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NEW YORK — So far James Spader is enjoying the closely cropped hairdo he sports as criminal mastermind Raymond "Red" Reddington in the new NBC drama "The Blacklist." But, he warned recently during a break in filming at Chelsea Piers in Manhattan, "Let's wait till winter."
The shorn look may be a departure for Spader, known among other things for his impressively lush locks, but the character is more in line with the charismatic creeps he's played over the years in films such as "sex, lies and videotape" and "Secretary."
In the pilot episode of the series, which premieres at 10 p.m. Sept. 23 in the plum time slot after "The Voice," Red turns himself in to the FBI, demanding to speak only with rookie profiler Elizabeth Keen (Megan Boone).
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Granted immunity, Red shares with the bureau a "blacklist" he's cultivated of the world's greatest unknown criminals — terrorists, mobsters, spies and serial killers who have somehow escaped the notice of law enforcement officials. The pilot, directed by feature film veteran Joe Carnahan ("The Grey," "The A-Team"), offers up at least as many questions as concrete answers: By the end of the hour, Red's intentions and the exact nature of his fixation with Elizabeth remain tantalizingly unclear.
And that, according to show runner and executive producer John Eisendrath, is precisely the point.
"Some pilots end up in hindsight being more like movies with a beginning, a middle and an end. This was better as a pilot because it was almost entirely a beginning," he said.
Four episodes into production and Spader still has a great deal to learn about his enigmatic character — and that's OK with him.
"I'm still doing the same thing I did as a kid. I loved to pretend and run around in the woods and tie up my friends. As a kid when you're out in the field playing that game, it's completely fluid and evolving every second. When the pirates have captured you, all of a sudden the aliens have landed. It could go anywhere. I like that," said the actor. "I like secrets."
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Nearly as elusive (though nowhere near as sinister) as Red is his reluctant partner, Elizabeth, whose new alliance puts her in impossibly perilous situations from week to week.
Case in point: On a recent afternoon Boone sat on set blindfolded and bound, as the character actor Tom Noonan, playing a murderous villain known as "The Stewmaker," thanks to his penchant for dissolving human bodies in acid, injected her character with a lethal concoction. In take after take, Boone shrieks in horror and breaks down, sobbing.
If Elizabeth has it tough, Boone doesn't exactly have it easy either. It's late afternoon and the production won't wrap for the night for nearly another 12 hours.
"It's been a real uphill battle," Boone, a streak of fake blood smeared across her forehead, said of the long hours. "But a lot of the time, the stuff that's worth it cause you the most strain."
As a relative neophyte in the world of series television, she's found something of a mentor in Spader, a veteran of "Boston Legal," "The Practice" and, more recently, "The Office."
"He's so patient and generous and interested in sharing what he knows," she said. "Our relationship is very strangely parallel to the relationship of our characters."
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\"The Blacklist" was created by Jon Bokenkamp, a screenwriter known for his work on thrillers such as "The Call" and "Taking Lives." The series originated during conversations between Bokenkamp and executive producer John Fox, who had the idea to center a show around a character who was a "Rosetta Stone of crime."
The team at Sony Pictures Television pitched the project "everywhere," according to Zack Van Amburg, co-president of programming and production at the studio, but NBC "was the right home" for its darker character moments and complex storytelling.
The network, in turn, sparked to the material because "we wanted to tackle a procedural with a big character at the center," said NBC Entertainment President Jennifer Salke.
The series will have a strong episodic element, with each hour focusing on a new criminal from Red's (presumably very long) blacklist. The "villain of the week" conceit allows the show to shift in tone and genre, and provides enticing opportunities for high-profile talent looking to play baddies for a very discrete time frame. (Isabella Rossellini shows up as a Bond-esque villainess in an early episode.)
But it's also a challenge for the writing team to dream up new bad guys every week, ones who are not just evil but who have also managed to escape detection by the Feds. As Eisendrath put it, "It can't just be a run-of-the-mill serial killer."
Thanks to the central relationship between an earnest young female agent and her sociopathic (tor)mentor, the series has invited early comparisons to "Silence of the Lambs." But according to Bokenkamp, the show they're aiming for is more akin to "The X Files," which successfully balanced episodic storytelling with a larger mythology.
Along with "The Michael J. Fox Show," it's one of two Sony-produced series being heavily touted by the peacock network this fall.
"NBC is in a process of reinvention and to be a part of that is really thrilling and exciting," said Van Amburg.
The feeling, apparently, is mutual.
At NBC's upfront presentation in May, chairman Bob Greenblatt boasted that "The Blacklist" had tested better than "125 NBC drama pilots in the past decade." In a further sign of confidence, the network assigned it the same time slot used to launch "Revolution," last fall's top-rated newcomer.
Of course, a strong lead-in can only do so much. "The Blacklist" will face off against CBS' ambitious new cable-lite series, "Hostages," and ABC's ratings stalwart "Castle."
"There's nothing easy about any of these time slots anymore," acknowledged Salke, who also knows from experience that high preview scores don't always translate to high ratings. "It's fun to see when the test audience loves the show the way you do, but you've got to look at it with a measured eye. You don't drink the Kool-Aid."
A wise idea, especially when Red's around.
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There are three major steps for plan implementation:
Step 1 - Adoption of the Hoyt Park Area Joint Neighborhood Plan by the Madison Common Council.
The Hoyt Park Area Joint Neighborhood Plan will be introduced to the Common Council for adoption as a supplement to the City of Madison Comprehensive Plan. During the adoption process, City Boards, Committees and Commissions will review the plan recommendations.
Step 2 - Inclusion of Projects in City of Madison Operating and Capital Budgets.
The Hoyt Park Area Joint Neighborhood Plan and Implementation Strategy will be used to address and implement the prioritized plan recommendations. Plan implementation of neighborhood projects and programs is contingent upon available resources. Policy makers are responsible for the allocation of resources for the entire City and thus funding for the plan recommendations will be weighed against other worthy projects citywide. Securing funding from outside sources, leveraging funding with other available funding, or dovetailing proposed new projects with planned projects will help in implementing the desired activities and projects.
Step 3 - Monitoring of Plan Recommendations by Alderpersons and Neighborhood Associations.
As part of the adoption process, the Department of Planning and Community & Economic Development (Planning Division) will submit status reports to the Common Council on plan recommendation implementation. It will be important for the neighborhood to strategically campaign for plan implementation. It is crucial that neighborhood associations develop a strategy for plan implementation. Governmental officials, City departments, and non-profit organizations must be strategically approached for funding during their annual budget cycles.

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Alice and Bob in Cipherspace
By Brian Hayes
A new form of encryption allows you to compute with data you cannot read
A new form of encryption allows you to compute with data you cannot read
Alice hands bob a locked suitcase and asks him to count the money inside. "Sure," Bob says. "Give me the key." Alice shakes her head; she has known Bob for many years, but she's just not a trusting person. Bob lifts the suitcase to judge its weight, rocks it back and forth and listens as the contents shift inside; but all this reveals very little. "It can't be done," he says. "I can't count what I can't see."
Alice and Bob, fondly known as the first couple of cryptography, are really more interested in computational suitcases than physical ones. Suppose Alice gives Bob a securely encrypted computer file and asks him to sum a list of numbers she has put inside. Without the decryption key, this task also seems impossible. The encrypted file is just as opaque and impenetrable as the locked suitcase. "Can't be done," Bob concludes again.
But Bob is wrong. Because Alice has chosen a very special encryption scheme, Bob can carry out her request. He can compute with data he can't inspect. The numbers in the file remain encrypted at all times, so Bob cannot learn anything about them. Nevertheless, he can run computer programs on the encrypted data, performing operations such as summation. The output of the programs is also encrypted; Bob can't read it. But when he gives the results back to Alice, she can extract the answer with her decryption key.
The technique that makes this magic trick possible is called fully homomorphic encryption, or FHE. It's not exactly a new idea, but for many years it was viewed as a fantasy that would never come true. That changed in 2009, with a breakthrough discovery by Craig Gentry, who was then a graduate student at Stanford University. (He is now at IBM Research.) Since then, further refinements and more new ideas have been coming at a rapid pace.
Homomorphic encryption is not quite ready for everyday use. The methods have been shown to work in principle, but they still impose a heavy penalty of inefficiency. If the system can be made more practical, however, there are applications ready and waiting for it. Many organizations are eager to outsource computation: Instead of maintaining their own hardware and software, they would like to run programs on servers "in the cloud," a phrase meant to suggest that physical location is unimportant. But letting sensitive data float around in the cloud raises concerns about security and privacy. Practical homomorphic encryption would address those worries, protecting the data against eavesdroppers and intruders and even hiding it from the operators of the cloud service.
In the early days of their relationship, Alice and Bob kept no secrets from each other; it was the rest of the world they wanted to shut out. Their main problem was how to communicate privately over a public channel, where nosy third parties—such as Eve the eavesdropper—might be listening in. To solve this problem, Alice and Bob devised a variety of cryptographic schemes. Before sending a message to Bob, Alice would encrypt it with a secret key, turning plaintext into ciphertext; even if Eve intercepted the ciphertext, she could make no sense of it. But Bob had the decryption key, so he could recover the plaintext.
For some cryptosystems, Alice and Bob must each hold a copy of the same key, which both encrypts and decrypts. But then they face the thorny issue of how to transmit the key itself, without having it fall into Eve's hands. A particularly clever solution, called public-key cryptography, splits the key into two parts. Alice and Bob each publish a public encryption key, which allows anyone to send them an encrypted message. But they keep secret the corresponding decryption keys, so that only they can read the messages they receive.
Another innovation that helped Alice and Bob keep their private conversations out of the tabloid press was probabilistic cryptography, introduced in the early 1980s by Shafi Goldwasser and Silvio Micali of MIT. Earlier systems were deterministic: The same plaintext always produced the same ciphertext. But determinism is dangerous in public-key cryptography. Eve can try guessing the content of a message; then she encrypts the guess with the public key and checks to see if it matches an intercepted ciphertext. With a probabilistic scheme, every plaintext message has a multitude of possible encodings, and the system chooses randomly among them. Even if you correctly guess the plaintext, there's almost no chance of matching the random encryption. On decryption, however, all of the alternatives collapse to the same plaintext.
Cryptographic technology of this kind has become a routine part of life on the Internet—so routine that it often goes unnoticed. When you check your bank balance on the Web, or make an online purchase, you rely on a secure version of the hypertext transfer protocol (https rather than plain http), which provides a layer of encryption behind the scenes. Even Google searches are encrypted. These measures are meant to protect your messages while they are in transit. Encrypted communication shuts out Eve, who is sitting at the next table in Starbucks, tapping into your wifi connection. On the other hand, the cryptographic protocols conceal nothing from the recipients of your messages, who have the keys to decipher them. Usually, that's just fine, because the intended recipient is a trusted party. Homomorphic encryption is the tool for those occasions when you don't trust anyone, not even Bob.
Over the years, Alice and Bob have gone their separate ways. Alice now works as the research director of a cryptographic software company; Bob has gone into hardware, running a cloud computing service. As they have drifted apart, their security and privacy needs have changed somewhat. When Alice talks to Bob, she still needs to guard against Eve's snooping. But, in addition, Alice's company now has proprietary information that she must not disclose to Bob. Complicating her predicament, she wants to use Bob's computers for tasks that involve the secret data.
Ordinary cryptography is no help in this situation. Alice can encrypt the data when she sends it to Bob, but he can do nothing with it unless he can decrypt it. That is exactly what Alice seeks to avoid. They are at an impasse, which homomorphic encryption is designed to surmount.
Before trying to explain how homomorphic encryption works, I should try to explain the word homomorphic . The Greek roots translate as same shape or same form , and the underlying idea is that of a transformation that has the same effect on two different sets of objects. The concept comes from the esoteric world of abstract algebra, but I can offer a more homely example, where the two sets of objects are the positive real numbers on the one hand and their logarithms on the other. Then multiplication of real numbers and addition of logarithms are homomorphic operations. For any positive real numbers x, y and z , if x y=z , then log( x )+log( y )=log( z ). This homomorphism offers two alternative routes to the same destination. If we are given x and y , we can multiply them directly; or we can take their logarithms, then add, and finally take the antilog of the result. In either case, we wind up with z .
Homomorphic cryptography offers a similar pair of pathways. We can do arithmetic directly on the plaintext inputs x and y . Or we can encrypt x and y , apply a series of operations to the ciphertext values, then decrypt the result to arrive at the same final answer. The two routes pass through parallel universes: plainspace and cipherspace.
Arithmetic in plainspace is familiar to everyone. A number is conveniently represented as a sequence of bits (binary digits 0 and 1) and algorithms act on the bits according to rules of logic and arithmetic. Among the many operations on numbers we might consider, it turns out that adding and multiplying are all we really need to do; other computations can be expressed in terms of these primitives.
Doing mathematics in cipherspace is much stranger. Indeed, the task seems all but impossible. Encryption is a process that thoroughly scrambles the bits of a number, whereas algorithms for arithmetic are extremely finicky and give correct results only if all the bits are in the right places. Nevertheless, it can be done.
As a proof of concept, I offer an extremely simple homomorphic cryptosystem. Assume the plaintext consists of integers. To encrypt a number, double it; to decrypt, divide by 2. With this scheme we can do addition on enciphered data as well as a slightly nonstandard version of multiplication. Given plaintext inputs x and y , we can encrypt each of them separately, add the ciphertexts, then decrypt the result. This roundabout calculation gives the correct answer because 2 x +2 y =2( x+y ) .
To make multiplication come out right, we have to define the product of ciphertexts as ( x y )/2, whereas plaintexts are multiplied by the usual formula x y . With this rule it's easy to verify that the three-step sequence encrypt-multiply-decrypt yields the same result as simply multiplying the plaintexts. (Fiddling with definitions in order to get the right answer may seem like cheating, but many mathematical objects come with their own idiosyncratic rules for multiplication. Two examples are matrices and complex numbers.)
As cryptosystems go, the doubling scheme is certainly simple, and it's fully homomorphic. We can do all the arithmetic we want on ciphertexts. On the other hand, the system is not recommended if you actually want to keep secrets. Doubling a number does not thoroughly scramble the bits; it merely shifts them left by one position.
Devising a secure fully homomorphic cryptosystem is much harder. That's what Gentry accomplished in 2009. Making the system efficient enough for practical applications is yet another challenge, still being addressed.
The idea of computing with encrypted data was first proposed in 1978 by Ron Rivest, Len Adleman and Michael L. Dertouzos, who were all then at MIT. Just a few months before, Rivest and Adleman, along with Adi Shamir, had introduced the first implementation of a public-key cryptosystem, which came to be known as RSA after their initials. (The RSA paper, by the way, also introduced Alice and Bob in their debut performance as celebrity cryptographers.)
The basic RSA scheme is partially homomorphic: It allows multiplication of ciphertexts but not addition. Rivest, Adleman and Dertouzos pointed out this fact and also mentioned a few other ways to achieve partial "privacy homomorphisms." They asked whether it would be possible to construct a secure scheme capable of general computation on ciphertexts.
In the next 30 years there were occasional advances on this front. For example, in 2005 Dan Boneh, Eu-Jin Goh and Kobbi Nissim devised a homomorphic system that allowed an unlimited number of additions on the ciphertext, followed by a single multiplication. (Boneh, by the way, was Gentry's thesis advisor.) In spite of such incremental progress, however, Gentry's announcement of a fully homomorphic scheme came as a total surprise in 2009.
In broad outline, here is Gentry's FHE construction kit. He creates a cryptosystem with the usual encrypt and decrypt functions, which convert bits from plaintext to ciphertext and back. He also builds an evaluate function that accepts a description of a computation to be performed on the ciphertext. The computation is specified not as a sequential program but as a circuit or network, where input signals pass through a cascade of logic gates. Such circuits are most often assembled from Boolean gates (AND, OR, NOT, etc.), but they can also be specified in terms of addition and multiplication steps.
The evaluate function amounts to a complete computer embedded in the cryptosystem. In principle, it can calculate any computable function, provided that the circuit representing the function is allowed to extend to arbitrary depth. The depth of a circuit is the number of gates on the longest path from input to output. A full-powered computer must be able to handle circuits of arbitrary depth. Here the homomorphic system runs into a barrier. The problem is that ciphertext data are contaminated with numerical "noise"—slight discrepancies from their ideal values. Every arithmetic operation amplifies the noise, until eventually it overwhelms the signal.
The origin of the noise lies in the probabilistic encryption process. Think of each ciphertext value as a point in space. The probabilistic encrypt function injects a smidgen of randomness into each of the point's coordinates, displacing it slightly from the position it would occupy in a deterministic cryptosystem. The decrypt function filters out the noise by treating each point as if it were located at the nearest unperturbed position. When the noise is amplified by homomorphic computations, however, the point wanders farther from its correct position, until finally the decrypt function will associate it with an incorrect plaintext value.
Roughly speaking, each homomorphic addition doubles the noise, and each multiplication squares it. Hence the number of operations must be limited or errors will accumulate. Because of the limit on circuit depth, this version of the cryptosystem cannot be called fully homomorphic but only "somewhat homomorphic."
The depth limit could be evaded in the following way: Whenever the noise begins to approach the critical threshold, decrypt the data and then re-encrypt it, thereby resetting the noise to its original low level. The trouble is, decryption requires the secret key, and the whole point of FHE is to allow computation in a context where that key is unavailable.
This is where the story gets wacky and wonderful. The evaluate function built into the cryptosystem is capable of performing any computation, provided it does not exceed the noise limit on circuit depth. So we can ask evaluate to run the decrypt function. Evaluate is designed to work with encrypted data, so the secret key supplied to it in this circumstance is an encrypted version of the normal key; specifically, the secret key supplied to decrypt running within evaluate is the ciphertext produced when encrypt is applied to the plaintext of the secret key. When decrypt is run with this enciphered key, the result is not plaintext but a new encryption of the ciphertext, with reduced noise.
In effect, Alice is giving Bob a copy of the key needed to unlock the data, but the key is inside a securely locked box and can only be used within that box. As a matter of fact, the box is locked with the very key that is locked inside the box! (Gentry discusses an even more elaborate version of this dizzying metaphor, in which Alice manufactures jewelry in the locked boxes.)
The pause to re-encrypt and refresh the noisy ciphertext can be repeated as needed. In this way the computer can handle a circuit of any finite depth, and the system becomes fully homomorphic. It can carry out arbitrarily complex computations on encrypted data.
An essential assumption in this scheme is that the decrypt circuit is itself shallow enough to run without exceeding the noise threshold. Indeed, its depth needs to be a little less than the limit, or else the computer will spend all its time refreshing the data and will never accomplish any useful work. When Gentry first formulated his FHE scheme, he found that this condition was not met. The evaluate function could not run the decrypt routine without accumulating excessive noise. The remedy was a technique for "squashing" decrypt, at the cost of making the key larger and more complicated. With this last innovation, the problem was solved.
Gentry described his FHE system in his doctoral dissertation and in a paper at the Symposium on the Theory of Computing in 2009. In the three years since then, dozens of variations, elaborations and alternative schemes have been published, along with at least three attempts to implement homomorphic encryption in a working computer program.
Most of the systems share the same overall architecture, with a somewhat homomorphic scheme that gets promoted to full homomorphism. Where the ideas differ is in the underlying cryptographic mechanism—the way that bits are twiddled and secrecy is achieved.
Every cryptosystem is based on a problem that's believed to be hard in general (so that Eve can't solve it) but easy if you know a shortcut (so that Alice and Bob can decrypt messages efficiently). RSA's hard problem is the factoring of large integers; the shortcut is knowledge of the factors. Gentry's 2009 algorithm relies on a problem from the theory of integer lattices—sets of discrete points arranged like the atoms of a crystal in a high-dimensional space. Lattices give rise to an abundance of computationally difficult problems. For example, from a random position in space it is hard to find the closest lattice point unless you happen to know a specific set of coordinates that serve as a geometric guidebook to the lattice.
In 2010 another homomorphic cryptosystem was invented by Marten van Dijk of MIT, Gentry, Shai Halevi of IBM and Vinod Vaikuntanathan, now at the University of Toronto. In this case the hard problem comes from number theory; it's called approximate GCD. The exact GCD, or greatest common divisor, is easy to calculate; Euclid gave an efficient (and famous) algorithm. A "noisy" version of the problem seems to be much harder. If two large numbers have the GCD p , and you alter those numbers by adding or subtracting small random quantities, it becomes difficult to find p . In the cryptosystem, p is the secret key.
A problem called learning with errors forms the basis of a third FHE system introduced by Zvika Brakerski of Stanford and Vaikuntanathan. Here the task is to solve a system of simultaneous equations where each equation has some small probability of being false. As with GCD, this is an easy problem in the exact case, where there are no errors, but searching for a subset of correct equations is laborious.
More recently, Brakerski, Vaikuntanathan and Gentry have developed a variant of the learning-with-errors system that takes a different approach to noise management. Instead of stopping the computation at intervals to re-encrypt the data, they incrementally adjust parameters of the system after every computational step in a way that prevents the noise level from ever approaching the limit.
Computing in cipherspace is a cute theoretical novelty, but can it ever become a practical technology? Questions of computational efficiency and overhead are more challenging in FHE than in other kinds of cryptography. When encryption is used only to create a secure communications channel, it has no direct effect on the efficiency of computations done at either end of the connection. Homomorphic encryption is different: The cryptosystem becomes the computing platform, and any inefficiency slows the entire process.
Many homomorphic schemes exact a high price for security. During encryption, data undergo a kind of cosmic inflation: A single bit of plaintext may blow up to become thousands or even millions of bits of ciphertext. The encryption key can also become huge—from megabytes to gigabytes. Merely transmitting such bulky items would be costly; computing with the inflated ciphertext makes matters worse. Whereas adding or multiplying a few bits of plaintext can be done with a single machine instruction, performing the same operation on the inflated ciphertext requires elaborate software for high-precision arithmetic.
Much current work is directed toward mitigating these problems. For example, instead of encrypting each plaintext bit separately, multiple bits can be packed together, thereby "amortizing" the encryption effort and reducing overhead.
The ultimate test of practicality is to create a working implementation. Nigel P. Smart of the University of Bristol and Frederik Vercauteren of the Catholic University of Leuven were the first to try this. They built a somewhat homomorphic system, but could not extend it to full homomorphism; the bottleneck was an unwieldy process for generating huge encryption keys.
Gentry and Halevi, working with a somewhat different variant of the lattice-based algorithm, did manage to get a full system running. And they didn't need to build it on IBM's Blue Gene supercomputer, as they had initially planned; a desktop workstation was adequate. Nevertheless, the public key ballooned to 2.3 gigabytes, and generating it took two hours. The noise-abating re-encryptions took 30 minutes each.
In another implementation effort, Kristin Lauter of Microsoft Research, Michael Naehrig of the Eindhoven Institute of Technology and Vaikuntanathan show that large gains in efficiency are possible if you are willing to compromise on the requirement of full homomorphism. They do not promise to evaluate circuits of unbounded depth, but instead commit only to some small, fixed number of multiplications, along with unlimited additions. They have working code based on the learning-with-errors paradigm. Except at the highest security levels, key sizes are roughly a megabyte. Homomorphic addition takes milliseconds, multiplication generally less than a second. These timings are a vast improvement over earlier efforts, but it's sobering to reflect that they are still an order of magnitude slower than the performance of the ENIAC in 1946.
Lauter, Naehrig and Vaikuntanathan also discuss some of the ways we might use homomorphic computing. Ensuring the privacy of online medical records is one application. The patient would grant doctors access to selected records by sharing a secret key.
Wall Street is another potential customer for homomorphic services. The "quants" who base investment decisions on computational analysis have a strong proprietary interest not only in their data but also in their algorithms. With FHE both can be protected by the same mechanism.
A third idea is to build a cryptographic privacy fence between online advertisers and consumers. Advertisers, eager to reach individuals with specific interests or habits, gather and cross-index data on people's activities on the Internet and elsewhere. A service based on homomorphic encryption could match ads to targeted consumers while ensuring that advertisers learn nothing about the people selected.
When I asked Vaikuntanathan what application he thought might be deployed first, he had another suggestion: spam filtering. If you publish a public key and invite correspondents to send you encrypted email, a spammer can take advantage of the key to encrypt advertisements and the other effluvia that fills our mailboxes. Spam-filtering services cannot read and reject the encrypted spam unless you are willing to share your decryption key; homomorphic encryption could solve that problem.
My own fantasy application is an offshore bank called the Homomorphic Trust Company. The online interface might look much the same as any other bank's, with the usual cryptographic safeguards against intruders. But at this bank, even the bankers could not know the details of your transactions. I think Alice might be interested; she could get rid of that suitcase full of uncountable cash.
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To many people, breast cancer screening means a mammogram. But for millions of poor, mostly young women who visit Planned Parenthood, it is usually just a physical exam by the only health professional they may ever see.
Those clinical breast exams are controversial — government advisers don't endorse them. Yet for some, this simple exam has helped spot breast cancer. And Susan G. Komen for the Cure isn't the only group paying Planned Parenthood to do them — the government does, too. Komen actually funds relatively few.
Surprises like these are emerging about both groups in the dustup over Komen's decision to bar Planned Parenthood from future grants because of a probe spurred by anti-abortion groups. The decision was reversed on Friday after a huge backlash, with critics saying Komen was hurting the very women it aims to serve.
They are women such as Tina Love, an independent filmmaker in Santa Barbara, Calif., whose sister-in-law is famed breast surgeon Dr. Susan Love. Four years ago, when she was 41, Tina Love went to a Planned Parenthood clinic in Santa Barbara.
"I had a lump and I didn't have health insurance," she explained. The agency sent her for a free mammogram, which led to her cancer being diagnosed and treated.
It's not known exactly how many cancers Planned Parenthood has found. But just last June, Komen said screenings it paid for caught 177 cancers over the last five years.
Some things you may not know about Planned Parenthood:
— Most of its services — 71 percent — are for birth control and testing and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases. Abortions made up 3 percent of its services in 2010. Cancer screening accounted for about 15 percent.
— Most of Planned Parenthood's clients are too young for breast cancer screening under most guidelines, although they are prime age for cervical cancer screening. About 80 percent are under 35.
— Planned Parenthood doesn't follow the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force guidelines, which do not endorse clinical breast exams and recommend mammograms only every other year starting at age 50. Instead, Planned Parenthood does a physical breast exam on any woman of any age as part of a regular physical, and refers for mammograms any women 40 and older.
— Komen paid for just 170,000 of the more than 4 million clinical breast exams Planned Parenthood performed nationwide over the last five years, and just 6,400 of Planned Parenthood's 70,000 mammography referrals in that time.
— The government has long paid Planned Parenthood for services related to cancer and sexually transmitted diseases. The group gets federal and state money for breast cancer screening service through a program for poor and uninsured women.
Dr. Vanessa Cullins, a vice president with Planned Parenthood Federation of America, defended its use of clinical breast exams. The exam, in which a doctor feels the breast for lumps, is "a good tool" when followed with mammograms and other tests as needed, she said.
In women who may not see other doctors, "we are encouraging breast self-awareness" so that if a lump is found, they'll seek help, she said.
It worked for Michele Azzaro, 45, of Dallas, who first went to Planned Parenthood when she found a lump back in her 20s. It turned out not to be cancerous, and a mammogram provided through Planned Parenthood ruled out cancer again last year.
Azzaro is unemployed and has no insurance, and has relied on Planned Parenthood for cholesterol tests and pretty much all her medical needs for more than two decades.
"Without having their services, I honestly don't know what I would do," she said. "I'm grateful they've been there for me and millions of other women like me."
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You don't have to look very hard in Plano to find traces of the Superman reboot that filmed in the western suburb last summer. Plano, which doubled as the fictional town of Smallville in the upcoming "Man of Steel," has yet to take down the Smallville City Hall sign on the Amtrak depot or paint over the hard-to-miss U.S. flag mural located on the city's main street.
And why would the city?
"The mural of the flag is a very popular place to take pictures," said Plano Mayor Bob Hausler, who appeared as an extra during filming. "You see someone taking pictures there almost every weekend."
Not only has the city not taken down many of the Superman-related signs, but it has also put up a few new ones since the production left town. The signs welcoming locals and visitors to Plano — with a population of about 10,900 — now reads "Scenes from 'Man of Steel' filmed here."
This sort of city pride will be on full display during the first annual Smallville Superfest in Plano Friday through Sunday. The festival will combine the sights of a Superman film tour (there will be props from the film and Superman merchandise) with the feel of a street festival (live music, a "Super Zipline," "Smallville Super Bounce" and a costume contest).
Hausler said he came up with the idea last year to take advantage of the excitement surrounding the movie, which filmed in Chicago and the suburbs from Aug. 1-Sept. 18, but his isn't the first Superman-themed festival in Illinois. Superman Celebration has been taking place in downstate Metropolis, which just so happens to have the same name as the major city in the Superman mythology, for more than 30 years. Metropolis features a giant Superman statue and the Super Museum, dubbing itself the "Home of Superman."
"I took a trip down to Metropolis, and they had a very nice festival with a lot of great things," Hausler said. "They built their festival over a 30-year period. The one thing we have in Plano that they don't is that they never had a Superman movie film in their city."
Don't be surprised if a Superman museum pops up in Plano as well. Hausler wants to open a museum with props and set pieces from the film in the Amtrak depot, but it likely won't happen until the film is released (it's scheduled for June 14, 2013). He believes the film studio will be more cooperative at that point. It's why he hasn't given up on his hopes of having one or more of the film's stars attend Smallville Superfest next year.
"I think the main reason (none will attend this year) is because the movie hasn't been released," Hausler said of the cast, which features Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Kevin Costner and Diane Lane. "I think they're reluctant to present anything."
While a sequel to "Man of Steel" seems likely, it's not a given. The last film in the franchise, 2006's "Superman Returns," didn't have one. It's also not set in stone that a potential sequel would film in Plano again — as we learned from "The Dark Knight" trilogy, which shot in Chicago in the first two films but chose New York, Pittsburgh and Newark, among others, for the third.
Asked if talk of a sequel in Plano came up during filming, Hausler responded, "Not really. It was mentioned briefly when they were leaving, but nothing firm."
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A look at the leader, biggest surprise, best move and worst move for every 100 laps of Saturday's Coke Zero 400.
Jimmie Johnson, No. 48 Chevy
Lead changes
(Seven among four drivers)
Lap 1: Matt Kenseth Laps 2-25: Kyle Busch Lap 26: JJ Yeley Laps 27-30: Kyle Busch Lap 31: Jimmie Johnson Lap 32: Kyle Busch Laps 33-40: Jimmie Johnson.
Biggest Surprise
The engine blowing in the No. 27 Chevy (Paul Menard). It was the first blown engine in the last four Coke Zero 400s.
Best Move
Dale Earnhardt Jr. went from starting 16th to 29th, and Tony Stewart dropped from 13th to 31st by the sixth lap, trying to stay out of trouble.
Worst Move
Denny Hamlin had a bad pit stop, falling to 39th, but there was plenty of time to come back.
One for five laps
Laps 24-28: Paul Menard's No. 27 Chevy blew an engine.
Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Toyota
Lead changes
(Three among three drivers)
Laps 41-70: Jimmie Johnson Lap 71: David Gilliland Lap 72: David Ragan
Laps 73-80: Denny Hamlin
Bigggest Surprise
In the middle of green-flag pit stops, the No. 22 Ford of Joey Logano blows a right front tire, causing him to hit the wall and bring out a caution.
Best Move
Bobby Labonte completed Lap 59 to give him 10,000 career laps at Daytona – the track record.
Worst Move
Pit crew member Colin Pasi had his left foot run over when Carl Edwards pulled the No. 99 Ford out of the pits. Pasi didn't appear to be injured.
(One for four laps)
Laps 71-74: Joey Logano's No. 22 Ford blew a tire and he hit the wall in Turn 2.
Jimmie Johnson, No. 48 Chevy
Lead changes
(Five among four drivers)
Laps 81-92: Denny Hamlin Laps 93-100: Jamie McMurray Lap 101: Travis Kvapil Lap 102: Josh Wise Laps 103-104: Jamie McMurray Laps 105-120: Jimmie Johnson
Biggest Surprise
Danica Patrick had the No. 10 Chevy up to fourth on Lap 103.
Best Move
Jeff Gordon came to Jimmie Johnson's rescue, hooking up in a draft when No. 48 was stuck in the middle and falling back. That kept Johnson near the front.
Worst Move
Denny Hamlin drops back in the pack after leading, and this time he pays a price when he gets caught up in wreck when Martin Truex Jr.'s car breaks loose.
Jimmie Johnson, No. 48 Chevy
Lead changes
(Three among three drivers)
Laps 121-128: Jimmie Johnson Lap 129: JJ Yeley 130: Jeff Burton Laps 131-161: Jimmie Johnson
Biggest Surprise
Casey Mears, in the No. 13 Ford, finished ninth for his first top-10 of the season.
Best Move
Jimmie Johnson went to the high lane on Lap 154 to block and hold off hard-charging cars.
Worst Move
Somehow Michael Waltrip's No. 55 Toyota ended up facing the wrong direction in a pit stop during the fourth caution.
(Three for 12 laps)
Laps 128-132: Five-car accident on frontstretch. Laps 150-153: Six-car accident on frontstretch (red flag out for 8 minutes, 53 seconds). Laps 157-159: Three-car accident on backstretch.


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Slayers Revolution {4th Season}
FUNimation have now announced the license for Slayers Revolution. Previously we had received a C&D from FUNimation Entertainment (acting on the behalf of the Japanese IP owners, Enoki Films) so we didn't list fansubs here on AnimeSuki
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According to this Japanese blog, Slayers will be getting a new TV anime adaptation.
The anime was announced in the April 2008 issue of the young men's light novel magazine Dragon Magazine (which will be officially released on 29/2/2008).
Slayers (スレイヤーズ) is a boy's light novel series that's published under the shounen light novel label Fujimi Fantasia Bunko, and serialized in the young men's light novel magazine Dragon Magazine.
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There is a rumour saying that there will be a new anime adaptation of The Slayers.
Can someone please provide solid evidence and confirmation?
I couldn't wait to see.. (The same thing should go for Slayers' lovers.)
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As much as I love the Slayers, it's a classic 90s show and I wonder how the younger generation will find it?
New Slayers series, we've been told of season 4 ever since Try finished, but has yet to materialise. If it did materialise though, would be great!
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I wouldn't worry about Megumi Hayashibara really. She was willing to sing for the 10 year memorial just last year, she is still decently busy (though not as insanely much as in the 90's), and Lina Inverse as a character has plenty of legs.
As for the plot itself, I hope it's a mixture of the original and the canon novel plotline.
Either way, this is basically the best anime announcement I've ever heard really. I'm anxious for the teaser/trailer now.
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This is probably the best news for me on anime (I've been in love with Slayers since age 4 hehe), i just saw the official announcement today on DRAGON-MAGAZINE feb 29 edition.
It was annouced the novel スレイヤーズ will be made into animation again, however it didn't say if it is remake or new story line. But nevertheless!!!! This is probably the best thing happened after the latest Octopus OVA hehe.. Lina's voice will still be Megumi
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Well that certain is to my liking, season 4!!! Though i'm hoping for it to be more like season 1 and 2. 3 is in the shade comparing to the first two. However the premium that came in the end was quite fun... Lina Inverse's coming back!!!
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Creating and managing digital archives, catalogs, and collections is a growing concern as organizations seek to manage files and records, metadata-gather, and enable complex searches of their cultural production, ephemera, archives and/or born-digital assets.
This one-evening, two-part workshop goes in-depth on two popular and well-supported open-source digital archiving and collections management softwares that address these issues. We'll look at Omeka, used primarily in academic and digital humanities projects; and CollectiveAccess, used primarily in GLAM [Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums] projects.
The first half of the workshop will orient you to who uses and how these softwares are implemented, what to expect and consider in a cataloging software project; and includes an overview of features, metadata schemas, and problems to look out for.


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In a letter received by the Clerk of the Appellate Courts on January 4, 1999, respondent Edwin P. Carpenter, of Topeka, an attorney admitted to practice law in the state of Kansas, voluntarily surrendered his license to practice law in Kansas, pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 217 (1998 Kan. Ct. R. Annot. 242).
On December 17, 1998, respondent entered a plea of guilty to the charge of accessory after the fact to bankruptcy fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 3 and 152(7) (1994).
This court, having examined the files of the office of the Disciplinary Administrator, finds that the surrender of respondent's license should be accepted and that respondent should be disbarred.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Edwin P. Carpenter be and he is hereby disbarred from the practice of law in Kansas and his license and privilege to practice law are hereby revoked.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Appellate Courts strike the name of Edwin P. Carpenter from the roll of attorneys licensed to practice law in Kansas.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this order shall be published in the Kansas Reports, that the costs herein shall be assessed to respondent, and that respondent forthwith shall comply with Supreme Court Rule 218 (1998 Kan. Ct. R. Annot. 246).
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DES MOINES, Iowa — Republican Ron Paul, a leading contender in Iowa's presidential caucuses, said Monday on the eve of the leadoff 2012 vote that he does not envision himself in the White House.
The Texas congressman, near the top of the polls in Iowa, said the odds of him winning are slim and admitted that the path to the nomination was unclear without a strong performance in Iowa and the New Hampshire primary next week.
When asked Monday during an ABC News interview in Des Moines whether he sees himself in the Oval Office, Paul replied: "Not really, but I think it's a possibility."
He added: "I don't deceive myself. You know what the odds are. The odds have been slim."
Paul made the comments after a five-city blitz where he headlined large, enthusiastic crowds packed with younger voters, re-emerging in the state after spending two days out of Iowa at home in Texas while his rivals blanketed the state.
Campaigning with a son, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., the libertarian-leaning Texan defended the 48-hour break, even as final polls published at the end of last week showed more than a third of likely caucus-goers undecided or willing to change their mind before the caucuses.
Paul expressed faith in his Iowa organization, a far more structured network than his 2008 Iowa campaign that helped him place fifth in Iowa four years ago.
"I don't want to sound over-confident, but I am confident in our organization," he said, arguing that other candidates were still scrambling to shore up their supporters. Paul has a robust staff in New Hampshire, and he began running ads in South Carolina, where the South's first primary is scheduled for Jan. 21.
Still, Paul was waiting until Friday to head to New Hampshire, where he is rising but far behind former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in polls.
Paul's confidence was buoyed Monday by big crowds in Des Moines, Davenport, Cedar Rapids, Cedar Falls and Mason City. Paul completed the circuit in a small chartered jet.
"We're optimistic and have our fingers crossed you're going to show up and do your job," Paul told about 200 people in Mason City, the final stop of the day.
Paul has a robust campaign organization in New Hampshire, which holds its primary Jan. 10, and begun airing ads in South Carolina, scheduled to vote on Jan. 21.
But he said he does not know how he will compete deeper into the nominating campaign.
"It will be a real challenge. There's no doubt," Paul told The Associated Press aboard the plane between Davenport and Cedar Rapids. "We've invested a lot of time and money in doing well here."
Still, Paul stoked the crowds along the way, railing equally against Democrats in Congress as he did against Republicans. At each stop, he criticized the Patriot Act as an abuse of civil liberties despite its support from his own party's leadership.
Paul has steadily gained ground in Iowa in the last two months. And while he narrowly trailed only Romney a series of polls published last week, support had leveled off in the wake of sharp attack over his opposition to preventing an Iranian nuclear weapon with a military strike.
It did not dissuade him from repeating in Davenport and Cedar Rapids a line that brought loud cheers in Des Moines. "Just listen to some of the candidates. They are willing to start bombing Iran right now. One thing is for certain, this country does not need another war," Paul told the crowd in Davenport, prompting loud cheers.
And while Paul himself steered clear of criticizing his rivals, his son Rand repeatedly struck at Santorum, who has supported foreign aid spending, a rallying point of opposition for fiscal hawks including tea party supporters.
"You've got so-called GOP candidates for president traipsing round Iowa who have voted for foreign aid," Rand Paul said to a cheering crowd of more than 300 in Cedar Rapids.
The campaign was preparing an automated call criticizing Santorum's support for foreign aid and other parts of the former senator's fiscal record.
Still, Paul said he was as much rallying a movement to change politics in America as he was campaigning for president.
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Before and After: Tim Neve's $500 Reception Renovation
We've seen a few examples of Tim's work before- remember his absolutely amazing beachside apartment before and after? Oh yes, Tim sure can make something out of almost nothing with an equally nothing budget. Having previously shared his office makeover with us, Tim now shares his renovation on the building's communal reception area. And he did it all for just $500.
Project Backgroud:
'The Clinic' is a collaborative hub of design and media businesses in Newcastle, Australia. It was established thanks to the great initiative Renew Newcastle, that finds empty or neglected commercial spaces and negotiates with the landlords to allow creative businesses to in-habitat the space for a short term lease.
'The Clinitians' consist of stylist Tim Neve, interior designer Tanya Fogarty, online publisher Zac Zavos, graphic designers Neon Zoo and filmaker Stuart McBratney.
We have been tenants for over a year but had done little to improve or beautify our entry - what was once 'The Waiting Room' until now.
On a side note, Stuart now plans to use the revamped space as the backdrop for the next television commercial he directs!
What challenges did you face?
'The Clinic' was in fact that - an old optometrists clinic that featured a maze of consultation rooms that have since been divided into individual studio spaces which works great (every room came with a clinical sink, and some even with vintage eye charts which were actually a nice unique feature!). However the architectural fitout of the space provided plenty of aesthetic challenges - with standard unattractive commercial carpeting throughout, dated lace curtains and a huge (and useless for our purpose) reception desk in the front entry.
Secondly, our collective budget was decided to a very limited $500, so it was time for some smart choices.
The design also had to appease five different businesses owners, meeting each of our own needs. The common thread is that we all produce young, vibrant bodies of work with a smart design sensibility and wanted to reflect that in a novel way.
What was your inspiration of the project?
We wanted to create an inviting lounge and meeting area for clients. The design inspiration was to work within the architectural confines that we had. Things like the dated ceiling panels and vintage stained wood doors throughout were actually suggestive of a 'Mad Men' style office, so stylist Tim Neve came up with a concept to run with this idea, with fellow neighbour and interior expert Tanya offering sound advice to complete. Rather than looking overly 'retro' or themed, we wanted to embrace the original era while using classic design pieces to look contemporary and cool.
First thing to rip out was the reception desk, opening and transforming the space. Secondly, the carpet was lifted to reveal great concrete floors with an imperfect texture we decide to leave matt and raw rather than polished.
Paint changes everything! The pale hospital apricot (ew!) wall tone was revamped with Nippon Paints 'Olive' to create an immediate, noticeable impact. We really wanted to move away from appearing clinical, so this was a great choice.
Warm woods and orange accents complete the scheme. Funky storage cubes in chocolate brown were wall mounted to display an eclectic collection of vintage pottery and glassware (yes, Tim has a vase fetish of late), all sourced on a minimal budget from second hand stores rather than paying premium antique dealer prices.
What was your proudest DIY?
Abby and Clare from Neon Zoo scored an amazing Scandinavian style lounge from a garage sale for only $20, reupholstering the cushions in fabric from IKEA which now makes it a design-classic statement piece.
The low overhanging meeting table pendant was an op-shop buy for $10. Once dusty and beige, it now looks like a designer piece by spray painting the exterior gloss black, and the interior of the dome in vivid orange.
The meeting table was cleverly constructed from one of the clinic's many wood doors, with modular legs attached from IKEA.
What is your favourite element of the finished space?
The streamline Parker style sideboard. A budget of $100 was set aside for this and we were lucky enough to find one at a second hand store for exactly that! Close friends have purchased similar from antique dealers for upwards of $900. This one is in pretty good condition but had a few large scratches on top - quick tip: rather than re-sand and restore, simply draw over the marks with an orange or brown texta then rub with your finger to blend - from an even close distance the scratches have disappeared!
What was your best buy?
Rugs can be expensive, and as the walls feature no artwork we sought out a graphic print floor piece. The best buy was to search online, finding this great design at Factory Fast for around $50. Sure, the quality is more acrylic than plush, but in a commercial environment this suits fine.
The wishbone chairs are replica from a variety store at the unbelievable price of $49 each (see similar at Matt Blatt), while the coffee table was scoped up second hand for a mere $4.
If this all sounds overwhelming like you'd have to travel far and wide to get such bargains, fear not - the entire fitout was completed in under a week, visiting the select amount of stores a regional town like Newcastle has to offer.
Tim has a great blog that has heaps of exciting behind the scenes details of his work, you can visit it here.
Thanks Tim!


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Number: 110-28
Date: June 20, 2008
President Signs P. L. 110–245, the
"Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax (HEART) Act of 2008"
On June 17, 2008, President Bush signed into law H.R. 6081, the "Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax (HEART) Act of 2008," (Public Law 110-245). The House of Representatives passed H.R. 6081 on May 20, 2008, by a vote of 403-0. On May 22, 2008, the bill passed the Senate without amendment by unanimous consent.
The following provisions are of interest to SSA:
Taxable Wage Exclusions for Volunteer Firefighters and Medical Responders
• Amends the Internal Revenue Code and the Social Security Act to exclude from FICA taxable wages any property tax rebate or other qualified benefit provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders in return for labor services. The IRS had previously ruled that such payments constitute compensation for services performed. Effective as if included in Section 5 of the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007 (i.e., January 1, 2008).
Military and National Service Related Changes to the SSI Program
• Treats most cash military compensation as earned income for SSI purposes, thus allowing the service member to benefit from the SSI program's more favorable consideration of earned income.
• Codifies SSA's policy regarding consideration of privatized military housing allowances. In situations where the allowance is withdrawn directly from a service member's pay by military payroll and paid to the landlord, the allowance will be considered in-kind income and the SSI benefit reduction attributable to the housing allowance will be capped at one-third of the Federal Benefit Rate. In other cases, housing allowances will be considered earned income.
• Excludes State-provided pensions for aged, blind or disabled veterans (or their spouses) from income consideration for SSI purposes. Such payments will also be excluded as a resource for SSI purposes.
• Excludes any cash or in-kind benefits provided under an AmeriCorps program from income consideration for SSI purposes. Prior to the HEART legislation, AmeriCorp VISTA payments were excluded from such consideration, but AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps and AmeriCorps State/National program payments were countable.
• All SSI-related provisions are effective for benefits payable for months beginning 60 days after enactment.
- Ends the practice of U.S. government contractors setting up shell companies in foreign jurisdictions to avoid payroll taxes. The legislation amends the Internal Revenue Code and the Social Security Act to treat foreign subsidiaries of U.S. companies performing services under contract with the United States government as American employers for the purpose of Social Security and Medicare payroll taxes. This change affects U.S. citizens and U.S. residents working for these subsidiaries. Effective upon enactment.


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"I Saw You" in the waiting room
Who saw? Who was seen? Was it you?
Reply or see more "I Saw You" ads at alibi.com/personals.
I've loved you since we met freshman year of high school. 10 years and several choices led us far from each other. You still have my heart and to this day appear in my dreams. I hope that you are happy this Christmas. :)
You were playing Mancala in the waiting room. I was intrigued by the game and you said someday you'd teach me if you ever ran into me again. Thanks for your kind offer, I hope to see you again, but I had to change my regular appointment time!
You were the cute guy in the striped zip-up hoodie and I was the girl taking photos. We kept making eye contact.
Dear unbelievably handsome, brown-haired (that you just recently cut all off), chile pepper-tattooed cashier at Trader Joe's,
I just want to say that your smile is unbelievable! It stops me in my tracks every single time. Please don't ever stop smiling because I'm sure that you've made more than just my day with it!


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- Collection day is assigned by the Solid Waste & Recycling Division. Routes are created so the division works in the most cost-effective way. Therefore your day cannot be changed. Look up your collection day.
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How do I start my garbage service?
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The number of carts and recycling bins at your service address are what the previous owner needed for their weekly services. You will continue to have these for your weekly garbage and recycling use, but if you wish to increase or decrease the number of garbage carts or recycling bins you have, please contact our office at (612) 673-2917.
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Located in downtown Minneapolis, the HERC facility uses mass burn technology to convert 365,000 tons of garbage a year into electricity that is sold to Xcel Energy, Inc.
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Despite Approval Major Issues Remain Unresolved
Do you consider the approval of the constitution a success for promoting democracy in Iraq, or do you think it will provoke further insurgency?
Michael Lüders: I'm afraid that the latter will be the case. I mean in theory it is very important that this constitution was approved by the majority of Iraq's population. However it was quite clear that both the Kurds and the Shia population would vote in favour of this constitution whereas in those regions where the Sunnis constitute the majority opposition would be stiff, mainly due to the fact that the Sunnis, the former power brokers in Iraq, lost all of their powers after the toppling of Saddam.
So until now we have not seen any reconciliation process between these various ethnic and religious groups. And although this approval of the constitution is a step forward in terms of institution building, institutions remain very weak in Iraq and the insurgency will undoubtedly continue.
How do you expect the moderate Sunni Arabs to react to the result of this referendum?
Lüders: I think that the moderate Sunnis did understand very well that in the long run it doesn't play to their favour should they really refuse any participation in state-building institutions in Iraq. And for that reason I believe that quite a few moderate Sunnis will even participate in the parliamentary elections that are going to take place in December. However, the pressure of the radicals will be very strong and will remain dangerous for moderate Sunnis to really participate in the political process. Moderate Sunnis do run the risk of being assassinated.
Many Sunnis fear that the constitution would create richer 'mini states' for the Kurds and Shia and leave the Sunni areas of the country in the centre and west of the country impoverished. You think they were right in their fears, do you?
Lüders: I would think so, because when you look at the constitution it becomes apparent that it is really strengthening regional control over the state. In other words: when we talk about the oil income, it is mainly the regions of the country, the Kurdish region in the North an the Shia region in the south, where the oil income is going to be reaped in, whereas the Sunni areas have more or less little say in the contribution of the oil income.
In other words: The central state will become even weaker after the approval of the constitution. It is a part of the constitution to really strengthen the regions to the disadvantage of the state, and therefore it will be even more difficult to go ahead with the constructive state building.
Some last-minute changes were made to the constitution shortly before the referendum was held. Do you think other changes need to be made?
Lüders: Oh, definitely. And this is what the Sunnis were promised. I mean, this was the reason why in the end at least the moderates among the Sunni population did agree to this 'constitution business', so to speak, but there will be amendments. And in fact there will be another referendum held next year in May in order to prove the amendments made by then. However the Sunnis do only have a chance to get their voice heard through the parliament which will be re-elected in December. And even then the Sunnis will remain a minority.
And if the majority, Kurds and Shia, do not approve of Sunni proposals for the reforming of the constitution, then these reforms will not pass. So therefore, in other words: in theory changes are possible, in practice they are very unlikely to be happening.
There has already been a presidential election in Iraq and now we have the referendum on the constitution and of course parliamentary elections are due in December. What is it going to take to persuade the insurgence to end the violence? Will they not be satisfied until the US-lead coalition forces leave the country?
Lüders: I'm afraid so, yes. I mean, we have to see that the insurgency is not really united except on one issue: that's the disapproval and the hatred of the Western occupation of the country as they see it. They are against American troops, against British troops, against foreign occupiers as they view them. And this is really their common denominator. When we look at their given ideologies and their goals, there is not really much in common, because we are talking about different warlords, different ideologies, different people striving for different purposes.
And therefore: Should the Americans leave, should the British leave, it would then be the hour of truth, so to speak, for the insurgence. Then, at the latest, they have to make public what their demands are. And so far they do not have a political agenda except battling the Americans and the British and those Iraqis who are being seen as collaborators of Western forces.
Interview conducted by Brian Pickering
Michael Lüders studied Islamic sciences, politics and journalism in Berlin. He wrote his PhD on the Egyptian cinema. He produced several documentary films for the German television and was for many years editor for Near and Middle Eastern Affairs for the German weekly Die Zeit. He lives as political advisor, journalist and author in Berlin.
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As each significant holiday roles around, I contemplate how to discuss its' significance with my children.
This year, as Thanksgiving quickly approaches, our four-year-old son cut me off at the pass. Here's how it all went down, while driving home from preschool pick-up:
"So, Honey, have you learned anything at preschool about Thanksgiving?"
~ Long pause while driving along a Montana back country road; boy looking out window at passing tractors and tall, yellowed wheat grass.~
"Yeah. Today we learned about Dilvrums."
~Another long pause. This time it's me…trying to figure out what in the hell a Dilvrum is. Think…think…think…oh yeah! Pilgrims!
"Ah, yes! Dilvrums! What did you learn about Dilvrums?"
"They're mean, and they paste weird things on their forebrows and have pets called Robby Foxes. They shoot people and kill people and push other people. They're real mean."
~An even longer pause: Think…think…think…they paste weird things? Ah yes…the buckles on the black Pilgrim hats. Forebrows? Foreheads + eyebrows = forebrows. Got it! Killing and shooting??? Hhhhmmm will have to save that for another conversation. Robby Foxes??? No idea…~
"Tell me more about the Robby Foxes, Honey. What exactly are those?"
"They're pets, Mom! Just like I told you! They dig holes in the ground. They're real sneaky. They're actually statues…but they're alive, so they can dig holes. Yeah. Yeah. That's what they are. Robby Foxes."
"And why are the Dilvrums so mean?"
"I don't know, they just are."
"Hhhhmmm. Did you learn anything else about Thanksgiving?"
"When my teacher asked us what we all knew about Thanksgiving, I raised my hand and said it's all about Jesus. She said I was wrong."
"Oh. Well, were you thinking about Christmas when you answered that question?"
"Yeah! I was! I said Christmas was all about Jesus! She still said I was wrong!"
~Ok. I know these preschool teachers too well. Especially the head teacher, whom I absolutely and positively adore. I know she wouldn't say that about Christmas and Jesus. Take it in context, Kimmelin. Take it in context. He just told me Thanksgiving is all about "Dilvrums who shoot and kill other people…. who harbor some sort of beasts called Robby Foxes…(I can't believe I'm admitting my son was talking about make-believe people that shoot and kill…we don't even let our kids play guns, bows & arrows or anything else of the sort, let alone watch tv or video games with an ounce of violence…play with toys guns, etc. Again, that's for another conversation.)
Anyway, you get the picture.
As of now, there are two and a half days left until Thanksgiving. Do you think I'll be able to convince him of the real Thanksgiving story by then???


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Garrison's Case
For some time the assassination of John F. Kennedy and the reliability of the Warren Commission Report have been major issues of public interest, leading to many calls for reinvestigation of the case. Charges and counter-attacks have been pouring forth in the ever-expanding literature on the subject. CBS went so far as to devote four full hours to an attempt to rehabilitate the Warren Commission theory.
Since February most interest in the case has focused on the new investigation being conducted by District Attorney Jim Garrison of New Orleans. Garrison claimed in February that "my staff and I solved the case weeks ago. I wouldn't say this if we didn't have evidence beyond the shadow of a doubt. We know what cities were involved, we know how it was done, in the essential aspects: we know the key individuals involved, and we are in the process of developing evidence now."
On February 22 one of Garrison's chief suspects, David W. Ferrie, died, shortly before Garrison planned to arrest him. A few days later he did arrest a leading New Orleans businessman and socialite, Clay Shaw, and charged him with conspiring, under the name of Clay or Clem Bertrand, with Ferrie, Lee Harvey Oswald, and others to assassinate President Kennedy. The thesis Garrison has set forth is that a group of New Orleans-based, anti-Castroites, supported and/or encouraged by the CIA in their anti-Castro activities, in the late summer or early fall of 1963 conspired to assassinate John F. Kennedy. This group, according to Garrison, included Shaw, Ferrie, Oswald, Jack Ruby, and others, including Cuban exiles and American anti-Castroites. It is claimed that their plan was executed in Dallas on November 22, 1963. At least part of their motivation, on this thesis, was their reaction to Kennedy's decisions at the Bay of Pigs, and the change in US policy toward Cuba following the missiles crisis of 1962.
At first, the press treated Garrison's claims with caution, reserving judgment. At the preliminary hearings of March 14-17, Shaw was indicted for conspiring with Ferrie and Oswald to assassinate the President. Newspapers, such as The New York Times and the Washington Post, began expressing skepticism about the evidence. A few weeks later, James Phelan in the Saturday Evening Post, May 6, 1967 issue, launched an attack on the credibility of the testimony of Perry Russo, the chief witness at the preliminary hearings, and strongly suggested that his testimony had been induced by hypnosis. Later, on May 15, Newsweek, which had been scoffing since the Shaw hearings, published a story by Hugh Aynesworth charging Garrison with attempted bribery of potential witnesses and claiming Garrison had no real evidence. The attacks reached a crescendo in June with a front-page story in The New York Times (June 12) purporting to describe the ways in which Garrison tried to entice people to give evidence, and how he had tried to fabricate it; with the defection of Garrison's assistant, William Gurvich, who said that there was no real evidence and…
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