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Ah, Halloween, my favorite time of year. With an upcoming photograph symposium on my mind, and the season getting drier, I'm inspired to make my costume up as a tightly wound vintage panoramic photograph. The fear of unrolling one never gets old, if you'll forgive the pun, because one never knows . . . what one might find lurking within (Meaning revealing prior damage, not the content – unless some creepy creature has taken up residence). Recently, I saw one rolled panorama so damaged by a historic water incident that the faces of the sitters had lifted right off the front of the print and stuck to the back of the paper facing it – leaving an eerie ghostlike effect on both sides similar in effect to the image below.
Truly, here at conservation HQ nothing actually strikes fear into our hearts more than unintentionally bad advice gone horribly awry. We've written a few posts on our conservative conservator approach to opening and unrolling rolled photographs, trying to strike a balance between too little and too much information (i.e. just enough to not get non-conservators in too deep). Some other authors online have taken it upon themselves to offer some pretty scary advice, such as steaming the roll with a steam iron or soaking the rolled photograph and then unrolling it in water. These both send shivers down my spine, and if you want to know why in great detail, you may dress up like a conservation student and read all about Properties and Stability of Gelatin Layers in Photographic Materials and their infinite variety of susceptibilities. Not all photographs are the same, and to give you an idea of what could happen, I'll just give you the cheat sheet by suggesting you imagine taking a steam iron or a hot soak to your favorite Halloween wiggly gelatin dessert. Bad idea, unless you want your dessert and photo to potentially look like The Blob or The Creature from the Black Lagoon.
In contrast to the unintentially bad advice gone wrong, there are some fairly on point instructions to be found online to help people humidify and flatten panoramic photographs. I found that an independent archivist has posted a photo-illustrated adaptation for the home user of a process written up by the National Park Service for their Museum Management Program, which does not give us the willies due to the care built into their setup. That said, for attempting either of these I would increase the safety factor further by choosing not to have free water available that could splash on to the photo if their container was bumped, but instead pour the water first onto clean absorbent blotter or bleed-proof toweling until that is saturated. I would also avoid the use of wax paper during drying, substituting silicon coated paper without creases or wrinkles. (Always note: consulting a conservator is best, especially if the object is resistant to movement, or if there appears to be writing on it or prior damage to the object.)
We recently had another panorama in the lab, and we put it through the gentle humidification process we describe in our posts listed below. This occasion also allowed us to addess what isn't discussed in any of these posts, namely how to store an awkwardly long photograph, say over six feet, afterwards if you do not have the space to store it flat between an archival folder and boards. Generally this technique is used for oversize flexible objects, such as textiles and massive works on paper. Occasionally when we must, we adapt the technique for smaller objects and roll onto large (to scale) archival paper core supports. This prevents crushing and increases the circumference versus rolling them around themselves like little cigarettes. If only Halloween pranksters would re-roll after toilet papering some unfortunate person's home! Here is a short video of how we do it if a work is too large for flat file storage.
Happy and safe Halloween, everybody! May you take many pictures and keep them safe from becoming ghosts of themselves.
Related Resources
- Panoramic Panic! A Sticky Situation, Part 1, The Bigger Picture blog, Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Panoramic Panic! A Sticky Situation, Part 2, The Bigger Picture blog, Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Halloween Humidification Horrors!, The Bigger Picture blog, Smithsonian Institution Archives
- A Health Resort for Paper, The Bigger Picture blog, Smithsonian Institution Archives
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Cover Letter and References
I'm wrapping up my resume series with the documentation that brackets your resume; the cover letter and references. I've mentioned a bit about cover letters, but I will go into a bit more detail.
A high percentage of recruiters don't read cover letters. We don't have the time. There are a couple of ways to "sneak" a cover letter in front of recruiter or hiring manager if you absolutely believe it's crucial to make your case. The first way, quite simply, is to include it as part of your resume. If you do this, do *not* have a templated coverletter. You will be best served writing a targeted cover letter for each employer you feel the need use it. It is ESPECIALLY important to follow the KISS rule.
Candidates seem to stress out over how to address the cover letter. "Dear…?" Who? If you don't have a name, you are best served keeping it generic and *gender neutral*. "Dear Hiring Professional"; "To Acme Widget". It is also perfectly acceptable to *skip* the salutation. Whatever you do, avoid "Dear Sirs".
So, onto the meat of the cover letter. Reiterating what I've said before, it should be no more than three paragraphs, the meat of which is in the second. The first paragraph should address the position/department of interest, how you heard about the opportunity (this is where you mention that you were referred by Mary O'Malley in accounting). If it was a job board, indicate which one. Believe it or not, jobs may be tailored for different job boards, and mentioning the particular one can help the recruiter orient him/herself quickly.
The second paragraph is where you build the case as to why you are a strong candidate for the position. In no more than 3-5 sentences, tell the reader the relevant skills (including the company that are applicable to this opening/business group. This should include detailed examples such as a project, role, or client you handled.
Final paragraph (which is optional) is your availability and the best way to contact you (phone, email). End on a positive note, telling them you are looking forward to communication from them.
Closing should be your name and contact info.
Joshua Greene, PMP
Things to avoid in a cover letter include too much personal information (avoid the hard luck story), and covering every thing you have done that *might* qualify you for the job. Don't gush on and on about how much you respect the company, it's reputation, etc. You'll have time for that in conversations.
Let's happily assume you have gone through interviews and there is an offer pending. The company asks you for references. It is amazing some of the references I have seen out there. Do *not* put your references on your resume. Keep them until you are asked for them.
Your references should know your work; this means not just *what* you did, but how you interacted with other teams and your general work ethic. You should include at least one manager who oversaw your work, preferably someone that had the authority to give you feedback on your performance.
Try and keep your references updated. If you've been at Procter and Gamble for four years, listing your manager from your previous job but no one from your current company sends up huge red flags. Always try and keep tabs on who is where (LinkedIn is great for this). Personal phone and email addresses are often preferred by your references.
Make sure you ask your references if they are OK with you using them, don't assume they are willing to. If you are in a situation where you cannot give references (for example, much of my own recent employment history is contracting at Microsoft, and they have a very strict policy against managers giving professional references for contractors), find someone like a client or business partner that can do it.
I usually recommend 3-5 references. Keep in mind that professional references are *different* than employment references that you put on an application.
Good luck, and hopefully you'll have clearer understanding of the tools in your sales kit.
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Judge to hear Landis' 'war' against Lance Armstrong
- In his federal whisteblower%27s suit%2C Floyd Landis cites act that extends statute of limitations
- Landis and the United States are joined in a suit that seeks millions from Armstrong in fraud case
- Armstrong claims he did not defraud the U.S. Postal Service in sponsorship deal
Three years since he accused Lance Armstrong of fraud, Floyd Landis is still fighting to make Armstrong pay for it.
He wants Armstrong to pay so much, in fact, that Landis' attorneys have invoked the rules of war in their federal lawsuit against the former cyclist.
It's called the Wartime Suspension of Limitations Act. Because the United States was at war in Afghanistan around the time of Armstrong's alleged fraud, Landis' attorneys are arguing that normal time limits don't apply to Landis' case against his former cycling teammate. Even though a case about doping in cycling has nothing to do with American military hostilities, they say the wartime act allows them to go back further in time to collect damages against Armstrong – perhaps nearly $7 million in additional damages for Landis.
"It is a highly controversial provision of the False Claims Act," said Tony Anikeeff, an attorney who specializes in similar cases for the firm Williams Mullen. "It is used by the Justice Department mostly in dealing with fraud in Afghanistan because we were at war. The theory behind it is that when you're in the fog of war, the government cannot be spending time to root out fraud and that it needs time after the war to pick up the pieces."
It's one of many arguments at play in a federal court hearing Monday in Washington D.C. The case originated in 2010, when Landis sued Armstrong for fraud, acting as a government whistleblower under the False Claims Act. The government joined his case earlier this year, alleging that the U.S. Postal Service would not have paid $40 million to sponsor Armstrong's cycling team from 1998-2004 if it had known the riders were violating their contracts by using banned drugs and blood transfusions to gain an edge.
At issue Monday is Armstrong's request to dismiss the case altogether – his attorneys argue that the case is too old to bring under the statute of limitations and that there was no fraud because the government should have known Armstrong was doping but did nothing to stop it.
U.S. District Judge Robert L. Wilkins will hear arguments Monday and is expected to issue his ruling at a later date.
The statute of limitations on such a case typically would be no more than 10 years before the time it was filed in 2010. Armstrong's attorneys argued it should be no more than six years, which would prohibit all of the claims made by Landis and government. Citing the wartime law, Landis' attorneys say Landis should be allowed to go back even further than 2000 and collect more damages if he succeeds in proving Armstrong defrauded and damaged the USPS.
"If there's no statute of limitations, they can reach back as far as they want, and get as much money scooped into the pot as possible," said Jason Workmaster, an attorney who specializes in similar cases for the firm McKenna Long & Aldridge.
The scope of the wartime law on similar civil fraud cases is so contentious that the U.S. Supreme Court has considered reviewing it.
In the meantime, Landis' attorneys are using it to argue that the clock started not in 2010, when he filed suit, but in 2001 when the U.S. went to war in response to the terror attacks of Sept. 11. They say the 2001 starting point would allow them to go back to at least 1998, when Landis started making specific allegations about Armstrong's doping.
The USPS said it paid $40 million to sponsor Armstrong's team from 1998-2004, including about $9 million paid from 1998-2000. If the clock only goes back to 2000, then Landis and the government would only be able to argue for the return of about $31 million. But if Landis wins his argument about the wartime suspension of time limits, the additional $9 million would be at play. Under the False Claims Act, damages can triple, so $9 million could be worth $27 million. As the whistleblower who brought the case, Landis could collect up to 25 percent of those damages.
"That's the motivator (for Landis)," Anikeeff said. "It's a bounty statute. He stands to gain a lot of money."
In 2010, Landis confessed to doping and said Armstrong also doped as part of a widespread doping conspiracy. Armstrong ripped Landis in response, sticking to the same vehement doping denials he had issued for years. But he finally confessed in January after being stripped last year of his seven titles in the Tour de France.
Though Landis and the government are on the same side in this case, they have made separate but parallel arguments. One big difference between the two is that the government is not making the wartime claim and says it is not seeking recovery for claims prior to 2000. By doing do, it is limiting the damages it can receive.
But Landis wants more. And Armstrong has asked the court to "stamp out his rebellion."
"The government chose not to argue that the war on terror and the second Iraq war distracted it from investigating doping by the United States Postal Service team," Armstrong's attorneys stated in court filings. "Landis asks the court to foist this meritless theory of liability on the government as part of his attempt to force the government to pursue tenuous theories it has chosen to discard."


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When I was speaking at the Winter School Games, I met Councillor Alan McMurray of North Somerset Council. He was really interested in my row, and invited me to speak at a Civic Lunch celebrating community sport in North Somerset. I was pretty chuffed to be speaking alongside an Olympian and a Great Britain gymnastics champion.
It was a lovely event – despite feeling exhausted from being out training with the boat the night before – and there were some great questions from the audience.
I had the boat with me, so we positioned it outside the hotel so that people could have a look at it afterwards. It made quite an impression!


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2012 was a year of change for me. I've never done this before, but I felt the need to do a written end-of-year personal inventory.
The year kicked off with an incredible trip to Switzerland which included a concert performance in Zurich at the Albisgütli Festival.
In June I performed at the CMA Fest on one of the official concert stages with my band Mustang Sally and we also made our debut on WSM 650 AM radio, home of the Grand Ole Opry, that same week.
At the end of summer I said goodbye to life as a road musician. After 10 years of nonstop touring, I decided to put away my suitcase and focus more on life in Nashville. Plus, I was just plain burned out and not enjoying it. I'm not saying I'll never go on the road again, but it will never be the gone-260-days-a-year-playing-shitholes pace.
Right before my 35th birthday in September, I went through a tough break up. I'm still processing that. Relationships are hard. So is being single.
In October I conquered my fear of skydiving. I kept picturing myself hitting the ground with intense force and breaking into a million pieces. Turns out that the landing was the easiest part.
In November I completed my first half marathon with a very respectable 2:07 time. I already have two halves plus a Warrior Dash and a relay race on the books for 2013 and maybe–just maybe!–I'll gather up the courage and determination to do a full 26.2 marathon.
And lastly, on January 1st I became an official member of the Polar Bear Club by jumping into Nashville's 49 degree Percy Priest Lake.
I will continue to allow the successes, disappointments and struggles of 2012 to be teaching lessons for me.
In Twenty Thirteen I will continue to be true to myself and make every day count!


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She lured us over with her mystical promises. The allure of fortunes and world wisdom beckoned us all, and she spread the cards before each of us, one by one, directing us to ask a question and choose a card and then reading its picture, attempting to interpret its application to our lives.
The death card, the queen of love, a card of finance, each of us, listened and smiled as each fortune loosely resembled an aspect of our life.
As I sat opposite this serene middle aged woman at a restaurant in Marin County, I noticed her costume. Her black almost purple long straight hair was adorned by a large black hat. She wore a green shirt covered in part by a black vest and black and green striped pants. Rings and bracelets sparkled and jingled on her fingers and wrists and she spoke in a voice reminiscent of the Addams family's Morticia. She handed me her business card. "I do weddings," she said.
An hour or so later, we'd move on and away from this soothsayer and were focusing on buying food for dinner at a nearby grocery store. Near the dairy section, we caught a flash of black and green and at the check out, we faced the witch again. She told the children with a voice smooth and deep, "So nice to see you again."
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Thank you so much for taking the time to not only read my nearly 500 page book but also reviewing it so honestly. I too am surprised and delighted to have a man's perspective on the story. Now I feel much more credible as part of the family here and hopefully I've passed my final exam for entry into into this awesome community of writers. 🙂
One thing to tell you about me and the rest of us here at LitWorldInterviews (LWI) is we are going to be honest, even about our own family and by family that includes the LWI Team members. Why, because if we're not then we might as well not even be doing this at all.
If you've read the recent announcements here at LWI, then you know award winning author PS Bartlett has joined our team. You also know her latest novel, The Blue Diamond: The Razor's Edge was released this past Friday.
I read the book.
I will say here and now that a Historical Adventure Romance was not exactly on my radar, even though I have actually written Romance in the past year and am working on revisions and all of that as I get feedback. But still, I'm a guy, right? Romance? And then the cover? I loved…
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Telegram Open Network is off to a very uncertain future. Earlier this week, Telegram CEO Pavel Durov announced his company's "active involvement with TON" was over, following a drawn-out legal battle with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
The project remains decentralized, however. Although TON lost its main ideologist, an independent community of validators has recently launched the blockchain platform separately from Telegram. So, what is TON without Durov's supervision, and should other high-scale crypto projects — such as Facebook's Libra — be even more worried about the SEC coming after them?
What was Telegram's idea for TON?
TON is a blockchain platform aimed at facilitating payments and hosting decentralized applications beyond the scalability levels of Visa. Its in-house tokens are called Grams (GRM).
The project was initiated by Telegram, an open-source encrypted messenger co-founded by two Russian entrepreneurial brothers, Pavel and Nikolai Durov. Per the roadmap, TON would be integrated into the Telegram application, which boasts over 400 million monthly users worldwide and is favored by the blockchain and cryptocurrency community.
TON began to gain recognition soon after Telegram first announced the idea in 2017, and in one year's time it reportedly raised almost $1.7 billion in two private token sale rounds, which remains one of the most financially successful initial coin offerings to date.
However in October 2019, just a few days ahead of the release date, the SEC stepped in with a lawsuit that accused Telegram of violating U.S. securities law by holding an unregistered security sale. Because the SEC had managed to get a temporary restraining order against Telegram and TON, the project release was put on hold. In March, a U.S. court recognized that the SEC had "shown a substantial likelihood of success" in proving that Telegram's Grams were unregistered securities.
On April 30, after a series of launch delays, Telegram offered a reimbursement plan for its investors, offering them to either opt for an immediate refund at 72 cents on the dollar or "loan"' their stake to the platform for 12 months in exchange for repayment at 110 cents on the dollar scheduled for April 30, 2021. Telegram subsequently agreed to provide the SEC with "its communications [...] regarding any agreements offered or entered into with the Initial Purchasers" of the Gram tokens by May 20.
Nevertheless, Durov announced on May 12 that Telegram was discontinuing its TON project and explicitly criticized the U.S. government's involvement and efforts to prevent the launch of the decentralized project, writing:
"Unfortunately, we — the 96% of the world's population living elsewhere — are dependent on decision makers elected by the 4% living in the US."
"A case study in how to do absolutely every single thing wrong"
Unlike the majority of ICOs, TON wasn't a public offering. According to the documents Pavel Durov filed with the SEC at the time, a minimum investment of $1 million was required to partake in the Gram token sale. Although the investor list has not been publicly disclosed, a number of U.S. venture capital firms including Benchmark, Sequoia Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners are said to have participated in the offering.
The sale was likely limited to accredited investors in order to avoid scrutiny from U.S. regulators. Public documents from 2018 show that Telegram had informed the SEC that both of its twin $850 million offerings were allegedly made under Rule 506(c) and/or Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, so the offering was not required to be registered with or qualified by the SEC. Since the SEC filing, the company has publically stressed that the tokens should not be associated with expectations for profits, implying that they do not constitute securities as per the Howey test.
The SEC's argument, in turn, rests on the assumption that because some TON investors were based in the U.S. — the complaint states that $424.5 million belonged to 39 U.S.-based purchasers — the potential Gram holders "will be able to sell billions of Grams into U.S. markets" and therefore continue the unregistered token sale.
"The U.S. federal securities laws do have a broader reach than many may realize," John Berry, a partner at Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP and a former SEC senior officer who worked at the agency for over eight years, told Cointelegraph. He outlined several possible scenarios for how Telegram could deal with the SEC to get TON back on track:
"Fix the fact that it raised money in the past without following the SEC's registration rules and register the sale of the Grams with the SEC if it wants to raise more money by selling Grams. Both of those will require cooperating with the SEC. The only other option for Telegram is to press forward with its appeal of the Telegram trial court ruling that said Telegram violated the registration rules — if Telegram wins its appeal, then it could go forward with its fundraising without registering the Grams at all. But that appellate option will take some time as Telegram's appeal winds its way through the appellate court process."
Tom Trowbridge, the president of financial technology firm Triterras and a former president of Hedera Hashgraph — the company that also limited its 2018 ICO to accredited investors to comply with U.S. regulations — told Cointelegraph that "Telegram is a case study in how to do absolutely every single thing wrong in structuring and building a compliant project." He elaborated:
"If Telegram was comfortable with TON being a security, the SEC would have little issue. But to be classified as a utility, SEC cares about 5 things: decentralized governance, a functioning independent ecosystem, coin release commensurate with use, decentralized value creation and a US investor base. Telegram was 0-5."
According to Trowbridge, Telegram "couldn't have made it any easier" for the SEC to shut down its blockchain project: "The SEC was able to do so while remaining 100% consistent with its previous actions and guidance in the space. And the allowance of projects like Hedera to release their coins show the SEC does want to allow compliant projects to proceed." Carol Goforth, a professor at the University of Arkansas School of Law, also highlighted certain problems with Telegram's offering in a conversation with Cointelegraph:
"Keep in mind that a different issuer might get a different result in a different court, but the extremely broad reach of the Telegram order (foreclosing the issuance of GRAMs anywhere during the pendency of the case) creates a huge potential problem for an issuer who wants to be compliant. Note that there ARE exemptions available for purely foreign sales, although Regulation S has some difficult requirements."
Not every issuer might care about the SEC's opinion, Goforth continued, and the agency might have a difficult time trying to block a company that has no assets in the U.S. and operates from a jurisdiction with different rules. "However, for a truly global offering that wants to be in compliance with varied national laws, the Telegram order is quite problematic," she argued.
Konstantinos Stylianou, an associate professor of competition law and regulation at the University of Leeds, was not surprised by Telegram's capitulation either, telling Cointelegraph that "TON ran into a very specific problem, the definition of securities, and SEC's stance on this is well-known," adding:
"Financial regulators have to be strict by nature; they are the main gatekeepers to financial markets. Sometimes this means that they adapt belatedly, but we'll get there. TON was a straightforward case that the SEC had replayed with KIK and the outcome was all but certain."
Why TON itself is still alive
TON is an open-source project, and Telegram has stressed before that it has no control over the blockchain. In fact, the company published TON's entire code on Github in October 2019. That allowed "Free TON," an independent community of validators, to launch a TON-based blockchain earlier this month.
"Free TON was born because Telegram could not launch the network," Ron Millow, Free TON's "communications evangelist" and the chief business development officer at TON Labs — a third-party group of the blockchain's infrastructure developers — explained to Cointelegraph:
"We are extremely saddened to see them forced to walk away from the fight, but theirs was just one battle. The free software has a life of its own and cannot be stopped, and so it gave a community the necessary motivation to pick up where they left off."
According to Millow, the major difference between Telegram's TON and Free TON is that the latter was launched "without any investors and by a community rather than an entity." Free TON developers are "ecstatic" about their project, Mitja Goroshevsky, Free TON's "technology evangelist" and the chief technology officer of TON Labs, told Cointelegraph, adding:
"We are flooded with support from all over the world with developers wanting to join the community and help it grow. Not counting all of our other groups and channels, just the developer groups jumped to almost 3,000 members in the span of a week, 2,035 of which at this moment have signed the Free TON Declaration of Decentralization."
Some people from the original TON community are skeptical of the initiative, however. One of the founding members of TON Community Foundation who partook in the blockchain project's development told Cointelegraph that without Telegram's resources and its audience of almost half a billion users through its messenger app, adoption will be a tough task:
"I don't think that ANY TON project that is or will be launched without the Telegram direct support will have any significant adoption. […] Most of those who participated in TON (except those who initiated the Free TON) were attracted to the whole story because of Telegram's user base."
Daniel Perez, the head of TON Spain, told Cointelegraph that launching TON without Durov "feels pointless." He is also leery about TON sidekicks, namely the Free TON initiative. "I doubt Pavel Durov gave them permission to use the name TON in launching an alternative called 'Free TON,'" he said, referring to the Telegram CEO's letter where he warned readers to not trust projects with their "money or data" that use the "TON" abbreviation.
When asked about this, a Free TON community representative told Cointelegraph that Durov's message doesn't apply to them because they don't ask people for money or delicate data: "Free TON supports this statement. The Free TON community will never ask for money or private data other than a name when signing the Declaration of Decentralization, without which of course there cannot be a signature." However, according to the Free TON website, users are required to state their name, country, email address and Telegram username to join the network and sign the declaration.
As previously reported by Cointelegraph, the Free TON community has issued around 5 billion TON Crystal tokens, which are similar to Grams. Specifically, the Free TON blockchain browser shows that there are 5,000,547,737 TON Crystal tokens as of press time. 85% of them are distributed to Free TON partners and users, and 10% are intended for developers. The remaining 5% will be used to reward the community's validators. Additionally, Free TON has recently announced that they are launching the first validator contest on May 18.
Should others be worried?
When asked whether Telegram's capitulation might have larger repercussions for the industry, most experts found this scenario unlikely. Stylianou told Cointelegraph that the credibility or trustworthiness of the crypto market will not be affected, while regulatory laws will eventually recognize its unique features: "In fact, the convoluted securities definition that hasn't yet caught up with the reality and potential of the crypto-economy is the problem, not the other way around." Goforth shared a similar sentiment:
"Blockchain has such potential for a secure, rapidly accessible, tamper-resistant chain of title (and for other uses as well) that I do not see any possibility that it will fall by the wayside. In addition, as regulation develops further, I am hopeful that the SEC will eventually propose exemptions targeted to cryptoassets, at least in part to fulfill that agency's mission to facilitate efficient functioning of our capital markets."
As for Libra, another high-scale project that has been facing the SEC's scrutiny, its chances to pull through may be higher. According to Trowbridge, Libra "has already taken lessons from Telegram" by launching its decentralized governance of companies and by making substantive changes to the platform after receiving feedback from regulators.
For Goforth, the initial question for Libra is not one of compliance, but whether buyers would purchase it for anything other than use. "As a stablecoin, the price would not generally be expected to fluctuate, and thus Libra might not make a suitable speculative investment," she argued. "If Libra goes ahead, it will be a vote of confidence in the crypto-economy," Stylianou concluded. "But that still doesn't foretell ICOs fate."


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One of us looks like the Fisher King,
the fog–moored curator of lost causes
solitary as a heron where the sky runs to salt,
a line in the water for any hope that happens by.
Our hands are cut with hooks and feathers,
the ache in our thighs
pulling like the brackish tide;
grief pearls our hair wet as a cormorant's wing.
Then which of us can play the innocent
with a face as open as an unfilled cup—
Grail–questing, seeing the desolation
without pity or loss?
Tuck up our feet, wrap a coat tight
and watch the fishing, asking nothing
about scars:
the land is grey and tide–swirled,
not dead.
Let the wounded king tell you
how the curlews call through the mist
and take the rod from time to time,
waiting for a bite.
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One of the biggest transfer options this offseason is pro style quarterback Wes Lunt, who will be leaving Oklahoma State after his freshman season. Lunt, who started four games in 2012, finished the season with 1,108 yards, 6 TDs and seven interceptions. The reason for the transfer is reportedly due to a change in offensive style, with more of an emphasis on utilizing a mobile quarterback, and the naming of Clint Chelf as the 2013 starter.
Among the schools to offer Wes Lunt out of high school were Illinois, Louisville, Michigan State, Virginia, Wisconsin, Vandy, Boston College— Joe Schad (@schadjoe) May 9, 2013
In 2011 Boston College was in on the young quarterback, offering him a scholarship. However, it is unclear how the current regime would feel about him because it was Mike Siravo who recruited Lunt. Temple did not offer him. Lunt did visit Boston College in 2011, and maybe the new high energy recruiters could impress him enough to come play at the Heights.
Lunt has to be an intriguing option to Steve Addazio. BC is in need of a quarterback after this season, and getting a QB with some game experience would be huge. Getting Lunt would allow BC to get projected recruit Darius Wade ready, catch him up on the offense, and the speed of college football. Instead of having two freshmen battling it out for the starter spot, Addazio could plug in a guy who has taken college reps already. Then again, Addazio might have sold the "start your freshman year" pitch to Wade and honestly we don't want to lose him. He seems legit, and you don't want to be renege on promises this early in the regime. That sets a bad precedent.
But what about BC's need for a mobile quarterback, which many think is the hallmark of an Addazio offense? I think that is a misnomer as Addazio has gone after multiple pro style quarterbacks such as Trace McSorley and Caleb Henderson. Addazio has claimed that he can adjust his offense to the style of the quarterback just like what he is doing with Chase Rettig this season. Lunt would fit in well with the Rettig mold. If Addazio could sell to him that BC will give him the chance to throw the ball, maybe the sophomore would listen.
Again, there hasn't been any rumors out of Lunt actually being on BC's radar or the other way around. However, it is an interesting and intriguing option that Steve Addazio should explore.


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There has been good responses, from my requests for musical suggestions, for this years Birthday painting. This artwork begins and completes all in one day, today, Tuesday July 31st.
The wining song for this 2012 edition of The Birthday Painting, is Forever Young by Rod Stewart.
Here is the winning email with this years Birthday Painting:
"Hi Scott,
Finally, here are a few more to consider if you haven't already decided – though I don't have any baseline works of art to recommend w/them:
Simon and Garfunkel – I am a rock or The boxer.
Beatles – let it be
Rod Stewart – Forever young
The White Stripes – Jolene (Dolly's rendition was familiar to me growing up; but I like the edge in the White Stripes version)
Have a GREAT birthday!!!! Send me the link to the live blog so I can check in on the progress!
But it was this email which best described the feelings behind their musical choice for the Birthday painting, and became the obvious first choice.
Not sure if this song will work for your birthday painting but I suggest "What A Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong. It has a mellow, easy going flow to it which helps me relax in my crazy fast paced life. It also makes me appreciate the small things I take for granted everyday – my family, beautiful back yard & home, clean air & water, safe surroundings and most of all my life (being around to enjoy it)!
Happy early birthday!"
What A Wonderful World could have been easily chosen, because there has always been a feeling that this great music, sung by the magnificent Louie Armstrong, would someday be revisited.
Unfortunately the mood of this song did not fit the theme for the 64th Birthday celebration. But many thanks go out to Sara V for her most wonderful email and surely a future work.
Going over the list once again, I suddenly, grasped the words and realized what I had missed, which was Forever Young by Rod Stewart. This song has a similar depth of words, feelings and thoughtfulness as What A Wonderful World, but is more perky, making it a better fit.
So, I found this video:
MY GOD take a look at those girls and the passing car, and see how dated they look, and how dated they make this video look.
This awful video (what is the deal with that guy's curly hair piece near the end of the video) thankfully resulted in finding this updated Rod Stewart version:
This then lead to more searching which resulted in finding this video with Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen:
Bob Dylan actually wrote the original music for Forever Young, which then Rod Stewart borrowed from for his song also called Forever Young.
From the television show Glee, comes this acoustic version that is nice:
The search ends with another version of this musical theme of Forever Young, called Young Forever by Jay-Z. In the words, the mood and feeling, this song relates well with both the Rod Stewart, and the Bob Dylan versions:
Check back ALL DAY LONG for Painting Updates. The first should arrive by 9am Central Standard Time.
And congratulations go out to Maggie H this years winner of the 2012 Birthday Painting. She will soon receive a signed and numbered image of the painting on glossy photo paper 13×19 inch.
There will be blog updates all day, so check back on the paintings progress.
Scott Von Holzen


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How is this CAP going to impact my constituents? Jurisdictions who are in the process of adopting or updating their climate action plans (CAPs) are concerned with more just the budgetary impacts and overall cost-effectiveness of CAP measures. There is a great deal of interest in understanding who will be directly impacted by a measure and how. In a previous post, I discussed EPIC's benefit-cost analysis (BCA) framework for CAPs. This post will address the second of the two questions asked in a BCA: what are the financial impacts to those who participate in CAP measure activities? It will discuss who the participants are in CAP measures, how to identify them and their respective benefits and/or costs, and what results are best to show.
Who are the Participants?
Participants are groups of individuals (residents, businesses, commuters, etc.) who actively engage in an activity defined in a CAP measure that results in greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions. There are often numerous participants associated with CAP implementation and, depending on the individual CAP measure, a single measure can have multiple participants each with a distinct set of benefits and/or costs. The following presents examples of how simple or complex the group of participants can be for a measure.
On the simpler side are measure's with one group of participants who are engaging in the activity defined in the CAP measure and there is little variance in how that activity is carried out. Consider a measure to plant trees on city-owned property (e.g., rights of way and parks; Figure 1) to expand a jurisdiction's urban forest. In this example, the jurisdiction is the sole participant who would purchase, plant, and maintain the trees.
Getting a bit more complex, consider a measure in which a jurisdiction constructs additional bike lanes to expand its bicycle network (Figure 2). On the surface, this type of activity would seem similar to the urban forestry example above since the jurisdiction is responsible for the construction of new bike lanes. However, this measure is a bit more nuanced; in order to achieve the GHG reductions identified in the CAP, more commuters must switch their mode of transportation from car to bike and ride on those new bicycle lanes. This results in two distinct transactions—the jurisdiction paying to construct and maintain the bike lanes and the commuter who receives gas reduction benefits from the mode shift.
Still, measures can be even more complex. This is especially true for measures that are broadly defined (e.g., include both residential and commercial requirements) and/or have an activity that can be fulfilled in a number of ways. A measure that encourages the installation of residential solar photovoltaic (PV) systems is a prime example (Figure 3). At a higher level, participants can be disaggregated according to construction type (new construction vs. existing) since the costs (and potential rebates) associated with PV systems can vary significantly between the two groups. In the case of new construction, the participant group can be further separated out between homeowners and developers. While it might not always be feasible to distinguish whether a homeowner or developer will be experiencing the upfront cost, it is important to acknowledge this distinction exists. Finally, participants can further be categorized according to the transaction type (e.g., are they purchasing the system outright or entering into a power purchase agreement with a third party).
What Benefits and Costs are Included?
The list of possible considerations to assist in identifying (1) all measure participants and (2) their respective benefits and costs can be daunting, especially when you consider how many measures are included in a typical CAP and the breadth of activities which those measures cover. Here are a few general questions to ask to better understand a measure's participants:
- What is the actual activity required to achieve the GHG reductions and what is necessary to complete that activity?
- Are there any upfront costs for purchase/installation?
- Are there any ongoing maintenance costs and, if so, at what frequency are they incurred (e.g., annually, biannually)?
- Does the activity reduce consumption (electricity, natural gas, water, fuel, etc.)?
- What rebates and incentives are available?
- What rate schedules apply to participant groups?
- What type of transaction is involved (e.g., purchase or lease)?
It is important to note that the participant perspective includes only direct benefits and costs. All indirect benefits and costs (externalities), such as increased housing values and improved air quality, are considered when analyzing the societal perspective in a CAP BCA.
Looking at the Impacts
Once all the right questions have been asked and the appropriate data collected, several metrics can be calculated to assess the impacts of CAP measures on the various participants. Unlike the measure cost-effectiveness part of a BCA, there is more than one metric to calculate and more than one result for each measure. Here, the benefit-cost ratio (BCR), payback period, internal rate of return (IRR), and return on investment (ROI) can be provided to better understand participants' financial impacts. In addition, results should be shown at the perspective level. Aggregating all participant groups for a single measure can obscure results and detract from purpose of the analysis. For instance, in the PV system example above (Figure 3), there can be a marked difference between the benefits and costs experienced by those who purchase the PV system outright in contrast to a homeowner leasing the system from a third party and results for each should be presented (Figure 4).
While the dollar per metric ton of carbon dioxide equivalent ($/MT CO2e) and total GHGs reduced do not shed light on participant impacts, they can be helpful in providing additional context as it relates to the CAP.
CAP BCAs in Practice
EPIC has completed several analyses for jurisdictions in the San Diego region that evaluate the impacts of CAP measures on various participant groups, including County of San Diego and City of La Mesa.
Up Next
This was the fifth in a series of posts about CAP cost analyses. Our final post in the series will identify common limitations and challenges currently faced when conducting CAP cost analyses and discuss ways to build upon the framework described here.


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Hello everyone spring has sprung and summer is on its way in a few months. The time of year is here for automobile repairs, yard work, home repairs, and all the other tasks that can not be completed during the winter months. The first task I am ready to tackle is trimming my hedges and pulling the weeds. I know most of you are ready to do other tasks, but there is one nagging concern before doing anything – how do I protect my hands and stay cool at the same time?
I know how this problem goes with your hands getting sweaty and uncomfortable. It is not a fun feeling at all. Several people remove their gloves and end up injuring their hands all because they are uncomfortable. The solution to this issue is Mechanix Wear Original Vent Gloves. I know you may have heard of gloves that promise ultimate dexterity, breathable material, and comfort all at the same time and they do not deliver on the promise. These work gloves are the real deal – absolutely the best I have ever worn.
Granted, I wear them for yard work duties such as pulling weeds, trimming the hedges, and cutting the grass. I have been told by many people that these gloves are the greatest for other tasks including automobile repairs, home repairs, assembly, and anything you can think of. Mechanix Wear Original Vent Gloves have all the features you need to keep your hands comfortable and dry during the warm months.
Some of the features of these amazing work gloves are a fully ventilated construction which keeps hands cool in the heat, lightweight breathable air mesh back provides optimal flexibility, and much more. The design of these gloves consists of a single layer of air mesh that minimizes heat by allowing airflow through the top as well as air mesh cuffs to keep your hands cool and comfortable. I am telling you people there is no better pair of work gloves for completing tasks when the temperatures are on the rise. Have you worn these or any other pair of Mechanix Wear work gloves? If so, please, leave a comment below – I am always curious to hear people's experiences with different products.


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Following so much noise over Wizkid's little part in one of Canadian rapper, Drake's song, Dj Maphoria, a co-producer on Drake's album, has revealed that Drake and Wizkid, have three more songs together.
DJ Maphorisa, while being interviewed by Genius, talked about how he landed a spot on Drake's album. According to him he was in Los Angeles, working on Wizkid's upcoming album two weeks ago when the opportunity to work on Drake's potential song of the summer arose.
Dj Maphorisa revealed that Drake and Wizkid's collaboration on the song 'One Dance' happened via email.
I was recording Wiz when they sent There was nothing really there. We started working on it—I added some production.
Maphorisa, who is now part of Wizkid's Starboy team, gave Wizkid credits for the opportunity to work with huge stars in Hollywood. He revealed that he met the likes of Chris Brown, Jermaine Dupri, and Jidenna, through Wizkid.
Wizkid and Dj Maphorisa, first worked together in 2014 after the latter worked on his 'In my bed' and it gained so much attention, Wizkid was said to have sent in more tracks as he liked his work.
He really liked my sound and the way I produced.
He concluded the interview with just how proud and happy he is and has made his country.
Just to be a part of "Views From The 6" makes me excited….I did something for my country. Wow.


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"SHEBA" (Socio Humanity Expedition And Blooming Association) was founded in 2007 by a group of dedicated social workers and educationists to response the unjust situation of deprived Indian especially women & children belongs to bellow of poverty line. Organization has been gradually prospering and conducting social activities in its operational sectors from the date of its creation and it has gained good public appraisals on its programmes executed with support of social activists, experts, staff observing many social, economic, educational and development problems; and after getting various personnel and volunteers under people's participatory approach system. Organization programmes are governed by an Executive Committee constituted as per the rules & regulations laid down in the constitution. Members of the Executive Committee are the distinguished citizen of Tripura States from different walks of life and have developed sufficient expertise in execution and management of various programmes. Organization has launched experimental and innovative programmes to fill up the existing gap of need-based services after care full accessing & screening of needs and requirements of the suffering mass. Organization has taken developmental initiatives in planning, designing, execution, implementation and management of various programmes. Steps are on foot to setup/ establish State / District/District/Village level Branches to carry on specific programmes of the Organization and widen the range of service for the deprived population.
Our Motto:
Our Vision:
TO BE the global principal in community and benevolence service.
Our Mission:
Who We Are…?
SHEBA (Socio Humanity Expedition And Blooming Association) is an NGO that aims to provide people from the country over the opportunity to work in evaluated and credible villages in India. Programs are selected that best match the skills, area of interest, expertise, and time availability of the individual, with a view to strengthen and add value to the ongoing work of India's social development sector.
What We Do…?
SHEBA (Socio Humanity Expedition And Blooming Association) vision is to be the global principal in community and benevolence service and influence positive social change. The mission of "SHEBA" is to empower volunteers to serve their communities, meet humanitarian needs, encourage peace and promote social understanding through the "SHEBA" and aiming to bridge the distance between people by providing opportunities to individuals to influence positive social change through an exchange of ideas, knowledge, skills and learning by facilitating volunteering in India's social development sector'. Volunteering was already happening, but, more could be done to benefit both the volunteer as well as the society. "SHEBA" acts as a facilitator between society and volunteers, who come from diverse educational and professional backgrounds, by providing them the right match to utilize their skills in the best possible manner to the beneficiary's advantage. "SHEBA" works at the grassroots level on a variety of social issues like education, health, equal rights, environment, social interaction and rural development and has already positively impacted the lives of hundreds of people living in socially deprived circumstances. Many women have been helped by programs defending equal rights, many children of all ages have had chances to develop through literacy programs and other educational activities, many lives have been improved by well-developed health and awareness programs… Our ongoing investment in our volunteering program will enable us to effectively and positively keep on impacting the lives of many of India's most disadvantaged people.


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To the Orchestra of the Lucerne Festival Academy fell the honor of closing out the 2018 Musikfest Berlin — and what could possibly top their rendition of Stockhausen's INORI as the final act?
Led by Peter Eötvös, the Academy musicians found themselves on the stage of one of the most sacrosanct spaces of Berlin's music scene, the Philharmonie, playing the Berlin premiere of the full version of Stockhausen's intensely beautiful "Adorations" for large orchestra and two "dancer-mimes" (hitherto given here only in a reduced version).
They'd spent the summer rehearsing it and presenting it as part of the Stockhausen homage at Lucerne Festival — the two pairs of artists who undertook the unusually demanding dancer-mime roles spent the past year mastering their parts — and everything was in place for Stockhausen's weirdly gripping, transporting music of the spheres to cast its spell.
Spirituality and ritual comprised a thematic focus for several of the Musikfest programs. Stockhausen's gathering of ageless gestures of prayer and worship that have been used across global cultures conveyed a contemporary longing to transcend the mania of our fragmented, restless lives and attention spans in this late-capitalist era.
Trained under the supervision of Kathinka Pasveer, Alain Louafi, and Peter Eötvösm Winnie Huang and Diego Vásquez were the dancer-mimes in this performance. At the start, they ascended the steps to the two raised platforms positioned downstage, where over the course of the 70-minute work they performed Stockhausen's meticulously notated gestures, in sync with changes in the pitch, rhythm, and dynamics of the music. INORI has been described as a sister work to GRUPPEN, but here the focus is on synchrony rather than simultaneously unfolding polychronies.
Mostly performing from a seated position, the dancer-mimes eventually descended again from their perch, slowly retreating to an exit high behind the stage, like Bodhisattvas who have fulfilled their mission.
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Something smells good at N. 10, Garden Street. Delicious, actually!
Oh yes! Those savory aromas wafting from the windows of that charming apartment building are making my mouth water. Who lives there? What are they cooking? Better still, may we have some? 🙂
In her new picture book-cookbook, What's Cooking at 10 Garden Street? (Prestel Publishing, 2019), award-winning author/illustrator Felicita Sala invites us into the kitchens of some of the Garden Street residents so we can see for ourselves just what they're up to.
We first meet Pilar, who's preparing a batch of Salmorejo, a purée consisting of tomatoes mixed with stale bread, garlic, olive oil, and salt that originated in southern Spain. Smiling to herself, she seems quite content wielding her immersion blender, confident that the finished dish will be delicious.
Next door, Mr. Ping stir fries broccoli while his nephew Benjamin looks on. Benjamin calls broccoli "little trees." Across the hall, Maria is mashing avocados for Guacamole, while upstairs, Señora Flores squeezes lime juice into her pot of Black Bean Soup.
As we turn the pages, we meet more neighbors, all busy slicing, stirring, chopping, and combining ingredients. Some of these home cooks appear pensive and contemplative, while others are blissful or playful, but all are enjoying themselves, whether they're working alone or with helpers. Perhaps young Josef and Rafik, who are rolling Meatballs, are having too much fun (Josef is spooning something onto Rafik's head). Or what about impish, red-headed twins Jemima and Rosie arguing over "who took the last banana"? Their freckly-faced smiles promise all will be forgiven once their Banana and Blueberry Bread comes out of the oven.
When all the cooking's done, everyone takes their dishes downstairs for a big pot luck feast in the back garden. What a large, glorious table, set with homemade specialties from around the world! Rest assured, all these lovingly prepared foods taste even better because they're being shared in the happy spirit of fellowship and community.


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The flying cars are coming
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The flying cars are coming
2005-04-18 18:57
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by Flemming Funch
CBS has a
on the status of flying cars. I only knew about the
Moller Skycar
, which they mistakenly thought is a new entry. He's probably the veteran in that arena. But there are several other promising projects, apparently. Like the
Air Scooter
, which is vertical take-off ultralight thing. Not exactly as comfy as the Skycar, but it might happen sooner. And the
, which is a little plane/helicopter combination, which already flies. And there's
, but that doesn't seem to be much more than a concept. Alright, the Moller Skycar still seems to be what looks most like a flying car that actually, sort of, can fly at this point. And what we really need is anti-gravity. That would make it much easier.
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18 Apr 2005 @ 21:42
Ge Zi
@22.214.171.124 : anti-grav
I think what's really missing is that anti-grav module to get rid of all these ridiculous wings, rotors, etc.
Unfortunately I misplaced my plans for the one, and I also forgot where I parked my space ship - darn!
19 Apr 2005 @ 00:03
@188.8.131.52 : No way!
If motorists start taking to the air, I'm going to stay on the ground.
19 Apr 2005 @ 00:23
: Rotor to Rotor
Yeah, you don't want the guy next to you chatting on his cell phone while flying that thing. I don't think it is going to be practical without computer controlled flight. And it better not be Windows.
19 Apr 2005 @ 00:40
by astrid : Any News on the
ancient Indian Vipanas ("Flying -- or SPACE-- Cars" from Harappa , if I remember correct???) Not too long ago I saw some Info that someone actually was building one, following the old Instructions still around.
19 Apr 2005 @ 14:59
: Do You Have Any Fuel For These Things
on this planet anyway?
19 Apr 2005 @ 16:07
by astrid : LOOOOove your Q,Jazzo!
If you ask me, visavi the Vipanas.....idnno....don't remember anymore....tooo long since I drove one!... that's why I was curious if anyone else had any more recent info... : )
19 Apr 2005 @ 16:12
: Fuel
Yeah, these things are gas guzzlers, I'm sure. So, that doesn't really brings us forward in any very useful way. We need some kind of sustainable anti-gravity. Burning dead dinosaurs in combustion engines is so last millennium.
19 Apr 2005 @ 16:45
: Dana Got Flown To Arizona
last month for a conference, and I tagged along. It was the first time we'd been in a plane in 22 years. I figured it'd be our last...but I must say the thrill of takeoff and flying 7 miles high was absolute heaven. First Class too!
19 Apr 2005 @ 17:13
by astrid : Ok,Big Guys....
...i'll do some research in the field of Vipana fuel. And I'll get back to you with some Good News -or not!
10 Feb 2006 @ 18:44
by frankie velasquez @188.8.131.52 : fly
thats so crazy flying cars! what is this world comming too. theres going to be maniacs flying those things.
10 Feb 2006 @ 18:52
@18.104.22.168 : haa
10 Feb 2006 @ 18:44 by frankie velasquez @184.108.40.206 : fly
thats so crazy flying cars! what is this world comming too. theres going to be maniacs flying those things.
19 Oct 2011 @ 07:19
Japanese used cars
@188.8.131.52 : Re:
The flying car is not only a vehicle but also an aircraft. The car can actually be used for traveling on a daily basis but for now it is not advisable to be driven on roads.
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National drink of Pakistan
@126.96.36.199 : Malik
Any tragedy during Pakistan continues to worsen mainly because relief equipment and facilitate fall far in need of what is desirable. More facilitate is anxiously needed when the potential for many fatalities starts out to loom.
20 Sep 2016 @ 05:02
xender for pc
@126.96.36.199 : xender for pc
xender for pc
15 Nov 2016 @ 14:42
umroh februari 2017
@220.127.116.11 : travelling
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Sega Sammy Holdings Inc. has announced that it will begin streamlining its American and European operations after posting an 7.1 billion Yen ($86 million dollar) extraordinary loss for the 2011 year. The move is expected to create a "smaller company positioned for sustained profitability" with the company planning a shift to a new "digital content" strategy. It'll cancel work on new, forthcoming titles and just concentrate on key earners like the Sonic, Football Manager and Total War franchises. There's no official word on if it'll involve job losses, but the company is setting aside 4.9 billion yen ($59.7 million) of that loss figure in order to cover the costs of the corporate reorganization. In the meantime, we're off to pour one out for one of our childhood staples.
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Plausible deniability is the ability of people (typically senior officials in a chain of command) to deny knowledge of or responsibility for any damnable actions committed by others in an organizational hierarchy because of a lack of evidence that can confirm their participation, even if they were personally involved in or at least willfully ignorant of the actions.
In the case that illegal or otherwise disreputable and unpopular activities become public, high-ranking officials may deny any awareness of such acts to insulate themselves and shift blame onto the agents who carried out the acts, as they are confident that their doubters will be unable to prove otherwise.
The lack of evidence to the contrary ostensibly makes the denial plausible; that is, credible, although sometimes it merely makes it unactionable. The term typically implies forethought, such as intentionally setting up the conditions to plausibly avoid responsibility for one's (future) actions or knowledge. In some organizations, legal doctrines such as command responsibility exist to hold major parties responsible for the actions of subordinates involved in heinous acts and nullify any legal protection that their denial of involvement would carry.
High-ranking officials in more typically Eastern cultures, such as Japan or Korea, are often expected to take full responsibility for improper actions by their subordinates. As an example, Japanese CEOs have made dramatic public apologies and even committed suicide when their companies have been dishonored in some way.
In politics and espionage, deniability refers to the ability of a powerful player or intelligence agency to pass the buck and avoid blowback by secretly arranging for an action to be taken on their behalf by a third party ostensibly unconnected with the major player. In political campaigns, plausible deniability enables candidates to stay clean and denounce third-party advertisements that use unethical approaches or potentially libelous innuendo.
In the US, plausible deniability is also a legal concept. It refers to lack of evidence proving an allegation. Standards of proof vary in civil and criminal cases. In civil cases, the standard of proof is 'preponderance of the evidence,' whereas in a criminal matter, the standard is 'beyond a reasonable doubt.' If an opponent cannot provide evidence for his allegation, one can plausibly deny the allegation even though it may be true.
Although plausible deniability has existed throughout history, that name for it was coined by the CIA in the early 1960s to describe the withholding of information from senior officials in order to protect them from repercussions in the event that illegal or unpopular activities by the CIA became public knowledge. The roots of the name go back to a national security council paper in 1948 for Harry Truman, which defined 'covert operations' as '…all activities (except as noted herein) which are conducted or sponsored by this Government against hostile foreign states or groups or in support of friendly foreign states or groups but which are so planned and executed that any US Government responsibility for them is not evident to unauthorized persons and that if uncovered the US Government can plausibly disclaim any responsibility for them.' During Eisenhower's administration, 'NSC 10/2' was incorporated into more specific 'NSC 5412/2' 'Covert Operations,' which was declassified in 1977, and is located at the National Archives.
Arguably, the key concept of plausible deniability is plausibility (i.e. believability, credibility). It is relatively easy for a government official to issue a blanket denial of an action, and it is possible to destroy or cover up evidence after the fact, and this might be sufficient to avoid a criminal prosecution, for instance. However, the public might well disbelieve the denial, particularly if there is strong circumstantial evidence, or if the action is believed to be so unlikely that the only logical explanation is that the denial is false.
The concept is even more important in espionage. Intelligence may come from many sources, including human sources. The exposure of information to which only a few people are privileged may directly implicate some of those people in the disclosure. Take for example a scenario where an official is traveling secretly, and only one of his aides knows the specific travel plans. The official is assassinated during his travels, and the circumstances of the assassination strongly suggest that the assassin had foreknowledge of the official's travel plans. The probable conclusion is that his aide has betrayed the official. There may be no direct evidence linking the aide to the assassin, but collaboration can be inferred from the facts alone, thus making the aide's denial implausible.
The expression 'plausibly deniable' was first used publicly by CIA director Allen Dulles. The idea, on the other hand, is considerably older. For example, in the 19th century, English mathematician Charles Babbage described the importance of having 'a few simply honest men' on a committee who could be temporarily removed from the deliberations when 'a peculiarly delicate question arises' so that one of them could 'declare truly, if necessary, that he never was present at any meeting at which even a questionable course had been proposed.'
A U.S. Senate committee, the Church Committee, in 1974–1975 conducted an investigation of the intelligence agencies. In the course of the investigation, it was revealed that the CIA, going back to the Kennedy administration, had plotted the assassination of a number of foreign leaders, including Cuba's Fidel Castro. But the president himself, who clearly was in favor of such actions, was not to be directly involved, so that he could deny knowledge of it. This was given the term 'plausible denial'.
According to the Church Committee: 'Non-attribution to the United States for covert operations was the original and principal purpose of the so-called doctrine of 'plausible denial.' Evidence before the Committee clearly demonstrates that this concept, designed to protect the United States and its operatives from the consequences of disclosures, has been expanded to mask decisions of the president and his senior staff members.'
Plausible denial involves the creation of power structures and chains of command loose and informal enough to be denied if necessary. The idea was that the CIA (and, later, other bodies) could be given controversial instructions by powerful figures—up to and including the President himself—but that the existence and true source of those instructions could be denied if necessary; if, for example, an operation went disastrously wrong and it was necessary for the administration to disclaim responsibility.
The 'Hughes–Ryan Act of 1974′ sought to put an end to plausible denial by requiring a Presidential finding that each operation is important to national security, and the Intelligence Oversight Act of 1980 required that Congress be notified of all covert operations. But both laws are full of enough vague terms and escape hatches to allow the executive branch to thwart their authors' intentions, as the Iran–Contra affair has shown. Indeed, the members of Congress are in a dilemma: when they are informed, they are in no position to stop the action, unless they leak its existence and thereby foreclose the option of covertness.
The Church Committee conceded that to provide the United States with 'plausible denial' in the event that the anti-Castro plots were discovered, Presidential authorization might have been subsequently 'obscured.' The committee also declared that, whatever the extent of the knowledge, Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson should bear the 'ultimate responsibility' for the actions of their subordinates.
In talking to the President and others outside the agency, CIA officials deliberately used 'Aesopian language,' communications that convey an innocent meaning to outsiders but hold a concealed meaning to informed members of a conspiracy or underground movement. 'Richard Helms testified that he did not want to 'embarrass a President' or sit around an official table talking about 'killing or murdering.' The report found this 'circumlocution' reprehensible, saying: 'Failing to call dirty business by its rightful name may have increased the risk of dirty business being done.'
'What made the responsibility difficult to pin down in retrospect was a sophisticated system of institutionalized vagueness and circumlocution whereby no official – and particularly a President – had to officially endorse questionable activities. Unsavory orders were rarely committed to paper and what record the committee found was shot through with references to 'removal,' 'the magic button' and 'the resort beyond the last resort.' Thus the agency might at times have misread instructions from on high, but it seemed more often to be easing the burden of presidents who knew there were things they didn't want to know.'
The doctrine had several major flaws. First and foremost, it was an open door to the abuse of authority; it required that the parties in question could be said to have acted independently, which in the end was tantamount to giving them license to act independently. Furthermore, the denials were sometimes seen as plausible and sometimes seen through by both the media and the populace. One aspect of the Watergate crisis is the repeated failure of the doctrine of plausible deniability, which the administration repeatedly attempted to use to stop the scandal affecting President Richard Nixon and his aides.
Plausible denial also increased the risk of misunderstanding between senior officials and their employees. Additionally, if the claim failed, it seriously discredited the political figure invoking it as a defense. ('It's not the crime, it's the cover-up'). Lastly, even if a claim of plausible deniability succeeds, it creates the impression that the government is not in control of the state ('asleep at the switch').
Another example of plausible deniability is someone who actively avoids gaining certain knowledge of facts because it benefits that person not to know, also known as willful ignorance. For example, an attorney may suspect that facts exist which would hurt his case, but decide not to investigate the issue because if they had actual knowledge, the rules of ethics might require revealing those facts to the opposing side.
In computer networks, deniability often refers to a situation where a person can deny transmitting a file, even when it is proven to come from their computer. This is sometimes accomplished by setting the computer to relay certain types of broadcasts automatically in such a way that the original transmitter of a file is indistinguishable from those who are merely relaying it. In this way, the person who first transmitted the file can claim that their computer had merely relayed it from elsewhere. The Freenet file sharing network is another application of the idea. It obfuscates data sources and flows in order to protect operators and users of the network by preventing them (and, by extension, observers such as censors) from knowing where data comes from and where it is stored.
In cryptography, deniable encryption may be used to describe steganographic techniques (concealing a file, message, image, or video within another file), where the very existence of an encrypted file or message is deniable in the sense that an adversary cannot prove that an encrypted message exists. In this case the system is said to be 'fully undetectable' (FUD). Some systems take this further, such as MaruTukku, FreeOTFE and (to a much lesser extent) TrueCrypt and VeraCrypt, which nest encrypted data. The owner of the encrypted data may reveal one or more keys to decrypt certain information from it, and then deny that more keys exist, a statement which cannot be disproven without knowledge of all encryption keys involved. The existence of 'hidden' data within the overtly encrypted data is then deniable in the sense that it cannot be proven to exist.


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I'm Brian Mork. I'm a father, husband, hacker, and gamer, in that order. I've held a variety of positions across the years, and co-founded a hacking team of some limited reputation, but if you're at this site that's not what you care about. I started this site to augment the training I used to provide at TheLab.ms, but over time it's grown to a bit more than that.
I'll be the first to admit that the content updates come in bursts, so don't expect this to be a daily stop by any means. What I post and focus on falls into three categories, generally speaking:
- Hey, did you know you can…?
- I just figured out something and want to document it so I don't forget later…
- I've gotten one (or many) questions about this topic, so I'm going to do my best to explain it/teach it to anyone who cares to read it.
Always happy to answer questions, but to avoid being spammed by bots I'm not putting an address or form here. If you want to reach me just use my PGP key and email my name at the domain used by my team. Thanks!


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When this new stamp by Impression Obsession, Inc. came into the scrapbook store, I had to have it.
Not only is it a hot-air balloon, but it also has an American flag and an anchor, both of which remind me of my son who is serving in the U.S. Navy in Guam.
Capitalizing on the patriotic nature of the stamp, I created this card for Scrap Tales.
You can find step-by-step directions on Scrap Tales blog, here, but if you just need to know who made the products, the cardstock is American Crafts, the hot-air balloon stamp is from Impression Obsession, Inc., the saying from Hero Arts, the background is made using a Texture Fade by Tim Holtz for Sizzix and I colored it with Distress Ink, and the stamped images are colored in with Copic markers.


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What's next you sit and wonder as this crazy life of ours goes by. Well, ladies why don't we all go over and check out their blog and web site…
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We as women are about the quality of life through wellness, lifestyle, and empowerment. Her Nexx Chapter is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. We build and connect the missing bridge for her inner balance, peace, and self-assurance. To help women stimulate self-growth with ways to connect, mentor, and nurture her lifestyle. Our humanitarian contributions to women, for women indicates our commitment to the true concept of "The Future of Connection for Women."
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Photo 347 out of 365 – "Happy Little Girl in the Chase Bank Window"
I stopped at the ATM yesterday and as I walked out the door I saw these two kids crouched down on the floor looking out the window. When I got outside, I crouched down and waved to the little girl through the glass. She waved back and was definitely intrigued by me. Then I picked up my camera and showed it to her and she just sat there posing, with that excited sweet smile on her face – eager to be photographed. I love making little connections like that with children. They are so curious and pure and unaffected. I just wish the glass had been a little cleaner. 🙂
Meanwhile, I've gotten back into the habit of posting late at night again and it's a baaaaaaad habit for me. My brain is tired and sharing my thoughts doesn't come as easily as it does when I'm fresh and it's light outside. A new goal for April… early blogging. Tomorrow I'm heading home to Massachusetts to catch up with friends and family and to celebrate my grandfather's ninety-first birthday. He is actually an award-winning photographer (I like to think some of his artistic eye got passed down to me) – nature and landscapes are his greatest inspiration. For his birthday, we all went in on a new digital camera for him and I am excited to help him learn how to use it. Maybe I can talk him into doing a 365 project of his own.
Then, the first week of April we are off to Oregon for a week! I'm super psyched. I have never been to Oregon, but in my head, Portland is my ideal place; good food scene, environmentally clean, liberal, good city for bikers, idealistic, good arts scene, lots of natural beauty, friendly community, a little bit of hippie vibe without too much … you know what I mean? That being said, I've never even been there – this is all speculation based on reading about it, so we'll see how I feel when I'm there in person. We are spending two nights in Portland, then driving down the coast to a town called Depoe Bay. I just booked a room at what looks to be a lovely inn there – overlooking the ocean and oh yes… each room has a private little deck with an outdoor jacuzzi! I mean… what's better than that?
After Depoe Bay we're heading down to Ashland in southern Oregon for the Ashland Independent Film Festival, where we have been invited to show Hello Lonesome as part of the narrative feature film competition! I'm psyched. I think the folks in Ashland are going to love the film and I think we're going to love Ashland! It seems like a beautiful charming artsy little city… my favorite kind. 🙂
Oh – and for any newcomers to nellsdish, Hello Lonesome is my husband's first feature film (writer, director, cinematographer, producer, etc.) and I'm really crazy proud of it and him! Go look it up and become a fan on Facebook… more screenings will be announced in the coming months!
Anyway – off to bed with me. I have to wake up early to pack. Night!


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Lyndon Lafferty, long-time California Highway Patrol officer and author of the 2012 book The Zodiac Killer Cover-Up: The Silenced Badge (see also: Michael Kelleher's thoughtful comments on the book), passed away on March 5th, at the age of 83.
The Vallejo Times-Herald newspaper, once the recipient of a letter from the Zodiac Killer, published an article noting Lafferty's passing, documenting his funeral at the Wayside United Methodist Church in Vallejo, and relating some of the nice things that people who knew him said.
Of course, the article addresses Lafferty's relationship to the Zodiac Killer. Tom Voigt — owner and operator of www.zodiackiller.com — provides some comments, representing the position of researchers who do not believe Lafferty's suspect was the killer.
As someone who thinks the Zodiac was not any of the known suspects, I'm among those who disagree with Lafferty's theory. Nevertheless, I'm happy he had the opportunity to publish his book. He had something to say, he said it, and now the world has a means by which to form an opinion about it.
Self-publishing trailblazer and expert Dan Poynter — another man who recently left us — used to say that his goal was to make sure people did not "die with a book still inside them." This sentiment feels apropos in the case of Lafferty. Those close to the man can find some degree of satisfaction in knowing that he published his book before the opportunity disappeared forever.
If there is one thing that a lasting interest in the Zodiac requires of us, it's the necessity of accepting people related to the case dying. Human life is much less durable than the uncertainty that defines the mystery.
Lyndon Lafferty, I did not know you. I do not agree with you. But, we shared a common interest and I'm saddened to learn of your passing.


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Continuing our profiles on our newest members, we hear from Natalie Court about how she is getting on at the club and how she found out about the sport.
Hi Natalie, we hope you're enjoying the off-season break! How was it you found out about Edinburgh City Korfball Club?
I found about Korfball from my pal Vivek. He was on a bit of a recruitment spree and invited me along to the beginner session in January.
Vivek had been playing at Edinburgh University last year, but looks set to join Edinburgh City this season.
Had you played many sports before you gave korfball a try?
I was pretty into touch rugby before. Shout out for the Buffs!
What three words would you use to describe your first impressions of the club?
Welcoming, friendly and supportive.
How would you describe korfball to those who haven't heard of the sport before?
A really fun cross between basketball and netball, with a super tall basket. It's inclusive of men and women, I'd like to see it push beyond the gender binary to become even more inclusive.
And finally, what is it that keeps you coming back to korfball each week?
It's good exercise in a relaxed atmosphere. Of course winning the free membership doesn't hurt!
At each Beginner Session, one lucky attendee wins a year's free membership and Natalie was January's winner!
Edinburgh City will be hosting its next Beginners Session:
Saturday 11th August at Oriam Sports Centre from 1pm – 4pm
For more information visit: www.edinburghcitykorfball.wordpress.com
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iSCSI Target Server
ISCSI Target Server is a feature that lets administrators boot multiple computers on a network from a single operating system image that's stored in a central location. iSCSI Target Server has the ability to boot hundreds of computers using just a single OS image.
The software for iSCSI Target Server is bundled with the Windows Server 2012 software and can be cluster aware. Microsoft says there are a number of common situations in which iSCSI Target Server can be a useful option for enterprises. ISCSI Target Server, for example, can help applications by providing continuously available block storage. It can also support iSCSI initiators that are not from Microsoft, which can help with shared storage in a mixed software environment.
ISCSI Target Server received a few functionality updates with the release of Windows Server 2012 R2, improving scalability, manageability and better optimization for caching at the disk-level.


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Louis XIII was originally registered by Paul-Emilee Rémy Martin on June 13, 1874, as Louis XIII, Âge Inconnu (Age Unknown). Since then, its age has become not only known, but legendary as a blend of 1,200 different Grande Champagne eaux-de-vie ranging from 40 to 100 years old. Equally famous is the classic Louis XIII Baccarat decanter, with its distinctive doughnut-shaped design inspired by an original flagon found on the site of the 1569 Battle of Jarnac.
Until recently, Louis XIII has been available only in 750-milliliter bottles and 1.5-liter magnums. Now comes an even grander presentation of this Grande Champagne Cognac—Le Jeroboam—an idea conceived in 2006 and finally unveiled last summer at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris. Unfortunately, three-liter spirit containers cannot be imported into the United States, so the Louis XIII Le Jeroboam must be purchased outside the country. However, by special arrangement, Le Jeroboam No. 13 will be auctioned off for charity in the U.S. on December 2, 2011, with proceeds going to the Ruby Peck Foundation for Children's Education.
The reason this three-liter decanter was so long in coming was not the Cognac—rare as it is—for that had been aging for years in the Rémy Martin cellars in Jarnac, overseen by cellar master Pierrette Trichet. Rather, it was the crystal decanter itself, as its impressive size demanded the skills of Cristal de Sèvres, which has been creating exquisite crystal tableware for French royalty since 1750. (Baccarat produces the exquisite 750-millimeter and magnum decanters.) It took more than 11 pounds of molten crystal and as many as nine craftsmen to create each jeroboam. The Cognac itself is classic Louis XIII, rich with multilayered essences of citrus, spices, plums, and nuts. Only 100 individually numbered Louis XIII Le Jeroboams, priced at $22,800 apiece, are destined to be made the first year. Each is banded in 24-karat gold, and packed in a brass-bound oak chest with a collector's book, a personally signed certificate of authenticity by Pierrette Trichet, a cellar master's tasting pipette, and four crystal goblets designed exclusively for Louis XIII by Christophe Pillet. (For information on the auction: www.louis-xiii.com, www.rpfoundation.org)


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27 October 2017, Sweetcrude, Port Harcourt – The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has distributed mobility and hearing aids to people living with disabilities in the Niger Delta region.
Managing Director of NDDC, Mr. Nsima Ekere, handed over the items, which included 80 automated wheel chairs, 80 sensor guide canes, 80 German magnifier hearing aids and 40 crutches, to leaders of the Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities, JONAPD, at the Commission's headquarters in Port Harcourt.
Ekere remarked that some physically challenged people were very talented and gifted, stating that what such people needed was opportunities and support to live meaningful and sustainable lives.
He said that the NDDC Directorate of Youths, Sports Culture and Women Affairs would be fully mobilized to engage with people living with disabilities to determine the best ways to help them through special entrepreneurship trainings.
"The days of sympathy are over, NDDC will collaborate with people with disabilities and support them; we will take you to a level where you can realize your full potentials.
"What I will like to see is a situation where people with disabilities own cars and employ drivers, to achieve this, however, you need to have a business that will give you sustainable income; we will support you to achieve this.
"I am happy that you have now come together to engage NDDC as a unified group, now that you are together, we will engage better.. Proper engagement is the only way to get NDDC's attention and get benefits for people living with disabilities."
Earlier, the President of the Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities, Mr. Sokari Akpila, appealed to NDDC to create avenues for skill acquisitions for persons with disabilities so as to enable them build the needed capacity for self-employment.
Akpila said that many people with disabilities find that their situations affect their chances of going to school, working for a living and participating as equals in social life.
He appealed to the NDDC to assist in organizing sporting activities, especially wheelchair basketball, to create unity among the disabled community in the Niger Delta region and create awareness to end all forms of abuse against persons with disabilities.
He noted that disabled persons in the Niger Delta region were among the most vulnerable groups in the world, as they were prone to recruitment into armed conflicts and militia activities, prostitution, child labour and other forms of modern-day slavery.


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RIM CEO Thorsten Heins all but confirmed Monday the BlackBerry 10 operating system will be licensed to other manufactures, putting to bed the "will they or won't they" speculation.
In an interview with Bloomberg, Heins said the company will be ready to license the OS soon.
According to Heins, the first platform is in final testing stages and RIM is at the point of considering how other companies can use it.
RIM is also preparing its own BlackBerry 10 products, expected to go on sale early next year.
TechRadar reported earlier this month that the company was considering licensing BB 10, but at the time Heins was noncommittal, saying RIM "may need to look at licensing it to someone who can do this at a better cost proposition than I can do it."
From 'maybe' to 'yes'
He's since changed his tune.
"The platform can be licensed," he said in the Bloomberg interview.
BB 10 was built on QNX software, which is used in cars, nuclear plants and military drones. And looking at the OS's progenitor, Heins said a similar arrangement is possible.
First time for everything
Should RIM go through with licensing, it could spell big profits for the struggling corporation.
After speculation surfaced August 8 that RIM was looking to license BB 10, its stock jumped 13 percent and maintained gains for six consecutive days.
If RIM lets others build BB 10 products, it'll be the first time in the company's history that another manufacturer would be allowed to make a smartphone with a BlackBerry OS.
Though licensing looks like a sure thing, one manufacturer definitely won't be courting RIM to get a piece of the BlackBerry 10 pie.
Down but not yet out
News of BB 10 gearing up for licensing comes on the heels of reports RIM is trying to offload a cloud-services provider it bought in October 2011.
NewBay, which offers cloud services to operators and devices makers that deliver multimedia in handsets, PCs, tablets and TVs, was picked up by RIM for $100 million. Though it remains to be seen whether it'll recoup its initial investment, the extra cash won't hurt RIM's prospects.
As its sales and stock prices shrink - and revenue last quarter dropping by $518 million - RIM, under Heins' direction, appears to be setting a new course by not only developing its own systems and products but by bringing others into the fold.


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Shiro 1.2.0 and later provides a command line program that can hash strings and resources (files, URLs, classpath entries) of almost any type. To use it, you must have a Java Virtual Machine installed and the 'java' command must be accessible in your
$PATH environment variable.
Ensure you have access to the
-cli.jar file. You can either find this in a source build in the buildroot
/tools/hasher/target directory or via download through Maven.
# Use the following to download from Maven Central into # ~/.m2/repository/org/apache/shiro/tools/shiro-tools-hasher/X.X.X/shiro-tools-hasher-X.X.X-cli.jar $ mvn dependency:get -DgroupId=org.apache.shiro.tools -DartifactId=shiro-tools-hasher -Dclassifier=cli -Dversion=X.X.X
Once you have access to the jar, you can run the following command:
$ java -jar shiro-tools-hasher-X.X.X-cli.jar
This will print all available options for both standard (MD5, SHA1) and more complex password hashing scenarios.
Please read the printed instructions for the above command. It will provide an exhaustive list of instructions which will help you use the hasher depending on your needs. However, we've provided some quick reference usages/scenarios below for convenience.
It is best to keep user passwords in the
[users] section secure. To add a new user account line, use the above command with the
**-p** (or
--password) option:
$ java -jar shiro-tools-hasher-X.X.X-cli.jar -p
It will then ask you to enter the password and then confirm it:
Password to hash: Password to hash (confirm):
When this command executes, it will print out the securely-salted-iterated-and-hashed password. For example:
Take this value and place it as the password in the user definition line (followed by any optional roles) as defined in the INI Users Configuration documentation. For example:
[users] ... user1 = $shiro1$SHA-256$500000$eWpVX2tGX7WCP2J+jMCNqw==$it/NRclMOHrfOvhAEFZ0mxIZRdbcfqIBdwdwdDXW2dM=
You will also need to ensure that the implicit
iniRealm uses a
CredentialsMatcher that knows how to perform secure hashed password comparisons. So configure this in the
[main] section as well:
[main] ... passwordMatcher = org.apache.shiro.authc.credential.PasswordMatcher iniRealm.credentialsMatcher = $passwordMatcher ...
Although you can perform any hash with any algorithm supported on the JVM, the default hashing algorithm is MD5, common for file checksums. Just use the
**-r** (or
--resource) option to indicate the following value is a resource location (and not text you wish hashed):
$ java -jar shiro-tools-hasher-X.X.X-cli.jar -r RESOURCE_PATH
By default
RESOURCE_PATH is expected to be a file path, but you may specify classpath or URL resources by using the
classpath: or
url: prefix respectively.
Some examples:
<command> -r fileInCurrentDirectory.txt <command> -r ../../relativePathFile.xml <command> -r ~/documents/myfile.pdf <command> -r /usr/local/logs/absolutePathFile.log <command> -r url:http://foo.com/page.html <command> -r classpath:/WEB-INF/lib/something.jar


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Arsenal centre-back Per Mertesacker and midfielder Tomas Rosicky have signed new contracts with the club. "They are players of exceptional quality and experience," Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger told the club's website.
"They have consistently proven themselves at the highest level.
"There is a great feeling of togetherness and belief in the group and this news will only help to strengthen this further."
"I'm really looking forward to having more years coming up with this fantastic club," said Germany international Mertesacker, who has captained the Gunners 16 times this season.
"It took me a while to realise I can be a main part of this squad. Now I want to show that. We need to get everyone ready at this club and get the best out of everyone."
Czech Republic international Rosicky said he signed a new deal because "one big factor is that I want to win the league with Arsenal".
He added: "It's my big goal and I will do everything I can to achieve it."
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Mysterious Swedish heavy rock buzz band GHOST performed at Orion Music + More, the two-day festival created by METALLICA that was held June 23-24 at Bader Field in Atlantic City, New Jersey. METALLICA frontman James Hetfield personally took to the stage to introduce GHOST, telling the audience, "I appreciate you coming coming down early and checking out one of my new favorite bands. From Sweden… It's never too early for scary, all right? Please welcome from Sweden… GHOST."
Fan-filmed video footage of Hetfield's GHOST introduction, as well as the first song of the band's Orion Music + More set, can be seen below.
GHOST is rumored to have inked a deal with Seven Four Ent. The band is said to be the first signing for the label, which is led by former Warner Bros. Records Chairman/CEO Tom Whalley.
Seven Four Ent. in April announced a label deal with Universal Republic Records.


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