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Sieve Email Filtering: Editheader Extension
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Network Working Group Jutta Degener Internet Draft Philip Guenther Intended status: Standards Track Sendmail, Inc. Expires: September 2008 March 2008 Sieve Email Filtering: Editheader Extension draft-ietf-sieve-editheader-11.txt Status of this memo By submitting this Internet-Draft, each author represents that any applicable patent or other IPR claims of which he or she is aware have been or will be disclosed, and any of which he or she becomes aware will be disclosed, in accordance with Section 6 of BCP 79. Internet-Drafts are working documents of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), its areas, and its working groups. Note that other groups may also distribute working documents as Internet-Drafts. Internet-Drafts are draft documents valid for a maximum of six months and may be updated, replaced, or obsoleted by other documents at any time. It is inappropriate to use Internet- Drafts as reference material or to cite them other than as "work in progress." The list of current Internet-Drafts can be accessed at http://www.ietf.org/1id-abstracts.html The list of Internet-Draft Shadow Directories can be accessed at http://www.ietf.org/shadow.html Copyright Notice Copyright (C) The IETF Trust (2008). Abstract This document defines two new actions for the "Sieve" email filtering language that add and delete email header fields. 1. Introduction Email header fields are a flexible and easy to understand means of communication between email processors. This extension enables sieve scripts to interact with other components that consume or produce header fields by allowing the script to delete and add header fields. Degener & Guenther Standards Track [Page 1] Internet-Draft Sieve Email Filtering: Editheader Extension March 2008 2. Conventions Used in This Document The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in [KEYWORDS]. Conventions for notations are as in [SIEVE] section 1.1, including use of the "Usage:" label for the definition of action and tagged arguments syntax. The term "header field" is used here as in [IMAIL] to mean a logical line of an email message header. 3. Capability Identifier The capability string associated with the extension defined in this document is "editheader". 4. Action addheader Usage: "addheader" [":last"] <field-name: string> <value: string> The addheader action adds a header field to the existing message header. If the field-name is not a valid 7-bit US-ASCII header field name as described by the [IMAIL] "field-name" nonterminal syntax element, the implementation MUST flag an error. The addheader action does not affect Sieve's implicit keep. If the specified field value does not match the RFC 2822 "unstructured" nonterminal syntax element or exceeds a length limit set by the implementation, the implementation MUST either flag an error or encode the field using folding white space and the encodings described in [RFC2047] or [RFC2231] to be compliant with RFC 2822. An implementation MAY impose a length limit onto the size of the encoded header field; such a limit MUST NOT be less than 998 characters, not including the terminating CRLF supplied by the implementation. By default, the header field is inserted at the beginning of the existing message header. If the optional flag ":last" is specified, it is appended at the end. Degener & Guenther Standards Track [Page 2] Internet-Draft Sieve Email Filtering: Editheader Extension March 2008 Example: /* Don't redirect if we already redirected */ if not header :contains "X-Sieve-Filtered" ["<email@example.com>", "<email@example.com>"] { addheader "X-Sieve-Filtered" "<email@example.com>"; redirect "firstname.lastname@example.com"; } 5. Action deleteheader Usage: "deleteheader" [":index" <fieldno: number> [":last"]] [COMPARATOR] [MATCH-TYPE] <field-name: string> [<value-patterns: string-list>] By default, the deleteheader action deletes all occurrences of the named header field. The deleteheader action does not affect Sieve's implicit keep. The field-name is mandatory and always matched as a case-insensitive US-ASCII string. If the field-name is not a valid 7-bit header field name as described by the [IMAIL] "field-name" nonterminal syntax element, the implementation MUST flag an error. The value-patterns, if specified, restrict which occurrences of the header field are deleted to those whose values match any of the specified value-patterns, the matching being according to the match-type and comparator and performed as if by the "header" test. In particular, leading and trailing whitespace in the field values is ignored. If no value-patterns are specified then the comparator and match-type options are silently ignored. If :index <fieldno> is specified, the attempts to match a value are limited to the <fieldno> occurrence of the named header field, beginning at 1, the first named header field. If :last is specified, the count is backwards; 1 denotes the last named header field, 2 the second to last, and so on. The counting happens before the <value-patterns> match, if any. For example: deleteheader :index 1 :contains "Delivered-To" "firstname.lastname@example.com"; deletes the first "Delivered-To" header field if it contains the string "firstname.lastname@example.com" (not the first "Delivered-To" field that contains "email@example.com"). Degener & Guenther Standards Track [Page 3] Internet-Draft Sieve Email Filtering: Editheader Extension March 2008 It is not an error if no header fields match the conditions in the deleteheader action or if the :index argument is greater than the number of named header fields. The implementation MUST flag an error if :last is specified without also specifying :index. 6. Implementation Limitations on Changes As a matter of local policy, implementations MAY limit which header fields may be deleted and which header fields may be added. However, implementations MUST NOT permit attempts to delete "Received" header fields and MUST permit both addition and deletion of the "Subject" header field. If a script tries to make a change that isn't permitted, the attempt MUST be silently ignored. 7. Interaction with Other Sieve Extensions Actions that generate [MDN], [DSN], or similar disposition messages MUST do so using the original, unmodified message header. Similarly, if an error terminates processing of the script, the original message header MUST be used when doing the implicit keep required by [SIEVE] section 2.10.6. With the exception of the special handling of redirect and "Received" header fields described above, all other actions that store, send, or alter the message MUST do so with the current set of header fields. This includes the addheader and deleteheader actions themselves. For example, the following leaves the message unchanged: addheader "X-Hello" "World"; deleteheader :index 1 "X-Hello"; Similarly, given a message with three or more "X-Hello" header fields, the following example deletes the first and third of them, not the first and second: deleteheader :index 1 "X-Hello"; deleteheader :index 2 "X-Hello"; Tests and actions such as "exists", "header", or "vacation" [VACATION] that examine header fields MUST examine the current state of a header as modified by any actions that have taken place so far. Degener & Guenther Standards Track [Page 4] Internet-Draft Sieve Email Filtering: Editheader Extension March 2008 As an example, the "header" test in the following fragment will always evaluate to true, regardless of whether the incoming message contained an "X-Hello" header field or not: addheader "X-Hello" "World"; if header :contains "X-Hello" "World" { fileinto "international"; } However, if the presence or value of a header field affects how the implementation parses or decodes other parts of the message, then for the purposes of that parsing or decoding the implementation MAY ignore some or all changes made to those header fields. For example, in an implementation that supports the [BODY] extension, "body" tests may be unaffected by deleting or adding "Content-Type" or "Content-Transfer-Encoding" header fields. This does not rescind the requirement that changes to those header fields affect direct tests; only the semantic side effects of changes to the fields may be ignored. For the purpose of weeding out duplicates, a message modified by addheader or deleteheader MUST be considered the same as the original message. For example, in an implementation that obeys the constraint in [SIEVE] section 2.10.3 and does not deliver the same message to a folder more than once, the following code fragment keep; addheader "X-Flavor" "vanilla"; keep; MUST only file one message. It is up to the implementation to pick which of the redundant "fileinto" or "keep" actions is executed, and which ones are ignored. The "implicit keep" is thought to be executed at the end of the script, after the headers have been modified. (However, a canceled "implicit keep" remains canceled.) Degener & Guenther Standards Track [Page 5] Internet-Draft Sieve Email Filtering: Editheader Extension March 2008 8. IANA Considerations The following template specifies the IANA registration of the Sieve extension specified in this document: To: firstname.lastname@example.com Subject: Registration of new Sieve extension Capability name: editheader Description: Adds actions 'addheader' and 'deleteheader' that modify the header of the message being processed RFC number: this RFC Contact Address: Jutta Degener <email@example.com> This information should be added to the list of sieve extensions given on http://www.iana.org/assignments/sieve-extensions. 9. Security Considerations Someone with write access to a user's script storage may use this extension to generate headers that a user would otherwise be shielded from (e.g., by a gateway MTA that removes them). A sieve filter that removes header fields may unwisely destroy evidence about the path a message has taken. Any change in a message content may interfere with digital signature mechanisms that include the header in the signed material. Since normal message delivery adds "Received" header fields and other trace fields to the beginning of a message, many such schemas are impervious to headers prefixed to a message, and will work with "addheader" unless :last is used. Any decision mechanism in a user's filter that is based on headers is vulnerable to header spoofing. For example, if the user adds an APPROVED header or tag, a malicious sender may add that tag or header themselves. One way to guard against this is to delete or rename any such headers or stamps prior to processing the message. Degener & Guenther Standards Track [Page 6] Internet-Draft Sieve Email Filtering: Editheader Extension March 2008 10. Acknowledgments Thanks to Eric Allman, Cyrus Daboo, Matthew Elvey, Ned Freed, Arnt Gulbrandsen, Kjetil Torgrim Homme, Simon Josefsson, Will Lee, William Leibzon, Mark E. Mallett, Chris Markle, Alexey Melnikov, Randall Schwartz, Aaron Stone, Nigel Swinson, and Rand Wacker for extensive corrections and suggestions. 11. Authors' Addresses Jutta Degener 5245 College Ave, Suite #127 Oakland, CA 94618 Email: email@example.com Philip Guenther Sendmail, Inc. 6475 Christie Ave., Ste 350 Emeryville, CA 94608 Email: email@example.com 12. Discussion This section will be removed when this document leaves the Internet-Draft stage. This draft is intended as an extension to the Sieve mail filtering language. Sieve extensions are discussed on the MTA Filters mailing list at <email@example.com>. Subscription requests can be sent to <firstname.lastname@example.com> (send an email message with the word "subscribe" in the body). More information on the mailing list along with a WWW archive of back messages is available at <http://www.imc.org/ietf-mta-filters/>. 12.1 Changes from draft-ietf-sieve-editheader-10.txt Update the deleteheader example to not violate the spec. Remove the security consideration about deleting "Received" headers. Add a "Capability Identifier" section to match existing RFCs. Degener & Guenther Standards Track [Page 7] Internet-Draft Sieve Email Filtering: Editheader Extension March 2008 Make the normative and information references subsections of a "References" section to match existing RFCs. 12.2 Changes from draft-ietf-sieve-editheader-09.txt Add section 5, completely banning <<deleteheader "Received">> but requiring that "Subject" changes be permitted. Since deletion of "Received" headers is now banned, this spec no longer updates the base-spec. Updated references to Sieves specs that have been published. 12.3 Changes from draft-ietf-sieve-editheader-08.txt Tighten up the permissible behaviors involving redirect and deleteheader "Recieved". Consistently quote the names of header fields, but not actions. For deleteheader, :last without :index is an error. On the other hand, the match-type and comparator are ignored if there are no value-patterns. Clarify that addheader and deleteheader operate on the 'current' set of header fields and give examples demonstrating this. 12.4 Changes from draft-ietf-sieve-editheader-07.txt Let implementations permit redirected messages to have fewer "Received" header fields, but warn about the consequences. Updated boilerplate to match RFC 4748. Added "Intended-Status: Standards Track" and "Updates: draft-ietf-sieve-3028bis-12" Change the references from appendices to sections. Update [SIEVE], [BODY], [DSN], and [MDN] references. 12.5 Changes from draft-ietf-sieve-editheader-06.txt Make deleteheader match addheader on the description of invalid field-names. Degener & Guenther Standards Track [Page 8] Internet-Draft Sieve Email Filtering: Editheader Extension March 2008 Update copyright boilerplate Update references 12.6 Changes from draft-ietf-sieve-editheader-05.txt MDN and DSN references are merely informative 12.7 Changes from draft-ietf-sieve-editheader-04.txt Ignore leading and trailing whitespace when matching header field values. Header modifications are ignored when continuing after an error or generating MDNs or DSNs Added references for MDN and DSN Update IANA registration to match 3028bis Added [KEYWORDS] boilerplate text Describe an invalid field-name to addheader as an error (might be detected at runtime) 12.8 Changes from draft-ietf-sieve-editheader-03.txt Change "Syntax:" to "Usage:". Updated references. 12.9 Changes from draft-ietf-sieve-editheader-02.txt Clarify that value-patterns restrict which occurrences are deleted. Add informative reference to [BODY]. 12.10 Changes from draft-ietf-sieve-editheader-01.txt Whitespace and line length tweaks noted by ID-nits. Clarified what is being counted by :index. Update the [SIEVE] reference to the I-D of the revision. Degener & Guenther Standards Track [Page 9] Internet-Draft Sieve Email Filtering: Editheader Extension March 2008 12.11 Changes from draft-ietf-sieve-editheader-00.txt Updated IPR boilerplate to RFC 3978/3979. Many corrections in response to WGLC comments. Of particular note: - correct a number of spelling and grammar errors - document that neither addheader nor deleteheader affects the implicit keep - add normative references to RFC 2047 and RFC 2231 - it is not an error for deleteheader to affect nothing - change "foo.tld" to "foo.example.com" - add an informative reference to [VACATION], citing it as an example of an action that examines header fields - add weasel words about changes to fields that have secondary effects - add security consideration for combination of header changes and "reject" 12.12 Changes from draft-degener-sieve-editheader-03.txt Renamed to draft-ietf-sieve-editheader-00.txt; tweaked the title and abstract. Added Philip Guenther as co-author. Updated IPR boilerplate. 12.13 Changes from draft-degener-sieve-editheader-02.txt Changed the duplicate restrictions from "messages with different headers MUST be considered different" to their direct opposite, "messages with different headers MUST be considered the same," as requested by workgroup members on the mailing list. Expanded mention of header signature schemes to Security Considerations. Added IANA Considerations section. Degener & Guenther Standards Track [Page 10] Internet-Draft Sieve Email Filtering: Editheader Extension March 2008 13. References 13.1 Normative References [IMAIL] Resnick, P., "Internet Message Format", RFC 2822, April 2001. [KEYWORDS] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels", RFC 2119, March 1997. [RFC2047] Moore, K., "MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) Part Three: Message Header Extensions for Non-ASCII Text", RFC 2047, November 1996. [RFC2231] Freed, N. and K. Moore, "MIME Parameter Value and Encoded Word Extensions: Character Sets, Languages, and Continuations", RFC 2231, November 1997. [SIEVE] Guenther, P. and T. Showalter, "Sieve: An Email Filtering Language", RFC 5228, January 2008. 13.2. Informative References [BODY] Degener, J. and P. Guenther, "Sieve Email Filtering: Body Extension", draft-ietf-sieve-body-09, March 2008. [DSN] Moore, K. and G. Vaudreuil, "An Extensible Message Format for Delivery Status Notifications", RFC 3464, January 2003. [MDN] T. Hansen, Ed., G. Vaudreuil, Ed., "Message Disposition Notification", RFC 3798, May 2004. [VACATION] Showalter, T. and N. Freed, "Sieve Email Filtering: Vacation Extension", RFC 5230, January 2008. Degener & Guenther Standards Track [Page 11] Internet-Draft Sieve Email Filtering: Editheader Extension March 2008 Full Copyright Statement Copyright (C) The IETF Trust (2008). 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Robert Browning (7 May 1812 – 12 December 1889) was an English poet and playwright whose mastery of dramatic verse, especially dramatic monologues, made him one of the foremost Victorian poets.
Browning was born in Camberwell, a suburb of London, England, the first son of Robert and Sarah Anna Browning. His father was a well-paid clerk for the Bank of England, earning about £150 per year. Browning's paternal grandfather was a wealthy slave owner in St Kitts, West Indies, but Browning's father was an abolitionist. Browning's father had been sent to the West Indies to work on a sugar plantation. Revolted by the slavery there, he returned to England. Browning's mother was a musician. He had one sister, Sarianna. It is rumoured that Browning's grandmother, Margaret Tittle, was a Jamaican-born mulatto who had inherited a plantation in St Kitts. Robert's father amassed a library of around 6,000 books, many of them rare. Thus, Robert was raised in a household of significant literary resources. His mother, to whom he was very close, was a devout nonconformist as well as a talented musician. His younger sister, Sarianna, also gifted, became her brother's companion in his later years. His father encouraged his interest in literature and the arts.
By twelve, Browning had written a book of poetry which he later destroyed when no publisher could be found. After attending several private schools, he began to be educated by a tutor, having demonstrated a strong dislike for institutionalized education. Browning was a good student, and by the age of fourteen he was fluent in French, Greek, Italian and Latin. He became a great admirer of the Romantic poets, especially Shelley. Following the precedent of Shelley, Browning became an atheist and vegetarian, both of which he gave up later. At the age of sixteen, he attended University College London but left after his first year. His mother's staunch evangelical faith prevented his studying at either Oxford University or Cambridge University, both then open only to members of the Church of England. He had substantial musical ability and composed arrangements of various songs.

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UAW Loss In Chattanooga A Repudiation Of 1930s Unionism
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It is 611 miles from the United Auto Workers headquarters in Detroit to Volkswagen's assembly plant in Chattanooga, Tenn. It's a long day's drive, about 10 hours almost entirely on Interstate 75, but it turned out to be too far for the UAW.
Or so one must judge from the results of the unionization election last week in Chattanooga. Volkswagen employees voted 712-626 against certifying the UAW as their bargaining agent. That's not an overwhelming margin. But it's significant. Volkswagen, unlike most employers, didn't oppose the union. It supported it, opening its factory to union organizers but not opponents, announcing it wanted the UAW as a partner in a worker's council similar to the company's council with its IG Metall union in Germany.
Knowledgeable analysts like Steven Pearlstein in the Washington Post clearly anticipated a union victory. Many expressed hopes that it would herald successful UAW organizing drives in other foreign-manufacturer plants in the South and Midwest.
But workers made another choice. It's a big setback for the UAW, whose chances of organizing other foreign-manufacturer plants — where managements oppose unionization — seem as minimal as ever.
And it's a repudiation of the UAW model of unionism, which goes back to the sit-down strikes of early 1937, which enabled the union to organize General Motors and Chrysler (Ford would be organized later, in 1941).
1937 was 77 years ago. To get a sense of how long ago that was, if you go back 77 years before that year, you are in the early weeks of 1860, before Abraham Lincoln delivered the Cooper Union speech that made him a leading candidate in that year's presidential election.
America's economy changed a lot in those 77 years. And it has changed a lot in the 77 years since 1937.
The appeal of the UAW to autoworkers in the 1930s is not hard to understand. The auto companies managed workers according to the theories of Frederick W. Taylor, whose time-motion studies prescribed the most efficient ways to perform simple operations on a moving assembly line. Taylor believed workers should be treated like stupid animals, incapable of adaptation or initiative, who needed to be disciplined to perform the same simple function all day.
Workers hated that work. But they knew in the Depression years that there were many unemployed men who would be happy to take their place.
The UAW argued that, thanks to the National Labor Relations Act of 1935, it could protect workers' jobs and that its shop stewards could protest assembly line speedups by stopping the whole assembly line.
The NLRA's adversarial process came to dominate labor-management relations and attract other workers. By the early 1930s, 35 percent of private sector workers had union representation. That number has fallen drastically since then. There was a slight uptick last year, according to the Labor Department, but the number is still just 7 percent.
Why the shift against unions? The auto industry is a good example. Adversarial unionism prevented the Detroit-based automakers from adopting the flexible labor relations employed by non-unionized foreign-based automakers.
In addition, the Detroit firms' managers were themselves hooked on Taylorism. They saw workers as a lower class of beings who needed to be bridled and saddled like horses.
As a result, foreign-owned automakers produced vehicles of much higher quality. In adversarial-union plants, some workers delighted in sabotaging their cars. In non-union plants, workers came forward with suggestions on how to make them better.
It took a long time for the UAW and Detroit management to acknowledge the problem. As Megan McArdle points out in her new book "The Up Side of Down," organizations that have long been successful are reluctant to change their ways during years of slow, sometimes imperceptible decline.
UAW president, Bob King, says that his union has learned to be cooperative with management. Improved quality of Detroit-made cars and anecdotal evidence that has come my way tend to support that claim.
But Chattanooga's VW workers don't seem to think they need the union to cooperate with the company. They're already working together — and new hires make union-level wages. And workers can't help but notice that the UAW helped push General Motors and Chrysler — and, indirectly, Detroit — into bankruptcy.
The bottom line is that the 1930s adversarial union model has little appeal to workers today. And that few Americans want to head on the road to Detroit.
Michael Barone, senior political analyst at the Washington Examiner, (www.washingtonexaminer.com), where this article first appeared, is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a Fox News Channel contributor and a co-author of The Almanac of American Politics.
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Maybe it was the chance to win $100,000, or maybe it was last month's release, which improved Firefox support, but either way, since Office Live Workspace went into public beta six months ago, the service has managed to capture the attention of 1 million users.
For those who still don't know that the software giant has an answer to Google Docs, Microsoft Office Live Workspace is a free online service that allows users to upload, share, and collaborate on documents. The Microsoft Office client software is still required to perform any substantial editing; an Office Live add-in for PowerPoint, Excel, and Word allows opening of documents stored on Workspace and then saving them back to the Web with one click. The beta is now currently available in 11 languages: Brazilian Portuguese, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Spanish, and Traditional Chinese.
Kirk Gregersen, director of consumer and small-business product management for Microsoft Office, said in a statement that one million customers already signed up was a huge milestone for Microsoft: "It takes companies years to attract a strong customer base such as this. We're excited about Office Live Workspace growth and innovation yet to come." Feedback has been mainly positive on the service thus far; when Microsoft piloted the service at 12 Live@edu universities and colleges across the US, approximately 72 percent of the students reported that they plan to continue using the service, and 89 percent would recommend the service to a friend. The service is still in beta, however, and more features are still on the way.
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August is Immunization Awareness Month. If you've recently adopted a puppy or plan on adding one to your home soon, vaccines will be an essential step toward a lifetime of great health! Below, your Georgetown, IN veterinarian goes over the basics that you need to know.
What Vaccinations Do Puppies Need?
All puppies will need what are known as the core vaccines; these are given to all pups because of the dangerous and/or contagious types of diseases they protect against. Distemper, parvovirus, parainfluenza, hepatitis, and rabies are some of the most common. Ask your veterinarian for further specifics on these diseases and how exactly vaccinations help to protect your dog.
Are There Non-Core Vaccinations?
Yes, non-core vaccinations are also administered to most puppies. As the name implies, they're not essential for all dogs but may benefit some; it depends on factors like risk of exposure, environmental elements, and others. The Bordetella vaccine and the Lyme disease vaccination are just two examples. For information on the non-core vaccinations that your puppy might benefit from, call your vet's office today.
Puppies can usually begin receiving vaccinations as early as eight weeks of age. Talk to your veterinarian if your pup hasn't already received vaccines, or if you're unsure about what particular vaccines your dog requires.
Is There Any Risk of Side Effects?
Vaccines are extremely safe and are a very effective way to ward off dangerous diseases. Since a vaccine is introducing a small strain of disease to your pup's system, however, it can occasionally cause minor side effects. Usually, these include general soreness or a possible low-grade fever, and they'll usually dissipate on their own in a day or two. If you think your puppy is reacting adversely to a vaccination, let your veterinarian know.
What About Booster Shots?
Most of your puppy's vaccines will require booster shots to keep them effective over the course of your dog's lifetime. These are most often given on a yearly basis, although some vaccines only require booster shots every few years. Talk to your veterinarian for further specifics, and ask about setting up a convenient booster-shot schedule.
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Does your puppy need core or non-core vaccinations? Do you have more questions about the vaccines your puppy needs for a happy, healthy life? We're here to help! Set up an appointment right away at your Georgetown, IN animal hospital.


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Sevilla is something else. Being a California girl, I love me some sunshine, and especially cities that are close to large bodies of water (read: oceans or seas). Sevilla, ('Sah-vee-yah' – if you know anything about Spanish – and Seville 'Sah-vill' if your native tongue is English), on the other hand is not an oceanfront city. It has the Guadalquivir river running through it and due to where it is located in proximity to the equator it has plenty of sunshine at a time of year that most European countries are lacking the vital vitamin D. So you can imagine after enduring 5 very long winter months in the Czech Republic how one could be more than anxious to absorb some sun and see beautiful spring blossoms come April in Sevilla.
My boyfriend, being Spanish, and knowing my wanderlusting and fashionista heart planned a trip to Sevilla for us both. It must be mentioned though that he is just the absolute funnest – is that a word? He kept the destination of our trip a secret until I could guess; only giving hints every other day beforehand and allowing me one question every day until I could guess the place correctly. After narrowing down that it was 1) in Spain and 2) during a very special week in this mystery city, I started my research.
I came upon La Féria de Abril – a week long beautiful Spanish culture festival. Here is Wikipedia's definition which is quite accurate (after having attended):
"For the duration of the fair, the fairgrounds and a vast area on the far bank of the Guadalquivir River are totally covered in rows of casetas (individual decorated marquee tents which are temporarily built on the fairground). These casetas usually belong to prominent families of Seville, groups of friends, clubs, trade associations and political parties. From around nine at night until six or seven the following morning, at first in the streets and later only within each caseta, there are crowds partying and dancing sevillanas, drinking Sherry, manzanilla or rebujito, and eating tapas. This fair also has an amusement park that comes with it and has lots of games to play along with roller coasters to ride."
Now, enough about La Feria de Abril and a little more about what I'm actually here to talk about: my spa day at AIRE – even though, I'll be sharing a lot of photos from the fair at the bottom of this post!
If you've been following along, you'll know that I have visited two of this company's other locations: New York (once) & Barcelona (twice). So for me to be checking out another location was quite exciting, especially because each of the locations has its own unique layout due to always being built in a historic building and in the city's best neighborhood. The one thing that isn't different, the incredibly surreal feeling this spa brand/concept invokes.
This time at AIRE I was accompanied by "my couple" – as my boyfriend calls me. Spanish to English term? European term? Still haven't figured that out but I like it nonetheless! I think he means "partner".
Upon entering, after a photo-op outside the spa in the famous alleyways of Sevilla, we were greeted by the front desk and management who gave us a warm welcome. We were then led through the sunny and quaint interior courtyard to a stairwell with a beautifully carved wood ceiling where we ascended to the second level where the entrance to the men and women's locker room was and where we changed into our swim attire. Side note: I was distraught because I forgot my bikini. This visit, with the view and photo-op you're about to see, was the reason I purchased it, but thank heavens AIRE has a black one piece swimsuit you can use if something like this happens. Distraught I tell you. One job, and I mess up; nobody's perfect I guess. Anyway!
After changing, my "couple" and I met at the entrance of the locker room where an attendant was waiting to escort us down into the bathing facilities which would be enjoyed prior to our individual 30 minute massages and wine bath. Yes, I said a bath in wine.
The baths layout was bit tighter in some walkways than in the other AIRE locations I have been in; AIRE makes up for this with the vaulted ceiling in the transparent blue and glowing warm pool whose walls are a deep burgundy red and where you can find a giant Moroccan style chandelier hanging just heads-height over the water giving an otherworldly dimension to the space.
We alternated between pools, plunges and the jacuzzi before being escorted to a private glass-doored vault-like room that contained a wall entirely for the storage of wine bottles and, best of all, the large stone basin where we would be enjoying our wine bath. Unfortunately I was not able to get photos in the premises of the baths this time around.
A few steps up into the stone basin allowed us to descend into the deep washtub where the faucet was on and gushing red wine into the tub; pouring onto our feet and quickly around our bodies – just amazing. I felt like a goddess. The wine bath experience is paired with a shoulder, neck and head massage and then topped off with a glass of wine and healthy snack and a few extra private minutes to enjoy the wine waters.
If the current state of euphoria wasn't at it's precipice, it was heightened when after the wine bath we were ushered to our own room where we would then enjoy a private 30 minute massage in dark aromatic room on one of the upper levels of the building. The thing I love about an AIRE massage is the, quite literally, finishing touches. When they remove your bikini strap from off your shoulder it is a delicate and sensual removal. When they remove the towel, they slowly and intimately let the last fiber of the towel touch your skin. When they are done massaging a section of your body they almost tickle your skin with the last bit of their fingers. Dare I say it's a bit erotic? In any case it's gentle and is a smooth transition to the preceding action, leaving you to continue feeling relaxed.
After being awoken back into reality, I was met in the hallway by my couple where we were then taken to the picturesque terrace that included a rooftop pool, awaiting us in privacy, with the Cathedral and Giralda Tower just off in the viewable blue-sky distance. A pair of sunglasses might have been nice at this moment though. After being in darkness for over an hour and a half and the re-immerging into a sunny atmosphere with reflective water and white architecture surrounding us, my sensitive blue eyes could hardly take in all that there was to see!
One of the staff members brought us not only our choice of wine with grapes, cheese and bread bites but also two flutes of champagne. Needless to say, the state of euphoria I was in 45 minutes ago was brought to a state of ecstasy. AIRE does it again – bringing otherworldly bliss to earth. We snapped a few photos and video, shared some sweet moments together and then gathered ourself to prepare for the rest of our short stay in Sevilla.
All in all, Sevilla is incredible. I love the people all across Spain. The sunshine, the spring air was much needed. La Feria de Abril was incredible; having my partner's friends there to experience the fair with made it all the merrier. We stayed at the Mercer Hotel which was impeccably designed (minus the squeaky bed and frames that randomly fell off the wall). I cannot wait to enjoy more time in this part of Andalusia and explore all it has to offer!


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Join the conversation
Those interested in learning more about future meetings related to violence and improving community ties in Broomfield can contact Barbara Kelly at 303-464-0446 or firstname.lastname@example.com or call Gary Winkelbauer at 303-452-5287.
After a year marked by violence, community members in Broomfield are having conversations they hope will turn into positive actions.
Community members such as Barbara Kelly and organizations such as Broomfield United Methodist Church have put together meetings to explore topics of violence and mental illness in Broomfield and beyond. As community members try to make sense of complicated issues of safety and violence, they hope to create a closer-knit city in which neighbors can look out for each other.
Kelly, who organized a community meeting about violence in December and another on Saturday, said she hopes talks can generate momentum for what she dubs the "I'll Keep You Safe" campaign. It envisions Broomfield as a place where "looking out for one another is second nature and not just something to be pulled out in case of emergency," she said.
At the first community meeting in December, participants told her they were eager to talk about gun violence and community safety, but were doubtful there was much they could do to change what Kelly describes as an "ocean of violence sweeping the country.".
The "I'll Keep You Safe" campaign can be a way to change that perception by swallowing the fear of being nosy and checking in with neighbors. Fight isolation, she said.
Kelly hosted a second community meeting Saturday, where residents talked about the ways technology influences communication and gun violence.
Participants spoke of the desire for a more cohesive community where neighbors get to know each other and help keep an eye out. Some attendees mentioned a program in Arvada where neighbors work with police to do community service projects or host neighborhood meetings.
Though it's too soon to tell what type of program or committee could form in Broomfield, Kelly said her group, as well as other groups in the community, seem excited to get together to pinpoint their mission further.
"My hope is that we'll be talking even more," she said.
In another neighborhood, a group of about 30 people from Broomfield United Methodist Church had a similar discussion last week.
Gary Winkelbauer, a church member and retired teacher, said the Newtown, Conn., shootings shook him deeply. He has grandchildren who are about the same age as some of the victims.
Winkelbauer and fellow church goers sat down with members of the police department, local school districts and other community members to try to sort out fears, concerns and possible plans of action.
"We had never really sat down and talked about this before," he said. "We wanted to reach out to our church community and let them know we're concerned about violence in our community and nation."
The first meeting was an exploratory brainstorming session, but Winkelbauer said the group plans to delve more deeply into mental illness and more focused discussions of weapons and violence in later meetings.
The church's pastor, Ken Brown, said the church also is starting a program to help address mental illness and mental health issues. Congregation members can take a mental health workshop or a workshop about suicide prevention.
The programs is separate from, but related to the church group's ongoing talks about violence.
Brown said it's important for the congregation to take a Christian approach to learning about mental health issues. He cited Proverbs 31:9 "Yes, speak up for the poor and helpless, and see that they get justice."
As church members organize their thoughts, they hope to connect with others who are interested in making sure Broomfield is a safe place.
Winkelbauer said he has talked with Kelly about the meetings she organized, and said the two hope to coordinate their efforts and collaborate on non-violence projects in the future.
"If anyone else out there is having these same discussions, we'd love to know about it," he said.
Contact Enterprise Staff Writer Staff Writer Megan Quinn at 303-410-2649 or firstname.lastname@example.com


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Antidotes for Unhelpful Thoughts
by Ann Koplow
- Identify the Cognitive Distortion. Write down a negative thought and name the cognitive distortions that apply. This gives perspective on the thought, which can otherwise feel like "the truth."
- Examine the Evidence. Instead of assuming your negative thought is true, look at the evidence. For example, if you think "I never do anything right," list some things you do well.
- Use Helpful Reminders. Use helpful phrases to challenge habitual distortions. For example, for mind-reading or fortune telling, remind yourself "I'm not psychic." Make a list of other phrases that help you, such as "I am doing the best I can," "One step at a time," etc. Consider sticking these reminders where you can see them.
- The "Double-Standard" Method. Instead of judging yourself harshly, talk to yourself as compassionately as you might to a friend with a similar problem. Also, ask yourself, "How would I react if somebody else did this?"
- Thinking in Shades of Grey. Instead of thinking in all-or-nothing terms, evaluate a situation on a scale of 0 to 100. Instead of absolute words like "never", "always," and "completely," substitute modulated words like "seldom", "often," or "somewhat." Consider the concept of "good enough" (e.g., "I am doing a good enough job at this").
- List the positives. To deal with the tendency to focus on the negative, make lists of good things that are happening, good things about yourself, and things that you are accomplishing (even little things). Focus on what you ARE doing, rather than on what you're NOT doing.
- Reality testing. Ask people questions to find out if your thoughts and concerns are realistic or true. This is a particularly effective response to the distortion of mind-reading.
- Challenge Labels. If you label yourself negatively, such as "a fool" or "a loser," remind yourself that such absolute terms are subjective and meaningless, and that human beings are too complex to be reduced that simplistically. Also, consider the possibility that somebody else may have given you that idea about yourself, and that they were wrong.
- The Semantic Method. Substitute language that is less emotionally loaded and less judgmental. For example, instead of telling yourself, "I should have known better," you could say, "I didn't know that."
- Look at the Context. Instead of automatically blaming yourself for a problem, think about the other factors that may have contributed to the situation. If you regret a previous action, consider that you might have been doing the best you could at the time.
- Consider the Source. If you're receiving negative, upsetting messages, take a step back and look at where those messages are coming from. Is that source reliable? Is it usually negative? How do other people see that source? If the source is your own internalized critic, consider that you may be too harsh on yourself.
- Cost-Benefit Analysis. List the pros and cons of a negative thought (like "I always screw up") or a behavior pattern (like isolating when you're depressed). A simple version of this is to ask yourself, "Does this [thought or action] help me?"
- The Perfectionism Cure. Allow yourself a quota for mistakes. Recognize that we will all make some mistakes, every day. Consider this quote from the book Self Esteem: "Between one and three out of every ten decisions people make are 'wrong'."
- The Equal Time Rule. To be fair, why not balance out the time spent on negative thoughts with positive thoughts? For example, if you spend a certain amount of time worrying or catastrophizing about something that then turns out okay, consider spending that much time feeling good about the outcome. Or, if you are focusing on a negative, critical person and worrying about how they might affect you, try to give equal time and power to a positive, supportive person.
- The "In Case of Emergency, Break Glass" Technique. Prepare for the possibility that when you are feeling at your worst, coping strategies and solutions might be difficult to remember. Write down a couple of things that might be helpful to remember when you are feeling bad, and put that in a special place. Also, consider telling somebody else about these "emergency messages," so they can remind you.
- The So What? Technique. Consider that an anxiety-producing possibility (even the worst case scenario) might not be as bad as you fear. For example, "So what if this one person doesn't like me? Not everybody is going to like me." or "So what if I lose my cell phone? It'll be an incredible hassle, but I'll be able to deal with it."
- Thought stopping. If you notice an unhelpful thought, cut it off immediately. Typical techniques include visualizing a big stop sign, saying "STOP!" to yourself, and giving yourself a sensory cue (e.g., snapping a rubber band you wear around your wrist). A "gentler" version of this is to notice an unhelpful thought and tell yourself, "That's just a thought."
What works for you? Are there strategies that you use that are not on this list? Which ones of those listed would you like to try?


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Man, old, man…..There's a Baby Epidemic going around!
Yep. In less than 8 weeks, I've attended 5 baby showers. Now that's a lot of baby games!
And not to brag, but I'm kind of a pro now when it comes to guessing how many jelly beans there are in a baby bottle…..or gauging the diameter of momma's tummy using a roll of toilet paper….or everyone's favorite–identifying the type of candy bar that has been melted/schmeared into a little diaper. Yep, y'all don't stand a chance!
For the most recent shower I attended, I decided to bring some cuppies to the party. My friend, who is the momma-to-be, doesn't really enjoy overly sweet desserts so I wanted to make something light but that would still satisfy everyone's sweet tooth.
I ended up making these fluffy Raspberry Cupcakes that were flavored with fresh raspberry puree. And instead of your standard buttercreams, I topped them with rosette swirls of raspberry flavored whipped cream.
Raspberry Cupcakes with Raspberry Whipped Cream
Makes approximately 2 dozen cupcakes
Cupcake Batter:
2¼ cups cake flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
1¼ cups buttermilk
4 large egg whites, at room temperature
½ cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
1½ cups sugar
½ tablespoon almond extract
½ cup raspberry puree*
Raspberry Whipped Cream:
1½ cups heavy cream, chilled
2 tablespoons sugar
¼ cup raspberry puree*
fresh raspberries
Preheat oven to 350˚ F. Line cupcake pans with paper liners.
In a medium bowl, sift together the cake flour, baking powder and salt. Whisk together the buttermilk and egg whites in another bowl.
Place the butter and sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Beat at medium speed until ingredients are light and fluffy. Beat in the almond extract and then add one third of the flour mixture, still beating on medium speed. Mix in half of the milk-egg mixture, then beat in half of the remaining dry ingredients until incorporated. Add the rest of the milk and eggs, mixing until the batter is well mixed, then add the last of the dry ingredients. Continue beating the mixture for another few minutes to ensure that the batter is thoroughly mixed and well aerated. Gently fold in the raspberry puree until just combined.
Divide the batter evenly between the prepared liners, filling each about ¾ full. Bake for 18-22 minutes, or until the cupcakes are well risen and springy to the touch and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Allow to cool in the pans for a few minutes, and then transfer the cupcakes to a wire rack to cool completely.
While cupcakes are cooling, prepare the whipped cream. Using a standing mixer fitted with the balloon whisk attachment, whip the chilled heavy cream on high until it just holds stiff peaks. Slowly sprinkle in the sugar until you reach a thick consistency. Slowly add in the raspberry puree and whip until combined.
Fit a piping bag with a fitted tip. Fill the bag with the Raspberry Whipped Cream and pipe decorative swirls on top of cooled cupcakes. Garnish with fresh berries.
**To make Raspberry Puree, add 2 pints of fresh raspberries with 2 tablespoons of water in a blender. Puree the berries until smooth. Pour the raspberry mixture through a fine mesh strainer to remove the seeds. Depending on how sweet the raspberries are, you can also add a few teaspoons of sugar while you puree them.


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The Peanut
Don Valley Village is a neighborhood in the city of Toronto. Placed between the Highway 401 in the South and Finch Avenue in the North, the Highway 404 is the Eastern boundary, and Leslie Street marks the West.
The impressive feature of Don Valley Village is its hill and dale topography which is composed from the nearby Don River Valley. The area is very well connected to the rest of the city.
The theater based at 35 Fairview Mall is the cultural and entertainment center of this neighborhood since 1976 and features regular performances produced by local theater groups.
One of the local marks is "The Peanut", a section of the neighborhood that when viewed on a map, matches its namesake. At the North end of the peanut is a broad strip mall and shopping complex called the Peanut Plaza.
Fairview Mall is a considerable regional shopping center located at the north-east corner of Sheppard Avenue and Don Mills Road. "The Shops on Steeles and the 404" is mid size shopping center anchored by a national department store.


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'Beauty and the Beast' to be performed
COLDWATER — Tibbits will present the second show of its Popcorn Theatre season "Beauty and the Beast" on July 5, 11 and 12 at Tibbits Opera House in Coldwater.
The familiar fairy tale combines humor and theatrical magic to enchant audiences. This version, written by Charles Burr and Bobb James, stays close to the original French story written more than 250 years ago, rather than the recent Disney version.
A young girl named Belle, played by Lindsey Dakota, learns about the power of love and how the heart can see beyond the surface. The Beast, played by Jonah Kramer, also learns a lesson of love and humility as he falls under an enchantment of a fairy whom he has mistreated. The cast also features TJ Besler, Allison Canning, Nasia Thomas and Tyler Whiteman.
The presentation is sponsored by Great lakes Chiropractic. Popcorn Theatre's live, professional performances have been entertaining audiences and introducing live theatre to the youngest of theatre-goers for generations. Popcorn Theatre is made possible through the generosity of Dr. Jon and Seibra Herbener and Dr. Nichole Ellis.
"Beauty and the Beast" performances begin at 10 a.m. Tickets are $7 and include popcorn and juice at intermission. Popcorn is donated by Dr. Ed Lake and Dr. Yound Yoon and juice is donated by McDonald's of Branch and Hillsdale Counties.
Tickets are available at www.Tibbits.org, by phone at 517-278-6029 or at 14 S. Hanchett St., Coldwater. The box office at the theatre is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and one hour before show time. For more information, call 517-278-6029.


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The University of Missouri announced on Monday that former University of Central Missouri head coach Kim Anderson, 58, a two-time graduate of Mizzou ('79 and '81) and the 2014 NABC National Coach of the Year, has agreed to become the 18th men's basketball coach in school history.
Anderson will be officially introduced at a press conference at 10 a.m. on Tuesday morning. Fans and media are welcomed to attend this event. The move by Director of Athletics Mike Alden signaled a return to Missouri's proud history and helps the program welcome back a "True Son" (Sedalia, Mo.) who is coming off a 30-5 record with the Mules and the 2014 NCAA Division II National Championship. Anderson's national title run at UCM becomes even more impressive considering the program welcomed in 10 new players last season and had just one returning student-athlete averaging more than 4.7 points per game.
"We are pleased and excited to have Kim Anderson leading our program," Alden said. "He's a man of great character, integrity and respect. He has demonstrated the ability to mentor young men on and off the court, academically and socially. He's a proven winner on all levels, and he's built tremendous relationships around the country in the basketball community, which assists greatly with recruiting and other important aspects for a program. Lastly, the fact that he's a Missouri Tiger at heart is important, he is committed to Mizzou and has a passion to build a program of which all Tiger fans will be proud."
"I am excited that Kim Anderson will lead our men's basketball program moving forward, and I welcome him back to Mizzou," said Chancellor Bowen Loftin. "Kim is a tremendous teacher and coach with a proven track record as a winner, both as a player and as a person. More importantly, his integrity and values-centered approach will help us recruit elite student-athletes who will win championships and make us proud both on and off of the court."
Shortly after Mizzou made the announcement, Central Missouri released a statement as well.
For the past 12 years, Kim Anderson has brought tremendous honor to the University of Central Missouri as the Mules head basketball coach. He is not only known for the outstanding teams he has coached, including the 2014 NCAA Division II National Championship team, but for his stellar reputation as a positive influence and role model for young people both on and off the court.
With his new position at MU, Coach Anderson carries on a great tradition of outstanding coaches like Phog Allen, Gene Bartow, Joe B. Hall, Lynn Nance and Jim Wooldridge, whose careers included coaching assignments on the UCM campus. The entire UCM community celebrates Coach Anderson's legacy at UCM, and wishes him much success in his new role. Although no decisions have been made, the university will soon begin looking at options and formulating plans to find the head coach's successor.
"We want to thank Coach Anderson for his contributions to Mules Basketball and the University of Central Missouri," said UCM Athletic Director Jerry Hughes. "He returned Mules Basketball to national prominence and helped to mentor young men both on and off the court. We wish him the very best in his new role at MU."
Anderson won nearly 75 percent of his games over a decade-plus worth of work. Anderson went 274-94 (.743) during that span and finished his career ranked among the Top 10 in career winning percentage all-time at the NCAA Division II level. In addition to his consistent winning approach, Anderson helped the Mules collect league and national hardware, winning or sharing six Mid-American Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA) regular season conference titles and advancing to seven NCAA Tournaments. The Mules advanced to three Final Fours under his watch, reaching the national semifinals in 2007 and 2009 before defeating West Liberty, 84-77, in the title game this year in Evansville, Ind. During its 2014 national title charge UCM earned tournament wins over Top 10 programs No. 4 Southern Connecticut State (98-88), No. 1 Metro State (71-69) and No. 7 West Liberty.
In addition to being one of the Top 10 winningest coaches in Division II history, Anderson resigns his spot in Warrensburg as the school's all-time winningest coach. He led the Mules to three 30-win seasons, the only 30-win seasons in school history. He finished above .500 his 11 finals seasons and won 20 games seven times in 12 years, finishing among the MIAA's top three in the league standings nine times over his final 10 seasons.
"I'm honored and humbled to have the opportunity to return to Mizzou and lead a program that our family is so vested in," Anderson said after accepting the head coaching position Monday afternoon. "When we took over in Warrensburg 12 years ago, we faced an uphill battle. We had support, we had a winning history and great campus leadership, but the program had lost its identity. I see that same opportunity here at Missouri. We have great leadership with Dr. Loftin and Mike Alden, and I know we have a passionate fan base. We have a lot of work ahead of us and that work starts today, but as a Missourian I embrace this challenge and look forward to bringing championship basketball back to Norm Stewart Court and Mizzou Arena."
Anderson spent 11 seasons on staff at Mizzou over two stints (1982-85 and 1991-99) and served six years as an assistant coach at Baylor (1985-91) under Gene Iba. Anderson was first a graduate assistant for Stewart from 1982-85 and helped the program to the 1983 Big Eight title, the program's fourth straight, before taking his first full-time assistant coaching role with the Bears two years later.
In Waco, Texas, Anderson and Iba teamed to help Baylor to its first NCAA Tournament in 38 years in 1988 and returned to Missouri in a full-time capacity three seasons later, serving as an assistant coach for five more NCAA Tournament teams, including the 1993-94 squad that finished 14-0 in conference action and won the Big Eight Championship. That team earned a No. 1 seed in the 1994 NCAA Tournament and advanced to the NCAA Tournament Elite Eight.
As a player, Anderson embodies what it means to be a student-athlete at Mizzou. He graduated from Missouri with degrees in education in 1979 and in 1981 (Masters). He was an Academic All-Big Eight selection in 1975 and 1977. He helped Mizzou win its first Big Eight crown under the Hall of Famer Stewart in 1976 and was the Big Eight Player of the Year in 1977, averaging 18.3 points and 7.9 rebounds per game as a senior. He finished his Tiger career with 1,289 points, currently No. 24 all-time in program history, and his final two seasons saw Mizzou win 20 games in back-to-back years for just the second time ever.
Anderson went on to be drafted in the second round of the 1977 NBA Draft by the Portland Trailblazers, playing 21 games for the late Dr. Jack Ramsey during the 1978-79 season. He later completed his professional playing career in Italy and France until returning to assist the Tigers in 1982.
Anderson is a member of numerous Hall of Fames around the state of Missouri. He was inducted into the University of Missouri Athletics Hall of Fame in 1999 and the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in Springfield in 2005 as a student-athlete. He was later inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame for his coaching accomplishments in 2012. In 2006 he was named to the Mizzou Basketball All-Century Team in a fan vote.
Prior to taking over the reins at Central Missouri, Anderson served two years as assistant commissioner of the Big 12 Conference. He was the league liaison for men's basketball and oversaw the officiating programs and the postseason tournament.


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as I announced a few years ago, the NEW book is in the works. no, seriously – I am working hard on it now, together with a good friend and great artist, SANATAN SURYAVANSHI. above some of the artwork for the book. it is the second part of my book DREAM WORLDS, PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR ANIMATION and it will concentrate on COMPOSITION AND COLOR FOR FILM. if everything goes well it should be on the shelves sometime later next year, will keep you updated.
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55 years ago, from 29th August – early September, the streets of London witnessed what Pathé News at the time rightly labelled a "shameful episode". More than three hundred people suddenly attacked West Indian immigrants living on Bramley Road in Notting Hill, London.
British Pathé produced a short newsreel on the attacks. The film has a very different tone to the sort of news broadcasts one would see on television today, at least in Britain. It is an angry denunciation of the riots, containing a particularly powerful commentary which is worth repeating in full:
Something new and ugly raises its head in Britain. In Notting Hill Gate, only a mile or two from London's West End – racial violence. An angry crowd of youths chases a negro into a green grocer shop while police reinforcements are called up to check the riot, one of many that have broken out here in a few days. The injured victim, a Jamaican, is taken to safety. But the police have not been able to reach all the trouble spots so promptly and the quietest street may flare up at any moment. The most disturbing feature of the riots is the suspicion that not all the troublemakers are locals, for some of the gangs who break windows or throw bottles or burning torches have arrived by car. Opinions differ about Britain's racial problems. But the mentality which tries to solve them with coshes and broken railings has no place in the British way of life. This violence is evil and the law and public opinion must stamp it out.
The 1958 newsreel can be viewed online here.


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IÆd like to announce that forum users ôJanö and ôRanger1ö have graciously accepted my offer to become forum moderators. Both users have been with the forums since week one and have had a high level of participation. I appreciate their contributions to the forums and am glad to have them helping out with the general operations. My hope is that being moderators will not interfere with their normal participation in forum discussions. They will occasionally need to put on the ômoderator hatö to address an issue and I ask that people respect their authority as Moderators.
Please join me in welcoming Jan and Ranger1 to their new roles as forum Moderators!
What is a Moderator?
The role of the Moderator is to allow free discussion with as little intervention as possible. The duties of a moderator may include directing discussions to the correct forums, moving threads, mediating arguments (when they become heated), and seeing that the rules of the forums are followed. If necessary, the can edit or delete posts and may issue warnings when the forum rules are broken. If a moderator lets you know you are close to crossing the line, please take heed of the warning.
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Where are the forum rules posted?
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|We released the drafts of our full papers on QVL technology due to accidental publicity, because someone put the link to our very old drafts of abstracts on Reddit. Now people can judge on their own rather than speculating on what we had wrote about.
Full version of our paper "In the blink of an eye: There goes your AES key" is now published in IACR Cryptology ePrint Archive, Report 2012/296, 2012. It explains how the AES key from highly secure FPGA can be extracted in less than a second with 100-dollar worth hardware.
Full version of our paper "Breakthrough silicon scanning discovers backdoor in military chip" will appear at CHES2012 workshop in September. It will expose some serious security issues in the devices which are supposed to be unbreakable. Here is the draft version of our paper: Breakthrough silicon scanning discovers backdoor in military chip (DRAFT)
|With the growing interest to the QVL technology from industrial companies and government departments it will be beneficial to answer some frequently asked questions.
Can QVL technology break unbreakable chips?
Yes and No. It is based on side-channel attacks and therefore has some obvious limitations. However, in some cases it can improve the efficiency of DPA attacks by a factor of 1 million. For example, in order to extract the AES key from a secure FPGA one would need about 1 hour with a classic DPA setup that cost between 50k USD and 100k USD (descent oscilloscope, modern PC and special software). QVL setup will do the job in 0.01 seconds with the components cost below 100 USD. This is 100'000 times improvement in time and 1'000 times less in cost. However, attacking properly designed ASIC data protection solution might take over 1000 years with DPA, but just 1 day with QVL. In general, if by 'unbreakable' one assumes 'infeasible' because of time and/or cost then QVL can usually help.
Can QVL technology improve existing techniques like SPA, DPA, EMA, DEMA?
Yes, it can extend existing methods with the new technique called pipeline emission analysis (PEA) aimed at boosting the sensitivity of leakage signals sensing by 10dB to 40dB. That way the attack time can be substantially reduced thus threating security in devices like smartcards, secure memories, ASICs and FPGAs previously thought to be unbreakable.
What are the areas of possible applications for the QVL technology?
There are many areas of applications for QVL technology. The most important are: improving sensors sensitivity in automotive, aerospace, medical and military applications; testing semiconductor chips for side-channel emissions to eliminate DPA attacks against cryptographic applications and password protections; hardware assurance testing against trojans and backdoors; monitoring of device activities by following execution and algorithm flow in real time.
Who can benefit from the QVL technology?
Chip manufacturers who look for improving security protection and post-production testing. System developers who want independent analysis of the chips used in their devices to avoid side-channel leakages, trojans and backdoors. Security evaluation companies which are interested in improving their analysis techniques and expanding test methods.
How Quo Vadis Lab can help?
We can educate engineers in industrial companies and government agencies so that they can be aware of the technology, its limitations and possible applications. We can develop special test boards according to the requirements, specification, needs and application. We can provide technical support and consulting.
What is the greatest danger from the QVL technology?
Like DPA attacks it can be used to break crypto keys, passwords and algorithms, but it is far more efficient and very cheap, so everyone can afford it. If used by malicious people it can threat the security in many secure semiconductor chips including smartcards, secure memory, RFID and ASICs. Therefore, it would be beneficial to test existing secure products against the QVL and improve the security protection when necessary.
Are there any limitations for distribution of the QVL technology?
Yes, there are export control regulations and strict NDA for anyone who wants to know more about the technology. It is not available to private individuals and any requests are subject to checks and approvals.
Is there a dedicated website for the technology?
Yes: www.quovadislabs.com
|Current issues. UK officials are fearful that China has the capability to shut down businesses, military and critical infrastructure through cyber attacks and spy equipment embedded in computer and telecommunications equipment. The Stuxnet worm is the most famous and best case example of a cyber attack on a network which wreaked devastation having easily compromised conventional software defensive systems. There have been many cases of computer hardware having backdoors, Trojans or other programs to allow an attacker to gain access or transmit confidential data to a third party. Considerable focus and expense has been invested in software computer networks and system defences to detect and eradicate such threats.
However, similar technology with antivirus or anti Trojan capability for hardware (silicon chips) is not available. The computer or network hardware underpins and runs all the software defence systems. If the hardware has a vulnerability then all the energy in defending at the software level is redundant. An effort must be made to defend and detect at the hardware level for a more comprehensive strategy.
Our findings. Claims were made by the intelligence agencies around the world, from MI5, NSA and IARPA, that silicon chips could be infected. We developed breakthrough silicon chip scanning technology to investigate these claims. We chose an American military chip that is highly secure with sophisticated encryption standard, manufactured in China. Our aim was to perform advanced code breaking and to see if there were any unexpected features on the chip. We scanned the silicon chip in an affordable time and found a previously unknown backdoor inserted by the manufacturer. This backdoor has a key, which we were able to extract. If you use this key you can disable the chip or reprogram it at will, even if locked by the user with their own key. This particular chip is prevalent in many systems from weapons, nuclear power plants to public transport. In other words, this backdoor access could be turned into an advanced Stuxnet weapon to attack potentially millions of systems. The scale and range of possible attacks has huge implications for National Security and public infrastructure.
Key features of our technology:
Currently there is no economical or timely way of ascertaining if a manufacturer's specifications have been altered during the manufacturing process (99% of chips are manufactured in China), or indeed if the specifications themselves contain a deliberately inserted potential threat.
Conclusions. It is clear that cyber attacks will increasingly be of this nature, having most impact; it is imperative that this issue is addressed as a matter of urgency. We would suggest making hardware assurance (HWA) & hardware defence (HWD), the testing of silicon chips for backdoors and Trojans, and their defence, a greater priority within the National Cyber Strategy. Until now it was not possible to perform such analysis in a timely or cost effective manner. Our technology provides a solution. A variation in this technology could be used as a backstop defence on a computer or network system where it can monitor instructions and possible reprogramming or activation of a buried spy system in a real time environment, thereby preventing Stuxnet type attacks.
Further funding is needed for us to progress to testing further silicon chips and to develop better search algorithms which would allow us to detect possible spy systems or vulnerabilities in a greater range of systems.
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Ensuring Hardware Cybersecurity
Defense Industrial Base Assessment: Counterfeit Electronics
Cyberspace policy review
High Performance Microchip Supply
DHS: Imported Consumer Tech Contains Hidden Hacker Attack Tools
UK critical systems cyber warning
Spies, military looking for hacker-, backdoor-proof circuits
U.S. Senate Panel Targets Counterfeit Electronic Parts
Background Memo: Senate Armed Services Committee Hearing on Counterfeit Electronic Parts in the DOD Supply Chain
The Hunt for the Kill Switch
Foreign chips causing concern for the military
Shadow Supply Chain Demands System-Level Verification
Old Trick Threatens the Newest Weapons
|Abstract. This paper is a short summary of a real world AES key extraction performed on a military grade FPGA marketed as 'virtually unbreakable' and 'highly secure'. We demonstrated that it is possible to extract the AES key from the Actel/Microsemi ProASIC3 chip in a time of 0.01 seconds using a new side-channel analysis technique called Pipeline Emission Analysis (PEA). This new technique does not introduce a new form of side-channel attacks (SCA), it introduces a substantially improved method of waveform analysis over conventional attack technology. It could be used to improve upon the speed at which all SCA can be performed, on any device and especially against devices previously thought to be unfeasible to break because of the time and equipment cost. Possessing the AES key for the ProASIC3 would allow an attacker to decrypt the bitstream or authenticate himself as a legitimate user and extract the bitstream from the device where no read back facility exists. This means the device is wide open to intellectual property theft, fraud and reverse engineering of the design to allow the introduction of a backdoor or Trojan. We show that with a very low cost hardware setup made with parts obtained from a local electronics distributor you can improve upon existing SCA up to a factor of x1,000,000 in time and at a fraction of the cost of existing SCA equipment.
|Abstract. This paper is a short summary of the first real world detection of a backdoor in a military grade FPGA. Using an innovative patented technique we were able to detect and analyse in the first documented case of its kind, a backdoor inserted into the Actel/Microsemi ProASIC3 chips. The backdoor was found to exist on the silicon itself, it was not present in any firmware loaded onto the chip. Using Pipeline Emission Analysis (PEA), a technique pioneered by our sponsor, we were able to extract the secret key to activate the backdoor. This way an attacker can disable all the security on the chip, reprogram crypto and access keys, modify low-level silicon features, access unencrypted configuration bitstream or permanently damage the device. Clearly this means the device is wide open to intellectual property theft, fraud, re-programming as well as reverse engineering of the design which allows the introduction of a new backdoor or Trojan. Most concerning, it is not possible to patch the backdoor in chips already deployed, meaning those using this family of chips have to accept the fact it can be easily compromised or it will have to be physically replaced after a redesign of the silicon itself.
|Many semiconductor chips used in a wide range of applications require protection against physical attacks or tamper resistance. These attacks assume that a direct access to the chip is possible with either establishing electrical connections to signal wires or at least doing some measurements. The importance of protection against physical attacks is dictated by the amount of valuable and sensitive information stored on the chip. This could be secret data or company secrets and intellectual property (IP), electronic money for service access, or banking smartcards. The security in chips serves to deter prospective attackers from performing unauthorized access and benefiting from it.
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At 16, Richard Branson embarked on his first business venture in publishing. Two years later, he set up an audio-record mail-order business, and then he founded Virgin Records, a chain of record stores that would later become one of the top six record companies in the world.
Today, Virgin Group consists of more than four hundred companies in 30 countries, according to Branson's book, Like a Virgin: Secrets They Won't Teach you at Business School. The book also describes him as "the only person in the world to have built eight billion-dollar companies from scratch in eight different countries." He's exploring the highest of highs (outer space) and the lowest of lows (the deepest crevices of the Earth) — all while folding social and environmental responsibility into his missions.
Your typical entrepreneur? Hardly. His secret to success? Dyslexia.
What many would consider a weakness, Branson has branded his "greatest strength."
In the entrepreneurial world, he's not alone: a 2007 survey of 139 business owners in the U.S. indicated that over one-third of respondents identified as dyslexic, meaning they endure a reading disability that makes it difficult for the brain to properly recognize and processes certain symbols. Reading and writing for these individuals — no matter how smart they are — is exceptionally difficult.
"Back when I was in school, few people understood dyslexia and what to do for it." Branson explained in an e-mail exchange. "My teachers thought I was lazy and not very clever, and I got bored easily...thinking of all the things I could do once I left school. I couldn't always follow what was going on. On one of my last days at school, the headmaster said I would either end up in prison or become a millionaire. That was quite a startling prediction, but in some respects he was right on both counts!"
That was decades ago. But today, living with dyslexia presents a variety of different challenges. People are increasingly tethered to devices such as smart phones, tablets, and laptops that keep us connected to friends, family and the world. Everything from textbooks to legal briefs exist digitally, which is why coding analyst Abelardo Gonzalez decided he needed to act in order to make technology more accessible for dyslexics.
Gonzalez is the man behind OpenDyslexic, an "open sourced font created to increase readability for readers with dyslexia." OpenDyslexic works by adding "gravity" to letters, a trick to help keep the brain from rotating them around while also reinforcing the line of text.
When Gonzalez created the font in 2011, he found it strange that so few strides to help dyslexics better use technology had been made. "We have e-books, we have e-ink screens, we have computers — and we do a lot of reading on these devices. There is no good reason why we can't have dyslexic-specific technology be better than it is right now. I wondered, 'Why aren't these typefaces part of e-readers?'"
As it turns out, Instapaper — the popular book-marking tool that allows individuals to save articles to "read later" on their devices — was wondering the same thing. In its Sept. update, Marco Arment, Instapaper's creator, announced it would fold in Gonzalez's font as a text option for its users.
"There are a lot of other things that can be used to help that aren't even necessarily specific for dyslexics." Gonzalez explained over a Skype conversation. "On the iPhone, you can triple-click the home button and it'll invert the screen, which will make it easier to read. On a Mac, you can actually lower the contrast using the slider, which can help immensely."
For Branson, though, managing dyslexia sans technology has worked to his advantage over the years. "From a young age, I learned to focus on the things I was good at and delegate to others what I was not good at. That's how VIrgin is run. Fantastic people throughout the Virgin Group run our businesses, allowing me to think creatively and strategically. This isn't a skill that comes easily to some, but when you're dyslexic, you have to trust others to do tasks on your behalf. In some cases, that can involve reading and writing. You learn to let go."
Letting go is one thing, but framing a disability as a business asset is another.
"When we launched a new company, I reviewed the ads and marketing materials and asked those presenting the campaign to read everything aloud to test the phrasing and concept. If I could grasp it quickly, then it passed with muster. We would get our message across only if it was understandable at first glance."
And at first glance, the tools surfacing to help dyslexics navigate technology are looking pretty promising.
Schwartz is an Assistant Editor at WaPo Labs where she explores the intersection of media and technology. WaPo Labs is the digital team at the Washington Post Company focused on innovation and experimenting with emerging technologies. You can find her on Twitter at @emilykendall.
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Marketta Gregory: Make room within yourself to grow
I suspect every collector has favorites. That one quartz he found on vacation as a boy. The stamp that came on the first letter from her pen pal.
I am a recovering doll collector. Of all the dolls in my collection, there are a few that are always top of mind.
There's the one in the tattered yellow dress. Nancy is her name. She was the one Mom bought me when I was a baby. The one I most liked to play with.
Then, there's the Madame Alexander doll my best friend's mom gave me — Cinderella with a shiny blue dress. It had been hers growing up, and she wanted me to have it because she knew I'd treasure it. She was right.
But the dolls I always have on display at my house are my matryoshkas. I love the artistry of each nesting doll, and I like the visual reminder that we all have layers of stories to tell just beneath the outer surface.
A few of my Russian nesting dolls show women in intricately painted aprons, and two display cities with shining domes. My favorite set of dolls shows a series of religious icons, starting with Mary and baby Jesus. Four other icons are inside, and sometimes I open up the set and display them all.
The last time I opened them, I paused when I got to the one that showed Jesus as an adult. I admired the gilded halo and the soft eyes, but just as I started to set it down, I noticed the empty shell of the larger doll.
To make room for Jesus, the first shell had to be emptied. The wood had to be carved and shaped and then, ever so carefully, crafted to fit back together.
Is it really so different for us? For faith to have a place within, something has to be carved out. Greed and gossip must go because love, humility and sacredness need space to grow.
It's not an easy process, this letting go of selfishness to make room for what makes our selves better. But it does no good to paint the outside without clearing out the inside because without the clearing, the story ends before its time.
The beauty that the artist had hoped to share is stunted. The story is shallow and the masterpiece unfinished.
So, we can hold on and remain intact, or we can let go and be made whole.
Contact Gregory at SimplyFaithful.com or on the Simply Faithful Facebook page, or send a message to: Simply Faithful, P.O. Box 12923, Rochester, N.Y., 14612, Attn: Marketta Gregory.


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I am Proud - Phone Case
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I am Proud iPhone case by 223 Digital Art. Protect your iPhone with an impact-resistant, slim-profile, hard-shell case. The image is printed directly onto the case and wrapped around the edges for a beautiful presentation. Simply snap the case onto your iPhone for instant protection and direct access to all of the phone's features!


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Last year Hasbro asked the Transformers fan collective to help create a "Fan Built Bot" by voting on a vehicle mode, color scheme, faction, personality and signature weapon. The end result is Windblade, a female Autobot jet plane samurai. She's so much fan fiction come-to-life.
Hasbro has been slowly revealing Windblade since voting ended last year, teasing fans with line art and vehicle mode silhouettes before finally debuting the character's art at San Diego Comic-Con 2013.
Here is our first look at the completed Windblade figure, a deluxe-sized entry in the Transformers Generations toy line.
Windblade is a rare female Transformer, along the same lines as classic character Arcee or Beast Wars/Machines Blackarachnia. Some people are vexxed by the idea of female Transformers — why would a race that doesn't reproduce sexually need separate genders?
It's a question that isn't answered in the 80's cartoon, though we do get an episode where most of the old-timey female robots are destroyed for being female, which doesn't seem nice. In the IDW Comics continuity, Arcee is the result of a failed experiment to introduce gender to Transformers. That doesn't seem nice either. Hopefully IDW will do better this April, when the four-issue Transformers: Windblade series is released.
Windblade the toy will be on stores later this year, released as the final numbered figure in the increasingly innacurately-named "Thrilling 30" program, celebrating 30 years of Transformers.


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Sárközy Gábor (Rényi Intézet): Monochromatic covers in edge-colored graphs and hypergraphs
We survey some results on the following general problem: Say we are given fixed positive integers s, t and a family of graphs F. Minimizing over all t-edge colorings of the complete graph on n vertices, we ask for the maximum number of vertices that can be covered by at most s monochromatic members of F. This problem unites two classical problems: at one end of the spectrum (s = 1) we have the Ramsey problem, while at the other end we have cover problems. But there are some interesting problems "in-between" as well.
Several of the results are joint with András Gyárfás and/or Endre Szemerédi.
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