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26/7/13 Art, dos punts. Barcelona lives the contemporary art.
"Art, dos punts" is an exposition presented, and which takes place the same days, by CaixaForum and the Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA).
For the first time in the city, the qualities of the most important contemporary art collections in south of Europe are displayed and they are shown in more than 400 works of art from second half of the twentieth century until now.
From 18th of July until 6th of January 2014 in MACBA and from 18th of July until 29th of December 2013 in CaixaForum, "Art, dos punts" will explore the modernity as a concept and its relation with the forefront of our history, which was defined by traumatic interruptions and outlying conditions in comparison to other cultural venues of twenty century. For this reason, in MACBA, the different episodes of modern era in Barcelona since contemporary creation are analysed. On the other hand, in CaixaForum post-modern generation interest will be analysed too.
The exposition will compare past artwork and documents with creation and contemporary language and will give the main keys that we used to get to this present and how will get to the future. In this exhibition you will be able to see artworks from Joseph Beuys, Joan Brossa, Eduardo Chillida, Lucio Fontana, Paul Klee and Gerhard Richter.
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HAWLEY- Main Avenue's Benjamin Moore-sponsored main street makeover began during the month of May, with local contractors cleaning up the street's buildings in preparation for the first coats of fresh paint.
Twenty two properties located on Main Avenue between Church and River Street will have received the rejuvenating façade makeovers courtesy of Benjamin Moore's Paint What Matters program, and matching funds supplied by the Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED).
The makeover will be completed by mid June, with a celebration event scheduled for Friday, June 13th in downtown Hawley from 1 to 5:30 p.m. Main Avenue will be decorated for the occasion, and will kick off with Mayor Kevin Hawk applying the final brushstroke to the front of About Face Orthodontists at 212 Main Avenue, at 1 p.m.
The event will be open to the public with a free barbecue, music, children's activities, giveaways, farmers market, and more from 2 to 5:30 p.m. on Keystone Street.
"This is what we have been waiting for, so come downtown, Friday June 13th and see the new colors and meet the storeowners who have been so welcoming and accommodating during this revitalization project," said Simon Knox, Administrator, Downtown Hawley Partnership (DHP).
The project is the result of Hawley being picked as one of only 20 small to mid-size communities in the United States and Canada in a contest sponsored by Benjamin Moore in May and June of 2013- one year ago. The public was invited to vote for their favorite community on a list of 200 posted on the company's Main Street Matters website.
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Stealth victorious in home debut
The Vancouver Stealth (1-1) used strong goaltending and were fueled by a raucous home crowd to defeat the Minnesota Swarm (0-2) by a score of 8-5 in their first-ever game at the Langley Events Centre on Saturday night.
It only took a few minutes for Vancouver Stealth fans to cheer as Rhys Duch brought the near-capacity crowd to their feet with the goal and Lewis Ratcliff and Cody Bremner assisted on the historic goal.
Before the first goal was scored both teams appeared a little shaky in the opening minutes, but once the teams settled down it was game on,
"We probably had a few nerves in the first five minutes of the game but we seemed to get over it. Then we got a couple of early goals which seemed to help settle us down," said Stealth head coach Chris Hall.
"It was an electric atmosphere and you couldn't help but get excited knowing it was a packed house, and that NLL lacrosse was finally back in the Lower Mainland."
The Stealth put on a clinic on the defensive end, holding the Swarm to five goals on 50 shots. Tyler Richards was outstanding and the main reason why Minnesota struggled to find the net. Richards put up a career best goals against average to lead the Stealth to a strong first game at the Langley Events Centre,
"It was a great defensive effort and T-Rich was in the zone in net tonight," said Hall about his starting goaltender, Tyler Richards.
"The defense also did a great job limiting quality scoring chances."
The Stealth were led by Duch, who had two goals and one assist on the night to earn second star honours. Richards was the first star.
Vancouver never trailed in the contest, leading 3-1 after one quarter, 4-3 at the half and 6-4 after three quarters.
Jeff Moleski, Scott Jones, Mike Grimes, Cliff Smith, Cody Bremner, Tyer Rigby and Lewis Ratcliff had the other Stealth goals.
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Looking at the list of Missing-nin list, I've come to the conclussion that many of the characters on that list can't be confirmed as missing ninja. Zetsu in particular hasn't been confirmed for any specific origin and given his ability to be duplicated and such, I'm not sure that he isn't completely artificial. Still, theory not withstanding he can't be claimed as a missing-nin if we don't know where he's from to begin with, can we? Similarly so, there are members of specific clans that aren't connected to a Hidden Village, but not considered Missing-nin either so unless specifically stated can we count these people as missing ninja? --Hawkeye2701 (talk) 22:11, November 25, 2010 (UTC)


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Your grey horse in no more grey. =) |
LOL!! I have been driving past a couple of times and have gone ' hey theres a new horse in there.....oh wait Dana (or usually Delta) has rolled' |
:D very cute, they look very happy. It looks like you've now got one dirty grey horse on your hands tho :lol: Thanks for sharing. |
Oh this vid was taken in August thats why the dust sticks so much coz she's in her winter woolies. In her summer coat it would come out with a good brushing. |
haha they are to cute! I love the grey she is like "look at me mom now you have something to clean!" |
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I worked for an employer (construction) that had a gps tracking on the company phones that could tell when you were speeding in the work trucks. All clock ins and out needed to be from the worksite due to the gps.
He said he was never told that the cellphone he was given in 2005 could be used to monitor his every move and questioned the accuracy of the data it produced.LinkBut neither argument swayed administrative law Judge Tynia Richard, who found Halpin guilty of submitting false time records when he left early on numerous occasions between March and August 2006.
She issued a decision saying the Department of Education was under no obligation "to notify its employees of all the methods it may possibly use to uncover their misconduct."


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Trial Advocacy Team Wins NTC Regional Competition
Southwestern's Trial Advocacy Honors Program (TAHP) team of Maryam Parsioon, Ken Holdren and Andrew Caple-Shaw won First Place at the Southwest Regional Round of the National Trial Competition (NTC), which was held in Fullerton. It is the first time Southwestern's TAHP team has won this competition. The team will compete March 25 to 28 at the Nationals, which will be held in San Antonio, Texas.
For the regional competition, the team tackled a fictitious case very similar to the one involving Michael Vick and dog fighting, which had captured the media's attention last year. Southwestern alumni Anthony Koutris '95 and Brandy Chase '06 coached the winning team. "This case was sanitized of the grisly pictures," Koutris said. "Both sides had equally problematic witnesses and the team had to argue both sides of the issue." The team has one month to prepare for a new case before the finals.
The team went undefeated in the preliminary rounds, beating the University of Arizona and Pepperdine University. They went on to beat the University of Arizona's other team in the quarter-finals, Loyola Law School in the semi-finals and Thomas Jefferson School of Law in the championship round.
"It was a truly incredible experience," team member Ken Holdren said. "In our round against Pepperdine, we found ourselves with an unprepared witness, and had to make on-the-fly adjustments. We wound up short of time and had to adjust virtually everything. But by our third and fourth rounds against Arizona's other team and Loyola, we really found our groove and were performing at the top of our game. Our coaches and professors had really instilled in us the importance of owning the courtroom - and this is exactly what we were able to do more and more as we progressed."
Teammate Maryam Parsioon added, "The competition experience was so much fun. It was absolutely exhausting in between rounds, but every time we were in the courtroom and the clock started, everything just seemed to fall into place. Even when we made mistakes, there was a sense of camaraderie and support from my teammates that helped us pull through."
TAHP Advisor and Adjunct Professor Joseph Esposito said that the team's achievement is an important because only two tournaments, NTC and AAJ, award points toward the Tournament of Champions. "Tournament of Champions points are truly coveted by law schools as they permit schools to enter many exclusive, invitation-only mock trial competitions," Professor Esposito said. "All of the advocates and coaches deserve a huge round of applause for their hard work and dedication."
Two teams from Southwestern, each with three advocates, competed in the event. Team one included TAHP Chair Aaron Case, Carmen Miranda and Matthew Welde. They performed very well, beating both University of Utah teams in the preliminary rounds.


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I always wanted to make my own AMV, but never got the time (well, never taken the time :P ). A friend asked me about it and I said: " Well, maybe in a year, during summer holidays".
That was the night before I saw the excellent AMV on FF9 with Requiem for a Dream. I was totally into Bleach at that time, and I immediatley thought the music was excellent, fited EXACTLY the story.
And so that night I started the AMV, worked all night long hehe.
So, the AMV is about Ichigo & Rukia's Relationship, how they met, how Rukia tried to fit into the real world and then realized she had to go.
What really made me think of the theme is the music break down in the middle, symbolizing Ichigo's defeat, unable to protect Rukia anymore. So I played around that idea, with the sad theme just after the passage.
I tried to remind all along the video that Ichigo is always fighting to get Rukia back by making a couple flashes with her.
I must have worked over 60h for this AMV. This does not include the time I spend watching the episodes over and over to find the right passage :), just the time to synchronize everything.
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Lately I've had a strong desire to clear out a few of my larger, space-consuming collections, save for one: my art collection. It's silly, but I have a really difficult time letting go of any thrift store painting, museum postcard or tattered poster. I have every intention to continue collecting pieces, but my new approach involves more careful consideration and far less impulse buying. In my personal curatorial efforts, I've stumbled across some amazing new resources for original artwork and limited edition prints, posters and photographs. I've rounded up my five favorites this week over at My Life Scoop. These sites not only offer a great selection of works and accommodate modest budgets but are also so well curated; there are some really special pieces to be found here. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do, and hopefully you'll find the next addition to your own personal art collection. Click here for the full post. — Kate
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Hi, a friend of mine, South African born Liezel Strauss, now based in Tokyo is curator of http://uk.subjectmatterart.com/. She also did a charity photo project just after the earthquake in Japan last year, called MyJapan…http://myjapan.withtank.com/
I love this post- will definitely be checking out all the links you've provided. I'm so excited to see that there are more resources for people to buy affordable art AND that are supporting up and coming artists. It's really refreshing. Thanks!
Kate, you are so kind to feature Buy Some Damn Art! Many, many thanks! We're launching a drop-dead gorgeous show this afternoon by Kate Pugsley so stay tuned! : )
Love this resource! Thanks for sharing. I just made a hefty poster purchase that was so hardcore it came all the way from Kuala Lumpur (I am in Toronto!) Maybe one day I will have my own store filled with custom posters…only have one though, now :) http://www.meghantelpner.com/product/live-with-love-creed-poster/
See more from Leah Tacha (of BSDA) and other great artists on Daily Operation, a site that features limited editions by emerging artists (that should definitely be included on this list!) http://dailyoperation.org/work.php
I consider myself very lucky indeed to be working with both Buy Some Damn Art and Little Paper Planes. They have both made great things happen for me as an artist. Great feature.
Hey! So exciting to see my work on this site! BSDA and Kate Singleton have been SO AWESOME to work with and its really great to see people supporting emerging artists! Thanks so much for this post!


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Nightclubs rake in millions by compelling people to buy bottle-service tables for hundreds (or thousands) of dollars. That system irks many club-goers.
But the new Cirque du Soleil nightclub, being built at Mandalay Bay, is cutting back on space dedicated to bottle-service tables to make room for dancing, drinking and standing.
That may sound like an obvious thing to do. But you would be surprised how hard it is to just stand in some clubs.
At Mirage's 1 Oak nightclub, so much floor space is taken up by VIP booths that I was harangued by security to stop standing, so I left.
Josh Held, who is heading design and architecture at Mandalay's new Light club, tells me it is not being designed specifically for bottle service.
"There is much more room between the bars and the tables," Held says. "There is room for people to experience it without getting bottle service."
But of course, he adds, there will be an "enormous number of tables."
Light opens in April boasting the Strip's biggest dance floor.
Held says the club will have performers "flying through the room."
And it won't offer traditional go-go cages.
"I can assure you, though, there will be many, many dancers," Held says.
He and other designers are trying to make the entrance less bottleneck-ish, with different entries for general admission, table VIPs and ticket-holders.
"The throat to get into the club is much bigger" than it used to be when that space was run by club Rumjungle.
"Hopefully there will be much more of a flow into the club than people are used to."
Held, 40, has real credentials. He designed spaces for club Cherry; the "Phantom" and Gordie Brown shows; the Hard Rock Hotel expansion; restaurant Yellowtail and chefs Emeril Lagasse and Bobby Flay; and the renovation of club Marquee in New York City.
Held's Cherry club design featured a supercool red tunnel entrance. Light will have a tunnel too (but not red).
"You want to create this transition — this birth canal — that you arrive at the other end of, and you're in the middle of this experience."
Club Light (a collaboration between the Light Group and Cirque) has signed exclusive residencies with big DJs: Skrillex, Zedd, Sebastian Ingrosso (of Swedish House Mafia), A-Trak, Axwell, Alesso, Bassjackers, Nicky Romero, Otto Knows, Thomas Gold and Mat Zo.
■ Sapphire strip club is donating $5,000 to the family of cabdriver Michael Boldon and setting up a donation station at the club's valet stand. Boldon was killed in Thursday's Strip shooting and cab explosion.
■ Coco Austin could be surpassing the popularity of Holly Madison as the star of "Peepshow." She just signed a four-month contract extension for the Planet Hollywood show.
Meanwhile, Austin (also Mrs. Ice-T) has been working out at Shine Alternative Fitness. She was there Tuesday in leggings and a pink sports bra.
■ And DJ-producer Calvin Harris — of the superhits "We Found Love," "Sweet Nothing," "Feel So Close" and "Bounce" — just signed a deal to be a resident DJ at MGM Grand's upcoming Hakkasan nightclub for 46 dates, plus 22 dates at MGM's Wet Republic dayclub.
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1-16-04 - It has been almost 2 decades since an 8 year old Celina girl was strangled to death, but finally a break in a cold case. Today an indictment has been handed down for the girl's uncle.
Maria Angela Comacho was found dead in 1985. Her lifeless body was found in a creek bed behind a football field in Celina. Comacho's case was reopened last month.
Friday the Collin County District Attorneys Office announced the indictment of 38 year old Jose Leos Sosa for the murder. Sosa was Marias' uncle. In a written statement, the Comacho family says "this is by no means a joyful day for the family, but does bring them closure and relief". But the accused killer remains free.
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Video games reduce stress in children and basketballs bounce better when they're hot. These are just some of the answers that middle and high school students found Monday during the Western Colorado Science Fair.
The students came from schools all over the Western Slope to display their experiments. Up to 300 students were competing for scholarships and for the chance to compete in the state science fair.
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Coyotes center Martin Hanzal will have a disciplinary hearing with the league's department of player safety Monday for a hit he laid in Saturday's game against the Edmonton Oilers.
At 13:42 of the first period, Hanzal hit Oilers defenseman Jeff Petry along the boards and his forearm caught Petry's head. Hanzal's feet left the ice in the follow-through, and he was whistled for a two-minute charging penalty on the play. Petry was able to remain in the game.
The league is looking at the charging call, although it could find other infractions on the play.
Rule 42 defines charging as a player who skates or jumps into an opponent.
Hanzal's discipline history is slim. He was tagged with a one-game suspension in the 2012 playoffs for boarding Los Angeles Kings captain Dustin Brown.
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When Keep Shelly in Athens' dark Campus Martius cut "Struggle With Yourself" hit the web in early December, I noted that it sounded like a mixture of Depeche Mode, Nine Inch Nails, and Garbage. As you can imagine, replicating the atmospherics and overall chilling vibe in a live setting probably isn't the easiest task. But the Grecian duo, here a trio with a drummer, performed the track beautifully in the studio of Seattle radio station KEXP. You can watch the track unfold in the video below. Photo credit: Francisco Marin.
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Derby boss Nigel Clough must decide whether to recall Ben Davies to his starting XI after he was dropped to the bench for the goalless draw at QPR on Monday.
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Road Safety Awareness I was very upset this morning at a post on facebook concerning an accident involving horses on the road. this is how I feel. Road Safety awareness. I hope with the lighter days we'll all be able to get out and about riding. Please always be aware that most drivers have no education in how to behave around horses. Most drivers are very courteous, some few are not ...and some few are outright deliberately dangerous. Please smile and wave, if safe to do so, at any driver who has shown courtesy...I now have bus drivers who cheery wave even before I do and most of the vans on the busy part of the road are very polite and wave too..... even if all they have done is slow down from 60mph to 55........ if you are nice perhaps they will be better next time. Plese wear lots of 'bright' , bridles, tails, necks, legs can have velcro on brights, reflective and bright sheets over your horse, I love the Parsons Rump as I don't like the flapping sheets. Humans can be decorated too... I know I'd like more than my over-vest, I plan to get a hat band and probably chaps too. |
road safty hiya claire how are you. i agree in the road safty it is a must. i drive carefully on the roads were i am but there was a few horseriders that did not have a care in the world and swung her horse side on with out looking. all i got was abuse from some kid on a horse i think thay were lucky as i was the only one in the car as i would have dragged him off his horse gave him a clump and talked some sence into him and what his and his frends actions can cause i was horrified deep in side and the anger to there actions was to. thay had no reflective clothing on them selfs or there horses. i came to were a golf course was in the village were i am and it was a clear sunny bright day i rounded a courner and my route ahead was clear. all of a sudden there was a girl on a horse she was 100% had a flouresent green tabard and her horse had a flouresent green quatersheet on to and pastern bands her horse was a bay of some discription. she was cloked with the green of the golf course my hart jumped in to my mouth and hit the brakes hardenough not to skid or squeal them. well i had decided to ditch the flouresent green and have kited my horse out in flouresent pink instead, with pink reflective brushing boots, quatersheet, breast plate, flashing tail guard, nose band and reflective rein sleeves as well to match. i also have a pink flouresent pink body warmer and a flouresent pink flashing tabbard on top and 2 see you lights one on each leg red led lights to the rear red on the side and yellow on the front and on my jocky skull cap a flouresent pink silk with white stars. i also have an white led head lamp as well so i look like a christmass tree. i also ride at night as well. the flouresent pink works well all the cars slow right down well i think thay get a little upset what thay think thay are going to look at comes a bit of a shock well all i can say a broken hart lol KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE ROAD. not me lol. |
I have a question, sorry OP to hijack your thread, I am going on a barn trail ride this weekend and the trail place is less than a mile down the road, so we are going to ride there, the barn has done it for years, so they are comfortable doing it but I am worried about my horse. He hates police sirens, or ambulance sirens, so I was wondering are they required to do what everybody else has to do, and slow down going past horses? Or maybe turn of the sirens until they are out of sight of the horses? I know the chance of someone going by with sirens on it a million to one but still!! :-/ |
I'm an EMT, and I can tell you that 100% of the time we will keep going. Not to mention if we've called it a code 3 (lights and sirens) we are NOT in any way going to call back to a code two (required, if you are going to turn the lights and sirens off), and then back up to a code 3, because of someone on a horse - if we're a code 3 we have a mojor medical emergency going down and we need to get to a hospital ASAP. The other time there is lights and sirens is when the ambulance is going out to a call - and just like situation 1, they aren't going to slow down, because their help is immediately and desperately needed. It's YOUR responsibility to make sure your horse is road safe... If you're worried about it, don't take him down. Desensitize him to the sirens first, or you could cause another emergency when the ambulance hits your bolting horse. ...Sorry if that sounded rude. I didn't mean for it to. :p |
michaelvanessa.... good for you all the lights, I am thinking about lights too.. I saw some that were designed for joggers, they fasten round your arm or leg, also possibly lights on stirrups? I think I've seen them before. bigbenloverforlife... no they won't slow or turn off, the police have been past me several times recently.. one day they went past in armoured police landrovers!! very odd looking things. perhaps you could lead your horse to the start of the trail and mount up there. I walk the first part of the road here as that's where they drive the fastest, the other roads are not so bad. shoebox...no I didn't think you were rude, just concerened. as I am. I feel both riders and drivers need educating for safety on the road. I am going to get in touch with the BHS and see if there are leaflets for drivers I can get, I can leave them at work and people can see them. It just takes some thought. Claire |
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Code 3 doesn't mean you cause an accident on the way to the accident and if in fact you check your agency's policies I will bet you there isn't a one that says "GO B*LLS OUT NO MATTER WHAT". I can bet is says the same as your State Statute...you drive only as fast as SAFETY allows-and then 10 miles over the limit max. Another little tidbit for ya-if you don't drive safely and within your agency's policies and cause a wreck guess what? You can (and should be held) personally liable. Bottom line, you aren't going to save anyone if you get in a wreck on the way...ask me how I know :lol: /end rant, I return the thread back to it's regularly scheduled programming. |
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https://dps.mn.gov/divisions/sfm/pro...VehicleOps.pdf Specifically this paragraph: This provision does not relieve the driver of an authorized emergencyvehicle from the duty to drive with due regard for the safety of persons usingthe street, nor does it protect the driver of an authorized emergency vehiclefrom the consequence of a reckless disregard of the safety of others. And the other thing...I think you are being a little too literal in terms of shutting down-after all, how much time will you loose if you slow and shut it down until you safely pass? What, 30-40 seconds? Compare that minimal loss of time to the delay that happens when you wreck it-or cause another car/horse/whatever to wreck it. Been there, done that, bought the suspension and the guilt. |
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Us lapsed Catholics still call it Christmas but we're broad minded and you can wish us happy holidays or something else if you prefer.
Phil's Phun posted this and I just had to share.
It's Christmas eve and we're on a beach in Panama downing Coronas and Balboas and noshing on cheeseburgers.
Merry Christmas to Phil and to the rest of you. We'll see you all in the new year.
Monday, 24 December 2012
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- Boom Boom Larew said...
I'm so jealous! Noshing on cheeseburgers and downing Coronas on the beach sounds like a perfect way to celebrate!
- 24 December 2012 at 18:55
- Shawn Ohara said...
Happy Christmas and a very Merry New Year!
- 24 December 2012 at 22:21
- nonamedufus said...
It's the way to do it. We had 35-40cm of snow when we left. More expected tomorrow. The only thing white here is the sand. But it's turkey tonight!
- 25 December 2012 at 11:06
- nonamedufus said...
Same to you Shawn. Glad we survived the end of the world!
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TOLEDO, Ohio — About 400,000 people in and around Ohio's fourth-largest city were warned Saturday not to drink or use its water after tests revealed the presence of a toxin possibly from algae on Lake Erie.
The warning left residents across the Toledo area searching for water after they were advised not to shower with it or boil the water because that would only increase the toxin's concentration.
People bought carts full of bottled water, bags of ice and flavored water, emptying store shelves within hours of the advisory that was issued overnight.
"It looked like Black Friday," said Aundrea Simmons, who stood in a line of about 50 people at a pharmacy before buying four cases of water. "I have children and elderly parents. They take their medication with water."
Toledo issued the warning just after midnight after tests at one treatment plant showed two sample readings for microsystin above the standard for consumption.
The city's advisory said Lake Erie may have been affected by a bloom of harmful algae that produces the toxin. Consuming the tainted water could result in vomiting, diarrhea and other problems.
The advisory covers city residents and those in Lucas County served by the city's water supply. The city said more tests are being run.
Many restaurants were closed because of the water warning and Toledo's public school system canceled all its events Saturday.
The University of Toledo closed its campus for the day and encouraged students who are from outside the Toledo area to return to their homes.
Operators of water plants all along Lake Erie, which supplies drinking water for 11 million people, have been concerned over the last few years about toxins fouling their supplies.
Almost a year ago, one township just east of Toledo told its 2,000 residents not to drink or use the water coming from their taps after tests on drinking water showed the amount of toxins had increased.
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"By the grace of Allah, you are gentle towards the people; if you had been stern and ill-tempered, they would have dispersed from round about you" (translation of Qur'an 3:159)
About himself the prophet (pbuh) said "Allah has sent me as an apostle so that I may demonstrate perfection of character, refinement of manners and loftiness of deportment." (Malik, Mawatta; Ahmed, Musnad; Mishkat) By nature he was gentle and kind hearted, always inclined to be gracious and to overlook the faults of others. Politeness and courtesy, compassion and tenderness, simplicity and humility, sympathy and sincerity were some of the keynotes of his character. In the cause of right and justice he could be resolute and severe but more often than not, his severity was tempered with generosity. He had charming manners which won him the affection of his followers and secured their devotion. Though virtual king of Arabia and an apostle of Allah, he never assumed an air of superiority. Not that he had to conceal any such vein by practice and artifice: with fear of Allah, sincere humility was ingrained in his heart. He used to say, "I am a Prophet of Allah but I do not know what will be my end." (Bukhari, Sahih Bukhari, Chapter "Al-Janaiz") In one of his sermons calculated to instill the fear of Allah and the day of reckoning in the hearts of men, he said, "O people of Quraish be prepared for the hereafter, I cannot save you from the punishment of Allah; O Bani Abd Manaf, I cannot save you from Allah; O Abbas, son of Abdul Mutalib, I cannot protect you either; O Fatima, daughter of Muhammad, even you I cannot save." (Sahahin) He used to pray, "O Allah! I am but a man. If I hurt any one in any manner, then forgive me and do not punish me." (Ahmed, Musnad, Vol. 6 pg. 103) He always received people with courtesy and showed respect to older people and stated: "To honor an old man is to show respect to Allah." He would not deny courtesy even to wicked persons. It is stated that a person came to his house and asked permission for admission. The prophet (pbuh) remarked that he was not a good person but might be admitted. When he came in and while he remained in the house, he was shown full courtesy. When he left Aiysha (ra) said, "You did not think well of this man, but you treated him so well." The prophet (pbuh) replied, "He is a bad person in the sight of Allah who does not behave courteously and people shun his company bacause of his bad manners." (Bukhari, Sahih Bukhari) He was always the first to greet another and would not withdraw his hand from a handshake till the other man withdrew his. If one wanted to say something in his ears, he would not turn away till one had finished (Abu Dawud, Tirmizi). He did not like people to get up for him and used to say, "Let him who likes people to stand up in his honour, he should seek a place in hell." (Abu Dawud, Kitabul Adab, Muhammadi Press, Delhi). He would himself, however, stand up when any dignitary came to him. He had stood up to receive the wet nurse who had reared him in infancy and had spread his own sheet for her. His foster brother was given similar treatment. He avoided sitting at a prominent place in a gathering, so much so that people coming in had difficulty in spotting him and had to ask which was the Prophet (pbuh). Quite frequently uncouth bedouins accosted him in their own gruff and impolite manner but he never took offence. (Abu Dawud Kitabul Atama). He used to visit the poorest of ailing persons and exhorted all muslims to do likewise (Bukhari, Sahih Bukhari, Chapter "Attendance on ailing persons"). He would sit with the humblest of persons saying that righteousness alone was the criterion of one's superiority over another. He invariably invited people be they slaves, servants or the poorest believers, to partake with him of his scanty meals (Tirmizi, Sunan Tirmizi). Whenever he visited a person he would first greet him and then take his permission to enter the house. He advised the people to follow this etiquette and not to get annoyed if anyone declined to give permission, for it was quite likely the person concerned was busy otherwise and did not mean any disrespect (Ibid). There was no type of household work too low or too undignified for him. Aiysha (ra) has stated, "He always joined in household work and would at times mend his clothes, repair his shoes and sweep the floor. He would milk, tether, and feed his animals and do the household shopping." (Qazi Iyaz: Shifa; Bukhari, Sahih Bukhari, Chapter: Kitabul Adab) He would not hesitate to do the menial work of others, particularly of orphans and widows (Nasi, Darmi). Once when there was no male member in the house of the companion Kabab Bin Arat who had gone to the battlefield, he used to go to his house daily and milk his cattle for the inhabitants (Ibn Saad Vol. 6, p 213). |
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Block cipher mode of operation
In cryptography, a mode of operation is an algorithm that uses a block cipher to provide an information service such as confidentiality or authenticity.[1] A block cipher by itself is only suitable for the secure cryptographic transformation (encryption or decryption) of one fixed-length group of bits called a block.[2] A mode of operation describes how repeatedly to apply a cipher's single-block operation securely to transform amounts of data larger than a block.[3][4][5]
Most modes require a unique binary sequence, often called an initialization vector (IV), for each encryption operation. The IV has to be non-repeating and, for some modes, random as well. The initialization vector is used to ensure distinct ciphertexts are produced even when the same plaintext is encrypted multiple times independently with the same key.[6] Block ciphers have one or more block size(s), but during transformation the block size is always fixed. Block cipher modes operate on whole blocks and require that the last part of the data be padded to a full block if it is smaller than the current block size.[2] There are, however, modes that do not require padding because they effectively use a block cipher as a stream cipher.
Historically, encryption modes have been studied extensively in regard to their error propagation properties under various scenarios of data modification. Later development regarded integrity protection as an entirely separate cryptographic goal. Some modern modes of operation combine confidentiality and authenticity in an efficient way, and are known as authenticated encryption modes.[7]
History and standardization[edit]
The earliest modes of operation, ECB, CBC, OFB, and CFB (see below for all), date back to 1981 and were specified in FIPS 81, DES Modes of Operation. In 2001, the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) revised its list of approved modes of operation by including AES as a block cipher and adding CTR mode in SP800-38A, Recommendation for Block Cipher Modes of Operation. Finally, in January, 2010, NIST added XTS-AES in SP800-38E, Recommendation for Block Cipher Modes of Operation: The XTS-AES Mode for Confidentiality on Storage Devices. Other confidentiality modes exist which have not been approved by NIST. For example, CTS is ciphertext stealing mode and available in many popular cryptographic libraries.
The block cipher modes ECB, CBC, OFB, CFB, CTR, and XTS provide confidentiality, but they do not protect against accidental modification or malicious tampering. Modification or tampering can be detected with a separate message authentication code such as CBC-MAC, or a digital signature. The cryptographic community recognized the need for dedicated integrity assurances and NIST responded with HMAC, CMAC, and GMAC. HMAC was approved in 2002 as FIPS 198, The Keyed-Hash Message Authentication Code (HMAC), CMAC was released in 2005 under SP800-38B, Recommendation for Block Cipher Modes of Operation: The CMAC Mode for Authentication, and GMAC was formalized in 2007 under SP800-38D, Recommendation for Block Cipher Modes of Operation: Galois/Counter Mode (GCM) and GMAC.
The cryptographic community observed that compositing (combining) a confidentiality mode with an authenticity mode could be difficult and error prone. They therefore began to supply modes which combined confidentiality and data integrity into a single cryptographic primitive (an encryption algorithm). These combined modes are referred to as authenticated encryption, AE or "authenc". Examples of AE modes are CCM (SP800-38C), GCM (SP800-38D), CWC, EAX, IAPM, and OCB.
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Initialization vector (IV)[edit]
An initialization vector (IV) or starting variable (SV)[5] is a block of bits that is used by several modes to randomize the encryption and hence to produce distinct ciphertexts even if the same plaintext is encrypted multiple times, without the need for a slower re-keying process.[6]
An initialization vector has different security requirements than a key, so the IV usually does not need to be secret. However, in most cases, it is important that an initialization vector is never reused under the same key. For CBC and CFB, reusing an IV leaks some information about the first block of plaintext, and about any common prefix shared by the two messages. For OFB and CTR, reusing an IV completely destroys security.[6] This can be seen because both modes effectively create a bitstream that is XORed with the plaintext, and this bitstream is dependent on the password and IV only. Reusing a bitstream destroys security.[8] In CBC mode, the IV must, in addition, be unpredictable at encryption time; in particular, the (previously) common practice of re-using the last ciphertext block of a message as the IV for the next message is insecure (for example, this method was used by SSL 2.0). If an attacker knows the IV (or the previous block of ciphertext) before he specifies the next plaintext, he can check his guess about plaintext of some block that was encrypted with the same key before (this is known as the TLS CBC IV attack).[9]
A block cipher works on units of a fixed size (known as a block size), but messages come in a variety of lengths. So some modes (namely ECB and CBC) require that the final block be padded before encryption. Several padding schemes exist. The simplest is to add null bytes to the plaintext to bring its length up to a multiple of the block size, but care must be taken that the original length of the plaintext can be recovered; this is trivial, for example, if the plaintext is a C style string which contains no null bytes except at the end. Slightly more complex is the original DES method, which is to add a single one bit, followed by enough zero bits to fill out the block; if the message ends on a block boundary, a whole padding block will be added. Most sophisticated are CBC-specific schemes such as ciphertext stealing or residual block termination, which do not cause any extra ciphertext, at the expense of some additional complexity. Schneier and Ferguson suggest two possibilities, both simple: append a byte with value 128 (hex 80), followed by as many zero bytes as needed to fill the last block, or pad the last block with n bytes all with value n.
CFB, OFB and CTR modes do not require any special measures to handle messages whose lengths are not multiples of the block size, since the modes work by XORing the plaintext with the output of the block cipher. The last partial block of plaintext is XORed with the first few bytes of the last keystream block, producing a final ciphertext block that is the same size as the final partial plaintext block. This characteristic of stream ciphers makes them suitable for applications that require the encrypted ciphertext data to be the same size as the original plaintext data, and for applications that transmit data in streaming form where it is inconvenient to add padding bytes.
Common modes[edit]
Many modes of operation have been defined. Some of these are described below.
Electronic Codebook (ECB)[edit]
Electronic Codebook | |
Encryption parallelizable: | Yes |
Decryption parallelizable: | Yes |
Random read access: | Yes |
The simplest of the encryption modes is the Electronic Codebook (ECB) mode. The message is divided into blocks, and each block is encrypted separately.
The disadvantage of this method is that identical plaintext blocks are encrypted into identical ciphertext blocks; thus, it does not hide data patterns well. In some senses, it doesn't provide serious message confidentiality, and it is not recommended for use in cryptographic protocols at all.
A striking example of the degree to which ECB can leave plaintext data patterns in the ciphertext can be seen when ECB mode is used to encrypt a bitmap image which uses large areas of uniform colour. While the colour of each individual pixel is encrypted, the overall image may still be discerned as the pattern of identically coloured pixels in the original remains in the encrypted version.
ECB mode can also make protocols without integrity protection even more susceptible to replay attacks, since each block gets decrypted in exactly the same way.
Cipher Block Chaining (CBC)[edit]
Cipher Block Chaining | |
Encryption parallelizable: | No |
Decryption parallelizable: | Yes |
Random read access: | Yes |
Ehrsam, Meyer, Smith and Tuchman invented the Cipher Block Chaining (CBC) mode of operation in 1976.[10] In CBC mode, each block of plaintext is XORed with the previous ciphertext block before being encrypted. This way, each ciphertext block depends on all plaintext blocks processed up to that point. To make each message unique, an initialization vector must be used in the first block.
If the first block has index 1, the mathematical formula for CBC encryption is
while the mathematical formula for CBC decryption is
CBC has been the most commonly used mode of operation. Its main drawbacks are that encryption is sequential (i.e., it cannot be parallelized), and that the message must be padded to a multiple of the cipher block size. One way to handle this last issue is through the method known as ciphertext stealing. Note that a one-bit change in a plaintext or IV affects all following ciphertext blocks.
Decrypting with the incorrect IV causes the first block of plaintext to be corrupt but subsequent plaintext blocks will be correct. This is because each block is XORed with the ciphertext of the previous block, not the plaintext, so one does not need to decrypt the previous block before using it as the IV for the decryption of the current one. This means that a plaintext block can be recovered from two adjacent blocks of ciphertext. As a consequence, decryption can be parallelized. Note that a one-bit change to the ciphertext causes complete corruption of the corresponding block of plaintext, and inverts the corresponding bit in the following block of plaintext, but the rest of the blocks remain intact. This peculiarity is exploited in different padding oracle attacks, such as POODLE.
Explicit Initialization Vectors[11] takes advantage of this property by prepending a single random block to the plaintext. Encryption is done as normal, except the IV does not need to be communicated to the decryption routine. Whatever IV decryption uses, only the random block is "corrupted". It can be safely discarded and the rest of the decryption is the original plaintext.
Propagating Cipher Block Chaining (PCBC)[edit]
Propagating Cipher Block Chaining | |
Encryption parallelizable: | No |
Decryption parallelizable: | No |
Random read access: | No |
The Propagating Cipher Block Chaining[12] or plaintext cipher-block chaining[13] mode was designed to cause small changes in the ciphertext to propagate indefinitely when decrypting, as well as when encrypting. In PCBC mode, each block of plaintext is XORed with both the previous plaintext block and the previous ciphertext block before being encrypted. As with CBC mode, an initialization vector is used in the first block.
Encryption and decryption algorithms are as follows:
PCBC is used in Kerberos v4 and WASTE, most notably, but otherwise is not common. On a message encrypted in PCBC mode, if two adjacent ciphertext blocks are exchanged, this does not affect the decryption of subsequent blocks.[14] For this reason, PCBC is not used in Kerberos v5.
Cipher Feedback (CFB)[edit]
Cipher Feedback | |
Encryption parallelizable: | No |
Decryption parallelizable: | Yes |
Random read access: | Yes |
The Cipher Feedback (CFB) mode, a close relative of CBC, makes a block cipher into a self-synchronizing stream cipher. Operation is very similar; in particular, CFB decryption is almost identical to CBC encryption performed in reverse:
By definition of self-synchronising cipher, if part of the ciphertext is lost (e.g. due to transmission errors), then the receiver will lose only some part of the original message (garbled content), and should be able to continue to correctly decrypt the rest of the blocks after processing some amount of input data. This simplest way of using CFB described above is not any more self-synchronizing than other cipher modes like CBC. Only if a whole blocksize of ciphertext is lost, both CBC and CFB will synchronize, but losing only a single byte or bit will permanently throw off decryption. To be able to synchronize after the loss of only a single byte or bit, a single byte or bit must be encrypted at a time. CFB can be used this way when combined with a shift register as the input for the block cipher.
To use CFB to make a self-synchronizing stream cipher that will synchronize for any multiple of x bits lost, start by initializing a shift register the size of the block size with the initialization vector. This is encrypted with the block cipher, and the highest x bits of the result are XOR'ed with x bits of the plaintext to produce x bits of ciphertext. These x bits of output are shifted into the shift register, and the process repeats with the next x bits of plaintext. Decryption is similar, start with the initialization vector, encrypt, and XOR the high bits of the result with x bits of the ciphertext to produce x bits of plaintext. Then shift the x bits of the ciphertext into the shift register. This way of proceeding is known as CFB-8 or CFB-1 (according to the size of the shifting).[15]
In notation, where Si is the ith state of the shift register, a << x is a shifted up x bits, head(a, x) is the x highest bits of a and n is number of bits of IV:
If x bits are lost from the ciphertext, the cipher will output incorrect plaintext until the shift register once again equals a state it held while encrypting, at which point the cipher has resynchronized. This will result in at most one blocksize of output being garbled.
Like CBC mode, changes in the plaintext propagate forever in the ciphertext, and encryption cannot be parallelized. Also like CBC, decryption can be parallelized. When decrypting, a one-bit change in the ciphertext affects two plaintext blocks: a one-bit change in the corresponding plaintext block, and complete corruption of the following plaintext block. Later plaintext blocks are decrypted normally.
CFB shares two advantages over CBC mode with the stream cipher modes OFB and CTR: the block cipher is only ever used in the encrypting direction, and the message does not need to be padded to a multiple of the cipher block size (though ciphertext stealing can also be used to make padding unnecessary).
Output Feedback (OFB)[edit]
Output Feedback | |
Encryption parallelizable: | No |
Decryption parallelizable: | No |
Random read access: | No |
The Output Feedback (OFB) mode makes a block cipher into a synchronous stream cipher. It generates keystream blocks, which are then XORed with the plaintext blocks to get the ciphertext. Just as with other stream ciphers, flipping a bit in the ciphertext produces a flipped bit in the plaintext at the same location. This property allows many error correcting codes to function normally even when applied before encryption.
Because of the symmetry of the XOR operation, encryption and decryption are exactly the same:
Each output feedback block cipher operation depends on all previous ones, and so cannot be performed in parallel. However, because the plaintext or ciphertext is only used for the final XOR, the block cipher operations may be performed in advance, allowing the final step to be performed in parallel once the plaintext or ciphertext is available.
It is possible to obtain an OFB mode keystream by using CBC mode with a constant string of zeroes as input. This can be useful, because it allows the usage of fast hardware implementations of CBC mode for OFB mode encryption.
Using OFB mode with a partial block as feedback like CFB mode reduces the average cycle length by a factor of or more. A mathematical model proposed by Davies and Parkin and substantiated by experimental results showed that only with full feedback an average cycle length near to the obtainable maximum can be achieved. For this reason, support for truncated feedback was removed from the specification of OFB.[16][17]
Counter (CTR)[edit]
Counter | |
Encryption parallelizable: | Yes |
Decryption parallelizable: | Yes |
Random read access: | Yes |
- Note: CTR mode (CM) is also known as integer counter mode (ICM) and segmented integer counter (SIC) mode
Like OFB, Counter mode turns a block cipher into a stream cipher. It generates the next keystream block by encrypting successive values of a "counter". The counter can be any function which produces a sequence which is guaranteed not to repeat for a long time, although an actual increment-by-one counter is the simplest and most popular. The usage of a simple deterministic input function used to be controversial; critics argued that "deliberately exposing a cryptosystem to a known systematic input represents an unnecessary risk."[18] However, today CTR mode is widely accepted and any problems are considered a weakness of the underlying block cipher, which is expected to be secure regardless of systemic bias in its input.[19] Along with CBC, CTR mode is one of two block cipher modes recommended by Niels Ferguson and Bruce Schneier.[20]
CTR mode was introduced by Whitfield Diffie and Martin Hellman in 1979.[21]
CTR mode has similar characteristics to OFB, but also allows a random access property during decryption. CTR mode is well suited to operate on a multi-processor machine where blocks can be encrypted in parallel. Furthermore, it does not suffer from the short-cycle problem that can affect OFB.[22]
If the IV/nonce is random, then they can be combined together with the counter using any lossless operation (concatenation, addition, or XOR) to produce the actual unique counter block for encryption. In case of a non-random nonce (such as a packet counter), the nonce and counter should be concatenated (e.g., storing the nonce in the upper 64 bits and the counter in the lower 64 bits of a 128-bit counter block). Simply adding or XORing the nonce and counter into a single value would break the security under a chosen-plaintext attack in many cases, since the attacker may be able to manipulate the entire IV-counter pair to cause a collision. Once an attacker controls the IV-counter pair and plaintext, XOR of the ciphertext with the known plaintext would yield a value that, when XORed with the ciphertext of the other block sharing the same IV-counter pair, would decrypt that block.[23]
Note that the nonce in this diagram is equivalent to the initialization vector (IV) in the other diagrams. However, if the offset/location information is corrupt, it will be impossible to partially recover such data due to the dependence on byte offset.
Error propagation[edit]
Before the widespread use of message authentication codes and authenticated encryption, it was common to discuss the "error propagation" properties as a selection criterion for a mode of operation. It might be observed, for example, that a one-block error in the transmitted ciphertext would result in a one-block error in the reconstructed plaintext for ECB mode encryption, while in CBC mode such an error would affect two blocks.
Some felt that such resilience was desirable in the face of random errors (e.g., line noise), while others argued that error correcting increased the scope for attackers to maliciously tamper with a message.
However, when proper integrity protection is used, such an error will result (with high probability) in the entire message being rejected. If resistance to random error is desirable, error-correcting codes should be applied to the ciphertext before transmission.
Authenticated encryption[edit]
A number of modes of operation have been designed to combine secrecy and authentication in a single cryptographic primitive. Examples of such modes are XCBC,[24] IACBC, IAPM,[25] OCB, EAX, CWC, CCM, and GCM. Authenticated encryption modes are classified as single pass modes or double pass modes. Unfortunately for the cryptographic user community, many of the single pass authenticated encryption algorithms (such as OCB mode) are patent encumbered.
In addition, some modes also allow for the authentication of unencrypted associated data, and these are called AEAD (Authenticated-Encryption with Associated-Data) schemes. For example, EAX mode is a double pass AEAD scheme while OCB mode is single pass.
Other modes and other cryptographic primitives[edit]
Many more modes of operation for block ciphers have been suggested. Some have been accepted, fully described (even standardized), and are in use. Others have been found insecure, and should never be used. Still others don't categorize as confidentiality, authenticity, or authenticated encryption - for example key feedback mode and Davies-Meyer hashing.
NIST maintains a list of proposed modes for block ciphers at Modes Development.[15][26]
Disk encryption often uses special purpose modes specifically designed for the application. Tweakable narrow-block encryption modes (LRW, XEX, and XTS) and wide-block encryption modes (CMC and EME) are designed to securely encrypt sectors of a disk. (See disk encryption theory)
Block ciphers can also be used in other cryptographic protocols. They are generally used in modes of operation similar to the block modes described here. As with all protocols, to be cryptographically secure, care must be taken to build them correctly.
There are several schemes which use a block cipher to build a cryptographic hash function. See one-way compression function for descriptions of several such methods.
Cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generators (CSPRNGs) can also be built using block ciphers.
Message authentication codes (MACs) are often built from block ciphers. CBC-MAC, OMAC and PMAC are examples.
See also[edit]
- ^ NIST Computer Security Division's (CSD) Security Technology Group (STG) (2013). "Block cipher modes". Cryptographic Toolkit. NIST. Retrieved April 12, 2013.
- ^ a b Cryptography Engineering: Design Principles and Practical Applications. Ferguson, N., Schneier, B. and Kohno, T. Indianapolis: Wiley Publishing, Inc. 2010. pp. 63, 64. ISBN 978-0-470-47424-2.
- ^ NIST Computer Security Division's (CSD) Security Technology Group (STG) (2013). "Proposed modes". Cryptographic Toolkit. NIST. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
- ^ Alfred J. Menezes, Paul C. van Oorschot and Scott A. Vanstone (1996). Handbook of Applied Cryptography. CRC Press. pp. 228–233. ISBN 0-8493-8523-7.
- ^ a b c ISO JTC 1/SC 27 (2006). "ISO/IEC 10116:2006 - Information technology -- Security techniques -- Modes of operation for an n-bit block cipher". ISO Standards catalogue.
- ^ a b c Kuo-Tsang Huang, Jung-Hui Chiu, and Sung-Shiou Shen (January 2013). "A Novel Structure with Dynamic Operation Mode for Symmetric-Key Block Ciphers" (PDF). International Journal of Network Security & Its Applications (IJNSA). 5 (1): 19.
- ^ NIST Computer Security Division's (CSD) Security Technology Group (STG) (2013). "Current modes". Cryptographic Toolkit. NIST. Retrieved April 12, 2013.
- ^ "Stream Cipher Reuse: A Graphic Example". Cryptosmith LLC. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
- ^ B. Moeller (May 20, 2004), Security of CBC Ciphersuites in SSL/TLS: Problems and Countermeasures
- ^ William F. Ehrsam, Carl H. W. Meyer, John L. Smith, Walter L. Tuchman, "Message verification and transmission error detection by block chaining", US Patent 4074066, 1976
- ^ "The Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol Version 1.1". p. 20. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
- ^ http://www.iks-jena.de/mitarb/lutz/security/cryptfaq/q84.html
- ^ Kaufman, C.; Perlman, R.; Speciner, M. (2002). Network Security (2nd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. p. 319. ISBN 0130460192.
- ^ Kohl, J. (1990). "The Use of Encryption in Kerberos for Network Authentication" (PDF). Proceedings, Crypto '89. Berlin: Springer. ISBN 0387973176.
- ^ a b NIST: Recommendation for Block Cipher Modes of Operation
- ^ Davies, D. W.; Parkin, G. I. P. (1983). "The average cycle size of the key stream in output feedback encipherment". Advances in Cryptology, Proceedings of CRYPTO 82. New York: Plenum Press. pp. 263–282. ISBN 0306413663.
- ^ http://www.crypto.rub.de/its_seminar_ws0809.html
- ^ Jueneman, Robert R. (1983). "Analysis of certain aspects of output feedback mode". Advances in Cryptology, Proceedings of CRYPTO 82. New York: Plenum Press. pp. 99–127. ISBN 0306413663.
- ^ Helger Lipmaa, Phillip Rogaway, and David Wagner. Comments to NIST concerning AES modes of operation: CTR-mode encryption. 2000
- ^ Niels Ferguson, Bruce Schneier, Tadayoshi Kohno, Cryptography Engineering, page 71, 2010
- ^ Lipmaa, Helger; Wagner, David; Rogaway, Phillip. "Comments to NIST concerning AES Modes of Operations: CTR-Mode Encryption" (PDF).
- ^ http://www.quadibloc.com/crypto/co040601.htm
- ^ https://www.coursera.org/learn/crypto
- ^ Virgil D. Gligor, Pompiliu Donescu, "Fast Encryption and Authentication: XCBC Encryption and XECB Authentication Modes". Proc. Fast Software Encryption, 2001: 92-108.
- ^ Charanjit S. Jutla, "Encryption Modes with Almost Free Message Integrity", Proc. Eurocrypt 2001, LNCS 2045, May 2001.
- ^ NIST: Modes Development


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The profiler has been installed since two months and no problem has occurred. Suddenly above error comes and I have no clue what is wrong.
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When a country can't remember its own history — or doesn't want to — it risks losing more than dusty museum relics. It could lose its soul. That's what happens when the U.S. constitution is routinely flouted, or when, in extremis, a U.S. warship is sacrificed upon the alter of political expediency. If the Israeli attack on the USS Liberty, on June 8, 1967, had succeeded in sinking her with all hands then this history, indeed, would have been permanently lost. But by some miracle the Liberty survived, as did many crew. Despite government efforts to suppress the facts of what really happened the story refuses to go away. Forty years later, to understand things better, I talk with Captain Ward Boston (USN, Ret.), then chief counsel to the Navy's Board of Inquiry which white-washed the affair. For decades Captain Boston kept his silence, following orders, but is now outspoken in his judgment: the attack was deliberate, and there was an official cover-up. I find Captain Boston eminently credible, I admire his willingness to correct the record, and I am very grateful to him for talking with me. Plus which this is fascinating general oral history of the times. Total of an hour and twenty minutes.


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Who is the plan for? This program should be used for an athlete who is coming off a season where:
This program is a basic plan to get you to complete an Olympic Distance triathlon with the confidence that you can complete the race without difficulty. Plan schedule The schedule consists of at least 3 workouts per week in each sport, 2 days of strength training and core work too. Most weeks have 4 days of cycling. The maximum trisport volume is around 11 hours toward the end of the 12 weeks and most of the weeks are around 8-10 hours with some lower volume toward your race at the end.Rate of perceived exertion (RPE) training This plan uses RPE zones for intensity specific training. There are also a few weeks with some additional HR testing in this plan, you can ignore the HR data and just record distance/time. See 'Related Links' at bottom for testing protocol and how to determine and setup your RPE zones. Background requirements You should be able to swim at least 1,500 yards in a workout. You should be able to bike at least one hour, and run at least 45 minutes. It's ok if you have to use the run/walk method for the running (more on that below). If you are a weak swimmer or runner, you can certainly do the best you can on your weaker events but its best if you are already up to the base fitness levels suggested. If you already excel in one of the sports If you have a swimming background and you want to add distance or repetitions to the workouts, you are more than welcome to do that. On the opposite extreme if you feel as though you need help in one area or the other, you may want to drop a workout that you are strong in, and add an extra where you are weaker. If you feel the need to add a swim lesson in place of a swim workout on the schedule, by all means take the swim lesson and don't feel the need to make up the missed swim workout. Weight Training and Core Strength Good Luck in your Olympic Distance Triathlon! |


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MindView 5 uses the familiar Ribbon interface and makes it simple to create and format mind maps, but is very pricey. See all: PC Advisor software downloads.
Some alternate realities are exciting to imagine: What would have Apple looked like had Steve Jobs never made it back? And what sort of world would we live in had the Internet remained strictly for academia and the military? Others are less so: What if Microsoft built a mind-mapping tool into Office? Still, that's one I think I can answer: It would look just like Matchware's MindView 5 (£199, 30-day free trial). See also: Does PC speed boost software work?
Just like recent versions of Office, MindView 5 has a Ribbon instead of a traditional menu. The Ribbon is styled just like the one in Office 2013, but clicking File still pops open a menu rather than taking you to the clunky new Backstage view. Other than the Ribbon, MindView feels like an ordinary mind-mapping utility, with a core that's not much different from free ones such as Blumind. You create nodes and sub-nodes, drag them around to rearrange and nest them, and can add notes or linked information to each node.
One interesting MindView feature is that you can have more than one root node in your mind map. That's something even sophisticated tools like TheBrain don't let you do: Every node usually has to be the child of another node. Using multiple root nodes effectively does take a bit of getting used to.
Just like SimpleMind Desktop, MindView lets you easily theme your mind map with several ready-made styles. I didn't find the prepackaged styles to be visually impressive, mainly because the background stays white by default. But changing colours isn't the only way to restyle your mind map: MindView lets you quickly switch between three different layout styles and present your information as a traditional mind map, a top-down hierarchy, or a left-right structure.
MindView: presenting your mind map
Once you're done crafting your mind map, it's often time to present it to others. MindView has a Presentation Mode that removes the Ribbon, leaving your mind map in center-stage. It comes with large, easy-to-click buttons for moving through the nodes, making it easy to jump from node to node in a logical sequence.
Creating a mind map can also be a good way to brainstorm a writing outline, and MindView lets you export a mind map directly into Microsoft Word. The resulting file is well-structured, with an automatically generated table of contents based on your mind map. The hierarchy of the mind map is preserved, and you get sections and subsections according to the structure of the map. MindView also has an import feature, but it failed to interpret the simple outline I tried importing.
One area in which MindView is notably lacking is collaboration. Where online tools like MindMeister shine with concurrent editing and sophisticated History features, MindView feels more like a single-user tool--a bit like the difference between Microsoft Word and Google Docs.
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