Crypto 2004, the 24th Annual Crypto Conference, was sponsored by the Int- national Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR) in cooperation with the IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Security and Privacy and the Computer Science Department of the University of California at Santa Barbara. The program committee accepted 33 papers for presentation at the conf- ence. These were selected from a total of 211 submissions. Each paper received at least three independent reviews. The selection process included a Web-based discussion phase, and a one-day program committee meeting at New York U- versity. These proceedings include updated versions of the 33 accepted papers. The authors had a few weeks to revise them, aided by comments from the reviewers. However, the revisions were not subjected to any editorial review. Theconferenceprogramincludedtwoinvitedlectures.VictorShoup’sinvited talk was a survey on chosen ciphertext security in public-key encryption. Susan Landau’s invited talk was entitled “Security, Liberty, and Electronic Commu- cations”. Her extended abstract is included in these proceedings. We continued the tradition of a Rump Session, chaired by Stuart Haber. Those presentations (always short, often serious) are not included here.

‘Recognizing the shared nature of my thoughts, I am determined to see. I would look upon the witnesses that show me the thinking of the world has been changed. I would behold the proof that what has been done through me has enabled love to replace fear, laughter to replace tears, and abundance to replace loss.’ (A Course in Miracles, Foundation for Inner Peace, 2007 ACIM, W-54.5:2-4) After two decades in the financial services industry, Wayne Renroc, worked his way up through the ranks into a leadership position at Pigeon Financial until he walked away from it all! Wayne had grown tired of the toxicity in the workplace. A self-serving, inept, and mindless leadership team at Pigeon Financial destroyed employee morale and fostered a growing dysfunction among peers which fueled his desire to move on. Managing with an iron fist in a self-serving, egotistical, and mindless approach to the workplace their toxic ways spread like a cancer. Like the disease, these tyrants are so stupid and self-centered, they will not only destroy the morale of their teams (healthy cells) but will ultimately destroy themselves and the entire organization (the host/body). This is a compelling glimpse into the corporate world bringing to the surface growing disconnects and dysfunction in the workplace. Assholes to Angels calls out the tyrants who remain in positions of leadership. The many parallels between behaviors on the playground during our childhood and behaviors in the boardroom during our adult years are brought to the surface. Readers will learn a new definition of success based on the words of Albert Einstein from a century ago. Finally, readers will discover a way to see the angel deep within each of us. Assholes to Angles was written to honor and celebrate the true leaders who have left the working world a better place. Instead of stepping on and over people to get ahead, true leaders show people how to stand on the shoulders of giants to succeed. www.tomcorner.net www.assholestoangels.com

As a priest and a biologist, Fr. Fred Gaglia found the periodic chart of elements a wonderful expression of the order and adaptability of nature at the chemical level. After many years of teaching the beauty and order of God's creation, Fr. Gaglia began to see a relationship between the periodic table-this order of the elements into groups and functions-and the order and functions of humans for their spiritual growth. He took the symbols of the elements of nature and applied them to another pattern of order, in our lives as children of God. These can be used, by metaphor or analogy, as symbols of the way we can live ordered, virtuous lives. Fr. Gaglia shares his message eloquently, bringing the beauty of science and spirit into one enlightening book. "With Periodic Chart of Virtuous Living for Teens - One Element at a Time, Fr. Fred Gaglia has provided a way for young people to have a spiritual and moral parallel to their study of science and technology. It is a way to enkindle and motivate their search for the virtuous life, by relating concepts of the periodic chart with their growth in the spiritual life." -Bishop James D. Conley.

In his new self-help book, John J. Churchill creates a guide to help you fully understand people. Learn to make people like you and win them to your way of thinking in a subliminal and habitual way. This book delves into evidence-based psychology and the success mindsets of Presidents Washington, Hamilton, Franklin, Adams, Jefferson, and Roosevelt. This book will both increase your popularity and help you get along with people in everyday life. Learn how the first 26 US Presidents applied the success traits of ambition, adaptability, resourcefulness, fight, faith, reliability, and integrity, into a determination to fight for every inch. Learn how to have a winning mentality always, despite adversity. Understand how the disciplines of loyalty, self-control, alertness, intentness, poise, confidence, and competitive greatness, helped ordinary men attain the Oval Office. Visualize the success traits of the Founding Fathers and make them automatic to success in your own mind. Learn the American winning mindset and apply it in your own business and personal life, no matter where you live on the planet. ‘The best way to predict your future is to create it.’ Abraham Lincoln: 1. Don’t criticize anybody for anything 2. Give sincere appreciation 3. Always focus on what the other person wants 4. Become genuinely interested in other people 5. Remember names 6. Be a good listener and let people talk 7. Make people feel important, sincerely 8. If you are wrong, admit it quickly 9. See things from the other person’s point of view

This book will arm you with a solid understanding of what professional selling entails. It will explain the various selling environments, the way sales teams are organized, and provide an explanation of what it takes to succeed. Would a Doctor begin operating on a patient without an understanding of the circulatory system, digestive system, or other important definitions of human anatomy? Absolutely not! Just as every profession provides an explanation of what it takes to succeed while providing a common language of understanding, so too should every new salesperson understand "what" selling is, before you begin to learn "how" to sell. The authors provide a conversational real-world explanation of what selling is while sharing important insights one what helped them succeed as top performing sales representatives at Hewlett Packard and Dun & Bradstreet and various other selling environments.

Offering a proactive plan for life transformation in 90 days, Francois addresses the stages of success, steps to achieve success, how minorities and women can find success, and the church's role in one's success and salvation. (Social Issues)

Daily Grace for Teens offers inspiration and encouragement using vivid illustrations of just how God's provisions and blessings provide for the needs of a teen's highly-charged life. Even more they show how God Himself is the greatest grace provision a young person can have: His mercy, His love, His holiness and more.