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Letter: McNerney will create jobs
Original post made on Oct 22, 2010
Read the full story here Web Link posted Thursday, October 21, 2010, 4:51 PM
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a resident of Danville
on Oct 22, 2010 at 6:32 am
He will also continue to be a puppet for Pelosi and the rest of her type!
a resident of Alamo
on Oct 22, 2010 at 6:56 am
The only jobs that are stimulated by folks with McNerny syle ideologies are government jobs. Harmer thinks the public school system is broken. He thinks the whole system requires a structural audit from the ground up. I agree with him. McNerny supporters are miscategorizing Harmer's stand on public schools. Harmer's never stated that he'd do away with public education... but he does believe that there's much room for improvement. One of those areas areas of improvement might lie within the teachers unions... unions which place its own health and well being in front of the best interests of the students. Does it really surprise you that these same unions are now taking shots at Harmer and lying about his view of public education? Duh. See you at the polls.
a resident of Danville
on Oct 22, 2010 at 7:07 am
Waiting for the puppet Fox News watchers to start spilling their whiny hateful talking points all over this comment section. I am looking to another day of "Obamacare", "path to Socialism" "destroy our kids future", "puppet to Pelosi" here we come. I am just looking forward to the new hot hate phrase of the day from Glen, Sarah Fox News or the other hate mongers. Will it be about the danger of Muslims, Hispanics, Jews. I cant wait, I need to get my juices flowing
a resident of Danville
on Oct 22, 2010 at 7:11 am
The first sentence stopped me in my tracks: "I write with RAGE and CONFUSION!" Does this describe the mindset of constructive discourse, the kind of civil communication we all deserve to make educated decisions?
a resident of Danville
on Oct 22, 2010 at 7:23 am
The Dems will continue to tax businesses and the indivuduals who have worked hard to earn their wealth. They will then create low paying jobs for high school dropouts and other unmotivated schlubs who they know will continue to vote for them. In addition, using our tax dollars, prisoners will continue to get flat screen TVs and new workout equipment while our college students (aka future leaders) see nothing but funding cuts. I will not vote for anything or anyone that asks me to give the government more money as they have proven time and time again that private industry can provide the same services more efficiaently.
a resident of Diablo
on Oct 22, 2010 at 7:51 am
good job Bill, you win the the "First Fox watcher of the day" award
a resident of Danville
on Oct 22, 2010 at 8:03 am
McNerney doesn't have the slightest idea of how to create jobs.
Democrats can only give you money (other people's money). Republicans can give you jobs. Which do you prefer?
a resident of Danville
on Oct 22, 2010 at 8:30 am
[removed] I am a Fox News watcher, but I also watch MSNBC so I know there is great distortion in News reporting and it doesn't come from Fox News. Manny please try to address the issues and stop the progressive leftist bomb throwing.
a resident of Danville
on Oct 22, 2010 at 8:30 am
Bette..."Rage and Confusion". There in lies that problem. We need to have truthful intellectual dialog to get to that which is best for our Country...for our future. David Harmer has the intelligence and experience to get us back on track. He and his family are invested in the PUBLIC SCHOOLS! He has raised money for the schools to reduce class size. His wife TEACHES in the PUBLIUC SCHOOLS. His 4 children ATTEND PUBLIC SCHOOLS. David is in the TRENCHES helping the PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Harmer is part of the solution and is running to follow the Constitution as it was intended. We should all be alarmed with the direction the current leaders have taken us. In the first two months of the current Congress, Jerry McNerney voted for $1.2 trillion in new spending. That's over $1 billion of spending per hour for each of Congress's first 50 days. What do you think that kind of spending does for our future...for our children's future? To set the record straight, here is why David is running: "I'm running for Congress because I want to stop growing the government and start growing the economy. I want to balance the budget by controlling spending, not by raising taxes. And I want to liberate small businesses from excessive taxation and regulation so they can once again prosper and create new jobs. Most of all, I'm running to be able to tell my children that when the opportunity arose, I did everything within my power to keep them free." David is an honorable man. We NEED honorable leaders so that our wonderful Nation remains that way!.
a resident of Danville
on Oct 22, 2010 at 9:32 am
liberty, you make me laugh! You know the old saying. How do you know when a Fox commentator is lying. Their lips are moving. BTW I am not a progressive (though I dont think being a progressive is necessarily a bad thing for this country) and was a republican once. Fox and their believers have destroyed any civil discourse in this country.
a resident of Blackhawk
on Oct 22, 2010 at 9:41 am
"Rage & Confusion" I have 3 words for you and you can find them in the Declaration of Independence it is "WE THE PEOPLE" not we the government it is by the people, for the people and of the people not for the politician, by the politician and of the politician.
a resident of Diablo
on Oct 22, 2010 at 9:49 am
Manny, it's great to see someone take on the far right extremists and their fear mongering diatribe. Sound bites and selfish ideas are the core of their views and the Tea Bagger friends.
a resident of Danville
on Oct 22, 2010 at 10:11 am
You have it wrong Bette ! McNerney will be out of a job soon. Change is just great.
a resident of Danville
on Oct 22, 2010 at 10:15 am
Manny, I totally agree with you. Fox News' tag line is "Fair and Balanced" reporting--right. What a laugh!
a resident of Danville
on Oct 22, 2010 at 10:22 am
A question for all you McNerney supporters:
Do you show the same support and enthusiasm for Pelosi?
a resident of Danville
on Oct 22, 2010 at 10:23 am
The far right tea bombers are alive and well in the Tri-Valley.
a resident of Montair Elementary School
on Oct 22, 2010 at 10:39 am
Government doesn't create jobs: they only redistribute wealth through taxation. Taking money from thousands of taxpayers to create a government job doesn't create any net economic benefit. The only way to "create" a job is to allow individuals to keep their hard earned money to spend as they see fit or to invest. The private sector is far more efficient than the government. Millions of individuals spending or investing their hard-earned money more efficiently than the government actually creates jobs.
a resident of Danville
on Oct 22, 2010 at 10:50 am
McNerney's latest ads attacking Harmer cite "sources" dated 1994 & 1996. That's pathetic. McNerney doesn't have anything good to say about himself, so he is grasping at straws. Bettye, don't buy all the crap you see on TV.
a resident of Vista Grande Elementary School
on Oct 22, 2010 at 11:09 am
My first comment is to Dalen Fuller. Please get your documents straight! "We the People", is not part of the Declaration of Independence, it is the beginning of the Preamble to the Constitution. Look it up, the preamble actually does not have any legal weight nor does it actually set any laws. According to the New Webster's dictionary, preamble is "an introductory part of a speech or piece of writing". These are lovely words that might be called 18th century rhetoric, no disrespect intended.
My second comment, not directed to Mr. Fuller, is: Why do Tea Party supporters alway claim the Constitution backs up their statements or beliefs? I, for one, would love to hear or see written, to which part of this document they refer.
Last comment is to Manny. One of the first things I do in the morning is to read the comments to articles and letters from Danville Express. They either inspire me or anger me enough to get the energy to read my emails!
a resident of Danville
on Oct 22, 2010 at 11:33 am
Garsh, vegasmom -- are you saying "he was young and needed the money" when he espoused abolition of public education and privatizing Social Security?
Has Mr. Harmer disavowed his published thinktank articles? No, he hasn't. He may properly hope that nobody bothers to find out about them, and him -- but they're right (far, far Right) in line with his current positions.
Those are crack-pot positions. And he has to wear them.
a resident of Danville
on Oct 22, 2010 at 11:46 am
I understand perfectly! The "Rage" comes from being betrayed by the promisses of "Hope and Change." The confusion comes from watching that dream crumble around one. I too understand what McNerney will do if elected - say one thing to look moderate and vote the radical party line.
a resident of Alamo
on Oct 22, 2010 at 12:28 pm
I feel angry and betrayed because in 18 months Obama has not yet gotten us out of the hole that took W eight years to create. So much for "hope and change."
a resident of Danville
on Oct 22, 2010 at 1:14 pm
Mr. McNerney knows nothing about creating jobs. He was a failure in the private sector. His attempt to by the veteran vote with his misleading TV commercials is disgusting. Most of us veterans are way to smart to be sucked in by his one issue campaign. Let's hope the majority of voters see through this and send a man to Washington that will help get our house in order and put AMERICA back on the right track.
a resident of Alamo
on Oct 22, 2010 at 1:51 pm
I agree with Bette's comments and am appalled at the hostility that is shown in the remarks often in these discussions. I have also seen the vitriolity that Mike Doyle mentioned earlier this week. What happened to discussion of issues with facts to support your position? What happened to civil behavior? We are an educated population in this area yet you would not know it from the dogmatic comments many are making.
a resident of Montair Elementary School
on Oct 22, 2010 at 2:13 pm
[Portion removed] Explain how our children are going to repay $125 trillion in debt (which includes all the real unfunded liabilities of the social programs: social security, medicare, medicaid, pharmaceuticals, Obamarx-care)? Democrats and Republicans have been ignoring the fact that the Federal government is bankrupt by only claiming that our nation's debt is now $13.6 trillion. The total obligations of the Federal government exceed the value of all cash and property on earth. Dude, it doesn't matter if you watch Fox News in a rage, or MSNBC while you're lighting one up, $125 trillion in total debt is a catastrophe. All tax and spend politicians from either party need to be fired.....and we ought to start with Jerry McNerney, the mathematician that evidently can't do the simple math.
a resident of Montair Elementary School
on Oct 22, 2010 at 2:17 pm
Jerry McNerney by the Numbers…
90,000 Number of jobs that have been lost in the California's 11th Congressional District since Jerry McNerney has been in Congress.
70 Number of days until the largest tax hikes in U.S. history begins—thanks to inaction by Nancy Pelosi foot soldiers like Jerry McNerney.
11 With your help, the number of days until Jerry McNerney is voted out of office.
122,000 Each taxpayer's share of the national debt, thanks to runaway spending in Washington, D.C.
95 The percentage of times that Jerry McNerney has voted with Nancy Pelosi and her job killing agenda.
a resident of Danville
on Oct 22, 2010 at 2:38 pm
Question: How many years in office will it take for Mr. Obama to actually have any responsibility for anything?
We know that the answer is at least two years, since in the minds of his dwindling number of supporters everything is still Bush's fault.
In reality, the annual deficit for Mr. Obama's first year in office was between 2 and 3 times the worst deficit of Bush's terms. And in year two of Mr. Obama's turn, the annual deficit is still almost twice the worst of the Bush years. At some point he has to take at least some level of responsibility, although I am not holding my breath.
To be honest, I feel that the Congress bears most of the responsibility for high deficit spending. The worst deficits of the Bush years occurred after the Dems gained control of Congress in 2006. Where Bush deserves a lot of blame/criticism is in not wielding his veto power. He used the veto far less than most presidents.
One of the reasons that the economy looked fairly good under Clinton is that there was a Republican Congress for the last 6 years of his terms in office, from the 1994 election onward. Clinton was smart enough, and pragmatic enough, to recognize the practical advantages for the economy of signing most of the legislation that the Republican Congress sent his way, even while making speeches denouncing them.
There is an argument to be made in favor of "split governments", that the government is most responsible when different parties control the Congress and the Presidency. My own ranking of the various combinations, from highest level of fiscal responsibility to lowest is:
Best - Republican Congress (or at least House) and Dem President
Next best - Dem. Congress and Republican President
next best - Republican in both branches
Worst - Dem. in both branches (which is what we have now).
Numbers 2 and 3 on the list above might not be in the right order...
a resident of Danville
on Oct 22, 2010 at 2:57 pm
I'd be happy to meet with and/or debate any of the liberals who accuse me of being extremist or a Fox watcher. I have never watched a politically-centered news show on any TV channel and I am very sure that my views represent the majority of Americans so they can't be that "far right." I invite those who disagree with my point of view to stop the knee-jerk rhetoric and have an intelligent conversation.
a resident of Danville
on Oct 22, 2010 at 3:46 pm
"So long as the state Constitution mandates free public schools, a voucher system (or refundable tuition tax credit) is the best we can do. To attain quantum leaps in educational quality and opportunity, however, we need to separate school and state entirely. Government should exit the business of running and funding schools."
Harmer harming the schools ????????????????????
Guess he and Thomas jefferson are not on the same page.
a resident of Montair Elementary School
on Oct 22, 2010 at 4:17 pm
In order for government schools to improve, public teacher's unions and tenure need to be terminated. There is no logical reason why there ought to be tenure for an elemetary school teacher or any k-12 teacher. Our children ought to be taught by government employees willing to compete for those jobs just like the private sector. If they aren't willing to compete for those positions, they shouldn't teach.
a resident of Danville
on Oct 22, 2010 at 5:05 pm
Hey George,
You say "Harmer's never stated that he'd do away with public education... but he does believe that there's much room for improvement."
then what does this mean (and these are David Harmer's exact words)
"So long as the state Constitution mandates free public schools, a voucher system (or refundable tuition tax credit) is the best we can do. To attain quantum leaps in educational quality and opportunity, however, we need to separate school and state entirely. Government should exit the business of running and funding schools."
That last sentence certainly says it all. I am sure Harmer is glad you support. He certainly doesn't need anyone who can read.
a resident of Danville
on Oct 22, 2010 at 8:40 pm
So McNerney will create jobs?
"Collect your job. Pick it off the bush where you think it grows."
-Henry Rearden
Atlas Shrugged
a resident of Danville
on Oct 23, 2010 at 5:47 pm
All this negative talk about McNerney. Tell me what did Piombo do for our area all those years he was in office?
a resident of Danville
on Oct 24, 2010 at 3:54 pm
Is Pombo running? Did I miss something?
Stay in the moment, Padawan.
a resident of Alamo
on Oct 24, 2010 at 7:47 pm
At the end of the day one gets judged by one's deeds. I recall when Mr. McNerney first got elected, although he was not my choice, he presented a moderate and responsible image. Now we have a record of his performance and we can see that even if he was indeed moderate the influence of the party leadership has resulted in a record that is not what many of his constituents approve. David Harmer represents a departure from Mr. McNerney's approach to issues. If you like the present situation then Mr. McNerney is your person, if you want change and feel we are on the wrong track Mr. Harmer can provide you that alternative.
a resident of Alamo
on Oct 26, 2010 at 8:16 pm
In reading all the comments on several of the topics on this forum re McNerney and Harmer, I note that while Fox is noted several times in a very demeaning way (as is the Tea Party), noone notes that MSNBC or CNN or NPR are biased (nor Behar, Colbert, Matthews etc) and that lefty leaning people too take their talking points from them, etc. It reminds me of the first Reagan convention when Dan Rather after Reagan's speech took time to note how scripted the conventioneer's response was but with the following Democratic convention he only noted, with tears in his eyes, the democratic enthusiasm, even though, as most know it too is scripted in exactly the same way. In exactly the same way the above writers are biased and can only throw stones rather than debate or have fact based discourse.
Go Jake for presenting the facts of the race succintly without the blame and namecalling of the writers above you. The civil discourse can still be present but it has to be on both sides. Behar type namecalling is truly over the line as is the whining about Fox etc in all the above posts.
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See the best hotels in the Caribbean from National Geographic Traveler's annual Stay List.
The most authentic and unique hotels in the Caribbean, chosen by National Geographic Traveler editors for the 2011 Stay List
The Admiral's Inn, Antigua
The Horatio Hornblower of hotels, a classic 1785 Georgian built of ship ballast brick. Harbor location within Nelson's Dockyard National Park insures historical integrity. Look for 19th-century ships' names carved into bar. Basic rooms face forest of masts with clanking halyards. Free boat shuttle to crowd-free beaches. Hiking trails link fortifications, museum, interpretive center. 14 rooms; from $90.
Biras Creek Resort, B.V.I.
A 140-acre isthmus resort with water galore: calm lagoon, Caribbean bay, pounding Atlantic. Ocean waves do the entertaining just beyond the simply furnished suites (some TV-free) with private verandas, big windows, outdoor garden showers. Captain a Boston Whaler for island hopping, bike on trails lined by wild nutmeg and frangipani. Island-born chef infuses the menu with flavorsome Caribbean attitude. 31 suites; from $700, all-inclusive.
White Bay Villas & Cottages, B.V.I.
Pure seclusion overlooking best beach on a laid-back island of just 180 residents. It's a 15-minute walk to Great Harbor for bakery, grocery. Indigenous fruit grown on grounds: papayas, mangoes, bananas. Stunning views wherever you turn; a downhill walk to the beach. No restaurant, but there are plenty nearby. 3 cottages and 7 villas, all with kitchen; from $1,675 a week.
Jungle Bay Resort & Spa, Dominica
Yoga-minded hideaway of stilted cottages under a jungle canopy, linked by footpaths and stone stairs. Sea breeze for air conditioning, outdoorsy showers, handmade furnishings. Pool and yoga studios of reclaimed quarry stone. Spa treatments use locally pressed coconut oil. Lots of good karma: hotel's many community initiatives, including micro-loans to local farmers, are bedrock of its success. 35 cottages; from $179, incl. breakfast.
The Ritz-Carlton Grand Cayman, Grand Cayman
Family-friendly, sand-colored castle with a soft footprint on Seven-Mile Beach. Tropically inspired rooms with private terraces. Fresh-off-the-boat seafood, exotic hydrotherapies in spa. Environmental program designed by Jean-Michel Cousteau turns kids into naturalists; adults have options, too: night snorkeling, mangrove kayaking, underwater photography. Kudos for turtle monitoring, eco-programs, community involvement. 365 rooms; from $499.
Golden Rock Inn, Nevis
A 96-acre sugar plantation built of lava stone on edge of rain forest overlooking ocean and nearby islands. Rooms romanced with four-poster beds, sky-lit showers, seaview porches. Massage, yoga around spring-fed pool, body surfing on windward beach. Go monkey-watching on a rain forest hike. 11 rooms; from $235.
The Hermitage, Nevis
Reputedly one of the Caribbean's oldest wooden houses (circa 1700), on the flanks of a dormant volcano. Shingled gingerbread cottages hit all the right notes: polished wooden floors, verandas, mosquito nets draping the beds. Trade winds instead of air conditioning, whistling frogs and cooing doves in lieu of house band. Undeniable highlight? Try visiting colonial ruins while astride one of the Hermitage's ex-racing horses. 15 rooms; from $180.
Montpelier Plantation Inn, Nevis
A modern reinterpretation of plantation life in a restored 1700s sugar plantation on a hillside near Nevis Peak, overlooking the Caribbean. Hardwood floors, four-poster beds. Mosaic-tile pool, 10 acres of botanical gardens, classic dining veranda. Old mill now a private dining room. Romantic roots: Lord Nelson was married here in 1787. 18 rooms; from $330, incl. breakfast and afternoon tea.
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The Gallery Inn, Old San Juan, P.R.
Art and intellect collide atop Old City walls facing the Atlantic. Six antique houses connect via wandering hallways, 19 garden areas, five active art studios. Local musicians practice on Steinway grand. Tertulias—discussions on politics, art, local culture—on most nights. Blue cobbled streets of Old San Juan just around the corner. 24 rooms; from $125.
Ottley's Plantation, St. Kitts
Former 17th-century sugar plantation in classic British colonial style. No glass windows in rooms; breezes blow through wood jalousies. Painted wood floors, antique or reproduction West Indian furnishings. Spring-fed pool within walls of historic boiling house. Nature trails into rain forest, shuttle to beach, climb Mt. Liamuiga for views of six neighboring islands. 23 rooms; from $208.
Ti Kaye Village Resort, St. Lucia
West Indian tropical cottages on rocky bluff overlooking sandy cove, amid frangipani, palms, and bougainvillea. Louvered windows, open-air shower, verandas with rope hammocks for two. Beach reached by stairway is a marine reserve; sunken wreck and snorkeling reefs close offshore. Spa, teardrop pool, climate-controlled wine cellar. Don't miss Friday fish fry at Anse-la-Raye village. 33 rooms; from $190.
East Winds Inn, St. Lucia
Pretty pastel cottages and rondavels enveloped for privacy by 12 acres of exotic gardens—a guidebook details the flora. Kick-back beach with reefs 20 yards offshore. All-island staff except for expat French chef. Honeymooner vibe prevails: romantic, secluded, stress-free. 30 rooms; from $600, all-inclusive.


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Detecting Ghosts By Reverse Engineering: Who Ya Gonna Call?
The most recent purportedly serious proposal by a Western government to force technology companies to provide access to the content of encrypted communications comes from Ian Levy and Crispin Robinson of the Government Communications Headquarters, or GCHQ, the U.K.'s equivalent of the National Security Agency.
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The most recent purportedly serious proposal by a Western government to force technology companies to provide access to the content of encrypted communications comes from Ian Levy and Crispin Robinson of the Government Communications Headquarters, or GCHQ, the U.K.'s equivalent of the National Security Agency. Cryptography luminaries such as Susan Landau, Matt Green, and Bruce Schneier have published detailed critiques of this proposal. Indeed, others from the Electronic Frontier Foundation have written about the proposal—known colloquially as the "ghost"—and explained why, contrary to GCHQ's claim, the proposal really is an encryption backdoor with all the attendant security risks.
But even putting aside the persuasive arguments that the ghost presents a security risk to average users, in this post, we detail some previously undiscussed reasons that the GCHQ's proposal is undesirable from both technical and policy perspectives.
For the purposes of this post, we're taking the GCHQ authors at their word that they're proposing a ghost that is "relatively easy for a service provider to [implement by] silently add[ing] a law enforcement participant to a group chat or call." Further, we assume that they are "not talking about weakening encryption or defeating the end-to-end nature of the service. In a solution like this, we're normally talking about suppressing a notification on a target's device, and only on the device of the target and possibly those they communicate with."
This ghost, as framed by Levy and Robinson, is very probably detectable in operation.
In fact, we think when the ghost feature is active—silently inserting a secret eavesdropping member into an otherwise end-to-end encrypted conversation in the manner described by the GCHQ authors—it could be detected (by the target as well as certain third parties) with at least four different techniques: binary reverse engineering, cryptographic side channels, network-traffic analysis, and crash log analysis. Further, crash log analysis could lead unrelated third parties to find evidence of the ghost in use, and it's even possible that binary reverse engineering could lead researchers to find ways to disable the ghost capability on the client side.
It should be obvious that none of these possibilities are desirable for law enforcement or society as a whole. And while we've theorized some types of mitigations that might make the ghost less detectable by particular techniques, they could also impose considerable costs to the network when deployed at the necessary scale, as well as creating new potential security risks or detection methods.
(Note: There's another pretty glaring problem with the ghost proposal that we're not going to examine here—it only works with text or asynchronous protocols. It's not immediately clear to us how it could be adapted to real-time audio or video communications. But that's a discussion for another day.)
Detecting Ghosts with Binary Reverse-Engineering
Proprietary messaging applications have been regularly reverse-engineered to find security flaws; the ghost feature would have to be implemented in code which could be examined by anyone able to download a copy of the messaging tool. If the ghost is activated by a particular function (that adds a user to a chat while suppressing the usual notification of this event), researchers could use existing reverse engineering techniques to try to identify the function in question. Users could then potentially remove that function from their copies of the application, or set a breakpoint so that they receive a different sort of notification whenever the function is used.
Software debugging tools can assist with this process. Even without extensive reverse engineering, coverage and profiling tools can show the "hot spots" within a program and indicate exactly how frequently various portions of the program's code were activated (if at all). Such tools then make it possible to observe that a part of a program that was previously inactive has recently been active, even without knowing for sure exactly what that part of the program does.
We tested this possibility using a binary code coverage feature in the DynamoRIO platform (originally developed by MIT and Hewlett-Packard). We found that, for example, the drcov tool can observe that a calculator app calls square-root code when the user presses the square-root button, but that this code remains unused when the user presses other buttons. The tool can readily observe this distinction without access to source code (albeit without determining that the code in question calculates square roots). So if ghost-related code is present in every copy of a certain communication app but remains unused most of the time, it would be feasible to detect the anomaly by comparing coverage records. (However, this does not directly prove that the code has a surveillance function, only that previously or normally unused code has started to be used. To be more confident that it relates to surveillance, a researcher would have to reverse-engineer the code in question.)
Reverse engineering could also be used to create variant versions of messaging tools that allow users to continue to verify their communication partners' keys, simply ignoring any instructions from a messaging service operator to hide the presence of particular keys or devices associated with a conversation. In most ghost proposals, services apparently have to request that users' devices deliberately hide this information, and then rely on the users' software to comply with this request. While the official version of a messaging app might indeed be designed to hide the presence of a ghost recipient, the information will still be in the possession of the target user's device and an alternative or modified app that allowed the ghost to be visible could still be interoperable with the messaging service.
Detecting Ghosts with Cryptographic Side Channels
Different numbers of recipients of an encrypted message, or devices participating in an encrypted session, means different numbers of public key encryption operations, which means different amounts of computation to perform those operations. When there are more recipients, the computer simply has to do more math, consuming more resources in a way that should be detectable.
In this simplified example, we simulated what would happen if Alyssa Hacker sends a PGP-encrypted email to different sets of recipients who are all using 2048-bit RSA PGP keys. Suppose the government asks Alyssa's e-mail software developer to modify the e-mail software so that it starts adding ghost Bcc: recipients, yet without showing that on-screen. Since RSA encryption performs a lot of multiplication, we used Intel's pin tool to count the number of times that the encryption software would use the IMUL CPU instruction as a result of sending each message. Here are the results:
From: Alyssa P. Hacker
To: John Doe
Subject: Hi John
From: Alyssa P. Hacker
To: Marin Mersenne
Subject: Multiplication is vexation
From: Alyssa P. Hacker
To: John Doe
Cc: Marin Mersenne
Subject: Hi folks
From: Alyssa P. Hacker
To: John Doe
Cc: Marin Mersenne
Subject: Hi folks
Bcc: Clyde
From: Alyssa P. Hacker
To: John Doe
Cc: Marin Mersenne
Subject: Hi folks
Bcc: Clyde
In this scenario, if Alyssa is logging how much multiplication her computer does, she can easily determine the number of encrypted recipients: here it happens to be the first digit of the number of multiplications (124138, 124163, 248153, 372215, 496254). Her computer has to do the substantial extra mathematical work to encrypt the message to the ghost recipients, even if it doesn't show their identity in her email software. (To be clear, the tool is determining the amount of multiplication performed by the PGP software, not by the computer as a whole, so there's no risk of confusion merely because multiple apps are running on the same device.)
Certainly, detecting the number of cryptographic recipients of an email (and confirming whether it matches the sender's expectations) is simpler in several ways than detecting the number of devices participating in an encrypted group chat (and confirming whether it matches the participants' expectations). But changes in the number of devices in a group chat would likely be detectable using this method, and if the group members are able to communicate out of band to confirm that none have changed their configuration, then the additional computation might strongly indicate the activation of the ghost.
This is an example of a side channel. In other settings, side channels may be able to recover the actual keys used by cryptographic software; for example, numerous research papers describe ways that a program running on a device can potentially extract secret encryption keys used by another program on the same device, because of detectable ways that the secret key value changes the device's behavior. Determining that encryption is happening at all is, comparatively, a dramatically easier task than recovering specific key parameters.
While there are some encryption methods that hide how many entities are authorized to decrypt a particular encrypted message, they would require significant changes to the architecture of person-to-person messaging applications. These changes would be a far cry from the "relatively easy" proposals.
Detecting Ghosts by Examining Network Traffic
In some messaging technologies, communications other than message contents themselves (so-called communications metadata) may be transmitted and received in unencrypted form, or may be encrypted in a form that a user can decrypt. For person-to-person messaging tools, the metadata includes communications related to exchanging cryptographic keys, adding contacts, starting encrypted conversations, and changing group membership, among other things. The communications related to these events may have characteristic sizes and timings (as well as being understandable in their own right, if they're available unencrypted).
EFF has often pointed out that access to various kinds of metadata can reveal sensitive facts about people's relationships and interactions, and it's clear that governments have developed tools to analyze metadata to extract this information. More surprising might be the prospect that analyzing their own metadata could show users when unexpected communications occur. Users could observe a kind of interaction with a messaging service that's characteristic of adding a device to a conversation (such as a characteristic sequence of encrypted messages of particular sizes), and then determine whether or not this event was associated with a notification in the user interface. If not, they could infer that the application was hiding information from them. It might be difficult to conceal this information channel because the service has to actually communicate with the user's device in order to cause it to respond in various ways. In some messaging protocols, the kinds of communication between the device and the service may be different enough to identify their general nature and then see whether or not the app responded to an event in an expected or unexpected way.
Detecting Ghosts by Reviewing Crash Logs
When computer operating systems or programs (including mobile apps) crash, they are often configured to create a log containing information about what the app was doing, and the state of the computer and its memory leading up to the crash. The purpose of such logs is to permit developers—both of the app and of the operating system—to figure out what went wrong so that the bugs can be identified and fixed. Those logs are often automatically shared with the developers as well.
While we can't create a proof of concept for detecting the ghost by examining crash logs, since we don't actually have a ghost function implemented on our messaging clients, we think it's likely that the crash log of an app with an active ghost will appear different in observable ways from a log from the same app without the active ghost, due to the additional functionality being called. An engineer at say, Facebook, Apple, Samsung, or Huawei familiar with reading crash logs may be able to recognize that a particular log looks different or somehow off. (For example, a list of functions that were called leading up to the crash could be different from a typical list, or that data structures related to participants in a chat appear inconsistent with one another.) Further investigation of what was different for that particular crash could lead the engineer reading the log to figure out that the ghost was active on the user's device at the time of the crash.
This method of detecting the ghost is different from the rest in that it could lead, to not only the target of the surveillance, but indeed third parties located in potentially diverse jurisdictions around the world, and not bound by any gag order, to discover an active wiretap and potentially alert the target.
Some of the above potential detection systems would be more difficult to conduct on particular platforms. For instance, it might be more difficult to analyze timing or reverse-engineer or patch binaries on Apple's iOS devices, because of their locked-down nature. But log and network analysis is relatively independent of the user-accessibility of the target device; moreover, a ghost that becomes detectable and circumventable if you use it on, say, an Apple laptop or an Android phone, seems unlikely to achieve its covert aims.
In the original Ghostbusters movie, Dr. Egon Spengler was able to invent a "P.K.E. meter" that could reveal supernatural energies even when the ghosts or entities responsible for those energies weren't in view. And in all sorts of ghost stories, people can perceive effects of a ghost's presence (a chill in the air, a breeze, strange sounds) even when they can't see the ghost directly. In other words, fictional ghosts often make their presence known, even while remaining invisible.
Government ghost listener proposals for eavesdropping are eerily similar. The user interface of an application may not change—so there's no effect at first to the naked eye—yet the application's behavior will almost certainly change in a variety of ways that are detectable with the right tools. Since the messaging applications in question run on the users' own devices, the users are well-positioned to make the necessary observations about what their devices are doing.


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9 Little Lies You Should Never Tell Your Husband
By Jenna Birch
"These jeans were only $30!" "No, I don't care that your feet are on the coffee table." White lies don't doom a marriage, right? "We don't want to upset, annoy or scare our spouse, so it's easier to lie," says biological anthropologist Helen Fisher, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer of Chemistry.com and Match.com. But fibbing is a slippery slope. "When you lie continually, you won't be able to keep your lies straight. Your husband will find out you're lying, and then there's no trust." And a marriage like that isn't one you want to be in. Here, experts explain common lies women tell, how they can harm the relationship and what you can do instead of stretching the truth. Photo by Thinkstock.
1. "I never talk about our personal life with my friends."
Some women tell their girlfriends about relationship problems, knowing their guys would be upset if they found out. "It's important for spouses to feel like their marriage is a secret, sacred space," says licensed marriage and family therapist Carin Goldstein, creator of Be the Smart Wife. Taking private information to a friend means you're running from a problem to avoid confrontation.
Venting about your husband's messy closet is one thing, but don't take serious issues public. "If you're constantly asking a friend how to solve a problem in your marriage, then you're going to the wrong source," says Goldstein. "You're stunting your relationship by trying to fix the issue with another person."
2. "I had only one glass of wine at dinner."
Your husband may have told you he doesn't like how you act when you drink too much. "Maybe you flirt with other men or yell, which makes your husband critical of you," explains Andra Brosh, PhD. So now you hide how many glasses of wine you've had so he's not on the lookout for bad behavior.
The problem grows when you start layering lies. "You might stop telling your partner where you're going out or make up stories about why you drank, which erodes trust even more." Instead of covering up your drinking habits, address your husband's concerns and work on solutions for valid issues together.
3. "I've never seen Jim outside of work."
If you think your husband can't handle your friendship with another man, you may think telling him about your relationship would create tension. "Partners lie about meeting up with friends of the opposite sex because they believe they won't get caught-and they'd prefer not to open a can of worms," says Dr. Brosh.
But if you say you don't see a male friend and then do, innocent interactions can feel like betrayal if your husband finds out. "Tell your spouse you don't want to jeopardize your marriage for a friendship with your coworker, but you'd like to understand what bothers him about the relationship," says Dr. Brosh. "Work on what's triggering the jealousy. When two people feel a sense of safety in the relationship, having an opposite-sex friendship becomes less of an issue."
Related: Discover the 10 things your husband's friends are hiding from you.
4. "I always watch what I eat."
"I buy these amazing coffee cakes sometimes on my way to work," says Renee* from Dearborn, MI. "I think I'll have just a piece at lunch, but end up eating half the cake. I don't want my husband to know I've had that much."
Although some men may care about their wives' munches, the pressure to eat well is usually internal. "Women often make presumptions about their partners without ever hearing them say anything judgmental," says Dr. Brosh. "You're judging yourself and then blaming him for preventing you from owning up to it." Cut yourself some slack about the occasional food indulgence. Tell your husband, and laugh about it with him. Lying about a non-issue only corrodes trust in your marriage.
5. "I wasn't with Katie; I was only with Jennifer and Susan."
If one of your friends continually butts heads with your husband, you may feel like spending time with her means aligning with her. "So she'll tell him she went to lunch with someone else," says Dr. Fisher.
"No one wants to defend her choice of friends," says Dr. Brosh. "But you may resent your partner for 'making you lie.'" The solution: Have a conversation with your spouse about Katie's role in your life. Your husband may better understand the importance of your friendship-and like her a little better too.
Related: Learn 10 things your husband should never do.
6. "These new shoes? They were on sale."
"I bought electronic toothbrushes from my dentist," says Anna* from Fairfield, CT. "They were $70 a piece and I said they were $50 a piece. I know my husband would've said our regular toothbrushes were fine if the price was too high." Dr. Brosh says lies about purchases stem from the "power differential in the relationship, often modeled by parents growing up. The man controls the money, and the wife thinks she needs permission to purchase something."
Agree to discuss buys over a certain amount with each other, and feel free to keep mum when the total is under that (knowing that he'll do the same). If your husband asks about a particular item, tell the truth. Past generations of men may have held the purse strings, but that doesn't mean your hubby does or wants to; he may just be curious.
7. "I didn't forget to go to the bank. I got busy and figured I'd go later."
You may not realize you tell the tiniest lies, but it probably comes from a sense you have to give a more legitimate excuse than the real reason, like simply spacing out. "Lying about little things is an avoidance of feeling shame," says Dr. Brosh.
Small fibs signify a deeper issue of insecurity. "If your partner tends to be condescending, lying might be a direct response to that," explains Dr. Brosh. If you notice a pattern of senseless lies, be upfront with your husband so he can have a broader view of the situation and help you work through it.
8. "Of course you're great in bed. I'm totally satisfied."
Whether it's singing his praises or faking an orgasm, lying about between-the-sheets fulfillment happens a lot. "Wives don't want to feel responsible for their husband's shame," says Goldstein.
Dealing with dissatisfaction this way actually deepens the issue. "If a need's not being met, the problem will get bigger," says Goldstein. So nip it in the bud. "First, ask yourself why you can't orgasm. Figure out what works for your body, and then say, 'I love it when you do this. Let's keep doing that.'" Positive reinforcement encourages your husband to continue doing the things you like in bed, which ultimately satisfies you both. Bonus: You build his confidence and spare his feelings.
Related: Check out the 8 secrets of sexually satisfied couples.
9. "No, that doesn't bother me at all."
The honeymoon phase causes newlyweds to insist things that really bug them don't-and the annoyance can persist for years. If you're afraid of rocking the boat, you may hold grievances in until you're bubbling with anger. "Spouses blow off little things, avoiding having to talk about feelings and resolve issues," says Goldstein. "But it's a major issue. I just dealt with this in practice and it ended in divorce."
A little recurring thing is a big deal. "With Twitter, Facebook and social media, there's so much room to act out what isn't getting resolved in marriage, confiding in another person," says Goldstein. Avoid that and be honest with your spouse. Try: "This may sound silly, but it annoys me when you put your feet on the coffee table. You leave smudges. Could you please use the footstool?" It may take some time (and reminders) to tweak his habit, but he'll get there-without you holding a grudge against him.
*Names have been changed
Original article appeared on WomansDay.com.
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Ray Part 2 is an incredible animated game with an almost South Park character style mixed with game play more like the Grand Theft Auto game series. At the time of the game's release, 3D graphics were not possible in browsers, so everything had to be hand drawn and animated using the Flash plugin. Ray Part 2 probably influenced many Flash animated, early browser games that would follow in years after 2006.


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Home Page Chess Life Online 2009 October Interview with a Hall of Famer: GM John Fedorowicz
|Interview with a Hall of Famer: GM John Fedorowicz
|By Jennifer Shahade
|October 1, 2009
GM John Fedorowicz, along with author & magazine editor Burt Hochberg (1933-2006), was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2009, a year after his rivals and friends, GM Nick DeFirmian, GM Larry Christiansen and GM Joel Benjamin were inducted. John has a long and illustrious career, winning numerous tournaments all over the world. He earned the grandmaster title at the 1986 Dubai Olympiad, won the super-strong 1989 New York Open and played in 20 U.S. championships. John is also an accomplished coach and writer. One of his most distinguished students is 16-year-old IM Marc Arnold. John also authored The Complete Benko Gambit and co-authored the English Attack with GM Nick DeFirmian. The New Yorker talked to CLO about why he enjoys playing more than ever and how much fun it is to tell his students about beating GM Viswanathan Anand. At the end of the interview, enjoy IM Mark Ginsburg's annotations of two key victories by "The Fed."
Jennifer Shahade (JS): How did it feel to be inducted to the Hall of Fame? Did you expect it?
John Fedorowicz (JF): Well, I never won a U.S. Championship despite playing in a lot of them. But I figured by playing in 20 U.S. championships, winning national high schools and the U.S. Junior, and just the overall package, I had a chance.
I turned 51 last Sunday. I don't feel bad, but it's kind of weird that we're all so old. I remember at the Waldorf-Astoria watching the Karpov-Kasparov match, Nick and I were watching Najdorf and Reshevsky analyze, and my girlfriend at the time, Paige, said, "You and Larry and Nick are going to be old like that one day." And it's funny, "one day" went by fast.
JS: How was the induction ceremony?
JF: It was great. The first people I thanked were Denis Barry and Glenn Petersen. And people like Joel and Nick who when we were growing up together, we helped each other. I felt that I was grateful to have people give me good advice; Mike Valvo and others. I sort of just hoped that I didn't forget anyone. I wouldn't be anywhere without any of them. Of course, I had to thank Goichberg – where would East Coast chess be without Goichberg? I also thanked the Russian immigrants … Alburt, Dzindzi, Shamkovich.
JS: Why did you thank the Russian immigrants?
JF: Well, let's take Shamkovich, I felt like I played with him 135 times. And if you keep playing guys like that in tough endings and long games, you have to learn — that's just the way it is.
JS: What is your most memorable tournament victory?
JF: There were a lot of great tournaments, Wijk aan Zee or the Olympiad in Dubai (8-2) and Novi Sad (7½-2½) but the number one most memorable would have to be New York Open 1989, cause it was here in New York and I was ranked 41st. I got 7/9, with eight of those nine players being much higher rated than me.
JS: Why do you think you had that landmark victory in that time?
JF: I felt very relaxed, because I just finished writing the book on the Benko Gambit. It was a huge weight off me, which I think sent me off to that tournament with a relaxed attitude. I also had decent prep, I had ideas, especially in the Benko. Chess is sometimes luck, you know how sometimes you play a tournament and out of nine rounds you get six or seven openings that you don't feel good about – and sometimes you play in a tournament where you've just been working on all the openings you get.
JS: How much did you win at the New York Open?
JF: About 18,000 in 1989, which is worth about double that now. I'm very safe though – I just let it hang out in the bank, took some people out to dinner, the usual stuff.
JS: Can you tell us about a particularly memorable game in your career?
JF: I kind of like my draw with Tigran Petrosian, because I got lucky to get into Hastings, because my first FIDE rating was 2480. I was supposed to play in the Challengers, and someone had visa problems, so I had the highest rating and got in. At the time I was playing chess for four years, and I almost beat Petrosian. It was one of my most memorable games but I'm not sure I can say favorite, because I'm still pissed off I didn't win it.
And then in 1990, I beat Anand. I like this because when I tell kids about the World Champion Anand, I also tell them that I once beat him and they ask, "In a simul?", and I say, "no a real game."
JS: How about recently? Are there any recent efforts you're proud of?
JF: I recently drew against [Gata] Kamsky in the World Open. I was Black and played a good defense. After the game I told him, "Even if I lost to you, I would have had a good time."
I trained Gata for his match against Karpov, but he got mad at me due to a quote I gave years ago to Chess Life magazine that Elista "wasn't a chess match but a family reunion," since it was so distracting with all his family coming in and out. I also think the house was bugged. I think he would have won if it wasn't in Elista. Anyway, I think he was mad at me. But I like Gata and I root for him when he's playing in all these tournaments. I think he's a very hard worker at the board, but when it comes to preparing, he's not top-notch. So when you compare him to someone like Magnus Carlsen, who is working with Garry Kasparov, it's hard to keep up with that.
JS: Why have you been called the "Rocky Balboa" of chess?
JF: Come on, didn't you ever see pictures of me when I was younger? I looked a lot like him and my voice also. Rocky doesn't happen as often as "The Fed" anymore as I'm not as good-looking as I once was. I loved that movie though; I think sports movies like that are great for chessplayers; nice inspiration.
JS: How do you divide your time up these days between teaching and writing, etc.?
JF: I teach more than I play now. I should probably practice more and go to the Marshall now, because the way I play I'm always rusty. When I teach kids openings, then my openings suffer. Joel Benjamin tells me I should just play the kids' openings cause I'll know them better, but when you play the Sicilian all your life, it feels weird to play a Ruy Lopez. I can't complain about teaching. I'm making more money teaching than being a French chef. In New York, there are masters who charge more than I do, so I guess people figure they're getting a pretty good deal with me.
JS: When did you get started teaching?
JF: I've only been teaching for about 10 years. I went with Irina Krush and Elina Groberman in 1998 to the Pan-Am Youth in Brazil. And that was the first time I ever taught. I didn't really start teaching a lot till 1999 or 2000. I think most kids like me more than some of the other grandmasters.
JS: What's your philosophy of teaching?
JF: I have worked with Kamsky, Benjamin, de Firmian, preparing them for matches. I try to do exactly the same thing with these kids on a different level. I tell them, "Maybe I'm preparing you like you're a 2600 player," but that's the way I do it.
JS: So you spend most of your time as a teacher on openings?
JF: We do openings, go over games, some endgames. While working with Marc Arnold, I had just started studying Yuri Averbakh endgames, so we worked on that a lot. When lower rated players get to rook endgames ... they love to offer draws. But maybe someone was winning, you know what I mean? Kids love offering draws.
JS: Yes, I totally agree. So how do you combat that tendency?
JF: I try to tell them they should be suspicious when a higher rated player offers them a draw. When a 2700 offers me a draw, I think I must be winning. If you're too scared of losing, you're not going to win any games.
JS: Have you ever used to your advantage the fact that lower rated players like to accept draws?
JF: Well, I once went six years without losing with the white pieces. It was a combination of me being good, and stupidity. I would get losing positions versus 2200 players and just offer draws before it got too bad. Joel (Benjamin) now has a no-draw policy. Because if you have the draw in the back of your mind, it can be a good way to get into trouble against higher rated players.
JS: I want to hear more about your work with Marc Arnold. Because of all the other young stars coming up these days, Marc doesn't always get so much attention – I remember looking at the Miami Open crosstable earlier this month and I was like, "Wow, Marc Arnold is headed over 2500!" When did you start working with him and how do you account for his recent success?
JF: I started work with him about four years ago. Marc is a little under the radar because he doesn't play that much and he doesn't get a lot of invitations. But he's a real good player. He's very confident; he likes chess. He doesn't work hard enough. That's my only criticism. Like any other person, he likes having fun. That's why I feel he may have lost some ground compared to someone like Ray Robson – who is really serious. The hardest jump is from IM to GM. You need more points than in some of the IM tournaments, and against much harder competition.
JS: How did Marc get the IM title?
JF: He made the IM title with 6½/9; three tournaments in a row in Chicago; all "Sevan tournaments." Sevan has done a lot for American chess with these events...Those were hard tournaments, and a lot of people think that I did a good job with Marc (based in his results there). The way that tournament worked, it started two rounds a day on Saturday and Sunday and then one round a day for the next five. I told Marc, "If you can survive the first two days, it will be easy 'cause we can kill people by preparing."
JS: What about you? How did you balance having fun and going out with your chess career, especially when you were most serious?
JF: Oh, I think that I worked very hard, Jen. I talked to de Firmian; I think there was a two-year period, where there were a lot of good looking girls around and I didn't do anything about it, and Nick said, "When we were trying to get good at chess, we didn't do normal things." I worked the hardest in the '70s and then again in the '80s. There was so much studying 'cause we didn't have computers so we had to work everything out by ourselves. Now, it's all just staring you in the face in ChessBase.
JS: But don't you think it's also harder now in some way cause there's so much data to go through?
JF: I guess it's whoever prepares better.
JS: How much did you work on chess back in the '70s and '80s?
JF: Between tournaments, usually about two hours a day.
JS: That's all?
JF: Two hours a day is a lot in between tournaments. They say Portisch prepared for eight hours a day between tournaments, that sounds crazy. You can do a lot in two hours.
JS: So I don't quite get it, you say you didn't have time for girls and going out because you were studying chess two hours a day?
JF: Well, if it was before a big tournament, it would probably be more than two hours. And I was also extremely healthy; did a lot of running and basketball. And you know how chessplayers are – we think about chess even when not actually playing. Chessplayers are always walking around the street or the hallways at the World Open, looking at the sky, worried about some opening line.
JS: So you're saying Marc Arnold doesn't study two hours a day?
JF: Probably not. I tell him, "We're losing ground here." And he says, "I'm normal. I'm a kid – I have a good time."
JS: So how does someone get to 2500 without studying at least two hours a day? There must be a lot of people who study that much and don't get to 2000, let alone 2500.
JF: You know, I think a lot of people get good because of the ICC [Internet Chess Club]. In addition to Marc, Daniel Ludwig, Cindy Tsai, Ray Robson – because they're kind of in the middle of nowhere (geographically).
JS: Still, there are a lot of people who play on ICC and don't get better.
JF: Maybe they don't analyze their blitz games. You gotta figure out what positions you shouldn't go near. Those practice games, whatever speed, are very important.
JS: Which speed do you think is ideal?
JF: I told my kids, "Play faster time controls for practice!" and one of them responded, "What kind of coach are you? All the other coaches tell us to play slower." Tournaments at the Marshall, like 30 minutes tournaments are so hard, and it's really useful to play those fast time controls so you're strong at the end. When the increment came out, I got pissed off, cause I love calling people's flags.
JS: What are your ambitions in chess now?
JF: I still like playing. I want to get my FIDE up to a normal rating, to 2525 instead of what it is now. It's actually more fun playing these days cause there's no pressure. I do well with teaching so it's not like I have to win the New York Open or something to have money.
On Suffering at the hands of "The Fed."
by Mark Ginsburg,
Here is the only loss I sustained in the exotic invitational Trinidad 1991 (Ilya Gurevich also played there) versus the tournament winner.
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 Nc6 7. g5 Nd7 8. Be3 a6 9. h4 Nde5 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Nc6 12. Be3 b5 13. Qd2 Bd7?
Black did well to get a pair of knights off. I had just tried this successfully 'on the mainland' versus Patrick Wolff. 13. ... Qa5! holding up queenside castling is OK for Black.
14. 0-0-0 Rc8 15. Qf2 Qc7 16. Kb1 Qb7 17. h5 Na5 18. Bd3 Bc6 19. Qe2 Be7 20. Bd4 0-0 21. g6 fxg6 22. hxg6 h6 23. Qg4 Qd7 24. Rhf1 b4 25. Ne2 Bb5 26. Bxb5 axb5 27. b3! Nc6 28. Bb2 Ra8
29. Nc1!
Very nice. Black cannot oppose White's initiative now.
29. … Ra7 30. f5 exf5 31. Rxf5 Bf6 32. Qf4 Ne7 33. Rxd6 Qc7 34.Rfxf6 gxf6 35. Qxh6 Nf5 36. Qh7+ 1-0
Here is the only loss I sustained at the 1978 U.S. Junior Invitational, Memphis, Tennessee, a wild and competitively important encounter.
The winner wound up tied for first. I missed chances in this game and also in failing to win an ironclad Zugzwang rook and pawn ending versus young Yasser Seirawan.
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Nf3 0-0 7. h3 e6 8. Bd3 Re8
The "delayed Modern Benoni" has always interested me.
9. 0-0 Na6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Be3 Nc7 12. Qd2 exd5 13. exd5 Kh7 14. a4 b6 15. Bf4 a6 16. Rab1 b5!?
Generating reasonable play.
17. axb5 axb5 18. cxb5 Bb7 19. Bc4 Ne4 20. Nxe4 Rxe4 21. b3 Qd7 22. b6 Nb5 23. Rbe1 f5 24. Bd3 Rae8 25. Bxe4 fxe4 26. Nh2 Nc3?
A lemon. We were both descending into time trouble. Necessary was 26. … g5! 27. Be3 Nc3 28. f3 Qb5 with murky play.
27. Ng4?
This game was a very nervous affair. White misses 27. Bxh6 winning.
27. … g5 28. Bh2 Nxd5 29. Ne3 Bd4 30. Nc4 Re6 31. Qa2 Nf4 32. Qa7 e3?
Too soon. Correct was 32. … Kg6! which at the time I notated as an amazing resource very good for me, threatening … e3 but White has 33. Bxf4 gxf4 34. Na5 Re7 35. Nxb7 Qxb7 36. Qxb7 Rxb7 37. Rxe4 Rxb6 38. Rxf4 Rxb3 39. Re1 Be5 40. Rg4+ Kf5 41. g3 and he's better. Typical youth to believe that 32. … Kg6 would somehow win.
33. fxe3 Qc6 34. Rf3 Nxh3+ 35. Kh1 Kg6 36. Ref1 Rf6 37. Rxf6+ Bxf6 38. Qa2 g4 39. Na5 Qb5 40. Qb1+ Kg7 41. Nxb7 g3 42. Bxg3 1-0
After I disappointedly resigned, a breathless Yasser Seirawan rushed the stage actually knocking over a velvet rope to point out to us that I missed 35...Qxf3 36. gxf3 Bxf3 'mate'.
Fedorowicz and I both snapped at the upstart kibitzer, "It's PINNED."
See Mark's blog, A Personal Chess History for more analysis and memories.


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Since RSO has rolled over to 2017, now's the perfect time to revisit your rosters and start planning for the next season!
Do you have any players on your team that warrant a franchise tag? Is it time to shop a player who's 2016 didn't meet your expectations and now burdens you with a high salary contract? My "way too early" PPR rankings, known as my 2017 Top 25s, are here to help with those decisions!
In part 1 of my 2017 Top 25s, I'll explore the quarterback and running back positions:
My recommendation
Take an hour this weekend and send out personal emails to all of your fellow owners. Get the trade conversations started because they likely won't come knocking down your door to acquire one of these players you're looking to vanquish from your roster. Explain what you're looking to accomplish, who interests you on their team, and provide an idea of how a potential deal could be reached. If you're in an active league, you'll be surprised at the quality of responses you receive.
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|Agro-forestry in the African Humid Tropics (UNU, 1982, 162 p.)
In the last five years there has been a virtual explosion of interest in agro-forestry. The concept has spread from a few anthropologists, foresters, and agricultural scientists to become a priority for a number of national and international agencies. As with any new and widespread term, there are any number of more or less congruent definitions. While we should not try to arbitrate this debate, the word "agro-forestry" is used here to encompass any agricultural system that combines trees with crops and/or animals, either spatially or sequentially. The concept has proved to be a very useful box in which to include examples as diverse as live fence posts, trees in pastures, taungya systems, and the high diversity farms and kitchen gardens found throughout the humid tropics.
Some people have tended to see agro-forestry systems as a panacea for all "marginal lands," and the agricultural ills of developing countries in particular. Certainly, there are a number of important ecological benefits that can result from including trees in a variety of cropping systems, but the net social, economic, and environmental benefits will not necessarily be higher simply because certain tree species are included in pastureland, cropland, or fallow. One must see agro-forestry systems as an alternative to the usual emphasis on monocultures and realize that they may be viable across the spectrum from low capital and low-input farming practices to high capital, high-input agricultural systems. In particular, there is an urgent need to devise and test agro-forestry systems that could be applied in areas already suffering from degradation.
Thus, those who use the term agro-forestry must find a balance between the promise of such integrated productive systems and the realistic assessment of costs and benefits from a humanistic, economic, and environmental point of view. However, the science of agro-forestry is at such an early stage and the diversity of agricultural systems so great that it may well be years before one can accurately assess what proportion of the land is actually better suited for agro-forestry practices than for monocultures. The possible combinations of trees and crops are virtually infinite, and, when one takes into account the variation with regard to spacing, fertilization, soil types, etc., one cannot help but feel daunted at the magnitude of unexplored space. At the very least there are the guideposts of traditional agricultural systems, and the information contained therein will provide valuable assistance in directing the first tentative steps.
It was against this background that the workshop on agro-forestry systems in the African humid tropics was convened. The initial stimulus came from both the United Nations University, which was planning a regional workshop in Africa as a follow-up to similar workshops in Latin America and South-East Asia, and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), which was planning to bring together the scientists involved in its agro-forestry research projects in West Africa. These two organizations then contacted the International Council for Research in Agro-forestry in Nairobi (ICRAF), which agreed to serve as a co-sponsor, supporting additional participants. Similarly, contact was established with the Economic Commission for Africa, UN Environmental Programme,
FAO, Unesco, and the World Bank, and they each agreed to sponsor one or more participants. At the same time discussions were held with the University of Ibadan, the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, and the Federal Department of Forestry, and these three institutions generously agreed to be the local co-sponsors for the workshop. While special thanks must be given to the International institute of Tropical Agriculture for providing the conference centre and accommodations, all three local cosponsors provided support critical to the success of the meeting.
Altogether there were more than 60 participants from 14 African countries and representatives from nine international organizations. The fact that so many scientists were able to come together and discuss agro-forestry is positive evidence of co-operation and interest in agro-forestry on both the national and international scale. Equally important was the exchange between English-speaking and French-speaking scientists, and the publication of these proceedings in both English and French should help to facilitate further contacts and exchanges.
The large number of participants meant that more than 30 papers were presented in three days, and this severely limited the time available for the three working groups as well as discussion within the plenary sessions. In this sense the proceedings are representative, as they include only a brief summary of the discussion after each group of papers. A separate account of the one-day field excursion was not included, as most of the material can be found in the papers. The time available for the working groups was only one afternoon, and the respective reports were discussed in a plenary session just before closing. Thus, these reports represent a consensus on the three topics of research, education and extension, and management of agro-forestry systems, rather than a set of specific recommendations.
The large amount of material presented created its own problem: how to keep the proceedings to a manageable size. It was therefore decided that material being published elsewhere or not directly relevant to the theme of agro-forestry in the African humid tropics would not be included, and some papers are presented only as abstracts or extended summaries. The papers by Peter Poschen and Madicke Niang in particular, which were concerned primarily with agro-forestry outside the African humid tropics, are presented in very abbreviated form.
In preparing the material for publication it was also necessary to rearrange the papers from the order in which they were presented at the meeting. Since clear-cut classifications are usually a figment of the imagination, a liberal licence was taken to establish five main headings. The first section, "Principles of Agro-forestry," includes five thought-provoking papers that are relevant to all discussions on agro-forestry. These are followed by seven papers that use various traditional agro-forestry systems in the African humid tropics as their starting point and then discuss the prospects for further development. The third group, of six papers, is devoted to taungya systems in Nigeria and three other West African countries. The ten papers that follow are grouped under the heading of "Current Agro-forestry Activities," and these present most of the research that has been carried out on a variety of tree, crop, and animal combinations in seven countries, ranging from Rwanda to Cameroon. The final set of papers includes four case studies from different countries, some of which are only presented as extended summaries, and two papers detailing the concern of FAO and UNEP with agro-forestry.
We are grateful also for the presence at the conference of Amy Chouinard of the IDRC Communications Division. Her editorial advice and assistance were essential to the publication of this manuscript.
While these proceedings are concerned primarily with agro-forestry in the African humid tropics, the conceptual points are relevant to other agro-forestry systems as well; even many of the specific papers will be of value to those working in the Neotropics or Asia. Of course, the tree, pasture, or crop species may not be relevant to sites in other areas, but the experimental design or concern with developing traditional systems may apply.
It is our sincere hope that the audience for these proceedings will be as broad as possible, for the great need is to inform scientists, planners, and government officials of the possibilities for agro-forestry, and these proceedings provide the essential conceptual and technical base for all those working in the field of land-use management.
Gilles Lessard
Associate Director, Forestry
International Development
Research Centre
Lee MacDonald
Programme Officer
Natural Resources Programme
United Nations University


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