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The Fayetteville SwampDogs have announced the dates for the team's 2013 Kids Camp.
The SwampDogs Kids Camp will run June 17-20 at J.P. Riddle Stadium.
The Dogs have been hosting the camp with the support of South River EMC for the past six years.
Registration and drop off begins at 8 a.m each day, and the camp is in session from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m.
The camp is open to children ages 5-13 and will provide players with the opportunity to improve basic baseball and softball skills.
Campers will work with SwampDogs players and coaches each day at various stations that teach skills and fitness.
The fee to participate is $135 per camper, including lunch each day, a SwampDogs T-shirt and a ticket to a Dogs' game.
Parents can sign up their players online at goswampdogs.com or by calling their office at 426-5600.
Fayetteville-Cumberland Parks and Recreation will host seven sports camps this summer for youth players in Cumberland County.
Cheer camp is up first. The week-long camp is scheduled for June 10-14 at College Lakes Rec Center.
The basketball, football and soccer camps for June 17-21.
The basketball camp will be held at E.E. Smith from 9 a.m. to noon each day.
The football camp and soccer camp will both be held at Tokay fields, with soccer running in the morning and football running from 5-8 p.m.
Baseball, softball and volleyball camps will be held Aug. 5-9.
Baseball will be held at the Kiwanis Rec Center, while softball will be played at Lamon Street Park.
The volleyball camp will be at E.E. Smith.
The cost of each camp is $30 per participant, and pre-registration is required.
Age ranges vary depending on the sport.
More information can be found at fcpr.us or by calling FCPR at 433-1547.
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EXERCISE'S LASTING EFFECTS: Although many metabolites have been profiled in muscles, the impact of exercise on the levels of these compounds in blood plasma has remained less clear. A new large-scale study begins to describe some of the correlations they seem to have with physical fitness level.
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The virtues of exercise are myriad: better cardiovascular health, decreased risk for diabetes, boosted mood, and even perhaps a leaner physique. But aside from such macro links and knowledge about the heart rates, blood–oxygen levels and hormonal responses related to exercise, scientists have a relatively cursory understanding of the chemical mechanisms at work in the body during and after physical activity.
A new study, published online May 26 in Science Translational Medicine, presents a thorough profile of exercise's impact on the human body's metabolites in plasma—and reveals vast biological differences among more- and less-fit individuals. The findings also reinforce links between exercise and insulin sensitivity as well as point to new ways to enhance exercise for both healthy individuals and those suffering from cardiovascular or metabolic diseases.
"We've known for a long time that exercise protects against metabolic and cardiovascular disease," says Robert Gerszten, director of Translational Research in the Cardiology Division at Massachusetts General Hospital, and co-author of the new study. "But how these effects occur is not entirely clear. Exercise physiology is surprisingly very poorly understood."
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Gerszten and his colleagues measured more than 200 metabolites, small chemicals involved in the body's metabolism, using mass spectrometry in individuals before and after exercise. The team found that people who were more and less fit had vastly different metabolite profiles across a wide range of exercise durations—from 10 minutes of treadmill running to completion of the Boston Marathon.
And even in those who exercised for just 10 minutes, their metabolite profile was still being affected an hour later, which suggests that exercise sparks "long-term signals [and] that we're just beginning to scratch the tip of the iceberg," Gerszten says.
Across all groups, after exercise the researchers saw an increase in certain metabolites, such as glycerol, that are involved in the breakdown of fatty tissue as well as a decrease in allantoin, which is linked to oxidative stress. But not all changes were equal. Glycerol levels increased much more in fitter people (as assessed by peak oxygen uptake). In leaner subjects (with body mass indexes, or BMIs, less than 28), levels of niacinamide, a metabolite that increases sensitivity to insulin, increased more than twice as much as it did in larger individuals.
Not all of these changes were a surprise, however. "Many of [them] were not a surprise and have been shown before" in muscle, says Robert Hickner, director of the PhD Program in Bioenergetics and Exercise Science at East Carolina University in Greenville, who was not involved in the study. "It's not that surprising that you see the higher glycerol response" in fit people, he notes, because they have been shown to have higher rates of fat breakdown.
Gerszten and his team also found that some of the metabolites that were changed with exercise also could be applied to a broader population correlated with cardiovascular health. "Some of those metabolic changes in acute exercise also turn out to be predictive of fitness in a large epidemiological cohort," he says. Of the dozen of these metabolites that were measured in cohorts from the longitudinal Framingham Heart Study (the long-term 1948 study to identify the common contributive factors of cardiovascular disease by following its development in a large subject group) levels of glycerol turned out to be "significantly correlated" with resting heart rate, another indicator of fitness, as measured in the study.
The next question to answer will be whether these biomarkers also predict long-term disease and mortality risk, Gerszten says. And if they do, he notes, they could help doctors do a better job at finding at-risk populations and make suggestions for preventive health interventions.
"There's certainly room for a good test to predict disease," Hickner says. And the quest for new biomarkers continues: "The question is can we find better ones," he says. "I don't think they've come upon any in this study."
Deeper mechanisms
Beyond the fluctuation in metabolite levels, the new study also found that they can work together to influence gene expression. By exposing muscle in vitro to a combination of metabolites, the researchers found that transcription factor nur77, which has recently been linked to lipid metabolism and glucose use, was upregulated (but had remained unchanged when exposed to only singular metabolites). "This shows you that metabolites are going to act in very unanticipated ways," Gerszten says.
He cautions, however, that, "this is an early study, but it does give us a lot of insight into what some of the functional players might be." Gerszten and his colleagues are now looking into the role of genetics in determining an individual's plasma metabolite profile.

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Question: When is a Napoleon, NOT a Napoleon? Answer: When it is a bronze rifle rebored to masquerade as a 12-pounder. I visited Chancellorsville earlier this week. At Hazel Grove they have redone the confederate battery since the last time I was there (Been several years) and I've learned a lot since then. I noticed that one of the three Napoleons didn't quite look right. Upon closer examination I noticed the breech was about three inches smaller in diameter. I looked at the muzzel. Here's what I saw: You can just see the rifled original bore several inches inside the tube. Unfortunately all the maufacturing information was ground off the muzzel. I would really have liked to know what this gun began life as. Does anyone in the peanut gallery have a hypothesis? The Park ranger told me they also have a 3-in ordnance rifle maquerading as a parrott somewhere in the Fredricksburg/Spotsylvania Military Park as well. Last edited on Fri Jul 21st, 2006 10:02 pm by TimHoffman01 |
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What you have there is a "false Napoleon". These are found mostly at Gettysburg and were 6-pounder guns and rifles that were modified by the Park Commission around 1895. The commission wished to arrange the park to mark the battlefield properly, with careful location of monuments to different troops. Meticulous effort was given to placing in each battery position the same type of gun as was present 1 to 3 July 1863. With a limited supply of artillery pieces, at some spots two or four cannon were used to mark the location of a 6-gun battery. Enen so, there were not enough Napoleons, Ordnance rifles or Parrotts to go around, but Army depots contained an ample supply of 6-pounder guns and rifles. To remedy such imbalance, the commission engaged a local foundry and machine shop that made cast iron replicas of 3-inch Ordnance rifles and 2.9-inch Parrott rifles. For bronze pieces they simply altered 6-pounder gun tubes to represent Federal Napoleons. Thier rough machining and differences of size, shape, and stampings continue to pass unnoticed by all but the critical observer. Check out Chapter 10 of "Field Artillery Weapons of the Civil War" by Hazlett, Olmstead and Parks for more info on these pieces. When other military parks were established Gettysburg was called upon to send cannon for display at the new sites. Twenty of the false Napoleons stayed at Gettysburg, four were sent to Antietam, three to Fredricksburg, and one each to Chancelorsville and Mannassas. Congrats on spotting the fake! Tom |
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Thanks, Tom, I'd seen that designation on a couple of other citings on an online directory of artillery but I wasn't quite sure what it meant. Your background information was much more useful than what I'd previously seen. Actually seeing one gives it a whole new dimension. Next time I pay a trip to Manassas I'll have to look more carefully at the Napoleons there. If I remember correctly from the last time I was there (been quite a while) I had noticed some of the bronze guns were rifled and some not. Of course, at 1st Manassas, there would have been a number of actual 6-pounders employed since things were still just starting up. |
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Casey, obvoiously, lost control of her dish. I don't quite get what happened in telling the others where/how to cook them (in a wok vs. a deep fryer), but it sounds like she didn't give specific instructions and that was her downfall. It's actually kind of hilarious when you think about it. Although I, Carla, and all of you have hopefully now realized that Casey wasn't responsible for Carla's Season 5 finale loss, Carla was sent home for letting someone else have too much say over her dish. Ultimately, Casey was sent home for the same thing. I will miss Casey's insightful comments this season -- she was very good about recognizing other people's weaknesses and commenting on them.
Next week, the chefs travel to my hometown of Long Island for some fishing. This should be interesting.
Oh, before I forget! I had a request from commenter Jantina to see what I ate at Blue Hill the other week. Good news: I saved my tasting menu! It's after the jump. And, I am finally dining at Ma Peche this Saturdy night, and I'll be sure to share -- in detail -- what I eat. Until then, Happy Noshing!
Top Chef-seriously Casey? True her dish this week was not good but she had to rely on someone else to complete it since she worked the front since they asked Jamie and she refused. So why was Jamie not the one sent home she had two bad dishes and she hasn't really cooked in the last two shows. She is an attitudinal, argumentative whiner. Really, if Jamie makes it again next week I think I may be done with the show.
Following Top Chef AS on Facebook sucks... Following Top Chef AS on Twitter sucks... sigh... Bring back the Live Chat! So much enjoyment was had last season with that forum!!
Agree that when inedible was said and that an afternoon to eat one doomed Casey to PYKs for her chicken foot (feet?) So sad... Jaime dodges another bullet...
Congrats to Mike I. for his Quick Fire win, and the new car...
Please, please, bring back the Live Chat, Monica. And bring back JohnnieB and MattyB, too!
Hi, let me just say, I love reading your blog because it's casual, jokey & no-pretense. OMG you really have to do a dim sum or "yum cha". If you can muster the time or 7-train, the ones in Flushing are better than the ones in Manhattan Chinatown, generally. To be completely fair, certain restaurants do certain dishes better. Oh, if you like "buns", try the ones at Ippudo (better & cheaper than Mr Chang's) & my new alternative fav, Baohaus on the LES (I kid you not). Also in Flushing, a stall selling $1 Peking Duck Buns!!! (If before it's not incentive enough). When I saw Casey use a small paring/utility knife to "carve" out the nails -- instead of using a cleaver to hack them off quickly, I knew she's done for. Sad. She's my eye-candy. Hmmm... anyway..........Oh yes, I've eaten turtle, it's like a cross in between fish & chicken meat & the best bits are the gelatine chewy bits of cartilage & fat that are meant to be good for complexion. There is little flavour in the meat itself, much like white fish or chicken breast. The Chinese eat only the small turtles & mostly for medicinal purposes, in soups. This in turn inspired L.Carroll's Alice in Wonderland's Mock Turtle Soup, that was reinvented by Heston Blumental in the Fat Duck. If soft chewy texture isn't your thing, try monitor lizard soup. Like chicken but tastier :)
This may have been a clusterfuck in the kitchen, but was rather entertaining. Combined with seeing Tom pwn in the top chef kitchen - best episode ever.
I agree whole-heartedly with CTarbell about Jamie. Her performance this season has been sub-par at best. I made the same comments on the Top Chef Facebook page, but it was removed because, OK, I threw out the "who is Jamie sleeping with on the TC staff?" question. But c'mon...after watching last night how could you NOT think that?!
I realize this is not a "team" competition, but when you're in a team situation you need to step up and Jamie has not. She bailed on her team to go tend to her finger (while Carla rallied through a few eps. later). Jamie bailed on her team at the US Open episode because her chickpeas weren't cooked (Chick peas? Who can't cook chick peas?!). And, she blew it last night by messing up not one, but TWO dishes....and yet she remains.
Yes, Casey's dish didn't work, but she made a valiant effort at trying something different and was sent home. At least she held her head high. I've watched TC from Season 1 and I've seen many people stick around after making inedible dishes, but I digress...
Excellent blog as usual, and yes, Jamie, who I know was added as a last-minute replacement for the season 6 and 7 guys who didn't want to play, should have been gone already. But really - "my hometown, Long Island?" Would that be Great Neck, or Rockville Center, or Massapequa, or Sayville, or Riverhead? Two counties, four congressional representatives, big home town.
Amusing? Casey lost because it was a bad elmination challenge and Casey was eliminated for not being able to cook her dish because someone had to be a runner.
About those chicken feet: Seriously, when they showed Casey cutting off those nails, it looked like human fingers, and I had to leave the room. Call me a wimp (OK, I am), but just the thought of eating those extremities made me nauseous.
Thank you for that Blue Hill Menu. It sounds very tasty.
I had sopa de tortuga in Acapulco. They used chicken stock because turtles don't have much fat but they do have 7 different kinds of meat. They all seem to be texturally different. Some of the meat was like squid and some of it was like pork and then the whole range in between that. Like all Mexican soups, it had a nice robust yet earthy flavor too. I loved it.
Chicken feet are best quick fried and then braised. If Casey would've had her feet braising in a great bubbling sauce, it would've been easy to just plop a couple on each dish and send them on to the customers. Oh well. Too bad nobody tried to make pig ears ha ha ha.
Best place to get turtle soup is Grand Cayman. It can be fatty and gelatinous.
"Next week, the chefs travel to my hometown of Long Island for some fishing." That is one big hometown you have considering it has how many million residents and covers how thousands of square miles and has how many cities/townships.
All these competitors are great cooks, not going to bash them hard but seriously how can Jamie still be considered a "TOP CHEF" when really she hasn't cooked much. She cut her fingured and bailed and was not punished, didn't even put out a dish during the tennis challenge because she knew it was horrible. I believe the judges still should have tasted the chefs dishes that didn't participate. Then on the next quick fire she made a clam...ONE CLAM! Then she made beans that were not good. I am nowhere close to being a chef but I can do better than that with what they have in the pantry and with the money they get to go shopping and even with the alloted time they get. I give her credit she is probaly an amazing chef, but if this is a cooking competition, shouldn't they be cooking more than one clam, or beans?
DAMN THAT MARCEL IS JUST AS CUTE AS HE WAS IN SEASON 2! I wonder how tall he is and if a cute little 4'11 lady like me would fit in to his arms! If he is single and ready for a real cook off, Ill cook him under the table!
This last episode was wrong for Casey, but right for the show. It has caused so much controversy! Look at all of the comments..it is crazy! But as they say, "Any Press is good Press." It is just too bad that the chef who was most daring (and yes, most attractive) was sent home to achieve this. Bravo? No way...how about BooooooVo
I think it was stupid to send Casey home! Jamie had two bad dishes and Casey didn't get to cook her dish. Double elimination next week Jamie should be one going home unless she pulls a superb dish out of her...!
Once again, we were treated to another episode of Top Waiter instead of Top Chef. There's no even playing field if you take away someone's ability to cook. Even if Casey's dish was the worst, she had a fraction of the time to get her dish ready or in this case to correct it as clearly her fellow competitor had no time to get a third dish ready.
Go and hire some experienced and attractive hostesses or hosts for the front of the house and hire a staff of waiters. I hope the teams do not have to decorate the restaurant for Restaurant Wars and I hope no one volunteers to work the front of the houses as it puts them at such a disadvantage.
To level the playing field, why don't you have each competitor serve the judges for everyone for an episode and ask them to let other people cook their dishes? Of course this is totally an absurd proposition but no less absurd than making the contestants cook, serve or design a restaurant.
I AGREE!!!! Marcel is a DOLL and I am totally hoping that he wins this next week! Although, from the previews, it looks like he gets into it with Dale over something. That's ok. Marcel has shown great restraint, being several times this season 'the bridesmaid, but never the bride'.....Dale totally hosed him at the tennis challenge. Check out Marcel's new Syfy series coming in March, "Marcel's Quantum Kitchen". How d'ya like him now, ILAN HALL???? Where's YOUR TV SHOW......
I want to know what has happened to Fabio this season. He seems so sad, or like he doesn't want to be there. Where is the cocky italian boy? :( Quick, someone go get Stefan (the hot, bald instigator), and cut Fabio's hair, and let's see the two euro bad boys back together again. Now THAT would be TIVO/DVR worthy... over and over and over... :)
Casey sent home....Reallllly? What the heck? Do the judges have someone "special" in mind that they want to win???? Casey rocks! Jamie...not so much! What has she proven this season to still be in the running. Totally disappointed with the judges and the show...I may not be such a fanatic any longer!
Magic Elves Inc seems way more concerned with creating drama only and not at all about what Top Chef used to be about ... a little drama mixed in with showing actual development of recipes, the creative side of cooking and inspiring the home "top chef" spin their own recipes and jump in the kitchen to make themselves better chefs.
I'm glad you've achieved whatever drama you were going for in that aspiration of squashing the home chef's inspiration to dream big.
It's too bad the show is no longer anything but a drama trainwreck. Whatever works for you though.
Jamie has proven she can't cook. she not only cooked her dish bad then a second dish she cooked bad. Antonia's solo dish was good. Casey's chicken feet were bad and not cooked properly but it was one dish...and different. Jamie has not cooked for two episodes. And I the one time she does cook its horrible...oh yeah her other dishes were horrible too...why is she still there...why is she even on the all stars list??
This is Top Chef not Top Teams...I agree with your post...I'm tired of seeing good chefs sent home because someone else had to handle their dish. Maybe they should make the show 2 hours long instead of 1. There's only one winner so why do these judges think the chefs can trust another to make a slamming dish for another contestant? All in all like you pointed out the judges are asking these chefs to go beyond cooking and it's weeding out deserving people too soon.
It strains credulity that Jamie is still there --- proudly doing NOTHING! What are the judges looking for? A brave attempt at chicken feet or another weak scallop?
This show used to be fun when there was some clear criteria and high expectations. You are turning it into a farce, and I don't think that encourages serious contenders except perhaps for a free car or trip to Italy or just cash.
I think Casey had the exact appropriate attitude.
Everyone else on the show.......very disappointed.
jAMIE NEEDS TO GO. kasey's dish may have been bad but she'ed never done it before - all Jamie cooked in her season was scalops and this time she messed them up plus beans. Two espisodes in a row with poorly cooked beans. On her season when she was tired she just checked out- she has checked out just the judges haven't noticed yet. dump her - it seems she doesn't want to there. Let someone else who is truly trying stay!! Bring back my favorite - STEFAN!!!
@ Miss E: Saying Jamie can't cook is a little harsh. She was on top the first episode and did well in her own season.
Having said that, she IS having a lot of trouble making a dish on the fly and executing on time. To which, this IS what she signed up for when she agreed to come back on the show. If she changed her attitude early on, she might have been able to do better. Unfortunately it seems like she's having trouble getting over the negative reactions from her co-chefs and continues to spiral downward. To which I say, get over it already and buckle up! Let's face it...those dumplings were as deflated as her attitude, and her longbeans were as greasy as her snarky comments.
Personally, I'm all for a new rule: If you can't be happy that you are lucky enough to be here, then pack your knives!
First off, I can't believe you saw that movie and are commenting about it since I don't think anyone has ever seen it. They went around major universities and had free screenings of it, so I went to see it way back in those '06 days. Brings me back.
Anyway, secondly, as a Chinese American, I can say once I heard the elimination challenge, I knew it was going to tank. I also knew they wouldn't/shouldn't take diner comment cards because it was predestined for failure so what's the point? Perhaps it's just my family, but modern takes on a staple such as dimsum will get nothing but negative criticism, and if it is deemed at least somewhat good, they will just say I could have made it at home anyway.
The whole point of the challenge was basically not to sink so lowly as your other contestants and make it out alive. I love this season, and owing to the fact that the stakes are higher I suppose no other season could have had this challenge given to them, but you set them up for failure from the get go all for what? Drama? It made me squirm, it made me want to turn the channel and not rewatch it 100 times on my dvr as I do every episode (but the Museum episode with because equally squirm worthy)
Turtle soup in NOLA
Turtle meat tastes kind of like veal. It's tough and should be tenderized -- I like to marinate it in yogurt heavily seasoned with garlic. That'll get it chewable. Anyway... A good turtle soup is like a good gumbo: the liquid has some texture -- it's a little creamy. It should be spicy but not hot. The meat can be ground or cut into small pieces. And you absolutely MUST finish it with a splash of sherry. I'm sorry that you didn't try it in NOLA -- it's one of my favorite local dishes. Next time you're down there, go to Franky & Johnnie's off Tchopitoulas and have theirs. It's excellent. And while you're there get the fried bell pepper rings too. To die.
Wow. I had no idea Marcel had a lot of fans. Go figure! He drives me bonkers personally and the editing this season does not help my initial thoughts. In the Quick fire for him to comment that "perhaps the judges were still tasting his dish when they were eating Mike's"???? Ludicrous at best! LOL! Then his scene when he is going off on Dale on the roof top.....really he might need some medicine for that disorder.
Tiffany's bun did look delish and so I was happy for Fabio pulling off another good dish (following his homemade pasta nod a few weeks ago). His ribs made me want some immediately. My personal fav outside of traditional BBQ ribs are the ones they serve at Roy's Restaurant! There are none better than there. Seriously....**I DIE**
Casey's decision to cook chicken feet...**I GAG**! SMDH! I love her and my love only grew after seeing her try to tackle that challenge. Of course I didn't really SEE it....because I had to ffwd through her giving those chickens a pedicure. Who does that?! So, no surprise here....I agree with everyone else about the final decision. I think it was a bad decision for them to send her home. I think the number of times that you are on the bottom, should be included in the final decision. Jaime having been there almost every time....speaks for itself.
"Devil Dale" You know everyone talks about Marcel and how much of a P.I.T.A. he is, but I am so sick and tired of Dale Talde. He's really a nasty and sneaky guy...he just makes you think he's honorable by talking about how proud he'll make his Daddy by catching a fish, then he says these nasty things about people. I remember season 4 when he took a hissy fit, pounded his fist into the shelving and let out a loud...F_ _k!! Yeh, he's a class dude...he's an A-Hole! and he had a nerve calling Marcel difficult to work with...especially when the jerk only put out 20 "sum" dishes...then the guy WINS!!! Richard gets called out for plating after the clock runs out, but good ole "DEVIL DALE" wins the "DIM SUM Challenge!" He's won two Quickfires and two Elimination challenges and he's the biggest piece of beef "JERKY" out there...can't stand the guy...sorry. He doesn't "DIM" sum...he "DIMS" all!


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Compromising emanations consist of electrical, mechanical, or acoustical energy intentionally or by mishap unintentionally emitted by any number of sources within equipment/systems which process national security information. This energy may relate to the original pre- or non-encrypted message, or information being processed, in such a way that it can lead to recovery of the plaintext. Laboratory and field tests have established that such CE can be propagated through space and along nearby conductors. The interception/propagation ranges and analysis of such emanations are affected by a variety of factors, e.g., the functional design of the information processing equipment; system/equipment installation; and, environmental conditions related to physical security and ambient noise. The term "compromising emanations" rather than "radiation" is used because the compromising signals can, and do, exist in several forms such as magnetic- and/or electric field radiation, line conduction, or acoustic emissions.[1]
The term "Tempest" is often used broadly for the entire field of emission security or emanations security (EMSEC). The term "Tempest" was coined in the late 1960s and early 1970s as a codename for the National Security Agency operation to secure electronic communications equipment from potential eavesdroppers[2] and vice versa the ability to intercept and interpret those signals from other sources[citation needed].
The U.S. government has stated that the term TEMPEST is not an acronym and does not have any particular meaning.[3][4] However, various backronyms have been suggested, including "Transmitted Electro-Magnetic Pulse / Energy Standards & Testing", "Telecommunications ElectroMagnetic Protection, Equipment, Standards & Techniques", "Transient ElectroMagnetic Pulse Emanation STandard",[5] and "Telecommunications Electronics Material Protected from Emanating Spurious Transmissions".[6] As a joke - but just as factually possible as other attempts - the phrase "Tiny ElectroMagnetic Particles Emitting Secret Things" has been suggested.[7]
Measurement standards[edit]
The US and NATO Tempest standards define three levels of protection requirements:[8]
- NATO SDIP-27 Level A (formerly AMSG 720B) and USA NSTISSAM Level I
- "Compromising Emanations Laboratory Test Standard"
- This is the strictest standard for devices that will be operated in NATO Zone 0 environments, where it is assumed that an attacker has almost immediate access (e.g. neighbouring room, 1 m distance).
- NATO SDIP-27 Level B (formerly AMSG 788A) and USA NSTISSAM Level II
- "Laboratory Test Standard for Protected Facility Equipment"
- This is a slightly relaxed standard for devices that are operated in NATO Zone 1 environments, where it is assumed that an attacker cannot get closer than about 20 m (or where building materials ensure an attenuation equivalent to the free-space attenuation of this distance).
- NATO SDIP-27 Level C (formerly AMSG 784) and USA NSTISSAM Level III
- "Laboratory Test Standard for Tactical Mobile Equipment/Systems"
- An even more relaxed standard for devices operated in NATO Zone 2 environments, where attackers have to deal with about 100 m worth of free-space attenuation (or equivalent attenuation through building materials).
Additional standards include:
- NATO SDIP-29 (formerly AMSG 719G)
- "Installation of Electrical Equipment for the Processing of Classified Information"
- This standard defines installation requirements, for example in respect to grounding and cable distances.
- "NATO Zoning Procedures"
- Defines an attenuation measurement procedure, according to which individual rooms within a security perimeter can be classified into Zone 0, Zone 1, Zone 2, or Zone 3, which then determines what shielding test standard is required for equipment that processes secret data in these rooms.
All these documents remain classified and no published information is available about the actual emission limits and detailed measurement procedures that they define. However, some very basic Tempest information has not been classified information in the United States since 1995. Short excerpts from the main U.S. TEMPEST test standard, NSTISSAM TEMPEST/1-92, are now publicly available, but all the actual emanation limits and test procedures have been redacted from the published version. A redacted version of the introductory Tempest handbook NACSIM 5000 was publicly released in December 2000. Equally, the NATO standard SDIP-27 (before 2006 known as AMSG 720B, AMSG 788A, and AMSG 784) is still classified.
The United States Air Force has published a few mandatory standards regarding Emission Security:
- Instruction AFI 33-203 Vol 1, Emission Security (Soon to be AFSSI 7700)
- Instruction AFI 33-203 Vol 3, EMSEC Countermeasures Reviews (Soon to be AFSSI 7702)
- Instruction AFI 33-201 Vol 8, Protected Distributed Systems (Soon to be AFSSI 7703)
The information-security agencies of several NATO countries publish lists of accredited testing labs and of equipment that has passed these tests:
- In Canada: Canadian Industrial TEMPEST Program
- In Germany: BSI German Zoned Products List
- In the UK: UK CESG Directory of Infosec Assured Products, Section 12[dead link]
- In the US: NSA Tempest Endorsement Program
The United States Army also has a Tempest testing facility, as part of the U.S. Army Information Systems Engineering Command, at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. Similar lists and facilities exist in other NATO countries.
Tempest certification must apply to entire systems, not just to individual components, since connecting a single unshielded component (such as a cable) to an otherwise secure system could dramatically alter the system RF characteristics.[citation needed]
RED/BLACK separation[edit]
TEMPEST standards require "RED/BLACK separation", i.e. maintaining distance or installing shielding between circuits and equipment used to handle plaintext classified or sensitive information that is not encrypted (RED) and secured circuits and equipment (BLACK), the latter including those carrying encrypted signals. Manufacture of TEMPEST-approved equipment must be done under careful quality control to ensure that additional units are built exactly the same as the units that were tested. Changing even a single wire can invalidate the tests.
One aspect of Tempest testing that distinguishes it from limits on spurious emissions (e.g. FCC Part 15) is a requirement of absolute minimal correlation between radiated energy or detectable emissions and any plaintext data that are being processed.
Public research[edit]
In 1985, Wim van Eck published the first unclassified technical analysis of the security risks of emanations from computer monitors. This paper caused some consternation in the security community, which had previously believed that such monitoring was a highly sophisticated attack available only to governments; van Eck successfully eavesdropped on a real system, at a range of hundreds of metres, using just $15 worth of equipment plus a television set.
In consequence of this research such emanations are sometimes called "van Eck radiation," and the eavesdropping technique van Eck phreaking, although government researchers were already aware of the danger, as Bell Labs noted this vulnerability to secure teleprinter communications during World War II and was able to produce 75% of the plaintext being processed in a secure facility from a distance of 80 feet.[9] Additionally the NSA published Tempest Fundamentals, NSA-82-89, NACSIM 5000, National Security Agency (Classified) on February 1, 1982. In addition, the van Eck technique was successfully demonstrated to non-TEMPEST personnel in Korea during the Korean War in the 1950s.[citation needed]
Markus Kuhn has discovered several low-cost techniques for reducing the chances that emanations from computer displays can be monitored remotely.[10] With CRT displays and analogue video cables, filtering out high-frequency components from fonts before rendering them on a computer screen will attenuate the energy at which text characters are broadcast. With modern flat panel displays, the high-speed digital serial interface (DVI) cables from the graphics controller are a main source of compromising emanations. Adding random noise to the less significant bits of pixel values may render the emanations from flat-panel displays unintelligible to eavesdroppers but is not a secure method. Since DVI uses a certain bit code scheme for trying to transport an evenly balanced signal of 0 and 1 bits there may not be much difference between two pixel colours that differ very much in their colour or intensity. It may also be that the generated emanations may differ totally even if only the last bit of a pixel's colour is changed. The signal received by the eavesdropper does also depend on the frequency where the emanations are detected. The signal can be received on many frequencies at once and each frequency's signal differs in contrast and brightness related to a certain colour on the screen. Usually, the technique of smothering the RED signal with noise is not effective unless the power of the noise is sufficient to drive the eavesdropper's receiver into saturation and thus overwhelming the receiver input.
LED indicators on computer equipment can be a source of compromising optical emanations.[11] One such technique involves the monitoring of the lights on a network switch. Almost all network switches flash to show activity, and it is normal for the flashes to be directly taken from the data line. As such, a fast optical system can easily see the changes in the flickers from the data being transmitted down the wire.
Further, recent research[12] has shown it is possible to detect the radiation corresponding to a keypress event from not only wireless (radio) keyboards, but also from traditional wired keyboards, and even from laptop keyboards.
In popular culture[edit]
- In TV series Numb3rs, Season 1, Episode 'Sacrifice' a wire connected to a high gain antenna was used to 'read' from a computer monitor.
- In the novel Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson characters use Van Eck phreaking to likewise read information from a computer monitor in a neighboring room.
See also[edit]
- ^ Public version of NACSIM 5000 http://cryptome.org/jya/nacsim-5000/nacsim-5000.htm
- ^ How old is TEMPEST?
- ^ TEMPEST: A Signal Problem – The story of the discovery of various compromising radiations from communications and Comsec equipment, Cryptologic Spectrum, Vol. 2, No. 3, National Security Agency, Summer 1972, partially FOAI declassified 2007-09-27
- ^ Deborah Russell, G.T. Gangemi Sr.: Computer Security Basics. O'Reilly, 1991, ISBN 978-0-937175-71-2, Chapter 10: TEMPEST, page 253 last paragraph.
- ^ Computers and Security, vol. 7, number 4
- ^ See "TEMPEST 101" and "TEMPEST and QinetiQ" under External Links.
- ^ http://www.eskimo.com/~joelm/tempest.html The Complete, Unofficial TEMPEST Information Page[dead link]
- ^ Tempest Level Standards, SST web site
- ^ 'A History of U.S. Communications Security (Volumes I and II)'; David G. Boak Lectures, National Security Agency, 1973 Retrieved from http://www.governmentattic.org/2docs/Hist_US_COMSEC_Boak_NSA_1973.pdf Page 90
- ^ Kuhn, Markus G. (December 2003). "Compromising emanations: eavesdropping risks of computer displays" (PDF). Technical Report (Cambridge, United Kingdom: University of Cambgride Computer Laboratory) (577). ISSN 1476-2986. UCAM-CL-TR-577. Retrieved 2010-10-29.
- ^ J. Loughry and D. A. Umphress. Information Leakage from Optical Emanations (.pdf file), ACM Transactions on Information and System Security, Vol. 5, No. 3, August 2002, pp. 262-289
- ^ Martin Vuagnoux and Sylvain Pasini Compromising radiation emanations of wired keyboards
External links[edit]
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- NSA Tempest endorsement program
- The Complete, Unofficial Tempest Information Page (Original defunct. This is a mirror)
- Kaiser RAS-515A Raster Analysis System
- Tempest 101 by James M. Atkinson
- Electromagnetic Eavesdropping Risks of Flat-Panel Displays (.pdf file)
- Compromising emanations: eavesdropping risks of computer displays
- Tempest for Eliza—a program that uses your computer monitor to send out AM radio signals. You can then hear computer generated music in your radio. You can also transmit MP3s using it.
- TEMPEST and QinetiQ: electronic eavesdropping counter-measures
- Tempest information, professional testing environment, and equipment modifications, done by GBS
- TEMPEST systems and measurements, done by Eurotempest
- Soft Tempest: Hidden Data Transmission Using Electromagnetic Emanations (.pdf file)
- Publicly released version of NACSIM 5000
- Tempest—Tempest - EMSEC Prevention of electronic eavesdropping, design engineering, manufacturing, HERF, EMP, and EMI-EMC Testing services, Shielding effectiveness testing.
- NIST 800-59—NIST 800-59 - Guideline for Identifying an Information System as a National Security System. (.pdf file)
- Information Leakage from Optical Emanations—journal article in ACM Transactions on Information and System Security, Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 262–289 (2002).
- A History of U.S. Communications Security (Volumes I and II); David G. Boak Lectures, National Security Agency, 1973 (partially redacted)


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Finding something local sometimes requires venturing to the other side of the world. This was my experience with the expression, "In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man in king," which I found also existed in English. According to Brian Budzynski, the Book Editor for Allured Business Media's Allured Books, this expression was recorded by Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus, a Dutch humanist author who collected more than 3,000 proverbs from the classic literature, including this one, in a book called Adagia. This fact embarrassed me, as Erasmus was one of the greatest philosophers from the Netherlands. Others are Spinoza and Hugo de Groot, which should help correct my image. Although this research took me to the United States, it came close to home, as Erasmus was the unlawful son of a priest that lived in Gouda, the Netherlands, where this author resides. Erasmus was conceived in Gouda and born close to the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam. Clearly, in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. I was completely blind and Kozlowski was the one-eyed queen.
This may have little to do with cosmetic science; however, following the positive feedback from a previous column on the placebo effect, I want to readdress clinical study design in relation to cosmetic claim substantiation—this time discussing when to perform double-blind studies and when to perform single-blind studies.
Double-blind studies are studies in which both the subject participating in the trial and the investigator judging the outcome do not know if the subject received an active formulation or a placebo. Therefore, both the subject and the investigator do not know whether the treatment should have any effect, which removes any form of bias. When one is trying to obtain an objective result on the effectiveness of an active in a formulation, this is the preferred study design in clinical trials.
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Nealey: How beatiful this is you did a wonderful rework of Cezanne. Its interesting how famous they are and according to todays instructors if we placed our still life's this way we would really be critiqued about it. you really captured this well. I especially like the Pitcher....
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Nealey, your Cezanne has a great freshness to it, and it looks very Cezanne like. Ready to hang.
Mike, your rooster is great with its texture. This is the best I've seen from you so keep it up!
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C&C welcome!
Mike, I love your rooster painting. You have such a light, beautiful touch. It is such a handsome bird, so it was so great to see that you tackled it.
Nealey, this is such a wonderful take on Cezanne. It is fascinating to see how accurate your mimicry was even though you used a different medium. Beautifully done.
Comments and critiques are welcomed and appreciated.
Hello Nealey...I suppose rules were made to be broken .......lovely variant, especially like the jug.
those who teach shall also learn and those who learn shall also teach - Peter Laslett
feel free to make constructive c/c...no digital alterations please
Hello Mike,
fast and loose, very lively
Marsha & Jen & Kim & Alex & Sarah ~ Thank you ladies! Copying the Cezanne was a great exercise. It's good to be disconcerted occasionally - I may try that again!
Comments and critiques are welcome.
Mike your rooster sketch is great. The looseness is what makes it. Good job.
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Nealy your Cezanne is fantastic. You have the colors and composition down pat. I went to the Arkansas Art Center In Little Rock today. They had a Cezanne hanging there and it was terrible. I have seen much better work from this A D group. Very well done.
Hello all, I apologize for having only a small offering. This is a 4" x 5" WC pencil pear on 140 pound cold pressed paper in the manner (hopefully) of Cezanne.
Geri ~ Nice to see you on here again. It must be a busy month for everyone! Thank you for your praise of my Cezanne copy. It was certainly an exercise in going against MY grain!! That technique of outlining everything in black made me feel like I was doing a coloring book!
Alex! Excellent Cezanne pear WC. I think you got in more of the colors from the original painting. I was going to crop the photo & just paint the left side to the center. It would have made it more pleasing to me! Have you begun your WC class yet? Inquiring minds want to know......and see.
Thank you Marsha!!! And thank you everyone!! I started going to school full time this year, so haven't been able to contribute. Did this in between classes.
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Criticism is always welcome. I am trying to learn everything and welcome the knowledge of all!
Celebration.......I have used the 'photo loosely and added the badgers..... not everyone agrees that the badgers are TB carriers and they (badgers!)are being culled in some areas of the UK.
I am pleased that we still have them here in the local woods. So..Celebration for me...
Hello Alex...nice and bold...have you started your art class yet?
Alex, I plum missed your pear. Very very nice with some rich color in it, try it again in reg water color or try a glaze over it again. If you want it floating that's ok, but have you considered grounding it with a cast shadow? I like the Cezanne method very striking...
Sarah, I love the pathway filled with light and badgers.... I love badgers and ant eaters. your depiction is really nice. We are having an outbreak of TB right here in Las Vegas. A few have already passed away because of it.
Geri: I see you are eyeing the posts again, great to see you peeking in....
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