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Susannah C. Drake is the principal, of DLANDstudio Architecture + Landscape Architecture, pllc. an award winning multi-disciplinary design firm. DLANDstudio is the recipient of National and International urban design awards from the AIA, ASLA and Chicago Athenaeum among others. As one of very few designers of her generation with professional design qualifications in Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Susannah paved the way for more synthetic thinking about urban ecological infrastructure.
She is the recipient of grants from the Graham Foundation, the New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission, the James Marston Fitch Foundation, the New York State Council on the Arts, and the Center for Architecture for research on campus landscapes and large scale urban infrastructure projects. Susannah is the former President and Trustee of the New York ASLA and former Trustee of the Van Alen Institute. She is the author of Elastic Landscape: Seeding Ecology in Public Space & Urban Infrastructure which was recently published in the collection of essays entitled Infrastruktururbanismus.
Susannah received a Bachelor's of Arts Degree from Dartmouth College in 1987 and Master in Architecture and Master in Landscape Architecture degrees from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design in 1995.
Sandra Chuck is a senior associate and landscape architect at DLANDstudio where she contributes her extensive experience in designing and building many types of projects. These include parks, campuses, urban streetscapes and plazas, cultural institutions, zoos, residences, and playgrounds.
Prior to joining DLANDstudio she was an associate at Quennell Rothschild & Partners. Sandra holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Landscape Architecture from the University of California at Berkeley, where she received the Geraldine Knight Scott Travelling Scholarship. She is a registered landscape architect and LEED accredited professional.
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Halina Steiner is the design director of DLANDstudio. Halina presented on the use of information graphics in landscape architecture at the AIGA Phoenix Design Week and on the use of green infrastructure at APA LA 2014 Conference. She has also presented work on flood mitigation strategies along the Adyar River in India to government officials and at Anna University in Chennai.
In 2012, Halina taught an International Summer Workshop at the Warsaw University of Life Science. She has been a critic at The Cooper Union, The City College of New York, and Syracuse University. Halina's has written articles for both Topos and Garten + Landschaft about the development of waterfront parks in New York City.
Halina's design experience includes work for the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Flight 93 Memorial Competition for the University of Texas Austin, NYASLA, and the Planning Accreditation Board. Halina holds a BSD in Visual Communication from Arizona State University and a MLA from The City College of New York, where she also currently sits on the advisory board.
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Krista Bentson is a senior landscape architect at DLANDstudio. Her work over the last decade has involved the design of publicly accessible spaces to renovate or reimagine parks, streetscapes, plazas and waterfronts. Projects have included multiple waterfront projects, large scale wetland treatment cells for water reuse, and cultural amenities. The great majority of her projects have required collaboration with city and regulatory agencies in addition to collaboration with design teams, artists and clients.
Krista holds a Master of Landscape Architecture from Harvard University's Graduate School of Design and a Bachelor of Arts degree from University of California, Berkeley's School of Environmental Design. Prior to joining DLANDstudio, she has worked for Workshop: Ken Smith Landscape Architect and Quennell Rothschild & Partners. She is a registered landscape architect.
Project Director
Ailyn is a designer and project director at DLANDstudio. She holds a Master of Landscape Architecture II from Harvard University's Graduate School of Design and a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture from Florida International University.
Professionally her experience ranges through a wide range of projects and geographies, working on sites around the U.S., Caribbean, Europe and Africa. More recently, she worked as a project manager for several projects in New York including a mountain peak residence in Hudson and Hudson Park and Boulevard Block 4 in Manhattan. Academically, her design and research interests lie at the intersection of conflicting conditions, particularly when related to cities, water and culture.
Nick is currently working on the Under the Elevated fellowship exploring the possibilities for new public spaces below elevated infrastructure, and developing a green wall system for the American Pavilion for the Milan Expo 2015.
He received a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Arkansas, where he was awarded the National AIA Henry Adams Medal as the first-ranked, final-year architecture student in recognition for scholastic achievement, character, leadership, and promise of high professional ability.
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Erin is a designer at DLANDstudio. She holds a Master of Landscape Architecture from Harvard University's Graduate School of Design and a Bachelor of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Villanova University.
Prior to her work in landscape architecture, Erin developed a comprehensive stormwater management plan for the historic Bala Cynwyd, PA railroad station. Most recently she worked on the Changing Course Competition which focused on the rapid landloss and future of Lower Mississippi River Delta.
Charles is a designer at DLANDstudio. He is currently working on the Reconstruction of Joe Michaels Mile in Queens, NY. Charles is a registered architect in the state of New York and received his Bachelor of Arts with a Major in Architecture from Washington University in St. Louis. He has 16 years of experience as a practicing architect in New York City with work that includes a variety of adaptive re-use and interior architecture projects.
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State ends Medicaid prescribing rights for 437 providers
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State officials say they terminated the Medicaid prescribing rights of 437 providers who were writing suspicious amounts of prescriptions for painkillers and other drugs under a new system.
State health officials made the announcement Thursday along with Attorney General Pam Bondi in the annual Medicaid fraud report.
The state spent nearly $17 million dollars fighting Medicaid fraud in fiscal year 2011-12. According to the report, they recouped nearly $50 million dollars.
Florida's Medicaid program is the fourth largest in the nation and serves more than 3.3 million recipients.
Bondi said collaboration with the Agency for Health Care Administration has resulted in tremendous financial recoveries on behalf of taxpayers and promised to ensure that Medicaid dollars go to helping the needy rather than those who defraud the system.
The report highlights a local case of a nurse at Manor on the Green nursing home in Daytona Beach who pleaded no contest in June to one count of neglect of a disabled adult and one count of obtaining a controlled substance by fraud.
Kathleen Pimental of New Smyrna Beach was accused of diverting Oxycodone pills by substituting other medication for Oxycodone. She was sentenced to one year of probation, ordered to undergo a drug and alcohol evaluation, and forfeit her nursing license.
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Fortunately, there are very few annual weed species in the United States that have shown this level of multiple resistance. Waterhemp is a dioecious species and ideally suited for evolving herbicide resistance by sharing resistance genes among populations and biotypes.
"For example, you can have HPPD resistance evolving in field A, and in adjacent field B you can have selection for glyphosate resistance," Tranel said. "Pollen is always moving in the air, allowing pollen from field A to mix with resistant plants from field B resulting in HPPD and glyphosate resistance in the same progeny. That's how easy it is to stack resistance."
The pressure is on for industry to develop new options and for growers to change their practices of how they use products to control the weed spectrum, he added.
Hager, Tranel and Dean Riechers, a U of I associate professor of herbicide physiology, were recently awarded a grant from Syngenta to study how waterhemp populations evolve resistance. They will collaborate with Syngenta's scientists to find answers regarding the genetics, inheritance, and mechanisms of resistance to HPPD inhibitors.
"We are excited for the opportunity to collaborate with industry to learn more about these resistant biotypes," Tranel said. "We want to find practical management recommendations for growers."
Hager said that there is only so much a person can learn by looking at different treatments in a field, but if this is not done, it's difficult to come up with the best recommendations. The U of I weed science team's advantage is their ability to span the range from applied field and greenhouse work to basic DNA sequencing, physiology and genetics work.
At least two companies are developing crop varieties that are resistant to HPPD inhibitors. In the future, both of these companies see HPPD-inhibiting herbicides growing in importance.
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Framework for Congestion Control with Efficient Energy and QoS Enhancement for Wireless Network
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In the recent days many applications need fast transfer of large amount of data over network. So the performance of TCP and SCTP in wireless network is an active area. After every failure the connection between source and destination gets disconnected. But the failure can be because of congestion packet loss or wireless packet loss. In this paper, a new mechanism is introduced by which it avoids the failure caused by congestion by estimating the energy of each node, bandwidth of the packet, and considering the node that has more radio range.


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Weekend News Roundup for February 22Sat, 02/22/2014 - 11:18am
Each week the WTIP news team puts together a roundup of the week's news. Eagles nesting, moose counted, more kids graduating and hard drugs on Duluth streets…all in this week's news.
North Shore Hospital to work with DSGW Architects on remodel and renovation plansThu, 02/20/2014 - 12:25pm
After three hours and lots of questions from the Cook County North Shore Hospital Board to hospital administrator Kimber Wraalstad the board asked Wraalstad to enter into negotiations with DSGW Architects to draw plans for a remodel and renovation of the 16-bed critical access hospital and 37-bed skilled nursing care center.
The estimated cost for the work is $20 million, but Wraalstad said that other than the current levy of $800,000, none of the money would come from county residents in the form of more taxes or increased levy.
The meeting took place at the hospital boardroom on Monday, February 11, 2014.
Open lunch policy at ISD 166 to end?Wed, 02/19/2014 - 1:54pm
The possibility of ending School District 166's open lunch policy was discussed at the Feb. 6 school board meeting. The policy currently allows juniors and seniors in good academic standing to leave the campus during the lunch period. Schwarz conducted a survey of 13 area schools and found that five of the schools, including CCHS, currently allow some students to leave campus during lunch. The main issues are safety and liability.
ORB Management presents "close-out" information for Cook County Community YMCA projectTue, 02/18/2014 - 11:23am
At the Feb. 11 meeting of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, Wade Cole of ORB Management presented a "close-out letter" detailing the firm's work on the Cook County Community YMCA project and a list of remaining issues that are being dealt with by contractors.
Items on the list include installation of window tinting film at the pool; adjustment or replacement of shower heads and arms; floor mat placement in the locker rooms; replacement of sauna lights; installation and certification of pool slide railings; adjustment of HVAC controls; and removal of brown streaks on the walls at the pool which Cole said are "a bit of a mystery."
In addition, Cole said there is a problem with concrete flaking at the ice rink, which can only be solved after the dasher boards are removed, presumably in the spring.
The county board thanked Cole for all of his work and dedication to the project and voted to pay ORB $75,000 from the unallocated 1 percent funds to make up for a $32,253 shortage in the contingency fund and pay unbilled hours which date back to 2012.
The payment leaves just under $400,000 of uncommitted funds remaining from the $20 million total.
ISD 166 selects architect for industrial arts expansion projectTue, 02/18/2014 - 11:20am
Architectural Resources Inc. (ARI) and the Meyer Group both made presentations to the ISD 166 school board on Feb. 6 regarding the expansion of the industrial arts shop and the school bus garage at the school board meeting on Feb 6. Both companies have extensive experience working on the North Shore. The cost for either company to oversee the projects will probably exceed $50,000.
In the end, the board unanimously agreed to pursue the project with ARI. ARI has done about 80 percent of its previous business with educational facilities and also employs its own engineer as well as architects. Meyer Group would have needed to subcontract the engineering portion of the work. Both companies also explained that although it is possible to have the project completed by the beginning of the 2014-2015 school year it might be an aggressive goal to achieve.
The industrial arts expansion project is expected to cost about $750,000.
West End Community Conversation, Wednesday at Birch GroveTue, 02/18/2014 - 10:46am
Every community offers opportunities and challenges. This Wednesday evening there's a chance for West End folks to gather for discussion. North Shore Morning host Jana Berka learns more from director Patty Nordahl.
The Birch Grove Foundation and Tofte Township will host a "West End Community Conversation" on Wednesday, February 19, at Birch Grove Center. All are invited to share ideas and experiences about opportunities of and challenges to Cook County's West End. A chili and salad dinner will be offered from 5:45 to 6:20 pm. The community conversation will take place from 6:30 to 9 pm. More information and reservations are available from Patty Nordahl at 663-7977 or email@example.com.


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|31 Dec 1996
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|Caitlin B. Bestler, Harry A. Hartley, III, Khosro M. Rabii
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The present invention relates generally to conditional access systems of the type used to control cable subscriber set-top boxes and particularly concerns a countdown technique for increasing the security of such conditional access systems.
Conditional access systems for subscriber units such as cable subscriber set-top box decoders are well-known in the art. Conditional access is conventionally achieved by downloading one or more authorization levels for storage in the decoder. The stored authorization levels may be represented by a bit map or a list of individual multi-bit codes, or a combination of both. Each received subscription program, which is normally scrambled to prevent access thereto by an unauthorized subscriber, includes an authorization code (sometimes referred to as a program tag) identifying the associated program. If the program tag corresponds to an authorized level in the stored bit map or to a stored listed authorization level of the subscriber, a descrambling circuit within the subscriber's decoder is enabled to descramble the signal for viewing by the subscriber. On the other hand, if the received program tag does not match any stored authorization level descrambling of the accompanying program is inhibited.
Depending on the desired resolution, recent advances in technology have made possible the transmission and reception of one or more digitally compressed television signals over a 6 MHz television channel. The television signal is preferably compressed and arranged for transport in accordance with international standards established by the Moving Pictures Expert Group (MPEG). In accordance with the MPEG standard, the compressed digital television information may be arranged for transmission in the form of a multiplexed transport stream of fixed length MPEG packets including, for example, video packets, audio packets and conditional access packets (all packets other than conditional access packets being referred to as product packets). Each packet in the transport stream includes a 4-byte header comprising a 13-bit packet identification code (PID) identifying the so-called payload (184 bytes) of the respective packet. A PID having a value equal to one (i.e. 00 . . . 1) has been reserved for use with conditional access packets.
In a general sense, conditional access for digitally compressed subscription systems of the foregoing type may be achieved using techniques quite similar to those employed in prior art analog subscription systems. However, since it is anticipated that the digital systems will make much more extensive use of services such as video-on-demand, it is desirable to provide increased confidence that the operation of the conditional access system is largely tamper-proof. For example, the security of the conditional access system may be compromised by interrupting the conditional access data stream to the decoder, the feasibility of such interruption being facilitated by the fact that the MPEG packet headers are not encrypted. Such interruption of the conditional access data could lead to a situation where, for example, it becomes impossible to retract a previously established authorization level. This presents the subscription system operator with the dilemma of not being able to reuse authorization levels in a timely manner or assume the risk that a non-paying subscriber may have access to the service associated with a reused authorization level. The problem is compounded in connection with services such as pay-per-view television which require frequent recycling of authorization levels.
It is therefore a basic object of the present invention to provide an improved conditional access system for a subscription service such as a pay cable television system.
It is a more specific object of the invention to provide a conditional access system which is relatively resistant to unauthorized tampering even though the PID's identifying the conditional access data stream are not encrypted.
It is yet a more specific object of the invention to provide a conditional access system in which interruption of the conditional access data stream will automatically result in denial of further subscription services.
These and other objects and advances of the invention will be apparent upon reading the following description in conjunction with the drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 is a simplified block diagram of a subscription television decoder;
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the DCAM shown in FIG. 1;
FIGS. 3A-3B are diagrammatic representations of different CA packets according to the invention; and
FIG. 4 illustrates the PID and countdown registers of the DCAM of FIG. 2.
FIG. 1 sets forth a block diagram of a television subscriber terminal constructed in accordance with the present invention and generally referenced by numeral 10. Subscriber terminal 10 includes a tuner 12 coupled to a cable television distribution system (not shown) or other suitable transmission medium by a cable 14. The output of tuner 12 is coupled to an intermediate frequency (IF) filter 16, typically a SAW filter, and therefrom to the input of an IF amplifier and demodulator circuit 18. Demodulator 18 may comprise, for example, a multi-level VSB or QAM demodulator.
The output of demodulator 18 comprises an MPEG transport bitstream including a series of MPEG product and conditional access (CA) packets. As previously mentioned, each such packet includes an unencrypted 4-byte header comprising a 13-bit PID identifying the contents of the packet followed by 184-bytes of encrypted payload, 20-bytes of which are used for forward error correction. A product packet may comprise a compressed video packet, a compressed audio packet or a packet containing auxiliary data. Each such packet is identified by its own unique PID, with a PID having a value of one (00 . . . 01) reserved for CA packets. Depending on the degree of compression employed and on the maximum bit-rate provided by the transmission system, the transport bitstream derived from a tuned 6 MHz television channel may represent one or more television programs, the components (e.g. video and audio) of each television program being identified by their own respective PID's.
The MPEG transport bitstream developed at the output of demodulator 18 is coupled to a digital condition access module (DCAM) 20 which will be described in further detail hereinafter. For now it is sufficient to understand that DCAM 20 is responsive to CA packets multiplexed in the transport bitstream for selectively authorizing and deauthorizing subscriber terminal 10 for various television programs and other services. DCAM 20 is also operative for decrypting the payloads of product packets having PID's corresponding to a program selected for viewing by the subscriber and for which the subscriber has appropriate authorization. The output of DCAM 20 is coupled to an MPEG transport demultiplexer 22 which couples the decrypted video packets to a video decompression circuit 24 and the decrypted audio packets to an audio decompression circuit 26. Video decompression circuit 24 may include a random access memory 28 coupled thereto. The decompressed video signal developed at the output of video decompression circuit 24 is applied to a D/A converter 29 which is coupled to a suitable video display. Correspondingly, the decompressed audio signal developed at the output of audio decompression circuit 26 is applied to a D/A converter 30 which is coupled to a suitable audio system.
Subscriber terminal 10 further includes a microprocessor 32 having a channel selection output 34 for controlling tuner 12 (i.e. for tuning a selected 6 MHz television channel) and an output 36 for controlling demodulator 18. Microprocessor 32 also has an output 38 for controlling transport demultiplexer 22 and receives data, e.g. network directories and program map tables, from the demultiplexer over a line 39. Microprocessor 32 is further bi-directionally coupled to DCAM 20 by a bus 40 and is supplied with an interrupt signal by DCAM 20 over a line 42. An upstream transmitter 44 is supplied by microprocessor 32 and has an output coupled to cable 14 for providing upstream transmissions over the cable distribution system. Microprocessor 32 is responsive to signals from a user control interface 46 operable by a subscriber for selecting a program for viewing.
In operation, a plurality of broadcast 6 MHz RF channels are coupled by cable 14 to the input of tuner 12 which in response to a channel selection signal supplied by microprocessor 32 couples a selected channel to intermediate frequency filter 16. Filter 16 may be constructed in accordance with conventional fabrication techniques and may, for example, include a conventional surface acoustic wave filter or its equivalent. The output of filter 16 is demodulated by intermediate frequency amplifier and demodulator circuit 18. Demodulator 18, which may comprise a synchronous demodulator, recovers the digital MPEG transport bitstream comprising CA packets and product packets representing one or more television programs. While different transmission signal formats and methods may be utilized in communicating data through the cable distribution system, the preferred embodiment shown in FIG. 1 utilizes a digital vestigial sideband (VSB) modulation system in which N-level (e.g. 16, 8, 4 or 2-level) symbols having a symbol rate of approximately 10.76 megahertz are transmitted and received over cable 14. The transport bitstream generated at the output of demodulator 18 is further selectively processed by DCAM 20 and thereafter demultiplexed in demultiplex circuit 22 to provide selected input video and audio signals to decompression circuits 24 and 26 respectively. Circuits 24 and 26 perform conventional video and audio decompression operations upon the applied video and audio data to produce decompressed video and audio signals which are converted to corresponding analog signals within digital to analog converters 29 and 30. The analog signals thus provided may be applied to the video display and audio system of the subscriber's television receiver.
The structure of DCAM 20 is shown in greater detail in FIG. 2. DCAM 20 preferably comprises an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) which implements the conditional access and decryption functions of subscriber terminal 10. As shown in FIG. 2, the transport bitstream from demodulator 18 is supplied to a payload crypto device 50, whose output is coupled to transport demultiplexer 22 and also supplies a CA packet interceptor 52. The transport bitstream is also supplied through a PID filter 53 to a payload countdown circuit 54 which includes an output coupled to the Enable input of payload crypto device 50. The output of CA packet interceptor 52 is supplied to an embedded CPU 56 over a bus 58. Bus 58 also couples CPU 56 to payload countdown circuit 54, a RAM 60, a ROM 62, a one-time-programmable memory (OTPM) 64, a key source generator 66 and a CA crypto device 68. Communications between CPU 56 and processor 32 (see FIG. 1) are effected over lines 40 and 42.
The operation of DCAM 20 is controlled by CA packets (PID =1) coupled by CA packet interceptor 52 to CPU 56. There are a number of different types of CA packets (identified by the first 3-bits of the packet payload) including CA initialization packets, CA configuration load packets and CA PID authorization packets. The CA initialization packets (see FIG. 3A) are used to initialize various keys used in DCAM 20 and to initialize the subscriber authorization levels of a bit map (e.g. 256 bits) and an authorization list stored in RAM 60. In particular, each subscriber DCAM 20 includes a unique 4-byte public serial number (S/N), a common load and a private (master) load all stored in OTPM 64. The common and private (master) loads are combined with selected bytes of ROM 62, which includes a stored program for controlling the operation of cPU 56, for providing respective common and private (master) keys. Each subscriber DCAM further includes active CA and payload key sources and received CA and payload key sources provided by key source generator 66. Each CA initialization packet includes the public S/N of one or more subscriber terminals together with the associated active and received CA and payload key sources and authorization levels. The received public S/N, which is encrypted with the network common key, is decrypted by payload crypto device 50 in response to the common key derived from OTPM 64. The decrypted public S/N is supplied to CPU 56 which determines whether it matches the public S/N stored in OTPM 64. If a match exists, CPU 56 fetches the received active and received CA key sources for storage in key source generator 66. These key sources are encrypted first with the private key corresponding to the packet public S/N and then with the network common key. They are therefore decrypted first by payload crypto device 50 using the common key from OTPM 64 and then by the CA crypto device 68 using the private key from OTPM 64. The active CA key source now provided by key source generator 66 is used to build a decryption table used by CA crypto device 68 to decrypt further CA encrypted data bytes. Such further data bytes include the active and received payload key sources which after decryption are stored in key source generator 66 and authorization levels which after decryption are stored in the bit map and authorization list of RAM 60.
The CA configuration load packet is illustrated in FIG. 3B. It is similar in format to the CA initialization packet and is used to provide new CA and payload key sources for key source generator 66. The packet is also used to refresh the authorization bit map stored in RAM 60. As shown in FIG. 3B, the packet type and public S/N are encrypted using the active payload key source previously downloaded in a CA initialization packet and are therefore decrypted by payload crypto device 50 in response to the corresponding decryption table. If CPU 56 establishes that the decrypted public S/N matches the public S/N stored in OTPM 64, the received payload and CA key sources are decrypted by CA crypto device 68. These key sources will become the active key sources if they differ from the current active key sources and result in rebuilt decryption tables for payload and CA crypto devices 50 and 68.
Processing of the CA initialization and configuration load packets therefore results in DCAM 20 having been individually addressed to download various decrypted critical operating parameters (i.e. decryption keys and authorization levels). In particular, the CA key source is downloaded after it is decrypted using the private key of DCAM 20, the download CA key source being used in turn to provide for downloading of the payload key source. Moreover, a would-be pirate can neither artificially create nor selectively filter subsequent CA packets since the packet payload, including CA packet type, of each such CA packet is encrypted using the payload and CA key sources. As will be explained in further detail, the inability to either create illegitimate CA packets or selectively filter de-authorizing packets prevents a would-be pirate from compromising system security.
The format of a CA PID authorization packet is illustrated in FIG. 3C. This packet, which is globally addressed using a public S/N=1, is the most frequently transmitted CA packet. The packet comprises a type code and a public S/N=1, both encrypted using the active payload key source and both decrypted by payload crypto device 50. The packet further comprises one or more PID's, each with an associated authorization level and countdown register level, all encrypted using the active CA key source and therefore decrypted by CA crypto device 68. As will be explained in further detail hereinafter, each active PID within a given 6 MHz channel must be transmitted and received by DCAM 20 in a CA PID authorization packet at a predetermined minimum rate in order to maintain payload crypto device 50 operable for decrypting payloads of product packets with corresponding PID's. Therefore, if the CA bitstream to DCAM 20 is interrupted, payload crypto device 50 will become inhibited and thereby cease decrypting product packets.
More specifically, assume a subscriber elects to view a particular television program contained within a tuned 6 MHz television channel. The selected program has an authorization level "A" and is comprised of packets having PID's 317, 318 and 319. PID 317 may, for example, identify compressed video packets, PID 318 compressed audio packets and PID 319 auxiliary data packets. Upon selecting the program (using user control interface 46), external processor 32 causes CPU 56 to determine whether the subscriber is authorized to view the program. That is, CPU 56 checks RAM 60 to determine if authorization level "A" is found in the stored authorization bit map or authorization list. Assuming authorization level "A" is found in RAM 60, the three PID's 317, 318 and 319 of the selected program are transferred over bus 58 for storage in respective PID registers 72a, 72b and 72c (see FIG. 4) of payload countdown circuit 54. At the same time, respective associated countdown registers 74a, 74b, and 74c of countdown circuit 54 are set to selected values.
Payload crypto device 50 is operative for decrypting product packets only if the PID of the respective packet is stored in one of the ten PID registers 72a-72j of countdown circuit 54 (the packet PID's are supplied to countdown circuit 54 by PID filter 53) and the contents of the corresponding countdown register does not equal zero. Therefore, payload crypto device 50 begins decrypting payloads of product packets having PID's 317, 318 and 319 and couples the decrypted packet payloads (together with all unencrypted packets) to transport demultiplexer 22 for further processing. Moreover, each time a product packet having a PID stored in a PID register 72a-72C is received by countdown circuit 54, the associated PID countdown register 74a-74c of countdown circuit 54 is decremented by a factor of unity. If any one of the countdown registers reaches a value of zero, countdown circuit 54 inhibits payload crypto device from decrypting any further packets having the corresponding PID. For example, if countdown register 74a, which is associated with PID register 72a storing PID 317, reaches a zero count, countdown circuit 54 will inhibit payload crypto device 50 from decrypting any further product packets having PID 317.
However, under normal operating conditions CA PID authorizations packets are transmitted and received at a rate sufficient to prevent anyone of the countdown registers 74a-74c from reaching a zero count. In particular, after verification by CPU 56 that the authorization level of a received CA PID authorization packet matches a subscriber authorization level in RAM 60 and that its PID matches a PID stored in one of the PID registers 72a-72j, the associated countdown register 74a-74j is set to the countdown register level value of the received CA PID authorization packet. The countdown register level preferably comprises one byte allowing the countdown register to be set to any one of 256 different values. It will thus be seen that by operating the network such that appropriate CA PID authorization packets (i.e. having selected PID/authorization level pairs) are transmitted and received before a given countdown register reaches a zero value, payload crypto device 50 will remain operative for decrypting product packets having the corresponding PID's. Authorization level matches may be established by searching the authorization list and bit map of RAM 60 in response to each received CA PID authorization packet. Alternatively, the authorization list and bit map may be searched only once in response to the viewer's program request. The corresponding authorization level, assuming that a match exists, is then stored in a reserved portion of RAM 60 associated with the PID's stored in PID registers 72a-72j and is checked for a match with each received CA PID authorization packet. The latter approach is, of course, less CPU intensive since a search of RAM 60 is not effected in response to each received CA PID authorization packet.
Assume, now for example, that a subscriber interrupts the CA bitstream in an attempt to prevent deauthorization by denying network access to the authorization levels stored in RAM 60. While interruption of the CA bitstream may achieve this goal, it will also interrupt receipt of the CA PID authorization packets, thereby allowing the PID countdown registers 74a-74J to assume zero counts and inhibit decryption of the product packets having PID's stored in PID registers 72a-72j. As a result, the subscriber will be denied access to the program even though the network cannot access RAM 60 for deauthorizing the corresponding service level.
As a further option, the operation of DCAM 20 can be enhanced such that countdown registers 74a-74j are each also decremented in response to the receipt of any CA packet (PID=1). This will in effect clear (i.e. set to zero) all countdown registers 74a-74j having corresponding PID registers 72a-72j storing inactive PID's.
What has thus been described is a novel conditional access system having a unique countdown system providing increased security against unauthorized tampering. It is recognized that numerous changes in the described embodiment of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art without departing from its true spirit and scope. The invention is to be limited only as defined in the claims.
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Gr8 location, good price excellent staff
Stayed in The Owl hotel for 12 Days
Good experience
The hotel is very very centrally located.
In 3 mins you are in Leidsplein
a minute at the Tram station and 5 mins at the Rijks Museum.A short ride in the tram and you are in Dam Square
The staff is very courteous helps you find any place in the city and of course will give you good suggestions.
The rooms are a bit small but the bathrooms are bigger in comparison
The location and staff makes up for the size of the room.And if you stay as long as I did they bear with your insistent long talks
Loved the Owl
We were displaced by our other hotel and they found us a room at the Owl Hotel. I loved this place. Our room was a bit bigger than others we had stayed in throughout our trip. The bathroom was average size. The location was great. It was near the museums and a big popular square that had some good places to grab dinner or a beer. I really liked this place.
The Owl flies high
Spent 4 days here in July 2004 and was quite impressed. Service and facilities reasonable for price. Friendly (with garden, low flying parakeets, and cat). Some temporary roadworks outside.
I recommend the Owl Hotel
I recently stayed 3 nights at the Owl Hotel checking out on May 28, 2004. I was pleasantly surprised at the size of my room especially the bathroom. They both were larger than what one usually would find in a European hotel. The room was clean and serviced daily. The staff was friendly and very helpful. Tour tickets are available at the front desk. We enjoyed the free breakfast and factored it into our decision to stay at the Owl. This hotel is located close to many attractions, restaurants and Vondel Park. We took the train from the airport to Central Station, then the tram to the hotel ( which I recommend) a total of maybe 30 minutes and 5 Euros. When we got off the Tram we were approximately a 10 minute stroll from the hotel. However, it took us about an hour to find it. We asked several people on the street who tried to be helpful and point us in the right direction but The Owl could not be seem from the main street. TIP, its behind the Marriott on a side street. Even though we got lost looking for the Owl when we first arrived, it was well worth it when we finally found it. I highly recommend the Owl Hotel it is small, quaint, and really gives you the flavor of Amsterdam. Ask for room #39......you will have a great street view.
Great place to stay
I stayed at the Owl in 2001 and am returning in 2 weeks for another visit to Amsterdam and I am staying at the Owl again. Wonderful location, great view of Vondel park from our top floor room. Hair dryer in the room is a great perk.The daily breakfast is good and included in the room rate. Also having an elevator is another perk. Nice little backyard and patio. The staff is very friendly and helpful. This is a great place to stay and I would reccomend it to anyone who is looking for a quiet place near Vondelpark. Also there is a cute little black cat that lives there, he is very sweet but does not have the best sight and had mistaken my husbands finger for a piece of ham he was trying to feed him.
Great location
Great location - close to everything. Rooms and bathroom were good size (for Europe), nice breakfast in AM, friendly staff. I would definately go back. Can't say enough about the location - EXCELLENT!
I can advise the Owl.
The owl has a friendly athmosphere. As soon as you enter you feel at home! Very friendly staff and comfortable rooms. The location is simply perfect: walking distance from the museums and the leidseplein. The only disadvantage is the rather basic breakfast. But overall I can strongly recommend this hotel.
Great Place
The owl hotel is the only place where I stay when I am in Amsterdam which is two or three times a year. The location is superb and the price is perfect.
So-so place, noisier than expected
I stayed at the hotel in June of 2002. The hotel is very well-located, affordable, and breakfast is good. But I had great difficulty sleeping, and I used earplugs and am not a light sleeper. The doors are very thin and the electronic keycards used to open the doors make a loud beep whenever anyone enters a nearby room. The elevator is quite loud, and virtually all the room doors are within a meter of it. Many of the rooms face a noisy hostel by the Vondelpark, which stays noisy well into the night. Consider yourself forewarned if sleep is on your agenda.
The Owl - Just Perfect
I refuse to stay anywhere but the Owl during my trips to Amsterdam. The staff are friendly, hotel is immaculate, has a "home" atmosphere and is close to all Amsterdam has to offer.
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Today I hopped on a train for Enkhuizen, a small town northeast of Amsterdam. After reading my guidebooks, I decided this would be a good option for getting outside the city as there is a little open air folk museum. It was also an easy 55 minute train ride with no connections and covered by the I amsterdam city card. I was really hoping to get the train that would get me to Enkhuizen before 10:00 when my card expired. Luckily, everything ...
Last day in Amsterdam
... this years winning photos they had the winning photos from the past 60 years. What it did show us is that the world hasn't learned much about war and humanity over this time, interesting but a little depressing.
Back to the hotel where we packed our bags as we have a taxi coming at 12 to take us to the airport.
Its ts been a great trip, look forward to catching up with everyone soon xx
A Royal Party
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We made it to Amsterdam at around 10:00 a.m. Amsterdam time, and since we had time to kill until our hotel was ready, we checked out the City Center for a while. We ended up back in that area for dinner, and for a late night of wandering the canals and getting to know the ...
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The Rijks Museum was pretty impressive in itself with traditional detail & huge vaulted ceilings mixed with modern. You could easily spend a lot of time there but it was a bit of art overload for me after a couple of hours I think I would need a few more short visits to really take it in. ...


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This past month, the World Bank lowered their 2014 global GDP growth assumptions. Citing the BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India and China) as well as the U.S. as culprits for the lowered estimates, growth was reduced to 2.8 percent for 2014, down from 3.2 percent. The IMF recently lowered its forecast for U.S. GDP growth to 2 percent from 2.8 percent for 2014, primarily because the negative numbers from the first quarter.
We believe the slowdown in the U.S. is solely a first quarter event due to weather, and we will see acceleration throughout the year (see our investment outlook). We are seeing confirmation of that with recent data from the ISM, industrial production and factory orders. Although slowing, China's growth is still relatively robust and inflation remains under control. Regrettably, Brazil and Russia aren't as fortunate. As the chart below highlights, Brazil and Russia are stuck in a slowing growth, high inflation environment that is difficult to overcome. With high inflation, there is pressure to raise interest rates, but that leads to an increased headwind for growth.
Unfortunately for Brazil, the build up for the World Cup did not provide the added stimulus that was hoped for. Corruption and cronyism have proved to be rampant and the economy has not seen the desired lift. There was hope that the employment opportunities would bring about an economic boost for their citizens. This hasn't happened and there remains a strong sense of frustration among the public.
While soccer is still far down the list in popularity in U.S., we find ourselves getting caught up in the hype of the World Cup and are hoping the U.S. can make it to the second round.
The Mob Rules
While stocks hit new highs, geopolitical issues in the Middle East may be tempering those gains. With militants gaining control of key cities in Iraq, the supply of oil has now come into question. This has resulted in a run up in the price of crude. We are of the belief that the price of oil will remain stable as the U.S. continues to increase its supply over the long term and becomes less reliant on "foreign oil," as indicated by the chart below.
We do believe, however, that energy markets will continue to experience short-term volatility due to global tensions. We have been overweight the energy sector based on our belief of an expanding global economy. This recent spike has resulted in the sector being one of the best performers over the last several weeks. If energy prices remain elevated into the summer driving season, U.S. consumer spending may face some headwinds.
Taxes Matter
2014 has seen a major pick up in merger and acquisitions with a major catalyst being taxes. Earlier this year, Pfizer attempted to purchase UK-based AstraZeneca and a rejected bid from Abbvie for Shire Pharmaceuticals PLC. Most recently, we saw the largest confirmed tax inversion deal with Medtronic agreeing to purchase Ireland based medical device manufacturer, Covidian. The value of the deal over $40 billion and will probably draw some political scrutiny as it gives Medtronic to move its "headquarters" from Minneapolis to Dublin. The income tax benefits aren't major (reducing corporate rate from 19 percent to 17 percent), however, it would allow Medtronic to utilize all of its cashflow for share buybacks and/or dividends. U.S. companies with cash generated overseas cannot use it for buying back stock, dividends, U.S. hiring, as well as capital investments without repatriating it back to the U.S. and having to pay a higher tax rate. If the Medtronic/Covidian deal is approved, Medtronic will have access to all of its cash for those purposes as they will be officially and Irish company.
Our Takeaways for the Month
What is Tax Inversion?
Over the last several months we have seen a wave of cross-border acquisitions, primarily U.S.-based companies looking to purchase non-U.S.-based companies. There are a few reasons for this, but the main culprit is the U.S. corporate tax system. The United States has one of the highest corporate tax rates in the world. Therefore, multinational companies, based in the U.S. are looking to lower their tax rate by changing their country of domicile. We saw a wave of this several years ago as U.S.-based companies moved their headquarters offshore, (i.e., Covidian, Accenture, Ingersoll-Rank and Eaton) to Ireland. Now companies are looking to acquire non-U.S. companies and move their country of domicile offshore. However, it is not just the tax rate, it is also the tax structure. When U.S. companies earn profits outside the U.S., they will pay taxes on those profits where they were generated. However, if they want to move them back to the U.S. and reinvest the cash in people, plant, equipment or buyback stock or pay dividends, they have to pay the U.S. tax as well. Therefore, companies leave trillions of dollars outside the U.S. Multinational companies can set up headquarters outside the U.S. and utilize 100 percent of their cash at the lower tax rates. We believe we will see this trend continue until the U.S. modifies its tax code.
Jason Norris, CFA, is executive vice president of research at Ferguson Wellman Capital Management. Ferguson Wellman analysts blog on the financial markets for Oregon Business.
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On August 20, the production press conference for the new OCN drama, "Reset" was held in Gangnam. Present at the conference were actors Chun Jung Myung, Kim So Hyun, Park Won Sang, Shin Eun Jung, and producer Kim Pyung Joong. . ... Read more
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It's ok, according to price Not very good but if you want to save some money, then it's ok. staff is good and really good friendly environment. — Khawar, age 25, Pakistani (2015-04-21)
Good location and clean room Near the westbanhof. Clean room and bed. But no breakfast. By the way, wash clothes need 12 euros for 3kgs. As a whole, still good in my mind. — Ching Fang, age 25, Taiwan (2013-05-16)
DO NOT STEP IN DO NOT STEP IN. The Beds are old and made a lot of noise so I could not sleep well. — Alice, Germany (2012-10-15)
Not bad The hostel is right next to westbahnof but about 30 minutes walk to the city center. The wifi only worked in the lobby area downstairs and was a bit spotty. Beds were ok. Staff was nice. If you want to use the kitchen its in a separate building around the corner from the main building. It's affordable and for good reason. Honestly had I paid more to stay here I would have been dissatisfied with it. But the price is certainly right. — Eric (2012-06-02)
Really nice This hostel was very clean and comfortable, everybody was cool and the location was very nice. You get a glass of wine upon checking in. We didn't need to walk too much to go to the train station, to go to restaurants or to go to museums and other places. The attendants always helped indicating restaurants and places we should visit. I had no problems there and I really recommend this hostel. — Juliana, Brazil (2012-01-03)
GOOD The price and staff were great. internet works just near the reception and if you have to print something there is 50 cent euro each paper. — IVAN, BRAZIL (2011-08-17)
Very good choice! Excellent location and friendly staff make this hostel a perfect place to stay in Wien. The room are small but clean and cheap. — IPZ (2006-10-08)
We left after two nights because we couldn't handle this place anymore. The facilities were filthy and always occupied and the location was an absolute hassle (though it's near the train station, it's a half hour walk to anything else). The neighborhood wasn't the greatest. It was okay, but not in comparison to everywhere else we stayed. — Sandra and Ray (2005-10-08)


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August Update
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Hey all! It's been a very exciting month for us, so let's get to it. Here's what Duet looked like last update:
And here's what it looks like now:
Now you may be saying, "That looks almost exactly the same." Well, let's back up a moment.
Auditorium Duet was originally built on a prototyping codebase. The idea is that you are able to very quickly see what works and doesn't; in practice the code got so jumbled so quickly that it became a nightmare to maintain. Each new feature we want to add turns into a week of work, with no way to easily keep experiments from breaking things elsewhere in the game.
We've known for a long time that our codebase was unmanageable. But the solution was a complete refactor — essentially, we would have to start from scratch, rewrite the entire engine, and slowly bring back features into this more stable base. Additionally, switching from Unity's Asset Server to a more modern version control system like Git would give us more flexibility to experiment without bringing the house down.
At every step along the way, we have looked at a feature and said, "It will take less time to implement this feature than to rearchitect the entire game." And while that has been true each time, the combined effect is that we simply haven't been able to be as creative and productive as we need to be to deliver.
So finally, we took a step outside of the project. We tried a few new things with our game jam game, "Monster Want Burger!", and quickly realized how much power we would get by refactoring. And this past month, we did just that.
What does it mean to refactor? It means we started from scratch — an empty project — and slowly, thoughtfully, rebuilt every single subsystem in the game from the ground up. We threw away what didn't work, polished what did, and structured everything in a way that not only makes sense, but works with far less overhead and cruft.
So where does that leave us? We have a pristine new codebase that accomplishes everything the previous one did in *one-third* the code:
It's easily understandable; it's easily maintainable. It's actually a joy to work with. And switching to Git has given us the freedom to experiment and add new features, so that Duet can be so much more than just a prettier Auditorium.
Still, it will be prettier. Upgrading to Unity 5 has given us access to newer rendering pipelines and features we would have had to write on our own otherwise.
We can say with certainty: we have never been more excited to work on Duet than we are today.
Duet is going to be wonderful. We're at a place where our original ideas are coming to light. Controller support is more stable than its ever been, and thanks to the refactor we'll have consistent performance across platforms.
The game is a pleasure to work on and development is happening at a rapid pace. It's an exciting time and we're very happy to be sharing it with you!
Will and Dain
P.S. So our game jam game, "Monster Want Burger!"? For a lark, we submitted it to the App Store a few months ago. Now, four days of off-hours work have turned into a new product. It goes live tomorrow for $0.99, and it's kid-tested, family-approved fun. Anything you can do to spread the word — tweeting, sharing, posting, etc. — would be greatly appreciated.
P.P.S. Thank you for sticking with us and thank you so much for your support — we'll talk to you soon!
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Happy Holidays and Happy New Years to all our friends out there! This month, we'd like to show you a little bit of what's happening behind the scenes with our tools. Over the course of this project, Unity has pushed quite a few cool new updates that have prompted us to rework a lot of how we do things. One of those things is the new UI system.
In the past few years, doing any kind of font rendering in Unity has been absolute hell. With the new Unity UI tools Font rendering can now be pixel-perfect out-of-the-box without a lot of hassle. We've lost 100's of hours just tweaking fonts over these past few years. This is just one of many problems that have been improved for us since the UI change.
For about 3 projects now, we've have a pretty amazing thing called Settings. Settings allows a designer to tweak variables throughout an entire project in just one window. The designer doesn't need to know how code works or where to find a particular variable. All they need to do is sit there and tweak until fun happens. This is very powerful and helps a lot when your team is larger than 1 person. We've expanded on this concept of settings with a ton of different tools. One of those tools is our Application Flow package.
Our Application Flow package can handle the entire flow for any project. This is important when you want any kind of dynamic menu or just see what's happening under the hood. We use the Application Flow package to change things on the fly when people are testing and a whole host of other things.
Here's a screenshot of what that looks like from the backend. This is the actual Application Flow for Auditorium Duet.
This whole system is drag-n-drop and allows us to create a flow, complete with menus, in just a few minutes. We can test how the menus are going to feel almost immediately. We know this sounds a little ridiculous, but we've spent wayyyyy too much time over the years just handling special cases in menus. We want to make less menu and more game.
We would really like to start opening our tools to the public. So, if you're a Unity Dev and would like to try this out send us an email at team [at] cipherprime [dot] com.
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Xoom is great! Don't buy it.
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iPad 2 to be unveiled next week
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We have been so busy preparing for a baby, I almost forgot about this.
I am not a fan of dress shoes, especially when I have to wear them for hours and hours. So, for our wedding, we're going with style and comfort. I want YOU to choose what I wear.
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A new study found that men named Wayne are the most likely to cheat on you. We ran down the rest of the Top 20 this morning on the Get Up & Go Show.
Brittany and I have been keeping the sex of our baby a secret for one reason. Her dad wanted it to be a surprise when the baby arrives in late August, but the excitement was just too much for him... and he cracked! The sex of our baby will be...
Be on the lookout for these women on the prowl. They might look appealing, but they'll make your life a living hell.
According to a new study, people are most likely to marry their FIFTH sexual partner. They say at five sexual partners, you have a fair amount of experience, but not SO much that it can have a negative effect on the marriage.
Do you ever look at a couple that seems so blissfully in love that they are totally unaware of their surroundings? Does it make you wonder what their secret is? Well, here you go.
Valentine's Day might be over, but the love is still overflowing. Watch this video featuring seven of the best sports marriage proposals ever.
How many times has this happened? You roll over, poke your sweetie in the side and giggle, trying to get his attention only to get a mumbled, "Not tonight…" He always seems ready to go at a moment's notice. So, why doesn't he want to get it on?
Thinking of going the fancy route with your sweetie for Valentine's Day? While we women appreciate it, you may want to think again. Here's why.
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Injured Melo won't make the trip to Toronto
Carmelo Anthony won't make the trip to Toronto for Saturday's game, coach Mike Woodson said after Friday's 95-83 loss to the Raptors.
Adam Zagoria, Team Reporter
Anthony, who didn't sit on the bench Friday night and hasn't spoken to the media since before Christmas, will then have missed three straight games with a sprained left ankle. The Knicks are 0-2 without him.
"He's gotta continue to go through treatment and when he's ready to play, he'll let us know," Woodson said before the game.
After Toronto, the Knicks head on a three-game Texas swing beginning Jan. 2 in San Antonio.
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