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It is lonely at the top but Noynoy really has never been there. Until 50 avoided all responsibility or simply had no ability or desire for it. Then mommy dies. Of course he went from little or no to criticism to an avalanche of it. Somebody tell him it is part of the territory. But he can't even realize that.


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Watt Style!
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With her film-star daughter Naomi Watts playing Princess Diana in new movie 'Diana', Rachel Buller spoke to Burnham Market's Miv Watts ahead of the film's release about her extraordinary life mixing Norfolk style with a touch of Hollywood glamour and the family's idyllic childhood memories in the county.
Set above the fishmongers, nestled in Burnham Market's bustling high street, is Miv Watts' Design.
The shop is a wondrous maze of rooms, all full to the brim with the most extraordinary mix of furniture, fabric, lamps, pottery, art and ornaments.
Its colour, character and humour are ultimately the perfect reflection of Miv herself.
Great company, full of style and fun, Miv speaks proudly of her family - including her actress daughter Naomi Watts, who is currently starring as Princess Diana in the controversial film about the last two years of her life and last year recieved her second oscar nomination for her role in critically acclaimed film The Impossible..
Splitting her time between Norfolk, Australia, France and New York, Miv's Burnham base manages to combine an exciting global feel with the welcoming warmth of old fashioned home comforts.
Her daughter Naomi and her son Ben, an acclaimed photographer, live in New York and she admits they would like her to move there, especially to spend time with her grandchildren.
"I just don't know if my sensibilities are very akin with America," she laughs. "We lived in Australia when the children were young and have a house in Byron Bay, but I am not ready to go to Australia to live either.
"I will go there in my dotage but while I am still inspired by the architecture and artistry of Europe then I will be staying right here."
She spends a great deal of time at her house in France, drawing inspiration for her work which is internationally recognised. She is currently writing a book giving tips and advice on interior design.
"It is about being truthful about your home. We have lost our individuality and it makes me sad. If something means something to you, then it is irrelevant whether it is fashionable or not. If you can't be yourself in your own home, when can you be yourself?"
Her work ranges from selling one-off pieces to customers browsing her eclectic shop to the major refurbishment of properties – including work on the Holkham estate. She also loves scouring the world sourcing special pieces for people.
Miv – short for Myfanwy – remains tight-lipped about her client list, but it undoubtedly includes a fair number of famous faces and places. Her first husband, the late Peter Watts, was road manager for Pink Floyd and her stories are entertainingly peppered with references to famous names.
So it was little wonder that both children followed an artistic direction – although she admits that Naomi becoming an actress was a surprise.
From early appearances including in the TV series Home and Away, Naomi grabbed the public's and critics' attention in the chilling Mulholland Drive and the horror The Ring, before being nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in 21 Grams with Sean Penn. She played the role made famous by Fay Wray in the 2005 remake of King Kong, and has worked with a wide range of actors including Anthony Hopkins, Daniel Craig and Leonardo DiCaprio, in his recent film J Edgar.
"She decided to take acting lessons and at the time she was working as a stylist on a magazine in Sydney. She was very good at her job so I never had any inkling that she wanted to actually be an actor as a career.
"I was so wanting to be on stage or in front of the camera myself I obviously overlooked my child's talent," she says, with a self-deprecating laugh.
It is clear that Miv worries about the emotional impact of some of the roles her daughter takes on, such as 21 Grams, in which Naomi played a housewife whose two young daughters and husband are killed in a car accident.
"I am not worried ever about the performance she will give. But I do worry about her. When I saw 21 Grams, I couldn't speak. I was just stunned by it. I thought this is my own daughter and I had no idea all that was in there."
The opening of her forthcoming film Diana has seen Naomi thrust well and truly into the limelight – and taking on the role of the iconic princess was something they were all very anxious about.
"She is an actress of great integrity, but obviously I am concerned about how she will deal with attention the role will bring," she says carefully. "In some ways she is in an impossible position. People felt so strongly about Diana.
"But the film tells a story that hasn't really been told and will also be focusing on her landmine work. Naomi tells me it is very poignant. An actress's job is to get in to the part and I do know she really fell in love with Diana."
Miv's own move to interior design was almost an accidental one.
"I came back to the UK from Australia, the film industry was on its knees. My friend had just split up with her husband Dave Gilmour (of Pink Floyd) and had bought a house so I offered to do it up for her. I just loved it and stuck with it."
Her love affair with Norfolk began many decades ago when her children were little and the family would come to stay with old friend Johnny Byrne, the late TV scriptwriter – whose wife, Sandy Byrne wrote a column for EDP Norfolk Magazine for many years.
"The kids just loved it here. We lived in London and I would pile our stuff in the car at 10pm on a Friday and just go. It was really magical. We would get to Thetford Forest, wind down the car windows and the smell of the forest was like nothing else."
Miv's decision to base herself in the county was partly down to her longterm partner Mike Gurney.
"I bought fish from him in the 1970s, from his stall on the side of the road in Brancaster, and I thought who is this man selling fish in his underpants?
No, really he was in his pants!" she laughs. "Then I ran into him again at a dinner party some years later and it went from there."
Fabulously down to earth, she is keen to insist her life is not nearly as glamorous as it may sound, and it is the simple things which ultimately give her the most pleasure, something she has instilled in her children.
"Naomi came up for a night recently with her boys, Sasha and Kai, and Mike took us all shrimping. It was just a joy seeing the children sliding in mud on their bottoms, they had the most amazing fun."
She will soon be heading back to New York where she is helping work on Naomi's new apartment, and she laughs about the dramas of a motherdaughter relationship.
"When she bought her first apartment in New York she wanted me to see it. I thought it was hideous and told her. She was very upset with me, but anyway, she decided to sell it the very next day, without ever living in it. I did feel bad, but she made a profit," she laughs.
As we say goodbye, we talk for a moment about the paparazzi attention Princess Diana received before her death and Miv recounts her own experiences at being followed by the photographers in New York while with Naomi, her partner, the actor Liev Schreiber, and their children.
"That's what I love about Naomi though, she just has her feet planted so firmly on the ground, she is not bothered by it all," she says.
The Norfolk princess
When the first photographs of Naomi Watts as Princess Diana were released the physical similarity between these two women, both with strong Norfolk links, was striking.
The big budget film Diana tells the story of the two years leading up to her death in August 1997 and focuses on her relationship with surgeon Dr Hasnat Khan, played in the film by Lost star Naveen Andrews. Of course, Princess Diana had a very special place in the hearts of the people of Norfolk, having spent much of her childhood living in the county. She was born in Norfolk on July 1, 1961 at Park House, on the Sandringham Estate. The youngest daughter of the Viscount and Viscountess Althorp, she was educated at Riddlesworth Hall preparatory school, near Diss. Despite her parents splitting up when she was six, she remained at Park House and along with her sisters and brother, Diana would often be seen on outings with her father. It was reportedly while on a ploughed Norfolk field during a pheasant shoot that she first caught the eye of Prince Charles. Her affection for Norfolk remained until her death and she actively supported many charities in the county and retained many friendships from her local school days.

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Zizek: Revolutionary Terror is Awesome
Slovenian theorist Slavoj Zizek has gotten in trouble before for being a cheerleader for revolutionary terrorism. In the clip below, Zizek praises the revolutionary violence of the Robespierre and argues that true revolutionary must will be willing to become victim to revolutionary terror. Zizek conflates the fear of violence with a certain liberal complacency, and uses his oft-repeated phrase about liberals: They want coffee without caffeine, chocolate without sugar, etc.
Zizek has recently tried to pull a sleight of hand by stressing that "violence means other stuff too." In his response to critics, Zizek notes that the actions of Ghandi were far more violent than Stalin because they were more disruptive to the status quo. While this can certainly be a valid interpretation of violence, this video also seems to verify that Zizek is cool with straight-up murdering people in the name of revolution.
Saul Newman noted in his book "The Politics of Post-Anarchism":
One finds a similar, indeed, even more explicit, admiration of terroristic politics in Žižek. For Žižek, the only way to institutionalise a democratic insurrection is through revolutionary terror. Once again, terror becomes a sign of revolutionary authenticity for Žižek; violence is a signifier for a kind of ethics of the revolutionary act, of the commitment to 'go to the end' as he puts it, and to consolidate the revolution through a brutal suppression of its opponents.Thus, once again, Lenin, Mao and Robespierre become hallowed names for Žižek, invoked against his perennial targets the 'liberals', who want a 'revolution without a revolution', in other words a revolution without its violent consequences.
…The violence that is wielded by a revolutionary elite to consolidate power – as was the case in all the forms of Terror venerated by Žižek and Badiou, from the Jacobins to Lenin and Mao – has nothing redemptive about it; it cannot serve as a tool of liberation, and only ends up consolidating the most counterrevolutionary element of all, the state itself….We should reject as outmoded the Jacobin paradigm for radical politics proposed by Žižek and Badiou. Instead, we should assert an anarchist politics and ethics against all forms of state violence; indeed, anarchism is, in my view, the only form of radical politics capable of avoiding the Terror.
The clip above is from a 2009 BBC program titled "Terror! Robespierre and the French Revolution."
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Many people with a passion for cars fancy collecting older cars simply for the stories associated with them. A car collector is usually attracted to a particular vehicle for the story behind it such as the car serving in World War I or II, belonging to a royal family etc. Collecting cars is indeed a costly affair and you need to have more than simply passion for the car. Procuring a car can be quite heckling and you have to find out the sellers of such cars. Most people did not own cars back then and you need to seek out the owners of such properties. Not only that, after procuring the car, you have to spend a good amount in getting it operational.
Car collection is usually of two kinds- collection of vintage cars and classic cars. Vintage cars are usually the ones which have been produced before 1940s while classic cars are the ones produced between 1940s and 1960s. Even though the price of these cars may not be very high, but getting them repaired could be. For example, a 1931 Cadillac is worth Rs 50 lakhs or so and you may have to spend almost the same amount to get it in a working condition. In India itself there are around 4000 to 6000 old cars that are available and buyers are willing to spend anything between Rs 50 lakhs to Rs 1 crore on procuring it. Most of these classic cars belong to the royal families of India and they are willing to sell off the cars to good quality buyers. Those wanting to sell off their old cars want to sell their cars to buyers who they feel would take care of their cars. Interacting with buyers to let them know that you would be taking care of their cars is a good way to convince them to sell their cars to you.
The avenues of procuring vintage cars have been expanded after the erstwhile central government allowed the import of vintage cars. However, the customs duty imposable on the cars is quite high at 220 percent almost. Therefore, if you are buying a car worth $60,000 abroad, you would have to pay more than double its price to get it inside the country. Vintage cars which cost around Rs 20 lakhs in India would cost one around Rs 50 lakhs if they bought it abroad. However, certain classic and vintage models are not available in the country and hence buyers would have to resort to getting them imported. There are several auction houses such as Christie's which are looking to procure vintage cars in India and then auctioning them off. Both new money and old money people participate in these auctions which raise quite a sum of money.
The numbers of vintage car collectors in India are quite high and the country also has a collectors club called the Vintage and Classic Car Club of India or VCCCI. There are around 158 members in the club whose collective set of cars numbers around 600. A lot of Rajahs and Maharajas have converted their collection of family cars into vintage car museums. For example, the Maharaja of Jodhpur has a classic car collection on display outside the Jodhpur Palace. The car collection includes vehicles from Morris, Buick, and Rolls-Royce etc. Every day, hundreds of visitors visit this car museum in Jodhpur. A similar car museum has been constructed opposite the GulabBagh in Udaipur where the Udaipur royal family has kept on display its prized possessions.
Every year during winters, vintage car exhibitions are held in various cities. Visitors can not only check the cars out but also buy them after negotiating with their owners. A lot of cities such as Mumbai have also started vintage car rallies. The first heritage transport museum of India has opened up recently in Taoru, almost 35kms from Gurgaon. Not only does the museum show off an impeccable collection of vintage cars but also a great collection of other heritage transport vehicles such as boats, trains and steam engines. A lot of the vehicles on display are still working.
Restoring classic and vintage cars is not a small feat as the machinery is not readily available and mechanics working on the cars need to be well trained. A wrong move here or there could damage the car further and incur you further expenses of repairing the vehicle. A lot of times, you may have to source the parts from the car makers themselves.
If you want to start your collection of old cars, then it is best you get in touch with a dealer of vintage cars or an auction house. As a beginner, you may not have the contacts required in this market of collection and hence it would be better for a dealer to take you under his/her wing. Slowly, as you start acquiring the cars, you would form better associations with sellers and get direct tip offs about vintage cars. Visiting old cars exhibitions is a good idea because you get to learn a lot at them. Moreover, they are good avenues of making your contacts with other collectors. Old cars enthusiasts seldom miss out on exhibitions that are being conducted in their city and this would be a good opportunity to network. Some cities also hold vintage cars' rallies and visiting them could also prove to be beneficial.
Other unlikely places of hunting down vintage cars are newspapers classifieds and car selling websites. Now and then, some seller of classic cars puts up advertisement in the newspapers that you can approach to begin your classic cars collection. Online car selling websites too sometimes list vintage cars and you can scroll down the list to find one which attracts you. When you are looking up old cars online, you must remember that not all of them can be found in your city and hence you may have to source them from other places.
Collecting classic and vintage cars is an expensive hobby but immensely satisfying.


AlbChrome Ltd, is a private company registered by, on account of Tirana's General Court in Albania, and which, by means of a Concessionary Agreement of ROT and BOT character, has owned under its administration several important assets of heavy industry (mainly mineralization and metallurgy components) in Albania.
AlbChrome is split in four large business units apart from the Head Quarters of the company. The headquarters are located in the capital of Albania, Tirana.
AlbChrome biggest business unit is the Chrome Mine of Bulqiza, located in the city of Bulqiza, part of the Dibra district some 45 kilometers away from Tirana.
The Ferrochrome plant of Elbasan is located in the city of Elbasan, only 30 kilometers away from Tirana.
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Your Humanist Wedding Ceremony will be designed with you, expressing your life, your love and your hopes for the future.
Your ceremony can be an intimate occasion with a small number of guests or part of a large celebration. It can be as formal or informal as you would like.
You can hold your Humanist Wedding Ceremony where you wish. It can be an indoor or outdoor location of your choice: at a hotel or a village hall, in your home or garden, or at a special beauty spot. It is up to you!
I will spend time getting to know you so that I can write a personal ceremony which reflects what is important to you in celebrating your marriage. This can include me telling your story as a couple, such as how you first met, what you enjoy doing together and your hopes for the future. From the feedback I have received this is what people have enjoyed and found very meaningful.
For most couples, exchanging vows and rings is a key part of their Humanist Wedding Ceremony. I encourage couples to write their own vows as it gives you the opportunity to say how you feel and make promises that are personal to you. However, I do have a selection of commitments that you can choose from and I can also help you write your own vows.
You can personalise your wedding ceremony by including poems, readings and music. Other ideas include: signing a certificate or special picture, lighting a unity candle, making a wish tree or holding a simple hand-fasting ceremony. For some inspiration please take a look at an extract from my collection of Wedding Poems and Readings.
As part of my service I will share with you a resource file. This includes a huge collection of poems and readings, ideas for personalising your ceremony and sample scripts. I can also help you write your own vows and have notes and examples to provide some inspiration!
If you would like to see how a ceremony is put together please take a look at a Suggested Outline for a Wedding Ceremony.
If you are an outdoor lover and would like to hold your ceremony surrounded by beautiful countryside then look no further! As well as being a qualified humanist celebrant I am a keen walker and hold a Summer Mountain Leadership Award.
I have conducted weddings in a wide variety of indoor and outdoor settings which have included many local hotels as well as family homes and gardens. More unusual places include a jetty on Coniston Water and on the shores of Ullswater and Tarn Hows.
To get the true flavour of what a humanist wedding ceremony has to offer, take a look at Humanist UK's video. The opening scene shows Kym and Karim's ceremony, which took place on the shores of Windermere. If you look carefully you can spot us again later!
The fee that that I charge is between £450 and £650 with any mileage charged on top. This includes a rehearsal which I will conduct before your wedding day at a time convenient to you and your venue. I will provide you with an accurate quote once I have further details of your ceremony. If you would like to book my services I ask you to pay a deposit of £100. The balance is then due a month before your ceremony. My fee reflects my experience and the time I will put into creating and delivering a personal ceremony.


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Wellness Party
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Keefe Campus Center, McCaffrey
Join us for lunch, raffle prizes, coloring and DIY self-care kits. We will be celebrating the end of the Wellness Challenge, but the event is open to anyone who would like to hear a little bit more about the Challenge or just enjoy a fun break.
Cheminar: "Ghost Proteins"
3:15 pm - 4:30 pm Science Center, Kirkpatrick Lecture Hall - #A011
Professor Ronald T. Raines, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Chemistry
ABSTRACT: The lipid bilayer that encases human cells has evolved to keep the outside out, and the inside in. This barrier is not, however, impenetrable. Some small molecules, including many drugs, can burrow through and manifest therapeutic activities. Others can be "cloaked" to endow membrane permeability, and then uncloaked inside cells. We have learned how to beneficially cloak proteins, which are typically 100-fold larger than small-molecule drugs. Specifically, the conversion of protein carboxyl groups into esters enables a protein to traverse the lipid bilayer. The nascent esters are substrates for endogenous esterases that regenerate native proteins within cells. The ability to deliver native proteins directly into cells opens a new frontier for molecular medicine.
M@A Masterclass: Parker Quartet Feb. 28
Please join us for a public masterclass as M@A Chamber artists the Parker Quartet work with students on their craft.
Crafting a Career in Food Writing
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Frost Library, CHI Seminar room
The foodie media universe offers storytellers with a passion for the culinary the opportunity to share in and define new culinary traditions. Explore the possibilities for your own work—across print, digital, and television—with this behind the scenes look at Crafting a Career in Food Writing. This in-depth discussion will feature three distinguished Amherst community members who will share the details of their trajectories into careers as food writer, cookbook authors, recipe developers and personal chefs.
Lizzy Briskin '15 is a personal chef, cooking instructor, food writer and recipe developer specializing in healthy, vegetable-forward food.
Dana Cowin P '22, best known for her two decades as the Editor-in-Chief of Food & Wine, is a tastemaker, talent scout, consultant, author, lecturer and radio show host.
Ted Lee '93 is co-founder of The Lee Bros. Boiled Peanuts Catalogue, an award winning cookbook author, and host/executive producer of Southern Uncovered with The Lee Bros. on Ovation.
"Shusenjo—The Main Battleground of the Comfort Women Issue"
4:30 pm Keefe Campus Center, Keefe Theater Auditorium
Miki Dezaki, a YouTuber who was threatened and harassed by Japan's notorious netouyo (cyber neo-nationalists) for his video on racism in Japan, is not shying away from controversial topics with his debut feature-length documentary on the comfort women issue. The film dives deep into the most contentious dispute between Japan and Korea and finds answers to hotly debated questions, such as: Were the comfort women "sexual slaves" or prostitutes? Were they coercively recruited? Were there really 200,000 comfort women? And does Japan have a legal responsibility to apologize?
Dezaki masterfully interweaves footage from demonstrations, man-on-the-street interviews, news and archival clips with in-depth interviews with the most prominent scholars and influencers from both sides of the debate, including Yoshiko Sakurai (journalist), Kent Gilbert (lawyer/celebrity), Mina Watanabe (secretary-general of the Women's Active Museum), Koichi Nakano (political science professor) and Yoshiaki Yoshimi (historian).
Shusenjo includes surprising confessions and revelations that uncover the hidden intentions of both supporters and detractors while deconstructing the dominant narratives. That Dezaki has managed to bring nuance to a sensationalized and often oversimplified issue is just one of the many reasons that Shusenjo: The Main Battleground of the Comfort Women Issue is a must-see work.
Co-sponsored by the Departments of Asian Languages & Civilizations; History; Sexuality, Women's & Gender Studies; and Film & Media Studies
A Conversation with 2019 National Book Award Winner Susan Choi and Finalist Laila Lalami
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm Johnson Chapel
Join Professor Judith Frank, in conversation with National Book Award recipient Susan Choi and finalist Laila Lalami. This event free an open to the public, to be followed by audience Q&A and book signing. Hosted in partnership with the National Book Foundation.
Susan Choi's first novel, The Foreign Student, won the Asian American Literary Award for fiction. Her second novel, American Woman, was a finalist for the 2004 Pulitzer Prize and was adapted into a film. Her third novel, A Person of Interest, was a finalist for the 2009 PEN/Faulkner Award. In 2010 she was named the inaugural recipient of the PEN/W.G. Sebald Award. Her fourth novel, My Education, received a 2014 Lambda Literary Award. Her fifth novel, Trust Exercise, and her first book for children, Camp Tiger, came out in 2019. Trust Exercise won the National Book Award for Fiction in 2019. A recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation, Choi teaches fiction writing at Yale and lives in Brooklyn.
Laila Lalami was born in Rabat and educated in Morocco, Great Britain and the United States. She is author of the novels Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits, which was a finalist for the Oregon Book Award; Secret Son, which was on the Orange Prize longlist; and The Moor's Account, which won the American Book Award, Arab American Book Award and Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, was on the Man Booker Prize longlist and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Her essays and opinion pieces have appeared in Harper's, The Guardian, The New York Times and elsewhere. A recipient of British Council, Fulbright and Guggenheim Fellowships, she teaches creative writing at the University of California, Riverside. Her most recent novel, The Other Americans, was a Los Angeles Times best-seller, a best-of-2019 selection from NPR and Time and a finalist for the National Book Award in Fiction.
Judith Frank is author of a book of criticism, Common Ground: Eighteenth-Century English Satiric Fiction and the Poor, and two novels, Crybaby Butch, which won a 2004 Lambda Literary Award, and All I Love and Know. In 2008, Frank received a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship. They have been a resident at Yaddo and the MacDowell Colony and have published short fiction in The Massachusetts Review, Other Voices and Best Lesbian Love Stories 2005. They teach English and creative writing at Amherst College and are currently working on a novel about race, reproduction and queerness.
"Gossamer"
The Department of Theater and Dance presents Gossamer, written and directed by Sophina Flores '20. Gossamer follows three children and their mother through a dissociative fantasy world they have created as a response to trauma, trapped in the liminal space between death and life. Through surrealist movement, Gossamer carries us through a distorted narrative of a broken home—a family grappling with forgiveness, acceptance and hope for recovery, while facing the truth that no one is innocent within the cycle of abuse.
Set design by Laura Carty '20, costume design by Lorelei Dietz '20, lighting design by Lauren Thompson, projection design by Brenna Kaplan '22, and sound design by Christianna Mariano '21 and Alistair Edwards '22
Starring Sam Beach, Emily Fedor, Leah Folpe, Nick Govus, Eli Quastler, Andrew Rosevear, Caroline Seitz and Renz Toledo
Tickets are free; reservations are recommended: call (413) 542-2277 or email theater@amherst.edu.


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Q: Adding Form to Tabs in LWUIT Is it possible to add Form to Tabs Class in LWUIT ?? As per the API tabs contain method to add only component. If yes please provide a sample code how to add it..
Will it be like - new Tabs.addTab("Title", form.show()) or how it is ??

A: You need to use a container for the entries, you can add your form to a tabPane and than add the tabPane to another form(this form is a container for the entries).
do like this:
Tabs tabPane = new Tabs();
Form frm_Obj = new Form("Show this form");
Form frm1 = new Form("Add this form to tabPane");

tabPane.addTab("My Form",frm1);

frm_Obj.addComponent(tabPane);
frm_Obj.show();

A: Take a look on these posts. You can find here how to create tabs using Form. The Form class is a Componenttoo.
StackOverflow tab answer
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Q: How to serialize/deserialize a C# WCF DataContract to/from XML I am developing a WCF service which will be consumed by multiple different client applications. In order to make one functionality work, the server needs to read an XML file into a C# DataContract which is then passed on to the concerned client. As far as I understand from the MSDN website, this is possible but I couldn't find any complete examples. In particular, the website talks about a 'stream' parameter which I don't quite get yet.
My data contract has one property field which is a list of another data contract which has multiple simple property fields.
e.g.
    [DataContract]
    public class MyClass1 {
        [DataMember]
        public string name;
        [DataMember]
        public int age;
    }

    [DataContract]
    public class MyClass2 {
        [DataMember]
        public List<MyClass1> myClass1List;
    }

My classes look something like this.

A: This can be useful for you. When you need XElement. For instance when you going append node to XDocument or replece XElement of this document.
private XElement objectToXElement(SomeContractType obj)
        {
            DataContractSerializer dcs = new DataContractSerializer(typeof(SomeContractType);

            var ms = new MemoryStream();
            var xw = XmlWriter.Create(ms);
            dcs.WriteObject(xw, obj);
            xw.Flush();
            xw.Close();
            ms.Position = 0;
            XElement xe = XElement.Load(ms);

            return xe;
        }

A: Here is an example
MyClass1 obj = new MyClass1();
DataContractSerializer dcs = new DataContractSerializer(typeof(MyClass1));

using (Stream stream = new FileStream(@"C:\tmp\file.xml", FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write))
{
    using (XmlDictionaryWriter writer =
        XmlDictionaryWriter.CreateTextWriter(stream, Encoding.UTF8))
    {
        writer.WriteStartDocument();
        dcs.WriteObject(writer, obj);
    }
}

Books b = new Books();

DataContractSerializer dcs = new DataContractSerializer(typeof(Books));

try
{
    Stream fs = new FileStream(@"C:\Users\temelm\Desktop\XmlFile.xml", FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write);

    XmlDictionaryWriter xdw = XmlDictionaryWriter.CreateTextWriter(fs, Encoding.UTF8);
    xdw.WriteStartDocument();
    dcs.WriteObject(xdw, b);
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A: There is the NetDataContractSerializer which solves a whole bunch of problems when using WCF.
See here MSDN NetDataContractSerializer
It is typically used for wrapping all kinds of objects and pass it over WCF.
You can use it for wrapping objects into a byte[] and transport it over WCF,
on the serverside, you can easily Deserialize the objects and do whatever
you want with them.
Here is a discussion on how to use this Serializer correctly:
MSDN Social
Code snippets are provided there also!


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Q: laravel access child table content User has projects (via pivot table).
Projects have surveys.
I can easily access users projects via pivot table (many to many model)
like so:
$user     = Auth::user();
$projects = $user->projects;

But in the same array I'd like to get surveys owned by the project owned by user.
Is this possible?
$user->projects->surveys?
I looked at hasmanythrough method provided by laravel but couldn't make it work. maybe its not meant for this..

A: try this assuming your models are set up.
$surveys = User::with('project.survey')
-> where('id',Auth::user()
-> get();


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from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
from rest_framework import status
from datetime import datetime, timedelta

from coupons.tests.base import BasicTest

class CouponListTests(BasicTest):

    def setUp(self):
        u = get_user_model()
        u.objects.create_superuser('admin', 'john@snow.com', self.PW)
        self.user = u.objects.create_user('user', 'me@snow.com', self.PW)
        self.user2 = u.objects.create_user('user1', 'me1@snow.com', self.PW)

    def test_can_list_coupon(self):
        """
        Verify admins can list coupons.
        """

        coupon = {
            'code': 'ASDF',
            'type': 'percent',
        }

        with self.settings(ROOT_URLCONF='coupons.urls'):
            self.login(username='admin')

            response = self.client.post('/coupon', coupon, format='json')
            self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_201_CREATED)

            coupon['code_l'] = coupon['code'].lower()
            coupon['repeat'] = 0
            coupon['bound'] = False

            self.verify_built(coupon, response.data)

            coupon['code'] = 'new_one'
            del coupon['code_l']

            response = self.client.post('/coupon', coupon, format='json')
            self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_201_CREATED)

            coupon['code_l'] = coupon['code'].lower()

            self.verify_built(coupon, response.data)

            response = self.client.get('/coupon', format='json')
            self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
            self.assertEqual(2, len(response.data))

            self.logout()

    def test_cant_list_coupons(self):
        """
        Verify normal users can only see those bound to them.  The group specific test in a different file.
        """

        with self.settings(ROOT_URLCONF='coupons.urls'):

            coupon = {
                'code': 'ASDF',
                'type': 'percent',
            }

            self.login(username='admin')
            response = self.client.post('/coupon', coupon, format='json')
            self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_201_CREATED)

            coupon['code_l'] = coupon['code'].lower()
            coupon['repeat'] = 0
            coupon['bound'] = False

            self.verify_built(coupon, response.data)

            coupon['code'] = 'new_one'
            del coupon['code_l']

            response = self.client.post('/coupon', coupon, format='json')
            self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_201_CREATED)

            coupon['code_l'] = coupon['code'].lower()

            self.verify_built(coupon, response.data)

            response = self.client.get('/coupon', format='json')
            self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
            self.assertEqual(2, len(response.data))
            self.logout()

            self.login(username='user')
            response = self.client.get('/coupon', format='json')
            self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
            self.assertEqual(0, len(response.data))
            self.logout()

            self.login(username='admin')

            coupon = {
                'code': 'ASDF2',
                'type': 'percent',
                'bound': True,
                'user': self.user2.id,
                'repeat': 0,
            }

            response = self.client.post('/coupon', coupon, format='json')
            self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_201_CREATED)

            coupon = {
                'code': 'ASDF3',
                'type': 'percent',
                'bound': True,
                'user': self.user.id,
                'repeat': 0,
            }

            response = self.client.post('/coupon', coupon, format='json')
            self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_201_CREATED)
            should_find_id = response.data['id']

            coupon['code_l'] = coupon['code'].lower()
            self.verify_built(coupon, response.data)

            response = self.client.get('/coupon', format='json')
            self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
            self.assertEqual(4, len(response.data))
            self.logout()

            self.login(username='user')
            response = self.client.get('/coupon', format='json')
            self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
            self.assertEqual(1, len(response.data))
            self.logout()

            self.assertEqual(should_find_id, response.data[0]['id'])

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Cook Discusses Latest Signings
Spireites Manager, Paul Cook, feels Gary Roberts and Sam Morsy have a lot to offer the team going forward into the new campaign.
Roberts, who signed a three-year contract on Saturday, June 22 and Morsy, who joined the Spireites for two years on Saturday, June 29 are both players that the Chesterfield boss has had his eye on for a while.
Now they have both joined the squad at the Proact Stadium, Cook feels they bring a certain amount of balance to the team. He said: "We want to bring young, hungry players to the club but we've got to have that vital ingredient of experience as well."
Speaking about Roberts, Cook said: "It's easy to play football when you're playing well, it's when you're not playing so well that you've got to show your character and Gary's certainly got plenty of that.
"He's been a Championship player in his career, he's 29, he comes to us with every box ticked and that's really pleasing," added the boss.
Morsy, who completed his move to Chesterfield from Port Vale, is a player that the manager has known for a number of years. Discussing the midfielder, Cook said: "I watched Sammy play football as a young lad growing up and he was always the best player on the pitch.
"He can handle a ball, he can drive forward, he can penetrate into the box and he can tackle so he's certainly going to be a good player for Chesterfield."
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TDO steals data, threatens to publish the information online and advises organizations that they can stop the data dump by paying a ransom. If the ransom is paid, TDO claims data will not be released online. As has happened on numerous occasions already, if the ransom demand is not paid or the request is ignored, data are published. TDO was behind attacks on OC Gastrocare, Aesthetic Dentistry, Dougherty Laser Vision, Peachtree Orthopedics, Midwest Orthopedic Pain & Spine, Athens Orthopedic Clinic and many others, including an unnamed third-party health insurer from which 9.3 million records were stolen.
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Q: What is the correct way to calculate 1 step forecast errors over a test set in R using the fable package? I'm struggling to understand the correct way to calculate 1-step forecast errors over a test set using the {fable} package for R.
First, my understanding of a 1-step forecast error is that we:

*

*at time t, we make a prediction for the next time period, t+1

*take observation for t+1, calculate the residual, etc

*make a forecast for t+2 based on the new data we observed at t+1 (using the same model/coefs that we did at time t)

*repeat steps 1-3 over the test set.

I've had a look at this post: Does the forecast function within fable provide one-step forecasts? which aligns with the method discussed in FPP3, but I'm getting results which do not match my intuition. This method also fails when the test set is smaller than the seasonality window of the fitted models. Additionally, what do you do when there is no refit() method available for a forecast algorithm? (such as the provided THETA() technique).
Below is a code snipped with 2 different ways I believe should calculate 1-step forecast errors over a 24m test set after a model has been fit. The first is based on the method in the post linked above and the second is a loop that I came up with.
The accuracy and forecasts are produced for both methods, but they differ by a not-insignificant amount. Why are they different? Which one is correct?
In general, if I have a model and make a prediction for t+1, observe y_{t+1}, it does not feel clear how I would use the trained model and the new observation to make a prediction for t+2.
# Init
library(tidyverse)
library(fable)
#> Loading required package: fabletools

# Prepare data
us_accidental_deaths <- as_tsibble(USAccDeaths)
deaths_train <- head(us_accidental_deaths, -24)
deaths_test <- tail(us_accidental_deaths, 24)

# Get models on training data
deaths_fits_0 <- deaths_train %>%
    model(ets = ETS(value))

##############
# Normal way #
##############

# 'refit' without estimating new params/coefs on the new data
deaths_fits_1 <- deaths_fits_0 %>%
    refit(deaths_test, reestimate = FALSE)
    # what happens here if the test set is smaller than the seasonality windows?

# 1-step forecast accuracy on the test set?
deaths_fits_1 %>%
    accuracy()
#> # A tibble: 1 x 10
#>   .model .type       ME  RMSE   MAE   MPE  MAPE  MASE RMSSE   ACF1
#>   <chr>  <chr>    <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl>  <dbl>
#> 1 ets    Training  30.4  142.  111. 0.334  1.24 0.428 0.416 -0.105

# The 1-step forecasts?
fitted(deaths_fits_1)
#> # A tsibble: 24 x 3 [1M]
#> # Key:       .model [1]
#>    .model    index .fitted
#>    <chr>     <mth>   <dbl>
#>  1 ets    1977 Jan   7770.
#>  2 ets    1977 Feb   6906.
#>  3 ets    1977 Mar   7680.
#>  4 ets    1977 Apr   8135.
#>  5 ets    1977 May   8964.
#>  6 ets    1977 Jun   9264.
#>  7 ets    1977 Jul  10457.
#>  8 ets    1977 Aug   9547.
#>  9 ets    1977 Sep   8520.
#> 10 ets    1977 Oct   8660.
#> # ... with 14 more rows

################
# Using a loop #
################

# Initialise fit
death_fits_2 <- deaths_fits_0
# List to store 1 step forecasts in
test_forecasts_list <- list()

# Begin loop
for (i in 1:length(unique(deaths_test$index))){
    # 1 step forecast
    one_step_fc <- death_fits_2 %>%
        forecast(h = 1)
    # store
    test_forecasts_list[[i]] <- one_step_fc
    # refit using the newly observed datapoint
    death_fits_2 <- deaths_fits_0 %>%
        refit(
            bind_rows(
                deaths_train,
                deaths_test %>%
                    arrange(index) %>%
                    slice_head(n=i)
            ),
            reestimate=FALSE
        )
}
test_forecasts_2 <- bind_rows(test_forecasts_list)

# 1-step forecast accuracy over test set
test_forecasts_2 %>%
    accuracy(data=us_accidental_deaths)
#> # A tibble: 1 x 10
#>   .model .type    ME  RMSE   MAE   MPE  MAPE  MASE RMSSE   ACF1
#>   <chr>  <chr> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl>  <dbl>
#> 1 ets    Test   37.0  255.  194. 0.308  2.19 0.352 0.380 -0.305

# 1-step forecasts
test_forecasts_2
#> # A fable: 24 x 4 [1M]
#> # Key:     .model [1]
#>    .model    index           value  .mean
#>    <chr>     <mth>          <dist>  <dbl>
#>  1 ets    1977 Jan N(7837, 110265)  7837.
#>  2 ets    1977 Feb  N(7129, 95555)  7129.
#>  3 ets    1977 Mar  N(7783, 93292)  7783.
#>  4 ets    1977 Apr  N(7912, 91760)  7912.
#>  5 ets    1977 May  N(8894, 89411)  8894.
#>  6 ets    1977 Jun  N(9418, 87442)  9418.
#>  7 ets    1977 Jul N(10072, 85241) 10072.
#>  8 ets    1977 Aug  N(9891, 89234)  9891.
#>  9 ets    1977 Sep  N(8388, 93841)  8388.
#> 10 ets    1977 Oct  N(8679, 91768)  8679.
#> # ... with 14 more rows

Created on 2022-05-31 by the reprex package (v2.0.1)

A: There are two groups of parameters in an ETS model, the initial states and the smoothing parameters. It rarely makes any sense to use the original initial states and apply them to a different time period, so by default refit() re-estimates the initial states but keeps the smoothing parameters in the model provided.
In your first attempt, the initial states are being re-estimated at the start of the test data, while in your loop, the initial states are being re-estimated in every iteration.
What you probably want is not to re-estimate anything, but to see how well your model is doing on the test set. You can do that by refitting your model to the training and test set combined, and then to filter out the results on the test set. Like this:
# 'refit' without estimating new params/coefs on all data
deaths_fits_1 <- deaths_fits_0 %>%
  refit(us_accidental_deaths, reinitialise=FALSE)

# 1-step forecasts on the test set
deaths_fits_1 %>%
  fitted() %>%
  tail(24)

That also avoids the problem of generating an error when the test set is smaller than the seasonal period.


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Olsa (biał. Ольса, ros. Ольса) – rzeka na Białorusi, lewy dopływ Berezyny Dnieprowej, o długości 92 km i powierzchni dorzecza 1 690 km². Średnie nachylenie rzeki to 0,3‰.

Wypływa ze źródeł zlokalizowanych 3,4 km na północny wschód od wsi Kamiannyj Borok.

Rzeka jest zamarznięta od początku grudnia do końca marca.

Główne dopływy:
 lewobrzeżne – Dulebka (Duleba), Cyrobol, Suszanka, Ganczanka, Susza, Kastryczka
 prawobrzeżne – Nieseta (Niesieta).

Miejscowości nad Olsą:
 miasto Kliczew,
 agromiasteczko: Bacewicze,
 wsie: Matiewiczy, Kołbczanskaja, Zakutskij Dwor, Słobodka, Potoka, Stojałowa, Markowszna, Wojewiczy, Ustje, Zarieczie, Bieriozowka, Olsa (Mała Olsa), Zapole.

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Przypisy

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Reeve Lindbergh, aviators' daughter, to present new memoir
Cloudy early with peeks of sunshine expected late. Morning high of 30F with temps falling to near 15. Winds NW at 10 to 15 mph..
Bitterly cold. Partly cloudy skies. Low -3F. Winds light and variable.
"Two Lives," Reeve Lindbergh (Brigantine, 2018)
PROVIDED PHOTO
"Many of my books have to do with my growing up, and this book has a good deal to do with my reflections on being the daughter of famous parents," author Reeve Lindbergh said.
By Cherise Madigan, Journal correspondent
MANCHESTER — Vermont author Reeve Lindbergh, daughter of Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh, will present her newest book "Two Lives" at the Northshire Bookstore on Saturday at 6 p.m.
Lindbergh utilizes her unique perspective to dwell on the intersection of fame and privacy in her new book, having acted as the spokesperson for one of the most notable families of the twentieth century. Her father, American aviator Charles Augustus Lindbergh, successfully completed the first solo, nonstop flight across the atlantic in 1927 — just five years before the famous kidnapping of his son in 1932. Lindbergh's mother, Anne Morrow, was an aviator in her own right and went on to become a well-known author.
In "Two Lives," Lindbergh looks back on the separate lives she's led, between acting as the public face of her family and enjoying a quiet existence in small-town Vermont — finding a "certain sweetness" at the crossroads.
"Many of my books have to do with my growing up, and this book has a good deal to do with my reflections on being the daughter of famous parents," Lindbergh explained. "To a large extent I end up talking about my life right now, but also my life growing up and the lives of my parents."
Born in 1945, Lindbergh moved to Vermont in 1968 following her graduation from Radcliffe College. Today she lives on a farm near St. Johnsbury with her husband, writer Nat Tripp. While her work has appeared in publications including the New York Times Book Review, the New Yorker, and the Washington Post, Lindbergh is also the author of more than two dozen books for children and adults.
Though Lindbergh hails from the Northeast Kingdom she's no stranger to Manchester, as one of her daughters now lives in Arlington and teaches at the nearby Maple Street School. The author muses that visiting the Northshire Bookstore, with grandchildren in tow, nearly tops her list of cherished activities.
"I have always loved visiting the Northshire Bookstore," Lindbergh said. "It's one of my favorite bookstores, and has been for a long time."
Lindbergh hasn't decided yet if she'll read a full chapter of "Two Lives" on Saturday, or just provide highlights from throughout the memoir. Still, she says, it's not the reading itself that she most looks forward to.
"I'm always excited to meet the audience," she explained. "Sometimes there are old friends in attendance, other times people have links with my family history, or some may be pilots. The conversational part of the evening, where everyone asks questions and tells stories, is always my favorite."
Those who attend will enjoy the bookstore at the least, Lindbergh jokes, but she also hopes that attendees will relish the history and humor woven into "Two Lives" as well as the conversation that emerges on Saturday.
"There's a lot of history and a good deal of humor, I hope, in the book," Lindbergh said. "It should be an interesting audience; most people who attend book signings are either interested in the author, the subject, or writing in general. It's always a mixed bag, but it's almost always interesting."


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RealGM Analysis
As a way to help you set your NBA-watching calendar, this space will get you ready for the best games that aren't on ABC, ESPN, TNT or NBATV each week. We'll provide a little insight about why you should check out each matchup and a few nuggets about the teams involved.
Monday 12/23
Jazz at Heat
As they seem to do every year, the Utah Jazz started slow and are rounding into form around the holidays. The Jazz have won five straight games and closed to within 1.5 games of the second seed in the Western Conference. Utah's done it without Mike Conley, who has been out for almost that entire streak due to a hamstring strain. That's allowed Quin Snyder to go back to Joe Ingles and return some of last year's size in the starting lineup. It also puts Donovan Mitchell in the role of primary ballhandler, where he's thriving.
Miami comes into this game sporting a 12-1 record at home and a surprisingly 8th ranked offense. The Heat have battled injuries all season long and haven't had their projected lineup available for even one game. But that hasn't really mattered, as Jimmy Butler has been a seamless fit as the team's leader, and Kendrick Nunn and Duncan Robinson have been shocking mainstays in the starting lineup. Adding to that perimeter trio is big man Bam Adebayo who is blossoming into an All-Star talent.
Tuesday 12/24
Christmas Eve is one of the few scheduled off nights in the NBA. Enjoy the time with family and friends!
Wednesday 12/25
No NBA League Pass Games
The Christmas day quintuple-header is all on ESPN and ABC.
Boston at Toronto – 12:00 – ESPN
Milwaukee at Philadelphia – 2:30 – ABC
Houston at Golden State – 5:00 – ABC
LA Clippers at Los Angeles Lakers – 8:00 – ABC
New Orleans at Denver – 10:30 – ESPN
Timberwolves at Kings
If Minnesota or Sacramento is ever able to get, and stay, healthy, they could make a run at the playoffs. The Kings are a little closer right now and are finally a little healthier. De'Aaron Fox and Marvin Bagley are both back from injuries now. Fox has reclaimed his spot in the starting lineup and Bagley should join him soon. That'll bring depth and balance to the Sacramento lineup. With Fox back, look for the Kings to speed the game up some and improve on their current 30th ranking in pace.
The Timberwolves need Karl-Anthony Towns back on the court as soon as possible. He's easily their best player and the one guy in the lineup that opponents need to bend their defense towards. Andrew Wiggins is playing well and looking like the guy who was exciting in his first few years in the NBA. Both Wiggins' usage and efficiency are at the best levels of his career. If Minnesota can get their key role players healthy around Towns and Wiggins, the playoffs are a reasonable goal, as the rest of the bottom of the Western Conference continues to surprisingly struggle.
Pacers at Heat
This one could be a bit of a rock fight, as these are two of the NBA's better defensive teams. Indiana continues to get it done without Victor Oladipo, as Malcom Brogdon and Domantas Sabonis have become a formidable one-two punch. Brogdon has proven worth every bit of the big contract he got as a free agent, and Sabonis' contract extension already looks like a steal. Oladipo has ramped up his on-court activity and his return should come shortly after the holidays. That'll give a shot in the arm to an offense that currently sits in the middle of the pack. If the offense can climb to the edges of the top-10, Indiana will make noise in the season's second half.
14 Game Night!
Due to the odd week of scheduling because of Christmas, Saturday is packed full of great games and they're all on NBA League Pass. It was impossible to pick just one, so flip around between this group:
Raptors at Celtics
76ers at Heat
Magic at Bucks
Lakers at Trail Blazers
Jazz at Clippers
Sunday 12/29
Thunder at Raptors
Toronto is in a tough spot here. They'll be on a back-to-back, having played in Boston the night before. The Raptors are also incredibly banged up with Pascal Siakam, Marc Gasol and Norman Powell all out indefinitely. Siakam seems the most likely to return by this game, but that's far from a lock. And this is after Kyle Lowry, Fred VanVleet and Serge Ibaka all missed time earlier this season. But Toronto continues to wage an impressive title defense despite the injuries. They'll need more of that grit after a tough week of games that includes a game at Indiana and two against Boston.
Oklahoma City has been may be the biggest surprise in the NBA. Entering the week, the Thunder have won four straight games to go over .500 and have moved up to 7th in the Western Conference. A three guard rotation of Chris Paul, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Dennis Schroder is leading the way for OKC. Those three combine with Danilo Gallinari and Steven Adams up front to give the Thunder a chance to win most nights. They'll have to improve on a 4-9 road record, but in a Western Conference that is weaker than expected, Oklahoma City has a chance to make a relatively shocking return to the postseason.
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Good hearing helps us communicate and socialize. Our sense of hearing is important to keep us safe. We need to protect it as we rely on it in so many ways.
Many things can cause our hearing system to stop functioning properly: extensive noise, injuries to the head, genetics, infections, ototoxic reaction to drugs or aging process. The real concern is often not the condition itself but that we do not recognize it early on. As with your eyes and teeth we need to take care of our ears therefore early detection is extremely important. When you leave it untreated it can lead to isolation and depression.
Hearing loss can also impact your life in many other ways such as: avoidance from social situations, reduced alertness, fatigue, tension, stress, anger as well as reduced job performance. It is important to recognize the signs and go for regular hearing evaluations. Wearing ear protection around noisy equipment and loud environments is imperative to maintaining healthy hearing. Remember that hearing loss does not have to prevent you from enjoying life as long as you do something about it.
In addition to being an important risk factor for Alzheimer's and dementia, multiple studies have shown that hearing loss worsens the symptoms of these diseases when they are already present. These symptoms include impaired memory and the inability to learn new tasks.


He is using an ULTIMA CPX 365-6.
Jeff is a member of the US paralympic team.
Sergio is a member of the Italian National team.
He is one of the archers having shot a perfect 900 score in the Vegas Shoot 2007.
After finishing 4th in compound division of the 2003 World Outdoor Target Championships in New York, she switched to Recurve to pursue the Olympic Dream.
She is shooting an Ultima CPX 520-9.
Nicky is a member of the GBR National Team.
Morgan is a member of the Swedish National team.
He is the only compound archer to win all three Indoor, Outdoor and Field titles!
Paul is a member of the German National Team.
Albina is a member of the Russian national team.
She is shooting an Ultima CPX 365-6 and Shibuya 29mm Scopes.
Kevin is a member of the Swiss national team. He is multiple Swiss record holder in the Junior division.
Natalia is a part of the Italian national team for Beijing 2008.
Twice World Champion, multiple times National Champion.
Elena is a part of the Italian national team for Beijing 2008.
Veronika is a member of the German National Team.
Lisa is a member of the German National Team.
Carole is a member of the French National Team. She has been French National Champion 10 times, and World Champion in FITA Field 4 times ('88, '90, '92, '92).
Jocelyn is an experienced coach and member of the French National Team.
Alan is a member of the British National Team.
Magnus is a member of the Swedish National Team.


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DPRK leader has a baby daughter: RodmanUpdated: 2013-09-09 11:27 ( Agencies) CommentsPrintMailLarge Medium Small SEOUL - Democratic People's Republic of Korea leader Kim Jong-un has a baby daughter, according to US basketball star Dennis Rodman who met Kim last week. Kim's wife Ri Sol had appeared to be pregnant in pictures issued last year by DPRK's state news agency, although no confirmation was available. She then disappeared from public view, returning last October. Rodman, who has visited DPRK twice this year and describes Kim as his "friend", told Britain's Guardian newspaper that he had held the baby. "I held their baby Ju-ae and spoke with Ms Ri (Sol-Ju, Kim's wife) as well. He's a good dad and has a beautiful family," Rodman was quoted as saying by the newspaper.
Japan Open to Placing Officials on Disputed Islands By HIROKO TABUCHI Published: September 10, 2013 FACEBOOK TWITTER GOOGLE+ SAVE E-MAIL SHARE PRINT REPRINTS TOKYO — Japan would not rule out stationing government officials on islands at the center of a territorial spat with China, the top cabinet secretary warned Tuesday, as a fleet of Chinese patrol ships entered disputed waters amid tensions in the year-old maritime standoff. Connect With Us on Twitter Follow @nytimesworld for international breaking news and headlines. Twitter List: Reporters and Editors The fight over the uninhabited islands in the East China Sea, known as Senkaku in Japanese and Diaoyu in Chinese, has tainted relations between the two countries even as they continue to depend on each other for trade. On Tuesday, seven Chinese patrol ships entered waters around the islands, the latest of many such incursions into the area, according to the Japanese Coast Guard. A day earlier, the Japanese spotted an unmanned drone aircraft in the islands' vicinity, and scrambled fighter jets. Japan has not confirmed what nation controlled the drones, but has approached China over the incident, the government said. The incidents prompted a warning from Japan's chief cabinet secretary, Yoshihide Suga, who told reporters that Tokyo stood prepared to make "a calm but resolute response to defend our territory." Asked by a reporter whether Tokyo might station officials on the islands to defend Japanese territory, Mr. Suga said the move was "one option" under consideration. "Our country will never make a concession on the matter of sovereignty," he added. An effort by either country to forcibly control the islands could lead to an escalation of the conflict, strategists have warned. They also worry that a small, unintended incident at sea as Japanese and Chinese boats chase each other near the islands could lead to a wider conflagration. Open hostility between China and Japan, an important American ally in the region, also risks drawing the United States into the conflict. The spat presents Washington with an unwelcome distraction as President Obama presses for a military strike on Syria. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe came to power in December on campaign promises that initially included a reference to placing government officials on the islands. But shortly before the voting, Mr. Abe said that he would put off a decision on the matter. He also did not include that promise in his official campaign platform for separate elections in July. A policy document issued by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party at around the same time mentions the need for Japanese officials to be based on the island, however, underscoring the government's shifting stance on the matter. The territorial dispute, which has lasted for decades, flared up last year after the Japanese government bought three of the five islands from their private owner. The move drew outrage from Beijing, which saw it as an effort by Japan to solidify its claims. Tokyo had said at the time it was acting to pre-empt nationalists from trying to take more provocative steps to assert control.
China's Guangzhou moves to end 'Re-education Through Labor' camps
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German technology giant Bosch sees fastest growth in Southeast Asia Rachael Boon The Straits Times Publication Date : 21-06-2013 Southeast Asia was the fastest-growing market for German technology giant Bosch last year. And in this red-hot region, Singapore was the biggest revenue contributor for the company. Bosch makes a wide range of products, including power tools and industrial technology. Sales by the company in Singapore surged 85 per cent last year from 2011 to S$390 million (US$306 million). Across the region, sales jumped 30 per cent to S$1.13 billion. And as business booms, Bosch is adding staff. Its regional headquarters in Singapore took on 7 per cent more staff. Bosch also saw a similar manpower increase across Southeast Asia, up 9 per cent. The fastest-growing markets, in staffing terms, were Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam, with jumps in headcount of more than 35 per cent each. Bosch opened a representative office in fast-emerging Myanmar and expanded its presence in other regional markets. Singapore is also home to Bosch's only research and development centre outside Germany for the business division. Bosch Southeast Asia president Martin Hayes said in a statement yesterday that he is pleased with its success in the region and Singapore. "Southeast Asia is currently the fastest-growing region for Bosch, and we expect to maintain this growth momentum and achieve double-digit growth for 2013," he said. Bosch has five manufacturing plants in Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam. Sales revenue in the region increased across various business divisions, with the thermo-technology division recording the strongest growth of about 70 per cent. The drive and control division doubled its revenue in Singapore owing to the marine and offshore industry, and it grew more than 60 per cent across Southeast Asia. Hayes said: "We are upbeat about the potential that Southeast Asia holds as a region, especially as members of Asean gear themselves towards the Asean Economic Community by 2015." He added that the cost of labour and infrastructure build-up in the region makes it "globally competitive for manufacturing its products and components". Globally, Bosch sales inched up by 1.9 per cent to S$84.3 billion. Profit before tax was S$4.5 billion. Automotive technology is its largest unit and took in sales of S$49.9 billion, a rise of 2.1 per cent. Bosch expects a global sales growth of 2 per cent to 4 per cent this year.
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The Crystal Theatre won't have a play or musical this month but has plans for other entertainment.
Instead of the traditional local production – this year would have been a play – the theater will bring in the show, "It's Vegas, Baby," said Dan Sutton, board president who would have directed the show.
The show, presented by Entertainment to Go is 7:30 p.m. Nov. 10 and season tickets apply. Costs for adults are $15 a ticket and students are $10 for the adult musical comedy. The duo is out of Des Moines.
In addition to the November show, the Crystal also will have its Christmas show at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 8 with the community band and vocalists, Sutton said.
On Dec. 28, Mike Shaeffer will present slam poetry standup comedy at a 7:30 p.m. show. The Flandreau High School graduate and son of John and Cheryl Shaeffer lives in Fairbanks, Alaska.


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News|Winter Olympics
Beijing starts low-key torch relay for Winter Olympics
Events leading to the 2022 Games are taking place inside a 'closed loop' sealing off athletes, Olympics personnel and selected spectators.
Chinese astronaut Jing Haipeng, left, holds the Olympic Torch during the torch launch ceremony at Olympic Forest Park on the first day of the torch relay in Beijing [Leo RAMIREZ/AFP]
Published On 2 Feb 20222 Feb 2022
The Beijing Winter Olympics torch relay has kicked off as China's capital gears up to host the global sporting event against a backdrop of diplomatic boycotts and the coronavirus pandemic.
Starting Wednesday, more than 1,000 torchbearers will carry the flame through competition areas in Beijing and the neighbouring city of Zhangjiakou – hosting events such as cross-country skiing and ski jumping – before the opening ceremony on Friday evening.
Audiences for the torch relay will be strictly limited, with China encouraging people to follow the event online rather than try to catch a glimpse of the procession in person.
The first three runners in the relay were Luo Zhihuan, an 80-year-old former speed skater who won China's first winter sport world championship title in 1963, astronaut Jing Haipeng, as well as Chang'e 1 satellite designer Ye Peijian, according to Beijing Daily.
Former NBA star and Olympian Yao Ming also joined the relay, but not top tennis player Peng Shuai, whose whereabouts and safety remain a global concern after she made sexual assault allegations against a former vice premier.
The torch's journey to Beijing began in October with activists unfurling banners accusing China of human rights abuses at the flame-lighting ceremony in the Olympic spiritual homeland of Greece.
Multiple countries, including the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom and Canada have announced diplomatic boycotts of the Games over China's human rights record including its treatment of Muslim minorities in Xinjiang and a crackdown on dissent in Hong Kong.
Beijing has condemned the boycott and is determined to pull off a Games that will burnish its international reputation. A number of
Despite the Western boycott, a number of world leaders – including Russian President Vladimir Putin – have said they will attend the Games.
Saudi Arabia's Mohammed bin Salman, Pakistan's Imran Khan and Mohammed bin Zayed al Nahyhan of the United Arab Emirates, were among several Middle Eastern and Asian leaders expected to attend. From Europe, only Poland and Serbia have said they will send their heads of state.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will also attend the opening ceremony, telling reporters last month it was not a "political visit".
"The Olympic ideal is something that we have to cherish, and that is the reason why I am going."
As the only remaining major world economy to still be pursuing a zero-COVID strategy, China is taking no chances with the Olympics.
The Games, which open on February 4, are taking place inside a "closed-loop" bubble that seals off athletes and other Olympics personnel from the public, and only select groups of people will be allowed to attend events.
"That is, of course, bad luck but what can you do?" Georgios Iliopoulos, Greece's ambassador to China and one of the torch-bearers, said when asked if he was worried that the 2022 Games would be remembered as the "Corona Olympics".
"You cannot stop life and we do the best we can to continue with what we have to deal with. The main thing is we keep together at this and leave it behind us as soon as possible," he told reporters.
The competition is expected to start later on Wednesday with curling teams from Sweden and the UK to take the stage just after 8pm local time (12:00 GMT).
Source: Al Jazeera and news agencies


For an aperitif, try a glass of the famous Maraschino, a desert liqueur made from the autochthonous Maraska cherries. Follow this with some Pag cheese, which is the most highly prized cheese in Croatia made from the small sheep who eat the aromatic Mediterranean plants on the island of Pag. For the main dish, order "brodet" [stew] that is cooked in a thousand different ways and is made from a number of different types of fish mixed with crabs and sometimes shell fish or even fish on the grill salted with Pag and Nin salt. There is also the "Ninski šokol" made from a specially made dried part of the pork neck that is soaked in red Benkovac wine.


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Get inspired with the Mermaid Lagoon Distress Ink Pad by Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink. This ink is acid-free, fade-resistant, water-based, and nontoxic. The 2" x 2" ink pad is designed with a higher raised felt for straight-to-paper techniques, and is perfect for altered art, photo aging, layouts, and more. Re-inkers are available in .5 oz. amber glass bottle with eye-drop applications (sold separately). Included is one ink pad.
Excellent products. Love using them.
Love this color. Great for sky and water scenes.
I get why Ranger and Tim decided to go with this shade of blue for Mermaid Lagoon. It is a bright blue without being in your face. At the same time is out of sync with the Distress line as a whole. I'm sure people will argue with me. But I want colors to work together since I prefer to use shades of a color family to create more interesting blends. Peacock Feathers was the odd man out, so to speak when it was released -- it just didn't work with any of the other blues and very few other colors. Mermaid Lagoon does work with Peacock Feathers, sort of. The two colors are at the same level of intensity, the same depth of tone, so when blended in layers they do not create something interesting. Again other people will have other opinions.
All that said, Mermaid Lagoon does something Peacock Feathers does not -- it stamps as a strong, clear blue. I prefer this color over all the other Distress Ink Pads for waves, blue roses, and other imagery that needs to be strong without being black or sepia. I know a lot of people use Salty Ocean instead, so it's my opinion.
I think there are better choices in the Distress line for a beginner, or for an occasional user. Nevertheless, Mermaid Lagoon is an interesting and useful color.


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Discussion in 'Star Wars Costumes and Props' started by James Kenobi 1138, Apr 1, 2006.
I know most all the differences in the helmets, chest boxes, and belt boxes and buckle, but it's hard to see much difference in the suit itself (the quilting/stiching on the leather).
Any help would be great. I'm not in a position to purshase a suit any time soon, but if a great deal comes along I want to be ready to buy with confidence.
Anyone know the differences? Straight stiching or V-stiching?
Is there a difference in the width of the stiches between movies?
Could I probably buy any good accurate Vader suit and be fine for an ANH Vader?
Hehe... Well.. There are several. But primarly these are differences that you can not se directly. They are behind the boots, behind the back, Variouse methods of strapping and closure for wearing. But they all were 3 piece like the version i have.
The ROTJ do have a difference in the front of the stiching with the V shape i offerd. It seamed everyone screamed for accuracy but when i offerd it everyone was gone.... The ROTJ with that type of shape is very expensive way to do it. But with the buget they had for the last movie they could afford it. It needs to be made in several steps to make it like that.
So, a suit with straight stiching would be ANH and ESB accurate? Is the spacing between quilts the same for all 3 suits?
I read through your thread, I agree that the most accurate 3 piece suit is awesome but if I had the money to spend I would probably go for the 2 piece suit as well.
ANH leather is super crinkly.
Believe the trousers had elasticated braces sewn in.
The back pieces had criss-cross lacing.
There is quite a marked difference between the ANH and ESB/ROTJ/ROTS suits.
Does anyone know the spacing for the ANH/ESB suits?
Don Post Deluxe Helmet Conundrum - Any experts out there?
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Black Friday Sale, Hop & Mini Release for your December Days!
Happy Black Friday and welcome to our "Special Black Friday Sale & Mini Release for your December Days"! Today we have a couple of new stamp sets and dies for you to document your special December events! These stamps and dies are available for PRE-ORDER and will start shipping on Tuesday, December 3rd! Not only are these stamps perfect for your "December Dailies", but they are also perfect for ALL of your Christmas cards, layouts, smash books, and even your 3-D items!
I had fun pulling old pictures off of my computer that represent our December family traditions, and then I used my Cinch to make a little mini-album! I printed all of the pictures at 4.3" x 4.22" on matte photo paper and then ran them through my Vagabond with the Stitched Journal Die. I used that die for my cover too, with a combination of kraft and red cardstock and patterned paper from the My Mind's Eye Christmas 6x6 pack. Then I added a cute sentiment and a circle image that are both from the new A Day in December stamp set. I just love this set! And, of course, Emma thought of everything and made that circle stamp just the right size to use with her Scallop & Stitched Circle Dies.
A Day in December has lots of wonderful phrases that fit the Christmas season perfectly. I stamped this one on some white cardstock cut with the banner die from Chocolate Greetings.
On the back of each picture, I created a spot for journaling using the new Get Schooled stamp set. I know this is going to be a "go to" set for me. It's made to work with the new 4x4 Journal Die, which makes it just perfect for the 3x4 Stitched Journal Die as well! The candy canes are from A Day in December, as are the sentiments that I used on the rest of my photos.
The Stitched Journal Tab Die made the perfect sized element for this sweet sentiment!
Unfortunately, the dies did not arrive in time for the design team to be able to use them for today's projects. I hand cut the little arrow here, but I will soon have a die that was made just for it!
Here are pics of all of the new stamps and dies. So fun!
Okay, here is the best part. Everyone who places an order this weekend will receive this FREE STAMP called "Shine Bright"!
AND, if you use the code BLACKFRI2013, you will receive 25% off your entire order AND get this free stamp! The sale starts now, Friday, November 29, 2013 and will END on Sunday, December 1, 2013 at midnight PST! You can pre-order your new goodies HERE!
I'm posting this a day early in case any of you want to make these cute little turkeys for your Thanksgiving table! There is a great tutorial on how to make these on the Silhouette blog. I got the turkey cut and the scalloped cupcake wrapper cut from the Silhouette Online Store.
My nieces and nephews love my pumpkin bread, so I thought it would be fun to turn it into muffins for them this year!
I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving! Be sure to stop by on Friday for our first ever My Creative Time Black Friday blog hop! We will be featuring some BRAND NEW products that you will love for documenting your December!
My friend is turning 40 this weekend, so I made this tag to attach to her gift, using lots of My Creative Time products. For the tag base, I cut one of the tags from Tag Dies in green and pink. After stamping the green layer with the Build a Chevy Background with Versamark ink, I adhered the two tags together, extending the pink one about an inch lower than the green.
Did you see my friend Kim Harris's adorable card from our blog hop on Friday? She inspired me by using the girl from the Classy Girl & Furbaby Dies with a big cocktail cut with the Stitched Cocktail Party Dies. The cute little purse is from the Classy Girl Accessories dies.
I made my rosette with the Scalloped Stitched Rosette Dies, adhering a stitched circle from Build a Banner to the top of it. That made a little base for me to glue my numbers, from Stitched 4x6 Journal Die. To make my sentiment, I used parts of a couple of different stamps from More of My Favorite Sayings, stamping them on a banner made with the Vintage Stitched Label Dies.


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Sheridan Convocation, June 8th, 2004.
…The sun doesn't always shine. It's alright to fall apart sometimes.
It was weird today. It was dark and cloudy in some parts of the sky with a strong wind. But in other parts, it was very bright, sunny and warm. Weird. Kinda like today.
Okay, so the power goes off around 4:15 PM. I though it'd be back in a few minutes. Nothing happens. It's way too long, so I figured it might have been a busted fuse. So I go downstairs, and reset the fusebox. Nothing.
Brian, calls me all the way from Brampton (roughly 9 miles northwest from Mississauga) saying the power's gone. Strange.
And the rest you probably saw on TV (or heard on the radio like the rest of us).
It's weird seeing everyone outside walking and talking to each other. People playing ball, gathering at a local stripmall's storefront, and unsual amount walking on the sidewalks.
Most cellphones didn't work. PBXs and anything with an extension or voicemail was unusable.
My neighbours invited me over for dinner. They had a natural gas stove, so they managed to cook up a warm meal. That was great.
Not sure how well the food in my fridge held up to 14 hours of continuous black out.


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Dr. Gaël Rouvroy
Gaël Rouvroy obtained the Electronics and Mechanics Engineering degree and PhD degree from the Université catholique de Louvain, respectively in June 2001 and June 2004. In 2004, he received a 3-year funding for research and business development. In 2006, he was the co-founder of intoPIX Spin-Off, specialized in Digital Cinema market. As intoPIX CTO, his reponsability is to define and manage R&D projects. His research interest includes digital design and FPGA, cryptographic hardware, block ciphers, image processing (broadcast and DCI JPEG2000 decoder) and watermarking.
Office: a.104
Homepage: http://www.intopix.com
BibTeX - Rouvroy
Philippe Bulens, François-Xavier Standaert, Jean-Jacques Quisquater, Pascal Pellegrin, and Gaël Rouvroy. Implementation of the AES-128 on Virtex-5 FPGAs, Progress in Cryptology - AfricaCrypt 2008, Volume 5023 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 16 - 26, Springer, June 2008 BibTeX
François-Xavier Standaert, Gaël Rouvroy, and Jean-Jacques Quisquater. FPGA Implementations of the DES and Triple-DES Masked Against Power Analysis Attacks, proceedings of FPL 2006, August 2006 BibTeX
Gaël Rouvroy. Flexibility, a Long Term Solution to DCI Compliance. FPGA for a Digital Cinema JPEG2000 Decoder, In Training for Digital Projection, pages 13-16, June 2006 BibTeX
François-Xavier Standaert, Eric Peeters, Gaël Rouvroy, and Jean-Jacques Quisquater. An Overview of Power Analysis Attacks Against Field Programmable Gate Arrays, In Proceedings of the IEEE, Volume 94-2, February 2006 BibTeX
Philippe Léglise, François-Xavier Standaert, Gaël Rouvroy, and Jean-Jacques Quisquater. Efficient Implementation of Recent Stream Ciphers on Reconfigurable Hardware Devices, 26th Symposium on Information Theory in the Benelux, pages 261-268, May 2005 BibTeX
Gaël Rouvroy, François-Xavier Standaert, Jean-Jacques Quisquater, and Jean-Didier Legat. Compact and Efficient Encryption/Decryption Module for FPGA Implementation of AES Rijndael Very Well Suited for Small Embedd, ITCC 2004, special session on embedded cryptographic hardware, Volume 2, pages 583-587, IEEE Computer Society, April 2004 BibTeX
Gaël Rouvroy, François-Xavier Standaert, Jean-Jacques Quisquater, and Jean-Didier Legat. Compact and Efficient Encryption/Decryption Module for FPGA Implementation of AES, Nadia Nedjah and Luiza de Macedo Mourelle ed., In Embedded Cryptographic Hardware: Design and Security, Nova Science Publishers, January 2004 BibTeX
François-Xavier Standaert, Gaël Rouvroy, Jean-Jacques Quisquater, and Jean-Didier Legat. Efficient Implementation of Rijndael Encryption in Reconfigurable Hardware: Improvements and Design Tradeoffs, CHES 2003, Volume 2523 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 334-350, Springer-Verlag, September 2003 BibTeX
Gaël Rouvroy, François-Xavier Standaert, Jean-Jacques Quisquater, and Jean-Didier Legat. Design Strategies and Modifed Descriptions to Optimize Cipher FPGA Implementations: Fast and Compact Results for DES and Tri, FPL 2003, Volume 2778 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 181-193, Springer-Verlag, September 2003 BibTeX
Gaël Rouvroy, François-Xavier Standaert, Jean-Jacques Quisquater, and Jean-Didier Legat. Efficient Uses of FPGAs for Implementations of the DES and its Experimental Linear Cryptanalysis, Volume 32-4, pages 473-482, April 2003 BibTeX
Gaël Rouvroy, François-Xavier Standaert, Jean-Jacques Quisquater, and Jean-Didier Legat. Efficient FPGA implementation of block cipher MISTY1, RAW 2003, pages 7 pp, April 2003 BibTeX
François-Xavier Standaert, Gaël Rouvroy, Jean-Jacques Quisquater, and Jean-Didier Legat. A Methodology to Implement Block Ciphers in Reconfigurable Hardware and its Application to Fast and Compact AES Rijndael, FPGA 2003, pages 216-224, February 2003 BibTeX
François-Xavier Standaert, Gaël Rouvroy, Jean-Jacques Quisquater, and Jean-Didier Legat. Efficient FPGA Implementations of Block Ciphers KHAZAD and MISTY1, The Third NESSIE Workshop, pages 10pp, November 2002 BibTeX
Jean-Jacques Quisquater, François-Xavier Standaert, Gaël Rouvroy, Jean-Pierre David, and Jean-Didier Legat. A Cryptanalytic Time-Memory Tradeoff : First FPGA Implementation, FPL 2002, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 780-789, Springer-Verlag, September 2002 BibTeX
François Koeune, Gaël Rouvroy, François-Xavier Standaert, Jean-Jacques Quisquater, Jean-Pierre David, and Jean-Didier Legat. A FPGA Implementation of the Linear Cryptanalysis, FPL 2002, Volume 2438 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 845-852, Springer-Verlag, September 2002 BibTeX
Gaël Rouvroy, and François-Xavier Standaert. Implementation of Cryptographic Standards and Cryptanalysis using FPGA's : Extended Abstract, In Revue E Tijdschrift - 118ème année/118de jaargang-3, September 2002 PDF BibTeX
François-Xavier Standaert, Gaël Rouvroy, Jean-Jacques Quisquater, and Jean-Didier Legat. A Time-Memory Tradeoff using Distinguished Points : New Analysis and FPGA Results, CHES 2002, Volume 2523 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 593-609, Springer-Verlag, August 2002 BibTeX
Gaël Rouvroy, and François-Xavier Standaert. FPGA's as Cryptanalytic Tools, IEEE Student Paper Contest Finalist, IEEE Melecon 2002 conference, pages 209-214, May 2002 BibTeX


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