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10 Facts about Bobby Moore
Wednesday, July 29th 2015. | Sports
Find out the interesting information about the English professional footballer in Facts about Bobby Moore. He was born on 12 April 1941 in Barking, Essex and passed away on 24 February 1993. Robert Frederick Chelsea Moor is simply called Bobby. There are a lot of things that you can find out about Moore. Check the following post below:
Facts about Bobby Moore 1: the famous captain
Moore was appointed as the captain of the England team when this country won the World Cup in 1966. Moreover, he took the position of the captain for West Ham United for 10 years in his career.
Facts about Bobby Moore 2: defender
In the football field, Moore was recognized as a defender. One of the famous footballers who were impressed with his defending skill was Pele.
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Facts about Bobby Moore 3: the national record
He had a national record when he decided to retire from the football field. He earned 108 caps for England team. There is no need to wonder that Moore is included in World Team of 20th century. Find out Blake Griffin facts here.
Facts about Bobby Moore 4: Peter Shilton
Peter Shilton was the footballer which took over the national record of Moore after he had 125 caps.
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Facts about Bobby Moore 5: the early education
Let's find out the early education of Moore. He studied at Westbury Primary School and Tom Hood School. During his school time, Moore was a footballer.
Facts about Bobby Moore 6: West Ham
His career as a real footballer began when he was a player in West Ham United. On 8 September 1958, West Ham United was against Manchester United. It was considered as the first football game for Moore.
Facts about Bobby Moore 7: the skill
Moore became a central player in West Ham United due to his wonderful skill. He was able to anticipate the movement of the opponent's team. He could read the situation in the field for defending his team.
Facts about Bobby Moore 8: a national icon
Moore became a national icon after his England team was the winner for the World Cup with other two West Ham players.
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Facts about Bobby Moore 9: the award
Due to his contribution for winning the World Cup in 1966 with his team, Moore earned BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 1996. He also got OBE. Get facts about Bill Russell here.
Facts about Bobby Moore 10: popularity and image
Moore's popularity continued. Then he decided to establish business ventures. One of them was by opening a sport shop. You can also see him in TV ad.
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Weekend in Paris: Our guide to the best things to do in Paris
Spending the weekend in Paris? Here's Stylist's guide to the best hotels, restaurants, bars and more…
Paris – aka the city of lights – is a mixing pot of art, attitude, romance, culture, history and, above all else, magic. Countless attempts have been made to try and capture the full colour of its charm (you name the medium and we'll find someone whose been inspired by this beating heart of France), but there really is no better way to experience Paris than by going there and living it for yourself… preferably as a local.
Of course, if you haven't been to Paris before (or even if you have), it's difficult to imitate the effortless elegance of true Parisians, let alone track down the chicest bars, hidden treasures and tricky-to-find venues.
Thankfully, we are here to help you explore the French capital in true Parisian style. Here, we've pulled together an edit of the best places to stay, eat, drink and explore in Paris.
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Best places to stay in Paris
There are plenty of gorgeous boutique boudoirs to choose from, but here's a small selection of the best and most luxurious hotels in Paris…
Hotel Lutetia
Paris is known for not doing things by halves, and if you're looking for a hotel that will deliver an experience that truly lives up to expectation, Hotel Lutetia ticks all of the luxury boxes.
A Parisian institute since 1910, the hotel was originally created to serve the high-end clientele of the world's first (and chicest) department store, Le Bon Marché. Over the last 100 years the hotel has been been an epicenter of the arts, housing some of the most influential minds of 20th century from Ernest Hemmingway, Samuel Becket and James Joyce (who wrote Ulysses at the hotel), to Picasso, Matisse and Josephine Baker, who could be found welcoming to revolution of jazz in the hotel bar in the 1950s.
A sprawling vision of creamy-coloured stone spreading all the way down Boulevard Raspail, it's clear from the off that the hotel is ginormous. The huge foyer area is decorated with glass boxes containing special pieces of fashion or jewelry from the surrounding Saint-Germain-des-Prés, nodding to the hotel's glamorous history, which is continued into the ceiling with ornate pastel-coloured paintings of old Paris.
But among the pillars and golden hues that simper at every turn, there's plenty of modern influences. The spa, for example, is spectacular. The six treatment rooms offer a huge array of the most sophisticated treatments and massages, as well as a sauna, steam room, a pool, a jacuzzi and large fitness room with state-of-the-art equipment.
This finesse is carried into the bedrooms, which ooze five star charm. But whether you choose a room or suite, make sure your choice includes a balcony so you can gaze out to the whimsical views of the Left Bank, maybe even in the eye line of the Eiffel Tower. From hidden television screens in the bathroom mirror to the best coffee machine on the market, your accommodation will provide the most up-to-date luxuries without scrimping on elegance.
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Le Narcisse Blanc
Stroll down the charming Boulevard de la Tour-Maubourg on Paris's sophisticated left bank, and despite being moments from the Seine and looking across to the Eiffel Tower (and the hordes of tourists that surround it), you'll find a surprisingly peaceful street.
A pocket of real Paris, this historic area is filled with chic-looking Parisians shopping at florists, bakeries and beautiful boutiques, casually and quietly, going about their everyday business.
This is also where you'll find Le Narcisse Blanc Hotel & Spa, a luxury five star hotel, thats refined elegance is a reflection of the area it's nestled in.
The plush, creamy décor interspersed with tasteful monochrome furniture and blush pink touches creates a feeling of sumptuous luxury without being showy, for which the in-house restaurant is a perfect example.
Tucked at the back of the building to give guests ultimate privacy, it's an intimate space that favours small groups and date nights. Although the hotel feels timeless, the head chef is part of the hipster French food scene, offering a creative menu with an edge that you might expect from a fancy bistro in Canal Saint Martin.
You see, all although the hotel's design was inspired by Cléo de Mérode, the French dancer, actress and artist who became muse to some of the greatest minds of her time, the hotel has only been open for two years and has nailed the art of combining the historic with the new.
If you're looking for somewhere that feels low-key enough to be relaxing and homely, but gives you that shot of Parisian romance and glamour, Le Narcisse Blanc won't let you down.
Top tip: Where better to enjoy a Christmas shopping trip with your friends but Paris? If the pennies are tight before Christmas but you'd love to indulge in a winter getaway the hotel has a deal that might interest you. Thanks to new government rule which allows all of Paris's shopping districts to stay open on a Sunday, you can now come out of peak time and stay at the hotel for 10% less.
Hotel Monte Cristo
Interior fiends, we think we've found your mecca. Inspired by the adventures of 19th century explorers, everything in this hotel has been designed to evoke a sense eccentricity, with a story behind every trinket. From the moment you step through the door, greeted by a beautiful floor mosaic, to your bedroom decorated with exotic plants and antique objects, you'll feel like you're staying in a life size treasure trove.
The hotel is not overly large, so the bedrooms and restaurant are relatively small, but have a sumptuous boutique feel to them - and if you're lucky you'll even end up with your own Parisian style balcony which looks out across the rooftops, just like in the films.
Although there's the whole of Paris waiting for you, we do recommend trying out a cocktail in the hotel's Rum Bar. Not only will the decor once again win you over, but the bar specialises in drinks made with this warming spirit and makes for a nice place to have a pre-dinner tipple.
Being a four star hotel you'll also find a luxurious spa area in the belly of Hotel Monte Cristo, with an indoor swimming pool, sauna and massage service to help you truly relax while you're away. The area has been decorated with exotic plants and offers a plunge into the midst of an Asian-inspired, lush verdure, to give it an extra-special feel.
The phrase too cool for school has never been truer than when describing this Ninth Arrondissement hotel. In among the bustling streets of Pigalle, where a sex shop sits beside the food scene's next biggest thing, La Pigalle's don't care attitude and effortless cool feels at the gritty heart of the area.
The downstairs coffee shop and restaurant is packed full of art, from old Parisian posters nodding at the city's heritage to liberal, sexually-focused photography, reflecting the artsy crowd that you'll find into the early hours of a Sunday morning, chatting and partying into the night.
It's the kind of place that has a vinyl player in the corner of your room with a stack of albums ranging from 1930s romance to 1970s funk, but will also have the latest bluetooth speaker and ipad, so you can play your own tunes too. Or, for example, forgo the typical hotel bathrobe but provide a selection of chic fragrance brand Le Labo's hair and bath products to have you smelling of roses all day. And you can forget an underwhelming mini bar situation. Each room has a selection of pre-mixed cocktails in assorted glass bottles, so you can sip on a Negroni while you get ready.
The hotel describes its style as reflecting the area it's in. Recreating the neighborhood that originally inspired artists and poets in the late nineteenth century with a mix of multi culture, music and history. Essentially, they hope that staying here will feel like crashing at a stylish friend's pad, not too fussy, definitely homely but filled with things you like. Which we have to say, thanks to carefully curated selection of second-hand furniture, books and souvenirs, we would absolutely agree with.
Best restaurants in Paris
From a light pastry petit déjeuner to the best supper in Paris, try these restaurants out for size.
Hipster hotel The Hoxton is on its way to conquering Europe, having now established itself not only in London and Amsterdam, but Paris as well. With every new site its decor, atmosphere and facilities seem to just get better and better - with Paris being the optimum example.
Much bigger than its British counterpart, the Parisian branch is made up of multiple buildings which orbit a central courtyard (as shown above), where you can sit outside and enjoy the heartiest of brunches, with a mixture of English and French dishes like avocado and eggs, the Hox Monsieur and fish and chips.
But that's not where fun stops, in fact here there's a venue for pretty much every time of day. Mid-morning, stop in the effortlessly cool lobby, designed to be a casual place for coffee (or cocktails) with comfy chairs and a laid-back aesthetic. Come evening time and the Rivié restaurant is a great place to try French-inspired dishes made with local ingredients, along with some Hoxton comfort food classics — like mac and cheese and truffle fries.
Although not strictly part of the restaurant, we also suggest you try something stronger in either Jacques bar, for the real cocktail connoisseur, or Planche, for wine enthusiasts.
Restaurant du Palais Royal
There are many reasons people take a trip to Paris, but one of the most popular has to be to celebrate a special occasion. From birthdays to anniversaries, the magic of Paris makes it the perfect place to treat yourself and someone else. And for such times, there is Restaurant du Palais Royal.
Its location is second to none, located beneath the arcades of the historic Palais Royal and looking just across from the Louvre, you really are in the heart of Paris.
By day, if the weather is nice diners can sit outside and marvel at the surrounding architecture, while in the evening the sumptuous decor in velvety tones lends itself to a cosy dinner for two. The quality of the restaurant is apparent from the moment you arrive. From the attentive waiters who take your coat at the door, to the attention to detail clearly considered in every aspect of the music, lighting and table settings, it's a lovely place to forget the rest of the world exists for an evening.
Although the menu is ever changing, we recommend opting in for the taster option as we can guarantee you'll want to try as many tasty morsels as possible. Oh, and ask the waiters for their opinion, they really do know best.
Peonies Paris
If the moniker of this pretty cafe doesn't draw you in, the on-point decor and story behind its owner certainly will. Clémentine Lévy – once a model and DJ, now a barista and florisr – founded Peonies herself, and is has made a name for herself as a seriously impressive businesswoman after learning every aspect of her business to create her dream venture. If you spot her, be sure to say 'bonjour': she's every bit as likely to be found behind the counter as she is behind her laptop.
This bien brunch spot offers up a mix of pastries, healthy granola and fruit combinations, alongside pancakes and grilled cheese sandwiches. Bon appetit!
Travel magazine Holiday isn't just a very fancy publication: it has a chic Parisian cafe under its belt, too. The classic outdoor terrace is the perfect place to people watch – especially on a sunny day, with one of the cafe's simple, yet flavour-packed, dishes placed in front of you.
The cafe prides itself on curating a menu that focuses on good food, that hasn't been messed around too much. It invites customers to taste "an eclectic assemblage of necessary luxuries: simple dishes of the highest quality" – délicieux!
Clown Bar
If you like your chosen venue to have a bit of history, you'll love the kooky story behind Clown Bar. As the name suggests, this bar and restaurant has a strong link to the circus, and used to serve as an eatery for the clowns that once performed in the Cirque d'Hiver next door.
The colourful tiles which show off the place's history have been preserved by the new owners, while the rest of the restaurant has been given a contemporary twist, including the seasonal menu.
Pink Mamma
Pink Mamma more than lives up to its moniker, being housed in an entirely millennial-pink tiled building, with kitsch, pastel touches scattered throughout its restaurant space.
Spreading out over four floors, this is a fabulous place to go to soak up the varying atmospheres and admire the changing decor throughout. Each floor houses a different restaurant, with the top level serving as a botanical haven. Although leafy touches are rife throughout the restaurant, we love the overhanging canopy of greenery and bamboo-style furniture that floor 4 provides.
Once you've spent a solid 15 minutes Instagramming to your heart's content, get stuck into the menu, which was created for those with an appetite. On the three meters long barbecue, the chef's grill whopping 1kg T-Bone steaks alongside delicious pizza and pasta options, all with a strong Tuscan influence.
The cocktails also go down a treat, we recommend going for the signature Big Mamma, which is made with vodka, lemon and ginger ale and fresh fruit.
Best bars in Paris
Stuck for somewhere to sip cocktails? Try some of these Parisian cocktail bars out for size.
Experimental Cocktail Club
We challenge you to try and bag a seat in this heaving, right-bank bar, which when you find out who the owners are, is unsurprisingly the place to be. The Experimental Group, who are responsible for the Experimental Cocktail Club in China Town and the Henrietta Hotel in Covent Garden, know what's up when it comes to atmosphere, style and good fare so it would be criminal not to visit their original bar.
The unassuming facade alludes to an 'if-you-know-you-know' vibe, which explodes into a bustling party as soon as the door is cracked open. The space is small, so people tend to drape themselves across the bar, the selection of stools that surround it and vie for room on the floor, all of which creates an electric energy.
This is what they call a 'proper cocktail bar', so if you're enthusiastic about tipple you'll find something you love on the menu, or from the imagination of the bartender for sure.
La Passerell
La Passerelle is the perfect place to enjoy the summer sun's rays and relax in a bohemian setting. Sitting on the River Seine, this bar and restaurant gives you views of Paris's most iconic landmark, The Eiffel Tower, as well as boats and canoes floating along the water next to you.
Le Très Particulier
Le Très Particulier is an eclectic (and, at times, secretive) bar concealed within Hotel Particulier Montmartre. Mixing open, bright leafy spaces like the above with darkened corners, hidden doors and unlikely passages into other parts of the venue, the bar's designers aim to keep you on your toes. And it works.
If you get peckish, try the tasty tapas menu while nursing experimental cocktails and basking in the humming atmosphere.
Le Comptoir Général
Located out of view, just off the Canal Saint-Martin, Le Comptoir Général is a bar and dance space that manages to create a feeling of ramshackle elegance with its mismatch of vintage furniture and plant-y touches.
The central bar serves up a mix of tropical cocktails that will slip down ever-so-smoothly, and while you sip them we recommend grabbing a seat in one of the many nooks: they are perfectly placed for observing the interesting mix of people that flock to this cult hang-out. As the evening gets later, the music gets louder, with a mix of well-known RnB beats pumping through the speakers. We recommend you bring your dancing shoes…
Best things to do in Paris
There are so many things to do in Paris, from tourist spots to unknown walkways. Here are just a handful of our favourites.
La Promenade Plantée
This beautiful walkway sits three storeys high, atop of a disused railway line, giving you unique views of Paris from the sky. La Promenade Plantée is three miles long and looks across to some of the city's most archetypal architecture, putting you at perfect peering height next to grand balconies and rooftop terraces.
Winding through some of Paris' quieter neighborhoods, it's a pocket of calm in this cosmopolitan setting. And yet, despite being surrounded by botanics, you never feel far from the urbanism which is still going on in the streets beneath you.
Take a river cruise
Day or night, The Seine is a spectacularly beautiful way to see Paris. There's a selection of river cruises that operate, most of them cost around €15 for an hour's trip that will probably depart from the Eiffel Tower.
If you've got your learning cap on, you can ask for a free audio guide and listen to the history of the buildings you're passing. Otherwise, you can simply sit back and watch the world go by. In the evening we recommend taking a few drinks with you and waving to revelers sitting on the banks.
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Walk the streets of Canal Saint-Martin
This canal, which runs through the east side of Paris, has become a known hipster hang-out, positively surrounded by quaint coffee shops and cool concept stores. Located in the 10th arrondissement, it's slightly off the beaten track of tourist spots and monuments, and offers a chance to experience the city as a real Parisian.
Walking the full length of the canal will give you views of pretty, pastel coloured shops and plenty of people watching but mark down a few places to visit as you go to anchor your route. We suggest tying in a visit to the previously mentioned Ten Belles coffee shop and the Babel Concept store.
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Megan Murray is a digital journalist for stylist.co.uk, who enjoys writing about London happenings, beautiful places, delicious morsels and generally spreading sparkle wherever she can.
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The first thing to realize is that there is a difference between SASL, the protocol, and Cyrus SASL, the library. The first is a specification that describes how authentication mechanisms can be plugged into an application protocol on the wire. The later is an implementation that aims to make this easier for application developers to integrate authentication mechanisms into their application in a generic way. It is quite possible to have an application that uses SASL (the specification) without using Cyrus SASL (the implementation).
The remainder of this document will refer to components of the Cyrus SASL implementation, though some of these will necessarily have a broader scope.
The application is a client of the SASL library. It can be a client or server application (or both, in the case of a proxy). It takes care of the on-the-wire representation of the SASL negotiation, however it performs no analysis of the exchange itself. It relies on the judgment of the SASL library whether authentication has occurred or not. The application is also responsible for determining if the authenticated user may authorize as another user id (For more details on authentication and authorization identities and their differences, see Cyrus SASL for System Administrators)
Examples of applications are Cyrus IMAPd, OpenLDAP, Sendmail, Mutt, sieveshell, cyradm, and many others.
The SASL Glue Layer
The first component of the SASL library is affectionately called the "glue" layer. It takes care of ensuring that the application and the mechanisms can work together successfully. To this end, it does a variety of basic tasks:
Loading of any plugins (more on these below)
Ascertaining necessary security properties from the application to aid in the choice of mechanism (or to limit the available mechanisms)
Listing of available plugins to the application (mostly used on the server side)
Choosing the "best" mechanism from a list of available mechanisms for a particular authentication attempt (client-side)
Routing the authentication (and in the case of a mechanism with a security layer, encrypted) data packets between the application and the chosen mechanism.
Providing information about the SASL negotiation back to the application (authenticated user, requested authorization identity, security strength of any negotiated security layer, and so on).
The Cyrus SASL implementation also provides several other services to both its plugins and applications. Some of these are simply general utilities, such as MIME Base-64 encoding and decoding, and random number generation. Others are more specific to the task of authentication, such as providing password verification services. Such services are capable of taking a username and a plaintext password and saying "yes&quit; or "no". Details of available password verification services are discussed below.
Finally, the glue code allows the mechanisms and applications access to two special types of plugins, Auxiliary Property or "auxprop" plugins, which provide a simple database interface and can return properties about the user such as password, home directory, or mail routing address, and Username Canonicalization, which might provide site-specific ways to canonicalize a username or perform other tasks.
In the Cyrus SASL Implementation, the glue code is entirely contained within libsasl2.so (or libsasl2.a)
Plugins (General)
The Cyrus SASL architechure is very modular, using loadable modules for things such as the mechanism profiles and the database access done by the auxillary property plugins. This means that it is easy to limit what parts are loaded by a given application, and that third parties can write their own modules to provide services, just by adhering to the API description in saslplug.h.
Plugins (SASL Mechanisms)
The simplest types of plugins to understand are those which provide SASL mechanisms, such as CRAM-MD5, DIGEST-MD5, GSSAPI, PLAIN, SRP, and so on. These mechanisms take care of both server-side and client-side parts of the SASL negotiation. If the given mechanism supports a security layer (that is, makes guarantees about privacy or integrity of data after the negotiation is complete), the plugin provides that functionality as well.
SASL mechanisms are generally defined by the IETF standards process, however, some mechanisms are not (For example, NTLM). This is in contrast to the other types of plugins, which provide database and username canonicalization services to other plugins and thus aren't standardized in their behavior (they are specific to our implementation). Password verifiers are also an implementation detail (though saslauthd makes use of standards such as PAM and LDAP to perform that verification)
There are several types of mechanisms, in broad strokes we have:
Password Verification Mechanisms - For example, PLAIN. These receive a raw password from the remote and then pass it into the glue code for verification by a password verifier. These require the existence of an outside security layer to hide the otherwise plaintext password from people who might be snooping on the wire. These mechanisms do not require that the server have access to a plaintext (or plaintext-equivalent) version of the password.
Shared Secret Mechanisms - For these mechanisms, such as CRAM-MD5, DIGEST-MD5, and SRP, there is a shared secret between the server and client (e.g. a password). However, in this case the password itself does not travel on the wire. Instead, the client passes a server a token that proves that it knows the secret (without actually sending the secret across the wire). For these mechanisms, the server generally needs a plaintext equivalent of the secret to be in local storage (not true for SRP).
Kerberos Mechanisms - Kerberos mechanisms use a trusted third party to authenticate the client. These mechanisms don't require the server to share any secret information with the client, it is all performed through the Kerberos protocol.
Mechanism plugins are generally contained in a .so file that has a name similar to the mechanism's name. Though, in a static compilation they can also be a part of libsasl2.a
Plugins (Auxiliary Property)
Auxiliary Property (or auxprop) plugins provide a database service for the glue layer (and through it, to the mechanisms and application). Cyrus SASL ships with two auxprop plugins: SASLdb and SQL. Though they can be use in much more generic ways, auxprop plugins are mostly only used by shared secret mechanisms (or by the auxprop password verify) to access the "userPassword" attribute. This provides a plaintext copy of the password that allows for authentication to take place.
Like the mechanism plugins, these are named similarly to the databases that they implement an interface for.
Plugins (Username Canonicalization)
Username Canonicalization plugins are not widely used, however it may be useful to use as a hook if your site has specific requirements for how userids are presented to the applications.
Password Verification Services
As described above, the password verifiers take a username and plaintext password, and say either "yes" or "no". It is not possible to use them to verify hashes that might be provided by the shared secret mechanisms.
Password verifiers are selected using the "pwcheck_method" SASL option. There are two main password verifiers provided with Cyrus SASL:
auxprop - This uses an auxprop plugin to fetch the password and then compares it with the client-provided copy to make the determination.
saslauthd - This calls out to the saslauthd daemon, which also ships with the distribution. The saslauthd daemon has a number of modules of its own, which allow it to do verification of passwords in a variety of ways, including PAM, LDAP, against a Kerberos database, and so on. This is how you would want to, for example, use the data contained in /etc/shadow to authenticate users.
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Pakistan may temper stance on ODI World Cup participation: Sethi
Pakistan may have to soften its stance regarding participation in the ODI World Cup in India if it wants to avoid cricketing isolation according to Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Management Committee's head Najam Sethi.
The issue stems from India's refusal to travel to Pakistan for the 2023 Asia Cup with India's cricketing board, the BCCI, adamant about hosting the event on a neutral venue. Pakistan, in reply, raised the prospects of withdrawing participation in the ODI World Cup which will take place in India the same year.
But those claims were made by the former head of the PCB Ramiz Raja who is no longer in power.
His interim successor, Najam Sethi, holds alternate views on the matter.
"As far as Asia Cup is concerned, I will go to ACC and see what the situation is; we'll take a decision which is in the better interest of the game," he said during a press conference.
"We have to see what other board's position is, we have to play cricket with everyone, we will not take any step which can cause any isolation."
The 74-year-old wants to take a more diplomatic approach regarding the issue by pursuing a dialogue with the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) rather than going on the offensive and upsetting the status quo.
He also ruled out the possibility of Pakistan skipping the cricketing showpiece event unless the government decides otherwise.
"We will obey whatever the government would suggest to us and we will seek the government's advice when the time arrives, similar to the last time I was the chairman," Sethi added.
Pakistan yielding its stance underscores India's growing power in global cricket.
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Discover The Club That Is For Egypt's Rich And Famous
Farah Hamdy
In sharp contrast to the greys and browns that dominate downtown Cairo, at the corner of Talat Harb and Abd El Salam Aref, stands the luminously white building of the Egyptian Diplomatic Club. Previously known as the Mohamed Ali Club, this building has always been an exclusive destination for the elites of Cairo. Today, it is a venue for social gatherings, conferences, and meetings for the diplomatic community.
The Mohamed Ali club was built in 1908 under the supervision of Prince Ahmed Fouad Pasha, who later became King Fouad I. The elegant structure was designed by renowned French architect Alexandre Marcel, who is also credited for the design of the magnificent Baron Palace in Heliopolis. Upon its completion in 1908, the club had only two floors including the basement. However, due to expansion of membership, French architect Michel Roux-Spitz added a third floor and cupola in 1930.
The Mohamed Ali club was built for the royal, rich and elite, as an alternative to the essentially British and pretentious Khedival Club, now known as Gezira Sporting Club. British occupiers are said to have looked down on Egyptian goers, who were even excluded from membership when the club first opened. The Mohamed Ali Club, on the other hand, was indiscriminately elitist. The only requirements for membership were fame, fortune and high social standing.
Except for maintenance renovations, the club has barely changed since the 1930s. The inside of the building oozes with the refined luxury and glamour of the time during which it was built. The grand staircase, the dangling chandeliers and the Aubusson saloons testify for the opulence the pre-1952 aristocracy enjoyed.
The bridge room
On the ground floor, two large paintings tell the story of the club: the first, is of King Fouad I, founder and first honorary president of the club board and the second, is of Mohamed Ali, founder of the last royal family, after whom the club was named. The two paintings are hung in the entrance saloon which leads directly to the Bridge hall.The many rooms on the second and third floors consist of dining halls, French styled saloons, private rooms for the king, a library and a bar. Filling the walls of the rooms, are exquisite antique paintings that have not been moved since the day they were first introduced to the club. Many of the paintings were gifts from Mohammed Mahmoud Khalil Bey, a famous art specialist and collector at the time. The paintings are works of renowned French artists such as Louis Amable Crapelet, Jean-Leon Gérome and Louis Claude Mouchot. Most of them are portrayals of Egypt as viewed by the orientalist French artists.
The lavish days of the club were cut short, like its members, by the 1952 revolution, however. The state first seized a large number of the club's shares in 1952 and then in 1963 took control of the whole club to rename it the Diplomatic Club. Since then it serves as a multipurpose venue for the diplomatic circle. The club's nostalgic elegance serves as a reminder of what Egypt used to be and no longer is. Back in 1908, the difference in appearance between the club's building and everything that surrounds it would not have been as stark as it is now. The present day eye-catching disparity is a very accurate depiction of the social and economic inequality that has become characteristic of the Egyptian society
Photographs courtesy of Mohamed Khairat and Farah Hamdy. Edited by Karim Hafazalla.
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I've been struggling with how to mark the tenth anniversary of the 11 September 2001 attacks appropriately. And, I've also been struggling with what words to put here in this post.
It's the morning of 11 September 2011 as I'm writing this and having read through the Sunday edition of The New York Times (as well as the local Arizona Republic) and watching very tiny bits of the cable news channels, it's obvious that this is a big thing. And rightfully so: 9/11 is our generation's most pivotal day. So much changed (for better and for worse) in the decade since then.
But what is the most appropriate way to reflect, to observe, and to remember the events of that day and those who died–not just on that day but in the wars waged since then in Afghanistan and Iraq?
Silence makes room for remembering. I don't want to hear patriotic songs, jingoistic speeches, or even well-considered rehearsals of "what happened on that day." I want to see no pictures of burning towers or flags waving. I wish for empty public space, a communal practice of quiet, to reflect on not only what happened on 9/11 but in the long, sad decade since. For just a brief time, I long for, in the words of an ancient hymn, "all mortal flesh keep silence," in the face of the fear and trembling that gripped us one September day ten years ago.


Ellen Matthews, 85, Excelsior Springs, Mo., passed away February 5, 2018.
Private family services will be held at a later date. Inurnment at Converse Cemetery, Lathrop, Mo.
I will miss seeing Mrs. Matthews on Wed. nights. I enjoyed talking with her and getting acquainted. Wed., Feb. 14, I will play "Danny Boy" in her memory.


Hey dudes! If you've been a reading this blog for any given amount of time, you know I pretty much adhere to a Ketogenic/Paleo lifestyle– i.e. low carb, high fat. One of my missions is helping others find their own health through this approach (obvi, that's why I created this 14 day introduction to Paleo Program). When I give presentations, or even just generally speak, about the health benefits of Ketogenic and Paleo eating, I always manage to receive the same response: "I just like sweets too much." Listen peeps, I'm not trying to make your life boring. I'm not ever going to ask someone to live off of routine "diet food"- baked chicken and broccoli. If you're a dessert person, you should be entitled to a lil' after dinner treat, right? <Nod your head "yes">. Because what happens if you deprive yourself? You fall back into unhealthy habits! So, obvious answer here is to create a Ketogenic/Paleo dessert! Duhhh….
I played around in the kitchen this past week and came up with 3 Keto/Paleo popsicles, equipped to give you lots of healthy fat, a dose of some awesome superfoods and nutrients, WITHOUT the sugar! Admittedly, I am one of those people that never really follows a strict recipe… you know, a dash or this, add more of that…so feel free to play around with these to your taste and quantity preferences!
In a blender, mix canned coconut milk (1 can should make about 4-6 pops, depending on mold size), 1/4 cup of sliced almonds, 1/4 cup of shredded coconut, 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract, 3 tablespoons of organic almond butter, and a dash of liquid stevia and cinnamon.
Pour mixture into molds, and freeze until solid.
Using a baking sheet, bake sliced almonds at 375 degrees until toasty brown. Crumble into small pieces.
Once your pops are frozen, remove from molds. Spread a thin layer of almond butter around the top. Roll onto small toasted almond pieces.
In a blender, mix avocado (might want to slice into pieces first), 2 tablespoons of cacao powder, enough coconut milk to help liquify the avocado into a pudding, a dash of liquid stevia.
Once solid, melt 2 tablespoons of coconut oil in a bowl. Stir in a teaspoon of cacao powder, and another dash of liquid stevia. Dip top of pops into mixture, coating it lightly. On a plate, roll coated wet pops in cacao nibs.
In a blender, mix 1/2 cup of raspberries, coconut milk, and stevia.
Pretty simple, huh? Eating well doesn't have to be complicated, and it definitely isn't about deprivation, sillies!
Gotta Keto or Paleo fav dessert? Share away- would love to hear!


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The Union Ministry of Finance has framed new rules that prescribe uniform norms for the appointment and service conditions of members to various tribunals.The Rules titled 'Tribunal, Appellate Tribunal, and other Authorities (Qualifications, Experience and other Conditions of Service of Members) Rules, 2020 are made in exercise of powers under Section 184 of the Finance Act 2017.
[Previously, the rules framed by the government in 2017 were struck down by SC. The ground was that the rules diluted judicial independence, as the Central Government had excessive say in the matter of appointment and removal of tribunal members. The Court also found the rules to be vague in respect of qualifications prescribed for members].
Details of the rules
It applies to various tribunals such as Industrial Tribunal, Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Central Administrative Tribunal, Railway Claims Tribunal, Security Appellate Tribunal, etc.
Appointments to the above tribunals will be made by Central Government on the recommendations by the search cum selection committee constituted for each tribunal. The composition of the search cum selection committee of each tribunal is specified in Schedule of the Rules.
Chief Justice of India or a Judge nominated by the CJI is a member of the search cum selection committee of all tribunals. The search cum selection committee also has the power to recommend the removal of a member, and also to conduct inquiry into allegations of misconduct by a member.
The search cum selection committee shall determine its procedure for making its recommendation. After taking into account the suitability, record of past performance, integrity as well as adjudicatory experience keeping in view the requirements of the tribunal, it shall recommend a panel of two or three persons for appointment to each post.
The chairman or president shall hold office for a term of four years or till he attains the age of seventy years, whichever is earlier. The vice chairman, vice president, presiding officer, accountant member, judicial member, or other members as the case may be, shall hold office for a term of four years or till he attains the age of sixty-five years, whichever is earlier.
Every person appointed to be the chairman, president, vice chairman, vice president, accountant member, judicial member, or any member shall, before entering upon his office, make and subscribe an oath of office and secrecy.
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Kaspersky: Criminals Make 95% Profit on DDoS
Tara Seals US/North America News Reporter, Infosecurity Magazine
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Ordering a DDoS attack has become as easy as ordering the latest bestseller from Amazon—and can offer incredible return on investment for the attacker.
According to Kaspersky Lab, DDoS-for-hire services are generally self-service, eliminating the need for direct contact between the organizer and the customer. Customers can make payments, get reports on work done and so on, all online. In fact, Kaspersky said that the order page "looks more like the web page of an IT startup than a cybercriminal operation."
"These web services are fully functional web applications that allow registered customers to manage their balance and plan their DDoS attack budget," the firm said in a blog posting. "Some developers even offer bonus points for each attack conducted using their service. In other words, cybercriminals have their own loyalty and customer service programs."
But lowering the barrier to entry doesn't stop there—it's also incredibly cheap to carry attacks out these days. One DDoS service advertised on a Russian public forum offers attacks from $50 per day, for instance.
Kaspersky did a review of the Dark Web to find out the going rate for DDoS as-a-service, and found the average to be slightly higher than the example above—attacks typically cost $25 per hour, with the cyber-criminals making a profit of about $18 for every hour of an attack.
The security specialist also found that organizers of DDoS services generally offer customers a tariff plan in which the buyer pays a per-second rental price for botnet capacity. For example, a DDoS attack of 300 seconds using a botnet with a total bandwidth of 125Gbps will cost about between $5 and $6.
As for profitability, it should be noted that DDoS attacks and, in particular, ransomware DDoS have already turned into a high-margin business. "The profitability of one attack can exceed 95%," the firm noted. "And the fact that the owners of online sites are often willing to pay a ransom without even checking whether the attackers can actually carry out an attack (something that other fraudsters have already picked up on) adds even more fuel to the fire. All the above suggests that the average cost of DDoS attacks in the near future will only fall, while their frequency will increase."
Of course, the actual cost of any one service depends on a few variables. Those include the target—government victims cost more to attack than, say, an online store, and some countries cost more to attack than others—as well as the type of attack requested. Atypical attacks that ask the botnet owner to alternate between different methods of DDoS attacks within a short period of time or implement several methods simultaneously can increase costs.
The rate also depends on the anti-DDoS protection the potential victim has. "If the target uses traffic filtering systems to protect its resources, the cyber-criminals have to come up with ways of bypassing them to ensure an effective attack, and this also means an increase in the price," Kaspersky explained. In one case, "cyber-criminals were asking for $400 per day to attack a site/server that uses anti-DDoS protection, which is four times more expensive than an attack on an unprotected site."
Also, the cheaper it is for a criminal to maintain a botnet (defined, for example, by the average cost of infecting a device and including it in a botnet), the more likely they are to ask for bargain-basement prices for their services. For example, a botnet of 1,000 surveillance cameras may be cheaper than a botnet of 100 servers, simply because cameras and other IoT devices are less secure and take less effort to compromise.
As for mitigation, Ben Herzberg, security group research manager for the Incapsula product line at Imperva, offered us the following advice: "In a nutshell, though the organization needs to map their assets, understand what sort of risks they're facing on the different assets (for example: websites, third-party services, VPNs, etc.), and set a process which will minimize those risks—in most cases by taking a DDoS mitigation service to protect the organization."
He added, "The best way for organizations to mitigate DDoS attacks is as far away from their network as possible, such as in the cloud, before it even reaches the organization's ISP. With the vast increase of IoT devices, allowing cheap attacks like the ones stated in the Kaspersky research, attackers may send enormous amounts of traffic and packets, which may easily exhaust the organization's pipeline."
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High school seniors -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Drama.
Teenagers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Drama.
Publication Widescreen. Hollywood, CA : Paramount Pictures Corp., 1999.
A chronicle of the events in the day of a rather magical 17-year-old who has an overwhelming urge to cut school one spring day and head for downtown Chicago with his girl and best friend to see the sights and experience a day of freedom.
Includes French dubbed version ; closed captioned in English for the hearing impaired.


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My name is Alyce (pronounced like "Elise") Youngblood, and I'm a writer and editor based in ever-charming Nashville, Tennessee. Since studying journalism, public relations and English in college, I've worked alongside respected magazines, agencies, book publishers, nonprofits and brands to clarify and maximize their messages for global audiences. Recently, I joined the team at Barna Group, a religion and social research company, as a managing editor. My own writing has covered everything from mental health and food culture to theology and women's issues.
Whether I'm crafting a company's voice, polishing an article in InCopy or conducting an interview, I strive to produce content that is both inviting and precise. I believe copy can be clever and clean, and every quote and comma should play a meaningful role.
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The median property tax in Brooks County, Texas is $469 per year for a home worth the median value of $46,800. Brooks County collects, on average, 1% of a property's assessed fair market value as property tax.
The average yearly property tax paid by Brooks County residents amounts to about 1.77% of their yearly income. Brooks County is ranked -1th of the 3143 counties for property taxes as a percentage of median income.
You can use the Texas property tax map to the left to compare Brooks County's property tax to other counties in Texas. King County collects the highest property tax in Texas, levying an average of $5,066.00 (1.56% of median home value) yearly in property taxes, while Terrell County has the lowest property tax in the state, collecting an average tax of $285.00 (0.67% of median home value) per year.
Instead, we provide property tax information based on the statistical median of all taxable properties in Brooks County. The median property tax amount is based on the median Brooks County property value of $46,800. You can use these numbers as a reliable benchmark for comparing Brooks County's property taxes with property taxes in other areas.
You can usually deduct 100% of your Brooks County property taxes from your taxable income on your Federal Income Tax Return as an itemized deduction. Texas may also let you deduct some or all of your Brooks County property taxes on your Texas income tax return.


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Euphonia is an optimal audio spectrum balancing plugin which equalizes automatically any audio input based on a few standard average spectrum curves. These few standard curves have the advantage that they work very well with the majority of audio devices.
Euphonia is an optimal audio spectrum balancing plugin which equalizes automatically any audio input based on a few standard average spectrum curves. These few standard curves have the advantage that they work very well with the majority of audio devices. Using Euphonia right after the final mix of your music production could eliminate missing low/high end, mixing mistakes, general spectrum balancing problems or even compensate poor listening environment. Euphonia compares the spectral fingerprint against build-in curves (Pop/Rock/Dance/Jazz/EDM) and calculates filter settings so that the spectrum of the audio follows the selected average spectrum curves. Euphonia is also able to create custom reference curves to be used for spectrum balancing. Just load any audio file into the DAW, capture the audio fingerprint and save as custom reference curve.
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Bowser puts the Dad in King Dad: Parental Controls!
By LUDWIG VON KOOPA - King Dad is doing a great job raising his kids. I'd know.
In the absolutely important and news-making presentation that Nintendo had on January 12–13 about the Nintendo Switch (that we have covered, LIVE!, here), Nintendo also let slip a cute little video... featuring my dad, King Bowser Koopa! ...And that pest, Bowser Jr., who is technically my brother. But... I don't like to think in those terms.
It wasn't totally invisible — it has two million views right now on YouTube. But that pales in comparison with the over seven million views that Super Mario Odyssey's trailer has. (Don't worry, folks: We'll have an article just for that. Soon.)
Enough talk: We're obligated to embed and talk about the most Koopa-related thing that came out of last week. Here's the video explaining Parental Controls on the Nintendo Switch:
What would be more enjoyable? Me talking about a relatively dull and standard set of parental controls (which I totally approve of, by the way), or me discussing how much of a great father King Dad is? And yet, I do that in so many other articles. ...Don't I?
First, let me just state that I did criticise Nintendo for not having parental controls in place on the Nintendo 3DS that could restrict how long a child may play a game. Kudos to Nintendo for handling my criticism and acting upon it.
I hope that Nintendo will also allow under-17 children to play M-rated games with these new set of Parental Controls, should the parents approve. KoopaTV waged a sizable campaign to have Nintendo implement that, and Nintendo said they would add our comments to their records.
Bowser Jr. can handle T-rated games like Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney,
but NOT M-rated games like Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney — Dual Destinies!
I'm annoyed as a whole that Nintendo is making multiple smartphone applications for the Nintendo Switch. The first is this Parental Controls app, and then they're moving socialising on your console to an app, as well. (More on that in a future article.) Look how much King Dad is struggling with that smartphone! He has to touch everything with his claw. That little piece of crap is going to get a cracked screen, I tell you. If a parent doesn't have a smartphone, does that mean they won't be able to set parental controls? On the Wii U and 3DS, you could set parental controls on the very system you're controlling, without the need for external hardware.
King Bowser is glaring at this annoying little smartphone, which is the size of his finger.
Personally, I wish more parents were as proactive as King Dad is in protecting their children online. And when I mean protecting children, I don't mean cleaning up their messes after the kid does something stupid, like give away their personal information over their Internet like their name and school. Some little kid on Miiverse did that to me with their information (totally unsolicited), and I actually tracked down their older brother on Facebook with the information given. I messaged him and told him what his brother did, but I never got a reply.
Anyway, what I would prefer happen is preventing kids from going on the Internet to begin with until they know what they're doing. It'd make everyone else's experiences happier.
I'm glad I'm old enough that King Dad is FORCING me to interact with strangers (with this website), instead of shielding me from them.
(Parents can also protect their kid from running up fees to use Nintendo Switch's online services... but that's for that coming-soon article I'm continuously referring to.)
The Parental Controls application will also give Activity Log-esque summaries of your child's activity.
In the Koopa household, we're going to have multiple Nintendo Switch systems. You can't expect all of us to share just one, can you?
(King Dad has a great Princess Peach background.)
I hope this doesn't mean the Activity Log as a whole is gone. I'm still puzzled as to why the Nintendo 3DS's Activity Log is significantly more detailed and superior than the Wii U's. You'd think they'd just be the same. Anyway, I want to be able to gather statistics about my own play without having to be a parent. I'd also would like to know what would be stopping a parent from just looking at the system's Activity Log themselves... unless it doesn't have one.
The video promises that, if you know what your kids are playing (because apparently you're just buying games for them but don't know what they are — or even worse, they're buying games without letting you know... perhaps with YOUR money!), then you can have discussions with them and relate to them better. I don't think Bowser and Bowser Jr. have that kind of barrier between them where they wouldn't be able to talk to one another were it not for the monthly summary reports, but maybe you and your kids do have that, or will have that.
...If that's the case, you probably got a bunch of issues in your family.
Bowser Jr. and Bowser having a great son-to-father discussion about smashing Mario with a red shell.
...I wish I had those kind of discussions with King Dad, too.
One last point: Nintendo really does deserve props for making something as mundane as Parental Controls a trending thing. The video is not only endearing, but also informative. Compare with this For Parents trailer Rare Ltd. made for the Xbox 360 using Viva Piñata. This is not only an annoying trailer, but also devoid of actually useful information. They say that a good parent SHOULD use "family settings", but they don't say what these settings can do, where to find them, or how to use them. Both videos are three minutes long, but Nintendo clearly values your three minutes of time much more than Rare did.
KoopaTV plans to SWITCH between positive and negative-oriented articles for a bit of time now, with regards to the Nintendo Switch and the new news regarding it. There's fair points on both sides, and KoopaTV will cover them. While Ludwig is still dedicating new posts to his playthrough of Paper Mario: Color Splash (he's pretty much at the end) on Miiverse, you should Follow him there, at NNID PrinceOfKoopas, before it ends entirely. More on that later this week — perhaps even tomorrow!
Bowser Jr. having a smartphone is a reoccurring plot element in How Team Koopa Escaped Rio, the accurate account of Team Koopa's harrowing experience in Rio de Janeiro!
Shigeru Miyamoto is not Bowser Jr.'s mother — which is why it's only King Bowser in the video, with no Miyamoto in sight.
The gold standard is PLAYING games with your kids, and having those games be able to get your kids into a lifelong passion for gaming.
Ludwig wrote about Miiverse ending and online subscription fees here.
The Nintendo Switch has released, and this Parental Controls app is also live.
As you may expect, parents and children form the core of Nintendo Switch family groups.
Bowser's parental controls are affecting what games Bowser Jr. can play.
Nandin Lopez January 17, 2017 at 12:21 AM
I think you have the right to call me insane: I watched the same Parental Controls video more than five times straight!
Am I a parent? Only to my siblings (not really).
Do I take pride in knowing this information? Uh... depends.
Do I simply like the animation quality present in the video? Actually yes! You'd expect in a Parental Controls video to have cruddy animation quality (like the Viva Piñata example), but... I still rewatch it!
I'm pretty sure I know how to troll my siblings now. My dad will hate me for ruining their joy and sunshine, though.
Ludwig Von Koopa January 17, 2017 at 7:57 PM
...Okay, fine, you're insane. If you want.
Troll them, uh, how? By crippling their gameplay by pretending to be a parent and setting really restrictive parental controls?
Nandin Lopez January 17, 2017 at 10:06 PM
...yes.
Ludwig Von Koopa January 18, 2017 at 9:49 AM
You're a bad little boy.
Tell us how that goes. :p
Kody B. January 17, 2017 at 3:38 PM
Bowser Jr. - "King Dad, I wanna play Dual Destinies!"
Bowser - "Sorry son but that game is intended for mature audiences. Why don't you go play Mario Kart 8 instead?"
Bowser Jr. - "That game's not fair! Ludwig always cheats!"
Bowser to himself - "That's my boy."
...Something like that.
Ray January 18, 2017 at 9:31 PM
It's a really charming video. If Nintendo can nail some really good marketing videos like this for the Switch's features around launch, and maybe even a bit after, to promote the system, I think it would be a good feather in their cap towards getting people interested in the system.
What if Link from Breath of the Wild showed you around some of the system's OS, or something like that? I think it's be pretty neat, so here's hoping Ninty doesn't stop here with the animated infomercials.
...I could totally see Link being all weird and silent and awkward! Maybe if Zelda joined him.
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RPG Corner is a monthly series covering a recent RPG I've been playing. Action, turn-based, Western, Korean and Japanese RPGs all apply.
Vampyr is a rough around the edges RPG with a lot to like. As the studio's third release, it showcases an astounding level of creativity and versatility. Remember Me spiced up its standard action game combat with the "pressen" system, with scene reconstructions adding narrative intrigue. Life is Strange introduced time manipulation to the established adventure game formula. Vampyr follows in a similar mold, though its budgetary constraints seem more pronounced than Dontnod's previous projects. Fortunately, its jank is easily circumvented through its uniquely crafted vision; one whose mechanics and moral quandaries make for an engaging experience.
Vampyr follows Jonathan Reid returning from service as a military doctor. London, his home, has been ravaged by the deadly Spanish Influenza. The narrative opens with Reid reborn as a vampire, feasting on his sister's blood. This compulsory event motivates Jonathan to find whoever's responsible for his transformation while acting as a doctor at the overrun, but formerly prestigious, Pembroke Hospital.
Vampyr's set-up is interesting enough on its own, but it goes beyond this. The world-building's integration with character progression enhances the allure of exploration. It also makes the standard conversation system a touch more interesting. Vampyr is a series of interlocking systems that enforce player retention.
The game keeps track of each character, broken down by the city's four main districts. Making progress requires conversations, though the conversations themselves don't dole out significant xp. While experience points are awarded for learning new things through conversation, it's a meager amount in the grand scheme things. Combat offers similarly measly xp gains. The primary gameplay loop of talking to characters, exploring the environment, and healing people's sicknesses carries Vampyr's moral quandaries.
Different characters have differing levels of experience tied to them. The more significant they are to the overall narrative, the higher the xp gain from killing them. Everyone's xp bar sits at the middle of their potential, meaning a person's starting experience sits at 2,000 out of 4,000 total. Each character has secrets, vices, relationships, and personality traits indicated by question marks on their individual character menu screen. Each checked question mark brings that person closer to his/her total experience pool.
It doesn't end there, though. Characters can get sick, diminishing their xp potential. You can heal them by crafting cures for any of the nine illnesses. If you plan a morally righteous path, you'll still have to cure them. Otherwise, they'll eventually die. The dichotomy of curing people to kill them versus curing them to keep them alive in the long-run is one of Vampyr's most interesting mechanical hooks. Because Jonathan is a vampire, he feeds on blood.
Giving into his blood lust makes the game easier, but is it worth it in the end? The game makes a claim about enough people's deaths carrying ramifications per district as its overall stability wains, indicated by a bar with six tiers ranging from "hostile" to "sanitised". Am I going to push the envelope to find out what happens when a district's stability wavers below the halfway point? Of course not. My kills are more judiciously calculated.
Managing everyone's health is a necessity because even banking experience points into the skill tree carries consequences. Players can only spend points by sleeping in a bed, which progresses the game's clock by a day. Healthy citizens grow sick as the days pass while the already sick stack illnesses until their demise.
Role playing games are built on consequence by way of deciding on character builds, maximising equipment, party compositions, etc...The genre is inherently tied to this foundation of critical thinking and decision making. RPG's rarely offer the leeway to completely respec without some sort of hindrance to offset the respec.
Vampyr brings the role playing goods with a combat system emphasising dodging and multi-meter management for both the player and his/her enemies. Players must manage a stamina meter, which dictates how many actions can be taken in a row before you need to back away. The blood meter, on the other hand, dictates how frequently Reid uses special abilities in combat. These range from standard healing skills to ultimate attacks. Blood is drawn from biting enemies. This is only possible after a target's stun meter has been drained. Conversely, blood-absorption melee weapons also do the job, though certain enemies are more susceptible to them than others.
As a standard action RPG, Vampyr offers enough variables to keep its moment to moment exploration and combat interesting. Combat has a satisfying rhythm to it. Crafting also exists, but it's no more complicated than it needs to be. The additional layer provided by its unconventional leveling system cements its brilliantly invasive design.
It's not the studio's most polished game to date. Animations are incredibly rough. The visual package is also a mixed bag with decent environments stacked next to incredibly low resolution textures that wouldn't look out of place in Life is Strange's water color inspired world. Its art design supports the game's oppressive and cultural undertones. It is drowning in atmosphere; one distinctly reflected in the game's signature harsh intonations of violins and cellos. Vampyr deserves a second look for anyone that missed out on it the first time around.