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Three-Quarters of Infosec Pros Concerned About the Next SolarWinds

Nearly three-quarters (72%) of cybersecurity professionals are concerned about supply chain risks to their organization following high-profile incidents like the SolarWinds campaign, according to a new poll. Run by the Infosecurity Europe trade show, which is owned by the same company as Infosecurity Magazine, the poll received over 2500 responses on Twitter last week. Nearly two-fifths (38%)…

PAPA ROACH Is ‘Three-Quarters Of The Way Finished’ With New Album

PAPA ROACH Is ‘Three-Quarters Of The Way Finished’ With New Album PAPA ROACH Is ‘Three-Quarters Of The Way Finished’ With New Album Read the full article at Blabbermouth! https://www.facebook.com/233748106643860/posts/4221655341186430

‘Swimmer’s shoulder,’ common in more than three-quarters of swimmers

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NEW ORLEANS – The painful overuse injury called swimmer’s shoulder, common in competitive swimmers, may be caused by excessive swimming distance during training along with a culture in competitive swimming that sublimates pain, according to new research being presented at the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) 2019 National Conference & Exhibition.

The research abstract, “No Pain,…

Slowly, I’m coming around to Mubi.  Time is a precious commodity for me these days, so the rotating schedule protocol that Mubi uses means I tend to miss out on a lot of their content.  One thing I try to pay attention to, however, are their Director retrospective series, and recently, there’s been a focus on Kevin Jerome Everson.  Short films do not seem to be a normal thing on Mubi, so when Everson’s Three Quarters popped up on the list, my long-standing love for magic immediately drew me to it.

Three close up magic tricks are presented in an intimate and silent presentation.  Randy Shine cuts and shuffles a deck of cards, pulls four Aces, presents four quarters that he places in the four corners of his surface, covers the quarters with the aces, and proceeds to move all four quarters beneath one card through sleight of hand.  Donald E. Camp unspools a length of string, separates the length into four distinct pieces, rolls the four pieces into a tiny ball with trailing ends, and after blowing on this, returns it to a single piece of string.  Randy Shine then presents three quarters in his hand and proceeds to transfer them in midair between hands, while also making them seemingly disappear and reappear at will.

The world of magic, though probably not by choice, seems to be nearly completely devoid of minorities, at least on a level where any modicum of fame is achieved.  To see a piece focus on two African-American magicians is unique and refreshing, and to have those two magicians represent two different generations is also worthy of noting, as it shows a continuation and (hopeful) growth in terms of minority involvement in that culture.

Silence goes a long way in this short, as a big aspect of a magician’s performance tends to rely on distraction via personality.  With the long, silent takes on the trick, the viewer lacks any distraction, and this wholly direct focus on the tricks makes the fact that one cannot decipher how they were done hit that much harder.  Add to this the confidence of Donald E. Camp, and the playful tone of Randy Shine, both of which permeate without a word or sound present, and their masterful abilities are instantly recognizable.

Randy Shine has a flare with is handwork that brings a magnetic energy to his tricks.  He enacts traditional techniques, but he is so precise with them that he allows himself to open his hands more than the average magician would, almost like he both letting you in on and concealing the trick at the same time.  The fact that his execution is so clean really drives home how skilled he is.  Donald E. Camp, in contrast, seems much more reserved and confident in his abilities, and his performance reflects that of someone who’s done a trick so many times that it’s a natural progression of events for them.  His presentation, setup and execution all have a precise rhythm to the steps, making his reveal feel like the culmination of a song or short story.

Report: More Than Three-Quarters of ICOs in 2017 Were Scams

About half of the existing crypto-asset market today – numbering some 1,500 – functions on top of an existing blockchain like ethereum, according to a new report.

The study from Satis Group, which forms part of a five-entry series analyzing the state of the cryptocurrency ecosystem, explores the state of what it calls “platform networks,” honing on ethereum as well as other blockchains like…