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This is the changelog for ReactOS™ version 0.3.13 (released 22 March 2011), an open-source operating system designed to be binary executable – and device driver-compatible with Microsoft™ Windows NT™ and subsequent Microsoft operating systems such as Windows 2000™ and Windows XP™. ReactOS is written by the ReactOS development team, and the last previous version of ReactOS was version 0.3.12 (released 20 October 2010).
Core developers
- Giannis Adamopoulos
- Johannes Anderwald
- Aleksey Bragin
- Dmitry Chapyshev
- Benedikt Freisen
- Jerome Gardou
- Cameron Gutman
- Kamil Hornicek
- Amine Khaldi
- Eric Kohl
- Timo Kreuzer
- Matthias Kupfer
- Michael Martin
- Ged Murphy
- Sylvain Petreolle
- ReactOS Portable Systems Group
- Daniel Reimer
- Gregor Schneider
- Pierre Schweitzer
- James Tabor
- Christoph von Wittich
- Art Yerkes
Patch submitters
- Damir Aliev
- Oleg Baikalow
- Carlo Bramini
- Vincenzo Cotugno
- Rafal Harabien
- Katayama Hirofumi
- Adam Kachwalla
- Radek Liška
- Roel Messiant
- Love Nystrom
- Igor Paliychuk
- Samuel Serapion
- Víctor Martínez
Support staff
- Colin Finck: Release Enginner, Build Tools Maintainer
- Danny Gotte: Web Developer.
- Ziliang Guo: Release Engineer, Web Content Maintainer.
Generic 0.3.13 changes
- A wide range of updates were made to the various development kits in ReactOS to support the new drivers and APIs that have been implemented and added.
- Conversion of empty argument lists in C functions to (void) is currently underway.
- Calc: Initialize next field for security hardening.
- CharMap: Text copy field is now a richedit control.
- Cmd: When building the commandline for CreateProcess, the full name that SearchForExecutable returns is used.
- DosKey: Conversion from TCHAR to WCHAR underway, MSVC complication fixes.
- Findstr: Ported from FreeDOS project.
- FTP: Major effort to clean up function prototypes and definitions.
- Notepad: Hardened against possible buffer overflow bugs and fixed rendering of status bar after changing line wrap.
- Nslookup: String operations have been modified to ensure null terminator is never lost.
- Paint: Generalize changes related to mirroring rectangular selections to free form selections, solve problem regarding selection contents update.
- Ping: Localization support added.
- Rapps: Various broken links, descriptions, and localization updated.
- Regedit: "Load Hive..." and "Unload Hive..." menu items implemented, support added for import/export of v5 registry files, "go" button added to address bar, various bugs and resource leakages fixed, conversion to Unicode encoding.
- Solitaire: Resource cleanup and compilation fixes.
- Taskmgr: Support added for DELETE key to processes and applications list
- Winmine: Synced and forked from Wine 1.3.5 winemine.
- Xcopy: MSVC fixes.
Control Panel Applets
- Correctly calculate the size several buffers used during the installer to avoid overreads and the like for strings.
Service startup and shutdown code is now synchronized using critical sections. The end result is that all services are now started one by one instead of in parallel. Additional checks have been added to ensure services do not try to use invalid resources. Attempting to start a service multiple times is also now prevented.
- EventLog: Renaming of variables to better match their usage patterns.
- LsaSrv: Service initialization has been stubbed and function calling conventions have been changed to stdcall.
- UmPnpMgr: Remote Procedure Call endpoints now use XP/Vista compatible pipe names.
- avifil32
- browseui
- calc
- cmdutils/reg
- console.cpl
- devmgr
- explorer-new
- intl.cpl
- mscutils/eventvwr
- mscutils/servman
- netid
- regedit
- shell32
- sysdm.cpl
- syssetup
- taskmgr
- timedate.cpl
- usetup
- winmine
- calc
- explorer-new
- input.cpl
- rapps
- sysdm.cpl
- usetup
- usetup
- timedate.cpl
- ping
- shutdown
- ping
- ping
- calc
- newdev
- sysstetup
- usetup
- ping
- rapps
- taskmgr
- calc
- cmd
- format
- usetup
- usetup
- ping
Wine syncs
Libraries synced
- atl
- d3d8
- d3d9
- ddraw
- fusion
- gdiplus
- hlink
- iexplore
- mprapi
- msi
- msiexec
- reg
- shdocvw
- urlmon
- wer.dll
- widl
- wined3d
- winemine
- winhlp32
- winhttp
- wininet
- wordpad
- write
- wtsapi32
- xcopy
Third party libraries
- DejaVu Fonts Documentation updated to 2.31
- RedHat Liberation Fonts updated to 1.06
- Tahoma Fonts undated to Wine HEAD
- bzip2 updated to 2.06
Build Tools
NCI tool has been removed.
Core Functionality
Audio/Video Stack
- I/O completion routines have been added for audio.
- Event handle leaks in audio stack have been resolved.
Kernel Streaming
Pin/Node allocator creation requests are now compatible with Windows XP and the ReactOS KS code is able to create audio pins on XP. Playback however is not yet working.
- Correct error code is now returned for various property access failures.
- Various fixes have been made to setting the property of nodes.
- Device enumeration implemented.
Filter/pin/node handling has been improved, with a new common dispatcher for property requests and fixes for a variety of memory and resource leaks. Buffering of audio has also been improved, along with interrupt handling for completed buffer operations. Sound recording using ReactOS portcls on Windows XP is also working.
- Data stream context implemented. Data stream context hold additional information about data being read off disks and are often used by anti-virus programs to scan file open operations.
- Preliminary work has started on supporting wildcard expansions through using expressions to search a directory.
- Multiple incorrect buffer usages dealt with in filename handling.
- Duplicate code for opening volumes has been removed.
- Creation of files improved.
- Support for relative path names for pipes added.
- Waiting on a pipe in the root directory has been fixed.
- Read/write IRPs are now correctly failed based on what the caller is.
- Multiple entries can now be returned in a single request and returning values correctly deal with buffers that are too small.
Hardware Management
Legacy HAL
- Interrupt pins are checked to make sure they are not 0 or 255, which fixes an assert with ATI Rage graphics cards.
- A broken loop that resulted in multiple COM ports being registered for the KDCOM driver has been fixed.
- HalStopProfileInterrupt has been implemented.
- Port numbers and ranges have been fixed in HalpDefaultIoSpace.
Plug n Play
- When translating an interrupt resource, the vector the HAL returns is now checked to ensure it is valid.
- Plug n Play notification now gracefully handles interfaces that have not yet been registered yet.
- Support for Advanced RISC Computer format names has been implemented in the kernel. Boot paths were provided by the bootloader to the kernel are in ARC format. Previously the kernel needed to translate them. Now the kernel is able to understand ARC formatted paths and use them natively.
- The kernel is now aware of the existence GUID Partition Tables on harddrives. This is one of the steps to adding EFI support in ReactOS. Not all functionality of GPTs is usable by the kernel yet.
- Support for creating protective Master Boot Record for GPT formatting has been added.
- Pre/post syscall debug hook support has been added.
- Various CPU feature detection fixes and improvements.
- Support for translating between ISA IRQ to system IRQ has been added.
- Alternative workaround for the Pentium lock errata has been added. Instead of relying on the page fault handler, the IDT page is marked as Write-Through if the bug is present.
- When loading drivers at startup, the loader block is made available to the drivers.
- A process is now checked to make sure it is not being terminated to eliminate the possibility of trying to destroy a process' resources twice.
- Resources are now cleaned up after failing to create a thread.
- Fixes have been made to the loading of system DLLs and their resources.
- TrapFrame segment selectors are now initialized in KiEnterTrap as the C trap handlers depends on valid values.
- Resource assignment has had conflict checks added to it.
- Packet type calculation has been fixed according to the PS/2++ specification.
Memory Management
- ARM3 Paged Pool manager is now the default.
- Various 64bit portability fixes and extensions.
- Zero/Free pages are removed from their respective lists first before they are used.
- Initial implementation of colored pages has been added.
- Major fixes how zero pages are organized, listed, and mapped.
- NT Section functions have all been moved into ARM3 and rewritten to provide same paramater validation checks and protection masks as Windows does.
- Work continues to allow ARM3 to handle page faults against its pagefile instead of the old memory manager's pagefile.
- Reserving and releasing system page table entries has been rewritten. Now PTEs are delivered zeroed to their requestors and fragmentation of PTE blocks should be significantly reduced.
- Stage 0 of memory manager initialization is now completely handled by ARM3.
- Regression that resulted in the leaking of PTEs and addresses has been dealt with.
- A variety of edge cases in NtQueryVirtualMemory has been dealt with, including attempts to query illegal addresses or non-existent address spaces.
- Support for user mode virtual address descriptor faults have been added.
- An arry has been added that holds the conversion between memory manager/page table entry protection values to Win32 protection flags.
Common Cache
The initial implementation of a new Common Cache has been integrated into ReactOS. Its functionality and usefulness is still limited, but sets the stage for removal of the old, buggy Cc and in the future will allow greater compatibility with Installable Filesystem Drivers. The current implementation is capable of demand paging, though its data structures remain segregated from the main memory manager due to incompatibilities and the MM's reliance on the old Cc design. Using the new Cc during installation also nearly succeeds and a workable filesystem is written to disk, but booting is still not working.
Heap Manager
The ReactOS heap manager was originally derived from Wine, which was itself based on the Windows 95 heap manager's design, hence its architecture was more suited to a DOS environment than NT. This release sees the implementation of a rewritten heap manager based on Windows 2003/Vista, which support for considerably more functionality in determining how memory allocations are made. In addition, a second new heap manager was added, one specifically designed to help detect overflows and the like from memory that it allocates. This debug heap manager can turned on or off at an application level and promises to help considerably in detecting mistakes in memory operations.
Network Stack
- Various memory bugs fixed.
Network Driver Interface Specification
- Failure cases now have their locks properly released.
- Work has been done to better match NDIS 5.1 characteristics.
Transport Device Interface
- TDI function exports have been updated based off of Windows Driver Kit 7.
- Various visual problems in the taskbar has been fixed.
- Various out of bounds array accesses have been fixed.
Explorer New
- Displaying of seconds in the tray now added.
- Querying of version information has been implemented.
- Opening context menu through right-click has been implemented.
- Resizing of work area has been implemented.
- Checksum calculation of CDs has been fixed.
- The majority of trap and bluescreen code has been converted from assembly to C, with the remaining assembly converted to Intel syntax.
- Debug, analysis, and statistics features in freeloader heap manager have been disabled on the ARM platform due to performance concerns. These features are now only enabled by conditional defines.
- Initial OMAP Zoom2 board support has been added, along with access to various interfaces available on the Zoom2 board.
- Different input options are now accounted for between various ARM boards and assumptions of what methods are available have been refined.
- Bluescreen converted to black on ARM.
- Preliminary work on fixing NTFS driver used by freeloader.
- Notifications from win32k to sound system beep are now received.
Storage Stack
Preliminary work has been done to deal with GUID Partition Tables, which are needed to support booting from EFI systems. While some of the data structures for GPT have been implemented, more work will need to be done before ReactOS can truly boot off of GPT disks.
- The Windows XP DDK CD-ROM driver example has been imported into ReactOS.
- Various updates have been made to make the driver more compatible with Windows 2003.
- The Windows XP DDK ClassPnP driver example has been imported into ReactOS.
- Interrupt information is not duplicated for two different interrupts to the same device.
- Partial implementation of two DMA channels.
- Support added for differing number of devices attached to different channels.
- AHCI support code updated but not yet ready for usage.
- NMI driver is now enabled in boot/livecd.
MME Buddy is a driver helper library for sound support.
- MIDM_OPEN, MIDM_CLOSE, MIDM_START, MIDM_STOP, MODM_OPEN, MODM_CLOSE messages implemented.
- MIXER, MIDI_IN, and MIDI_OUT device type support implemented.
- Opening of mixer devices implemented.
- Wave pause, restart, and resetting implemented.
- Topology enumeration has been rewritten to correctly take into account sum/mux nodes, avoid assigning nodes to multiple mixer lines, and avoid creating cycles of nodes.
- Support routines for node state changes added.
- Support for topologies with no intermediary nodes has been implemented.
- Enumeration and usage of MIDI devices has been implemented.
- Locks are released during error cases.
- Initialization of driver has seen multiple fixes.
- Continued development of PCI bridge support.
- A bug that resulted in only half of the keyboard data being copied has been fixed.
- Resetting of the port no longer resets the device as well.
- Various fixes to initialization and configuration of devices by the EHCI driver.
- Various fixes to how data is transferred between the USB device and the driver.
- The provided waveformat now has its size checked to make sure it is at least the size of a WAVEFORMAT struct.
- Additional information needed for playback are now computed from the provided waveformat.
- I/O completion handle is now backed up before the audio buffer is committed due to the chances if the structure already having been released.
- Registration of event routines for topology node changes has been implemented.
- MIDI devices can now be detected by WDMUAD and listed.
- Rounding error has been fixed when calculating display size.
- The miniport driver for the new VGA driver has been added.
- Various fixes to avoid buffer misuse.
- Palette is currently limited to 16 colors as 256 color palette is disabled.
- Various fixes to use of synchronization.
- Event implementation is now shared with Win32k.
- Buffer calculation fixed for strings.
- Enumeration of registry values now correctly handles cases where the return buffer is too small.
- Managing accounts through the Local Security Authority has been implemented.
- Forwarders added for functions exported by setupapi.dll.
- Work has been done to try to fix bitmap resources that resulted in broken icons.
- Considerable progress made in passing refcounting Wine tests.
- Palette creation has been implemented.
- Code for creating compatible bitmaps (DDBs) from DIB color data has been rewritten.
- Variety of fixes to bitmap transforms and other operations.
- Name server enumeration functions have been rewritten.
- Static DNS entries are checked before dynamic DNS entries.
- Section object creation is now correctly flagged.
- SetLastError() implemented in kernel32.
- A variety of unicode to ansi and back conversion functions have been implemented and fixed.
- Various memory corruption issues found by debug heap resolved.
- Preliminary work on unifying Find* functions.
- FlushFileBuffers now also is able to flush the console input buffer if it is passed a console handle.
- GetFullPathName has been modified to be closer to Windows behavior, fixing all GetFullPathName Winetests.
- A new generic printf implementation has been added and enabled. This implementation serves as the basis for all the other ANSI and unicode printf and sprintf functions.
- Reading of static DNS entries fixed.
- Switching between static DNS and DHCP fixed.
- Storing and loading of image execution global flag options has been fixed. Querying image execution options no longer results in the heap being used.
- Processes being debugged now have debug heap flags applied.
- Various additional fixes to image loading.
- Querying of objects will return the required buffer size if the provided buffer is too small.
- An actual DLL entrypoint is used to record the instance handle needed to access various resources.
- Macros are used instead of attempting to carry out pointer calculations repeatedly.
- Thread specific data is now reset on thread detach calls.
- Ability to switch between native and PSEH SEH macros/handlers has been added.
- CRC32 checksum calculation has been fixed.
- RTL heap code now uses new locking mechanism instead of the RTL_CRITICAL_SECTION.
- ROUND_UP/DOWN macros have been fixed.
- NtFreeVirtualMemory now correctly interprets the pointer handed to it as a pointer to the address that needs to be freed, not the actual address itself.
- Additional page code markers have been added for Unicode functions.
- Various MSVC fixes.
- A variety of fixes to memory functions dealing with correctly tracking used and free blocks in the heap along with updates to take better advantage of the new heap manager's functionality.
- Process parameter block is now correctly zeroed out when its memory is allocated using the new memory manager.
- Locking of boot status data has been modified.
- PACKAGEINFO struct is now initialized regardless of whether there are packages in order to compensate for behavior in Wine's rpcrt4.
- Property and system information retrieval functions have seen fixes and updates. Changes range from returning desired buffer sizes to returning the correct error response in failures.
- Shortcuts and executables are not added to recent files list anymore.
- More code enabled thanks to IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO being implemented.
- Drawing shortcuts now use a different raster operation than previously.
- URLCACHE is no longer initialized for a system process.
- A variety of undocumented definitions have been gathered into a single place.
- Initial implementation of client thread information has begun to support QS flags and signaling synchronization messages.
- Major work has been done to deal with global hooks and the various message passing functions used by them.
- A large number of winetests related to window regions and parents have been fixed.
- Error setting now correctly uses the winsock specific function instead of errno.
Client/Server Runtime
- Attempts to reserve memory ranges now uses the correct flags for the new memory manager.
- CSRSS suffers from an interesting problem in its initialization phase wherein it tries to map address 0xA0000. The problem was this area of memory may already have been allocated and reserved by the SMSS for the CSRSS. The current solution is to release all memory that was allocated beforehand to ensure 0xA0000 is free.
- A new function GetTempFile() that returns an identifier used for creating temporary files has been added.
Kernel-mode subsystem server (Win32K)
Work continues to fill in missing drawing functionality in Win32k and fix existing implementations. These range from tweaking calculations used in drawing bitmaps to implementing entirely new data structures that were previously missing in ReactOS. The integration of the yarotows branch especially has brought about several new APIs and data structures associated with display drivers. Additions include the physical and logical device objects and their associated APIs and a new locking mechanism for devices. With yarotows now merged in, ReactOS is capable of supporting dynamic mode changes without the need to reboot.
- UserSetCursorPos now passes all Winetests.
- Support functions for setting and getting the default layout in a process have been added.
- Timer callback validation has been fixed.
- A hack that allowed ReactOS to post messages that contain pointers has been removed as it is no longer needed.
- Keyboard messages are now added to the hardware list, not the post messages list.
- The default window position is no longer the top left corner of the screen.
- Win32k now catches attempts to call null hook procedures and avoids crashing.
- Attempts to call an invalid hook fail later during the search for the hook instead of immediately checking if a hook is active.
- Dependency on the RTL has been eliminated.
- GDI debug has been disabled to reduce memory usage.
- All Init functions are now NTAPI instead of FASTCALL and return NTSTATUS.
- Hooks are no longer cleaned up unconditionally due to any window associated with a specific thread being destroyed.
- Mouse and keyboard input no longer results in every message queue being woken, only the thread that the input is intended for is woken.
- Various optimizations to how messages are passed to processes, reducing duplication of information and unnecessary operations.
- Exclusive Device Context locks are no longer held when calling Nt/Gre functions. In the case of bitmaps, an InterlockedCompareExchange is used to check and exchange bitmap device context.
- Get/PeekMessage tests are now fixed after the correct message posting functions are being called.
- A variety of places have had their exception handling improved and simplified to increase performance.
- Issues with drawing icons, such as them being pink in color, have been dealt with through fixes to the GDI and bitmap code.
- A new window structure is now used and old Window Object has been deprecated.
- ANSI to unicode and unicode to ANSI conversions between various message passing functions is undergoing work to fix issues uncovered by global hook development.
- The desktop window object currently has a hack to mark it as the desktop object for the time being.
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What do you see today as the biggest challenge of making hearing-aids work with mobile phones?
Marcel: Hearing-aids should help persons to use mobile phones as easy as normally hearing people. Currently a hearing-aid compatible mobile phone will have a magnetic device built-in that communicates with the T-coil that is built-in many hearing-aids. Most phones will not have this magnetic device as it an extra in design and costs (see compatibility statements and T-rating). However many mobile phones offer Bluetooth connectivity. Therefore it is a big challenge that mobile phones will use new Bluetooth functionality to offer communication with hearing-aids. And for hearing-aid manufacturers to integrate a Bluetooth chip in their hearing aids, without size increasing too much and without battery consumption getting too high. For this reason, a new worldwide Bluetooth standard is under way, that may give first products in one or two years. Some first wireless hearing-aid products are available already, but these will not give general connectivity as yet.
This new Bluetooth wireless connectivity will give improved sound quality (low noise; increased audio bandwidth; stereo), easier use and an advanced appeal that even normally hearing users do not always use (compare to using a headset for phones and for music players).
Do you consider the US HAC rating scheme useful to consumers? Or what kind of information would consumers rather need to efficiently use their hearing-aids for mobile telephony? What kind of information should hearing-aid manufacturers and mobile phone manufacturers provide to help the consumer?
Marcel: The HAC rating scheme is useful, but only the ratings T3 and T4 will have acceptable quality for hearing-aid t-coil use (see ANSI C63.19). In Europe the ETSI standard ES 200 381-2 must be used that allows phones to be classified hearing-aid compatible when a minimum T-coil performance is met (comparable to US T3 category). Phones that have improved performance may be denoted as T4 which means that they have improved signal to noise ratio for use with hearing-aid t-coils. All other phones should be denoted as non-HA compatible. Mobile phone manufacturers/vendors should be invited to publish more actively the HA compliance of their models.
How will the new Bluetooth standard that the industry is working on, impact the experience of hearing-aid users in regards to mobile telephony?
Marcel: The T-ratings and ETSI ES 200 381-2 standard will become obsolete gradually when the new Bluetooth standard for hearing-aids is going to be used in phones. It is expected that most phones with Bluetooth will sooner or later support this new HA standard, together with the roll out and use of new Bluetooth chips.
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What would you consider the single most important action that the mobile industry could do to make mobile telephony more accessible for the hard-of-hearing community?
Marcel: To support the new Bluetooth hearing-aid standard (i.e. from end 2016) and implement into products. Before that they should publish which phone models are hearing-aid compatible for T-coils.


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One of several scores from Saturday's Rock Poster Society show at the Cannery in San Francisco. This is a postcard version of a poster created by Rick Griffin and Alton Kelley for a series of August, 1968 shows at the Fillmore West in San Francisco. Griffin did the lettering (he was a freakin' god), Kelley did the collage in the center. The art for the poster was supposed to be for a show at the Avalon, but the folks ran that venue were apparently running out of dough, so Griffin and Kelley took their project to Bill Graham across town.
Just look at the music that was happening at the Fillmore West that month. It's not just the headliners (The Who, Creedence, the Dead, Quicksilver) but even the supporting acts are amazing. The Who get support from James Cotton and Magic Sam, to nail home the point that this British band (and many others) owed a serious debt to Mississippi Delta/Chicago bluesmen. A few nights later, John Fogarty and Creedence, along with hometown favorites It's a Beautiful Day, get bluesman Albert Collins to open the show for them. Collins stuck around for three nights with the Grateful Dead and Kaleidoscope (featuring the great David Lindley on guitar), then Quicksilver got to headline a bill with Cold Blood as the opener (Lydia Pense is still an amazing singer) and Spooky Tooth on the bill.
The back of the card in interesting because the shows it lists at the top were eventually advertised on a Lee Conklin poster whose central image of a roaring lion became Santana's first album cover.


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A criticism that collectors level at Ace from time to time, is that we don't rush things, especially where owned repertoire is concerned and take too long to issue them. That's true up to a point but there are always mitigating circumstances.
Most delays are to do with the restoration process. Given the condition of some sources from 60 years ago, it's a miracle that some of the CDs come out at all. The engineers at Sound Mastering labour long and hard over the removal of extraneous surface noise, conscious that their efforts must not compromise the eventual sound. Their efforts to have seldom been better represented than they are in this new compilation of early works by acknowledged blues giant, Jimmy Witherspoon.
"I'll Be Right On Down" is the third part of a trilogy that began with Ray Topping's "Blowin' In From Kansas City" compilation, issued in 1991. The new CD has been in the making for well over a year, while our remaining Spoon Modern sources were being copied and audited. It includes Spoon's 1940s and 1950s Modern masters that Ray was not able to include on that CD, the master takes for tracks where Ray used alternates, and a selection of choice alternates of masters that have appeared on other titles in the Ace catalogue, mostly on our expanded version of Spoon's first Crown album. The only part of Spoon's Modern catalogue that has yet to appear on Ace CD, his 1947 recordings with the Al "Cake" Wichard Sextette, will be anthologised next year on a CD devoted to various Wichard groups.
The focus here is on Spoon's 1951 and 1952 sessions, and the sound is primarily that of jumpin' R&B as it edged towards rock'n'roll. But as well as rockin' gems like the title track and 'Love My Baby', we also feature some unreleased examples of Spoon's ballad style that shows he may have had an occasional eye on a piece of Billy Eckstine's action. Rare items like both sides of Spoon's rare gospel 78s, issued on the short lived Modern Spirituals series, are also making their legal CD debut here. And, of course, the boffins at Sound Mastering have restored the original acetate audio to an amazing degree, from what were, at times, severely damaged sources. As Spoon compilations go, this ticks all the boxes for any long time fan!
Because of the difficulty in working with some of the sources, it's taken a while for this collection to come together. But as you will hear, good things do indeed come to those who wait, and this valuable addition to Ace's sub-catalogue of post-WWII R&B should disappoint no one.
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The CYMA payroll solution is an on-premise installed, full-featured payroll solution. It is not intended to manage general HR functions. For this year's payroll review, CYMA fits our "Full-Service" payroll model, and can also fit within our "Direct Client/Business Use" group. As a full-service solution, it allows professionals to manage all of the data-entry functions related to payroll and accruals management. When used directly by businesses, it allows business owners to manage payroll for multiple entities.
CYMA can be used with the vendor's AP module to provide all the features a firm would need to offer payroll services to its clients. The system is robust enough to handle companies of all sizes. It allows firms to perform payroll services in all 50 states, and optional state tax forms are updated on a quarterly basis to ensure all filings are correct and current in every jurisdiction.
Although it is not part of this particular review, CYMA also offers an after-the-fact payroll solution that supports the use of several industry-standard reporting tools like Crystal Reports and the F9 Financial Report Writer. This application offers integration to most existing third-party software applications.
Initial company setup and the addition of employees are intuitive processes and can be accomplished with little training. Client data can be imported from Excel or CSV files. The system supports bulk edits of employee information such as changes in benefits and across–the board pay rate changes. These changes in earnings rates or deduction amounts can be set to take effect on a future date. Since the product is focused on multi-employer configurations, processing multiple payrolls at the same time is an easy task. The system support import of employee time and processes payroll runs to printed checks or via direct deposit. All federal and state tax returns are updated quarterly, and payroll taxes can be remitted electronically to the proper taxing authority. In addition to electronically submitting taxes, the system also allows users to set up an electronic transfer of funds to benefit providers and retirement/savings accounts. 4
CYMA has a very flexible reporting module that allows users to create a variety of reports. Dozens of reports are grouped into categories for employee output, company information, data entry, current period, quarterly reports, GL and journal, annual and miscellaneous, system reports, and client grouped reports. All reports can be customized and viewed on-screen or saved to several file formats, including PDF, Word, Excel, HTML, XML, ODBC and text. The system also includes an audit trail. Compliance, e-filing and electronic payment of federal liabilities is included with the program, and CYMA Payroll can prepare printable versions of forms 940, 941, 1099, W-2, W-3, as well as most SUTA returns.
The system also allows users to attach documents/files to each employee file and supports database-level encryption of social security numbers for better security of confidential information.
The application has a number of very deep features for specialized industry practices. For example, it will prepare Certified Payroll reports required for government contractors, and time entries prepared when this option is active will be analytically checked using the related logic for Certified Labor Hourly Rates. CYMA Payroll will also perform custom calculations like local income taxes and union dues. Additionally, the application will print the MICR information on blank check stock, and supports many stat-specific payroll compliance forms such as new hire reporting and electronic filing of state payroll tax returns. 4.5
CYMA Payroll seamlessly integrates with all of the CYMA accounting/business applications. It can import from Excel, as well as from most time clock systems. Additional import capabilities are available for QuickBooks, Quicken, Sage Peachtree and text formats. The system also exports data to a GL report for import into most accounting programs. 4
The system provides traditional built-in Help functions and an index, along with form instructions and some guidance. A web-based knowledgebase is available to registered users. Live phone-based technical support is included in pricing, and additional services such as implementation assistance, custom report writing and on-site consulting are available from CYMA's internal consulting group. CYMA provides numerous options for employee training billed on a per-user, as-needed basis and includes manuals, online class and in-person training. 4
CYMA has a self-service portal that allows employees to retrieve check stubs and W-2s.The self-service area read-only, and only administrators can edit the data. While CYMA offers access to certain documents online, this section is geared to SaaS-based products, and only such products were rated in this section. N/A
The CYMA system costs $XXXX and is best suited for practices managing payroll for small to mid-sized entities, and is an outstanding solution for accountants using CYMA's popular Client Write-Up application. It supports a wide range of specialized industry-specific calculation and reporting needs. The system can handle an unlimited amount of employees and clients, so it is ideal for firms that want to extend their services to include payroll.
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The meeting participants also included Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, President of China Xi Jinping, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, President of Iran Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi, President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov, Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan, President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation Stanislav Zas and Secretary-General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Vladimir Norov.
President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon chaired the meeting as the head of state presiding in the SCO and the CSTO this year.
A session of the CSTO Collective Security Council and a meeting of the SCO Heads of State Council took place earlier in Dushanbe.
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Speech at joint meeting of SCO and CSTO Heads of State
President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Mr Rahmon, colleagues.
I appreciate your support of the proposal to hold the meeting in a new format, as a joint meeting of the leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and the Collective Security Treaty Organisation. Our discussion today shows how important it is for the two organisations to join forces to ensure security and stability in Eurasia. It is particularly relevant considering the recent escalation of the already turbulent situation in Afghanistan.
Our colleagues' remarks indicate that our states share similar approaches to responding to the threats that have been emanating from Afghanistan since the Americans left it in haste, or perhaps I should say fled, along with their NATO allies.
They all left behind an open Pandora's box full of problems caused by terrorism, drug trafficking, organised crime and, unfortunately, religious extremism. We witnessed it only recently. Our Pakistani colleague mentioned the airport terrorist attack. The Western community left, abandoning an entire arsenal of modern weapons, military equipment and munitions.
The weapons are perhaps the only thing that the Taliban has made a good haul of over the Western coalition's 20-year presence in Afghanistan, which bodes no good.
Other than that, the country is in a state of complete economic and social havoc. Many Afghans are desperately fleeing their homeland. Yes, we do hope that there will be no mass exodus of millions of people, but it is a fact: many are seeking exit, moving across the border and beyond, thus creating the risk of criminal infiltration.
I am convinced that it is certainly in our common interests to help Afghanistan achieve peace and stability, at long last. Owing to historical, socioeconomic, ethnic-cultural and geographic reasons, this country should, objectively speaking, be an inalienable part of the Eurasian security and cooperation system.
And, of course, we are extremely interested in seeing Afghanistan assert itself as an independent, neutral, integral and democratic state free from terrorism, war and drugs, living in peace and accord with its neighbours. In this context, the launch of sustainable, efficient and result-oriented intra-Afghan dialogue involving all (I want to underscore this), precisely all ethnic, religious and political groups of Afghan society has special significance.
The Taliban movement, which has become virtually the complete master of the country, has established its own government that has assumed responsibility for the future of Afghanistan. According to the Talibs themselves, this is an interim government, and it cannot be called truly all-inclusive; nor does it represent all segments. We do not see representatives of other ethnic groups here, but it appears that we, of course, should also work with it.
Speaking of recognition, I agree with those who have spoken on this matter that it is necessary to coordinate our position on this issue. We would consider it optimal to launch this dialogue under the expanded Troika format on Afghanistan, and work is now underway in this direction.
I would like to recall the earlier Moscow format of consultations on Afghanistan that involved many of our partners from the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and the CSTO. If necessary, it would be possible to resume its work, with the agreement of all states involved in it.
Speaking at the latest SCO summit, I have just mentioned the possible resumption of the work of the SCO-Afghanistan Contact Group that was established precisely in order to work with Afghan partners.
So, as some speakers have mentioned, we could discuss closer contact between the CSTO and the SCO Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS) to exchange information on terrorist organisations, illegal armed groups and the methods and tactics of their actions. We could also consider the CSTO collective rapid reaction forces participation in SCO counterterrorism exercises.
I would like to note that right now, September 11–25, the Orenburg Region in Russia is hosting the regular joint exercises of the SCO members named Peaceful Mission 2021. This time, the Republic of Belarus has joined the exercises by consent of the other members.
I am confident that the SCO and the CSTO have all the necessary resources and potential for raising our very practical cooperation to a new level. This is especially needed now given the developments in Afghanistan that we are discussing.
Incidentally, it is worth mentioning that it was here in Dushanbe in 2007 that we laid the legal foundations for SCO-CSTO coordination in the signed memorandum of understanding between their secretariats.
Moreover, the SCO's extensive partner network allows us – by consensus – to involve other multilateral Eurasian associations in our joint efforts, and to cooperate effectively with the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan and other UN agencies.
I would like to emphasise that we must look at systemic steps on synchronising the activities of the SCO, CSTO and other regional associations not only as a means of resolving urgent problems but also as the groundwork for creating a common space of equal and indivisible security in Eurasia.
I'm sure that the international community will not ignore the joint meeting of the SCO and CSTO leaders. There will probably be some critical remarks about us but judging by the astute discussions of these problems by the participants, we are on the right track and must certainly cooperate in this area.
I am grateful to all of you for your attention. Thank you very much.


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American Girl lovers know that behind every American Girl doll is a wonderful story! With March being reading month, I'm happy to help One Michigan Mom find Addy Walker a new home! I am also excited to share this one because I know how much American Girl dolls have meant to many of my friends' children. They are classics that are always loved and can be passed down through the generations.
Addy Walker represents the America of 1864, and a family's escape from slavery to freedom.
I've escaped to a new life. My whole world is opening wide, but I'm learning that freedom doesn't make everything easy. Through it all, family is what keeps me going. Just the thought of us all together gives me strength.
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Billabong International Inc., a 40-year-old Australian surfwear company, reported its most dismal earnings ever as it wrote down the value of its namesake brand to zero.
For the fiscal year ended June 30, the business said it suffered a net loss of 859.5 million Australia dollars, or about $770 million. That's more than triple the loss the company reported the prior year.
The Billabong brand is now essentially worthless, the company said, after its value was pegged at roughly $226 million a year earlier. All of the business' brands together are now worth $80.7 million, down from $343 million last year.
Revenue slid 13.5% to $1.3 billion.
Billabong has suffered what Chairman Ian Pollard called "the most challenging period in the company's history."
The business is selling off holdings such as Canadian retail chain West 49. It has closed 158 stores and trimmed its supplier list by 75%. The company also slashed 15% of its European headcount.
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"We are nearing the end of a long process that has caused distraction, impacted on staff morale and has been very costly," Pollard said in a statement.
Billabong is weighing multiple takeover overtures as well as refinancing proposals from private equity groups, including a deal led by Altamont Capital jostling with a proposal from Centerbridge Partners and Oaktree Capital in Los Angeles.
Surfwear firms in California also didn't fare well in their most recently reported quarters. Quiksilver Inc. of Huntington Beach said its second-quarter net loss widened to $32.4 million from $5.1 million the year before. Pacific Sunwear of California Inc., based in Anaheim, said its first-quarter net loss expanded to $24.2 million from $15.6 million.
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For many of us, John 3:16 is not only the greatest message in all the world, it is also a most familiar message. I'm sure most of us can quote it from memory. This Christmas I want to celebrate A Simple Christmas, which means we must remember the simplicity of the story. There is nothing simpler than exploring one verse over the entire Christmas season. One verse. One story. One simple Christmas. Join us every Sunday in December as we explore the most familiar text in the Bible. Or is it? When Tim Tebow, the former Denver Broncos quarterback, who is famous for sporting "John 3:16" on his eye black, led his team in the playoffs, they tell us that 94 million people went to the internet to look up "John 3:16." So even though many of us are very familiar with this verse, evidently not everyone knows it. Let's dig deep into this text and explore the simple message of Christmas.


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- 3/4 cup Unsalted shelled pistachios
- 1 cup All-purpose flour
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- 1 tablespoon Ground cardamom
- 1/4 tablespoon Salt
- 1/2 cup Whole milk
- 1/4 teaspoon Pure vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup Unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 Eggs
- 2 tablespoons finely grated orange zest
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- Arrange oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350°F. Butter 9-inch-diameter round metal pan and line bottom with waxed paper.
- Butter paper, then dust pan with flour, knocking out excess.
- Using food processor, pulse pistachios until finely ground, about 40 seconds. (Do not overprocess, or mixture will become paste.) Add flour, baking powder, cardamom, and salt and pulse briefly to combine.
- In small bowl, combine milk and vanilla.
- In large bowl using electric mixer at moderate speed, beat together butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 1 1/2 to 2 minutes. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Reduce speed to low and add pistachio and milk mixtures alternately in batches, beginning and ending with pistachio mixture and beating after each addition just until combined. Add orange zest and beat just until combined.
- Spread batter evenly in pan and bake until wooden skewer inserted in center of cake comes out clean, 30 to 40 minutes. Cool in pan on rack 10 minutes, then run knife around cake to loosen and invert onto rack. Remove paper and serve warm or at room temperature with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.


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By Dr Shreya Atrey, Lecturer in Law (University of Bristol Law School)
I recently published an article in the Human Rights Quarterly titled 'Women's Human Rights: From Progress to Transformation, An Intersectional Response to Martha Nussbaum.' As the title suggests the article is an extended rumination over Martha Nussbaum's earlier article in the same journal titled 'Women's Progress and Women's Human Rights.' My article examines the account of women's progress that Nussbaum presented. In particular, it asks the 'intersectional question' about women's progress made under the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). The account of progress appears wanting when this question is asked; and I try to spell out the reasons for why post-colonial, Dalit and so-called 'third world' feminisms fall by the wayside of women's progress when progress is examined closely. I argue that progress is transformative only when it is inclusive, i.e. intersectional in that it sees women not only as disadvantaged by their sex or gender alone but also on the basis of their race, colour, religion, caste, sexual orientation, age, disability, etc. Readers may see the article for more on this, especially pages 877-884 for a Dalit feminist critique.
Here, I want to pre-empt two kinds of readings which are given to intersectional scholarship like this one. I am not saying that either Nussbaum's or my own article opens up intersectional scholarship to these readings. But that often, this kind of work is read in a particular light which casts a shadow of anxiety over intersectionality. I want to air and address two ways in which it manifests itself and show that there are ways of overcoming it and finding such scholarship worthwhile. (more…)


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NEW YORK — Four times a week on average, an e-bike or e-scooter battery catches fire in New York City.
Sometimes, it does so on the street, but more often, it happens when the owner is recharging the lithium ion battery. A mismatched charger won't always turn off automatically when the battery's fully charged, and keeps heating up. Or, the highly flammable electrolyte inside the battery's cells leaks out of its casing and ignites, setting off a chain reaction.
"These bikes when they fail, they fail like a blowtorch," said Dan Flynn, the chief fire marshal at the New York Fire Department. "We've seen incidents where people have described them as explosive — incidents where they actually have so much power, they're actually blowing walls down in between rooms and apartments."
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A fire in Brooklyn in April was traced to a faulty e-bike or e-scooter battery that ignited and gutted two houses.
And these fires are getting more frequent.
As of Friday, the FDNY investigated 174 battery fires, putting 2022 on track to double the number of fires that occurred last year (104) and quadruple the number from 2020 (44). So far this year, six people have died in e-bike-related fires and 93 people were injured, up from four deaths and 79 injuries last year.
In early August, a 27-year-old Venezuelan immigrant, identified as Rafael Elias Lopez-Centeno, died after his lithium ion battery caught fire and ripped through the Bronx apartment where he was staying. Carmen Tiburcio, a neighbor, said Lopez's aunt told her he had tried to escape through the front door, but the bike was in the way. Instead, he took refuge in the bathroom, where he tried to fill up the bathtub with water to protect himself from the flames. But the smoke got to him, she said.
"He didn't make it," Tiburcio said. "His lungs were very bad."
Another danger to delivery work
Many, if not most, of the fires in New York involve e-bike batteries owned by restaurant delivery workers, who work long shifts, traveling dozens of miles a day.
"The bikes tend to get beat up, subjected to the elements," Flynn said. "They're not really made for our streets."
The longer the batteries are used, the more time it takes to fully recharge them, and it can take up to 8 hours. That in turn makes it harder for owners to keep on eye on their batteries the whole time they are plugged in, which is key for safety.
In addition, new batteries are costly, and the temptation to opt for a less-expensive refurbished battery for much less money is great — especially for couriers who make an average of $12.21 an hour after expenses, according toa survey by Los Deliveristas Union, an advocacy and membership organization.
Several e-bike owners interviewed by NPR in New York City said they were aware of the risks batteries posed, and took measures to reduce them.
"A lot of guys have four, five, six bikes in their apartment and they swap out chargers for different bikes when it doesn't belong to that bike," said Rafael Cardanales, who lives on the Lower East Side. "You can't just use any charger, you know."
Musfiqur Rahman said that when he first got into the delivery business, he bought two new Arrow brand batteries — for $550 each. He did it specifically to avoid fires.
"As far as I know, this brand never get involved in this kind of incident," the 27-year-old Bangladeshi immigrant said.
The FDNY says most batteries are so destroyed by fire when they inspect them that they can make no conclusions about which brand is safer than another.
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The FDNY has begun posting videos on social media warning about the dangers of recharging lithium ion batteries.
Living in close quarters
E-bike related fires have occurred elsewhere, such as London, San Francisco, Michigan and South Florida. But nowhere does concern for them appear to be as high as in New York, perhaps because of the prevalence of apartment living — and also the prevalence of ordering take-out.
While restaurants sometimes store bikes overnight for employees, fewer people are now working for particular restaurants and many more for themselves, using apps like Door Dash or Uber Eats to connect with customers. And these couriers often don't have any other place to store and recharge their e-bikes except in their apartments.
That, in turn, creates a fire hazard not just for the workers, but also for their neighbors. This summer, the New York City Housing Authority proposed banning e-bikes and batteries from its 2,600 buildings. But the proposal created an uproar, and officials have not gone through with it.
City councilmembers have proposed their own solutions. One bill, for instance, would ban the sale of used batteries within city limits. Another would require all batteries to be sold to be approved by a national testing service, such as Underwriters Laboratories. Mayor Eric Adams recently announced he would direct $1 million to create hubs for delivery workers with charging stations and other amenities — though they would likely be used during the day and not provide overnight charging.
Councilmember Gale Brewer, who sponsored the legislation that would outlaw the sale of used batteries, says she recognizes that new batteries could be prohibitively expensive to delivery workers.
"They do, you know, God's work, so to speak, because New Yorkers like to have food delivered," she said. "So now the question is how do they get the new batteries that are not going to cause fires?"
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NETGEAR Extends WiFi Coverage Throughout the Home
NETGEAR Universal Dual Band WiFi Range Extender (WN2500RP) Now Available Worldwide for Laptops, Tablets, Smartphones, Home Theater Devices, and More
SAN JOSE, Calif. – March 5, 2012 — NETGEAR®, Inc. (NASDAQGM: NTGR), a global networking company that delivers innovative products to consumers, businesses and service providers, today announced that the NETGEAR Universal Dual Band WiFi Range Extender (WN2500RP), which extends dual band WiFi coverage for any home office or home network, is now available for purchase at retail stores and online worldwide. The dramatic increase in connected devices in the home has created a need for better WiFi coverage. With the NETGEAR WiFi Range Extender, users can keep their current wireless equipment and improve WiFi coverage, enhancing overall network quality, range and performance throughout the home for mobile connected devices such as smartphones, iPads®, tablets and laptops, as well as connected entertainment devices like smart TVs, gaming consoles, streaming players and more. Unveiled at CES 2012 in January, the NETGEAR WiFi Range Extender is the latest addition to a line-up of easy-to-use WiFi range extender products that provide an enhanced WiFi experience for consumers worldwide.
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The NETGEAR WiFi Range Extender boosts coverage of both the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz WiFi signals simultaneously, enhancing the connected lifestyle by extending WiFi range while avoiding WiFi interference. The NETGEAR WiFi Range Extender supports wireless 802.11 a/b/g/n standards, making it compatible with virtually any wireless network used at home. Included is FastLane Technology for range extenders, which enables consumers to maximize bandwidth for HD video streaming and online gaming. In addition, the NETGEAR WiFi Range Extender supports up to four wired to WiFi connections, turning Ethernet-enabled devices such as Blu-ray® players, gaming consoles, DVRs and smart TVs into devices with WiFi connectivity.
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Obstacles such as walls can result in low WiFi signal strength or WiFi dead spots in different areas of the home. The NETGEAR WiFi Range Extender resolves this problem, so that users can surf the Internet, stream movies without constant buffering or listen to their favorite Internet radio stations no matter where they are — in the upstairs bedroom, outside on the deck or in the garage. As an alternative to buying a new WiFi router, the NETGEAR WiFi Range Extender is an ideal accessory to consumers' existing equipment. The NETGEAR WiFi Range Extender is universally compatible with any standard single or dual band WiFi router or service provider gateway.
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The device is easy to install and set up with no need for a CD or Ethernet cable. A secure connection to any existing home WiFi network is established with a simple push of a button. Dynamic LEDs display real-time network connection status and find the best location for extender placement for optimal wireless, interference-free coverage. "The proliferation of mobile devices in the home — laptops, tablets and smartphones — has lead to people uncovering more WiFi dead spots in and around their homes. The NETGEAR WiFi Range Extender solves that problem and broadens WiFi connectivity and performance at an affordable price and with minimal setup," said Damir Skripic, product line manager for connected entertainment at NETGEAR.
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Available now from major retailers in the United States, the NETGEAR Universal Dual Band WiFi Range Extender (WN2500RP) starts at $79.99. It can also be purchased worldwide from retailers in stores and online.
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For more information, please visit: http://www.netgear.com/wn2500RP. To learn more about other new NETGEAR consumer products and services, please visit www.netgear.com.
About NETGEAR, Inc.
NETGEAR (NASDAQGM: NTGR) is a global networking company that delivers innovative products to consumers, businesses and service providers. For consumers, the company makes high performance, dependable and easy to use home networking, storage and digital media products to connect people with the Internet and their content and devices. For businesses, NETGEAR provides networking, storage and security solutions without the cost and complexity of Big IT. The company also supplies top service providers with retail proven, whole home solutions for their customers. NETGEAR products are built on a variety of proven technologies such as wireless, Ethernet and powerline, with a focus on reliability and ease-of-use. NETGEAR products are sold in approximately 29,000 retail locations around the globe, and through approximately 36,000 value-added resellers. The company's headquarters are in San Jose, Calif., with additional offices in 25 countries. More information is available at http://www.NETGEAR.com or by calling (408) 907-8000. Connect with NETGEAR athttp://twitter.com/NETGEAR and http://www.facebook.com/NETGEAR.
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This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Specifically, statements concerning NETGEAR's business and the expected performance characteristics, specifications, reliability, market acceptance, market growth, specific uses, user feedback and market position of NETGEAR's products and technology are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Safe Harbor. These statements are based on management's current expectations and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, the following: the actual price, performance and ease of use of NETGEAR's products may not meet the price, performance and ease of use requirements of customers; product performance may be adversely affected by real world operating conditions; failure of products may under certain circumstances cause permanent loss of end user data; new viruses or Internet threats may develop that challenge the effectiveness of security features in NETGEAR's products; the ability of NETGEAR to market and sell its products and technology; the impact and pricing of competing products; and the introduction of alternative technological solutions. Further information on potential risk factors that could affect NETGEAR and its business are detailed in the Company's periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, but not limited to, those risks and uncertainties listed in the section entitled "Part I - Item 1A. Risk Factors," pages 11 through 33, in the Company's annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 29, 2012. NETGEAR undertakes no obligation to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
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Whoops! 12 Unforgettable Country Concert Onstage Mishaps
One of the best things about live country music is that anything can happen -- and we mean literally anything.
For one country star, "anything" means bringing a woman onstage only for her to vomit (ewwww!). For another, it means getting hit in the head by a flying boot (ouch!). And for yet another, it means ending up a little bruised in order to save his guitar (even if he almost broke a hip!).
Yup, mishaps happen to even the most seasons of country stars. Flip through the photo gallery below for a look back at some of their slips, trips, falls and brawls.


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There are two kinds of administrators: those who read the manuals before installing a new piece of software, and those who don't. With ZRM Enterprise, the second approach often works: the Zmanda defaults assume the most common OS and device configurations, and once installed correctly, backups are very easy to schedule and monitor.
But as with any client/server application that interacts with different programs running on multiple OS platforms, these assumptions can not be correct in all cases. So if you are the type that doesn't read the manual, come back to this page in case you do run into problems.
Almost all failed installations or problems with backups fall into two categories:
To avoid these problems, read the ZRM Enterprise 3.9 system requirements.
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Young Hines' recommendation: As music trivia has turned into an exponentially challenging game, I think it's fair to recognize annually that there are new developing young minds amongst us and we should somehow refrain from the obligatory condescending knee jerk reaction of "oh my god I can't believe you haven't heard (insert artist or band)" when someone doesn't remember a title or artist that you consider the bedrock of all that is music. With so many know it alls, one would begin to think it's futile to even attempt sharing one's experiences anymore let alone musical suggestions to generations plugged into the mainframe at the hip with the personality mean mode and median equivalent to Wikipedia for better or worse. That being said if you happen to be sitting alone as to not challenge publicly your own credentials, I would like to reintroduce you to Willie Nelson. If I could sit and play my Epiphone Casino with any human on the planet in a 12 bar blues jam, it would be Willie Nelson…in E.
I'm gonna tell you what I remember being told about the making of the Red Headed Stranger album. Not what I looked up and fact checked, (though I hope they're similar), just the story that left an impression on me years ago no matter the degree of truthfulness. Burned into my memory is a story of a songwriter not from, but in Nashville with scattered songs amongst the stars like Patsy Cline singing his song Crazy. I heard he yearned to be the artist on the screen but the people that decided such things did not find him suitable. About the same time he's realizing his musical fate in Nashville, his fucking house burned down. This event juxtaposed with doubt, he packed up his truck and moved to Texas. Once he got there and after some scratchin', he was offered a record deal with some money up front to fund recording. It's my understanding that instead of going into preproduction and tracking, he headed north to Colorado with his wife to go snow skiing with the money.
After the vacation he had to head back to Texas because the record was supposed to be done soon and he hadn't even begun. I can see angel Willie and devil Willie on his shoulders struggling with the decision of spending the last few hundred (or thousand) bucks on another sack or getting back to a studio to get this record tracked on a budget….or both!!! Though I could relate to the former, I'm glad he chose the latter(s). Somewhere in the mountains at night, just before reaching Denver on the drive home he was talking to his wife about the impending deadline and how he found himself a little short on ideas and material. His wife said something to him that would steer the course of Willie's album . She said "why don't you write a record about that western gunslinging' bedtime story you always tell the kids, you know the Red Headed Stranger?" With that sounding like a fabulous idea to Willie, they began banging out the lyrics together as the bright lights of Denver that sparkled like diamonds got closer. By the time they got back to Texas the next morning the songs were written and ready to go. Willie called on his sister and some others that would work on a budget and tracked the whole album in two days. The record company initially rejected it but somehow the record found life and it is now one of the best records I have ever heard. My point here is I think it's good to remember that admirable people also benefit from bending or flat out breaking the rules. Yes it's wise not to impede on others liberties to satisfy yourself, but there is also no need to cooperatively emasculate oneself. Willie's Robin Hood story is one that doesn't bore me.
New to Willie Nelson? Young suggests you start here: Beyond my ramblings, why should you listen to Red Headed Stranger? Let's start with the sound. It's the best Willie Nelson's voice ever sounded on a medium. I'm sure he sounds this good all the time, it's just that they captured it here. Beyond the vocals, everything else sounds warm too. The piano, the classical guitar played by Willie throughout, and don't forget the bass harmonica! I've never seen any photos from this session and I don't think I want to. Best left to my imagination. Now let's talk about content delivered. It's a story woven together mostly through the use of originals and a few well placed songs Willie didn't write. My favorite line of the record comes in the song Hands on the Wheel, "I looked to the stars, tried all of the bars and I've nearly gone up in smoke…". The record as a whole is a story of betrayal and redemption. Go buy the vinyl. I suggest going on Craigslist and find yourself and old 50's turntable with tubes like a Califone or something. Once you get your hands on it take it somewhere and have them bring it up on a Variac and test the tubes all the while delaying your first real listen to Red Headed Stranger. Once everything is in order, turn out the lights and roast one while you get baptized in audio in the year of '01 where the stories are over and a lesson's begun."
About our guest author, Young Hines: It shouldn't surprise that Young savors Willie Nelson's rags to riches story because Young himself has been part of a bit of a fair tale himself. His backstory is one where he was in a Beatles cover band (listen a few seconds of the clip from Rainy Day below and you can hear John Lennon singing through Hines from his cloud in the sky) when Brendan Benson (member of The Raconteurs with Jack White and a super-solid solo artist in his own right) heard his house painter playing Hines' demo. In a flash. Brendan signed Young to his new record company, Readymade Records and the rest is history. Brendan released his debut with the label, Give Me My Change, a '60s-pop-meets-'90s-Teenage Fanclub-era collection that will feel right at home in any mix targeted at those who relish great harmonies and catchy choruses. Hines is now on tour, so be sure to check his Facebook Page for tour dates and more info.


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Visual Lure's New Website Receives Special Kudos Award
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The disproportionate percentage of injuries and deaths suffered by young riders on adult All-Terrain Vehicles (ATVs) illustrates the risks of this mismatch, but a group of Illinois emergency medicine doctors and medical researchers have conducted a study pinpointing one of the causes: young riders don't have the physique to control adult-sized ATVs.
Researchers from the University of Illinois, College of Medicine, Saint Francis Medical Center, Bradley University; and the Neurological Institute sought to measure how the physical characteristics of riders, including height, weight and fingertip-to-fingertip length (wingspan), influenced their ability to safely control the ATV and avoid ejection. The researchers instrumented two ATVs, a Polaris Trailblazer 250 (a sport model), and a Honda FourTrax 250 (a utility model), to measure a rider's body position in three maneuvers associated with crashes: the J-hook, the brake test, and the bump. Researchers were studying the lateral, longitudinal, and vertical dynamics in five riders of varying heights, weights, and wingspans, who had average experiences driving passenger vehicles, but no experience riding ATVs.
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Does Transit Yield its Promised Economic Benefits? A 1969 Perspective.
The actual economic benefits of Metro far exceed what planners estimated in 1969, and it's worth remembering as we consider future transit investments.
In the late 1960s, when Metrorail was nearly about to begin construction, Metro published a forecast of the economic benefits of Metrorail. The report made rosy projections of the all the travel time and costs the network, then a 97-mile proposed rail system, would bring. (It also included photos of the pretty awesome 3-D model of a station, including maybe a one-car train?). Now, four decades later, were the projections right? Has Metrorail produced the benefits we thought? The answer is yes, and then some.
At the time this report came out, the region was about to make a substantial investment in public transit , probably not unlike today, where we face real choices about whether to invest in Metro 2025 initiatives such as 8-car trains, the Purple Line, or bus lanes. To quote the report,
Metro is ready for construction. The routes have been selected. The program for local financing has been approved.
How feasible is Metro? Who will benefit? Will the benefits justify the costs? Is Metro a good public investment for the National Capital Region and its financial partner, the federal government?
The report tallied up all the time savings to riders – former motorists, former bus riders, and truckers – as well as the travel cost savings like avoided parking, vehicle savings, operating cost savings, and more. It concluded that Metro would save $186 million per year in 1990$, roughly equivalent to $310 million/year in today's dollars after adjusting for inflation. Read more…