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Asus Recovery DVD scandal: How it happened
Posted by anthony Published in Security, Software
For those who havenâ(TM)t already heard, the PC OEM company Asus was involved in a major scandal where a directory on the recovery DVD and inside c:\Windows\ConfigSetRoot\ contained a software crack for the WinRar program, software serial numbers, a resume (presumably for a now-jobless Asus employee), an internal Asus powerpoint describing âoeknown compatibility issuesâ, Asus source code, and even an OEM issued Microsoft document, which mainly says âoedo not distribute DR-DOS with any computersâ.
We now know from an OEM source how exactly the files got where they did in the first place, and it isnâ(TM)t very surprising.
An Asus representative said they would be investigating the matter, and while someone is still going to lose their job over this just so Asus can say so, the way the files made it to thousands of PCs is pretty common.
An OEM employee (name not mentioned here) discussing the matter said that during the vista installs, the generic vista disc installing the OS looks for an XML file (unattend.xml) on a flash drive, and upon finding it the installation parses it and runs the XML code as installation instructions so nobody has to go through the installation menu for the hundreds of synchronous installations (hence the unattend).
BUT⦠there is another twist: If a certain tag or attribute is present, all files other than unattend.xml itself on the flash drive will be copied to c:\windows\configsetroot - see the connection?
So apparently an Asus employee happened to have a personal flash drive, and stored his resume (presumeably, conspiracy theorists may disagree) as well as a few âharmlessâ(TM) keygens and serials on it as well, in his defence in case maybe he lost the serial to winrar or other programs. Apparently the same employee used the flash drive to store or back up confidential Asus documents and source code, as well.
So if the Asus internally distributed unattend.xml file was copied to this unnamed (and jobless) employeeâ(TM)s personal flash drive, and included the xml tag/attribute to copy over everything to the system root and, therefore, recovery DVD as well, then voila! Then the only way somebody could come under fire because of this is because of oh, I donâ(TM)t know, not checking the installation root once everything was installed!
So now we know HOW exactly this whole ordeal was started, and there is a lesson to be learned hereâ¦. somewhere.
and stored his resume (presumeably, conspiracy theorists may disagree) as well as a few ÃharmlessÃ(TM) keygens and serials on it as well
... So, are you implying that you're a coincidence theorist???
So apparently an Asus employee happened to have a personal flash drive, and stored his resume
If that really was his/her resume, I doubt it will do much good to him/her, now.
I love the twist, though: "I worked for 3 years at Asus, but I, er, decided to move on now. Oh, BTW: you can find my resume on your Asus recovery disk - isn't that convenient!"
My real worry is that it may not even be the person mentioned in the CV at fault.
Assume the following scenario.
X has a USB drive with confidential infomation, which he keeps in his desks, it may even be a backup of sorts.
Y is a trainee/intern who is doing an OEM machine image. He gets his instructions which say "get a USB drive to perform the next steps". He doesnt have a USB flash drive, so he asks X if he can borrow a USB flash drive to "install something"
X, who may be busy and mislead by the rather vague request may think that Y wants to download something from the internet. A driver or something, and says, "sure use the drive on my desk, do not delete anything"
Y follows the instructions, and the debacle above happens, but no-one knows yet, and the above exchange is forgotten. Maybe Y is an intern and has even left the company by now.
the excrement hits the fan, and X looses his job.
I can how an internal ASUS USB flash disk with an unattend.xml file on it, might get used to move documents around, and then also get used to install windows.
That might explain how certain documents got put on a lot of harddrives inside ASUS.
It doesn't explain how that directly ended up being part of what they made an ISO out of, and how no one apparently did quality control and checked every single file on a CD before it was replicated and sent out to the world.
First rule of internal company dynamics: they are not nearly as well staffed, as organized, as thorough, or as competent as you think they are. They are in all probability just as quick and careless as you would be doing the same thing.
First rule of internal company dynamics: they are not nearly as well staffed, as organized, as thorough, or as competent as you think they are.
At least not any more.
As long as a company's stock price gets rewarded by Wall Street for laying off employees, we're going to see stressed corporations.
Remember that really slow guy in QA who took forever to write his reports, and was getting a little gray, and was making more than a lot of us because he'd been with the company forever? He was the guy who would catch these stupid mistakes.
But he was laid off when we got "lean and mean".
As an employee of an OEM that does these installs all day long, I can say they really messed up. Using an unattend.XML from a flash drive is BAD. Using a USB drive that has anything else on it is WORSE. Having illegal software and ND docs on the MFG floor, on an unsecure USB drive, next to your install scripts, is enough to get you FIRED.
And to other comments...Yes, we do look at nearly EVERY SINGLE FILE, including c:\Windows\ConfigSetRoot\. If you send out for 100k recovery DVDs, you want to make sure they are correct.
I used to produce computer magazine coverdiscs, and have also written several computer books with CD/DVDs attached. Millions of my authored CDs/DVDs have been produced, maybe more.
I am FREAKING PARANOID that anything untoward might get onto the disks that shouldn't be there. Once sent to the duplicator, there's no turning back. I personally have spent hours checking each and every file on discs that I've made, even going so far to check file dates to ensure files haven't been tampered with accidentally (maybe I've discovered a new bug that causes files to be mixed with, say, porn). I check them on different operating systems, and either delete hidden system files (.thumbs etc), or open them in a hex/text editor to see what they contain.
Also, and this is a golden rule, if you're producing a CD/DVD for distribution, you MUST USE A CLEAN COMPUTER. Luckily virtual machines make this a lot easier because you can keep the OS and the virtual file system clean -- nothing gets onto the virtual file system unless it's downloaded (provided you turn off file network sharing of course).
Once I had a phone call from a lady who claimed my magazine coverdisc was distributing porn. It was a real "holy crap" of a moment, because I had to admit that it was possible -- our coverdiscs went through many hands during compilation, and it was possible.
I asked her to explain more, and it turned out she'd installed a screen saver slideshow application that was on the disc. Hmmm... I looked into it and the screensaver applicaiton merely scanned the user's hard disk for pictures, and then presented them in a slideshow.
Ah. The porn pics weren't on our disc. They were on her computer. I communicated this to her in as many words. She denied any possibility of porn being on her disk but, upon further questioning, it transpired the only other user of the computer was her son... Who was 14. Yeah. OK. But it couldn't be him, she said. He wouldn't be into... this kind of thing. So she continued to blame us, even though she knew that I was probably right. I eventually hung up as she was threatning to call her lawyers. We never heard a peep out of her after this.
As an employee of an OEM that does these installs all day long, I can say they really messed up.....
Yeah, but I bet you don't work for an asian vendor of cost competitive commodity goods. Sure there are procedures to prevent this, sure they don't cost much to implement, but the culture that enforces the kind of safeguards you mention does actually ingrain cost into the product along with quality.
It's much more cost effective to fire a couple of guys as an example and continue with business as usual, especially when the majority of your customer base doesn't really care.
"It amazes me that this employee chose illegal means of getting an archiving program instead of using a FOSS solution such as 7-zip ( http://www.7-zip.org/ [7-zip.org])."
Why should it be surprising? The idea that attitudes don't have consequences should have been debunked.
I know some companies have protocols for handling FOSS software, but this should have never have happened if the employee had just turned to his company's legal department for obtaining software licenses.
Sometimes the process for purchase requests can be anal, as can be managers who are running a department on an overstretched budget. I'm not at all surprised employees find easier and more timely solutions to their problems.
That said, I agree with you. If you can't afford WinRAR there are other solutions that don't involve piracy.
WinRAR is $30, for something that inexpensive I'd send an email to whoever handles purchasing requesting the software and reminding them that if I have to come explain to them why I need it, the waste of both our time will cost the company more than just buying the program in the first place.
It's always worked for me, your mileage may vary.
Wrong -- For many, WinRAR gets better compression than 7zip, and 7zip cannot create RARs.
The price is not usually the problem.
I currently work for a large company and I needed an SSH client for my *berry.
This client enables the 24*7 dept. I work with to quickly diagnose problems and implement quick fixes.
The licence was only $90 but the purchase required someone to put a Credit card number on a web form.
No-one in the purchasing dept. has a company credit card, much less an idea of how to use it.
I ended up buying the licence myself and having the company buy me a 500GB USB disk.
And, yes, this or
Yep, the price itself is usually less of a problem than figuring out how to pay for something. First, there is the paperwork. Then you have to see if the supplier is set up by Accounting. Then you may have to make a cost justification. Then you run into the 'we don't pay for things online, do they have a mailing address and can we get thirty days credit' line from the Accounting people. It's quicker and easier to get a cracked copy than jump through all of the hoops for a cheap item.
It amazes me that this employee chose illegal means of getting an archiving program instead of using a FOSS solution such as 7-zip
Compare GUIs of those two programs. 7-Zip's GUI is quite bad. Also 7-Zip does not have the "Move" function where your files are archived and deleted. I use WinZip for that since the company has it licensed. I also have 7-Zip installed, but as I said it's GUI is very rudimentary, IIRC lacking buttons for many obvious functions.
This is actually a well known effect of piracy on
I have a few questions but just to warn you I have been out of touch with GUI archival programs for a while. Also I only really only use zip/tar/rar from the command line because I can automate the crap of of things.
I'm a bit surprise that Winzip is still around. Doesn't Windows since XP have built in GUI archival tools? When Mac OS X moved away from Stuffit, so did most of it's users. I would have expected a similar move by Windows users.
The Zip archiver built into Windows (XP and Vista) is horribly HORRIBLY slow compared to WinRAR.
Probably most mom and pop users get along fine with it, but if you work with big archives a lot, it starts to get annoying fast. Also Windows only supports zip by default. If you've got to open a
That said, I haven't used WinZip in a long time. The interface on that thing was wretched. Worse than 7zip's even, so you might as well go with 7zip in that case. WinR
Because 7-zip if shit and doesn't handle a lot of zip formats. I wish it was better, but we would always have it falling over, where it gets stuck for 30 minutes while it figures out that it can't understand that file.
7-zip doesn't handle what zip formats? For your convenience, here is a list of the file extensions it recognizes (you can guess the associated compression algorithms):
7z, arj, bz2, bzip2, cab, cpio, deb, dmg, gz, gzip, hfs, iso, lha, lzh, lzma, rar, rpm, split, swm, tar, taz, tbz, tbz2, tgz, tpz, wim, xar, z, zip
I would venture to guess that there are 7-zip plugins to handle other formats. What else do you want from 7-zip (besides a decent GUI)?
In my personal, anecdotal experience, I have never had 7-zip
I have had problems using 7-zip on new winzip created zip files. I am not the only one to have this problem in my company. We wish we could get rid of Winzip, but we can't since out clients use it (not from bittorrent, wanker!) uses it. You do know that zip has different compression algorithms within it (not 7z, arj, just zip!). This is the problem, 7-zip doesn't handle the latest ones.
All I want from 7-zip is as I said, for it to work, and it not to waste 30 minutes figuring out it can't handle a file.
In m
It amazes me that this employee chose illegal means of getting an archiving program instead of using a FOSS solution such as 7-zip ( http://www.7-zip.org/ [7-zip.org]).
I know some companies have protocols for handling FOSS software, but this should have never have happened if the employee had just turned to his company's legal department for obtaining software licenses.
From the files I've seen on this disc, the krack wasn't the type to register winrar, it was the type to remove/recover the password on a rar archive.
Last I checked, 7zip would not read rar files, let alone extract the password of the rar file for you, nor do I know of any free open source program to extract/remove the password on a rar file (Though I must admit I haven't looked for one.)
Even if there is another DVD different from mine with the actual 'register or remove the nag screen of winrar' type of kra
Last I checked, 7zip would not read rar files
It most certainly can read RAR files, but I'm not sure if it will extract from password-protected RARs.
I am completely unsurprised. When I heard about it I thought, "Oh, some jackball inadvertently copied his personal files via some install script. That's pretty funny."
I personally have the exact same stuff on my thumb drive - my resume and some cracking tools. As we all know, nobody tests their own work. That's why testers have jobs.
So he screwed up - at least he has a good story to tell!
As we all know, nobody tests their own work.
Speak for yourself.
As we all know, nobody tests their own work.
Speak for yourself.
I don't know anyone that tests their work as thoroughly as the next person to find a mistake in it.
As we all know, nobody tests their own work.
Speak for yourself.
It should be:
As we all know, nobody should test their own work.
I personally have the exact same stuff on my thumb drive - my resume and some cracking tools.
Hello, this is John, your boss's boss from Asus. We found your thumb drive plugged in one of our server used to build Vista images. Are you available monday 9:00am for a quick meeting ? We need to have a little talk.
PS: bring 1 or 2 empty boxes.
I personally have the exact same stuff on my thumb drive - my resume and some cracking tools.
What is important to learn is to learn from mistakes. Some learn from other's mistakes. Others wait till it happens to them. This is why proceedures are put into place. Often they are there to prevent common mistakes. Bypassing written proceedures is a gateway to making known types of mistakes.
Thumb drives are nice, but what exactly is your company policy regarding their use?
The one hanging on my employee badge
The company should make it unpossible to mix the two. Is that even possible on a technical level, or is that just sloving a social problem with a technical solution?
There are severe technical difficulties securing most OS against USB based drives. There are complicated registry hacks in Windows to try and prevent thumb drive access (R/W) as there doesn't seem to be a group policy to govern this.
Some computers have USB disconnected and/or plugged up to prevent access. So there is no easy technical solution.
Having dealt with ASUS over the last 10 years I am not surprised that such carelessness happens within their organization. In the late 90s and early 2000s I probably had 500 or more of their motherboards in use at various small businesses. Early on I had a great deal of confidence in their product, never had any defects so never had to deal with their company. This was very rare at that time. That was until their A7x series of motherboards came along. Countless failed NB fans, intermittent PS/2 port failure
What does a microwave do to a motherboard?
at least he has a good story to tell!
I always get keygens and cracks for software I buy as a safety measure, and test them in a virtual machine to make sure they work. With all the phone home activation that software does these days I don't want to have to call a vendor and beg for access to to software I've already paid for when Windows takes a nose dive. What if the vendor doesn't support that version any more and doesn't want to give me a new activation key? What if the vendor is bought or goes out of business? If I reach that point I can at least use the keygen or crack to protect my investment.
I can't fault anyone for having keygens for their apps.
I have one key that is over 10 years old, that was updated by the company from an 8 digit code to a more secure 6-groups-of-5-alphanumeric code that still works.
Never needed a crack, and the key takes up a lot less space. Plus it I know it isn't a trojan program or a virus.
Safely storing your serial/product keys these days for long term use is pretty useless.
Using software that needs to connect to the mother ship to ask permission is pretty useless when there are plenty of alternatives.
I keep the keys for my older software as barcodes for easy entry with a barcode gun for quick reinstalls. Chance of accidental deletion or copy is pretty nil. They are pasted on the CD boxes.
Let be real ok? 99.999% of the time someone uses a keygen, it's to pirate software. Hey I've been guilty of it, sure (with Nero Burning rom). But I've also purchased a real key from their website a few months later. The point is, it's still wrong.
Do you think if I carried a crack pipe in my pocket, I could convince a COP that it's just a goodluck charm? You see my point right?
You see my point right?
That you're a crackhead?
>Do you think if I carried a crack pipe in my pocket, I could convince a COP that it's just a goodluck charm?
Yes you could, there is nothing illegal about owning a crack pipe.
You see my point right?
No, not at all. I have receipts and original boxes (where they came with one) for all of my purchased software.
This is disappointing. A few months back ASUS got into a flamewar with GIGABYTE. GIGABYTE came out and told Tom's Hardware that ASUS used inferior parts, changed their % gains versus their competitor without changing the product whatsoever, and that ASUS's EPU feature is software instead of hardware(meaning it is inferior to GIGABYTE). GIGABYTE did come back and appologize for claiming ASUS used inferior parts(it was found that it was a different vendor's board that contained inferior parts). ASUS threatened to sue any website that talked dirty about ASUS when this all came to light. Check out http://www.tomshardware.com/news/asus-gigabyte-motherboard,5348.html [tomshardware.com] to read about the GIGABYTE versus ASUS drama. Then check http://www.tomshardware.com/news/asus-gigabyte-motherboard,5480.html [tomshardware.com] for ASUS suing GIGABYTE for the bad publicity.
I have been an ASUS user for many years, building many computers with ASUS parts. While GIGABYTE did include some false claims, they did have valid complaints for their other arguements. I was one of the people that was stuck with a motherboard that cost me $250 that didn't do quite what it was supposed to do, and as a result my linux based computer cannot use their power management function(because it is software based). GIGABYTE's is hardware, and is enabled in BIOS and doesn't care which OS you use. This one hit home for me. My computer is on 24x7, and I wanted my computer to be green. Unfortunately that dream will not be a reality with ASUS hardware.
This again paints a bad picture of the quality work ASUS has been doing lately. I am sure that my next motherboard won't be ASUS. They have lost points with me, and I am going to check out one of the other top tier motherboard companies.
I have never purchased a motherboard from GIGABYTE, but I'm already looking for motherboards for Nahelem when it comes out next month, and I'm not even looking at what ASUS is offering. Bite me once, shame on you. Bite me twice, shame on me!
Reasons for leaving ASUS:
1. Changing your product efficiency % gains after shipping the product for months, AND not changing anything on the product! As if they wouldn't get caught? Competitors are always shopping their other competitors!
2. They fail to mention that EPU REQUIRES Windows to run. I don't care what ASUS says. If it requires software(Windows based at that!), then it's software based. Even if its hardware functions are enabled by using the software.
3. Suing anyone who talks about their bad publicity from GIGABYTE. WTF? Seriously, WTF? That's RIAA type behavior, and I will not tolerate that type of child in my house.
The sad thing is that Asus used to be fairly decent, but it does seem that their failed/buggy boards are a bit more common these days.
On the other hand, Gigabyte doesn't have much to be proud of either. Back when I used them a few years back, their boards gained a notoriety for failure, mainly due to bad capacitors, etc.
It's funny because since I've moved to cheaper boards I've had less issues with dead hardware, but even if I did I'd rather have to replace hardware that costs half the price.
Is this something recent? Someone have one of these restore CDs to post the text? With the history of bad blood this could be a story in itself
I don't think this is the actual document in question, but I found this [slated.org] while looking and I would say it qualifies as interesting and related. I like the reference to "scare tactics".
Here is a reference to that [steve-parker.org] but Microsoft made sure the original articles got scrubbed off the Internet. There were things Microsoft did to GEOS, GEM, the Amiga, the Atari ST, Vision, Desqview, etc to discourage OEMS and hardware and software makers from supporting them and only supporting Microsoft products like MS-DOS and Windows instead. Microsoft did the same thing to IBM over OS/2. But most of the articles about that Microsoft had scrubbed off the Internet.
The history of the Amiga [amigahistory.co.uk] clearly shows its 8-bits roots with the Atari 2600 and Atari 400/800 series that evolved into the Amiga eventually, parallel to the Macintosh.
In the 1990's PC OEMS were fighting over the Amiga, but were loyal to Microsoft. But Microsoft used the same tactics against the Amiga that they used against DR-DOS, and killed the Amiga by leveraging what OEMS could and could not do and then Gateway had to sell the Amiga division to make Microsoft happy.
"The press attention to the Microsoft case reveals their relationship with Gateway. Jim Von Holle, a former Gateway employee, describes how the company tried to punish Gateway for the type of software they shipped. Although largely in the background, it became increasingly clear why Gateway chose to develop an alternative to the Windows market. Unfortunately, just a few months later Gateway's relationship with Microsoft regarding their set-top box would have a dramatic effect upon Amiga's plans. Who could have guessed Microsoft would play a major role in the Amigas downfall?"
I have said it before, but my comments got rated down as troll, by rapid Apple and Microsoft fanboys who hate the Amiga. This time I found the links that prove it.
It was not just DR-DOS that Microsoft murdered, but the Amiga as well. Apple had a hand in it by forcing Apple dealers to lose their license if they sold Amiga computers as well as Macintoshes. Then later Apple killed the Apple Dealers and did the store within a store and web store to sell Macintoshes as revenge on Apple dealers that still tried to sell Amiga One and Classic Amiga computers along with Macs.
I remember the Amiga from the late 80s/early 90s, from the perspective of a gamer/private user. For a while it was superior to a similarly priced PC. But that advantage slipped away as PCs got cheaper and faster, and the supply of games also caught up to the Amiga. When I wanted a replacement for my aging C64 in 1991, the PC already looked more attractive overall. I ended up buying a 386SX then, which was equivalent or superior to the Amiga 3000 (as described on Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga_ [wikipedia.org]
i think the credibility & age of the document is important. i am actually very surprised that this is ignored in this discussion in favour of discussing various windows archivers. how sad
anybody who could link to the mentioned document ? (i guess anybody with an asus computer
Here is a forum link for one poor unfortunate who managed to get a new non-Asus laptop: http://apcmag.com/Forum.htm?g=posts&t=504 [apcmag.com]
Here is a screenshot of the config folder: http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/4320/8192008120604amaw4.png [imageshack.us]
So if you've got an affected Asus laptop with a few months of warranty left, you may be able to get a new non-Asus laptop for nix.
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From NBC's Mark Murray
Earlier today, the House passed the conference report on the budget -- once again without a single Republican vote.
The vote was 233-193, with 17 Democrats siding against it. The budget now heads to the Senate for final approval. (This budget blueprint DOESN'T require a signature by the president.)
During the floor debate before the vote, Speaker Nancy Pelosi called the budget "a magnificent blueprint for the future," touting its investments in health care, education, and energy.
But Republicans blasted the size of the budget, as well as all the spending in it. House Minority Leader John Boehner said it was "nothing short of the most audacious move to a big socialist government in Washington DC than anything I could have ever dreamed about."
House Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence (IN) argued that it was the "most fiscally irresponsible budget in American history." He added, "It is more government, more spending, more debt, and more taxes."
*** UPDATE *** The 17 Democrats who voted against the measure are some of the most conservative and/or vulnerable members of the Dem caucus -- with one exception: Dennis Kucinich. Those 17 are: Barrow (GA), Boren (OK), Bright (AL), Childers (MS), Foster (IL), Griffith (AL), Kratovil (MD), Kucinich (OH), Markey (CO), Marshall (GA), Matheson (UT), McIntyre (NC), Minnick (ID), Mitchell (AZ), Nye (VA), Taylor (MS), Teague (NM).

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"Why has the SimCity story gone away? It's a good question. And the answer for it reveals much about how both the games industry, and the games journalism industry, work." Telling - not just for the game journalism, but all of it. As a sidenote, you can always rely on Rock Paper Shotgun to bring the best gaming news. Under-appreciated gem of online news reporting.
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RE: Almost good
by Neolander on Wed 24th Apr 2013 05:23 UTC in reply to "Almost good"
Reminds me of how my parents, who are big fans of Sierra's city management games, were highly disappointed with Caesar IV.
Basically, in the process of porting the game to a 3D engine, they had to reduce map sizes dramatically so that it runs on the average Caesar player's computer. Apparently, even on today's hardware, it's much harder to make a 3D engine that scales well with city size than it is for a 2D one.
Perhaps that's what happened with SimCity too. Is this the first 3D release of SimCity that you play ?


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By Sam Mamudi
The leading stock indexes are up a fraction in early trading Tuesday.
The biggest gainer on the Standard & Poor's 500 index this morning is Staples (SPLS), up 14% after rivals Office Max (OMX) and Office Depot (ODP) were said to be in merger talks.
Analysts broadly see a merger between Offices Max and Depot as a positive for Staples. Brian Nagel at Oppenheimer writes this morning:
Despite a number of fundamental missteps lately, we view SPLS as well positioned to benefit from more rationalized competition within the office products sector.
Analysts at Janney Capital Markets are even more bullish:
SPLS is the big winner and will gain market share from store closures, a multi-year restructuring, and a company overwhelmed by integration initiatives. Apart from accretion to earnings, we would expect multiple expansion at SPLS as details of the deal become public. We are raising our fair value on SPLS from $13 (previously, $17) to reflect a 12x P/E multiple as we believe the market will revalue SPLS in the wake of massive consolidation in the space.
Also rising are shares of bubble wrap maker Sealed Air (SEE), up about 10% after it swung to a fourth-quarter profit. While Sealed Air's full-year profit guidance was below analyst expectations, its revenue forecast came in ahead of consensus view.
Express Scripts (ESRX) stock is up more than 3% after its earnings rose 74% and its full-year outlook was rosier than expected. As Dow Jones Newswires Jon Kamp writes:
Express Scripts CEO George Paz sounds much more upbeat on today's 4Q call than on November's 3Q call, when company cautioned about still-tough economic challenges. ESRX's 2013 guidance wound up largely better than Street expectations — which company helped pull lower with negative November comments — and Paz is painting picture of bright future. "We are bullish on the PBM industry and in particular on our strategic positioning," he says.


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Before I played my Priest, I had a 60 Paladin. My first guild was Micro, a PvP group based in Twisting Nether. My time on WoW was spent running organized Arathi Basin and Warsong Gulch for hours on end. This was before the battlegroups concept was introduced into WoW. You may consider me a hardcore raider, but I'm no slouch in PvP tactics either. The mechanics of AV has changed. What's the general premise? Beat the crap out of the other team before they do it to you.
Two Methods to Victory
Killing the opposing team's General
Running their reinforcement counter to 0
As healers, we will often be one of the most sought after targets. Not all of us have full Season 2 gear with 400 resilience. If we want to give our team even a remote chance of winning, we need to survive. If we can survive, we can heal our own knuckledraggers pew-pewers. Remember, every death sustained is one point taken off of our reinforcement counter. With that said, here are 5 easy ways to live and support your side.
1) Use terrain to your advantage
When a player goes out of your line of sight, your spells automatically cancel. No other battleground or arena has much junk to hide behind. If you're on the frontlines and you know you're being targeted by range, duck behind a tree. You can move behind a tower. Don't just stand in the open and give their mages easy Frostbolting action. Line of sight THEIR spellcasters. If I'm healing a Warrior, I will dismount behind a tree. All that crap you learned in Grade 10 math pays off here. Set up a triangle. You can see the warrior. Enemy mage sees the warrior. You can't see enemy mage, therefore enemy mage cannot see you. Mage blasts warrior, sees heals, tab targets to you, realizes you're not in line of sight, gets crushed by Skillherald. And all you had to do was park yourself next to a tree.
2) Do not mindlessly charge into the enemy
If I had a copper for everytime I've seen this happen, I'd be able to quit school and sell WoW gold for a living. In a game where every player's life is precious, people who randomly charge into the horde with no support behind them are pissing away reinforcement points. Please do not do this. Do not stay mounted and numlock your way into Frostwolf Graveyard while realizing that there are 4 players of the opposing faction guarding that flag. If you're going to go in on the offense, tag along with a few other players. Odds of survivability greatly increase with your proximity to other players.
3) Cut your losses
If your offense is stalling and you're not able to sustain the health of players around you, do not hesitate to cut your losses and fall back. Being able to think on a macro scale and on a micro scale is an asset. If six players are rushing up the ramp into Tower Point and you just capture it, there's no way you can hold out that long for four minutes. Forty seconds maybe, but not four minutes. Better to drop a psychic scream, jump off the tower and fallback to the IB graveyard. Because if you think about it, you can either lose the tower and two reinforcement points or lose the tower anyway and come back later with some fire power.
4) Maximize your range
What's the difference between healing at point blank range and healing at maximum range? Whatever your health is. If your at max, you're not likely going to be targeted because the opposing team is busy with groundpounders that are smashing their face up front. That leaves you free to drop your renews, healing waves, shields, etc. Use the players your side as a barrier. Keep them alive and they will in turn protect you.
5) Stalling tactics
We have defensive measures at our disposal that we can use to evade enemy attacks or make us stronger. When you're falling back, slow down the other side. Keep using your global cooldowns. Shamans should be dropping earthbind totems and grounding totems as much as possible. Priests should be tossing up shields, screams, and stoneforms (Dwarves only). Tie up the enemy as long as possible. Delay them. Do whatever it takes. If you see a mounted Tauren ride by, frost shock him. This especially holds true when you're assaulting a graveyard. Don't fight ON the flag. Fight between the graveyard and the flag so you can tie up and stall the players that are ressing. Think about it for a moment. What is your first inclination when you see an opposing player that is trying to tag your graveyard? You are going to do whatever it takes to get that player off the flag, right? Exactly. The reverse holds true.
Follow these simple concepts and you will help your side see success in AV. At the very least, even if you don't win, you won't die as much.


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A 22-year-old mechanic from Lexington died after a tractor-trailer fell on him at JRJ Trucking in Thomasville, said Maj. Larry James, interim director of the Davidson County Emergency Services.
A 22-year-old mechanic from Lexington died after a tractor-trailer fell on him at JRJ Trucking in Thomasville, said Maj. Larry James, interim director of the Davidson County Emergency Services.
Paul Peterson of Deer Creek Lane died from the accident that was reported at 5:49 p.m. Monday, according to the Thomasville Police Department. TPD Det. Sgt. Brad Saintsing confirmed Peterson was an employee of JRJ Trucking.
James, the county's chief medical examiner, said Peterson was pronounced dead at the scene. He said Peterson was working under the front of a tractor-trailer when it fell on him and pinned him underneath at 435 Commercial Park Drive.
A coworker, James said, was there with Peterson when the accident occurred. That coworker alerted the 911 center.
"It happened quickly," James said. "I know bystanders tried to take efforts to extricate him before arrival of fire and rescue but were unsuccessful."
James did not know Tuesday morning what caused the tractor-trailer to fall on Peterson. He said the N.C. Department of Labor was conducting an investigation into the death. James said it is standard procedure for the N.C. Department of Labor to investigate any death that occurs at a workplace.
Dolores Quesenberry, a spokeswoman with the N.C. Department of Labor, said her department is investigating the accident to see if there were any violations of the state's occupational safety and health standards.
"We are looking into it to determine what caused the accident," Quesenberry said, adding that it could be three to four months before the investigation is complete.
Quesenberry said a preliminary investigation shows that a jack gave way and caused the accident. An investigation continues on whether the jack met the specifications to be used with the tractor-trailer, the spokeswoman said.
"We'll be looking at equipment," she said. "We'll look at training records, even if there were witnesses."
In addition to Davidson County Emergency Services, the Thomasville Fire Department and Thomasville Rescue Squad assisted at the scene.
A woman who answered the phone Tuesday morning at JRJ Trucking said company officials will not be commenting on the accident.
Peterson was a 2009 graduate of Central Davidson High School, said Tim Lawrence, one of his former teachers.
"He was a great kid," the CDHS teacher said. "He had a great personality. Everybody liked him."
Peterson was in Lawrence's agriculture mechanics class. The teacher recalled Peterson working on small engines and welding in high school.
"He was a hands-on type person," Lawrence said.
Word of Peterson's death had yet to be circulated around the high school as of early Tuesday afternoon, Lawrence said. The teacher said students would be finding out during the course of the day.
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Senate Bill No. 659
(By Senator Unger)
[Introduced February 20, 2012; referred to the Committee on he Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend and reenact §5A-3-3 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to powers and duties of the Director of Purchasing; removing outdated language; and requiring the director to require vendors, contractors, subcontractors and their employees conducting business with the state to submit to a criminal background check under certain circumstances.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §5A-3-3 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
§5A-3-3. Powers and duties of Director of Purchasing.
The director, under the direction and supervision of the secretary, shall be is the executive officer of the Purchasing Division and shall have has the power and duty to:
(1) Direct the activities and employees of the Purchasing Division;
(2) Ensure that the purchase of or contract for commodities shall be are based, whenever possible, on competitive bid;
(3) Purchasing Purchase or contract for, in the name of the state, the commodities and printing required by the spending units of the state government;
(4) Apply and enforce standard specifications established in accordance with section five of this article as hereinafter provided;
(5) Transfer to or between spending units or sell commodities that are surplus, obsolete or unused as hereinafter provided;
(6) Have charge of central storerooms for the supply of spending units, as the director deems considers advisable;
(7) Establish and maintain a laboratory for the testing of commodities and make use of existing facilities in state institutions for that purpose as hereinafter provided, as the director deems considers advisable;
(8) Suspend the right and privilege of a vendor to bid on state purchases when the director has evidence that such the vendor has violated any of the provisions of the purchasing law or the rules and regulations of the director;
(9) Examine the provisions and terms of every contract entered into for and on behalf of the State of West Virginia that impose any obligation upon the state to pay any sums of money for commodities or services and approve each such contract as to such those provisions and terms; and the this duty of examination and approval herein set forth does not supersede the responsibility and duty of the Attorney General to approve such those contracts as to form: Provided, That the provisions of this subdivision do not apply in any respect whatever to construction or repair contracts entered into by the Division of Highways of the Department of Transportation; Provided, however, That the provisions of this subdivision do not apply in any respect whatever to contracts entered into by the University of West Virginia Board of Trustees or by the board of Directors of the state College System, except to the extent that such boards request the facilities and services of the director under the provisions of this subdivision; and
(10) Assure that the specifications and commodity descriptions in all "requests for quotations" are prepared so as to permit all potential suppliers-vendors who can meet the requirements of the state an opportunity to bid and to assure that the specifications and descriptions do not favor a particular brand or vendor. If the director determines that any such the specifications or descriptions as written favor a particular brand or vendor or if it is decided, either before or after the bids are opened, that a commodity having different specifications or quality or in different quantity can be bought, the director may rewrite the "requests for quotations" and the matter shall be rebid; and
(11) Require any vender, contractor, subcontractor and their respective employees who will be conducting business with the State of West Virginia and will be physically present at any state facility or grounds or who have access to sensitive or critical information submit to a fingerprint-based state and federal background inquiry through the state repository. The person submitting to the background inquiry shall pay any fee or cost associated with the inquiry.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require vendors, contractors, subcontractors and their employees to submit to a criminal background check if they will be at a state facility or have access to sensitive or critical information.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.


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"Hitting the water activates an expanding foam unit..."
What about hitting a drowning human?
you'll be delighted to know that the impacted human will not have drowning as their cause of death
"Hitting the water activates an expanding foam unit..."
What about hitting a drowning human?
The unit will still expand upon impact.
Why? Is that a concern?
What about hitting a drowning human?
Not as easy as hitting the water, but worth more points.
What about hitting a drowning human?
Oh, it's not so hard. You just don't lead them as much.
- Gunner, Full Metal Jacket
A "BONK!" graphic appears above their head, at which point you may opt to say "DOOOWN TOWN!" in your best Brooklyn accent.
(Sorry, been playing a lot of TF2 lately...)
Well clearly it wouldn't expand then. Can't you read?
What about adding heat seeking tracking to the grenade, and have it splash down x meters from the heat signature closest to it's original target range?
Then you a) don't inadvertently kill the person you want to save, and b) even a drunk idiot should have a chance to get the flotation device land within a "useful" range of the victim.
So uh, what happens when your aim is a little too good, and you beam someone in the water with this 3.5kg thing? It's hard to swim when you're unconscious..
"Probably takes some training to be good at shooting it accurately."
It's a fucking T-shirt cannon, how hard can it be?
no, you're not using enough 3D models and technobabble. He's probably got a patent pending on this and will sue all mascots when he finds out!
But yeah, it's a FANCY Tee Shirt cannon, but it shoots 150 meters.... You'd have a hard time getting something as light as a flotation device shot that far without compressing it somehow.
A refinement to the device would be a range finder, with programmable deployment pod. Instead you fire it over their head, so when the floatation projectile reaches the specified distance, it suddenly expands and drops instead of beaning the drowning person in the head. This would probably push the price up a bit, but makes it particularly cool.
So someone 60m from the boat will only have to swim another 90m away from the boat to get their floatie, when the jackass firing the thing misreads the directions.
And then there's the chance someone will just toss the whole unit into the drink, thinking it's the flotation device.
Here's my invention: in situations where people are likely to go overboard, require them to wear flotation vests.
You've already gotten to yell "Man Overboard!" what more do you need?
Are you Insane??
Require them to wear life saving gear??!?!
Actually, current safety gear for a motorcycle, if worn by the driver can walk away with only minor bruises from a 100mph crash. Unfortunately most Motorcycle riders are too stupid to buy and use said gear.
I get a kick out of the complete morons riding their crotch rocket in flip flops, shorts and a t-shirt... They advertise to the world "I AM A COMPLETE IDIOT" even a 1 Gram insect at highway speeds will knock the wind out of you and leave a brui
Actually, current safety gear for a motorcycle, if worn by the driver can walk away with only minor bruises from a 100mph crash. Unfortunately most Motorcycle riders are too stupid to buy and use said gear.
This "safety gear" you refer to is called a "car".
A) Launch a second one if you miss.
B) This is for people trained to use.
C) In some some seas, a simple life jacket isn't enough.
D) What cruise line is going to make all their passengers wear a life jacket all the time?
E) What about beach goers?
F) Giving someone in a bad water situation something to hold onto with their hands makes it easier for a rescue person to control the person.
It is a good idea, you just seem to gt self fulfillment from making bullshit reason why something is bad. You are being a sad h
Yeah, and everyone on the beach wearing one.
You obviously never had to deal with a rip current. It is not funny. You just see the shore going away at a speed that can make even an experienced swimmer panic on the spot and try to fight the current instead of getting out of it.
A floatation device bazooka sounds like something that The Janitor from Scrubs would create
I don't think it could coexist very well with the KnifeWrench.
You need to also get the SheathHammer.
That tech is about 200 years old. No kidding. 1st documented rescue rocket rescue 18 February 1808.
http://members.iinet.net.au/~dodd/gail/publications/trengrouse/Essay.html [iinet.net.au]
The device described just runs out a leader line and you then come out in a boat on that line hand over hand.
This is a device that lets you shoot a life preserver out and the person saves himself.
In addition, this is designed to be shot to a person, not to the deck of a ship.
So they're in the same family I guess, but this is not the same. I doubt this one is really the first of its kind either, but the most important thing is that it work well and become available. Let's hope for the best.
Modernization is all about making things smaller and more expensive.
THIS is why I love slashdot. It "just happened" that some user knew there was already somebody using freaking rockets for maritime rescue. AND has a link well prepared for people who aren't ready to dig through 200 years old diaries they can't access anyway, with nice pictures to boot.
Thank you!
Well, I just happen to have this nugget of knowledge rattling around in my brain: Lyle Guns [wikipedia.org] were used long ago to shoot lines to ships in distress along the US coasts by the US Lifesaving Service [youtube.com].
Is that website 200 years old as well?
This one appears to work very well. Perfection rather than innovation I guess.
Appropriately, it has won the James Dyson Award. Dyson didn't invent the vacuum cleaner, just made better ones.
This was on Prototype This a LONG time ago. It's in the Flying Life Guard episode, and they shoot an inflating life preserver out of a canon. Actually, theirs is even better because the stranded person has a little box that transmits their location to the gun and it puts the life jacket within 10 feet of them. Good show, by the way, and Season One is available on netflix streaming..
There doesn't seem to be much in the way of aiming assistance from the graphic. If there's enough force to shoot the payload 150M then I'd prefer it land a few meters near to me but not on my head if I were in need of its help. Aiming as shown could put the thing 100M away.
Ah, yes, well... I guess you'll just have to wait until next year when the Human Homing Emergency Life-Preserver Munition Emitter (HHELP-ME) is available. Until then, I guess you can sink 'em or save 'em (or both) with the same weapon, er, um, life saving bazooka...
I wonder when someone will build a mod to put one of these in a first person shooter? BFG? Naw, give me the LPB!
So does that mean Dick Cheney can finally shoot people in the face and more easily get away with it claiming that "I was just trying to save the guy"?
Or that he'll keep using shotguns and claim that he thought it was the liferaft shooter he was using.
Dick Cheney doesn't need to make excuses, nor does Dick Cheney make mistakes. If Dick Cheney shot you in the face, you deserved it, and he'll do it again, and he wont' say sorry!
Sweet! I'm going to modify it to shoot grenades!
I got to fire a real grenade launcher in the '80s, and it IS as good as it sounds! Hit the side of a rusted out tank with a non-explosive round. Good times!
"...drowned body of John Doe found today wearing a tshirt that reads 'I was expecting a flotation device but all I got was this stupid tshirt.'"
Do you save four times as many people?
Of course, but you do have to be mindful of splash damage.
I see what you did there.
...a laser target designator.
...a laser target designator.
So we can blind the person before hitting them in the head with a raft. They will never see it coming!
Generally laser target designators use infrared wavelengths. Apparantly blinding someone is against the geneva convention, plus you don't want to (in war) give away your position in visible light.
Infrared lasers can blind you, too, and since you can't see the infrared you don't have the normal blink reflex to protect you.
Apparently this is a problem with some (many) of the newer green laser pointers that operate by doubling an IR laser to get to green.
I thought for a given power IR lasers were more dangerous than visible because of the lack of a blink reflex.
Maybe Laser guided with a ballistic flight path and a bit of "no_hit_person" code in the guidance module so it lands near, but not on the designated target.
this thing (probably) is purely balistic, so once it is fired, there is no way to compensate for sudden wind-gusts or anything, putting actual guidance electronics on it and some method of course correction probably makes this way to advanced/complex
if they can package this into the standard 40mm grenade launcher cartridge, you could just take one of those revolver things and pump out six of those life-rafts in quick succesion, or better yet:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HK_GMG [wikipedia.org]
i realize the electronics are pretty small for a laser guidance kit, but the hardware to actually alter its course i think would be pretty serious, especially if you want to change course/compensate for a large gust within 150 meters.
and i think the 40mm form factor would be awesome, you could make standard sized munitions and every soldiers could carry one rescue-round when in theaters where water is a-plenty
What people don't get about patents, it's general not an idea. It's a specific way to do something.
Assuming this is designed for use on large ships where MOB is a distinct problem (consider how difficult it is to stop and turn around an aircraft carrier or container ship), at 20 knots, you'd have to notice the man overboard and fire the device within 15 seconds. At a carrier's max speed of 35 knots, you have less than 9 seconds. While it's certainly an improvement over hand thrown projectiles, it doesn't have enough distance to handle likely scenarios.
echo -e '150 m / 20 knots\ns'|units -t1 if you want to play with the conversion yourself.
Wouldn't this be more for beaches? 150m is about as far out as most people would go on a beach AFAIK.
Wouldn't this be more for beaches? 150m is about as far out as most people would go on a beach AFAIK.
In my experience, once people get into trouble on a beach, they tend to be unable to swim or be in waves, which makes lifesaving devices pretty much useless. You have to actually go out and get them by swimming or using a boat.
I've a reasonable fraction of my life along the northwestern coast of Denmark, which has some very tricky beaches. The most dangerous places can be those without waves, especially if it's windy. An area with no waves in strong winds is a sign of very strong undertows. The locals learn to read the waves, but tourist think "what a lovely calm piece of water, I'll swim there". They then get dragged out to sea, and even the strongest swimmers can't fight the currents. Many drown not from being overwhelmed by waves but from exhaustion fighting the currents. A flotation device would be perfect in those cases. They'll be able to keep themselves afloat and much easier to spot and retrieve by boat or helicopter, because there is no way anyone sane would be swimming out after them.
A flotation device would be perfect in those cases.
If the currents were faster than swimmers could swim, then I'd expect you to quickly outdistance 150m. Though even in those cases, if you got close enough into the same current, it'd probably be close enough to be useful.
Of course, people will still find all kinds of innovative ways to drown themselves...
I've also vacationed in Baltimore's Inner Harbor. They have tons of life preservers strewn about in cases that sound an alarm when you open it. Those things have MAYBE a 20 foot range if you get a good throw. If someone is in trouble from the coastline you'd better hope that an Olympic discus champion sees you in the water...
If only I could get some sort of gum~
The bazooka-fired first aid kit would be a fun addition to many games, anyway. Since you usually don't even need to do anything to pick up items in your path, a first aid kit to the face (fired by a bazooka) would actually heal you.
Am I evil for thinking this would fun to shoot into the open windows of passing cars that play tasteless music too loudly?
sure... but how do you fill the passing car with water first?
Filling a passing car with water, _that's_ what I would like to have a gun do.
Filling a passing car with water, _that's_ what I would like to have a gun do.
I'd look into your local fire department.
Am I evil for thinking this would fun to shoot into the open windows of passing cars that play tasteless music too loudly?
Evil? No. Evil is using a real bazooka on those jackasses. I really do wish it were easier to obtain significant ordinance here in the US. Assault rifles really don't make the kind of impression that you often need with these jerkoffs.
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Second Mitchell Shooting Report 'Unfounded'
A Thursday afternoon call to Mitchell police regarding a possible home invasion and report of shots fired was apparently unfounded. Public Safety Chief Lyndon Overweg says officers quickly responded to the home at 705 West Second Avenue around 2:30 p.m.
"It appears that there may have been a medical condition with the person reporting this call. There was nothing found inside the house. There was no evidence of any crime. The neighborhood is safe."
Overweg told the Daily Republic that officers responded within seconds of the call.
It took nearly three hours of investigation and two emergency response teams — one made up of officers with the Mitchell Police Division and another of troopers with the South Dakota Highway Patrol — to clear both levels of the home, but Overweg said it has been determined that no one was inside the home when authorities responded, no shots were fired and no crime was committed.
Earlier in the day, 26-year-old TJ Stuckey died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound when authorities responded to a report of domestic violence. A female victim suffered minor injuries.


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Hi, I am Breatheless Vampire.
Nice to meet you all. I am proud to say that I was one of the 1st few girls in my school to spread the Twilight "thing" in my school last year.
And people go crazy when we say Edward Cullen.
Random Facts about me:
I like blood.(no kidding, i used to taste my blood when i hat cuts, and I enjoyed it.......)
Anything mentioned associated with Twilight makes me go crazy.
I have sorta vampire teeth. Until I had braces. Dang
I am fair!!!!!!
Dark- haired
Love meat.
Hope to have fun here!


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km74 seems not compatible with win8.1. it cannot start as error box says "km failed to initialize. please reinstall." it works fine under win xp3.
You can discuss the beta in the announcement thread
km74 seems not compatible with win8.1. it cannot start as error box says "km failed to initialize. please reinstall." it works fine under win xp3.
it works for me on W8
Hao is back! WoW! Welcome back!
George Hall
K-Meleon 74Beta can not open links in New Tabs, Background Tabs, New Windows, and Background Windows when I right click on a link.
It needs a macro to allow us to Open in New Tab, New Window, Background Tab, and Background Window on right clicking links or frames.
so if K-Meleon is resurrected and modernized, I'll be ecstatic.
The version 1.6 has a Chinese simplified locale offered in Forum by Chanson Yu.
Just in case You prefer that to English.
74betaN is also mostly stable already. German, French and Chinese simpliified are almost ready for use.
P.S. Where's the button for logging into this forum?
Goto: Forum List•Message List•New Topic•Search•Mark Read•Log Out•Print View Goto Topic: Previous•Next
Thanks!! I am so very very pleased to see that you are still here. God bless you sir!Quote
Near the end of first column top left. After the line break at Mark Read. Where mine reads Log Out
From my own experience of the last 10 months approx. I can only support this statement of siria. The first time I tried that 1.5 too but have seen the problems very soon. KernelEx works very fine for KM 1.6 and 1.7Quote
Some day you'll have to give in and try kernel-ex too ;)
No black strips here with kernelex and KM1.6beta26
As I remember that time I tried to play and save .flv videos (I don't do it today more because I hate Flash - is and was allways malware in my eyes - such I rather refuse to watch all the flash videos) it's necessary to move/copy them away from the temp cache as possible immediately before the playing is finished. Because they will be often automatically deleted there after playing. But if you make it too soon you get possible only an incomplete video file. Some problem is at flash streaming. Than you can find only a small .flv file which is useless alone. This case it's necessary to use a special ripping tool.Quote
play the videos finished and then open them from windows temp cache again with a standalone player...
i. ri.
so how are you doing to answer thread question? how many? enumerate?
is there a location to view current number of 74RC[#] downloads?
how many?


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Sankofa African & World Bazaar
If you love African art, Sankofa will quickly become your go-to shop. It is chockablock with all sorts of decorative and functional art and apparel from all over Africa. The shop owners are very helpful and knowledgeable about their inventory, as well. The back room - and its treasure trove of African pieces - will take your breath away. This 23-inch-high Ashanti stool ($350) with a Gye Nyame (meaning "except for God") symbol on the base comes from Ghana. The 20-inch-x-9½-inch mask ($290) comes from the Ibo people - the third largest tribe in Africa - in Nigeria. The pedestal bowl ($350) comes from the Yoruba people in Nigeria. The kissing elephants figure ($29.99) is from Kenya. The "spirit husband" figurine ($2,000) is a rare vintage piece from the Baule people of Ivory Coast. Sankofa African & World Bazaar is at 2442 N. Charles St. Call 410-366-0886 or go to sankofaafricanbazaar.com.
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Months of entry
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Based within our Westminster Business School, our research programme in Accounting covers a wide range of research areas including specialising in the study of issues related to pensions, international financial markets, fixed income markets, financial econometrics, accounting, comparative international accounting, social and environmental accounting, accounting in less developed countries and various aspects of business law and governance.
Our monthly research seminars draw both external and internal speakers. Research students also benefit from a doctoral colloquium where they present their work and receive feedback from senior researchers in addition to their own supervisory team.
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Susan Vaught's latest release, Freaks Like Us, recently hit store shelves. Susan stopped by the virtual offices for a chat. Check out what she has to say!
[Manga Maniac Cafe] Describe yourself in 140 characters or less.
[Susan Vaught] Long hair, pacifist, likes chocolate, reads a lot, has parrot, too many dogs, three cats, loves writing, likes football, works in an asylum.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] Can you tell us a little about Freaks Like Us?
[Susan Vaught] Freaks Like Us is a fast-paced mystery, with most of the story taking place in the 24 hours after Jason Milwaukee's best friend and sort-of girlfriend disappears. To find her, Jason has to battle his mental illness, his self-doubt, and prejudice from other people involved in the search.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] How did you come up with the concept and the characters for the story?
[Susan Vaught] I have been wanting to write through the eyes and voice of a character with schizophrenia for many years, but it took me a long time to develop just the right personality so readers could relate to Jason. The other characters came more naturally, and they all contend with issues I have either faced in my own life/family, or treated in my years of practice as a psychologist. The mystery element of the story unfolded as the story moved along, surprising me at the end of the first chapter!
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What three words best describe Jason?
[Susan Vaught] Brave, Loving, Determined
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What three things will Jason leave the house without?
[Susan Vaught] Three things he wouldn't leave the house without would be Sunshine's locket, his house key, and Agent Mercer's private telephone number. If it's really supposed to be what he WOULD leave the house without, then the answer would be . . . just about everything else. Jason can get pretty distracted and forgetful. Lunch money, his phone, his homework—all of that might get accidentally abandoned on any given day.
[ED – oops, yes it was a typo. Thank you for the wonderful answer ]
[Manga Maniac Cafe] If Jason had a theme song, what would it be?
[Susan Vaught] Possibility, by Lykke Li. I think the haunting sound and the words/emotions have real meaning for him.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What is Jason's most prized possession?
[Susan Vaught] Sunshine's gold locket. It means more to him than anything other than Sunshine herself.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What are your greatest creative influences?
[Susan Vaught] Life, music, and other people's brilliant art. Whenever I read a great book, hear a wonderful song, look at an amazing painting or sculpture, watch a good film, or encounter good art in any other format, it inspires me to make more of my own—not copy what I experienced or encountered, but try to come up with something brilliant, beautiful, and lasting, to pass on that gift of inspiration.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What three things do you need in order to write?
[Susan Vaught] A clean house or writing cabin, no distractions, and the exact right song. I absolutely cannot write without good music.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What is the last book that you read that knocked your socks off?
[Susan Vaught] Daughter of Smoke and Bone, by Laini Taylor. I reviewed it on my website. I love the originality of the writing, and the flesh-and-blood feel of the characters…even those that don't exactly have flesh and blood.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] If you had to pick one book that turned you on to reading, which would it be?
[Susan Vaught] John Christopher's Tripod series. The first book in the series was The White Mountains. I remember falling deeply into that world, into the struggles of those characters. I believe it was the first set of books I read where kids were in real jeopardy, and made a difference.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What do you like to do when you aren't writing?
[Susan Vaught] When I'm not writing, I'm usually working. My day job is at an inpatient psychiatric hospital. I also help tend the many birds and animals on our farm. What I'd like to do—ha. Be at the beach!
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CHICAGO -- Grain prices mostly rose Wednesday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade.
Wheat for March delivery rose 3 cents to $7.80 a bushel; March corn rose 7 cents to $7.3650 a bushel; March oats were flat at $3.60 a bushel; while March soybeans jumped 22.75 cents to $14.7450 a bushel.
Beef and pork futures were mixed on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
April live cattle fell 0.07 cent to $1.3290 a pound; March feeder cattle rose 0.13 cent to $1.4895 a pound; April lean hogs rose 0.18 cent to 89.80 cents a pound.


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"Sweet talk in French politics"
In today's press review, we look at what 2009 was like for French politicians. Discover the "biggest fibs of the year".
The left wing newspaper Libération reviews the past year, in the world of French politics.
"The biggest fibs of the year", reads the title. According to the article, the French President is "the biggest liar of all".
Libération quotes several other political figures, including Nicolas Sarkozy's socialist rivals Ségolène Royal and Martine Aubry.
In other news, the right-wing newspaper Le Figaro reports about the so called "Taxe Carbonne", or tax on carbon emitting products.
A government body has rejected the tax, which was supposed to be applied on January 1st... A setback for the French government.
Meanwhile, Aujourd'hui en France investigates illegal gangs, human trafficking and immigration.
Some smugglers are believed to charge immigrants up to 20,000 euros each, to reach Great Britain.
And finally, the French are determined to go on holiday despite the crisis, and France Soir gets you ready for New Years eve.


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The person who originally sent the whisper would generally have a trial account, create a character with a random name (often including accents and ascii symbols), log in, send the mass number of tells,
What if people chose to help each other, including themselves? I agree that such a society would be heavenly, but in order to create it, we would have to force people to act accordingly, thus depriving them of their free will, thus destroying them, etc.
What constitutes force which deprives free will? For example, the need for oxygen forces people to breathe, depriving them of the free will to choose not to breathe. So free will in this sense is impossible. But free will could mean free from imposition by
Whatever happened to cyberspace as a virtual utopia?
It works exactly the same as real utopiae, as you pointed out. So far, it's working perfectly.
Meh. You're really making too much of it in this case.
I don't understand cheating in games such as, say, Counterstrike or America's Army. The whole point of the game there is: how good are you? Can you beat the other guy? I simply can't understand what the fun is in using aimbots or firing cheats or whatever.
For the most part, WOW isn't that. If people enjoy playing more if they don't have to worry so much about gold, I really don't care that much. It may have a minor effect on prices in the aucti
Weird, I just signed up for a trial account about 15 mins ago (never played before, thought I'd give it a try) and It completely skipped over the CC pages. The account creation gauge at the top had a big green EXEMPT over the grayed out section dealing with payment info. I am in the US, so I guess it is different.I do remember I had to put my credit card details when I signed up for the trial, but that's on the euro side. Maybe it's different on the US side.
Pete Townshend, is that you?I have no idea who runs this site, but I wanted to see how legit they were. So I sent them a small amount of money through paypal and, lo and behold, 30 minutes later, the gold was in my mailbox. I figure at least they aren't just scamming people completely.
I think the GP is questioning whether you were "doing research" or "shopping".
On the MMO that I play occasionally, a new player admitted to buying game currency on the cash market. One of my friends told him that he was "buying from terrorists", and that the 9/11 attacks were funded by "gold farming". The poor guy was really upset until the rest of us couldn't stand it anymore and let him in on the joke.
Congratulations. You are now part of the problem.
An undercover detective who buys drugs from dealers is supplying said dealers with money to get more drugs. The detectives are part of the problem. But, in a larger sense, they are part of the solution. I'm not an undercover detective for anyone other than myself, and my only drive was curiousity.
Last I knew, most of the gold came from hacking accounts and stealing it. It's a lot faster to shard and sell off the inventories of multiple characters than it
NPR covered some of the human aspects of the gold farming story a while ago. Audio Link for your listening pleasure.
12 hours a day playing Warcraft, getting beaten up by higher level players. It's sounds like a pretty ugly life.
Compared to subsistance level agriculture, coal mining, or a million other jobs, it's pretty damned cushy. That's why people do it.
I don't go and kill farmers. I understand why they are there.
That said, I will never buy gold for WoW. I earn enough money to buy the 5000g I would need
On the other hand, as one of the higher level players delivering the beatings to the goldfarmers, I can tell you that it's all kinds of awesome!12 hours a day playing Warcraft, getting beaten up by higher level players. It's sounds like a pretty ugly life.
I play WoW for over a year until I no longer had the time and money to committ to the game. (I'm still not quite over the withdrawal symptoms.) I've recently been playing around with Puzzle Pirates as an interesting time-waster and they've come up with a really interesting solution to the problem of buying game currency.
The problem with WoW is that you have people with time and skill, but not a lot of money. They hate people who buy gold because, to them, they're cheating. Then, you have people with m
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Brussels, 13 February 2012
Statement by Andris Piebalgs, EU Commissioner for Development from his mission to Burma/Myanmar
Brussels, 13 February 2012 - After his second day in Burma/Myanmar, EU Commissioner for Development Andris Piebalgs stated:
"The purpose of my visit to Burma/Myanmar was to assess the ongoing reforms and encourage their continuation. I met with our partners from the UN and international organisations yesterday. I had today a constructive meeting with President U Thein Sein, as well as with U Shwe Mann, Speaker of the Lower House, and the Ministers for Education, Dr. Mya Aye, of Railways, U Aung Min, and of Health, Dr. Pe Thet Khin.
I said to the President how much I was impressed by the pace of change in the country, undertaken under his leadership. I took note of the significant progress in negotiating peace settlements with ethnic groups, a key ingredient for stability and prosperity. We discussed the respect for Human Rights and the release of political prisoners. In this regard, the authorities confirmed their readiness to cooperate with us on remaining cases. I also encouraged them to ensure a free and fair electoral process in view of the by-elections on the 1st of April.
The EU wants to support the momentum for change, in response to progress. We will step up our dialogue, with a series of high-level visits. Moreover, I announced a new €150 million assistance package to accompany the country's economic and social reforms during the International Conference on "Development Policy Options" in Nay Pyi Taw. EU funds will finance more basic services in the areas of Health, Education and livelihoods. We discussed options for building the capacities of the public administration and agreed to explore how peace in the ethnic States could be consolidated.
I am very much looking forward to meet with Aung San Suu Kyi tomorrow. Her views, and those of the civil society, will give me an even more comprehensive picture of the situation".
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And even more news from Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Mozilla has announced a partnership with Telefonica and Qualcomm, which will bring Mozilla's Boot to Gecko HTML5-based mobile interface to devices later his year. This is a huge boon for the fully open source environment.
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I dealt with telefonica for years due to my job - they are a laugh.. utterly incompetent, ignorant and frankly speaking: arrogant.
yet, I can guess easily why this is happening: they/spain cannot afford a single cent, hence they have to go with what is free and certain to be free of any lawsuits.
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THE ready-to-drink category in Australia, also known by the more colloquial name "alcopops", continues to remain a growth-free zone thanks to the massive 70 per cent tax increase imposed on the sector by the Rudd government four years ago, as well as changing tastes such as the massive shift by drinkers to alcoholic cider.
Diageo Australia, local offshoot of the global spirits and beer giant that owns beverage brands such as Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff, Baileys, Tanqueray, Hennessy and Guinness, has reported that RTD sales sank 1 per cent in the first half of 2012-13 with the drinks category having flat-lined for years.
Diageo is the market leader in the RTD segment with local managing director Tim Salt saying the company would need to further innovate to create more interest in the category, offering drinkers new ranges of drinks from its popular Bundaberg Rum label while also directing more marketing dollars towards other beverages such as gin and rum. "We are doing some new RTDs and we are really trying to change the way people perceive RTDs," Mr Salt said.
This included a new Bundaberg Rum and soft drink pre-mixed drink currently being tested in the Queensland market, which uses brewed soft drink from a regional supplier. "It's a test, but I think what it does is tap into authenticity . . . and is an exciting innovation."
Mr Salt said Diageo would not resort to price discounting to attract drinkers back to the RTD market despite many flocking to ciders, which are taxed at a vastly lower level by the federal government.
"The challenge for us is to make sure we have offerings that the consumer wants to buy; short-term price discounting might give you a short-term kicker but that's not the game we are going to play.
"We have to work out how do we get consumers back into our RTDs and get that category growing through authentic products, great-tasting products and products that, at whatever price they are at, consumers recognise the value in those products." Part of this innovation saw Diageo launch a few years ago a range of pre-mixed spirits packaged in casks, combining quality ingredients such as cloudy apple or blood orange with its branded vodka, Smirnoff. That category has also suffered of late, hit by intense price competition from "me-too" brands trying to grab market share at any price.
However, there was some good news for Diageo in the first half, as its overall group sales in Australia rose 2 per cent as a renewed push in spirits and particularly premium labels helped drive a 3 per cent sales improvement for the half in spirits.
"The area we have seen a whole lot of growth in the first half was in what we call the 'super premium' area and that's grown for us around 48 per cent in the first half"
He said this portfolio included products such as Johnnie Walker Gold and other spirits that sold for more than $50 a bottle.
In an effort to bolster its premium and super premium earnings, Diageo has also decided to invest further this year in its gin brand Tanqueray as well its premium rum range under the Bundaberg branding.
Tax takes fizz out of alcopops
THE ready-to-drink category in Australia, also known by the more colloquial name "alcopops", continues to remain a growth-free zone thanks to the massive 70 per cent tax increase imposed on the sector by the Rudd government four years ago, as well as changing tastes such as the massive shift by drinkers to alcoholic cider.
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Logitech International (SIX: LOGN) (Nasdaq: LOGI) today announced that Vincent Pilette has joined the company as chief financial officer (CFO), effective Sept. 3, 2013. Pilette reports directly to Logitech's president and chief executive officer, Bracken P. Darrell. Vincent Pilette joins Logitech from Electronics for Imaging, a Silicon Valley public company (Nasdaq: EFII), where he served as CFO for nearly three years. Prior to joining EFI, Pilette spent 14 years at Hewlett-Packard, holding a variety of finance positions in the U.S. and EMEA. "We're excited to have Vincent join Logitech's leadership team," said Bracken P. Darrell. "Through his roles with HP and EFI, Vincent brings a unique skill set to the position. And his direct experience as CFO of a company that repositioned itself to become a dynamic growth company aligns well with our goals and strategy." During Pilette's tenure at EFI, the company significantly grew its revenue, more than doubled its operating profit and completed several acquisitions. Before joining EFI, Pilette held the position of vice president of finance for HP's multi-billion dollar server, storage and networking business. He holds an M.S. degree in engineering and business from Université Catholique de Louvain in Belgium and an M.B.A. from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in Chicago. "There is a lot of opportunity ahead for Logitech, which has an innovative culture, a strong brand and a robust balance sheet," added Pilette. "I look forward to learn from and work with the entire Logitech team to deliver on the goals and strategy." About Logitech Logitech is a world leader in products that connect people to the digital experiences they care about. Spanning multiple computing, communication and entertainment platforms, Logitech's combined hardware and software enable or enhance digital navigation, music and video entertainment, gaming, social networking, audio and video communication over the Internet, video security and home-entertainment control. Founded in 1981, Logitech International is a Swiss public company listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (LOGN) and on the Nasdaq Global Select Market (LOGI).
Logitech, the Logitech logo, and other Logitech marks are registered in Switzerland and other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. For more information about Logitech and its products, visit the company's Web site at www.logitech.com.(LOGIIR)


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Lady Eagles bow out of Regionals
BAY CITY — Arenac Eastern softball coach Mike Vogl figured his Eagles had a shot to beat Deckerville in Saturday's regional semifinal contest if they played the kind of game that had gotten AE to this point in the post-season.
Unfortunately, that wasn't the game AE played through the first two innings.
Deckerville took advantage of Eastern's nerves to take a 6-0 lead. The Eagles clawed back to within a run but never could push the tying run across, and Deckerville claimed an 8-5 victory that ended AE's season.
"(It) turned out not to be our best effort," Vogl said. "Disappointment (at in the regional tournament) again as it appeared there was some nervousness that led to some uncharacteristic play."
Deckerville scored three runs in the top of the first inning before the Eagles recorded an out, and that came on the tail end of an RBI double when AE caught a baserunner in a rundown.
Deckerville added three more in the second inning, and the damage was done.
Maddie Nelson picked up the Eagles' first hit in the third inning, igniting AE's first rally. Brianna Dery's bases loaded single went through an outfielders legs to score three runs and Chelsea Dery's single brought her home.
Chelsea Dery's RBI single in the fourth cut the Deckerville lead to 6-5, but with runners at second and third, Jamie Rowbottom lined out to second base to end the AE threat.
Deckerville added single runs in the sixth and seventh innings.
Defensively, AE turned two double plays in the game. The first came in the fourth inning, when Ashley Navarre caught a fly ball in left field and doubled a Deckerville runner off third base. The other came in the third.
Nelson started and took the loss, allowing four earned runs in 3-1/3 innings on seven hits with six walks and two strikeouts. Shawna Tacey pitched the rest of the way, giving up one earned run on two hits with one walk and one strikeout.
Deckerville went on to lose to top-ranked Unionville-Sebewaing 9-0 in the regional title game.
The Eagles (20-15) return most of their team next season as Jolene Tacey and Kaytlin Fitzgerald were the squad's only seniors.
"A lot was learned this season," Vogl said. "Hopefully that will be a big advantage next year. With nearly everyone returning they have already been given their challenge for next year."
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KENTWOOD � By his estimation, Jack Hipple has "over 800" medals stashed in his home in Hamburg.
After Saturday�s track and field events at East Kentwood High School for the State Games of Michigan, Hipple walked away with at least four more. By the middle of the afternoon, he had added the 100 meters and 200 meters to his stash and was waiting his turn in the javelin.
It helps that he�s 90 years-old and has participated in each of the five State Games of Michigan. Plus, he said, he�s been at 28 Senior Olympics events and he�s usually the only one in his age group.
Still, there�s nothing wrong with a 90 year-old man running 55 meters in 12.5 seconds as Hipple did on Saturday, a personal best for a personable old man.
"I do this to stay in shape," Hipple said with a laugh. "Plus, I�ve been blessed with good health."
No kidding.
"When I was in the Navy they showed me how to exercise with calisthenics and I�ve kept it up all my life," Hipple, a World War II veteran, said. "I ran in high school and sometimes in college and I used to play softball, but I retired from that when I was 80.
"I used to run the 100, the 200, the 400 and the 800 (meters), but I gave up the 400 and the 800 when I was 88."
Hipple said the State Games of Michigan medals were some of the most attractive in his collection, but his most treasured medal was not gold. It was a runnerup medal he got in the 70-75 age group at the World Championship Games in 1995.
The Wolves, a sixth- and seventh-grade boy�s basketball team coached by Holland Calvary�s Shannon Badgero, went 1-2 for the day, losing the third game by two points in the final two seconds of overtime after splitting its first two games.
The Wolves scored a 55-37 win in their second game after fading down the stretch in the first game and losing by 12 points. State Games of Michigan contests are 20-minute halves instead of the accustomed 8-minute quarters.
The West Shore team is back in action Sunday at 11 a.m. at East Kentwood High.
Former Hope College basketball player Kyle Plank got his first medal of the State Games of Michigan when he teamed up with fellow alums Dean Rosendall, Toby Goode and Matt Hollebook for the 4x400 men�s relay.
"We�re all over 40 (years old) and we wanted to run this in under four minutes," Plank, who graduated in 1995, said. "Dean called one day and wondered if we would be interested in running in a (State Games of Michigan) relay.
"I did some training with some interval stuff, but I think the last time I ran any kind of a relay was something like fifth grade in the Hershey Track and Field thing at Michigan State. I was nervous. I was afraid I was going to pull a hamstring or something."
90 year-old adds to his medal collection at State Games of Michigan
KENTWOOD � By his estimation, Jack Hipple has "over 800" medals stashed in his home in Hamburg.


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