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![]() On her head and breast her feathers were diamond shaped, whereas the feathers on her wings were broader, a rich red-brown trimmed with lighter edging. She paused for a moment to look at the end of my camera lens, which was now poking out of the hide. In fact it was only 15 minutes before a dark shape appeared at the back of the nest. I sat motionless, peering expectantly down my camera lens for what felt like an hour. It wasn’t long before the female whooshed past the window of my hide. Most birds of prey can’t count and if the adult kites were watching I wanted them to think we had both now left. I had brought a friend with me who I had asked to walk, pointedly, away once I was safely up. I slowly climbed the tall tower of scaffold ladders, hauling my camera up behind me with a rope and pulley. When I arrived at the site there was no sign of either adult, but of course I couldn’t see much from so far down. The chicks were now better at maintaining their body temperature and the adults were leaving them on their own for longer spells. When the chicks were two weeks old, I climbed up to the hide for the first time. Their diet consisted of rats, crows, rabbits, blackbirds, and even fish. The chicks hatched in early May and I watched on the monitors as the pair brought in food for them. But this one was taking turns to keep the eggs warm at least three times a day. According to the textbooks, males are only known to help incubate eggs occasionally. ![]() These were beautiful, white, speckled with dark chocolate-coloured flecks. By April the female red kite had laid three eggs, each one three days after the other. ![]() For the next three months, I watched the action via monitors. By the end of February all was ready and my remote cameras began to roll. It was so tall I had to concrete its base into the ground to protect it from strong winds. Once my cameras were safely installed, I dismantled my tower and then rebuilt it roughly 20 metres away, this time placing a hide at the top. ![]() The most depressing thing of all was seeing them bring in the very latest type of litter: Covid masks. They weaved tissue paper, wet wipes, baler twine, pieces of rubble sacking and even a cardboard box into the nest. I cleared the litter before leaving, but over the course of this project the kites just kept on bringing in more. It’s not known if they do this to insulate the nest or purely for decoration.īut the plastic worried me, since it can make things damp. Red kites are known to scavenge odd bits to line their nests and I’ve heard of them collecting socks, flags, and even underwear. But once I was up there, I discovered heaps of rubbish inside. I built a 15 metre scaffold tower to reach the nest. That winter, with the nest empty, I came up with a plan to install remote cameras. This one was enormous, a sign that the pair were established here. So when I discovered a nest in the upper branches of a lofty larch tree, I got a special licence from Natural England to film the action up close. Red kites often use the same nest, adding more building material as they go and their nests can be huge. Red kite pair | Original acrylic painting | Robert E Fuller Red kites’ lofty nests And yet I still feel a thrill when I see one soaring in the skies above the Yorkshire Wolds. But in the last 20 years they have made an extraordinary comeback. There were just a handful of pairs in the whole country and none at all here in Yorkshire. These beautiful birds of prey were a rare sight when I was growing up. I’ve just finished a new painting of red kites. ![]() My advice for dealing with wildshape is also the advice I give for dealing with most game issues. Do not let the player just say that the druid visited the royal menagerie and saw all sorts of unusal critters there. Further remember the druid must have actually seen the animal at least once. Chipmunks get eaten a lot, almost every predator in the woods will see a chipmunk as a tasty snack. Also they are the animal they have shifted into. They cannot speak or cast spells while shapeshifted. Also the wildshaped druid has the physical attributes, including hit points, of the animal, not the druid. No swimming till 4th level and no flying till 8th level are pretty big ones. Just be glad he didn't pick Circle of the Shepherd. Spell casting before wild shaping is balanced by the fact that they will probably be in melee and have multiple chances to be hit. Having wild shape require concentration would be very bad for the melee druid. So I just said my ranger would help the cleric with the exploration (giving him advantage on the rolls) by reminding him which way was north and making sure he wasn't accidentally leading us into danger like a pit of quick sand or T-rex rutting ground. But the *cleric* of all people wanted to make all the rolls for wilderness exploration. In our Tomb of Annihilation campaign I played a ranger. Why can't the wild shaped druid and rogue scout together, sort of a buddy system? The wild shape has keen senses that can provide advantage to the rogue while scouting and the rogue can do things that a wild shape can't, like open doors, relay information to the other party members, etc. It makes sense that it would, and it would keep druids from casting really strong buffs and then wild-shaping. And I'm interested in your own druid experiences, as a player or DM or whatever.Īt the very least, I think Wild Shape should require concentration. Maybe the class isn't really a problem and it doesn't need fixing, Wild Shape is just fine, I don't know. Maybe you guys can approach this particular issue in ways I haven't thought of so far. I'm interested in constructive feedback, of course. And I'm seeing one particular feature that sticks out of the problem, the one I've been griping about. I'm just saying, on paper, the druid commands a great deal of attention from the DM, because they do so many things so well. (However, the dominating druid player was a first-time tabletop gamer that didn't optimize his character.) So there's a lot of conditional stuff going on there - more experience DMing 5E would certainly benefit me, and players that know their classes well enough to play them effectively, and all that is well and good. I certainly could have done better, and it might have helped if the other players had been more engaged and experienced with the system. I tried to balance it out, and give other characters places to shine, but that took active effort on my part. We had a whole adventuring party in just one class, and as a result that character hogged up a lot of spotlight. He was good with the spells, which in itself isn't bad, except he did all the other things too. In combat, he did about as well as the ranger. The moon druid did all the scouting in the form of a bird or a chipmunk or whatever. In the game I ran where there was a druid PC, we had a rogue that barely got to rogue, and a ranger that didn't range very much. What I'm concerned about is what I've always seen from druids in play: they hedge in on everybody else's gimmicks. I don't mind strong and defining class features. Shapechanging has gone from a cool gimmick relegated to experienced druids to the entire point of the class. And everybody picks moon druid, which beefs up an already strong class feature. But in 5E, you get Wild Shape at second level. And I think that's a good benchmark for such an ability, being you don't have to blow a spell slot on it. So far, so good.īack in AD&D2, you had to wait until 7th level before you became Beast Boy, and your range of animals was pretty limited. Secret language and handshake they may never come up is a nice ribbon. So I don't see them as frontline fighters, but they ain't slouches either. Their weapon selection isn't great, but sheleighly. They don't wear heavy armor, but are reasonably beefy. It's strong, but not too strong and is thematic with the druid (at least as it's defined in D&D). I actually have no problem with their spell selection. Damage, battlefield control, healing, they got those bases pretty well covered. Their casting stat, Wisdom, give them good Perception and comes up frequently in saves. But I think the classes work well enough as they are, even casters if you enforce things like components and don't let them take frequent naps.ĭruids are primary casters with a good selection of spells. I have opinions on all the classes, how they can be better or how they could benefit from some toning down. Īfter obtaining scores, researchers are able to use the information to determine if there is a difference in the average risk estimate of the individual compared to the average risk estimate of their peers. ![]() ![]() Direct comparisons ask whether an individual's own risk of experiencing an event is less than, greater than, or equal to someone else's risk, while indirect comparisons ask individuals to provide separate estimates of their own risk of experiencing an event and others' risk of experiencing the same event. Therefore, the optimistic bias is primarily measured in comparative risk forms, where people compare themselves against others, through direct and indirect comparisons. Problems can occur when trying to measure absolute risk because it is extremely difficult to determine the actual risk statistic for a person. Optimism bias is typically measured through two determinants of risk: absolute risk, where individuals are asked to estimate their likelihood of experiencing a negative event compared to their actual chance of experiencing a negative event (comparison against self), and comparative risk, where individuals are asked to estimate the likelihood of experiencing a negative event (their personal risk estimate) compared to others of the same age and sex (a target risk estimate). These are explained more in detail below. The factors leading to the optimistic bias can be categorized into four different groups: desired end states of comparative judgment, cognitive mechanisms, information about the self versus a target, and underlying affect. Different consequences result from these two types of events: positive events often lead to feelings of well being and self-esteem, while negative events lead to consequences involving more risk, such as engaging in risky behaviors and not taking precautionary measures for safety. Īlthough the optimism bias occurs for both positive events (such as believing oneself to be more financially successful than others) and negative events (such as being less likely to have a drinking problem), there is more research and evidence suggesting that the bias is stronger for negative events (the valence effect). For example: people believing that they are less at risk of being a crime victim, smokers believing that they are less likely to contract lung cancer or disease than other smokers, first-time bungee jumpers believing that they are less at risk of an injury than other jumpers, or traders who think they are less exposed to potential losses in the markets. The optimistic bias is seen in a number of situations. ![]() Ĥ factors can cause a person to be optimistically biased: their desired end state, their cognitive mechanisms, the information they have about themselves versus others, and overall mood. ![]() However, autistic people are less susceptible to optimistic biases. Optimistic biases are even reported in non-human animals such as rats and birds. Optimism bias is common and transcends gender, ethnicity, nationality, and age. It is also known as unrealistic optimism or comparative optimism. Optimism bias (or the optimistic bias) is a cognitive bias that causes someone to believe that they themselves are less likely to experience a negative event. ![]() You have to use the regular Hue app to add bulbs, including the Hue Gradient. The Play HDMI Sync Box can be set to change channel automaticallyĬontrolling the Hue Play HDMI Sync Box requires the use of two apps.You can adjust how the light works to get the best effect without it being annoying.The Gradient light can’t be used as a regular light.Philips Hue Play HDMI Sync Box and Gradient features – The Gradient can’t be used on its own, but the Hue Sync HDMI box has plenty of features Just ensure you take your time lining things up before you stick brackets in place. Getting everything in place is fiddly, and you may find that your brackets sit in slightly odd places: I’ve got an OLED TV that’s thinner at the top than it is at the bottom, so had to play around to find the ideal location for the brackets. Next, you have to fit the two corner brackets, aiming to have the lightstrip’s ends finish flush with the bottom of your TV. Philips handily puts an arrow in the middle of the strip, so you can line it up perfectly. To connect the lightstrip to your TV, you need to first fix a mounting bracket to the centre of your TV. It can be plugged into the power adapter provided, although you can save a socket if you use one of the spare outputs on the HDMI Sync Box’s power adapter. You’ll need to purchase the appropriate lightstrip for your size of TV: 55in, for TVs up to 60in 65in for models up to 70in or 75in more units up to 80in.Ī rather chunky, triangular-shaped strip of light, it has a power adapter on one end. The Gradient strip can’t be cut it’s only available for TVs that are 55in or larger. For that reason, I recommend using the system with the Hue Play Gradient lightstrip, provided you have the right-sized TV. You can use the box with any colour-changing Hue lights that you already have – but, unless you have these in the ideal position, the effects aren’t great. All-in-all, the HDMI Sync Box is easy to get running with all of your devices plugged into it. If you have an ARC-compatible sound device, run this directly to an ARC port on your TV. HDMI ARC is supported via one port, although this probably complicates matters. Note that they’re not HDMI 2.1 ports, so you can’t run the PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X at 4K, 120fps through this box. All of the HDMI ports are HDMI 2.0 compatible and work with HDR and Dolby Vision. It looks much like any other HDMI switch, with four inputs and a single output that runs to your TV. The heart of the system is the Philips Hue Play HDMI Sync Box. You only get HDMI 2.0 ports, not HDMI 2.1 that the new consoles support.Gradient needs some time and effort to fit properly, so line it up before you stick anything into place.A neat and simple HDMI switcher that can sit under your TV. ![]() Philips Hue Play HDMI Sync Box and Gradient design – A simple HDMI switch box for under your TV ![]() High cost and working only with the largest TVs make the system limited – but if you have the cash to spare then this system can bring a new dimension to your films. Sticking to the back of your TV, the lightstrip can display multiple colours at once, matching different parts of the picture – think of it as an Ambilight-style upgrade for practically any TV. Now, through a firmware update, the Hue Play HDMI Sync Box supports HDR and Dolby Atmos content and also available is the new Philips Hue Play Gradient lightstrip. However, having to put lights in specific locations to make the most of the effects made it fiddly to set up, while the lack of HDR support made it difficult to justify for many. When it first launched, the Philips Hue Play HDMI Sync Box let you synchronise your chosen Hue lights with your TV’s on-screen action. Most image editing software allows you to export images at varying quality. This is as much of an art than a science and the level of “acceptable quality” will vary depending on the situation.Ī photography studio will likely want to highlight their work at the highest quality, whereas a real estate website might be willing to sacrifice quality in return for displaying more images on the page. The goal of image compression is to reduce the file size as much as possible without sacrificing too much of the quality. You can see this in action on our jobs page. Reducing the detail and/or normalizing the color is a nice aesthetic style choice that significantly reduces the file size. Protip: For large image backgrounds, I’ll often blur the image a bit or add an opaque color layer over the photo. Most lossy compression tools provide a percentage slider so you can choose the balance of quality over file size. ![]() You’ll get better compression results but you’ll sacrifice image quality. Lossy means the compression algorithm will reduce the quality of your image. ![]() This involves stripping metadata from the image or anything that isn’t affecting the quality. Lossless compress means your image won’t lose any quality. Lossless and Lossy – These are compression methods. PNGs can also be optimized significantly after they come out of Photoshop or your graphics editing tool of choice. PNGs are great for things like icons and logos or anything that needs transparency. JPEGs are usually better for high-fidelity images like photos and web graphics that don’t have any transparency. For this tutorial, we’re mainly going to focus on JPEGs and PNGs as they benefit most from compression and optimization. JPEG, PNG, SVG – These are the three most popular image file types on the web. Initial Terminologyīefore we get deeper, let’s establish some common terminology. In this article, we’re going to talk about some tips and tools for compressing images for the web. I had just filmed a video tutorial about enabling and using Google’s new Guetzli algorithm in ImageOptim and I was shocked by all the other options I was previously unfamiliar with. The inspiration for this post stemmed from a very popular post in the Beaver Builders Facebook group. Embark on challenging quests, gather vital resources and finally banish evil from the world.Today, we’re going to talk about a subject near and dear to my heart, image compression! I’m half-kidding, but there is something oddly satisfying about shaving huge percentages off an image file size without diminishing any quality. As a hero on a mission, you'll have to assemble a group of brave mercenaries to take on cruel enemies like barbarians, ferocious animals or deceitful thieves. With its randomly generated world, Crowntakers offers a varied gaming experience every time you set out to fight evil. Crowntakers combines turn-based strategy with RPG elements and takes you at the behest of the crown into a medieval fantasy world full of challenging encounters and epic adventures. Being the chosen one elected by the king himself through one of your dreams, you embark on an adventurous journey to free him from the hands of the evil duke and go down in history as the kingdom's greatest hero. Being the chosen one elected by the king himself through one of your dreams, you embark on an adventurous journey to free him from the hands of the evil duke and go down in history as the kingdom's Dark times are imminent: the king's abduction throws a once peaceful land into turmoil. ![]()
Cisco ISE performs the following functions (AAA)Ģ- (A) Authorization: what are you allowed to doģ- (A) Accounting: what you have done in the network NOTE: If you have a good context, then you can absolutely go give the right kind of role-based access policies on to the network. What is the Cisco ise? Cisco Ise is the centralization point to the policy engine that simplifies the delivery of highly secure to the network, The Cisco ISE allows enterprises to gather real-time contextual information from networks, users, and devices. Presentation_ID.scrħ LICENSES ? Base Advanced Features 802.I'm going to talk today about cisco ISE ( identity service engine), and why cisco ISE is an important element that must run with cisco DNAC solution and how to integrate with DNA and retrieve the Policy and Security group tags. M&T Component that provides Monitoring and Troubleshooting aswell include Collector function © 2009, Cisco Systems, Inc. ![]() Logging Logging View Logs/ Reports PAP PDP PIP View/ Configure Policies Query Attributes Request/Response Context Logging Subject PEP Resource Access Request Resource Access PAP is the GUI to configure IES with distributed system capability like ACS replication feature PIP like ACS today PDP decision point Network access (such as AAA RADIUS services) Posture Guest access Profiling Client Provisioning PEP enforcement point (similar to inband NAC appliance) iPEP is a dedicated ISE role an ISE node that is assigned the iPEP role cannot also be a PAP/PDP/M&T node at the same time. ![]() PIP – Policy Information Point Interface to retrieve policy or policy information PAP – Policy Administration Point Interface to configure policies PDP – Policy Decision Point Engine that makes policy decisions PEP – Policy Enforcement Point Interface that queries PDP and enforces policy M&T – Monitoring and Troubleshooting Interface for logging and report dataĦ ISE Architecture M&T PAP PDP PIP Subject PEP Resource Presentation on theme: "Introduction to Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)"- Presentation transcript:ġ Introduction to Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)Ĭisco Support Community Presents Tech-Talk Introduction to Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) With, Gaurav Sharma Software EngineerĢ Policy Evolving with Borderless NetworkĪnyone The RIGHT Person Any Device Borderless Networks An approved Device Anywhere In The Right Way Anytime 2Ĭonsolidated policy solution that will eventually replace the NAC / ACS products and will provide more features like MDM, BYOD and Trustsec.Ĭonsolidated Services, Software Packages Session Directory Flexible Service Deployment ACS Access Rights NAC Manager User ID ISE Admin Console M&T All-in-One HA Pair NAC Profiler NAC Server NAC Guest Location Distributed PDPs Device (& IP/MAC) Simplify Deployment & Admin Tracks Active Users & Devices Optimize Where Services Run Policy Extensibility Manage Security Group Access System-wide Monitoring & Troubleshooting SGT Public Private Staff Permit Permit Guest Permit Deny Consolidate Data, Three-Click Drill-In Link in Policy Information Points Keep Existing Logical Design ![]() Human factors aspects of remote operation in process plantsĬontract research report 432/2002.This paper describes a site-wide initiative to improve shift handover communication on a UK oil refinery.Ī one-page illustration of the key aspects in communications from a sender to receiver. Safe communication at shift handover - setting and implementing standards.This methodology aims to characterise the type and quality of shift handover activities and influence the improvement of current practice. Improving communication at shift handover.This report reviews theoretical work and published incidents, draws conclusions regarding the current state of knowledge and highlights implications for best practice. ![]() Effective shift handover - a literature review OTO 96 003.HSE Books 1999, I2452 8 (see page 38 - 'Effective Shift Communication') Reducing error and influencing behaviour (HSG48).Extract from inspectors human factors toolkit - Safety critical communications.More information on safety critical communicationsĪlthough several of these documents are about the specific communication issue of achieving an accurate, safe shift handover, many of the principles are relevant to other types of safety-critical communications. involving the end-users when implementing any changes to existing communication methods at shift handover.designing support equipment, such as logs and computer displays, with consideration of the operators needs. ![]()
![]() Your refresh_url triggers a method on your server to call Account Links again with the same parameters, and redirect the user to the Connect Onboarding flow to create a seamless experience.
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