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What is the best protection against a "chosen-ciphertext" attack when transmitting (=streaming) secured (=crypted) data via networks using the TCP protocol?
Firstly, a little crypto background. I'll provide you with links and you can decide how far you read.
The key to avoiding CCA/CCA2 (Chosen ciphertext attacks) is to not provide an "oracle" (something the attacker can query either in a limited fashion or at will). In terms of practical implementations of such oracles, replying to encrypted email messages with the stuff you previously decrypted is an example of providing an oracle - whatever ciphertext went in has been decrypted and provided to the attacker. , a m
The key is to not provide that oracle, to which there are two solutions. One is to encrypt-then-mac - i.e. use a pre-shared secret to produce a message authentication code which the recipient can check before decrypting. That way, if the ciphertext is not from the sender, you reject it. An alternative to this is to use an authenticated encryption mode, a complete, integrated approach (it combines your block cipher with a MAC).
So the approach to solve the CCA/CCA-2 problem is to use some kind of authentication of your messages.
What can you do now? Read about the protocols your ciphers use and ensure they use something like EAX, or a MAC.
First off, don't design your own cryptographic protocol! Please don't be offended, but: if you have to ask this kind of question, you are not qualified to design cryptography. (Frankly, even I would try to avoid designing a cryptographic protocol, even though I am qualified.)
I know some other answers have suggested you go learn about IND-CCA2 and authenticated encryption and encrypt-then-mac and digital signatures and checksums and stuff like that, and then (presumably) go implement your own crypto. Personally, I think that's a bad idea. There are many opportunities to screw something up, so I think that's a dangerous approach. Fortunately, it is not necessary to design your own crypto -- there are good schemes out there that have been vetted carefully by many experts, over a period of years. You can just re-use them.
Therefore, instead of trying to design your own crypto, I strongly recommend you try hard to reuse some existing, well-vetted scheme. For communication security, I recommend TLS. For protecting stored data, I recommend GPG with signed, encrypted messages (or other software that supports the OpenPGP format). This way, you don't even need to know how to protect against chosen-ciphertext attacks; you just need to do know that TLS and GPG already protect against them for you.
Isn't it great? You get both strong security, and you don't have to do any hard lifting yourself; someone else has already done all the hard work. It's a win-win all around!
First of all, it's worth to analyze whether this relatively difficult attack is indeed a risk or threat for your system and specific setup. If you could provide a bit more details, it would be easier to give an advice in this respect.
In general, the best protection against the chosen-ciphertext attack is to make impossible for an attacker to both 1) insert encrypted pieces of data, especially large amounts of them and 2) review the decrypted versions of the data they inserted.
Transmission of the encrypted data over SSL could help to prevent insertion of the data in the stream since it would guard against man-in-the-middle attack. Another defense is to detect invalidly encrypted message (for example, with checksums or digital signatures) and in case of checksum validation or decryption failure, avoid providing to the attacker the decrypted version of the data - this way even if the attacker manages to insert ciphertext, he would not be able to use your application as a "decrypting oracle".

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If you are trying to boost your intake of omega-3s, try this simple favorite. It is a great way to use convenient canned (or leftover) salmon. The tangy dill sauce provides a tart balance.
117 Reviews for Easy Salmon Cakes
These were easy and delicious. They are a great dish for entertaining, too. They look very elegant and perfect to make ahead. I'm going to add something more for flavour next time - this is an easy recipe to adapt to your tastes. It's a dry dish and the sauce was essential. Maybe if I increase the veggies in it it will be more moist.
I would give the Salmon Cakes five stars...used parsley flakes rather than fresh. would make this again.
My husband and I really enjoyed the salmon cakes. We live in Southern California so we had leftover grilled salmon (we grill all year). I cut back to one cup of bread crumbs since I noticed that was a common thread in reviews. I also added a jalapeno pepper that was diced into very small pieces. When I mixed all the ingredients, the mixture would not hold together so I added an extra egg and it was the perfect texture.
This is a great light dinner. I have to make a substitution because I've never been able to find a 7 ounce can of salmon in our area. I use 2 - 5 ounce cans and less bread crumbs. I also use the whole egg instead of just the egg white.


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|September 26, 2012, 08:24 PM
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Nice shot! You're a fine story teller, Frank.
Mine? No, still in storage on the west coast where I left it in June, 2010. It's been a rough 2 years; things didn't work out at all like I'd planned. I'd hoped to have it - and my others (336, 65, 642) - shipped here in less than a year.
Oh, well, life is what happens when you're making plans.
Things are looking up, though. I hope to see it before year's end.
9, .22, .30-30, blades & sticks. Fun.
A niche expansion: 125 gr .30-30 rnds
|September 27, 2012, 11:05 AM
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Well my 39m that I bought off gunbroker a couple weeks ago arived at the shop a few days ago, and the stock is broke in two, so I wrote to the seller and he said he will coved the cost of a replacement stock, ( must have broke while being shipped ) so that was darn nice of him, and make's me feel better about the deal. Still I kind of wanted it to all be original wood to the rifle but thats how it gose sometomes.
So when I pick it up from the shop with the new stock I will get some pictures up, wonder if the stock will match the forearm? guess will see.
FastFrank,cool story about shooting the longrange crow!
|September 27, 2012, 08:55 PM
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Case, you're lucky the seller is so kind - wow, that's impressive. But I can understand your disappointment. Original furniture is valued.
I'd be concerned also with the stock matching the fore end.
9, .22, .30-30, blades & sticks. Fun.
A niche expansion: 125 gr .30-30 rnds
|September 27, 2012, 10:05 PM
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thanks for the info guys
|September 28, 2012, 10:42 PM
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Please ask your seller where they're planning on obtaining the replacement original wood. I'm also looking for, at the very lease, an original replacement buttstock. Although I'd rather have a matched set with the perchbelly forend.
|October 4, 2012, 07:25 PM
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Hi CB900F, yes I will ask the gunshop where they got the replacement stock from, I wont be able to pick it up for a couple more week's, work schedual right now pretty much taking up all my time, but cant wait to see it agin!
|October 4, 2012, 08:37 PM
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Is that really what they're called, or did you make it up?
Either is fine - not being critical at all - just curious.
Trying to picture what that looks like. I kinda see it (I used to fish for bream.)
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|October 6, 2012, 09:24 AM
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I've heard it called that, on this thread too I think. Pity is, I can find all kinds of places that want to sell me custom stocks for my 39 that needs one, but either original replacements or made to original specs are dammed hard to find. I'd like to get a fairly plain straight-grained walnut set in the just post WWII style. You know, no white line spacers, no bullseyes, and the larger forend. You wouldn't think it'd be too hard. Hah!
I'd found a 1964 that had been abused as a child, and have been bringing it back to good condition. However, it has obviously mis-matched wood & the buttstock doesn't fit at all well, it's equally obviously off another gun. Therefore the desire to rectify the situation & do it in just post war style I like.
|October 6, 2012, 11:34 AM
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|October 6, 2012, 02:25 PM
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Numrich is your friend ... they have a couple walnut stock listed.
I picked up an 1949 39A at a garage sale for $50 that needed a barrel, found a 20" Century Limited model on eBay, cut down the feed tube and installed it but the forend wouldn't fit. I found a Century limited forend on Numrich and was able to complete the project ... I stripped the stock and they came out pretty close, its my favorite 39
It's pictured a few pages back but here it is again;
I'm really not a "kid" anymore ... but I haven't grown up yet either!
If you really want something you'll find a way ...
... if you don't you'll find an excuse.
|October 18, 2012, 03:29 PM
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Marlin 39 Century Limited
I'm new to the club hope I don't make a mistake. Here goes. MY father-in-law gave me the captioned rifle in 1973. It is new, never been fired. In doing some research I found a picture of the rifle which had a brass plate on the stock saying "39 Century Ltd. 100 marlin years". He had purchased it from an employee of Marlin. Can anyone offer an opinion as to why my rifle is missing this plate and how may it effect its value. I was also told that the serial number was 75. Can anyone help.
|October 18, 2012, 08:31 PM
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The rifle may have been one sold to a Marlin employee, either because it had a cosmetic defect that they didn't want to sell, or because they simply gave employees the option to buy rifles.
Possibly the commemorative plate was never put on to start with because the rifle was not to be sold to the public.
The serial number should be stamped on the top of the receiver tang.
If it's stamped just "75" then that's the serial number.
Whether all this would make the rifle more or less valuable is hard to say.
It might be more valuable because it was an employee sales rifle, but in order for that, you'd need documentation stating that it was. The lack of the plate and the low serial number might be a wash per value.
So, without some provenance listing it as a rifle sold by a Marlin employee, value is uncertain.
|October 19, 2012, 10:29 AM
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Marlin 39 Century Limited
I found the serial #0075 on the receiver tang as you suggested. Thanks. I also have the document signed by the President of Marlin to the employee presenting the matched pair serial #75 Commeratives but not the 39 Century Limited.
|November 7, 2012, 12:57 PM
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Marlin Model 39
Hi, I'm new to this sort of thing (computer talking), so please be gentle with me. I have the opportunity to acquire a Model 39 serial # HS 403. I have been able to determine that this model was made between 1932 (it has a steel bead on the front sight as opposed to ivory) and 1936 (the advent of the model 39 A)
Would appreciate it if someone could help me to place a fair value on it so that I can make an offer. As found condition, I,m not looking to sell or make a profit off of this rifle, as it will remain in my collection. Any help?
|November 7, 2012, 08:15 PM
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Value is assigned by the amount of original factory finish remaining, and on it being in original factory configuration.
These rifles originally had color case hardened receivers and blued barrel and parts
Note that the HS serial number prefix indicates the rifle was made to fire modern High Speed ammo, but I wouldn't shoot the hot "Stinger" types.
The Blue Book will be low due to publisher lead time, and lagging estimates of market prices, so these prices will be on the low side.
The front chapters of the Blue Book have an excellent tutorial on how to grade a firearm. This is available at most better book sellers in the gun books section. It's a massive paperback:
|November 29, 2012, 04:17 PM
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marlin 39 carbine , golden model 39 carbine
I had these guns for awhile now and noticed the golden 39 carbine in the box has a hammer spur and sling swivels, the standard 39 carbine has none. both have the 3/4 mag tube and tapered barrel,AA prefix man. in 1965
Any help is appreciated
Thanks, John
PS The box for the "golden" end label is marked "golden modle 39 carbine"
|November 29, 2012, 07:42 PM
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The Golden Model 39 Carbine was made from 1963 to 1967.
It had a 3/4 magazine tube and a light barrel.
Otherwise it was similar to the 39M.
Marlin made 9,695 of them.
|November 29, 2012, 08:29 PM
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|December 2, 2012, 10:00 PM
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Hi all - new here. Getting back in the game after about a 15 year layoff (kids, work, etc). Have bought and sold a few guns over the years, but kept the .22 rifle my Dad taught me to shoot on.
Turns out it's a Marlin Golden 39A. Never thought much of it, but as I'm in NJ, having the tube magazine is really nice.
What's vexing me is the serial number - it's a 1961 model - the U is clearly stamped under the lever, but the number is "259", which seems like a low number compared to some of the other serial numbers I've seen.
The gun is in very good shape, but I'm thinking of selling as I'm not a fan of lever action. From what I can tell, it's probably worth $300-500 - any thoughts?
|December 3, 2012, 02:23 AM
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Yeah. Selling the gun your dad gave you to learn to shoot with would be a big mistake.
It can never be replaced.
Oh yeah, you can buy one just like it, but it's not the same.
Keep it. Some day, you can give it to your kids and tell them about how your dad gave it to you.
Besides, it's a Marlin 39.
It's a great little rifle and fun to shoot.
The three or five hundred dollars that the rifle is worth is nothing when compared to a lifetime of memories.
Look at the second post on page two of this thread, and you will see where I'm coming from.
And welcome to the 39 club.
|December 3, 2012, 08:42 AM
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Thanks - appreciate the welcome! I did read your post, it's awesome that you want to pass on the memories you had with your father to your grand kids.
My father and I have always been a little less attached to guns - we're not collectors by any stretch, and we do have other non-firearms related pursuits we share (vintage cars, sports memorabilia, etc). Now, if we were talking his .38 S&W snubbie, that would be different. I have very fond memories of shooting that, and I am hoping to make a deal to get it from him!
The nice thing about the 39a is the tubular magazine. NJ has some pretty draconian laws, but this thing can hold a good number of rounds, which makes it particularly desirable in that regard.
The apparent quality of the weapon can't be ignored, but as I have young daughters, the heft and size would be too much for them to learn on. Was thinking of getting something like the M&P15-22 for that purpose, hence why I considered selling.
I didn't realize the passion people have for this rifle - it warrants a trip to the range to put it through its paces. Hasn't been used in 30 years, so a nice cleaning is in order. Otherwise, it's in fantastic condition - hardly used.
Was I wrong about the serial number? Does U259 sound right? That's definitely what it's showing...
|December 3, 2012, 07:53 PM
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U" shows as...... "The year of manufacture for U = 1960 (August)-1961".
Keep the Marlin, you own the finest lever action .22 ever made. It's like owning a Rolls Royce, it doesn't get any better, and yours was made when quality was very high.
|December 5, 2012, 11:14 PM
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I recognize that you and your father are not deeply invested in the firearms culture & do have other mutual interests. But. What about your children? It's entirely possible that a child of yours would absolutely cherish having a third generation gun passed from grandfather, to father, to them.
|December 5, 2012, 11:53 PM
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Location: SW Florida
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Just bought a 39A Original Golden need Help
I don,t know if I am in the right place or even if I can post this here but here goes,please direct me to the right place if I step on any toes.
I just bought my first 39 A a Original Golden it needs work, and I want to disassemble it. Can someone direct me to where I can buy or download a disassembly guide.
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|December 6, 2012, 07:32 AM
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Keep the 39.
I have a forth generation gun, my Grandfather's Uncle - LE revolver. I have very little interest in it but it has Family History connected to it and I view it has family property, not my own. It probably go to one of my niece's boys, both display an interest and have proven responsible with firearms.
Luckily one of my cousins ended up with Winchester pump action 22 that was probably the first gun 90% of our family ever shot. It also produced most if not all of the meat my family ate (everything from Cows to Deer raiding the garden) until well into the 1980's. It looks like hell but in our family any one of us would pay many times its street value to have it. Luckily it is in good hands and his grand kids are already carrying on the tradition. Seven generations now...
Wouldn't it be cool to teach your Grandkids how to shoot with that rifle?
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In some of my classes (e.g. graph theory, mechanics), the professors encourage the students to visualize solutions to problems; I do well in these classes. In other classes (e.g. linear algebra), we are encouraged instead to reason about abstract concepts; I usually do worse in these classes (relative to the same set of peers). My professors have corroborated my suspicion that the usefulness of visualization depends on the type of problem being solved.
Overall, it seems that I do well with visualization, but have a harder time reasoning about symbolic formulas or abstract entities.
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How to decide the most possible signal model between two model candidates besed on the received signal vector?
Assume the received signal vector is $y$, the possible signal model candidates could be:
(1) $y = Ax+n$, or
(2) $y = Bx+n$,
in which $x$ is the transmitted signal vector, and $A$ and $B$ are the system matrices for signal model candidate-1 and candidate-2 respectively, and $n$ is the Gaussian noise vector.
If $y$,$A$ and $B$ are all known, and the noise covariance matrix is $E[nn^H] = w^2I$, in which $w^2$ stands for noise power, and $I$ is the identity matrix, how to decide the most possible signal model candidate between the two. What's the optimal solution?
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To the editor: I am saddened by the comments I have been reading about the rape in Steubenville. I am tired of all the negatives about our town, community, schools, churches and parents....
You know what, go ahead and bring up religion. Obviously those with this "religious background" were not paying attention during those classes. If they were true Christians, this NEVER would have happened!!
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WOAH! This was not just a simple mistake by some kids, this was RAPE. Yes, those kids are BAD. Don't bring up religion here, it has nothing to do with it nor is more blaming of the victim (because she was religious but drank). Really, stop trying to defend this horrendous act! No, the whole town isn't to blame and perhaps all of the parents didn't know what was going on but they do now so get those kids in control.
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6 Huge Movie Plot Twists That Caused Even Bigger Plot Holes
#3. WALL-E -- The Autopilot Is Trying to Thwart Its Own Mission
The Plot Twist
In this preschooler post-apocalypse feature, we follow WALL-E, a lovable trash compactor/cassette deck who falls in love with a big white butt plug from space. This robot, named EVE, is actually there to check in on whether a trash-riddled Earth could possibly sustain life once again -- and in her search stumbles upon an honest-to-God plant, which she immediately brings back to her mothership for further analysis.
They then toss it out once it's established that it can't be smoked.
But the movie needs an obstacle between the heroes and restoring Earth to a livable ecosystem, so the big twist is that the ship's autopilot, AUTO, is trying to prevent the humans from seeing the plant and finding out that Earth is now habitable. Why? Well, it's revealed that 700 years prior, all the autopilots of these ships were given secret orders to never, ever return to Earth, which was deemed a lost cause. AUTO was simply following those orders by hiding any evidence of the plant.
Hold On, Now ...
Then why send EVE down to Earth at all?
As the film shows us right away, the captain is completely out of the loop when it comes to practically every function of the ship, which is now in the hands of AUTO -- including the part where it periodically sends recon robots to find out if there's any trace of life on Earth, even though the answer is irrelevant.
Robot jobs ... just as soul-crushingly pointless as human jobs.
Of course, AUTO is a robot, so maybe its robot brain just doesn't work like that. Let's say that even AUTO itself didn't know about the secret "fuck Earth" directive until it kicked in -- but we know the exact moment when that happens, which is this:
"Asshole mode engaged."
See that "A113" there? That's the directive number for the order to never return to Earth, blinking up at the very sight of the plant. It's the moment AUTO knows to hide and destroy it -- and yet instead, immediately after this he informs the captain about the plant. Why?
Why bring the captain up to speed on something it is about to cover up? If this robot is capable of hurting other robots and holding people hostage in order to carry out its secret orders, can it not also just withhold information? Isn't that the point of the order in the first place? Seriously, AUTO, your uncle HAL would be very disappointed.
#2. Matchstick Men -- The Con Could Have Ended With a Single Phone Call
The Plot Twist
In a bold acting move, Nicolas Cage plays a twitchy eccentric named Roy Waller who has difficulties controlling his inflection and tricks people into giving him money. Thanks to his new therapist, Roy ends up meeting the 14-year-old daughter he never knew he had (courtesy of his ex-wife) and she moves in with him.
Honestly, for the first 20 minutes we thought this was a documentary.
But since this is a movie about con artists and double crosses, you just know that at some point everything we thought we knew will turn out to be a lie! In this case, it turns out that daughter Angela was never Roy's kid -- she was part of an elaborate con set up by his partner, Frank (Sam Rockwell), to make Roy trust someone enough to give up the code to his safety deposit box. A perfect con!
Hold On, Now ...
Frank's plot is presented as a perfectly planned scam involving fake shrinks, fake daughters, fake cops, and fake hospital rooms ... but it all hinged on Roy not doing one simple, logical thing: calling his ex-wife.
"Nah, no need to make sure I'm not kidnapping you or anything."
Angela's "mother" was the only real part of this whole charade -- Frank took advantage of the fact that Roy left her pregnant 14 years ago to set up the trick. One quick phone call to her, and the gig is up. The only precaution Frank took to make sure this didn't happen was having Angela tell Roy that her "mom" didn't want him to call her ... but then they spend the rest of the movie putting him in situations where he really fucking should.
For instance, the shrink advises Roy to call his ex, and he actually does it -- he only chickens out when she picks up. If she hadn't, Roy could have left a message mentioning the whole "So we have a daughter together, huh?" thing, and that would have been it. Con over.
Or if she'd called the creep back and told him to eat a dick.
Later on, when Angela fucking disappears for hours from Roy's home, Frank himself casually suggests that she might have gone back to her mother's house, knowing full well that a call to said house would end it all right then and there. It's only a fucking miracle in bad parenting that Roy waits patiently all night until she turns up. And this was somehow all part of the plan.
#1. The Usual Suspects -- Keyser Soze Purposefully Undoes His Entire Plan
The Plot Twist
The twist at the end of The Usual Suspects is universally recognized as one of the greatest ever. If you haven't seen the movie, stop reading this article and go watch it. That was awesome, right? OK, now let us ruin it for you forever.
The whole movie centers around the mystery of the identity of Keyser Soze, a brutal mobster and not a delicious deli sandwich like one would have thought. The story is narrated by crippled con artist Verbal Kint (Kevin Spacey) as he's interrogated by the police after being found at the scene of a perfectly good drug deal heist gone wrong.
The only other survivor of the heist is a badly burned Hungarian, and what do you know, just as Kint leaves the police station, a fax gets sent in with the Hungarian's description of Soze's face ...
"Holy shit! Put out an APB for Phil Collins, NOW!"
That's right, bitches -- Verbal Kint is Keyser Soze.
Hold On, Now ...
The movie makes it clear that the "drug heist" was actually just an excuse for Soze to kill the one man who knew his face. In that case, why stick around and show said face to everyone?
While it's clear that Kint was making all kinds of shit up during his questioning, let's look at the things we do know, the stuff that happens outside of his story. We see the beginning sequence of Soze leaving the scene of the heist with the cops nowhere in sight ...
The bunny ears turned out to be a red herring.
... meaning that he could have escaped before the cops got there, but for some reason didn't. Did this guy seriously create an elaborate boat heist with four other men so he could sneak in and shoot the one man who can ID him ... and then stand around and wait for the cops to ID him?
He even willfully talked to the cops, despite having been granted immunity (meaning he could have fucked right off any time), while the Hungarian was describing his appearance somewhere else at the same time. He had no way of knowing when the fax with his face on it would arrive, and yet he still spent hours dicking around in a police station, for absolutely no reason.
Clearly that coffee wasn't as bad as we were led to believe.
Once more, this is all portrayed as a perfectly orchestrated scheme by the world's greatest master criminal, but he's shown walking out of the police station right as the fax that nails him as Soze is scrolling through the machine. His whole plan would have collapsed if the cops had chosen to hold him for 30 more seconds, or if the one at the other end had been a bit quicker at dialing.
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"To me creativity is a wonderful way to express yourself. It is common between all cultures and ethnic backgrounds and everyone has different styles of expression, some, find it through art, others music and dance, and some people express through the written word. All people are equally great and people are people and should never be judged by skin color, their style, but by their character. To me creativity is a gift and is an escape from everything bad in this world, everyday someone is discriminated for being different as if their creativity and love to create beauty was something to be ashamed of. Creativity is something to be proud of."


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First Baptist Church, Huntsville, AL
Friday, July 29, 2016
Week 13
Good News Notes - Week 13
What role will prayer have in my effort to be used by God? Is prayer a necessary tool to use to reach people? It's very simple. If you want to do everything on your own strength - don't pray. If you don't want to see God moving before you in completely marvelous ways - don't pray. If you want to flounder around in your witness and be totally ineffective then don't pray.
God has proven over and over again that prayer is essential in sharing our faith with a missing person. Perhaps there is nothing more important than praying that God will use us and go before us. We can never reduce the importance of God being actively involved in a missing person's life before we ever even consider building a relationship with them. I heard of an experiment that a church carried out one time to prove that prayer is at the heart of our work in this world. They took the phone book and divided it randomly into two parts. One group of people would take a section and call cold turkey to talk with people about their spiritual needs and if they had any prayer requests. The other group did the same thing except the names were prayed over by a group of intercessors. The second group who had prayer for the people were surprised when their group was 75% more responsive than the first group. Maybe we need to spend as much time or more praying for the missing as we do for those who are ill.
Not a real scientific experiment but it proved to many people that prayer prepared the way for their calls. Maybe we need to conduct our own experiment. Pick out two friends that may be missing. Pray for one on a regular basis. Then become the best listener and good friend you can be. Plan and carry out some acts of kindness for both of them. See which one responds first with a spiritual question or provides an opening for you to say a short testimony or comment. Let me know how it turns out.
The scripture for this week is very plain and forthright. If we keep our relationship right with God and seek his will he will give us what we ask. This is a wonderful promise of God. The hard part is our end of the prayer. Remember that God desires missing people to come into a loving relationship with him. That part of his will is certain. He wants people to be saved. We are just agreeing with him to be a partner in reaching out to them. It is a faith response to trust God in prayer.
Scripture - John 15:7 - If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you.
Action - Make a list of people that you know are missing. It may include people at work, friends, relatives, or people you briefly come in contact with. In the book "Concentric Circles of Concern" the author suggests to draw 7 or 8 concentric circles. Label the innermost circles with the names of those who are closest to you who are missing. Start with family first, then friends, then co-workers/school mates, neighbors. Then move to other circles and list those who are not as close to you. As you move to the outermost circles you would list people that you don't even know. This technique will help you think of people to pray for. Trust God by praying for these missing people. Ask God to go before you.
Prayer - Lord, help me to depend on you for all things especially in these matters of faith. I know your hand will be upon my missing friends. I pray that you have already brought into their life things that have made them think about eternal matters. Make me available to my friend.
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In particular that run natively on Linux.
There are several different plugins for gimp to remove noise.
GREYC's Magic Image Converter (G'MIC) is a continuation of GREYCStoration. I'm not a fan of it, as I've found it to be very slow and there are loads of options to tweak. This means you could spend hours just tweaking the parameters to find an optimal set for a particular image.
My personal recommendation would be Wavelet Denoise. It's fast, has few parameters and generally produces excellent results. The results are not quite as good as the commercial packages, but they're close enough that you won't notice the difference unless you're pixel peeping. For best results, I use the YCrCb colour space and apply noise reduction to the Cr and Cb channel. Go very easy on the Y channel (the luminance channel), because if you over do it you'll end up with a very "plastic" looking image. I normally leave the Y channel alone as I like a little bit of grain in my images.
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One way to categorify the non-negative integers is to consider the category FinSet whose objects are finite sets and whose morphisms are functions. The isomorphism classes of objects in FinSet can be labeled "sets of cardinality 0, sets of cardinality 1," and so forth, so are a natural way of talking about the non-negative integers.
What I want is a good definition of a category FinSSet (where SSet stands for "super set") whose isomorphism classes can be thought of as "sets of cardinality k" for all integers k in a natural way. A natural candidate for the set of objects is the set of "Z2-graded sets," i.e. pairs of sets (S0, S1). What we want is to define the cardinality of such a set as card(S0) - card(S1), so we want the isomorphism classes of objects to only depend on this number.
Unfortunately, I can't find a definition of the morphisms that actually accomplishes this. What should it be? For what it's worth, I've read "From Finite Sets to Feynman Diagrams" and I think John Baez gives up a little too early on the integers.


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OMG that is crazy
Lets hope that is the result on Sunday (utd fan here)
Ebbsfleet must be really stuggling financially..
Huh. Weird coincidence with the name of one of my newly promoted youth players.
I'd keep an eye on him if I were you!
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Who is my opponent?
Chester were clearly pleased with the referee...
Your players better don't tackle him, if they don't want to be sued...
started without real players and saw this guy transfer listed! Well suited at this club lol
Don't Brazilian players choose their own one-name nickname? Perhaps he doesn't speak English and picked a word that looks nice, like in China when Chinese people buy English words on T-Shirts and you see them walking around with 'troglodyte' on their back and whatnot.
What a great name for a striker!
Ok, thats freaky
Your surname is Newton, and your an Everton fan?
I say it's freaky because my surname is Newton and supporting Everton lol
I think IRL Del Piero would never take a job at Torino.
First time i have ever seen a 7-7 draw,
Hartlepool were 7-4 up with 15 minutes to go, untill a 8 minute hatrick from Romone Rose levelled the match again.
To lead 4:1 at 15 minutes mark and still go to HT at 4:4 is a massive blow itself.
Then scoring 3 goals to make it 7:4 and STILL conceding 3 goals in 8 minutes to give this win away.
Unbelievable. If I were a Hartlepool manager I would want to shoot myself in the end of this.
I think some of these screenshots with names should include the player's bio just to ascertain that they haven't been changed. You can set a nickname to whatever you want, you know.
182 appearances in one season?
Stop quoting pictures people!! Clutter clutter clutter.
/Values his time.
stupid question i know and im sorry for it but i forgot how to get the screenshots on here ?? please anyone
Did he play all Senior, Reserve and U18 league games for your team?182 appearances in one season?
1. Ensure that any version of Football Manager is open
2. Go to the screen you want to show
3. Press 'Prt Sc', normally next to or near F12 on your keyboard
4. Open Paint, or a similar program
5. Paste the image by either pressing 'Ctrl + V' or going to edit, then paste.
6. Save the file as a JPEG
7. Upload the image to an image hosting site, such as PhotoBucket or ImageShack
8. Post the Direct URL onto this site
1. Ensure that any version of Football Manager after Football Manager 2008 is open
2. Go to the screen you want to show
3. Press Alt+F9
4. A screenshot of what you want will be saved in My Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager __\Screenshots
5. Upload the image to an image hosting site, such as PhotoBucket or ImageShack
6. Post the Direct URL onto this site
Both of the above are for Windows (all versions)
1. Ensure that any version of Football Manager is open
2. Go to the screen you want to show
3. Press Apple key, Shift, and 3 keys all together to take a screenshot of the whole screen.
4. Save the file as a JPEG
5. Upload the image to an image hosting site, such as PhotoBucket or ImageShack
6. Post the Direct URL onto this site
1. Ensure that any version of Football Manager is open
2. Go to the screen you want to show
3. Press Apple key, Shift, and 4 keys all together to take a screenshot of part of the screen.
4. Save the file as a JPEG
5. Upload the image to an image hosting site, such as PhotoBucket or ImageShack
6. Post the Direct URL onto this site
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this guy who played so much must be dreadfully exhausted .
Last night "Bender wins Award" was a news item.
First time i have seen a League One side playing in Europe.
England are 1 of the top 3 countries in the european fair play table (lowest yellow and red cards). This means the club with the best disciplinary record in the premier divison will qualify for europe.
At the moment Fulham have the best disciplinary record but if they win the Europa league then the qualification into the europa league via fair play will go to the team with the next best disciplinary record which is Burnley. because Fulham will already have qualified for Europe through winning the competiton.
Hope I have explained this well.
Plattini is scrapping the Fair Play route soon, hope Burnley can benefit from it as many of our clubs have in the past.
Rant over.
If only Barcelona said this about Messi...
cheers pal!!!! thx
You guys have seen nothing yet!
I can't get pictures to load, but here's links:
Oh my word.
Not the best here, but i did read it as i was drinking some juice and i kinda snorted lol!
It made for some much welcomed comedy as i've been getting spanked in europe.
didnt managed to take a proper screenshot for this .
it was snowing on match day .
I beat Crawley 2-0 before, but it crashed. I employed the same tactics, and this happened (mind you Crawley did dominate the game I won 2-0, it was 2 late goals)
Love the ref though
he knows he ain't got a chance
so nor Burnley or Fulham will take part in (though, I dont know what happens if Fulham wins EL)
I got the job too.
This is just priceless
I wonder if they will have enough players next season.....
It's usual after club has just relegated.
Edit: Linky - http://www.sportinglife.com/story_ge...R_Burnley.html
This one was really weird though. Joined as a youngster but needed first-team football on loan to really develop. Loaned out to Empoli twice but didn't score more than 20 goals on loan. Sold him and he proceeded to rip apart the league (destroyed my two world-class centre-backs too, the only good part was that my strikeforce was much better than Empoli's back three especially without one of my loanees) and finished top-scorer (or second-top, can't remember, none of my strikers got anywhere near him ). Sod's Law. Saving grace was the sell-on clause I suppose, where he will be away from Serie A and me, until I meet Arsenal in the Champions League (same half as them this season).
Was considering buying him back but took their other striker instead (a bit taller than this guy, plus I didn't need pace), so Empoli made a ridiculous profit in the transfer window. Didn't spend a penny yet are comfortably 6th and still smashing teams comfortably. The manager really knows what he is doing...
Found it rather amusing that Zola got sacked today in game. lol
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It's safe to say that this was 88 minutes of roughly nothing and 2 minutes of madness at the start and end of the game.
Catania were woeful, no shots at all, but parking the bus is effective.
The Treble.
Who misread his name??
I sure did :P
Claudio is not a very patriotic Italian:
No wonder US wants to sell weapons to Taiwan:
If the same transfer story is leaked many times, does it become news?
Stop the press!
but i guess we already knew that?
This one just made me chuckle
the UN would'nt be best pleased
Cook Islands I presume
I think its a glitch lol
I'll let you figure out whats wrong here
working with youngsters (4) but is YC
The help assistant saying "I want to offer this person a contract"? lol (Yes, I see that you're Liverpool :P )
if only it was in real life, great season so far
I know it's Chelski but has a side ever won the Euro Cup from the 1st Qualifying Round. 23 games, was it really worth it? They also scored the most goals in one campaign, 57.
capello, what have you done. he was sacked after the last game. away defeat against montenegro.
Something about scousers not being allowed work with kids after "the Ian Rush incident"...


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- The table cards were A,K,K,8,3.
- All four suits were on the board.
- Player one had A,8.
- Player two had A,3.
Is this a split pot?
Is this a split pot?
Yes, it is a split pot. Both players have AAKK8. You always make your best 5 card hand from the cards available. From Wikipedia:
The best hand in either case would be two-pair with 8 as a kicker (A-A-K-K-8); it makes no difference if the 8 came from the table or from the hole cards. Since suit also doesn't matter, the hands would tie.
So yes, it would be a split pot.
If the table were A, K, K, 7, 3, the A-8 hand would win. The same would be true if the table were say, A, K, 8, 7, 3. Then the A-8 holder would have Aces and eights with a K kicker, while the A-3 holder would have A, A, 3,3, K, a weaker second pair.
But the actual table gives the A-3 holder A, A, K,K, 8, same as the A-8 holder. That leads to a split pot.
The 8 on the table "counterfets" (nullifies) the effect of the superior 8 kicker held by the fist hand. At the same time, the second pair of kings means that the A-8 does NOT beat A-3 with the better second pair.


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I'm currently in a debate with a co-worker.
If mass is sped up to the speed of light, does the mass become energy?
I'm currently in a debate with a co-worker.
If mass is sped up to the speed of light, does the mass become energy?
This is too naive, as far as physics goes, question and the title asks a different question than the body. The short answer is yes for "Does $E$ really equal $mc^2$", and no for "If mass is sped up to the speed of light, does the mass become energy". This is due to the fact that there are two uses of the word "mass" in physics, depending on context.
Read on:
Rest mass is a characteristic measure of matter. When we talk of elementary particles mass is the rest mass of each, $m_0$ which does not change no matter how fast it is going.
$E=mc^2$ either means $E=m_0 c^2$ for an object at rest, or $E=m_{rel} c^2$ when the object is moving.
The equation $E = m_{rel} c^2$ holds for moving objects. When the velocity is small, the relativistic mass and the rest mass are almost exactly the same.
It is the relativistic mass which grows with the velocity,
and is due to the kinetic energy given to the particle, the rest mass does not change. From the formula it is evident that a massive particle can only incrementally approach the velocity of light, never equal it; even approaching it, enormous amounts of kinetic energy would be needed. Further reading in the wiki article.
Edit after comments in recent answer by @Ron Maimon .
Studies in nuclear and particle physics as well as in astrophysics have established that even though our lives are lived in non relativistic environments, relativity rules from the microcosm up. This view becomes organized by the use of four-vectors, which distinguishes two masses:
a) into an invariant part,$m_{0}$ that characterizes a body, in the same way that a length characterizes a ruler in three dimensions,
and b) a relativistic mass $m_{rel}$ that includes the energy that a body has due to motion.
At rest the two masses are equal, and in our everyday world where velocities are much smaller than $c$ indistinguishable experimentally.
In this language all mass is energy, from $E = m_{rel} c^2$,
one sees that $E/c^2 = m_{rel} $
for all velocities, since $c$ is constant. So the answer is that a material body is energy from 0 speed on, and this does not change for very high speeds except as increase in energy. Only the kinetic part of this energy is available in the non relativistic everyday world.
Thus the real physics answer is neither yes nor no.
No it doesn't. $E = m c^2$ holds only for massive objects at rest. When they move this relation no longer holds. The more generic energy-mass-momentum relationship does hold in these situations:
$$E^2 = m^2 c^4 + p^2 c^2$$
In this equation, $m$ is the invariant mass, $E$ the total energy, and $p$ the momentum. When the object with invariant mass $m$ speeds up, $E$ and $p$ both increase, while $m$ stays the same as what it is at rest. Hence its name 'rest mass'.
No. Mass can be converted into energy(it happens in e.g. the sun and in a nuclear power plant), and energy into mass(e.g. the big bang). An other form of energy is motion energy(called kinetic energy) it increases as the object is accelerated toward the speed of light(the maximum speed).
Yes, $E=mc^2$ always, for everything, because what we call "mass" colloquially is just the energy contained in something. The quantity physicists call "mass" nowadays is the mass as measured when travelling along with something, and this is the rest-mass. But the rest-mass is not what weighs on a scale, nor is it what you feel as resistance to pushing, nor is it additive to give the mass of a composite system, nor is it the source of gravity. The energy (divided by $c^2$) is all these things. When the energy is converted in units using c to become a mass, it is called the "relativistic mass", which, when you choose units so that c=1, is just a synonym for energy.
Lev Okun has argued that the concept of "relativistic mass" is outdated, and pedagogically useless. He is completely wrong on this. Once a student understands that what you call "mass" day-to-day is really the energy (divided by c^2), that frees up the useful short word "mass" to mean something else, namely "rest mass", but not until you understand the equivalence of energy and colloquial mass.
Logically, the answer is "Yes", but only because of the way logical implication is defined; see here.
If mass is sped up to the speed of light, then sure, mass does become energy (or a bowl of petunias, or the square root of existentialism).
The point is that the premise is not possible; speeding mass up to the speed of light would require infinite energy input. Not just energy equivalent to the mass, via E = m c^2, but quite literally infinite.
The statement "If I'm 20 feet tall, then my name is Fred" is true, because I'm not 20 feet tall (the fact that my name isn't Fred is irrelevant).
But the answer to a better-phrased version of your question would probably be "No". No matter how fast you accelerate a mass, the original rest mass is still there.


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On my old machine (back on Lucid!) I used XAMPP for local dev work. XAMPP installed everything for you, including setting up FTP to your localhost (/var/www) directory, since permissions don't allow you to write directly to it.
I have a new machine running Precise, and decided to do things the grown-up way. I installed everything using tasksel, and got apache, php, mysql, and phpmyadmin up and running. But it's kind of a pain to have to create and edit all my files via gksudo gedit on the command line, and sooner or later I'm going to have to upload images.
How can I set up FTP so that I can "upload" files to my localhost server?
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Followed the first video, but when I got to the point where he was creating files (around 7:25 in), I get hung up. Here's what my terminal looks like when I try to get into the /srv directory (which I verified does exist in Nautilus):
What do I need to do to get past this?


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corporate philanthropy
Panera Bread launched a new breed of business to attack the growing epidemic of food insecurity in America. The result is Panera Cares—cafes where people eat tasty, nutritious food in an uplifting environment and pay whatever they can afford. There's a full Panera menu, but no prices. The guest,... Read more
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Diesel prices rise another 15.5 cents to $3.871 per gallon, says EIA
March 08, 2011 - LM Editorial
On the heels of a 14.3 cent weekly gain, diesel prices saw their single highest weekly increase since May 2008, with a 15.5 cent bump to $3.871 per gallon, according to data from the Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration (EIA).
On an annual basis, diesel prices are up 96.7cents.
Diesel prices have gone up for 14 straight weeks for a cumulative 60.9 cent gain, coupled with prices being above $3.40 per gallon for the eighth straight week. Current prices are at their highest level since reaching $3.659 the week of October 13, 2008.
Diesel prices have been at $3 per gallon or more for 23 straight weeks. Prior to the week of October 4, when diesel prices hit $3.00 per gallon, the price per gallon of diesel was below the $3.00 mark for 18 straight weeks.
Political and civil unrest in the Middle East and North Africa, specifically in Libya in recent weeks, has resulted in oil producers in that region suspending or shuttering operations, according to media reports. This has subsequently led to tighter supplies, which is driving up oil and gas prices.
Oil barrel prices are trading at $103.33 on the New York Mercantile Exchange as of press time and hit $106.95 yesterday, reaching its highest level since September 2008.
The EIA is calling for 2011 crude oil prices to hit $101.77 per barrel, according to its recently-revised short-term energy outlook. This is above a previous estimate of $93.26 per barrel for 2011. On the diesel side, the EIA is calling for the price per gallon of diesel in 2011 to average $3.81, up from a previous estimate of $3.43.
At a time when freight volumes are showing consistent growth, many shippers have expressed concern about the pace of these diesel increases, explaining that if prices continue to rise at their current pace, it has the potential to hinder growth and increase operating costs, which will, in turn, force them to raise rates and offset the increased prices to consumers.
What's more, White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley said on NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday that tapping the country's Strategic Petroleum Reserve to curtail the current run-up in crude oil and diesel prices.
"We're looking at the options," said Daley. "The issue of the reserves is one we're considering. It is something that only is done—has been done in very rare occasions. There's a bunch of factors that have to be looked at, and it is just not the price. Again, the uncertainty—I think there's no one who doubts that the uncertainty in the Middle East right now has caused this tremendous increase in the last number of weeks."
The American Trucking Associations recently called on the White House to open up the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and stop blocking access to U.S.-held energy assets.
ATA Vice President and Regulatory Affairs Counsel Rich Moskowitz testified on behalf of the ATA during a Department of Interior hearing last month on the agency's five-year plan for offshore oil and gas production that opening up the SPR would is supported by the ATA, because the trucking industry requires more than 34 billion gallons of diesel to deliver essential commodities like medicine, food, and clothing, and despite advances in alternative energy, the trucking industry will continue to depend on traditional diesel fuel for the foreseeable future.
"Until U.S. policymakers promote the development of domestic sources of energy, like those on the Outer Continental Shelf, America's consumers and truckers will become more dependent on sources of foreign oil," Moskowitz said. "Rising fuel prices hurt truckers twice - first by increasing their operating costs and then by reducing freight volumes as consumers spend more on energy and are forced to reduce their spending on other consumer goods."
And at a time when freight volumes are showing consistent growth, many shippers have expressed concern about the pace of these diesel increases, explaining that if prices continue to rise at their current pace, it has the potential to hinder growth and increase operating costs, which will, in turn, force them to raise rates and offset the increased prices to consumers.
However, due to the economics driving the increases in global oil prices, shippers really don't have any choice in the matter, a shipper told LM.
"Shippers will have to pay to get their goods to market even as the price of fuel increases," said the shipper. "The fuel surcharge (FSC) is not necessarily an evil thing. Shippers need to [partner] with transportation and logistics services companies and realize that without an FSC these companies would not likely be able to stay in business…but shippers need to do their homework to determine what the actual costs are and what percent they should pay to carriers."
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I understand this might depend on the types of vegetables, but is there an average or studied specifics? Does it die immediately? Is there a way to precisely diagnose death in plants? If so, what are the conditions for it?
The short answer is that as long as the vegetable/fruit is fresh looking - i.e. the cells have not disintegrated - they will be respiring, many cells will be functioning quite normally, and the plant is still technically alive. In cases where the part of the plant we treat as a vegetable is a part intended for reproduction (e.g. a seed, or a tuber like a potato) the plant will keep growing.
The point at which the plant dies is not clearly defined like it is in animals, but generally if you can still eat it, it's still alive.
Death in plants is quite different from that in animals - we refer to it as senescence. The key difference is that it happens to tissues and organs which can die and separate from the organism. Individual leaves can die without the plant's health being affected. Once this has happened to all the parts, the organism is considered dead, but if there is any respiring tissue left, it's still alive.


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The question is in the title, but can anyone provide some details on what it is, how it works, and when it will be available?
It's not a "mobile version" of Ubuntu.
It's a special build of the Ubuntu OS that can be installed on Android dual-core phone, with this you can attach a HDMI monitor (and I think a bluetooth keyboard and mouse) and use your smartphone as a computer with Ubuntu.
As an extra, from that desktop you can access to phone data (like addressbook) and send / receive calls.
I think that this image clarify what is it:
Official page for more info: http://www.ubuntu.com/devices/android
It's similar to the Motorola devices webtop app that recent devices have.
You dock it and use your mouse and keyboard to use it as a desktop.
Coincidentally, Motorola has been using Ubuntu for a year on webtops.


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A friend was asking about the difference between the various .jpg compress settings.
As we talked more and more about panoramas, he asked to see the difference between the focus and f stop settings.
Focus settings:
f Stop settings:
Unless you have gone through f stop and focus tests, you can never be 100% sure you are using the optimum settings for your camera/lens.


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Bruce L. Davis '79
Tech Savvy
Bruce L. Davis '79 wants people to spend less time fiddling with their phones and more time engaging with the things around them. As the head of Digimarc, a company specializing in digital watermarking technology, Davis hopes to facilitate that shift by advancing technologies that enable smartphones and tablet devices to be more efficient and interactive.
"A lot of the time you spend messing around with your mobile device is inefficient—you're typing a lot of stuff," says Davis. It doesn't have to be that way, he adds. Davis points to Digimarc's digital watermarking process, which is based on embedding a carrier signal into a photo or a document. For instance, smartphone users can scan Davis' image to the right using the Digimarc Discover application and be linked directly to additional information online—and the process can be done without having to grapple with several tiny cell phone buttons.
Davis, who helped establish the intellectual property practice at the San Francisco office of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe early in his career, has served as the CEO of Digimarc since 1997, but his work in the field of cutting-edge technology extends back several decades. In the 1980s, he helped Activision navigate the volatile video game industry as the company's CEO and chairman. Thereafter, he went on to create TV Guide On Screen, an electronic program guide that was eventually acquired by Rovi Corporation.
At the moment, though, he could not be more excited about his most recent foray into the realm of technological innovation. "I'm fascinated with the notion that media objects can be given digital identities that allow them to be reliably and automatically identified by digital devices with cameras and microphones, giving mobile devices the capability to see and hear like people do," says Davis.


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I caught up with Kelli Campbell, owner of Joseph's Salon & Spa, and asked her to share some of her secrets of running a successful business for 40 years.
Lori Kommor: Your parents founded Joseph's Salon 40 years ago. What does it mean to you to carry on your father's legacy?
Kelli Campbell: Being a part of a successful small business for 40 years means more to me now, than ever! I sincerely feel honored to be given the opportunity to be a part of a growing business in which the main goal is to connect with people and make them feel and look better. I am grateful to see young professionals grow to have successful personal and professional lives – seeing them become leaders in the beauty industry is wonderful. I am proud of how our company works as a team and is supportive of each other and our community. Together they have so much creative energy, which our clients have come to love.
L.K.: In today's world it is sometimes a challenge for small to medium size businesses to stay on top of their game. How has Joseph's survived and thrived for so many years?
K.C.: I will say I think that the last few years have been quite a challenge – many details for our internal structure have gotten re-thought. Many new directions are geared to make use more sustainable. A great deal of thought and hard work has gone into giving the clients the most for their money. (We ask), 'is every service a value to our clients' life?' We want them to leave feeling better and (offer) a fair price. We have maintained a team atmosphere and continue to feel that is the best for our employees and clients. We have seen some growth this year but I continue to think of ways to make us better.
L.K.: Joseph's Spa strives to transcend the latest in therapeutic wellness, can you explain?
K.C.: Wellness is a big part of everything we do, from brow shaping, cut and color to a stress-fix massage. We think a moment to breathe and take your mind off the all the world puts on (you) is our goal. We offer Stress Reliving Rituals with every service – these are complimentary – hand massage, neck and shoulder massage, and facial refreshes combined with Aveda aroma are a few of what we offer. These are designed to give you a moment of relief. Our Aveda Spa culture is designed to give the best stress relieving services that make the client feel and look better. We have an intensive program geared to guest connection – we feel that it is as equally as important as the technical service.
L.K.: The Voice- Tribune has been fortunate to have Joseph's Salon & Spa as a loyal Best Dressed sponsor. What exciting and new trends can we expect to see on this year's runway?
K.C.: Best Dressed – I always look at the Best Dressed event (late August) as what is happening in beauty for fall. With that said we look at Gucci, Ralph Lauren, Prada etc . … for inspiration. This is what we are seeing for this year:
- Blunt Bangs – gives long hair a bit of an edge – very street friendly and a great way to maintain long hair and still be modern
- Clean side parts – sleek and clean – this is easy to do on yourself and looks very sophisticated but a bit dramatic.
- Chunky low volume waves – not much lift on top but nice chunky wave on bottoms.
- French twists in fresh new directions – side twists, or twisted back off the face – this hair makes a statement almost like an accessory – great for a minimal look.
- Rustic chic – long messy curls or braids – looks great with maxi skirts or dresses – southwest inspired look.
- Red, bold, almost black lips for fall look great and dramatic – no need to wear much more
- Finally, bold block-colored eye make-up in metallic or warm jewel-tones with minimal lips.
L.K.: How does Joseph's Salon & Spa stay on the cutting edge in such a competitive industry?
K.C.: We always say – try to just worry about what we are doing – staying innovative and changing with the times. We like networking in our industry and hope to learn from each other – especially with our Aveda network of salons. Our biggest competition is us – how can we keep growing and have high integrity and gratitude to everyone that helps to make us successful.


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Fedora now uses Grub 2. Whenever it does a kernel upgrade, it loses my default boot option (Windows). How can I fix this?
I resent Grub 2 over this, because the old Grub respected my choices.
Otherwise, what specifically could be placed in the above-mentioned files that would survive kernel upgrades and/or running
This is taken from Fedora's Grub wiki page:
Open /etc/default/grub and ensure this line exists:
Apply the change to grub.cfg by running:
Now list all possible menu entries
Now set the desired default menu entry
Verify the default menu entry
In Fedora you currently can't make this permanently default.
If the
Citation from Fedora wiki:
btw, after
I don't use fedora, and I'm not 100% sure if the changes will be permanent (after kernel upgrades), but I think you need to edit the file
Where 0 is the first entry of your grub list. Edit it the way you want. Then afterwards, run
Hope this helps!


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In my case, the network connectivity was functioning correctly, but I couldn't change any of the settings (network mgr interface wasn't working).
I previously stated that I performed the steps suggested in this post which fixed the issue for me, however this fix was only temporary. I turned the system on this morning and now the networking isn't functioning again. However this time it's quite the opposite situation of what it was for me the first time. The network manager app is working, but my network connection is not.
It seems as though the system decided to install the updates again... Hopefully disabling the automatic updates installation this time will keep it from happening again.


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Return once again with New York Times bestselling Grand Master Elizabeth Peters to a remarkable land of mystery, deception, and danger, where murderous intrigues swirl in the desert wind. . . .
The Great War has ended at last. No longer must archaeologist Amelia Peabody and her husband, Emerson, the distinguished Egyptologist, fear for the life of their daring son, Ramses, now free from his dangerous wartime obligations to British Intelligence. The advent of a season of joy and peace marks a time of new beginnings in Luxor, with delightful additions to the growing Emerson family and fascinating wonders waiting to be discovered beneath the shifting Egyptian sands.
But in the aftermath of conflict, evil still casts a cold shadow over this violence-scarred land. The theft of valuable antiquities from the home of a friend causes great concern in the Emerson household. Ramses's strange encounter with a woman costumed in the veil and gold crown of a goddess only deepens the mystery. And the brutal death of the suspected thief washes the unsettling affair in blood.
Amelia's investigation sets her on a terrifying collision course with an adversary more fiendish and formidable than any she has ever encountered. And in her zeal to make things right, the indomitable Amelia may be feeding the flames of a devastating firestorm that threatens the fragile lives of the tender and the innocent.
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Elizabeth Peters earned her Ph.D. in Egyptology from the University of Chicago's famed Oriental Institute. She was named Grand Master at the inaugural Anthony Awards in 1986 and Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America in 1998. In 2003, she received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Malice Domestic Convention. She lives in a historic farmhouse in western Maryland.


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WACO (October 24, 2012)--A Bellmead man was in McLennan County Jail Wednesday after he was arrested Tuesday night in connection with a robbery at a local nightspot.
Robert Fuentes, 59, was ordered held on a $100,000 bond charged with aggravated robbery.
Bellmead police were sent at around 7:30 p.m. Tuesday to the Quittin' Time Club in Bellmead after a caller reported that a masked man armed with a handgun had entered the club and ordered everyone to get down on the floor.
He then rifled the register, and ran out the club's back door with an undisclosed amount of cash.
Police say the man ran to a nearby trailer park.
McLennan County Sheriff Deputies, Bellmead Police, and Lacy Lakeview Police led the manhunt and thoroughly searched the trailer park.
Officers arrested a man they found hiding in a wooded area near the trailer park.
Witnesses who work at the club identified the robber.
Police say the man ditched his gun and the cash he stole during the manhunt.


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Isn't the difference between Windows apps and Linux apps just libraries asked by applications running? (see previous question) How is possible then to make Windows applications running on a Linux system by software which is "not an emulator"!
An emulator acts completely like something else. These applications normally contain everything the original application or platform contains.
Wine however acts as a translator, by implementing only the required features of Windows and also translating these into instructions which can be understood by X-Windows.
A more practical example would be a virtual machine. When running Windows on Linux using a virtual machine, the virtual machine emulates Windows, as the complete OS is loaded and there is no direct interaction with the host.
However Wine talks to X-Windows for certain instructions directly when and if required, which is why it takes a period of time for applications to work in Wine.
More can be found at Wikipedia here.
Wine is not emulating Windows, but rather is the (or wrapper for ) win32 API for non-windows OS.
For practical purposes Wine is an emulator, or at least it does what most people would expect an emulator to do, even if technically it isn't just an emulator. See the FAQ for a good explanation. This also follows great traditions in Unix naming, cf. GNU's Not Unix. :-)


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We had an interesting scenario. I processioned a Madman, which we thought would give me +4 actions and +6 cards (I had three in my hand, so draw three twice). Was that the correct play when using the procession card, or does the madman action end after the first play, netting me +2 actions and +3 cards?
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Do exactly what it says on the card, in the order it says it. So:
Procession says you may play an action card from your hand twice. You pick Madman.
You play Madman once. You get +2 actions, and then return it to the Madman pile. If you do, +1 card per card in your hand - you did, so +3 cards.
You play Madman a second time. You get +2 actions again, and try to return it to the Madman pile, but you can't - it's already there. If you do, +1 card per card in your hand - you didn't, so you don't get any cards. (This kind of situation is exactly why it says "if you do".)
Procession says to trash the action card - but you can't, since you don't have it anymore. Oh well.
Procession says to gain an action card costing exactly one more than it - you try to do this, but the Madman costs zero, and there probably isn't anything that costs 1, so you don't gain anything.
So adding up: you get +4 actions, +3 cards, and the Madman is back in the pile. (That wasn't one of your suggestions.)
In sum, +4 actions and +3 cards. When you first return madman, it is not in your hand anymore, hence you cannot return it the second time or trash it after that.
Why: See the rules, page 7:
And after that there's the exact example of playing procession on a madman.


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Trojans Drop Conference-Opening Doubleheader to Lenoir-RhyneMarch 15, 2014
ANDERSON, S.C. – The Anderson University softball team opened South Atlantic Conference action by dropping a home doubleheader, 6-5 and 12-1, to preseason league favorite Lenoir-Rhyne Saturday afternoon at Smethers Field.
In a battle between the top two preseason picks in the league, Lenoir-Rhyne (20-5, 2-0 SAC) won its fifth straight contest and has claimed 10 of its last 12 decisions, while Anderson (20-4, 0-2 SAC) had its win streak halted at two.
"We cannot make any excuses," said Anderson head coach Tommy Hewitt. "In the second game they beat us in every single category. [Lenoir-Rhyne] played like they were the number one team in the country."
Game #1
Lenoir-Rhyne 6, Anderson 5 (8 innings)
Sophomore second baseman Jessica Neidigh was 1-for-4 and also reached on an error, while belting her fifth home run of the season. Freshman Courtney Czentnar added a single and a walk in four trips to the plate, while junior third baseman Bri Cason recorded one of the Trojans' six hits in the opener.
Junior Katelynn Howser (8-2) absorbed the loss after surrendering six runs (three earned) off 13 hits in 7 1/3 innings of work. The right-hander struck out five and walked just one.
Senior Jody Mizelle gave Lenoir-Rhyne a quick one-run lead by leading off the game with her third home run of the season. The Bears capitalized on a pair of singles and a walk to gain a 2-0 lead with another run in the top of the second inning.
L-R's Haily Jarman's fifth round-tripper of the season pushed the Bears' lead to 3-0 in the fifth inning, before the Trojans battled back. Anderson, which recorded just two hits through the first four innings, got on the scoreboard when Neidigh blasted her homer over the fence in right-center.
The Trojan bats came alive in the sixth frame and AU also took advantage of three Lenoir-Rhyne errors to take a 5-3 lead with four unearned runs. Senior Abby Child began the inning as the first of 12 Trojan batters to come to the plate in the inning. The shortstop reached on an error, while senior Danielle Swygert followed by also reaching on an L-R miscue. Senior catcher Laura Jansky followed by pulling a single to left to load the bases with no outs.
Czentnar added an RBI-single to plate Abby Child with the inning's first score, and after Rebecca Martin reached on a fielders' choice, Cason laced an opposite-field single to right, bringing home Jansky with the tying run. With two outs, Neidigh reached on another L-R mistake, as Czentnar and Martin raced home with the go-ahead run and an insurance run.
But the Bears answered with two unearned runs of their own in the top of the seventh to knot the score at 5-5. After the Trojans went down in order in the bottom of the frame, Lenoir-Rhyne posted the eventual winning run with two outs in the top of the eighth inning on an earned run.
Game #2
Lenoir-Rhyne 12, Anderson 1 (5 innings)
Neidigh was 2-for-3 in the nightcap, with a single and a double, while Czentnar added her third home run of the season in the fifth inning.
Freshman Lauren Rudesheim (9-3) took the loss after allowing eight runs (seven earned) on 10 hits over two innings. Freshman right-hander Augie Pena tossed three innings of relief and allowed four earned runs on five hits. She struck out five Bears and walked two.
Lenoir-Rhyne sent 10 batters to the plate in the top of the first inning, as the Bears jumped out to a quick 6-0 lead after a half-inning. The Trojans threatened in the bottom of the frame, but were unable to push a run across.
The Bears added two more runs in the second inning and put the game out of reach with four more runs in the fourth inning, as L-R pushed its advantage to 12-0.
Anderson avoided its first shutout loss of the season when Czentnar ripped her solo home run beyond the left-field fence.
The Trojans will look to get back in the win column when AU continues conference action on Wednesday at Mars Hill University. First-pitch versus the Lions is slated for 2 p.m.


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Hmmm, to be or not to be? That was my question over nine years ago when deciding whether to become a volunteer at the Fraser Valley Library. Well, there is no doubt about it now; the answer is 'to be.' I find it to be the most enjoyable unpaid job I've ever had.
I love books, and I get to handle lots of them while shelving. In fact, almost every week I find myself checking out one or more that were irresistible. I get a kick out of finding misshelved books, and have even more fun when I find the unseen one that got shoved to the back of the shelf. The soft sound of the little electronic beeps in the background as books are checked out is comforting.
There are many unseen fringe benefits. I see the library patrons change with the seasons. In the winter I hear the swish of their ski clothes when they walk in. It's always much quieter once summer arrives. I see the wide range of patrons, from grandparents to toddlers, each enjoying our lovely facility in their own way.
It's pleasant working with the FVL staff; they're very professional, and--well--they're just plain nice.
There are other ways volunteers get to help the staff. Often we assist with inventory, or repair damaged books, or pull books that another library in the system has requested, or even water the plants. In addition to the social aspect of volunteering and of feeling helpful, I get the added benefit of keeping my mind active, at least the part that remembers the alphabet! All in all, it's fun volunteering at the Fraser Valley Library and helping to keep our wonderful resource operating.
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WACO (March 14, 2013)- Four different Waco homeless housing programs were awarded crucial grant renewals from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development on Wednesday.
Below are the Waco/McLennan County homeless housing programs who received grant renewals:
-Heart of Texas MHMR Center $120,683
-Compassion Ministries $158,594
-Mission Waco $178,971
-Family Abuse Center $212,589
-City of Waco (the City of Waco received funding for data Collection purposes) $62,653
All grant renewals in McLennan County were handled by the Heart of Texas Homeless Coalition.
According to their President, Kathy Reid, the McLennan County area received 3.5% less in federal funding this year. Reid says the loss was an estimated $23,000.
Applying for federal grants can be a rigorous process. Reid says many grants the Heart of Texas Homeless Coalition applies for are never guaranteed.
Reid believes that recent budget cuts have brought that realization to life more than ever.
"The hard part comes not knowing what to expect," Reid says.
"Do these sequester cuts mean that I'm going to get a letter that undoes a contract or a grant that I got 6 months ago? Or will grants just be less next year when I apply? The whole process is all very nerve racking."
Reid says homeless housing programs were told by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to expect a 5% decrease in federal funding for the year 2014.


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Continue with my previous question "Regarding Kolmogorov's Superposition Theorem", here are some further questions:
Question-1 Is it true: for any given $C^1$ continuous real function $f(x, y): \Re^2 \to \Re^1$, there exist $C^1$ continuous real functions $\Psi(x), w(x,y), u(x)$ such that: $u(f(x,y))=u(x)\Psi(\frac{w(x, y)}{u(x)})$ where $\frac{du(x)}{dx}\ge 0$; $\frac{\partial w(x, y)}{\partial y}\ge 0$
Question-2 Can these functions $\Psi(x), w(x,y), u(x)$ be solved, analytically or approximately?
It is found that constraint $\frac{\partial w(x,y)}{\partial y}\ge 0$ is hard to deal with. Without this condition, there is one obvious solution $u(x)=x, w(x, y)=f(x,y), \Psi(x)=x$, where $\frac{du(x)}{dx}=1>0$, but $\frac{\partial w(x, y)}{\partial y}\ge 0$ may not satisfy.
One may find by letting $w(x,y)=w(y)$, this becomes the question we asked in "Regarding Kolmogorov's Superposition Theorem" but since the answer is NO found by AgCl, we want to remove the constraint $w(x,y)=w(y)$ hoping solution exist...


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Every time I have a tea with lemongrass in it the tea ends up with a really strong and rather terrible aftertaste. I drink several different types of tea, and am pretty sure that I am letting the lemongrass steep for too long. What is the optimal time to let lemon grass steep? I typically start with my water at 100 degrees Celsius.
I assume that you're making a cup of black (?) tea and steeping some lemongrass in it. If so, perhaps you should make the black tea very weak as its tannins might be amplifying the (pleasant) slight bitterness of the lemongrass to distasteful levels.
Alternatively, if you are steeping the lemongrass in hot water, try removing the outer layers of the lemongrass stalk. If they are old or tough, this can increase the bitterness of the drink.
In any case, check that there isn't any dirt trapped between the layers of the lemongrass.
Some recipies call for putting the lemongrass into water, bringing it to a boil and then letting it simmer for 10-15 minutes. I haven't tried this. Even if it does produce a smoother taste, then the boiling might well degradge any health-giving nutrients from the lemongrass.


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NFL's 2010 Season Kickoff and A Coach You Should Know
Tonight is the official NFL opening kickoff of the 2010 season. The New Orleans Saints will be going head to head with the Minnesota Vikings! Will you be watching?
There's one man in particular who I wonder if he will be tuning in – Harold Williams of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Name doesn't ring a bell? I'd be surprised if you did recognize it. But ask Saints wide receiver Robert Meachem, and he'll know who you're talking about.
Before Meachem was a Super Bowl champion, a rising star at the University of Tennessee or even raising eyebrows at Booker T. Washington High School, he started his football career as a "Mabee Babie." That is, during his elementary school years Meachem played football at The Salvation Army's North Mabee Boys & Girls Club in Tulsa. Harold Williams was his coach.
A lot of time and events have passed since Meachem ran the Mabee field as a 4th grade football hopeful, but he still calls his old coach every now and then wanting to know how the Mabee Mustangs are doing. A pro football player keeping tabs on his elementary-years team? I know, it sounds strange, but then again, you wouldn't be so surprised if you knew Coach Williams.
Williams left a paid position at a private high school to volunteer at The Salvation Army's North Mabee Center where he's been coaching for 22 years now. It was a significant change going from a privileged, private high school to a community center in what was known as one of Tulsa's "tougher" neighborhoods, but Williams' relationship to his team has always more resembled that of a loving parent than merely a coach.
Many times when talking to me about his team, Williams equated the boys to family. "It was like I had 40 sons. When dads were missing, I had no problem stepping in," he said. "[My team] always said, 'Coach loves us.' I'd say, 'I hope you know me and like my face because I'm going to know you the rest of your life. I love you because you are.' "
Over the decades he's pouredhimself into the boys who have passed in and out of the football program. Even when the predominantly black team was pelted with racial slurs from their competitors, Williams has taught his Mabee Mustangs the importance of good sportsmanship and following the rules. He's scrounged up pads and bought out of his own pocket mouth guards for his entire team when they couldn't afford the most basic football equipment. He's thrown them pizza parties and planned field trips to local museums, again on his own dime. He's taught them skills that have made them one of the most noticed and successful football programs in the area today and helped many go on to be notable college and professional players. (Including the Dallas Cowboys' Felix Jones, Philadelphia Eagles' Tony Brooks and his brother Reggie Brooks of the Washington Redskins, Denver Broncos' Marcus Nash, NY Giants' R.W. McQuarters and the list goes on…)
The lessons and example taught by Coach Williams are lifelong and life changing. His sacrifice has inspired many kids to reject the destructive temptations of the streets and spurred them on to reach their true potential, witnessed by many unknowing NFL and college football spectators.
So it's not hard to see why Robert Meachem gives Williams a ring once in awhile or why other "Mabee Babies" drop by the Center to watch and assist with practices.
If you do catch the NFL kickoff tonight, enjoy the game and celebrate the official start of the season! But regardless of which team you're rooting for, take a moment to appreciate the sacrifice of Salvation Army volunteer Harold Williams. Tonight's game and many others would be a different story if it weren't for his investment in young athletes.