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This Litchi cake is the perfect guilty pleasure for all round the year and not just summers. This delicious cake is a family favourite and a quick remedy for any sort of cravings. Unlike the mainstream chocolate cake, this cake is a sinful delight for one and all. If you are a fan of fresh cream cakes, this litchi flavoured cake is a pure bliss. Layered with litchi pulp and fresh cream, this cake is a vanilla sponge cake baked with nothing- but pure Love.
This Litchi cake is a simple basic sponge, three layered doused with fresh litchi pulp, filled with whipped cream and chopped juicy Lychees. It's just baked like a pineapple cake but the taste is extraordinary and indulgent. This is a light, fluffy summery cake which imposes a great texture. It is available in both egg base and oil-based eggless type. Also, you can order it in half kg to 5 kgs as per your need. It rises up nice and high, and can be sliced easily. This summery cake is available all round the year and freshly basked only on demand. Fresh cream is filled between the layers and also on the top and sides to make it rich in texture and taste. It is garnished with chocolate decor and fresh Lychees to give it a simple fruity look.
This fresh fruit has a delicate pulp with a floral fragrant enriched with sweet flavour of litchi. Decorated with fresh litchi fruit, this cake looks like a pearly, snowy wonder waiting to be consumed delightfully and sinfully. A simple and beautiful looking cake, perfect for all occasions. It is moist and absolutely yum and importantly, Sponge, Fresh Cream, Litchi, Chocolate Decor = Pure Love and Bliss!! Order online only at CakeZone to get a freshly baked cakes unlike any bakery shops who deliver stale ones. CakeZone: online shop for all your dessert cravings, one of the finest cake ordering websites.
Are you bored of routine cakes? - A litchi flavoured vanilla cake which has layers of litchi pulp and fresh cream. Lychees are surely a fruit for the sweet-toothed with their honeyed, floral flavor and ambrosial fragrance, they are nature's bonbons. Litchi cake is a sunshiny cloud of happiness with a luscious mixture of litchi pulp and cream sandwiched between layers of moist vanilla sponge to create a fruity delicacy. This fresh fruit cake has a delicate, whitish pulp with a floral smell and a fragrant, sweet flavour of litchi. How do we ensure freshness of cake? - We just bake after receiving the order and hence deliver only fresh and delicious cakes unlike any offline shops who store cakes in their shelves for days.
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Litchi is available for delivery in Bangalore and freshly baked at CakeZone Cloud Kitchens by Expert Professional Chefs from all over the nation.
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As expected, I am back from South Africa, with a lot of wildlife pictures. However, I have to apologize for not posting recently. Some personal issues did not leave me as much time I would have expected to share those images I am satisfied of. Please, be patient with me! See you here very quickly.
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iSimangaliso Eastern Park, South Africa, August 2015.
Santa Lucia / iSimangaliso park, South Africa, August 2015.
Western Barn Owl (Tyto alba, Chouette effraie des clochers) Santa Lucia / iSimangaliso park, South Africa, August 2015.
South Africa, Hluhluwe Park, August 2015.
Bearded Vulture (Gypaetus barbatus, Gypaète barbu) South Africa, Giant's Castle Park. August 2015.
Vervet monkey (Chlorocebus pygerythrus, Singe vervet). South Africa, Hluhluwe Park. August 2015.
Baboons running in the burnt hills. Chacma baboon (Papio ursinus ursinus, Babouin chacma) South Africa, Giant's Castle Park August 2015.
White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus, Vautour africain). South Africa, Giant's Castle Park. August 2015.
Common Eland (Taurotragus oryx, Élan du Cap ou Éland du Cap). South Africa, Drakensberg. August 2015.
When arriving near Giant's Castle, we could observe that wild fires are a significant issue handled by the local Fire Department in order to limit oerall risks. But, our drive was crossing the burning area.
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As seen from the cliffs in Hermanus, South Africa. August 2015.
Hermanus, in South Africa, considers itself as the world capital of "whale watching from the coast". Reading this on the Internet reeks of overblown marketing. You can easily imagine this applied to the back of a whale far on the horizon calling for the use of the biggest binoculars. Nothing would be more wrong! You… Read More
A rhino mother and her calf as seen from the road in Hluwluwe Park, South Africa, August 2015.
Aren't they punk guineafowls? Crested guineafowl (Guttera pucherani), Pintade de Pucheran Hluhluwe park, South Africa, August 2015.
Brown-hooded kingfisher (Halcyon albiventris), Martin-chasseur à tête brune Hluhluwe park, South Africa, August 2015.
Little bee-eater (Merops pusillus), Guêpier nain Hluhluwe park, South Africa, August 2015.


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An Unlikely Inspiration/
Some people might doubt me. For all the negative portrayals of addicts and addiction we seem to be getting via the media these days, it might be hard to believe my story.
How could anyone who claims to have chronic pain and Dystonia run? More than that, how could anyone who had the problems or consequences with addiction I say I did have turned their life around so very dramatically so that they do run? It must not have been that bad, right?
Addiction stole the best years of my life. It tried to kill me and I'm very lucky to be alive. But I clawed my way back from death, jail, psych wards and detoxes to turn my life around because I believe there is still life here for me to live.
And I'm going to embrace that life fully, chronic pain or not.
I'm over six years sober. After all these years, I wish I could say I put my past away. But, the damage to my brain, caused by head trauma and chemical dependency, is permanent. The drunk feeling, for me, unfortunately, doesn't seem to want to ever go away.
I can't change what happened. I can't take it back and undo the mistakes I made. I can only share my story with others and keep runnin', clinging to the hope that perhaps I can inspire someone to make a change in their own life. Before it's too late.


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Continuing our series of ways to increase the value of your campus visit, here is part three of how to make the most of your college visit, the non-traditional way.
Have you ever heard the expression that showing up is half the battle? It is applicable to college too. Of course, you have to show up in the classroom to achieve college success, but you also have to be able to get to campus to go to class. How easy was it for you to get to your college visit? Is there an airport close to campus and transportation services to get you from the airport to your campus/dorm? Is the campus easy to drive to? If you hate flying, you might not want to consider a college that is so far away that you would have to fly to get home in any sort of time-effective manner. Also, if you won't have a car on campus, either because you don't have one or because your campus won't allow it, can you still easily get around? As I mentioned yesterday, is there a grocery store near campus, or will you have to have a car to get where you need to go? If you won't have a car, yet the only practical way to get around on a particular campus is by car, you might want to reconsider. And before you say but there's always a Zipcar somewhere—that is not always the case in smaller towns.
Also, you will want to look into campus transportation. Does the college you are visiting offer a shuttle service to the local mall just in case you need it? Does it drive students to the airport before major school holidays? Can you get a ride from the library to your dorm on campus transit on a cold, rainy night? Knowing about the campus transportation system can make or break a college decision, especially if the absence of a transportation system will make it hard for you to get around the campus or mean that you are stuck on campus when you need to get into the community.
Don't forget that you have to get to and around campus on your own when you get to college. So look into transportation to and from campus as well as within campus and the community while on your campus visit.
College success starts by just getting where you need to be, whether it's getting from the airport or train station to your dorm or just from your classroom to the library. If you can't get around your college campus, you cannot make college count. So take extra steps to ensure you can get where you need to be while on your non-traditional college visit.


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Rules From Tennis You Should Use For Your Marketing
Seems like it's always tennis season here in Florida. So it makes sense to take a few lessons off the court and into marketing. Here are managing partner, Kellie's tennis rules for brilliant marketing:
1. You only need balls and a racket to get started.
You can't wait to have everything perfect before you hit the market. Get out there and start talking about and promoting your cutting edge product or new service. The more you play, the better you get.
2. Keep your eye on the ball.
Don't be distracted with all the noise from the crowd, however, keep your eye on the goals that you have set for your marketing plan. Just like you can't stand in one place on the court and expect to hit every ball, be open to move around and adjust your marketing goals to keep up with the changes in the marketplace.
3. Play YOUR game.
It's good to study your opponent's game but always play your own game. Your marketing should be different from your competitors. Have a plan for marketing that plays to your strengths. Know what you do best and do that as much as possible.
4. Follow through.
Don't swing just enough to hit the ball, hit all the way through the ball. Every tennis coach and instructor I've ever played with has said this. Follow through can change a so-so shot into a winner. That continuing motion after the ball has left the racket helps guide the shot where you want it. Make sure your marketing works from start all the way to finish.
5. and follow up.
Be prepared to move and follow up with your next shot. The first time I hit a shot that went right where I wanted, I was so delighted that I didn't notice my opponent scrambling enough to return the ball. I wasn't back at the baseline for my next shot and lost the point. Same thing with your marketing — When you know what your next shot is going to be, you can get into position for your best shot.
6. Don't let one bad shot be the start of a bad streak.
Move on to the next shot. Quickly figure out what went wrong and be ready to take on the next shot with greater awareness. Even small errors can lead to a bad shot in tennis, and in marketing. When you recognize the mistake right away, it's easier to fix and avoid repeating. The key is to assess and move on. Don't let it carry over for the rest of the match, or your next marketing activities.
7. Consistency beats power.
If you are good at what you do every time you do it, you can take on any competition. Power can be intimidating, but without consistency, it is often a lot of effort with unpredictable results. Consistent effort delivers consistent results. A consistent approach to marketing will be your competitive edge, especially when going up against bigger players.
8. It's hard work.
Playing the game takes real effort, focus, commitment. As much as the tennis pros make it look easy, they work hard before the game starts and they are always learning and training. Great marketing looks easy, but the most successful marketing campaigns take time and expertise.
9. Play fair and enjoy the game.
Be a good competitor, show good sportsmanship. Everything you've ever heard about playing fair applies to your marketing, too. When you market what's great about your business, you can enjoy the game and people will see you have your heart in it.
If you're looking to score a match when it comes to your company's marketing, let's talk. We specialize in helping companies, large and small, stand out from the crowd. Contact us today.
Kellie Nolan is co-founder and managing partner at Brilliant Lens. She provides clients with strategic direction, meaningful marketing, and communications that engage, inspire, lead, and succeed.
This article was inspired by my father, Phil Nolan, who patiently taught me how to play tennis many years ago at the neighborhood park tennis court. He also taught me a lot about business. Since his passing on September 4, 2015, I have thought a lot about the many days I spent with him at work, where I learned by watching and doing, asking questions and listening. From his example and his stories, I learned about being a good employee and a good leader. And, with his coaching, I eventually became a pretty good tennis player, too. Thank you Dad! ~ Kellie
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Puffy eyes from crying are pretty common; some people also experience this symptom from allergies, or from not getting enough sleep, among other reasons. It may be difficult to get puffy eyes to go away completely in a short period of time, but the condition can certainly be reduced and made less noticeable and more comfortable. Splashing cold water on the face, or placing tea bags, cold spoons, or a chilled face mask on the eyes is one of the best ways to reduce swelling. Drinking water an also help to reduce swelling around the eyes, as well as trying to take deep breaths through the nose.
Holding something cold on the eyes is recommended because it helps to constrict blood vessels and reduce redness as well as puffiness. Begin by splashing cold water over the eyes to clean them,, and begin the vascular constriction. If you have a gel eye mask that has been cooled in the fridge or freezer, this can be placed over the eyes to help the sinuses drain and to help reduce puffiness. Puffy eyes from crying can also be treated with other remedies if you do not have a designated eye mask.
Placing cold spoons over the eyes can help to get rid of the problem. In addition, even just putting some ice in a bag, wrapping the bag in a dish towel, and placing that over the face can function similarly to an eye mask. Some people also find that chilled cucumber slices or a tea bag dipped in warm water and then placed over the eyes can be very effective. The tea bag should be dipped in warm water for a few seconds to encourage the release of the tea, which is what helps to reduce the swelling.
Crying for long periods can lead to dehydration, and so drinking water can also contribute to relieving puffy eyes from crying. Staying hydrated will help to take care of that. In addition, cutting back on salt in the diet overall can make you less likely to get puffy eyes in the first place, whether they come from crying or from other causes such as not getting enough sleep. This is because salt contributes to water retention in the body, and puffiness in the eyes and face.
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Giovedì 17 Ottobre 2013 alle ore 12:15 in aula Richard Alessio Martini (Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel) terrà un seminario dal titolo "Operatori ipoellittici e teoremi ottimali sui moltiplicatori".
Let L be the Laplacian on R^n. The investigation of necessary and sufficient conditions for an operator of the form F(L) to be bounded on L^p in terms of "smoothness properties" of the spectral multiplier F is a classical research area of harmonic analysis, with long-standing open problems (e.g., the Bochner-Riesz conjecture) and connections with the regularity theory of PDEs.
In settings other than the Euclidean, particularly in the presence of a sub-Riemannian geometric structure, the natural substitute L for the Laplacian need not be an elliptic operator, and it may be just hypoelliptic. In this context, even the simplest questions related to the L^p-boundedness of operators of the form F(L) are far from being completely understood.
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Wall Street professionals come from a variety of college degrees and majors, but there is one degree that's more lucrative than any other.
Executive MBA and MBA holders earn the most money of all finance professionals, according to Emolument, a salary-benchmarking website that collects self-reported pay data.
Emolument gathered data on 840 finance professionals in New York at the analyst, associate, vice president, and director levels and looked at which degrees earned them the most money.
Respondents come from a number of firms, including Citigroup, JPMorgan, Deutsche Bank, Barclays, and Bank of America Merrill Lynch, as well as smaller banks, asset managers, and hedge funds. They are all front-office professionals, and two-thirds work at banks while one-third work the buy side.
Of course, it shouldn't come as a surprise that executive MBA and MBA holders earn the most money.
They come in on top largely because Wall Streeters typically take those programs later in their careers. So the majority of people with MBAs are going to be vice presidents and directors, and therefore higher earners.
Still, the data helps shed some light on how much Wall Streeters earn at various stages of their careers based on their college degrees.
Here's a look at the results:
A more detailed look at Wall Street pay across all levels shows that MBAs and executive MBAs earn the most, followed by PhDs and masters of finance.
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Love those sandcastles! Do tell us about them.ReplyDelete
They're pretty much as in my story. Young men build them every day using nothing but damp sand and a bag of knives and brushes. They keep them damp with a shoulder-held water spray and hope for donations from passing tourists. The details are incredible - I took my second photograph on New Year's Day on Los Cristianos beach - did you spot the horses' heads?ReplyDelete
This is good. You weaved the end nicely and the photos are great.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you, SH - this story almost wrote itself!Delete
The sand sculptures are brilliant, as is your tale. Artists always see the romantic side of life.ReplyDeleteReplies
cheers, Mike - I wonder how Lucia reacted to her sandcastle?Delete
Amazing sand castles. I wonder whether Lucia appreciated the new house. If this is it, I think he's in trouble. Fun story. It's on thing to suffer for your own art but not so much for someone else's. :-)ReplyDelete
Yes - he could at least have put a roof on it!Delete
- Anonymous08/01/2014, 22:35
crazily romantic but seriously juan,she needs a roof over her head :-) lovely sand castles. i love that part about juan constructing dreams :-)ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks teesa - maybe Juan is hoping for driftwood?Delete
- Anonymous09/01/2014, 10:32
I wouldn't mind making a living making sandcastles, although I'm sure they don't get much. I hope Juan didn't make their house out of sand as well. :)ReplyDeleteReplies
I am afraid Juan probably did.Delete
We go to South Carolina to the beach, but I have never seen anything this intricate. Some of the hotels we stay in try to host sand castle contests to draw out the talent, but apparently it is rare. His real structure built for her is certainly less drmatic than his and creations.ReplyDeleteReplies
Less beautiful, maybe, but I'm not sure I agree that it's less dramatic!Delete
It's a bit like building castles in the air, isn't it!ReplyDeleteReplies
I almost used that as a title, Rosalind - great minds!Delete
- Anonymous10/01/2014, 06:23
Isn't it amazing what people can do with sand? I used the castle story line, too.ReplyDeleteReplies
Simply sand and water - amazing, as you say. I think the huge hailstones we had this week will have battered them, though.Delete
Let's hope Juan can drag himself into the real world long enough to realise that Lucia needs a house which isn't made of sand!ReplyDelete
Those sandcastles look great, though. It's amazing the intricate structures people can produce.Replies
Watching them being built is an education in itself.Delete
Dear Lizy,ReplyDelete
I think Juan's marriage is in trouble. Stunning photos. I love the way you wove it all together in to your story. Very clever and unique.
Dear Rochelle - I think Lucia married the artist and then realised she wanted him to be practical occasionally! how many of us choose for the wrong reasons?Delete
- Anonymous12/01/2014, 03:33
This made me smile.Replies
I was smiling when I wrote it too!Delete


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UPDATE: Check Updates #4 & #5 - you now get more with the rewards! The $225 and higher rewards include stand-offs with cap socket head screws, and the $260 and $300 rewards now include a blank 'breakout board' PCB!
ChipWhisperer® is the first open-source toolchain (GPL licenced) for embedded hardware
security research including side-channel power analysis and glitching.
The innovative synchronous capture technology is unmatched by other
tools, even from commercial vendors. Similar commercial equipment is too
expensive ($30k - $400k), and being closed-source limits usefulness for
academics. Instead this project bridges the gap between academic
research and in-the-trenches engineering. Several peer-reviewed
publications describe the design, matched with hours of hands-on
tutorials for getting started.
The objective of ChipWhisperer is nothing short of revolutionizing the entire embedded security industry. Every designer who uses encryption in their design should be able to perform a side-channel attack, and understand the ramifications of these attacks on their designs. The open-source nature of the ChipWhisperer makes this possible, and my hope is that it becomes the start of a new era of hardware security research.
ChipWhisperer was previously featured as the second-prize winner in the Hackaday Prize 2014, you can see what some of the judges thought about this project, so you don't have to just believe us about how great this is.
Embedded Security?
Lots of people have tried to design secure systems, and alas there are lots of failures. But what if you did everything correct: no buffer overflows, no unsanitized inputs, no default passwords. Unfortunately this isn't good enough - even perfectly implemented encryption algorithms such as AES-256 will reveal encryption keys. It's not due to incorrect implementation, it's a fundamental artifact of the design.
This has been known for a long time - the first paper on this was published in 1998. But if you are an engineer or independent researcher, tools to get started are expensive, or require you to do a lot of work yourself scripting together lower-cost tools. This project is my attempt to eliminate this problem.
We're eliminating the problem for good by making the tools open source. Because this whole area is an active research area, the tools need to be open source. This isn't a case of attempting to seem sexy by adding the word 'open-source', but placing something of commercial value into the open-source domain, in the hope it spurs a larger community. This includes hours of tutorials on this area, more than just a few board files and some source code.
Side-Channel Analysis Examples
Side channel analysis takes advantage of the fact that changing the state of a digital line uses a small amount of power. We can use this to actually break cryptographic implementations of otherwise secure algorithms (such as AES-128 or AES-256).
For more details see my write-up on the theory of a CPA attack, along with a nice example of step-by-step breaking of the AES using Python from the ChipWhisperer tutorial list. For the attack to work, we basically just need to be able to tell the encryption/decryption algorithm to operate while we monitor the power, and know either the output or input to the system.
This can be done with ~20 power traces on an AVR device for example, so it's not a case of taking an unrealistic number of measurements. For example see a real-time example of me breaking an AES-128 implementation in 120 seconds.
Glitching Examples
Glitching is another devious attack on embedded systems. This takes advantage of the fact that at some point in your code you'll have a test of the input password, signature, or whatever else. So consider we have this code:
It's actually possible to manipulate the system to cause that check to fail, or for instructions to be skipped. You can glitch a Raspberry Pi as this video shows for example as I show you in the following video:
This attack works with the ChipWhisperer-Lite too (we tested it already!).
What is ChipWhisperer-Lite
ChipWhisperer-Lite brings the cost of side channel analysis and hardware hacking even lower than before - 150x to 1000x cheaper than previous commercial solutions! It'll only be about $180 USD for the KickStarter (NOTE: all prices are in Canadian dollars in the KickStarter rewards, so $225 CAD is about $180 USD).
ChipWhisperer-Lite gives one board that has everything you want - side channel and glitching in your pocket. What fun!
The board uses a Spartan 6 LX9 (as it's available in hand-soldering friendly TQFP), along with a 105 MS/s ADC, low-noise amplifier, Atmel SAM3U chip for high-speed USB communication, MOSFETs for glitch generation, and Atmel XMEGA128 as a target device. This allows you to experiment with cryptographic algorithms as varied as AES-128 in both software and hardware to public-key encryption (NB: final device may not have hardware crypto depending on export requirements, in which case you can still experiment with all sorts of software algorithms).
The analog front-end and FPGA code is similar to that in the full ChipWhisperer unit, meaning the ChipWhisperer-Lite is built on a proven platform - a platform which has been used by defence contractors, research institutions, universities around the world, hobbiests, students, and government research labs.
Not a Digital MacGyver
Generic instruments are all the rage. But this project does not aim to work as a generic instrument, and even though you might think this project can be replaced by a generic instrument, you are wrong. Sorry.
Maybe this project looks a lot like a generic oscilloscope combined with a logic analyzer and pulse generator. But like a raisin cookie you thought was chocolate chip, looks can be deceiving.
As an example, the analog front-end of this device provides up to 55 dB of gain - meaning the full-scale input would be about ±4 mV. The range of input voltages allowed by the ChipWhisperer-Lite is about ±4mV to ±250mV. High-end oscilloscopes typically go down to about ±50 mV full-scale input, and more typical scopes might only go down to ±100 to ±500 mV full-scale (we are talking full-scale remember, not per-division scales).
The ADC on the ChipWhisperer-Lite is a 10-bit device (compared to typical 8-bit for most scopes). This all results in an extremely low-noise measurement environment. As an example, here is a comparison of measuring a small 1 MHz signal with our favourite oscilloscope:
And the same signal with the ChipWhisperer-Lite, note how little noise is present by comparison:
The analog capture is performed synchronously to a device clock, with all sorts of logic to multiply or divide the clock frequency and dynamically adjust the phase relative to an external clock. Even scopes costing $100,000 don't have the synchronous capture abilities offered by the ChipWhisperer-Lite, as they typically can only synchronize to a small range of frequencies (normally a 10 MHz reference, sometimes others are allowed).
For glitch generation, the system can insert glitches into a clock, or generate very short (< 2nS) pulses. Such capabilities would otherwise only be available in high-end pulse or signal generators.
Not Arduino Compatible
If you are looking for something that is Arduino compatible, works with a Raspberry-Pi or BeagleBone, this project might not be for you. I want to be as upfront as possible: this project is designed as a fairly advanced piece of test equipment. While you definitely don't need to be an expert at embedded development to work with this project, it does require you to have patience as you work through the examples, install different open-source software programs, and compile C code. Because this is a new product you might run into errors, for example because I haven't tested this thing with every possible OS version.
This project is designed for anything from 'advanced makers' to embedded or computer engineers. It assumes you aren't thrown for a loop by some Python coding or a little bit of C. Luckily I've already published a whole lot of examples, so you can read through them yourself to decide if ChipWhisperer sounds like something you are interested in.
While you can run through the examples with some limited knowledge of C and Python, the more you can put in the more you'll get out. ChipWhisperer's open-source nature means that you can write entirely new modules on the FPGA, or code new algorithms on the target device such as ECC or RSA.
It's all about the Documentation
ChipWhisperer takes documentation seriously - there is already a number of tutorials dealing with everything from side-channel analysis, to power glitching, to breaking embedded bootloaders. You can see the current state of the documentation online, but note it's already got all sorts of tutorials, most of which are applicable to the ChipWhisperer-Lite.
Building Your Own
This product doesn't use any BGA parts, and makes it reasonable to assemble on your own. It does have 0402 sized resistors and capacitors, so please note this is a fairly advanced SMD assembly product.
There is no kit for the main unit - if you want to build your own you can use the Digikey parts list (just copy and paste!), or order from your favourite supplier. It's too much hassle to kit parts, so I just provide a BOM you can copy-paste into Digikey. The parts cost approximately $90 USD - you don't save too much going DIY, but some people like to be difficult.
Buying the PCB through the Kickstarter means you also get a mylar stencil - this stencil might have small imperfections like a few broken connections between fine-pitch TQFP packages.
The software has been developed as an open-source project over several years. It's still beta - but it works well! Based on Python it's completely cross-platform: Windows, Linux, and Mac are all supported.
Feel free to download and install the software already, you can run some of the tutorials with existing power traces! You can get the software release from ChipWhisperer.com, which also includes links to the source code repository.
Snap to Expand
ChipWhisperer-Lite allows you to snap off the 'target board', giving you two boards: the main measurement tool, and the target device.
Reconnecting them is done with SMA lines and a few cables, which is available as part of the breaker pack:
You can instead connect the ChipWhisperer-Lite to other boards, or some of our existing products such as breakout boards or multi-target boards:
We Lied About the Arduino Stuff
On the topic of add-ons, there actually is going to be an Arduino compatible target board (we call the NOTDUINO). This board uses an Atmel ATMega328P target - meaning you can program the target device from the Arduino environment. But you don't have to - you can just write C code (we provide examples of AES-128 using avr-crypto-lib).
This add-on board is available in kit form - it's all nice through-hole soldering, meaning it's the perfect addition if you like a little soldering to give you that 'I built it myself' good feeling:
Made in Canada
The production board is assembled right here in Nova Scotia, Canada. This means you are getting a high-quality product that was built ethically - no concern about supporting questionable labour standards or companies ignoring environmental rules. The PCB and assembly process is fully RoHS compliant.
Of course this makes fulfilment and quality control easier - we don't have to worry about sending some faceless company thousands of dollars, and can just stop in to see how things are progressing.
High Quality Design
This board aims to be the bees knees of high-quality design. The Micro-USB connector for example uses through-holes for pin strength, here is me hanging 900 grams (2 lbs) off the connector:
We only have the most expert quality control - our QA Manager Luna diligently inspects each device to ISO-K9000 and rejects any that fail to meet her demanding specifications:
The USB interface itself is custom firmware (all open source) based on the Atmel SAM3U microcontroller. This micro contains a lot of features: it communicates with the FPGA and achieves about 350 MBit/second data rates for quick downloads, can reprogram the FPGA in 0.3 seconds with a new bitstream, or can reprogram the XMEGA device on the target board. Even if you don't want side-channel this board makes a pretty nice FPGA development board too!
The USB drivers are signed with a legitimate certificate and use a valid USB VID/PID pair (we joined USB-IF for this project). The board should work as expected - no tricks to get unsigned drivers installed or issues with Windows 8.1.
The USB device features working 'suspend' mode, meaning it can power down sections of the board when your computer goes to sleep.
Play Along without Hardware
ChipWhisperer is a real open-source project. This mean you can even use it without giving us a dime - the documentation includes details of the supported scope modules, and some target devices you can build yourself. While generic scopes may not have as many features as our custom-designed hardware, you might already have one on-hand and want to get started right away!
When we say that our objective for ChipWhisperer is nothing short of revolutionizing the entire embedded security industry we aren't kidding - even if it means encouraging people to not buy our hardware! We hope you will, but as a serious open-source project we aren't too fussed if you already have the right equipment.
- The source code, design files, and wiki is located at http://chipwhisperer.com/
- Read about my project on Hackaday.io, including lots of updates: http://hackaday.io/project/956-ChipWhisperer
- There is a mirror of the GIT repo on github: http://github.com/newaetech/chipwhisperer
- The tutorials are available at http://www.newae.com/sidechannel/cwdocs/
- There is an existing forum at http://www.newae.com/forum
Open Source Stuff
The entire ChipWhisperer project is licensed under the GPL. Certain aspects of the design are licensed under the more permissive BSD license to allow use in commercial products (particularly the code dealing with analog data capture section).
As ChipWhisperer includes extensive amounts of software, documentation, PCB files, and FPGA design files, we may eventually re-release portions under more suitable licenses (i.e. the PCB files under CERN-OHL). This will require more careful splitting of the project, so for now we use the GPL as a catch-all for everything.
Where's $50k going?
Our objective is to do a small production run, which allows us to get the price down. Using Kickstarter for funding means we are not beholden to an investor or bank, and rather than give someone else interest on a loan we can just offer you a cheaper product.
We plan on ordering extra boards - after the Kickstarter these will be offered as a regular product, hopefully through distributors that handle all the logistics for us. Ultimately this will mean a higher selling price than the Kickstarter, so take advantage of this short-lived deal!
This project is being handled under NewAE Technology Inc. This is a very small company which is revolutionizing the hardware security market. Rather than focusing on immediate profit, our vision is for a completely changed design landscape where security is the first thing on design engineers mind, not the last.
As part of this we've already been supporting things like being an organization member of the EFF, and donating to the Vegas 2.0 Fundraiser that happens at DEFCON.
Overview of All the Rewards
The following infograph shows you the cost of rewards. Remember are rewards are in Canadian dollars - we've added some approximate exchange rates, but be aware they will fluctuate. Your credit card is charged in Canadian Dollars. We are unable to accept Tim Horton gift cards in lieu of actual money at this time, even though we are located in Canada.
At this time we've added some costs to cover overseas shipping as well, typically $15 CAD outside of North America.
Approximate Schedule
- Kickstarter Finishes - March/April 2015
- Prototypes Shipped - April 2015
- Order placed for Production Units - April 2015
- Production Finished - July 2015
- Ongoing Test and Shipping - August 2015 to September 2015
This schedule is fairly aggressive, which we discuss in the 'risk' section. We have streamlined our reward options to keep this possible, by offering only a single assembled device.
Shipping / Fulfilment Details
We're hoping to get these out ahead of DEFCON, so am aiming for shipment in July. Assume for now things are shipped using standard postal service, which won't be tracked (our Canadian postal service has no low-cost tracked option). This could mean delivery times of 1-8 weeks at worst.
Our hope is instead to use a fulfilment service (such as Fulfilled by Amazon) to ship them to you, without any surprise duty or tax payments. We might have to collect VAT ahead of time if so, but will save you all the extra fees couriers love to charge you! If there are certain export restrictions we can't do that and will be forced to directly mail the boards to you.
Most of our experience dealing with customs has ranked somewhere around 'a fiddle competition with the devil' in terms of difficulty, so we make no promises yet.
Assume you might need to pay duty/tax as applicable. We may require additional information from you for part of the export processing, and it may not be possible to export this product to certain countries. If it's not possible to deliver to your country we will refund your pledge.
About the Team
This project is being run by NewAE Technology Inc., a Canadian company founded in Dec 2013.
This company was founded by Colin O'Flynn and Hilary Taylor. Hilary is responsible for day-to-day operations (aka everything), whereas Colin primarily does some design work when time permits, as he is still working full-time on his PhD.
Colin has previously been involved in two successful Kickstarters - the first was the Binary Explorer Board, the second was the RadioBlocks.
Hilary has been managing operations at NewAE for over a year now, since it's founding in Dec 2013.
ChipWhisperer is a trademark of NewAE Technology Inc., registered in the United States of America. While this project is open source, you cannot use the ChipWhisperer name without our permission (to sell your own hardware for example).
Risks and challenges
Kickstarter rewards are famously late - anything within 3 months of the expected date is normally pretty amazing! We're hoping to keep this project on track, and there's a number of reasons why we have fairly aggressive timing:
1) Using existing suppliers. The board assembly house is located in Nova Scotia, Canada, and it's one we've used extensively before. Pending a disaster (factory has major equipment malfunction or fire) this should stay on track.
2) Building on already working products. The software and FPGA design being used for the ChipWhisperer-Lite is based entirely on my existing ChipWhisperer product, reducing the risk of fundamental design flaws.
3) Prototyping is done. We've already done a prototype along with a small prototype run for validation of the design. These will be shipped to the beta users, and hopefully any issues solved before the final production run occurs.
4) No stretch goals. We're not adding things that might delay the main production - so no stretch goals, no cases, none of that nonsense. If we get 10x the amount pledges it means 10x the amount of work already, so we're not going to further cause headaches by promising intricately carved balsa-wood figurines to stage your re-enactment of a Harry Potter quidditch match or something.
There's only a few things that could cause catastrophic failure of this project:
1) Facility fire / theft before shipment. We have insurance on our inventory to cover the cost, but it would mean another 2-month delay while boards are being manufactured again.
2) Canadian dollar collapses. We pay our major suppliers in USD (even though they are here in Canada too). We are assuming the dollar stays around $1.00 CAD = $0.80 USD for this project. Realistically if it drops so much that it kills this project there will be much bigger issues with the economy at large, and we'll be too busy fighting over the remaining supplies of maple syrup to answer your emails.
3) That $1 fish taco turns out to be a bad idea and one of us dies of botulism. For the duration of this project we'll avoid any meals costing less than $4 to be safe.
Be aware you are NOT simply preordering some product, you are helping to make a project a reality that wouldn't exist otherwise. We are going to try very hard to meet our goals, but things do happen - an upstream supplier could go out of stock of some needed parts, and it delays the order. We'll keep you updated throughout the fulfilment cycle.Learn about accountability on Kickstarter
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Heartless, the second book in the Ruthless Series is OUT NOW!
I'm loving the cover, created by my good friend Ben Roestenburg. We worked together to revamp the Ruthless cover as well so now they compliment each other beautifully.
Soulless, the third and final instalment is on it's way. I'm thinking… mmm March (that means July 2015).
I'd appreciate your support, so please pick up a cheap copy of both Ruthless and Heartless on Amazon.com.
(Heartless is also available via Smashwords retailers in multiple formats. The story stands alone, so don't hesitate to start from there 🙂 )


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AviaDev Africa is a unique opportunity to connect aviation and hospitality. Launching in Rwanda, this will bring together airlines, airports, hotels and hospitality investors.
The inaugural forum on aviation route planning and development will run in parallel with the Africa Hotel Investment Forum (AHIF), providing government and industry with a valuable opportunity to take a strategic approach to the expansion of travel across the continent. Leading airline, airport and hotel executives, alongside government representatives, will be able to explore the crucial link between aviation and hotel investment, and discuss potential new airline routes in exclusive one-on-one meetings.
The conference is timely. Seven of the 10 fastest-growing passenger markets over the next 20 years will be in Africa, according to a 2015 IATA report, and Rwanda, the host country, is among them. The event will include workshops on the rise of the 'airport city' in Africa, as well as the environmental factors needed for success. Delegates will have the opportunity to organise route development meetings with a range of airports and airlines to help realise Africa's full potential.
AviaDev Africa will open at the Radisson Blu Hotel and Convention Centre in Kigali on 4 October, joining the main AHIF conference on 5 and 6 October.
For further information, visit http://www.Africa-Conference.com
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One of the primary difficulties a web site faces is managing content. This can include enabling multiple user levels access for content development and editing, establishing staging and production areas of a site, all while maintaining integrity of the design and application levels.
There is substantial open source development in content management systems (CMS) and there is of course a portal and organization devoted to aggregating access to the best open source systems available.
OSCOM – The international association for Open Source Content Management, brings together developers and users to improve and promote open source CMS. Be sure to see their extensive matrix of systems available.


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Korean Literature and Translation in Dialogue with the Circulation and Translation of Indian Language Texts in South and East-Asia in the 19th century
February 24, 2016 – 16:30 to 18:30
Radcliffe Humanities Building, Seminar Room, University of Oxford
For more information, please see the OCCT website.
Dr. Jieun Kiaer (Oxford) :What words say and can't say: questions in translating the contemporary Korean novel
In this paper, Kiaer will discuss the socio-linguistic concerns found in contemporary Korean novel translation. He will explore four novels: The Hen Who dreamed she could fly by Seonmi Hwang, Please look after my mother by Kyungsook Shin, Our Happy Time by Jiyoung Kong and Princess Bari by Hwang Sok-young. He will cover issues regarding translating names, interpersonal relations and different socio-cultural values.
Dr Mishka Sinha (Cambridge): How to read the East: Publishers' series and the making of an Oriental canon
This paper presents a preliminary analysis of the history of Western publishers' series of Eastern texts, their role in the making of an Oriental canon and the shaping of a market for Eastern ideas and literature in Britain and Europe, in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The paper will consider in particular three series which introduced Oriental literary and philosophical texts in translation to potentially new audiences: Nicholas Trübner's Oriental Series, OUP's Sacred Books of the East, and John Murray's Wisdom of the East Series. The first two were published from 1878 and 1879, respectively, and the last from 1905. All three published works that had been translated into English, by publishers located in Britain. However, Trübner was a German immigrant, two of the series had German Orientalists as editors, and the third a British and an Indian editor. Their markets and audiences ranged across Europe and the United States and farther afield. Both Trübner's Series and the Sacred Books were subsidised by the colonial Government in India. The series represent examples of cross-cultural production and reception as well as an intersection of commercial, scholarly and imperial interests. The paper is based on my current research project on the history of the publishing of Eastern texts in Europe and the United States, and its early explorations into what is increasingly revealing itself to be a vast and complex field of research.


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Number of LLGs: 5 - Oro Bay Rural, Safia
Rural, Afore Rural, Popondetta Urban, Tufi Rural
Number of wards: 88
About Ijivitari
Ijivitari District stretches south east of Popondetta and from the
Owen Stanley Ranges in the west across the Managalas
Plateau and Mt. Lamington to the Nelson Range in the east.
The district continues down to the coastal fiords of Tufi and
then further south to Collingwood Bay.
Kaukau, coconut and sago are important subsistence crops for
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The inland areas of Ijivitari have a high potential for agriculture
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12 Moons Solo Saxophone Project Day 356
Date: 12/22/2013
Instrument: Tenor saxophone
Location: Home studio in Clinton, WA (Whidbey Island)
Yesterday's improvisation focused on buzzing and pitch clusters created by making use of a slight disfunction in my tool–lost motion from a key on the horn itself. Today I decided to directly augment my tool by using a harmon mute in my bell, and approached another "buzzing and pitch cluster" improvisation with a much different sound profile. Both improvisations used static, held pitch material with momentary interruptions in the established sound flow. But today I explored two fingerings with much more resonant sound possibilities, and a particular focus on pitch clusters rather than buzzing.
This is I believe my 6th time using the harmon mute during the 12 Moons project, and each time I learn a bit more about about the amazing array of sound possibilities with it. I approached this improvisation freely after having decided on two fingerings. I worked to phase in and out of pitch material and tried to explore a wide variety of thin and thicker clusters. There were extraordinary moments for me during this piece, one of which took place in the first 10 seconds. The air flow grabbed onto an upper register Concert B, which then pulled the note around chromatically for just a few moments, creating the melodic shape B—-C-B-Bb. The two fingerings used during this improvisation were as follows:
(Left Hand) 1-2, Octave, Palm D, Low Bb // (Right Hand) 2-3
(Left Hand) 1-2, Octave, Palm D, Low Bb // (Right Hand) 2-3
The unedited photograph of land and sea, entitled "I Live in a Rothko Painting" that accompanies today's post by Marion Boddy-Evans, Mad Cat Art Studio.


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Where the Money Goes: Understanding Litigant Expenditures for Producing Electronic Discovery
Apr 11, 2012
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As I lie here on the couch nursing a grizzly chest cold it's hard to believe that just 11 days ago I was with Lederhosen Lucil rocking out in Toulouse at Le Petit London club.
And that days before that I was at the lovely Cinema Le Melies in Pau, France performing to a warm crowd after a nice petit café et biscuit.
The 2011 European tour was bitter sweet adventure in many ways. I shared the stage with wonderful and talented people including Alex of "Led To Sea" (watching her live is mesmerizing and totally corporeal) and Jos aka G.W. Sok (founder and former singer of the legendary band "The Ex") who now fronts the sonically raw Toulouse-based "Cannibales et Vahinés." Lederhosen Lucil even sang a few DEVO covers with garage punk duo "Les Balladurians." And so many belle rencontres here, there, everywhere! Timson at the Live Music Café sneaking me tea (no hot beverages after 9pm! what?), Murad en route from Brussels to Paris helping me with my gear, Katy cooking the most delicious fish stew and her grandmother's special chocolate cake in Montesquiou, and Cyril of What A Mess! Records who housed and fed me for many a night! And in Chartres I stayed at the LAB art collective run by Misun Park et Frederic Daty.
But alongside the positive experiences of reconnecting with friends and fans, exploring beautiful places and drinking in amazing architecture, I felt the sadness, anger and frustration of the local people I encountered in Greece and Spain. There was a dark, heavy cloud hanging above – almost tangible. But I do believe that in these trying times art and music can snap us out of a trance, lift us up and connect us in profound ways. And I felt honored to have been able to perform my music for such a variety of audiences in both the bustling metropolis' and truly rural places.
I had the chance to play with a Greek band on the island of Syros and on that same island penned the words to a song that will be released on my next album.
"And the arms outstretching to reach you, they are longer than you may know.
They extend beyond this illusion…
Divisions will melt with the snow."
from the song "The Idea of Home", written in Ermoupoli, Syros, October 2011


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June 6, 2016:United Nations, New York
BMS6 Day 1
The Sixth Biennial Meeting of the States (BMS6) to consider the implementation of the programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the illicit trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in all its aspects began from 6-10 june 2016 at the United Nations. Many representatives from countries taking part in the event to review the progress of the implementation of the United Nations Programme of Action on small arms and Light weapons (UNPoA) adopted in 2001.
The PoA is a politically binding set of global commitments that provides UN member states with a mandate to develop and implement practical measures to curb the illicit trade in small and light weapons at the global, regional, and national levels. They are working on the international Tracing Instrument (ITI), which adopted in 205. It's a politically binding instrument, which grew out the efforts to promote the development of international marking, record keeping, and tracing measures.
Vision GRAM-International, members of International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA) and other civil society organizations are part of the meeting. They played in important role in bringing the small arms problem to the international agenda. The conference was opened by the chair, which made several points regarding the Program of Action to Prevent, Combat, and Eradicate the Illicit Trade of Small Arms and Light Weapons in all its aspects.
This event is the first meeting after the entry into force in December 2014 of Arms Trade Treaty. The chair mentioned that national reporting is an integral part of the implementation of the PoA and regional and sub-regional methods must be adopted for the successful eradication of small arms and light weapons. The security of stockpiles should lie with well-trained individuals that have knowledge of the guidelines.
The 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development Goals (adopted in September 2015) was also discussed during the conference. They put in centre stage the direct link between disarmament and development and small arms and light weapons undermine development. Therefore, the PoA can facilitate the implementation of the 2030 Agenda. Many delegations highlighted this goal to frame their approach to this BMS and to small arms control more broadly, articulating a vision of a world in which the production, sale, and use of weapons is no longer permitted to drive humankind towards violence and mayhem.
Many other points was focused in the discussion, such the provision of international cooperation and assistance for the implementation of the UN Programme of Action (PoA), international Tracing Instrument (ITI), and the Arms trade treaty (ATT). A statement delivered by the delegation of Ghana on behalf of African delegates, recalls that many discussions, proposals and effort to have ammunition for small arms and light weapons explicitly must be included within the scope of the PoA. He called upon states to commit to prevent, combat and eradicate the illicit trade in the ammunition for small arms. Ammunition proliferation and misuses is a fundamental component of the wider problem of arms proliferation and misuse.
It is also crucial to reduce military funding, as trillions of dollars of expenditure ($17 trillion globally) are spent on weapons, and only $260 billion on overseas support and development. About 50 million people are displaced by violence associated with Small Arms and Light Weapons.
Members of Vision GRAM International also attended a side event on relationship between small arms and light weapon, the Arms Trade Treaty and the PoA, on the Weapons and Gender. Gender and Small Arms Control, presented by the Women's International League for Peace & Freedom. It is very often invisible violence, which doesn't get reported and is also a reminder of the UN's mainstreaming of gender. Across all cultures, young men are the majority of perpetrators of gun violence and are also the majority of victims. However, women are the majority of victims in gender-based violence, including domestic violence and rapes.
According to the World Health Organization, about 1/3 of women around the world have experienced some form of physical or sexual violence. In addition, about 50% of women killed by a partner are killed by a firearm. In the Central African Republic, women and girls have been systematically targeted. There is not a single mention of gender in the entire document of the PoA, but the June 2014 BMS5 outcome document makes some references to women, which is a good first step.
The Arms Trade Treaty contains a provision on gender-based violence due to the hard work of many organizations. Under Article 7.4, states must take into account the risk of gender-based violence. They insisted that legislation between violence and domestic violence should be linked with legislation on arms control. Funding needs to be directed in that area and more data needs to be collected in order to address the problem. Education and other rights for women should also be accessible so they can make informed decisions and be encouraged to report incidents of gender-based violence.
Before the conference, IANSA organized a pre-BMS6 workshop for productive and meaningful BMS6 participation where members and civil society worked together on some key issues and challenges. During the conference, civil society took the floor to talk about the impact of proliferation of small arms in many countries and the role of women, civil society and states to prevent and reduce armed violence.
According to IANSA, in recognition of the value of human life, in awareness of the countless people who have lost their lives or suffered injuries from gun violence, and in determination to put an end to senseless losses and human suffering caused by small arms, its organized a Wear Orange campaign today at the United Nations. Both civil society members and government representatives joined in the event, which was timed to coincide with the sixth Biennial Meeting of States (BMS6). The BMS is convened every two years at the UN to consider the national, regional and global implementation of the UN Program of Action on small arms.
The Wear Orange campaign began in the United States after Hadiya Pendleton, a 15-year old with a bright future ahead of her, was randomly shot and killed as she stood talking to her friends after finishing her final exams in 2013. As a symbol of the value of human life and the need to protect it, the color orange was chosen for the campaign. Since 2015, IANSA has been bringing the Wear Orange campaign to the UN, because as government officials hold debates, make statements and draft documents related to various aspect of small arms, we aim to remind them of the human lives at the heart of the issue.
Mahvish, Assistant, Vision GRAM-International


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May 18, 2015 report on retaliation against military personnel who complain of sexual assault. The letter, available here, states in part:
We have been informed that the US Army has cited the May 2015 Human Rights Watch report, Embattled: Retaliation against Sexual Assault Survivors in the US Military, in its opposition to proposals to remove decisions about the prosecution of sexual assaults from the chain of command. In materials recently circulated to Senate offices, the Army noted that "none of the 30 recommendations of HRW reduce the authority or role of the commander in the military justice system."
It is false logic to argue that the failure to include a recommendation on chain of command is a tacit endorsement of the status quo. Our report addressed retaliation against victims of sexual assault in the military and did not address criminal justice accountability for the perpetrators of those assaults. Our report did not include a recommendation on this issue because we considered an analysis of the criminal justice process outside the scope of our research findings. . . .(Footnotes omitted.) The episode demonstrates how, in the Army's view, the real stakes in the current controversy over sex offenses in the military go beyond issues of reprisal--important as they are--and in fact have to do with defending at all costs the command-centric charging system the U.S. inherited from George III (above right), even when a globally respected NGO has not directly engaged on the wisdom of that system.


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Trust Funds part 3: Trusts and taxation
When it comes to the taxation of trusts, understanding the terms in the various acts relating to trusts can be confusing, but it's important that all trustees are aware of how the assets held by trust will be taxed.
A founder setting out instructions for trustees in the trust deed relating to what type of assets can be held needs to be aware of how these conditions affect the trust's beneficiaries.
Taxes relating to the trust can be attributed to the founder, the beneficiaries or the trust itself.
There are instances where the founder will set up a trust, appoint "puppet" trustees (usually a spouse, close friend or relative) and retain control of the trust by issuing instructions through the trustees.
The founder might then donate income-generating assets to the trust or divert real income to the trust while retaining control of the administration of the trust.
Setting up a trust in this manner can result in tax avoidance.
If it is discovered that the founder is avoiding tax by establishing the trust, they will be liable to pay the taxable amount in their personal capacity, as set out in section 7 of the Income Tax Act.
When income from assets held in the trust is distributed to the beneficiaries in the same tax year that it is earned, the earnings are taxed in the hands of the beneficiary instead of the trust, as stated in section 25B of the Income Tax Act.
Any income that cannot be taxed in the hands of the founder or beneficiaries is attributed to the trust and taxed at 41%.
Capital gains tax and primary residences
When it comes to capital gains tax, trusts have an 80% inclusion rate and capital gains are taxed at an effective rate of 32.8%.
Seek out professional assistance when handling a trust's tax as the rules must be applied correctly.
The inclusion rate is the rate at which your capital gains are taxed. The effective tax rate is the average rate that the trust is taxed on the earnings of its income-generating assets.
Individuals looking to sell their primary residence, and who have made a capital gain on the property, receive a R2-million exclusion. However, property registered in a trust does not receive the same benefit.
Individual taxpayers enjoy a R40,000 capital gains exclusion annually, but a trust does not. Capital gains on a trust will be taxed from the first rand.
Special trusts
A special trust is subject to different tax conditions. One can set up a special trust under the following conditions:
When a testamentary trust is created in a will for the benefit of beneficiaries related to the deceased, the testamentary trust is taxed according to special trust rates until the youngest beneficiary is no longer considered a minor; and
Where an inter vivos (between the living) trust has been set up for a disabled beneficiary.
Special trusts have several exemptions that are outlined in the Income Tax Act.
Charitable trusts
A trust set up as a charity should be registered with the South African Revenue Service Exemption Unit as a "public benefit organisation" and must be approved under part 1 of the ninth schedule of the Income Tax Act.
Charitable trusts are exempt from paying income and capital gains tax, according to section 10.1 of the act.
Taxation of a trust can be complex due to the conditions set out in sections 25B and 7 of the Income Tax Act.
Seek out professional assistance when handling a trust's tax as the rules must be applied correctly.


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Trainee Teacher Conference Trinity College Carmarthen
The Show Racism the Red Card Wales team delivered their 3rd conference at Trinity College Carmarthen.
"Resources event, delivered excellently and made me more passionate about delivering a session on racism in the future."
Attendee at Conference
Show Racism the Red Card Wales held a 2 day Trainee Teacher Conference in Trinity College Carmarthen. With almost 100 delegates the conference was the largest of 2013 thus far.
The day saw final year Trainee Teachers put through their paces in a wide variety of workshops all aimed at improving confidence and knowledge and empowering the future teachers to deal with racism in the classroom and society.
The students took part in a terminology workshop, led by Education Worker Chris Stokes that aimed to improve the trainee's understanding of racial language and to widen their knowledge of acceptable / unacceptable words. The session also looked into the reasons why certain words are unacceptable by going back into the history of their use and the links to pain and suffering that exist. There was also a chance for the Trainee's to try their hand at some of the activities that the SRTRC Wales Education team use in schools. They were shown the different Powerpoints that our team use and given tips on how to deliver an excellent anti-racism session with young people in the resources Workshop.
Finally there was a chance for Trainees to use all of the knowledge they had gained over the day during a drama workshop delivered by Theatre Forum Cymru. The TIE group showcased some real life racist scenarios and the trainees were asked to step in at certain points and deal with the issues. This was a great way for Trainees to try out different approaches in a safe environment.
The feedback received was very positive:
92% of delegates said that following the conference they felt confident to deal with a racist incident.
95% of delegates said that following the conference they would be confident to talk to young people about racism.
98% of delegates rated the conference as excellent or good.


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REAL VIRTUAL SHOW EPISODE 74: Building Games within Virtual Worlds
This week we talk with Jennifer Chavarria, Head of Studio at Kite & Lightning
We chat with Jennifer Chavarria, Head of Studio at Kite & Lightning-- the VR content company behind the highly-anticipated Bebylon: a virtual world of outrageous babies. The first episode is called Bebylon: Battle Royale, a "VR vehicular melee party brawler" that features cigar-chomping babies fighting each other in an arena knockout game, complete with screaming crowds. Jennifer tells us about the thought behind the avatar design process, the social aspect of the Bebylon world (you can play against friends, or spectate with friends), and how they are thinking of this concept in context of esports competitions. We also chat about in-world/in-game monetization opportunities and how Jennifer's background in music videos and live stage effects helps inform the making of the grand Bebylon extravaganza - http://kiteandlightning.la/
Show Notes
- Jennifer Chavarria, Head of Studio at Kite & Lightning | Twitter | Facebook
- Bebylon Battle Royale is a Vehicular Melee Party Brawler VR Game by Kite & Lightning
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In Baby Face, one of the greatest films of her career, Barbara Stanwyck plays a beautiful blonde from the wrong side of the tracks who uses her Frankly Feminine Charms to Get to the Top of the Ladder, engorging male passions and breaking male hearts with every rung. About halfway up, she is shown reading a copy of Emily Post's Etiquette and quoting a bit to the mail boy about how butlers are supposed to hold out the chairs of ladies at a formal dinner.
Once upon a time, to Get to the Top meant behaving the way the Upper Half did, which is why etiquette books of the period focused so heavily on exactly how the Upper Half did what they did: communicate, entertain, travel, attend church, wear clothes, court, engage, marry, bear and raise children, and, yes, divorce. Emulating Perfect Propriety was seen as the path to Upward Mobility. Etiquette books - especially those by Mrs. Post and Lilian Eichler, but also Amy Vanderbilt and Millicent Fenwick - showed the way, Gospel and road map to success.
In the intervening 80 or so years since Baby Face, what has changed? Well, Etiquetteer certainly thinks that far fewer people care about Perfect Propriety any longer, or at least about how the Upper Half Lives. (Indeed, even the Upper Half don't care to live they way they traditionally did; one has only to look at Paris Hilton to know.) Though it pains Etiquetteer to admit this, sometimes the weight of etiquette grows so great that a generation will cast it off. Louis XIV set up such rigid codes of dress and behavior at Versailles that a revolution was necessary, so everyone could start over. The custom of calling cards and weekly "at home days" grew so elaborate that, starting after World War I, people slowly stopped bothering with it. So to did the custom of delivering a calling card in person the day after a party. As early as 1948 Millicent Fenwick noted in The Vogue Book of Etiquette that the custom of the formal dinner, or "dinner of ceremony," was fading out, too.
So has, in Etiquetteer's opinion, the upper class. In its place we have the celebrity class, and with very few exceptions, celebrities are not good exemplars of Perfect Propriety. Benedict Cumberbatch is without question the Celebrity Gentleman of the 21st century. Would that others would follow suit.
Photo of Etiquetteer by JWLenswerk.
But if Society at Large isn't taking its etiquette cues from the Upper Half, what kind of guidance is being sought? Etiquetteer thinks it's less about Form and Style, and more about Respect, Sincerity, and, alas, how to deal respectfully with Those Who Have No Manners. Instead of worrying about how many forks belong on the table for a multi-course dinner, we want to know how many smartphones can be kept off it without turning off the guests. One may be sure that Mrs. Post never had to write about how to get someone to turn down their iTunes on the subway!
Etiquetteer supposes this is all more helpful and refreshing, but it's decidedly less beautiful. It's so difficult to dress for dinner when one must cook it and clean up after it, too. On the other hand, extending a warm welcome to guests remains just as important as it did years before, whether you're in the drawing room in "full canonicals" or the kitchen in a novelty apron. And expressing thanks is just as important as it was before, though you'll still hear Etiquetteer sounding the call for Lovely Note over a Lovely Email or Text.*
*It should be noted that That Mr. Dimmick Who Thinks He Knows So Much hasn't even sent out his Christmas Lovely Notes of Thanks yet . . .