Encryption policy and standards is a very broad category with numerous pages of information on the topic. Policybers.com houses a wide variety of topics pertaining to encryption policy, however, for this information to be useful, a basic understanding of the encryption process and what all it involves is required.

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In cryptography, encryption is the process of obscuring information to make it unreadable without special knowledge. While encryption has been used to protect communications for centuries, only organizations and individuals with an extraordinary need for secrecy had made use of it. In the mid-1970s, strong encryption emerged from the sole preserve of secretive government agencies into the public domain, and is now employed in protecting widely-used systems, such as Internet e-commerce, mobile telephone networks and bank automatic teller machines.

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Encryption can be used to ensure secrecy, but other techniques are still needed to make communications secure, particularly to verify the integrity and authenticity of a message; for example, a message authentication code (MAC) or digital signatures. Another consideration is protection against traffic analysis.

Encryption or software code obfuscation is also used in software copy protection against reverse engineering, unauthorized application analysis, cracks and software piracy used in different encryption or obfuscating software

Ciphers

A cipher is an algorithm for performing encryption (and the reverse, decryption) — a series of well-defined steps that can be followed as a procedure. An alternative term is encipherment.

The original information is known as plaintext, and the encrypted form as ciphertext. The ciphertext message contains all the information of the plaintext message, but is not in a format readable by a human or computer without the proper mechanism to decrypt it; it should resemble random gibberish to those not intended to read it.

The operation of a cipher usually depends on a piece of auxiliary information, called a key or, in traditional NSA parlance, a cryptovariable. The encrypting procedure is varied depending on the key, which changes the detailed operation of the algorithm. A key must be selected before using a cipher to encrypt a message. Without the same key, it should be difficult, if not impossible, to decrypt the resulting ciphertext into readable plaintext.

"Cipher" is alternatively spelled "cypher"; similarly "ciphertext" and "cyphertext", and so forth. The word descends from the Arabic word for zero: cifr or صِفْر, like (the Italian) zero (which remained in use for 0, the crucial innovation in positional Arabic versus Roman numerals) but soon was used for any decimal digit, even any number. There are also etymological roots to the Middle French word cifre, and the Medieval Latin cifra, both of which are probably originated from the Arabic root. While it may have come to mean encoding because that often involved numbers, a theory says conservative Catholic opponents of the Arabic (heathen) numerals equated it with any 'dark secret'.

Ciphers versus codes

In non-technical usage, a "(secret) code" is the same thing as a cipher. Within technical discussions, however, they are distinguished into two concepts. Codes work at the level of meaning — that is, words or phrases are converted into something else. Ciphers, on the other hand, work at a lower level: the level of individual letters, small groups of letters, or, in modern schemes, individual bits. Some systems used both codes and ciphers in one system, using superencipherment to increase the security. Robert Anton Wilson mentions this distinction in his work The Illuminatus! Trilogy.

Historically, cryptography was split into a dichotomy of codes and ciphers, and coding had its own terminology, analogous to that for ciphers: "encoding, codetext, decoding" and so on. However, codes have a variety of drawbacks, including susceptibility to cryptanalysis and the difficulty of managing a cumbersome codebook. Because of this, codes have fallen into disuse in modern cryptography, and ciphers are the dominant technique.

Types of cipher

There are a variety of different types of encryption. Algorithms used earlier in the history of cryptography are substantially different from modern methods, and modern ciphers can be classified according to how they operate and whether they use one or two keys.

Historical pen and paper ciphers used in the past are sometimes known as classical ciphers. They include substitution ciphers and transposition ciphers. During the early twentieth century, more sophisticated machines for encryption were used, rotor machines, which were more complex than previous schemes.

Encryption methods can be divided into symmetric key algorithms (Private-key cryptography) and asymmetric key algorithms (Public-key cryptography). In a symmetric key algorithm (e.g., DES and AES), the sender and receiver must have a shared key set up in advance and kept secret from all other parties; the sender uses this key for encryption, and the receiver uses the same key for decryption. In an asymmetric key algorithm (e.g., RSA), there are two separate keys: a public key is published and enables any sender to perform encryption, while a private key is kept secret by the receiver and enables only him to perform decryption.

Symmetric key ciphers can be distinguished into two types, depending on whether they work on blocks of symbols of fixed size (block ciphers), or on a continuous stream of symbols (stream ciphers).

Key size and vulnerability

In a pure mathematical attack (i.e., lacking any other information to help break a cypher), three factors above all, count:

  • Mathematical advances, that allow new attacks or weaknesses to be discovered and exploited.
  • Computational power available, i.e. the computer power which can be brought to bear on the problem.
  • Key size, i.e., the size of key used to encrypt a message. As the key size increases, so does the complexity of brute search to the point where it becomes infeasible to crack encryption directly.

Since the desired effect is computational difficulty, in theory one would choose an algorithm and desired difficulty level, thus decide the key length accordingly.

An example of this process can be found at keylength.com which uses multiple reports to suggest that a symmetric cypher with 128 bits, an asymmetric cypher with 3072 bit keys, and an elliptic curve cypher with 512 bits, all have similar difficulty at present.

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2 Fast 2 Furious is a 2003 film. It is the sequel of The Fast and the Furious and prequel to The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift. It features Paul Walker, Tyrese Gibson, Eva Mendes, Devon Aoki and Ludacris. Jin Au-Yeung also made a minor appearance in this movie.

The film was directed by John Singleton, while the soundtrack was composed by David Arnold. The producers were Lee R. Mayes and Neal H. Moritz.

Paul Walker returns as former cop Brian O'Conner who teams up with his ex-con pal Roman Pearce (Tyrese). They team up to transport a shipment of "dirty" money for shady Miami-based import-export dealer Carter Verone (Cole Hauser). While actually working with undercover agent Monica Fuentes (Mendes) to bring Verone down.

The total production budget of the film was approximately US$76 million, with estimated marketing costs of US$40 million. The total running time is 101 minutes, with an MPAA rating of PG-13.

Dominic Toretto (Diesel) is the leader of a street racing gang that is under suspicion of hijacking trucks for their cargo of expensive electronic equipment. Undercover cop Brian O'Conner (Walker) attempts to find out who exactly is stealing the equipment by infiltrating the local racing community with the help of a local auto parts dealer, while falling for Dominic's younger sister Mia (Jordana Brewster).

After O'Conner loses his Mitsubishi Eclipse to Toretto in a race for "pink slips" (a 1950s slang term for the registration documents for a car in the United States) and then loses it again when they are confronted by Toretto's rival Johnny Tran (Rick Yune), O'Conner tries to gain the trust of Toretto by working on repairing and upgrading a burned out Toyota Supra to hand over to him.

While doing this, O'Conner is constantly pressured by his superiors in the LAPD and the FBI to bring the investigation to a satisfactory close, leading him to face a stark choice between the community he has embedded himself into and the woman he has become close to or discarding his cover and discovering who from the street gangs are carrying out the hijackings.

The plot is somewhat similar to that of the 1991 film Point Break. Both films feature an undercover cop infiltrating a gang of underground competition enthusiasts in order to gain information about who is pulling off a series of heists. In both films the protagonist falls for a significant female in the team leader's life, forcing him to ultimately choose whether to take up the life of those he was tasked to spy upon or do his job.

The races in the movie are mostly won by one of the racers firing nitrous oxide into the intake manifold at the last moment. The nitrous oxide systems, incorrectly referred to as NOS, play a big part in the movie, with O'Conner seeing the complexity and power of his car's nitrous system as the key to winning a drag race.

Impact

Although met with mixed reviews, The Fast and the Furious is credited as the first cinematic insight into the Japanese compact racing and tuning community of America. Because of this novelty as well as a set of interesting character relationships (for an action movie) and a variety of groundbreaking visuals used in the race sequences, The Fast and the Furious became one of the most well-known movies from around the turn of the millennium, and left "tricked out" Japanese compacts imprinted in our popular culture. It also features the performance that many believe launched Vin Diesel into stardom.



Criticism

The film and the series has been criticized for following the typical formula of white male lead protagonist and Asian male villain, despite the prevalence of Asians in the import scene.

Some blame the film for an increase in illegal street racing. Proponents of the film point out that it demonstrate both the thrills and dangers of drag racing. The movie is also looked down upon by many who say that it is responsible for flooding the streets with Rice burners, largely because of the "all show and no go" nature of the cars and the exaggeration of the effects of nitrous oxide, leading to young adult viewers of the films, ignorant of the real nature of motor vehicle maintenance and tuning, modifying their cars with largely superficial modifications (such as body kits and ground effects, fluorescent lighting, and excessive aerodynamic wings) which would not positively affect racing performance.


In addition, the script drew criticism from import tuner enthusiasts in its use of "NOS" (Nitrous Oxide System) - a registered trademark of Holley Motor Company - to refer generically to various forms of nitrous oxide injection: in various scenes of the film, both Holley's NOS and Nitrous Express's NX systems are displayed prominently. This gaffe was corrected in the sequel, 2 Fast 2 Furious, wherein nitrous oxide injection systems were referred to by the more generic (and proper) designation "nitrous".

The scriptwriters also drew criticism for having poorly researched the vehicles featured in the film; for example, in one scene, a character - supposedly an experienced mechanic - reacts with surprise to find a junkyard Toyota Supra equipped with a 2JZ-GTE engine. The 2JZ-GTE engine block is an OEM, factory stock engine for the Supra Mark IV, and, while popular with mechanics for its customizability, would not be a particularly rare or unexpected find.


The Import scene or Import racing scene refers to the subculture that revolves around modifying imported brand cars (commonly referred to as imports), especially those of Japanese brands, for street racing in the United States. These modified cars are sometimes pejoratively referred to as rice rockets (sometimes also refers to Japanese motorcycles), rice burners or ricers.

The culture was originally associated with Asian American youth [1], however, thanks to movies like "The Fast and the Furious", it has become a mainstream phenomenon among youth of all races in the United States. Women who modify their cars have become a significant presence in the scene and commerce has responded with specific marketing campaigns geared toward women, such as NOPI (Number One Parts, Inc.) Chick.

There is significant evidence indicating that import drag racing first started in Southern California in the mid-1960s, with Volkswagen Beetles, including documentation of quarter-mile passes published in Hot Rod Magazine as early as August of 1965. The island of Puerto Rico also has a long history of pioneering import drag racing in the mid 1970s and 1980s, and it is still a huge sport on the island. In the early 1990s, front wheel drive vehicles, mostly Hondas, gained popularity in Southern California.

There were huge drag racing events at Palmdale, California, that packed in over 10,000 spectators per day. Racers like Stephen Papadakis, Ed Bergenholtz, and Myles Bautista dominated the first import drag racing circuit IDRA (Battle of the Imports) in the mid 1990s. Show car clubs became a huge factor within the import scene: Southern California had Team Kosoku, Northern California had Z.Team Yossi.

Car modifying has been very popular among youth in the United States, especially in Southern California, for decades since the days of hot rods in the 1950s and 1960s. In the early 1990s, enthusiasts in southern California began to modify compact Japanese cars, following similar trends in Japan. This Japanese racing scene can be seen in the anime series Initial D, which focuses mainly on drifting.

The car show scene emerged with the pioneer event called Import Showoff and was the first of its kind. Modified cars are often exhibited at car shows, such as Hot Import Nights (HIN), Extreme Autofest and NOPI. Hot Import Nights is the largest of the car shows in this space with over 20 events across the US reaching over 250,000 enthusiasts. Endemic vendors sell various products at these car shows including sound equipment for cars and other car modification products.

Non-endemic vendors and sponsors like XM Satelite Radio, Hanes, Pepsi and Rockstar Energy Drinks participate in these events to target the young, mostly male, demographics attracted to these shows. Frequently, models are present at these shows to pose in front of cars. These models are known as import models or "booth babes" and have gained massive popularity among those in the import scene.

Increasingly, music (mostly hip-hop, urban and electronica) has become a large part of these events. Whether its DJ's spinning the latest tracks, up and coming recording stars or B-Boys and go-Go dancing, the lights, the sound and the movement have become a staple of these multi-faceted shows.

Check out photos and videos from car shows around the country at HINcity TV & Car and Model.

Another cultural development, gaining prominence around the turn of the century, has been the division between enthusiasts primarily interested in modifications with likely performance gains (usually for racing applications) or performing significant, custom stylistic modifications (as with show cars), and individuals using inexpensive, off-the-shelf equipment to give their vehicles a trendy look.

The term "ricing", related to the older slang term "rice burner", has emerged, used pejoratively to refer to this general style of lower cost, non-performance-enhancing vehicle modification. General examples of products and modifications involved include Altezza-style tail lights, neon lights, stickers, windshield squirter lights, chrome rims, large spoilers and spray painted interiors.

Many of the accessories generally included in this style are considered gimmicky or unattractive by dedicated motor enthusiasts, and some, such as unnecessarily loud exhaust systems or non-standard lighting, may be a nuisance to the general public or even illegal. Some modifications actually make the car slower, by adding weight or areodynamic drag, or can damage the car.

"Drag-racing teams may not actually be populated by shiny-pated hunks like Vin Diesel or tough beauties like Michelle Rodriguez, but in other ways the film got it right. Diesel's chief rivals are a tough oriental gang; the real-life Z.Team Yossi, led by the fearsome Tai brothers, are one of the most successful drag-racing teams in California.

Shaun Tai has got his nitrous oxide-powered VW Tessa under the 10-second mark in various official meetings, while the Yossi's group of sexy "Hunnies" are there to bring some glamour to the all-oriental team wherever they race." - Saturday September 8, 2001, The Guardian UK

The import scene has been portrayed in these mainstream movies:


The Fast and the Furious
2 Fast 2 Furious

The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
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Initial D

 

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Goofs and miscellanea

Slap Jack's Supra's Neons alternate between Green and Red multiple times during the first race.

Brian O'Conner's Skyline appears damaged after it was shown hitting the parking meter from being electronically disabled. The first shot shows no damage.

Female Extra can be heard yelling "I love you paulie" when Paul Walker exits Skyline prior to first race.

Darden the Challenger's driver's sunglasses disappear and reappear during the Tag Team street race.


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Quick count: Vic Carucci's Week 5 analysis 
NFL.com - Oct 08 6:30 PM
The NFL action on Sundays comes fast and furious. But NFL.com national editor Vic Carucci is following all the Week 5 games and offering in-depth analysis as it happens. For more analysis as the games go on, revisit the page or simply refresh your web browser.

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Eagles barely get past Mars Hill 
Asheville Citizen-Times - Oct 07 11:07 PM
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. -- Alex Rouse tossed a 10-yard touchdown pass to Otis Miller with 1:15 left in the game as No. 15 Carson-Newman overcame three turnovers and defeated Mars Hill College, 10-7, on Saturday afternoon at Burke-Tarr Stadium.
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United Way drive kicks off soon 
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October in Schuyler County means a lot of things: grapes being harvested, eager visitors learning more about the county and its attractions, fall sports keeping families busy and Schuyler County United Way.
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Abercrombie & Fitch Sept Sales Surge 
AP via Yahoo! Finance - Oct 05 5:26 AM
Abercrombie & Fitch Co., the trendy teenage-clothing retailer, said Thursday same-store sales jumped 10 percent in September, exceeding Wall Street expectations and prompting the company to raise its full-year earnings outlook.
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Experts: Men Have Body Image Worries Too 
InteliHealth - Oct 09 10:00 AM
NEW YORK (AP) -- That guy in the Abercrombie & Fitch ad doesn't have a head, but does it really matter? His upper body is as sculpted as Michelangelo's David -- all chiseled muscle, washboard abs and not a follicle of chest hair.
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Experts: Men Have Body Image Worries Too 
InteliHealth - Oct 09 10:00 AM
NEW YORK (AP) -- That guy in the Abercrombie & Fitch ad doesn't have a head, but does it really matter? His upper body is as sculpted as Michelangelo's David -- all chiseled muscle, washboard abs and not a follicle of chest hair.
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Experts: Men Have Body Image Worries Too 
InteliHealth - Oct 09 10:00 AM
NEW YORK (AP) -- That guy in the Abercrombie & Fitch ad doesn't have a head, but does it really matter? His upper body is as sculpted as Michelangelo's David -- all chiseled muscle, washboard abs and not a follicle of chest hair.
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Indonesian Government Imposes Ban Against Female Genital Cutting 
Medical News Today - Oct 09 3:11 PM
Doctors and nurses in Indonesia have been barred from performing female genital cutting -- a practice sometimes referred to as female circumcision or female genital mutilation in which there is a partial or full removal of the labia, clitoris or both -- under a notice issued by the government, a Mi [click link for full article]
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Lincoln actor will tell story of close friend, national hero 
The Bay City Times - Oct 09 8:38 AM
Abraham Lincoln still mourns the loss of a close friend and national hero who was the first officer to die at the start of the Civil War.
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Gophers football schedele 
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YORKIE BABIES - SMALL! AKC 2F/2M, Shots, Vet chkd Tails/Dews, Raised w/love! ...
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Button accordion band to perform Oct. 11 
Monroe Times - Oct 09 11:06 AM
MONROE -- A 30-member button accordion band from the Berner Oberland in Switzerland will be performing at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 11, in the Grand Hall of Turner Hall of Monroe at 1217 17th Ave., Monroe. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. for general seating.
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Runners lace up for education and Primo's annual race 
Contra Costa Times - Oct 09 6:58 AM
Primo's Run for Education, the San Ramon Valley's premier school fundraiser, made an equally powerful public health and fitness statement Sunday during an annual bonding celebration of sound minds and bodies.
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The How Behind the What of Ancient Egypt 
New York Times - Oct 08 10:26 PM
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Greece hopeful museum will house Elgin marbles 
CNN.com - Oct 09 11:35 AM
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Greece's marathon campaign to reclaim the 2,500-year-old Parthenon sculptures from Britain will be boosted by a long-delayed Athens museum set to open next year, the premier said Monday.
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First Coast Fans Paint On Their Pride 
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JACKSONVILLE, FL -- For most Jag fans showing team spirit means wearing team jerseys, but for these guys team spirit is wearing teal and black latex paint. They say it's a form of art.
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'Indian actresses are very attractive' 
The Times of India - Oct 10 8:47 AM
He must be one of the best bowlers around, but the South African player is bowled over by Hindi film heroines.
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Police: Deputy hurt while detaining student 
The Daily Reflector - Oct 06 9:52 PM
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One of America's Great Student Newspapers 
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Truly hardcore gamers often agree that gaming should be a field of free, accessible and openly available software. Unfortunately, the companies in charge of releasing the most popular games do not agree.
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Trailer dumps fertilizer additive near Highway 290 
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Mary Madeline Lipsey 
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Stalkers Threaten Cornell's Kids 
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Why, theres a wench! 
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Digital Film Tools Releases EZ Mask 1.0 for Adobe Photoshop and Photoshop Elements 
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Son of SS prisoner to revamp Hitler building 
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Man charged after striking paramedic 
Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune - Oct 09 2:29 PM
A 52-year-old Wisconsin Rapids man is scheduled to make his initial appearance today for a charge connected to striking an emergency service worker. Edward S. Weir, address unavailable, was in Mikes Sunrise Bar, 2350 Sixth St. S., Wisconsin Rapids, Sunday evening when he was struck by another man, said Wisconsin Rapids Deputy Police Chief Randy Jahns. The police received a call at 10:29 p.m.

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While waiting for Kevin Clash to come on the line for a phone interview, you half-expect to hear the cherry-red monster from "Sesame Street" squeak, "Hiiii! Elmo so happy to talk to you!" Instead, you're greeted by a deep bass voice belonging to 6-foot-1, 45-year-old Clash. Clash is on tour with his new book, "My Life as a Furry Red Monster: What Being Elmo Has Taught Me About Life, Love and

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Monson: Determine your distress with simple test 
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If you are one of the 40,000 horrified Utah football fans who made like Jesse Owens in Berlin and sprinted out of the stadium exits at Rice-Eccles during the third and fourth quarters of the worst home drubbing in 17 years on Saturday, or one of a few hundred thousand others who were disgusted enough to shut off the TV and rush out of the den, as though Adriana Lima was standing on their porch,

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AMONG THE ASHES 
The Herald News - Oct 10 3:27 AM
JOLIET -- With sunlight sparkling through stained glass and the scent of lilies filling the sanctuary, Easter was special at Christ Episcopal Church. "I always felt like I was right in heaven," said Cecilia Seabrook, a former member.
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Charlotte in Paris Kicks-off New Beacon Street Girls Adventure Book Series for Preteen Girls in Style 
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LEXINGTON, Mass.----Answering pleas from girls around the world, Beacon Street Girl Charlotte is returning to Paris to visit her best Parisian friend Sophie in the first BSG Adventure book.
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NASA's Rover Sends Detailed New Photos from Martian Surface 
U.S. Department of State - Oct 10 6:53 AM
NASAs robotic rover Opportunity is gathering views of Martian terrain that are likely to provide the greatest insights yet into the environmental history of the red planet, almost three years after the craft began its scouting mission. Officials with NASAs Mars Exploration Program briefed reporters October 6 on the latest images sent back by Opportunity from the edge of a 2.4-kilometer wide

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Aeropostale, Inc. to Broadcast Review of Fiscal 2006 Third Quarter Financial Results over the Internet 
[Press Release] Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Oct 06 5:00 AM
NEW YORK----Aeropostale, Inc. , a mall-based specialty retailer of casual and active apparel for young women and men, today announced that the Company's conference call to review its fiscal 2006 third quarter financial results will be broadcast live over the Internet on Wednesday, November 29, 2006 at 11:00 a.m.
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Aerosol arson suspects under investigation 
The Aspen Times - Oct 09 12:20 AM
Police have identified as many as four juveniles believed to be involved in lighting a number of fires around town last weekend.

  Quick count: Vic Carucci's Week 5 analysis 
NFL.com - Oct 08 6:30 PM
The NFL action on Sundays comes fast and furious. But NFL.com national editor Vic Carucci is following all the Week 5 games and offering in-depth analysis as it happens. For more analysis as the games go on, revisit the page or simply refresh your web browser.
Beetles' ties to fires studied 
The Olympian - Oct 09 5:08 AM
CONCONULLY - The scorched sticks jutting from a floor of fine, gray ash in what was once a thick forest tell the story: The Tripod fire that roared through north-central Washington this summer burned hot, fast and, in some places, furious.
Quarterback hooks come fast, furious 
The Oregonian - Oct 08 12:08 AM
With the Arizona Cardinals' season on the verge of slipping away, rookie Matt Leinart will make his first NFL start at quarterback today. The Cardinals join a growing number of teams staking their futures on young quarterbacks.
The Fast and the Furious Review [PlayStation 2] 
GameSpot - Oct 06 7:01 PM
Aside from the name, this street racer has little to distinguish itself from an already crowded field.
DVD Review: The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift  
Blogcritics.org - Oct 04 6:06 AM
Okay, no one asked for this movie, just like no one asked for the first sequel. Still, so long as they keep making them, the kids will still go out to see them. I am one of those who got suckered in. This time was a little bit different and I think it is better for it. Any The Fast and the Furious movie that has been made or ever will be made will always have fast cars at its center.

INDUSTRY BUZZ 
San Francisco Chronicle - Oct 08 12:25 AM
RETURN TO PUNK: They never attracted more than a few thousand fans, but in the early '80s, a handful of intense punk-rock bands left a powerful impression as they rattled around the country in vans, slept on friends' floors and played hard, fast, furious...

Sun Devils open up about lack of intensity 
East Valley Tribune - Oct 08 8:11 AM
The Arizona State football team was in the midst of another losing streak, and - like during a slump last year - the Sun Devils' self-indictments of their intensity and preparation habits were flying fast and furious.
Fast, and USC is furious 
Los Angeles Daily News - Oct 07 12:10 AM
Half of them came to quarterbacks Carlyle Holiday of Notre Dame, Ell Roberson of Kansas State (twice), Reggie Robertson of California and Vince Young of Texas. They were all mobile quarterbacks who could turn a broken-down play into a positive result with their speed and quickness.
Top 10 Rentals 
Lexington Herald-Leader - Oct 06 12:11 AM
Lexington rentals at Blockbuster Video for the week ending Sunday: 1. The Lake House 2. The Sentinel 3. Inside Man 4. The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Nigeria/Lesotho: CAN 2008 - Eagles Descend On Crocodiles 
AllAfrica.com - Oct 09 8:48 AM
Ordinarily, tomorrow's African Nations Cup 2008 qualifying match between Nigeria and Lesotho should cause no palpitations among citizens of the West African nation.
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