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As technology evolves, new systems and programs are developed as well. From its earlier days, cryptography has advanced tremendously. In today's world, computer passwords, ATM cards, and all kinds of electronic commerce use cryptography.
Cryptography is the study and practice of hiding information. The word's two parts mean "hidden, secret" and "I write." In most cases, the word cryptography refers to what people think of as encryption which is the process of rearranging regular information into gibberish that can only be deciphered if you know how to do it. To accurately decode an encryption, you need a cipher, or pair of algorithms that can both convert the information and then convert it back. However, cryptography has been around since ancient Greece.
There are three main types of cryptography techniques – symmetric-key cryptography, public-key cryptography, and cryptanalysis. Symmetric-key cryptography refers to a situation where both the receiver and the sender of information share the same key. Public-key cryptography refers to a system that uses the same key for both encryption and decryption of messages even if the messages have different keys. Cryptanalysis actually has to do with finding weaknesses in a specific cryptographic scheme.
These types of systems are used in electronic commerce, affecting any kind of business that takes place over the internet. If you're buying something from a website, you're participating in electric commerce. Sites like online stores need cryptography to be able to keep the names, addresses, and credit card numbers of their clients safe and protected. In this way, even if a hacker manages to hack into the system, they cannot decode these things.
Security on the internet can be a very complicated thing. Computers remain secure by locking anything unwanted out, but when you're on the internet, you literally open up a channel directly to your PC, exposing your personal information as well. That's why cryptography is used as a security measure so that any personal information that leaves your computer is encoded, only decipherable by specific sites.
This is accomplished with "cryptography tools." They're not physical tools. Instead, they are programs which provide command-line tools for signature verification and code signing. Examples include digital certificates as well as hash and digital signatures.
As with most things, there are laws governing the use of cryptography. It's often considered an issue of civil rights because it deals with issues like privacy. In some countries, any type of cryptography is restricted. In the United States, commercial cryptography is common, but import and export of cryptography is more controversial. At one point after World War II, it even became illegal. It is now in use much more widely. Without a doubt, cryptography is extremely important in today's world.
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One of our first circuits of Prague back in November came from a Hop On/Hop Off tour that took us past several impressive churches and cathedrals. The recorded narration, however, said that despite these impressive edifices, the Czech Republic is currently the most atheistic country in Europe, with just 13% of the population saying they go to church. "Therefore," the narrator said, "most of these churches now belong, unfortunately, to history."
Oh, but what a religious history! While Bohemia (now the Czech Republic) was part of the Holy Roman Empire since the early Middle Ages, ruled by kings and emperors appointed or sanctioned by Popes, it was at the forefront of church reform and the Bohemian Reformation, fully 100 years before Luther, Calvin and Zwingli sparked the Protestant Reformation. Czech priest Jan Hus, heavily influenced by the writings of John Wycliffe in England, was a popular and highly respected figure in Prague and he spoke, preached and wrote extensively about reforming the Church by basing doctrine and practice on scripture rather than man-made traditions, and he opposed the ethics of the Church selling indulgences and collecting fees from parishioners for nearly every function related to life and death. Among other things he wrote that the "Body of Christ" consisted of all believers and not, as held by the Church, just the Cardinals. He also preached and wrote his theological essays in the common language, rather than Latin. These and other things didn't go over well with the Church which systematically tried to burn all of the writings of Wycliffe and Hus that it could get its hands on. When that didn't settle things, they burned Hus; he was invited to the Council of Constance with the guarantee of safe passage from King Sigismund – and was then arrested, tried and burned at the stake for heresy 600 years ago in 1415. (When Sigismund protested these acts due to his promise of safe passage the prelates assured him that promises to heretics were non-binding). Hus was given the chance to recant and said he would do so gladly if the Council could only show him where, in scripture, he was wrong.
For political, economic and spiritual reasons however, (and because the followers that became known as the Hussites defeated five consecutive papal military crusades against them on the battlefield), Bohemia for the next 200 years was generally allowed greater freedom in its worship and doctrines (not that there weren't periodic rounds of more burnings, beheadings, hangings and defenestrations in the name of God). The Church's determination to rein in these reforms ultimately sparked the beginning of the Thirty Years War, which soon evolved from an authority and doctrine dispute into a geo-political maelstrom that was essentially a "World War" for the time, embroiling most of the continent and laying waste to countries, economies and dynasties. While Bohemia became, nominally, Catholic again the war essentially spelled the end of the Holy Roman Empire.
That's my 20,000 foot summary of an intense and complex time; you can follow the links to get down to the 10,000 foot level, and spend the rest of your life trying to sort out all the repercussions and implications that continue to this day. I offer these paragraphs merely as a modicum of context for you as I roamed the cities and religious monuments of Central Europe, meditating on the past while the present surges around us in a our own maelstrom.
For example, on November 14 I sat inside the Esztergom Basilica in Hungary, looking at the marble floors, ornate walls, detailed paintings and very impressive pipe organ. It was the day after the attacks in Paris and I thought about what ISIS or the Taliban or similar group might do to this edifice if it fell into their hands. A quick historical check, however, showed that the basilica had, in fact, already been sacked by the Turks in its history – and also by other Catholic armies in the many internecine wars that have afflicted this land.
End-times cults are not new, either. The Hussites, for all their military prowess and spiritual focus, fell into internal discord. They criticized the ethics of the Church for being unscripturally focused on wealth and power, and taught that doctrine should be "sola scriptura" (scripture alone). Which lead, inevitably I suppose, to factions arguing over who was most pure. One hard-line group within the Hussites saw their purpose as to hasten the return of Christ, by bloodshed if necessary, and took their name – the Taborites – from Mt. Tabor, described in scripture as the place where Jesus will appear.What we see is that doctrine – Catholic or Protestant – is often an imperfect prism of truth. We may grasp a profound truth that, in the greater scheme of things, is relatively no bigger than the jawbone of an ass, but in our hands becomes a cudgel.
A line from the sacred text comes to mind: "What can man do in the face of such reckless hate?" (That text was from the "The Two Towers", and yes, I know, that was how it appeared in the screenplay, not the book. No fatwas, please.) The question is valid for at least the last 600 years, and no, I'm not making a moral equivalency argument. There is no such thing as "moral equivalency": you've either taken on the nature of Christ or you haven't. All other measurements on any scale you (or I) come up with are ultimately meaningless. Still, the idea that people could somehow see God glorified by the heinous death of others is so profoundly twisted that to me it can only be proof of a Devil and not, as the humanists might say, proof that there is no God. What part of the Son of God dying for Man requires making other men die violently for God? What part of being transformed by the renewing of my mind implies forcibly conforming others? I don't think I could, now, personally take up arms or do violence to others simply because they thought differently or sinned differently from me.
But could I, would I, if the other was trying to harm me? I don't know. My religious freedom is dear to me – and has cost others dearly. The desire for freedom is strong in humans, as strong as the human desire to dominate others. I know the anger and sorrow that I felt in watching the film clips of the Soviet troops and secret police falling upon the Czech students in 1968. Could I have remained quiet if I had been there in those days? Could I have stilled my heart and thoughts to try and hear from God what He wanted me to do, or would I have rushed forward in righteous outrage, hoping that was the right answer?
I believe that the desire for freedom is something God has placed inside us. Even the Czechs, oppressed in the 20th century first by the Nazis (who offered a twisted God) and then the Communists (who insisted and taught that there isn't a God), could not have the desire for freedom beat or squeezed out of them. And from a certain perspective, I can understand their supposed atheism today. For all their beautiful churches and illustrious history, they may be justified, after the last 80 years, in being suspicious of anyone or anything that wants to tell them the "right" way to think. After being ignored, then betrayed and then bombed by the Christian West and then oppressed by the God-less, they could wonder why they should think about God when He doesn't appear to be thinking of them. The beautiful churches must seem like the living room full of nice furniture and precious objects I wasn't allowed to go into when I was a kid (nor did I deserve to). They desire freedom, and no doubt would like to see what that looks like – how can our lives demonstrate that?
The fact is, however, we all have "reasonable" reasons to doubt God exists, whether we've been oppressed by totalitarian regimes or not. Ultimately, it wasn't theory or doctrine or a church building that proved His existence to me, but seeing His word made true and coming alive through others and in my life. Touring the cathedrals and basilicas I was reminded of a teaching from a few years ago: God moves, and the move becomes a Movement. The Movement becomes a Monument to what God has done, but also an excuse to focus on the monument rather than continuing to stay tuned to the Move. Ultimately, the human result is that the Monument becomes a Mausoleum. The people of the Czech Republic – or our neighbors – aren't going to know God is real just because of a church building, but by our lives and the way we reflect His love. Ultimately, He's not looking for a church as much as He is looking for us to be the Church.
To go any further with my reflections and what those meant to me in Prague I'd need to bring things from the 20,000 or 10,000 foot level down to the 100 foot level. I'm not going to do that now, but I will in a later post. (Yes, I believe I'll keep the doors open here at the blog for at least a little while longer). For now, let me leave you with two things.
First, as we discussed the history of revelation, revolution, oppression, and – hopefully – more revelation, a particular hymn came to mind. Tiger Lilly could also feel it, and agreed to sing the hymn a cappella (which, coincidentally, means "in the manner of the chapel" in Italian) for our church back home and this blog. See the link below.
Finally, it seems appropriate to leave you for now with the words of Jan Hus, inscribed on his monument, and taken from his last letter to his followers:
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In the early 1980s, John Hopfield, now at Princeton University, proposed a type of neural network with a capacity for recalling patterns, or "memories." It consists of "neurons" that are assigned values of one or minus one, based on a weighted average of the values of all the other neurons. If you start by assigning values to each neuron and then let the system go on its own, the values change with time as the neurons continually respond to one another. But eventually the network settles down to an unchanging pattern of values. Each choice of weightings creates a network with several stable "template" patterns–dubbed "memories"–of neuron values. When you start the network in some other pattern, it moves to the closest template pattern–it "recalls" the closest memory.
A real neuron "at rest," however, doesn't maintain a fixed voltage value; it fires repeated voltage spikes at a fixed rate. So researchers have devised networks whose elements are coupled entities whose values oscillate in time. For example, a memory state might consist of neurons oscillating in phase or exactly out of phase, rather than remaining as a static pattern.
But these more realistic networks suffer from a stability problem, explains Takashi Nishikawa of Southern Methodist University in Dallas. The desired memory states are no more stable than other states that the network can fall into. When presented with some new pattern, the oscillatory network, unlike the original Hopfield model, does not automatically move toward the memory state closest to that pattern.
Nishikawa and his colleagues at Arizona State University in Tempe have found a simple way to correct this deficiency. They changed the weighting formula–which depends on phase differences between neurons–to give more weight to neurons when they are at certain phases of their cycles. Increasing the magnitude of this extra weight makes the memory patterns of the network stable, the researchers found. However, if the extra weight is too strong, other, random states of the network also become stable. When that happens, the network may not produce a memory state in response to an input pattern. But when the extra weight is adjusted correctly, the researchers concluded, the network shows a recall ability comparable to the classical Hopfield network.
How any of this relates to real neurological memory is hard to know, Nishikawa admits. Synchronous firing of biological neurons is only one possible way to encode memories, and the connections between neurons that underlie such phenomena are poorly understood. Zhaoping Li of University College London suggests that the techniques devised by Nishikawa's team may in the end have more value for computer science and engineering than for neuroscience. Nevertheless, she adds, it will take ideas from all these disciplines to bring about a genuine understanding of memory and other brain functions.
–David Lindley
David Lindley is a freelance science writer in Alexandria, Virginia.
Capacity of Oscillatory Associative-Memory Networks with Error-Free Retrieval
Takashi Nishikawa, Ying-Cheng Lai, and Frank C. Hoppensteadt
Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 108101 (2004)
Published March 10, 2004


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I can't believe it's that time of year again. My kids are back in school. And not just 2 of them this year. My daughter joins the school age kids leaving me home with my 4 month-old son. Puddin' started school this week. Although she's super excited, I was reluctant to see her go. Even though my house becomes a Toy Story nightmare and my writing often suffers from constant interruptions, I like when my kids are home. Having the 3 of them at school left the house eerily quiet. Especially with the baby taking a nice long nap without having any screaming or fighting to wake him, which I'm sure he appreciated. It'll take some getting used to.
And now that school has begun, I'm hoping to get back into a writing routine. I didn't have much luck with a schedule of any kind this summer. Taking care of my family and a brand new baby took priority over everything else, so although I did scribble some words down every now and again I didn't get much accomplished on any of my major writing projects.
I did manage to get some reading done which was nice. I put a small dent into the massive TBR pile that I have awaiting me. You can see that list on Goodreads. I'll be posting some book reviews in the next few weeks. I'm doing my best to review the books that I read since I know how much authors rely on them to help sell their books. As a former bookseller, I believe I can offer some advice to readers in this area. Plus, I'm thinking about going through my boxes of favorites and writing some reviews for those books as well.
As for my future WIPs, I'm already putting together a few notes and ideas in preparation for NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) in November. Is anyone else getting ready for NaNo? I skipped last year, but I think I might have a go this year. I have many story ideas in my idea folder, but it's always so tough to pick out which one I want to write next. They all seem to call to me at once!
Here on some links I found with interesting articles about writing schedules:
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CenturyLink Account Manager I (S) in SALT LAKE CITY, Utah
About CenturyLink
CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) at http://www.centurylink.com/ is the second largest U.S. communications provider to global enterprise customers. With customers in more than 60 countries and an intense focus on the customer experience, CenturyLink strives to be the world's best networking company by solving customers' increased demand for reliable and secure connections. The company also serves as its customers' trusted partner, helping them manage increased network and IT complexity and providing managed network and cyber security solutions that help protect their business.
The Role
Sourcing candidates for future opportunities, this requisition is to build a source pool of qualified candidates.
CenturyLink is a customer focused, cutting edge IT Solutions company that is driven to exceed our customers' expectations and needs. We are currently seeking an Account Manager I to join the SMB organization. In this role, you will be a part of an entrepreneurial team, responsible for managing account relationships within existing and/or prospective customers; allowing you the ability to develop long term & consultative relationships. You will have experience working within multiple systems and with various teams to provide end to end service on all customer inquiries or challenges. This individual will have previous success selling complex technology solutions and experience with Voice Communications, Data Networking, Managed Hosting, IP and equipment.
The Main Responsibilities
Sound Interesting? Here are some specifics:
Must be able to execute with a high level of service in a challenging and ever-changing environment.
Must be self-motivated and disciplined and thrive on uncovering customer needs.
Must have demonstrated success in a quota bearing capacity.
Must possess the energy, determination and service attitude required to translate daily customer interactions into new revenue.
Must possess the ability to analyze, comprehend, and translate numbers and reporting into actionable plans to meet or exceed monthly revenue quota.
Weekly business reporting and accurate documentation of sales activity are required.
Must possess excellent communication skills and have the ability to develop and deliver meaningful and concise presentations to any audience.
Acquire and integrate industry knowledge related to general trends, emerging technologies, & competitors.
Use a consultative sales approach to understand customer's business needs, issues, strategies and priorities to deliver a value-adding business solution.
Manage and develop sales funnel and proactively monitor sales activity against assigned quota.
What We Look For in a Candidate
What you will need to succeed:
Bachelor's Degree and/or equivalent education and experience. Typically, with 2-4 years of outside Business to Business technology sales experience in 'named' accounts.
Proficiency with Sales Force, PowerPoint and Excel.
Must have a valid driver's license and a satisfactory driving record.
Successful completion of Sales Professional Assessment.
What will make you stand out:
Familiar with local marketplace, companies and community in geography stated above.
Demonstrated stable track record of success in a quota bearing role, with 2-3 years consecutive, successful sales experience within one company within the last 5 years.
Advanced degree is preferred.
Below are some Benefit Highlights on what CenturyLink has to offer:
We offer a broad range of health and welfare benefits including Medical/Prescription Drug, Dental Vision and Disability. We also have flexible spending and Health Savings Accounts, Life Insurance options and Financial Planning for the future.
Our Wellness Programs are outstanding. Well Connected helps employees take charge of health resources – tools and tips on eating right, getting healthier, losing weight and managing stress.
We have a Commuter Spending Account option which allows employees to make before-tax contributions during the year to reimburse transportation expenses throughout the year.
Voluntary Lifestyle Benefits which include Accident Insurance, Cancer Program, Critical Illness Insurance, Hospital Indemnity Insurance and a Legal Plan.
We also have several engagement initiatives that we have rolled out over the last few years which include the following:
Paid Maternity leave for 12 weeks paid
Parental leave for 4 weeks paid
Milk Stork for nursing mothers
Extended Bereavement Leave from 3 days to 10 days for immediate family members, paid – up to 30 days off unpaid.
Survivor Benefits – if something happens to the employee, their spouse continues to get the pay and benefits for 6 months
Focus on You – a personal goal for the year 2019 to focus on yourself
Alternate Location: US-Utah-Salt Lake Ci
Requisition # : 225709
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It mightn't be the largest Australian city but time doesn't discriminate through location and neither should your inkling for a fine timepiece wrapped around that sexy wrist of yours.
Whether it be your very first Swiss piece or a watch to mark a major milestone, Brisbane boasts a limited but reliable number of retail outlets selling some of the world's finest timepieces. In addition to this we figured it was time we collated the city's most reliable places to obtain your ticker candy.
As an aside, it's also worth noting that a lot of watch brands have their own flagship stores across Australia. The following stores are solely independent retailers who stock a diverse collection of brands ranging from new through to pre-loved watches.
Vintage Watch Co.
Vintage Watch Co. is one of Brisbane's most reliable watch retailers who look after both new and pre-loved timepieces. Established in 1994 with locations in both Sydney and Brisbane, the store has built a solid reputation over the decades for stocking a wide selection of new, modern and vintage watches along with an assortment of watch accessories. So whether it's a heirloom Rolex you're after or something from OMEGA, Vintage Watch Co. can help with competitive pricing and friendly servicing. For peace of mind Vintage Watch Co. also offers a 12 month guarantee on all transactions.
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Location: Shop 12-13 Ground Level, Brisbane Arcade, 160 Queen Street
JR/Watch Co.
If it's a sweet deal you're after then stop by one of many JR/Watch Co. outlets on your next departure from Brisbane International Airport. Marked as the crowning jewel of the airport's retail precinct, JR/Watch Co. stocks a premium range of luxury Swiss timepieces at competitive prices. On top of this, the staff there know their watches so you can rest easy on the flight knowing that you've picked a winner.
Brands: IWC, Omega, Breitling, Longines, Tudor, Chopard, Tissot, Baume & Mercier, Chopard, Frederique Constant, Girard Perregaux, Hublot, IWC, Montblanc, Jaeger LeCoultre, Rado
Location: Brisbane International Airport
The Hour Glass
Hailing from Asia as one of the most esteemed retailers of luxury watches, The Hour Glass sports over 40 boutiques across nine cities including Brisbane. Leading the advocacy movement of not just fine watches but also the art of horology, The Hour Glass is endeavouring to be the watch world's leading cultural retail enterprise for both enthusiasts and collectors. They stock over 50 of the world's best brands of Swiss made watches under the one roof so you can be sure you'll find something you like here.
Brands: Audemars Piguet, Cartier, Hublot, IWC, Patek Philippe, Richard Mille, Rolex, TAG Heuer
Location: 171 Edward St, Brisbane City
Not in Brisbane? Check out the best places to buy watches in Sydney and Melbourne.


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And it did not disappoint! This really fun design is super quick, easy and would look completely different depending on the fabrics used. I just love log cabin quilts and this variation on the log cabin block is just so visually interesting!
I went with fabrics I had in my scrap bins (the bigger pieces were leftover backing fabrics) and arranged the colours in rainbow fashion.
For the quilting, I wanted some FMQ to contrast with the straight lines and sharp angles of the quilt design. So I went with flowers using my favourite neutral thread: Aurifil #2600 (Dove) in 50 wt.
The backing is a fun polka dot fabric from Connecting Threads.
If you're looking for a super quick, yet very striking, pattern design in a lap size (60" square), I can't recommend this pattern enough. I pieced the top in one evening, then basted it, quilted it and had the binding sewn on in one weekend.
Quilt Stats:
- Pattern: Reverberance by Shannon Fraser Designs
- Size: 60" x 60"
- Fabrics: Top is made from scraps, the backing is polka dot wide-back from Connecting Threads
- Thread: Pieced and quilted with Aurifil #2600 (Dove) in 50 wt
- Recipient: Haven't decided yet! :-)
I will be linking up this finish over at Crazy Mom Quilts for Finish It Up Friday and at Kathy's Quilts and More for TGIFF.


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Catalin Mihuleac
Novel, Cartea Romaneasca, 2012, 240 pages
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Catalin Mihuleac, "the most humorous author in Romanian literature today," as literary critic Alex Stefanescu has called him, manages to raise his first smile even with the oxymoronic title of his novel The Adventures of a Bolshevik Gentleman. Written in the manner of a political satire, the novel veers ingeniously in the direction of the grotesque, pure fantasy, and lyrical burlesque, in a whirlwind of black humour. Ion Scutelnicu, a Bolshevik gentleman and steadfast comrade, an orphan with a sadistic past record, is assigned the mission of re educating, in the spirit of committed communist art, a rebellious young painter of licentious nudes, Emil Faure, who has had the temerity to stand up to the son of the dictator. The first step is to move him into an anthropophagous housing block Moloch, loyal to the system. The method applied brims with subtlety and cruelty, with results to match. With the coming of new times, the activist/torturer and his "generously sized" wife, comrade Ella (the artist's obese former muse), become the protagonists, the living exhibits, of the horribly life like dioramas in a post revolution "Museum of Communism," a perennial institution that is a huge success with the public.
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Comrade Ion Scutelnicu, a bigwig in the propaganda apparatus of the Romanian Communist Party, had the greatest respect for the lady comrades who deigned to embark upon amorous affairs with him. Marxist Leninist gentleman that he was, he brought them gifts of romantic bouquets of flowers, as well as more pragmatic products: a jar of instant coffee, two or three tins of Chinese ham, and sometimes a wee length of silk for a dress or a pair of fur lined boots that had been rejected for export, since there is no joking with the winters in our country. When he left their abodes, being a Marxist Leninist gentleman he would invariably forget to take with him the freshly opened packet of Kent cigarettes he had placed on the bedside table. When it came to smoking, he was like the unquenched furnace of a steelworks. He smoked as much as a chimney at the Hunedoara plant.
Comrade Ion Scutelnicu, the big cheese who stuck terror in you even if you so much as caught a glimpse of his socks, which were by far the greyest in Romania and the whole communist bloc, would not for the life of him ever have done the slightest harm to the lady comrades who deigned to embark upon amorous affairs with him. Quite the contrary: he used to help them, because he was also a big cheese in the other R.C.P., which nestled like a marsupial in the pouch of the one party state, and stood for "Relations. Connections. Perks." When he could, and he always could, he would give the lady comrades a leg up in their professional careers, he would put a word in with the right person so that they could obtain a small flat from the state housing stock or an endorsement for a trip to the other friendly communist nations… A fine chap, very fine.
Once, he had intersected with a young lady curvaceous in every respect, starting with her wavy chestnut red hair, which evoked the beauties of our nation's fruit laden autumns. She had deigned to embark upon an amorous affair with him, inasmuch as she was obliged to commute, being an English teacher in a village school with no great prospects, and desired, through his benevolent intercession, a position closer to the asphalt of the city, since she was after all a city girl. She had her aspirations and her plans…
In an instant, comrade Scutelnicu was on his feet, with an erection so impressive that you could have easily hung from it the red flag of the Party and still have had room for the tricolour. His gastric growl electrified his abundant body hair:
Although his erection gave him to understand that it would have liked to linger in that poky flat, Ion Scutelnicu went straight to the sink, where he rinsed his face in an abundance of cold water. Then, he lit a Kent cigarette, left the opened packet on the bedside table and stormed out of the front door. He was hungry for fresh, outdoor air, for the bracing ozone of communism.
In the morning, when she had to pay her former colleague the night's rent, she discovered that the hen had grown wings and emigrated from the refrigerator. Or else it too had dissolved in shame at the failure of the amorous escapade. Or else comrade Scultenicu, who was acquisitive by nature, had taken it with him.
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I joined this challenge last year and came up one book short. However, I had so much fun finding books to meet the categories that I decided to join again. The On The Porch Swing challenge is intended for those who belong to the Yahoo Group, but really anyone can participate. Although I do recommend joining the group because there are a great bunch of people over there.
Here are the categories for the challenge:
- Pick a title with the word "marriage" in it.
- Pick a title with word "friends" in it.
- Pick a title with the word "summer" or "winter" in it.
- Pick a title with a flower name in it.
Doesn't seem too hard does it? So come on and join the fun!!
- Bought: One Night, One Marriage - Natalie Anderson 1/11/09; Review


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One by one, motorists filed through the winding roads of Valhalla cemetery searching for the final resting place of past family and friends. Donna Bell of Bloomington is remembering her late parents and son.
"I feel like it's just more a matter of respect and to let people know we really do love them," said Bell.
Shirley Romine and her husband drove down from Indianapolis. The Bloomington natives place flowers on their family member's grave every Memorial Day.
"You just need to stop and reflect on the day and remember why they did what they did and what a wonderful country we have," she said.
Kathy Allender is from Bloomington too, but now resides in Spencer.
"My parents are buried right over there, lost my mother three years ago, my dad 20 years ago, we just came to pay respect," Allender said. "It is a bittersweet day for me; it's a day to think and about family and God and be thankful."
It's been a family tradition for Roy Welch of Bloomington to visit 5 generations of family members in three different counties on Memorial Day.
"We start closest one in Bloomington then we work out, go to Spencer, we have a graveyard over there, then we have one in Martinsville," said Welch. "It's a celebration of life and a celebration of death; you have to honor those who died."
An otherwise quiet cemetery, except on Memorial Day - bustling with people remembering those they love.


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Bose Noise Cancelling Headphones 700
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Protective hard case
Tech Specs
Other Features: Active Noise Cancelling, Bluetooth, Noise Cancelling
Form factor: Over ear
Cable length: 1.07 m/3.5 ft.
Connections: Wireless
Bluetooth Compatibility: Bluetooth 4.0, Bluetooth 5.0
Batteries: Rechargeable lithium-ion
Battery life: Approximately 20 hours
Charge Time: Approximately 2.5 hours
Height: 20.32 cm/8 in.
Width: 16.51 cm/6.5 in.
Depth: 5 cm/2 in.
Weight: 254.01 g/8.96 oz.
Manufacturer Information
Part Number
UPC or EAN No.: 017817787024
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Are they wireless?
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- on 24 May 2020
dose it work on apple watch 4
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- on 21 Dec. 2019
Yes, it does.
- Answered by Stephanie B
- on 24 Dec. 2019
Can these plug in to listen to movies on an airplane?
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16 June, 2013
"Let's rub our dead-ass pelvises together," the skeleton said to the other skeleton. "Mmmmmm, bones."
16 June, 2013
"Let's rub our dead-ass pelvises together," the skeleton said to the other skeleton. "Mmmmmm, bones."
15 June, 2013
If you're still writing with a pen that draws lines of ink, why not trample the heads of the world's poor while you do it? This $69,350 pen should do the trick. It's made of 18-karat gold and, for some reason, was designed by Sylvester Stallone.
14 June, 2013
I blogged before about an item I found containing 8 pounds of cereal marshmallows. Well, Kraft, makers of all sorts of health-food items such as American Cheese Squares and Liquid Cheese And Wheat For Children, has topped that by selling a FORTY POUND BAG of cereal marshmallows.
13 June, 2013
Don't worry about licensing someone else's character/content, or even tracing that "meme" you found – just save that shit straight off Reddit and slap it on a $11 coffee mug.
Oh, and don't try to make it look like it's bending around the mug or anything, just slap it on there.
12 June, 2013
What's better than drinking hot coffee and driving? Brewing hot coffee while you're driving, with the Roadpro 12-Volt Coffee Maker.
"But I'm still hungry!" you cry, shooting down the interstate at 78 miles an hour, while you try to dump coffee grounds into the precariously-balancing Roadpro Coffee Maker. Then I offer to you the Roadpro 1.5 Quart Slow Cooker. One jerk of the wheel and you're not only covered in scalding coffee, but in piping-hot chili, soup, or stew.
11 June, 2013
Poo-Pourri is a spray bottle full of oil that you spray in the toilet before you take a dump, to supposedly "stop embarrassing odor" by trapping the poop odor in the toilet.
The problem with this idea, of course, is that poop doesn't smell once it's in the water. The reason it smells when you poop… okay, you know what? I'm not going to give you a scientific explanation on this one. Think about it, and then don't spend $24.95 on a bottle of toilet oil, and if you must, gawk at the 186 customer reviews who love Poo-Pourri.
10 June, 2013
The results of a polygraph machine, known as a "lie detector", has been repeatedly proven to be inaccurate at best, and wildly misleading in most cases. Official court opinions (including those of the Supreme Court) have been issued stating that polygraph results cannot be used as evidence due to their inaccuracy.
Of course, the manufacturers of Real Lie Detector: USB Polygraph have chosen to ignore this, going instead with the pitch "Easy to use. Hook up your friends and get the truth."


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Using JDBC with OpenBase Application with JDBC
OpenBase comes with a standard JDBC driver which will work for most applications. For examples on how to use JDBC we recommend visiting the sun.com website. We also have the following instructional video from our developers conference:Video: Using JDBC with OpenBase
Technology Framework
• JDBC Technology
• English
– http://java.sun.com/products/jdbc/index.jsp
• Japanese
– http://java.sun.com/j2ee/ja/jdbc/index.html
• JDBC Technology Code Samples
– http://java.sun.com/developer/codesamples/jdbc.html
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True Green? Proceed with Caution on LED Retrofits
(Originally published in Commercial Construction & Renovation, March/April 2011)
To view or download a PDF of this article, click here.
By Ron Harwood
Illuminating Concepts
We have all seen the sales people come through the office claiming to have the answer to our lighting energy and efficacy concerns. Virtually every "pitch" will deal with LEDs, and only a rare few will be touting the older fluorescent and the new, almost miniature metal halide lamps.
But some salespeople have omitted some key facts, or perhaps have had so little training that they only know how to sell what's in their bag, with little clue about the real facts of their products' performance. I actually do believe that LEDs will eventually become a significant - if not dominant - light source; but as with many new or revolutionary products, it is often being misrepresented and clearly misunderstood.
Where to Begin?
Let's first understand the current and commonly used light sources. A great many commercial spaces are illuminated with fluorescent tubes of some form. These tubes have prescribed quantities of light output (measured in lumens) and concomitant energy consumption. Many have fluorescent lighting systems that were not designed to dim. Imagine that your space had an array of florescent-like lights (LED retrofit) that COULD be dimmed. Simply by dialing them down ten or 20 percent, you would actually save the commensurate amount of energy.
Some have opted for more sophisticated metal halide light sources in the last ten or more years. These sources provide very good color rendering and a high degree of texture rendering, unlike most fluorescent tubes. For retail stores, for example, metal halide was a great option to provide sparkle and save as much as 70 percent of the energy that would otherwise be used by quartz halogen. These HID lamps, like fluorescent, come in prescribed light outputs with coincident power consumption. Unfortunately, they cannot be easily or cheaply dimmed.
Now that LED light sources have arrived, where do they fit in? For the most part, the most efficient and least expensive LEDs to manufacture are physically small and have low wattage consumption; typically one to three watts per chip, they produce between 80 and 120 lumens per chip in theory. Placed in light bulbs or fixtures, these LED sources emit more like 40 to 80 lumens per watt, so they are essentially the same or slightly lower in light production efficiency than fluorescent and metal halide. What's being missed in promoting LEDs is in the area of usable light. "Usable light" is a quantification of how much light actually escapes the light fixture and becomes usable within a space. This figure is in contrast to the raw efficiency of the light source in open air.
In the near future however, we will see raw LED efficiencies higher than 120 lumens per watt and usable light in the area of 80 lumens per watt; this potential is what makes LEDs so interesting as the source of the future.
Because higher efficiencies for LEDs are achieved with the low wattage chips, many chips arrayed together is what we are commonly seeing in the commercial replacement market. This means that, to replace any form of incandescent, quartz halogen, metal halide or fluorescent lamp, several chips need to be clustered near one another to produce enough light. If a 39-watt metal halide lamp produces 2,600 lumens, in theory, it could take approximately 26 one-watt LED chips clustered together to replace it. When manufacturers place this many chips close together, the heat produced by the tightly knit grouping becomes significant enough to require large aluminum "heat sinks" behind the chips.
Additionally, some LED lamps cannot be dimmed, so why make a lamp replacement without that capability? Suffice it to say that these lamps are not a true replacement for incandescent lamps if they are not dimmable, so be cautious if you are replacing lamps in track heads or recessed lights where there are already dimmers on the circuit, or if you wish to add dimming in the future.
What's the Return?
In general, the quickest payback in the retrofit market is when you can accurately replace an incandescent or quartz lamp to the degree that there is acceptable color rendering and brightness. There are many examples of LED light sources saving four to six times more energy than incandescent lamps; you just have to be very cautious on going about the process.
Actual payback in retrofitting to LEDs is a bit challenging to ascertain. Some operators hire a lamp company and others simply tell the building or office manager to figure it out themselves. It's obvious that, at fifty dollars or more an hour, hiring a company to just change a few light bulbs is really costly. Therefore some lamp salespeople, looking to enhance the payback time, factor in the cost of replacement as a potential direct savings. When this is done, coupled with saving around 40 percent on electricity when the retrofit is done properly, a payback within five to seven years is possible. When the only factor is the cost of energy and the cost of lamp replacement, the payback could take up to fifteen years. To add a factor typically forgotten in the payback formulas, many LED linear sources require a special remote power supply.
Power supplies are similar to transformers in that they convert the input voltage to something different on the output side. Because power supplies take up space and produce heat, manufacturers often place these in a separate envelope, and not within the LED fixture itself. Where linear LEDs are used to replace neon or fluorescent for under-shelf or cove lighting, or generally when a power supply is needed to convert the voltage from 120 or more to 12/24 volts, the power supply itself typically lasts only seven years, on average. This means that an electrician may be needed somewhere down the line, maybe five to ten years from installation, to replace the power supply. When this occurs, the payback formulas do not look very good. If you have to demo your ceiling in five years (like a mall tenant improvement), the payback for energy savings needs to occur before the lease requires a total refit.
What happens when just a few LED fixtures or lamps fail, and how would you replace them? For linear systems used for cove lighting, where LEDs have replaced neon or fluorescent, there is a big concern that the replacement fixtures will not match in color or light output. LED manufacturing techniques continue to improve both color and light output, and that replacement LEDs are actually time-sensitive in that regard. The passing of just one year could potentially make the accurate "matching" replacement of LED products very difficult!
Are LEDs easy to install? In the case of simply unscrewing a light bulb: absolutely! The standard socket LED replacements are installed in the same way as a regular light bulb. However, even though the LED lamp is almost always lower wattage consumption, and even though these lamps typically produce less heat than what they replace, the fixtures have not been listed by a testing agency such as Underwriters Laboratory for use with an LED lamp. Be sure to check with your inspection authority before simply replacing your old PAR lamps with LED replacements.
In Conclusion
Contrary to this cautionary tale, I am not necessarily against the use of LEDs in commercial spaces. Of course I believe in reducing our national carbon footprint. When wisely specified and properly installed, LEDs can be a very effective means of lighting, providing many design opportunities that did not exist before LEDs were commercialized. When applied to areas where the lighting tasks and the light source can be within a few feet, LEDs are the best way to go. Under shelves, in display cabinets, in lower ceilings (nine feet and less), for night lights and emergency lighting, and especially in coves, LEDs can absolutely be the right choice.
But like any other new change in technology, we need to be cautious and use common sense so that our hard-earned dollars burn the least amount of coal and get the most light for the investment.
Ron Harwood is president and founder of Farmington Hills, Mich.-based Illuminating Concepts, one of the world's largest lighting design firms. Founded in 1981, the company is a full-service design and implementation firm providing award-winning lighting, multi-media and entertainment systems for architectural, retail, environmental, public and theatrical environments worldwide. Reach Ron at email@example.com.< Back


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Kevin Garnett gave one of his delightfully unhinged post-game interviews after the Celtics beat the Knicks to force a Game 6 last night.
It was an intense game, with tempers flaring between Carmelo Anthony and Jordan Crawford after the final whistle, and the notoriously intense Garnett was clearly hyped up.
Here's how the interview with CSN New England started:
CSN: "Tell me about your team's defense tonight, it seemed like you forced them into—"
KG: "All that you're about to say ain't got nothing to do with it. We out here scrappin. This is survival. This is like a Game 7, every game from here on out is like a Game 7. We scrappin. Easier said than done. ... No shenanigans, no nothing."
We've seen KG hijack these things before, and this was similar to his famous "Bar fight!" interview last year.
Here's the full video:


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Give Your Ears A Treat: 5 Alternative Ways To Discover New Music Online
As we mature (or to put it more bluntly, grow old) our tastes in many things change. The movies that we loved as teenagers will no longer appeal, the food we turned our noses up at as kids will now set our taste buds on fire. And the music that shaped our formative years will give way to new genres, new tempos, and new bands. Unless you're a fan of the Rolling Stones, whose music will probably outlive us all.
But where to find this new music our brains long for and ears crave? Why, on the InterWebs, of course. What follows are five websites you can visit whenever you feel the need to discover new music. And they're all free to use, up to a point. Once you have found a new artist you want to hear more from you then have the choice to either buy their album or switch to one of the many streaming music services available. They're also all a little unusual, offering a twist on the normal way of doing things.
Earbits heralds itself simply as "free online radio" but it's actually a lot more than that. Earbits is a platform where new artists can connect with potential (and future) fans. These are independent bands not beholden to the big record labels, which means they have the freedom to make the music they want but a tougher time getting that music out there. Which is where earbits enters into the equation.
Music lovers get the chance to hear music for free streaming on the Web or via the (read about the previously reviewed Earbits Radio Discover New Music & Support The Artists Who Make It With Earbits Radio What do you do when you feel like new music? If you like popular music, the radio is still a great place to turn to. Services like Twitter #music, Band of the Day or Exfm... Read More ) Android app, and the artists get an affordable way of marketing themselves to the masses. Music is divided into genres and sub-genres, meaning you can easily find artists of the same style as those you already like. Or you can rely on the editors to pick out the music for you.
Bandcamp is another website that acts as a middleman between artists and their potential fans. Each artist has their own microsite on the bandcamp domain, which they use to promote themselves, and sell music, merchandise, and even tickets for live shows. Bandcamp takes a cut of the profits, but it's a smaller percentage than a record label would skim from a new artist's sales.
Thankfully you can also play the songs, either in part or in full, to get a taste for an individual artist's sound before you commit to buying their wares. Each artist sets their own rate, with some giving downloads away from free, others charging as much for an album as an established artist (and their record label) might.
The Hype Machine
Music bloggers are an important part of the musical landscape now, holding the power to promote bands and turn them from nondescript nobodies into successful somebodies. You could bookmark dozens of music blogs to discover what is trending out there on the blogosphere, or you could just bookmark The Hype Machine and let them do the donkey work for you.
The Hype Machine tracks the biggest and best music blogs and pulls together information on what they're playing and promoting. You can find out which artists are newly arriving on the scene, which are proving popular, which are being talked about on Twitter, which have risen above the others over the course of the last year, and a lot more besides.
Loudr is similar to Bandcamp, offering a platform for independent artists to sell their music to the public. The one big difference being that Loudr deals exclusively in covers. Covering music by other artists is a legitimate way to build a following for your talents before you start creating your own original material. And Loudr takes all the pain out of the process.
The website takes care of the licensing and reporting back to the owners of the original songs being covered. It also offers a simple method for the cover artists to make money, with a "pay what you want" system where the buyer decides the value of the songs they're purchasing. This is like a 2-for-1 for people seeking to discover new music, as they'll discover both the original artists and those covering them.
This Is My Jam
This Is My Jam works on the very simple premise that we all have one song stuck in our heads at any given time. So, why not share that song with everyone else so that they may also get it stuck in their heads. You create a profile and add a song, your jam, to the site for up to seven days at a time. And then you replace it with another. Rinse and repeat.
You can follow people whose tastes you find yourself agreeing with, and you can be followed by others who find you're a good source for music recommendations. Unlike the other websites listed here, This Is My Jam features music both old and new, and artists both established and independent. A warning though, This Is My Jam is extremely addictive.
This list represents just five of the many ways to discover new music online, but there are many others. We have previously featured music search engines 10 Music Search Engines to Discover Cool Music, Musicians & Great Bands Read More , ways to discover music you've never heard before 6 Fantastic Ways To Discover Cool Music You've Never Heard Before If you're a music lover, you're familiar with the constant need to discover new music. You already know lots of good music you like, but the thirst for more is unstoppable. There's lots of good... Read More , and more free ways to find new music Top 10 Free Ways to Discover New Music Online Read More to get your aural pleasure centers tingling with excitement.
Now it's over to you to tell us what you think… Do you use any of the websites listed here? Are there any others that have never been featured here on MakeUseOf that you'd like to share with your fellow readers? YouTube, Spotify, and iTunes all offer different and distinct ways to source music, so which do you use once you find a new artist you like? Please let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.
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