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He is the best OBG that I ever had. Understandable, knowledgeable, efficient, and great to get issues resolve. I simply adore him.
This doctor is very careless and unprofessional at all. He let his staff to prescribe a very dangerous medicine to my wife (menopur). They gave her over dose and didn't monitor her, her belly got so big and she was not able to breath as the over dose cause her ovaries to become over stimulated and build up cysts. We rush to him and he decide to do surgery ASAP to remove them and He did it. 3 weeks after the surgery, my wife got the cysts back as he did not remove them right. Never trust this doctor. He doesn't deserve even one star
Dr. Haddad is very professional and attentive. He took the time to sit with me and discuss my medical history and any concerns that I had. The office was very clean and he was able to see me right away
I been a pation of dr Haddad for a little over 2 years, dr Haddad is a great dr... I would recommend him to anyone, I just had a baby in September and dr Haddad delivered it witch I was very happy,
The only reason I am involved with this man and his embarrassingly sub-par operation is because I am carrying twins and my wonderful midwife (who practices in the same building) works in conjunction with him on multiple deliveries in the event there is a need for medical intervention. That said, I have now been to his office three times, once for a consultation and twice for ultrasound. I will not be going back to his office for the remainder of my pregnancy. Each time I am made to wait over a half hour (once for a full hour) for my appointment. His bedside manner leaves A LOT to be desired, he constantly refers to his female patients and staff as "honey" (creepy and inappropriate), his handshake is like a dead fish and he seems to constantly want to sell me on unnecessary invasive procedures despite the fact my pregnancy has been flawless at 35 weeks and I am in perfect health. Neither he nor his staff ever seem to know anything about me or my medical history each time I have come (just read the flipping chart!!!!). Everyone on his staff seems frazzled and aggravated, which incidentally is exactly how I feel when I am leaving his office. Each time the whole experience has been just awful. I can clearly tell that there is no regard for providing true care to his patients (meaning not only a certain level of professionalism and proficiency but also respect for his patient's time and emotional wellbeing) Absolutely shameful. I wish I could give less than one star.
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Fun, food and some facts are dished up to students returning to the McNeese State University campus for the fall semester during Howdy Rowdy Week set for Aug. 17-19. Student organizations, local businesses and community service agencies welcome the students back to classes at this annual event, according to Dr. Chris Thomas, associate dean and director of student union and student activities. Events are held from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. in the Student Union Annex (New Ranch). Scheduled activities are as follows:
Important information for new and returning students. Find out about new student ID cards, office relocations, residence hall check-in, orientation, fee payments, late fall registration, fee deferral plans and personal touch accounts.
The Sonny Watkins Athletic Scholarship was recently established with the McNeese State University Foundation with donations totaling $15,664.30 from friends and businesses in honor of Watkins, former athletics director, basketball coach and student-athlete in basketball at McNeese. Looking over the criteria for the new scholarship are, from left, Watkins and Melissa Ellis Northcutt, director for university advancement operations and special events.
The Louisiana Small Business Development Center at McNeese State University is partnering with the Louisiana Business and Technology Center at Louisiana State University to bring a mobile classroom to Lake Arthur for free business training sessions for business owners Aug. 23-24 at the Community Center on 701 Eighth St.
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The Calcasieu-Cameron Association for Persons with Orthopedic Disabilities has established a $240,000 endowed scholarship - the Calcasieu-Cameron Students with Orthopedic Disabilities - with the McNeese State University Foundation. McNeese President Dr. Philip Williams, seated center, accepts the donation from the association's president Pansy Skipper, seated left, and secretary Sondra Hodge, seated right. Richard H. Reid, standing left, Vice President for University Advancement and Executive Vice President of the McNeese Foundation, and Bob Davidson, standing right, President of the McNeese Foundation Board of Directors, look on. McNeese Photo
The McNeese student chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management was recognized as one of the top 10 Outstanding Student Chapters in the nation for 2010-2011 at the recent national SHRM conference in Las Vegas, Nev. Chuck Salvetti, center, SHRM's student and young professional programs manager, congratulates McNeese SHRM students and faculty adviser, from left: Sarah Upchurch, senior vice president, Angelica Gonzalez, past president, Mary Kaye Eason, faculty adviser, and Samantha Woodstock, vice president of communications.
The McNeese State University student chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management has been named one of the top 10 Outstanding Student Chapters in the nation for 2010-2011.
The McNeese College of Nursing will host a site review for initial accreditation of its baccalaureate of science in nursing degree program with the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE).
The public is invited to meet the visiting team and share comments about the program in person at a meeting scheduled for Oct. 6, 2011, at 3 p.m. in Stokes Auditorium, located in Hardtner Hall on the McNeese campus.
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The McNeese College of Nursing will host a site review for continuing accreditation of its associate of science in nursing degree program with the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission..
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Dr. Michael T. Smith, assistant professor of history at McNeese State University, has just released a new book titled, "The Enemy Within: Fears of Corruption in the Civil War North." The 256-page book was published by the University of Virginia Press.
Stoked by a series of major scandals, popular fears of corruption in the Civil War North provide a unique window into Northern culture in the Civil War era. In his book, Smith relates these scandals-including those involving John C. Frémont's administration in Missouri, Benjamin F.
From band camp to cooking lessons, from robotics to all kinds of sports, summer camps at McNeese State University offer something for everyone - from children to teens - in June and July.
The campus more than doubles in population during the summer months - over 6,000 McNeese college students and summer campers share campus facilities.
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Microwave "baked" Apple for One
Total Time
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5 minsi'd forgotten about this! so easy and tasty, you may end up very addicted.
Make and share this Microwave "baked" Apple for One recipe from Food.com.
Nutrition- 1 large apple, cored (whatever type you like, peel if desired)
- 1 1⁄2 tablespoons brown sugar (or white sugar, or splenda i suppose)
- 2 pinches cinnamon
- prep your apple and place in a small bowl so the hole through the core is up.
- fill hole with sugar and cinnamon, can also add or substitute pumpkin/apple pie spice or cloves. add raisins if you like, drizzle of maple syrup, whatever.
- wrap tightly over the bowl with good quality plastic wrap. it must be air tight or this wont work. microwave on high for 5 min.
- the plastic wrap will have made a big bubble as it cooks, this is normal. it works like a steamer to cook the apple fast. when taken from the microwave (WITH POT HOLDERS) it will shrink wrap your apple, it's kinda fun to watch. now keeping those pot holder on, carefully pull off the plastic wrap with a fork, mind the live steam.
- let it cool for five min, serve alone or with ice cream, crumbled cookies, or a bit of evaporated milk.
- repeat until you have no apples or your stomach explodes.
Nutrition Info
Serving Size: 1 (244 g)
Servings Per Recipe: 1
- Amount Per Serving
- % Daily Value
- Calories 188.9
- Calories from Fat 3
- 2%
- Total Fat 0.4 g
- 0%
- Saturated Fat 0.1 g
- 0%
- Cholesterol 0 mg
- 0%
- Sodium 10.2 mg
- 0%
- Total Carbohydrate 49.6 g
- 16%
- Dietary Fiber 5.2 g
- 20%
- Sugars 42 g
- 167%
- Protein 0.6 g
- 1%
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Anna and her mother were truly lovely guests — considerate, tidy, great at communication, and friendly. I'd happily recommend her to anyone.
Anna and her friends were great guests. They left the house in great order. Communication was good before and during their visit. They will be welcome guests anytime in the future. Thank you Anna!
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US 20040202326 A1 Abstract Two classes of new chaotic maps are introduced in this invention for real-time encryption of digital images: A first method that utilizes a parametric family of 2×2 generalized chaotic cat maps for shuffling the spatial positions together with Chen's chaotic map for key generation. This is a line-based system that enables real-time encryption, in that image encryption is performed line by line while the image is being scanned. Off-line or parallel processing in pixel shuffling and key generation facilitates real-time applications. In this first method, gray values of the image pixels are treated by a diffusion technique. A second method utilizes an extended parametric family of 3×3 generalized chaotic cat maps for both pixel-positions and gray-values shuffling. For the two proposed new methods, reversible (i.e., lossless) compression algorithms are integrated as an option of the cryptosystem.
Claims(25) 1. A method for encrypting an image data array, comprising the steps of:
(a) diffusing the image pixel values by means of a nonsingular matrix transformation; (b) shuffling the image pixel positions; and (c) encoding the shuffled and diffused pixels. 2. A method as claimed in
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6. A method as claimed in claims 2 and 3, wherein the keys and the binary key chain are generated by a chosen password and by Chen's chaotic system with a chosen iteration number, respectively.
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Description [0001] The present invention relates generally to cryptography, and in particular, to methods for the encryption of digital images based on the chaos theory of discrete dynamical systems. [0002] Cryptography has a very long history, dating back to the Egyptian days some four thousand years ago. However, the best-recorded cryptosystem is the Caesar cipher used by Julius Caesar for military applications. The secret key of the Caesar cipher is a single natural number, n, that dictates the number of shifts in position of all letters of a message to be encrypted, in a cyclic fashion. This is a symmetric-key encryption algorithm, since the same key, n, is used to decrypt the message by n backward shifts of all letters, again in a cyclic fashion. [0003] Indeed, symmetric-key cryptosystems based on elementary mathematical operations of permutations, congruence arithmetic, matrix multiplications, iterations, etc., had been the only ones available until the mid 1970's, when Diffie and Hellman introduced the public-key cryptography. Furthermore, DES (Data Encryption Standard) had been the U.S. encryption standard before the Rijndael algorithm was adopted in October 2000 as a new advanced encryption standard (AES). Both DES and AES are based on symmetric-key encryption algorithms, with the decryption key being identical to the encryption key, or easily derivable from it. [0004] In contrast to symmetric-key cryptosystems, public-key cryptography is based on asymmetric-key encryption, with a public key for encryption and a private key for decryption. The first practical public-key encryption scheme was introduced by Rivest, Shamir, and Adleman in 1978, known as the RSA scheme today, and since then there have been very active research activities in cryptography that engage modern mathematical tools, such as the theories of Elliptic Curves and Hyper-elliptic Curves. [0005] However, even with the recent research advancement, the significant disadvantages of public-key encryption in the need of an extraordinary long key and in the extremely slow throughput rate cannot be avoided, not to mention the need for an absolutely trustable authentication agency and other problems (e.g., it cannot support "non-repudiation"—important for electronic transactions). On the other hand, current symmetric-key approaches are not suitable for secure encryption of digital images for at least two reasons: Firstly, the confusion in pixel shuffling and diffusion in gray values are usually not thorough enough to avoid intelligent detection and statistical analysis; and secondly, the key spaces are in general too small for secure performance of several iterations. [0006] Although chaos-based approaches have been used for image encryption for some time, the above technical issues have not been properly addressed or resolved. There are several reasons for this, the main one being that all the chaotic maps used thus far are relatively simple without sufficient parameters that can significantly enlarge the key space for encryption. These provide strong motivation for the development of the proposed new chaos-based methods. [0007] According to the present invention there is provided a method for encrypting an image data array, comprising the steps of: (a) diffusing the image pixel values by means of a nonsingular matrix transformation; (b) shuffling the image pixel positions; and (c) encoding the shuffled and diffused pixels. The invention also extends to a corresponding inverse decryption method. [0008] The present invention, at least in its preferred forms, provides a system and a real-time methodology for line-by-line encryption/decryption of a digital image. The cryptosystem can be integrated with an image scanner to allow for line-based encryption while an image is being scanned. More precisely, input of a binary key chain enables pixel value diffusion during the scanning process, while shuffling of pixel positions according to a set of integer pairs of keys is carried out, again line by line. The algorithms for pixel value diffusion and pixel position shuffling using generalized chaotic maps, including a 2D generalized cat map and a discrete version of Chen's chaotic map, developed by the inventors, is designed to generate the binary key chain and the integer pairs of keys. Key generation and pixel position shuffling could be carried out in parallel or off-line, since the only image information needed for the later process is merely the image size. [0009] The second method proposed is a combination of the above diffusion and confusion schemes as an alternative approach. While the image is being scanned, the spatial positions and gray values of scanned pixels will be thoroughly shuffled by a specially designed chaotic map (a 3D generalized cat map), encrypted by a binary key chain generated with the discrete Chen's chaotic map. Again, off-line parallel processing in pixel shuffling and key generation facilitates real-time applications of the proposed cryptosystem based on this alternative methodology. [0010] For communication systems, the encrypted image lines are to be sent to the receiver. Information on image size should be sent first, for the receiver to re-generate the key chain thereby facilitating real-time decryption. The receiver uses the same (symmetric) integer pairs of key set for un-shuffling the position values of the image pixels upon receipt of the image size information before the arrival of the (coded) encrypted image bit-stream. The same (symmetric) binary key is used for decryption of the diffused pixel values. [0011] Both the integer pairs of key set and binary key chain are re-generated by the same chaotic maps on the receiver. A password could be applied to receive the encryption parameters of the chaotic maps used on the transmitter. [0012] Some embodiments of the invention will now be described by way of example and with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which: [0013]FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of an encryption system according to an embodiment of the invention, [0014]FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram of a pixel position shuffling system for use in an embodiment of the invention, [0015]FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram of a decryption system according to an embodiment of the invention, [0016]FIG. 4 is a schematic block diagram of a pixel position un-shuffling system according to an embodiment of the invention, and [0017]FIG. 5 shows the complex attractor of the chaotic Chen's system for use in an embodiment of the invention [0018] Before describing some preferred embodiments in detail, it should firstly be understood that an important aspect of systems according to preferred embodiments of the present invention is the use of novel chaotic maps generalizing the standard cat map, which have a large enough parameters space required by encryption. These generalized (parametric) chaotic cat maps, used for data shuffling, diffusion and confusion, will be described in more detail below, in which the two parameters, a and b, can be different from iteration to iteration, thereby significantly increasing the size of its key space, hence the encryption complexity. This chaotic map is invertible, and has the best possible mixing property for pixel confusion. In a rectangular domain, the map can be modified accordingly by image segmentation. [0019] The diffusion of image gray values is very important, which is critical for prevention of statistical attack by analyzing the histogram of the image. Although more sophisticated design is possible, here another simple chaotic map is used to diffuse the image gray values. Using this generalized chaotic map, the gray values of the image are diffused by taking the steps of operations to be further described in the next section. [0020] The chaotic Chen's system, discovered by the inventors and used in the proposed scheme, is given by
[0021] which is chaotic when its parameters are a=35, b=3, c=28. FIG. 5 shows its complex chaotic attractor. It is known that its z-component is the most sensitive one among the three, so the z component is used for key generation here. Similar to the famous Lorenz chaotic system, Chen's system has a topologically very complex attractor. [0022] The 2D parametric chaotic cat map can also be extended to a 3D version, as will be described below, which can be used to shuffle both positions and gray values of pixels together at the same time. This provides another option for the intended task of image encryption. [0023] At least in preferred embodiments, the present invention relates to a system and method that comprise three main components: pixel position value shuffling, pixel gray value diffusion, and symmetric key chain generation, where the latter is used to secure (encrypt) the former operations. Preferably, only linear transformations are used for pixel value shuffling, thereby yielding a fast real-time scheme for image encryption. In particular, the specially designed generalized chaotic maps (and their inverses) that will be described below are used to perform these linear transformations. For an integer-pair key (a,b), all the matrices have only integer entries, therefore are easily manipulated without any information loss. [0024] An embodiment of the invention will firstly be discussed with reference to the encryption system, including pixel position encryption (and then subsequent decryption including pixel position decryption), key generation based on Chen's system, and finally encoding/decoding techniques. [0025] Encryption System [0026]FIG. 1 shows the basic encryption system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. The system design of the preferred embodiment is aimed at the raster format; that is, encryption is performed line by line from left to right, starting from the first line, then the second line, and so on [0027] The following illustrates a digital image of size w×h with pixel values xj,k, j=0, . . . , h−1; k=0, . . . , w−1:
[0028] A binary key chain of arbitrary length is used to match the pixels on each line, pixel by pixel. As usual, the key chain is to be repeated periodically if the length is shorter than the total number of pixels of the image. A match with the first 1 bit, of a string of one or more than one bit, flips the 0 and 1 bits of the pixel value. If the next pixel is again matched with a 1 bit of the key chain (i.e., the first 1 bit of the key is followed by another 1 bit), then the second pixel value is multiplied by 2 (i.e., a left bit-shift). If the following pixel is again matched with 1, then its value is increased by 1 after being multiplied by 2 (i.e., left bit-shift with 1 instead of 0 to fill the bit slot). This takes care of a key with a block of three 1's. If the string of 1's of this key segment is larger than 3, then the fourth 1 is changed to 0. In other words, the block size of 1's is restricted to at most 3. A match with a zero bit leaves the pixel value unchanged. This is only a simple example of how a pixel value may change according to matching with a binary key, and it will be understood that other operations, either more involved or simpler, can be used. [0029] Referring to FIG. 1, the jth row of the image with pixel values xj−1.0, . . . , xj−1, w−1 in the register 106 are changed to {circumflex over (x)}j−1.0, . . . , {circumflex over (x)}j−1, w−1 in the register 107, after being matched with the binary key. Here, w denotes the image width (or the number of pixels in each row) and specifies the number of slots needed in the registers 106 and 107. Since the raster format is followed, the encrypted wh pixels (where h denotes the image height, or the number of rows) are directed to a 4-slot register 108 in the order shown below: x00,x01, . . . ,x0,w−1,x10,x11, . . . ,x1,w−1, . . . ,xh−1.0, . . . ,xh−1,w−1 [0030] It is required that both w and h are integer multiples of 4. Each segment of 4 pixel values is diffused by matrix multiplication 109 using the 4D matrix T, which is the inverse of a specially designed generalized chaotic cat map (given in the Decryption System Section below) and is described by
[0031] The diffused pixel values, labeled yi,i=0, . . . , wh−1, in FIG. 1, are then shuffled according to the scheme shown in FIG. 2 (to be described in more detail later). [0032] The ith value yi is put in the f(i)th position in the buffer/memory 111. The worst situation (i.e., the maximum amount of memory required) is the full wh pixel positions. Once the first few slots of 111 are filled, die shuffled values yi (now in the order of z0,z1, . . . , zwh−1, are directed to the encoder 112 for coding. Finally, the coded bit-stream is sent to storage or to receiver (for decoding and decryption). [0033] In an alternative preferred embodiment, in order to cut down memory needed in 111, the image is partitioned into strips of h1 lines each and h1 is an integer multiple of 4. In other words, for 0<h1<h, and h=nh1+h2 where 0<h22h1, the image is partitioned into n+1 strips, with each of the first n strips consisting of h1 rows, and the last (i.e., the (n+1)st strip) consisting of h2 rows. In so doing, the memory requirement is cut down significantly since each image strip is considered as an individual image for encryption. [0034] In another preferred embodiment, if the register size of 106 and 107 in FIG. 1 is to be reduced to w1 slots instead of w slots, where w1 is an integer multiple of 4, then the image can be partitioned into blocks of w1×h1 each, except for the blocks on the right-hand boundary and the bottom boundary. Here, w=mw1+w2, with 0<w2<2w1, where m+1 vertical strips are considered, in which each of the first m vertical strips consists of lines with width w1 and the last vertical strip consists of lines of w2 in width. Each of the (m+1)(n+1) blocks is encrypted in the same manner as the entire image is encrypted as a whole. [0035]FIG. 2 schematically illustrates the pixel position shuffling method. [0036] Encryption of pixel positions can be carried out off-line or in parallel, since the only information required for this operation is image width w and height h (or w1,w2 and h1,h2, etc. if strips or blocks of the image are encrypted individually). The one-to-one map between linear ordering (i=0,1, . . . ,wh−1) and pixel positions ((j,k), j=0,1, . . . , w−1; k=0,1, . . . , h−1) may be described as follows:
[0037] Hence, the linear ordering (i=0,1, . . . , wh−1) is first mapped to the pixel position ordering (ji(0),ki(0)) via the mod-w operation 101 (and ⊕,÷w operations) as shown in FIG. 2. A set of s keys, each being an integer-pair in unit 103, is used to encrypt (ji(O),ki(0)) iteratively, as shown in 102 for the key (a0,b0), etc., and the encryption algorithm is shown in FIG. 2, using the 2D generalized chaotic cat map (designed by the inventors)
[0038] which is a parameterized chaotic cat map with integer parameters (a,b), where 0<a,b<N, and N is the dimension of a square image with w=h. The encrypted positions (ji(s),ki(s)) after s iterations are put in the linear ordering positions, indicated by f(i): meaning that the ith position is now the f(i)th position. [0039] Decryption System [0040] The decryption system is shown in FIG. 3 and will be described below. The decryption system carries out the inverse operations of the encryption system outlined above. Hence, information about image width w and image height h (or w1, w2 and h1, h2, etc. if strips or blocks of the image are encrypted) are first sent to the un-shuffling unit 114 (described in detail below with reference to FIG. 7) to arrange the decoded values z1 from 113 to the original raster positions (shown as zg(i) or yi). The arrangement is stored in the buffer/memory unit 115 and directed to the 4-slot register 119, as soon as the first four values in 115 are in place. The inverse diffusion matrix T−1 in 117 is the following 4D generalized chaotic cat map:
[0041] and this is then applied to blocks of 4 values, which are then sent to register 116. When the register 116 is full, these values are decrypted by matching with the symmetric binary key, and each line of the image (or block of the image) is decrypted. [0042] The same set of s integer-pair keys (a0,b0), . . . , (as−1, bs−1) are used for decryption as for encryption. This is shown below:
[0043] First, the lth position, l=0,1, . . . , wh−1, is mapped to the pixel position (ji(s), ki(s)) and decrypted in 104 by the first key (as−1,bs−1) from 105. The same decryption process is iterated by applying the keys (as−2,bs−2), . . . , (a0, b0) to the original line position. The decryption equation is also shown in FIG. 4, using the 2D inverse generalized chaotic map.
[0044] Key Generation [0045] The map control parameters (a, b) and the iteration round number L are chosen as cipher keys. In order to further enlarge the key space, in each iteration of the generalized cat map
[0046] different pairs of a, b are used. If L iterations of the map are performed on an image, the cipher keys is {a1,b1,a2,b2, . . . ,aL,bL, L}, [0047] which has a large enough key space. Here, L can be used as the length of the password, for instance, so that the longer the password, the more secure the encryption, depending on the user's preference in an application. [0048] A general procedure for generating a key is described as follows: Firstly, a serial of characters used for cipher key are mapped into floating-point numbers in (0,1). Secondly, m1 and m2 times of iterations are performed on the generalized cat map to get y1 and y2, and then y1 and y2 are transformed into integers a1 and b1 respectively to yield the two map control parameters at its first iteration. This process will continue for L times, where L is the length of the password (i.e., the cipher rounds). [0049] It should be noted that a cryptosystem with only a large enough key space is still not very secure, because an eavesdropper can use certain cryptoanalysis methods to lessen the key-searching. In order to make this kind of cryptoanalysis infeasible, the cryptosystem should be carefully designed such that it is extremely sensitive to the key. In preferred embodiments of the present invention, the discrete version of the chaotic Chen's map is used for key generation. The continuous version of Chen's attractor is shown in FIG. 5. [0050] To generate a key from Chen's system: [0051] Step 1. Input an L-character password (e.g., L=16), and then divide it into two groups: even and odd. Add the ASCII values of all characters in the even group, and do the same on the odd group, respectively, thereby obtaining two values; Keven and Kodd. Using the following formulas to get the control parameter, c, of Chen's system: c h=(K even mod H)/H*8.4+20 c w=(K odd mod W)/W*8.4+20 [0052] where chε[20,28.4] and cwε[20,28.4]. H stands for the image height and W for the image width, subscripts h and w indicate the corresponding height direction and width direction of image, respectively. [0053] Initial values x0,y0,z0 of Chen's system can also be derived from Keven and Kodd by using the following formulas: x 0h=(K even mod H)/H*80−40 y 0h=(K odd mod H)/H*80−40 z 0h=(K even mod H)/H*60 x 0w=(K odd mod W)/W*80−40 y 0w=(K even mod W)/W*80−40 z 0w=(K odd mod W)/W*60 [0054] Step 2. Set parameters a=35, b=3, and use other parameters obtained from Step 1. Then, iterate Chen's system say 500 times for the height direction and the width direction, respectively, so as to obtain two values: z500h,z500w. [0055] Step 3. Use the following formulas to obtain the final parameter values of a and b for the generalized cat map, where a corresponds to the height direction and b corresponds to the width direction: a=round(z h/60*H) b=round(z w/60*W) [0056] Encoding/Decoding [0057] Prediction followed by Huffman coding is used in the preferred embodiment for encoding the output zl, l=0,1, . . . , wh−1, in FIG. 1. To save memory and avoid propagation error, L-term prediction, with 2≦L≦64, is used in the preferred embodiment. Adaptive Huffman coding is used in the beginning, till a suitable Huffman table is established. Run-length coding is an option, with or without Huffman coding. [0058] In another preferred embodiment, the values zl,l=0,1, . . . , wh−1, are arranged in N×N square blocks, one at a time, with N=8, 16, 32, or 64, and here w=h. [0059] The encoding scheme called "Nested quadratic split coding" as described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,748,116 (entitled "System and method for nested split coding of sparse data sets") of the inventors is used. A Huffman table, developed for this approach as well, is used following the nested quadratic split coding. [0060] While the present invention has been described with reference to a specific embodiment, and a few variations, the description is illustrative of the invention and is not to be construed as limiting the invention. Various modifications may occur to those skilled in the art without departing from the true spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. [0061] As an alternative approach, for example, the generalized chaotic cat map may be extended from 2D to 3D, as shown below:
[0062] where all 0<a,b<N, and N is the dimension of the square image. [0063] This enables the following modification and improvement of the above-described encryption scheme: The spatial positions as well as the gray values of the scanned pixels can be thoroughly shuffled by the specially designed new 3D generalized cat map, encrypted in parallel by a binary key chain generated with the complex Chen's chaotic map, which only needs the information of the image size and password length but nothing else beforehand. Similarly, the off-line parallel processing in pixel shuffling and key generation can facilitate the real-time application of the modified algorithm. [0064] It will also be understood that the embodiments described above could be applied to a wide range of different data elements and different types of data files, such as the following ten different formats of data files (readable images): tif, jpg, png, bmp, rgb, rgba, cel, tga, gif, pcx; and the following six different formats of writable images: jpg, tif, png, bmp, rgb, rgba Referenced by
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Very deserving criticism I might add. I'll give the MV Voice credit for finally bringing to light an unpopular reality. The fact of the matter is Walmart, Walmart, Walmart; and it will be for another 50 years or so. I'm not saying Walmart was a mistake. Its revenue for the City clearly shows otherwise. It is simply an undeniable reality. Unfortunately, a few City Council members insist on living in a fairy tale world. It's ironic that the most vocal and most quoted voices on the City Council when it comes to land use are the ones with the least real world experience outside of City politics. You know who you are! In retrospect, the owner deserves some credit for lining up a solid revenue source like Home Depot, something to remember when City officials start making decisions on which programs/staff to cut because of the budget shortfalls.
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The republic of Salò (the Italian Social Republic) and the German occupation
In the meantime the Germans had rescued Mussolini from his mountain prison and restored him in the north as ruler of the "Italian Social Republic," a last-ditch puppet Fascist regime based in Salò on Lake Garda. The republic tried to induct those born in 1923, 1924, and 1925 into its army, but only 40 percent of young men responded. Many others deserted soon after the...
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...suggestion that he establish a new Fascist government in the north and execute those members of the Grand Council, including his son-in-law, Ciano, who had dared to vote against him. But the Repubblica Sociale Italiana thus established at Salò was, as Mussolini himself grimly admitted to visitors, no more than a puppet government at the mercy of the German command. And there,...
"Italian Social Republic".
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Oxford Town #894
IN THIS WEEKS ISSUE – The Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet plays the Ford Center kicking off the 2010-11 season; OT columnist Jim Dees get a cassette tape ripped off; Author Tom Franklin's new book "Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter" is reviewed; Tennessee musician Jennifer Niceley rolls into town for two shows; and Proud Larry's hosts a benefit for the Highway 61 Blues Museum next week. Download the full issue in PDF format. (October 1, 2010)
Proud Larry's to host Blues Museum benefit
OXFORD TOWN – In this week's issue of Oxford Town, reporter Natalie Vincent breaks down a benefit being held at Proud Larry's on Thursday, Oct. 7, for the Highway 61 Blues Museum. The event will feature local and regional talent such as Cary Hudson (pictured), Duff Dorrough, T-Model Ford, Bill Abel and others. Page 9 in this week's issue has full details of next week's concert. (October 1, 2010, Page 9)
Grace Askew rocks Parrish's
OXFORD TOWN – Memphis-based musician, singer/songwriter Grace Askew returns to Parrish's Wednesday, Sept. 29, with nothing but her guitars and a set list. For a night of ultra-smooth, acoustic folk/rock tunes by one of Oxford's favorite regional artists, be sure to head to Parrish's next Wednesday. Parrish's — the bar where there's never a cover for those 21 – and up. (September 23, 2010, Page 7)
Guitar in Hand, Joanne Shaw Taylor heads to Rooster's Blues House
OXFORD TOWN – Guitar in hand, Joanne Shaw Taylor and band are headed to Rooster's Blues House next Thursday, Sept. 30. Page 10 in this week's issue of Oxford Town has full details about the show as well as reporter Rachel Batten's coverage of the fiery, blues playing Brit who touts influences such as Stevie Ray Vaughan, Albert Collins and Freddie and Albert King. There's exactly one week to clear your schedule for this one folks. Our suggestion; make it happen. (September 23, 2010, Page 10)
Oxford Town #892
IN THIS WEEK'S ISSUE: Rooster's Blues House plays host to the Joe Krown Trio on both Friday and Saturday; Scottish band The King's Road plays a house concert on Friday; Lablemates Ingram Hill and the Benjy Davis Project play Proud Larry's on Thursday, Sept. 16; and Outdoor Columnist Michelle McAnally turns us on to the Enid Lake Dam recreation site;. Download the entire issue in PDF format. (September 17, 2010)
Ingram Hill returns to Oxford and Proud Larry's
OXFORD TOWN – Lablemates Ingram Hill and the Benjy Davis Project are set to play Proud Larry's tonight (Thursday, Sept. 16) as part of their SEC football tour. Ingram Hill is also touring in support of their new album, "Look Your Best" and tonight's concert kicks off the Rebels' SEC home opener. Page 8 in this week's issue of Oxford Town has photos and full details about the show. (September 16, 2010, Page 8)
Joe Krown Trio headed to Rooster's Blues House
OXFORD TOWN – Blazing New Orleans blues hits Oxford this weekend via Rooster's Blues House as it welcomes the Joe Krown Trio on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 17 and 18. Page 9 in this week's issue of Oxford Town has all the details of this special New Orleans blues weekend at Rooster's. (September 16, 2010, Page 9)
Oxford Town #891
IN THIS WEEK'S ISSUE – Austin, Texas rocker Alejandro Escovedo returns to Oxford, Off Square Books and Proud Larry's on Tuesday, Sept. 14; The Gertrude Ford Center releases its exciting 2010-11 schedule, Sports columnist Steven Godfrey re-visits the Ole Miss Rebel football debacle last Saturday; Taylor Farmers' Market rolls into Fall; and Thacker Mountain Radio features Mister Baby. Download the entire issue in PDF format. (September 10, 2010)
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Ford Center releases awesome 2010-11 schedule
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Haven't decided yet on whether I'm going with; a .45 ACP or a 9mm but would like to hear suggestions for both, I want to look a pistols that either include a threaded barrel or ones that I can easily find threaded barrels for and also have a tactical light rail... It would be just awesome if someone would just offer me a combo with the handgun and a suppressor included as a "package price" but I don't see that happening... I was thinking about the Springfield XD but I don't think it comes threaded... maybe it does... any ideas? If I could keep the price of the pistol with barrel and rail under $1000 that would be nice.
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Would be my persoanl pick, but perhaps not fror everyoneFNP-45 Tactical Handgun
How about an HK USP45 Tactical? You can get one in 9mm, if you so desire.
HK is a good option too, at least it's a hammer gun
sig makes a 1911 with threaded barrel and rail msrp 1285$. its called tacops. there are two versions of it with and without threaded barrel. i cant speak for the quality and reliabilty of sig 1911's as ive never even held a sample. i assume you want a threaded barrel for a silencer. if that is the cse i would totally skip the 9mm as you have to use special underpowered subsnic ammo to get rid of the sonic crack. if you just want to reduce the report and dont care about the sonic boom then it doesnt matter so much.
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After look at prices I'm thinking I might not want to look at only handguns that come with threaded barrels installed and include the option of purchasing a threaded barrel for the gun... So a change of plans!


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Kingston, Jamaica – Captain Darren Sammy led the West Indies team's celebrations as they enjoyed the success against New Zealand in the just-concluded Digicel Series.
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Typically stoic batting from Shivnarine Chanderpaul and a career-best knock from Kemar Roach allowed West Indies to formalise a five-wicket victory over New Zealand in the second Digicel Test on Sunday here.
Chanderpaul was not out on 43 and Roach made 41, as West Indies successfully completed their chase of 206 for victory on the fourth day.
KINGSTON, Jamaica – West Indies beat New Zealand by five wickets about 40 minutes before lunch on the fourth day of the second Digicel Test on Sunday at Sabina Park here.
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Marlon Samuels defied a dropped chance and the "distraction" of the women's Olympic 100 metres final being shown in the ground to score a pivotal 52 that fortified West Indies' bid for a series-clinching victory over New Zealand in the second Digicel Test on Saturday here.
KINGSTON, Jamaica – West Indies reached 135 for four in their second innings – in pursuit of 206 for victory – at the close on the third day of the second Digicel Test against New Zealand on Saturday at Sabina Park here.


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Brickell, identified as the financial district of Miami, is known for being populated with banks, businesses, restaurants, and great entertainment. A few years ago, the condominium buildings of Brickell were found in either Brickell Key or in the area between the Rickenbacker Causeway and St. Jude Catholic Church. But now, Brickell has become home to many upscale, brand-new condominium buildings spanning 25th Road to 5th Street and Brickell Avenue.
Many young professionals live in the Brickell area as it is home to many businesses and banks. For many American companies, Miami is the gateway to their Latin American markets and Brickell serves as a main hub for many of these offices. However, Brickell is not all work and no play.
Brickell's nightlife is just as industrious as the people who work there. From local Irish Pubs to luxe rooftop lounges 50 stories above ground, Brickell has something for everyone. Traditional steak houses like Capital Grille and Morton's serve as great places to take clients, which can be followed up with a cocktail at Mary Brickell Village's Blue Martini.
For the outdoor fan, a variety of weekend activities surrounds the area of Brickell. Just south of Brickell, the Rickenbacker Causeway is filled with local fitness devotees on weekends that walk, jog, or cycle across the bridge into Key Biscayne. Interstate- 95, found directly in front of the Rickenbacker Causeway, makes it a quick trip north to the beaches of South Beach or Miami Beach. Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, Miami Science Museum, and the beautiful Kennedy Park are all just south of Brickell. Brickell's central location makes living there ideal.
Brickell offers its residents a very sophisticated and trendy lifestyle as more and more young professionals are migrating to this area. All these buildings offer incredible views, great amenities, and an ideal location. The Brickell lifestyle is unlike any other area of Miami.


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Molecules 2012, 17(6), 6237-6248; doi:10.3390/molecules17066237
Antiatherogenic Properties of Acetone Extract of Alpinia zerumbet Seeds
Received: 2 May 2012 / Revised: 17 May 2012 / Accepted: 18 May 2012 / Published: 25 May 2012
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Abstract: Oxidation of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) is the principal risk factor for the development of atherosclerosis. In this study, we used several methods to investigate the ability of the acetone extract from rhizomes, stems, leaves, flowers, pericarps and seeds of Alpinia zerumbet to inhibit atherosclerosis in vitro. The seed extract had the strongest activity against tyrosinase, pancreatic lipase (PL), 15-lipoxygenase (15-LO) and LDL oxidation activities (IC50 = 2.30 ± 0.02, 5.00 ± 0.07, 1.29 ± 0.07 and 15.40 ± 0.86 µg/mL, respectively), amongst all different parts. It also had similar effects to the positive controls. Most of the extracts showed partial agonistic properties towards estrogenic activity. Cholest-4-ene-3,6-dione, a steroid present only in the seed extract seems to be the compound responsible for these activities. The results showed that cholest-4-ene-3,6-dione had similar ability to curcumin and quercetin against PL and LDL oxidation (IC50 = 19.50 ± 1.17 and 16.12 ± 1.43 µg/mL, respectively). Furthermore, cholest-4-ene-3,6-dione (IC50 = 34.21 ± 1.31 µg/mL) had higher inhibition against 15-LO than quercetin (IC50 = 54.79 ± 1.12 µg/mL).
Alpinia zerumbet; acetone extracts; atherosclerosis; LDL oxidation; cholest-4-ene-3,6-dione
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Chompoo, J.; Upadhyay, A.; Gima, S.; Fukuta, M.; Tawata, S. Antiatherogenic Properties of Acetone Extract of Alpinia zerumbet Seeds. Molecules 2012, 17, 6237-6248.
AMA StyleChompoo J, Upadhyay A, Gima S, Fukuta M, Tawata S. Antiatherogenic Properties of Acetone Extract of Alpinia zerumbet Seeds. Molecules. 2012; 17(6):6237-6248.
Chicago/Turabian StyleChompoo, Jamnian; Upadhyay, Atul; Gima, Shinichi; Fukuta, Masakazu; Tawata, Shinkichi. 2012. "Antiatherogenic Properties of Acetone Extract of Alpinia zerumbet Seeds." Molecules 17, no. 6: 6237-6248.
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Yeah, yeah. I know about the spam rule here but this clip is so awesome I can not resist posting it here. This one gets funnier and funnier the more you watch it. Overacting is a nice term in this situation but that what makes it this so awesome. After watching sevral times I am starting to wonder whether it's the worst or the best death scene I've ever seen.
This clip is taken from a 1973 turkish movie called Kareteci Kız. Plot fairly simple. Guy gets murdered, wife goes on a revenge quest. Shouldn't be a surprise that this screams are edited, which doesn't make it less awesome, but if you want to compare it to the original then here it is.
So you decide which one you like more. No scream, or whole lot of it.
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Logan Verrett
From BR Bullpen
Scott Logan Verrett
- Bats Right, Throws Right
- Height 6' 2", Weight 180 lb.
- School Baylor University
- High School Calallen High School
- Born June 19, 1990 in The Woodlands, TX USA
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Starting pitcher Logan Verrett has pitched in the New York Mets minor league system since 2012 (through 2013).
Verrett was 3-0 with a 1.28 ERA as a junior, fanning 41 in 27 1/3 IP. He was 18-0 with a 0.67 ERA and 167 K as a senior, leading the nation's high schoolers in wins. He also hit .455 with 7 homers and 46 runs. He was named All-State. As a wide receiver in football, he was All-district. His high school finished 9th in the nation that year according to Collegiate Baseball rankings. He was the second freshman in Baylor history to begin 7-0. He finished 7-1 with 3 saves and a 5.13 ERA, fanning 64 in 51 3/ IP. He had a 5-3, 3.28 record with 97 K in 90 2/3 IP as a sophomore. He tied Chance Ruffin and Michael Wacha for 6th in the Big 12 Conference in strikeouts. As a junior, Logan was 7-6 with a 2.93 ERA and struck out 96 in 101 1/3 IP. He was 5th in the Big 12 in whiffs. Among Baylor pitchers who did not go four years, he finished third in career strikeouts, behind Jason Jennings and Kip Wells. His 3.52 career ERA in Big 12 play was third in school annals.
He was taken by the Mets in the 3rd round of the 2011 amateur draft, the 101st pick overall and the Mets' 4th following Brandon Nimmo, Michael Fulmer and Cory Mazzoni. He was signed by scout Max Semler for a reported $425,000 at the August 15th deadline.
The hurler split 2012 between the Savannah Sand Gnats (3-2, 3.06) and St. Lucie Mets (2-0, 2.09), going a combined 5-2 with a 2.70 ERA in 17 starts. In 103 1/3 innings, he allowed only 13 walks and 87 hits, while striking out 93 batters. He was 12-6 with a 4.25 ERA in 24 starts for the Binghamton Mets in 2013, walking only 31 batters in 146 innings. He led the Eastern League in WHIP and tied Jack Snodgrass and Matt Packer for the win lead. He was 8th in whiffs (132), between Matt Barnes and Marcus Stroman. Among Mets farmhands, he tied Rafael Montero for second in wins behind Gabriel Ynoa and was third in whiffs behind Montero and Noah Syndergaard.
He opened 2014 in AAA with the Las Vegas 51s. After the season, he was selected by the Baltimore Orioles in the 2014 Rule V Draft.
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- 2014 Mets Media Guide
- Baylor bio
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