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2012-2013 boys basketball preview capsules
Head coach: Todd Manuel (3rd season, 23-21)
Last season's record: 9-12
Key players: Sr. Rashawn Pender (7.8 ppg, 4.5 assists); Sr. Vinny Constantino; Sr. Claude Perry III (5 rpg); Sr. Tyron Black (4.5 ppg); So. Kejuan Gordon.
Outlook: If the Chargers can get some scoring help for Pender, they'll make a lot of noise in the Brass Division.
Coach's take: "We hope to remain competitive in a tough division and league. Our system is predicated on hard defense and team cohesiveness. I am excited to coach this group."
Head coach: Nick Augelli (33rd season, 555-224)
Last season's record: 19-4
Key players: Sr. Devin Stallings (6 ppg); Jr. Tyshon Rogers (22.5, 7 rpg, 4 steals, All NVL, All State); Jr. Asiem King (4.4 ppg); Jr. Lex Perez (6 ppg, 4 rpg, 3 steals); Jr. Stephon Dunbar; So. Jarron Chapman; Jr. Ernest Wallace; So. Mike Sarris; Sr. Isaac Vaichus.
Outlook: Rogers is the returning NVL scoring champion, and there is no better finisher in the league. King and Perez have been outstanding role players, but now they must produce as returning leaders. There are lot of new names in this Crosby lineup, and everyone can score. We're accustomed to seeing the best of the Bulldogs when tournament time comes around. Look for that again.
Coach's take: "The team will be very young, with four players with significant varsity experience. I have a solid five, and am looking for two or three more players to have some depth. We will get better as players get more experience."
Head coach: Francisco Salazar (2nd season)
Last season's record: 5-15
Key players: Sr. Dillon McMahon (7.9 ppg); Jr. TyRae Smalls (6.4 ppg).
Coach's take: "We have an inexperienced young team that has been working very hard together. As the team continues to improve together we are looking to get more wins than last season and have a positive outlook on the season."
Holy Cross
Head coach: Ed Generali (26th season at Cross, 32nd overall, 533-154)
Last season's record: 17-7 (NVL finalist)
Key players: Sr. Kris Harmeling; Sr. Nick Warren (5 ppg); Jr. James Thorpe; Sr. Alex Walsh.
Outlook: Cross has lost a staggering 16 players to graduation over the last two seasons, prompting Generali to call this a "classic rebuilding year." No one rebuilds faster than the Crusaders. Jonathan Mowatt is a promising freshman.
Coach's take: "We will need outstanding leadership from our returning seniors and we will need our younger people to mature quickly if we hope to compete. I am very happy with our work ethic thus far."
Head coach: Armand LeVasseur (5th season, 54-38)
Last season's record: 7-13
Key players: Sr. Wallace Wiggins; Sr. Tyronne Timmons; Sr. Elijah Martin; Jr. Jairo Suarez; So. Don Jarrette (9 ppg).
Outlook: The Eagles have decent size up front, and a lot of quickness and skill at the guard position. Jarrette has no problem finding a shot that he likes, and he makes most of them. Everyone on the floor can score. Kennedy has the weapons to put up some numbers.
Coach's take: "I think that we are a young team that has a lot that we can accomplish. I think that the NVL is going to be very competitive this year with a bunch of teams that have a chance to win the title."
Head coach: Mike Wilson (3rd season, 14-28)
Last season's record: 11-11
Key players: Sr. Brandon Kuczenski (All NVL, 13.9 ppg, 11.1 rpg); Sr. Husani Foote (11.5 ppg, 6 rpg); Sr. Gabe Pulliam (12 ppg, 8 assists); Sr. Mick Pernell (11.5 ppg, 2.2 steals); Sr. Matt Bradley; Sr. Jerome Love; Jr. Ryne Greisenauer; Sr. Doyonte Butler; Jr. Nate Franklin; Jr. Jivan Williams; So. Maleek Brooks; So. Jason Bradley; So. Bryan Coney; So. Dayvon Russell.
Outlook: Naugy is big across the front, and no one can move Kuczenski off the blocks. Foote will be one of the toughest players to stop in the league. Pulliam and Pernell will be an outstanding guard pairing, but they are small. The Greyhounds will be smack in the middle of the Copper Division title chase.
Coach's take: "We return four starters and a strong nucleus of juniors and sophomores. For us to be successful this season there has to be a concerted effort to play for your teammates and not for yourself."
Sacred Heart
Head coach: Jon Carroll (8th season, 100-66)
Last season's record: 3-17
Key players: Jr. Dave Whitney; So. Malik Petteway (6.1 ppg); So. Isaiah Rascoe; Sr. Zack Goldberg.
Outlook: The most productive five for the Hearts during the jamboree was a group that included three sophomores and two freshman. Yes, that's young, but also extraordinarily talented. Petteway can score from every spot on the floor.
Coach's take: "Our group will be inexperienced, but we will have some size and athleticism that will help us compete. They are a hard working group and hopefully that shows on the floor."
Head coach: Joe Carrafiello (10th season)
Last season's record: 2-18
Key players: Sr. Mike Conlan (10 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 3.7 assists); Sr. Jimmy Vartelas (5 ppg); Jr. Tyler Stevens; Sr. Mike Tuscano; So. Sean Maziuk; Jr. Christian Thurmond; Sr. Nick Reilly; Jr. Ian Hardman.
Outlook: The WIldcats return three players with varsity experience, led by Conlan, who can do it all at the guard position.
Coach's take: "We have experienced players on the perimeter, but we will need a presence or two to step up and solidify our interior play and our bench."
St. Paul
Head coach: Steve Phelps (21st season)
Last season's record: 18-6 (Class S quarterfinals)
Key players: Sr. Kyle Dube (8 ppg, 6 rpg); Sr. Jordan Rowley (6 ppg, 6 rpg).
Outlook: The Falcons lost some of the top talent in the NVL, and will be hard pressed to duplicate last season's run to the "S" quarters. But Catholic is never short on quickness and athleticism. Dube and Rowley are main cogs now, and they will score.
Coach's take: "This is a little like putting a puzzle together. We have some pieces in the gym. We'll have to find the right fit. Not much varsity experience, not much size, pretty good team-size, and some athleticism. They have a tremendous work ethic, are very attentive, and show a willingness to sacrifice for teammates."
Head coach: Eric Gamari (4th season, 25-38)
Last season's record: 4-16
Key players: Sr. Dave Canny (14 ppg, 9 rpg, 5 blocks); Sr. Austin Kelson (9 ppg); Jr. John McCarthy (7 ppg); Sr. Anthony Davis; Sr. Anthony Classen; Sr. Victor Diaz; Sr. Jimmy Moran; Jr. Nick Mancini; Jr. Mitchell Zagrodnik; Jr. Desmond Langs.
Outlook: The Raiders bring back players who can score, and of course, have the big man in the middle that no one can handle, the 6-10 Canny. This team will certainly win more, qualify for the state, and be one of the toughest teams to handle.
Coach's take: "We are looking to improve upon last season's win total. If we do the little things we can be competitive."
Head coach: Ed Sakl (4th season, 49-24)
Last season's record: 24-4 (NVL champion, Class M finalist)
Key players: Sr. Eddie Hill (16.4 ppg, 8 rpg); Sr. Anthony Chacho (6.9 ppg, 6 rpg); Sr. Jonathan Mitchell (15 ppg, 8 rpg); Sr. Chris DosSantos; Sr. Paulo Villanueva; Sr. Denis Mersim; Sr. George Gakidis; Sr. Devin D'Agostino; Jr. Eric Reeser.
Outlook: The big question for 2012-13: Can the Indians do it again? The Tribe returns three starters, with Hill and Mitchell clearly two of the league's best players. Chacho will bury 3-pointers if you aren't paying attention. Watertown's MVP last season (Chaz Oates) has graduated. How the Indians fill that void is critical. Watertown rarely went to the bench last season. That's going to change.
Coach's take: "Our focus throughout the season is going to be that we have to work hard every day in practice, develop team chemistry, and get better every day."
Head coach: Alan Piccolo (6th season, 77-61)
Last season's record: 21-5 (Class L semifinals)
Key players: Sr. Walter Wright (19.2 ppg, All NVL, 2nd team All-State); Sr. Devon McClellan; Sr. Erick DeJesus; Sr. Terrence Bell; Sr. Ryan Spears; Jr. Taifa Wright; Jr. Denzel Mitchell; Jr. Kenan Jasavic; Jr. Jequan Love; Jr. Stanley Foote.
Outlook: Everything for the Wildcats begins with Walter Wright, and that is a talented place to begin. Teaming with brother Taifa in the backcourt, Wilby will boast one of the best guard tandems, anywhere, and along with Mitchell, Wilby be bombing from behind the arc all season. The wildcard for the Wildcats is 6-10 freshman Shawn Coles, who starts the season injured.
Coach's take: "We are returning only one starter from last years varsity team. Returning junior varsity players must prove that they can fill the void left by graduation and compete on the varsity level."
Head coach: Matt Craig (4th season, 15-45)
Last season's record: 9-11
Key players: Sr. Nick Japs (16.2 ppg); Sr. Mike Bozzuto (13.5 ppg); Sr. Matt Cyr (5.9 ppg); Sr. Ryan Caggiano; Jr. Caleb Sisson.
Outlook: Wolcott is going to beat some of the top teams in the NVL this season, and no longer will it be a surprise. There is experience here, and polished scorers in Japs and Bozzuto. The Eagles are another team that will make the Brass Division fascinating.
Coach's take: "We bring back a lot of experience with a number of senior players who got minutes as juniors. As a team our focus will be defensively trying to end possessions and win the rebounding war. I think that we will be successful if we take care of the basketball and stick to our strengths."
Head coach: Tom Hunt (6th season, 39-71)
Last season's record: 11-11
Key players: Jr. Tanner Kingsley (18.6 ppg); Sr. Stephen Baeder; Sr. Dave Uhl (5.5 ppg); Sr. Kirk Chemenko; Rahmi Rountree; Jr. Shane Classey.
Outlook: Kingsley is a quarterback in the winter too, and he'll run the floor for the Hawks, and score. He is the fifth-leading returning scorer in the NVL. Woodland might wish to run this season, and should definitely be in the Brass Division title mix.
Coach's take: "We need to continue to work hard as a program. The captains on this year's team have set the tone in practice. This will be one of the more versatile Hawks teams that I have coached. We have the personnel to go up tempo or slow it down."
Head coach: Mark Douglass (9th season, 120-66)
Last season's record: 20-5 (BL tournament champion, Class S quarterfinal)
Key players: Sr. Robert Skinner (All-BL, 2nd team All-State, 22.1 ppg, BL leading scorer); Sr. Luis Cordova (12 ppg); Sr. Alex Brunoli; Sr. Corey DeSanti; Jr. Yoharkey Sarmiento; So. Brian Albanesius; So. Anthony Gonzalez; So. Paxton Franklin; Sr. Mark Collins (transfer from Litchfield).
Outlook: Gilbert lost a load of talent to graduation in the front court, namely, in Austin Brochu. Don't feel too sorry for the Yellowjackets, the backcourt pair of Skinner and Cordova are sensational, but they need help.
Coach's take: "We do not have a lot of varsity game experience, except for Skinner and Cordova. We need to gel quickly as a team and learn our roles. If we do that we can be in the top four in the league."
Head coach: Spike Magyar (1st season)
Last season's record: 11-10
Key players: Jr. Jeremy Stiewing; Jr. Jesse Mohring; So. Nick Camardi.
Outlook: The Highlanders lost virtually everything from one of the most dangerous teams in the BL last season, and with a new coach, this is definitely a square-one season.
Coach's take: "We are a very young team with only one starter from last year's team. We have some freshmen that will have to contribute early."
Lewis Mills
Head coach: Todd Kozak (2nd season)
Last season's record: 6-14
Key players: Jr. Spencer Maloney (5.8 ppg); Sr. Travis Martin; Sr. Kevin Sullivan; Sr. Rob Powers.
Outlook: Maloney is the only returning starter for the Spartans.
Coach's take: "We will be extremely young this season, but we will be aggressive and quick. The team's effort has been great so far."
Head coach: Keith Lipinsky (1st season)
Last season's record: 6-14
Key players: Sr. Christian Wiles-Lafayette; Jr. Spencer Persechino; Jr. Steven Rinquist.
Outlook: It's a whole new ballgame for the Cowboys, with a new coach, a new system, and a lot of players new to varsity.
Coach's take: "I am extremely pleased and impressed with the attitude and effort of this group of young men. This will be the first year that many players will be playing significant varsity minutes and I am optimistic that the work ethic and commitment will pay dividends in the end."
Coach: Tim Drakeley (19th season)
Last season's record: 14-9
Key players: Sr. Dylan Martland (8.3 ppg, 8 rpg, All BL); Sr. Ben Timme (14.7 ppg, 7 rpg); Sr. Greg Porcelli (5.8 ppg); Jr. Chris Pillis; Jr. Nick Uberti; Jr. Christian Metallo.
Outlook: The Chiefs have the goods in three critical areas: toughness and rebounding in Martland, who takes over for Austin Brochus as Toughest Dude in the BL; scoring and rebounding from Timme; perimeter threat from Porcelli. But, will Nonnewaug have the players to fill in around these guys? Martland starts the season still recovering from a knee injury suffered in soccer season.
Coach's take: "Once Martland gets healthy, and our newcomers gain experience, we will be tough to beat."
Head coach: Doug Sebach (9th season, 111-74)
Last season's record: 19-4 (BL champion, Class S semifinalist)
Key players: Sr. John Stevens (All-BL, 17.2 ppg); Sr. Connor Guiheen (All-BL, 15.6 ppg); Sr. Mike Jeffko (7.7 ppg); Sr. Arthur Lefevre (10.7 ppg).
Outlook: The Highlanders are the defending BL champions, and there's no reason not to install them as favorites this season. They are experienced, can score, can rebound, can defend, um, is there anything else?
Coach's take: "Experience, athleticism, and bench players will help our team this season. We will compete for back-to-back BL championships against a lot of other solid teams in the league."
Head coach: Matt Perachi (15th season)
Last season's record: 4-16
Key players: Sr. Lucas Guliano (8.3 ppg, 5.6 rpg); Sr. Dylan McAward (6.5 ppg); Sr. Kellen Rikhoff (7.1 ppg, 5.8 rpg); Sr. Mike Anson; Sr. Peyton Kay; Sr. Spencer Ylagan.
Outlook: The Spartans have the senior talent and leadership to put up many more wins this season. There should be excellent balance in the scorebook.
Coach's take: "Our primary goal is to be competitive and to qualify for the state tournament. We have strong senior leadership, good athleticism, and a great deal of potential. If chemistry develops and our varsity newcomers adapt to the rigors of varsity competition, then we could enjoy our fair share of success this season."
Head coach: Mark Fowler (14th season)
Last season's record: 16-8
Key players: Jr. Tyler Trillo (13 ppg); Jr. Jacob Johnson (12 ppg); Sr. Arthur Trent (6.8 ppg); Sr. Jon Festa (8.9 ppg, 8 rpg); So. Shea Tracy; So. Sean Huria; Sr. Devyn Oakes; Sr. Jonah Giblin.
Outlook: Terryville lost a star (Matt Sterner) from a good team, but the Kangaroos may be even better this year. The team brings back four starters, and scoring balance should put Terryville smack in the middle of the BL title race. They can shoot, and they have size and toughness.
Coach's take: "After going from six wins to 16 wins in a year, we look to build off that success. The backcourt has experience and skill, and the front court has size and athleticism. Can we defend and rebound well enough to win the tight games consistently?"
Head coach: Gary Franklin (2nd season)
Last season's record: 6-14
Key players: Sr. Drew Gagne (9.8 ppg); Sr. Kyle Guisto; Jr. Alex Gagne (5.4 ppg); So. Brian Sousa; So. Tyler Donafrio; Sr. Jack Kelley; Jr. Brian Butkevicius; Sr. Andrew Stern; So. Mike Milius.
Outlook: The Bears are young, but there is good varsity experience on the roster. Drew Gagne will be the court leader.
Coach's take: "Considering that we lost five key players, we must develop quickly in order to reach our goals. Fortunately, I have a lot of players that realize that. They have something to prove to themselves and to the Berkshire League."
Head coach: Gregg Hunt (18th season at Wamogo, 218-176, 29th overall, 341-293)
Last season's record: 8-14
Key players: Sr. Nick Nemergut (14.6 ppg, 6 rpg, 3.6 assists); Sr. Mark Davis (5.4 ppg); Sr. Eric Davis; Sr. Bill Grambo (4.5 rpg, 4 assists); Sr. Doug Whipple.
Outlook: The Warriors will follow Nemergut, who is one of the best in the BL, but they begin the season with Mark Davis and Whipple out indefinitely with injury. When healthy, Wamogo can be a surprise team in the league.
Coach's take: "The team has been hit hard by fall sports injuries. We are experienced, but need to get healthy."
Kaynor Tech
Head coach: Hank Spellman (18th season)
Last season's record: 23-3 (CSC champions, Class M quarterfinals)
Key players: Sr. Tre-Kel Douglas (All CSC, 2nd team All-State, 14.4 ppg); Sr. Terrence Thompson (All CSC, 14.8 ppg); Sr. Tra'von Gibbs (All CSC, 9.8 ppg); Sr. Troy Kelley; Sr. Chris Lavorgna; Sr. Jaquan Jones; Jr. Deandre Gibb; Jr. Tyler Baptista; Jr. Adam Pruden; Jr. Jakar Stallings; Jr. Marcus Frank; So. Rayon Thompson; Jr. Tauras Balsys; Sr. Ty-Jion Eason; Sr. Antonio Alves.
Outlook: Tech brings back its three leading scorers, goes 6-7, 6-7, 6-4 across the front, and in Thompson has one of the best scoring guards in the region. This team is quick, deep, and will be in your face defensively. The Panthers have ambitious goals, but also the talent to achieve them.
Coach's take: "This team has a lot of chemistry and camaraderie. Our greatest strength is our teamwork and unselfishness. Our goal is to surpass our former accomplishments and it would be nice to bring Kaynor its first basketball state championship. We have made strong showings in the past and it is high time we realize our full potential."
Head coach: Dave Hinman (13th season, 171-123)
Last season's record: 15-10
Key players: Sr. Tim Drakeley (co-captain); Sr. Kade Kager (3rd team All-New England Class A, co-captain); Sr. Bulolo Jonga; Jr. Hadley Stone.
Outlook: There is a lot of depth throughout the Founders and Tri-State Leagues. There are no clear cut favorites, but a ton of talent from top to bottom.
Coach's take: "We will need to overcome a lack of size by playing an up-tempo style. We are quicker and shoot the ball better than we did a year ago. If the players understand their roles, we have a chance to have a solid season."
Chase Collegiate
Head coach: J. Paul Vance (3rd season, 22-17)
Last season's record: 11-11 (HVAL co-champions)
Key players: Sr. Billy Robinson (10 ppg, 3.3 assists, All-HVAL, 2nd team All New England); Sr. Kyle Bonicki (7.9 ppg); Jr. Matt McClain; Sr. Greg Facey; Sr. Ryan Shiel (7.1 ppg); Jr. AJ Vasquez; So. Lukas Fedak; So. Jared Brady; So. Zack Morris; Jr. Charles McClain; Fr. Blake Hardy; Fr. Ethan Vance; So. Pat Morley.
Outlook: Size may be an issue for the Highlanders, but they are deep, have solid scorers, and excellent returning talent.
Coach's take: "We have a nice mix of experienced players and young guys who are still learning the system. We graduated some solid leaders and I am hopeful that our young guys can fill the void. We do not have much size, but we have tough kids who can play defense. We hope to have a chance to compete in the league and to qualify for the New England Tournament. We play one of the toughest schedules in the area and hope that it will pay off." ?
Head coach: David Yachtis (4th season, 34-33)
Last season's record: 3-17
Key players: Sr. Ben Namin; Sr. Carl Gatzendorfer; Sr. Nathan Rubinstein 12.1 ppg); Jr. Lucien Fortier (11.6 ppg); Jr. Nico Rosa; Jr. Tyler Harrington; Jr. Sam Rubinstein; Jr. Cooper Mooney; Jr. Luke Frering; Jr. Michael Buntin; So. Ryan Johannes.
Outlook: The Panthers have a couple of polished finishers in Rubenstein and Fortier, and a lot of team speed. Pomperaug is deep, and the plan is to run, and run, and run some more. It may be exhausting watching them.
Coach's take: "We have a lot of depth this season, especially in the backcourt. We return two double digit scorers from last year's team. We want to use our speed and athleticism to create pressure on both ends of the floor. We would love to qualify for the league tournament. I think that we will be playing our best at the end of the season and we'll be a tough out in both the SWC and state tournaments."
Head coach: Al Tolomeo (4th season, 6-54)
Last season's record: 3-17
Key players: Sr. Jason Mraz (5.8 ppg); Sr. Steve Mahoney; Sr. James Badas; Sr. Antonio Lopez; Sr. Tim Osborn; Sr. James Michaud; Jr. Kyle Chudoba; Eric Jensen; Jr. Chris VanKameric; Jr. Matt Dogali.
Outlook: These guys are big and athletic, and will beat some of the big boys in the SWC this season.
Coach's take: "This group has been together for three to four years. They know their roles and understand the meaning of 'team first.' The team has been getting better every practice and we are working hard to get to our first state tournament in school history. This team will not be outworked or out hustled."
Head coach: Dan Lee (8th season)
Last season's record: 13-10
Key players: Sr. Eric Dietrich; Sr. Erik Pettit; Sr. Kevin Dietrich; Sr. Tim Covel; Jr. Tyler Post; Jr. Collin Jordan (5 ppg); So. Andrew Yamin; Jr. Mark Dietrich; Jr. Jon Rizzo; Jr. Reid Duglenski; Jr. Tom Arisco; Jr. Pedra Pena.
Coach's take: "We graduated four starters from last year's team. Amity looks like the favorite in the Housatonic this year."
Wolcott Tech
Head coach: Rene Williams (10th season)
Last season's record: 2-18
Key players: Sr. Danneij Diaz (10.2 ppg); Sr. Mike Sullivan; Sr. Brandon Lane; Sr. Harkin Foster; Jr. Luke Pergola (10.4 ppg); Jr. Jake Munson; Jr. Mike Ryan; Jr. Asanta Maldon.
Outlook: The Wildcats begin their second season in the CSC, and found out that the Tech league has some outstanding basketball teams. A strength this season is quickness in the backcourt, and a better understanding of what they'll face each night in the CSC.
Coach's take: Last year was a learning experience for us as we left the Berkshire league. This new league is very competitive. Our success will depend on how quickly we gel as a unit.We hope to finish in the middle of the pack. Playing teams from Hartford, Danbury, New Haven, and Bridgeport will definitely force us to get better."
O'Brien Tech
Head coach: Dan Nemergut (23rd season overall, 206-256)
Last season's record: 13-8
Key players: Sr. Shaquan Jackson (12.2 ppg); Jr. Nabil Tavarez (5.2 ppg); Jr. Josh Gonzalez; So. Nasire Hargett; So. Devin Bacchiocchi; Jr. Don Morgan; Sr. Chris Kelly; Fr. Tamaron Hargett; Sr. Karl Philemy.
Outlook: Jackson is one of the top players in the CSC, and this is a league with a lot of top players. The Condors will go deep on the bench, and they've added some height, which is a key in a league that is loaded in the top half.
Coach's take: "We have a nice returning bunch, highlighted by Jackson, who has worked his way into the upper echelon of league players. I am probably nine deep which is unusual for us. Looking forward to the season. The two best teams in the league will be Kaynor Tech and Capital Prep."
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Is it possible to identify the encryption method, or at least rule out some of them, by looking at the encrypted text?
For example, if you have 3 encrypted strings where the first 10 characters are the same on each of the strings.
Is it possible to identify the encryption method, or at least rule out some of them, by looking at the encrypted text?
For example, if you have 3 encrypted strings where the first 10 characters are the same on each of the strings.
Yes, it is possible under certain circumstances to determine the encryption method used purely from ciphertexts. The first question that a cryptanalysis faced with such a problem must answer what general type the cipher is. Does the cipher appear to be a classical cipher, asymmetric cipher, or symmetric cipher?
On the nature of "good" ciphers.
Many ciphers currently in use do not fit the definition given above of a good cipher. For example DES has a key size that is smaller than it's block size. Given two ciphers of the small block size and the different key sizes it should be possible in theory to distinguish between them given only ciphertexts. Furthermore, many currently used stream ciphers are designed with ease of implementation in mind and therefore don't use non-linear mappings. For instance GMS system used by many mobile phones uses the a5/1 cipher. This ciphers is merely a LFSR and can not only be distinguished but can be broken in seconds given sufficient pre-computation time.
If the encryption system is any good, then no. The output of a (symmetric) encryption algorithm is supposed to be indistinguishable from pure random. If you can distinguish encryption output from pure random with probability greater than 1/2 (i.e. you are given two strings of bits, and you can tell which one comes from an encryption system with better success on average than pure luck), then the encryption algorithm is said to be "broken". An example of such an algorithm is RC4 (not that being broken does not mean that decryption without the key is easy; RC4-protected SSL connections still appear to be mostly safe).
However, the used encryption algorithm is not generally supposed to be secret information. That algorithm exists as code or specific hardware somewhere; it is amenable to reverse engineering. It is very difficult to know how much algorithm secrecy may resist an attacker, and that's a problem since a good security policy should aim at quantifying things. Secrecy of a symmetric key can be quantified: a 128-bit key is secret up to 2127 (on average) trials. Since such a precise measure cannot be achieved for the algorithm itself, it is usually assumed that the name of the algorithm is known by everybody. Correspondingly, encrypted message formats often begin with an additional header which plainly states which algorithm is used (such a header avoids many maintenance headaches, especially when several distinct algorithms are in use).
No, It's NOT possible. Output of a cryptography algorithm should be like an output of a pseudo random number generator. There is no any identification to identify it. If it's possible the cryptography algorithm is NOT a good cryptography algorithm.

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This car is simply AMAZING. I could write a book about the joy that it has been to own one. I did not give it five stars on reoiability becaust a car that costs barely this side of 200 Grand and it as meticuously maintaned as mine, should never have anything go wrong it even if when it seldom does, you are nor fully stranded. And to make marrres worse, the repairs and/or replacement parts cost as much as those of a space shuttle. Alsp, beware of the dealers; you would thimk differently but they more often than mot treat you with arrogance and as if to you, money means nothing. Find a trustworthy independent garage; you will be a much happier owner. The cars are luxury to the max, but don't scream "look at me; I am cool". And the performance...undescribable! Particularly when it weighs more than 5000 lbs. If you buy used, beware; DO YOUR HOMEWORK!!!
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by Brit in the USA from New Yprk, NY | July 28, 2009
This is one of the best cars I have ever owned. It has poise, power and reliability with enough toys to keep the most bored driver out of mischief. Petrol costs are extortionate - but the performance makes every penny woth it. The party piece is winding down all the windows. No B pillar makes it completely open.
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Does recommend this car
CL65 is amazing!!!
by Granite Bay from Sacramento, CA | March 23, 2007
Huge power! Huge torque! Total comfort! This is the real ultimate cruise mobile. The Mercedes quality is hard to beat especially for an every day driver like the CL65. I sold the CL55 to get this and think this is twice the car as the CL55.
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I just started brewing my first batch (yay!) and want to set up for bottling while I wait. My question is simple: Can I start using Swing-Tops like Grolsch to bottle my beer?
I've heard varying reports about skunking my beer with the green glass, or that the seal is imperfect. Do you think it would be any harder to clean the glass inside these reusable bottles? I would consider capping my own beer although I'd rather save the expense until I learn a little more about brewing.
I just started brewing my first batch (yay!) and want to set up for bottling while I wait. My question is simple: Can I start using Swing-Tops like Grolsch to bottle my beer?
I have used swing tops in the past without issue. If you are worried about the seal you can buy replacement seals, which should probably be done every once in a while. I don't think it's necessary every time. I have bottled 2 batches using some Fischer bottles and had zero problems with the seal.
As far as the green bottles go. If you keep it out of the light you should have no problems. Beer Advocate has a good explanation as to why the green bottles will not be a problem.
Skunked beer: http://beeradvocate.com/articles/527
Fischer bottle: http://www.enveloop.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/fischer-beer-660-ml.jpg
I've bottled some of my beer in swing top bottles. I like them pretty well but they are difficult to scavenge (rare) and expensive to purchase. So if cost is your motivator buying a capper (check craigslist) and caps, and fishing bottles out of a local pub's dumpster (ask permission and wear gloves!) will probably be cheaper.
I had one seal fail on me, so you definitely want to get new seals from time to time. The beer in the failed seal bottle didn't skunk, it just simply didn't carbonate. I drank it anyway and it was fine, just flat.
I use old Grolsch bottles all the time, with no problems. I keep them in a box (out of the light) when priming, then they go into the fridge when ready, or the basement.
I get many re-uses out of the rubber gaskets, but do inspect them for cracks/tears that may prevent a proper seal.
I have a few cases of the swing top bottles in a 1 ltr size. I have been using them for years now without any issues. Every batch I make we use 1 of these bottles to store for at least a year and have had no problems when finally cracking one open.


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The author examines recent expansion activity. Some key areas of investment are technologies for bioavailability/solubilization enhancement, formulation and manufacture of high-potency drugs, and modified-release applications.
Contract service providers offering formulation-development, drug-delivery, and manufacturing services are an important part of the value chain for pharmaceutical companies. Recent expansion activity of CDMOs and CMOs reflect the business and technical trends in the pharmaceutical industry as a whole. Key areas of investment include capabilities to support bioavailability enhancement, modified-release applications, parenteral-drug manufacturing, and high-potency drugs.Building the toolbox
Thus far in 2013, Catalent Pharma Solutions has made several moves to strengthen its position globally as well as to strengthen its toolbox. Earlier this year, the company formed two joint ventures in China, one for its softgel technologies business and one for its clinical-supply-solutions business. In softgels, Catalent agreed to acquire, pending regulatory approvals, a majority share in the Haining-based and privately held Zhejiang Jiang Yuan Tang Biotechnology, which produces nutritional softgel products for the Chinese and Asia Pacific markets. In a separate move, Catalent, and ShangPharma Corp., formed a new joint venture, which includes a new 31,000-ft2 facility in Shanghai. The facility, currently under construction, will offer capabilities in clinical-trial supplies, including comparator sourcing, primary and secondary packaging and labeling, storage, and distribution. The facility is scheduled to open later this year.
On an organizational basis, in July 2013, Catalent created a new business unit, Advanced Delivery Technologies, which aligns the company's existing modified-release and
medication-delivery businesses. The company's business units now include Catalent Softgel Technologies, Advanced Delivery Technologies, and Development and Clinical Services. Additionally, Catalent is investing $35 million to expand its controlled-release manufacturing facility in Winchester, Kentucky. The 100,000-ft2 facility is expanding by almost 80,000-ft2. Catalent expects the expansion to be completed by October 2014.
Earlier this year, Almac's Clinical Services business unit expanded its services for dispensing and bottling solid dosage products with new enhanced containment equipment and processes at its EU and US headquarters, respectively in Craigavon, the United Kingdom and Souderton, Pennsylvania. Additionally, Almac is expanding its commercial-manufacturing capacity and recently added a new non-GMP drug formulation-development facility in Craigavon for a total investment of £13.7million ($21 million). The commercial expansion adds blending equipment and an automated packing and integrated cartoning line for high-volume bulk commercial manufacturing scheduled to begin in November 2013. Almac also launched US commercial packaging services following a successful FDA inspection and new client partnership for its facility in Audubon, Pennsylvania. The facility offers flexible packaging from primary packaging of solid oral dosage forms to customized secondary labeling and packaging of sterile biopharmaceutical products.
Metrics launched a new proprietary technology (SUBA) that enhances the bioavailability of poorly water-soluble drugs. The technology was successfully used by the parent company of Metrics, Mayne Pharma, which acquired Metrics in 2012. Mayne Pharma has applied SUBA technology to improve the bioavailability of the antifungal drug itraconazole. Metrics also introduced proprietary taste-masking technology, Cleantaste. The company also launched capabilities to produce nonsterile liquids, creams, and gels. The company's cream suite can manufacture two- and three-phase suspensions and emulsions, including pastes, creams, lotions, and gels. Its two filling lines, which are modular and can be assembled according to product format, and its liquid-processing equipment can produce batch sizes ranging from 250 kg to 2000 kg. Metrics also introduced proprietary pellet technologies for controlled-release applications. Mayne Pharma has successfully applied the pellet technology to a number of proprietary pharmaceuticals with modified-release profiles, including Eryc (delayed-release erythromycin), Doryx (delayed-release doxycycline), Kadian (extended-release morphine), Astrix (delayed-release low-dose aspirin), and pulsed-release diltiazem.
The CDMO UPM Pharmaceuticals acquired a former Pfizer 500,000-ft2 commercial-manufacturing facility in Bristol, Tennessee. The acquisition provides UPM with large-scale commercial capabilities for manufacturing and packaging of solid oral dosage tablets and capsules as well as for semisolid manufacturing of creams and ointments. The facility further provides for technology-transfer support, pilot-plant scale-up capabilities, analytical and microbial testing, and dedicated suites for potent compounds. As part of the purchase, UPM will continue to manufacture Pfizer's current portfolio of products within the facility for two years. Pfizer gained the facility with its acquisition of King Pharmaceuticals in 2012. King Pharmaceuticals was founded by UPM's current Chairman and CEO John Gregory. In addition, in May 2013, UPM increased its capabilities for API-in-capsule dosage forms with the addition of a powder-microdosing system (Xcelodose, Capsugel). The company also added to its analytical capabilities with the addition of a differential scanning calorimeter and a thermogravimetric analyzer.


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I have a 2 yr old HP pavillion dv4 laptop. Ubuntu runs fine. But I recently noticed that the temperature of the cores (with just a browser open, not playing flash videos) is significantly higher than when I run windows 7.
If I buy one of the laptops listen in the 'ubuntu certified list', is it likely to run ubuntu at the same temperatures as windows 7?


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What is focal-length? Are focal-length and zoom synonymous? How does the focal length of a photo affect it?
Focal length is a measure how the lens focusses the light into a point. When light enters a 50mm prime lens, the light converges into a point the camera sensor after 50mm.
In addition the focal length determines the magnification of the object you photograph. A long lens (e.g. 300mm) magnifies the images a lot (useful for birding) while a short (wide angle) lens (e.g. 20mm) is useful for indoor pictures or landscapes.
Zoom usually means the focal length of the lens can be changed.
Focal length is the more techy way of talking about zoom (so that 3x optical zoom on a compact camera really means the focal length at its longest will be three times that at it's shortest, or widest).
You can use longer focal length to fake perspective, as the human mind is used to seeing pictures at a 35mm equivelent focal length of about 50mm.
If you're using a a modern DSLR you then get the crop factor (sometimes mis-described as a focal length multiplier), but for a camera with an APS-C sized sensor, you have a crop factor of 1.6; and if you have a 100mm lens attached to it, then it will have the same field of view as a 160mm lens on a 35mm camera; in reality, the focal length is still 100mm though.
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In a single lens objective, the focal length is the distance to the film plane, but since most objectives are a rather complicated set of lenses it's not that simple.
That's rather technical, but the most interesting characteristic of focal length is that it's one of the decisive factors in how the angle of view of your lens is. The longer the focal length is, the narrower the field of view. The other decisive factor in the angle of view is the size of the film or sensor.
Lenses with a fixed focal length are also called primes, and lenses with a variable focal length are called zoom lenses.
Focal length is the distance from your lens to your film (or sensor). Depending on your focal length your picture is either zoomed in or zoomed out (or normal size when the focal length is usually 50mm).


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So last night my daughter Charin was working on a project, turns out it was a poster to bring into work with me, so she could sell Girl Scout cookies to all of daddy's friends at work!!!
So guess what I am doing today! So what's your favorite kind of Girl Scout cookies???
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The Peanut butter ones...
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How can I get DejaDup to ONLY backup to UbuntuOne? I installed 11.10 on a small partition two weeks ago, setup for daily backups and forgot about it. Next thing I know the disk was filled up and I didn't realize why.
Syncing can be nice but some things I want to push off my local disk space onto the cloud storage. Like low-priority background backups. I also can't seem to find Duplicity detailed settings like extensions to ignore, file size limit cutoff etc, though that's a separate question.


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More than $21 million in health insurance rebates will be coming to consumers in the Carolinas from companies the federal government says spent too many premium dollars on profits and red tape last year.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released data Thursday showing that more than 205,000 consumers in South Carolina will receive more than $13 million in rebates. That's an average refund of $92 per family.
In North Carolina customers will be receiving more than $8 million in rebates in the coming weeks. More than 182,000 consumers will benefit and the refund amounts to about $77 per family.
Nationally, nearly 7 million consumers nationwide will receive about $330 million in refunds. The refund nationally will average about $80 per family.
The refunds are being made, for the third year in a row, under the federal Affordable Care Act, sometimes known as "Obamacare."
The law created the so-called the Medical Loss Ratio Rule - also known as the 80/20 rule - with the intent of making insurance companies more efficient. Under the rule, health insurance companies must spend at least 80 percent of premium dollars on "patient care and quality improvement activities," according to a release issued with the new data.
Those companies that devote too much to profits and red tape owe refunds. The HHS report concluded that, last year alone, consumers saved $3.8 billion on their premiums upfront because companies were operating more efficiently.
Those entitled to refunds will get them in one of several ways. They may get a refund check in the mail or a lump-sum reimbursement to the account used to pay the premium. Or customers may receive a reduction in future premiums.
Employers providing health insurance must provide the refunds in similar ways or can choose another method that helps their workers, such as enhancing benefits.
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It's hockey season again.
Some things are the same this year; some are different.
Things that are the same: The Long Suffering Husband is confused by icing; my Little Professor and I are still engaging in ridiculous, voo-dooesque rituals meant to somehow improve our favorite team's chance of winning; the restraining order keeping the Sassy Saint at least 5 feet away from our (can't prove it isn't) magical hockey totem is still in effect; and the LSH and I are still arguing whether football is much slower-paced than hockey and, therefore, brain-numbingly boring.
Just for the record, I'm right and he's wrong. I have never seen a football play last longer than a minute. Also, someone needs to explain to me why icing is difficult to understand, but touch-backs aren't. What is a touch-back anyway?
Things that are different: The realignment of the conferences (Hi, Columbus and Detroit; see you, Oilers!); the putrid name given to the local conference; the Bad Luck Kid isn't malfunctioning (for the moment); and the Philadelphia Flyers are really, really bad (wait, that's not different, just recent!).
I probably shouldn't gloat too much over the Flyers losing seven of the first 10, since they've finally managed to put together back-to-back wins and have managed to claw their way out of the Metropolitan (ugh) basement by planting their collective boot (skate?) on the face of the even-more-woeful Rangers. (I miss John Tortorella, but nowhere near as much as Henrik Lundqvist does - and for far different reasons.) Chronic gloating leads to hockey gods smiting people (see the Bad Luck Kid).
I should probably say something here about how it's a long season and hockey is more exciting when teams like the Flyers, Rangers and the Capitals are good. But that would be a lie (except the long season part). The Metropolitan Division is weak and bad, and the Atlantic Division would eat its lunch in a heartbeat, let alone the Western Conference.
When the division was announced, I would have sworn it was going to be good. I was wrong, but I'm not losing any sleep over it, as long as my favorite team is winning. Other teams' fans can complain about arrogance, band-wagoning and the bankruptcy that didn't happen - that team I'm too superstitious to name has a winning record, and everything else is just background noise. I might not be a nice person or a "fan of the game," but at least I'm honest.
Honestly? I feel like a Southeast Division-Ovechkin era Capitals fan, and it feels good.
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I have a Dell laptop that came pre-installed with Windows 7.
When I try to install Windows XP on it, Windows 7 does not allow me to.
I don't want a dual boot system, I just want Windows XP on my system.
Can anyone help me install Windows XP?
I have a Dell laptop that came pre-installed with Windows 7.
When I try to install Windows XP on it, Windows 7 does not allow me to.
I don't want a dual boot system, I just want Windows XP on my system.
Can anyone help me install Windows XP?
My suggestion would be to save your data externally then wipe your hard drive. Then install XP first followed by 7.
I haven't installed Windows in such a long time I can't remember if there is a built in partition manager. Because the easiest solution is to partition beforehand.
You need to download and install EasyBCD to remove Windows 7's bootloader
You should then be able to install from your Windows XP CD.
If you want to use just Windows XP, reboot your PC from the Windows XP CD. And then select INSTALL Windows XP . It will ask to you "Which partition?" In this screen, delete all partitions of your hard disk. Windows 7 will be deleted, and your XP install will continue.
Install a floppy drive and run the Windows 98SE startup disk. Then run
Then reinstall Windows 7 if you want a dual boot.
Technology has changed a lot, but, what we had 20 years ago still holds true today. The oldest system must be installed first and so on and so on.
The bigest issue to overcome today is the SATA drives. Slap four 500 GB IDE drives in there and change the DVD writers to SATA and all will work fine.
There are lots of different ways to update your system, including a complete format followed by an install of XP (be careful of driver issues and any data will be lost). You could perhaps also look at some kind of dual boot scenario and then you can keep your windows 7 install.
What I would probably do though is upgrade to Windows 7 Ultimate as this has Windows XP mode. That should solve your compatibility issues with least effort. Upgrade can be done online and is pretty quick.
I'm going to make a wild statement and say that this will be a horrible experience. Installing XP on a modern machine is going to painful because one the hardware is totally different from what XP was designed for 10 years ago, and secondly, XP won't have the drivers written for said hardware.
Quite a few new laptops preinstalled with Windows 7 are 64bit machines. 64bit XP will run, but it had terrible support for hardware and trying to find drivers for things will be a pain. Video card, webcams, wireless networking, USB3 support, all of those may or may not end up working.
If you stil have a laptop that is 64bit, most XP disks are 32bit, and that's going to physically limit you from the ammount of memory that can be used with your machine. Many new macines now-a-days comes with at least 4gigs of memory, and can easily be upgraded to 8 because of the 64bit hardware. You can install the 32bit OS on the machine, deal with the hardware issues and end up limiting yourself to less memory than what's installed on the laptop.
Since Windows 7 has excellent support for XP mode, and if you have Windows 7 Professional or better, it's free to download and use, I have to go against the grain here and say keep what you have and use XP mode for a much better experience.
Good luck on your quest, and hope this helps some.
You can - But you will have to repair the boot manager from the Windows 7 disc. The reason why is XP will install it's own (older) version, and XP's boot manager can not boot to win 7. Repairing using the Win 7 disc will re-install Win7's boot manager, which can start XP.
You must take backup of you data before using this stuff. It is little risky..
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On the Setup of your bios. Choose the ATA instead of AHCI on the SATA configuration.
Now apply the changes then insert your CD in the CD rom. Make sure you have
chosen the CD as your first boot device.
The BSOD screen (Blue Screen) is the result a of SATA/RAID issue with XP. So disabling AHCI in your BIOS will get rid of the BSOD.
Simply delete win 7 reserved partion on boot screen and create new a partition on preinstalled win 7 drive by just removing space from current partitions, this will leave no trace of win 7 on the hard drive, and you can easily boot win xp without getting disc errors


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Let $I$ be a poset and for any $i$ let $P_i$ be a poset. Let $P$ be the sum over $I$ of the sets $P_i$, and let $<_P$ be the relation defined on $P$ by $q<_Pr$ iff $q$ and $r$ are members of the same $P_i$ and $q<_ir$ or $q$ is member of $P_j$ $r$ is member of $P_k$ and $j<_ik$. Maybe that formally, I should have taken $Q_i$ as the cartesian product of the singleton of $i$ with $P_i$, and $Q$ as the union of the $Q_i$'s, and compared couples as $(i,q)$ and $(j,r)$. Anyway, it is clear that $P$, equipped with our relation is a poset, that is the poset sum over $I$ of the posets $P_i$. Particularly, in the case that $I$ and $P_i$ all are totally ordered sets , $P$ is a totally ordered set. And, in this particular case, a theorem of Schoenflies asserts that "every (totally) ordered set is the union of scattered sets over a densely ordered indexing set";
Question: does there exist a similar decomposition theorem in the general case of posets ?
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I recently came across a blog post called the Top 10 Rated Pre Workout Supplements of 2011, which compares a bunch of concoctions made of "stimulants, nitric oxide, creatine, and amino acids." There are several questions floating around Fitness & Nutrition about the best things to eat before a workout and even before jogging, but they don't really address pre-workout supplements. Is that because supplements aren't effective? If they are, which one is most effective for fueling a long run?
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I'm not a long-distance runner, but the question that I immediately turn to is just this:
What problem would the supplement be solving?
If your nutrition overall is good, and your runs are going well, I would be very hesitant to add any supplements just for the hell of it. The ones you listed are not really fuel, and it's not clear why you'd need them.
Without a specific reason for a specific supplement, I would question their necessity entirely.
It's a bit strange to me that the supplement review you linked to is almost entirely about the "feeling" of the "rush" each pre-workout witch's brew gives. For example:
That falls below my criteria for scientific rigor. I'd much rather look at the constituent ingredients and examine the science and reasoning behind each.
Caffeine and other stimulants should be self-explanatory. They can increase athletic performance, but are also usually diuretic and don't provide any nutrition. I'm not particularly familiar with the specific pre-workout purpose of the others (nitric oxide, creatine, amino acids) but only BCAAs sound relevant to running. Highly digestible whole proteins might be useful nutrition before a long run.
Beyond that, I would look to actual food for a pre-workout supplement.
When it comes to eating anything before and under running, I agree with @baldys answer to What should I eat or drink before jogging? that nothing special is needed for anything less than 1-1.5 hours of running (@baldy actually writes 2.5 hours, but I personally need something when running for that long). If we are talking anything less than half-marathon (HM), I usually just eat a banana 15-20 minutes before start and drink some water just before I leave for the run... And nothing special under the run apart from a little water every 5 km.
I sometimes bring a little money, so I can buy a banana or two en route if I feel I need that... which is more often in the evening after a long day at the office than in the morning when I'm fresh and ready for the world... but it is the exception rather than the rule.
If we by long distance running mean HM or longer, then I think it is more important what you eat the days just before and after the run than what you eat during the run. This is described pretty well here:
So lots of pasta and white bread before the run... all the stuff we usually try to avoid.
As for any of the supplements listed in the articles... I really haven't tried any of them, as I really don't see what they can provide that is not already in various fruit - especially carbs and potassium.
Whatever food you feel comfortable eating before your workout. It should be mostly simple carbohydrates and a bit of protein is useful.
When you sleep blood flows away from your stomach. If you wake early enough then your stomach will not be ready to process the food and you will find it difficult to eat solid food. Because, on race day, you should do exactly what you do during training you should prepare for this.
For me, when I wake up before a morning long run I will drink two complete nutrition supplement drinks. That gets me 700 calories in an easy to digest form.
You want some carbs that are easy enough to digest because you're going to spend the first 90 minutes running on the carbs in your bloodstream and stored in your liver. You may as well stack in as much as you can beforehand.
You also want to drink normally. Not too little, not too much. Drink for thirst as your body will figure out the rest.
I agree that it should probably be something you experiment with. What works for you may be different than what works for others. Some suggestions I've heard experienced marathoners mention are full fat Greek yogurt with some granola and berries mixed in or some coconut milk. These provide a good combination of fat that your body can use for energy as well as complex carbohydrates while not being so heavy that you feel it sloshing around in your stomach during your run. For a little energy boost one of the most natural sources is actually a cup of coffee. Most importantly find what works for you!
As you have seen, most of the reviews online are about best pre workout supplements for weight lifting and short-medium training period.
However, for your need you can opt in for a intra/pre workout supplement. For example, NOW Foods - Electro Endurance, is a supplement for those that train for long period of time (swimming, football, athletes), and it contains: electrolytes, hydrolized protein, carbs and few amino-acids.
This is one option. There are also, the so called 'carbs gel' supplements, used by athletes that need energy during a contest or a long training.
There are tons of supplements for your objective on bodybuilding.com and other supplements stores.


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It's been 3 weeks since the acquittal of murder defendant Lucas Goodrum. Goodrum was accused of raping, sodomizing, and setting fire to WKU freshman Katie Autry in her dorm room. But jurors found Goodrum not guilty, citing a lack of physical evidence and what one juror called a "shoddy investigation."
The man in charge of prosecuting the case says he won't comment on or criticize the investigation, but he says a lack of physical evidence isn't unusual.
"In most cases, physical evidence is the exception rather than the rule. Especially in violent offenses you just count on, most times, not having it. With having eyewitnesses at the scene, with having people that also inculpated Mr. goodrum, we still felt we had a viable prosecution," Cohron says.
The not guilty verdict shocked the Autry family. "I had been told by some good sources, people that I do trust, that there wasn't enough evidence to convict Lucas Goodrum. But I chose not to listen to them, because I chose to listen to what I was being told. So I guess I set myself up for the major heartbreak," Virginia White, Autry's aunt, said.
Cohron says he understands and sympathizes with the Autry family. He says the quality of the investigation wasn't the determining factor in the verdict. In the end, he says, the jury had to choose who to believe, and they chose Goodrum and his alibi. He says he is trying to turn the page, but not before learning lessons from this case.
"Each case is a learning experience, that's why we call it the practice of law. You would be a fool not to look back and try and examine, you always try and see what you can do better. You know in all cases, win or lose, perfect circumstances to tough case, in every case we look back at a trial at the end of pleas even, and we look at what could have done better with each case," Cohron says.


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Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Christmas Tour 2012
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Just gorgeous! Everything is so elegant and festive!ReplyDelete
JUST posted my home tour, last night! Your house is beautiful!ReplyDelete
Beautiful! I love how soft and natural your décor is. I'd love it if you checked out my Christmas home tour. http://newhousetohome.blogspot.com/2012/12/a-christmas-home-tour.htmlReplyDelete
Here is my home tour for Christmas at bzhomeinstyle.blogspot.com under my December post (which right now I just forgot how I named it!)ReplyDelete
it all looks beautiful- the dining rom is my favorite!ReplyDelete
When it's this pretty I am never tired of seeing more and more Christmas. You have done a beautiful job- xo DianaReplyDelete
Everything is so pretty and relaxed looking...like you didn't force Christmas into your house, it just came in on its own.ReplyDelete
Love! Please don't ever quit posting pics of your house!ReplyDelete
Very pretty! I especially like the plaid on the stockings, the greenery and your sitting room with the gorgeous ceiling.ReplyDelete
Thank you for sharing your holiday home, everything is just beautiful! I love all the natural green touches, especially your arrangment of greens and branches in the burlap-wrapped vase. Your home is just lovely. Happy Holidays to you! :)ReplyDelete
Your home is beautiful and your Christmas decorations delight the eye, so many to pick from to comment on, I really enjoyed the under glass items throughout...ReplyDelete
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Simple and beautiful - your home is lovely! Merry Christmas!ReplyDelete
Love all the greenery, your house looks lovely decorated for the holidays.ReplyDelete
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Just wondering on the walls in the living room that is a blue-ish color, (10th picture here) what paint is this and what is it called. Its gorgeous. You are amazing!ReplyDeleteReplies
So sweet of you, Carole. That color is Rainwashed by Sherwin-Williams!Delete
Very Pretty!!! Love the soothing color in your Living Room. All of your cloches are precious! Such beautiful touches of Christmas everywhere! Delighted to find your tour!!!ReplyDeleteReplies
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LECOMPTON, Kan. (AP) _ A critical point in the early history of Kansas will come to life on stage at Lecompton's Constitution Hall.
The Lecompton Re-enactors will perform J. Howard Duncan's play ``Bleeding Kansas Characters'' on Nov. 3.
Actors will portray significant figures from Kansas' territorial days in the 1850s engaging in discussions about slavery. The setting is a town hall political meeting in the period leading up to statehood and the Civil War.
November's performance is the first of five stagings of the play planned through May 2014 at Constitution Hall, which is operated by the Kansas Historical Society.


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I can't find anything comprehensive using Google. I'm wondering what the core concepts of physically correct lighting are, and where I could read up on it. What's physically correct lighting all about? Is Phong illumination generally physically incorrect?
This is a much bigger topic than can be covered in an answer, but briefly:
Physically-based shading means leaving behind phenomenological models, like the Phong shading model, which are simply built to "look good" subjectively without being based on physics in any real way, and moving to lighting and shading models that are derived from the laws of physics and/or from actual measurements of the real world, and rigorously obey physical constraints such as energy conservation.
For example, in many older rendering systems, shading models included separate controls for specular highlights from point lights and reflection of the environment via a cubemap. You could create a shader with the specular and the reflection set to wildly different values, even though those are both instances of the same physical process. In addition, you could set the specular to any arbitrary brightness, even if it would cause the surface to reflect more energy than it actually received.
In a physically-based system, both the point light specular and the environment reflection would be controlled by the same parameter, and the system would be set up to automatically adjust the brightness of both the specular and diffuse components to maintain overall energy conservation. Moreover you would want to set the specular brightness to a realistic value for the material you're trying to simulate, based on measurements.
Physically-based lighting or shading includes physically-based BRDFs, which are usually based on microfacet theory, and physically correct light transport, which is based on the rendering equation (although heavily approximated in the case of real-time games).
It also includes the necessary changes in the art process to make use of these features. Switching to a physically-based system can cause some upsets for artists. First of all it requires full HDR lighting with a realistic level of brightness for light sources, the sky, etc. and this can take some getting used to for the lighting artists. It also requires texture/material artists to do some things differently (particularly for specular), and they can be frustrated by the apparent loss of control (e.g. locking together the specular highlight and environment reflection as mentioned above; artists will complain about this). They will need some time and guidance to adapt to the physically-based system.
On the plus side, once artists have adapted and gained trust in the physically-based system, they usually end up liking it better, because there are fewer parameters overall (less work for them to tweak). Also, materials created in one lighting environment generally look fine in other lighting environments too. This is unlike more ad-hoc models, where a set of material parameters might look good during daytime, but it comes out ridiculously glowy at night, or something like that.
Here are some resources to look at for physically-based lighting in games:
And of course, I would be remiss if I didn't mention Physically-Based Rendering by Pharr and Humphreys, an amazing reference on this whole subject and well worth your time, although it focuses on offline rather than real-time rendering.
"Physically correct" means that the result looks like it would look in reality, assuming that reality would be shaped and textured the same. That means for instance that all surfaces reflect light, mostly diffuse, so most light is indirect. Also, light can travel through materials.
And yes, one specific part of physically realistic lightning includes the correct modelling of light reflected from a surface. Phong is a reasonable approximation, but only works well for point lightsources - so not for indirect lightsources, which you'll have a lot in a physically realistic scene.
Keep in mind that "physically correct" is still an area of research - not just how to model it in a computer, but also reality. It's only a few years ago that scientists discovered that some reflective crystals reflect double the amount of light back to the source compared to other directions.


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Theistic evolution holds that God used evolution to create mankind. It seems to follow then that this view must also hold the creation account in Genesis to be unhistorical. So, Adam and Eve may have been people, but were perhaps the first humans whose parents were pre-human.
According to those who reject it, what are the theological implications or problems with theistic evolution?


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6 Insanely Awesome Things The 1900s Thought We'd Have by Now
#3. Physical Fitness: We Will Be Breeding Super Children
What They Predicted:
1900s American Man assumed that, by this time, we'd be teaching gymnastics and starting weight training for babies. Babies. Honestly: They looked at a babies, with their tiny hands and soft skin and eyes full of wonder and thought, "Man, what a pussy." These horse-massacring bastards were not fucking around: They imagined gymnastics starting in the nursery, "where all toys and games will be designed to strengthen the muscles." Maybe they're just trying to breed cheap, reliable labor to make up for all the horses they planned on murdering.
Or maybe they just wanted our children to be the strongest, toughest, most Spartanest badasses this side of Planet America.
What We Have Instead:
Obesity is one of the biggest killers in America and babies are at an all time fat, a trend that doesn't seem to be reversing anytime soon. In fact, our bodies are actually evolving to fight how flabby and lazy we are. It's called Brown Fat, and the body produces it naturally (now more than ever,) in an effort to burn off the fat that we refuse to burn off ourselves. Think about that. We got so fat that our bodies surrendered. Or, as the esteemed Professor of Fatness, Michael Swaim, so eloquently put it last year: "WE'RE SUCH FATASSES THAT OUR BODIES ARE EVOLVING TO COMPENSATE FOR IT." Can you fathom that? Evolution takes thousands and thousands of years, but it's still not nearly as sluggish and lazy as we are.
But hell, "Toys and games designed to strengthen muscles?" To be fair, we've just been training our children with the skills that will be necessary to survive in our future; a future that is more about the mind than the biceps. Twenty minutes of Scrabulous is more intellectually stimulating than an hour of riding a penny farthing or practicing pugilism. While we can't predict exactly what mankind will need in the future, it is almost definitely more beneficial for a child to know how to work computers than it is for him to know how to till the soil and work the land at this point. Still, as far as raising an army of super strong master babies goes, we're falling majorly short (unless Pokemon-catching is somehow good for your cardio). Nursery Gymnastics? Jesus, we're too busy coming up with new and innovative ways to deep fry soda.
Oh, and just so you don't think it's just our lazy, shitty, selfish babies disappointing our ancestors, there is one more physical fitness prediction they had for us:
"A man or woman unable to walk ten miles at a stretch will be regarded as a weakling."
We don't want to make any assumptions here: Maybe you're a very active and fit person-about-town. Maybe you walked ten miles just this morning. Maybe you meet that criteria easily. On the other hand, you're spending the day sitting in front of your computer reading an article on Cracked about how fat you are...
(So fat.)
#2. Education: A Brilliant and Generous Future
What They Predicted:
Even in the 1900s - when they were stuffing children down the toilet to clear out clogs - they still thought we'd be sending poor kids around the world on vacation by now. They believed university education would be free to everyone, and that poor students would be given free board, clothing, books, and during vacation time "poor children will be taken on trips to various parts of the world." Man, for a generation of people who thought horses were an affront to God and hated babies for being weaklings, folks in 1900s seem to really care about their poor people. They even went so far as to predict that they'd be given free dentistry and eyeglasses, and when was the last time you brushed a homeless guy's teeth? Never? Typical '00s me-first mentality.
What We Have Instead:
Sure, we have some financial assistance programs for low income families, but that's a far cry from a free university education to everyone. On the contrary, education costs are rising each and every year and students that do go to college graduate directly into an assload of debt.
Turn-of-the-century man was also sure we'd be teaching "etiquette and housecleaning" regularly, which is sort of laughable when you realize that the internet and reality TV have long since viciously murdered etiquette, fucked its corpse, and didn't even say "thank you" after.
#1. Personal Transportation; Awesome, Yet Goatshit Crazy
What They Predicted: (#1)
What We Have Instead:
There's only one person in this image that reminds us of modern transportation, and it's the idiot on the ground, eating shit and scrambling after his stupid hat.
Look at how people of the past pictured a busy street - all those other, well-dressed people gliding with rocket-powered skates on a road paved with what looks like solid gold? Those people would be rage-stabbed by a frustrated office-worker twenty minutes late for a project report in today's traffic.
What They Predicted: (#2)
Like everybody else, turn-of-the-century man was absolutely certain we'd all be flying by now. They didn't imagine flying cars or jetpacks or anything implausible like that - they just thought bi-planes (before we'd even officially made the first flight!) and balloons would be enough to keep modern man airborne constantly. Obviously we don't all have jetpacks or even measly personal hovercrafts, so obviously all of human technological achievement is a huge fucking letdown. Even in the most simple of transportation matters we have disappointed them tremendously. Take their version of a future drive-thru:
Look at that! They fully expected that modern man would have made such great strides in awesomology that a "drive-thru" was a place you'd just swoop by to pick up your Flyin' Wine without even slowing down. Not only do we have bullshit open container laws for our pathetically ground-based vehicles, but we as a people are also nowhere near that level of moustachioed.
What We Have Instead:
Slow, earthbound food distributors. And we're too retarded to even work those right. Good job, society; just ram that Taco Bell until burritos pop out. You're a champ.
What They Predicted: (#3)
Shut up. Who cares? Look at that. Look at that fucking picture. Really look at it. That is an uncharacteristically non-murdered horse walking on the water. That is where our ancestors thought we'd be right now, and all we're saying is why the fuck aren't we?! Look at their projected date on that painting: 2000. 9 years ago our ancestors thought we'd just be straight chilling on water, hanging out with mad balloon bitches and talkin' about mustaches or whatever all fucking day.
This gets distinction because, for the most part, the predictions made by the past were boring and, like, totally hard to do. Practical, sure, but boring. But transportation? Hell, look at that picture. Do you know what this means? Turn-of-the-century man has given us carte blanche on retarded transportation innovations. These are the guys who helped build and shape this country; salt of the earth folks who were up at dawn, plowing the land and hammering steel into locomotives, and they are totally okay with us blowing billions of dollars and countless hours of manpower inventing a bunch of stupid crap just to make travelling more hilarious. They gave us the complete greenlight to blow all of our resources building water wheels and foot-boats, or whatever the hell that stuff is. Every single moment you spend not strapping mini rocket-bikes to a camel's feet and riding it around the park is like spitting in the face of history .
What We Have Instead:
We want to stress right now that the only retarded transportation innovation that's reached the mainstream and is actually in use right now is the Segway. The fucking Segway.
Our ancestors would be having seizures from all the disappointment; their moustaches curling with rage, barely able to stab a horse through the tears in their eyes.
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I am just messing around, trying to figure out how stuff works and right now I have a couple questions about HTML, JS and CSS engines.
Partially another question. Is there any bare browser that uses V8 and runs on Ubuntu at least?
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RALEIGH, N.C. — It was all too easy to confuse Andy Griffith the actor with Sheriff Andy Taylor, his most famous character from "The Andy Griffith Show."
After all, Griffith set his namesake show in a make-believe town based on his hometown of Mount Airy, N.C., and played his "aw, shucks" persona to such perfection that viewers easily believed the character and the man were one.
Griffith, 86, died Tuesday at his coastal home, Dare County Sheriff Doug Doughtie said in a statement.
"Mr. Griffith passed away this morning at his home peacefully and has been laid to rest on his beloved Roanoke Island," Doughtie told The Associated Press, reading from a family statement.
Although he acknowledged some similarities between himself and the wise sheriff who oversaw a town of eccentrics, they weren't the same. Griffith was more complicated than the role he played — witnessed by his three marriages if nothing else.
But that perception led people to believe Griffith was all that was good about North Carolina and put pressure on him to live up to an impossible Hollywood standard.
He protected his privacy in the coastal town of Manteo, by building a circle of friends who revealed little to nothing about him.
Strangers who asked where Griffith lived would receive circular directions that took them to the beach, said William Ivey Long, the Tony Award-winning costume designer whose parents were friends with Griffith and his first wife, Barbara.
Craig Fincannon, who runs a casting agency in Wilmington, met Griffith in 1974. He described his friend as the symbol of North Carolina.
That role "put heavy pressure on him because everyone felt like he was their best friend. With great grace, he handled the constant barrage of people wanting to talk to Andy Taylor," Fincannon said.
In a 2007 interview with The Associated Press, Griffith said he wasn't as wise as the sheriff, nor as nice. He described himself as having the qualities of one of his last roles, that of the cranky diner owner in "Waitress," and also of his most manipulative character, from the 1957 movie "A Face in the Crowd."
"But I guess you could say I created Andy Taylor," he said. "Andy Taylor's the best part of my mind. The best part of me."
Griffith had a career that spanned more than a half-century and included Broadway, notably "No Time for Sergeants;" movies such as Elia Kazan's "A Face in the Crowd"; and records.
"No Time for Sergeants," released as a film in 1958, cast Griffith as Will Stockdale, an over-eager young hillbilly who, as a draftee in the Air Force, overwhelms the military with his rosy attitude. Establishing Griffith's skill at playing a lovable rube, this hit film paved the way for his sitcom.
He was inducted into the Academy of Television Arts Hall of Fame in 1992 and in 2005, he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, one of the country's highest civilian honors.
His television series resumed in 1986 with "Matlock," which aired through 1995.
On this light-hearted legal drama, Griffith played a cagey Harvard-educated attorney who was Southern-bred and -mannered with a leisurely law practice in Atlanta.
Decked out in his seersucker suit in a steamy courtroom (air conditioning would have spoiled the mood), Matlock could toy with a witness and tease out a confession like a folksy Perry Mason.
This character — law-abiding, fatherly and lovable — was like a latter-day homage to Sheriff Andy Taylor, updated with silver hair and a shingle.
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Cumming Cash for Gold - Cumming Gold Selling Guide 2009
ATLANTA - In past years, Gwinnett Gold Brokers near the Mall of Georgia has primarily focused their business on purchasing gold, jewelry and other precious metals in all forms & conditions from "We Buy Gold" and "Cash for Gold" dealers. Some of these dealers work directly with refineries, but many are unable to do so for what ever reason - so they have to sell their inventory to brokers who charge a small percentage like Gwinnett Gold Brokers in Buford.
Gwinnett Gold Brokers usually pays dealers one dollar per gram per karat, depending on market prices. This means that a 14k gold necklace or bracelet that weighs about an ounce (or the approximate weight of a silver dollar) brings better than $14 per gram or $500 for the item from GGB. The local area dealers would pay $93 to $155 for the same item, while advertising and claiming that they pay "Top Dollar" or "Highest Prices."
These gold dealers are making such huge profits from their current price schedule that they continue to open more and more stores even today. And they're getting great deals on commercial rent from the more than half empty strip malls that exist just about everywhere.
Newspapers and local & national television news crews have done many stories on GGB over the years, and often when news producers need current information on the local gold market - they turn to GGB for related information of the highest integrity.
Where is GGB located? They have owned their own commercial property in Buford for over a decade, but in recent years - a sub-division has emerged in front of the company's property. This gives the appearance that it's a temporary, unprofessional operation being run out of somebody's basement. Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, the owners have interest in many storefronts around Atlanta. They simply prefer the safety, comfort and elegance of their present location and wouldnt have it any other way. Anyone objecting to the lack of formality of a storefront may feel more comfortable dealing with one of the endless "We Buy Gold" dealers seemingly popping up everywhere.
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WACO (September 21, 2012)—State District Judge Matt Johnson ruled Friday that former McLennan County Tax Assessor-Collector A.F. "Buddy Skeen" can remain free on $50,000 bond while his attorneys appeal his sentence.
The terms of Skeen's release include a curfew and requirements that he not leave the county and report every two weeks to the local probation office.
Johnson Friday also ordered Skeen to pay $4,500 in restitution.
Seven more charges are pending against Skeen, who's scheduled for a second trial on Oct. 8.
A pretrial hearing is scheduled next Friday, at which prosecutors are expected to reveal the charges on which he's to be tried.
On Wednesday Johnson sentenced Skeen, 69, to 180 days in state jail and five years probation after a jury decided on a maximum two-year jail term, a $10,000 fine and five years probation.
Johnson suspended the two-year sentence and ordered Skeen to serve 180 days followed by five years probation.
He also ordered Skeen to perform 400 hours of community service.
The decision came a day after Skeen interrupted jury selection in his trial, pleaded guilty to misapplication of fiduciary property, a state jail felony, and then asked that a jury decide punishment.
After he was sentenced Wednesday evening, Skeen was handcuffed, removed from the courtroom and taken to the McLennan County Jail.
The charge stems from the trade of a 2006 Ford pickup used by Skeen's office to a local dealership in October 2008 for about $5,000 less than what it was actually worth.
The truck was immediately sold to the son of one of Skeen's chief assistants, prosecutors said.
Skeen resigned immediately after entering the guilty plea Tuesday.
McLennan County Commissioners met in emergency session at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday and named Randy Riggs to fill the vacancy.
Riggs emerged from a three-race primary race with Skeen and Jeff Nickell and a runoff with Nickell, to win the GOP nomination to the post.
He's unopposed in November.
Texas Rangers served a warrant on Skeen's office on July 20, 2011 searching for records to support an investigation involving allegations that Skeen fraudulently listed a county-owned vehicle as a trade-in for the purchase of a personal pickup truck to avoid paying more than $1,300 in sales tax.
Skeen was arrested in December 2011 on warrants charging theft by a public servant and false name, information and forgery after the McLennan County Grand Jury indicted him.
McLennan County District Attorney Abel Reyna said the charges stemmed from a false statement on a motor vehicle title application and the theft of accessories from a county-owned vehicle that were installed on Skeen's personal vehicle.
In April he was named in six new indictments.
The charges included one count of abuse of official capacity and five counts charging misappropriation of fiduciary property.


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WACO (September 18, 2012)—Animal advocates and supporters of the Humane Society of Central Texas packed the Waco City Council chambers Tuesday evening, to voice concerns about what could happen if the city takes over the society's animal shelter.
The Humane Society says it plans to turn the shelter over to the city by late next month and some city officials have said it will be run as a holding facility where animals unclaimed after three days would either be transferred to other shelters or euthanized.
The main concern of the advocates seemed to be the so-called 72-hour rule, which they fear could lead to mass euthanasia.
Animal lover and Baylor Professor Sharon Bracken received thunderous applause after speaking during Tuesday's meeting.
"They need to make their plan transparent and I don't think they've done that. I think they really have no plan, and they are just devising one as they go," Bracken said.
"I don't think their goal is kill all the animals, I don't think they really want to do that," Bracken said.
"But by forcing this 72-hour rule...that's kind of archaic."
Council members said Tuesday they've had no discussions about the future of the shelter and said no decisions have been made.


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In the quest Wont Get Fooled Again, you are tasked with solving a murder most foul. I immediately noticed the quadruplets had different weapons and knew their equipment was going to be the key to identifying the killer. The clues pertaining to their equipment were:
- The victim died of a bullet wound. (Wasn't the guy with the rocket launcher)
- One of the Gutter boys ran into Moxxi's looking for a safe haven. He had a shield.
Since only one of the gutter boys had a shield, the choice seemed obvious. When I accused him, One of the other suspects yelled "WRONG" and ran away. I completed the quest and got the reward. Did I miss something here? Is this a scripted failure? Would I have gotten a better reward if I had chosen correctly?
Note: Dr. Zed said he "healed one up as good as new", but I didn't see any evidence of this on any of them.