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Ultra Tech Machinery of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, has acquired The Motch & Eichele Co. of Eastlake, Ohio. Operating as The Motch & Eichele Co. LLC, the company continues to represent and distribute its engineered machinery and provides after-sales service and support.
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Excellent Cruise on Wind Star! We stayed in the Barbados for 2 days before the cruise at Courtyard by Marriott. The hotel and staff was excellent. Walk across the road to the Coconut Court which is on the beach. They did not seem to care if we walked down their steps to the beach. We ate breakfast there in the morning looking at the beach and water in 80 degrees! Excellent.
If you walk out the Coconut Court and turn left on the beach, walk about 5 minutes, you come to a great boardwalk and it goes to Accra Beach (some call it Rockby Beach). The Accra Resort is on this beach and it is a fabulous beach. There is a bar at the end called the Tiki and a beer there included a chair on the beach. We went there on our day back until our plane left. Great place.
Wind Star was a great cruise.
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Sailed all night to Grenada. Was a bit rough but manageable.
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A couple form England were staying at the resort there and told us there was a path to the next beach (Morne Rouge). It was a steep climb but we made it. It was a smaller beach but also had a bar with the same deal as before. Buy a beer and chairs are free.
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I haven't read a lot of comic books. I'm not sure why, except maybe that girls in small Southern towns are not encouraged to pursue such seemingly masculine activities. But I did watch television, and one of my all time favorite shows was the old Batman series starring Adam West. Campy and fun, the series left me wanting to go out in the backyard and pretend to be Catwoman. (I doubt I was the only little girl who liked Batman's nemesis better than his ally Batgirl.)
I tended to watch every superhero television show or movie that crossed my path, from reruns of the 1950's Superman show to the animated X-Men that I watched with my kids – and even when they weren't home. I might not have read the comic books, but I did love the film versions.
Without being a true comic book fan, the comics had such an impact on my life that the hero in my very first attempt at writing a book length manuscript was an actor who played a superhero in the movies. I've always said this book would never see the light of day. But lately the characters have been calling to me. I've been asking "what if" and thinking how to update the story. Because I really like the heroine, and the hero still makes my heart beat just a little faster.
Oh, and I always knew that Batman and Catwoman were in love. In my backyard yarns, they got married. What, you're surprised? I'm a romance novelist, what did you expect?
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Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
Animalia | Chordata | Reptilia | Testudines | Geoemydidae |
Scientific Name: | Cuora yunnanensis | |||
Species Authority: | (Boulenger, 1906) | |||
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Cyclemys yunnanensis Boulenger, 1906
Taxonomic Notes: | Cuora yunnanensis has been suggested to be an old example of an inter-specific hybrid, but a 1908 museum specimen was found to have unique mt-DNA indicating it to be a valid species status (Parham et al. 2004), and recent trade specimens of unreported origin agreed genetically with the 1908 specimen (He et al. 2007). |
Red List Category & Criteria: | Critically Endangered B2ab(ii,iii,v); D ver 3.1 |
Year Published: | 2010 |
Date Assessed: | 2009-06-12 |
Assessor(s): | van Dijk, P.P., Blanck, T. & Lau, M. |
Reviewer(s): | Rhodin, A.G.J. & Kuchling, G. |
Justification: The number of remaining individuals of Cuora yunnanensis are presumed to be exceedingly small, as only three animals have been confirmed since 1946, all since 2004, despite at least 15 years of searches for this species, combined with the intensive collection of all turtle species in China, and monitoring of these trade volumes for unusual turtles. Any remaining population(s) are therefore assumed to be extremely small and localized. The known animals were obtained from three localities, but in at least two cases are thought to have been purchased in markets and had likely been transported there by humans. Remaining animals of the species are under exceptional threat from collection, as the species potentially commands a very high price in the (illegal) pet trade, as well as in the consumption trade. |
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Range Description: | C. yunnanensis has been reported only from Kunming Fu and Tongchuan Fu [=Dongchuan fide Iverson, 1992, but refers to Zhongping (=Huize) City fide Blanck et al. 2006] in Yunnan, China, at the time of its 1906 description (Iverson 1992, Parham et al. 2004), and a single animal from Xi Shan (Western Mountains) near Kunming collected in 1940 (Zhang and Cheng 1946). It is likely that these animals were purchased in markets and may have been transported by humans, possibly for substantial distances (Blanck 2005). Three more specimens in the Institute of Zoology in Beijing (Parham et al. 2004, Blanck 2005) have no reported locality data or collection date. The origin of three recent specimens discovered since 2004 and now held in captivity has not been recorded (Zhou and Zhao 2004, Zhou 2005, He et al. 2007), and the precise geographic origin of C. yunnanensis remains subject of speculation, with northwestern Yunnan and adjacent Sichuan, northeastern Yunnan close to the Myanmar border, southern Yunnan, and northern Laos having been suggested (Blanck 2005, Blanck et al. 2006, Zhou et al. 2008, Yang and Rao, 2008). | ||||||||
Countries occurrence: | Native: China (Yunnan) | ||||||||
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Population: | The type series of Cuora yunnanensis consists of five animals collected at Kunming by a single collector, plus one from Tongchuan [Zhongping] collected by another collector, and another three museum specimens from Kunming, all collected at the same time (Parham et al. 2004, Blanck 2005), suggesting that the species was not particularly rare at this early period of exploration (1900–1906). Four more specimens were subsequently collected and stored in Chinese collections, one of these in 1940 (Parham et al. 2004, Zhou and Zhao 2004, Blanck 2005). Commercial turtle collectors and traders have extensively harvested turtles throughout China (Lau and Shi 2000), and extensive but unsuccessful search efforts had been made to locate Cuora yunnanensis in the wild or in trade. Based on this information, the Asian Turtle Trade Working Group (2000) considered the species extinct. However, a single animal, without data on its origin, was purchased in a Kunming market in 2004 (Zhou and Zhao 2004), showing that this conclusion was premature. At least two animals have subsequently been reported and are held in captivity (Zhou 2005, He et al. 2007, Yang and Rao 2008). There were initial concerns that the single 2004 animal could have been a hybrid animal that resembled yunnanensis in its head and throat pattern, but not its absence of an anal notch; however, the identity of the live animals as yunnanensis was genetically confirmed by He et al. (2007). | ||||||
Current Population Trend: | Decreasing | ||||||
Additional data: |
Habitat and Ecology: | No information is available beyond the general assumption that Cuora yunnanensis inhabits streams, lakes and/or swampy wetlands, the typical lifestyle of most Cuora species. The type locality, Kunming, is at just under 1,900 m altitude; a distribution range of 2,000-2,260 m altitude is generally cited (e.g., Yu 1998, Lau and Shi 2000), but has been questioned as being too high (Blanck 2005). Females reach up to 17.5 cm CL at 850 grams, males about 15 cm at 375 grams (Zhou and Zhao 2004, Zhou 2005, Zhou et al. 2008). In captivity, one or two clutches per female per year, of 4–8 eggs per clutch (maximum eight eggs per year), have been reported (Zhou et al. 2008). Hatchlings emerge after 64–68 days of incubation at 28–30°C, and measure 32–35 mm at a weight of 6.5–8.3 grams (Zhou et al. 2008). |
Systems: | Terrestrial; Freshwater |
Continuing decline in area, extent and/or quality of habitat: | Yes |
Generation Length (years): | 20 |
Use and Trade: |
Cuora yunnanensis is of great value and potential demand in domestic and global pet trade; it may have been used for subsistence consumption historically. A few specimens have been used for museum collections and anatomical studies. No animals have been observed in surveys of commercial trade; a number of trade and museum animals reported as yunnanensis proved to have been misidentified (Blanck 2005). |
Major Threat(s): |
The main site of presumed historical occurrence of yunnanensis, Kunming, is now an expansive city surrounded mainly by agricultural fields especially in the flat areas. The adjacent Kunming Lake is heavily polluted; the lake's endemic newt Cynops wolterstorfii is considered extinct as a result of water pollution. Monofilament fishing nets were seen abandoned at the lakeshore in 2005, suggesting a risk of accidental drowning if yunnanensis persists (van Dijk pers obs 2005). Substantial areas of the lake have been encroached upon by expansion of the city of Kunming, though a large area of open water remains. The Western Hills area has been extensively developed for tourism, including roads, trails and a cable car, and contains a long-term settlement of rural people tending vegetable and fruit gardens (and presumably gathering local flora, fungi and fauna, potentially including turtles). Hence, habitat degradation and destruction are believed to represent threats. Cuora yunnanensis has been restricted from international trade by inclusion in CITES Appendix II in 2000, but is reputed to be worth about USD 50,000 for the first animal to emerge from China into the international pet trade (Blanck et al. 2006), and several USD 1,000 for subsequent animals, generating strong incentives to search for and smuggle out any animal. |
Conservation Actions: |
Cuora yunnanensis is protected under Chinese domestic legislation and is included in CITES Appendix II. Surveys to locate and protect any remaining animals and populations and their habitat are in progress; should one or more populations be found, effective in-situ protection of the species and its habitat are urgently required, alongside the establishment of an assurance colony for future re-introduction and population reinforcement. A single pair in captivity has successfully reproduced (Zhou et al. 2008) and could represent the nucleus of a captive assurance colony. |
Errata reason: | An errata assessment is required to generate a revised PDF without the range map which had been included in error; no range map was available when this assessment was originally published. |
Blanck, T. 2005. Cuora yunnanensis (Boulenger, 1906), the Yunnan Box Turtle, Rediscovered after One-hundred Years? Radiata 14(2): 10-33. Blanck, T., Zhou T., & W.P. McCord. 2006. The Yunnan Box Turtle, Cuora yunnanensis (Boulenger, 1906); historical background and an update on the morphology, distribution and vulnerabilities of the only known living specimens. Sacalia 4(13): 14-35. He J., Zhou T., Rao D.-Q., & Zhang Y.-P. 2007. Studies on the molecular identification and phylogeny of Cuora yunnanensis. Chinese Science Bulletin 52(17): 2085-208. IUCN. 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (ver. 2010.1). Available at: www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 10 March 2010). IUCN. 2016. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2016-1. Available at: www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 30 June 2016). Iverson, J.B. 1992. A Revised Checklist with Distribution Maps of the Turtles of the World. Privately published, Richmond, Indiana. Lau, M., & Shi H. 2000. Conservation and Trade of Terrestrial and Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises in the People's Republic of China. In: van Dijk, Stuart & Rhodin (ed.), Asian Turtle Trade: Proceedings of a Workshop on Conservation and Trade of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises in Asia, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 1-4 December 1999, pp. 30-38. Chelonian Research Foundation, Lunenburg, MA. Parham, Stuart, Bour & Fritz. 2004. Evolutionary distinctness of the extinct Yunnan box turtle (Cuora yunnanensis) revealed by DNA from an old museum specimen. Proc R. Soc Lond. B (Supplement): S391-S394 + appendix. TTWG [Turtle Taxonomy Working Group: Bickham, J.W., Iverson, J.B., Parham, J.F., Philippen, H.D., Rhodin, A.G.J., Shaffer, H.B., Spinks, P.Q. and van Dijk, P.P.]. 2007. An annotated list of modern turtle terminal taxa with comments on areas of taxonomic instability and recent change. In: H.B. Shaffer, N.N. FitzSimmons, A. Georges, and A.G.J. Rhodin (eds), Defining Turtle Diversity: Proceedings of a Workshop on Genetics, Ethics, and Taxonomy of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises. Chelonian Research Monographs 4: 173-199. Yang, D. & Rao D. 2008. Amphibia and Reptilia of Yunnan. Yunnan Publishing Group Corporation - Yunnan Science and Technology Press, Kunming. Zhang X. & Cheng Q. 1946. Records of Reptiles in sub-urban of Kunming. Fauna Research Center, Sino France Culture, Acad Publ., (Inst. Zool. Chin. Acad. Sci.) 1(8): 2-8. Zhou, T. and Zhao, E. 2004. On the occurrence of living Cuora yunnanensis since fifty-eight years, and its description. Sichuan Journal of Zoology 23(4): 325-327. Zhou Ting. 2005. Discovery of a living male Yunnan Box Turtle, Cuora yunnanensis Boulerger, 1906 (sic). Sichuan Journal of Zoology 24(3): 345-346. Zhou T., W.P. McCord, T. Blanck, X-f. Sun. 2008. Rediscovery and first breeding of the Yunnan box turtle Cuora yunnanensis. Reptilia: 29-34. Zong Yu. 1998. Cuora yunnanensis. In: Zhao Ermi (ed.), China Red data Book of Endangered Animals - Amphibia & Reptilia, pp. 110-111. Science Press, Beijing. |
Citation: | van Dijk, P.P., Blanck, T. & Lau, M. 2010. Cuora yunnanensis. (errata version published in 2016) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T5957A97360350. . Downloaded on 27 March 2017. |
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Mr. GOHMERT. Mr. Speaker, it is such a pleasure and honor to be back here after our recess. Obviously there are matters of concern for all Americans. Obviously since we were here last, the voters have spoken, and spoken pretty loudly.
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So it is quite reassuring. And I am pleased to work with folks across the aisle, I know we all are, to move forward with the things that the American people have once more said are very important.
If you go back to November of 2006, you find out the people really haven't changed their opinion much. They made it clear in November of 2006 that they were not going to tolerate the deficit spending that the Republican majority was doing. They didn't care who was in the majority. They still don't. They want the deficit spending to stop.
They wanted it to stop in November of 2006, so they made their voices clear and said, okay, Democrats, you have promised us that if we make you the majority, you have promised to end the deficit spending, because the Republicans, my goodness, they have run $100 billion, $200 billion deficits in one year. It was outrageous. Who knew that within 4 years that a Democratic administration would be deficit spending done by Republicans on steroids, ten times the kind of deficit that was anticipated in one year. We can't continue as a country with that kind of spending going on. It has to be stopped.
But we were hearing in the last week the cry of people across America too about this lame duck session. Now, it is nice, we had some lovely votes tonight: The Copyright Cleanup, Clarification, and Corrections Act; recognizing the 50th anniversary of Ruby Bridges desegregating a previously all-white public elementary school--very worthwhile; and the third vote tonight, honoring the 30th anniversary of the Bayh-Dole Act, which it sounds like most people don't know what that was.
But, nonetheless, people are scared that it is going to get a lot more serious than that, because they made their voices heard in the election. We don't want people coming at us with that crap-and-trade bill and saying we are going to shove this down your throats like we did the health care bill. They didn't want the health care bill. They thought they made it clear, but they were not listened to.
They made it clear they don't want the elimination of what my wonderful elementary, junior high, and high school teachers, who nearly all of them were supporters of the Democratic Party, taught. All of those teachers made clear in my growing up that a very important foundation in any democratic republic like ours is the secret ballot. Now we still have this bill out there, the card check bill, that will eliminate secret ballots.
We can just think back in our own Chamber here to the race for majority leader between Steny Hoyer and John Murtha, the late John Murtha. Speaker Pelosi, speaker-to-be Pelosi had made clear she wanted John Murtha to be her majority leader. They seemed to have worked closely on the issue of bashing President Bush over the military operations and trying to stop him at every turn. In return, he was named speaker-to-be by Pelosi as her choice to be majority leader.
Well, who in their right mind would go against someone who is clearly so adept at using political power as the gentle lady from San Francisco, if she knew who was going to go against her choice? But the fact is, like the Republican Caucus, the Democratic Caucus used a secret ballot, so the people in the Democratic Party after the November 2006 elections were free to choose the person they most wanted to be the majority leader, and that ended up being the gentleman from Maryland, Mr. Hoyer.
Had a similar card check bill been shoved through this Congress to force the Democratic Party to have the secret ballot eliminated, then I think you could anticipate that the late John Murtha would have been majority leader, and the will of the Democratic Members in this body would have been overwhelmed simply because such a primary component to a democracy was removed, the secret ballot.
We don't need to remove the secret ballot so that might will make right, instead of right standing on its own. The ballot has to be secret in any organization in which anyone wants it to be secret. Take Robert's Rules of Order, of the requirement to have a secret vote.
Of course, out here when we are doing the people's business, it can't be secret, because we are employees, we are servants, sent up here to do the people's will, so it shines up on the wall exactly how we vote when we vote.
But one of the things that people should have learned after this November election, including Senators that are up for election 2 years from now, is if you jam another one of these bills down somebody's throat, the people's throats across America, as you did health care, you will be looking for a place to retire or another job.
Now, one thing: If they do ram through the crap-and-trade bill as it passed through the House with 300 pages of amendments filed at 3-something a.m. in the morning, where we didn't have time to read them all, I was able to get to the point in the bill, I think it was around page 900-something, where there was a fund created in there to help pay people who lose their jobs as a result of that bill. Although we heard from people across the aisle no one would lose their jobs as a result of that bill, it turns out the people that actually wrote that bill, whatever special interest group it was, perhaps Wall Street, because they are going to be engorged with riches if that bill passes and more union jobs will be lost, it will be a disaster for working America.
But whoever wrote it realized there are going to be a lot of good Americans lose their jobs if that bill passes. And if you go over a little further, there was a fund that would pay for moving expenses if people lost their job as a result of that bill and they could move within the United States to a place to get a job. Unfortunately, it didn't help people move to China and India and Argentina and other places where the jobs really moved.
So the good news for those in the Senate perhaps helped by anybody in the House, if they try to ram that crap-and-trade bill through during this short lame-duck session then the good news is there is a provision in that bill that will help them with their moving expenses and perhaps to give them a subsidy until they find another job because there is no question there's going to be people lose their job as a result of that bill if they vote for it during this lame-duck session when the public has made very clear, Don't you dare. So we'll see what happens.
But I see my good friend from Texas, also a former district judge, as was I, and I am proud to yield such time as he may use to my good friend from Texas (Mr. Poe).
Mr. GOHMERT. As I'm sure my friend knows, Juarez, just across the border from El Paso, which you've been discussing, is now called the murder capital of the world. There were 2,600 deaths in one year, last year, in Juarez. We didn't have that many American soldiers die in Iraq in a year. Yet right across the border from El Paso, right across the little river, is Juarez, the murder capital of the world. It is outrageous.
I never had the opportunity to be stationed at Fort Bliss. I had friends in the Army who were, and they always enjoyed Fort Bliss. I was at Fort Benning for my 4 years that I owed the military for my scholarship at A&M. It is amazing to me that we have the greatest military in the world, in the history of the world--they're the best equipped, the best trained military in history--and yet you go look at our border, at specifically the 32-mile stretch in Arizona that is national park area on the north side--Mexico is on the south side--and it's wilderness area. It's considered such. It's classified in the U.S. as wilderness area. So you can't take a vehicle. You can't take anything mechanical. The only people who use vehicles in that area are the violent drug smugglers. Then this administration, instead of helping Members of Congress and the President keep his oath--we're not providing a defense against all enemies foreign and domestic--they're putting up signs that, in essence, say, This area is used by violent drug smugglers who are illegally in our country, so we would recommend that American citizens use parks north of Interstate 8.
Excuse me. This is American soil. When anyone armed attacks American soil, it's an act of war. We've got people who are coming into the United States who have taken over part of our property, and the best this administration can do is put up a sign that says, Why don't you American citizens use the area north of Interstate 8 because we've just given this over to drug smugglers.
The only good news I see out of that is, for so long, I've been greatly concerned with the hypocrisy of this administration and its telling Israel, Just let Palestinians build illegal settlements and take over areas that are not theirs. Just let them take over. I thought how hypocritical for our U.S. administration to tell Israel, Just let people take over areas of your country they're not authorized to take over, because we would never allow that here in the U.S.
This brings me to the only good thing about violent illegal alien drug smugglers taking over American soil: At least we're not hypocritical anymore when we tell Israel just to let people take over land that's not theirs, because now this administration can say, Look, Israel. We're doing it here. We're letting people take over American soil that they shouldn't, so you can do it, too.
The fact is, of course, it shouldn't happen in either place. We have taken an oath to defend this country, this Constitution, against all enemies, foreign and domestic, and that includes illegal drug smugglers who are armed to the teeth at our border regions. We have an obligation. We took an oath.
Mr. POE of Texas. Will the gentleman yield?
Mr. GOHMERT. I will yield to my friend.
Mr. POE of Texas. Well, I think that the current plan really is a two-part plan. The plan isn't just to erect a few signs in Arizona, saying, We can't take care of you. Travel north of Interstate 8 and, as you mentioned, really secede the land south of Interstate 8 to the drug cartels. That may be part of the plan. That's plan A of a two-part plan.
Plan B, though, is: We're also, as the government, going to sue States that try to defend themselves.
So put up some signs and sue States that try to protect their citizens, like the State of Arizona, where both of these incidences are occurring.
I think it is tragic that the United States Government has gone to court and has spent who knows how much taxpayer money in suing a State that wants to protect the people of that State and wants to enact State laws that do what the Federal Government is supposed to do but which obviously it won't or cannot do.
Mr. GOHMERT. Well, I appreciate your bringing that point up. I overlooked part B of that plan, but that's what has happened, and that's a great point.
As my friend knows--but perhaps the Speaker is not aware--Judge Poe was one of the best known and probably would have been one of the best known judges, purveyors of justice, in all of Texas history, and I know my friend, Judge Poe, knows all about the case of Terry v. Ohio.
From that case, we got what law officers were taught to be a Terry Stop, which is where they can stop people and get identification. If anybody cares to go back to the sixties and read that opinion and then read the Arizona law, they'll actually find out that what Arizona passed is not near as intrusive as what a Terry Stop can be. I mean they've got guards within that bill that keep it from even reaching the extent of a full Terry Stop and of the authorization of law officers to use a Terry Stop.
So I've just been intrigued. Here you have an administration that refuses to follow the law, refuses to defend the law, refuses to defend sovereign American territory, and then takes that added step, as my friend points out, and sues a State that is just trying to protect its citizens.
It is heartbreaking, as I know my friend and I have tried kidnapping cases, to find out that an American city is the second biggest capital for kidnappings in the world--Arizona. You would think that any President who is trying to do his duty to this country would be outraged that people were being kidnapped in numbers in Phoenix which were bigger than in known organized crime refuges around the country.
Phoenix, Arizona?
You would think a President would come riding to the rescue, and all America would thank him and be grateful that they had elected a man who would come in and follow his oath and protect them from having a city in his country in which so many people are kidnapped. We are hearing every day about ransoms being demanded after kidnappings in Third World areas and in the Middle East. We heard on the news this morning about another kidnapping incident and ransom and about a ransom being paid. Yet it's not halfway around the world. It's going on in Arizona.
Then, as my friend pointed out earlier in his 5-minute speech about the poor Mexican investigator who gave his life just trying to look into the murder of an American citizen on Falcon Lake, I mean what does it take to provoke a President to fulfill his duty to protect this country? I really don't know. If that doesn't do it, what does it take?
Mr. GOHMERT. I appreciate my friend mentioning that, and certainly I know he travels to the border area of United States with Mexico on the Texas line, but just from personal example, I am routinely, at least once a year, down in that area. And for years, anytime I was down near Laredo with friends, we would cross the border into Nuevo Laredo and get some great Mexican food and walk around, and you could get some real bargains of different things around there. So my family always knew, when I came back from the area, I was going to bring back gifts from Nuevo Laredo, and yet I know at least in the last 10 years we have not crossed over into Nuevo Laredo. All the indications are that you just don't do that anymore; it's too risky.
So I would like to get back to the point where our friends to the south had safe enough areas where we could go back and forth without worrying about it, but it's not to that point right now.
I would also submit, I know there are people who have said repeatedly in the last year, we really wish that both sides of the aisle would work together, but now we've seen, you know, somebody is just not protecting the country, not protecting our sovereignty and our land, running up a $1.6 trillion deficit in 1 year, doing all those things. We understand you have got to fight that and it can't be bipartisan if one side is just insistent on doing that.
But I have a strong feeling that my friend, Judge Poe, and I would absolutely agree that if this President stepped up and said this situation will not stand where violent people on the Mexico-United States border intimidate, kill, kidnap, come across into our side, bring poison through drugs into America, we will not let that stand, I wouldn't care that he's a Democrat. I would stand up and give the greatest standing ovation, do anything we could to help and support a President doing the job he was sworn to. And I hope and pray that this President doesn't wait for someone to replace him in 2 years, that he will step up and say, you know, folks, I know I haven't done it in the past and I've let the violence go on too long, but it comes to an end and here's what we're going to do to stop it and step up and actually stop it. I have a feeling my friend wouldn't care either what party he was from. We would be in total support and do anything we could to help him.
I yield to the gentleman.
Mr. GOHMERT. Thank you. I appreciate so much that perspective from my friend from Texas, Judge Poe. It is outrageous what's going on. It is outrageous that we're allowing that kind of danger to permeate our border and we do nothing about it. It's time to get something done.
One other issue that I would like to get into in the remaining 20 minutes that we have here tonight is the tax rates. I heard my friend across the aisle taking that up in a 5-minute speech he gave earlier tonight, and he was saying that Republicans want to cut the current tax rate for the highest wage earners to 35 percent.
I have great respect for my friend. But the fact is, the highest tax rate right now is 35 percent. What we are trying desperately to avoid is the biggest tax increase in American history.
Now, Art Laffer--I think one of the most brilliant economists in the United States--did an incredible job in helping President Reagan steer our economy out of an economy worse than we have now. Because I remember well, during my time in the Army, we had more than 10 percent unemployment, we had more than 10 percent inflation, and interest rates were far above 10 percent. It was a rough time in America. And yet with Art Laffer's advice and guidance, President Reagan was able to turn the economy around completely within 3 years.
If President Reagan had taken Art Laffer's advice and in 1981 had cut taxes 30 percent, as Art Laffer points out, we could have had the whole economy turned around in '81. But since the Democrats had the majority and President Reagan had to negotiate to get to a 30 percent tax cut--and that full 30 percent didn't kick in until the last 20 percent was added to the 10, and the half-percent from the 2 years before--in 1983, the full 30 percent kicked in, and that's when the economy recovered. If we had done the full 30 percent in 1981, the recovery would have been then. It would have saved 2 years of absolute disaster economically in this country. But we didn't do that.
And, as Dr. Laffer pointed out back in January of this year to a small group of us, he felt like, by November, there would be signs of a recovery because on January 1, unless we do something quickly, the biggest tax increase in American history would take place. Capital gains would go up by 33 1/3 percent from 15 to 20 percent. It will absolutely devastate this economy. Every marginal rate goes up. The death tax comes back in full from 0 to 55 percent. So his comment, as I understood him, was that it would look like a recovery because people were starting to sell things and cash things out and get in a position for the biggest tax increase in American history on January 1. And it would look like a recovery, but it wouldn't be a real recovery. It's just people trying to get in position, take gains now this year before this massive tax increase.
So with respect and due deference to my friend, we're not talking about a tax cut here. We're talking about keeping the same tax rates. If my friends across the aisle--as the majority until the end of the year--were willing to talk about a true tax, a drop of 35 percent to 30, that would be fantastic. Because we know from history, when President Kennedy did it, President Reagan did it, President Bush did it, every time there was a meaningful tax cut, the Treasury of the United States exploded. It went higher than it had ever gone before each time.
The problem was not in lowering the taxes, which increased the economy--it gave people more income. That was not the problem. The Treasury was bigger than it had ever been. The problem was that we began to spend money like we had never spent before, and each time we got into higher deficits because we weren't controlling spending. Had we increased the revenue by cutting taxes and controlling spending, we would have had a balanced budget immediately. It would have been fantastic. But that's not what happened. We have seen that in Ireland. They had a tax decrease previously, years ago, and manufacturing jobs flooded into Ireland. But they didn't control their spending as they should, and now they're in trouble. So that's the key, control spending.
And I know there are those who say, We should go back to 2008 for the budget. I'm not one of those people because I remember as a freshman in 2006 being beat up by people across the aisle because we were spending way too much money. And since I know we could go back and capture speeches from the Record of friends across the aisle who said we were spending far too much money in 2006, we needed to cut that deficit spending. Since I know people across the aisle said that, then I submit humbly we go back to the 2006 budget, the one they complained about, saying it was spending too much money. We go back to that one. If it was spending too much money, then surely there couldn't be much objection across the aisle. If we're going back to that one, that they said spent too much money--of course that was before the ensuing budgets that the Democratic majority produced, which doesn't include this year when they didn't live up to the requirement to produce a budget. But these more recent budgets were just deficit spending on steroids, and it's got to stop. Solution, go back to 2006.
You know, since my wife and I cashed out our assets, retirement accounts and all, for us to run for Congress, you know, that's what responsible people do when you have to pay things. You cash out assets. I agree with Art Laffer. It's time to start cashing out the things we bought as a government that we had no business, if we're a true free market country, of ever buying. We divest ourselves for a big price of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac. We divest ourselves of the car company ownership we currently have. There's no way that's not a socialist activity when the government takes over private enterprise.
And I know the President has such close friends in the current Speaker, and our friends across the aisle have such dear friends on Wall Street, and that's why they donated four to one--four times more to the President, current President and the Democratic majority, than they do to Republicans. I get it. They're the friends. They work together. In fact, they're such close friends, the guys on Wall Street don't mind so much when the President and the Democratic majority bash their friends over and over and over here in Washington because their friends know that's the price. Getting bashed verbally allows them to keep funneling money in massive amounts to Wall Street, including through the Federal Reserve, including managing government money so that Goldman Sachs, of course, was able to have the biggest profit in their history last year. Who knows how good it was this year. Good for Wall Street, good for Goldman Sachs. Heck, their investment of giving four times more to this President and the Democratic majority than they do Republicans paid in droves for them. It just was great. It may be another banner year for them now, but it's got to stop. Americans are getting hurt across the country. It's got to stop.
And so one of the other things we've seen--people don't remember so much--but in January of 2009 when this President took over and the Democratic majority in this House had had a 2-year headstart, and because of the terrible example set by the prior Republican President in pushing through a $700 billion Wall Street bailout, they were able to push through what was thought to be about an $800 billion stimulus, porkulus, whatever one may wish to call it, which turns out now $900 billion, maybe $1 trillion. We're still not sure. It's through the roof. People notice that. It made voters irate, and they showed that in November of this year.
But most people didn't notice the next week, the $400 billion land omnibus bill. What does that mean? It means the Federal Government was going to take $400 billion and buy more land.
The Federal Government already owns more than half of the land west of the line through Texas to North Dakota. And yet they want to buy more land. When you run a deficit that this administration has been running, then it's time to say, you know what, we shouldn't be buying land.
And we haven't found out yet just how much of that $400 billion has been squandered buying land, doing sweetheart deals with people they want to do them with and buying their land. But whatever has been bought ought to be sold. Whatever has not been spent needs to be cut off.
Some have said, well, where would you get the $700 billion to avoid raising these massive taxes?
They don't get it. They need to check the current news articles about States and cities that have raised taxes on wealthy people, like I will never be, but raised taxes on them. They ended up losing money by raising taxes, which takes you back to the Laffer Curve. You can only raise the taxes so much, which keeps increasing the Federal revenue. But once you cross that threshold where you've taxed too much, and you add tax beyond that, then you've hurt the economy and the tax revenue decreases.
So my friends across the aisle may try, in this lame-duck session, to do the unthinkable and raise taxes on people, force taxes to go up by playing a class warfare game, playing the game that our Founders detested because all Americans were Americans. No Americans were hyphenated back then. They were just Americans; which is why, on our great seal, the ribbon on the eagle's mouth has three Latin words, E Pluribus Unum: Out of many, one. We come together as one.
It's time to stop the class warfare. It's time to stop. It's time to stop luring young women into a rut from which they can never get out by saying, come on, come on, keep having babies out of wedlock, we'll keep paying you for them, and you'll get to a level of income as a single mom, with children, that will never go up. You have no hope of getting out of that hole. That's what we saw for 30 years from the Great Society legislation to the mid-90s, until welfare reform took place.
Cast it any way you want to, but the fact is, when welfare reform took place, for the first time in 30 years, single women with children had income that, when adjusted for inflation, went up, went up dramatically.
And now the unthinkable has occurred this year in the ObamaCare bill. They included the rescinding of the welfare reform that was done by the Republican--new Republican majority in the 90s. It was taken away.
We have now sentenced young women, single moms, desperate to get out of their rut, to remain in their rut for the rest of their lives, or until such time as we remove those enslaving provisions from the ObamaCare, and allow single moms with children to once again get back on the uphill climb with making more income after adjusted for inflation than they had in the 30 years before with the Great Society legislation.
I know it was well intentioned back in the 60s. I get it. I understand that. It was because of hearts full for young women trying to raise children with deadbeat dads that wouldn't contribute. I get that. But what was done instead was sentence these sad situations to a hole they couldn't get out of.
It's time to do what a government is supposed to do. I know some don't believe in the Bible, but, for those that do, you look at Romans 13. A government is different from individuals. It's not to turn the other cheek. It's not to steal people's money by passing a law that allows you to steal their money against their will and give it to charities that only the government supports. That's not part of it.
It is supposed to protect the people, punish evil, and really incentivize good conduct and to help people reach their potential. Instead of enslaving young women, as the Great Society legislation did, good grief, we should have incentivized them to finish their education.
Instead of having 99 weeks of unemployment insurance to pay people not to work, and, yes, I know there are people who are out of work who have been trying for hours and hours every day to find new employment, but the overall studies don't indicate that that's the average. That's the exception. Generally, people only spend less than an hour a day or less than an hour a week until the last couple of weeks of their unemployment, then they begin to seek employment.
If we're going to do what some would consider the biblical approach of government, to punish evil but reward and incentivize good conduct, then we would eliminate the marriage penalty. Why penalize marriage?
And we would incentivize people finishing their education, not paying them to have babies out of wedlock and not to finish school. We would be incentivizing them to reach their God-given potential before it's too late.
That's what a caring government does. That's what it should do. That's what it ought to be about. End the class warfare.
Now, I was asked recently, well, now, you've advocated eliminating the Department of Education. And yet you've also talked about schools ought to provide vocational training. Right on both counts. $68 billion budget, throw another $10 billion in there this year, and for what? Pays the Department of Education, have lots and lots of bureaucrats, take a hunk of the money for themselves, dole out the rest.
And I get it. I've got friends, Republicans, Democrats on school boards across the country who've said we've become so enslaved, so reliant on Federal money, we'll be broke as a school system if you cut off the funds immediately.
So what I think would be more fair, would be more constitutional is just say, we eliminate the Department of Education, and then we'll take that money and we will have a formula to distribute it to the schools across the country. And they'll get a lot more money. And then over, say, a 5-year period--I'm flexible--we could compromise on what would be a good way to do it. You provide a formula that the States and the people, under the 10th Amendment, pick up their obligation to support education and take it away from the Federal Government. We cut the required contributions to other areas, whether it's Medicaid or something else. We incentivize them to take over their constitutional obligation. Since education's not an enumerated power under the Constitution, it's reserved under the 10th Amendment to the States and people.
Let the local control take over, because when there was no Federal control and when I was going through school, high schools had vocational training. You didn't have to go to college to make a great living. You could study auto repair at our high school. You could learn to be a carpenter. You could learn to weld. You could learn all kinds of great trades and go immediately into a good job, and you're way ahead in income than those people that went to college. In four or five years eventually they catch up and went further with the money they received. But they were great livings. And we need people doing those jobs.
And one final comment as my time is about to expire: I heard Donald Trump say on Greta Van Susteren that the solution is to put a 25 percent tax on everything we buy from China. I couldn't believe it. You're going to start a trade war with somebody we owe over $1 trillion to? You think that's smart? You don't realize we'll lose great jobs, union jobs, nonunion jobs across America?
How about, instead, doing something that doesn't trigger a trade war, that doesn't cause us to be penalized around the world? How about, instead, eliminating the 35 percent tariff we put on our own products for people in other countries trying to buy them? It is called a corporate tax.
If you eliminate the 35 percent tariff we have got on our own products, union jobs and nonunion jobs will come flooding back into America, because we could compete with anybody if you take off that insidious tax that tells people across America: You don't have to pay it; the evil corporations will pay it.
Those corporations pass it on. If they don't, they don't stay in business. Yet they have lost jobs across this country, union jobs and nonunion jobs, flooding across to other nations because of the tariff of 35 percent we slap on our own products, making them uncompetitive.
It is time to get this country competitive again. Bring back the jobs to America in the way that we know best, as a free market society, at the same time we protect our borders and stop the crazy deficit spending.
I yield back the balance of my time.
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How to enable LTE/4G on Samsung Galaxy Note 3 (SM-N9005)
Like me you have a fancy and expensive International Samsung Galaxy Note 3 SM-N9005 that conform specifications should be LTE/4G capable and nevertheless no LTE/4G ? It's probably making you angry and mad, I assume you damn Sammy (again) for delivering a mobile phone that doesn't do what it should do. Of course you have installed Android KitKat 4.4.2 but still no LTE option available via Start Screen > Apps > Settings > More Networks > Mobile Networks > Network Mode.
Normally in that Network Mode menu should be following options visible/available:
– LTE/WCDMA/GSM (auto connect)
– WCDMA/GSM (auto connect)
– WCDMA Only
– GSM only
At the moment the mentioned "LTE/WCDMA/GSM (auto connect)" option is missing you have a problem, you aren't able to use LTE/4G. Don't worry. there are several solutions/fixes to solve the lack of LTE/4G. Keep in mind that the solutions will only work with a rooted phone (up to you to take the risk of rooting, you will lose probably phone-guarantee because Knox counter will be tripped and security-wise there are also reservations).
The solutions (again, keep in mind my reservations about rooting your phone):
1. Change with a root explorer of your choice (e.g. Root Explorer, Solid Explorer or EF File Explorer) the value "false" in file persist.radio.lteon into "true" by way of build-in text editor of the root explorer. The file is located in root/data/property. Be sure permissions of persist.radio.lteon are set to rw, after altering the file save the file and make it read-only. Reboot your phone, now you will see and be able to pick the option "LTE/WCDMA/GSM (auto connect)" in Network Mode menu. Important: before altering ANY file on your phone be sure you have a copy of the original, unaltered file!!! Advantage of this solution: even after a phone reboot the option "LTE/WCDMA/GSM (auto connect)" will remain visible/activated.
2. When you are afraid or not tech-savvy enough to alter phone files you can download "Advanced Signal Status" on Google Play. Start the app, go into Advanced Info located on bottom of the app and subsequent choose LTE/GSM/CDMA auto (PRL) in the first sub-menu of Advanced Info. In phone Network Mode menu option "LTE/WCDMA/GSM (auto connect)" will still not be visible but nevertheless you will be able to use LTE/4G. Disadvantage of this solution will be that after every phone reboot you have to start "Advanced Signal Status app" and reactivate LTE/GSM/CDMA option.
Please remember that LTE/4G will only work in area's with LTE and your phone data-plan includes the use of LTE. Good luck and have fun!
Windows XP data transfer tools: Laplink PCmover Express for Windows XP and PCmover Professional
After April 8, 2014, technical assistance for Windows XP will no longer be available, including automatic updates that help protect your PC. Microsoft will also stop providing Microsoft Security Essentials for download on Windows XP on this date. (If you already have Microsoft Security Essentials installed, you will continue to receive antimalware signature updates for a limited time, but this does not mean that your PC will be secure because Microsoft will no longer be providing security updates to help protect your PC.)
If you continue to use Windows XP after support ends, your computer will still work but it might become more vulnerable to security risks and viruses. Also, as more software and hardware manufacturers continue to optimize for more recent versions of Windows, you can expect to encounter greater numbers of apps and devices that do not work with Windows XP.
To help customers on Windows XP prepare to move to a new PC, Microsoft announced a free transfer tool. They partnered with Laplink to provide Windows XP users with a free data migration tool called PCmover Express for Windows XP which copies your files and settings from your Windows XP PC to a new device running Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 8.1. This tool will copy your files, music, videos, email and user profiles and settings from your old PC to your new device, transferring across your home or work network, and even enables Windows XP users to customize exactly what they want to bring over to their new device. The free data transfer will NOT migrate your apps. Learn more and download the free version of Laplink PCmover Express for Windows XP here.
For Windows XP users wanting to transfer applications from their old computer, Laplink is also making available its software that migrates apps, files and settings called PCmover Professional at a special price – see here for details.
Sources: Microsft and Laplink
[UPDATED / SOLVED] Be aware: malware removal program ComboFix probably infected with Sality virus
According to Marcos, employee of security solutions vendor ESET, the well-known malware cleaning/removal program ComboFix created by sUBs is infected with the Sality virus. It seems that the current installer ComboFix contains an infected file, namely iexplore.exe
I haven't checked the issue, however have to assume that ComboFix is indeed infected with the Sality virus, especially because other security vendors have confirmed the infection.
Please don't download and use ComboFix until the author, sUBs, remedies the issue.
UPDATE 1: Infection is confirmed by a reliable source.
UPDATE 2: To be 100% sure I checked the issue by myself, ComboFix is indeed infected by Sality.
UPDATE 3: Added a temporary Google Drive downloadlink to obtain most recent CLEAN ComboFix.exe
Data of this clean version:
Version 22.214.171.124
Copyright sUBs
5.028.179 bytes
hex: 361548f74415a41f00d5345b3e3c489b3282b302c0c51266880eda586db01a12
h:e:x: 36:15:48:f7:44:15:a4:1f:00:d5:34:5b:3e:3c:48:9b:32:82:b3:02:c0:c5:12:66:88:0e:da:58:6d:b0:1a:12
base64: NhVI90QVpB8A1TRbPjxImzKCswLAxRJmiA7aWG2wGhI=
Download: removed
UPDATE 4 / FINAL UPDATE / 2013-01-30 22:00: problem infected ComboFix solved, clean ComboFix.exe is now live again, and available to download from its normal Bleeping Computer downloadlink here.
Because the problem is now solved I have removed the temporary downloadlink clean ComboFix.exe
Windows 8 Acronis True Image 2013 customers misguided by Acronis GmbH: software is unusable
It's just 'great', you are relying on a well-known company selling Backup & Recovery software, Acronis GmbH. On their website they are promising potential customers that their Acronis True Image 2013 software is fully compatible with Windows 8, so you are buying or upgrading a previous version of the software in full faith and trust, assuming that Acronis will save you in case an disaster will happen with your PC and you will be able to boot from a recovery image in case of an disaster.
Well better forget efforts to restore the Acronis image, Acronis will let you down without mercy, your Windows 8 system will tell you: "Selected boot image did not authenticate. Press 'Enter' to continue". So now you have a serious problem…
Cause of the failure message is Secure Boot, a Windows 8 Anti-Rootkit feature that will prevent the PC from booting an unrecognised operating system. Unpleasant side effect: it will also blocking Linux-based recovery environments, such as Acronis Start Up manager.
Despite the fact that Acronis is informed about the issue, they still sell Acronis True Image 2013 as being Windows 8 Compatible. I call this product sale scam. My advise to Windows 8 users: don't buy the Acronis crap, on your Windows 8 PC it's a useless piece of emergency software.
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS13-008 – Out-Of-Band Critical Security Update for Internet Explorer (2799329)
Published: Monday, January 14, 2013 by Microsoft
Version: 1.0
General Information
Executive SummaryThis security update resolves one publicly disclosed vulnerability in Internet Explorer. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted webpage using Internet Explorer. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the current user. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights.
This security update is rated Critical for Internet Explorer 6, Internet Explorer 7, and Internet Explorer 8 on Windows clients and Moderate for Internet Explorer 6, Internet Explorer 7, and Internet Explorer 8 on Windows servers. Internet Explorer 9 and Internet Explorer 10 are not affected. For more information, see the subsection, Affected and Non-Affected Software, in this section.
The security update addresses the vulnerability by modifying the way that Internet Explorer handles objects in memory. For more information about the vulnerability, see the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) subsection for the specific vulnerability entry under the next section, Vulnerability Information.
This security update also addresses the vulnerability first described in Microsoft Security Advisory 2794220.
Recommendation. Most customers have automatic updating enabled and will not need to take any action because this security update will be downloaded and installed automatically. Customers who have not enabled automatic updating need to check for updates and install this update manually. For information about specific configuration options in automatic updating, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 294871.
For administrators and enterprise installations, or end users who want to install this security update manually, Microsoft recommends that customers apply the update immediately using update management software, or by checking for updates using the Microsoft Update service.
Known Issues. None
Affected and Non-Affected Software: see the Security Bulletin.
Some Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Related to This Security Update, for all FAQ's see the Security Bulletin.
Is this update, MS13-008, a cumulative security update for Internet Explorer?
No. This security update, MS13-008, only addresses the vulnerability described in this bulletin.Do I need to install the last cumulative security update for Internet Explorer, MS12-077?
Yes. In all cases MS13-008 protects customers from the vulnerability discussed in this bulletin. However, customers who have not installed the latest cumulative security update for Internet Explorer may experience compatibility issues after installing the MS13-008 update.Customers need to ensure that the latest cumulative security update for Internet Explorer, MS12-077, is installed to avoid compatibility issues.
If I applied the automated Microsoft Fix it solution for Internet Explorer in Microsoft Security Advisory 2794220, do I need to undo the workaround before applying this update?
Customers who implemented the Microsoft Fix it solution, "MSHTML Shim Workaround," in Microsoft Security Advisory 2794220, do not need to undo the Microsoft Fix it solution before applying this update.However, since the workaround is no longer needed, customers may wish to undo the workaround after installing this update. See the vulnerability workarounds in this bulletin for more information on how to undo this workaround.
Where are the file information details?
Refer to the reference tables in the Security Update Deployment section for the location of the file information details.Where are the hashes of the security updates?
The SHA1 and SHA2 hashes of the security updates can be used to verify the authenticity of downloaded security update packages. For the hash information pertaining to this update, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 2799329.How are Server Core installations affected by the vulnerability addressed in this bulletin?
The vulnerability addressed by this update does not affect supported editions of Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, or Windows Server 2012 as indicated in the Non-Affected Software table, when installed using the Server Core installation option.Disclaimer
The information provided in the Microsoft Knowledge Base is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind. Microsoft disclaims all warranties, either express or implied, including the warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. In no event shall Microsoft Corporation or its suppliers be liable for any damages whatsoever including direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, loss of business profits or special damages, even if Microsoft Corporation or its suppliers have been advised of the possibility of such damages. Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages so the foregoing limitation may not apply.
Extremely critical vulnerability Samsung Android Exynos4 based devices [CONFIRMED]
ExynosAbuse Exploit: obtaining root on Exynos4 based Samsung Android devices without ODIN flashing, malicious apps will be able to gain total control over the device by gaining root without asking and without any permissions on a vulnerable device.
Source: XDA Developers (alephzain, Chainfire)
– alephzain: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2048511
– Chainfire: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2050297
Samsung solution status: unfixed
Vulnerable devices:
– Samsung Galaxy S2 GT-I9100
– Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-I9300
– Samsung Galaxy S3 LTE GT-I9305
– Samsung Galaxy Note GT-N7000
– Samsung Galaxy Note 2 GT-N7100
– Samsung Galaxy Note 2 LTE GT-N7105
– AT&T Galaxy Note 2 SGH-I317
– Verizon Galaxy Note 2 SCH-I605
– Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus GT-P6210
– Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 GT-N8000, GT-N8010, GT-N8013, GT-N8020
Note: Google Nexus 10 not vulnerable, Exynos5.
Temporary patch (provided by Chainfire): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2050297
Note: Chainfire requested not to redistribute the patch, instead please link to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2050297
Update Dec 20 2012
Official Samsung Statement Exynos kernel vulnerability issue (in full)
"Samsung is aware of the potential security issue related to the Exynos processor and plans to provide a software update to address it as quickly as possible.
The issue may arise only when a malicious application is operated on the affected devices; however, this does not affect most devices operating credible and authenticated applications.
Samsung will continue to closely monitor the situation until the software fix has been made available to all affected mobile devices"
Third-party fixes
I will only mention Chainfire's fix. It's the only one that is secure. Both Supercurio's and RyanZA's method leave you with easily exploitable holes any serious malware author will abuse.
About Chainfire's fix
Chainfire: "This is an APK that uses the ExynosAbuse exploit (by alephzain) to be able to do various things on your Exynos4 based device.
Features for non-rooters:
– Securely patch the exploit
Features for rooters:
– Root the device (SuperSU v0.99)
– Enable/disable the exploit at will
– Enable/disable patching the exploit at boot
– Unroot and cleanup (optionally leaving the exploit patch at boot in place)
Please note that patching the exploit may break camera functionality, depending on device and firmware. Also note that if use the patch method without rooting, or keep patching the exploit at boot enabled when unrooting, you need an alternate method to re-root the device to disable this feature (like CF-Auto-Root) – you cannot use ExynosAbuse to do this since it patched the exploit. Unlike other patch authors, I do not believe in keeping an invisible rooted process running in the background while pretending you aren't rooted, to be able to unpatch this way.
While the exploit patches work (aside from possibly disabling your camera), these are more work-around than actual fixes. A proper patch would be a kernel fix, either from a third party or Samsung themselves"
Download the fix here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2050297
Note: please do not redistribute the fix!
Emergency Bulletin – Out-Of-Band Patch: Microsoft Security Advisory (2718704)
Microsoft Security Advisory (2718704)
Unauthorized Digital Certificates Could Allow Spoofing
Published: Sunday, June 03, 2012
Version: 1.0
General Information
Executive Summary
Microsoft is aware of active attacks using unauthorized digital certificates derived from a Microsoft Certificate Authority. An unauthorized certificate could be used to spoof content, perform phishing attacks, or perform man-in-the-middle attacks. This issue affects all supported releases of Microsoft Windows.
Microsoft is providing an update for all supported releases of Microsoft Windows. The update revokes the trust of the following intermediate CA certificates:
- Microsoft Enforced Licensing Intermediate PCA (2 certificates)
- Microsoft Enforced Licensing Registration Authority CA (SHA1)
Affected Software and Devices
This advisory discusses the following affected software and devices:
Operating System
Windows XP Service Pack 3
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems
Windows Vista Service Pack 2
Windows Vista x64 Edition Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 2
Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems
Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1
Windows 7 for x64-based Systems
Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based
Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems
Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems Service Pack 1
Server Core installation option
Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)
Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)
Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems (Server Core installation)
Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)
Affected Devices
Windows Mobile 6.x
Windows Phone 7
Windows Phone 7.5
For supported releases of Microsoft Windows, Microsoft recommends that customers apply the update immediately using update management software, or by checking for updates using the Microsoft Update service. For more information, see the Suggested Actions section of this advisory. For affected devices, no update is available at this time.
TechNet Blogs > MSRC > Microsoft releases Security Advisory 2718704
We recently became aware of a complex piece of targeted malware known as "Flame" and immediately began examining the issue. As many reports assert, Flame has been used in highly sophisticated and targeted attacks and, as a result, the vast majority of customers are not at risk. Additionally, most antivirus products will detect and remove this malware. That said, our investigation has discovered some techniques used by this malware that could also be leveraged by less sophisticated attackers to launch more widespread attacks. Therefore, to help protect both targeted customers and those that may be at risk in the future, we are sharing our discoveries and taking steps to mitigate the risk to customers.
We have discovered through our analysis that some components of the malware have been signed by certificates that allow software to appear as if it was produced by Microsoft. We identified that an older cryptography algorithm could be exploited and then be used to sign code as if it originated from Microsoft. Specifically, our Terminal Server Licensing Service, which allowed customers to authorize Remote Desktop services in their enterprise, used that older algorithm and provided certificates with the ability to sign code, thus permitting code to be signed as if it came from Microsoft.
We are taking several steps to remove this risk:
• First, today we released a Security Advisory outlining steps our customers can take to block software signed by these unauthorized certificates.
• Second, we released an update that automatically takes this step for our customers.
• Third, the Terminal Server Licensing Service no longer issues certificates that allow code to be signed.
These actions will help ensure that any malware components that might have been produced by attackers using this method no longer have the ability to appear as if they were produced by Microsoft.
We continue to investigate this issue and will take any appropriate actions to help protect customers. For more information, please refer back to this site and check with your anti-malware vendor for detection support.
Mike Reavey
Senior Director, MSRC
Norton 360 v18.104.22.168 (patch 5.1) released – ENGLISH ONLY
Symantec/Norton released Norton 360 v188.8.131.52 (patch 5.1). Note: the patch is currently available to ENGLISH users ONLY. Norton will release the patches in other regions soon. You can also receive the update by running LiveUpdate and download the update. A reboot will be required.
All downloads are originating directly from the Symantec/Norton servers, for security reasons I strongly advise only to download from these vendor servers.
Fixes and improvements patch 5.1
This patch contains many changes and fixes from the previous version. Some of these changes include:
– Added Firefox 4 Support
– Added New TidSrv detection & notification
– Improved Activation Process
– Corrected an issue where your product may report a loss of subscription days after upgrading from a previous version.
– Added performance improvements for IE 9 plugins.
– Fixed some Registry Cleaner hangs that may have previously occurred.
– Online Backup & Restore fixes for very large (> 4GB) files.
– Fixed compatibility issues with 3rd party software such as Corel Paint Shop Pro & Max SEA.
Downloadlinks full version / update / trial / Norton 360 v188.8.131.52 (patch 5.1)
– Norton 360 Standard edition English version 5.1: http://buy-download.norton.com/downloads/CLT/N360/US/2011/5.1/ESD/N360-ESD-18-6-0-29-EN.exe
– Norton 360 Premier edition English version 5.1: http://buy-download.norton.com/downloads/CLT/N360P/US/2011/5.1/ESD/N360-PREMIER-ESD-18-6-0-29-EN.exe
Norton Internet Security 2011 and Norton Antivirus 2011 v188.8.131.52 (patch 18.6) released – ENGLISH ONLY
UPDATE May 12, 2011: Norton 360 v126.96.36.199 (patch 5.1) released – ENGLISH ONLY
Symantec/Norton released v18.104.22.168 (patch 18.6) Norton Internet Security 2011, Norton Antivirus 2011 and Norton Internet Security Netbook Edition 2011. Note: the patch is currently available to ENGLISH users ONLY. Symantec/Norton will release the patches in other regions soon. You can also receive the update by running LiveUpdate and download the update. A reboot will be required.
The new NIS/NAV/NIS Netbook Edition 2011 v126.96.36.199 as offered for download in this blog can be installed over the top of existent version (188.8.131.52), the update will not deliver any problem, all previous 2011 settings will remain unaltered after the update. The update will be accomplished within 1 minute, reboot is required. All downloads are originating directly from the Symantec/Norton servers, for security reasons I strongly advise only to download from these vendor servers.
Fixes and improvements patch 18.6
– Added Firefox 4 Support
– Added New TidSrv detection & notification
– Improved Activation Process
– Corrected an issue where your product may report a loss of subscription days after upgrading from a previous version.
– Added performance improvements for IE 9 plugins.
– Fixed compatibility issues with 3rd party software such as Coral Paint Shop Pro & Max SEA.
This patch also contains fixes from previous patch 18.5. Some of those changes included:
– Fixed an issue where Norton Insight might falsely report 0% trusted when Performance Monitoring was disabled.
– Fixed an issue with the Activity Map might not update when Smart Definitions are enabled.
– Improved instances where the Norton AntiSpam Toolbar might be erroneously disabled (or "grayed out") in Microsoft Outlook 2007 and Microsoft Outlook 2010.
– Corrected an issue where "Custom UI Runtime Error in Norton AntiSpam Outlook Plugin" might display when using Microsoft Outlook.
– Fixed an issue where the option to "run" an executable was missing from a File Insight/Download Insight window.
– Corrected an issue where Idle Full System Scans would show report inconsistent amounts of Scanned Files.
– Fixed an issue where Full System Scans would not run continuously, including when the machine is left idle.
– Fixed an issue where the Norton Product may display "Subscription Expired" after updating from a previous version.
– Fixed Internet Explorer crashes that were due to Intrusion Prevention.
– Performance Enhancements were made on the Norton Toolbar for Internet Explorer 9 Beta.
– Enhanced Settings migration when updating from an older version.
– Usability and Performance improvements to the support experience.
– Added better Norton AntiSpam support for Microsoft Outlook configured with multiple accounts.
– Corrected a few instances of 8504 errors that may appear when the Norton product is launched.
– Fixed a Registry Leak issue that may occur during shutdown.
Downloadlinks full version / update / trial / Norton Internet Security 2011, Norton Antivirus 2011 and NIS Netbook Edition v22.214.171.124 (patch 18.6)
– Norton Antivirus 2011 English version: http://buy-download.norton.com/downloads/CLT/NAV/US/2011/18.6/ESD/NAV-ESD-18-6-0-29-EN.exe
– Norton Internet Security 2011 English version: http://buy-download.norton.com/downloads/CLT/NIS/US/2011/18.6/ESD/NIS-ESD-18-6-0-29-EN.exe
– Norton Internet Security Netbook Edition 2011 English version: http://buy-download.norton.com/downloads/CLT/NISNE/US/2011/18.6/ESD/NIS-NETBOOK-ESD-18-6-0-29-EN.exe


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2/05/2013 3:07pm, #11
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Guy Who Pays the Bills and Gets the Death Threats1You realize that the reason you, and 5 year olds, put fail sauce on vegetables is because your palate is undisciplined and you're giving in to the craving for fat-salt, right?
Food is fuel, not entertainment.
2/05/2013 3:42pm, #123
I don't see any reason why food can't be both. Though if ranch dressing is the jackass of the culinary world then I prefer my food more like the theatre - rich, complex, skillfully prepared and delivered, thought provoking with subtle undertones and a smattering of audience participation.
Dum spiro, spero.
Tada gan iarracht.
2/05/2013 5:13pm, #13
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--I disagree. Who is to say that the only way in which food can be entertainment is because of cravings for unhealthy/addictive ingredients?
Maybe learning how to cook a tasty and healthy meal is just the ticket for impressing a girl, not to mention the satisfaction of eating something you've prepared yourself.
2/05/2013 8:27pm, #144
Ranch dressing is awesome fat chick bait. I have standards, though. That's why I have a jacked up pickup truck. I use the Ranch to lure them in, but if they're too fat to jump to the step bar, it's a no-go.
2/05/2013 8:53pm, #15
2/06/2013 8:12pm, #16--
Originally Posted by Canuckyokushin
2/06/2013 8:15pm, #171
Oh, and I can't stand ranch dressing. Or mayonnaise. If you're coating everything you eat in something that resembles spunk, perhaps you should re-examine your life choices.
Originally Posted by Canuckyokushin
2/06/2013 8:42pm, #181
CHEEZUSSS! 140 calories / two chicken nuggets? (Like fried chicken by-product isn;t bad enough already...)
That's @ 500+ extra calories per meal!
I've never been a huge ranch eater so I didn't bother checking the serving infromation but I had no idea it was THAT rich and nasty.
The obesity epidemic is starting to make a little more sense to me considering the vast portions of this **** slathered upon the already over-taxed metabolisms of your average American schlub.
Welp. Now I have an official reason to hate on the stuff other than my usual "it tastes like sour creamed ass".
On the upside, if you walk around Gresham, Oregon with some on your dick you'll get a blow job for sure...
2/07/2013 11:07pm, #19
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Guy Who Pays the Bills and Gets the Death Threats--That's the thing though, the vast majority of people can't understand nuance; whether it's because they're incapable of resisting biologically hard-wired impulses, or are just mentally weak.
So for those people, rules of thumb like that one, which like "Fail Sauce" I hope catches on, is a useful mantra to regurgitate; especially if you're the type who does find yourself looking forward to the prospect of a Baconator more than going for a jog.
If everyone had the capability of regulating his own behavior and impulses, we wouldn't need the Martial Arts in the first place and we'd be several thousand years further advanced as a species.
But then, this is a response to an article in which I used the term "fuckbucket", so maybe I should just back off a tad on serious social commentary.
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1Psh, naw. I've spent a lot of time writing on similar sentiments. We'd be much more advanced if humans would cut that crap out. Politics, the legal system, and self-defense all exist because people act like animals and pursue their own impulses instead of improving society. Huge wastes of time and resources, all. We spend too much of our energy dealing with each other instead of going forward.
Being a faulty human and just as guilty doesn't mean you can't think or speak about those things.


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LINKD – the ups and downs
LINKD is a dating app for single professionals. The app allows you to make a detailed profile and see how you and your matches compare on a variety of personality traits. SME caught up with CEO and founder Patric Okumi to find out the highs and lows the businesses has encountered so far…
What have been your biggest challenges? How did you overcome them?
I think most people have had similar ideas to hugely popular products in the world today. The key is of course how many of these people actually do something about it. This is always something that is unnerving however motivating. In addition to the risk that someone else out there is trying to build a similar product, one has to face the grim reality that bigger better funded companies with millions of users may have the same lightbulb moment and divert some millions to building what we have built. However we found that the best way to deal with this was to simply focus on our mission and work harder and more effectively.
What have been your greatest successes?
Definitely our Apple AppStore approval. I still remember the first time I saw "Pending Developer Release" – fantastic feeling. Apple are extremely meticulous regarding the Apps they approve for download so to make that grade was a tremendous relief and meant that our hard work over the months hadn't been in vain.
What are your top tips for SMEs?
I think one of the most important tips is to back yourself – at an early stage it's very easy to be swayed by the thoughts of others. I quite like the mantra "If it's to be, it's up to me". If you believe in something go for it – if it doesn't work then you know it wasn't someone else's fault so you have closure.
Second tip is to recognise the importance of building the right team. A famous Steve Jobs quote ends with 'we hire smart people so they can tell us what to do'. Nothing is more comforting than knowing you're working with highly autonomous people as committed as you.