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- Getting started with plastic: debit, secured and prepaid cards -- Not having plastic can make life a bit difficult, but it can be intimidating to jump right into credit. Try these "starter plastics" to acclimate yourself ... (See Plastic for beginners)
- Prepaid cards gain traction in Canada -- Prepaid cards have long been a hit in the U.S., but less popular in Canada. But the Canadian market is growing. As with any financial product, prepaid cards come with some risks, but for many, they are outweighed by the benefits ... (See Prepaid cards)
- Choosing a debit card for every life stage -- Many Canadians prefer to use debit cards for everyday payments. But fees can add up, so it's important to choose the right kind of account for your needs ... (See Debit plan)
- Author account: How my bank account has evolved with me -- Author Carmen Chai got her first bank account before she was a year old. By the time she went to university, she had outgrown it. Now, as a post-grad with a few years in the workforce under her belt, she's considering changing accounts again ... (See Evolving account)
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I dedicate this comic to all those people who wonder why I always wear a hat at high school even though it is widely discouraged there.
Actually, the real reason I always wear a hat is that you would get in trouble for NOT wearing one in primary school and I couldn't quite adapt to the sudden transition.
Also because I'm extremely Caucasian and can get burned to a crisp just by sitting by the library window on a sunny day.
And also because it makes me look like a total dork and no-one gets any false impressions.
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Melissa McCarthy Loses Her Head While Filming 'Tammy'
Well, just her hair really - and by 'hair' we mean a wig. But not just any wig. The actress reported that the wig was $9,000 - not exactly dollar store quality.
McCarthy revealed in a Chelsea Lately interview that during a practice run for a jetski scene while filming 'Tammy' she took a bad spill on the water, and the wig, which had been pinned to her real hair, went missing in the course of the wipeout.
"I don't remember ever leaving it. All of a sudden, I literally was like, 'I'm in water.' I didn't know if I was up or down and I thought, 'Holy god, I've got that wig on.'"
McCarthy, who had admittedly never piloted a jetski before, explains that she took a curve a little too hard and was thrown from her watercraft, presumably by a wake that broadsided the vehicle. Chelsea Handler laments with her, noting that she's had several accidents on jetskis, though the have all come at the expense of her passengers, rather than herself.
'Tammy' is the story of a woman who hits the road with her profane, hard-drinking grandmother, after losing her job and learning that her husband has been unfaithful. It features Melissa McCarthy and Susan Sarandon, respectively. While both actresses have been praised for previous movies, Tammy has been almost universally panned by critics as a receiving a 4.6/10 on IMDB and 27% from Rotten Tomatoes.


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Target the Ocular Muscle with an eye exercise that can help to ease tension around the eyes. Or try focusing on some different types of facial and neck muscles such as your Zygomaticus Major – cheek area, Orbicularis Oris – mouth area or Trapezius – neck muscle to name a few, which could all help you in your task to facial wellness.
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The Fug Girls Explain What's Wrong With Project Runway
Where's the drama?
So, we're collecting our pocket change and heading to Vegas, because last night marked the third Project Runway finale in a row for which we picked the correct winner. Either we're getting much better at this, or PR is getting way more predictable. In addition to reveling in the glory of being right, we're pleased that neither mostly monochromatic Mila nor cranky Emilio got to take home the big prize although we could go the rest of our lives without hearing Michael Kors use the phrase "It turned me on" again. While you're struggling to get that mental image out of your head, here's our take on this cycle's finale:
Jessica: What does it say about this show that I thought the most compelling moment was an ad for Deadly Honeymoon, starring Summer Glau?
Heather: I'll say this for the Lifetime era: The commercials are way, way more entertaining.
Jessica: The finale was a bit Snoozeville. I miss the days when people were accused of cheating or had to have all their accessories thrown out.
Heather: Yes the act-out drama of the models not showing up doesn't work, because nobody for a minute thinks the show is going to allow a designer to wheel two looks down the runway on a mannequin. As soon as they said, "The models aren't HERE," I thought, "Well, either they will come, or Tim will get a replacement."
Jessica: Exactly. I may have trumpeted the word, "BORING," to my living room several times.
Heather: It struck me at the end, when Emilio was crying backstage after his loss, that the show needs to inject some of that tension and emotion and high stakes into the rest of the hour. I don't even care if they openly manipulate me. The Biggest Loser might go overboard with all the montages about people's tragedies, but dammit, I'm crying at the end anyway.
Jessica: I think it was also problematic that Faith Hill while probably totally nice is not a very dynamic guest judge.
Heather: And since I have zero sense of her personal style, her saying she'd wear stuff meant very little to me.
Jessica: She seemed unwilling to criticize. Which I understand, I guess, from a PR perspective. But it's not very interesting to watch.
Heather: The whole judging felt very edited around a Seth Aaron–Emilio debate. I got the sense Heidi was pulling for Emilio.
Jessica: She did wear Emilio's cocktail dress to an event the night before the finale: maybe that was her loving shout-out to him.
Heather: It was part of a challenge win from the show, but I agree, the timing of that must have been meant to communicate something.
Jessica: Emilio's collection had no verve, while Seth Aaron's had loads of it.
Heather: Emilio's coats were very nice, it's true, but I agree the collection was boring and I don't understand their fascination with his "E Sosa" print. There was one point in judging where, off camera, Kors said it was "priceless," and they cut him off very quickly afterward, which leads me to believe he was laughing at it.
Jessica: The collection was sell-able. But your runway show ought to have a bit more pizzazz and then you can tone it down to sell it later. Which is why I think Seth Aaron. He's technically very skilled, but his showmanship pushed him over the edge.
Heather: Yes. I respect Emilio trying to cover a base the judges didn't think he could handle the commercial aspects of being a designer but you can't build your whole show around that or it feels too Lands' End.
Jessica: And then there's Mila, who I don't think was ever really in the running.
Heather: No, she was an afterthought the whole time, which surprised me a bit. I enjoyed watching her collection more than I did Emilio's somehow I didn't pay attention to the lack of color in it, because there were enough other interesting aspects. It just seemed a bit more thoughtful and expensive to me than Emilio's did.
Jessica: She has a niche. It might not be Sexy Young Thing as much as it is Sassy Woman of a Certain Age, but I think I would have given her the silver medal over Crankypants Emilio.
Heather: I think Tim would have given her a small country if it meant Crankypants lost.
Jessica: When will people learn that being dismissive and jerky to Tim is the best way to make the entire world think you are a jackass?
Heather: You can disagree with him, or feel like the judges get you more than he does, and still lovingly clutch him to your bosom. I anticipate a juicy scoop about whatever was going on there. Fire away, Gunn!
Jessica: One of the many things I like about Tim is that he does not pull punches about people after the season, yet he always tries to do right by them when they are under his tutelage. Even if they are jerkwads.
Heather: I'd like to see the judges pick all the bogey collections they thought had the most potential, and throw together a short all-star season. Of course, they'd have to acknowledge this show existed pre-Lifetime for that to work. But if the season finale can't give us goosebumps at this point, they need to try something fresh.
Jessica: Seriously. Dip into the vintage Lifetime well if you have to.
Heather: Tori Spelling, a poisoned lei, a jailbreak, and, like, Patrick Duffy. DO IT. And actually, they are welcome to that recipe. It might be good.
Jessica: Project Runway: Tim Gunn, May I Sew With Danger?
Heather: Say it with me: Make it work.
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Ben The Banjoman
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When I'm in the Netherlands in July, I'll be on the lookout for Ben The Banjoman. He should be easy to spot.
(Thanks a/zee)
- By WTF. Comment posted 31-May-2007 @11:36am:It's said what banjos turn people into.
- By major_danny. Comment posted 31-May-2007 @11:40am:He should be easy to spot.
Don't count on it.
- By 12-stringer. Comment posted 31-May-2007 @01:12pm:Did you watch the videos (filmpjes)? I must admit, he sure does a fine job of singin' and strummin' to those midi files - I can't think of many things I like better than canned midi music, especially when the simulated midi-banjo lead break kicks in.
However, if I were you, I'd be very careful - those look like some pretty rowdy and feisty crowds he attracts!
I wonder if he'll let you ride his horse?
(Ignore me - I'm just jealous!)
- By robert.wood. Comment posted 31-May-2007 @04:50pm:He should be easy to spot.
Obviously, you've never been to Holland before.
I live 30 miles from the Dutch border, and of course I've been to Holland numerous times. My advice for your trip: be prepared for a.ny.thing. They'll still manage to shock you though *shudders*...
- By bookrabbit. Comment posted 31-May-2007 @05:13pm:Dangerous and tempting - a banjo player on a pinata.
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Who hasn't wanted to study a moment in a film — to pause the action and survey what is going on without fear that the hold will suddenly end?
For fans of George Lucas' Star Wars saga, that moment has finally arrived with Star Wars: Frames. The collection features images from all six films in the Star Wars franchise — frame by frame.
In 2011, Frames was issued in a limited edition of six volumes and came in a hard case adorned with a Darth Vader medallion.
The price: $3,000.
Frames has since been trimmed to a two-volume set, published on Oct. 29, in an elaborate laser-cut slipcase.
It costs $150.
The collection is for fans who know the movies well. It has no captions or explanations — only photographs.
Filmmaker and Star Wars devotee Guillermo del Toro provides the foreword for the volume that covers the films of the original trilogy — A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi.
"For my generation — for me — the first two Star Wars films were pillars of not only entertainment but of filmic myth-generating and mythmaking," del Toro writes.
"For the generation that immediately followed mine, the third film was that, and Episodes I, II and III spoke to each successive generation."
Lucas began working on Frames in 2005, after he completed Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith, and finished it in 2008.


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Skip to comments.G.I. Joe voted top toy of the century
Posted on 09/14/2012 7:06:46 AM PDT by JoeProBono
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The term action figure was coined by the collectors of G.I. Joe first released in February 2nd, 1964.
Sorry it's the Hot Wheel for me...coolest toy I ever owned. (Besides my 1987 Fender American Strat and my F150)
We had quite a collection of the original GI Joes — the large ones. I don't remember what I did with them (probably went to the Goodwill) but I wish I'd kept them. They'd be worth something today. We lived in Berkeley, and there was only one little boy whose parents would allow him to play with those dolls with my son.
We also had a huge collection of Johny and Jane West — Barbie-sized dolls with plastic clothes and horses, barns, etc — even a buffalo — that all 4 kids played with. That way the girls could be in the game.
Yo Joe!
When my Dad saw these he said "boys do not play with dolls" he was in the military for 37 years.
(It was the only way mom could get me to eat my veggies)
GI Joe and BB guns kept me busy for many hours during the summers out in the woods...
I recall having at one time six GI Joes, all with the plastic hair (no fuzzie/no Kung-fu Grip), my first GI Joe was actually Black.
Spent many an hour recreating scenes from the TV show Combat. Unfortunately with them being so large I couldn't get away with digging foxholes or breastworks. Simply used large river stones.... I even had the Mercury -7 spacecraft... what I wouldn't give to have some of those things back...
Dolls are for girls.
Daisy BB-gun or an Erector Set or StingRay Bike are what real boys wanted when I was a kid.
If I had to vote among the toys listed, I'd give the nod to Lincoln Logs.
Have'nt seen a dogtag with the notch in it for quite a while.
No Erector Set...electric trains...cap pistols..."spaldeens"?
But then again, this nation voted for Obama so I kinda understand.
EBay is your friend. (Maybe)
As far as I can tell the notch passed out of use circa 1975. I guess it was bothering the volunteers.
"The cow says 'shazooooooooo!'"
"Where?? Where does the cow say that???"
Opps, sorry, that I what I had to tell my dad when he'd make fun of my Godzilla toys.
My dad just didn't want me to be a big Pansy, so when I was old enough he got let me use his Favorite toy when he was a kid.
Nah, they cost a pretty penny then (1964-1968) would hate to pay today's prices.
I recall a few years ago they were re-introduced as collectibles somewhere around $75 or so each... obviously not for throwing around in the dirt.
I too had a spacecraft, but it was sold during the Apollo era, though it could still only fit one astronaut Joe.
"Life-like hair", but pre-kung-fu-grip.
It came with a (square flexible plastic!) recording of the lunar landing one could play on a record player.
Far and away my favorite toy from that era (five years old).
God only knows how Joe has been re-branded in our present PC milieu.
They reissued it in the late '90s. FAO Schwartz had a couple hidden behind the plushies. I discovered that I still wanted it, but at $199.95 it was in my "if I'm going to spend that much on something it had better shoot real bullets" zone, and I deferred again. I guess I'll never own that darned thing.
Yes, they are not worth anything since they are reproductions, but if one wants to recapture childhood, they are highly recommended.
They are part of Hasbro's "GI Joe Timeless Collection," and cover all branches of the military. US Navy Combat Diver, USAF Scramble Pilot, NASA Astronaut, US Infantry Soldier, US Green Beret, US Marine, etc...
Here are a few images:
I wonder how many people today even realize that they used to put records in magazines?
I own that one, actually, and it's awesome. FAO put them on clearance at one point!!!
I can't believe it beat out Silly Putty.
I got the capsule from Santa for Christmas.. It was 1965 and it came with a recording of John Glenn's radio comms from Mercury -7 launch etc.
By 1970 it was gone (Goodwill as the recipient I imagine)
Same thing happened to my old Gas (Cox fuel) string controlled airplanes....
I don't think that all of those versions were available when we started our collection (1964), but in addition to regular soldiers, I know that we had a Medic. We definitely would have had a Sailor, if one had been available. They were beautiful toys — well made, durable.
Darn, I missed that. I only got in FAO once before they closed. I got a load of the prices and said "h*ll no."
Actual toys (robots, spaceships, GI Joe) are capable of doing that, but many kids is this generation view toys as archaic as they prefer digital things like I-pads and video games.
As today's children become more and more surrounded by digital screens, they will become even more unimaginative and uncreative with each passing day.
Some of my best toys went to Goodwill. Frequently before I was done with them. But I blew my Cox car up. I put something other than the standard fuel in it (perhaps Ronsonol? Those years are getting hard to remember.) It did not work well. ;-)
Those are the ones I recall seeing available - Amazing. Would be worth the memories alone, don't need vintage for vintage's sake.
As I look at Amazon, the prices for these are creeping skyward as well.
I remember buying one of my grandsons an "historic" GI Joe (full sized) of a Revolutionary War soldier in the late 1990s. I think it was supposed to be George Washington.
Did you shoot your eye out??
I can't argue with that. GI Joes and their accessories were just too cool!
Johnny and Jane West
I had one of them too.
An Official Red Ryder Carbine-Action Two-Hundred-Shot Range Model Air Rifle!
"Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
The top girl's toy is easily Barbie.
The top boy's toy is a different story.
I never played with GI-Joe. The top toy for me was a ball (baseball, basketball, football, kickball) with frisbee being a close 2nd. Of course, those could be called sporting equipment and not toys.
Hot Wheels, I suppose, was my top "real toy," but it was way down the list from sporting goods.
Oh, I bought lots of those toys for my other grandsons. Woody and and his buddies. They even had the costumes with inflatable wings.
I had that one. Pull his string and he said stuff like, "I have a tough assignment for you" and a couple other things I can't recall.
I suppose now days he says, "Don't shoot, I have no ammo!".
Dude! I learned to shoot and love guns with one of those when I was a kid. I always wanted one for my own but couldn't find one. When my Dad passed away he willed it to me. Now I have the Remington Model 12 and I miss my Dad.
With the creeping movement of liberalism into everything we see as a society, GI Joe and similar lines are currently being liberalized or even taken out of the market altogether.
These days, it is extremely politically incorrect to take pride in American exceptionalism. Subsequently, it is also a seemingly terrible thing to buy a toy Sherman tank or a US Marine action figure for a child.
I honestly blame a lot of this on the fact that toy companies and liberal mothers seem to unite together in that they don't like the idea of children playing with "war toys."
Even though a considerable number of GI Joe items are dedicated to professions such as emergency rescue and scientific advancement, the "good stuff" is becoming rarer and rarer to find for kids.
Even the children themselves are being subject to liberal lies and brainwashing in the school systems to wrongly believe that uniformed heroes are corrupt.
It is my dream to someday save up enough money to by my Kids the Henry Pump Action .22
I have always wanted one of those myself.
If you thought obtaining one of those was hard in the States, In Germany (where my father if from) Private ownership of firearms was not allowed until after 1956.
Imagine what it must have been like to get an American Pump Action .22 over in West Germany in the 1960's.
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The Coppa d'Oro delle Dolomiti turns pink
Cortina d'Ampezzo, August 30th 2012: vintage cars are no longer just a "men's thing". Indeed, there have been many "pink" news in this 65th edition, starting from the number of applications which registered a 20% more of women presence compared to last year. This figure makes the whole organization very proud, especially its President Rossella Labate, supported by Daniela Pongiluppi, councillor of ACI Belluno executive board.
Rossella Labate comments: "The fascination and passion for vintage cars involve a wider target every year and women play a more and more important role. Figures confirm this theory. A eighty-year old Japanese lady is also present, the oldest competing woman, who will be her son's co-driver".
Another confirmation is the elegant presence of the actress Giorgia Surina, guest of honour of the event. For her a blast from the engine world after the latest TV efforts.
Of great importance is the participation of foreign crews with 32 cars coming from 10 countries: Andorra, Argentina, Germany, Japan, Israel, Luxembourg, Holland, Poland, United Kingdom, Switzerland with seven Japanese crews, six German and five Swiss.
A curiosity: this year Lancia Aurelia B20 GT III Series is brought back to take part in the race with the number 74, the same car and number which brought luck to Salvatore Ammendola in 1952. He got fourth in the overall ranking at the 6th edition of Coppa d'Oro. Indeed, this year's crew, Paolo and Andrea Mazzotto, is hoping to reach the same result.


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Introduction: The development of chronic ankle instability (CAI) is the primary residual deficit after ankle joint sprain. It has been proposed that CAI is characterized by two entities, namely, mechanical instability and functional instability. Each of these entities in turn is composed of various insufficiencies. Research of functional insufficiencies to date has shown large variances in results. One particular reason for this could be discrepancies in inclusion criteria and definitions between CAI, mechanical instability, and functional instability used in the literature. Thus, we endeavored to undertake a systematic investigation of those studies published in the area of CAI to identify if there is a large discrepancy in inclusion criteria across studies.
Methods: A systematic search of the following databases was undertaken to identify relevant studies: Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, PubMed, CINAHL, SportDiscus, PEDro, and AMED.
Results: The results of this study indicate that there is a lack of consensus across studies regarding what actually constitutes ankle instability. Furthermore, it is evident that the majority of studies use very different inclusion criteria, which leads to a nonhomogenous population and to difficulties when comparing results across studies.
Conclusions: Future studies should endeavor to be specific with regard to the exact inclusion criteria being used. Particular emphasis should be given to issues such as the number of previous ankle sprains reported by each subject and how often and during which activities episodes of "giving way" occur as well as the presence of concomitant symptoms such as pain and weakness. We recommend that authors use one of the validated tools for discriminating the severity of CAI. Furthermore, we have provided a list of operational definitions and key criteria to be specified when reporting on studies with CAI subjects.
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Information security matters to anyone who uses a computer. These days, of course, that includes not only engineers at major corporations, but artists and kindergartners. We strive to think of clever passwords, take pains to back up our data and buy virus protection for our computers.
Consider, however, the ways that the term "computer" is expanding. Cell phones, tablets and other devices are part of this landscape, too. What happens if you lose your smart phone? Maybe you're concerned about your password for online banking. Now imagine your worries if you work for the Department of Defense.
Researchers in the Thomas J. Watson School of Engineering and Applied Science work through these and other scenarios to protect individuals and the nation alike from hackers. And while traditional approaches have often relied on software modifications, several of their innovations aim to provide built-in security with improved hardware.
"Every day, hundreds of thousands of hackers try to attack America's cyberinfrastructure," says Yu Chen, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering. There are already real-world examples of cyber warfare, he notes, citing conflicts between Israelis and Palestinians and between Russia and Georgia.
Chen develops hardware that can be integrated into a network and detect attacks automatically. It's vital to raise the alarm quickly, he says, given that an attack can affect hundreds of thousands of machines in seconds. He also has applied for a patent on a "Data Dog" to protect mobile devices from hacking.
Nael Abu-Ghazaleh and Dmitry Ponomarev, PhD '03, both associate professors of computer science, also envision a future in which wars are fought digitally. They believe it makes sense to engineer systems for security, rather than "build a dam and try to plug the holes later," as Abu-Ghazaleh puts it.
Ponomarev and Abu-Ghazaleh say it's shortsighted to focus on performance without attention to security. They'd like to arm devices with a "Nanny Chip" and other features to make life more difficult for attackers.
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Ponomarev and Abu-Ghazaleh see new threats as well as new opportunities as computer architecture undergoes a period of rapid change.
Moore's Law, which predicted that the number of transistors on a chip would double every 18 months to two years, has held up for decades. But many experts now expect a breakdown in Moore's Law, which is driving manufacturers to place processors with multiple cores onto a single chip. This "multicore" approach improves speed and performance but can open new avenues of attack.
"Computer architecture performance has been improving at such a rapid rate, eclipsing probably any other human system," Abu-Ghazaleh says. "But Moore's Law is coming to a screeching halt."
Most modern processors run multiple programs at once. The main program is running, but there is also hardware available to run something else. Abu-Ghazaleh and Ponomarev propose using the "spare" hardware as a baby sitter — a "Nanny Chip" or "Nanny Core," if you will.
When programs run, there are expected behaviors. You can check up on them just like a nanny would check on a toddler at the playground. "It's OK if we let our kids do something wrong as long as we catch them soon after, right?" asks Abu-Ghazaleh. "Permanent changes to the system are done at something called the system call boundary. As long as we're OK when the system call happens, it's all right."
This kind of protection is called reference monitoring. As instructions exit a program, the "Nanny Core" makes sure the program follows the rules.
Ponomarev and Abu-Ghazaleh are also working on a related defense against a class of vulnerabilities called code injection. Let's say you have a Web form in which you ask for someone's address. A hacker can put in not just that type of data but files from which she's able to generate a new program within your machine. Her code has been "injected" into your server.
In this scenario, the "nanny" assumes that any data coming from outside the program is not to be trusted.
"Let's say I have a Web server and the bad guys connect to it and provide some garbage," Abu-Ghazaleh says. "What we do is mark that data as untrustworthy, and any data that it touches is also suspicious. Then, as we are running our program, we check what it is doing with this bad data."
There's a major drawback to this approach, known as "information flow tracking," however: It can slow down a program.
Ponomarev says they're proposing a small change in hardware that doesn't touch the rest of the carefully designed architecture. It's a small box at the back end of the processor pipeline, and they've built the necessary VSLI circuits using Sun Microsystem's public core as a demonstration.
They propose using several cores for security purposes only, rather than having a machine fire up every core to run programs. "Architecture changes are difficult except if they are not difficult," Abu-Ghazaleh says. "If they're small and don't touch the major structures that Intel and AMD have spent a ton of their energies optimizing, then it becomes feasible."
A 'Data Dog'
Chen shares many of Abu-Ghazaleh and Ponomarev's motivations. They also share research sponsors: Both the National Science Foundation and the Air Force have funded this work.
Chen proposes using a technique called "out-of-order data division" to strengthen security for mobile devices. Normally, once a hacker breaks a device's encryption — a sort of secret code — he can access all of its data by using this key. But "out-of-order data division" involves storing information in segments, making it harder to reassemble even with the encryption key.
"Mobile devices are concerned with computing power and memory," he says. "A cell phone doesn't normally have the power to fend off a strong attack."
Chen's "Data Dog," a highly flexible mechanism, could be a special chip or a function incorporated into another chip. There's also a software version. The chip, Chen notes, wouldn't conflict with existing encryption standards.
"You can use our Data Dog on top of that, for an extra level of encryption," he says.
Closing the 'side channel'
Ponomarev and Abu-Ghazaleh are also looking at novel ways to protect an encryption key, though their focus is on multicore environments.
They're interested in preventing "side-channel" attacks, in which a hacker gains access to information that's unintentionally revealed in a space shared by two chips. For example, one chip can't "see" what another has put in the small storage area known as the cache, but it can detect what line of code in the cache was accessed. From there, it's possible to reconstruct an encryption key.
Ponomarev and Abu-Ghazaleh's technique, called non-monopolizable cache, prevents the attacker from taking over the cache. "We reserve small portions of the cache to be private to each processor," Ponomarev says. "The rest of the cache is shared. The private partition is sufficient to keep most of the side-channel information from an attacker."
Ponomarev and Abu-Ghazaleh say their solution is inexpensive and easy to do with a few extra transistors and less than a 1 percent cost in terms of performance.
"These are advanced attacks," Abu-Ghazaleh says. "People are just becoming aware of their impact. But they're powerful enough that we have to be aware of them as we build these machines."


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I've had my truck since it had 27 miles on it and it currently sits at a hair below 130k. Besides the water pump going bad and it still running fine for 3 years until it finally exploded, I've had not a lick of problems. Other then the standard oil changes around 5k miles and only 2 tuneups, I haven't touched a single thing otherwise. This truck has been through hell and back and still starts at the turn of a key. 2500 lbs of block in the bed couldn't hurt this truck. Beaten and abused is the best way to put it and its still my daily driver. IF it ever dies, i will indeed be looking for my next dakota. Excellent truck. By far the best vehicle I've owned.
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gas mileage, unfortunately. It's a Dodge, it loves gas. Pros def outweigh the 1 con that could also happen to be my foot
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Often, after the day's work is done, I do a mindless activity like watching movies. Recently, as I was re-watching Jurassic Park, the following thoughts came to me. (Yes, leisure time occasionally gets interrupted by things more profitable. Thank goodness, or God, for VHS and DVD, which keep us from completely missing out on the rest of the story.)
The stage is set when the power gets shut off during a tour of Jurassic Park, interrupting the tour in electric cars and allowing T. Rex to break through his electric fence. One car is occupied by a couple of children and a man who happens to be a lawyer. In the other car are a mathematical logician/philosopher type and an archeologist.
The lawyer, like the hireling in John 10:12, 13, was totally unprepared for the appearance of T. Rex and fled at the first sign of trouble. T. Rex followed his movement, crushed the straw outhouse in which he was hiding and had him for dessert (this isn't meant to reflect poorly on lawyers in general who diligently prepare to face their adversary and perform remarkably).
The philosopher, then, tried to save the children by drawing T. Rex away, but he didn't follow the archeologist's instructions to be still and got himself injured. He represents those who might intend to do what is right, but don't listen to God, doing more harm than good to themselves and others. The philosopher was saved in the end. This isn't how it is in reality. If we don't follow God's directions, we won't survive injuries inflicted by Satan without obedience to God.
The archeologist had studied old things and knew how dinosaurs lived and hunted and even how their sensory organs worked. So he remained unharmed in the face of T. Rex. (Isn't it amazing how much we can speculate from a skeleton?) He represents those who are faithful to the ancient truth, who is Jesus (John 14:6, 7, 24; 1 Peter 4:11; 1:22-25; Jeremiah 6:16-19). This faithfulness saved the archeologist and the children who learned from him and did what he said (OK, I couldn't resist that, having children of my own, Ephesians 6:1-4; John 6:45; Luke 8:11-15; James 1:21-25).
Since the beginning, people have distorted God's word to suit their own desires rather than obeying God (2 Timothy 4:3-5; Titus 1:5-16; 2 Peter 3:15-18). We don't need to face life unprepared or speculate about God's will and promises because they're spelled out very clearly (Ephesians 3:4; Romans 7: 7; 1 John 3:4-8). Diligent study and faithfulness to the good news as it was told in the beginning protects us from the adversary (1 John 2:18-25; 2 Timothy 2:14-19; Ephesians 6:10-18; 1 Peter 5:6-11; James 4:7, 8).
T. Rex was a serpent-like creature from the past the archeologist knew shouldn't be in the present. Satan is the adversary that shouldn't be in our presence either (Genesis 3:1-5; Revelation 12:9-11). If we'll turn ourselves over to God and hold to his instructions and promises, Satan will leave.
After T. Rex left, likely in search of other prey (Job 1:6-8), the archeologist placed the girl near a culvert for her protection and started to go save her brother, who was up a tree. As he turned, the girl said, referring to the lawyer, "He left us!" to which the archeologist replies, "Yes, but I'm not going to, OK. Stay here." He left, saved her brother, and returned to lead both children to safety, keeping his promise.
We're the children who need someone to stick with us through thick and thin – one that is prepared to always do the right thing, which is in our best interest. Jesus left but he hasn't left us alone and he's promised to return to take us to safety (John 14:1-4, 15-18; Hebrews 13:5-8; Romans 8:9-17; Acts 2:38, 39; Ephesians 4:10-16). To survive interruptions in our tour of eternal life, we must stay in the protected place and then continue on the path God has marked out for us (Exodus 33:24; Psalm 27:5; 12:7; Hebrews 12:1; 1 John 1:5-9).
What tour are you taking? Are you following the ancient path that leads to salvation (Matthew 7:13, 14; Isaiah 26:7)? Are you following the new broad road of your own design that leads to destruction? Or are you just living life totally unprepared for what might arise, hoping that a straw outhouse will save you (1 Corinthians 3:12, 13)?


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From Mark Hale;
There have been occasions when the Knicks will be watching film and Mike Woodson will essentially shred Carmelo Anthony non-stop a relentless critique of the Knicks star.
After the film session, hell say, Did you like that? Anthony said yesterday. It goes hand in hand. But I accept that. Being one of the leaders on this team, youve got to be able to accept criticism.
Anthony said he not only has zero issues with being criticized, but he encourages the interim head coach to dish it out. Is this just public lip service, and the private reality is that Anthony gets unhappy with the disparagement? Could be. But he insists he told Woodson he can handle it.
When Im messing up, he tells me. Even when he got the job, I told him, Just hold me accountable, Anthony said. If Im doing something that he doesnt like, just tell me.
Regardless, I dont have a problem with criticism. If I can do something to help better this team, let me know. And hes been doing that.
Hell.... I"m just glad that players are being held accountable. There seem to be two type of coaches. Tough guys who are needed to help underachievers and/or young players with discipline and relaxed coaches with a ton of knowledge who can help veteran teams over the hump into championship contenders. Popovich is probably the one coach that does both.
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We celebrate a lot of holidays and other special occasions. Most, like birthdays, are celebrated on the same date each year because we know that's the date on which the event occurred. Christmas is an exception to that. We don't actually know the date of Jesus' birth, or even the year, but we know it happened. So someone long ago picked a date as their best guess and enough people agreed that it stuck. Some holidays are officially celebrated on a specific day as a matter of convenience to businesses and employees even though it's not the actual date of the initial event. Presidents Day (actually George Washington's birthday) and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day are among the so-called "Monday holidays" that allow for three-day weekends.
Easter (Resurrection Sunday) is this coming Sunday. While it's always celebrated on a Sunday, the first day of the week, because Jesus arose on a Sunday, this holiday bounces all over a two-month span of the calendar because it's connected with Passover, the Jewish festival that was being celebrated when Jesus was crucified (Matthew chapters 26 to 28; Mark chapters 14-16; Luke chapters 22 to 24; John chapters 12 to 20).
Passover was instituted by God for the Israelites to commemorate their release from Egyptian bondage and the way in which God brought about that freedom by killing the firstborn of every Egyptian household while passing over Israelite homes that were properly marked with lamb's blood (Exodus 12:1-51).
Although the Jewish calendar is fairly complicated for those of us who are familiar with the Gregorian Calendar, it is based on 24-hour days, 7-day weeks, lunar months, and solar years. And, while some adjustments were built in every three years or so (the Gregorian Calendar is adjusted every leap year), the Jews have been fairly meticulous to keep track of their calendar because they knew God wanted things done at the right time and in the right way in regard to their festivals (Leviticus 23:1-8; 1 Corinthians 14:40, 33). Consequently, because Jesus' crucifixion took place during the Passover celebration, I am confident that the annual celebration of Jesus' death, burial, and resurrection (Easter) is probably accurately placed on the calendar each year.
That being said, Jesus' death brought about a change in the law leading the church to meet every first day of the week (Sunday; the day of Jesus' resurrection) in remembrance of Jesus' sacrifice by participating in the Lord's Supper (Hebrews 9:11-22; Acts 20:6-7; 1 Corinthians 16:1-2; 11:17-26). The example in Acts is of a weekly celebration rather than a quarterly or annual celebration. In the Lord's Supper, Christians commemorate Jesus' death, burial, and resurrection as the means God used to release from bondage to sin those who've been washed in the blood of the Lamb (John 1:29; Hebrews 10:19-25; Ephesians 5:25-27; Titus 3:3-7; John 8:31-36; Romans 6:16-18, 3-7). Because we're cleansed in Jesus' blood, God passes over punishing us for our sins.
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Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane: At Carnegie Hall
Monk and Coltrane jam with excited emotions. Streams of notes pour from both instruments as the two giants of jazz turn it loose. With bass and drums providing a firm foundation for their adventures, the two artists commingle their instrumental voices with passion. It was a match made in heaven.
Naturally, both Monk and Coltrane provide numerous solo excursions. The saxophonist's muscular interpretations swing with authority as his musical partners conform cohesively. Monk, of course, twinkles the keyboard in a jaunty manner that swings memorably. It doesn't get any better than this.
Track Listing: Monk's Mood; Evidence; Crepuscle with Nellie; Nutty; Epistrophy; Bye-Ya; Sweet & Lovely; Blue Monk; Epistrophy.
Personnel: Thelonious Monk: piano; Ahmed Abdul-Malik: bass; Shadow Wilson: drums; John Coltrane: tenor saxophone.
About Thelonious Monk
Genius Guide to Jazz
Book Reviews
Building a Jazz Library
My Blue Note Obsession
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- The Definitive Thelonious Monk on Prestige and Riverside by Kevin Davis


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Kiwi fans could be forgiven for a blast of nostalgia when they see the New Zealand team sheet at this month's Fifa Under-17 World Cup.
With names like Rufer, Ridenton and de Jong, the Young All Whites have a familiar feel for those who watched soccer back when the shorts were short and the moustaches weren't restricted to the month of November.
But this is the next generation, a group of young men with football in their genes and role models in the immediate family.
Alex Rufer, Matt Ridenton and Andre de Jong will be following in their fathers' footsteps when New Zealand's World Cup campaign begins against Uruguay on October 17.
Shane Rufer, Michael Ridenton and Fred de Jong all played for the All Whites between 1979 and 1993, while Alex is also the nephew of Oceania player of the century Wynton.
Having the moniker of this country's greatest player on the back of your jersey could come with entitlement but, before his team flew out to the United Arab Emirates today, the 17-year-old Rufer was more focused on making a name for himself.
"There is sometimes pressure because you think, 'Oh, just because my name is Rufer that I have to play because they've done it'," he said. "But I chose to be a footballer and that's what I want to do."
The trio agreed it could be both burden and incentive to have an All White at the head of the table, with stories of the good old days designed to inspire but perhaps also creating a weight of expectation.
If any expectations do exist, they are certainly being met. Rufer will rejoin the Wellington Phoenix when he completes his international duty, and the attacking midfielder will be one of the Young All Whites' key weapons this month.
"I've always had that to look up to - with my dad playing for the All Whites and my uncle, obviously, as well," he said. "I've always had something to strive towards."
Ridenton, who last month captained St Kents to the national title, pursued the path of football out of a desire common in any son - wanting to be like his dad.
"My father's always inspired me to play football, because you want to be like him," he said. "Especially because he represented New Zealand, you always want to follow in his footsteps."
De Jong said his father, now New Zealand Football's high performance manager, didn't regale him with too many tales of his playing days, preferring his son to blaze his own trail.
"He gives me a few good stories but doesn't really pass down too much," the 16-year-old said. "I'm proud to be following my dad but that's not overly important."
De Jong thought the New Zealand side would "do all right" in the UAE, but Rufer had a far greater goal, one which would go some way to seeing the trio step out of their fathers' shadows. "I want to win the World Cup."


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It's finally setting in: Trump is Trump and he's not going to change because of winning the nomination.
The University of Illinois finds itself at the center of a controversy over academic freedom since it rescinded the offer of a faculty position to Steven Salaita apparently because of his criticism of Israel's assault on Gaza.
More than 15,000 people have signed a MoveOn petition demanding his reinstatement.
And more than 1,500 professors have pledged to boycott the university until it makes good on its offer to Salaita.
Here's the background.
Last October 3, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign offered Salaita an $85,000-a-year job in the department of American Indian Studies. "This appointment will carry indefinite tenure," the letter from the interim dean said. It then added the pro forma statement: "This recommendation for appointment is subject to approval by the Board of Trustees."
But then on August 1, the chancellor of the university, Phyllis Wise, and the vice president for academic affairs, rescinded the offer. "We write to inform you that your appointment will not be recommended for submission to the Board of Trustees in September, and we believe that an affirmative Board vote approving your appointment is unlikely," the letter said. "We therefore will not be in a position to appoint you to the faculty."
What happened in the ten months between the offer and the rescinding of the offer?
Israel attacked Gaza. And Salaita was outspoken on Twitter about his revulsion over this assault, and the suffering that it caused.
"The sources familiar with the university's decision say that concern grew over the tone of his comments on Twitter about Israel's policies in Gaza," reported Inside Higher Ed, which broke the story. That article cited several of his tweets:
"At this point, if Netanyahu appeared on TV with a necklace made from the teeth of Palestinian children, would anybody be surprised? #Gaza."
"By eagerly conflating Jewishness and Israel, Zionists are partly responsible when people say anti-Semitic shit in response to Israeli terror."
"Zionists, take responsibility: if your dream of an ethnocratic Israel is worth the murder of children, just fucking own it already."
Other tweets, such as "Zionists: transforming 'anti-Semitism from something horrible into something honorable since 1948," were seized upon by defenders of the chancellor. For a thorough analysis of his tweets, see Phan Nguyen's detailed article, in which he quotes several tweets from Salaita denouncing anti-Semitism.
The Center for Constitutional Rights wrote to Chancellor Wise on August 7 to express its "considerable alarm" about the university's action, saying it "violates Professor Salaita's clearly established constitutional rights as well as elementary principles of academic freedom."
That same day, the American Association of University Professors issued a statement in Salaita's defense. "There is good reason to fear that Professor Salaita's academic freedom and possibly that of the Illinois faculty members who recommended hiring him have been violated."
As to his tweets, the AAUP said: "His posts were arguably not intended as scholarly statements but as expressions of personal viewpoint. Whether one finds these views attractive or repulsive is irrelevant to the right of a faculty member to express them."
The AAUP statement was signed by its president, Rudy Fichtenbaum, and its first vice president and chair of its academic freedom and tenure committee, Hank Reichman. It was motivated, in part, as a response to Cary Nelson, a former president of the association, who backs the chancellor.
On August 19, the chair of the AAUP's Illinois committee on academic freedom, Peter Kirstein, wrote in the News-Gazette: "Academic freedom requires that both substance and from are protected speech when engaging in extramural utterances." Kirstein was especially distressed by the way in which the chancellor rescinded Salaita's job offer.
"In their egregious dismissal letter of Aug. 1, no reason is given why a contract offered nine months ago is voided," he wrote. "It is unconscionable that an academician would be fired in this manner. . . . The absence of an explanation is one of the worst cases of administration abuse of a faculty member I have ever witnessed."
On August 18, the executive committee of the board of trustees of the University of Illinois met. "In closed session, the Executive Committee will consider University employment or appointment-related matters, and pending, probable, or imminent litigation against, affecting, or on behalf of the University," said the notice that was sent out to the members.
The University of Illinois refused to discuss what happened at that executive committee meeting, just as it has refused to issue any substantive statement on the Salaita affair.
"As a matter of University policy and practice, we do not comment publicly upon nor discuss generally any personnel matters, including matters involving employment or tenure," responded Robin Kaler, associate chancellor for public affairs, when contacted by The Progressive.
For his part, Salaita's not talking, either: "I'd love to say something, but unfortunately my lawyer has me gagged."
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The issue isn't winter—it's that we all have a home.
The new head of the Environmental Protection has a history of suing the agency for trying to do its job.
By Wendell Berry
Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front
Love the quick profit, the annual raise, vacation with pay. Want more of everything ready made. Be afraid to know your neighbors and to die. And you will have a window in your head. Not even your future will be a mystery any more. Your mind will be punched in a card and shut away in a little drawer. When they want you to buy something they will call you. When they want you to die for profit they will let you know. So, friends, every day do something that won't compute. Love the Lord. Love the world. Work for nothing. Take all that you have and be poor. Love someone who does not deserve it. Denounce the government and embrace the flag. Hope to live in that free republic for which it stands. Give your approval to all you cannot understand. Praise ignorance, for what man has not encountered he has not destroyed. Ask the questions that have no answers. Invest in the millennium. Plant sequoias. Say that your main crop is the forest that you did not plant, that you will not live to harvest. Say that the leaves are harvested when they have rotted into the mold. Call that profit. Prophesy such returns. Put your faith in the two inches of humus that will build under the trees every thousand years. Listen to carrion—put your ear close, and hear the faint chattering of the songs that are to come. Expect the end of the world. Laugh. Laughter is immeasurable. Be joyful though you have considered all the facts. So long as women do not go cheap for power, please women more than men. Ask yourself: Will this satisfy a woman satisfied to bear a child? Will this disturb the sleep of a woman near to giving birth? Go with your love to the fields. Lie easy in the shade. Rest your head in her lap. Swear allegiance to what is nighest your thoughts. As soon as the generals and the politicos can predict the motions of your mind, lose it. Leave it as a sign to mark the false trail, the way you didn't go. Be like the fox who makes more tracks than necessary, some in the wrong direction. Practice resurrection.
Wendell Berry is a poet, farmer, and environmentalist in Kentucky. This poem, first published in 1973, is reprinted by permission of the author and appears in his "New Collected Poems" (Counterpoint).


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Barack Obama on His Mom Jeans: 'I'm a Little Frumpy'
"I hate to shop. Those jeans are comfortable."
Barack Obama was on the Today show this morning to discuss all kinds of important challenges facing our nation. Meredith Vieira, bless her heart, made a brilliant segue from the battle Barack wages in trying to pass new regulatory measures for the financial-services industry to the borderline Mom jeans the president wore last week when throwing out the first pitch at the All-Star Game. She noted that the "fashion police" — us included — were not impressed with his short, baggy pants. "I heard they were cracking on my jeans!" Barack said. "You are married to one of the most fashionable women in the world — do you want to defend the pants?" Meredith asked pointedly. Barack responded:
"No. Here's my attitude. Michelle — she looks fabulous. I'm a little frumpy. Basically, up until a few years ago, I only had four suits. She used to tease me 'cause they'd get really shiny. I hate to shop. Those jeans are comfortable, and for those of you who want your president to look great in his tight jeans, I'm sorry — I'm not the guy."
He wears clothes because they're comfortable? What is he — some sort of dad? Oh, right. But this quote proves he is at least aware of skinny pants, and perhaps their rising popularity. No one expects the president to waltz into JCPenney like it's Five Guys and order up a hot new pair of pants as tight as Zac Efron's. But that doesn't mean he can't try something a little darker, a little longer, and just a tiny bit slimmer. Surely Michelle's aide can add an extra item to her basket the next time he or she online shops at J.Crew.
Obama Explains His Mom Jeans: "I'm A Little Frumpy" (VIDEO) [HuffPo]
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Three weeks into the college basketball season there have been very few upsets amongst the Top 10 teams in the AP poll.
The only true upset of a team in the AP Preseason Top 10 was NC State's loss to Oklahoma State at the Puerto Rico Tip-Off on Sunday.
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Jimmy Uso starts off vs Rollins, gets a few hits in then tags in Ziggler. Ziggler is driven into the corner of the Shield. The Shield alternate turns, wearing Ziggler down with a slow-paced offense. Ziggler hits a dropkick on Ambrose and tags in RVD. Van Dam goes for rolling thnder on Ambrose but Ambrose avoids it. Van Dam tries to bull rush Van Dam in the corner, Ambrose avoids it and scores a pinfall. Van Dam is eliminated. 10-3
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Oneil enters the ring, Reigns is tagged in. There's a bit of a staredown before Oneil is forced into the corner of the Shield. Oneil fights out of the corner, attempts to kick Reigns, Reigns ducks and hits a spear, 3-count. 8-3
Justin Gabriel enters the ring to be immediately speared, 3-count. 7-3.
Zack Ryder gets a little offense but is speared as well, 3-count. 6-3
Daniel Bryan enters the ring, kicking Reigns left and right. Bryan hits a double dropkick on Ambrose and Rollins in the corner, then a running dropkick on Reigns. An Uso is tagged in and lands a kick to the face of Reigns. The other Uso lands a frog splash, 3-count. 6-2
Back from commercial, the Shield is wearing down Darren Young. Darren Young attempts to pin Ambrose in a rollup but fails to notice that Ambrose tagged in Rollins. Rollins hits Young with a knee to the head from the top rope as Young was attempting to pin Ambrose. Rollins scores the pinfall, Young is eliminated. 5-2
Ziggler wins the battle against Ambrose with zig zag, 3-count. 5-1
Rollins is the last remaining Shield member. Rollins lifts Ziggler up for a slam but Ziggler counters it into a DDT. Truth enters the match for the first time and manages to get in some offense before having his head stomped to the ground by Rollins. Truth is eliminated. 4-1
Bryan organizes a team attack against Rollins. Ambrose tries to help but is taken out by Ziggler. Reigns runs out but is met by two simultaneous kicks from the Usos, sending him ringside. The Usos launch over the rope onto Ambrose and Reigns. Bryan has control of Rollins, hitting the running knee that took out Cena and Orton in their respective matches. Bryan scores the pinfall victory to close out the show.
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