tornado.
More than a dozen volunteers will personally fit each child with a new coat.
Since "Operation Warm" began, it has donated more than 1 million coats in 42 states across the country.


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When Steven Stucky set out earlier this year to write his first symphony, one of the most difficult decisions he faced was deciding what to call it. The Pulitzer Prize-winning composer had actually written four symphonies in his youth — but to hear him put it, those efforts don't really count.
"I wrote two when I was a little boy, and I have no idea what unholy mash-up those were," he recalled in a recent phone interview. "Then I wrote a symphony when I was a senior in college, and then one for my doctoral thesis, and I'm sure those have been completely expunged from the record."
The logical choice for a title would no doubt seem pretentious. "It was not sensible to call this piece Symphony No. 5," the composer said.
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Stucky's "Symphony" — simple, to the point — will have its world premiere this week by the Los Angeles Philharmonic at Walt Disney Concert Hall. The piece was co-commissioned by the L.A. Philharmonic and New York Philharmonic, which will perform it later this year at Avery Fisher Hall in New York. (The L.A. Phil weekend program, conducted by Gustavo Dudamel, includes Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring.")


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Little-publicized immigration program keeps military family together
Mon Nov 18, 2013 9:27 AM
Maria Quiring's son was just months old the day the deportation notice arrived at her El Mirage home. Despite her marriage of five years to a U.S. Air Force serviceman, Quiring was ordered back to her native Mexico.
"I was so afraid of the door," Maria said. "My little one was a baby. You see all this on the news, so I thought they would come to my door with guns and take me and leave my kids."
"I didn't know if I would lose her," said her husband, Jared, a technical sergeant stationed at Luke Air Force Base.
Without a Department of Homeland Security policy called Parole in Place, Maria would not be where she is today, watching her now 5-year-old son, J.J., assemble a Hungry Hungry Hippos game on the floor.
Parole in Place, an unofficial policy allowing certain immigrants to adjust their legal status. It began as a way to protect citizens of Cuba, crime victims and battered women. But in 2008, under the George W. Bush administration, the U.S. government announced military families could qualify.
Maria left her home country of Mexico as a 19-year-old in 1999 when her former husband brought her to the United States illegally. After a year and a half, they were divorced.
Three years later, in 2004, she married Jared Quiring. She applied for citizenship. In 2009 she got a letter stating that because she entered the country unlawfully, she would be deported. Maria would barred from returning to the United States for 10 years before she could return and apply for citizenship again.
"I was devastated," Maria said. "My whole world was turned upside down. It meant not getting to be with my kids or husband for up to 10 years. It was chaotic."
Military personnel are not allowed to travel to Mexico, which meant Jared would not be able to see her.
"The first thing I did was ask my commander for permission to visit her and he pretty much said no," he said.
It was Phoenix immigration attorney Judy Flanagan who told Maria about Parole in Place.
"This allows people with unlawful presence who have a spouse in active duty military to be granted a legal fiction saying they entered legally, circumventing having to leave and having to get the waiver," Flanagan said.
In a August 2010 letter to Congress, former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano wrote, "On a case-by-case basis, DHS utilizes parole and deferred action to minimize periods of family separation, and to facilitate adjustment of status within the United States by immigrants who are the spouses, parents and children of military members."
Immigration attorney Margaret Stock said that because the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has no official memorandum for Parole in Place, not many attorneys know about it and few have used it. For Maria, the process turned out to be simple.
"All they did was look at my paperwork and approved my residency for one year," she said. "Then, after that, it was only three months until I had my interview" for legal permanent residency.
At the November 2011 interview, Maria was approved as a legal permanent resident. Two weeks later, she got her green card.
"I call it the military pass," Flanagan said. "You have a spouse in the military and you get some special benefits. It's totally out of the ordinary. It's like a magic button."
The Quiring family feels the same way.
"That was probably the best news I had heard in a long time," Jared said. "I leave in a couple months for Korea for a year. I know she's going to be OK when I return."
And his wife feels safe, too, knowing she's lives in the country legally.
"I'm at peace and at ease knowing I'm safe and fine here," Maria said. "But I do want to become a U.S. citizen. I'm already studying for my test."
Next year, she can apply for citizenship.
"I told my husband it's better they messed up my paperwork the first time," she said. "What people intend for evil, God intends for good."
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Sigh. I wish that I were surprised by this. As a commenter says, we remain doomed to not having a presidential candidate who can explain reality to the American people.
9 thoughts on "Mitt Romney, Economic Ignoramus"
"I think the old standby definitions of who votes for which party have been blown away in this campaign," said Romney to New England Cable News. "I think people recognize that I'm not a partisan Republican; that I'm someone who is moderate; and that my views are progressive," he continued.
Mitt Romney at a 2002 campaign stop in Worcester, Mass.
"In the long view of history, it is really today's conservatives who are 'Republicans in name only.' " from "Rule and Ruin," by Geoffrey Kabaservice
See http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/02/opinion/kristof-where-are-the-romney-republicans.html
"Much of the current conservative movement is characterized by this sort of historical amnesia and symbolic parricide, which seeks to undo key aspects of the Republican legacy such as Reagan's elimination of corporate tax loopholes, Nixon's environmental and labor safety programs, and a variety of G.O.P. achievements in civil rights, civil liberties, and good government reforms,"
I haven't seen any Republican arguing for increased corporate tax loopholes. And undoing "Nixon's environmental and labor safety programs" is laughable. If he were alive today he would be aghast at what those "programs" have morphed into. And undoing "G.O.P. achievements in civil rights, civil liberties, and good government reforms"? Typical NYTimes noise: Make a statement that is absurd, and imply that if you disagree, you suffer from "historical amnesia". Orwell would be impressed.
[1970] "Mr. President, this EPA thing will one day declare carbon dioxide a pollutant."
"You're drunk."
"Yes sir."
As a commenter says, we remain doomed to not having a presidential candidate who can explain reality to the American people.
The real tragedy is that so many Americans need to have reality explained to them by a politician.
Gee whillikers, State-shtupping Bob-1 likes "moderate" Republicans. *What a shocker.
*That is, Republicans only moderately attached to liberty.
This "state-shtupping" metaphor of yours is pretty odd. I don't know what it would mean to have sexual intercourse with a country, even metaphorically, but speaking literally and not metaphorically, many very admirable men and women have "shown devotion" to the United States, and what it stands for. Many have been willing to give their lives for the United States. Many did. Are they "state-shtuppers"?
I dunno about "shtuppin'", but this was when we got to first base with Stalin…
…to my amazement, Stalin took my head in his two hands and gave me a large kiss! I swallowed my astonishment and, when he turned up his face for a return kiss, I delivered it.
Bob and his fellow travelers have a point, and it is much the same point the "Paleo-cons" make: we're a long time past the revolution. Larry O'Donnel's "We're all socialists!" comment was safe by eight decades.
Anyone who thinks that a Republican president candidate running on the tail end of a recession as horrific as the last should make a stand on the minimum wage is obviously smoking something.
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One More Night
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Lately in Dawn's life, things have been... Traumatic to say the least. First her parents die, not in a car crash but suicide. She has no idea why though. Then the next day her friends start disappearing one by one until there's hardly any left. What's been happening? Why is everyone dying? What's wrong with the town?
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A tried and tested favorite, Crumbs has always been a place to count on for awesome cakes and dessert creations. With their gorgeous third location in the new Murouj Complex near the Sahara Golf and Country Club, Crumbs Café is now serving lunch and dinner to patrons. Light and airy, the café is flooded with natural light that reflects off the pristine tables to accentuate the décor. It's the details that really get to us – and Arwa Al-Turkait really knows her stuff. Beautiful flowers adorn the tabletops matching the setting perfectly. The menu is gloriously extensive. Although it's short, it is superbly mighty. The options range from salads and big plates to sandwiches and drinks, to a separate menu dedicated to desserts.
Arwa had started her crumb-filled journey back in 2008 with a small bakery and a large helping of passion. Now, it's expanded into two fully-fledged bakeries and a cute café in a serene location. Their menu boasts eclectic fare, sprinkled with an international vibe with a dash of modernity. With items suited for every taste, there's something for everyone.
The tables are stark white, accented with pastel gray chairs with pale yellow backings. Minimalism at its best, the entire place is created to take your focus off the surroundings and onto the main attraction – your food. Served up in pristine white plates, their selection is delicious. Going over the menu a few times, we finally settled on an assortment that would give us the full picture. From salads to drinks and desserts – we left no corner of the menu unexplored, and walked away pleasantly full.
To start off, we ordered the Date Goat Cheese salad. Fried breaded goat's cheese stuffed with dates on a bed of mixed lettuce topped off with a light, fresh dressing. The sweetness from the dates brings out the tang in the cheese while the crunch from the dressed lettuce added a new level to this concoction. As an amalgamation of sweet and sour, this salad was refreshingly appetizing. Next, we got to the appetizers, the Small Plates if you will. The Sweet Potato Spuds we ordered were an absolute vision – the taste was deliciously divine. Beautifully oven-roasted and cut into bite-sized chunks, the spuds came with a side of Crumbs Spicy Sauce. A tad on the spicy side, this sauce compliments the sweetness of the potatoes flawlessly. The second appetizer we went for were the Pumpkin Quinoa Cakes. Stuffed with spinach and chickpeas with a helping of yoghurt sauce on top, this variation of the pumpkin Kebbeh was incredible. Light, fluffy, and delectable – these cakes left us with a familiar taste but with an incredible twist.
Salads and small plates cleared out, we were ready for our mains. We decided to go for a Big Plate and a Sandwich to get a wider variety of dishes. From the big plate selection, we went for the Roasted Salmon. With a honey-mustard glaze, this exceptionally flaky salmon was a vision of excellence. Accompanied by a bed of green couscous and cherry tomatoes, every bite was flawlessly mouth-watering. Our sandwich of choice was Crumbs' super delicious Monte Cristo. Two golden, crispy slices of French toast with smoked turkey and melted Swiss cheese, finished off with a dusting of icing sugar and a side of homemade berry jam. A filling meal with huge flavors – yum! The mocktails and smoothies that accompanied our meals were fabulous! Do not miss out on the two we had – Snapchat and the Green Monster, perfect!
To end our remarkable meal, we couldn't wait to jump right into desserts. With a plethora of desserts to choose from – this was Crumbs after all – we didn't know where to go. After much debate, we settled with two – the Sticky Toffee Pudding and the Chocolate Budini. The Chocolate Budini is a baked chocolate mousse – reminiscent of a soufflé, or molten cake – with a drizzle of nutella and dulce de leche, and topped off with a dollop of vanilla ice cream. And the Sticky Toffee Pudding was a super moist date cake with a generous helping of toffee sauce and a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Crumbs' ultimate ethos lies in their desserts, and they delivered wonderfully. But with their expansion and into a full café, Crumbs will become the ultimate destination for an well-rounded delicious culinary experience.
If you're after a delicious meal and a yummier dessert at Crumbs Café, be sure to visit their newest location at Murouj Complex next to the Sahara Country Club off the Sixth Ring Road, Sabhan. For more information, visit www.crumbs.com.kw and follow them on Twitter and Instagram @ilovecrumbs and on Facebook: crumbs.kw or call them at 2205 0270 or 6555 4309.


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By Jake Donovan
The show is titled "Welcome To The Future", but you can't help but begin to reminisce about the past, give the combatants on the February 4 HBO show at the Alamodome in San Antonio.
Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. puts his unbeaten record – and perhaps his alphabet middleweight belt – on the line against veteran contender Marco Antonio Rubio in the main event. The co-feature showcases Nonito Donaire Jr's debut in the 122 lb. division, looking to claim hardware in a fourth weight class when he faces Wilfredo Vazquez Jr in a vacant title fight.
Of the three juniors on the televised portion of the show, Donaire is the only one whose father wasn't a pro fighter. It's just as well as he is also the only one among them who has no real ties to the location, this being his first fight in Texas and in a new weight class.
For the Chavez and Vazquez families, far greater history exists.
Tuesday's press conference at the very venue that hosts next month's show officially marked the second time in the span of less than three months that Chavez Jr (44-0-1, 31KO) touched down in Texas. The 25-year old Mexican is coming off of a fifth round knockout of Peter Manfredo Jr last November in Houston, where he had also made his U.S. debut early in his pro career.
Though his true home away from his Mexico home is currently his training headquarters in Hollywood, it's clear that there is a special connection between Chavez Jr and the Lone Star State.
"I was here in Texas for my last fight (with Manfredo Jr.) and I love fighting here," stated Chavez, who will make his 11th ring appearance in a Texas venue once his fight with Rubio officially hits the books. Only his home country has hosted more of his pro fights to date, with the February headliner marking his third time playing the Alamodome.
The home to the NBA's San Antonio Spurs has hosted just eight fight cards in its 18-year history. A fighter named Julio Cesar Chavez has appeared on half of those shows. The past three have featured Chavez Jr, including a12-round slugfest with John Duddy which served as a headliner in 2010.
However, it was the very first boxing event hosted in the venue that comes to mind for most boxing fans at its mention. To this day, such mentions hardly conjure up favorable images.
Just four months after its doors opened in May '93, the Alamodome played host to the biggest non-heavyweight fight that could be made at the time. Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. and Pernell Whitaker were universally regarded as the top two fighters in the sport, with most experts placing then-unbeaten Chavez at the top of the list.
Their Sept. '93 pound-for-pound showdown saw Chavez' attempt to become the first fighter in Mexico's rich boxing history to capture a world title in four separate weight classes. He entered the bout as the reigning lineal super lightweight king, having also won belts at lightweight and super featherweight amidst a career that stood at 87-0 at the time.
Whitaker didn't boast quite as impressive of a record from a numbers perspective, but his credentials were right there with his Mexican rival. The lone loss on his resume – a horribly scored split decision against Jose Luis Ramirez - was emphatically avenged, as Whitaker reigned as undisputed lightweight king before moving on to title wins at super lightweight and welterweight, where their fight took place.
At the end of their 12-round affair, the paid crowd of more than 58,000 reacted as if they had been given their money's worth.
Then came the decision – and the post-fight discussion that rarely if ever ends on a pleasant note.
To call it a debate would suggest that there were two sides of the argument. Few if anyone that watched the fight – live or in review – saw anything less than a convincing win for Whitaker in what should've served as the first loss in Chavez' historic career. That moment would come three fights later, suffering the first knockdown of his career boot in dropping a split decision to Frankie Randall.
The Alamodome went four years before hosting another boxing event, while Chavez himself would only appear in one more fight anywhere in Texas, a 1999 tune-up win against Verdell Smith.
Chavez Jr's two fights in the very same venue haven't even begun to scratch the surface in erasing the memory of what took place more than 18 years ago. Perhaps nothing ever will, and that his fans will have to come to grips with the fact that the second-generation fighter at least always delivers on the action front.
His first fight in the Alamodome ended in early knockout in supporting capacity on a show headlined by Manny Pacquiao. Three years later, Chavez Jr. served as the headliner, going to war with John Duddy in a 12-round middleweight bout that meant little in the grand scheme of things, but further proved his place in the sport as a ratings magnet.
February's showdown with Rubio figures to be every bit as entertaining and perhaps even more competitive, in spite of Chavez Jr opening as a 5-1 favorite. What the night won't be is historic, not even in the event of an upset.
That part will have to come in the co-feature, where Vazquez Jr can once again follow in his fighting father's footsteps.
Wilfredo Vazquez Sr. was a three-division titlist who had truly come up the hard way in his 21-year career. Losing the very first fight of his career, the Puerto Rican had suffered three losses before winning his first championship – one which came on his second title try at bantamweight.
He would go on to lose three more times before beginning what would serve as a lengthy title reign at super bantamweight, scoring a third-round knockout over Raul Perez nearly 20 years ago.
His title reign was coming up on its three-year anniversary when he was summoned to defend against pound-for-pound entrant Orlando Canizales, a record-breaking bantamweight titlist who was rising up in weight in search of a second world title.
HBO was on hand to televise the event live from the Freeman Coliseum, where Vazquez came in as a 34-year old titlist and a 10-1 underdog. On paper, he was a sacrificial lamb for Texas-bred Canizales and the televised date – and payday- was to serve as his unofficial severance package in exchange for handing over the title.
Instead, Vazquez did what he had always managed to do throughout his career – overcome the odds.
The fight wasn't the most aesthetically pleasing and in paled in comparison to the free-swinging slugfest in the evening's co-feature between Alejandro Gonzalez and then-unbeaten Kevin Kelley. But winning seven or more rounds in a 12-round fight add up the same no matter how exciting or dull.
Rather than ushering in a new era, Vazquez instead left San Antonio with his ninth successful title defense, figuratively and literally upsetting the odds. Oddly enough, his reign came to an end in his very next fight in his birth town of Bayamon, Puerto Rico against then-unknown Antonio Cermeno.
Adding to his legacy was his come-from-behind knockout win over Eloy Rojas one year later to earn the lineal featherweight crown, further proof that at his best – or on that night, his most resilient – Vazquez was capable of overcoming any obstacle.
That brings us to the point in the career of his 27-year old son Wilfredo Jr. The second-generation Boricua banger is less than a year separated from the lone loss of his career, dropping a heartbreaker to faded Jorge Arce in a humbling 12th round knockout last May.
The irony in the stoppage is that not only did it come against Vazquez Jr's will, but that it was triggered by the actions of his father, who serves as his head trainer. Vazquez Sr jumped on the ring apron the moment he saw his son in trouble along the ropes.
With the loss came an end to Vazquez Jr's super bantamweight title reign, which strangely enough began in the same arena where his father's had ended nearly 15 years prior.
That he was able to capture a title at all speaks volumes of his ability to handle uncomfortable situations. Vazquez Jr turned pro in late 2006, basically in a learn-as-you-earn capacity as he boasts virtually no amateur experience.
Just over three years later, he was seen pummeling highly touted Marvin Sonsona in four rounds to begin a title reign that saw two successful defenses follow before running into Arce.
It could've been much easier – as well as easily forgiven – for Vazquez Jr to simply go into hiding and pad his resume with a few soft touches before returning to the title picture. His first fight following the Arce debacle suggested such a path, as he was fed badly faded Roberto Leyva as a late replacement. Vazquez did as expected, getting rid of the former titlist-turned-journeyman in three rounds.
Rather than remain on that level or slowly work his way back towards the top, Vazquez decided to take a now-or-never approach to the sport. The hope was to secure a rematch with Arce, but those plans changed after his conqueror elected to instead pursue the record books, dumping his 122 lb. belt to chase one at bantamweight.
The vacancy created the opportunity for the 27-year old Puerto Rican to pursue his old belt, collecting HBO-level money as he squares off against Donaire, rising up in weight after a successful run at bantamweight that saw him catapult near the top of the pound-for-pound rankings.
Sound familiar?
If the odds hold true, then history stands little to no chance of repeating itself in either of the two televised bouts at the Alamodome next month.
But that won't ever change the fact that Chavez Jr and Vazquez Jr. carry with them a significant portion of boxing history each time they step into the ring. It's even more so the case when it comes in moments like this, when they directly follow in the footsteps of their famous fighting fathers.
Jake Donovan is the Managing Editor of Boxingscene.com. Follow Jake on Twitter at twitter.com/JakeNDaBox or submit questions/comments to [email protected]


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Once Sachin Tendulkar hit his 100th century, all newspapers in a table form carried the details of the centuries scored by him.
The table had the date, venue, the team played against and Sachin's score.
I was happy to see the name of my hometown Kanpur in the table. Kanpur's name is rarely in newspapers these days for a good reason.
The memories of the match India had played against Australia on April 7, 1998 at Green Park Stadium in Kanpur came to my mind.
I would like clarify that neither cricket is my religion nor Sachin is my God. I was not very comfortable with the idea of reaching the stadium at 8 a.m. to watch the match.
Still, I went to see the match. There were reasons. My friends had pressurised me to accompany them. I had nothing better to do that day. I had a free access to the media gallery of the stadium. Media gallery gives you the best view of a match.
The month of April is hot in north India. The sky was clear on the day on the match. The bright sunshine was scorching the skin even at 6 a.m. Despite all odds, I was at the stadium at 8.30 a.m. It was filled to capacity.
I exactly do not remember which team won the toss but the Kangaroos batted first. The Australian line-up was great. Mark Taylor, Mark Waugh, Steve Waugh, Shane Warne....
The Australian innings was opened by Mark Taylor and if I am not wrong by, Mark Waugh.
I was a surprised to see Mark Taylor. He looked formidable on the television – of medium height but with broad shoulders, broad wrists, and muscular forearms. But from a close angle, he looked like a lean and athletic teenager.
The Australians were not able to face the Indian bowlers. They lost wickets at regular intervals and at the end of their innings; they were not able to put up a very formidable score – something between 200 and 250.
That was not a big challenge for India. The Indian side was also star studded– Sachin, Mohammed Azharuddin, Virendra Sehwag, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Drvaid, Anil Kumble.......
The Indian innings was opened by Sachin and Ganguly. Both were in great form. They started hammering the Australian bowlers from the word go.
The way Sachin was batting it seemed that they would wind up the match within two hours after the lunch break by 3 p.m.
It was after this match that Shane Warne state that Sachin gave him nightmares.
All of a sudden, between change of bowling, Harbhajan Singh ran into the ground with a bottle of water. He offered the water to Sachin and Sourav who were chatting by the side of the wicket.
Once Harbhajan departed and the match resumed, Sachin was no more aggressive.
Sachin scored slowly and the match was over by 4.30 p.m. India won without losing any wickets.
Kalyan Singh who was the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh then, distributed the prizes as the chief guest of the match.
Being in the media gallery, I came to know why Bhajji had suddenly rushed to the ground with a bottle of water.
The way Sachin was playing, it seemed that the match would be over by 3 p.m. But the BCCI wanted the match to be over in the presence of Kalyan Singh who was to reach Green Park stadium at 4 p.m.
BCCI, through Bhajji, asked Sachin to score runs slowly and end the match in the presence of Kalyan Singh. Sachin happily obliged.
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Soon after the Congress party declared that it would nominate Sachin to the Rajya Sabha, he gave a statement in Pune – 'I am going to become a parliamentarian, not a politician.'
It seems that Sachin wants to have the cake and eat it too.
Sachin must have meant that he will become a parliamentarian but remain apolitical. Sachin will remain apolitical and keep all political parties in good humour till he gets Bharat Ratna or the issue is settled for once and all.
Today, a Congress-led coalition is in power. There are chances that the Congress-led UPA may award him with Bharat Ratna.
Sachin will never antagonise the BJP also. What if the Congress fails to give him the award and a BJP-led coalition comes to power after the 2014 general elections?
So Sachin will maintain a safe distance from all political parties.
Also, today politician and politics have become cuss words but not Parliament and parliamentarians. For example, when we think of A Raja, we think of him as a politician and not as parliamentarian.
So Sachin has become a parliamentarian and not a politician.
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The debate is on – who should get the Bharat Ratna – hockey wizard Dhyanchand or master-blaster Sachin.
The hockey wizard is no more with us. But can't Sachin show some magnanimity and say – 'I have got enough from cricket. Give Bharat Ratna to Dhyanchand.'
Indians consider Sachin as a God. He has made millions of rupees from cricket. Is that not enough? It seems Sachin has hunger not only for runs but for every prize, title and award.
Sachin says that as a parliamentarian, he will work for uplift of all sports and not just cricket. Sachin can make a beginning by demanding that Bharat Ratna be awarded to Dhyanchand. That will boost India's much beleaguered national sport.
But I know Sachin will never do that. Sachin will never say no even if he is asked to become the president of India or his name is considered for Nobel Peace Prize.
We should remember that there are great players who win the World Cup for their country and there are players who are great but fail in World Cups.
Players like Pele, Maradona, Kapil Dev, Imran Khan stand in the first category.
David Beckham, Johan Cryuff, Loinel Messi, Roberto Baggio, Sachin Tendulkar fall in the second category.
Sachin looked sheepish when the Indian team started celebrating after winning the cricket World Cup. Perhaps he was guilty that India had won the World Cup but he, the God, was not able to make any considerable contribution. While taking the victory lap of the stadium, he smiled weakly and took sips of champagne sheepishly.
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Sachin will be in Rajya Sabha for the next six years from now. He will be getting a salary and several other benefits as a Rajya Member. We, the taxpayers, will be paying for his salary and the perks.
Sachin will also play cricket for at least next six years, in not for Team India then for an IPL team. Once he retires from an IPL as a player, he will most probably be retained as a coach or as a mentor.
I am keenly waiting for the next IPL season. The IPL season coincides with the budget session of Parliament. I am waiting to see whether Sachin will attend the Rajya Sabha or be busy with the IPL matches.
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With cricket being the religion of India, it seems political parties are now trying to earn some brownie points through the game.
The Congress Party, beleaguered by several scams, suddenly appoints Sachin as a Rajya Sabha Member.
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee is thinking that KKR has not won the IPL but the World Cup.
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Sachin is not only a good batsman (never a good player) but also a shrewd businessman.
When Michael Schumacher gifted Sachin a Ferrari sports car, the latter wanted the import duty on the car to be waived by the Indian government.
I do not remember if Sachin paid the import duty or not. That was six or seven years back. Once Sachin was bored with the sports car, he sold it.
Do we sell things that are gifted to us?
Now, let us suppose Sachin had gifted an autographed bat to Schumacher. What would have been the reaction of Sachin's fans in case Schumacher had auctioned the bat to make a fortune?
I am sure Sachin's fans would have bayed for Schumacher's blood.


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Which of the following would be an example of a policy statement?
A. Protect PII by hardening servers.
B. Harden Windows 7 by first installing the pre-hardened OS image.
C. You may create a strong password by choosing the first letter of each word in a sentence and mixing in numbers and symbols.
D. Download the CISecurity Windows benchmark and apply it.
Correct Answer:
A. Policy is high-level and avoids technology specifics.
B is a procedural statement.
C is a guideline.
D is a baseline.
Which of the following describes the money saved by implementing a security control?
A. Total Cost of Ownership
B. Asset Value
C. Return on Investment
D. Control Savings
Correct Answer:
C. Return on Investment (ROI) is the amount of money saved by protecting an asset with a security control.
A. TCO is the cost of implementing a security control.
B. AV is the value of the protected asset.
C. Control Savings is a bogus term.
Which of the following is an example of program policy?
A. Establish the information security program. B. Email Policy
C. Application development policy
D. Server policy
Correct Answer:
A. The program policy establishes the information security program.
Explanation: Email policy and application development policy are issue-specific policies. Server policy is system-specific policy.
Which of the folowing proves an identity claim?
A. Authentication
B. Authorization C. Accountability
D. Auditing
Correct Answer:
A. Authentication proves an identity claim.
Explanation: B. Authorization describes the actions a subject is allowed to take.
C. Accountability holds users accountable by providing audit data.
D. Auditing verifies compliance with an information security framework.
Which of the following protects against unauthorized changes to data?
A. Confidentiality B. Integrity
C. Availability
D. Alteration
Correct Answer:
B. Integrity protects against unauthorized changes to data.
Explanation: A. Confidentiality protects against unauthorized disclosure of data.
C. Availability ensures systems are available for normal business use.
D. Alteration is unauthorized changes to data - the opposite of integrity.
Your company sells a product online and has suffered many denial of service (DoS) attacks. Your company makes an average of $20,000 profit per week and a typical DoS attack lowers sales by 40%. You suffer seven DoS attacks on average per year. A DoS-mitigation service is available for a subscription fee of $10,000 per month. You have tested this service and believe it will mitigate the attacks.
What is the Annual Rate of Occurance in the above scenario?
Correct Answer:
C. The Annual Rate of Occurance (ARO) is the number of attacks per year.
Explanation: A. $20,000 is the Asset Value (AV)
B. 40% is the Exposure Factor (EF)
D. $10,000 is the monthly cost of the DoS mitigation (used to calculate the TCO)
Your company sells a product online and has suffered many denial of service (DoS) attacks. Your company makes an average of $20,000 profit per week and a typical DoS attack lowers sales by 40%. You suffer seven DoS attacks on average per year. A DoS-mitigation service is available for a subscription fee of $10,000 per month. You have tested this service and believe it will mitigate the attacks.
What is the annualized loss expectancy (ALE) of lost sales due to the DoS attacks?
Correct Answer:
D. Annualized Loss Expectancy (ALE) is
Single Loss Expectancy (SLE) × Asset Value (AV)
Explanation: $20,000 is the Asset Value (AV)
$8000 is the Single Loss Expectancy (SLE)
Your company sells a product online and has suffered many denial of service (DoS) attacks. Your company makes an average of $20,000 profit per week and a typical DoS attack lowers sales by 40%. You suffer seven DoS attacks on average per year. A DoS-mitigation service is available for a subscription fee of $10,000 per month. You have tested this service and believe it will mitigate the attacks.
Is the DoS mitigation service a good investment?
A. Yes, it will pay for itself. B. Yes, $10,000 is less than the $56,000 Annualized Loss Expectancy.
C. No, the annual Total Cost of Ownership is higher than the Annualized Loss Expectancy.
D. No, the annual Total Cost of Ownership is lower than the Annualized Loss Expectancy.
Correct Answer:
C. The Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of the DoS mitigation service is higher than the Annualized Loss Expectancy (ALE) of lost sales due to the DoS attacks, meaning it's less expensive to accept the risk of DoS attacks than to purchase the mitigation for $10,000.
Which of the following steps would be taken while conducting a Qualitative Risk Analysis?
A. Calculate the Asset Value
B. Calculate the Return on Investment
C. Complete the Risk Analysis Matrix
D. Complete the Annualized Loss Expectancy
Correct Answer:
C. The Risk Analysis Matrix uses approximate values from 1 through 5 to qualitatively analyze risks according to likelihood and consequences.
A, B, and D are all quantitative Risk Analysis steps.
Which of the following describes a duty of the Data Owner?
A. Patch systems
B. Report suspicious activity
C. Ensure their files are backed up
D. Ensure data has proper security labels
Correct Answer:
D. The Data Owner ensures that data has proper security labels.
A. Custodians patch systems.
B. Users should be aware and report suspicious activity.
C. Ensuring files are backed up is a weaker answer for a Data Owner duty; not as strong as D.
Which control framework has 34 processes across four domains?
Correct Answer:
B. COBIT has 34 Information Technology processes across four domains.
A, C, and D are all audit or control frameworks, but only COBIT has 34 processes across four domains.
What is the difference between a standard and a guideline?
A. Standards are compulsory and guidelines are mandatory.
B. Standards are recommendations and guidelines are requirements.
C. Standards are requirements and guidelines are recommendations.
D. Standards are recommendations and guidelines are optional.
Correct Answer:
C. Standards are requirements (mandatory) and guidelines are recommendations.
A. Guidelines are recommendations (compulsory and mandatory are synonyms).
B. has the recommendations and requirements flipped.
D. Standards are mandatory, not recommendations.
Which phase of OCTAVE identifies vulnerabilities and evaluates safeguards?
A. Phase 1
B. Phase 2
C. Phase 3
D. Phase 4
Correct Answer:
B. Phase 2 identifies vulnerabilities and evaluates safeguards.
Phase 1: identify staff knowledge, assets, and threats.
Phase 3: conduct the Risk Analysis and develop the risk mititgation strategy.
Phase 4: There is no Phase 4.
What was ISO 17799 renamed as?
Correct Answer:
D. ISO 17799 was renamed as ISO 27002.
A. BS 7799-1 was the precursor to ISO 17799.
B. ISO 27000 is a series of information security standards documents.
C. ISO 27001 is another 27000 series document to support auditing.
Which of the following ethical actions is the most important?
A. Act legally
B. Protect society
C. Advance and protect the profession
D. Provide diligent service
Correct Answer:
B. Protecting society is part of the first canon of the (ISC)2 © Code of Ethics.
All other answers are ethical, but are from later canons of the (ISC)2 © Code of Ethics.
What type of password cracking attack will always be successful?
A. Brute Force
B. Dictionary
C. Hybrid
D. Rainbow Table
Correct Answer:
A. Brute force attacks are always successful, given enough time.
B. Dictionary attacks will only crack passwords that exist in a dictionary or word list.
C. Hybrid attacks append, prepend, or alter characters in words froma dictionary.
D. Rainbow tables are used for pre-computed hashes. Not all rainbow tables are complete. Rainbow tables are less effective against salted hashes.
What is the difference between password cracking and password guessing?
A. They are the same.
B. Password guessing attempts to log into the system, password cracking attempts to determine a password used to create a hash.
C. Password guessing uses salts, password cracking does not.
D. Password cracking risks account lockout, password guessing does not.
Correct Answer:
B. Password cracking relies on cracking the hash of a password; password guessing attempts to log into a system.
A. Password cracking and guessing are not the same thing.
C. Salts are a password cracking issue, not a password guessing issue.
D. Password guessing risks account lockout.
The most insidious part of phishing and spear phishing attacks comes from which part of the attack anatomy?
A. Each phishing and spear phishing attack is socialy engineered to trick the user into providing information to the attacker.
B. Phishing and spear phishing attacks always have malicious code downloaded onto the user's computer.
C. Phishing and spear phishing attacks are always poorly written.
D. Phishing and spear phishing attacks are rarely successful.
Correct Answer:
A. In order for a phishing or spear phishing attack to be successful, the victim must provide information to the attacker — there is always a component of social engineering that causes the victim to provide that information.
B. Some phishing attacks are simply looking for information and contain no malicious code.
C. Some spear phishing attacks are very well written.
D. Some phishing attacks are very successful.
What is the term used for describing when an attacker, through a command and control network, controls hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of computers and instructs all of these computers to perform actions all at once?
A. Flooding
B. Spamming
C. Phishing
D. Botnets
Correct Answer:
D. The term used to describe this activity is a botnet.
A. Flooding is an incorrect term for this case.
B. Spamming is sending unsolicited email.
C. Phishing describes a different concept, which may use botnets as part of the attack.
What are the main differences between retina scans and iris scans?
A. Retina scans are not invasive and iris scans are.
B. Iris scans invade a person's privacy and retina scans do not.
C. Iris scans change depending upon the person's health, retina scans are stable.
D. Retina scans change depending upon the person's health, iris scans are stable.
Correct Answer:
D. The blood vessels in the retina may change depending upon certain health conditions.
A. Retina scans are invasive — they can relay user health information.
B. Iris scans are not invasive.
C. Iris scans remain (comparatively) stable regarding the general health of the user attempting access.
What is the most important decision an organization needs to make when implementing Role Based Access Control (RBAC)?
A. Each user's security clearance needs to be finalized.
B. The roles users have on the system need to be clearly defined.
C. Users' data need to be clearly defined.
D. Users must be segregated from one another on the IT system to prevent spillage of sensitive data.
Correct Answer:
B. In Role Based Access Control (RBAC), users' roles must be clearly defined so access to data based upon those roles can be limited according to organization policy.
A. In RBAC, users' clearances are not considered.
C. MAC labels every object and compares it to a subject's clearance, not RBAC.
D. In RBAC, users are not segregated from one another.
What access control method weighs additional factors such as time of attempted access before granting access?
A. Content-dependent access control
B. Context-dependent access control
C. Role-based access control
D. Task-based access control
Correct Answer:
B. Context-dependent access control adds additional factors beyond username and password, such as the time of attempted access.
A. Content-dependent access control uses the content (such as file contents) as an additional factor.
C. Role-based control is based upon the subject's role.
D. Task-based access control is based upon the tasks the subject needs to perform.
An attacker sees a building is protected by security guards and attacks a building next door with no guards. What control combination are the security guards?
A. Physical / Compensating
B. Physical / Detective
C. Physical / Deterrent
D. Physical / Preventive
Correct Answer:
C. The guards' primary control is physical security, but in this example, the guards also deterred the attack.
In a different scenario, a guard could be any of the choices. Given this scenario, C is the only valid answer. Compensating control compensate for a weakness in another control. Detective controls detect a successful attack during or after it has occurred. Preventive controls prevent attempts from becoming successful.
A type II biometric is also known as what?
A. Crossover Error Rate (CER)
B. Equal Error Rate (EER)
C. Falce Accept Rate (FAR)
D. False Reject Rate (FRR)
Correct Answer:
C. The False Accept Rate (FAR) is known as a type II error.
A & B. Crossover Error Rate (CER) and Equal Error Rate (EER) are synonyms used to gauge the accuracy of a biometric system.
D. False Reject Rate (FRR) is a type I error.
Within Kerberos, which part is the single point of failure?
A. The Ticket Granting Ticket
B. The Realm
C. The Key Distribution Center
D. The Client-Server session key
Correct Answer:
C. The Key Distribution Center (KDC) is the only service within Kerberos that can authenticate subjects. If the KDC becomes unavailable, ticket granting tickets will not be issued and no new authentications may take place.
A. The Ticket Granting Ticket (TGT) is received by the subject from the KDC.
B. The realm is a Kerberos network that shares authentication.
D. New client-server session keys can be issued.
Your company has hired a third party company to conduct a penetration test. Your CIO would like to know if exploitation of critical business systems is possible. The two requirements the company has are:
(1) The test will be conducted on live, business functional networks. These networks must be functional in order for business to run and cannot be shut down, even for an evaluation.
(2) The company wants the most in-depth test possible.
What kind of test should be recommended?
A. Zero knowledge
B. Partial knowledge
C. Full knowledge
D. Vulnerability testing
Correct Answer:
C. The customer wants a full evaluation but is worried of the importance of the network. Because the customer wants as full of an evaluation as possible but does not want the network in any kind of jeopardy, a full knowledge assessment is necessary because only a full knowledge assessment will allow for the most in-depth analysis with the least amount of risk to the network.
A. A zero knowledge test will not produce the most in-depth assessment of the network.
B. A partial knowledge test, although better than a zero knowledge assessment, still will not produce the necessary assessment.
D. Vulnerability testing does not exploit systems, which is a requirement for the test.
Your company has hired a third party company to conduct a penetration test. Your CIO would like to know if exploitation of critical business systems is possible. The two requirements the company has are:
(1) The test will be conducted on live, business functional networks. These networks must be functional in order for business to run and cannot be shut down, even for an evaluation.
(2) The company wants the most in-depth test possible.
While conducting the penetration test, the tester discovers a critical business system is currently compromised. What should the tester do?
A. Note the results in the penetration testing report.
B. Immediately end the penetration test and call the CIO.
C. Remove the malware.
D. Shut the system down.
Correct Answer:
B. When discovering a live malicious intrusion, the penetration tester should immediately end the penetration test and notify the client of the intrusion.
A. Noting the results is not enough to protect system integrity, data integrity, and data confidentiality: immediate action is required.
C. Removing the malware may cause more damage and/or alert the attackers to the penetration tester's presence. Attackers may become malicious if they believe they have been discovered.
D. Shutting down the system down will harm availability (and possible integrity), and will destroy any evidence that exists in memory.
What group launches the most attacks against a system?
A. Insiders
B. Outsiders
C. Hacktivists
D. Script Kiddies
Correct Answer:
B. Outsiders launch the most attacks (though most fail).
Insiders may launch the most successful attacks that cause the highest impact, but most attacks are launched from the outside. Hacktivists and script kiddies are usually subsets of outsiders, making outsiders the best answer.
A policy that states a user must have a business requirement to view data before attempting to do so is an example of enforcing what?
A. Least privilege
B. Need to know
C. Rotation of duties
D. Separation of duties
Correct Answer:
B. Need to know means the user must have a need to access a specific object before doing so.
A. Least privilege is less granular than need to know: users have the least amount of privilege to do their jobs, but objects are still typically grouped together (such as allowing access to all backup tapes for a backup administrator).
C. Rotation of duties is designed to mitigate collusion.
D. Separation of duties is designed to divide sensitive tasks among multiple subjects.
What technique would raise the False Accept Rate (FAR) and lower the False Reject Rate (FRR) in a fingerprint scanning system?
A. Decrease the amount of minutiae that is verified
B. Increase the amount of minutiae that is verified
C. Lengthen the enrollment time
D. Lower the throughput time
Correct Answer:
A. Decreasing the amount of minutiae will make the accuracy of the system lower, which will lower false rejects (false negatives), but will raise false accepts (false positives)
B. Increasing the amount of minutiae will make the system more accurate, increasing the FRR and lowering the FAR.
C & D. Enrollment and throughput are not directly associated with FAR and FRR.
The RSA algorithm is based on which one-way function?
A. Elliptic curves
B. Discrete logarithm
C. Frequency distribution
D. Factoring composite numbers into their primes
Correct Answer:
D. RSA is based on the difficulty of factoring large composite numbers into their primes.
A & B. Elliptic curves and discrete logarithms are other types of one-way functions.
C. Frequency distribution is a way to perform cryptanalysis
Which of the following cryptographic methods is a monoalphabetic cipher?
A. Caesar Cipher
B. Vernam Cipher
C. Vigenère Cipher
D. Jefferson Disks
Correct Answer:
A. The Caesar Cipher is a monoalphabetic rotation cipher that shifts each character forward by 3.
B. The Vernam Cipher is a one-time pad.
C. The Vigenère Cipher is the first polyalphabetic cipher.
D. Jefferson disks used many disks, each with its own alphabet, and is therefore polyalphabetic.
What type of encryption is proven to be unbreakable?
C. One-time pad
Correct Answer:
C. A one-time pad is unbreakable if the pad is truly random, the confidentiality of the pad is maintained, and the pad is never reused.
AES, ECC, and RSA can all be broken via brute-force attacks. It may take a long time (perhaps thousands of years or more using current technology), but it is possible.
Which AES function provides confusion by replacing one byte of the State with another?
A. AddRoundKey
B. MixColumns
C. ShiftRows
D. SubBytes
Correct Answer:
D. SubBytes substitutes one byte of the State with another.
A. AddRoundKey XORs the State with the key.
B. MixColumns mixes the columns of the state via finite field mathematics.
C. ShiftRows shifts the rows of the State.
Which mode of DES is the weakest?
A. Cipher Feedback (CFB)
B. Output Feedback (OFB)
C. Electronic Code Book (ECB)
D. Cipher Block Chaining (CBC)
Correct Answer:
C. ECB is Electronic Code Book, the simplest form of DES.
Cipher Feedback, Output Feedback, and Cipher Block Chaining all use initialization vectors and chaining or feedback.
Which of the following cryptographic methods is primarily used to assure integrity?
A. One-way function
B. One-way hash
C. Diffusion
D. Confusion
Correct Answer:
B. A one-way hash is encryption without a key.
A. One-way functions are used in asymmetric encryption.
C & D. Diffusion and confusion are cornerstone cryptographic concepts embodied in all types of cryptography.
Cryptography does not directly provide what?
A. Authentication
B. Confidentiality
C. Integrity
D. Availability
Correct Answer:
D. Cryptography does not directly provide availability.
A. Cryptography can authenticate an identity claim (such as signing a document using a private key).
B. Ciphers also protect confidentiality so that secrets remain secret.
C. Ciphers also protect integrity by preventing unauthorized data alteration.
The Wassenaar Arrangement replaced what?
Correct Answer:
B. COCOM is the Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls, in effect from 1947 - 1994.
All other answers are distracter answers similar to COCOM.
Nonrepudiation is best described as what?
A. Proving a user performed a transaction
B. Proving a transaction did not change
C. Authenticating a transaction
D. Proving a user performed a transaction that did not change.
Correct Answer:
D. Nonrepudiation is proof that a user performed a transaction and proof that it did not change.
A & B. Proving a user performed a transaction is only half of nonrepudiation, proving the transaction did not change is the other half. Nonrepudiation requires both.
C. Authenticating a transaction is another way of saying a user performed the transaction, and is still only half of nonrepudiation.
Which of the following is true for digital signatures?
A. The sender encrypts the hash with a public key.
B. The sender encrypts the hash with a private key.
C. The sender encrypts the plaintext with a public key.
D. The sender encrypts the plaintext with a private key.
Correct Answer:
B. The sender generates a hash of the plaintext and encrypts the hash with a private key. The recipient decrypts the hash with a public key, performs a hash of the plaintext, and then compares the two hashes to validate the integrity of the plaintext.
The sender encrypts the hash (not the plaintext — eliminates D) with a private key, not a public key (eliminates A & C).
Which algorithm should you use for a low-power device that must employ digital signatures?
D. ElGamal
Correct Answer:
C. Digital signatures require asymmetric encryption. Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) is the strongest asymmetric algorithm per bit of key length. This allows shorter key lengths which require less CPU resources.
A. AES is a symmetric cipher; symmetric ciphers are not used in digital signatures.
B. RSA is based on factoring composite numbers into their primes, and is far weaker per bit than ECC.
D. ElGamal is based upon discrete logarithms, and is far weaker per bit than ECC.
Which of the following is not required for a one-time pad to be unbreakable?
A. The characters must be truly random
B. The pads must be secure
C. The pads must not be reused
D. Each pad must be unique
Correct Answer:
D. One-time pads are created as pairs of unique pads. If each individual pad was unique, there would be no way to decrypt a message.
All three of the other answers are required for a one-time pad to be unbreakable.
Which of the following attacks analyzes large amounts of plaintext/ciphertext pairs created with the same key?
A. Known plaintext attack
B. Differential cryptanalysis
C. Linear cryptanalysis
D. Chosen plaintext attack
Correct Answer:
C. Linear cryptanalysis analyzes large amounts of plaintext/ciphertext pairs created with the same key, trying to deduce information about the key.
A. Linear cryptanalysis is a type of known plaintext attack, but the question references linear cryptanalysis specifically, making A an incorrect answer.
B. Differential cryptanalysis seeks to find the difference between related plaintexts that are encrypted.
C. A cryptanalyst chooses the plaintext to be encrypted during a chosen plaintext attack.
What is a Hashed Message Authentication Code (HMAC)?
A. Encrypting a hash with a symmetric cipher
B. Encrypting a has with an asymmetric cipher
C. A message digest
D. A checksum
Correct Answer:
A. A Hashed Message Authentication Code (HMAC) is a hash encrypted with a preshared symmetric key.
B. A digital signature encrypts a hash with an asymmetric key.
C. A message digest is another name for a hash.
D. A checksum is a simple hash.
Which of the following was not an AES finalist?
C. Serpent
D. Blowfish
Correct Answer:
D. Blowfish was not an AES finalist. Twofish, which was based upon Blowfish, was.
MARS, RC6, and Serpent were all AES finalists.
Low humidity in a data center can cause what problem?
A. Corrosion
B. Airborne contaminants
C. Heat
D. Static electricity
Correct Answer:
D. Low humidity can cause buildup of static electricity. Static discharge can damage data and equipment.
A. Corrosion can be caused by high humidity.
B. Airborne contaminants are caused by improper filtration.
C. Heat is caused by improper cooling.
What should not be used to extinguish a class C (United States) fire?
A. Soda Acid
C. Inergen
Correct Answer:
A. Class C fires are electrical fires ("C" for conductive). Soda acid contains water, which is an electrical conductor, and should not be used to extinguish a class C fire.
CO2, Inergen, and FE-13 are all gases, which will not conduct electricity. CO2 gas starves the fire of oxygen.
Inergen and FE-13 are Halon substitutes, which chemically interrupt the fire.
What is the primary drawback to using dogs as a perimeter control?
A. Training
B. Cost
C. Liability
D. Appearance
Correct Answer:
C. Liability is the primary drawback to using dogs as a security control. Dogs may mistakenly attack a person who accidentally enters a controlled area.
The remaining answers are all valid concerns, but are significantly less concerning than liability and personal safety.
What type of network cable should be used to eliminate the chance of crosstalk?
A. Shielded Twisted Pair (STP)
B. Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP)
C. Coaxial
D. Fiber optic
Correct Answer:
D. Fiber optic cable uses light instead of electricity and is not subject to electromagnetic interference (EMI) issues such as crosstalk.
Unshielded twisted pair is susceptible to EMI when improperly routed. Shielded twisted pair and coaxial cable are better choices for avoiding crosstalk, but they still carry electricity, and could have EMI issues under certain circumstances.
Which of the following is an administrative control?
A. Locks
B. Asset Tracking
C. Biometrics
D. Fire Alarms
Correct Answer:
B. Asset tracking is an administrative control. Administrative controls include policies, procedures, and practices.
Locks and fire alarms are both physical controls. Biometrics are a technical control.
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Time for another Follow My Lead flash fiction. Candilynn Fite runs this blog fest and you can visit her site for the other entries.
This month's prompt is this wonderful picture:
The fireworks flashed silently in the night sky.
Daria watched from her window, the air hot and sticky on her bare arms and legs. Calvin had once asked if she ever got bored watching the same show every night. She never did. She couldn't even begin to remember how many times she had watched these lights bursting outside her window.
Calvin crept into her room. He always seemed to think he could sneak up on her, but she knew when he was there.
"Hey," she said softly.
"Hello." He approached the window on silent feet, his movements smooth and fluid. "Are you watching the show?"
Daria responded with a shrug as a new flash of silent light burst across the sky.
"The Guardians are debating whether to remove the time lock." He said.
"Why?" Daria straightened up, no longer focused on sky. "I thought the lock protected us."
"It does. The question is how much protection do you need?" Calvin was watching the sky, his unnaturally smooth brown face lighting up in the flashes. Even in the dim light it was obvious he wasn't human. The Guardians had stopped far short of creating a convincing likeness of a man.
"Some have decided that a thousand years is enough time. If the lock is removed, you and your people will be returned to your home. You will rebuild and live on."
Daria tried to imagine returning to a world where days moved on to weeks and years, where she would finally grow old, and eventually die. She didn't know how she felt about the prospect.
She turned back to the world outside her window. The fireworks were over, the sky still and black. A new day had begun.


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One common stumbling block almost all my students encounter is the chapter and verses numbers. Since this is the only way they have ever read the Bible the numbers are ingrained in their approach to the Bible. They assume, for instance, that since 1 Cor 11:1 is the beginning of a new chapter it must mean Paul has started a new topic. But as most bible students discover when Paul says "imitate me" in 11:1 he is really ending his discussion of eating meat offered to idols in chapter 10, not starting a new topic. That verse should never have been part of Paul's discussion on head coverings in the church. Most modern Bible translations recognize this and thus separate 11:1 from the rest of chapter 11.
But it is amazing how the verses have reached "inspired status" over the years. People assume, subconsciously at least, that they have always been there and that Isaiah, Paul and others included them in their original document. In reality, the creation and inclusion of chapters and verses in holy writ has taken 100's of years. In English translations, for instance, the first time chapters and verses appear together is in the the 1599 Geneva Bible. This means that prior to 1599 holding up a sign at a football game with John 3:16 on it would have meant nothing to those who read it. And a quick comparison of modern Bible translations will reveal that the verse numbering system can change, even if only slightly, from translation to translation.
Over at the Bible Gateway Blog there is a short piece on how we got the chapters and verses. Here is a bit of what they say.
For one thing, our chapter/verse numbering occasionally creates quirky or confusing situations. In your own Bible reading, you've probably noticed places where a sentence or train of thought is oddly interrupted by chapter or verse numbers. (See Acts 8, which opens with the final sentence of the previous chapter's story.) Chapters and verses vary widely in length, and don't necessarily correspond to the beginnings and ends of stories or sentences.
These numbering quirks do not hinder our ability to read Scripture, but you can bet that plenty of Bible scholars and readers have dreamed up alternate reference schemes to make chapter and verse numbering more consistent. But even if you've come up with the perfect Bible reference system, don't hold your breath waiting for the world's Bibles to conform to it—people probably won't want to "break" several hundred years' worth of Bible scholarship and verse memorization just because you think "John 3:16″ would be more logically called "Gospel/John.14.25-a."
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FirstPlay has been with us for a few months now and it's really starting to get into its stride, with great content appearing every week. But what can you find in this week's episode?
Overall, it's a pretty good episode this week. The highlights are reviews of Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 and Green Day: Rock Band, and a preview of Ninja Theory's fantastic-looking second PS3 title, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West.
There are also screenshot galleries for the likes of Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood and Pro Evolution Soccer 11. Could it be fourth time lucky on PS3 for Konami's struggling football series? According to FirstPlay, it's looking promising.
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Green Day: Rock Band review – adds nothing new to the RB formula, but, with 47 songs, it's essential for Green Day fans – 8/10
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 review – decent, but there's not much to get excited about, unless you can wait for PS Move functionality when it launches in September – 7/10
Enslaved: Odyssey to the West preview – looking incredible, despite blatantly plagiarising certain elements of other games (namely Prince of Persia and Uncharted)
Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief Blu-Ray review – only okay, but seeing Steve Coogan as Hades is a definite highlight – 6/10
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The Pick of PSP – the latest and greatest games on Sony's handheld
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- ModNation Racers – impressive, but more awkward conversion of the PS3 game
- Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands – The Prince returns to his roots in this fun 2.5D platformer
Top Ten FIFA Goals – if the actual England team were as good as these gamers then they might have saved the whole country some embarrassment
ModNation Racers Top Tracks – the best user-generated tracks, including one by OPM's Ben Wilson that looks so difficult it's like the kart racing equivalent of Demon's Souls – check out the PS3 Attitude review here
Skate Tricks & Bails – FirstPlay viewers skate to victory (or, more likely, pain) – check out the PS3 Attitude review here
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Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood – Assassin's Creed 2.5 is looking strong
Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 – we hope you're not allergic to Lionel Messi, because if you are then this gallery could kill you
Tom Clancy's HAWX 2 – the first game was pretty average, but sold well… let's make a sequel!
Warriors: Legends of Troy – Dynasty Warriors meets Homer's Iliad in Koei's latest
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