Unveiling the Identity of 'Blue Beetle': Exploring DC Studio's Creation of a Latino Superhero Movie

  Friday, August 18, 2023 First Gen EMBF Ranger      1 comment

DC Studio has resurrected a dormant character after a decade, breathing life into its inaugural live-action Latino superhero film. This endeavor has also marked a collaboration with the esteemed filmmaker James Gunn.

Image 1 - Cover of The Blue Beetle Comic


Introduction of 'Blue Beetle'


Emerging from the depths of obscurity, Angel Manuel Soto, hailing from his homeland of Puerto Rico, found himself entrusted with the directorial reins of 'Blue Beetle,' infusing it with a distinct Latino perspective. Soto, whose film 'Charm City Kings' garnered accolades at the Sundance Film Festival in 2020, captured attention and admiration. Tasked by Warner Bros. and DC, Soto directed Xolo Mariduena of 'Cobra Kai' fame, with a deliberate focus on celebrating Latino identity.


Navigating Challenges with 'Blue Beetle'


In 2022, the film reached completion, yet the landscape transformed when Warner Bros. and Discovery merged, casting 'Blue Beetle' into uncertainty and limbo. The fate of the project hung in the balance. However, Gunn and Peter Safron emerged as saviors, orchestrating a rescue mission after the transformation of DC's film division into DC Studio. 'Blue Beetle' has now found its place within DC's future endeavors.


Gunn's Heroic Intervention for 'Blue Beetle'


Sotto revealed that Gunn and Safran recognized the untapped potential, amid a sea of abandoned projects, elevating 'Blue Beetle' to a position of paramount importance. Notably, 'Blue Beetle' boasts a venerable history, debuting as Dan Garret in 'Mystery Men Comics' in 1939, followed by Ted Kord's appearance in 'Captain Atom' in 1966. The creative genius behind Spider-Man, Steve Ditko, is credited with Ted Kord's inception.


Previous Iterations of 'Blue Beetle'


The revitalized incarnation of Blue Beetle emerges as Jaime Reyes within the pages of DC Comics. Crafted to accentuate his Latin American heritage, Jaime, a Mexican American, forges a symbiotic connection with an extraterrestrial entity. This reimagining was brought to life through the collaborative efforts of writer and artist trio Keith Giffen, John Rogers, and Cully Hamner. The character Jaime Reyes has already graced the narrative landscape in 'Blue Beetle: Graduation Day,' a work available in both English and Spanish editions.


The cinematic adaptation of 'Blue Beetle' possesses a deliberate intention — to address the sprawling Mexican diaspora.


Frequently Asked Questions:


1. Who originated the character 'Blue Beetle'?

Blue Beetle, an ancient comic character faded into obscurity, made its debut as Dan Garret in 'Mystery Men Comics' back in 1939. It reemerged as Ted Kord in 'Captain Atom' in 1966. The contemporary incarnation is Jamie Reyes.


2. Who is responsible for the creation of Jamie Reyes, and who directed the corresponding film?

The film 'Blue Beetle' was helmed by Angel Manuel Soto. The character Jamie Reyes was brought to life through the collaborative efforts of writer and artist Keith Giffen, John Rogers, and Cully Hamner.\


Notes & Glossary :

  • Image 1 Source : https://jenikirbyhistory.getarchive.net/amp/de/media/blue-beetle-number-1-cover-9b245e

WiFi Hacking: Unveiling Ethics, Legality, and Security Measures

  Friday, August 18, 2023 First Gen EMBF Ranger   , ,   2 comments

 Introduction


In today's digital age, the importance of internet connectivity cannot be overstated. WiFi networks have become an integral part of our lives, providing seamless access to information, entertainment, and communication. However, there's a dark side to this convenience that often draws the curious minds of some individuals towards the realm of WiFi hacking. In this article, we'll explore the concept of hacking, the distinctions between ethical and unethical hacking, and why breaking into unauthorized networks is illegal.


Image 1 - Wifi Logo


Understanding Hacking


Hacking is the practice of gaining unauthorized access to computer systems, networks, or data with the intent of manipulating, altering, or extracting information. It's a term that encompasses a wide range of activities, from benign and ethical practices to malicious and illegal endeavors. Hacking is not inherently negative; ethical hacking, for instance, plays a pivotal role in enhancing cybersecurity.


Ethical Hacking

Image 2 - Image showing Ethical Hacker

Ethical hacking, often referred to as "white hat hacking," involves the deliberate attempt to infiltrate systems and networks to identify vulnerabilities. Ethical hackers work with the consent of the system's owner to assess its security measures and find potential weak points that could be exploited by malicious hackers. The goal of ethical hacking is to bolster cybersecurity by proactively addressing vulnerabilities and preventing unauthorized access.


Unethical Hacking

Image 3 - Image denoting towards Unethical Hacking

Unethical hacking, also known as "black hat hacking," revolves around unauthorized access to systems and networks for malicious purposes. This can include stealing sensitive data, spreading malware, disrupting services, or causing financial harm. Unethical hacking is illegal and can result in severe legal consequences, including fines and imprisonment.


WiFi Hacking and the Legal Implications


One specific area of interest within hacking is WiFi hacking – attempting to gain unauthorized access to WiFi networks. It's important to emphasize that breaking into unauthorized WiFi networks is illegal in most jurisdictions and offenders are penalized as per the law of the particular jusrisdiction. Here's why:


  1. Unauthorized Access: WiFi networks are protected by passwords and encryption mechanisms to prevent unauthorized access. Attempting to bypass these security measures constitutes a violation of the network owner's rights and the terms of service of the internet service provider.
  2. Privacy Concerns: Gaining access to someone else's WiFi network without permission can compromise their privacy. It might expose personal information, browsing habits, and communication.
  3. Digital Trespassing: Breaking into unauthorized networks is equivalent to trespassing on someone else's property. Just as entering a private property without permission is illegal, so is unauthorized access to private digital spaces.
  4. Criminal Consequences: Laws related to cybercrime and unauthorized access vary by jurisdiction, but most countries have strict regulations against hacking and unauthorized access. Individuals caught engaging in such activities can face criminal charges, fines, and even imprisonment.
Image 4 - Prison Bards


Conclusion


While the allure of exploring the world of WiFi hacking may be intriguing, it's important to remember the ethical and legal implications associated with such activities. Ethical hacking serves to strengthen our digital defenses, whereas unethical hacking undermines trust and security. Breaking into unauthorized WiFi networks is not only unethical but also illegal, and it can have serious repercussions for individuals who engage in such activities. As responsible digital citizens, our focus should be on enhancing cybersecurity and respecting the boundaries of others' digital spaces.


Notes & Glossary:

  • Source of Image 1 : https://creazilla.com/nodes/3172406-wifi-clipart
  • Source of Image 2 : https://www.pxfuel.com/en/free-photo-oooox
  • Source of Image 3 : https://rb.gy/judin (wallpaperflare.com) 
  • Source of Image 4 : https://www.newsclick.in/2-dalit-undertrials-commit-suicide-sultanpur-jail-premises-families-allege-foul-play

Matters to be Audited by Auditor General

  Thursday, April 13, 2023 First Gen EMBF Ranger   , , , , , ,   No comments
Summary pdf note for Matters to be audited by Auditor General.

Section 8 of the Audit Act, 2075 which reads as: "The Auditor General, with due regards to R3EP (Regularity, Economy, Efficiency, Effectiveness, Propriety) and other essential aspects, shall audit following matters to ascertain whether:


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Special Provisions related to Single Shareholder Company from Companies Act, 2063

  Thursday, March 23, 2023 First Gen EMBF Ranger   , , , , ,   No comments

This post will be related with special provisions related to Single Shareholder Company (SSC) contained in Chapter 15 of the Companies Act, 2063. You need to remember that these are not the only provisions related to a private company. These are some special provision (actually some facility / exemption from other statutory provisions related to company) in addition to all other matters related to private company. Further the note attached herewith is only for study reference purpose for Chapter 15 of the Act. So this should not be taken as a legal or professional advice in relation to matters related with single shareholder company.

If you are viewing from outside of Nepal, then to let you know, Companies Act, 2063 is the currently prevailing company law in Nepal.

Now to go through the basics, a SSC can only be a private company since to be a public company there needs to be minimum of 7 shareholders. So, other matters related with a private company which are not relieved by this chapter needs to be followed by that particular SSC.

You can access the pdf note from this link: Single Shareholder Company Note

Again, the note is only for study purpose and to have legal awareness only and is not to be taken as any basis for any decisions ahead.


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Notes & Glossary:

  • All the date used in this article are in Bikram Sambat (B.S.), the national calendar used in Nepal which is about 56.7 years ahead of the Gregorian calendar system

Nepal Insurance Act, 2079 PDF Notes in English

  Sunday, March 19, 2023 First Gen EMBF Ranger   , , , , , ,   3 comments

[The Notes are at the bottom of this article. But you are recommended to go through this article so as to get familiar with the notes. This Article is a type of User Manual for the Super Summary Notes]

The Insurance related bill was finally passed by the parliament after 4 years of being presented.

Name of the Bill was "The Bill made to amend and consolidate laws related to Insurance" and after being assented[1] by the President, it came into force as the Insurance Act, 2079.




With the enforcement of the act, the former Beema Samiti (often translated to Insurance Board) got transformed into Nepal Beema Pradhikaran (can be translated to Nepal Insurance Authority, but to remember that the law has not provided the english name to it).

Important dates related to the act are as follows:

Particulars Date
Registered in HoR 2075-03-27
Passed by HoR 2079-06-23
Came into enforcement 2079-07-22

Laws repealed by the IA79:

  • Insurance Act, 2049
  • Rastriya Beema Sansthan Act, 2025 ~ The Rastriya Beema Sansthan (RBS) (Can be translated to National Insurance Corporation), a life insurer, was not established under the Companies Act and was done via this act. Now that act has been repealed and one year's time is provided to RBS to convert into a company and also to float shares to the public and also it has obligation to increase it's paid-up capital to Rs. 5 Arba (Rs. 5 Billion) which is the Minimum PUC of a Life Insurer as prescribed by the Beema Samiti (Now Beema Pradhikaran). It's current PUC is only Rs. 18.1 crores (Rs. 181 million). Audit of RBS for many years has not been finalized either.


Course Content :

  • For CAP-II Students: As per ICAN's notice dated 13th March, 2023 AD , contents upto section 97 is required to be covered.
  • For CAP-III Students: Whole of the Insurance Act, 2079 is to be covered


Remembering sections ? : Don't do that with the sole purpose of rotting down the section numbers. If it gets remembered by itself, then it's okay but don't invest time writing down section name and number and just into it. Know the content of the section or heading or topic, what it wants to say, if you get it then you will secure good marks, rather than the section numberings.


About the Super Summary Notes :

  • The Glossary and chapter list are already included inside the main note pdf but also provided separately because there are total 158 abbreviations / short forms used in the notes, so glossary will be needed very often. 
  • Unofficial English Translation is written in the footer of the document since legal document in english is never official in Nepal. Nepali is the official language of Nepal, laws are made in Nepali, interpreted in Nepali, all legal proceedings and processes involve everything in Nepali language and also during the translation from Nepali to English, usage of words differ from one author to another. Even the Nepal Law Commission puts a header "Unofficial English" on the right side of the english version of any legislation. The same has been used here to remind you of the matter. It's just for the sake of CA course that laws have to be read and exams given in English, rest if you need to work in real world, you need to have a good grasp over reading and interpretation skills in Nepali, which of course can be developed over time. But in India, laws are made in English as their official language is English, so reading and writing about laws in English is useful there, not here practically.
  • The first column of the notes is Section Number, second column is Heading, third column is Elaboration and the fourth column contains the Comments/ Remarks
  • In few places, comments section consists of wordings like "some Nep to Eng translations of the act contains" is used to not let you go into confusion while reading some translations by respected authors/ faculties where somewhere there are errors and somewhere the choice of word is different but the meaning is same because Nepali language is very rich and a single word can have multiple corresponding translation in English
  • Chief Executive (CE) is used all over the document because the definition of CE in section 2 itself provides that CE means the CEO appointed u/s 57 who has received the responsibilities of conducting the administrative, managerial or business operations of the insurer
  • Chapter 19 [Actions, Offenses & Punishments] of the act is not included in this summary notes
  • Wordings such as "do or cause to" is used which denotes do or cause to do the same by any means or by anybody else. This wording is used in shortcut to make the summary as short and small and easy as possible
  • Words like "may" / "can" and "shall" are highlighted (bold + underlined + italics somewhere) to put emphasis on the point that whether that action / activity should be compulsorily done or whether the entity / person / body / agency "may" do it if it wants to
  • The name of the directives, manuals, guidelines, procedures in the remarks column of the notes are issued by the former Beema Samiti
  • Remember that there is no rigid and specific word-to-word translation requirement. You can use wordings which you feel easy with. Usage of complex legal wordings is needed only somewhere. So, the note here has tried to simplify the legal language by breaking it into various lines, presenting in bullets & numbering, etc. which shrinks hectic and lengthy sections, subsections and clauses into small summary


So what's the benefit of studying laws in english?

Of course, you will expand your vocabulary with plenty of English and Latin legal words and also you might be able to draft reports, pass on advices in English language to your non-Nepali clients or those who require English by default. But, even to be able to do so, you need to surf down the authentic bare Nepali legal document to confirm what you are passing out. The acts passed by the federal parliament, orders and ordinances issued, regulations passed by the government, various important governmental decisions, etc. are authentic which are published by the मुद्रण विभाग (Department of Printing of the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology of the Federal Government [Government of Nepal]) in the नेपाल राजपत्र (Nepal Gazette). Also, remember that there are Provincial Gazettes for each of the seven provinces and also Local Gazettes of each of the 753 local levels (governments) as per the administrative division of the country via Constitution of Nepal, 2072 and all the documents there are in Nepali. If you need to pursue any legal / professional work, then you should refer to the authentic legal document rather than the unofficial english translations that you find anywhere (including the notes here which is merely for study reference purpose). 


              


PDF note :

Click Here for the Notes>>> Notes     

Click here for Glossary, which you will need very often, so put it aside open in another tab to checkout the abbreviation/ short forms now and then >>  Glossary


Bare Nepali Act : If you would like to read the bare nepali act then you can view the file from the below link:

Bare Nepali Insurance Act, 2079


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Notes & Glossary:

  • [1] In Nepal, the Federal Bills come into enforcement only after being assented by the President and Province Bills only after being assented by the Province Head.
  • All the date used in this article are in Bikram Sambat (B.S.), the national calendar system used in Nepal which is about 56.7 years ahead of the Gregorian calendar system
  • RBS : Rastriya Beema Sansthan
  • IA79 : Insurance Act, 2079
  • PUC : Paid-Up Capital
  • HoR : House of Representatives (The Lower House of the Federal Parliament of Nepal)

SEBONによる2079/80年の資本市場と商品取引所市場の政策とプログラム

  Friday, March 17, 2023 First Gen EMBF Ranger   , ,   No comments
SEBON (ネパール証券取引委員会) [さまざまなウェブサイトのさまざまな作成者によって、SEBIN またはネパール証券取引委員会としばしばタイプミスされる] は、資本市場および商品取引市場に関連する 2079/80 会計年度のポリシーとプログラムを公開しました。


資本市場の手段はまだ発展途上にあり、ネパールではあまり検討されていないことに注意してください。 ネパール証券取引所 (NEPSE) では、株式、社債、社債、国債、ミューチュアル ファンド、優先株式などを取引できます。 空売り、デリバティブ取引など、高度な投資および取引メカニズムはまだネパールに組み込まれていません。2075 年以来、SEBON はプライベート エクイティとベンチャー キャピタルを正式に設立しており、SEBON はそれを Specialized Funds と呼んでいます。

SEBON は、資本市場 (2063 年証券法による) および商品取引所市場 (2074 年商品取引法による) の規制当局です。


ネパール語でこの文書を読むことができます:



同じのpdfドキュメントは、次のリンクからアクセスできます。

ポリシーとプログラムは、連邦政府、州政府、さまざまな業界の規制当局などによって実施されたポリシーと計画されたプログラムを含む文書です。

ドキュメントのいくつかの注目すべき点を以下に示します。
  1. 外国人雇用のために行ったネパール人に10％の留保を提供し、同じために2073年の証券登録および発行規則を修正します（ステータス：これは2079年7月17日から施行されています）
  2. 外国人雇用のネパール人が IPO に申請しやすくするために、ASBA および C-ASBA システムの改善が行われなければならない (ステータス: このような改善は既に行われている)
  3. ICAN から技術支援を受け、提出するさまざまな声明と記録のフォーマットを開発および実装します。
    1. 証券市場 (NEPSE のみ)
    2. 中央保管会社 (CDSC など 1 つのみ)
    3. 上場法人
    4. 証券関係者（証券ブローカー、証券ディーラー、マーチャントバンク、預託参加者、ミューチュアルファンドなどを含む）
  4. 有価証券の登録および承認のために委員会に提出された申請書に対して実装されるメリットベースのファイル承認システム 
  5. AI ベースの RegTech を使用して監視システムを堅牢にし、市場での不正行為を抑止する
これらは、上記のリンクから参照することで簡単に確認できる、文書内にまとめて表示されているリストのほんの一部です。 現在、資本市場と商品取引所市場が何らかの改革と強化を受けて、現在の状況から改善し、より投資家志向で投資家に優しいものになることを期待しています（常にそうあるべきです）。 これは、取締役会の新しい有望なリーダーシップに期待されることです。

@EMBF

用語集と注意事項:

  • ASBA : ブロックされた金額によってサポートされるアプリケーション
  • C-ASBA : ブロックされた量によってサポートされる集中型アプリケーション
  • IPO : 新規株式公開
  • ICAN : ネパール勅許会計士協会（ネパールの会計専門家の規制機関。日本の会計専門家の規制機関である日本公認会計士協会と同じ）
  • NEPSE : ネパール証券取引所
  • CDSC : セントラル デポジトリ サービス アンド クリアリング リミテッド
  • この記事で使用されているすべての日付は、グレゴリオ暦システムより約 56.7 年進んでいるネパールで使用されている国の暦であるビクラム サンバット (BS) です。
  • 現在、農業開発銀行のみが優先株式を発行しています。
  • ネパールでは、すべての民間セクターの社債は無担保で非転換社債です。
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