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The Lightspeed Summer Fellowship Program Explained
There's been some great discussions recently about the Lightspeed Summer Program (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2380567) and at several of the sessions over the weekend at the Stanford E-Boot Camp (http://bases.stanford.edu/e-bootcamp/ so I thought I'd do a quick post to help answer some of the recurring questions.
Background. I started the program at Lightspeed 5 years ago because as an undergraduate and graduate student I, as well as many of my entrepreneurial classmates, took on "real" internships during the summers in order to pay the bills (rent, gas, beer…). We worked on our startup ideas on nights and weekends out of necessity. When I joined Lightspeed in 2006 and realized that we had the resources to facilitate some number of idea-stage projects, we put together the Summer Program and opened it up to student led teams. Why did a student need to be involved? We had to draw the line somewhere. The program could not be just another entryway for entrepreneurs to pitch Lightspeed. We wanted to target young, entrepreneurial minded people and give them a viable summer alternative to taking that traditional internship.
I know from personal experience just how hard starting a company can be. It's a BIG DECISION to tackle early in your professional career. Pieces of the program have changed over time, but the GOAL has remained constant since inception and that is simply to give young entrepreneurs the time and resources to fully experience what it is like to start a company.
Purpose. The Lightspeed Summer Program is NOT an incubator, nor was it ever intended to be. We are not looking to fund companies out of the program. Really. I promise. We want people to experience startup life fulltime and have the opportunity to learn if it is something they truly want to do. Is there benefit to Lightspeed? Yes, of course. We hope to build relationships with young, talented entrepreneurs at this stage in their careers. We are in the business of fostering entrepreneurship. We also have a very long term view on what this means. The opportunity to work with bright, energetic people who have ideas about how to change the world is exactly why we do this job in the first place.
Why don't you ask for equity or a right to invest? It's funny, people have asked me "What's the catch?" Or, "It sounds too good to be true, so what am I missing?" I appreciate the genuine skepticism so I want to be as clear as I can on this one. The reasons we don't require an obligation from the entrepreneurs we accept are simple:
First, we don't have expectations that the teams we accept will be ready for venture capital during or after completing the program. In fact, I've been surprised by the number (12+) that have gone on to receive venture or angel funding.
Second, we look at the program as a way to engage with people at this stage in their careers. If we do a good job and they like working with us, they should want to come back and work together down the road if they want to pursue entrepreneurship. If we don't do a good job, and they don't like working with us, well, shame on us(!), but the entrepreneur shouldn't be obligated to work with Lightspeed.
Evolution. I've changed the "rules" of the program over the years to try and make it a better experience. For example: I learned in Year 1 that teams without engineers didn't accomplish much in the 10 week time frame. Without fulltime "doers" teams ended up with a lot of ideas and power point slides but very few actual results. So we adapted and started requiring that every team have at least one CS or EE major as a way to push teams to have members that could actually build stuff over the summer. Example 2: I learned that what is most helpful to the Fellowship winners in terms of guest speakers and introductions is other young founders who have successfully raised money and angel investors. So I changed our guest speaker lineup and invited fewer attorneys, CFO's, and recruiters and went with a healthy dose of entrepreneurs, CEO's and investors. Example 3: Entrepreneurs like lots of free food, so we added more snacks.
If I participate in the program and Lightspeed doesn't invest, isn't that a bad signal? This is something I didn't think about when we first started the program. It's a very valid concern. The LAST thing I want to do is have a program that creates friction for any entrepreneurs who want to continue to pursue their company after the program. So we made a change. Starting last year, we made a commitment to every team we accept. Lightspeed will invest a minimum of $50k in any Summer Program winner that continues on with a company and is able to pull together a round of at least $500k from other investors. It's very important to understand that the Lightspeed investment is completely at the entrepreneur's option. If you don't want it, don't take it. But this way, if any investor ever asks, "Is Lightspeed investing?" the answer is "Yes, if we want them to."
Competition. People often ask or comment about other programs (YC, Angel Pad, etc). I'm thrilled these programs exist and are flourishing. I think the more opportunities out there for young entrepreneurs to try the startup life, the better. We've had teams in multiple summer programs in the past and its been great.
Resources. The program gives Fellows office space, some funding, VC mentorship, introductions to founders and angels, and a chance to work on your idea fulltime. I've learned that our Fellows also benefit greatly from the camaraderie that emerges from working with other entrepreneurs in a close environment and that these lasting relationships mean a great deal to people.
This program is NOT for people who want a lot of hand holding. As an entrepreneur, I learned you need to be scrappy. The program is designed to give you all the resources you need but ultimately it is best suited for entrepreneurs who just need the chance to make things happen.
Application. We have two independent rounds. The deadline for Round 2 is April 15th so get them in!
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The factory, which will cost $100million and employ 400 people, will be set up in Fort Smith. It will build MHI's controversial 2.4MW turbine currently at the centre of a legal wrangle between the Japanese company and GE.
There had been a chance MHI was going to axe the project. In mid-February, it said it was delaying a decision on the factory until it saw evidence that demand would pick up in the second half of the year.
Manufacturing at the plant will begin next year and reach full production in 2012. In addition to MHI's investment the factory has been backed with incentives from the state including a $3.75million grant and 15-year state income tax abatement.
MHI used to have around 30% of the US market, however this has slipped to just below 10%.
MHI's Arkansas announcement follows its decision in February to invest £100million building an offshore wind turbine research facility in north-east England.

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Top 10 Destinations For A Scenic Workout
(Reuters) - As spring begins to bloom, it's easy to suddenly remember the New Year's Resolutions made a few short months ago that have gone by the wayside.
Even if you've been good, upcoming spring breaks can wreak havoc on your hard work, with long days spent laying horizontal by a pool drinking calories.
Rather than only packing cover-ups and hats for your impending jaunts, how about some workout clothes? To help you find some spots that are both beautiful and conducive to exercise, the members and editors of travel website VirtualTourist.com have compiled a list of the Top 10 Most Scenic Workouts.
1. Hiking Cinque Terre in Italy
Italy has long been a bastion of cultural icons and landmarks, from religious sites to Renaissance masterpieces. Of the sites to be visited, Cinque Terre is among the most beautiful, and also the most unique. Composed of five small villages perched above the Ligurian Sea, the towns date back to the late medieval period and are still, in 2012, unable to be reached by car. While one can access them by train and boat, neither transport provides the same experience as the hike between the towns: slowly descending from the rocky cliffs into each brightly painted fishing village is an experience unlike any other in the world. Hiking from Riomaggiore, the southernmost village, to the fifth town, Monterosso, is quite a workout (18 km, or 11 miles, and usually takes about five hours, but can take longer depending on how fit you are). Instead, many complete the first leg of the trip, from Riomaggiore to Manarola. This section is commonly called the Via dell' Amore and is both paved and level, so it's a great 1 km (about half a mile) stroll for travelers of all ages.
2. Stand up paddle-boarding in Hanalei Bay, Kauai, Hawaii
Kauai's abundance doesn't stop with its greenery and chickens; the island also provides ample opportunities for getting exercise while on vacation. Along the island's North Shore, adventurers can find the Kalalau Trail, an 11-mile route along the island's remote Na Pali Coast that is widely considered one of the world's scariest hikes. For a less dangerous athletic pursuit, visitors can try stand up paddle-boarding along the North Shore's gem, Hanalei Bay. Stand up paddle-boarding (also called SUP) has grown exponentially in the last few years, and it provides both a great arm workout and a fun alternative for when flat conditions ruin surfing plans. The bay is mostly flat during the summer, but has much stronger surf swells from September thru May, so keep this in mind when planning your activities.
3. Snorkeling in St. John's, US Virgin Islands
Few options are as convenient and cost-efficient for Americans as a quick trip to the US Virgin Islands, and equally rare are the options with the unbridled natural spectacle of St. John's. The island, accessible only by ferry, contains the Virgin Islands National Park, which encompasses 2/3 of the island's area. Visitors have over 35 beaches to choose from, including Trunk Bay, which has an underwater snorkeling trail that guides swimmers while informing them of the various species of fish. Other notable snorkeling spots on the isle are Hawknest Bay and Cinnamon Bay, which also has outstanding camping facilities. Sea turtles and rays can be found in Waterlemon Cay, accessible by the Leinster Bay Trail from the Annaberg Sugar Mill ruins.
4. Rollerblading along the Strand - Los Angeles, CA
Only a handful of locations can provide a pedestrian-only route the length of which is almost a marathon - and none can do so while providing a view of one of the most beautiful beach areas in the world. The Strand is a 22-mile bike path that runs from Will Rogers State Beach in Pacific Palisades, California to Torrance County Beach. The route passes landmarks like the Santa Monica Pier and Venice Beach's infamous boardwalk. If you've seen people rollerblading on TV or in movies, most likely it was filmed along The Strand. Rental locations and public restrooms pop up almost every ½ mile.
5. Cycling around Southeast Asia
While many think of floating markets in Bangkok and junk boats in Halong Bay upon hearing seeing Asia at a leisurely pace, multiple VirtualTourist members said that cycling through Southeast Asia was both a great adventure, and an enjoyable experience no matter your physical shape or endurance. One exemplary location to explore by bicycle is Angkor Wat in Cambodia. The terrain is particularly flat and the distance between Siem Reap and the temple complex makes sightseeing by bicycle ideal. Cycling is so popular at the complex, in fact, it is now done for charity: every December, Village Focus International hosts the annual Angkor Wat Bike Race and Ride, which raises money for communities in Cambodia and Laos.
Another great spot to travel via cycling is Vietnam, as its Route 1 is a straight shot from the capital city of Hanoi to the largest city in the southern region, Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon). This route also allows you to see smaller, seaside towns you might otherwise miss, such as Vinh, Hue, and Hoi An. While the route can be cycled alone, a number of groups, like Indochina Trekking Company and Intrepid Travel, provide guided tours from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City.
6. Golfing at Kauri Cliffs in Northland, New Zealand
For many of us non-golfers, the question where is the most scenic course in the world? elicits a simple response: Pebble Beach! However, among avid golfers and VirtualTourist.com members in the Oceanic area, there is an overwhelming consensus for Kauri Cliffs, the lush course situated on the eastern side of New Zealand's North Island. The course is positioned as close to the water as topographically possible, meaning players are forced to play across gorges and other natural features. Travelers (and golf addicts) should note that New Zealand's other Top 20 course (and Kauri Cliffs' sister property), Cape Kidnappers at Hawke's Bay, can easily be accessed by helicopter, so both courses can be enjoyed in one trip.
7. Skiing in Niseko, Japan
While not as famous as St. Moritz or Whistler, the town of Niseko, Japan is becoming an increasingly popular skiing destination. Located on Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido, the town and its mountain, Mount Annupuri, are in a perfect location to receive high pressure systems from Russia's Siberian region. These systems create an amazing powder, making the ski season in Niseko a good six months long. While some Australian snowboarders and expats living in Singapore and Hong Kong have discovered the area, it still remains a small village and authentically Japanese. The trails overlook the dormant volcano of Mount Yotei, and hot springs can be enjoyed after a long day on the slopes.
8. Sailing in Greece
Sailing in Greece is not a new workout or concept, but it is still one of the most beautiful options in all of Europe. The Greek islands were built and developed as ports, so not only is arriving via ship the way the islands were meant to be seen, it's often the easiest mode of transportation from island to island. One unique aspect to this workout is you can plan the amount of activity you'd like to experience: you can take a cruise, you can sail the boat yourself, or you can charter a boat with a skipper. In addition to being an amazing experience, it is also an opportunity to personalize your trip, choosing the islands you want to visit and focus on. Many companies in Mykonos and Santorini organize day charters, so you can sail to another part of the island and enjoy water sports (snorkel, scuba, etc) in a new, less crowded area. Lastly, sailing or chartering a boat can be a great way to incorporate multiple countries into your trip, since Turkey and Croatia can easily be reached from Greece by boat.
9. Swimming in Capri
Despite being the sixth island mentioned in this list, it is probably the most famous...and undoubtedly, the most fabulous. For decades, Capri has been associated with a level of luxury and exclusiveness that few travelers can afford, and a beauty that anyone would be lucky to experience even once. The pointed Faraglioni or the switchback path of Via Krupp may be the sights most affiliated with Capri, but no experience resonates like La Grotta Azzurra (the Blue Grotto). Though rowboats are used to take tourists inside during the day, it is also possible to swim inside the grotto, as the location can be accessed by stairway. If you can't swim in the Grotto due to the tides or wave conditions, a close second is swimming in one of the island's secluded bays. Since many bays are only accessible by boat, you'll need to grab a willing skipper in Marina Grande, but VirtualTourist members reassured us that is not a problem.
10. Yoga in India
The power of yoga is rarely disputed: in fact, it's widely accepted that yoga can help alleviate health problems, reduce stress, and prevent athletic injuries. However, it's not something to limit to your work week; in fact, yoga-centered retreats are one of the fastest growing vacation markets. Rather than doing asanas (mastery of sitting still) in Costa Rica or Bali, perhaps venture to the place where the practice originated: India. Only a short trip from Mumbai, the BKS Iyengar Institute in Pune is one of the world's most venerable ashrams (Hindu and/or yoga hermitages). If you don't have the eight years of experience required to practice there, you can also take BKS Iyengar-certified classes at Iyengar Yogashraya in the Lower Parel area of Mumbai. If your interests are more in hatha yoga and ayurvedic programs, the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Dhanwantari Ashram, located on 12 tropical acres in Kerala, specializes in both.
(Editing by Paul Casciato)
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E3 2013 Trailer Shows Off The President... All Of Him
It has begun! The first E3 trailers are rolling in, and the bar is already set high. Deep Silver and Volition have delivered the latest for Saints Row IV.
In the latest trailer, we see more of the President than we probably need to as he awakens in the Zin simulation. As he fights his way out, we get a chance to see the rest of the cast in action (including two Shaundis). Of course, one of the biggest attractions, superpowers, are on hand as the Commander in Chief flies through the air with nothing to encumber him. Nothing.
You can check out the new trailer below. Saints Row IV arrives for PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3 on August 20, 2013.


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Bernard ("Bernie") Polak, a member of the American Society of Perfumers and retired president of Polak's Frutal Works, an international flavors and fragrances business, died November 7 in Englewood, Colorado. He was 95.
Polak founded the Kiwanis Club chapter in Amsterdam, Holland and Aspen, Colorado and was a recent member of the Kiwanis of Southeast Denver.
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The new design is the 3.0 because it hold 3oz of fluid where the original held a little over 1oz. Solid and thick Billet construction Easy install with full directions and videos
NEW multi stage filter system designed to collect the finest of vapors and drop them into the easily removable bottom while allowing clean air to pass through to the intake. We put it up against the competition and have the videos to prove it.
This kit is specific for the 2007-2014 Mustang GT500 passenger side.
Includes factory PCV hose for easy plug and play installation.
Most of the oil will come from the passenger side, so if only getting one, this is the one to get!
How does it work?During the process of venting crankcase pressure back through your intake track, large amounts of oil, in the form of vapors, intake tube, intake manifold runners and even dilute your gas, lowering its octane level. This happens on all engines and is even worse with forced inducted vehicles (supercharged and turbocharged) as crankcase pressures are increased. To combat this, we have developed an oil separator of our own design. Milled from solid billet aluminum this is a rock solid piece. It has a knurled tank base for easy removal to drain the spent oil and an O-ring seal to prevent any leaks.
Filtering consists of a fine mesh stainless steel screen that traps fine oil vapors and releases them once heavy enough to fall. They then pass through a 1/2" thick 1/16th" aluminum honeycomb filter where they grow every larger and then fall into the bottom. By the time the oil gets through the filter it's too heavy to be passed on into the intake. The tank holds 3 oz of fluid, while that may not sound like a lot, you shouldn't see that much oil in your PCV system. Drain it every 5000-7000 miles and you will never come close to filling it.
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Aliens rule this world and they've been in charge all along. They govern us from the top of the all seeing eye of the pyramid down to the clerks at the county court house who dictate to us every nuance of how to live our lives. We are not free nor have we ever been. We're taxed up to our eyeballs. This money fuels this evil, Illuminati, corrupt, corporate, governmental, political, religious system.
Religions, politics and corporations are all instruments of the Anunnaki aliens who use these systems to subdivide and separate us. Divided we are conquered, controlled, slaves.
Anyone who believes in hierarchy and acts from it, feels superior or better, looks down their noses at another person, participates in prejudice, racism or judgment, is participating in their mass mind-control psychological manipulation that creates the matrix that binds us in eternal slavery. This is hell, hell on Earth, a system created to keep us separate from one another, distanced from love which is our natural state. We are loving oneness. Yet this system disconnects us from one another, separates us and keeps us from truth and authentic, unconditional love. We hardly know love for we don't know who we are because we are so mind controlled and manipulated by the system, the Anunnaki alien system.
We are chem-trailed and GMO'd. There are chemicals in our land, water, air which slowly kill us starting in the womb before we're even born. We're mind controlled by our media, all media written and transmitted through waves blasted through the air which run through us continually short-circuiting our system and contributing to disease. Illness, death, disease and corruption runs rampant within ourselves and throughout the entire system. What a system. Where is God in all this anyway? Is there even such a thing as God?
God is an idea, a concept hijacked by the evil, Illuminati, Extraterrestrial, Alien Anunnaki who started this all, are still here, still rule our world.
So what can we do? We, the puppet people, the sheeple who are manipulated daily from top to bottom, are in deep kim chee. They employ us so we participate fully, afraid to lose our jobs, homes, family, freedom, our lives, our simple little lives that mean so much to us and so little to them. Where is the love? Do they feel love?
Somehow we're all connected. This is a system which we're in and participate in. No victims really. How's that you say?
They are us and we are they. Realize on the highest of high levels, there are no victims. We generated this passion play, this reality game from the fabric of time and space itself, symbolized in the movie called The Matrix. Yes, this is a game and we are the game master, the maker and every character in this movie including the director. We created divine play which is called lila. And if we wake up, figure it out (for that's really what the game is all about, being in the maze, the matrix, the labyrinth of life and figuring out. First, you discover, that you're in the illusion, you're trapped in here by your own doing and that if you're smart enough you can figure it out then find a way out. The clock is ticking. You realize you created time, a concept to add to the drama. It's 11:59, almost midnight. Time's running out. You have 60 seconds. If you don't do it while you're alive, you're dead and you come back as a baby, totally unconscious and helpless and have to figure it all out again. You do it again. And again. And again. This is Hell. There's nowhere to go when you're already in it.
And next time around the programming's even heavier because it's Groundhog Day, another round and the Illuminati have tightened the screws. You're screwed, we're screwed because technology's advanced in their favor yet another degree and this time we're micro-chipped from birth. These implants control our minds, our every thought, idea, movement. We're robotitized. We think we're human, but we're androids, super soldiers in the war, the battle and we think this is life. We believe so this it is. We're here to find love in all this. Each generation's further down the hole.
What can we do? How do we get out of this mess?
We are GodSource manifest in human form. We are consciousness embodied in physical beings. We've done this before. We exist here, there, everywhere including the highest of high levels of consciousness. There's a part of us out there, enlightened, attached to the Creator and all there is, was and ever will be. WE KNOW on some level. We created this in the first place. WE ARE THE CREATOR!!!
The big Catch-22 of this system (which is a system within systems), is when we resolve all these issues and wake up, when we are finally outside of the game, then what do we do? Obviously we created this all in the first place to facilitate creation, creativity and maximize diversity. Problem solving, drama and conflict create resolutions, outcomes and things. But it's painful, hurtful, feels horrible, so why do it? Why, why, why? Well perhaps we were bored.
Since all is an illusion, there's really no birth, life, death, time, time loop matrix. It's just a computer game, a virtual reality. If this one ends we'll probably just create another game to act out this which we call life. Otherwise, what is there?
Earth is an experiment in consciousness, the lowest dimension, third dimensional physicality. This is the densest vibratory frequency there is. Get it? We're dense! We don't feel each other because we're in skin-encapsulated self senses, desensitized in the first place so we can believe there's self and not self. Otherwise, how could we possibly do these heinous things to ourselves?
Yes, there are those who actually kill them SELVES through suicide. But most can't bring themselves to do that. And murdering another, well that's done all the time. Sometimes we humans justify murder and call it war. We call it self defense. Somehow we hope to feel better about the act. But killing's killing and while many can and have killed, there are those too civilized to contemplate it themselves.
But even then most kill something. When it comes down to it and a mosquito's bite. We swat it and kill. And yes, there are some, like perhaps the Dali Lama who restrain from killing even when being bit. But most are not that conscious and kill on some level. It's human nature, after all. And that's also a lame excuse.
Consciousness is. As long as we exist, and we will exist for we are here now existing. You are here reading this. We ARE. We BE. We are human BE-ings.
So for as long as we are we are consciousness who have agreed to go unconscious to participate in this game, the Earth virtual reality game so we can experience this thing we call life and have experiences. And if we're lucky within the game we'll find love, experience love, enjoy it and have fun now and again, get some laughs along the way. Love is truly the way out of this. Love is our greatest weapon against war. If you love someone, truly love them, you'll never harm them.
Answer is, love everyone.
I'll finish this rant with a short story.
I had a lucid dream, the kind where you're aware you're dreaming in the late 1980s' I think it was 1989 and I had just moved to State College, PA with my second husband.
There was a great flood and earthquakes descending on the world. I came into the dream witnessing it all from above. As I zoomed into my body I first saw that I was carrying two cats in cat carriers. I was running uphill as fast as I could, a backpack on my back and carrying two cats. So I was probably toting at least 40 or 50 pounds and running uphill. That in itself is a feat I don't believe I could do as I have lung disease. So I knew it was a virtual reality right off and if it was true, then I must've had so much adrenalin pumping, I was superwoman herself.
At that point began a communication from "God". There I was running, in full communication with someone with greater awareness than I, who was instructing me to get to high ground, the top of the mountain and there I would be beamed up on board the ship and taken to safety. God has a ship. Good, I always knew that on some level and had no doubt. God would take me elsewhere in his space ship. Cool.
I stopped, right there mid stride, in my tracks and said, "But wait! What about the others?"
God replied, "Don't worry. Everyone you love will be transported to safety along with you."
I still didn't move but pondered the situation. Somehow I knew this was the future for in that now I lay sleeping in my bed in Pennsylvania in 1989 . This was the future conveyed to me, not by words, but by impressions, concepts, ideas, no words, thoughts which are more accurate and valid than actually words. Words, language, written and oral, are sub-parsing from whole concepts and thus contain programming in every vowel and syllable, are corrupt in that fashion much like a computer with a virus.
I knew I was in a dream, a game within this game of life. Like putting a VHS tape on hold while you get a drink or take a bathroom break, this movie still ran while I contemplated the implications. I thought and it was on pause and while the movie's still there, on pause, there's certainly a lot of static going on and things are as clear as mud.
So here I was, observer, witness, being given a glimpse of the wizard behind the curtain. And I froze time. I paused, contemplated, breathed, realized with that realization, KNEW that I was in control. Viola! I had the upper hand and could break this game down to the core of its very existence.
I responded telepathically to "God."
"Then by the time this day comes, I will love everyone in this planet unconditionally. If I love all unconditionally, totally, you'll have to take all of us, every man, woman, child. You must take every animal, plant, bug, every creature, feature, mountain, valley, ocean, sky, this whole world, the earth. By the time this day comes I will love it all and you just said, you PROMISED that all I love will be saved. So you must, by your own agreement, stop this destruction, as you can because you are God and save us all, from not only this day, but for all time, for eternity, and never, ever threaten to destroy us ever again."
"'Agreed" said God.
And so it is.
Love all completely, totally, unconditionally and all make it. For all who have been created, all souls are like pieces in a giant puzzle. Each play their part, are equally important, essential. Each fit one into another, a puzzle complete only if all pieces are found, put together, united, connected. And if one piece of the puzzle is missing, that hole draws the eye to it and you can't really see anything else but the hole. That is existence, the Universe. We are one giant puzzle and the whole is only complete with all of us in it. We truly are ONE.


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Bring Your Instagram Photos to Life With These Amazing Sites
Even if you don't realize it, you are already familiar with the latest hotness in social sharing apps. Instagram is the photo sharing app that allows users to take, filter, post, share, like and follow photos and photo collections. It makes even the worst photographer seem like a shutterbug. But what else can it do?
Sharing photos is not news. The moment we could take pics with our smart phones and upload them to the internet, we were boring the world with photos of our food, pets and random poorly-dressed people around us. What Instagram has done is taken this need to post visual samples of our daily lives and made it social, because, even if we never knew it, we always want everything to be social. Now we can follow the photo streams of people we're interested in and tell everyone how we feel about their pics.
The other addicting aspect of Instagram is that it's more than just a photo sharing app. When you share a photo through Instagram, you can make it infinitely more artistic than just sharing a photo directly from your camera roll. You can choose to have certain areas out of focus. You can add filters. You can colorize your pics in different ways. That's all great. But we want to create truly unique photos. And, now that we think we're photography geniuses, we want to make cool stuff out of our fabulous pics. That's why there are so many other things you can do with Instagram to be more artistic than your 7th Grade art teacher ever thought you could be. At this point, you're not even limited by your own creativity, because other people have already done the creative part for you. Here are 15 websites that can make you an instant Instagram artist.
How many times have you thought to yourself, "Wow. These pics on my phone are pretty great, I wish they would come to me in the mail in the form of good, old fashioned photo prints?" None? Well start thinking it, because if you're an Instagramming fool, PostalPix is your new BFF. Through the PostalPix app, which you can download for iPhone or Android, you can have your pics printed in a variety of finishes and sent right to you. You can even get square prints for an even more retro feel. And for only $9.49, score a frame for your Insta-masterpiece.
Why shouldn't your beautiful Instagram creations be in a calendar or a coffee table book? There's really no reason, now that there's Keepsy.com. All you have to do is choose which Instagram photos you want to use and then by some sort of magic, a book or a calendar will show up in the mail and you can tell everyone you're a published photographer. With big, hardback books as low as $29.95, you can't go wrong.
If you are especially proud of one of your Instagram creations, BumbleJax will make wall art out of it. They will enlarge the photo, print it and then mount it on bamboo, plexiglass, aluminum or gatorfoam. Suddenly that quaintly filtered, fisheye-style pic of your cat sleeping on your roommate's head becomes the focal point of your living room. With prices ranging from $39-$289, you're bound to find something to display photos in with pride without breaking your budget.
This is yet another way to take your Instagram photos from a mobile app to real life. Don't leave them trapped in your little phone. Set them free by having ArtFlakes print them on stickers ($20.86 for 10) that you can stick all over town. Or, have prints made on canvas, posters and greeting cards. Save your phone finger and get pics you can look at while you hold them in your hands. Then share your pics with the world as your own, unique stickers. (Try Instagoodies if you want small stickers to share.)
If stickers seem too permanent for you (let's face it, that's a lot of commitment), perhaps magnets are the way to go. With StickyGram, you can make all your fancy Instagram creations into magnets ($14.99 for a pack of 9) and then stick them to your refrigerator or stove or file cabinet or car or anything that will hang onto a digital pic with a polarized backing. Your appliances won't know what hit them.
Still like to communicate with people using the pre-historic system of snail mail? Start using Postagram. It's the refreshingly retro way to share your Instagram photos. You can have them printed on postcards and sent to friends, family and penpals, all without leaving your phone. You don't even have to touch the postcard. Little gnomes (or something) will send your grandpa mail with your pics on it for you for a dollar.
The only part of the nostalgic Polaroid picture experience Instagram can't create is the physical act of holding (and shaking) that Polaroid in your hand. (Sometimes that was the best part.) But Instaprint can create it. You can print out event-specific pics by renting an Instaprint machine and having guests tag their pics. Tell the machine what tag to look for and then every time someone posts a pic with that tag, out comes a print. Ok, it's $7,500 to rent the machine and two crew members for a day (not including travel and lodging outside NYC), but if you've got the dough, it seems like fun.
Not only can you stick and send your Instagram pics, you can also wear and drink out of them. Instamaker makes it possible to print your filtered photos on t-shirts, coffee mugs, postcards or necklaces. It's really simple: You just log in with your Instagram account. Choose a medium, pick a pic, frame it just right and voila! You never have to wear another Affliction tee. And forget ever drinking out of that dirty old "I would mug you for some coffee" coffee mug again.
With Stitchtagram, you can make your Instagram photos into a soft, fluffy reality. Through the site, you can get a custom-made pillow with the photos of your choice printed on it. You can choose from your photo collection, or your friends' collections after they give Stitchtagram permission to access their Instagram account. As they say on the site, "These are going to last longer than your iPhone, and are much more comfortable to take a nap on." (Get cozy now with a pillow for only $64 as part of Stitchtagram's spring sale.
With Hatchcraft, you can turn your Instagram photos into sustainable art. All you do is upload an image and they'll put in a custom bamboo shadow box frame in one of three colors, Lion, Tiger and Bear. (Prices start at $19.) And, even though you probably yellowed your photo in Instagram, the Hatchcraft mounting process is guaranteed not to cause yellowing or color degradation. They'll also send you blank bamboo shadow boxes or even bamboo iPhone cases.
Another great way to make your artistic Instagram creations into physical art is to order ceramic tiles created by ImageSnap. Just like the other apps, you can log in with your Instagram account and then choose a photo you want printed on a ceramic tile. You can choose from a variety of tile sizes, right down to the two inch square Teeny-Tile, and get them in either glossy or matte finish. Imagine creating a mosaic plate of the kids' pictures for grandma, or a mosaic stone path for your garden with pictures of your flowers.
Of course, Instagram is a mobile app you use while out in the world taking pics. But what if you want to display these pics for your friends, without having them printed on a coffee mug? Instagrid is a web gallery for your Instagram photos. You can invite people who don't use Instragram to subscribe to your gallery, as well as subscribe to the galleries of people whose photos you like. You can also create a hashtag gallery if there's a particular photo meme you'd like to follow. All you have to do is log in with your Instagram username.
The dog and cat lovers of the world have found their new escape. InstaPuppy! and InstaKitty! (along with Inustagram and Nekostagram) are sites that display only Instagram photos of dogs and cats. You can view them one at a time, or just relax while you watch a slideshow. You can share your favorites on your preferred social media site and pass along your "like" to the photographer. We had to put this one last because we always get stuck looking at these pics for the rest of the day.


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Today in Norway Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan and Kailash Satyarthi of India won the Nobel Peace Prize.
Nobel Winners Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi |
Malala Yousafzai won her prize for demanding from the Taliban that girls have a right to an education. A Taliban
Kailash Satyarthi won his prize for his work in eliminating child slavery in India and world-wide.
Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan and Kailash Satyarthi of India won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for risking their lives to fight for children's rights. The decision made Malala, a 17-year-old student and education activist, the youngest-ever Nobel winner.Every once in a while the Nobel Committee gets it right and gives the Peace Prize to a deserving candidate. This time it is 2 deserving candidates. Not a person for the color of his skin. (Barack Obama) Or one for a movie about a slideshow. (Al Gore) But a man who saw a wrong and has worked to correct it and a young girl who just wants to be educated.
The news set off celebrations on the streets of Mingora, the main town in Pakistan's volatile Swat valley, with residents greeting each other and distributing sweets. At the town's Khushal Public School, which is owned by Malala's father, students danced in celebration Friday, jumping up and down.
When she was a student there, Malala was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman two years ago for insisting that girls as well as boys have the right to an education. Surviving several operations with the help of British medical care, she continued both her activism and her studies.
Appropriately, Malala was at school in the central English city of Birmingham at the time of the Nobel announcement and was expected to make a statement later Friday.
Satyarthi, 60, has been at the forefront of a global movement to end child slavery and exploitative child labor since 1980, when he gave up his career as an electrical engineer. The grassroots activist has led the rescue of tens of thousands of child slaves and developed a successful model for their education and rehabilitation. He has also survived several attempts on his life.
"Child slavery is a crime against humanity. Humanity itself is at stake here. A lot of work still remains but I will see the end of child labor in my lifetime," Satyarthi told The Associated Press at his office in New Delhi. "If any child is a child slave in any part of the world, it is a blot on humanity. It is a disgrace."Malala's father, Ziauddin Yousufzai, said the decision will further the rights of girls.
"(The Nobel will) boost the courage of Malala and enhance her capability to work for the cause of girls' education," he told the AP.
Pakistani Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan congratulated the nation as well as Malala and her family.
"(This) has given pride to the whole of Pakistan," he said.
The Nobel committee's announcement reflected a delicate diplomatic balance, naming one activist from Pakistan and another from India, two countries that are long-time bitter rivals; one Muslim and one Hindu; both sexes; an elder statesman of child's rights and a youthful advocate who had herself been a victim.
Committee chairman Thorbjoern Jagland said it was important to reward both an Indian Hindu and a Pakistani Muslim for joining "in a common struggle for education and against extremism." The two will split the Nobel award of $1.1 million.
By highlighting children's rights, the committee widened the scope of the peace prize, which in its early days was given for efforts to end or prevent armed conflicts.
"It is a prerequisite for peaceful global development that the rights of children and young people be respected," the committee said. "In conflict-ridden areas in particular, the violation of children leads to the continuation of violence from generation to generation."Many around the world praised the Nobel committee for focusing on children.
"The biggest threat to the Taliban is a girl with a book," said Margot Wallstrom, Sweden's foreign minister and former special representative of the U.N. Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict.
Raised in Pakistan's ruggedly beautiful, politically volatile Swat Valley, Malala was barely 11 years old when she began championing girls' education, speaking out in TV interviews. The Taliban had overrun her hometown of Mingora, terrorizing residents, threatening to blow up girls' schools, ordering teachers and students into the all-encompassing burqas.
She was critically injured on Oct. 9, 2012, when a Taliban gunman boarded her school bus and shot her in the head. She survived through luck -- the bullet did not enter her brain -- and by the quick intervention of British doctors visiting Pakistan.
Flown to Britain for specialist treatment at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, she underwent numerous surgeries but made a strong recovery. Malala now lives with her father, mother and two brothers in Birmingham and goes to the private Edgbaston High School for girls.
She has been showered with human rights prizes, including the European Parliament's Sakharov Award.
Yet her memoir, "I Am Malala," published last year, reminded the world that beneath the now-iconic exterior she is still a teenager who likes TV shows such as "Ugly Betty" and the cooking show "MasterChef," who worries about her clothes and her hair and wishes she was taller.
The Nobel committee said Satyarthi was carrying on the tradition of another great Indian, Mahatma Gandhi, who remains the most notable omission in the 113-year history of the Nobel Peace Prize.
"Showing great personal courage, Kailash Satyarthi, maintaining Gandhi's tradition, has headed various forms of protests and demonstrations, all peaceful, focusing on the grave exploitation of children for financial gain," the committee said.
India's President Pranab Mukherjee said "the prize should be seen as recognition of the contributions of India's vibrant civil society in addressing complex social problems such as child labor."
A.N.S. Ahmed, a well-known sociologist in India, said the award should prod the Indian government to do more in a country where a large number of children must support their families by engaging in dangerous jobs.
"The award will have a deep impact not just on the Indian government but also on the civil society to work with passion and improve the condition of children by enforcing their rights and shake-up India's government," he said. The founder of the Nobel Prizes, Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, said the prize should go to "the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses."
The committee has interpreted those instructions differently over time, widening the concept of peace work to include efforts to improve human rights, fight poverty and clean up the environment.
Former Indian diplomat Lalit Mansingh praised the Nobel committee's decision.
"(They are) conscious of helping in conflict resolution. The award, especially at a time when India-Pakistan relations are under stress, is a nice gesture," he said.The Nobel Prizes in medicine, chemistry, physics and literature were announced earlier this week. The economics award will be announced on Monday.
All awards will be handed out on Dec. 10, the anniversary of Nobel's death in 1896.
"The biggest threat to the Taliban is a girl with a book," -- Margot Wallstrom


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George Nelson
George Nelson (1908-1986) was, together with Charles & Ray Eames, one of the founding fathers of American modernism. We like to think of George Nelson as "The Creator of Beautiful and Practical Things".
George Nelson was part of a generation of architects that found too few projects and turned successfully toward product, graphic and interior design. In 1945 De Pree asked him to become Herman Miller's design director, an appointment that became the start of a long series of successful collaborations with Ray and Charles Eames, Harry Bertoia, Richard Schultz, Donald Knorr and Isamu Noguchi.
George Nelson's catalogue design and exhibition designs for Herman Miller close a long list of involvements designed to make design to the most important driving force in the company. From his start in the mid-forties to the mid-eighties his office worked for and with the best of his times. At one point Ettore Sottsass worked at his office. He was without any doubt the most articulate and one of the most eloquent voices on design and architecture in the U.S.A. of the 20th century. He was a teacher and he did write extensively, organized conferences like the legendary Aspen gatherings and published several books. Among the best known designs are his marshmallow sofa, the coconut chair, the Catenary group, his clocks and many other products that became milestones in the history of a profession that he helped to shape.


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Since arriving at Newcastle in a ridiculously cheap £9.5m deal, Papiss Cisse has grabbed ten goals and one assist in ten games, propelling Newcastle inexorably towards 4th place in the Premier League.
Anfield legend Alan Hansen is a big fan of Cisse, and speaking to the BBC earlier this week, he enthused:
"The arrival of Papiss Cisse from SC Freiburg in January...has given Newcastle a real lift. He is a really tasty player - he scores goals, has got great movement and the fact he is consistently putting the ball in the back of the net will give huge confidence to the rest of the team".
How did Liverpool miss out on this guy? What is going on with the scouting network?
Everton's Nikica Jelavic is another striker who was heavily linked with Liverpool in the January transfer window, but the club lost out again. Between them, Cisse and Jelavic have grabbed 15 goals and 3 assists since coming to the Premier League.
Thank god Liverpool didn't sign a striker in January, eh?
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Card College is a modern classic. It is without a doubt the most important work on sleight of hand with cards. This is the first volume in a series of five. The speciality of this electronic book are its 89 video clips, which show how Giobbi executes each and every technique described.
This ebook has also been nominated as a finalist in the prestigious EPPIE 2004 ebook award in the category non-fiction/how-to. This is the first magic book to be nominated for a non-magic book price.
Please note that there are significant differences between the latest printed edition of "Card College 1" and this ebook, beside the video clips this ebook has a somewhat different selection of chapters than the print version.
Beside the chapter differences between the paper edition and this ebook, Giobbi added about 20 new pages to "Card College 1" since the latest printing. There have been numerous additions particularly to the 'Final Notes' and 'Check Points' sections. Chapter 1 has a new section on the card case.You might think that opening a card case is a trivial matter. Not so, says Roberto, who disects this process into its smallest part and gives you plenty of good reasons why you should know all these details. A new routine 'Further than that...' was added to Chapter 5 'Force Techniques Part 1'. And finally the 'Bibliographic Notes' have been updated and extended.
So even if you have already "Card College 1" the book, there are plenty of reasons why you want to have this ebook. The inclusion of several dozens of video clips extends and completes the description of moves and techniques and allows the student a deeper and quicker learning. Altogether 89 video clips are present. These show Giobbi's hands without any comments, since one can find all comments already in the text. It would anyway be futile to try to capture all written information as a monologue in video. Video clips have to be understood as an addition and not as standalone. Each form of expression is used in its most efficient way. With the written word one can provide a lot of searchable details and present them in a clear and precise manner. Illustrations capture important moments and positions. And video clips convey the timing and motion of a technique. Video clips also allow one to acquire a basic understanding and overview in a few seconds.
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It's been sixteen years in the making but things are finally getting better for Charles Butler & Trinity. Over the years, the twelve-member contemporary gospel chorale has backed dozens of gospel's biggest artists ranging from Kirk Franklin to Karen Clark Sheard. Now, the Washington, D.C. based ensemble is releasing its debut digital CD, "Better" via Earnest Pugh's EPM Music Group label on February 26, 2013.
"It feels great to hit the main stage after so many years," says the group's founder and leader Butler. "My group has done background for just about everyone in the Gospel Music industry and I feel like I waited my turn. I'm grateful that Earnest Pugh gave us a platform to share our ministry with the masses."
The first radio single is "Better," an up-tempo, retro pop-soul groove. "The inspiration behind `Better' came from me trying to find another song to put on the project and I came across a song entitled, `Better.' The song ministered to me at a time when I really didn't feel like things would get better. After having the song on repeat for days, I truly wanted people to feel what I felt when I first heard the song."
Music has been in Butler's soul since his youth. "I first realized I was musically inclined when I picked up a keyboard around the age of 12 and played the Clark Sisters' song `Hallelujah.' Most people don't know that I can play piano and that I started playing at a church at the age of 13. I listened to The Clark Sisters, John P. Kee, the Mississippi Mass Choir, and the Winans to name a few. Those were my influences."
Butler formed Trinity in 1997 and they've been on a roll ever since. They've appeared on scores of concerts and appearances backing other artists. However, they got their first taste of national acclaim when they backed gospel star Earnest Pugh on his classic 2009 recording of "Rain on Us." The song shot to #1 on Billboard's Hot Gospel Songs chart and has been a radio staple ever since. In 2011, Trinity's song "You Can Live" was included on the EMI Gospel CD, "Jawn Murray Presents: Untapped," which featured talented independent gospel artists. Then, Pugh, whom had taken them on a concert tour of Italy with him, decided to sign them to EPM and the rest is history.
"I want people to be encouraged by my music," Butler says. "We will all one day have a valley experience. Psalms 23:4 reads, `Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil.' You will walk through your valley; not crawl through it, so keep living and know that things will get better." For more information on EPM Music Group artists, log on at www.epmmusicgroup.com.
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Urban Contemporary Gospel Group Charles Butler & Trinity Set to Release Debut Digital CD, "BETTER" was originally published on praiserichmond.com


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According to The Washington Post and WSJ, the economy has been slowing down around the world, and the US will follow suit before 2019 ends. Yet if you wait for an economy bubble before starting your new business, you will be making a comparable mistake to the people who thought during the dot-com bubble "all I have to do is a startup, and I'll be rich." In reality, what matters more is who you are, not when you do it.
Like Paul Graham, founder of Y-Combinator, said a long time ago, I see startups succeed or fail every day based primarily on the qualities of the founders. The economy has some effect, but as a predictor of success it's a rounding error compared to the founders. If you're worried about threats to the survival of your company, don't look for them in the news. Look in the mirror.
Here are some pragmatic reasons from Paul and others to highlight why you might not want to wait for the next business bubble before taking the leap:
- Alternatives are not as tempting. If your alternative is no job security, and low pay, why not work for yourself and build your startup? You'll be investing your time and energy into something with more potential upside in the future. If you're talented and have always toyed with the idea of a startup, financially it makes sense to do it now.
- More available talent. It's hard to hire good people because they already have a job. But in a lesser economy that's not true — companies have exploded and laid-off everyone, even the stars. Check your business network for a great co-founder or a great designer.
- Low-cost infrastructure. Notice the empty offices that are wasting away as you drive down the street? Make them an offer. Need less expensive advertising? Ad revenue is still down as companies right-size marketing budgets. Negotiate, or use social networks, which are virtually free.
- Competitors are vulnerable. They have higher overhead, long-standing bills, yearly advertising contracts, and high office leases signed years ago. Their prices are high and hard to lower. They're eating cash. You have none of these pains; you're sipping cash with no overhead and lots of time to devote to coddling new customers.
- Technology progresses. So for any given idea, the payoff for acting fast in a struggling economy will be higher than for waiting. Technology trains leave the station at regular intervals. If everyone else is cowering in a corner, you may have a whole car to yourself.
- Markets don't "reduce headcount." As a startup, you have more control over your customer base. You're probably not going to lose your customers all at once, even though they may drop off individually if they can no longer afford you.
- Some business opportunities go up when the economy is down. While inventory liquidation is not an especially pleasant business, it's an example of one that generally does well during economic downturns. An aging population whose health is declining is going to purchase healthcare products and services—struggling economy or not.
- Investors are still looking for good startups. Everyone knows you're supposed to buy when times are bad and sell when times are good. A few investors actually think that way, so be there. You're an investor too. As a founder, you're buying stock with work.
The way to start in a sluggish economy is to do exactly what you should do anyway: manage cash as tightly as possible. If you don't quit, the most likely cause of death in a startup is running out of money. So the cheaper your company is to operate, the harder it is to kill. And fortunately, it has gotten very cheap to run a startup.
The most popular day for starting a new company is the same as starting a new diet: Tomorrow. So take the leap today, not tomorrow. If you don't get started now, the odds are you'll never start. If you are an entrepreneur at heart, don't be doomed to a life of trudging through jobs, depending on someone else for salary and bonuses and health care and retirement, a life's work without ownership or upside.
Besides, bubbles are hard to recognize until they burst. We may well be in one right now, but we won't know until it's too late. So either way, now is the right time to pursue your entrepreneurial passion.


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Cloudera Navigator Encrypt Overview
Cloudera Navigator Encrypt transparently encrypts and secures data at rest without requiring changes to your applications and ensures minimal performance lag in the encryption or decryption process. Advanced key management with Cloudera Navigator Key Trustee Server and process-based access controls in Navigator Encrypt enable organizations to meet compliance regulations and prevent unauthorized parties or malicious actors from gaining access to encrypted data.
For instructions on installing Navigator Encrypt, see Installing Cloudera Navigator Encrypt. For instructions on configuring Navigator Encrypt, see Registering Cloudera Navigator Encrypt with Key Trustee Server.
- Automatic key management: Encryption keys are stored in Key Trustee Server to separate the keys from the encrypted data. If the encrypted data is compromised, it is useless without the encryption key.
- Transparent encryption and decryption: Protected data is encrypted and decrypted seamlessly, with minimal performance impact and no modification to the software accessing the data.
- Process-based access controls: Processes are authorized individually to access encrypted data. If the process is modified in any way, access is denied, preventing malicious users from using customized application binaries to bypass the access control.
- Performance: Navigator Encrypt supports the Intel AES-NI cryptographic accelerator for enhanced performance in the encryption and decryption process.
- Compliance: Navigator Encrypt enables you to comply with requirements for HIPAA-HITECH, PCI-DSS, FISMA, EU Data Protection Directive, and other data security regulations.
- Multi-distribution support: Navigator Encrypt supports Debian, Ubuntu, RHEL, CentOS, and SLES.
- Simple installation: Navigator Encrypt is distributed as RPM and DEB packages, as well as SLES KMPs.
- Multiple mountpoints: You can separate data into different mountpoints, each with its own encryption key.
- Databases
- Temporary files (YARN containers, spill files, and so on)
- Log files
- Data directories
- Configuration files
- Master Key: The master key can be a single passphrase, dual passphrase, or RSA key file. The master key is stored in Key Trustee Server and cached locally. This key is used when registering with a Key Trustee Server and when performing administrative functions on Navigator Encrypt clients.
- Mount Encryption Key (MEK): This key is generated by Navigator Encrypt using openssl rand by default, but it can alternatively use /dev/urandom. This key is generated when preparing a new mount point. Each mount point has its own MEK. This key is uploaded to Key Trustee Server.
- dmcrypt Device Encryption Key (DEK): This key is not managed by Navigator Encrypt or Key Trustee Server. It is managed locally by dmcrypt and stored in the header of the device.
Process-Based Access Control List
The access control list (ACL) controls access to specified data. The ACL uses a process fingerprint, which is the SHA256 hash of the process binary, for authentication. You can create rules to allow a process to access specific files or directories. The ACL file is encrypted with the client master key and stored locally for quick access and updates.
"ALLOW @mydata * /usr/bin/myapp"This rule allows the /usr/bin/myapp process to access any encrypted path (*) that was encrypted under the category @mydata.
Navigator Encrypt uses a kernel module that intercepts any input/output (I/O) sent to an encrypted and managed path. The Linux module filename is navencryptfs.ko and it resides in the kernel stack, injecting filesystem hooks. It also authenticates and authorizes processes and caches authentication results for increased performance.
Because the kernel module intercepts and does not modify I/O, it supports any filesystem (ext3, ext4, xfs, and so on).
The following diagram shows /usr/bin/myapp sending an open() call that is intercepted by navencrypt-kernel-module as an open hook:
The kernel module calculates the process fingerprint. If the authentication cache already has the fingerprint, the process is allowed to access the data. If the fingerprint is not in the cache, the fingerprint is checked against the ACL. If the ACL grants access, the fingerprint is added to the authentication cache, and the process is permitted to access the data.
When you add an ACL rule, you are prompted for the master key. If the rule is accepted, the ACL rules file is updated as well as the navencrypt-kernel-module ACL cache.
The next diagram illustrates different aspects of Navigator Encrypt:
The user adds a rule to allow /usr/bin/myapp to access the encrypted data in the category @mylogs, and adds another rule to allow /usr/bin/myapp to access encrypted data in the category @mydata. These two rules are loaded into the navencrypt-kernel-module cache after restarting the kernel module.
The /mydata directory is encrypted under the @mydata category and /mylogs is encrypted under the @mylogs category using dmcrypt (block device encryption).
When myapp tries to issue I/O to an encrypted directory, the kernel module calculates the fingerprint of the process (/usr/bin/myapp) and compares it with the list of authorized fingerprints in the cache.
Encryption Key Storage and Management
The master key and mount encryption keys are securely deposited in Key Trustee Server. One MEK per mount point is stored locally for offline recovery and rapid access. The locally-stored MEKs are encrypted with the master key.
The connection between Navigator Encrypt and Key Trustee Server is secured with TLS/SSL certificates.
The following diagram demonstrates the communication process between Navigator Encrypt and Key Trustee Server:
The master key is encrypted with a local GPG key. Before being stored in the Key Trustee Server database, it is encrypted again with the Key Trustee Server GPG key. When the master key is needed to perform a Navigator Encrypt operation, Key Trustee Server decrypts the stored key with its server GPG key and sends it back to the client (in this case, Navigator Encrypt), which decrypts the deposit with the local GPG key.
All communication occurs over TLS-encrypted connections.
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I have personally been searching the Bible for years in an effort to identify all the signs that show we are living in the end times and soon return of Jesus Christ. It has not been an easy task to get a hold on them. That's because there are so many of them, both in the Old and New Testaments. I have found that the best way to deal with them is to put them in categories, and in doing that, I have come up with six categories of end time signs. The following are the last three categories.
4) The Signs of World Politics
"You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars… for nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom…" (Matthew 24:6-7)
I taught international politics for 20 years before I entered the ministry full time, so this is an area that is particularly fascinating to me.
The Bible prophesies a very specific end time configuration of world politics. Israel is pictured as being re-established (Ezekiel 37:21-22) and surrounded by hostile Arab neighbors intent on its destruction (Ezekiel 35:1 – 36:7). This, of course has been the situation in the Middle East since the Israeli Declaration of Independence in May of 1948.
Daniel prophesied that the Roman Empire would be revived (Daniel 2:36-41), something many men — like Charlemagne, Napoleon, and Hitler — tried to do through force. But the prophecy had to await God's timing for its fulfillment, and that came after World War II, with the formation of the European Common Market that has since morphed into the superpower called the European Union.
The Bible pictures a great power located in the land of Magog in the "remote parts of the north." This nation will menace Israel in the end times and will ultimately lead an invasion of Israel together with specified allies, all of which are modern day Muslim states (Ezekiel 38:1 – 39:16). Russia with all its Muslim republics and its Muslim allies fits this description precisely.
All the nations of the world are prophesied to come together against Israel in the end times over the issue of the control of Jerusalem (Zech. 12:2-3) — a prophecy being fulfilled today.
The magnitude of warfare in the 20th Century is another fulfillment of end time prophecy related to world politics. The 20th Century was one of unparalleled war. Like birth pangs, the frequency and intensity of war increased exponentially. It is now estimated that more people died in wars during the 20th Century than in all the previous wars throughout all of recorded human history.
5) The Signs of Technology
"Men will faint from fear over the expectation of the things which are coming upon the world; for the powers of the heavens will be shaken." (Luke 21:26)
The development of nuclear weapons seems to be foreshadowed by this prophecy in Luke 21 that speaks of people "fainting from fear" due to the "powers of the heavens being shaken." The incredible carnage of the Seal and Trumpet Judgments portrayed in chapters 6 and 8 in the book of Revelation indicates that the Antichrist will conquer the world through the use of nuclear weapons. We are told that one-third of the earth will be burned and that one-half of humanity will be killed. Further evidence that this is a nuclear holocaust is found in Revelation 16 where we are told that at the end of the Tribulation the survivors will be covered with sores that will not heal (Revelation 16:11).
As I pointed out earlier, there are many end time prophecies that simply cannot be understood apart from modern technological developments. Consider the prophecy in Revelation 11 about the two witnesses who will call the world to repentance during the first half of the Tribulation. When they are killed by the Antichrist, we are told that their bodies will lie in the streets of Jerusalem for three and a half days, and the whole world will look upon them (Revelation 11:9). How could anyone understand such a prophecy before the development of satellite television in the 1960's?
Likewise, how could the Antichrist control all buying and selling worldwide (Revelation 13) without the aid of computer technology? How could the False Prophet create the illusion of giving life to a statue (Revelation 13) without the technology of holograms, virtual reality, and robotics? How could an army of 200 million come out of the Far East (Revelation 9) before the population explosion that was produced by modern medical technology? How could the Gospel be proclaimed to all the world (Matthew 24) before the invention of motion pictures, radio, television, and the Internet? The list goes on and on.
6) The Signs of Israel
"And it shall come about in that day that I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who lift it will be severely injured. And all the nations of the earth will be gathered against it." (Zechariah 12:3)
The signs that relate to Israel are the most important of all because the Jews are God's prophetic time clock. What I mean by this is that the Scriptures will often tie a prophesied future event with something that will happen to the Jews. We are told to watch the Jews, and when the prophesied event concerning them occurs, we can be sure that the other prophesied event will also occur.
An example can be found in Luke 21:24 where Jesus prophesied that the Jews would be dispersed from Jerusalem and be led captive among the nations. But then He added that one day they would return to re-occupy Jerusalem, and when this happens, the end time events will occur that will lead to His return.
There are many prophecies concerning the Jews in the end times, many of which began to be fulfilled in the 20th Century, but there are four key ones. The first is their worldwide regathering in unbelief (Isaiah 11:11-12). In 1900 there were only 40,000 Jews in Palestine. By the end of World War II that number had risen to 800,000. Today, there are more than 5.7 million who have come from all over the world. Very soon there will be as many Jews in Israel as died in the Holocaust. The prophet Jeremiah says twice that when history is completed, the Jewish people will look back and conclude that their worldwide regathering was a greater miracle than their deliverance from Egyptian captivity (Jeremiah 16:14-15 and 23:7-8). We are truly living in momentous times!
The second key prophecy concerning the Jews is a natural consequence of their regathering. It is the re-establishment of their state which occurred on May 14, 1948 (Isaiah 66:7-8).
The third key prophecy is the re-occupation of Jerusalem which occurred on June 7, 1967 during the miraculous Six Day War (Zechariah 8:4-8).
The fourth key prophecy is the one whose fulfillment we are witnessing today — the re-focusing of world politics upon the nation of Israel (Zechariah 12:2-3). All the nations of the world, including the United States, are coming against Israel over the issue of the control of the nation's capital — the city of Jerusalem. The Vatican wants the city put under its control. The United Nations wants it to be internationalized. The European Union is demanding it be divided between the Arabs and the Jews. The Arabs want all of it.
In Part 5, the final installment of this series, I'll list 50 Bible prophecies being fulfilled today that show we are living in the season of the Lord's return.


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The proposal would encourage IBM, or whatever company could own the facility in the future, to continue to take advantage of the campus and its workforce, said the development official, Frank Cioffi of the Greater Burlington Industrial Corporation, whose organization developed the recommendations.
"Regardless of what name is on the door of the IBM Vermont enterprise, we all must act immediately and convincingly to demonstrate out state's commitment, our region's commitment, to the success and well-being of the IBM enterprise in recognition of its present and future value," Cioffi said during a news conference at his organization's Burlington headquarters.
He laid out a series of proposals that included support for IBM, workforce training programs, a reduction in operating costs for the plant, tax cuts and spending $4.5 million out of the Vermont Enterprise Fund, created by the Vermont Legislature and due to take effect on July 1.
He was joined at the news conference by Pat Moulton, the secretary of Vermont's Agency of Commerce and Community Development.
They were responding to published reports that IBM is considering selling the division that includes the Vermont plant. Armonk, New York-based IBM has not publicly discussed the reports nor did it respond to a request for comment.
Cioffi and Moulton said they had no knowledge of any pending sale of the Essex Junction plant, where microelectronic chips are designed and manufactured.
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Il super prolifico(6 album dal 2006 ad oggi) rapper/produttore Dj Khaled sta per pubblicare "Kiss The Ring",disco che contiene una miriade di collaborazioni notevoli del mondo hip-hop americano.Nel secondo estratto "I Wish You Would" ci sono Kanye West e Rick Ross per una traccia estrema nel suo genere,non poco tamarra ma che mi piace molto in questo periodo.Nella seconda parte del video potremo anche ascoltare "Cold",un singolo di Kanye West uscito qualche mese fa e con lo stesso regista(Hype Williams) a dirigere la clip.
[DJ Khaled]
I'm so serious!
[Kanye West]
One, two them boys coming for you
Three, four, better lock your door
Five, six, hide your bitch
(Ayo Yeezy, pop your shit)
[Verse 1: Kanye West]
They said, thou shall not be ill
Thou shall not feel
Thou should not be trill, not be drill, not be real
Niggas selling packs, niggas flipping pills
They got heroin and cracks, man these niggas high for real
Every year gon be our year
Every year gon be my year
These niggas really is out here
These niggas really is out here
The block is at war
Post traumatic stress
Ran up outta pills
Rob that CVS
Niggas getting bust over In God's We Trust
We believe in God but do God believe in us
If we believe enough, will we ever get to know 'im
That lean got us dozing, we forget that we the chosen
I've been poppin shit for too long
But still reppin' where I came from
I guess it's how I came up
I wish you would try to play us
[Hook – Kanye West]
I wish you would nigga
I wish you would nigga
I wish you would nigga
I wish you would nigga
I guess it's how I came up
I wish you would try to play us
[Rick Ross]
My money on a another level
In the streets I hear 'em hotter than the fucking devil
I wonder how I got a hundred in my fucking bezel
G5, make it rain, I can change the weather
We fly, them niggas lame, where your fucking cheddar?
Aim at your brain, AK be the fucking letters
Fuck niggas fall in alphabetical order
Frank Lucas fur, the cap run more than the quarter
I'm at the fight, ringside, right next to promoters
All my niggas still hustle consider 'em roguish
I remember catching buses just bought me a Lotus
All your codes get decoded, know the niggas you quoting
Hunh, my corner will scorch ya
Somehow my flow is the coldest
Money, power, respect, the only thing's truly important
Family first, Khaled we gotta stay focused
God Forgives and I don't
Pussy niggas unnoticed
[Verse 3: Kanye West]
I wish you would nigga, I wish you would nigga
You see you got a couple cases, still look good nigga
You see these niggas'll try to play ya
Know how ya feel nigga
Eh yup, that'd be the day you wanna kill a nigga
But you gon chill nigga
Just for your kids nigga
Cause now there's kids doing grown man biz nigga
You just got home nigga
You tryna live nigga
Me I don't wanna do another 5 years nigga
The boss is testing yo ass
The feds'll question yo ass
They be drug testin' yo ass
And then they pray you don't pass
And then you look in the sky
You got some questions to ask
With no response make you wanna grab the tech and the mac
Cause they've been poppin' shit for too long
Still reppin' where I came from
I guess it's how I came up
I wish you would try to play us
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