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:::I actually missed out on the [[Tomb]] page until now, with a related link that could not have happened :) Going forward, maybe a category "encryption" would make such tools easier to find. Or we could add a section on this one to have space for mentioning tools we have wiki coverage on, e.g. below the chart/table. I have meanwhile added it as a dm-crypt [https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php?title=Dm-crypt%2FEncrypting_a_Non-Root_File_System&diff=296617&oldid=294810 tip]. Please add to it, if you like. --[[User:Indigo|Indigo]] ([[User talk:Indigo|talk]]) 00:09, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
:::I actually missed out on the [[Tomb]] page until now, with a related link that could not have happened :) Going forward, maybe a category "encryption" would make such tools easier to find. Or we could add a section on this one to have space for mentioning tools we have wiki coverage on, e.g. below the chart/table. I have meanwhile added it as a dm-crypt [https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php?title=Dm-crypt%2FEncrypting_a_Non-Root_File_System&diff=296617&oldid=294810 tip]. Please add to it, if you like. --[[User:Indigo|Indigo]] ([[User talk:Indigo|talk]]) 00:09, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
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[Original title was Ascii graphs/patterns]
Hi, A small issue unrelated topic : how are ascii graphs/patterns made?
- One method I know is: http://www.asciiflow.com/#Draw
- --Indigo (talk) 20:45, 3 September 2013 (UTC)
- Note that those graphs are not made with simple ASCII characters, but Unicode (I've fixed the title of the discussion).
- Anyway, this is a very interesting question indeed, I too would like to know if there are any editors that can make it easy to draw such diagrams.
- This would also solve Talk:Installing Arch Linux with EVMS#Image replacement contest.
- Finally, an editor like that should be mentioned in Help:Style#Non-pertinent content.
- -- Kynikos (talk) 05:47, 4 September 2013 (UTC)
- I created these diagrams manually using Kate, which is a normal text editor (but it has an advanced feature called "Block Selection Mode" that helps a lot with this kind of stuff). I also kept a window of gucharmap open on one side of the screen, which allowed me to easily find and pick suitable Unicode characters.
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Move out of User page
This page is quite good IMO. So it can be moved to a normal page. It can receive updates there and other pepole can contribute. -- Fengchao (talk) 06:20, 11 June 2012 (UTC)
- +1 -- Kynikos (talk) 09:18, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
- No respons from author. This will block [System_Encryption_with_LUKS] restructure so I do the job to move on.-- Fengchao (talk) 02:22, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
- Hi, and sorry for abandoning this article half-way through and then forgetting about it.
- As for writing the general introduction/explanation text (part of which consists of merging the corresponding sections from the System_Encryption_with_LUKS article into this one), I had already started working on that locally back when I created this article, but I have that file on a different computer than I am on now. If you give me until tomorrow (Monday) evening (European time), I'll bring what I have into a readable state and upload it to this page, and then everybody can help modifying/extending it.
- The reason why I created the article as a user page and didn't move it into the main namespace right away, is that I originally planned to first discuss some feature requests with the wiki maintainers which would make the page more maintainable (without sacrificing user-friendliness). Namely, support for automatically numbered footnotes, and moving the comparison table formatting into a wiki-wide "comparison-table" CSS class (or maybe, separate "comparison-table-vertical" and "comparison-table-horizontal" classes). Right now, the comparison table's wiki markup is so messy and difficult to work with that I would feel guilty asking other people to help add info to it. --Sas (talk) 17:35, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
- I added the main text sections now. It would be great if a native speaker with good language skills could do some copyediting for the individual subsections to formulate them more concisely and make them nicer to read. --Sas (talk) 20:42, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
- Hi Sas, thank you for getting back working on this article!!
- About the numbered footnotes, that would require the installation of an extension (involving web developers) and if we can keep it simpler instead it'd be better, since this would be the only article using that feature.
- About the comparison-table class, can you report an existing example (in another wiki I guess) of what you mean exactly?
- -- Kynikos (talk) 20:57, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
- I added the main text sections now. It would be great if a native speaker with good language skills could do some copyediting for the individual subsections to formulate them more concisely and make them nicer to read. --Sas (talk) 20:42, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
Proposed renaming of this article to "System Encryption" or "Encryption"
This was proposed by Kynikos in the form of a template added to this article, and also discussed here.
I disagree with the proposal, and still believe that "Disk Encryption" is the right name for this article. Let me try to explain why.
"Encryption" is a huge topic, encompassing a much bigger scope than this article could sensibly cover in the level of detail set out by the content I already added here, and the content that is to be merged here from System_Encryption_with_LUKS. There is (among others)...
- manual encryption of pieces of data (no matter where it comes from / is stored / is going to)
- GnuPG, ...
- cryptographically protecting a communication channel
- cryptographically protecting a logical part of a storage disk (real or virtual)
- Loop-AES, dm-crypt+LUKS, Truecrypt, eCryptfs, EncFs, ...
I believe that the article should exclusively deal with the latter topic. Trust me, there's enough valuable information on this to fill a whole article (just look at how big the comparison table alone grew already). It would only add confusion and result in TL;DR to mix other encryption-related topics into the same article.
I.e., the article should exclusively be about techniques which will cause all data written to a logical part of a disk to be automatically encrypted, and data read from it to be automatically decrypted.
All of the following are examples of logical parts of (real or virtual) storage disks:
- a whole disk
- a partition (or anything else represented as a block device)
- a folder
So I don't see how the term "Disk Encryption" should be inclusive of block device encryption, but not of filesystem-level encryption, as Kynikos suggested in the renaming-proposal. The level at which the protected logical part of the disc is defined, is an just implementation detail - I don't see a conceptual difference there.
So that's why I believe "Disk Encryption" is a more sensible title than "Encryption".
Regarding "System Encryption", I believe that would actually not be inclusive enough of everything encompassed by the encryption methods described here.
In my mind, system encryption is a potential application of disk encryption - it's about securing the "system" itself (as in, an Arch Linux installation) from unauthorized access to its system and user data while the system is not running.
But disk encryption can also be used for simple data encryption, e.g. protecting a partition or folder in which confidential data files are to be stored, and letting the user unlock/lock the encrypted data container on demand or on login/logout. This has nothing to do with the "system" and whether it is running. (This is especially the case for the filesystem-based disk encryption methods.)
And of course there are many possible combinations and shades of grey in between.
"Disk encryption", to my ears at least, captures all of that quite nicely.
--Sas (talk) 18:37, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
- Wow, you provided such an exhaustive argumentation in support of the current title that I don't think anyone will try to reply (including me) :) Let's stick with Disk Encryption then! It's worth to be noted that Wikipedia itself is a bit ambiguous in finding a consistent naming for this topic, see for example the intro of wikipedia:Filesystem-level encryption ("Filesystem-level encryption, often called file or folder encryption, is a form of disk encryption [...]") versus wikipedia:Disk encryption#Disk encryption vs. filesystem-level encryption. -- Kynikos (talk) 21:10, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
Proposed expansion for dm-crypt without LUKS
Hi, I want to gather quick feedback regarding the addition of [Plain_dm-crypt_without_LUKS]. The addition to Disk_Encryption#Block_device_encryption is swift. After that comes the sophisticated comparison table. Question for that is: Do we need to add an extra column for plain dm-crypt? A major disadvantage is the complexity of the table width. Now it scales great with the browser window; adding it as a separate column does not make that better. Further, the column should not be needed, because the original author gladly already mentioned when the LUKS extension is intrinsic for gaining a dm-crypt feature (e.g. Key salting states "Yes (with LUKS)"). So, in order not to complicate things, I would propose to just rename the column heading to "dm-crypt +/- LUKS" and reviewing the appropriate distinctions in the table are made. Ok?
Certain other features of plain dm-crypt may be added to the following text sections starting from Disk_Encryption#Preparation too, e.g. the dis-/advantages of the absence of a crypt header, but those are all free-text and can be expanded as required. --Indigo (talk) 07:42, 29 August 2013 (UTC)
- Just renaming the column heading sounds reasonable, go for it! -- Kynikos (talk) 03:34, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
- Done. Thanks, also for reviewing! closing this. I'll return later.
I think next it would be great to phrase and link the setup examples in Disk_Encryption#Choosing_a_setup to the howtos againdone. Next parts that should get edited are Disk_Encryption#Basic_principle by adding a differentiation between a plain and a master key. Disk_Encryption#Keys.2C_keyfiles_and_passphrases should be split up into the basics about passphrases/keyfiles and the rest (diagrams explaining key-derivation, master key, salting, etc.). The later may be better put into Disk_Encryption#Cryptographic_metadata and perhaps Disk_Encryption#Data_integrity.2Fauthenticity. For the connection to Disk_Encryption#Keys.2C_keyfiles_and_passphrases those two should be moved atop Disk_Encryption#Ciphers_and_modes_of_operation. On the way, plain can be mentioned too as an example again against the others with encrypted master keys, headers or key-sigs. One point I am unsure about is to keep Disk_Encryption#Data_integrity.2Fauthenticity. It could also be mentioned briefly in Disk_Encryption#Basic_principle. Won't that not be enough? --Indigo (talk) 20:02, 4 September 2013 (UTC)
- Done. Thanks, also for reviewing! closing this. I'll return later.
- I think it's perfectly fine if you mention Disk_Encryption#Data_integrity.2Fauthenticity into Disk_Encryption#Basic_principle or Disk_Encryption#How the encryption works. Also Disk_Encryption#Plausible deniability has a good article on Wikipedia:Plausible deniability, we could, and probably should, just link there. -- Kynikos (talk) 10:28, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
- +1 on should (good one indeed; yes, we can). I have re-shuffled those sections and added references to plain mode. In fact we now mention it all the way through the article. Have a look sometime please, if we can close this and the expansion tag can be purged. --Indigo (talk) 19:21, 12 September 2013 (UTC)
- I think it's perfectly fine if you mention Disk_Encryption#Data_integrity.2Fauthenticity into Disk_Encryption#Basic_principle or Disk_Encryption#How the encryption works. Also Disk_Encryption#Plausible deniability has a good article on Wikipedia:Plausible deniability, we could, and probably should, just link there. -- Kynikos (talk) 10:28, 8 September 2013 (UTC)
Multithreading support
Looking at the performance section, multithreading support is claimed for dm-crypt and TC. However, particularly for dm-crypt, in my opinion this is no real multithreading support (or at least, I think, it should be defined below the table).
My understanding of multithreading would be, that for a single IO task (e.g. copying files), read and write tasks are spread over multiple threads thus allowing it to reach multiple cores. For example, if my CPU is capable of encrypting AES with 100 MB/s, then my 8 core CPU should reach 800 MB/s.
The reality is different: Each IO task gets a single thread, but starting more than one of these, each will run on a different thread. I guess the reference linked in the article refers to an entry that creates this exact feature: Instead of every IO task having to go through the same encryption thread, each gets their own. But for each, only one is spawned nonetheless.
For me, this distinction leads to a performance loss of a factor of 5, having a 500MB/s SSD but only being capable of de-/encrypting at 100MB/s. I spent a lot of time wondering why this was so slow because I understood the notion of multithreading differently. Maybe we should clarify this? I don't want to go ahead and just add something before not hearing other opinions.
--Javex (talk) 17:40, 19 January 2014 (UTC)
- +1. In order not to make the table overly complicated, you could put the green tick in brackets and add some explanation and/or references to the already existing footnote 8, e.g. this The topic comes up frequently on the mailing list, I remember one last Nov/Dec. Regarding comparability, I don't know if TC does it better.
- --Indigo (talk) 22:32, 19 January 2014 (UTC)
- I have thought about doing it this way but I'd much rather have some space to explain the issue. Now the question is where to do that? Maybe on the dm-crypt page? Open a new section, e.g. in troubleshooting and then discuss the issue there and link to it (this could then be done with a bracket referencing that particular section). What do you guys think?
- --Javex (talk) 22:42, 31 January 2014 (UTC)
- If you ask me: (1) The table row on this page should represent comparable results. So, does TC it better? (2) you could add external links to the footnote and once it is properly discussed on the respective wiki pages here, you can simply replace the links. Adding a troubleshooting section on this page goes too far, yes. It should be included on the respective tools pages. (3) For dm-crypt there is multithreading, but how effective it is depends on drive layout and what type of io is fed through the encryption. If you want to draft a section on it, I would find dm-crypt/Specialties most appropriate (we have moved the SSD trim section to that subpage too). If your discussion has more general partitioning recommendations (i.e. maximising encrypted mappers for performance), maybe better a new section in Performance#Device_layout and a cross-link from Dm-crypt/Drive_Preparation#Partitioning.
- --Indigo (talk) 10:41, 1 February 2014 (UTC)
- My knowledge on that matter is far too basic to be able to write extensive tips about that. As for (1) I would have to test and report back here. I agree that the table should provide comparable results. In the case TC does true multithreading one would possibly have to adjust the other marks as there seem to be two different notions about multithreading here. (2) Yes, maybe I wasn't clear on that. I want to include the issue on the respective dm-crypt page. With the new layout I am not sure it would fit into the Specialties page. Most pages here have a Troubleshooting section and I thought of adding there something like "dm-crypt only utilizes one core and IO is slow" and then explain the issue and possibly present the dm-crypt kernel patch (https://people.redhat.com/mpatocka/patches/kernel/dm-crypt-paralelizace/current/). I applied that for me and it worked for the most part very well. However, since dm-crypt is now restructured I would have to find an appropriate place for it. As for (3) as stated above, I don't have enough knowledge to give out recommendations on that subject, so I would leave that to those who know what they are talking about :). My simple goal is to get this information somewhere so I can save other people the time of searching through the mailing list.
- --Javex (talk) 11:23, 1 February 2014 (UTC)
- Remark to (2): If you have gathered positive experience with the patches proposed by Milan, explaining in which usecase and how to utilize those would imo fit very well in the "Specialties" subpage. Start a talk on the dm-crypt subpage where you feel it more appropriate, if you like. But keep in mind the special usecase you apply and we cover usage of the generic packages. Remark to (3): Don't play your experiences down; this wiki is super because of the collaboration taking place. Yet I agree the "performance" page will probably be frequented by users who solder devices like notebooks with raid0 SSDs .. so it is off-topic there to cover the patches.
- edit: I added a talk item for your troubleshooting suggestion. --Indigo (talk) 11:47, 2 February 2014 (UTC)
Adding Tomb software
There is a new piece of software (GPL v3), called Tomb, which is similar to Truecrypt. It uses containers as well, using LUKS/dm-crypt as the backend. In fact it's just a bash script that automates dm-crypt. It uses keyfiles, and there are simple GUIs available if needed. It is not compatible with Truecrypt, of course, but provides similar functions. It does not support hidden/plausibly deniable nested containers, though. http:// www.dyne.org/software/tomb/ goes into more detail.
I believe that Tomb should be added to the chart. Any objections? Lordcirth (talk) 02:55, 6 February 2014 (UTC)
- -1 from me. It reads like a well-thought script, but out of scope for this page. It is not in the official repositories (even tombAUR is not up-to-date) and it's a script wrapper for dm-crypt. Have a look at Dm-crypt/Encrypting_a_Non-Root_File_System#Loop_device. That's the section with our wiki example of dm-crypt features tomb uses. How about mentioning it in a note/tip there instead? :--Indigo (talk) 19:33, 6 February 2014 (UTC)
- I actually missed out on the Tomb page until now, with a related link that could not have happened :) Going forward, maybe a category "encryption" would make such tools easier to find. Or we could add a section on this one to have space for mentioning tools we have wiki coverage on, e.g. below the chart/table. I have meanwhile added it as a dm-crypt tip. Please add to it, if you like. --Indigo (talk) 00:09, 9 February 2014 (UTC)
- Creating an Encryption category, child of Security, could be of help indeed, just like the idea of adding a new section, which could be one of those using Template:App that are already found in several articles around. -- Kynikos (talk) 03:27, 9 February 2014 (UTC)


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We have done something new this year: We've expanded our annual Best Chefs issue to include lots more restaurants spanning 1s different categories. Surveys show that, by far, one of the favorite topics of New Orleans Magazine's readers is eating. That suits us just fine because food is something we like to write about. In many categories the competition is intense, and the difference that puts one restaurant ahead of the other is slight. That is why we call our selections "Best of the Year," allowing us to pinpoint something that made a difference within the last dozen months but holding open the possibility for new winners next year.
A committee consisting of our editors and our dining and spirits writers made the selections. For our purposes "new," as in Best New Restaurant and Best New Chef, encompasses the period from October 2008, when the selections were made for last year's issue, to the present.
So that old acquaintances will not be forgotten, we continue our Honor Roll category in which we spotlight a long-established restaurant. This year's choice is headed by one of the area's most colorful chefs. His restaurant just celebrated a significant anniversary.
We know that the competition is keen and in every category there are worthy contenders, yet we feel good about this year's choices. All the more reason to try area restaurants, and to encourage all the "Bests" to be even better.
Latin Restaurant of the YEAR
Rio Mar
If you can't decide which of the ceviches tempts you the most, order a sampler that includes all four. Chef Adolfo Garcia's paean to seafood turns out the best Spanish and Portuguese cuisine in the city, offering a refreshing alternative to our predominately regional preparations. There is no other place like it. Save room for the Tres Leches dessert.
800 S. Peters St., 525-3474
Continental Italian Restaurant of the YEAR
Ristorante Del Porto
Until recently, Ristorante Del Porto was one of the few sophisticated Italian restaurants in the area not serving "Creole Italian" cuisine. Chefs David and Torre Solazzo opened the restaurant in 2002, and after moving to its current, larger location in downtown Covington, have continued to produce outstanding, contemporary Italian cuisine that consistently earns praise from diners and critics alike.
501 E. Boston St., Covington, (985) 875-1006
Classic New Orleans Restaurant of the YEAR
After what has sadly been a typically disastrous experience with Hurricane Katrina and the rebuilding process, Antoine's has bounced back to remain one of the classic restaurants in New Orleans and the U.S. With the newly opened Hermes Bar, which faces St. Louis Street, Antoine's continues to grow without changing what New Orleanians love about the place.
713 St. Louis St., 581-4422
Vietnamese Restaurant of the YEAR
Hoa Hong 9 Roses
Ana and Jeff Nguyen, the owners of 9 Roses, opened the restaurant in 1996 with recipes from Southern Vietnam provided by Ana's mother, and from the northern city of Hue that Jeff called home. The result is a huge variety of choices, and the menu also includes a healthy selection of Chinese dishes. Fresh ingredients and consistently outstanding.
1001 Stephen Court, Gretna, 366-7665
French Restaurant of the YEAR
Flaming Torch
Not to be confused with Creole or Cajun, we're talking about the cuisines from the old country. Competition is growing in the category with at least two new French restaurants opening during the past year. For now we say oui to the tres interesting Flaming Torch and its splendid renditions of French Continental Cuisine. It would be hard to find a better Coq Au Vin anywhere east of Marseille.
737 Octavia St., 895-0900
Thai Restaurant of the YEAR
Chill Out Café
Cuisine you expect from a great Thai restaurant: Phat Thai, Phat Woon Sen, Curry, Pad See Ewe, Pad Kee Mao. Something you don't expect: American breakfast. Dining Room full? Enjoy a table on the porch.
729 Burdette St., 872-9628.
Traditional New Orleans Italian Restaurant of the YEAR
Irene's Cuisine
An outstanding example of how this city embraces classic cuisines and makes them her own. In this case, it's Italian. The sturdy menu offerings are almost impossible to resist, but then there are the always-stunning Daily Specials. The only logical choice when dining at Irene's is to do the "New Orleans Dinner Dance," with each person at the table ordering something different, then sharing with everyone else.
539 St. Philip St., 529-8811
Chinese Restaurant of the YEAR
Royal China
Miss Shirley and her husband Teng keep their loyal customers happy with Chinese standards as well as the city's best selection of Dim Sum. Kick back with some Chrysanthemum tea and pick and choose your way through the tempting picture book of tiny, savory dishes.
600 Veterans Memorial Blvd., 831-9633
Japanese Restaurant of the YEAR
Chef Komei Horimoto presides over the city's most authentic Japanese restaurant. You won't find crazy, Americanized rolls here; instead, the focus is on super fresh ingredients, carefully prepared and thoughtfully presented. Omakase tasting aside, the appetizer section of their menu is a treasure chest. The Saba Shioyaki (grilled mackerel) is wonderful, as is the Ankimo (steamed monkfish liver), which melts on the tongue like a delicate paté.
920 Poydras St., 561-8914.
Creole Soul Restaurant of the YEAR
Lil' Dizzy's
Folks gush about the gumbo, jambalaya and the bountiful brunches – all for good reason – but nothing tops Lil' Dizzy's classic fried chicken, a specialty of the Baquet family.
1500 Esplanade Ave. 569-8997
Middle Eastern Restaurant of the YEAR
Jamila's Café
Moncef and Jamila Sbaa have the only Tunisian restaurant in town, so we're lucky that our exposure to the cuisine of the North African nation is so good. Jamila, who runs the kitchen, works wonders with cous cous, spicy merguez sausage and the flaky "brik" pastries representative of Tunisian cuisine. Her husband Moncef is as gregarious a host as you'll find. A combination of wonderful food and generous service.
7808 Maple St., 866-4366
Steakhouse Restaurant of the YEAR
Crescent City Steakhouse
Krasna Vojkovich and her sons Anthony and Frank are keepers of the flame at their white-tile-and-booth-bedecked Broad Street destination with an ambiance plucked from the early 20th century. To dine on their sizzling rib eye is to travel back in time. This unassuming steak destination is the opposite of the overblown iterations more typical of the genre.
1001 N. Broad St., 821-3271


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ALGADEC - Detection of toxic algae with a semi-automated nucleic acid biosensor
IntroductionMicroalgae are the major producers of biomass and organic compounds in the aquatic environment. Among the marine microalgae there are 97 toxic species (mainly dinoflagellates) known to have the potential to form "Harmful Algal Blooms", the so called HABs (Fig. 1). In recent decades, the public health and economic impacts of toxic algae species appear to have increased in frequency, intensity and geographic distribution (Zingone and Enevoldsen, 2000; Daranas et al. 2001; Hallegraeff, 2003, Moestrup, 2004). In order to minimise the damage to human health or living resources, such as shellfish and fish, as well as economic losses to fisherman, aquaculture and the tourist industry, efficient monitoring methods are required for monitoring potentially toxic algal species (identification and quantification) (Andersen et al. 2003).
Methods and techniques
In order to detect toxic algae in the field, a portable semi-automated nucleic acid biosensor was developed in the ALGADEC project www.algadec.net. This device enables the electrochemical detection of microalgae from water samples in less than two hours, without the need of expensive equipment. The detection of the toxic algae is carried out on a sensor chip and is based on the so-called sandwich hybridisation technique (Fig. 3). The ALGADEC detection device is semi-automatic. The main steps are executed automatically but filtering and a lysis procedure (digestion of the filtered material) has to be done by hand. The core of the biosensor is a multiprobe chip (Fig. 4) that can be used for the simultaneous detection of 14 different toxic algae plus two controls. Thus, it can be used to detect the species composition in harmful algal blooms.
Sandwich hybridisation
A sandwich hybridisation is a molecular probe-based method for rapid target identification that uses two molecular probes targeting ribosomal RNA (rRNA). A capture probe bound to a solid surface immobilises the target ribosomal RNA and forms a hybrid complex with a second signal probe. An antibody-enzyme complex binds to the signal moiety of the signal probe and reacts with a substrate forming an electrochemical current on the biosensor (Metfies et al., 2005).
Molecular Probes
Molecular probes are short oligonucleotides (18-25 bases) that are complementary to specific sequences in the genomes of the target organism. Ribosomal RNA genes are widely used targets for the development of molecular probes. They appear in high numbers in target cells and have both conservative and highly variable regions, which make it possible to develop probes that are specific at different taxonomic levels (Groben et al., 2004).
The goal of ALGADEC was the automatic detection of the different toxic algae species in three different areas in Europe: Skagerrak in Norway, the Galician coast in Spain and the area of the Orkney Islands in Scotland. Thus, chip sets for different toxic algae have been developed and tested in the lab for specificity with cultures of known toxic and non-toxic varieties of the same species (Diercks et al., 2008). The applicability of the ALGADEC biosensor for the detection of toxic algae in the hands of lay persons was evalutated in a workshop with end users of the device. After an introduction of the end users to the handling manual, contaminated field samples from the Orkney Islands (UK) were successfully screened by the end users for the presence of cells from the genus Pseudonitzschia. Chip sets for the following toxic algae are currently available:
- Dinophysis sp.
- Pseudonitzschia sp.
- Lingolodinium polyedrum
- Chrysochromulina polylepis
In the course of the ALGADEC-project it was possible to develop a semi-automatic nucleic acid biosensor for the detection of toxic algae. The functionality of the device, even in the hands of lay persons, was shown with laboratory algae cultures, field samples spiked with algae cultures and field samples with naturally occurring toxic algae. However, in the future, the system has to be calibrated and optimised in respect to sensitivity for the detection of the target organisms. The sensitivity of the device is a crucial issue and has to be adapted, to the reference values for toxic algae e.g. toxic Alexandrium sp. in sea water of around ~100 – 250 cells/liter. The original idea of the ALGADEC project was to develop a nucleic acid biosensor for the detection of toxic algae. But the technology suggests an adaptation e.g. to the monitoring of microalgae in general. Therefore, molecular probes will be developed for key species of the phytoplankton of the North Sea. Furthermore, we are currently working on the automation of all steps involved in the analysis of water samples. In the long term a fully automated nucleic acid biosensor will be available that could work on its own or be implemented to the FerryBox-System in order to monitor microalgae autonomously at species level.


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Ollie & Quentin is a buddy strip about the unlikely friendship between a seagull named Ollie and an accident-prone lugworm named Quentin. They are best friends despite the obvious food chain disparity that suggests Ollie should be interested in Quentin more as a snack than as a friend. They live in a coastal town with Nobby, an affable single guy who serves as both foil and witness to their silly, mischievous high jinks.
During their adventurous romps together, Ollie is somewhat oblivious to the dangers that Quentin's small size presents. Despite Ollie's protective brotherly nature, Quentin endures many hysterical, albeit, unfortunate accidents, such as getting sucked into a vacuum cleaner, being blown up as a party balloon and even requiring brief hospitalization after Nobby mistakes him for a piece of chewing gum.
Ollie & Quentin is the creation of British cartoonist Piers Baker, whose beautifully detailed artwork and subtle humor perfectly capture the warmth of friendship and the joys of life in a seaside town.
Ollie and Quentin
Ollie is a cool, calm and relaxed seagull who enjoys nothing more than a gentle swim in the sea, a quiet flight across the bay ,and a gut-bustingly exciting adrenaline rush caused by yet another adventure dreamed up by his lugworm buddy.
Quentin is an enthusiastic, excitable, romantic, charming and optimistic lugworm with an appetite for adventure matched only by his taste for the ridiculous. Despite the setbacks that a naïve gastropod inevitably receives living in a human world, our plucky, thumb-shaped hero lives every day like it is his last.
Nobby is a single man who had little say in his house becoming a home to a seagull and a lugworm. His patient and generous nature means he accepts the absurdity of his situation, and so finds himself acting as both foil and witness to Ollie and Quentin's mischievous antics.
Other minor characters include two mischievous unhatched Eggs, the Evil Mrs. Cadaver who lives next door, a fish called Fish and Quentin's bodyguard, a Venus Fly Trap called Rex.


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Rita Ora Dyes Her Hair Bright Blue [Pics]
First, her fellow Brit Cher Lloyd went blue with her hair hue. Now Rita Ora is getting in on the fun and dyed her normally platinum blond locks a bright shade of blue. Rita's a Smurf, at least with her strands.
Ooh la la! Pop music fans should get that reference.


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TheCostaRicaTeam needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
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The Costa Rica Team
We are an international Marketing firm that specializes in selling the largest residential development in Costa Rica. We love Costa Rica and are very envolved in the preservation of its natual resources and wild life.
We employ many local people on the site and contribute to the local community substantialy. And we contribute 10% of all proceeds to the youth of CR.
Our project is very GREEN and our Favorite bird is the Scarlet Macaw which is seen every day on our properties. Over 3000 lots. Many waterfalls and awesome ocean views as well as rainforest set the landscape.
Please see http://www.thecostaricateam.com
Consumers babyboomin their way into paradise with an eye for luxery yet still interested in being green. 2nd home buyers and investors from primarily North America.
liquid decision making buyers of vacation homes.
The final version needs to be vectar art and scalable.
Must be good in color or black and white.
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Macaw..tropical/ pacific ocean theme is preferd but open to other.
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Pendragon needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
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We're currently re-designing our website and re-branding. We're looking for a clean vector logo that we'll be able to use across multiple sites and other locations
DotA Allstars is a game modification, based on Warcraft III. It's a multi-player online battle arena, where teams of up to 5 players compete against eachother for victory. The game is based within the Warcraft world, and has tolkein-esque fantasy themes. We're looking for a new logo that's going to be used in multiple places, including our new website that's currently under design. We want clean colors that match our new websites color palette. The logo should also easily support additional color schemes, as it WILL be used in various locations. DotA stands for "Defense of the Ancients"
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Wabash Remembers Han Jiangby Doug Hunt • March 15, 2006 Share:
A Wabash College student was remembered as a hard worker, friend and mentor by more than 100 people who attended a gathering Tuesday night in the college's Detchon Center for Han Jiang.
Jiang, a junior from Beijing, China, was a passenger in a car who was killed in a single vehicle traffic accident March 9 on Grant Avenue, just south of Walter Remley Drive.
The crowd consisted of international students, fellow Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity members, host families and immediate family members.
Bo Jiang, Han's father, extended his appreciation to the crowd for remembering his son. Bo is a former diplomat stationed at the Chinese consulate at Chicago. Han's mother, Ying Huang, works for the Ministry of Education in China.
The Detchon Center International Hall, where the gathering took place, holds special memories for Bo Jiang. He spoke in the same room more than two years ago.
Bo thanked Wabash College for accepting his son as a student. And even though Han will be absent from Wabash, his memory will continue to live, he said.
International Students Association president Zuber Ahmed called Han "a great friend and a mentor to all of us. He was a big part of our lives. We are sorry he is gone."
Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity president Chris Knapp said Han was "my brother in every sense of the word. The circumstances are sad — I will always remember him."
Han was an individual who could adapt to anything and, at the same time, remained humble, Knapp said. "I see a love that this man carried (for others)."
Ken Mattocks' family was the host family for Han when he first came to Wabash. Mattocks remembered an interesting moment when he let Han drive his riding lawnmower.
"I sensed he wanted to try it out and let him drive it," Mattocks said. "Not very long later Han was out of control," he paused and smiled as the memory lingered. "I never saw such creative patterns. He was a wonderful, young man," he said after a brief pause.
Bronna Utterback got to meet Han through another Wabash Chinese student, Feng Mai, who was also a passenger in the car. When the Mattocks family moved, Han started coming to her house with Mai, she said.
The Utterback family took Han to see a Pacer's basketball game and athletic events her son participated in, as well as her son playing various games with Han while he was at their home. The Utterback's have a five year-old daughter they adopted from China.
The gathering was a good way to remember his life, Utterback said.
Linda Weaver, representing the Wabash Women who organized the gathering, which included food and dessert, was glad to help and support the students in any way possible through this tragic loss.
Jim Amidon, Wabash public information director, praised Han and referred to him as "a man who had no enemies. Everyone liked him."
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Learning about different cities, cultures and customs is educational and exciting! Everyone loves to visit different places, whether it is to visit friends or family or for a vacation. You may be wondering if it is possible to travel more without spending a lot of money. It is possible, with careful budgeting and using a travel credit card to its fullest potential. The best way to do this is to analyze your needs and then look for a credit card that will benefit you the most.
The card that should place itself at the top of your list is the Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards Credit Card since it got the received the most rave reviews on comparison portals like MileCards.com. It is a useful credit card that offers plenty of perks and benefits, and when combined with good budgeting and smart shopping, it will allow you to travel more often with your hard-earned money. One of the biggest perks for cardholders is the Southwest Airlines Companion Pass, which allows you to travel with a companion free for at least one year, wherever you go!
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When purchases are made directly with Southwest Airlines or AirTran, you will earn double points for each dollar spent on travel, another budget bonus. Double points are also awarded at A+ Rewards and Rapid Rewards Hotel and rental car partners. Purchases made directly while traveling with Southwest Airlines, such as inflight meals, Wi-Fi sessions or movies and video games will earn you double miles as well.
Budgeting involves living within your predefined spending limits. You can use coupons, shop sales, dine at home instead of eating out and shop with a grocery list so that you don't over spend and are not tempted to buy items you don't need. Just cutting out a coffee every morning on your way to work can save over $300 a year! Using your Southwest Rapid Rewards credit card to pay for everyday purchases, like gas, groceries, dining out and movies will earn you one point for every dollar spent. Large purchases, such as furniture for the house, insurance for your home or car and telephone and cable or utility bills can help you accumulate more points. Make sure ahead of time that you can pay for large purchases with the credit card so that you earn points.
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Every year some 15 million people around the world spend time locked up in prison cells and detention centers while they await a court appearance. In many countries this is the time when detainees are most vulnerable to torture, violence, and abuse.
The Open Society Foundations supports the development of bail and supervision systems that can make pretrial detention an exception, and not the rule.
Brazil's Polinters
In Rio de Janeiro's notorious police detention centers—the Polinter—detainees describe routine beatings and extortion at the hands of the police. Health care, food, and living space all come at a price. Even visits from relatives are impossible without a bribe.
Deize & Indaiá
Vinicius was a teenager when he was arrested for a robbery on the streets of Rio de Janeiro. Just hours after his arrest he was dead. His mother, Indaià, was told by the police that her son had fallen ill. The marks on his body told a different story.
Deaths like this are not aberrations. Beatings and other torture are common—even routine—in many detention facilities around the the world. Those most vulnerable are pretrial detainees—people who have not been tried or found guilty of any crime.
Benson's Story
After killing a man in self-defense, Benson turned himself in to Malawi's police. More than two years later, he was still waiting for a court hearing, while his body showed the scars from the long wait in Lilongwe's main prison.
With over 15 million people moving through holding facilities every year, communicable diseases present in often overcrowded cells pass easily from detainee to detainee. When people are eventually released back to their communities, diseases such as HIV/AIDS and TB can be passed on to their friends and families.
Vinthenga's Story
Vinthenga was arrested after a fight on the street and sent to Malawi's Maula prison. What happened to him shows the costs of being thrown into the limbo of indefinite pretrial detention—not just for the person held, but for their whole family.
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I think that the basic human right is violated that being the right to a fair trail. Many people especially African American males. They are hurdled into over crowded jails/prisons. Bonds high and unable to obtain, no freedom, no fresh air, poor air and heating conditions, miss of a human touch or comfort. They are talked to any kind of way, disrespected. Their families are subject to ill treatment during visits, through a glass window, phones don't work. It is demoralized and in humane. When will Justice stand up


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Gun industry gives NRA millions annually
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The National Rifle Association and the firearms industry are locked and loaded in a mutually beneficial financial relationship that funnels millions into the NRA's coffers, yielding legislative triumphs on Capitol Hill that boost gun sales.
The NRA's "Ring of Freedom" corporate donors list on its contributions website ( www.nragive.com) reads like a who's who of gun, ammunition and ammunition magazine manufacturers; shooting-accessory providers; and retailers.
Among them: Sturm, Ruger & Co., of Southport, Conn.; Smith & Wesson of Springfield, Mass.; and Beretta USA, a subsidiary of the Italian arms manufacturer.
The website shows that since 2005, corporations have given between $19.8 million and $52.6 million - the vast majority of that from the firearms industry. Ruger said in a press release in April that it had donated $1.2 million to the NRA in the past 12 months.
An updated corporate donor list appeared on a plaque at the NRA's annual meeting in St. Louis in April. Captured in a photo obtained by the Violence Policy Center, an NRA opponent on gun control, the list includes Colt's Manufacturing Co., of West Hartford, Conn., and the Freedom Group Inc., whose Bushmaster plant in Ilion, N.Y, makes the brand of semiautomatic rifle used in the Newtown, Conn., school shootings on Dec. 14.
Corporate alliances
Dollar totals for corporate donations on the updated list range between $22.2 million and $63.1 million.
"This program is geared toward your company's corporate interests," the NRA says in an online solicitation to corporate donors titled "The Future of Freedom" and signed by NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre.
Dues still represent the lion's share of the NRA's income. In its 2010 tax return, available online, the NRA reported total revenue of $227.8 million, with $100.5 million coming from membership dues and $71.1 million from a catchall category, "Contributions, Gifts, Grants and Other Similar Amounts."
The NRA is hardly alone among membership organizations that seek out alliances with corporations whose interests parallel their own. But in the wake of rising gun sales and mass killings such as those in Newtown and Aurora, Colo., in July, gun control advocates and others are becoming more vocal in questioning its motives: Has the 4 million-member group shed its identity as defender of Second Amendment rights and promoter of safe firearms use and instruction in favor of a new one as gun-industry political front?
"The bottom line is the NRA is becoming a subsidiary of the gun industry," said Josh Sugarmann, Violence Policy Center executive director and principal author of last year's "Blood Money: How the Gun Industry Bankrolls the NRA."
"The NRA is in bed with the industry for love and money," he said.
Indeed, the NRA's chief lobbyist in 1996, Tanya Metaksa, told the Wall Street Journal: "The gun industry should send me a basket of fruit - our efforts have created a new market."
NRA public affairs director Andrew Arulanandam did not respond to an e-mail request for comment. But NRA defenders say that links between the NRA and firearms companies are the norm for advocacy organizations and industry players.
"Gun manufacturers are proud of their product," said David Kopel, research director of the Independence Institute in Denver and an NRA member. "They believe they make good products which in the right hands can be wholesome for sporting purposes or life saving in the hands of police. So of course they will give money to organizations that support ownership of firearms by law-abiding persons."
He compared the NRA-industry relationship to book publishers promoting literacy or opposing censorship.
Organizations such as the Sierra Club and Defenders of Wildlife benefit from contributions by companies such as Patagonia, retailers of outdoor apparel and gear. And AARP, which represents the interests of millions of senior citizens, has a lucrative licensing agreement with United Healthcare for Medigap health insurance.
But Sugarmann insisted comparisons to AARP and other organizations are irrelevant because "it's certain their corporate sponsorships are not killing 30,000 Americans a year" - the number of gun-related deaths in recent years, whether by homicide, suicide or accident.
Although the NRA lost its battle to block California Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein's 1994 assault weapons ban, it was instrumental in seeing that Congress let it expire in 2004.
Other successes
Other NRA victories that have helped the industry include:
-- The 2003 Tiahrt amendment, named after former Rep. Todd Tiahrt, R-Kansas. It hampered the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in releasing information on gun traces, making it more difficult for advocacy groups to detect gun-trafficking patterns and link purchases of guns used in crimes to particular gun dealers.
-- Legislation in 2005 that immunized the gun industry from product liability lawsuits for guns used in homicides and other crimes.
-- The McClure-Volkmer Firearms Owners Protection Act of 1986 loosened restrictions on licensed firearms dealers and unlicensed individuals selling weapons at gun shows, and lowered barriers to interstate sales of guns, as well as ammunition through the mail.
Dan Freedman is a reporter in the Hearst Washington Bureau. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com


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Benton Weinstock needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
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We are two mothers who have developed an exciting travel toy for children that can track all their travels in both real time and online. One of us is a teacher therefore a lot of our content is educational. We are wanting to find a logo and "look" that does not look educational at all but fun, exciting, cool and modern. We have had great response from our pitch and now need someone to get the ball rolling with our logo and soon to be image and brand.
Our target audience is boys and girls ages 7 to 12. They like to play games online. We tend to want the logo to attract the older side because the younger children aspire to be older. These kids are learning about the world. In 3rd grade, they learn about the names of the states and in 5th grade they learn specifics about each of the 50 states. Some of these kids travel frequently with their parents and others only can see the world online.
1. We want the logo to have a feeling of motion. The point of the site is that kids can travel by plane (that is why it is called jetz), train or car. Their experience is a voyage.
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3. It needs to be fun, cool, colorful and creative.
4. We want the logo to be child friendly but not kiddie like.
5. We like primary colors so it will attract both boys and girls.
6. We DO NOT like webkinz or club penguin logos. We like cleaner, simple looks. They tend to be more kiddie.
7. We want this to translate to both parents and children.
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