![]() The Charga-Plate, developed in 1928, was an early predecessor of the credit card and was used in the U.S. The charge coin offered a simple and fast way to copy a charge account number to the sales slip, by imprinting the coin onto the sales slip. Each had a charge account number, along with the merchant's name and logo. These charge coins were usually given to customers who had charge accounts in hotels or department stores. Some were shaped like coins, with a little hole enabling it to be put in a key ring. ![]() Bellamy used the term credit card eleven times in this novel, although this referred to a card for spending a citizen's dividend from the government, rather than borrowing, making it more similar to a debit card.īeginning in the late 19th century, charge cards came in various shapes and sizes, made of celluloid (an early type of plastic), copper, aluminum, steel, and other types of whitish metals. The concept of using a card for purchases was described in 1887 by Edward Bellamy in his utopian novel Looking Backward. In addition, some cards are now vertical in design, rather than horizontal.Įdward Bellamy's Looking Backward With the decline of paper slips, some credit cards are no longer embossed and in fact the card number is no longer in the front. Ĭredit card numbers and cardholder names were originally embossed, to allow for easy transfer of such information to charge slips printed on carbon paper forms. Not all credit cards have the same sets of extra codes nor do they use the same number of digits. Complex smart cards allow to have a variable security code, thus increasing security for online transactions. In addition to the main credit card number, credit cards also carry issue and expiration dates (given to the nearest month), as well as extra codes such as issue numbers and security codes. In addition, complex smart cards, including peripherals such as a keypad, a display or a fingerprint sensor are increasingly used for credit cards. Most modern credit cards use smart card technology: they have a computer chip embedded in them as a security feature. Credit cards have a magnetic stripe conforming to the ISO/IEC 7813. īoth of these standards are maintained and further developed by ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 17/WG 1. The next nine digits are the individual account number, and the final digit is a validity check digit. This is the first six digits for MasterCard and Visa cards. The card number's prefix, called the Bank Identification Number (known in the industry as a BIN ), is the sequence of digits at the beginning of the number that determine the bank to which a credit card number belongs. Ĭredit cards have a printed or embossed bank card number complying with the ISO/IEC 7812 numbering standard. The size of most credit cards is 85.60 by 53.98 millimetres ( 3 + 3⁄ 8 in × 2 + 1⁄ 8 in) and rounded corners with a radius of 2.88–3.48 millimetres ( 9⁄ 80– 11⁄ 80 in) conforming to the ISO/IEC 7810 ID-1 standard, the same size as ATM cards and other payment cards, such as debit cards. In 2020, there were 1.09 billion credit cards in circulation in the U.S and 72.5% of adults (187.3 million) in the country had at least one credit card. As of June 2018, there were 7.753 billion credit cards in the world. Alternatives to credit cards include debit cards, mobile payments, digital wallets, cryptocurrencies, pay-by-hand, bank transfers, and buy now, pay later. A credit card differs from a charge card also in that a credit card typically involves a third-party entity that pays the seller and is reimbursed by the buyer, whereas a charge card simply defers payment by the buyer until a later date.Ī credit card also differs from a debit card, which can be used like currency by the owner of the card. In contrast, credit cards allow the consumers to build a continuing balance of debt, subject to interest being charged. Ī regular credit card is different from a charge card, which requires the balance to be repaid in full each month or at the end of each statement cycle. Most cards are plastic, but some are metal cards (stainless steel, gold, palladium, titanium), and a few gemstone-encrusted metal cards. There are two credit card groups: consumer credit cards and business credit cards. The card issuer (usually a bank or credit union) creates a revolving account and grants a line of credit to the cardholder, from which the cardholder can borrow money for payment to a merchant or as a cash advance. A credit card is a payment card issued to users (cardholders) to enable the cardholder to pay a merchant for goods and services based on the cardholder's accrued debt (i.e., promise to the card issuer to pay them for the amounts plus the other agreed charges).
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![]() In these situations, it appears the engine mistakenly applies lower quality mip-maps on Microsoft's console, based on the game's massively reduced horizontal resolution. The deployment of lower quality asset layers isn't consistent across the board though, sometimes only partially affecting an object in a scene on Xbox One. For example, while the same core artwork is used across both consoles, we at times see lower-resolution textures and normal maps on Xbox One for characters and background details - particularly during X-ray moves and fatalities. However, in the case of Mortal Kombat X, this form of sub-1080p presentation still impacts clarity, and appears to affect the rendering of assets themselves. Limiting the Xbox One upscale to the horizontal axis does help reduce the appearance of jaggies, as compared to scaling the image in both directions at once. Use the full-screen button and full HD resolution for the best experience. Mortal Kombat X compared on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Anti-aliasing appears identical to the PS4 game, and the coverage provided by the FXAA helps to smooth over upscaling artefacts to a degree. In this case, pixel counting strongly indicates a drop in horizontal resolution, which hovers in the region of 1360x1080 to 1344x1080 instead of the more common 900p setup used on the platform. In comparison, the presentation of the Xbox One release isn't quite as refined: details are softer while edges feature a slight fuzziness not visible on the PS4 game's native 1080p image. However, some light texture blurring is present as a side-effect, meaning fine details in the artwork don't pop out as noticeably as they could do. Thankfully, sub-pixel heavy structures in Mortal Kombat X are rare - an aspect that post-process AA algorithms usually fail to correct - and so the use of FXAA works well in addressing the subject matter. ![]() Booting up the PS4 version for the first time, we can confirm a 1080p resolution is in place along with anti-aliasing that falls closely in line with standard FXAA. However the reality is somewhat more complicated, as the resolution does vary between platforms while frame-rates fall short of the desired 60fps ideal in a number of areas. Despite not using the latest build of Epic Games' middleware, the technology allows for a true generational leap in graphical quality over 2011's self-titled Mortal Kombat reboot - the game featuring considerably more detailed character models, environments, and a liberal increase in the use of post-processing effects and lighting.Īccording to an enthusiastic tweet by creative director Ed Boon, native 1920x1080 visuals and a 60fps update are the goal for Mortal Kombat X. ![]() Based on early reports, development began before the Unreal Engine 4 was available, and so NetherRealm Studios' fighter builds further on a heavily customised version of UE3 designed to target 60fps. Though soon to launch on last-gen consoles as well, Mortal Kombat X has the distinction of being the first in the series to take specific advantage of PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Remove from the oven and leave to cool at room temperature, then chill until ready to serve. ![]() Pour the filling into the tart case and bake for 25–30 minutes, until just set with a slight wobble in the centre. Once the pastry case is baked and you’ve removed the beans and paper, reduce the oven temperature to 160☌/140☌ fan/315☏/Gas 3. In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs, lemon juice and zest, orange juice and zest, double cream and sugar using a balloon whisk, until combined. While the pastry is baking, make the filling. Generously butter and flour a 9-inch fluted tart pan with a removable bottom and refrigerate it while the oven preheats. Then, remove the baking beans and paper and bake for a further 15 minutes. Place the tin on a baking tray and bake the tart case for 15 minutes. Line the pastry case with baking paper and fill it with baking beans. Prick the base of the pastry with a fork. Leave the excess pastry hanging over the sides of the tin (this helps prevent it shrinking during baking). Use the pastry to line the 23cm fluted loose-bottomed tart tin, pressing it into the flutes around the edge. Tip out the pastry onto a surface lightly dusted with flour and roll it out to a circle about 30cm in diameter and about 3mm thick (about the thickness of a £1 coin). On a surface lightly dusted with flour, shape the pastry into a disc, wrap it in baking paper or wax paper, then chill for at least 30 minutes. Remember not to work the pastry too much at this stage or it will become tough and chewy, not crumbly and short. Add the egg, then gently work the mixture together until it forms a ball of dough (you may need to add a little water, just 1 teaspoon at a time, if the egg isn’t quite enough). (You can do this step in a food processor if you have one.) Using your fingertips, gently rub the cubes of butter into the flour and sugar until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. ![]() Sift the flour and icing sugar into a large mixing bowl. ![]() Now, in-person sales definitely works, and it worked for me once I found the right clients. So, with some support from my parents I went for it, quit my job and started my own business after I had done a deep-dive into her content and started building a portfolio for a few months. In 2016/17, I was the perfect target for something like that: desperate, underpaid, always ashamed that I wasn't "fulfilling my potential" (I now know I have ADHD), and I had been a photography enthusiast for ages and really liked her style of portraiture. Is the whole thing a cult? No, but it is cult-y, a bit like an MLM. If you aren't familiar with her, she preaches an in-person sales model as the only way to run a profitable business, has a (paid, of course) education website with loads and loads of content - posing, styling, printing, selling, you name it, and honestly has the charisma and rhetoric of a cult leader. I will try and keep this as short and concise as I can. ![]() And my information may not be 100% up to date because I left the group in 2018. I'd politely request that you refrain from personal attacks in the comments, I am smarter now than I was then. So maybe this helps a Googler who wants honest answers. I am an ex-member of Sue Bryce's community, and thought I'd share my two cents, because I looked for information when I joined in 2017 and couldn't find anything but glowing reviews. IRC veterans: connect to :6667 and join #photography ![]() Shopping using these links generates cash for /r/photography projects, such as prizes for our competitions.
![]() If the restrictions for the browser exceed the security on the application itself, the message “Full-screen pop-up with some JavaScript security” case pops up, in this case, the Safe Browser is working which does a highly effective way of restricting the actions of the students during the exam. The restrictions for the students in the quiz is pretty similar to the ones there are for the application. The downloading and installation of the application must be on the device that the student is using to attempt the quiz. It can be accessed through Windows 7, 8.1, 10,11 and macOS 10.7, but it is highly recommended that the user must use 10.11 or newer for better performance and iOS 9.3.5 or newer. Safe Exam Browser is a customised web browser. These browsers also provide plenty of time to students and examiners in the conduction of exams, leading to a better working standard in the future. This way of evaluation always means that the data for evaluation is always correct and analysis of this data is processed at a faster speed than traditional methods. Most malpractices in offline methods are irrelevant in the online sphere meaning that the result is always a hundred per cent cheating proof. Safe Exam Browser is very important in today’s landscape as it has enabled examinations to be conducted in a fair and clean manner. Safe and secure ways to conduct online exams are present for any organisation looking to transform into an online learning center. These Safe Browsers are very accessible and cost-efficient in their ability to conduct various exams. Safe Exam Browsers are the most common and prevalent method of conducting examinations in the world right now, keeping in mind the extraordinary circumstances that prevent schools and colleges from taking the traditional route of examination, mainly offline exams. These SEB LMS extensions, which originally had to be installed separately to achieve this connectivity with SEB, have been integrated into the LMS in recent versions of ILIAS and Moodle. An exam can also be configured to run only with SEB, not another browser. With these extensions, the user interface of the LMS is reduced to just containing navigation for the exam (no links to other pages outside the quiz) and no other undesirable features like messaging. SEB relies on extensions/skins to the quiz modules in Moodle and ILIAS for secure exams. The learning management systems contain so-called quiz modules, which are used for online exams.SEB for macOS and iOS use the WebKit browser engine. The Windows version of SEB currently uses the Mozilla Gecko browser engine, either in the form of Firefox or XULRunner. The SEB browser loads and displays the LMS exam page using a preset URL and doesn’t show any navigation elements like address bar, search engine field etc. ![]() The system is made in a sense of controlling various miscellaneous OS functions, it is made to be system-specific to help the user and software work smoothly. The kiosk application has the purpose of locking down the computer and starting the SEB browser plus any other optional third-party applications required to run beside the software. ![]() Now let us look at the SEBs a little closer and get to know what the function each of its parts has and how it achieves the objective of providing the user with the browser that is applicable in taking online assessments. The function of the kiosk application is to lock down on the examination computer, while the browser part communicates over the internet (or a LAN) with the quiz module of a learning management system running on a server. Mostly all SEBs usually consist of two components, a kiosk application and a browser part, which run smoothly on an examination computer or tablet device. Some of these learning management systems provide quizzes and games with the SEBs such for example, Moodle, ILIAS, OpenOLAT. The software will detect the Internet and connect the user to the learning management system or any e-assessment system. The SEB (Safe Exam Browser) is software that needs to be worked on a local computer. It gives the user the controls for accessing system functions, third-party websites and applications as well as preventing unauthorized resources from being used during an exam. This software works in a way that allows the software to turn any working station into a safe and effective working station. ![]() Safe Exam Browser is a browser used for online assessment safely. ![]() ![]() Next up is an interesting 2D-platforming sequence that requires you to constantly seek out and hit these blue colored blocks to advance, as they are needed to create new moving pathways. Be ready to dodge more often and heal as needed. However, Riku's brief pause before this attack affords you a tiny window of opportunity to prevent this attack by hitting him just as he yells "It's over!" Other than that, Riku has retained all of his previous attacks, which might have also seen a boost in speed. When hit, these have a chance of momentarily lowering your level and subsequently, your stats. Riku does have one new attack in which he whips out three glowing projectiles that fan out. The fight plays out very similarly to the last encounter you had not too long ago, though not quite as lengthy. The Core Blox in this sector makes itself rather scarce for some reason. When all is said and done, head to the system sector with 60% of your power in store.īe sure to use Ethers to make the second challenge a cakewalk. The pair blox yield a Curaga and the rare prize blox in the northeast corner gives up Blizzard Resistance. Likewise, the rare prize blox northwest of the map can be gotten simply by aiming something like Firaga at it, which gets you Thundaga. The southeast rare prize blox can be gotten by jumping and dashing toward it, then hitting it with a spell like Thundaga. You should have no trouble gathering up the required Matrix Power. All types of Blox Bugs spawn around here. As for tips on the others, you can cheat the system a bit on the third challenge by using only Commands until the Core Blox is close enough to guarantee hits.Īll paths leading from the Clearing go into the Lotus Forest. Make sure you've accumulated the 40% and enter the system sector.įor the first floor challenge of this sector, equip a bunch of Thunder spells and zap all the enemies into submission until you satisfy the condition. Before diving into the system sector, first take another set of bounce blox to access the rooftop of the accessory shop to gain possession of a very nice HP +6. Once you've wringed the area of anything useful, head through the door to another part of the First District.īounce on the blox in front of you to the rooftop on the right immediately for Aero Resistance +4. In the Second District, boost up the Matrix Power meter in addition to obtaining an Aeroga from a rare prize blox on the rooftop adjacent the area entrance and earning a Fire Resistance +4 as a product of combining the purple pair blox here. You might run into a Prize Blox Bug and Danger Bug, as well. Use the bounce blox to reach a highway of blox that now floats above the First District to clap the pair blox together for a Strength +3, acquire a Debug Device:R, and a gain some Matrix Power. Before you engage the snake-like Core Blox, swap out all your Commands to long-ranged spells for maintaining a safe distance.Ĭleaning up the corrupting data of one world opens up another and also runs up the percentage of Matrix Power to be retrieved. Of the two floor challenges, only the second can present a little bit of a problem since you can take damage only so many times, and yet the enemy you face leans toward the far right of the aggression spectrum. It appears randomly defeat it to get the remainder of your missing power and proceed to the portal on the small isle off the beach. If you're still missing Matrix Power, the last of them can be stashed away in a creature called the Prize Blox Bug, which is basically an enemy mimicking the prize blox. You'll also find a Debug Device:R from a rare prize blox located beside the waterfall-rather what used to be the waterfall. You can recover about the full extent of your Matrix Power (shown in the top left corner of the screen) here by collecting little capsules of Matrix Power from the various prize blox, including the pair blox, around the Island. ![]() "Obviously, if you’re part of a bigger enterprise. ![]() "There are pros and cons to both," Bibb said. The Wings are among seven teams independently owned. "But really, Cynt’s arrival was the key driver in terms of us moving toward what is now a formalized multi-year relationship."īibb’s previous WNBA experience came with the Washington Mystics, one of five teams owned by the NBA teams in their markets. "We’ve always had a friendly relationship since we arrived in the market and they’ve always been welcoming to us and willing to help when we’ve asked," Bibb said. Marshall said she would like to see more internships opportunities for players.īibb returned to the WNBA with the Wings not long after the move from Tulsa, and a little more than two years before the Mavericks hired Marshall. Wings players were appearing at GEM events before the partnership was announced in August, and former player Isabelle Harrison did an internship with the Mavs. "And then I went to their season opener this year, and it just dawned on both of us, like, we really have an opportunity here." Let’s just figure out what else we can do together and what are the next steps,’" Marshall said. "We just started talking again and said, ‘OK, we’re beyond COVID. Head Coach Latricia Trammell joined Good Day to talk about the best-of-three series against the Atlanta Dream. 4 seed in the WNBA playoffs and have home-court advantage in the first round of the playoffs. ![]() Marshall, a former longtime telecommunications executive, was ready for something more.ĭallas Wings coach chats before playoffs series By then, collaboration between the franchises had grown quite a bit. Marshall and Bibb added some fuel with a deal that had its roots in discussions just before the COVID-19 shutdown in 2020.įast-forward to the NCAA women’s Final Four in Dallas last spring, and they were at many of the same ancillary events. "If we were able to have an extended playoff run, if we’re able to do something we haven’t done before," Wings CEO Greg Bibb said, "then I think you would see some real gasoline on the growth fire of the Dallas Wings." They have a chance Tuesday night at home against Atlanta after taking a 1-0 lead in the best-of-three series Friday. The Wings are aiming for their first playoff series victory since the move from Tulsa, Oklahoma. "I think social media has been a huge needle mover for the WNBA." "Attendance, tv ratings, influence of their players have all grown," Cuban wrote of the WNBA in recent years. The team plays in the arena at the University of Texas at Arlington, about halfway between Dallas and Fort Worth. The agreement is another step in the rising visibility of a franchise that moved to the Dallas area eight years ago. The GEM program reaches more than 3,000 girls in the Dallas area, with camps, wellness clinics and workshops focusing on finances and leadership skills. ![]() The Packers are also 5-2 straight up in their last seven games against the Lions. Green Bay has posted an average scoring margin of +7.6 over its last four home games. The Lions have struggled to score away from Ford Field, averaging 19.3 points per road game. I'll have to give the edge to the Packers here as this game will be played in frigid temperatures at Lambeau Field. Each team has racked up one dominant win after another since then and now have a playoff berth within their grasps, though. The Packers once stood at 4-8 and the Lions once stood at 4-7. There's not many football fans that thought this game would have major playoff implications a few weeks ago. This Week 18 clash also features one of the higher totals on the NFL slate at 48.5 points. The Packers enter this contest as notable home favorites on the moneyline and spread on FanDuel Sportsbook's odds. Lions vs Packers Odds & SpreadĪll NFL betting lines, odds and prop bets are from FanDuel Sportsbook. Safety Adrian Amos shined with 7 tackles and 1 interception on defense. Running backs Aaron Jones and AJ Dillon combined for 152 rushing yards and 1 touchdown on 26 attempts. ![]() Meanwhile, the Packers picked apart the Minnesota Vikings in a 41-17 Week 17 win to keep their playoff hopes alive. Running back Jamaal Williams stole the show with 157 total yards and 1 touchdown on 23 touches. The Lions dominated the Chicago Bears in a 41-10 win on Sunday. ![]() Two teams vying to secure a playoff berth meet head-to-head in Week 18 as the Detroit Lions travel to take on the Green Bay Packers. |
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