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The Burrator Horseshoe Run - included within Meavy Oak Fair - 2:30pm, Saturday 18th June 2016
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West Dartmoor Mission Community - includes St. Peter's Church, Meavy
Holy Cross Catholic Church - serving the rural community around Yelverton
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After listening to her B.S. for nearly 3 minutes on how great this offer was, I asked her a few questions. How did she get my information, what was the company, etc? She didn't ask for any of my information, rather she wanted to verify it. Okay, she spout out some numbers, and to my surprise she had the correct information (routing number, checking account #) This was scary! She told me that there was a one-time processing fee of $329.80 and I told her to send me some information in writing. She began to say that this was a one-time offer and I rebuted explaining to her that no offer is as good as what she had to offer, and at the least I wasn't willing to authorize a transaction of that amount without having written correspondence from them.
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I only been able to withdraw $30 of any profit I ever made with this site, and now all withdrawl request have a excuse posted with them. I been vested with this company ever since it was Justbeenpaid.com now I do believe it is a scam, or they just cannot pay anyone, because no one is paying them.
I tried messaging, filing tickets, posting to their Facebook page, they delete any bad press. After reading all reports off this site on them. I know they are a scam.
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Red Stars showed plenty of improvement for the step up to a mile and a half to land the Listed Lenebane Stakes at Roscommon.
Red Stars showed plenty of improvement for the step up to a mile and a half to land the Listed Lenebane Stakes at Roscommon.
The Dermot Weld-trained Zannda starts off her four-year-old campaign in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Noblesse Stakes at Leopardstown on Wednesday.
Found will need a significantly smoother run than at Longchamp a fortnight ago if she is to become the first filly or mare in almost a decade to land the Qipco Champion Stakes at Ascot on Saturday.
Madame Chiang finished with a flourish after being reluctant to go in the stalls to lift the Qipco British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes at Ascot.
Luca Cumani is in the dark as to whether exciting filly Silk Sari will cope with the demanding conditions in the Qipco British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes at Ascot on Saturday.
Fillies and mares take centre stage at Naas with the ITBA & Gain Horse Feeds Support Local Racetracks EBF Sweet Mimosa Stakes providing the highlight of a seven-race card.
Few of the fillies on Ladies' Day on Thursday will match the superstar status of Goldikova as the globetrotting French mare clocked up her ninth Group One win in the Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot.
A smart field of fillies and mares has been attracted to the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Brownstown Stakes at Fairyhouse.
Jim Bolger's pair of Finsceal Beo and Saoirse Abu head 14 fillies and mares left in an international-looking race for the UAE Hydra Properties Falmouth Stakes at Newmarket on Wednesday.
Leopardstown stages a classy evening starting at 6.00pm and featuring the Ballyogan Stakes, which has attracted some speedy fillies and mares including three from Britain.
Passage Of Time will now run in the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf rather than Saturday's Emirates Airline Champion Stakes at Newmarket.
Alexander Goldrun and Soviet Song head a high-class field of 11 fillies and mares left in Saturday's Kingdom Of Bahrain Sun Chariot Stakes at Newmarket.
A mouth-watering renewal of the £200,000 Nassau Stakes is in store as some of the best fillies and mares in training appear among the entry of 29 for the Goodwood showpiece on August 5.
With the Group 3 Blue Wind Stakes for fillies and mares as the feature and a Jackpot rollover of €1,235.00, this is an appealing seven race all-flat fixture with the first due off at 5.50.
Sundrop enjoyed a memorable swansong to her racing career with a one-length victory in the Grade Three Cardinal Handicap Stakes at Churchill Downs.
Jim Bolger's Alexander Goldrun heads 12 fillies and mares that have been declared for the Group One Vodafone Nassau Stakes at Glorious Goodwood on Saturday.
Jim Bolger's Alexander Goldrun heads 18 fillies and mares standing their ground in Saturday's Vodafone Nassau Stakes at Goodwood on Saturday.
Last year's Vodafone Epsom Oaks and Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf winner is expected to return to action in the Audi Pretty Polly Stakes at the Curragh on June 25.
Year three away from Leopardstown sees changes in the conditions of the featured Group 3 contest at Cork with a UK raider looking likely to land the prize for the fifth time in six years.
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Wild fires in September? Sure. Especially if you've had rain most of the Summer and it suddenly shuts off. If you read our blog regularly, you know that I love long range forecasting. Following the sun and its' cycles, what phase the oceans are in, etc., is fun to me. Recognizing the trend, seeing if that trend will continue or change, and specifically what that trend will mean for our local weather is where I can tie it all together. Sometimes the particular thing that impacts the trend is subtle. Other times, it is so clear cut that it seems just plain easy. Unfortunately, this upcoming Fall and Winter seems pretty easy to figure out. La Nina is back and has been for the past couple months. It continues to strengthen and this is not a good sign for Southern and Eastern Colorado.
All of that blue and purple across the central Pacific Ocean means that the current sea surface temperatures are below normal. This is consistent with La Nina and the upper pattern has shown some signs of reflecting this La Nina trend. Remember all that nice rain we had in July and early August? That has shut off completely. I don't think it is coming back anytime soon...
The prevailing pattern during a La Nina is one of frequent frontal passages, usually accompanied by a strong north to northwest wind. That usually keeps the heavy snow away from much of the Front Range of Colorado. It does mean good snow for the central and northern mountains, but keeps areas immediately east dry and windy. Now this doesn't mean that we will be snow free or not see an occasional snowstorm or two, but the frequency of heavy snow is greatly reduced. So, if you were expecting big things this Winter in terms of snow, I think the Winter of 2010-11 will disappoint you. Will continue to update you on the progress of La Nina and get more specific with the forecast in the coming weeks.
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|Jeffrey D. Case
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|Case; Jeffrey D.
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This invention relates to the field of encoding and decoding messages, and more particularly to the field of encoding and decoding digital messages transmitted over an unsecured computer network.
Digital computer networks have, in the last several years, been increasingly relied upon for both controlling and monitoring other pieces of equipment. For example, many buildings make use of computer controlled air handling systems, which monitor the temperature and humidity of the air in different parts of the building. The information gathered is then used to adjust dampers, heaters, coolers, and fans. In this manner the computer network acts to regulate the monitored parameters within predefined limits. Those parts of the system which sense and gather information are typically called agents, while those parts which request such information, receive it, and act on it are typically called managers.
The information which is digitally transmitted over such a network, whether it be data generated by agents, commands sent by a manager, or otherwise, may travel over several different media, through various environments. For example, for a system such as that described above which is entirely located within a single building, there may be dedicated wiring provided, which is used exclusively for the computer system controlling the air handling. For a system which controls the environment in several buildings, the information may be sent using existing computer network wiring, on which all the other network data passing between the buildings is also carried.
For a system covering an even broader geographical area, the air handling data may be carried over telephone wires, possibly being handled by several different service providers. Alternately, a wide scale network, such as the Internet, could be used to transfer the information. If the air handling system is regulating buildings in different parts of the world, the air handling data may even be broadcast to a satellite, and then relayed back to an earth station, prior to arriving at its intended destination.
In each of the above examples of data transmission, it is possible for an interloper to surreptitiously intercept either the data flowing from an agent to a manager or coming from a manager, and by so doing have complete information as to the status of the building for which such information was intercepted. It is further possible for the interloper to interject in the communication of the information, and provide "false" agent data, which would cause the manager to send out control commands to correct a situation that didn't exist. Alternately, the interloper could send out such erroneous manager commands directly.
While the problems associated with the air handling system of a building may be insignificant to all but those who are responsible for them, they are exemplary of the types of problems which are encountered by users of unsecured computer networks. These problems take on considerably more significance if the system being controlled is not air handling, but building security, in which the agents receive input from sensors such as motion detectors and video cameras, and the manager provides control signals to systems such as door locks and fire control systems. Of even greater import is the use of such control systems for civil or national security.
To prevent the unauthorized manipulation of intercepted data, encoding schemes have been developed, whereby the information, before it is transmitted across the unsecured network, is altered according to a method which is known to both the agent and the manager. When the information is received, it is decoded back to the original form of the data. By sending only encoded data across the network, the sender, whether it be the agent or the manager, attempts to ensure that any interception of the data so transmitted will be unintelligible to the interloper. Likewise, it is hoped that any unauthorized information interjected onto the network by the interloper would not be properly encoded, and would thus be detected as a false message by the receiver.
One method used to encode and decode data has been the use of an invertible function, such as an XOR function. Encoding a message using an invertible function comprises transforming the message with another piece of information, or key, known only to the agent and the manager, and which must be kept secret. When the encoded message is received, it is transformed once again, using the same invertible function and the same key. This decode operation produces the original message. It is this characteristic of being able to perform the same operation twice, with the input of the same key, that defines the function as invertible.
The problem with this method of encoding is that if the key is learned by the interloper, he will be able to decode all former and future intercepted messages, and be able to encode his own interjected messages. Further, because the function is invertible, if the interloper acquires a decoded message and its associated encoded message, he will be able to use them to calculate the key used for encoding and decoding, and will again have the ability to intercept and interject properly encoded messages.
Once the key is learned by the interloper, not only are all messages so encoded compromised, but a new key must be used for all future messages if they are to remain uncompromised. For this reason, those who design agent-manager systems will typically change the key on which their encoding is based from time to time, in an attempt to stay ahead of those who may be intercepting the messages.
The optimal method would be to change the key used to encode the data with every data transmission made, so that the same key was never used twice. In such a situation, knowledge of previously used keys would not be a benefit in attempting to decode other messages. Unfortunately, in order to use a new key for each transmission, both the agent and the manager must be aware of the key that is being used, and therefore a secure means of transmitting the key must be available. In traditional encoding systems, there has not been a cost effective method of exchanging the new keys in a secure fashion.
There are also methods of protecting data, known as encryption techniques, which do not tend to have the same problems as the invertible function and key technique. However, encryption techniques typically require significant computing capacity, and are of limited utility in certain international environments, because the export and use of cryptographic technology in many countries is regulated or prohibited by either U.S. law or international treaty.
What is needed, therefore, is a method of distributing keys across an unsecured digital computer network, and a method of encoding information, where a new encoding key can be used for each data transmission, and where information about previously encoded and decoded messages will not provide sufficient information to encode or decode future messages. Further, there is a need for such a method as described that can be exported and used world-wide.
These and other needs are provided by a method for exchanging a secure slave key between an agent and a manager which are connected by an unsecured digital computer network. A master key is provided, which is known to both the manager and the agent. The manager sends a request for an unpredictable number across the digital computer network to the agent. The agent receives the request and generates the unpredictable number, which is sent back to the manager across the digital computer network. The manager receives the unpredictable number, and uses it and the master key to produce a slave key. The agent likewise uses the unpredictable number and the master key to produce the slave key. In this manner, identical slave keys have been produced at both of the manager and the agent sites, without having to send the slave key across the unsecured digital computer network. One or more messages can be encoded and decoded using the slave key.
In preferred embodiments, the slave key is produced by using the master key and the unpredictable number as input to a one-way (hash) function. Also, a desired slave key can be produced at the manager and agent sites by transforming the slave key using an invertible function and the desired slave key at the manager, to produce a delta slave key. The delta slave key is sent by the manager across the digital computer network to the agent, which receives the delta slave key, and uses it and the invertible function to transform the slave key into the desired slave key. Thus, a desired slave key is produced at both of the manager and the agent sites, without having to send the desired slave key across the unsecured digital computer network. The message is encoded and decoded using the desired slave key.
The present invention may be better understood by reference to a detailed description of preferred embodiments when considered in conjunction with the following drawings wherein:
The FIGURE is a flowchart of the method for exchanging secure keys.
In the background of this disclosure, an example was given which detailed the problems of using the same key to encode different messages sent across an unsecured digital computer network. The ultimate problem is, of course, compromise of the key, which leads to compromise of all messages encoded using that key. Use of just an invertible function to encode the message using the key does not provide sufficient protection of the key should the encoded message and the decoded message be intercepted and compared.
One solution to this problem is to use a different key for every message transmitted. When there are human operators at either end of the transmission, this is only an awkward and time consuming solution, as it must be done in some secure manner, such as by a media other than the computer network. When there are not human operators at either end of the transmission, but only component subsystems, there has heretofore been no method of communicating the new keys between the manager and the agent in such a manner that maintains the confidentiality of the keys.
A method according to the present invention provides a solution to this problem, which is particularly well suited to the limitations of embedded systems which need to make secure message transfers, but which do not allow for direct human intervention. As depicted in The FIGURE, each of the two systems between which a message will be transmitted, labeled in this depiction as the manager and the agent, have a master key which is set to the same value.
It will be appreciated that the agent and the manager may reside on separate computers or on the same computer. If they reside on separate computers, then an external digital computer network is the means by which the agent and the manager communicate. If they reside on the same computer, then, in addition to an external digital computer network, an internal digital computer network may be the means by which the agent and the manager communicate. An internal digital computer network may be, without limitation, protocols such as DDE, OLE, UNIX domain sockets, named pipes, and virtual networks.
The FIGURE depicts the master key as being set at time equals T0. The other events depicted in The FIGURE occur at times equal to T1 through T10, which are arbitrary times occurring sometime after T0. The master key may be an integer, floating point, or character value of any length. In a preferred embodiment, the length of the value is at least eight characters or digits, and in a most preferred embodiment, the length of the value is sixteen octets in length.
The master key can be set to the same value in each of the manager and agent in a variety of ways. If there is a secure channel of communication between the manager and agent, then the master key can be exchanged via this channel. Alternately, the master key can be exchanged by reference to a piece of information which both the manager and the agent have, without explicitly mentioning the value of this piece of information. In a further embodiment, the master key can be originally programmed into each of the manager and the agent at the time of manufacture. If it is possible to program either of the manager or agent at a later point in time, the master key can be sent by mail or courier to a human operator, who can program the device with the master key.
In the preferred embodiment of the invention, once the master key is set in the manager and agent, it is not necessary to ever reset the master key to a new value, because it will be sufficiently protected from discovery by interlopers, as will be explained in greater detail below. However, the master key could be changed from time to time according to the desires of the system operators.
The message transmission in the preferred embodiment is initiated by the manager, which sends a request for an unpredictable number across the network to the agent. In this embodiment, it is the agent which will eventually be sending the encoded information to the manager. The agent is used to generate the unpredictable number because this configuration makes it more difficult for an interloper to inject a message transmission which results in an unpredictable number which is in some way favorable to the interloper, that is, does not fully have the desired unpredictable aspects. In an alternate embodiment, the manager both initiates the message transmission and generates the unpredictable number.
The unpredictable number is generated at the agent using a random number generator. Preferably, the unpredictable number is generated using any conventional random number generation technique which provides a number of the proper length, and which has the desired property of unpredictability.
Once the agent has generated the unpredictable number, it is sent back across the network, and received by the manager. At this point in time, labeled T6 in The FIGURE, both the manager and the agent have all the information which they need in order to produce the slave key, which is the key that will be used to encode the information to be transmitted across the network, as described more completely below.
In the preferred embodiment, both the manager and the agent use the same method to produce the slave key. This is done by using the unpredictable number and the master key as input to a noninvertible function, such as a one-way function. Because a noninvertible function is used, knowledge of the both the slave key and the unpredictable number, used in the production of the slave key, is insufficient to compute the master key. As mentioned above, the unpredictable number is supplied openly across the unsecured network, and so is available to all interlopers. Thus, even if the slave key is discovered by the interloper, the master key is protected because of the use of the noninvertible function. In the preferred embodiment, message digest algorithm five is used as the noninvertible function.
Therefore, a single master key, and an unpredictable number, can be used to produce a unique slave key of sufficient intricacy to encode the message. By frequently changing the slave key used for messages transmitted between the manager and the agent, the threat of interlopers can be minimized, because the compromise of one of the slave keys will not compromise any of the messages sent using other slave keys. Further, compromise of one of the slave keys and the unpredictable number associated with it will not compromise the master key, because an unknown independent variable for a noninvertible function cannot be discovered with only the knowledge of the dependent variable and the other independent variable.
In this manner, the invention allows for a manager and an agent to transmit an indefinite number of messages between them, encoded using different slave keys. The slave key may be used to encode the message using an invertible function such as an XOR function. Alternately, a noninvertible function may be used to encode the message with the slave key.
There are times when it is preferable to have a slave key that is set to a desired value. For example, a system operator may wish to update the slave key to be used by a group of multiple agents and multiple managers, and synchronize them to a common value. Further, the system operator may wish to set the slave key to a mnemonic, and thereby more rememberable, value. The output of the invertible function using an unpredictable value as input is typically neither mnemonic nor rememberable by humans.
Therefore, in further embodiments of the present invention, the method is adaptable to provide for the production of a desired slave key in the following manner. When the manager has produced the slave key, an invertible function, such as an XOR function, is used with the slave key and the desired slave key as input, to produce a delta slave key. This delta slave key is sent across the network, and received by the agent. The agent then uses the delta slave key and the slave key as input to the same invertible function, which produces the desired slave key as designated by the manager.
In this manner the desired slave key has been produced at two different sites on the network, without having to transmit the desired slave key, or the slave key from which it was produced, across the network. In an alternate embodiment these additional steps are performed even when there is no need for a specific desired slave key. If the original slave key produced is acceptable to the manager, then it can send back a delta slave key with a value of zero, which when processed with the slave key and the invertible function by the agent, will leave the slave key unaltered.
This method of altering the slave key to a desired slave key can be performed at different times during the transmission of the message. In other words, a portion of the message can be encoded using a first slave key, and then subsequent portions of the message can be transmitted using subsequent desired slave keys. Thus, more than one slave key will be required to decode a single message. In this embodiment, the manager can control how many slave keys will be used to transmit the message, and what the slave keys will be, by periodically sending to the agent, during the message transmission, a new delta slave key which the agent will use to produce a new desired slave key, which will be used to encode the remaining portions of the message until a new delta slave key is received by the agent.
In an alternate method, the agent can, from time to time, send a new unpredictable number during the transmission of the encoded message, indicating to the manager that a new slave key is to be used to decode that portion of the message which follows the transmission of the new unpredictable number, and which is received before a new unpredictable number is transmitted. In this manner, the agent is able to control how many slave keys will be used to encode and decode the message.
In some environments, the preferred embodiment is for each manager-agent pair to have unique sets of slave key--master key pairs, because, in the event a single key pair is compromised, the interloper will still not have access to messages encoded with other key pairs. In other environments, the preferred embodiment allows key pairs to be shared between entities. For example, a manager and several agents may all use a single key pair, or several managers and a single agent may use a single key pair. Other combinations of managers and agents, all sharing a single key pair, are also possible.
The task of tracking and otherwise managing shared key pairs is reduced from that of managing key pairs that are all unique one from the other, because there are fewer key pairs. However, this benefit comes at the expense of reduced security, because if one of the shared key pairs is discovered by an interloper, he will then have the ability to decode more messages.
In a shared key pair environment, such as that described above, it is possible that two entities, such as two independent managers, may attempt to simultaneously change the slave key on a single agent. In such cases, it is important to insure that the two operations do not interfere with one another. For example, if two managers each instruct an agent to generate a new unpredictable number, it is important that the first new unpredictable number be generated and fully recorded before the second new unpredictable number is generated. For this reason the preferred embodiment has a locking mechanism, such as a spinlock, which prevents a new operation from commencing before a previously initiated operation is completed.
While preferred embodiments of the present invention are described above, and specific examples have been given for the manager-agent environment, it will be appreciated by those of ordinary skill in the art that the invention is capable of numerous modifications, rearrangements and substitutions of parts, and application to other environments without departing from the spirit of the invention.
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When the average American thinks of military spending on religion, they probably think only of the money spent on chaplains and chapels. And, yes, the Department of Defense (DoD) does spend a hell of a lot of money on these basic religious accommodations to provide our troops with the opportunity to exercise their religion while serving our country. But that's just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the DoD's funding of religion. Also paid for with taxpayer dollars are a plethora of events, programs, and schemes that violate not only the Constitution, but, in many cases, the regulations on federal government contractors, specifically the regulation prohibiting federal government contractors receiving over $10,000 in contracts a year from discriminating based on religion in their hiring practices.
About a year ago, the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) began an investigation into just how much money the DoD spends on promoting religion to military personnel and their families. What prompted this interest in DoD spending on religion was finding out what the DoD was spending on certain individual events and programs, such as the $125 million spent on the Army's Comprehensive Soldier Fitness program and its controversial "Spiritual Fitness" test, a mandatory test that must be taken by all soldiers. The Army insists that this test is not religious, but the countless complaints from soldiers who have failed this "fitness" test tell a different story. The experience of one group of soldiers who weren't "spiritual" enough for the Army can be read here. But the term "Spiritual Fitness is not limited to this one test. The military began using this term to describe a variety of initiatives and events towards the end of 2006, and this 'code phrase' for promoting religion was heavily in use by all branches of the military by 2007.
Although it was clear from the start of MRFF's investigation that determining the total dollar figure for the DoD's rampant promotion of religion (which is always evangelical and/or fundamentalist Christianity) would be next to impossible, as this would require FOIA requests to every one of over 700 military installations to find out how much each is spending out of various funds at the installation level, one thing we could look at was DoD contracts, so that's where we started. What we've found so far is astounding.
Even though this is still an ongoing project, and we'll certainly be finding much more, I thought that given all the current brouhaha over what should be cut from the federal budget, people might be interested to see some of examples of how the DoD is spending countless millions of taxpayer dollars every year to Christianize the military.
As mentioned above, what MRFF is looking at does not include chaplains or chapels -- not even the excessive spending on extravagant "chapels" like the $30,000,000 mega-church at Fort Hood, or the "Spiritual Fitness" centers being built on many military bases as part of what are called Resiliency Campuses. The examples below are all strictly from DoD contracts, with the funding coming out of the appropriations for things like "Operations and Maintenance" and, somehow, "Research and Development." (Summaries of all contracts referenced below are publicly available at usaspending.gov)
Evangelical Christian Concerts Under the Guise of "Spiritual Fitness"
One of the most direct expenditures of money on religious proselytizing, under the guise of "Spiritual Fitness" spending, is the funding of concerts with the top evangelical Christian performers. These concerts are most prevalent on Army posts, although they also occur on installations of other branches of the military. One concert series that stands out, both because soldiers were punished last year for not attending one of the concerts and because of the cost of hiring the musical acts, is the "Commanding Generals' Spiritual Fitness Concert Series" at Fort Eustis and Fort Lee in Virginia. This is not a chapel concert series, but a command sponsored "Spiritual Fitness" program, paid for with DoD contracts.
All of the performers for these Spiritual Fitness concerts so far (this concert series is ongoing) have been evangelical Christian artists. Not only is the music itself overtly Christian, but during the concerts there are light shows of large crosses beamed all over the stage, and the performers typically give their Christian testimony or read Bible verses between songs. Some of these performers have Blanket Purchase Agreements and Indefinite Delivery Contracts good until 2012 or 2013, indicating that this concert series is planned to continue at least through the next two years. The total amount of money awarded so far for this concert series, including the amount remaining on Blanket Purchase Agreements and Indefinite Delivery Contracts, is $678,470. This figure is only for the performers fees, and does not include all the other expenses associated with putting on concerts on the scale of those being held at these Army posts.
The following are the amounts of the contracts awarded to Christian talent agencies and bands for this "Commanding General's Spiritual Fitness Concert Series."
- Street Level Artist Agency: $153,000 spent to date, $22,000 remaining on a $50,000 Blanket Purchase Agreement (good until 2012)
- Gregg Oliver Agency: $46,000 spent to date, $54,000 remaining on a $100,000 Indefinite Delivery Contract (good until 2013)
- James D Griggs: $9,900 to date, $141,100 remaining on a $150,000 Blanket Purchase Agreement (good until 2013)
- Titanium Productions, Inc.: $33,470 spent to date, $100,000 remaining on a $100,000 Blanket Purchase Agreement (good until 2012)
- SonicFlood: $24,000 spent to date, $76,000 remaining on a $100,000 Indefinite Delivery Contract (good until 2012)
- The Samoan Brothers LLC: $20,000 spent
(For these talent agencies and bands where the "amount spent to date" and "amount remaining" on the Blanket Purchase Agreements and Indefinite Delivery Contracts are not equal, it is because these talent agencies have been awarded more than one contract. For example, Titanium Productions, Inc. had contracts totaling $33,470 that were separate from the $100,000 Blanket Purchase Agreement for future concerts in this concert series.)
Evangelical Christian Facilities for Strong Bonds and other "Spiritual Fitness" Retreats
According to an Army spokesperson on the Pentagon Channel, the Army's Strong Bonds program receives at least $30 million a year in DoD funding. This program of pre- and post-deployment retreats for soldiers and their families are often evangelical Christian retreats, many held at Christian camps and resorts, with evangelical Christian speakers and entertainers.
A search of DoD contracts for the last few years shows that at least 50 of the locations where Strong Bonds and other Spiritual Fitness retreats are regularly held are evangelical Christian camps, resorts, and conference facilities.
The site regularly used by Fort Sill, for example, is Oakridge Camp & Retreat Center, which has received over $500,000 in DoD contracts and has hosted approximately 60 retreats. Oakridge not only requires its employees to be Christians, but even goes as far as requiring on its employment application that the applicant state their views on issues such as abortion and homosexuality. While a private religious organization is free to impose a religious test on its staff, it is quite a different matter for a DoD contractor to do this. And, in the case of Oakridge, it is not only the facility's staff who must adhere to the its Christian beliefs, but all of its guests as well, including the soldiers attending Fort Sill's Strong Bonds and Spiritual Fitness retreats.
For example, the first paragraph of Oakridge's "Policies & Guidelines" for its guests states: "Oakridge is a private Christian retreat center, not a hotel. Therefore, there may be some guidelines and policies that may not seem 'hotel-like.' This is our purposeful intent. Oakridge does not serve the 'general public,' but only those interested in a Christian camp perspective." Moreover, guest groups must attend an "Oakridge Orientation," and it is stated in the "Policies & Guidelines" that "prayer will be offered for all groups at every meal in Jesus' name."


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Before embarking on my whirlwind interview schedule, my undergraduate research advisor gave me one last piece of advice. She told me that instead of making this decision with my head, it was time to start listening to my heart.
She was sure that I would fall in love with one program; I was skeptical. The interdisciplinary programs that I interviewed for were very similar. They all touted the breadth and depth of their research and the collaborative environment of the university. Though all of the institutions were beautiful, well-funded and performing valuable research, the weekends seemed to blend together, no program was "the one."
Then it was time to interview with the Molecular Biology Department at Princeton University. The moment I arrived on the gorgeous campus, I already knew that it would be a step above the rest. It is located in a beautiful and safe area in New Jersey, just an hour away from cities, beaches and mountains. The labs are doing top-notch research on a wide variety of topics. They offer a lucrative stipend along with affordable and comfortable housing. It was immediately apparent to me that the department is collaborative; they did not need to tell me, I could sense it. Professors and graduate students knew each other both personally and professionally and the program seemed to encourage theses that bridged labs. This interview stood out among the rest and after this visit, it was hard to ignore my heart screaming that I had found what I was looking for!
As a first year, I have found that graduate school is not hard; it is extraordinarily hard! Princeton has provided me with daily challenges unlike anything I experienced in my undergraduate studies. However, it is the support and encouragement that I receive from my peers and professors and the love I have for this department and institution that makes the pursuit of my Ph.D. the most rewarding experience of my life. The Molecular Biology Department is truly a scientific community that fosters an environment filled with excitement, high intellect and success.
— Kelly LaRue
Murthy Lab
In the first month of graduate school, two sincere yet conflicting statements are made: "God, please don't let me fail out!" and "God, please help me win a Nobel Prize."
At Princeton this humorous dichotomy, at least in my opinion, stems from our efforts as students to meet the new and exciting challenges presented before us, one of which is to push our thinking beyond conventional standards. We think about solving the really tough puzzles, not just understanding them. We are taught to break down the literature to its fundamental roots and then ask, "Now what?"
Fortunately we are not alone in this journey. Our professors, some of the greatest minds in their fields, guide us through classes each day and never cease to encourage inquisitive discourse. Later on, when we join their labs, these same minds become our mentors and collaborators.
Making the decision to join Princeton's Department of Molecular Biology has proven to be one of my most satisfying choices. There is no advertised "blueprint" for success here. Despite the fact that each of us enters the program with different and sometimes multiple interests, we are still afforded the opportunity to explore and dabble in a few different labs before settling on our favorite. As a result, there's a level of openness in the department between students and faculty which I don't think can be found anywhere else.
Outside of the department, the hefty stipend has allowed me to enjoy a very comfortable lifestyle in Princeton and additionally venture into both the New York and the Philadelphia areas for the occasional weekend getaway. When I don't feel like traveling, it's great that there's always something happening here on campus as well!
Please contact me if you have any questions about life in the department. I also grew up nearby, so any questions about "Princeton in general" are welcome too! Hopefully my experiences can help you in your decision-making process.
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Latest Pics: All Is Well Between Priyanka Chopra And Kangna Ranaut
In the recent past, there have been various rumours of either a cat fight or a cold war between the Bollywood actresses Priyanka Chopra and Kangna Ranaut. We are now here to inform you that all is well with these ladies who are currently promoting their film Krrish 3 together.
Priyanka Chopra, who is one of the B-Town's trending actresses has rubbished all the reports that said there was a rivalry between her and co-actress Kangna. Some of the rumours even stated that the two ladies are avoiding each other but we now see that the pictures prove all this wrong.
These two Bollywood beauties were spotted along with Hrithik Roshan and the Krrish 3 team as they have been on a promotion spree. They seem to be getting along well and we don't see a problem between the two at all. If they say that all is well, then I guess it's time for all the media channels and gossipers to believe the same.
Kangna was recently asked about her rumoured war with Priyanka and for this she responded, "I don't get bad vibes from Priyanka.'' On the other side, PC too made it clear that she has no problem with Kangna. "Kangna and I have always gotten along. I don't know how this controversy even started. It's absurd news that Kangana and I have a problem," said Priyanka.
Have a look at the slide show to see the two actresses hugging and bonding..


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New ISI championship qualifying times for Aiden Peterson & Adriana McCall (200 BK), Johanna Kopelman (50BK & 50BR), Madeline Marquardt (100FR), and Elliot Hinkhouse (50BK), Mason Conzemius (50 BK), Julia Xian (200 BR) at ISI Regional Finals
Top 3 8&U finishers Elliot Hinkhouse 50 BK (1st ) 50 BR (2nd), Charlotte Sieren 25 Fr (1st) & 50 FL (2nd) at ISI Regional Finals
Top 3 10&U finishers: Mason Conzemius 50 BK (2nd), 100 BK (3rd) at ISI Regional Finals
New PR's for these Frost swimmers! Larkin Brown, Gary Chen, Damon Conzemius, Mason Conzemius, Elanor Hanna, Elliot Hinkhouse, Luis Hinkhouse, Mesarah Hnesh, Dylan Holder, Randi Holder, julian Kopelman, Clare Loria, Noah McLaughlin, Carmen Sieren, Charlotte Sieren, Greta Sieren, William Sprengelmeyer
Top 3 11-12 finishers: Jo Kopelman 50 BK (1), 50 BR (2), Madeline Marquardt 100 Fr (1) on day 1 of the ISI Regional Finals
Shaylin Brown, Abby Caylor, Carmela Cohen, Joe Keuter, Anja Rumping, Alex Thurston, Emily Xian all swam to a personal best during the ISI Regional Finals
Top 3 13&O finishers: Donald Hill 200 BK (2), 100 Free (3rd), Lauren Katz 100 Fr (3rd), 500 Fr (3rd), Adriana McCall 200 BK (3rd), Parth Patel 200 BK (2) Aiden Petersen 200 BK (1), Amber Rose 500 Fr (3), Julie Xian 100 BR (2) on day 1 of the ISI Regional Finals
Top 3 13&O finishers Lauren Katz 200 Fr (2nd), Edie Knoop 100 BK (1st), 200 Fr (1st), Parth Patel 100 BK (2nd) 200 Fr (3), Aiden Petersen 100 BK (3rd), Julie Xian 200 BR (1st) on day 2 of the ISI Regional Finals
Leo Xiao had some solid races in finals at the 2016 Vince Herring Classic hosted by the Rochester Orcas! 200y BR (2nd) 200y IM (4th) 100 BR (2nd)
ICE swimmer Alayna McCafferty represented City High at the Girls High School State Meet, swimming both the 100 back and the backstroke leg of the medley relay.
2015 Speedo Midwest Senior Challenge: Senior group athlete Leo Xiao raced to an 11th place finish in the 200y BR (2:13.29)! Morays athletes Mason Wang (200y BR, 59th) and Meirav Flatté (200y BK, 45th) also posted some solid early season times.
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I've looked everywhere, and I don't see where anyone else is having this issue, but I created a widget for logging in to FB as per U29 on a test site running the TechGo 1.0 theme.
I have permalinks turned on, so I had to turn them off to get the page ID for the registration page, which is 41. I put into the widget different variations, none of which work:
[al2fb_login post_id="41"]
[al2fb_login post_id="041"]
[al2fb_login page_id="041"]
Out of curiosity, I turned off permalinks, but it still does nothing outside of turning into a finger when you hover over it. I went to another computer, and clicking it does nothing. I tried IE 9 and FF 9.01 both. I turned off the Execute shortcodes in widgets, which turned the code into text. I re-enabled it, and it becomes a button once again, but the same problem as before.
I'm baffled.


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Manchester United Message Board
A Yahoo! User Jan 10, 2009 06:22 Flag
rafa..about time
this wasnt an uncalculated rant against title rivals like keegan...it was a well tought out speech saying what every other manager has wanted to say for months....wenger will be very envious tonight wishing he had been the one to deliver this gut wrenching truth of this bullying jock..there was no provocation from sir alex so bitterness is not the reason...its simply the truth...peace ppl. xSort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
ta mate, I think I got my facts wrong though, it was Forest who sank them, scouser Ian Woan with a wonder strike after I'd spent the entire match saying "wouldnt it be great if the scouse get Woan hit it from 40 yards.....".
I guess it was after playing Leeds that Kev unloaded.
willthered willthered Jan 10, 2009 07:04 Flag
This was nothing more than an illtempered rant that was not all the truth it was made out to be,did SAF not serve a 2 match touchline ban recently.
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A Yahoo! User Jan 10, 2009 07:28 Flag
He did indeed and as for the claim that only SAF complained about the fixture list he must have missed Wenger`s comments about how the fixtures favoured liverpool and chelsea over arsenal and utd. It was a rare moment - Wenger agreeing with SAF.


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€54,000 for technician injured in car crash
Published 22/11/2012 | 05:00
A COMPUTER technician who claimed he suffered back injuries when the taxi he was in was rear-ended has been awarded €54,000 by the High Court.
Earlier, Mr Justice Nicholas Kearns ruled it would be an injustice to dismiss the case on the basis it was a fraud.
Alberto Jorge Zulkouski, of Swilly Road, Cabra West, Dublin, sued Vasile Radu, of Clearwater Court, Ashtown, Dublin, after the taxi was hit by Mr Radu on March 8, 2007.
Mr Justice Kearns said video showing Mr Zulkouski walking 5km when he said he could only walk with a stick was compelling. Mr Zukouski's counsel asked for aggravated damages because the accusation of fraud had not stood up. The judge did not add to the award.
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I went to the doctor today. Whenever I go it's a very quick visit, pee, blood pressure "how are you feeling, good okay, see you in a month" and thats it. So today I told my doc that my pubic bone has been KILLING me to the point that when I stand up I have to get my bearing before walking and going up and down stairs is awful. She said to me, well we have been a little concerned about how low your placenta is so lets do a vaginal ultrasound. Turns out that the placenta is coming out of my cervix a bit and my pelvis/pubic bones are seperating.
Has anybody ever heard of this or had it happen? Should I be worried?


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The annual pre-game parade and pep rally, held in celebration of the Barnstable football team's annual Thanksgiving Day game against Falmouth, will be held beginning at 1 p.m. Nov. 23 in Hyannis. The parade will travel along Main and South streets in Hyannis, culminating in the pep rally on the village green at approximately 2 p.m. Wear red in support of your Red Raiders!
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Edelweiss Tokio Life launches two endowment plans
January 7, 2013
Preeti Kulkarni , ET Bureau
MUMBAI: Private life insurer Edelweiss Tokio on Monday has announced the launch of two endowment policies - Save n Grow and MultiGain. Both are participating, or with-profits, policies, with Multigain also offering a 'Money-back' feature. Policy tenures under Save n Grow range from 15 to 30 years, while the premium paying term could be 10 or 15 years. The policyholder also has a choice of paying premiums throughout the policy tenure. Fifth year onwards, the sum assured under the policy will increase by 15% every year.
LIC's Flexiplus: Appealing to risk-averse, but charges high
January 5, 2013
Madhu T , ET Bureau
MUMBAI: The first three months of a calendar year usually witness hectic activity in the life insurance sector. This is the period when life insurers launch products to attract individuals looking to make tax-related investments before March 31. The country's largest life insurer Life Insurance Corporation of India ( LIC ) has kicked off the annual ritual this year by launching two new products, one of them being a unit-linked insurance plan. Named Flexiplus, the Ulip offers two fund options - Debt and Mixed.
Why investors should consult professional advisors and stick to suggested asset allocation
December 28, 2012
Madhu T , ET Bureau
Some investors have the tendency to become investment experts overnight, say financial advisors. One fine day, they decide to discard the financial plan and advice given by their financial planners or advisors and make quick investment decisions themselves, mostly based on prevailing market conditions. This year wasn't any different. Financial experts can tell you stories about clients who didn't invest in stocks as per the original plan because they were pessimistic about the market.
Financial planners can't help if your liability exceeds repaying capacity
August 3, 2012
Madhu T , ET Bureau
There is a solution for every financial problem. It just doesn't matter how messy it is. All you have to do is to follow a few general rules, bordering on penny pinching, and everything will be alright soon. Many individuals believe it. And many financial advisors reinforce their belief in the existence of such magic formula regularly through their well meaning public discourse. But the sad truth is that there is no magical solution to every financial mess. In fact, most financial experts shoo off some of their clients in such dire situation, saying they are not "magicians".
Women in India are closing gender gap on financial literacy: MasterCard
July 28, 2012
Shilpy Sinha , ET Bureau
MUMBAI: People in mature markets may prove to be better financial planners overall but it is women in emerging markets who remain dominant when it comes to basic money management, according to MasterCard. In terms of overall financial literacy, Taiwan and New Zealand tied for first place with a score of 73 index points each, with Taiwan jumping up from 5th rank in 2010. Following close behind with 71 index points each are Hong Kong, Australia and Singapore. Thailand, first in the region two years ago, fell 10 rankings to 11th in 2012 with 65 index points.
Indian women bridging gender gap in financial literacy: MasterCard
July 26, 2012
Madhu T , ET Bureau
MUMBAI: Whilepeople in mature markets may prove to be better financial planners overall, it is women in emerging markets who remain dominant when it comes to basic money management, a MasterCard survey has found. In terms of overall financial literacy, Taiwan and New Zealand tied for first place with a score of 73 index points each. On the other hand, China and India were ranked the lowest in the basic money management index scoring 55 index points each. Women registered slightly better scores than men in Asia/Pacific's emerging markets, noted the third edition of the financial literacy survey.
Will equity continue to pay in the long term?
June 18, 2012
Narendra Nathan , ET Bureau
Mumbai-based Ramesh Thakkur had a simple financial goal and a good game plan to achieve it. It was 2007 and he wanted to buy a Honda Civic car in five years' time. So he decided to get the corpus by investing Rs 5 lakh in an equity index fund. Since the holding period, according to him, was fairly long, he thought he could easily earn a 15-20% annualised return, which would enable him to buy the car he loved. Contrary to his expectations, the stock market refused to shine during this holding period and the corpus remained at almost the same level.
Just kick-started your career? Tips to ensure financial security
June 16, 2012
Preeti Kulkarni , ET Bureau
Are you financially equipped to deal with an emergency? No, don't smile. In fact, most young Indians aren't fit enough to deal with such emergencies. According to a global study conducted by Visa, 41% of young respondents (in the age-group of 18-24 years) are not financially equipped to deal with emergencies. This is a key indicator of their level of preparedness as building a contingency kitty is fundamental to any financial plan. "The (Global Financial Literacy) Barometer clearly demonstrates that more needs to be done in advancing financial education in India especially among women and young people," says Uttam Nayak, group country manager, India and South Asia, Visa.
Test your financial adviser before taking his counsel
May 14, 2012
Uma Shashikant
The frustration with the advisory tribe-variously called relationship managers, financial advisers, wealth managers, financial planners or private bankers-is high. There is a serious lack of trust, which makes it difficult for investors to implement their personal finance decisions. Creating a trust-inducing environment for financial transactions requires a new, bold, and fair policy framework. This is likely to be a long time away since regulators are only tinkering on the margin and refuse to see the need to come together in the interest of the investor.
How to go about tax planning for 2012-13
March 27, 2012
Partha Sinha , TNN
One of the leading financial planners in Mumbai raised a very pertinent question: Why is it that almost every person has budget for running his family, looks forward to the annual Union Budget presented by the finance minister , is probably involved in the financial plan and budget of the company he works with, but almost certainly misses out on having a financial and tax plan for himself and the family? People associated with the financial services industry believe that this is probably true for about 95% of the people who pay income tax. Ideally, however, every individual from this group should have a tax plan and a financial plan along with the budget for the family.
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