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Systems and methods are disclosed for authenticating electronic messages. A data structure is generated by a computer server which allows for the authentication of the contents and computer server identity of a received electronic message and provides a trusted stamp to authenticate when the message was sent. Data which can authenticate the message, the computer server identity, and the time the message was sent is included into a data structure which is called an Electronic PostMark (EPM).
1. A method for authenticating an electronic message, performed by an authentication sever, comprising the steps of:
receiving, at a predetermined time, a request to authenticate the electronic message, the request including a recipient electronic address and a hash value corresponding to the electronic message;
creating an electronic postmark data structure for the electronic message, the electronic postmark data structure including time and date information and a value that uniquely identifies the electronic postmark data structure;
generating a digital signature for the electronic postmark data structure;
including the digital signature in the electronic postmark data structure;
generating a public digital key for a recipient;
exporting the public digital key to a key authenticator for authorizing;
sending the electronic postmark data structure and the recipient electronic address to a recipient client for delivery to the recipient at the recipient electronic address;
storing a copy of the electronic postmark data structure including the time and date information in a log file; and
creating a digest of the log file.
2. The method of
obtaining a authorized digital key for the electronic postmark data structure from a key authenticator, wherein the recipient can use the authorized digital key to verify the electronic postmark data structure; and
sending the authorized digital key to the receiver client.
3. The method of
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6. A method for authenticating an electronic message, comprising the steps of:
sending a message comprising message data and a recipient electronic address from a sender to a sender front-end module at a sender client;
transmitting the message from the sender front-end module to a sender client proxy module at the sender client;
creating, by the sender client proxy module, a hash value from the message data;
sending, at a predetermined time, the hash value and the recipient electronic address from the sender client proxy module via a network client module to a network server module at an authentication server;
generating an electronic postmark for the hash value by the authentication server, the electronic postmark including time and date information and a value that uniquely identifies the electronic postmark;
sending the electronic postmark and the recipient electronic address from the authentication server via a network client module on a recipient client to a recipient client proxy module on a recipient client;
transmitting the electronic postmark and the recipient electronic address from the recipient client proxy module to a recipient front-end module at the recipient client;
sending the electronic postmark from the recipient client to a recipient at the recipient electronic address;
storing a copy of the electronic postmark hash value in a log file; and
creating a digest of the log file.
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9. The method of
verifying the electronic postmark using a authorized digital key.
This is a division of application Ser. No. 09/675,677, filed Sep. 29, 2000 now U.S. Pat. No. 7,797,543, which claims priority under 35 U.S.C. �119 of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/157,168, filed on Sep. 30, 1999, and U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/189,983, filed on Mar. 17, 2000, all of which are expressly incorporated herein by reference.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to systems and methods for providing electronic communication services to customers. More particularly, the invention relates to systems and methods for providing content and temporal integrity and identification verification to electronic messages shared by users over a network.
2. Description of the Related Art
The use of electronic networks to convey information among networked users has undergone an enormous amount of growth in recent years. The ability to transfer data using computer applications, such as, for example, e-mail and file transfer protocol programs, has become increasingly important in personal, and especially, business communications.
Using computer networks for business communications, including buying and selling goods online, electronic funds transfer, online advertising, and accessing business information resources is known as electronic commerce (E-commerce). E-commerce can improve the efficiencies of current business processes and provide opportunities to widen existing customer bases. Over the next few years, as the number of Internet users continues to expand, E-commerce has the potential to be the source of an extraordinary amount of revenue growth.
In order to realize this potential, a variety of communication services and features will be required for E-commerce which traditionally have been available in physical communication channels. The United States Postal Service (USPS), an independent establishment of the executive branch of the U.S. government, provides such features through a variety of document and package delivery services. The USPS is widely recognized as a secure and reliable means for sending and receiving packages and mail used for both personal and business transactions. Packages and mail sent via the USPS are time-stamped with an official postmark which provides the recipient proof of the time the item was sent. Additionally, once material is placed with the USPS, the document is no longer in the sender's control, and thus cannot be recalled. Furthermore, packages and mail sent through the USPS are protected from third-party tampering by Federal laws. Electronic communication services currently do not provide these features. Additional security enhancements, such as authenticating the identities of the parties involved in a transaction and/or providing assurance to the recipient that a received message has not been altered may also be required for E-commerce to reach its full potential.
To ensure the vitality and growth of electronic communication and commerce, consumers and businesses need a secure way to communicate and conduct business electronically. Without trustworthy channels of communication, many potential participants in electronic commerce may be unwilling to send sensitive information electronically. In light of the foregoing, it is desirable to provide a system for electronic communication that provides a level of security which meets or exceeds the current level offered by the existing physical mail and package delivery services.
In accordance with the purpose of the present invention, as embodied and broadly described herein, the invention provides methods and apparatuses for authenticating an electronic message. The electronic message containing data and an electronic address is received from a sender. A digest is then created based on the message data and a temporal stamp is appended to this digest. The digest and temporal stamp are signed using a digital signature. The digest, the temporal stamp, and the digital signature are then sent to an electronic address and thereafter authenticated.
Exemplary systems and methods consistent with the present invention are recited in the attached claims. It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the invention, as claimed.
The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate several embodiments of the invention and together with the following description, serve to explain the principles of the invention. In the drawings:
Reference will now be made in detail to the present preferred embodiments of the invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Whenever possible, the same reference numbers will be used throughout the drawings to refer to the same or like parts.
For this invention, the digital signature ensures the authenticity of the EPM data structure and the identity of the EPM system 120. Any unauthorized modifications to the temporal-stamp or the digest can be detected through examining the digital signature. Furthermore, any alterations in the electronic message itself may be detected though examining the digest. Therefore, the EPM data structure can afford at least three assurances for an electronic transaction. The first is the electronic message existed at a known point in time. The second assurance is the identification of EPM system 120 is known to a recipient 130 of the electronic message. The third assurance is alteration of the contents of the electronic message as received by recipient 130 is detectable after the generation of the EPM data structure.
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Sender 110 may elect to have EPM system 120 forward only the EPM data structure to recipient 130 and may then send the electronic message itself to recipient 130 directly over the network. This procedure provides sender 110 with more control in how the electronic message is routed through EPM system 120, as will be described below.
Each time an EPM data structure is generated, it is stored in a log located within EPM system 120. This log provides an actual record which can be used to prove that an EPM data structure was generated for a given message. One advantage of the invention is that electronic messages which have been postmarked by EPM system 120 may be afforded legal protections under laws which protect official entities, such as the USPS. Therefore, EPM data structures stored in the log file can serve as legal proof of the existence and digest of an electronic message. An EPM data structure of the log file itself may be generated to insure the integrity of the log file.
EPM server 210 generates an EPM data structure 240 that includes a digest, a temporal-stamp, and a digital signature as described above. After EPM data structure 240 has been generated, EPM server 210 will typically forward the EPM data structure with the electronic message to recipient 130 over network 205. Alternatively, sender 110 may choose to only have EPM data structure 240 forward by EPM server 210 to recipient 130.
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In order to properly authenticate the received EPM data structure, a data processing machine typically requires four elements: a verifier application, the EPM data structure, the electronic message, and an authorized public digital key. EPM server 210 uses a digital signature algorithm to digitally sign EPM data structures. The digital signature is based on public and private digital key pairs. Digital certificates authorize the use of these key pairs used to generate and verify the digital signature. The key authorization process is performed by a Key Signing Authority (KSA) or a Certificate Authority (CA) which issues the digital certificates. These are trusted, separate third party systems which are not directly coupled to EPM server 210. The KSA is discussed in U.S. Ser. application No. 60/157,168, filed Sep. 30, 1999, and the CA is discussed in U.S. Ser. application No. 60/189,983, filed Mar. 17, 2000, the entire disclosures of which are incorporated by reference. The authorized public digital key may exist on a physical media in the personal possession of the recipient user 130, or it may be embedded in the verifier software or the EPM data structure itself.
The verifier application performs three verification steps. The first step verifies that the EPM data structure is "official;" that is, it was generated by an authorized entity such as the USPS. It does this by checking the digital certificate associated with the public digital key used to generate the digital signature. When this verification is complete, recipient 130 has proof that the EPM data structure was issued by an official EPM entity.
The second verification step is to verify the identification of the EPM server 210. The digital signature that was used to sign the EPM data structure is verified using the authorized public digital key. When this verification is successful, recipient 130 has proof that the EPM data structure was generated by a particular authorized server (i.e., the identification of EPM server 210 is known) and that alterations to the contents of the EPM data structure, from the time it was generated until the time it reached recipient 130, are detectable. This effectively authenticates the digest and temporal stamp within the EPM data structure.
The third verification step is to authenticate the contents of the electronic message. The verifier application does this by comparing the digest of the message contained in the EPM data structure with a digest generated by the verifier application using the electronic message itself. If the two digests are identical, recipient 130 has proof the contents of the electronic message were unaltered from the time the EPM data structure was generated until the time the EPM data structure and electronic message were received by recipient 130.
Digital signature and electronic message verification functionality can be integrated into platform-independent verifier software which may be downloaded from the Internet. For example, such software may be developed into a Java applet for use in a web browser such as Netscape�, or it could be integrated into an e-mail software application such as Outlook� Express. Alternatively, the verifier application could take the form of an independent software application, such as, for example, a stand alone Windows-based verification utility. The verifier application can make use of standard Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) to provided authentication functionality to software developers in a convenient manner.
Message data 215 is bundled with a recipient electronic address 220. If sender client 310 resides in a separate data processing machine, the bundle is sent over network 205 to sender client 310. Otherwise, if sender client 310 exists as a collection of software modules residing on the networked device of sender 110, message data 215 and recipient electronic address 220 are sent over secure network 305. Message data 215 and recipient electronic address 220 will typically be sent using an e-mail program, such as, for example, Outlook Express, running on a personal computer at sender 110. However, other types of file transfer programs using different transport protocols, such as WinFTP, may also be used.
Sender client 310 then produces a hash value 420 from message data 215 using a one-way hash function. As known to those skilled in the art, a one-way hash function typically generates a hash value from input data which is substantially smaller than the input data itself. The hash value is generated by an algorithm such that the probability of two different data streams producing the same hash value is extremely small; in fact so small that the hash value is considered unique to the input data. The one-way hash function cannot be reversed; the input data itself cannot be recovered from its corresponding hash value. Hash value 420 is thus a unique number associated on a one-to-one basis with message data 215.
Sender client 310 packages hash value 420 with recipient electronic address 220 and transfers them to EPM server 210 over secure network 305. Optionally, message data 215 may also be passed along in this transfer. A time-stamp and/or a date-stamp are generated by EPM server 210 and bundled with hash value 420. EPM server 210 then generates a digital signature using a Digital Signature Standard algorithm which is known to those skilled in the art. It then applies the digital signature to the bundled data to form an EPM data structure 240. Additional branding data, discussed in more detail below, may also be included in EPM data structure 240.
Recipient client 320 receives EPM data structure 240 and recipient electronic address 220 over secure network 305 from EPM server 210. Recipient client 320 uses recipient electronic address 220 to send EPM data structure 240 to recipient 130. If recipient client 320 is a separate data processing machine, it may use network 205 for the transfer. If recipient client 320 is a collection of software modules, for example contained in recipient 130, it typically uses secure network 305 for the transfer. Optionally, recipient 130 may also receive message data 215 itself, along with EPM data structure 240 through the recipient client 320, if sender 110 decides to route message data 215 through EPM server 210. Note that this alternative data flow is shown in the dashed boxes in
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EPM server 210 generates an EPM data structure 240 in response to a request and places it in an outgoing queue with any associated data for transmission over secure network 305 to recipient client 320. Recipient client 320 also includes a network client module 540 which receives EPM data structure 240 and recipient electronic address 220 and routes it to a front-end module 560 via a client proxy module 550. Front end module 560 sends the EPM data structure 240 and associated data to recipient 130 via network 205.
EPM Server 210 preferably comprises a fully multi-threaded server that accepts transactions from an external source, generates an EPM data structure 240, and forwards EPM data structure 240 to the entity that made the request. EPM server 210, upon receiving a sender client 310 connection, spawns a new thread performs all communication functions with sender client 310. When sender client 310 transmits a request, the new thread collects the entire request from sender client 310 then place this request on an input queue. When a thread associated with generating the actual EPM locates the request in the input queue, it flags the request as "In Progress" and then proceeds to produce an EPM data structure 240. Once the EPM generation is complete, EPM data structure 240 is placed on the outbound queue for pickup by recipient client 320, as shown in the embodiment of
Network server module 550 includes a TCP/IP module 610 and a transaction processor module 615. Note the invention is not limited to using TCP/IP, however this standard is the preferred network protocol. Transaction processor module 615 uses the services of TCP/IP module 610 to process EPM request messages from sender client 310. Transaction processor module 615 receives each incoming EPM request and forwards it to an EPM module 620 for postmark processing. When the EPM module 620 returns the generated EPM data structure 240, transaction processor module 615 sends EPM data structure 240 it to either sender 110 or recipient 130, based upon the incoming request.
EPM module 620 uses the services of a time module 625 to obtain highly accurate time-stamps for EPMs. In addition to time and date information, EPM module 620 may gather other data items, including branding data, from a system registry 660. Branding data, which contains information regarding the corporate or organizational entity which operates EPM server 210, can take the form of text or image data. This data may represent names, slogans, logos, or any other type of identifying information, and may be included with hash value 420 and the temporal stamp.
Services from a cryptographic interface module 640 are used to generate a digital signature based on the hash value and temporal stamp to create EPM data structure 240. When the EPM operation is deemed complete, EPM module 620 uses a log module 665 to create an entry into a log file 667 which contains copies of each EPM data structure 240 generated. Log file 667 can be used for audit and billing purposes, and provides legal proof that a given EPM data structure 240 was generated. Given the importance of the log file in the audit process, the entire log file itself is used as the input data for generation of a log file EPM data structure 240 to ensure its integrity. The log file EPM data structure may be generated automatically, based on a number of criteria including the size of log file 667 or a fixed interval of time between log file EPMs. This operation may also be done manually at the command of the operator of EPM server 210.
One or more hardware clocks 635 are used to obtain and maintain accurate and trusted time information. The time values are typically generated and stored using Universal Time Coordinated (UTC), which is the same as Greenwich Mean Time. By way of example only, a TrueTime model PCI-SG Synchronized Clock Generator with GPS (Global Positioning System), commercially available from TrueTime, Inc. of Santa Rosa, Calif., may be used which has UTC accuracy of approximately one microsecond. A time manager Graphical User Interface (GUI) module 630 allows an operator to set and reset time-stamp information, synchronize time module 625 with hardware clock(s) 635, and visually check the correctness of time from hardware clock(s) 635.
Cryptographic interface module 640 uses one or more hardware cryptographic devices 645 to perform digital signature generation and verification, key generation, and hashing functions. Cryptographic hardware device 645 is able to support multiple encryption algorithms. By was of example only, an Attalla Websafe/PCI card commercially available from Compaq Corporation of Houston, Tex., may be used for cryptographic device 645. Furthermore, the Digital Signature Algorithm (DSA) with the option of Elliptic Curve DSA may be used for the digital signature algorithms. Moreover, EPM server 210 may generate Digital Signature Standard (DSS) keys and use the Secure Hash Standard FIPS 180-1, and the DSS FIPS 186. All of these examples are for exemplary purposes only, and are not meant to limit the present invention.
Cryptographic interface module 640 is controlled by a key manager GUI 650 in order to allow the generation of new digital key pairs for use by EPM server 210 and for the export of unauthorized public digital keys. Key manager GUI allows an EPM security officer to choose a location to store the unauthorized public digital key for a new key pair. Once a new pair is generated, the unauthorized public digital key of the pair is transmitted to a KSA or CA in order to transform it into an authorized public digital key. The private key of the key pair is stored within EPM server 210 and typically is not exported. The unauthorized public digital key is taken to a KSA or CA through secure mechanisms such as actual physical transport by authorized personnel or over a network secured by using encryption techniques. The resulting authorized digital key may be stored within the EPM server for inclusion into digital signatures, may be embedded into the verifier application residing on the data processing machine responsible digital signature authentication, or may be placed on a physical medium and kept by the user at recipient 130.
EPM server 210 supports a configuration manager GUI 665 that allows EPM server 210 system parameters to be set at the time of initialization and setup. This GUI may also be used to thereafter to update the configuration parameters of an operational EPM server. These system parameters are changed by accessing values stored in system registry 660.
Recipient client 320 may have the same hardware configuration as sender client 310. Memory 791 will contain operating system 792, front-end module 560, client proxy module 550, and network client module 540. Each of the modules includes the same function as its counterpart found in memory 710 of sender client 310.
EPM server 210 contains a solid-state memory 747 which holds instructions which are transferred over a bus 754 for execution by a CPU 755. Memory 747 contains an operating system 748, such as, for example, Windows NT� 4.0 Server or Unix. Also included in memory are network server module 550, log module 655, EPM module 620, cryptographic interface module 640, configuration manager GUI 665, time manager GUI 630, and key manager GUI 650. These instructions are also contained in mass storage device 750, and are loaded into memory 710 in whole or in part during initialization of EPM server 210. Also contained in mass storage 750 is system registry 660 and log file 667. Connected to bus 715 are user input device interface 760 and user output device interface 765. Cryptographic device 645 and hardware clocks 635 are also connected to bus 754 to allow communication with appropriate software modules residing in memory 747. EPM server 210 communicates over secure network 305 through network device interface 780.
As known to those skilled in the art, digital signature 820 may be produced by first performing a secure hash algorithm by using, for example, the Secure Hash Standard FIPS 180-1 on the data to be signed to produce a secure hash value. The secure hash value is then processed using a digital signature algorithm (DSA) and a unique private key to produce two data values. These data values comprise digital signature 820, which is appended to the hash value, time and data stamp, and branding data to form EPM data structure 240.
In order to validate the digital signature, a public digital key, which has a unique pairing with the private key, must be used. Methods known to those skilled in the art, such as, for example, the Digital Signature Standard, may be used to produce digital signature 820.
The foregoing description is presented for purposes of illustration and explanation. It is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise form disclosed, and modifications of variations are possible in light of the above teachings or may be acquired from practice of the invention. The principles of the invention and its practical application enable one skilled in the art to utilize the invention in various embodiments and with various modifications as are suited to the particular use contemplated.
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FORT STEWART, Ga. — A Georgia-based soldier sent an old girlfriend a text message saying "we'll have plenty of money" a few hours before his pregnant wife died, allowing him to collect more than $500,000 in life insurance and benefit payments from the Army, a military investigator testified Monday.
Pvt. Isaac Aguigui, 22, has been charged by the Army with murdering his wife, Sgt. Deirdre Aguigui, and with causing the death of their unborn child in July 2011. A preliminary hearing at Fort Stewart will ultimately determine whether the case goes to a court-martial and, if so, whether commanders will seek the death penalty. Investigators say the young couple had been separated until not long before the 24-year-old woman died.
"She had kicked him out of the house for reasons of infidelity and drug use," said Chief Warrant Officer Justin Kapinus, an Army criminal investigator. "It was very evident they had a rough marriage."
Isaac Aguigui of Cashmere, Wash., is already facing the death penalty in a Georgia civilian court. Prosecutors in neighboring Long County said he ordered the deaths of two people in December 2011 to help protect an anti-government militia that he organized by recruiting disgruntled soldiers and funded with the money he received from his wife's death.
Aguigui called 911 on the evening of July 17, 2011, saying he found his wife unconscious and unresponsive on the couch, with chunks of a potato she'd eaten for dinner in her mouth, Kapinus said.
Kapinus testified that initial results of an autopsy on Deirdre Aguigui were inconclusive, with no cause or manner of death given. Her husband wasn't charged with her killing until this past April, when a second look by a medical examiner for the Georgia Bureau of Investigation concluded someone killed the woman by choking her or otherwise blocking her airway, Kapinus said.
When she died, Deirdre Aguigui had small cuts and abrasions on her wrists and investigators found a pair of handcuffs on the bed, Kapinus said. The bed was also covered with sex toys, leg restraints and other paraphernalia. The investigator said Isaac Aguigui told investigators he and his wife had used the handcuffs and other items during sex a few hours earlier. Kapinus said he suspects the bedroom scene was staged. He said, "It seemed excessive."
The day his wife died, Aguigui had just returned to Georgia from a weekend trip to South Carolina with an Army buddy, Michael Schaefer. Now in jail awaiting trial on an unrelated robbery charge, Schaefer testified by phone that they had barely hit the road when his friend started complaining bitterly about his marriage.
"He said he'd be better off if she was gone," Schaefer said. "And I took it as him saying he wished she was dead. And I remember telling him that's what divorce is for."
Schaefer recalled Aguigui told him and others that a blood clot killed his wife. Samantha Thacker, a fellow soldier who struck up a romance with Aguigui in 2010 while they were training in Arizona, said he told her that his wife died in a car crash and to stop asking him questions.
Thacker confirmed Aguigui sent her a text message about eight hours before his wife's death to tell her he would never have to work again.
"We'll have plenty of money," said the message to Thacker, which prosecutors read aloud in court. "All I need is your body whenever I want it."
Isaac Aguigui's defense attorneys insisted that while there was evidence he cheated on his wife, prosecutors had little proof that he killed her.
Capt. William Cook, an Army defense attorney, said the death of Aguigui's wife was "still a mystery."
The soldier's Article 32 hearing is similar in several ways to a civilian grand jury. The presiding officer, Maj. John McLaughlin, will report to Fort Stewart commanders whether there's enough evidence to try Aguigui in a court-martial. The hearing was scheduled to continue Tuesday.
Authorities jailed Isaac Aguigui nearly eight months after his wife's death, but for a different crime. On Dec. 5, 2011, fishermen found the bodies of former Army Pvt. Michael Roark and his 17-year-old girlfriend, Tiffany York, in the woods of rural Long County near Fort Stewart. Both had been shot in the head just two days after Roark was discharged from the Army.
Investigators arrested Aguigui and three other soldiers – Sgt. Anthony Peden, Pvt. Christopher Salmon and Pfc. Michael Burnett – and charged them with the deaths about a week after the bodies were found.
Burnett struck a plea deal with civilian prosecutors and testified last summer that Aguigui led an anti-government militia group he'd formed inside the military called F.E.A.R. – short for Forever Enduring Always Ready. Civilian prosecutors say the group talked of bombing a park fountain in nearby Savannah, poisoning apple crops in Washington state and even killing the U.S. president.
Burnett said Roark and York were killed because Roark had just left the Army and the couple knew too much about the group.
At least 11 suspects – most of them current and former soldiers – have been arrested in connection with the militia group on charges ranging from theft and drug dealing to murder. But none have been charged with committing or plotting acts of terrorism.
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The state's Joint Legislative Auditing Committee ordered the sweeping audit Feb. 11 after questioning county officials about the Mark Bellinger fraud scandal. The committee, which is comprised of six state representatives and five senators, oversees the Auditor General's Office.County Administrator Jim Curry said the auditor general has not contacted his office about a timeline.
"It appeared that the committee's direction was to allow the AGO to work this as the AGO's time permits, so it's hard for us to speculate on what that might represent, not knowing their workload," he said.
County officials say they are certain the audit will require a significant amount of time and manpower. It will examine all of the county's internal departments —from parks and recreation to human resources — as well as Clerk of Court and its divisions.
"Anytime you've got audits going on, it's going to take up staff time," Clerk of Court Don Howard said. "You've got to interface with the auditors and provide the information they need."
Howard said county employees likely would be busiest helping the auditors in the early phases.
"On the front end of the audit there will be fieldwork," he added. "It interrupts the day, there's no question about that."
Howard said the bulk of what county employees will provide is "information and access."
The lawmakers on the Auditing Committee ordered the audit because they were not satisfied with the county's response to Bellinger's fraud scheme, which was discovered in May 2012.
They specifically criticized the county for not firing, suspending or disciplining employees who were involved in approving any of Bellinger's illegal or unauthorized purchases from May 2010 to May 2012. Lawmakers repeatedly scolded county officials for not including those kinds of personnel responses in its corrective action plan submitted to the state.
However, Curry said the purpose of the corrective action plan was to respond to specific policy and procedural problems found by the Auditor General's Office.
"The board's responses to this operational audit were designed to address the specific findings and recommendations outlined by the AGO, and not to provide a mechanism for the county to outline staff disciplinary actions or other personnel issues," he said.
Curry said "internal staffing matters continue to be under review" by the board, his office and the county's human resources department in conjunction with attorney Greg Stewart, a special counsel to the board.
Curry, who answered questions at the Feb. 11 hearing in Tallahassee, said he expected more scrutiny from the auditor general.
"I'm not surprised," he said. "I do think they're going to find some very, very different circumstances under the other county departments."
He said he does expect the audit to turn up specific "findings."
"I don't know of any audit by the AGO that didn't result in some recommendations to strengthen processes and options to tighten controls," he added.
The audit could start around the same time the county hires a new county administrator to replace Curry, who will retire sometime between May and October.
Curry said he doesn't see the audit as a factor that would discourage potential candidates from applying for the job.
"That's something I think would be welcomed in terms of identifying any potential areas of weakness coupled with any suggested changes to strengthen the processes," he said.
Another position that could be affected by the audit is the new internal auditor commissioners are planning to hire in coming months.
Curry said the new internal auditor would be expected "to work closely with the AGO" to gather the data and other information it needs.
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Official Google+ for iPhone hits the App Store [Update]
Google+ for iPhone, the official app of Google's new social network has just hit the App Store.
Google+ for mobile makes sharing the right things with the right people a lot simpler. Huddle lets you send super-fast messages to the people you care about most. And no matter where you are, the stream lets you stay in the loop about what your friends are sharing and where they're checking in.
- Circles let you share the right things with just the right people.
- Stream is where you can get updates from your circles or see what people are saying about things nearby.
- Huddle is super-fast group messaging for everyone in your circles.
Google+ is only available for users 13 and older.
Overall the app is clean and crisp, fully in keeping with Google's new interest in design. The login experience, however, which throws you back to the terrible Google web page, burned my eyes. Hopefully they can fix that in an update. Soon.
It's very Facebook for iPhone-like, which is good or bad depending on your stance re: consistency vs. innovation, but it works well and moves smoothly for the most part (I wish that hadn't copied some of the more crashes...). The home screen isn't full yet, with Stream (which apparently isn't iOS 5 friendly), Huddle, Photos, Profile (Lion style circled avatar -- who thought that was a good idea?), and Circles.
No iPad support yet, and strangely it doesn't support iPod touch either.
If you've tried it out, let me know what you think. And if you want to get plussy with me, you can circle me up here: https://plus.google.com/117367428086027724173/posts
UPDATE: Google+ has already been updated to version 1.0.1. Is that a record? If you got it before, go re-get it. Again. Here's the explanation: [[Google+
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Official Google+ for iPhone hits the App Store [Update]
Yeah right dude! I'm moving from Facebook to Google+ just like I dumped my iPhone for Android. Come on Google, you need a game console so that I can dump my xBox!
Nah... this is only going to catch on with the geek community.
Just sent you one.
I'm really deceived. I thought they would include iPod Touch support.
Me too :(
Hoorayyy, tata facebook :-)
this is getting ridiculous. first facebook doesn't put out an ipad app, now google too? what is this?
haha, you cant even put it on the ipad if you want to. so lame google.
What? It says my request can not be completed! Is this available in the US?
Not showing up in the US yet.
manually enter the iTunes URL in the story but leave off the # at the end.
Doesn't work on 5.0b3
Still need an invite… weak sauce
I'm willing to send out an invite
sent ;)
Look what I started haha! If you have any invites left, I would appreciate it. Please send to email@example.com. Thanks
dont see it on the US app store
Not in US store...
I'm in California, did a search in the App store and didn't find it, but followed the link they provided in the story and it brought it up just fine! Running like a champ on my iPhone.
Thanks for the tip Jay!
I couldn't find it either, but now I have!!
Search "Google Circles"
it does show up if you click the link in the article and it will open up in itunes or manually type it into your idevice's browser.
also noticed that only certain parts of it work in iOS5 Beta3. but cant complain about that as iOS5 is beta and not for general public so just glad to see some of it works! =)
Not compatible with iPod touch (4th gen.)
Just a warning for developer types there it's not iOS5 ready. Viewing a profile will crash it for example. But, then again iOS5 isn't exactly public ready yet either!
Yup not available in the US yet. :(
yes it is....read a few posts above already!
CLICK THE LINK!!!!! it works stop posting it isnt AVAILABLE!!!!
crashes in ios5
I was able to install it. Then when I went to sign in, it told me it was by invitation only right now.
Yup, you need an invite....my guess is this is why it does not pop up on a regular search in the App store.
and now there is an update for it already!
Keeps crashing if you have ios 5 Beta 3
Yes it does :(
i can't even get mine to open on ios 5 beta 3...
I believe it IS shining. Its sleek and clean. Just like Google advertised when they launched it, it is sharing in an internet enabled world.
Circles is probably the slickest concept on friends I've seen in a social network!
It is slick. So much so that Facebook copied the idea with its "Groups" feature.
Update 22.214.171.1249 has appeared already ...
Better support for blocking unwanted messages in Huddle
Better support for attaching photos to a post
Various bug fixes and performance improvements
iOS5 still crashes on profile views though
also not ipad 2 compatible either
you have to type the link from your iOS browser.
Who needs a invite?
yes please! tawco 77 gmail
I could use one, jacobsonster at gmail.com
This doesn't work very well (at all really) with iOS 5
yes, we've heard this 20 times already....
According to a Google Engineer/PM, the App Store was serving an outdated test version of the app, which was corrected 1h40m after it went live -- the 1.01 version.
Whether this was Google or Apple's mistake the post makes no comment, but that would explain the record turnaround.
I would LOVE an invite!
Please need an invite to google+. Please!!!!!!!!!!!
Someone please send this fan of hip hop & the iphone 4 an firstname.lastname@example.com :) Thanks in advance!
Crashes on iOS 5
whats the point having it in the app store if its still invitations only wtf
whos using this on ios 5 beta 3? mine keeps crashing and i have the new updated installed as well..
FWIW, the new version still crashes on iOS 5 beta3.
Why it couldnt show up when i searched for Google+ I don't know but thanks for the tip.
Doesn't work at all on iOS 5 Beta 3.
If you don't have an invite yet, let me know, i can hook you up. No scam i just know the feeling of not getting the invite and waiting patiently!
Invite sent.. Enjoy!
Don't waste your time, as well as having to retire your despot, if you're not invited. What a scam.
LOVING GOOGLE+ ALSO LIKING THE APP CAN't WAIT TIL I FINALLY DELETE MY FACEBOOK
Doesnt work with iOS 5 Beta 3
Hey everyone. We know it crashes on ios beta 5. For the love of God stop posting the same stuff.
Initial thoughts.
1) No crash problems here -- I must be one of the lucky few, or I just do not have many people in my Stream view.
2) Overall positive -- similar experience to the webapp, with a few extra features the webapp cannot provide, as well as a couple of puzzling omissions (resharing, single messages) that perhaps I just have not yet found.
3) Both the webapp and the native app need a quicker way to mute posts, or chatty posts dominate the top of your stream. (A couple of chrome extensions handle the job on the desktop.)
4) Having the webapp and the native app reverse the stream swipe order (webapp Nearby->Circles->Incoming, native app Incoming->Circles->Nearby) is a bad case of the right hand not knowing what the left hand is doing, and not acceptable if Google wants its new focus on design to be taken seriously.
Very iPhone specific.
"Incompatible" with my G2 iPod and will not attempt to d/l to my iPad.
Invite sent...enjoy!
Thanks man, I appreciate the invite!
Invite please. Cliffmode2000 at gmail.com
Seems like an odd move halfway through the beta cycle to release something that doesn't work with the new. Many people use this time to get their app out for testing while they still have time before the new one drops. Can't really complain because it's testing but it is odd because it's the only app I have that doesn't work (iCab didn't with beta1 and beta2 broke Chase, but everything else works with beta3).
Crashes big time on ios5...
I just downloaded the app thanks
Can I get an invite?


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Once upon a time, on a Thanksgiving many years ago, the Native Americans and Pilgrims came together for a time of feast and peace. Ever since 2005, people from all over Aiken, and even from out of Aiken, have gathered together in a style similar to that first turkey day.
One Table is an "event put on by the community for the community," Kathryn Wade, event organizer, said.
Smells of turkeys, mashed potatoes, rice, dressing with gravy, macaroni and cheese, green beans, corn-on-the-cob, cranberry sauce and sweet potatoes will mix and waft through the Alley's air this year on Nov. 22 at 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
"All the food arrives both the day before Thanksgiving and the day of," Wade said.
Planning for more than 3,000 guests, chefs will be plunging away at cooking 150 turkeys – all donated by one person.
Church congregations and community members also put their cooking and baking skills into the pot by contributing assigned dishes or homemade desserts and cold salads, Wade said.
Continuing in the community spirit, about 150 people have lent their time this year to help out with this large-scale occasion.
"They work on the serving line to fill plates, serve drinks and desserts, bus tables, run food between the kitchen and the serving tables and various other necessary chores," Wade said. "We all wear One Table T-shirts and get down to business serving the thousands of guests."
Some volunteers come in for the first time, while some come back year after year.
City Manager Richard Pearce is one volunteer who, after just one year, was hooked.
"It's a wonderful, wonderful event," he said. "It brings the community together in true Aiken style. (As a volunteer,) I cook food, set-up, take down."
Pearce usually has his wife and daughter by his side and had his mother too, before she passed.
"(My daughter) had no idea what went into preparing a turkey for eating, and after cleaning more than 20 herself, she glowed with gratitude as it dawned on her exactly what someone else had been doing all these years so she could enjoy a traditional holiday meal," Pearce said in his Aiken Standard article about his family's first One Table experience back in 2006. "As I spent time cleaning, hauling turkeys and talking with this dedicated volunteer group, then witnessing first-hand the next day so many others cooking the meals, smoking, frying or baking the turkeys, carving turkeys, heating casseroles, serving on the buffet line, bringing desserts to the tables and cheerfully assisting in clearing off the tables, the day's message struck hard: This event is what Thanksgiving really is all about."
Pearce has worked and attended One Table for many years since that day. To his dismay, he will have to
miss this year, but he said he will "be there in spirit."
Since the event is so open to all, the operators can't help but bite their nails a bit about possible food shortages.
"Every year there is a little anxiety toward the end of the day that we will not have enough food," Wade said. "In the end, we always have food to serve, the selection may become a little smaller around 1:30 p.m. to 2 p.m., but no one goes away hungry."
Author Marti Healy remembers the first One Table, when people had to bring in side dishes because only the turkey was provided, and the set-up was serve-yourself.
"We have some powerfully good cooks in Aiken," she said. "It was an amazing day. The concept is what still attracts me most – all of us coming together as a community, regardless of economic status, age, etc. It is what the original Thanksgiving was all about – and what we too often forget in today's society."
Stopping by the event after her visit to her first Blessing of the Hounds event, it was "one of the most spiritual days I have yet experienced," she said in her Aiken Standard article on the experience. "The tables were laid end-to-end down in The Alley, forming a symbolic cross...To my mind, this is what Thanksgiving Day is all about. Sharing together. Serving each other."
Healy has written professionally for over 30 years and currently lives in Aiken with her dog Sophie and cats Sparkey and Tuppence.
"I love this community, and sitting next to those I know and those I would like to know under one warm sun, and breaking bread together and laughing together and sharing at least one day of each other's lives is one of those things that makes Aiken so special to me," she said.
It was eight years ago, when a few residents, St. Thaddeus' Soup Kitchen and Christ Central Ministries looked around at everyone in town. They saw the young and old, black and white, poor and rich, and wanted to combine everyone, for one day, one feast of real community togetherness. And what better day than Thanksgiving Day.
"It is the one time a year that it does not matter who you are, what you have or do not have or where you live," Wade said. "All are welcome to as we sit side by side for wonderful meal."
Barbara Franklin from Christ Central Ministries joined with Eddie George from Public Safety, who in 2004 had expanded a Thanksgiving meal for on-duty officers to include those who might otherwise be without a turkey day meal, to pull off that first year. They reached out to several people and 20 churches to make that first year the success it was.
George's daughter Jessi George has assisted with One Table since the start, being the Food Coordinator for five of the eight years.
I get with people at local churches and make sure they are committed to their dishes, she said. And on the day, I run the kitchen.
As to be expected with big events, One Table has had its snags. But, every year, it pushes through.
"It's amazing," Jessi George said. "This would not work everywhere. Aiken is special."
Working the event every year makes her feel very proud.
No one volunteer or organization wants to take credit, because it would defeat the point.
One Table is not a hand-out, it's a hand-shake, Jessi George said, quoting the event motto. People are serving each other. It's bigger than us; it's about one community.
Two years ago, One Table added a canned food drive for food pantries like ACTS and Christ Central Ministries. This year, people are still asked to bring a canned food item for the drive.
While no more volunteers are needed, cold salads, dinner rolls and homemade desserts are still being asked for. For anyone wishing to contribute, they can bring the items to Newberry Hall on Nov. 21 between 4 and 6 p.m. or Nov. 22 between 9 a.m. and noon.
For more information, visit www.onetable.org or the event's Facebook: One Table Community Thanksgiving Dinner.
Aiken Standard File Photo Charlotte Williamson and scores of other volunteers made Aikens 2011 One Table Thanksgiving Day dinner possible.×
Aiken Standard File Photo Charlotte Williamson, top photo, prepares food for Aikens 2011 One Table Thanksgiving Day dinner. Other volunteers, bottom photo, worked behind the scenes for hours in 2011 to keep One Table plates full of turkey, green beans, mashed potatoes and more.×
Aiken Standard File Photo The Alley was packed with thousands as Aikens One Table played host for the 2011 community dinner.×
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Hello to everyone,
My name's J, and I'm a long-time reader, long-time fan of the gentleman we're all here on this forum to discuss.
I've read Mr. King's books for a long time, but always alone until I picked up The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger, read it all on a long drive, then promptly handed it over to my mother. Together, we made our way through books 1-7 during one of the more difficult periods of time in our lives - the death of my grandfather (her father), and her initial diagnosis of ovarian cancer stage 3c.
I suppose I'm here because, in some desperately foolish way, I'm hoping he'll see this. That I want to say thank you to him, for his world and his words that helped she and I through a dark time in our lives... and whose words continue to help she and I through darker times yet. My mother's cancer is an on-going battle, the past few weeks have been hell for her... yet now that I've reminded her that there's still another Dark Tower book to be read (The Wind Through The Key-Hole), she's getting a little bit of that fire back into her in anticipation. She's laughing again because of it, and like always she and I say little things to each other like "Thankee-sai", and laugh at our private joke that no one around us but us seems to get.
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On Thursday, December 20, 2012 Belle Hall Elementary School presented toys to the United States Marines for Toys for Tots.
Ms. Tanya DeLong, a parent at Belle Hall, organized the Toys for Tots collection.
Students and Faculty raised money to buy toys to help make the holidays brighter for children in the Low Country.
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APPEAL: High-resolution image of Sharron O'Gorman required. URGENT.
Sharron operates an amazing business called Golden Valley Insurance, which seems to provide insurance for pets - and musical instruments. With thanks to reader Matthew for the find. We hope you sorted out your pet/cello insurance needs, Matt.
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- GigerPunk said...
Firstly, we could have had a bit more of a warning before that picture...or maybe hidden it so I'd have to read the warning first? I'm doing my best to just look at the collar.
The collar and the 'tie'.
The collar, tie and oh god, the teeth again!
And the hair..nonono.
Concentrate on the collar.
Secondly, how are they on a labrador stuck in a bugle? Can I take out the insurance now or would need to pretend they're all ok first?
- 2 June 2010 at 12:21
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How about my sharing a high res of her husband too?
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She would do much better with a different wig. Maybe something more suitable like this.
Do you agree?
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You'd have thought with a few photographers on their books they'd have been able to find someone with some powerful photoshop skills.
Or a large tub of vaseline.
- 23 July 2010 at 15:18
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At least in WvW, anyone seen how much siege weapons do? They keep you from the instakill zone around the gates that take like 10 minutes literally of you and a group spamming normal attacks. They did more damage I do by far and if it's not the ram, you can just lob your attacks from safety. Also, the link shows you can buy influence but it doesn't show the more damaging stuff you can do with influence, which is the WvW guild buffs bought with influence. Lastly for WvW, the commander position helps herd all of the people, especially when you can place markers and you get your own channel and the icon over your head. You have to pay lots of gold for that?
Should really add that some of the cash shop items still bug me too. Ex: they buffed the magic find boost item to 50% increased rare drop rate, the perfect salvage kit is better than all of the kits you can buy in the game, and they added repairing annoyance to the game but hey, you can just insta buy and use the instant repair canister anywhere except dungeons! Oh yeah, and you get 5 bag slots by default but if you can only get 2 more bag slots by buying them in the cash shop.
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This again? how many times will people open this threads only to recibe the same answer:
Nothing in the store is P2W, in WvW the gold required to buy blueprints can be easily obtainable at high lvls so there is no point on selling gems only to buy siege weapons.
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I have been opposed to gems for gold since the beginning and I still am. I hate that crap, and seeing the power of siege weapons just reinforces it. Yes you need supply to build them, but you also need gold. And if you have a huge amount of gold that you bought with gems, you will be far more apt to spend your gold on siege weapons.
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I think that if you play on a server that goes against my server its P2L 4 U...
Bansisco and guy below me, what about the gold to buy guild influence? What about the gold to get good equipment? Why can I only have 5 bag slots until I pay a company that I paid $60 to get 7 bag slots? And you didn't address the perfect salvage kits. What about the SIEGE weapons? They do like a thousand times more damage than I do in a single hit. Literally. Combine that with the range they fire from, you're safe from the fort defenders because you're outside of their range.
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Joined: 5/30/11
Can any of you babies tell me how you win GW 2 by buying stupid boosts from the shop? Do you win when you hit max level faster? Do you win because you have something before other people? Explain the mentality behind this "win" idea people are getting from the shop. Go back to Bloons TD.
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Joined: 10/29/07
I really think we should start worrying about this when we actually seen the problem happen.
The golden question is actually how hard it is to get those buffs without getting gold from gems, if it is really hard but you easily can get in from buying 50 bucks of gems each month it is a problem, if any good guild can get those buffs anyways it ain't.
We are talking about a limited numbers of buffs here after all. If it becomes a problem I will agree that they need to change this but I wont be complaining about something before I know if it is a problem or not.
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Originally posted by Loke666
Besides, the buffs only work near the keep and apply to the everyone defending it, not just the guild who purchased the buffs.
All the other buffs like XP buffs and Karma buffs are a waste, in my opinion. I've never ran out of karma and was able to purchase everything I wanted from the vendors and XP is not really important. Skill challenges are.
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Joined: 3/14/11
Some of that article is downright dishonest. For instance,
"Additionally, your armor breaks when you die in PvE AND WvW. Want to walk alllll the way back to the armor repair NPC (Merchants didn't repair in the weekend event) and then walk alll the way back to what you were doing? Choose the wrong world and want to play with your friends? That'll be 1800 gems (Weekend event price)."
You don't "walk all the way back to the armor repair NPC and then walk alll the way back to what you were doing." You teleport back and forth instantly. During the Beta, I had a waypoint unlocked RIGHT NEXT TO an armor repair NPC near my home instance, and there are waypoints next to nearly every DE in the game. Going back to repair and then returning to what I was doing took very little time.
And paying for server transfers is common in practically every MMO. At least with gems you can conceivably transfer for free.
Re: the exp potions, leveling is already rather fast compared to other MMO's, so it's not like you'll be stuck grinding for 100's of hours if you don't get exp pots like in other games. Also, the potions only boost the slowest form of exp gain: killing mobs. I don't see the big deal.
Originally posted by Betakodo
Watching a stream from a some guy (towliee?¿? i dont know he streams, also WoW and maibe Tera so if anyone knows correct me) he made a guild (the Hammer squad) and got like +1000 influence in one hour more or less, wich was a lot from the cost of the upgrades. The best equipement of the game can be obtained via DE, karma, dungeons, crafting, etc so having gold wont solve that. The bag thin may be a inconvenience but i think you could buy them with the 15$ you are saving because it has no fees. And the perfect salvage kits are not the only salvage kits in gme, also i dont know if they are obtainable via ingame.
Just think you are not paying 15$ a week and you can use that money (or not) in buying the things you may need, i dont see the problem at all.
Edit: as i first said, at high lvls the gold wont be a problem to buy blueprints, like in every game.
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Originally posted by Creslin321
Shouldn't just look at gems here for that, essentially anything in the shop can be sold for gold. Keys, garments, etc... I'm sure many will earn their gold through those as well.
As for it being P2W, we'll see. I don't think it will be but you never know.
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Originally posted by enoch420
Ok I'll try to explain it to you. Some games, such as GW2 have something called PvP (player versus player). In PvP, individuals and groups fight one another when an individual or group is defeated the other individual or group 'wins'. Pay-to-win refers to a situation where an individual or group uses real world money to buy an advantage so that they are more likely to win. If you have any other questions I'd be glad to help.
Originally posted by TGSOL
You still have to pay for the teleport, or if you're in WvW I don't think there's any teleports outside of your base. And then there's the walk back to what you were doing, assuming in PvE you were away from the waypoints, and it seems like most places are. Also I played Spiral knights. The energy system was hell because you were limited in playing much like a stamina system unless you bought more stamina. Dropped that game after 2 days of being limited to play like 2 hours.
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One thing I want to add is that at this point in time, no MMO is safe from becoming P2W. Almost all P2P MMOs have cash shops already and some do sell booster items already.
Whatever is in GW2's cash shop, at least the game does not charge a monthly fee in addition.
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Originally posted by Distopia
I don't think it will be very P2W, but I think it will be a little P2W.
Personally, I just hate the idea of paying to NOT play an ENTERTAINMENT product. It just galls me, I can't really describe it.
Every entertainment product in the history of my existence has REQUIRED money to experience. And "work" has PROVIDED money and requires money to SKIP (i.e. leave). Now entertainment products require money to SKIP. It's like we've somehow made entertainment products into the "new work."
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Originally posted by Betakodo
The teleports were free in WvW for me. You can upgrade keeps so they get a teleport point.
SWTOR is the greatest mmo ever!
Originally posted by JuJutsu
Now is my time to help you, in GW2 as in no other game in PvP you get to max lvl by just entering, also in structured PvP you get maxed gear and all the skills unloked so all that matters is your skill as player.
In WvW you get your HP maxed as if you were lvl 80 and your skills and gear remains the same you had, but you can lvl up your skills and gear by playing there.
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Ok so by your definition it's pay2win, cool, be on your way. Me, i'm totally fine with it, because after 2 months everyone will have a steady income and the entire "siege P2W" aspect will be out the door, guilds will be leveling up by themselves anyways, you can't buy anything superior with gold or gems, or karma, but you can buy something that looks seksier, so in your terms, it's p2w, in mine, it's a damn good game that will take 2-4 months to level out, which for an MMO, is minimal in terms of longevity.
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I never thought they were "Pay to Win", but I've always been opposed to the non-cosmetic benefits you can get from them and still am. They really should remove a large number of the items found in the cash shop. Some are really bad (the ability to trade gold for gems and gems to gold for example - gold is essential in WvWvW and purchasing new gear and crafting materials) while others probably don't have as large an effect (EXP boosts just make you level faster, not a huge deal). It doesn't really help that Arenanet sold us on this whole no subscription fee thing, yet with have a noticable (even if it's minor) difference between players who use the cash shop and those that do not.
I could comment on my feelings about each individual item in the cash shop after having played the game enough to realize the benefits (and non-benefits), but I'm not going to as this would make the post a bit too bloated.
So what?
If someone on my server wants to spend their hard earned cash buying siege weapons to help our defense, I will not complain one bit. I do not have to spend my money. Will it suck to be on a server where no one will buy siege weapons? Perhaps, but the odds of that happening are very low. My experience in the free to play market leads me to believe that some people have way too much money to spend on virtual things and are all to happy to shell out the dough.
Until this scenario is proven and actually in place we are just speculating on possibilities. Buying gems could be an advantage or it could just be a money sink for some people.
I do not see the value in converting my real money into pixels. Being poor in real life to be rich in a video game is a silly notion to me. I don't judge others for it though.
Siege weapons might be highly valued by the player base, or they could be rather easy to aquire through normal game play at higher levels. It is too early to call this pay to win. If this is a massive turn off for people, then there are other games to play and other places to play them.
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Friday, April 15, 2011
Baked Lemon Cheesecake
Have you decided upon your weekend cake yet? If not, then may I recommend this lovely and creamy and very lemony baked cheesecake? One of the local dairies has began to market cream cheese in 400 g tubs, and I had had one of those in my fridge for week or so. As I had also come across some very nice large Spanish lemons, I ended up making this delicious and creamy baked lemon cheesecake. I used a smaller cake tin this time, ending in a slightly higher cheesecake, but this would be also nice if made in 24 cm tin.
Note that this has quite a thick biscuit base, which nicely balances the zesty lemon filling. You may use much less, if you prefer.
Baked Lemon Cheesecake
Serves 8
250 g Digestive biscuits
125 g butter, melted
400 g cream cheese, softened
150 g caster sugar
1 heaped Tbsp finely grated lemon rind
4 Tbsp lemon juice
3 large eggs
whipped cream, to serve (optional)
Preheat oven to 160°C. Grease a 20 cm round springform cake tin with butter, line the base with parchment paper. Process biscuits into fine crumbs, add melted butter and combine (I actually crushed the biscuits with a wooden spoon and mixed it all by hand). Press the cookie mixture over base and sides of the prepared tin. Refrigerate for 15 minutes.
Meanwhile, beat the cream cheese, sugar and lemon rind together until smooth. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating until combined. Add lemon juice, beat for another minute. Pour the mixture into prepared cake tin.
Bake for about 1 hour or until filling is just set (mixture may wobble slightly in centre, but will firm on standing). Cool in oven with door slightly ajar.
Refrigerate for 4 hours or until cold.
Garnish with some lemon zest and serve with cream.
6 comments:
- AnaVar said...
This cake is probably the closest to heaven that I'll ever be.
- 3:49 p.m., April 15, 2011
- Wendy said...
That looks utterly delicious. :)
- 4:06 p.m., April 15, 2011
- Grammy T. said...
Digestive biscuits... Like Tums?? Or like graham crackers? What ever they are this cheesecake is so beautiful.
- 12:28 a.m., April 17, 2011
- Tusla said...
Not only the cake looks delicious, but I love the plate underneath it!
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- Bea said...
Really nice this cheescake! I love all of them :)
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