The combination of comfort and peace far from the madding crowd makes this villa an ideal choice for those seeking ultimate privacy. If you are looking for a peaceful place to unwind and detox from your busy life and want to spend some quality time with your loved ones or friends, look no further.
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The villa is located near Episkopi village where you can find a lot of small traditional churches and a small World War 2 museum with exhibits from the Cretan battle. Also, there are a lot of traditional cafes where you can relax and enjoy your coffee and a lot of mini markets for your groceries.
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A car or bike is highly recommended for this area, as there is a lot to see and most shops are not in walking distance.
Our Guests Relations Supervisor will meet and greet the guests upon arrival to provide any assistance required with the property and the area.
A car or bike is highly recommended for this area, as there is a lot to see. Villa Margarita has a secure and private underground parking with an electric gate also a private side road which fits many cars.
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WOW...It's been awhile since I have posted anything. I have been super busy here lately. Trying to get settled in at school and keep things rolling at home has been a juggle here lately. This past week has been great! Teaching seems to be getting a little bit easier each day! I am loving it though! It has been the best experience I could possibly ask for.
Friday was a busy day at school. We had a lot going on that day. My 3rd grade Student Teaching class through me a "early" suprise party! How sweet of them! I forgot to take pictures though! We also had a fundraising assembly...those are always the BEST....NOT! Cheesy salesmen trying to sell items and then reward their sellers with JUNK! haha! Friday night I went with my parents to Heather's basketball game. Josh went to a roping and was unable to go. The Longhorns played a tough team...but they WON! yippie! They advanced to Saturday night. I called it a night pretty early...around 10!
Saturday is typically my "catch up" day! I cleaned our house, did laundry, caught up on ironing, cleaned the car, and then got ready for the game. Josh came home early from his parents and got around. We left early to go have dinner, shop for shoes, and go to Lowes. We had a great time. I got two pairs of sandles. I am so ready for SPRING. We had a great dinner at Chili's, probably one of our favorites. We then headed to the game. Viola played Calico Rock at CR. CR has beat them three times. I believe the last game in which Viola played CR, we should have won! The officials were AWFUL! We just knew this game was going to be a nail biter! My parent met us there. They were anxious too! The girls didnt have their game on Saturday night. It just wasnt there night. We lost by 20. :( We were disappointed, although, they still get to advance to the State Tournment. They will play Wednesday down by Batesville. I am unable to go due to school and afterschool tutoring. I am sad! I think my parents are going to try to go and support our girl, Heather!
Monday...I didnt hardly sleep a wink last night and YES my prediction was correct. I woke up stuffy and with a darn COLD! I am considering going to the DR. today and knocking this COLD out!
Good weekend and we're glad you guys enjoyed church and Sunday school. I knew you'd like it and I hope you come back!!


A picture may be worth a thousand words, but it only took a few good phrases for conceptual artist Barbara Kruger to create a striking installation in Manhattan's Meatpacking District, a commission from the Whitney Museum of American Art. Oversize vinyl sheets printed with bold phrases—"You are not what you seem," "Plenty is Enough"—cover the pavement, fences, and structures on the construction site for the museum's second location, slated to open in 2015. Kruger's texts point to the neighborhood's transformation from gritty warehouse-lined streets to a nexus for fashion, art, and culture. The best view is on the High Line walkway above. Binoculars not needed.
Barbara Kruger, through October 17; .


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KARACHI - With a view to facilitate the general public and other stakeholders in obtaining fresh currency notes before Eid-ul-Fitr, the State Bank of Pakistan has decided that all its field offices and commercial banks' branches throughout the country will issue one packet each of Rs.5/ and Rs.10/ denominations fresh currency notes to one person from their counters once during the Holy month of Ramazan on production of original Computerized National Identity Card along with a copy of it. SBP field offices will start issuing these currency notes from 2nd Ramazan-ul-Mubarak while commercial banks' branches will issue fresh currency notes from 7th of Ramazan till the last working day before Eid-ul-Fitr (or until the stock ends). Commercial banks shall also provide fresh notes of other denominations to their account holders and clients as per their transactions and the stock position. State Bank has made arrangements for ensuring adequate supply of fresh notes to the commercial banks for use in ATMs for the convenience of general public. These steps of the State Bank of Pakistan will help eliminate the black marketing of fresh currency notes during the month of Ramazan and ensure availability of fresh notes to general public throughout the country. In any eventuality, SBP will be vigilant on checking malpractices and any evidence to this effect will be severely dealt with.


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← Catholic Church PR Unit: Rosemary Sheehan (Or: Just Be There)
Junior Counsel Assisting: Melinda Richards (Or: Chief Assistant to the Assistant Chief) →
Maree Marsh (Or: Keep the Rosary Beads Handy)
Posted on April 17, 2013	by lewisblayse
Image source: http://acrath.org.au/2201/new-acrath-leadership/
ACRATH (Australian Catholic Religious Against Trafficking in Humans) Chair, Maree Marsh (pictured above), has been appointed to the Catholic Church PR Unit charged with dealing with the fall-out from the Royal Commission. She is also a former Congregational Leader of the Brigidine Sisters, and may need to think hard about her role on the committee if the matter of paedotourism to orphanages in countries like Cambodia is raised at the Royal Commission.
As a psychologist, she has had professional experience with women who have experienced clerical sexual abuse and presumably this would place her in a position against those who prefer to sweep this issue under the carpet. It remains to be seen whether or not she will speak up within the committee, particularly against the Bishop Hart line of (un)reasoning.
Bishop Hart was partly instrumental in setting up the PR unit of which Sr. Marsh is a member. Over several decades, five women have accused priest Barry Whelan of sexually abusing them, including a woman who was 13 at the time of the alleged abuse and a woman who claims to have had Whelan's son.
In 2004, Victorian magistrate Goldsborough described Bishop Hart's behaviour towards one of Whelan's alleged victims as "appalling." Archbishop Hart had told the woman to "go to hell, bitch" according to court documents. The magistrate said that ""Archbishop Hart has apologized for this appalling and ungracious act directly from the witness box in my presence." Mr. Hart later claimed, repeatedly, to a Melbourne "Age" reporter that he "did not recall" either his comments or the magistrate's rebuke.
Ms. Marsh may need to keep her rosary beads handy.
[Postscript: Is this a (lighter) new trend? According to MSN, barely two years into priest training at the St. Francis Seminary in Cincinnati, actor Tom Cruise was asked to leave. The reason was that he had stolen a bottle of alcohol from a priest – and worse, had consumed it.]
http://www.theage.com.au/national/investigations/sex-abuse-victim-told-to-go-to-hell-20090810-efkm.html
http://news.ph.msn.com/entertainment/tom-cruises-priestly-ambition-disrupted-by-alcohol-1
http://www.catholica.com.au/forum/index.php?mode=printpost&post=129578
TOMORROW: Junior counsel assisting – Melinda Richards
That's all I can say
Lewis Blayse (né Lewin Blazevich)
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Bring back the 'America First' agenda
By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times
NEWS AND OPINION:
The promising news these days is that the Republican Party could reclaim the U.S. Congress in November. That's a start.
"But taking nominal control of Capitol Hill won't be enough. Will Mitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy and their lieutenants be content with stopping the woke and socialist-inspired agenda of progressives? Or will they boldly implement a full-throttle populist nationalist 'America First' agenda? Doing so requires focus, not a scattershot approach," wrote Steve Cortes in an analysis for RealClear Politics.
"The next Republican-majority Congress must concentrate intensely on a short list of the most pressing issues, where only the populists can rescue everyday Americans from the abuses of oligarchs and their handmaidens in both major political parties," said Mr. Cortes, a senior adviser to former President Donald Trump.
Inflation and illegal immigration should be addressed, the economy shored up and pro-energy policies adopted, he advised.
"But healing the economy alone is not enough. Our society suffers a sickness of the soul as well, and legions of everyday Americans feel silenced and intimidated by ruling class elites who insist that we pretend to believe fundamental myths, like the existence of dozens of genders. It's high time for politicians to speak publicly the way the vast majority of Americans speak privately regarding hot-button cultural issues," Mr. Cortes advised.
"Right now, powerful forces collude to oppress the masses, via financial and cultural repression. Only the emerging populist nationalist movement can protect citizens in both realms. Restoring wages and restoring gender sanity represent an agenda worthy of a great movement in this new year," he later concluded.
NOW THERE'S A THOUGHT
The anniversary of the unfortunate attack on the U.S. Capitol draws near. Very near. It's Thursday, in fact. But certain Democrats are already in motion — and they appear to have some big plans in play.
"January 6, 2021 was an appalling day," wrote A.J. Kaufman, a contributor to PJ Media.
"But I also think Democrats and the media are overplaying their hand; rather than have a solemn commemoration Thursday, Democrats want to exploit it to the maximum extent," he wrote.
"The U.S. House isn't even in session this week, yet Speaker Nancy Pelosi is planning a moment of silence, a discussion by esteemed historians, testimonials, and prayer vigils," he said.
They are, he said, "overtly politicizing" the day, specifically citing one Democrat in particular.
"Mendacious Senate Leader Chuck Schumer predictably hopes to use the anniversary to challenge the filibuster and pass a partisan bill nationalizing elections," Mr. Kaufman observed.
ONE FOR THE VETERANS
Homeless military vets may have a cheerful alternative to consider. Reps. Nancy Mace, South Carolina Republican, and Derek Kilmer, Washington Democrat, have just introduced the Tiny Homes for Homeless Veterans Act.
The legislation would create a pilot program under the Department of Veterans Affairs' existing Grant and Per Diem program. Grant recipients would receive funds to build "individualized and sustainable tiny homes in villages" for homeless veterans — which would also offer supportive services for the vets and their families.
"As the cost of living continues to rise, the need to ensure that those who risked everything for this country can access affordable housing has never been greater," Ms. Mace said in a statement.
"I'm proud to introduce bipartisan legislation to help provide more accessible, affordable, and safe housing options for veterans experiencing homelessness," said Mr. Kilmer, also in a statement.
THE MOVERS HAVE A SAY
Americans are fleeing some states according to United Van Lines, which has released the company's 45th annual "National Movers Study" which tracks state-to-state migration patterns based on customer data.
It found that Americans were motivated by the desire to be closer to their families — or to live in "lower-density" areas.
"Of the top ten inbound states, six — Vermont, South Dakota, West Virginia, Alabama, Oregon and Idaho — are among the 20 least densely populated states in America, with less than 100 people per square mile," the poll analysis said.
New Jersey topped the list of outbound locations — followed by Illinois, New York, Connecticut, California, Michigan, Massachusetts, Louisiana, Ohio and Nebraska.
GETTR GETS A BOOST
The free speech social media platform Gettr just got a boost from well-known and influential podcaster Joe Rogan, who announced Sunday that he had joined the Gettr ranks.
Within 48 hours, 545,000 other people signed up.
"This is the great disruption in the social media landscape," said Gettr CEO Jason Miller, who served as a senior adviser to former President Donald Trump.
"People have been looking for a new outlet for free expression, and GETTR is the destination. When Joe Rogan says that the establishment social media giants might get 'even dumber,' people listen and join the migration," Mr. Miller noted in a statement shared with "Inside the Beltway."
Gettr is a right-leaning answer to Twitter, which "does not cancel people for their political opinions," according to a mission statement. It launched on July 4, 2021.
POLL DU JOUR
• 65% of adults in 28 countries say that things in their country are "heading in the wrong direction."
• 32% say a top concern is the coronavirus pandemic.
• 31% say a top concern is "poverty and social inequality"
• 28% say a top concern is unemployment.
• 28% say a top concern is financial and political scandals.
• 27% say crime and violence in their nation.
SOURCE: An Ipsos poll of 19,003 adults in Australia, Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Britain, Canada, Chile, Columbia, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Italy, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Turkey and the U.S. Respondents were allowed to give multiple answers.
• Follow Jennifer Harper on Twitter @HarperBulletin.
• Jennifer Harper can be reached at jharper@washingtontimes.com.


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Is Hillary Brain-Damaged?
Posted on | June 18, 2014 | 34 Comments
During the past several months, there have been questions about Hillary Clinton's health and some speculation she might have had a mild stroke. This speculation comes to mind as I read Jonathan V. Last's account of Hillary's bad week:
By just about every account, her book is uninteresting and unreflective, a carefully contrived piece of positioning. Yet instead of owning that, she insisted at an event that she was "done with being really careful about what to say." And that was before uttering inanities about how "the American political system is the most difficult, even brutal, in the world ." . . .
Then there was her Romney-esque statement about being "dead broke" after leaving the White House and her being so out of touch as to suggest that she and her husband "struggled" to "piece together the resources for mortgages, for houses, for Chelsea's education." "You know," she said, looking for sympathy, "it was not easy." It's hard to think of a more let-them-eat-cake moment from any Democratic politician in the last 40 years. But what made the line even worse is that it was made in defense of taking exorbitant speaking fees from companies such as Goldman Sachs. You half expected her to explain, hedge funds are people, my friends!
And then there was her encounter with Terry Gross, in which Clinton couldn't handle the tough questions … from NPR.
Of course, one hates to cite simple gaffes or inept interview performances as evidence of brain damage, because if Hillary's slip-ups are symptomatic of a stroke, then Joe Biden should be in the ICU.
But the really big blunder was what Hillary said about Second Amendment advocates in a CNN Town Hall event:
"We cannot let a minority of people — and that's what it is, it is a minority of people — hold a viewpoint that terrorizes the majority of people."
Ann Althouse dismantles that in fine fashion.
My gut hunch is that Hillary will not run for president in 2016, and if she does run, she will lose the Democrat nomination again. Whether or not she has a serious health problem, Hillary will face serious challengers for the nomination — I keep hearing Martin O'Malle mentioned — and I don't think she can stand the heat from the Left.
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34 Responses to "Is Hillary Brain-Damaged?"
TiminAL
Is the sky blue?
Is Hillary brain damaged?"
I'm assuming that was a rhetorical question.
riverlifecallie
I don't think she will run either. I think the Dems really, really want Fauxcahontas Warren.
As to Hillary being brain damaged, I don't know how to grab from a Twitter feed, but check out Cripes Suzette's tweet about a screen shot from Hillary's Fox News interview. Her eyes seriously do not line up. I believe her brain injuries were way more serious then the Clintons would have us believe.
And Sarah Palin, in the mortuary, I reckon.
Bob Belvedere
She will run – it's all she's got to live for. And it's the reward she demands after putting-up with Bill's crap for all these years and having to kow-tow to the masses.
She lives for exercising Power And Control.
Unfortunately for her, methinks The Jarrett Junto would like to put in another patsy stooge like the fictional character known as 'Barack Hussein Obama' in The White House – perhaps Liz Warren.
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It's odd that Bill Clinton let Hillary say this, as he knows better. Perhaps he doesn't want her to become President.
Evi L. Bloggerlady
Bob's right, she will run.
While she generally had a bad week, she did okay on Fox (Fox choose not to lay into her, for their own tactical reasons) but she is starting to skewer Obama (saying there are unanswered questions on both Benghazi and the IRS scandal). She has to do that–the only way she can win in 2016 is distancing herself. The problem is that will start to set the left off in the Democrat party because she can only move right.
So I think we will see more of this in the weeks and months ahead. I have no idea if she is brain damaged (I am certain she lacks character), but I know she is not the politician her husband is. She has always been better in the enforcer/behind the throne position and that is not the position that wins general elections.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UQwQjaojrSY/U6GQucbZ2oI/AAAAAAAAizM/hByfrq6EBWk/s1600/Screen+Shot+2014-06-18+at+6.13.42+AM.png A Tale of Two Answers…
if Hillary's slip-ups are symptomatic of a stroke, then Joe Biden should be in the ICU.
And your point…?
Dave Mears
"the American political system is the most difficult, even brutal, in the world ."
She's a former secretary of state, and has somehow managed to miss headlines like:
South Korean Media: Kim Jong-un Ordered The Execution Of His Uncle's Entire Family
The list of jailed political dissidents in Cuba, China, and North Korea, excluding those who've simply vanished, is quite lengthy.
The Maguindanao massacre in the Philippines, where a guy decided to run for a local office and announced in front of a bunch of reporters to protect his safety. Him and all the reporters and anyone else accompanying them executed by the town boss.
Of course, we can't forget the infamous acts of Stalin and Hitler. "The night of the long knives" ring any bells? Hitler had political opponents executed, which was a necessary precursor to war. In Russia's part in the invasion of Poland they bluntly executed the entire next generation's leaders. Not that they were any better in their own country. When Germany turned on them, once Stalin stopped being catatonic, he had several of his generals (those that still lived) freed from prisons so they could defend against the German onslaught. Their crime was basically being powerful and not Stalin.
The US comparatively coddles the political class, even politicians "on the other side" are treated gently on the whole, both by other politicians and including the media relative to even the best, so the US political system in no way qualifies as "..the most difficult, even brutal, in the world." Unless the world she refers to is an imaginary place full of children and singing purple dinosaurs.
I recall someone mentioning that Biden had had a minor (as these things go) stroke when he was younger, but I never bothered to look into if they were being serious, since his well reported lies while running for president, I've not held a good evaluation of his qualification to be president, health or no.
Stalin makes the others look like rank amateurs by comparison. Even the purge of the SA doesn't come close to the Soviet purges of the 30s.
Hillary hasn't just missed, she's taking something pretty powerful. But, I think she'll run. She is far too much the narcissist not to.
certainly, but had to throw in some relatively current events to avoid a "well, that was the past, but" likewise, I restrained myself from discussing Rome.
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Anon Y. Mous
Then there was her Romney-esque statement about being "dead broke" after leaving the White House and her being so out of touch as to suggest that she and her husband "struggled" to "piece together the resources for mortgages, for houses, for Chelsea's education."
"Romney-esque"? What did Romney ever say that is even comparable to this? Not only that, but using "Romney-esque" as the adjective suggests not just that he said something like that once, but that he said stuff like that regularly – enough so that such statements should be named after him like he owns the category.
It's a matter of perspective. For those who imagine themselves on the handle end of the instrument, the night of the long knives doesn't look so scary.
RKae
Right! Now bake me a cake that supports my personal proclivity or I'll run you out of business!
HRC on Fox now: that gal ain't right she just ain't right. Those eyeballs are a symptom. #hrc #foxnews pic.twitter.com/2nsuM6aTnv— CripesSuzette (@CripesSuzette) June 17, 2014
WarEagle82
Well, we certainly wouldn't want a small minority to terrorize the vast majority on topics like marriage.
Shouldn't that be the "Jarrett Junta"?
June 19th, 2014 @ 12:08 am
"I believe her brain injuries were way more serious…."
But how can you really tell? AND…..WDDIM?
Adjoran
June 19th, 2014 @ 1:01 am
He had a brain aneurysm, which was repaired with surgery. The doctor who operated said that he found nothing else.
Romney never said he was broke at all. He said when he and Ann first got married, they were just making ends meet. That's not "broke" in any sane lexicon – people these days who "just make ends meet" and still accrue mountains of debt are broke but don't realize it.
But Romney was secure enough in his ability to support his young family on his own that he donated most of his inheritance from his grandparents to charity, and later his inheritance from his parents, too (although he was already successful by that time).
Hillary's problem isn't brain damage or drugs. She's just not as good at lying convincingly or dodging questions as artfully as her husband or Obama.
And the fact she is not a "people person," she's an arrogant bitch who treats those around her like indentured servants. That warmth comes through and is not appealing. She also cannot summarize either her accomplishments or why she wants to be President, despite having a very long time to think it over.
Fox was correct to use kid gloves: it was a book tour, she's not a candidate yet. Too harsh, and she has an excuse not to come back.
What a coincidence! We were just talking about brain damage!
Rupert Murdoch has been playing footsie with the Clintons for years. Here's just one sample link:
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/rupert-murdoch-loves-hillary-clinton/
If you Google Murdoch and Clinton, you get a ton of links, and they almost all say positive things about their interactions.
He views Clinton as a Democrat that is good for his business interests, and that is his bottom line. If she runs, expect Fox News to be sympathetic to her campaign, especially when compared to other Democrats.
K-Bob
Massive Headwound Hillary 2016!
'Junta' usually describes a cabal involving the military, whereas, 'Junto' is applied more to civilian-based groups.
Now, I know the version ending in 'a' is the feminine, but…well…have you ever seen Valerie Jarrett?
Say the phrase three times in a dark room, and she appears!
No brain, no pain.
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Abu Dhabi seeks $6.5bn in row with Malaysia's 1MDB
1MDB insists it repaid the loan
ABU DHABI - Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund is seeking $6.5 billion from Malaysia's troubled state investment vehicle 1MDB, as it moves to settle a debt dispute through international arbitration.
The fund, International Petroleum Investment Co (IPIC), on Tuesday said it had submitted its request to the London Court of International Arbitration.
In April, 1MDB, or 1Malaysia Development Berhad, defaulted on $1.75 billion in company bonds after missing an interest payment of $50 million.
1MDB and Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak are battling allegations that billions were looted from the company in complex overseas deals that are being investigated by authorities in several countries.
IPIC has accused 1MDB of failing to pay back a $1 billion loan from the Abu Dhabi fund.
IPIC's arbitration request accuses 1MDB and Malaysia's finance ministry -- Najib is also finance minister -- of failing to stick to its financial agreements with IPIC.
"The failure of 1MDB and (Malaysia's finance ministry) to perform their obligations, cure their defaults or put forward acceptable proposals has left IPIC in the position where it must pursue its claims in arbitration," IPIC said in a filing to the London Stock Exchange .
1MDB insists it repaid the loan but IPIC says the money instead went to a company with which it has no relations. IPIC is refusing to guarantee the bonds until the loan is repaid.
Malaysia's finance ministry took over 1MDB's assets recently after dissolving the board of advisors.
1MDB said it will "review the request for arbitration once it has been served with a copy".
Both 1MDB and Najib, who launched the company in 2009, vehemently deny wrongdoing.
In April, a Malaysian parliamentary committee said at least $4.2 billion in questionable overseas money transfers were made by 1MDB.
Najib was plunged into the crisis last year when it was revealed that $681 million in transfers were made to his personal bank accounts in 2013.
In May, Swiss financial regulators approved the dissolution of Switzerland-based BSI Bank over "serious breaches" of money-laundering regulations in its dealings with 1MDB.


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Tattoo Golf's Clubhouse Collection Polo is a very comfortable and sharp looking golf polo. The fabric, 100% woven polyester, is high on comfort and low on management. The fabric resists wrinkling and doesn't need to be ironed if you take it right out of the dryer.
Not only is the polo very comfortable and high performance, it is adorned with the timeless signature Tattoo Golf skull and cross club bones.
Staying warm on the golf course is imperative for comfort and playing well in cold conditions. If I'm not warm, my back tightens up and the swing goes bad. Very bad.
The Dunning Golf base layer is a system you wear under your normal golf threads. The base layer system can include a long or short sleeve merino wool undershirt as well as merino wool boxer-briefs.
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I'm thrilled with the comfort and style of my OGIO Groove golf shorts. These are made from 94% polyester and 6% spandex. The end result is mega-comfort, no wrinkles and easy care.
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The ML75 is a very sharp looking polo which comes in some really great color combinations. The polo is made from a super fine microfiber polyester yarn which is so soft and smooth that the shirt feels like it is made from silk.
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Every now and again you come across a game that deals with mental health issues, or at least have it as part of its story or as an explanation as why the mechanics are what they are. Just like television and film, games need to tread carefully with such a subject. On one hand, mental health issues shouldn't be the main influence on how the game plays, but on another there should be enough content relating to the issue that explains its effect on what is happening. Reflection of Mine deals with DID otherwise known as Dissociative Identity Disorder, although how it portrays with the condition could be argued.
In Reflection of Mine you are meant to navigate the broken mind of a young girl called Lilly Witchgan. You need to help Lilly identify which personality is the real one as she discovers a dark plot within her mind. Reflection of Mine has you controlling two characters at the same time. One on the left and one on the right. The character on the left moves along a green landscape whilst the character on the right has to contend with a much darker tone. You move both characters across their individual landscapes to the exit, which located on the opposite side. The challenge is that both characters have different obstacles to navigate so you will need to constantly assess every step. Lilly has ten personalities and it is up to you to help her find which is her true self. There are 55 puzzles across 4 chapters whilst there is a separate arcade mode containing a further 10 stages.
If you ever watched the film Split then you may have an idea of what is going on in Reflection of Mine. Basically, the different personalities are trying to take overall control but only one is the real Lilly. Through a series of challenging puzzles, you will eventually find the correct personality. Reflection of Mine is like a maze puzzle in its structure, you navigate through a path or sets of path to the exit. Each level delves further into her mindset, completing each level releases a part of her true self that she can piece together. There are 3 difficulties you can play with, obviously the harder difficulties are more challenging with penalties for how many moves you make and removal of hints.
In regards to how Reflection of Mine plays, it's quite simple, but also very challenging at times. If you press up both characters will move unless there is an obstacle in the way. If there is an obstacle in the way on of the two maps, then that character will stay where they were, now if you move left both characters will move left but the first character will be higher up the map compared to the other. You need to plan ahead a fair bit and also look out for those obstacles that can kill you, if you die then you restart the level. Luckily, there are save points on some levels so if you do mess up that will be where you restart. If you die enough times you will be asked if you need help, if you say yes, you'll be brought to a vertically-scrolling level where you must pick up various things that will help you progress further.
Graphically, Reflection of Mine has four very distinct stages and each personality shines through. The art on show is a mixture of darkly lit and sombre tones interspersed with cuteness, but the overall feeling is of creepiness. Musically Reflection of Mine goes hand in hand with the dark themes you are playing through, the whole experience is one you might not actually enjoy not from a gaming perspective but because of the subject matter. In terms of replayability once you have completed the stages you can go back and collect some keys that give more insight into the story but overall there is about 10 hours play.
Reflection of Mine is both a challenging puzzle game to play, but also takes a challenging if light look at Dissociative Identity Disorder. The subject matter may put some off whilst the challenge of moving two characters in tandem will put others off. If you are looking for a challenging puzzle title, which is going to tax your brain, but reward your patience and planning then Reflection of Mine will give you a few hours of fun frustration.
Lilly has to find herself before it is too late in Reflection of Mine….
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Discovery of the Lyme Disease Agent.
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A detailed first-hand account of the events leading up to the discovery of the Lyme disease agent has been lacking. Nearly 40 years have elapsed since the discovery of the organism that was named Borrelia burgdorferi There are thousands of articles in the scientific and medical literature on this organism and the disease that it causes. In the interval since the organism's discovery, however, misconceptions have arisen regarding not only the disease but the discovery itself. Accordingly, with this paper, we aim to fill in the details of this episode in medical history with a joint introduction, first-person accounts by the two authors, a summary of contemporaneous events, and concluding comments. The history of the discovery of the Lyme disease agent has threads originating in different places in the United States. Studies on Long Island, NY, provided the epidemiological thread of studies on rickettsial diseases and babesiosis, linking the latter with the cutaneous manifestation of Lyme disease, now known as erythema migrans. The Long Island thread intersected Montana's Rocky Mountain Laboratories thread of studies on a relapsing fever Borrelia and its cultivation and expertise in vector biology. This intersection made possible the discovery of the spirochete and its recovery from patients. This paper stresses that what may seem to have been an individual scientific discovery is actually the product of several threads coming together and is attributable to more people than appreciated.
Discovery of the Lyme Disease Agent
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Billy Frazer (born 30 December 2002) is a New Zealand racing driver. He currently competes in the U.S. F2000 National Championship with Exclusive Autosport.

Racing career

Toyota Racing Series
After winning the New Zealand Formula Ford title in 2020, it was announced on 13 December 2020, that he would move to the Toyota Racing Series in 2021 with M2 Competition. Frazer ended up finished third in 2021.

U.S. F2000 National Championship
On the 11 February, 2021, it was announced that Frazer would compete in the U.S. F2000 National Championship with Exclusive Autosport alongside his Toyota Racing Series campaign that same year.

After his rookie season in 2021, Frazer would compete in the championship in 2022 again with Exclusive Autosport.

Racing record

Career summary

* Season still in progress.

American open-wheel racing results

U.S. F2000 National Championship
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (Races with * indicate most race laps led)

* Season still in progress.

Complete Formula Regional Oceania Championship Results
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References

2002 births
Living people
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Marvin Lambert (14 de diciembre de 1977 - 18 de octubre de 2012) fue un luchador profesional estadounidense más conocido por su nombre artístico en el ring, Brain Damage.

Brain Damage compitió para una serie de promociones diferentes a lo largo de su carrera, pero es más conocido por su trabajo en Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South (IWA Mid-South) y Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW). En IWA Mid-South, Brain Damage formó un equipo junto a Deranged, conocido como Vulgar Display of Power. Ganaron los Campeonatos en Parejas de la IWA Mid-South una vez y también el Torneo Doble Muerte en Parejas de la IWA Mid-South en 2007 y 2008. En CZW, Brain Damage fue dos veces Campeón del Hombre de Hierro de la CZW y dos veces Campeón Underground Ultraviolento de la CZW habiendo poseído ambos campeonatos simultáneamente.

Carrera

Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South (2000-2006)
Brain Damage comenzó a luchar en Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South (IWA Mid-South) en 2000, haciendo su primera aparición en la segunda noche del torneo King of the Death Match el 21 de octubre. Derrotó a su entrenador, Toby Klein, en un combate de individuales que no era parte del torneo. Su siguiente aparición de la promoción fue en 2005, cuando compitió en la edición de 2005 del torneo anual King of the Deathmatch.

En 2006, Damage comenzó a competir principalmente para la IWA Mid-South. Fue durante este tiempo que él formó el equipo Vulgar Display of Power con Deranged, con los dos haciendo su primera aparición juntos en la IWA Mid-South el 20 de enero de 2006 en The Edge of Insanity, donde se enfrentaron sin éxito por los Campeonato en Parejas de la NWA Midwest en una lucha.

Muerte
Lambert fue encontrado muerto el 18 de octubre de 2012. Se cree que su muerte fue un suicidio.

En lucha
Movimientos finales
Package piledriver

Movimientos de firma
Big boot
Brainbuster
Fallaway slam
Headbutt
Knee lift
Leg drop
Powerbomb
Straight jab to the opponent's face

Campeonatos y logros
Combat Zone Wrestling
CZW Iron Man Championship (2 veces)
CZW Ultraviolent Underground Championship (2 veces)
CZW Tournament of Death: Fast Forward

Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South
IWA Mid-South Tag Team Championship (1 vez) – con Deranged
Double Death Tag Team Deathmatch (2007, 2008) – con Deranged

Pro Wrestling Illustrated
Situado en el Nº294 en los PWI 500 de 2008
Situado en el Nº277 en los PWI 500 de 2009
Situado en el Nº470 de los PWI 500 de 2011

Xtreme Intense Championship Wrestling
XICW Tag Team Championship (1 vez) – con Toby Klein

Referencias

Enlaces externos

 CZW profile
 Online World of Wrestling profile
 Cagematch.net profile
 IMDb

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Suicidas de Estados Unidos
Luchadores profesionales que cometieron suicidio
Suicidios masculinos
Suicidios en 2012


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ST. LOUIS ?— Roger Clemens won his 327th career game with seven strong innings, and the Houston Astros kept pace in the NL wild-card race by holding on for a 7-5 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday night.
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Lance Berkman matched a career high with four hits, including a three-run double that highlighted a five-run fourth for the Astros, who have won 15 of 18 and remained a game behind San Francisco, 3-2 winners at Milwaukee, for the wild card.
Lance Berkman matched a career high with four hits, including a three-run double that highlighted a five-run fourth. Houston, which has won 15 of 18, remained a game behind San Francisco in the wild-card race. Brad Lidge got the final out for his 23rd save.
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Key size
(Redirected from Key length)
In cryptography, key size, key length, or key space refer to the number of bits in a key used by a cryptographic algorithm (such as a cipher).
Key length defines the upper-bound on an algorithm's security (i.e. a logarithmic measure of the fastest known attack against an algorithm), since the security of all algorithms can be violated by brute-force attacks. Ideally, the lower-bound on an algorithm's security is by design equal to the key length (that is, the security is determined entirely by the keylength, or in other words, the algorithm's design does not detract from the degree of security inherent in the key length). Indeed, most symmetric-key algorithms are designed to have security equal to their key length. However, after design, a new attack might be discovered. For instance, Triple DES was designed to have a 168-bit key, but an attack of complexity 2112 is now known (i.e. Triple DES now only has 112 bits of security, and of the 168 bits in the key the attack has rendered 56 'ineffective' towards security). Nevertheless, as long as the security (understood as "the amount of effort it would take to gain access") is sufficient for a particular application, then it does not matter if key length and security coincide. This is important for asymmetric-key algorithms, because no such algorithm is known to satisfy this property; elliptic curve cryptography comes the closest with an effective security of roughly half its key length.
2 Key size and encryption system
3 Brute-force attack
4 Symmetric algorithm key lengths
5 Asymmetric algorithm key lengths
6 Effect of quantum computing attacks on key strength
SignificanceEdit
Keys are used to control the operation of a cipher so that only the correct key can convert encrypted text (ciphertext) to plaintext. Many ciphers are actually based on publicly known algorithms or are open source and so it is only the difficulty of obtaining the key that determines security of the system, provided that there is no analytic attack (i.e. a "structural weakness" in the algorithms or protocols used), and assuming that the key is not otherwise available (such as via theft, extortion, or compromise of computer systems). The widely accepted notion that the security of the system should depend on the key alone has been explicitly formulated by Auguste Kerckhoffs (in the 1880s) and Claude Shannon (in the 1940s); the statements are known as Kerckhoffs' principle and Shannon's Maxim respectively.
A key should, therefore, be large enough that a brute-force attack (possible against any encryption algorithm) is infeasible – i.e. would take too long to execute. Shannon's work on information theory showed that to achieve so-called 'perfect secrecy', the key length must be at least as large as the message and only used once (this algorithm is called the one-time pad). In light of this, and the practical difficulty of managing such long keys, modern cryptographic practice has discarded the notion of perfect secrecy as a requirement for encryption, and instead focuses on computational security, under which the computational requirements of breaking an encrypted text must be infeasible for an attacker.
Key size and encryption systemEdit
Encryption systems are often grouped into families. Common families include symmetric systems (e.g. AES) and asymmetric systems (e.g. RSA); they may alternatively be grouped according to the central algorithm used (e.g. elliptic curve cryptography).
As each of these is of a different level of cryptographic complexity, it is usual to have different key sizes for the same level of security, depending upon the algorithm used. For example, the security available with a 1024-bit key using asymmetric RSA is considered approximately equal in security to an 80-bit key in a symmetric algorithm.[1]
The actual degree of security achieved over time varies, as more computational power and more powerful mathematical analytic methods become available. For this reason, cryptologists tend to look at indicators that an algorithm or key length shows signs of potential vulnerability, to move to longer key sizes or more difficult algorithms. For example, as of May 2007[update], a 1039-bit integer was factored with the special number field sieve using 400 computers over 11 months.[2] The factored number was of a special form; the special number field sieve cannot be used on RSA keys. The computation is roughly equivalent to breaking a 700 bit RSA key. However, this might be an advance warning that 1024 bit RSA used in secure online commerce should be deprecated, since they may become breakable in the near future. Cryptography professor Arjen Lenstra observed that "Last time, it took nine years for us to generalize from a special to a nonspecial, hard-to-factor number" and when asked whether 1024-bit RSA keys are dead, said: "The answer to that question is an unqualified yes."[3]
The 2015 Logjam attack revealed additional dangers in using Diffie-Hellman key exchange when only one or a few common 1024-bit or smaller prime moduli are in use. This common practice allows large amounts of communications to be compromised at the expense of attacking a small number of primes.[4][5]
Brute-force attackEdit
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Main article: Brute-force attack
Even if a symmetric cipher is currently unbreakable by exploiting structural weaknesses in its algorithm, it is possible to run through the entire space of keys in what is known as a brute-force attack. Since longer symmetric keys require exponentially more work to brute force search, a sufficiently long symmetric key makes this line of attack impractical.
With a key of length n bits, there are 2n possible keys. This number grows very rapidly as n increases. The large number of operations (2128) required to try all possible 128-bit keys is widely considered out of reach for conventional digital computing techniques for the foreseeable future.[6] However, experts anticipate alternative computing technologies that may have processing power superior to current computer technology. If a suitably sized quantum computer capable of running Grover's algorithm reliably becomes available, it would reduce a 128-bit key down to 64-bit security, roughly a DES equivalent. This is one of the reasons why AES supports a 256-bit key length.[a]
Symmetric algorithm key lengthsEdit
US Government export policy has long restricted the "strength" of cryptography that can be sent out of the country. For many years the limit was 40 bits. Today, a key length of 40 bits offers little protection against even a casual attacker with a single PC. In response, by the year 2000, most of the major US restrictions on the use of strong encryption were relaxed.[7] However, not all regulations have been removed, and encryption registration with the U.S. Bureau of Industry and Security is still required to export "mass market encryption commodities, software and components with encryption exceeding 64 bits" (75 FR 36494).
IBM's Lucifer cipher was selected in 1974 as the base for what would become the Data Encryption Standard. Lucifer's key length was reduced from 128 bits to 56 bits, which the NSA and NIST argued was sufficient. The NSA has major computing resources and a large budget; some cryptographers including Whitfield Diffie and Martin Hellman complained that this made the cipher so weak that NSA computers would be able to break a DES key in a day through brute force parallel computing. The NSA disputed this, claiming that brute-forcing DES would take them "something like 91 years".[8] However, by the late 90s, it became clear that DES could be cracked in a few days' time-frame with custom-built hardware such as could be purchased by a large corporation or government.[9][10] The book Cracking DES (O'Reilly and Associates) tells of the successful attempt in 1998 to break 56-bit DES by a brute-force attack mounted by a cyber civil rights group with limited resources; see EFF DES cracker. Even before that demonstration, 56 bits was considered insufficient length for symmetric algorithm keys; DES has been replaced in many applications by Triple DES, which has 112 bits of security when used 168-bit keys (triple key).[11] In 2002, Distributed.net and its volunteers broke a 64-bit RC5 key after several years effort, using about seventy thousand (mostly home) computers.
The Advanced Encryption Standard published in 2001 uses key sizes of 128, 192 or 256 bits. Many observers consider 128 bits sufficient for the foreseeable future for symmetric algorithms of AES's quality until quantum computers become available.[citation needed] However, as of 2015, the U.S. National Security Agency has issued guidance that it plans to switch to quantum computing resistant algorithms and now requires 256-bit AES keys for data classified up to Top Secret.[12]
In 2003, the U.S. National Institute for Standards and Technology, NIST proposed phasing out 80-bit keys by 2015. At 2005, 80-bit keys were allowed only until 2010.[13]
Since 2015, NIST guidance says that "the use of keys that provide less than 112 bits of security strength for key agreement is now disallowed." NIST approved symmetric encryption algorithms include three-key Triple DES, and AES. Approvals for two-key Triple DES and Skipjack were withdrawn in 2015; the NSA's Skipjack algorithm used in its Fortezza program employs 80-bit keys.[11]
Asymmetric algorithm key lengthsEdit
The effectiveness of public key cryptosystems depends on the intractability (computational and theoretical) of certain mathematical problems such as integer factorization. These problems are time-consuming to solve, but usually faster than trying all possible keys by brute force. Thus, asymmetric keys must be longer for equivalent resistance to attack than symmetric algorithm keys. The most common methods are assumed to be weak against sufficiently powerful quantum computers in the future.
Since 2015, NIST recommends a minimum of 2048-bit keys for RSA,[14] an update to the widely-accepted recommendation of a 1024-bit minimum since at least 2002.[15]
1024-bit RSA keys are equivalent in strength to 80-bit symmetric keys, 2048-bit RSA keys to 112-bit symmetric keys, 3072-bit RSA keys to 128-bit symmetric keys, and 15360-bit RSA keys to 256-bit symmetric keys.[16] In 2003, RSA Security claimed that 1024-bit keys were likely to become crackable some time between 2006 and 2010, while 2048-bit keys are sufficient until 2030.[17] As of 2020[update] the largest RSA key publicly known to be cracked is RSA-250 with 829 bits.[18]
The Finite Field Diffie-Hellman algorithm has roughly the same key strength as RSA for the same key sizes. The work factor for breaking Diffie-Hellman is based on the discrete logarithm problem, which is related to the integer factorization problem on which RSA's strength is based. Thus, a 2048-bit Diffie-Hellman key has about the same strength as a 2048-bit RSA key.
Elliptic-curve cryptography (ECC) is an alternative set of asymmetric algorithms that is equivalently secure with shorter keys, requiring only approximately twice the bits as the equivalent symmetric algorithm.[14] A 256-bit ECDH key has approximately the same safety factor as a 128-bit AES key.[14] A message encrypted with an elliptic key algorithm using a 109-bit long key was broken in 2004.[19]
The NSA previously recommended 256-bit ECC for protecting classified information up to the SECRET level, and 384-bit for TOP SECRET;[12] In 2015 it announced plans to transition to quantum-resistant algorithms by 2024, and until then recommends 384-bit for all classified information.[20]
Effect of quantum computing attacks on key strengthEdit
The two best known quantum computing attacks are based on Shor's algorithm and Grover's algorithm. Of the two, Shor's offers the greater risk to current security systems.
Derivatives of Shor's algorithm are widely conjectured to be effective against all mainstream public-key algorithms including RSA, Diffie-Hellman and elliptic curve cryptography. According to Professor Gilles Brassard, an expert in quantum computing: "The time needed to factor an RSA integer is the same order as the time needed to use that same integer as modulus for a single RSA encryption. In other words, it takes no more time to break RSA on a quantum computer (up to a multiplicative constant) than to use it legitimately on a classical computer." The general consensus is that these public key algorithms are insecure at any key size if sufficiently large quantum computers capable of running Shor's algorithm become available. The implication of this attack is that all data encrypted using current standards based security systems such as the ubiquitous SSL used to protect e-commerce and Internet banking and SSH used to protect access to sensitive computing systems is at risk. Encrypted data protected using public-key algorithms can be archived and may be broken at a later time.
Mainstream symmetric ciphers (such as AES or Twofish) and collision resistant hash functions (such as SHA) are widely conjectured to offer greater security against known quantum computing attacks. They are widely thought most vulnerable to Grover's algorithm. Bennett, Bernstein, Brassard, and Vazirani proved in 1996 that a brute-force key search on a quantum computer cannot be faster than roughly 2n/2 invocations of the underlying cryptographic algorithm, compared with roughly 2n in the classical case.[21] Thus in the presence of large quantum computers an n-bit key can provide at least n/2 bits of security. Quantum brute force is easily defeated by doubling the key length, which has little extra computational cost in ordinary use. This implies that at least a 256-bit symmetric key is required to achieve 128-bit security rating against a quantum computer. As mentioned above, the NSA announced in 2015 that it plans to transition to quantum-resistant algorithms.[12]
According to the NSA:
"A sufficiently large quantum computer, if built, would be capable of undermining all widely-deployed public key algorithms used for key establishment and digital signatures. ... It is generally accepted that quantum computing techniques are much less effective against symmetric algorithms than against current widely used public key algorithms. While public key cryptography requires changes in the fundamental design to protect against a potential future quantum computer, symmetric key algorithms are believed to be secure provided a sufficiently large key size is used. ... In the longer term, NSA looks to NIST to identify a broadly accepted, standardized suite of commercial public key algorithms that are not vulnerable to quantum attacks."
As of 2016[update], the NSA's Commercial National Security Algorithm Suite includes:[22]
RSA 3072-bit or larger Key establishment, digital signature
Diffie-Hellman (DH) 3072-bit or larger Key establishment
ECDH with NIST P-384 Key establishment
ECDSA with NIST P-384 Digital signature
SHA-384 Integrity
AES-256 Confidentiality
Key stretching
NotesEdit
^ See the discussion on the relationship between key lengths and quantum computing attacks at the bottom of this page for more information.
^ Ducklin, Paul (2013-05-27). "Anatomy of a change – Google announces it will double its SSL key sizes – Naked Security". Sophos. Retrieved 2016-09-24.
^ "Researcher: RSA 1024-bit Encryption not Enough". PC World. 2007-05-23. Retrieved 2016-09-24.
^ Cheng, Jacqui (2007-05-23). "Researchers: 307-digit key crack endangers 1024-bit RSA". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2016-09-24.
^ "Weak Diffie-Hellman and the Logjam Attack". weakdh.org. 2015-05-20.
^ Adrian, David; Bhargavan, Karthikeyan; Durumeric, Zakir; Gaudry, Pierrick; Green, Matthew; Halderman, J. Alex; Heninger, Nadia; Springall, Drew; Thomé, Emmanuel; Valenta, Luke; VanderSloot, Benjamin; Wustrow, Eric; Zanella-Béguelin, Santiago; Zimmermann, Paul (October 2015). Imperfect Forward Secrecy: How Diffie-Hellman Fails in Practice (PDF). 22nd ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS '15). Denver, CO.
^ "How secure is AES against brute force attacks?". EE Times. Retrieved 2016-09-24.
^ McCarthy, Jack (2000-04-03). "Governments Relax Encryption Regulations". PC World. Archived from the original on 2012-04-10.
^ "DES Stanford-NBS-NSA meeting recording & transcript". Toad.com. Archived from the original on 2012-05-03. Retrieved 2016-09-24.
^ Blaze, Matt; Diffie, Whitefield; Rivest, Ronald L.; Schneier, Bruce; Shimomura, Tsutomu; Thompson, Eric; Wiener, Michael (January 1996). "Minimal key lengths for symmetric ciphers to provide adequate commercial security". Fortify. Retrieved 2011-10-14.
^ Strong Cryptography The Global Tide of Change, Cato Institute Briefing Paper no. 51, Arnold G. Reinhold, 1999
^ a b Barker, Elaine; Roginsky, Allen (2015-11-06). "Transitions: Recommendation for Transitioning the Use of Cryptographic Algorithms and Key Lengths, NIST SP-800-131A Rev 1" (PDF). Nvlpubs.nist.gov. Retrieved 2016-09-24.
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Recommendation for Key Management — Part 1: general, NIST Special Publication 800-57. March, 2007
Blaze, Matt; Diffie, Whitfield; Rivest, Ronald L.; et al. "Minimal Key Lengths for Symmetric Ciphers to Provide Adequate Commercial Security". January, 1996
Arjen K. Lenstra, Eric R. Verheul: Selecting Cryptographic Key Sizes. J. Cryptology 14(4): 255-293 (2001) — Citeseer link
www.keylength.com: An online keylength calculator
Articles discussing the implications of quantum computing
NIST cryptographic toolkit
Burt Kaliski: TWIRL and RSA key sizes (May 2003)
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I was delighted to watch this little boy exploring this lovely Narnia bench. Curiosity in action. A while ago, in preparation for a training day I was giving called Enquiring Minds, I did some research on curiosity. It is becoming more and more apparent that if children are to thrive – mentally, emotionally and academically – they need curiosity.
I love this quote by Eleanor Roosevelt: 'I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift would be curiosity.' Actually curiosity seems to be innate to humans, but it requires nurture and support.
Years of working as a clinical psychologist have led Todd Kashdan to the conclusion that cultivating curiosity is the key to wellbeing. Research demonstrates links between curiosity and self-confidence. It supports resilience, and has been shown to impact positively on empathy, sociability and relationships. It's linked to creativity too.
According to psychologist Sophie von Stumm 'The most reliable predictor of achievement is a hungry mind.' Ken Robinson has called curiosity the 'engine of achievement' (though I'm not sure I totally agree with his view that 'If you can light the spark of curiosity in a child, they will learn without any further assistance.') The historian Sir Richard Southern said 'we learn by being puzzled and excited.' Over two millennia ago Plutarch wrote 'The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be ignited'.
This is Einstein again: 'The important thing is not to stop questioning.' In the view of cognitive scientist Daniel Willingham 'It's the question that stimulates curiosity. Being told the answer quells curiosity before it can even get going.' How vital exploration and enquiry are, whether at home, in pre-school or school, in libraries, in museums, in the open air, in fact anywhere and everywhere. Great when initiated by children, and valuable too when prompted by adults.
The more we encourage children's curiosity and sense of wonder, the more we help them towards a thirst for and a joy in learning and new ways of thinking.
To end, here's a snippet from Jan Mark's wonderful children book Thunder and Lightnings. This is a conversation between Victor, who has a learning disability and finds school work demanding and difficult, and his friend Andrew.
'I thought you didn't like learning things,' said Andrew.
A little while ago I blogged about the importance of family learning and gave some links to sources of information. This time, I thought I would share a few of the photos I showed on a recent course on the topic for an inspiring group of community development workers, children's centre staff and library staff. They give an indication of the many forms good family learning can take. Rhyme times are fabulous in terms of fun, and for developing social and emotional skills and language. This is a great one run by Barnet Libraries. Enjoyable activities like this drop-in event at Orleans House Gallery support family bonding and give ideas for things to do at home. There's nothing to beat story times for building a love of books and reading. Lots of engagement in this Bromley Libraries bedtime story hour. Everyone enjoys creative activites, and they support social and artistic skills. I was very lucky to be part of Historic Royal Palaces' Curious Stories project. I loved contributing to this Barnet Libraries project. Lots of fun, and everyone got a real sense of achievement, an important aspect of family learning. For family learning to work it must be enjoyable. This is a wonderful collaboration between the Museum of Classical Archaeology and Fitzwilliam Museum. Research shows that family learning supports well-being. You can see how it happens in these photos from a Cardiff Story event. Family learning is inclusive and intergenerational. Don't forget grandparents! These photos were taken at events in Liverpool and Enfield libraries. Lots of good family learning is very informal, as in this event at Crealy Adventure Park mounted by the Royal Albert Memorial Museum. Lastly, a reminder that play is an important part of family learning activities. Here is an Enfield Libary Service toddler time.
Family learning is transformative. For anyone interested in finding out more about its benefits and ways to support it effectively, there are still places available on two courses I'm giving later this term: Sheffield on 23 March and Cardiff on 28 March. I also deliver bespoke in-service family learning training for local authorities, schools, museums, and other organisations.
I've just been putting together the handouts for a course for on effective provision and support for children with learning disabilities, a topic I feel passionate about. We will be exploring the needs of children with a wide range of learning challenges, the barriers they may face with learning and participation, and the implications, before going on to identify ways to maximise engagement, learning and enjoyment. This particular course is for a museum, but I also give lots of training on special needs for other cultural and heritage organisations, and for schools and libraries, and I find that many issues are common to all.
'As far as working with pupils with SEN is concerned, we must look at our assumptions and be prepared to challenge them.
Wise words. Assumptions and stereotypes are dangerous things. Every child has different needs, even if they have the same diagnosis. A flexible, listening approach is vital. So is a calm environment in which every child feels safe and supported. Many children with learning difficulties have very high anxiety levels. Change, in particular, can be scary. For children on the autistic spectrum, and plenty of others, providing information – preferably with photos – in advance so they know what to expect from new experiences and new places makes a huge difference. Noise, crowds and clutter are very stressful for some. It's great that lots of cultural and heritage organisations now offer specific activities or opening times to support children and families for whom these are a problem.
Like other children, most children with learning disabilities love getting involved. I will blog another time about inclusive participation strategies and the value of multi-sensory approaches.


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The Independent on Sunday: The Olympics, cheating and the spirit of fair play
August 5, 2012 Sport No comments
This article originally appeared in The Independent on Sunday, 5 August 2012. The link is here: http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/musa-okwonga-if-theyre-brits-we-call-it-tactics-if-not-its-cheating-8007570.html
Whenever competitors try to work around the rules of a sport, there is a thin line between being cute and being a cheat. Some athletes eye this line as carefully as they watch the edges of their own lanes: and others pole vault well clear of it. These Olympic Games have already seen plenty of participants both suspected of and criticised for morally dubious conduct. China's Ye Shiwen, the 16-year old double gold medallist, has been found guilty until proven innocent of doping by the ever-reliable court of Western public opinion. That same court has been somewhat less quick to conclude that Katie Ledecky, the 15-year old winner of the 800m freestyle, has been generously assisted by chemical friends. Why Ledecky – a wholesome all-American prodigy with an apple-pie smile – has been subjected to less scrutiny than Shiwen is anyone's guess.
Meanwhile, badminton players from China, Indonesia and South Koreahave been disqualified for trying to lose to their opponents, results which would have given them an easier draw in the following round. Great Britain's joy at a cycling gold medal for its men's sprint team was tempered by the revelation that Philip Hindes, who rode the team's anchor lap, may have deliberately crashed in order to gain a restart for his team.
As is often the case, the responses to these events have been more revealing than the events themselves. Broadly speaking, the authorities have condemned their acts, while athletes and team coaches have been fairly sympathetic. China's official delegation described them as "against the spirit of fair play", as Alan Budikusuma, who had won an Olympic badminton gold for Indonesia, revealed to the BBC that he had been told by his coaches to lose matches to better his team's chances. Elsewhere, British Cycling was quick to defend Hindes from any allegation of wrongdoing, suggesting his explanation for his crash – " I did it on purpose to get a restart … So it was all planned, really" – was lost in translation, since Hindes, born in Germany, had only recently begun to learn English.
Hindes received qualified support from a surprising corner, in the form of the French coach Florian Rousseau. "There was no cheating," said Rousseau. "However, I do think the rules need to be more precise … The fact that he [Hindes] did it on purpose is not very good for the image of cycling."
Both cases seem at odds with the words of Pierre de Coubertin's Olympic Charter, which states: "Every individual must have the possibility of practising sport … in the Olympic spirit, which requires mutual understanding with a spirit of friendship, solidarity and fair play." It's fair to wonder, though, if De Coubertin's vision as outlined in 1894 was impossibly idealistic. Many people will point slightly further back in time, to 1882 and the founding of the Corinthian Casuals football club, whose principles are seen as largely responsible for the modern idea of sportsmanship. Yet it's important to note that the Casuals' constitution, decreed the club should never take part in a competitive fixture. With respect, their vision of sport – as a wholly amateur pursuit – is possibly as far from the current incarnation of high-level athletics as could be imagined.
Rousseau, the French coach, instinctively knew this. Although he saw something ugly in Hindes' alleged intent, he also understood the pressures brought to bear by professional sport. Perhaps, then, it is more accurate simply to accept that cunning, cuteness or cheating – whatever shade of subterfuge it happens to be – is merely part of human nature, and will emerge under the harshest conditions.
Indeed, our societies have long revered those who have been underhand in achieving their goals: Diego Maradona's handball against England in the 1986 World Cup; more subtly, Michael Owen's tumble for a penalty against Argentina in the 1998 World Cup. In events where the margins for error are ever slimmer, being virtuous can be a huge impediment to winning.
Professor Lewis Hyde makes this point well in Trickster Makes This World, which examines the role of the artful dodger throughout history. He notes that "where someone's sense of honorable behaviour has left him unable to act, trickster will appear to suggest an amoral action, something right/wrong that will get life going again". Like a crashed bike, or a thrown badminton match.
However, those who would throw morality to the wind in pursuit of sporting glory should pause before they do so. Whenever athletes compete in elite events, they are fighting for two things: the first is the topmost place on the podium; the second is a legacy. It's easier to win the first than the second. Ultimately, a gold medal is no fun if you cannot be forever feted for receiving it: there is no person more oddly lonely in sport than the bitter winner. In baseball, for example, the Hall of Fame denies access to those whom it considers to have brought the sport into disrepute, no matter how spectacular their achievements on the field.
Maybe that is why we can forgive our idols for the odd moment of corner-cutting, as many of us can relate to it. And why we are especially harsh on those, such as steroid-takers, who have forged entire careers on doping. To ensure they are remembered fondly, it is essential that sporting winners retain their dignity: and, with that in mind, it seems that Pierre de Coubertin was on to something.
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CSE alum startup SambaNova collects $56m in funding for AI chip research
Zach Champion • April 9, 2018
SambaNova's approach, stemming from work by Olukotun and co-founder Christopher Ré at Stanford University, seeks to create a new platform from scratch that is optimized specifically for AI operations.
As artificial intelligence applications grow and multiply, researchers are racing to design a new generation of hardware that meets their unique computational needs. The market for these "AI chips" is booming even in its infancy, and this week Google's parent company made its first-ever investment in the space.
Startup SambaNova Systems, co-founded by alumnus Kunle Olukotun (BSE EE '85; MSE PhD CSE '87 '91), earned $56M in its series A funding round to develop a computing platform that may reimagine how we power machine learning and data analytics.
A crisis exists in the world of architecture as the computing industry works to overcome the limits of silicon. AI applications add a layer of complexity to the issue, as their fundamental operations are built on mathematics that CPUs aren't designed to handle efficiently. Currently, graphics processing units (GPUs) are a favorite alternative in the industry for their ability to handle these operations more quickly; but researchers in the field believe there's room to improve even more by rethinking the actual substrate where the computations happen.
SambaNova's approach, stemming from work by Olukotun and co-founder Christopher Ré at Stanford University, seeks to create a new platform from scratch that is optimized specifically for AI operations. In doing so, its founders hope to outclass GPUs in speed, power usage, and even the size of the chip.
Olukotun, the "father of multi-core processors" and Cadence Design Systems Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Stanford, revolutionized computing in the 1990's with his work on Stanford's Hydra chip multiprocessor (CMP). This project brought about multi-core technology as we know it today, where it is commonplace in consumer and high-end computing systems.
Now Olukotun wants SambaNova to build the new standard for applications ranging from image processing aboard self-driving vehicles to training models for complex medical problems.
"All sorts of approaches have been tried, but they're all facing the fundamental limit that is Moore's Law is slowing down," Olukotun said in a statement. "To get more performance going forward, we need to think about a much more efficient way of doing computations."
The funding comes as Google CEO Sundar Pichai and other execs have called Google an "AI-first" company. Alongside Apple and Amazon, they've taken an intense interest in designing hardware optimized for consumer products that increasingly rely on AI.
SambaNova co-founders Kunle Olukotun and Rodrigo Liang
Dave Munichiello of GV (formerly Google Ventures) will take a seat on SambaNova's board of directors, and predicts that these large early investments are a sign that tech companies large and small will be seeking similar solutions in as little as five years.
In addition to the research of Kunle Olukotun and Christopher Ré, SambaNova benefits from the experience of co-founder and CEO Rodrigo Liang, who ran a team of nearly 1000 chip designers at Oracle as Senior Vice-President responsible for SPARC Processor and ASIC Development. The company has already assembled a team of over 50 employees since its founding in November, 2017.
"SambaNova's software-defined infrastructure anticipates and supports a rapidly-evolving ecosystem," says Munichiello in SambaNova's first press release. "We firmly believe that over time this computing approach will lead the industry in distributed machine learning and data analytics infrastructure."
More About Kunle Olukotun
Following his development of the Hydra CMP system, Olukotun founded Afara Websystems, a company that designed and manufactured low power server systems with chip multiprocessor technology. With Afara he developed the multi-core processor Niagara, later acquired by Sun Microsystems. Niagara-derived microprocessors currently power all Oracle SPARC-based servers.
In other research, Olukotun made significant advances in the development of transactional memory technology to simplify multicore programming, and he also pioneered the use of domain-specific languages for programming heterogeneous computer systems. While at Michigan, he was advised by Bredt Family Professor of Computer Science and Engineering Trevor Mudge.
Olukotun now leads the Stanford Pervasive Parallelism Lab, which focuses on making heterogeneous parallel computing easy to use, and he is a member of the Data Analytics for What's Next (DAWN) Lab, which is developing infrastructure for usable machine learning.
EE Times, 3/21/2018
SambaNova Press Release, 3/15/2018
CNBC, 3/15/2018
TechCrunch, 3/15/2018
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Twink calling Dublin 'a kip' is just plain insulting, says city tour guide
9 months ago Clark M. Cowan
The Queen of Panto Twink has come under fire for making 'insulting' comments about Dublin after calling the city center a 'kip'.
outspoken artist lashed out at his hometown when it emerged that one of Dublin's most iconic shops, The Pen Corner on College Green, was due to close at the end of May after nearly 100 years of activity.
Twink (71), real name Adele King, said she preferred 'the charming old world of Dublin' she grew up in to the 'plastic, fast food, cafe, multinational' it has become.
However, some fellow Dubliners were quick to jump to the city's defence.
Lindy Taylor, a Liberties tour guide, said she found Twink's comments "insulting".
"I would be happy to invite him on one of my tours to prove him wrong," she said. "I would highlight Dublin's rich cultural and historical heritage, from Viking and medieval cathedrals to museums, castles, distilleries and galleries.
"As a tour guide I can assure him that there is no shortage of fantastic attractions to visit in Dublin. I am a proud Dub and will always defend my city.
Councilor Dermot Lacey (Lab) added: 'I don't know what Twink has ever done for the city, but maybe instead of her negativity she could direct tourists to Dublin's wonderful little museum, followed by a walk through St Stephen's Green.
"She could then send them down Grafton Street and Wicklow Street to the Secret Record Store or perhaps the ever-eccentric George's Street Arcade.
"From there they could quickly walk to Dublin Castle and have a coffee in the beautiful Chester Beatty Museum and Cafe."
Veteran theater performer Twink had said she "felt sorry" for international tourists arriving in Dublin, who find only gift shops and "Oirish" fast food outlets.
She also took aim at Grafton Street, calling it "the land of a nasty plastic surgery shop". "Who cares about tourists having something with a bit of class staying in Dublin for shopping?" she told The Sun newspaper.
Twink described the loss of The Pen Corner as "the saddest of closures" and paid tribute to its staff, saying they were in "a different league from some of the ignoramuses" at other stores.
She also lamented the decline of traditional writing skills. "I'm so sick of lyrics taking precedence over the timeless art of writing," she added.
PantiBar owner Rory O'Neill, who goes by the name Panti Bliss, declined to criticize Twink's comments when contacted by Independent.ie.
"I'm gay so I would never argue with anything Twink has to say," he said. "I think she should win the Nobel Prize for Literature just for the phrase 'nasty plastic surgery shops'."
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