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By Linda A. Mercadante
Published by Oxford University Press, $29.95
The question of what is happening to organized religion in America remains unanswered, but one thing is clear: Larger and larger numbers of individuals are drifting away from traditional notions of church. In her book Belief Without Borders, Linda A. Mercadante, a Presbyterian minster and theologian raised in a half-Catholic, half-Jewish family, begins her exploration of the faith lives of the "spiritual but not religious" (whom she calls SBNRs) with a thesis about spiritual change. She writes, "No matter how organized religions try to ignore, challenge, adapt, or protest it, our society is being changed by this pervasive ethos."
Based on five years of research and interviews with more than a hundred SBNRs, Mercadante's book begins by discussing the need to examine the spiritual lives of SBNRs in order to understand their emergence as a fast-growing segment of Americans. She discusses the generational differences in SBNRs among the silent generation, boomers, Gen X and millennials, and further narrows the possible categories by breaking SBNRs into "types": dissenters, casuals, explorers, seekers and immigrants (not physical immigrants, but those who've moved into a new belief).
Mercadante clearly reached out to a wide range of interviewees, but she admits that millennials, who represent the largest statistical percentage of SBNRs, were the hardest to reach and represent the smallest percentage of her interview subjects. As she says, "I did not find the same level of enthusiasm for this project [among Millennials] as in other cohorts." While many institutional religions hope that millennials who drift will return to the faiths of their childhood, Mercadante is skeptical about that possibility: Many millennials cannot return to the religion of their youth, "in part because many of them never had one."
Thus, Belief Without Borders becomes an exploration mainly of older generations' exodus from organized religion, which is useful context for understanding the framework many millennials entered into from a young age. But it also means that the book is missing concrete answers to the main question many churches are asking these days: "Where are the young people?"
Mercadante's methodology and organization are scholarly, but general audiences who are willing to wade through a bit of methodology at the beginning will be rewarded with some revealing information later on.
After establishing her categories, she divides the subject matter of her interviews into the most common questions many people have about what, exactly, SBNRs do or do not believe. Chapters on transcendence, human nature, community and the afterlife form the core section of Mercadante's book. These chapters shatter that the idea that SBNRs do not really believe in anything.
Mercadante's interviewees are eclectic and wide-ranging in their beliefs. As boomers and Gen Xers form a fairly large segment of her sampling, there are a number of beliefs talked about here that can be loosely lumped under the banner of "New Age." Many of her subjects drifted from upbringings that failed to present a focused idea of religion, and as a result, some SBNRs whose parents moved from one religion to another have wound up in a kind of jumbled, do-it-yourself, pick-and-choose faith.
Nonetheless, they come to agreement on at least one issue. "The one thing nearly everyone said," Mercadante writes, "is that human nature is inherently good."
Beyond that point, there isn't one solid thing that SBNRs seem to believe, perhaps because so many of them are still trying to discover what belief means to them.
An interesting theory about the impact this drift from organized religion might have on the role traditionally played by community begins to arise from Mercadante's research. Because SBNR belief is so often about searching, it frequently turns inward to focus on the self, rather than turning outward to embrace the other. This search for the "authentic self" inherent in so many of Mercadante's interviewees may be a reaction against the time we live in, a way of "carving some space away from the distracting, fragmented external world."
By Christian Smith, Kyle Longest, Jonathan Hill and Kari Christofferson
Published by Oxford University Press, $29.95
So what is the place of young Catholics in this same "fragmented" world that Mercadante's SBNRs inhabit? According to the research done by the authors of Young Catholic America, young Catholics may be just as spiritually at sea as many of their religiously unaffiliated peers. Drawing on surveys and interviews conducted with the same cohort of participants from 2002, when they were young teenagers, to 2008, when they were "emerging" adults, the four researchers who co-authored this study began their work in a negative space. Prior to the National Study of Youth and Religion that led to this book, the research on young Catholics showed a story of "decline and loss."
Young Catholic America attempts to pick apart some of the reasons behind that decline. Much of the first section of the book is focused on the role parents play in giving their children a Catholic identity, and the authors conclude that many parents of millennials were "poorly formed in Catholic faith and life." The reasons for this are manifold, but the authors point to a long era of "institutional weakening" of the church.
The ripple effect of this on the formation of a Catholic identity in younger adults is traced throughout the book, with chapters examining the role of Catholic high schools, religious trajectories from youth into adulthood, and the ways in which Catholic identity affects a person's life outcome. Helpfully, the authors also offer an excursus on what it means to be Catholic today -- an open-ended question, to be sure, but one that these young adults are clearly grappling with.
It is not a spoiler to say that the book's conclusions about the future of young adults in Catholicism are fairly grim. One need only look around at the average Sunday Mass to see that young adults are few and far between. While the book is heavy on statistics, graphs and charts, and light on the interviewee's personal faith narratives, it does offer some correctives to commonly held assumptions many people have about what helps in the formation of a Catholic identity.
For example, attending a Catholic high school does not increase a person's odds of staying in the church. Lapsed Catholics are highly likely to remain lapsed for a lifetime, whereas lapsed Protestants are not. The majority of Catholic youth, like most youth, have premarital sex and use birth control.
And they are sorely lacking in role models. In fact, the study finds that teens and young adults find Mass more rewarding if they can socialize with "important adults" in their church communities. This is an interesting corrective to the bishops in Albuquerque, N.M., and Oakland, Calif., who have recently replaced priests in parishes near college campuses in order to focus more on serving students. Those bishops have lost the chance to build truly intergenerational parishes, which would more likely produce young adults who will continue to be Catholic for a lifetime.
The emerging adults portrayed in both of these books are entering a religious future that looks increasingly blurry, unpredictable and strange. But, in that strangeness, they may find something new.
[Kaya Oakes is a poet and nonfiction writer from the Bay Area in California. Her most recent book is Radical Reinvention: An Unlikely Return to the Catholic Church.]


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CLEVELAND — On a stage filled by several faltering also-rans, Carly Fiorina stood out for her seriousness, fluidity and willingness to attack not just Democrats but her Republican opponents as well.
Fiorina, the only woman in the 17-candidate field and one of seven candidates who didn't make the cut for the prime-time debate, didn't just criticize Donald Trump, the current GOP front-runner, but she went out of her way to rip the recently gaffe-prone Jeb Bush, who will take the debate stage later Thursday evening.
But it's unclear whether outdebating her six struggling rivals on the undercard will do much to elevate her in the sprawling GOP field, especially with the prime-time debate still to come Thursday night certain to dominate Friday's headlines.
The former Hewlett-Packard CEO has struggled to gain traction, despite her steady campaigning in New Hampshire and ability to impress many in the party's donor class.
Still, the consensus was that she delivered a strong performance on Thursday night, with Karl Rove saying "Carly Fiorina walked in tonight, owned the stage, owned it big" on the Fox post-game show. It seems Rover has his finger on the pulse — a Fox Twitter poll found 83 percent of respondents thought she'd won the debate, while her competitors during the "happy hour" debate all polled in the single digits.
As the debate drew to a close Fiorina used much of her 30-second closing statement to question Bush's abilities as a campaigner after another unforced error by him earlier this week.
"2016 is going to be a fight. A fight between conservatism and a Democrat Party that is undermining the very character of our nation," she said. "We need a nominee who is going to throw every punch, not pull punches, someone who cannot stumble before he even gets in the ring."
On Tuesday, Bush quickly retracted a comment he made at a conference of religious conservatives when he asserted that "women's health issues" are overfunded by the federal government. He'd meant only to question funding for Planned Parenthood, the organization under fire after videos allegedly showed organization officials talking about selling fetal tissue and organs; but the unforced error, coming after other careless comments about "workers needing to work longer hours" and "phasing out" Medicare, served to reinforce the notion that his unscripted style of campaigning may be as much a liability as it is a virtue.
Following the debate, Fiorina hit Bush even harder, arguing that his comments were a setback in the GOP's broader battle to gain ground on women's health issues.
"I spent all of last year with a lot of other conservatives pushing back effectively against the 'War on Women,'" said Fiorina, who was one of the first candidates to enter the spin room after the debate and was immediately ringed by reporters.
"Cory Gardner did a great job; Joni Ernst did a great job — I had a super PAC out there called Unlocking Potential that was focused on pushing back against the War on Women," she added, referencing the group that spent more than $500,000 in battleground 2014 Senate races helping to unseat former Democratic Senator Kay Hagan and on behalf of Iowa GOP Sen. Joni Ernst.
"So its really disappointing when a front-runner gives the Democrats an ad and a talking point before he's even in the ring," Fiorina concluded.
Fiorina's Unlocking Potential PAC spent more than $500,000 in battleground Senate races during the 2014 election cycle to help Republicans gain control of the Senate. The super PAC spent against female Democratic incumbents Kay Hagan and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen and in favor of now Iowa GOP Sen. Joni Ernst.
Other GOP candidates also took a few digs at Bush.
Bobby Jindal, in his closing statement, referred to Bush by name and took issue, as he did in his announcement speech, with his stated strategy of being willing to "lose the primary to win the general election" — coded speech, Jindal argued, for a willingness to "hide our conservative principles to get the left and the media to like us."
And while Fiorina didn't refer to Bush by name, she was clearly using him as a foil, positioning herself as a capable conservative upstart opposite the establishment front-runner, who's managed to raise $120 million from his family's vast donor network but has yet to take command of the nomination fight.
"I am not a member of the political class," Fiorina concluded. "I am a true conservative who can win this job and do this job. I need your help and your support."
Her debate performance lent some credence to the pitch. From the start, Fiorina demonstrated command, criticizing Trump without tearing him down, then arguing convincingly to improve cybersecurity. On questions of foreign policy, Fiorina offered a firm stance against the proposed nuclear agreement with Iran, saying that she would call "my good friend, Bibi Netanyahu" on her first day in office to reiterate the United State's unwavering commitment to defend Israel, as well as the Supreme Leader of Iran to inform him that she would restore sanctions unless every weapons site was completely open to U.S. inspections.
In a Fiorina administration, she said, people would know "America is back in the leadership business."
By the end of the hour-long debate, Fiorina was on a first-name basis with moderator Martha MacCallum, who addressed her as "Carly." And when it was over, she continued to demonstrate an eagerness to harshly criticize Hillary Clinton, someone Fiorina argues she is uniquely equipped to debate one on one.
"What I think we need is a nominee who will tell it like it is," Fiorina told reporters following the debate. "Hillary Clinton lied about Benghazi. Hillary Clinton has demonstrated that she was not trustworthy. She does not have a record of accomplishment … For heavens sakes, she is still defending Planned Parenthood. This is not about being pro-life or pro-choice."
But, Fiorina faces an uphill battle to earn a prime-time promotion for next month's CNN debate, however. Unlike Fox News, which factored in only the five most recent polls when it made its cut this week, CNN will consider all qualified polls from mid-July through Sept. 10.
That means that eight of the polls that will be factored into CNN's calculations have already been released — including the five that Fox used to relegate her to the undercard Thursday night. She will need to surge significantly in the upcoming polls; she's currently in 14 th place in the CNN average, according to a POLITICO analysis.
"Everybody here can admit it: when I announced my candidacy on May 4, you didn't think I would have come this far," she told reporters following the debate. "So I'm just going to keep doing what I'm doing."
Fiorina's criticism of Trump was also more strident than that of Rick Perry, who had made a point of slamming Trump last month after he questioned the heroism of John McCain.
Asked about why she's so far behind Trump, Fiorina lightly asked her fellow debaters if they'd gotten a call from former President Bill Clinton, who reportedly spoke with Trump before he entered the race earlier this year. Then, she turned serious and questioned Trump's conservative values, recognizing the widespread frustration propelling his candidacy but leveraging it into an argument for her own campaign.
"He's tapped into an anger," Fiorina continued. "They're sick of politics as usual. Whatever your issue, your cause, the festering problem you thought would be resolved — the political class has failed you."
"I would also say this," she continued. "Since he has changed his mind on amnesty, health care and abortion I would ask what are the principles by which he would govern," Fiorina said.
According to Fox News Channel staffers in the media filing center, the network plans to cue up video clips from the earlier debate for candidates in the prime-time debate to respond to, leaving the possibility that moderators may force Bush to answer Fiorina's criticism.
Steven Shepard, Manu Raju and Daniel Strauss contributed to this report.


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this was the name of the event i attended last night with Roberts Steel Hairdressing (Natalie, Katie & Emily) & Jessica Corsbie MUA ( i only figured out what that stood for recently, i thought it was a Dr Evil laugh, MWAAAHHH)
The Guest Boutique in Leyland organised this event for The Rosemere Cancer Foundation and took place at The Leyland Hotel. The event was absolutely packed and there was plenty going on for all the ladies.
I was there with Natalie because we are promoting our make-over shoots which we will be starting very soon, although i gotta admit, there was no room for any of that on this occasion 🙁


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I've done this before but not since 2004. I'm yearning to envy.
Where are you now? Where would you rather be? What is your view?
I'm in Brooklyn. I'd post a picture of my view but it's basically just a wall and a dark TV screen. But the picture below pretty much sums it up as of late. (Sleep whenever you can. Everything needs to be cleaned. Baby in bed with you.)
If I could be anywhere else right now, I'd like to live in a small town in the Northeast but with the comforts of home, ease and familiarity I have with State College. Vermont seems appealing. Although, I've never been there.
I keep threatening TJ that he might come home one day to find an empty apartment and a full car. Now that I have a child, I've been flirting with an easier life.


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To all of you, my dearest:
Knowing how fearless and headstrong I usually am, perhaps you thought I spent my 38 days in detention as the "prisoner-in-charge" or the champion of women's rights, right? Ha ha, this time, you can laugh at me for 50,000 years, because in detention, there wasn't a single day that I didn't cry. . . .
Again and again, I couldn't control myself at all. I cried so much that I hated myself for being weak and powerless, and I was afraid I would go blind (especially because after my glasses were taken away, I would have to squint in order to see anything). I cried until my cell mates, who really took care of me, said, "Datu/Tutu/Child/Dabao, stay strong, survival is possible anywhere. When you cry, we feel pain in our hearts and have to cry with you." (Life in prison makes one realize the extraordinary human creativity that surfaces in situations of hopelessness, but we'll talk more about all this when we see each other.) I cried so much that even the police officers tried to comfort me, saying "Don't cry anymore. We didn't bring you here to see you cry." (Some of them actually took good care of me.)
I thought I would just cry my eyes out when I was inside, and I'd be fine once I got out. But I was wrong! I am still crying. When I quietly recall the numerous expressions of solidarity that surfaced during the 38 days, I am shaken from head to toe! During the one time I met with my lawyer, Lawyer Hu, he told me that there were a great many people out there supporting me, internationally and inside China, especially the important ones. In that moment, I was really moved, but I couldn't have imagined the huge, earth-shaking support—support that I had never seen before. I was so moved that I didn't know what to say, so shaken that I could only cry. I used someone's cellphone to read some of the articles that hadn't been censored yet (of course, all that was left of an overwhelming majority of the WeChat articles were big red exclamation points), crying as I read them. Seeing our faces freely roaming to every corner of the world (luckily, I was a "selfie"-maniac) made my heart twitch. Then seeing our supporters get "invited to tea," receive warnings from their schools, and the interrogations at Zhongshan University, I really couldn't stop crying.
What made me most proud were the clear and conscientious actions by schoolmates at Zhongshan, and by the brothers and sisters from various other schools. I saw greetings and support from almost all over the world, and saw that women's rights were the most widely-discussed topic. Feminists, women's rights workers, LGBTQIA supporters, NGO-ers, our lawyers, legal professionals, citizens, workers, students, academics, researchers, friends in the media, and various civil society individuals. . . I went through every single post by all my friends (even today, I am still reading, and still crying occasionally) . . . I've read many times the various articles by teachers I had admired. . .
It is you, who are more courageous and stronger than I am. It is you, who have returned me back to a person—who, although still continuing to cry, is beginning to calm down. Thank you all for everything, thank for your existence, in the past, present, and future.


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The following article is part of conference coverage from the 2018 American Urological Association meeting in San Francisco. Renal and Urology News' staff will be reporting live on medical studies conducted by urologists and other specialists who are tops in their field in kidney stones, prostate cancer, kidney cancer, bladder cancer, enlarged prostate, and more. Check back for the latest news from AUA 2018.
SAN FRANCISCO—In separate phase 3 trials, elderly patients with nocturia treated with Noctiva (AV002), a microdose desmopressin nasal spray, experienced a significant improvement in first uninterrupted sleep period (FUSP) compared with placebo, investigators reported at the American Urological Association 2018 annual meeting.
Noctiva is the first and only medication that is FDA approved to treat nocturia due to nocturnal polyuria in adults.
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The trials compared Noctiva, which is made by Avadel Pharmaceuticals, with placebo among patients in 2 age groups: 65 years and older and 75 years and older. Investigators randomly assigned patients to receive Noctiva 1.66 mcg or 0.83 mcg or placebo.
Among patients in both age groups, the mean time to FUSP was significantly longer in the 1.66 mcg and 0.83 mcg AV002 groups than in the placebo arms, said presenting author Benjamin M. Brucker, MD, of New York University Langone Medical Center. Investigators defined FUSP as time from time from bedtime to first nocturic episode (NOEP) or awakening if no void occurred.
The mean increase in time to first NOEP was 102 minutes in both younger and older 1.66 mcg groups and 90 and 78 minutes in the younger and older 0.83 mcg groups, respectively. By comparison, the mean time to first NOEP in the placebo group was 66 and 54 minutes in the younger and older age groups, respectively.
Noctiva also was associated with a significant increase in the percentage of patients with 1 or fewer NEOP on a per-patient basis compared with placebo. Among the 1.66 mcg recipients, the mean percentage increase was 43% in the younger age group and 39% in the older age group. In the 0.83 mcg group, the mean percentage increase was 37% and 32%, respectively. In the placebo arm, the mean percentage increase was 31% and 28%, respectively.
Severe hyponatremia, defined as a serum sodium level of 125 mmol/L or less, occurred in none of the patients in the lower-dose Noctiva group and 5 (1.1%) in the higher-dose group. Of these 5, 4 were taking systemic corticosteroids, which may have an effect on salt balance and hyponatremia. Systemic corticosteroid use is now a contradiction for Noctiva. In a 126-week extension study, no patient experienced severe hyponatremia.
"These results suggest that AV002 is an effective therapy with a favorable safety profile in older adults with nocturia," Dr Brucker told attendees. "Addressing nocturia in older adults may result in better quality of sleep, increased productivity during the daytime, and improvement in overall health, and importantly, an improvement in health-related quality of life."
In an interview with Renal & Urology News, Dr Brucker emphasized that Noctiva is extremely safe. The doses of Noctiva are 20 to 200 times lower than the traditional desmopressin formulations that have been used. In addition, Noctiva has a unique delivery system that enables precise control of blood levels. As a result, the rates of hyponatremia—a common complication of desmopressin therapy—are exceedingly low. With the 1.66 mcg dose, only 1.1% of patients experienced severe hyponatremia. "This drug is so well understood pharmacokinetically, that you can really manipulate not only the effectiveness of the drug, but also the safety profile," Dr Brucker said.
He noted that the studies enrolled "all-comers," and included patients with such comorbidities as benign prostatic hyperplasia and overactive bladder. In addition, patients were not asked to change their behaviors with respect to fluid intake at bedtime. Thus, the cohorts reflect real-world patients for whom physicians will be prescribing Noctiva.
Dr Brucker stressed the importance of the first uninterrupted sleep period. He explained that the critical restorative sleep occurs in the early part of the sleep cycle. Any disturbance of sleep, especially the early stages, has a profound impact on health and quality of life. Nocturic patients usually get up to void 2 or 2½ hours after going to sleep, thus disturbing the period of restorative sleep. "You never really get that back, even if you fall back to sleep," he said. AV002 enables patients to get through the important early sleep stages, he said.
The current studies, for the first time, show consistency in safety and efficacy across age groups. "Whether you're 50 to 75, the medication works."
Seymour Fein, MD, who led the team that developed Noctiva, said the studies demonstrated a clinical benefit using the first quality of life (QOL) questionnaire designed specifically for nocturia, the Impact of Nighttime Urination instrument, which was developed in collaboration with the FDA. Patient responses to this questionnaire showed that decreasing the number of nighttime voids and thereby improving the first duration of uninterrupted sleep actually translated into a better QOL. "Patients felt better the next day and they functioned better the next day, as documented by this validated instrument," Dr Fein said.
With respect to hyponatremia, the most important potential adverse effect of desmopressin therapy, he noted that other companies have attempted to develop desmopressin formulations that ameliorate the risk of this complication, but have not succeeded.
He and his team reasoned that by dramatically decreasing the dose and engineering a formulation that would produce highly consistent pharmacokinetics and blood levels from dose to dose and patient to patient, they would largely solve the safety problem with hyponatremia.
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"No other formulation of desmopressin is both low dose and highly consistent pharmacokinetically or provides the efficacy and safety, and clinical benefit for nocturia than Noctiva does," Dr Fein said.
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text: Verifiable Random Functions (VRFs) Boston University 111 Cummington St, MCS135 Boston MA 02215 USA email@example.com University of Maryland 8223 Paint Branch Dr College Park MD 20740 USA email@example.com NS1 16 Beaver St New York NY 10004 USA firstname.lastname@example.com public key cryptography hashing authenticated denial A Verifiable Random Function (VRF) is the public-key version of a keyed cryptographic hash. Only the holder of the private key can compute the hash, but anyone with public key can verify the correctness of the hash. VRFs are useful for preventing enumeration of hash-based data structures. This document specifies several VRF constructions that are secure in the cryptographic random oracle model. One VRF uses RSA and the other VRF uses Eliptic Curves (EC). A Verifiable Random Function (VRF) is the public-key version of a keyed cryptographic hash. Only the holder of the private VRF key can compute the hash, but anyone with corresponding public key can verify the correctness of the hash. The main application of the VRF is to protect the privacy of data records stored in a hash-based data structure against a querying adversary. In this application, a prover holds the VRF secret key and uses the VRF hashing to construct a hash-based data structure on the input data. Due to the nature of the VRF hashing, only the prover can answer queries about whether or not some data is stored in the data structure. Anyone who knows the public VRF key can verify that the prover has answered the queries correctly. However no offline inferences (i.e. inferences without querying the prover) can be made about the data stored in the data strucuture. The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in . The following terminology is used through this document: The private key for the VRF. The public key for the VRF. The input to be hashed by the VRF. The VRF hash output. The VRF proof. A VRF comes with a key generation algorithm that generates a public VRF key PK and private VRF key SK. A VRF hashes an input alpha using the private VRF key SK to obtain a VRF hash output beta: beta = VRF_hash(SK, alpha) The VRF_hash algorithm MUST be deterministic, in the sense that it will always produce the same output beta given a pair of inputs (SK, alpha). The private key SK is also used to construct a proof pi that beta is the correct hash output pi = VRF_prove(SK, alpha) The VRFs defined in this document allow anyone to deterministically obtain the VRF hash output beta directly from the proof value pi as beta = VRF_proof2hash(pi) Notice that this means that VRF_hash(SK, alpha) = VRF_proof2hash(VRF_prove(SK, alpha)) The proof pi allows anyone holding the public key PK to verify that beta is the correct VRF hash of input alpha under key PK. Thus, the VRF also comes with an algorithm VRF_verify(PK, alpha, pi) that outputs VALID if beta=VRF_proof2hash(pi) is correct VRF hash of alpha under key PK, and outputs INVALID otherwise. VRFs are designed to ensure the following security properties. Uniqueness states that, for any fixed public VRF key and for any input alpha, there is a unique VRF output beta that can be proved to be valid, even for a computationally-bounded adversary that knows the VRF secret key SK. More precisely, full uniqueness states that a computationally bounded adversary cannot choose a VRF public key PK, a VR input alpha, two different VRF hash outputs beta1 and beta2, and two proofs pi1 and pi2 such that VRF_verify(PK, alpha, pi1) and VRF_verify(PK, alpha, pi2) both output VALID. A slightly weaker security property called "trusted uniquness" sufficies for many applications. Trusted uniqueness is the same as full uniqueness, but it must hold only if the VRF keys PK and SK were generated in a trustworthy manner. In otherwords, uniqueness might not hold if keys were generated in an invalid manner. Suppose the public and private VRF keys (PK, SK) were generated in a trustworthy manner. Pseudorandomness ensures that the VRF hash output beta (without its corresponding VRF proof pi) on any adversarially-chosen "target" VRF input alpha looks indistinguishable from random for any computationally bounded adversary who does not know the private VRF key SK. This holds even if the adversary also gets to choose other VRF inputs alpha' and observe their corresponding VRF hash outputs beta' and proofs pi'. With "full pseudorandomness", the adversary is allowed to choose the target VRF input alpha at any time, even after it observes VRF outputs beta' and proofs pi' on a variety of chosen inputs alpha'. "Selective pseudorandomness" is a weaker security property which suffices in many applications. Here, the adversary must choose the target VRF input alpha independently of the public VRF key PK, and before it observes VRF outputs beta' and proofs pi' on inputs alpha' of its choice. It is important to remember that the VRF output beta does not look random to a party that knows the private VRF key SK! Such a party can easily distinguish beta from a random value by comparing it to the result of VRF_hash(SK, alpha). Also, the VRF output beta does not look random to any party that knows valid VRF proof pi corresponding to the VRF input alpha, even if this party does not know the private VRF key SK. Such a party can easily distinguish beta from a random value by checking whether VRF_verify(PK, alpha, pi) returns "VALID" and beta = VRF_proof2hash(pi). Finally, the VRF output beta may not look random if VRF key generation was not done in a trustworthy fashion. (For example, if VRF keys were not generated with good randomness.) Finally, like any cryprographic hash function, VRFs need to be collision resistant. Specifically, it should be computationally infeasible for an adversary to find two distinct VRF inputs alpha1 and alpha2 that have the same VRF hash beta, even if that adversary knows the secret VRF key SK. For most applications, a slightly weaker security property called "trusted collision resistance" suffices. Trusted collision resistance is the same as collision resistance, but it holds only if PK and SK were generated in a trustworthy manner. The RSA Full Domain Hash VRF (RSA-FDH-VRF) is VRF that satisfies the trusted uniqueness, full pseudorandomness, and trusted collision resistance properties defined in . Its security follows from the standard RSA assumption in the random oracle model. Formal security proofs are in . The VRF computes the proof pi as a deterministic RSA signature on input alpha using the RSA Full Domain Hash Algorithm parametrized with the selected hash algorithm. RSA signature verification is used to verify the correctness of the proof. The VRF hash output beta is simply obtained by hashing the proof pi with the selected hash algorithm. The key pair for RSA-FDH-VRF MUST be generated in a way that it satisfies the conditions specified in Section 3 of . In this document, the notation from is used. Used parameters: (n, e) - RSA public key K - RSA private key k - length in octets of the RSA modulus n Fixed options: Hash - cryptographic hash function hLen - output length in octets of hash function Hash Options constraints: Cryptographic security of Hash is at least as high as the cryptographic security level of the RSA key Used primitives: I2OSP - Coversion of a nonnegative integer to an octet string as defined in Section 4.1 of OS2IP - Coversion of an octet string to a nonnegative integer as defined in Section 4.2 of RSASP1 - RSA signature primitive as defined in Section 5.2.1 of RSAVP1 - RSA verification primitive as defined in Section 5.2.2 of MGF1 - Mask Generation Function based on a hash function as defined in Section B.2.1 of RSAFDHVRF_prove(K, alpha) Input: K - RSA private key alpha - VRF hash input, an octet string Output: pi - proof, an octet string of length k Steps: EM = MGF1(alpha, k - 1) m = OS2IP(EM) s = RSASP1(K, m) pi = I2OSP(s, k) Output pi RSAFDHVRF_proof2hash(pi) Input: pi - proof, an octet string of length k Output: beta - VRF hash output, an octet string of length hLen Steps: beta = Hash(pi) Output beta RSAFDHVRF_verify((n, e), alpha, pi) Input: (n, e) - RSA public key alpha - VRF hash input, an octet string pi - proof to be verified, an octet string of length n Output: "VALID" or "INVALID" Steps: s = OS2IP(pi) m = RSAVP1((n, e), s) EM = I2OSP(m, k - 1) EM' = MGF1(alpha, k - 1) If EM and EM' are the same, output "VALID"; else output "INVALID". The Elliptic Curve Verifiable Random Function (EC-VRF) is VRF that satisfies the trusted uniqueness, full pseudorandomness, and trusted collision resistance properties defined in . The security of this VRF follows from the decisional Diffie-Hellman (DDH) assumption in the cyclic group in the random oracle model. Formal security proofs are in . The key pair generation primitive is specified in Section 3.2.1 of . Fixed options: G - EC group q - prime order of group G g - generator of group G 2n - ceil(log2(q)/8); where log2(x) is the binary logarithm of x and ceil(x) is the smallest integer larger than or equal to the real number x. Hash - cryptographic hash function hLen - output length in octets of function Hash Options constraints: Cryptographic security of Hash is at least as high as the cryptographic security of G hLen is equal to 2n Used parameters: g^x - EC public key x - EC private key Used primitives: "" - empty octet string || - octet string concatenation p^k - EC point multiplication p1*p2 - EC point addition h[i] - the i'th octet of octet string h ECP2OS - EC point to octet string conversion with point compression as specified in Section 2.3.3 of OS2ECP - octet string to EC point conversion with point compression as specified in Section 2.3.4 of ECVRF_prove(g^x, x, alpha) Input: g^x - EC public key x - EC private key alpha - VRF input, octet string Output: pi - VRF proof, octet string of length 5n+1 Steps: h = ECVRF_hash_to_curve(alpha, g^x) gamma = h^x choose a random nonce k from [0, q-1] c = ECVRF_hash_points(g, h, g^x, h^x, g^k, h^k) s = k - c*q mod q pi = ECP2OS(gamma) || I2OSP(c, n) || I2OSP(s, 2n) Output pi ECVRF_proof2hash(pi) Input: pi - VRF proof, octet string of length 5n+1 Output: beta - VRF hash output, octet string of length 2n Steps: beta = pi[2] || pi[3] || ... pi[2n+1] Output beta ECVRF_verify(g^x, pi, alpha) Input: g^x - EC public key pi - VRF proof, octet string of length 5n+1 alpha - VRF input, octet string Output: "VALID" or "INVALID" Steps: gamma, c, s = ECVRF_decode_proof(pi) If gamma is not a valid EC point in G, output "INVALID" and stop. u = (g^x)^c * g^s h = ECVRF_hash_to_curve(alpha, g^x) v = gamma^c * h^s c' = ECVRF_hash_points(g, h, g^x, gamma, u, v) If c and c' are the same, output "VALID"; else output "INVALID". The ECVRF_hash_to_curve algorithm takes in an octet string alpha and converts it to h, an EC point in G. The following ECVRF_hash_to_curve1(alpha, g^x) algorithm implements ECVRF_hash_to_curve in a simple and generic way that works for any elliptic curve that supports point compression. However, this algorithm MUST NOT be used in applications where the VRF input alpha must be kept secret. This is because the running time of the hashing algorithm depends on alpha, and so it is susceptible to timing attacks. That said, the amount of information obtained from such a timing attack is likely to be small, since the algorithm is expected to find a valid curve point after only two attempts (i.e., when ctr=1) on average (see ). ECVRF_hash_to_curve1(alpha, g^x) Input: alpha - value to be hashed, an octet string g^x - EC public key Output: h - hashed value, EC point in G Steps: ctr = 0 pk = ECP2OS(g^x) Repeat: CTR = I2OSP(ctr, 4) p = 0x02 || Hash(alpha || pk || CTR) Goto step 3 if OS2ECP(p) is valid EC point in G p = 0x03 || Hash(alpha || pk || CTR) Goto step 3 if OS2ECP(p) is valid EC point in G ctr = ctr + 1 h = OS2ECP(p) Output h The initial octet 0x02 in the octet string created in step B represents that the point in compressed form has positive y-coefficient . Similarly, the 0x03 octet in step D represents negative y-coefficient. For applications where VRF input alpha must be kept secret, the following ECVRF_hash_to_curve algorithm MAY be used to used as generic way to hash an octet string onto any elliptic curve. [TODO: If there interest, we could look into specifying the generic deterministic time hash_to_curve algorithm from . ] ECVRF_hash_points(p_1, p_2, ..., p_j) Input: p_i - EC point in G Output: h - hash value, integer between 0 and 2^(8n)-1 Steps: P = "" for p_i in [p_1, p_2, ... p_j]: P = P || ECP2OS(p_i) h' = Hash(P) h = OS2IP(h'[1] || h'[2] || ... h'[n]) Output h ECVRF_decode_proof(pi) Input: pi - VRF proof, octet string (5n+1 octets) Output: gamma - EC point c - integer between 0 and 2^(8n)-1 s - integer between 0 and 2^(16n)-1 Steps: let gamma', c', s' be pi split after (2n+1)-th and (3n+1)-th octet gamma = OS2ECP(gamma') c = OS2IP(c') s = OS2IP(s') Output gamma, c, and s [Seeking feedback on this section!] This document defines EC-VRF-P256-SHA256 as follows: The EC group G is the NIST-P256 elliptic curve, with curve parameters as specified in (Section D.1.2.3) and (Section 2.6). For this group, the length in octets of a single coordinate of an EC point is 2n = 32. The hash function Hash is SHA-256 as specified in . The ECVRF_hash_to_curve function is ECVRF_hash_to_curve1, as specified in . This document defines EC-VRF-ED25519-SHA256 as follows: The EC group G is the Ed25519 elliptic curve with parameters defined in (Section 4.1). For this group, the length in octets of a single coordinate of an EC point is 2n = 32. The hash function Hash is SHA-256 as specified in . The ECVRF_hash_to_curve function is as specified in . [TODO: Should we add an EC-VRF-ED25519-SHA256-Elligator ciphersuite where the Elligator hash function is used for ECVRF_hash-to-curve?] [TODO: Add an Ed448 ciphersuite?] An implementation of the RSA-FDH-VRF (SHA-256) and EC-VRF-P256-SHA256 was developed as a part of the NSEC5 project and is available at . The Key Transparency project at Google uses a VRF implemention that is almost identical to the EC-VRF-P256-SHA256 specified here, with a few minor changes including the use of SHA-512 instead of SHA-256. Its implementation is available Open Whisper Systems also uses a VRF very similar to EC-VRF-ED25519-SHA512-Elligator, called VXEdDSA, and specified here: Applications that use the VRFs defined in this document MUST ensure that that the VRF key is generated correctly, using good randomness. Without good randomness, pseudorandomness properties of the VRF may not hold. Also, trusted uniqueness and trusted collision-resistance may also not hold if the keys are generated adversarially (e.g., the RSA modulus is not a product of two primes for the RSA-FDH-VRF or the public key g^x is not valid point in the prime-order group G for the EC). Full uniqueness and full collision-resistance (as opposed to trusted uniqueness and trusted collision-resistance) are properties that hold even if VRF keys are generated by an adversary. The VRFs defined in this document do not have these properties. However, they may be modifed to have these properties if adversarial key generation is a concern. The modification consists of additional cryptographic proofs that keys have of the correct form. These modifications are left for future specification. Note that for the RSA-FDH-VRF, it might be possible to construct such a proof using the identification protocol made non-interactive using the Fiat-Shamir heuristic in the random oracle model. However, it is not possible to guarantee pseudorandomness in the face of adversarially generated VRF keys. This is because an adversary can always use bad randomness to generate the VRF keys, and thus, the VRF output may not be pseudorandom. Applications that use the EC-VRF defined in this document MUST ensure that the random nonce k used in the ECVRF_prove algorithm is chosen with proper randomness. Otherwise, an adversary may be able to recover the private VRF key x (and thus break pseudorandomness of the VRF) after observing several valid VRF proofs pi. The EC-VRF_hash_to_curve algorithm defined in should not be used in applications where the VRF input alpha is secret and is hashed by the VRF on-the-fly. This is because the EC-VRF_hash_to_curve algorithm's running time depends on the VRF input alpha, and thus creates a timing channel that can be used to learn information about alpha. presents cryptographic reductions to an underlying hard problem (e.g. Decisional Diffie Hellman, or the standard RSA assumption) that prove the VRFs specificied in this document possess full pseudorandomness as well as selective pseudorandomness. However, the cryptographic reductions are tighter for selective pseudorandomness than for full pseudorandomness. This means the the VRFs have quantitavely stronger security guarentees for selective pseudorandomness. Applications that are concerned about tightness of cryptographic reductions therefor have two options. They may choose to ensure that selective pseudorandomness is sufficient for the application. That is, that pseudorandomness of outputs matters only for inputs that are chosen independently of the VRF key. If full pseudorandomness is required for the application, the application may increase security parameters to make up for the loose security reduction. For RSA-FDH-VRF, this means increasing the RSA key length. For EC-VRF, this means increasing the cryptographic strength of the EC group G. For both RSA-FDH-VRF and EC-VRF the cryptographic strength of the hash function Hash may also potentially need to be increased. Note to RFC Editor: if this document does not obsolete an existing RFC, please remove this appendix before publication as an RFC. 00 - Forked this document from draft-vcelak-nsec5-04. Cleaned up the definitions of VRF algorithms. Added security definitions for VRF and security considerations. Parameterized EC-VRF so it could support curves other than P-256 and Ed25519. Leonid Reyzin (Boston University) made major contributions to this document. This document also would not be possible without the work of Moni Naor (Weizmann Institute), Sachin Vasant (Cisco Systems), and Asaf Ziv (Facebook). Shumon Huque (Salesforce) and David C. Lawerence (Akamai) provided valuable input to this draft. Digital Signature Standard (DSS) National Institute for Standards and Technology SEC 1: Elliptic Curve Cryptography Standards for Efficient Cryptography Group (SECG) NSEC5 from Elliptic Curves Verifiable Random Functions Wallet databases with observers How to Hash into Elliptic Curves A Practical Zero-Knowledge Protocol Fitted to Security Microprocessor Minimizing Both Transmission and Memory Note to RFC Editor: please remove this appendix before publication as an RFC. Open issues


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- Anonymous10:46 AM
Thanks for the book recomemndation! I'm just starting my summer reading list.ReplyDelete
I have a 10 year old boy, and I'm really enjoying his humor these days. Potty humor is a guilty pleasure when you're my age.
- plazamom10:58 AM
I just checked the library website, and the book is on the shelf at my local branch. I'll pick it up tomorrow -- thanks fr the recommendation!ReplyDelete
Off to Chop Chop to check out Ben's ranch dressing experience.
- Teafortwo12:26 PM
I'll see if our library has that book. I vaguely recall reading a review of it. I'm re-reading "Kids are Worth It" by Barbara Coloroso. Not exactly a page turning novel.ReplyDelete
- Erin K.12:28 PM
I've had that feeling of missing a book or the characters in it after reading "Unaccustomed Earth" I must have read the last sentence a dozen times.ReplyDelete
ah, thanks for reminding me! I still haven't read that, but I read The Namesake when we were in Mexico for a friend's wedding, and I found every excuse to volunteer to put the babies to bed--and then I'd be under the mosquito netting with a headlamp, reading, while everyone else partied on the beach with margaritas. I bet I'll feel the same about this one. . .ReplyDelete
Funny, funny, funny stuff.ReplyDelete
So glad for the ranch dressing recipe! It seems to be my kids' favorite dressing and the vehicle by which they will eat salad, and I've been a little forlorn about all the bottle piling up in the recycling.
I love that Ben has taken on this project so earnestly.
Oh, my son loved all of the Uranus giggles this year when we studied the solar system.ReplyDelete
Jake chose Uranus as his favourite planet when he was in pre-k, because it was pretty and blue. He didn't get the whole URANUS thing, so I just silently giggled every time he said he loves URANUS.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous5:07 PM
I read the ranch dressing recipe, and it sounds wonderful.ReplyDelete
I will leave a comment for Ben over there - I can't believe he is old enough to be writing his very own witty remarks about what he learned from a project!
You must be so proud, and it must be so odd, all at the same time.
- Allison5:52 PM
I am 38 years old and still laugh at jokes about Uranus!ReplyDelete
Sigh. I also like fart jokes, so.
BUTT seriously, Catherine, thanks for the book recommendation! ;)
I know exactly what Ben means about just having to let go of what's on the spatula.ReplyDelete
Thanks for another book recommendation. I still have the list from your last round, but unfortunately I haven't gotten to any of them yet.
We made spelt salad this week, and it was great - a perfect summer recipe.
I lived in China when my son was in second grade and studied the solar system. He was in a truly international class... 17 kids from 14 different countries. They each picked a planet to give a report on (do they do this everywhere?) and a little girl from Korea was the only one who picked Uranus. Her parents, in a very supportive move, got her a custom- made t-shirt to wear on the day of the presentations that said I (heart) Uranus! All of the western parents were quietly amused, and the eastern ones just didn't get what we thought was so funny. Sounds like ben would have loved her shirt!ReplyDelete
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I started reading your blog after reading a piece you wrote in the amherst magazine (i was class of 81)-- thank you for your wonderful writing about food,parenting and life. makes me miss western mass.
I've recently heard someone on NPR pronouncing the name of the planet differently. As in: "urine-us." Not exactly sure how that's better, though.ReplyDelete


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Thanks for your hard work! I started reading some chapters some time ago but stopped. I didn't remember the story clearly after all this time.
Because it is a good series with interesting plot lines. I can't pinpoint the Yuna Band's motive yet, but I feel like it's going to culminate into something epic. Wow! 2 Chapters at once! Thank you guys for putting work towards this series. Your hard work is really appreciated.
Oh shit that was awesome! Thanks for the release 🙂


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It seems simple in theory – head to the furniture store, find a sofa that's comfortable and that matches your décor, and you're good to go, right? Wrong! Today we talk to Nashville interior designer Marcelle Guilbeau, who not only offers furniture selection as a service, but also has a book in the works called The Soulful Home that's filled with advice about discovering your style and making selections for your home that reflect your authentic self.
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New CEO looks to broaden Omneon's horizons
Broadcast video server provider Omneon has a new president and CEO who's tasked with broadening the company's market share in industries other than broadcast. Suresh Vasudevan, a former senior executive at NetApp, a storage networking and data management solutions company, appears up to the challenge.
Vasudevan's chief role will be to focus on technology and business development and less so on sales. He said one of his first goals is to identify the various vertical markets where Omneon can bring value, while also strengthening existing customer relationships across all related industries. An initial target will be the post-production industry, where HD, 2K and 4K projects are increasingly demanding more storage and more sophisticated data management tools for securely archiving multiple projects.
"I understand where data growth is coming from within the professional video industry and what technology we need to build to meet this new demands," Vasudevan said. "Multimedia content distribution, delivery and storage is a large opportunity for those that have experience in serving this market. What drew me to Omneon was the focus that the company had on addressing these segments with products that customers were attracted to in large numbers."
He said Omneon has already established a reputation among its broadcast customers for good service, reliability and cost-effectiveness, and that that would provide him with a good foundation to work with going forward. The overall industry's transition to file-based infrastructures is exactly where Omneon got its start, and supporting this migration will continue to be a large part of its product strategy.
Vasudevan cited products like Omneon's Spectrum video server, MediaGrid Active Storage System and ProCast CDN content distribution platform as examples of forward-looking technology that can be configured in a variety of ways for different installations. In this product category, customization is key, and the products' modular approach fits that model nicely. It's here that Vasudevan's experience at NetApp in identifying new markets will come in handy.
"The technologies that make us relevant for broadcast production and post-production environments can be more broadly applicable to such applications as corporate video production and animation rendering farms, so I see a tremendous opportunity for growth," he said. "That's why my plan is to attack adjacent segments with technology we know can benefit broader market segments."
The current challenging economic times will limit R&D resources (as it is among most technology vendors this year) for new innovation, but Vasudevan said the company's existing products can be reconfigured in different ways to meet the needs of new market segments. Omneon's MediaGrid, among its newest products, is currently in its second generation and can be easily installed in nontraditional production facilities as well as it has been in all-digital broadcast facilities like Time Warner Cable's NY1 News, in New York city.
The new Major League Baseball Network, launched in January, is among hundreds of broadcast facilities nationwide that are using the Spectrum server for content distribution and delivery.
"What trumps every other priority for us at Omneon is navigating what everyone agrees is going to be one of the most difficult economic environments we've seen ever," he said. "No company in this environment has carte blanche to execute strategy while putting aside financial constraints. This is going to be a year where we have to carefully balance cash burn rates versus product priorities and growth strategies."
Without providing details, Vasudevan said Omneon's fourth quarter in 2008 was up from 2007, and expects that to continue. "All signs are pointing in the right directions and we see a lot of pent up demand. The next quarter will tell us what the rest of the year will look like, but we're remaining optimistic."
Vasudevan replaces Joe Kennedy, who served as president/CEO of the company from early 2003 until May of last year. Since then Larry Kaplan, who co-founded Omneon in 1998, has served as interim president. Kaplan now returns to his previous position as vice chairman of the board.
Prior to his tenure at NetApp, Vasudevan worked at the management consulting firm McKinsey & Co. in New Delhi, Mumbai, and Chicago as a senior engagement manager focusing on product marketing, operations and marketing strategy.
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Honor 9X Pro Rumored to Sport 48MP Quad Cameras & 4000mAh Battery
Honor recently launched Honor 20 and Honor 20 Pro flagship smartphones along with the mid-range Honor 20i. Both the Honor 20 and Honor 20 Pro are powered by the Kirin 980 octa-core processor. As per the leaks, the company is also working a new Kirin 980-powered smartphone called Honor 9X Pro. We can expect the company to launch the Honor 9X Pro alongside the mid-range Honor 9X. According to the source, the specifications of the Honor 9X Pro very much similar to the recently launched Honor 20.
While the Honor 20 comes with a 2.5D curved body, the upcoming Honor 9X Pro is said to sport 3D curved glass body. It might continue to come with the LCD display on the front. Under the hood, the device is expected to sport the 7nm Kirin 980 octa-core processor coupled with Mali G76 GPU and dual NPU. However, there is also chances that it might offer the rumored Kirin 810 SoC instead of the Kirin 980 SoC.
Talking about the cameras, we will be looking at a quad camera setup on the rear and an in-display camera on the front. The quad camera setup features a 48MP Sony IMX582 sensor along with an 8MP super-wide-angle sensor, a 2MP depth sensor, and a 2MP depth sensor. The in-display selfie camera on the front features a 25MP sensor. It will be backed by a 4,000mAh battery and supports 20W fast charging.
Unlike the Honor 20 smartphones which come with MagicUI, the Honor 9X Pro should be offering EMUI 9 based on Android 9.0 Pie. In India, the Honor 20 with 6GB RAM and 128GB of internal storage is priced at 32,999. On the other hand, the Honor 20 Pro with 8GB RAM and 256GB of internal storage is launched for Rs 39,999. We need to wait for a few more weeks to know about the launch details of the Honor 9X Pro smartphone. Stay tuned on Phone Radar for more details!
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HBO, cable's most popular premium channel, is carefully entering the arena of Internet video. The channel, a subsidiary of Time Warner, will introduce HBO on Broadband starting this week to subscribers in Green Bay and Milwaukee, Wis., then spread the service slowly to other parts of the country. The free service will allow access to about 400 hours of movies and original programming each month. It will be made available only to people already subscribing to HBO, and it will be marketed and delivered through cable operators. "There are a lot of people, particularly young people, who are watching TV through the PC. We wanted to create a product for them," said Eric Kessler, a co-president of HBO.
Most major television networks already make much of their programming available free on the Internet. But as a channel with 29 million subscribers, HBO cannot afford to bypass its cable partners. While most networks have embraced browser-based streaming video, HBO's programming is to be watched in a separate computer application that downloads shows to the hard drive. It may face several hurdles: the program is available only on Windows PCs initially; the downloaded content cannot yet be transferred to portable devices; and the content expires four weeks after being downloaded. The application has some innovative features. It allows users to set up accounts for each family member, and the attached parental controls can block violent or explicit content. It also lets users watch the live televised version of HBO, a feature that may appeal to subscribers who are away from home.
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text: Birthday Cowgirl April 21, 2017, 5 Comments on Birthday Cowgirl It's my birthday! And what a proper day to share what I did to celebrate my birthday! So even though my birthday is today, Dapper Day is this weekend, and I knew most of my friends would be attending that, I also wanted to do a get-together at Knott's Berry Farm, which is exactly what we did last weekend. We really lucked out, as it was still Boysenberry Festival, so many of my friends were excited to try all of the unique boysenberry offerings, including the boysenberry cream soda, that is made by hand. We gave the gal working quite the work out when ten of us came in and each ordered one. We also attended the various fun shows that are offered during Boysenberry Festival, like the new melodrama at the Bird Cage Theatre, Snoopy's Boysenberry Jamboree, and of course my favorite, Krazy Kirk and the Hillbillies. One thing I had yet to do at Knott's was their Pitcher Gallery (yes, "pitcher") where guests can dress up like cowboys, cowgirls, proper ladies and gentlemen, and my favorite, saloon girls. So I convinced my gal pals to do a group saloon girl photo. Patrick and I returned to Knott's to spend Easter, and continued eating all of the wonderful Boysenberry Festival treats! So stay tuned for that post! Outfit Dress: Decades, Salt Lake City, Utah Shoes: Re-Mix Western Charm Bracelet: Built by me over the years Rhinestone Horseshoe Ring: Disneyland "Howdy!" Purse: Birthday gift


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Olympiakos 0-3 Arsenal: Olivier Giroud nets first Gunners hat-trick to fire north Londoners into Champions League last 16
Olivier Giroud netted his first Arsenal hat-trick in Greece as Arsenal's 3-0 win over Olympiakos booked their place in the last 16 of the Champions League.
In the absence of key men Alexis Sanchez and Santi Cazorla, the likes of Giroud and Joel Campbell stepped up to the occasion at the Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium.
Campbell looked lively, providing dangerous chances for his team-mates, while the 29-year-old took his chances, opening the scoring with a first-half header and adding a second early in the second period before completing his trio with a coolly-taken penalty.
It was another big evening for the English clubs in Europe, as both Arsenal and Chelsea needed to secure their places in the last 16, to avoid joining Man United, Tottenham and Liverpool in the Europa League.
A win for Arsenal would have put them level on points with second-placed Olympiakos and it would be decided on head-to-head. The Greek side won 3-2 at the Emirates and the north Londoners had to match that scoreline or to win by two goals.
Arsene Wenger was visibly nervous on the touchline and the hosts had the better opening quarter of an hour. If any team looked more likely to take the lead, it was the Greeks.
The Arsenal defence was tested as former West Brom forward Brown Ideye broke in behind the Gunners' defence, squaring across goal past Petr Cech but Laurent Koscielny made a vital clearance.
Mathieu Flamini nearly gave Arsenal the lead as Campbell crossed and the midfielder charged into the box to rattle the crossbar from ten yards.
The Premier League side were halfway there when they took the lead shortly before the half hour, as Ramsey crossed from the left and French forward Giroud diverted a header towards goal. Shot-stopper Roberto reached out an arm but it hit his back and rolled into the back of the net.
Arsenal needed to press for another in the second half to book their place in the next stages of the competition and Theo Walcott went close as he dragged a 20-yard shot past the post.
That second goal came just four minutes into the second period as Costa Rican forward Campbell took the ball down in the box. He turned away from one man, showed great feet to beat another while running away from goal, before sliding the ball through to Giroud, who finished neatly across goal into the bottom corner.
That meant Arsenal would take second spot in the group ahead of Olympiakos. The next goal would be vital as a strike for the Greek side would have put them back on top.
Cech made a vital save shortly after Arsenal's second. Konstantinos Fortounis's left-footed curling effort towards the top corner was parried past the post by the sprawling Czech Republic glovesman.
A controversial call in the 67th minute allowed Arsenal to take the advantage as the referee awarded a penalty. Omar Elabdellaoui handled in the area, it looked harsh but Giroud made no mistake as he coolly sent the goalkeeper the wrong way to fire home.
That goal meant Arsenal needed to see out the game in order to book their place in the last 16, behind group winners Bayern Munich.
They gave themselves an uphill task on the night, but Giroud and Arsenal lived up to expectation to make it a memorable night for the travelling Gunners supporters.
Elsewhere in Group F, Bayern Munich were 2-0 winners at Dinamo Zagreb.


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The Revolt of the Populist Parties has the European Union Trembling
From whichever angle you look at it, the year 2016 marked a turning point. The British people voted to leave the European Union, giving way to what has been termed Brexit, and Americans elected Donald Trump to the White House. The two events are undoubtedly the sign of a rift and confirm that the conflict between the people and the elites – an expression dear to Steve Bannon, the strategist who strongly contributed to the success of The Donald – had become a serious issue.
It is for this very reason that in 2016 two university professors – Roger Eatwell and Matthew Goodwin – decided to analyse the phenomenon in a book by the title "National Populism. The Revolt Against Liberal Democracy." Nationalism 2.0 could no longer be underestimated. The true roots of this change had to be, and still need to, understood. Indeed, such a change could, with the upcoming European elections on 26 May, transform the face of the Old Continent.
Rebel Europe Populism did not appear overnight. It is not just the result of the 2008 crisis or of the arrival of refugees following the Arab Springs. Its roots lie much deeper, as Eatwell and Goodwin recount. In the 80s, – when the Berlin wall still scarred the German capital and marked the division between the West and the Soviet Union – Jean-Marie Le Pen, leader of the French National Front, and Jörg Haider, head of Austria's Freedom Party (Fpo), began garnering significant success. In 1988 the French nationalists obtained 14% in the national elections and in 2002 they scored even better, just one step away from winning the presidency.
Between 1990 and 2000 populist movements sprung up throughout the Old Continent, while in 2004 Nigel Farage's Ukip obtained an important result. All this, the authors specify, while the British economy was soaring. This particular detail disproves one of the major inaccuracies about the movement: it is not true that the rise of the populists was caused by the Old continent's economic problems during the past years.
According to Roger Eatwell and Matthew Goodwin it is also not true that all populists are "Angry white men". One just need think that 28% of Trump's consensus was made up of Latin American votes. While it is true that these movement sometimes catalyse the vote of extremist fringes, it would be reductive to label them all under "Fascism".
What we are facing is without doubt a revolt against the Western and European systems. There is increasing feeling among EU citizens that Brussels and Strasbourg are too detached from their needs; European institutions are seen as unable to solve the problems people face. And is it exactly exploiting this malaise that populist groups gather support which, the two authors write, will change the politics of many Western nations for a long time to come.
The challenge has already begun. May 26 will be a defining point. If, as surveys seem to predict, populist parties will be successful in increasing their consensus, then traditional parties will have to start reconsidering themselves. The future of the European Union itself is at stake.


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Six Feet Under is an American death metal band from Tampa, Florida, formed in 1993. The band was originally a side project by Cannibal Corpse vocalist Chris Barnes with guitarist Allen West of Obituary. They were joined by bassist Terry Butler (formerly of Massacre and Death) and drummer Greg Gall, Butler's brother-in-law.
Six Feet Under have released nine albums, and are listed by Nielsen Soundscan as the fourth best-selling death metal act in the U.S., with album sales over 370,000.
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text: Precision Caregivers provides a person-centered Adult Day Care. The curriculum for the ADC utilized is designed specifically for clients to enhance every facet of their lives. Daily activities may include academic improvement, social skills, independent living skills, computer activities, budget/financial planning, and job skill development, just to name a few. Precision caregivers will also incorporate opportunities for volunteerism within the community.


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What a freakin' week.
So I started off the week feeling pretty overwhelmed with Harvey, and it's like God or providence or whatever you want to say wanted to give me a reminder to slow down and appreciate the struggles and just love on my little boy.
Sunday = frustrated with my crazy 2 year old (and my responses to him)
Monday = gushing head wound for said 2 year old
Tuesday = puking sick 2 year old
So yeah… I had a long-planned girls' weekend planned for Denver this weekend, and the idea was to leave tonight and drive part way to stay at a friend's house before finishing the drive with her tomorrow to meet up with our other 2 friends. Up until late afternoon today, I just didn't know if it was even going to happen! My brother had offered to stay at the house with the kids tonight, but every Mama knows that when your kiddos are sick, they typically just want Mommy, so I didn't know how that was going to go. Thankfully he got most of the puking out of his system yesterday, and today was filled with cuddles with Mama while I tried to work from home. After a solid nap from 2-4, he woke up and actually asked for food and smiled at his sister, so I knew we were turning the corner! Instead of leaving at 5pm I decided to stick around until after bedtime, so at 11pm I just pulled into my friend's house and am writing this post. I'm thankful Harvey is on the mend, I'm thankful to have a little bro who loves my kids and is helping me out with them until Charlie gets back tomorrow, and I'm thankful to have girlfriends to do weekends like this with!
Poor kiddo. At least my heart is back in place for now and I was able to soak in all of those snuggles this week. <3


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Includes the necessary pintles, gudgeons & clip to install a rudder on an Opti. This set meets all class specification and is compatible with all Opti rudders.
- Includes upper and lower pintles
- Includes transom gudgeons and backing plates
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Here are close-up images of medals or "pressed pennies" and "pressed nickels" as they are called at The Tokyo Disneyland Resort.
Here are Links, by release date, to the Tokyo Disneyland "Pressed Pennies", "Elongated Coins", Medals or whatever the heck I was thinking of at the time!
The pages above are posted as received, before guide entries were made or numbers assigned. So, for guide numbers, descriptions and variation comparisons, please refer to the appropriate guides below.
TDL Tokyo Disneyland Park Medals 1996-1998
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