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Ladies and Gentlemen… from the NY Times Nov 2014… VANTABLACK! Not sure if there are any ink on paper possibilities… but who knows what the future holds. Seems Vantablack would put the 100% K vs CMYK Black debate to rest as far as how to achieve the blackest black!
Gazing Into the Void
What You Can Do With Vantablack, the Darkest Material Ever Made
Earlier this week, Donald Kaufman, an architectural color specialist, declared that the color for November is black. He may be on to something. Recently, Surrey NanoSystems, a high-tech company near Brighton, England, announced its new invention, Vantablack, which it claims is the blackest black ever seen, or, actually, not seen.
Vantablack, for Vertically Aligned NanoTube Array, is made by "growing" carbon nanotubes on a metal surface. (A nanotube is a billionth of a meter thick, or about the width of three gold atoms.) Light is trapped between the tubes and bounces around until it's absorbed, so almost no light gets out.
Vantablack has enthralled not just the tech world but also artists and architects. Ben Jensen, 48, a founder and the chief technology officer of Surrey NanoSystems, spoke by telephone from his laboratory in Newhaven, England, about the material's applications and why it might not be quite right for your home. (This interview has been edited and condensed.)
Q. Why are people so excited about Vantablack?
The coating reflects so little light, three dimensions seem to disappear. When you look at Vantablack on some wrinkled aluminum foil, it looks like a black, flat, featureless void, even with your eyes right up to it. That and the fact that it's the darkest material ever created.
How did all this start?
Growing carbon nanotubes isn't new. But typically they've been grown at a very high temperature: 750 degrees centigrade. That would destroy most underlying materials, so they grew them on things like silicon, diamond and sapphire, which can stand high temperatures. We're building on work to grow nanotubes at a lower temperature for microelectronics.
What's special about carbon nanotubes?
It's almost like an alien material from "Star Trek." Imagine a drinking straw, closed at one end, with a wall one-atom thick. This straw is one-ten-thousandth the diameter of a human hair, but it is 10 times stronger than steel, and 10 times better at conducting heat than copper. It's been known to exhibit what is called "ballistic transport"; electrons travel through it with almost no resistance. Vantablack packs billions of these straws together.
What are some of its uses?
Ultrablack coatings, wiring in microchips, enhancing the strength of components in the aerospace industry, touch screens, ultralight wiring, to name a few.
But it's captured people's imaginations so much, everyone wants to use it: Architects want to create unique optical effects in a building, and to absorb heat and put it out.
It's been announced that the artist Sir Anish Kapoor will be using Vantablack as well.
He has an amazing ability to see things that other people don't, and he's famous for his work in reflections and voids. We never imagined we would be involved with something like that, but his ideas are infectious, and my research scientists love that their work could be used this way. Right now we're restricted to various sizes, but we're planning on going large, room-size, even building-size.
So, if someone walked into a room completely lined in Vantablack, what would it be like?
If there was a light, it would be eerie, like seeing a bulb hanging in free space. You could see another person, but you couldn't perceive the size, shape or depth of the space about you. You couldn't see the floor. It would be totally disorienting. I'm sure you wouldn't want to stay there.
If a Vantablack vase were filled with flowers?
You'd see the silhouette of the vase, but you couldn't see anything in the third dimension, except the flowers, of course.
If you had a circle of Vantablack on your forehead?
You'd look like you had a hole in your head.
Some of the tech blogs have speculated about invisible airplanes.
When I read about making black ninja suits and black aircraft, I just laugh. It's not a reasonable application.
So a middle-aged woman's dream that a little Vantablack dress would make her disappear except for her head and hands is out of the question?
I think the question should be, why would she want a dress that makes her look two-dimensional?
The introduction to the Q&A column last Thursday, about the development of a new material called Vantablack, referred incorrectly to the prefix "nano." It means the billionth part; it is not one-billionth of a meter, which is a nanometer.


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Gove rules out any deal with UKIP
"The Conservatives will not "get into bed" with Nigel Farage by making a deal with the UK Independence Party after the general election, Michael Gove has said. In an interview with The Telegraph, Mr Gove became the first senior Tory to rule out any kind of deal with Mr Farage's party in the event of another hung Parliament. He said that Ukip has now "peaked" and suggested that the party could even be left with no MPs after the election." – Daily Telegraph
- Miliband used to be a blancmange in a hurricane – now he's dangerous – Michael Gove interview Daily Telegraph
- Error strewn UKIP leaflet – Daily Telegraph
- Labour compares UKIP to the BNP – The Guardian
>Yesterday: ToryDiary: The death of the two-party system is much exaggerated
Unemployment falls to seven year low…
"David Cameron has hailed new figures which show unemployment is at a seven-year low – but Labour says too many jobs are part-time. The prime minister said the coalition had overseen a "jobs miracle" and the UK had created more jobs since 2010 than the rest of the EU put together. Unemployment fell by 76,000 to 1.84 million in the three months to February, official statistics show. Labour welcomed the fall, but accused the Tories of ignoring low pay growth." – BBC
- The number in work is at a record level – Daily Mail
…as the IMF praises the long term economic plan
"The head of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, has endorsed the UK government's economic strategy. Speaking at an IMF meeting in Washington she said: "It's obvious what's happening in the UK has worked." Ms Lagarde played down differences between the IMF calculation of the future deficit and the more optimistic one provided by the Office for Budget Responsibility." – BBC
- Osborne has done a "wonderful job" says German Finance Minister – Daily Telegraph
Pensions campaigner Ros Altman to be made Tory peer and Minister
"PENSIONS campaigner Ross Altmann is to be made a Tory minister in a new role to clamp down on unfair mortgage and pension deals. If he is re-elected, David Cameron will make the older people's savings champion and TV commentator a peer so she can join the government. Her first task will be to carry out a major review of financial products to ban sharp practices that leave consumers trapped, such as excess charges." – The Sun(£)
- Tory crackdown on mortgage age discrimination – Daily Telegraph
Daily Telegraph demand the return of the soapbox
"In 1992, when the polls put Labour ahead a week or so into the election, John Major threw away an overly cautious battle-plan and engaged in some old-fashioned soapbox stump oratory. "People say that you cannot do it these days," Sir John said. "It is fashionable to say, for security and other reasons, that you cannot get up on a soapbox. I think you have to – and I am going to do it." Mr Cameron should do the same." – Leader Daily Telegraph
Labour dismay at new Ashcroft polling in Scotland…
"SCOTTISH Labour leader Jim Murphy and election campaign chief Douglas Alexander are poised to lose their seats as the surge in SNP support intensifies, a poll has found. The Nationalists are also on course to seize former Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy's Highland seat and employment minister Jo Swinson's East Dunbartonshire constituency, according to the survey of key Scottish seats…Mr Murphy is now nine points behind the SNP in his East Renfrewshire seat, having been one ahead two months ago, according to polling by Lord Ashcroft." – The Scotsman
- "In a blog analysing his poll, Ashcroft…suggested that some Conservatives could vote tactically for Murphy to keep the SNP out." – The Guardian
>Today: Andy Morrison on Comment: Why I'm relishing the chance of making the moral case for conservatism in Glasgow
>Yesterday: Lord Ashcroft on Comment: My latest poll of marginals shows Jim Murphy losing his seat to the SNP
…not an earthquake – a cataclysm
"Conor Pope, of party supporters' website LabourList, said: 'If previous Ashcroft constituency polling in Scotland could be described as an earthquake, the poll the Tory peer had dropped this afternoon will require an entirely different word. A cataclysm perhaps. 'If this is an earthquake it's certainly not the kind that rattles the windows in the middle of the night, it's the sort that razes whole cities." – Daily Mail
- YouGov has Conservatives and Labour still tied – YouGov
- Conservatives take narrow lead in Survation poll – Mirror
- Robert Hardman meets Scottish voters – Daily Mail
- Patrick Kidd meets voters born in May 1997 – The Times(£)
Sturgeon says SNP MPs will vote on English only legislation
"Politicians who begged Scotland to stay in the Union should not complain if the SNP calls the shots at Westminster after the election, Nicola Sturgeon said last night….She said her MPs – who could number as many as 50 after May 7 – would vote to roll back reform of the NHS in England. Traditionally, Scottish nationalists have not voted on health and matters that do not affect their constituents, since they are controlled in Scotland by the Holyrood parliament…'Our MPs will vote for a bill to restore England's NHS to its founding principles, ensuring it remains the accountable public service it was always meant to be." – Daily Mail
- Labour and SNP could do a deal says Shadow Scottish Secretary – The Sun(£)
- How the Tories can stop Red Ed and the SNP – Leader Daily Mail
- Beware this cynical brand of left wing populism – Dominic Sandbrook Daily Mail
- Deadlock would mean a battle over Miliband's legitimacy – The Guardian
Parris: The Sturgeon/Miliband courtship
"On Thursday night on the BBC a similar courtship ritual could be observed taking place between two politicians, but with this striking difference. It was the lady in the dove-grey jacket coo-cooing with a puffed-out chest, and the gentleman in the dove-grey tie who was being coy. Nicola Sturgeon pranced; Ed Miliband pouted; she strutted; he tutted; but sticks are being gathered for a nest." – Matthew Parris The Times(£)
Wales shows the damage Labour can do warns Cameron
"People in Wales know "more than most the damage Labour can do", David Cameron has warned. The prime minister attacked the Labour Welsh government as he launched the Tories' Welsh manifesto in Powys. "The dragon on our flag may be red, but our country will always be better off blue," he told members in Builth Wells. Mr Cameron added that 52,000 jobs had been created in Wales in five years and the employment rate had risen faster than anywhere else in the UK." – BBC
Boris to move centre stage in the campaign
"Boris Johnson will move centre stage in the Conservative election campaign next week as the party struggles to open up a consistent poll lead over Labour. The London Mayor, who has been largely invisible at a national level despite being the second best known Tory in the country, will make a high-profile joint appearance with David Cameron, sources said. There have been growing calls from Conservative MPs for Mr Johnson to be 'weaponised' as the party seeks to break away from Labour." – Daily Mail
>Today: Tory Diary: Boris. Out and about in Finchley. And Chiswick. And Chippenham. And Stroud. And…
Miliband promises a new unit to stop immigration "dragging down" wages
"A unit to prosecute gangmasters who exploit workers and "drag down" others' wages would be set up under a Labour government, Ed Miliband is to announce. In a speech on immigration, he will also say all healthcare professionals should speak good English." – BBC
- Only 12 per cent of Labour candidates have Miliband's face included on their leaflets – The Sun(£)
Labour want to "get rid" of Trident says Shadow Minister
"Labour wants to scrap Trident but is being held back because of the dangerous times Britain currently faces, a shadow cabinet minister has told voters. Owen Smith, the shadow welsh secretary, said Labour wants to "get rid" of the nuclear deterrent but there is "fear" about the reaction. The comments will trigger fears that Labour will reverse its public opposition to scrapping Trident if it wins office and circumstances change. Labour has committed to maintaining the continuous at sea deterrent in its manifesto but a review of Trident is due to take place in 2016." – Daily Telegraph
Falconer briefs civil service on Labour's plans
"Ed Miliband will reinstate the 50p rate of tax within weeks and grab more powers for Downing Street if he becomes prime minister, The Times has learnt. The measures are among a list of draft bills already handed to Sir Jeremy Heywood, the cabinet secretary, as Labour makes plans for a new administration. Mr Miliband wants strengthen the Downing Street machine as he seeks to assert his authority over Whitehall and the Treasury in particular, according to Lord Falconer of Thoroton, his adviser on a transition to government." – The Times(£)
Axelrod says the Conservatives are "increasingly panic-stricken"
"An overconfident Tory campaign has lost its energy and momentum, with Ed Miliband proving resilient under pressure, according to Labour's US political guru. David Axelrod, a former campaign strategist for Barack Obama and now Labour's hired hand, said the Tories "keep pushing buttons that are not working", which is leading them to "lurch from tactic to tactic". In an interview with the Guardian, Axelrod said Labour's principal opponents had entered the year with "a kind of cocksuredness predicated on the belief they could caricature Miliband and caricature the Labour party" and "their failure to do so had left them "increasingly panic stricken"." – The Guardian
Ulster Unionist Party calls for tax cuts
"The Ulster Unionist Party has said tax reductions and extra money for mental health will be part of its price for joining any coalition government. The party will seek VAT rate cuts for property repairs and the hospitality industry. However, it insisted there would be no "begging bowl" approach to negotiations during a hung parliament. Leader Mike Nesbitt said he would be prepared to work with the Conservatives or Labour." – BBC
BBC TV debate audience was unbalanced
"The BBC initially refused to disclose the political make-up of the audience but eventually released figures late yesterday. Of the 200-strong audience, about 58 were Conservative or Ukip supporters while about 102 backed left-leaning parties – Labour, the Lib Dems, SNP, Plaid Cymru or the SNP. The rest – 40 – described themselves as undecided." – Daily Mail
- I'm voting Conservative says Charlotte the TV questioner – The Times(£)
Keir Starmer challenged over CPS shambles
"The collapse of yesterday's Old Bailey trial will raise question marks about the judgment of the Labour darling who took a central role in the disastrous and misguided prosecutions of journalists. Keir Starmer, who ran the Crown Prosecution Service for five years, was in charge when Operation Elveden began its tainted 'witch hunt' into tabloid journalists. Starting with dawn raids on suspects' homes, mass arrests and long periods of bail, it ended in not guilty verdicts – and will now prompt a fresh examination of the tenure of the most controversial DPP of modern times." – Daily Mail
Call to do more to help the Kurds defeat ISIS
"A British volunteer fighting against Isis forces in northern Syria has called on David Cameron to do more to help the Kurds in their push against the extremist jihadists. Macer Gifford, from Oxford, said Britain needs to help the Kurds because they are willing to put "boots on the ground" to take on Isis and because "it is the right thing to do". He urged the Prime Minister to waive concerns about upsetting Turkey, which has been struggling against Kurdish separatist forces for decades, and to provide hardware and political backing to the Kurds." – The Independent
- Former Conservative councillor fighting for the Kurds – Daily Telegraph
"Don't vote" Muslims are told
"Dozens of posters urging Muslims not to vote in the general election have been removed by council workers after they appeared on city lampposts and bus stops overnight. The yellow, official-looking warning posters posted in Cardiff carried a large exclamation mark and the hashtag #DontVote4ManMadeLaw. They state: "Democracy is a system whereby man violates the right of Allah." The posters went up across Grangetown, the suburb of the Welsh capital which is home to at least three teenagers who have travelled to Syria to fight with Islamic State." – The Times(£)
- 24 per cent of Asian voters undecided – BBC
Moore: Conservatives must champion opportunity
"Opportunity is not growing in modern Britain. It costs about three times more to buy your first house, in real terms, than it did 30 years ago, and it takes longer to find one. It is harder to get well-educated if your parents cannot afford to pay for it (though Michael Gove improved this situation before being punished for his courage and moved on). My generation was the first of which a sizeable percentage owned shares. Now we look as if we shall be the last…The Tories are talking, rightly, of security. But security is earned by opportunity taken, and opportunity is stuttering." Charles Moore Daily Telegraph
News in brief
- Christian Peoples Alliance launches manifesto – BBC
- HSBC launch mortgage war – Daily Mail
- Janner continued speaking in Lords after dementia diagnosis – Daily Mail
- Another increase in number using food banks expected – The Independent


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Welcome to 3 Things Thursday!
1. Just because I know you're wondering... only 9 days until my first marathon!!
Up until recently I was so nervous, but now I'm just excited! It's a great course for first timers, mostly flat, and the weather is supposed to be cloudy and 53. (I know that could change) I think this weekend I'm going to buy a new running outfit. I'm tired of my few running clothes and think this calls for something new!
2. My girl, Gina, recently did a review on Huma Energy Gels, and said that Ian, one of the founders, was looking for someone else to review them and would I be interested. YES! I had heard so much about them, so was very excited for the opportunity to try them.
He sent me a sample pack of Apples & Cinnamon and Strawberry. I took them with me on my 20 mile run and loved them! I love that they're all natural, healthy, no chemicals or preservatives. You can actually pronounce all of the ingredients. They base the gels on Chia Seeds, to bring you a superfood burst of nutrients! So you might think with all the healthy stuff, they might not taste very good...but they do! They have great texture and the flavor is not too sweet or 'cough syrupy' at all. You should try them! Go here to order, like them on Facebook, or follow them on Twitter!
3. Today is day #4 on Weight Watchers, and it's going great! We've been having lovely weather, I had an awesome 5 mile run Monday night, and then took a spin class Tuesday night. I plan on going to spin again tonight. I just love spin class! Something about dripping sweat and that feeling of exhaustion is SO exhilarating! I am so thankful for the ability to exercise! (I know that sounds weird, but it really is addicting!)
My daycare babies and me enjoying the gorgeous weather!
QOTD: Have you tried Huma Gel?
What's your weather like? I know a lot of places in the East are getting snowstorms!


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The Institute is organized as research groups and education programs, and has not maintained strong department boundaries. However, faculty can be broadly grouped according to their disciplines which are given below. Apart from those listed below, the institute also has a number of Guest, Adjunct and Visiting faculty members in various disciplines. They can be found on this page.
Click below to display faculty members from a specific discipline.
Assistant Professor (ECE, CSE)
PhD (2012), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Information Forensics and Security, Multimedia Signal Processing, Visual Surveillance and Deep Learning.
Assistant Professor (SSH)
PhD (2018), King's College, London
Social scientist with an interest in theories of the 'public sphere,' digital citizenship and civic media in India
Assistant Professor (HCD)
PhD (2017), Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta
Wearable Computing, Design Research, Education Technology
(on Leave)
Assistant Professor (CSE, ECE)
PhD (2009), University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Mobile Sensing, Approximation Algorithms, Environmental Monitoring, Low Cost Technologies.
Professor (ECE)
PhD (2003), IIT-Delhi
OFDM based Optical Core and Access Networks, Long Reach PONs, Optical Wireless Communication Systems, Fi-Wi Architectures, Optical Signal Processing, Green Telecom Networks
(On Sabbatical)
Associate Professor (ECE)
PhD (2012), University of British Columbia
Compressed Sensing, Low-rank matrix recovery, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Color Imaging
Professor (ECE)
PhD (2006), IIT-Delhi
Statistical Signal Processing, Biomedical Signal and Image Processing, Higher education policy and Assessment.
Assistant Professor (ECE)
PhD (2015), IIT-Delhi
Ultra Low Power In-Memory Compute for edge computing and machine learning applications, Safety and security in hardware,Error resilient energy efficient systems.
Associate Professor (Math)
PhD (2006), Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
Algebraic Coding Theory, Number Theory and Algebra.
Assistant Professor (CB)
PhD (2018), CSIR-IGIB
Deciphering the mechanism of CRISPR-Cas9, Elucidating molecular interactions in the reverse cholesterol pathway, Structural genomic problems
Assistant Professor (CSE)
PhD (2016), Arizona State University, USA
Cyber Security, Reinforcement Learning and IoT
Assistant Professor (Math)
PhD (2018), The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.
Partial Differential Equations
Assistant Professor (CSE)
PhD (2009), Boston University, USA
Quantum Computing, Complexity Theory, Algorithms, Cryptography
Assistant Professor (CB, CSE)
PhD (2014), Jadavpur University
Computational genomics, Machine Learning
Associate Professor (CSE, Math)
PhD (2008), Korea University, Korea
Cryptography, Cryptanalysis, Cyber Security, Information Theory
Head, Professor (CB)
PhD (1996), Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh.
Development of open source resources, Application of machine learning techniques, Genome based-techniques
Associate Professor (CB)
PhD (2007), CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology
Complex Systems, Computational and Systems Biology, Complex Networks, Bioinformatics
Assistant Professor (CB)
PhD (2015), University of Cologne, Germany
Identification, deorphanization and characterization of ectopically expressed GPCRS
Assistant Professor (SSH)
PhD (2017), Iowa State University
Natural Resource & Agricultural Economics, Ecological Economics, Applied Econometrics, Industrial Organization, Applied Game Theory, Spatial Analyses, Remote Sensing
Assistant Professor (ECE)
PhD (2019), Wireless Communications, CEA-LETI and Telecom ParisTech, France
Stochastic geometry, millimeter-wave communications, 5G network planning, and signal processing for 5G waveforms
Assistant Professor (HCD)
DPhil (2012), University of Oxford
Human-Centred Robotics and Artificial Intelligence, Design Methodology, and Participatory Innovation of Emerging Technologies
Assistant Professor (CSE, HCD)
PhD (2018), Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Spain
Human-Robot Interaction, Affective Computing and Machine Learning
Assistant Professor (Math)
PhD (2015), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Applied and Computational Analysis, Geometry and Topology
Assistant Professor (SSH)
PhD (2018), Washington State University
Microeconomics, game theory, industrial organization, environmental economics and behavioral economics
Head, Assistant Professor (SSH)
PhD (2013), LUISS University, Rome
Ethics of digital dissent, digital citizenship, whistle blowing, civil disobedience, secrecy, and epistemic injustice.
Professor (CSE)
PhD (2008), West Virginia University, USA
Biometrics, Computer Vision, Image Processing, Information Fusion
(on Leave)
Associate Professor (ECE)
PhD (2009), Cardiff University, UK
RF Measurements, PA Design and Linearization, RF Systems, Software Defined Radio
Assistant Professor (Math)
PhD (2018), Old Dominion University, Virginia, USA
Count data and statistical modeling
Professor (CSE)
PhD (1995), Indian Institute of Technology - Bombay, India
Information integration, Master data management, AI based entity analytics, big data analytics and applications, and blockchain data management
(on Leave)
Assistant Professor (CSE)
PhD (2016), IIT-Bombay
wireless networks and mobile computing
Assistant Professor (CSE)
PhD (2010), Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
Computer graphics, volume rendering, 3D reconstruction
(On Sabbatical)
Distinguished Professor (CSE)
PhD (1985), University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, USA
Software Engineering, Fault Tolerance, Distributed Systems.
Assistant Professor (SSH)
PhD (2017), IIT Delhi
Demographic Anthropology, Family and Kinship, Transnationalism, Gender and Technology and Media Representation
Assistant Professor (CSE)
PhD (2018), IIT-Delhi
System security, safe languages, virtualization and dynamic/static techniques to build systems
Professor (CSE)
PhD (2009), Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Cyber Crime, Cyber/Information Security, Privacy, Human Computer Interaction
Associate Professor (ECE)
PhD (2012), IIT- Delhi
Optimization for signal processing & communications
Head (HCD), Professor (CSE, HCD)
PhD (2004), Inria-Rennes, University de Rennes 1, France
Mobile Systems and Applications, Middleware, ICT for Development
Associate Professor (CSE)
PhD (2011), University of Nebraska - Lincoln, USA
Software Engineering, Program Analysis, Runtime Verification, Specification Mining, Automatic Program Repair
Head (Math), Associate Professor (CSE, Math)
PhD (2007), University of Iowa, USA
Algorithms, Graphs, Combinatorial Optimization
Assistant Professor (CSE, HCD)
PhD (2017), National University of Singapore, Singapore
Multimedia, Natural Language Processing, Computer Vision, Machine Learning
Assistant Professor (SSH)
PhD (2015), Pennsylvania State University
Communication and Cooperation in Games, Political Economy and Market Design
Director and Professor (ECE)
PhD (1995), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
Secure communications, coding theory, 5G security, wireless security, physical layer security and broadband wireless access.
Assistant Professor (ECE)
PhD (2015), Indian Institute of Science
Causal Inference, Survival analysis, and sparsity in Bayesian neural networks
Professor (CSE)
PhD (2008), West Virginia University, USA
Biometrics, Machine Learning, Pattern Recognition
Assistant Professor (CSE, ECE)
PhD (2013), Rutgers University, NJ, USA
Computer Vision, Image and Scene Understanding, Robust Statistical Methods, Pattern Recognition, Machine Learning
Assistant Professor (CSE)
PhD (2014), Columbia University, USA
Network Anonymity and Privacy, Network Surveillance and Anti-Censorship and Network and Distributed Systems Security
Assistant Professor (Math)
PhD (2012), IIT Bombay
Finite Fields and Combinatorics
Assistant Professor (ECE)
PhD (2017), University of New South Wales
Space vehicle guidance, navigation and control, orbit determination, GNSS-based navigation, non-linear dynamics and estimation algorithms
Associate Professor (ECE)
PhD (2011), Rutgers University, USA
Wireless Systems, Vehicular Networks, Delay Tolerant Networks, Disaster Management, Intelligent Transportation
Assistant Professor(Math)
PhD (2013), The Pennsylvania State University
Mathematical Logic - intuitionistic logic and paraconsistent logics
Assistant Professor (Math)
PhD (2009), University of South Carolina.
Multiscale models and robust numerical algorithms for complex systems
Assistant Professor (ECE)
PhD (2016), IIT Delhi
Ultra-thin and high-efficiency photovoltaics, Strong light-matter interaction in photonic crystals
Assistant Professor (ECE)
PhD (2019), IIT-Delhi
Adaptive control for uncertain switched systems, online approximate optimal control using reinforcement learning based solutions, adaptive backstepping control
Assistant Professor (Math)
PhD (2017), Pennsylvania State University
Dynamical systems and ergodic theory
Associate Professor (ECE)
PhD (2009), University of Texas at Austin
Radar \ Antennas
Associate Professor (ECE)
PhD (2012), IIT-Delhi
Nanoelectronics, Exploratory Electronic Devices, Energy-Efficient Systems, VLSI Design and Verification and CAD for VLSI.
Assistant Professor (Math)
PhD (2018), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
Number theory, in particular analytic number theory, L-functions, distribution of sequences modulo one
Assistant Professor (SSH)
PhD (2012), Georg August University, Goettingen, Germany
Role of attention in visual processing, studying mechanisms of emotion and motion perception
Assistant Professor (SSH)
PhD (2014), Pennsylvania State University
Political economy, microfinance and economics of digital marketing
Associate Professor (CB)
PhD (2004), IIT- Madras
Systems biology, Cell division cycle, Circadian rhythms, Computational cognitive neuroscience
Assistant Professor (CSE)
PhD (2017) Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata
Symmetric-key Cryptanalysis, lattice-based cryptography, blockchains and random graphs
Head, Associate Professor (ECE)
PhD (2012), Washington State University
Multi-core processor architectures, Wireless network on-chip, Emerging interconnection technologies for multi-core chips
Assistant Professor (ECE)
PhD (2013), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore
Intelligent, Reconfigurable and Self-sustainable wireless radio, Machine learning for wireless networks, Algorithms to architectures
Assistant Professor (CSE)
PhD (2015), IIT-Delhi
Theoretical computer science and discrete optimization
Assistant Professor (CSE)
PhD (2015), IIT Kharagpur
Network Science, Data Mining and Data-driven Cybersecurity, Natural Language Processing
Assistant Professor (CB)
PhD (2014), CSIR-IGIB,
Biomedical Informatics, AI in Healthcare, Systems and Networks Medicine
Assistant Professor (CSE)
PhD (2016), Wright State University, Dayton, OH, USA
Knowledge Graphs/Semantic Web, Ontology modeling and reasoning, Linked Data, Big Data
Assistant Professor (SSH)
PhD (2013), Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
ICTs and Society, Information Literacy, Data Literacy, E-Health, M-health, Social media for Health
Assistant Professor (CB)
PhD (2007), Helsinki University of Technology (now Aalto), Finland
Genomics, statistical signal processing, structural biology
Head, Associate Professor (CSE)
PhD (2009), IIT- Delhi
Databases, Data Privacy and Security
Associate Professor (ECE)
PhD (2011), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Device-to-device communication, Visible Light Communication, Hybrid VLC-RF architecture, Proof-of-concept testbeds and experimental validation
Assistant Professor (CSE)
PhD (2014), Research School of Computer Science, Australian National University
Parallel programming models and runtime systems
Visiting Faculty
Abhijit Mitra
(DST Inspire Faculty)
PhD (2017), under joint Indo-UK collaboration between IIT Delhi and British Telecom (BT), UK in the area of Elastic Optical Networks.
Elastic Optical Networks, Passive Optical Networks and integrated wireless infrastructure, Quantum Key Distribution
Swapna Purandare
(Ramanujan Fellow SERB-DST)
PhD (2014), University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
Evolutionary Ecology, Biodiversity Conservation, Bioinformatics, NGS, eDNA, Metagenomics
Acushla Saraswat
PhD (2018), University of Mumbai
Differential Geometry, with an emphasis on the study of the Laplacian
Amrit Srinivasan
PhD, University of Cambridge, UK
The comparative study of knowledge and culture; violence, civil society and the state; sustainability and lifestyle change; women's work, family and the professions; Information Technology and the Indian service economy.
Anoop Ratn
BFA, Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidhyapeeth, Varanasi.
Animation Film Making, Gaming, Concept Arts
Anupam Saronwala
MS in Computer Engineering from Syracuse University
Charter Member of TiE and a member of Indian Angel Network
Bijendra Nath Jain
(Visiting Distinguished Professor)
PhD (1975) SUNY, Stony Brook (NY)
Computer Networks and Systems, including Wireless Networks, Ad hoc and Sensor Networks and in Information Security
Brijesh Eshpuniyani
PhD (2003), Purdue University
Fluid Mechanics, Transition & Turbulence.
C. Anantaram
PhD, IIT Bombay, Mumbai.
Knowledge systems, Natural language processing for business applications, Artificial development, and Formal concept analysis
G.S. Visweswaran
Retired Professor from IIT-Delhi
CAD of VLSI, Design of Digital, Analog and Mixed Signal VLSI Circuits
Indrani De Parker
PhD (per.), IIT- Mumbai
Indrani De Parker is an alumnus of the National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad. She is a communication designer and design educator.
Manohar Khushalani
Bacherlor in Civil Engineering from BITS Pilani Courses on 3D Modelling and Finite Element analysis from IIT, Delhi
Former Director, Environment and Sociology, at the National Water Academy, Khadakwasla, & Member Secretary, National Environmental Monitoring Committee for River Valley Projects
Naveen Prakash
PhD (1980) IIT Delhi
Data Warehouse Requirements Engineering, Information Systems for the Internet of Things, and Business Rules for Requirements Specification
Pankaj Vajpayee
President Value Research India (P) Ltd. MBA (Finance) - University of Delhi; 1993 B.Tech - IIT Delhi - 1990
Has over 24 years of corporate experience primarily in the field of investment banking and portfolio investment advisory activities.
Payel C Mukherjee
(Lecturer - SSH)
PhD (2016), IIT Gandhinagar
Theories of Cosmopolitanism, Home, and History of Ideas in South Asian Studies
Rahul Mohanani
PhD (Candidate), empirical software engineering group (M3S) at the University of Oulu, Finland
Human aspects of Software Engineering, Intertemporal Preferences in Technical Debt
Samaresh Chatterji
PhD (1979), Wayne State University, Detroit
Former Dean - Academic Programs, DA-IICT, Gandhinagar Abstract Algebra, Graph Theory [Since Jan 2013]
Shweta Singh
Theories of reasons in moral decision making, Interplay of moral particularism in Buddhist Ethics, and philosophy of critical thinking
Sumit Mediratta
PhD, University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles
Efficient Computing Systems, Real-time Computer Vision, Biomedical Engineering
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PhD (2019), IIT-Delhi
Identity Studies, Urban Sociology, Migration Studies, Visual Anthropology, Media and Society, Sociology of Space and Food


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Chimney Caps
Chimney Caps
Why Do I Need A Chimney Cap?
Chimney Repair - Chimney Covers
Are you an animal lover? part 2
Are you an animal lover? part 1
As we begin to enjoy the warmer weather of Spring, homeowners should remember this is the time of year that our local wildlife in our residential communities are looking for a good place to build a nest and raise their young. Your chimney, if left open to entry from outside, is an attractive looking place for raccoons, squirrels and birds to build their nests.
A chimney without a cap
Total Coverage Chimney Caps
Animal in the chimney
One of the great misunderstandings in the world of woodstoves is how creosote fits into the picture. Contrary to popular belief, creosote is not an inevitable product of wood burning. Creosote forms when wood is burned incompletely, and is an indication of improper use, poor installation, or a poor wood stove design.


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Hand sanitizers have grown to become an essential part of everyday living in the home, at school, in the workplace, and even when you're taking care of shopping at the supermarket. Using these products can greatly reduce your odds of getting sick or spreading illness thanks to their ability to kill the germs and bacteria on hands at first contact. We've chosen the following best hand sanitizers because they quickly eliminate up to 99.9 percent of the germs and bacteria you come into contact with throughout the day. They're all formulated with minimal to no alcohol content which prevent skin from over-drying and each one is gentle enough for use on even sensitive skin types.
Purell Hand Sanitizer
Keep your hands feeling fresh and clean with Purrel hand sanitizer. This low alcohol hand sanitizer eliminates 99.9 percent of germs without the sticky residue left behind by lesser hand sanitizers. Read Full Review
For the best hand sanitizer out there, reach for this top rated pick from Purrel. Formulated with minimal alcohol, this hand sanitizer won't leave your hands feeling sticky, dried out, or saturated with strong fragrances. Capable of killing 99.9 percent of the germs picked up on your hands throughout the day, this product comes with a handy dispenser so you can pump out as much as you need. Available in a variety of sizes, you can keep this hand sanitizer on hand where you need it most from your workplace to the glove box in your car.
EO Essential Oil Products Organic Lavender Hand Sanitizer
If you're looking for an alternative to chemical-heavy hand sanitizers, consider this hand sanitizer from EO products. This pick moisturizes and hydrates hands with natural Jojoba oils and vegetable glycerin while an infusion of essential lavender oil awakens the senses. Read Full Review
Formulated with natural Jojoba oils, Eo Essential Oil Products Organic Lavender Hand Sanitizer leaves hands feeling moisturized while it works to wipe out 99.9 percent of germs. This pick features vegetable glycerin which works to naturally hydrate your skin so hands never feel dried out. And unlike other hand sanitizers which leave a synthetic smell behind, this pick is infused with the invigorating scent of organic lavender to soothe and refresh the senses. Available in a variety of forms including spray, gel, and wipes, this pick is ideal for individuals looking for a natural hand sanitizing option.
Germ-X Original Hand Sanitizer
Germ X delivers sanitizing results in as little as 15 seconds to kill 99.9 percent of germs. A convenient pump lets you dispense as much product as you need for refreshing your hands or wiping down surfaces in either the home or public spaces. Read Full Review
If you need a simple and effective hand sanitizer in your life, Germ-X should do the job nicely. This pick has been clinically proven to efficiently wipe out 99.9 percent of germs in as few as 15 seconds. The bottle features a large pump which you can use to dispense the preferred amount of sanitizer and it can also be refilled to cut down on waste. The small bottle is easy to take with you on the go meaning you won't ever have to worry about keeping your hands fresh and clean. Use this sanitizer whenever and wherever to keep your hands clean or wipe down surfaces notorious for germs like shopping cart handles or door knobs.
Dial Antibacterial Hand Sanitizer
This hand sanitizer from Dial is formulated to take out 99.9 percent of germs and bacteria yet is gentle enough to use on sensitive skin. This product is available in a variety of refreshing scents and features a convenient pump to dispense the correct amount every time. Read Full Review
Dial offers you a classic go-to product for killing 99.9 percent of germs and bacteria lurking around in your everyday life. Formulated to be gentle on even sensitive or allergy-prone skin, this hand sanitizer is still effective enough to cleanse and refresh your hands with every use. This pick is also available in a variety of fresh scents to invigorate your senses versus the harsh chemical scents of lesser hand sanitizers. The bottle is designed with a handy pump so you can dispense however much you need and the bottle can be refilled if desired.
SkinWear Hand Sanitizer
Capable of killing 99.9 percent of germs up to eight hours after application, this hand sanitizer is capable of performing under even the most demanding situations. Silicon-free and high in water content, it leaves hands feeling smooth and refreshed after every use. Read Full Review
SkinWear Hand Sanitizer stands out for its ability to continue killing 99.9 percent germs and bacteria for up to eight hours after application. Featuring a non-alcohol base, this silicon-free hand sanitizer bonds to skin to reduce the loss of your skin's natural oils and moisture, avoiding the dry-feeling other products are infamous for. The high water content also ensures hands are left feeling cool and refreshed after use. The persistent nature of this hand sanitizer allows it to hold up to even the most demanding of situations whether at work or in the home.


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The SharePoint User Group of DC/VA is hosting their second conference. I will be delivering the keynote at this conference as well as repeating my SharePoint Conference 2008 session on Enforcing Governance By Provisioning Sites with Workflow. The conference is confirmed for Friday and Saturday, June 27-28, 2008 at the Holiday Inn , Washington Dulles [MAP] in Sterling, Virginia. The following site has all the details: http://www.sugdc.org/index_conf1.cfm
Three Tracks...
Presentations will loosely be categorized under 3 headlines and aligned to roles listed.
1. SP Development and Design [SP Developers],
2. SP Administration [New and Experienced SP Administrators], and
3. SP Management and Governance [Business Unit Managers, Users, and SP Project Managers].
Confirmed Speakers...
In no particular order:
-- Ed Hild, Microsoft (Keynote), [ CV ]
-- Vanessa L. Williams (Plenary Keynote)
-- Gary Blatt, SharePoint Resources
-- Dale C Clarke, MBCS, Clarke Group, LLC [ CV ]
-- Geetha Edala, PHE
-- Sherry Grayson, Bechtel Corporation [ CV ]
-- Kevin Fox, Trinity Consulting [ CV ]
-- Sahil Malik, MVP, Author [ CV ]
-- John Stover, MVP, Author [ CV ]
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Thursday, 17 September 2009
Photo : Andrew Ross
Scotland's national dance company celebrates the opening of its new home
Minister for Culture, External Affairs and the Constitution Mike Russell, Scottish Ballet Principal Claire Robertson, and Scottish Ballet Mid-Associate Scott McKenzie celebrate the official opening of Scottish Ballet's brand new custom built premises at Tramway.
To mark this historic moment for Scottish Ballet, which celebrates its 40th anniversary this month, Mr Russell unveiled the donor wall, engraved with the names of those who contributed financially to the Tramway project.
Photo : Andrew Ross
Claire Robertson's dazzling jewel-encrusted costume is from George Balanchine's Rubies, a piece which will be performed by the Company as part of Scottish Ballet's 40th Anniversary Season, which tours to London and across Scotland throughout October. Twelve-year-old Scott McKenzie, from Dum, is a member of Scottish Ballet's celebrated Associate Programme, a training scheme which prepares young people with an aptitude for movement for a career in dance.
Culture Minister Michael Russell said:
"I was delighted to learn in May that Scottish Ballet had succeeded in reaching its Tramway Appeal fundraising target and that our national dance company would finally be moving to the purpose-built premises it deserves. The strides Scottish Ballet is making in its educational programmes will encourage talented Scottish-based dancers to train and remain here in Scotland. With a diverse programme, the Company is making culture and the arts more accessible to the people of Scotland whilst further enhancing Scottish Ballet's international reputation. This collaboration between Scottish Ballet and the Tramway Theatre shows how partnerships between cultural organisations can reap great rewards."
I will have much more for you from the Company as they begin their 40th Anniversary Season.
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Baryshnakov danced at the Hawaii theatre last weekend!ReplyDelete
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Cloudia - AND...... what was he like ? What did he dance ? Did you enjoy it ? Aloha !ReplyDelete
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What a fantastic achievement and a way forward for the rest of the country maybe.ReplyDelete
thank you for sharing this and posting . Have a great evening .ReplyDelete
i just love ballet! the men in the top post are hilarious!ReplyDelete
Adele - couldn't agree more !ReplyDelete
phonelady - you too
Mademoiselle Frou-Frou - then you are in good compnay here.
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MILAN March 6, 2012 – Gucci is pleased to announce that it is extending its relationship with Charlotte Casiraghi, who will be the protagonist of the House's new "Forever Now" advertising campaign series conceived by Creative Director Frida Giannini in collaboration with Ms. Casiraghi. Over the course of the next two years the new campaign will see Charlotte Casiraghi portrayed by four of the world's most respected fashion and portrait photographers in a series of sittings celebrating the House's renowned icons.
The first portraits tell the story of Gucci's signature green and red stripe through the lens of Peter Lindbergh. Shot against the backdrop of a stable, the intimate photographs of Ms. Casiraghi evoke founder Guccio Gucci's fascination with the art of riding. It was Guccio Gucci who appropriated the green and red stripe from the canvas girth strap of the horse's saddle. In the Fifties he first applied these colors to the trim and detailing of luggage and travel trunks, since then the stripe with its unmistakable colors has become an immediate visual reference to the House of Gucci.
Commenting on the new collaboration Frida Giannini said, "Over the last two years I have had the pleasure and privilege to get to know Charlotte through our shared passion for horses. She not only embodies the beauty and the grace of the equestrian, but is also a wonderful ambassador for the sport. While designing her riding wardrobe, I have gained an appreciation for her innate ability to combine family traditions with a uniquely modern attitude. I am delighted to be able to celebrate Gucci's icons of heritage with someone who is so connected to the history and essence of this House. Charlotte brings the spirit of Gucci to life so elegantly."
Charlotte Casiraghi said, "There was a great synergy while working with Frida and her team to elaborate this unique collaboration with Gucci and we all really had the same desire to make it something special and creative. I admire Frida's talent as a designer and she has really managed to reinvent the codes of Gucci by giving them a modern twist and a timeless elegance. It is also very exciting for me to have the opportunity to work with some of the best photographers in the world to celebrate Gucci's heritage."
The new "Forever Now" campaign will appear worldwide from March 7th, 2012, running in newspapers and fashion and lifestyle magazines complementing the House's seasonal fashion campaigns. The first "Forever Now" advertising campaign series was launched in Autumn 2010, in the run up to Gucci's 90th anniversary, and featured original black and white photography of Gucci's Florentine Artisans from its Archive.
Founded in 1921, Gucci has long been associated with and inspired by the sporting glamour of the equestrian world. Various symbols – from the horsebit to the striped girth strap – have become iconic symbols since Guccio Gucci first appropriated them in his designs.
Today, this legacy continues with Frida Giannini's special equestrian designs for Charlotte Casiraghi. The riding wardrobe Giannini has created for Ms. Casiraghi is highly technical but luxurious and features distinctive bearings of the House's own heritage, including the houses iconic green and red colors as well as the Gucci Crest and the finest of materials.


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Bucks County News Archives
Local News Outlets
On a scorching late spring morning, Bucks County Commissioners Robert G. Loughery, chairman, Charles H. Martin and Diane M. Ellis-Marseglia, LCSW conducted business June 18 in a converted classroom on the banks of Middletown Township's Lake Luxembourg. Hosted by local service provider Today Inc., the meeting featured the tip from Today CEO John Howell that a nest of bald eagles lurked just over the water in the background. During his welcoming remarks, Mr. Howell told the commissioners that the organization has been serving the community for the last 43 years. He also thanked the commissioners for their support over the last five decades.
The meeting opened with one presentation, a 30-second public service announcement video on the dangers of opiate drug/heroin use that will be shown in five Bucks County movie theater chains during PG-13 and R rated movies in the month of July. Commissioner Marseglia thanked those involved with the project, including Ron Bernstein of Foundations Community Partnership and Diane Rosati of the Bucks County Drug and Alcohol Commission, Inc. "The number one abused drug in Bucks County is heroin," Mrs. Rosati stated. "This is a problem that has taken years to develop." Mrs. Rosati mentioned four initiatives that are in place to address the problem, including the new public service announcement, the bi-annual Medication Take Back events throughout the county, increased access to opiate treatment, and the confidential District Attorney tip line that has been put in place.
The Bucks County Agricultural Land Preservation Program added 42.58 acres to its rolls with the preservation of the 166th farm, the James L. and Gail J. Crooke Farm in Perkasie (Bedminster Township). A hay farm, it lies adjacent to a previously preserved farm and within one mile of 800 previously preserved acres. According to County Agricultural Land Preservation Director Rich Harvey, the farm supplies hay to mushroom growers in Chester County. Chairman Loughery also noted that he drives by the Crooke farm "almost every day on my way to work." The farm preservation lifts the County total to 13,936 acres with a goal of 17,000 by the conclusion of 2017.
For the Emergency Communications/Narrowbanding Project, the board unanimously approved a 15-year, $379,417.84 (plus utilities, taxes and road maintenance) contract for a tower site in Buckingham Township to deploy and install emergency radio equipment. The commissioners hailed the contract as a key component of the narrowbanding conversion that is ongoing.
County Emergency Health Director Jeryl DeGideo thanked the board for approving a pair of contract, one a $27,407.75 agreement with Safeware, Inc. of Landover, MD to purchase Gas Alert Clips for emergency medical service vehicles, and the other a $26,565 contract to provide CPR Meters for emergency medical responders. According to Mrs. DeGideo, "These [devices] are going to save lives."
The General Services portion of the agenda featured 14 items, one of which – a $26,797.50 contract increase for Justice Center construction administration services for April, 2014 – was tabled. The board did approve six change orders for the new Justice Center with project General Contractor Ernest Bock & Sons, Inc. of Philadelphia by a 2-1 margin (Commissioner Marseglia dissented on all six items). Also in the General Services realm, the recent purchase of a Ford hybrid electric vehicle was highlighted. The car was parked outside the meeting room for attendees to view.
In the Human Services realm, the board approved $27.768 million of projected revenue from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Public Welfare. The money is part of the County's participation in the Human Services Block Grant Program. County Chief Operating Officer Brian Hessenthaler stated in his report that county officials are monitoring state budget negotiations over the next several weeks.
Commissioner Marseglia also voted against a pair of Area Agency on Aging (AAA) contracts, one a $10,000 agreement with Lenape Valley Foundation to provide a Senior Empowerment for Life Fulfillment demonstration program and the other a five-year, $750,000 contract renewal through June 30, 2019 for the same program.
For Doylestown Township, the board unanimously signed off on a $310,204 Municipal Open Space grant for a 10.98-acre parcel that lies near Delaware Valley College. Doylestown Township Manager Stephanie Mason thanked the board for the approval, adding, "This will be a wonderful asset to the Open Space program and to Doylestown Township."
During her bi-weekly report, Chief Clerk Lynn T. Bush reminded residents of upcoming opportunities to recycle household hazardous waste and electronic items. Those dates can be accessed through the official county website, www.BucksCounty.org, on the Recycling page.
The next meeting of the Board of Bucks County Commissioners will take place at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, July 16, 2014, at Playwicki Park, Maple Ave., Langhorne, PA. For a complete audio account of the June 18 business meeting, please visit the official county website, www.BucksCounty.org, and click on the "Audio from Last Mtg" link on the home page.


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The open source data masking framework has potential to be exploited in the industry as well as in the scientific domain. Within data masking framework three main concepts can be identified as exploitable.
First is Test data management which can be used to produce test data. Data masking users can make sure employees don't do something wrong with corporate data, like making private data sets public, or moving production data to insecure test environments. In reality, masking data for testing and sharing is almost a trivial subset of the full customer requirement.
The real goal is administration of the entire data security lifecycle – including locating, moving, managing, and masking data. The mature version of today's simpler use case is a set of enterprise data management capabilities which control the flow of data to and from hundreds of different databases or flat files. This capability answers many of the most basic security questions we hear customers ask, such as "Where is my sensitive data?" "Who is using it?" and "How can we effectively reduce the risks to that information?".
Compliance is the second concept and major reason stated by users as reason they need masking products. Unlike most of today's emerging security technologies, Early customers came specifically from finance, but adoption is well distributed across different segments, including particularly retail, telecomm, health care, energy, education, and government. The diversity of customer requirements makes it difficult to pinpoint any one regulatory concern that stands out from the rest. During discussions we hear about all the usual suspects – including PCI, NERC, GLBA, FERPA, HIPAA, and in some cases multiple requirements at the same time. These days we hear about masking being deployed as a more generic control – in form of protection of Personally Identifiable Information (PII), health records, and general customer records, among other concerns; but we no longer see every company focused on only one specific regulation or requirement. Now masking is perceived as addressing a general need to avoid unwanted data access, or to reduce exposure as part of an overall compliance posture.
Third concept is Production Database Protection: While replacement of sensitive data – specifically through ETL style deployments – is by far the dominant model, it is not the only way to protect data in a database. At some firms protection of the production database is the primary goal for masking, with test data secondary. Masking can do both, which makes it attractive in these scenarios. Production data generally cannot be fully removed, so this model redirects requests to masked data where possible.
Within masking solution many masking methods can be used for data obfuscation such as: data shuffling, data substitution, randomizing, nullifying and encryption.


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A 20-Minute Practice That Will Give You Loads More Energy
Do you feel a lull in your energy level at around 3 or 4 p.m.? Do you feel just burnt out at the beginning of the day and does that feeling seem to increase in the afternoon?
As an Ayurveda practitioner, I find that drop in energy in the late afternoon is common and very understandable. Ayurveda is an ancient form of healing from India (commonly referred to as yoga's "sister science"), which recognizes the time between 3 and 5 p.m. as kidney and adrenal time. In Ayurveda, we believe these organs are connected to things like stress and energy. So when you feel a drop in energy or any other common patterns that occur during this time, you should look at them as clues about how those organ systems are doing.
When you start feeling this way, I encourage you to try the practice of yoga nidra, or "yogic sleep," which is about attaining a state of relaxation. While the ancient practice in its original form is a very deep practice that takes time, guidance, and practice to perfect to its truest form, just about anyone can benefit from the basic elements. They can help you to create a calmer nervous system, provide a boost in energy, and give you greater mental focus and clarity.
Perfect for 4 p.m., right? Here's how you do it:
1. Have a yoga mat or small blanket stored near your desk. Fold it in half and place it on the floor next to your chair.
2. Lie on your back with your legs propped up on your chair. (Embarrassed? Just do it and you'll find many others in your office joining you in a week or two!)
3. Begin with your hands on your belly. Breathe deeply into your belly so that your hands rise. Keep your breath slow and relaxed.
4. Take your attention to your right foot. Relax the muscles and nerves of the foot. Move to the right knee, right thigh, and right hip, repeating the relaxation process. Become aware of the whole leg in its relaxed and passive state. Repeat this on your left leg.
5. Take your attention to your genitals, abdomen, chest, and then throat, consciously relaxing the muscles and nerves of each area. Then move to the right arm (beginning with the hand) and left arm.
6. Relax the forehead, the cheeks, the jaw, the crown of the head, and the back of the neck.
7. Breathe deeply. Observe the entire body as a distant observer. Feel the weight of the body on the ground. Watch the breath go into the belly and then out the nose.
8. Slowly become aware of your surroundings and the room you are in. Gently wiggle your toes and fingertips, becoming aware of your body. When you are ready, gently rise and sit up.
9. Rub your hands together and then rub your face. Gently open your eyes.
It is not uncommon for people to actually fall asleep. I certainly did all the time when I started this practice, and have found that it occurs more often the more exhausted I am. Do not feel defeated! It is still not wasted time! I feel more refreshed and vibrant after that short 20-minute nap that begins with the above process than I do after any three-hour nap or cup of coffee. With time you will be able to be conscious more of the time.
If you are unable to lie on the floor, try doing the same practice sitting upright in your chair. If you meet resistance at work, ask your adversaries to just let you try it for a week or two and ask them to see the changes in your mood and productivity for themselves! Also consider hanging a "Do not disturb" sign for those 20 minutes.
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McIntosh County Genealogy Resources
Discover McIntosh County and trace your family history and ancestry with this list of county-specific genealogy resources.Learn More
If you're looking for a small casino with a welcoming atmosphere, visit Creek Nation Casino Eufaula. This casino is open seven days a week and offers a wide variety of monthly promotions. You're sure to find your favorite electronic game amongst the 240 machines. Once you're worked up an appetite, head over to the the Jackpot Grill for a snack. An ATM is located on site for your convenience.


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OPT Challenge
OPT CHALLENGE is the original Functional Fitness Program designed by OPT's team of Physical Therapists. Originated 10 years ago, it has been implemented in Health Clubs, Gyms, High School and in Team Performance Training and is the basis for what we use in our Sports Conditioning programs.
Our Sports Conditioning Programs, which derive from the Gray Institute for Functional Transformation (G.I.F.T., Grayinstitute.com), are in full swing and in use at area high schools, colleges, health clubs and running clubs. Our original program called "Power of Play", featured in the Providence Journal and on WPRI, is an OPT Challenge-like program for kids to combat the crisis of Childhood Obesity and Childhood Depression.
Hundreds of community members have experienced the difference between the 'same old stuff' of other exercise programs, and the OPT Challenge program of Whole Body, Fun and Functional Fitness. Designed to work every part of your body, the program will help, tone, strengthen, increase endurance and energy levels, add agility..and generally help you Get Back in Shape in a self-paced but fun way.
Why the OPT CHALLENGE for YOU?
Done to lively music, the Station-to-Station workout incorporates all the best flexibility and strength components of a research-based and an evidence based FUNCTIONAL FITNESS Workout. Your benefit is a complete and meaningful, self-fulfilling workout that is done under the careful, watchful eye of a licensed Physical Therapist. You get an HOUR of exciting, energy-building and rewarding workout that far outpaces the other programs of single-plane, dull, repetitive isolated movement.
Click on the links below to check out the OPT Challenge Class offered in each location


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Condo Features
- All Rooms Have Spectacular Views of Grand Traverse Bay!
- All Rooms Are Right on the Beautiful, Sandy Beach
- Elevator – 3 Floors
- Most condos equipped with In-Room Whirlpool Tub
- Private Bedroom
- HD Dish Network & Wi-Fi Internet
- Fully Equipped Kitchen
- Daily Housekeeping Services
- Seasonal Heated Outdoor Pool and Spa
- Personal Sundecks Overlooking the Bay (first floor walk-out)
- Vaulted Ceilings (third floor)
- Condominiums sleep four
- Spacious Living- Over 750 SqFt
- Individually Decorated Units
- Professionally Designed Landscape
- Adjacent Boat Launch Facility
- Close to Championship Golf
- Complimentary Use of Fit For You Health Club
- Minutes from Turtle Creek Casino & Traverse City Shopping
General Information
All condominiums rented at The Beach include daily housekeeping services. Linens and towels will be provided as needed. Please bring your own beach towels for beach and pool activities. All rental units have flatscreen TVs with Dish Network HD programming.
Check-In & Check-Out
All guest arrivals and departures are handled at the management office reception desk. Check-in is guaranteed by 4:00 pm.
Check-out time is before 11 am.
You are required to pay your account balance in full 2 weeks prior to your arrival at The Beach Condominiums. Guest accounts may be paid with all major credit cards, travelers checks or cash. No personal checks will be accepted for final payment.
Cancellations & Refunds
Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day:
Notice of cancellation is required 30 days prior to reservation in order to guarantee a refund of the deposit minus a mandatory 7% cancellation fee. With less than 30 days notice, the room will need to be re-booked in order for you to get your deposit returned.
The rest of the year:
7 days notice is required and the same rules apply.
Advance Deposits
An advance deposit of 50% is required to hold a reservation. Reservations are confirmed only when accompanied by the required advance deposit.
As a consideration to property owners and other guests, pets are not permitted.
AAA or AARP Discounts
Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day a three day minimum stay is required in order to take advantage of the discount.
Rates are current as printed and are subject to state and local taxes. All rates are subject to change without notice.
Fall 2017 – Winter 2018
Spring 2018
Summer 2018
Monthly Rental Rates, November 1 – April 30
Enjoy all the amenities of The Beach Condominium Resort for just $1,100 a month; includes all utilities (minimal housekeeping, washer and dryer are available upon request.) Please contact us directly for corporate discounts, extended stay packages and weekly rental rates.
Prices may be higher on selected weekends and/or holidays.
Minimum stays may be required.


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When making and selling ice cream at a commercial or industrial scale, it's important to work out the density of the ice cream mix in order to work out how much is required in order to produce a given volume of ice cream. Failure to do this correctly can result in wasted time, ingredients and money. Fortunately, the procedures and calculations which you need to do to work out the density of the mixture are not complicated.
Measure 1 qt. of mix if you have the mix in front of you. Weigh 1 qt. on the scale and multiply it by four. This gives you the density per gallon.
Calculate the volume mathematically if, as is most common, you have the ingredients of the mix in by per cent and want to calculate the density from these figures.
Use the following equation: Density of water (1kg per litre) / (per cent fat/100 x 1.07527) + ((per cent total solids/100 - per cent fat/100) x 0.6329) + (per cent water/100) = weight per litre of ice cream mix.
Follow this example to see how this works. You have a mix with the following constituents: 12 per cent fat, 10 per cent serum solids, 10 per cent sugar, 6 per cent corn syrup solids and 0.30 per cent stabiliser. First add up all the constituents to get the percentage of total solids, in this case 38.3 per cent, the remaining 61.7 per cent is water.
Put the values into the equation. The calculation goes as follows:
Density of mix = 1/(12/100 x 1.07527) + ((38.3/100-12/100)x .6329) + (61.7/100)
Worked through to the next step the calculations runs as follows:
1/(.12 x 1.07527) + ((.383 -.12)x .6329) + .617
Worked through further this is:
1/(.12 x 1.07527) + (.383 -.12)x .6329) + .617
Which is:
1/(.1290+.263x .6329) + .617
Which is finally
1/.9124527= 1.096
This is the density in kilograms per litre of the ice cream mix.
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DN2 and I went to have our eyes checked today.
Of course they dilated our pupils.
Here we are almost five hours later and I'm still having trouble seeing.
She's not having any problems at all, but that could be her 20/20 vision.
I have terrible vision, which fortunately is not getting any worse, so I can't see far away right now, nor can I see up close.
My oldest son said I look like I'm stoned because my pupils are huge and my lids are droopy.
When we were driving around earlier, all of the street lights and stop lights looked like fireworks to me.
Seriously, dude.
It was WILD.
Well I can't focus on reading, I really can't focus on knitting, and I'm even having trouble with the typing.
I'm spending my time right now watching a bad movie, which, with regards to the whole vision thing, I suppose it is a good thing I can't see right now.
Perhaps tomorrow I'll be better.
I hope so.
We're having a pizza party for DH's soccer team.
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Apple's famous "The Crazy Ones" commercial from 1997 featured the voice talent of Richard Dreyfus. Another version of that ad, however, was created with Apple co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs, although that version was never aired.
The iconic ad was part of Apple's well received "Think Different" campaign and the Steve Jobs version shows his passion for the company he helped create.
The unaired version of the ad came to light following the death of Mr. Jobs on Wednesday. Mr. Jobs was 56 years old at the time of his passing and received tributes from the likes of current Apple CEO Tim Cook, Bill Gates, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, and President Barak Obama.


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I've lived with books all my life. Started out with having stacks of library books beside my bed when I was young, then progressed to buying my own. Loved the idea of buying books, whether it was at a department store or a used book or clothing store. They were MINE, to do with what I would. Occasionally a book would suffer a sad demise, being forgotten outside and suffer through a rainstorm, or later, fall to the ravages of a pet cutting its permenant teeth. But, all the same, as my book piles grew, so did my storage options. Orange crates in college, pressboard cases after graduation, then my prize possessions of barrister bookcases that now grace my home.
I love finding new and creative ways of storing my books and especially love the options I have now that ebooks have come along.
I store books on my reader, of course, but I've also stored books on flash drives and CDs. I don't throw books away so as I buy more and more books, I have to find more ways of storing them. With traditional books, I can turn to used book stores to trade them or give them away, but not with the ebooks. Hence the e-version of my stacks. My e-stacks.
How do you store your books?Do you have a to be read pile? Do you organize them in alphabetical order? Or do you have books upon books stacked everywhere, in cases, in boxes under your bed, along the wall? And what do you do with your books when your'e done?


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Sad, sad news. Child star and vampire hunter Corey Haim has died from an apparent drug overdose last night in California. We'll never forget our favorite of "The Coreys," from his multiple Lost Boys moments to his Crank 2 cameo.
According to KTLA:
Haim died at 2:15 a.m. Wednesday of an apparent accidental overdose, according to the LAPD's North Hollywood Division.
It's no secret Corey Haim was a troubled soul. But he and Corey Feldman will always be remembered as the most lovable teen vampire hunters, in the Lost Boys film.
As for his vampire hunting career after the original film, the Haim ended up in two "after the credits" scenes in the direct to DVD sequel, The Lost Boys 2: The Tribe. Whose filming was painfully captured for the series The Two Coreys. But even though the filming was, difficult to say the very least for Haim, having his dark drop-in at the end of the film was probably the best part of the entire sequel...
The Hidden Ending To The Lost Boys 2: The Tribe
We're very happy Lost Boy's 2 decided not to go with this alternate Haim ending.
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Corey was supposed to be in the third installment, Lost Boys: The Thirst. But he said a busy schedule wouldn't allow him to participate but that he was interested in being in the fourth film. Sadly, this will never be.
After after his Lost Boys 2 appearance and the release of revealing Coreys series was behind him, it seemed like Haim was finally getting back on the right track. The actor popped up on screen in a few other surprising places.
We lost our minds when Haim showed up with a long yellow mullet in Crank 2, and really hoped this could be the reawakening Haim's career, now that he was able to laugh at himself. Even co-star Amy Smart was rooting for him.
Alas, the fallen actor never got the chance for a full-fledged come-back, but one glance at his imdb page makes us think that it very well could have been in the works. Our hearts go out to his family and friends. Corey Feldman has released a statement in which he calls Haim "a wonderful, beautiful, tormented soul." He will be missed.
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