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Here is my story on Panas holding on to win against North Salem, along with the rest of today's results.
Panas was able to withstand a late rally by North Salem to hold on for a 49-46 win on the road.
Tyler Mason made a layup off an inbound pass from Tom Frost with 17 seconds left to give the Panthers a 47-46 lead.
Mason's last-second bucket helped the Panthers (11-3) avoid a huge collapse. The Tigers (5-8) held a 34-19 lead heading into the fourth quarter.
"It's not a beauty contest," Panas coach Shawn Sullivan said. "At the end of the season an ugly win still counts in the win column."
The Tigers tied the game at 43 with 1:20 left. Mason (14 points, eight rebounds) made a 14-foot jumper from the wing to give Panas a 45-43 lead with just over a minute left.
North Salem's Thomas Bond (23 points) nailed a 3 to give the Tigers a 46-45 lead with 40 seconds left.
But Frost (eight points) found Mason under the basket for the game winner.
On the ensuing North Salem possession, Panas' Tim McCauley (seven points) stole the ball with five seconds remaining, was fouled, and knocked down two free throws. North Salem had a chance to tie the game with 1.9 second left but couldn't.
Sullivan credited Tigers' coach Henry Sassone for having his team slow the pace of the game, something the Panthers aren't accustomed to.
"That was the slowest paced game we've played all year," Sullivan said. "If teams are going to take air out of ball we need to be able to adjust."
Best of the rest: Andrew Groll had 14 points in Byram Hills' 67-22 rout at Valhalla. … Tommy Keane had eight points in visiting Stepinac B's 49-36 win over Iona Prep B. … Isaiah Ward had 26 points and 19 rebounds in Palisade Prep's 82-47 rout over visiting Greenburgh. … Andre Carthorn had 17 points and four steals and Calvin Walters had 15 points and eight rebounds as Clark Academy topped visiting Solomon Schechter 58-52. … Matt Moros had 13 points in Somers' 62-40 loss at Carmel.
Tuesday's scoreboard
Mount Vernon 54, New Rochelle 50
Byram Hills 67, Valhalla 22
Croton-Harmon 52, Hamilton 38
Panas 49, North Salem 46
Stepinac B 49, Iona Prep B 36
Carmel 62, Somers 40
Palisade Prep 82, Greenburgh 47
Briarcliff 49, Pleasantville 45
Clark 58, Solomon Schechter 52
North Rockland 78, Suffern 62


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Indonesian Pork Recipe
A zippy marinade flavors these pork kabobs. "The recipe came from my mom, and it's one of our favorites," says Jan Stenzel of Littleton, Colorado.
- 2 tablespoons reduced-sodium soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon water
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1/2 cup chopped onion
- 1/3 cup salted peanuts
- 2 teaspoons ground coriander
- 2 teaspoons brown sugar
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
- 1/2 cup chicken broth
- 2 boneless pork loin chops (1 inch thick and 5 ounces each), cut into 1-inch cubes
- 1. In a blender, combine the first 10 ingredients; cover and process until blended. Transfer to a small saucepan; stir in butter and broth. Bring to a boil; remove from the heat. Cool.
- 2. Pour the marinade into a large resealable plastic bag; add pork. Seal bag and turn to coat; refrigerate for 6 hours or overnight.
- 3. Drain and discard marinade. Thread the pork cubes onto four small metal or soaked wooden skewers. Grill, uncovered, over medium heat for 12-14 minutes, turning occasionally, or until juices run clear. Yield: 2 servings.
Nutritional Facts
2 each: 300 calories, 17g fat (6g saturated fat), 79mg cholesterol, 458mg sodium, 7g carbohydrate (3g sugars, 2g fiber), 31g protein.
Reviews for Indonesian Pork
Average Rating
Reviewed Nov. 9, 2013
"Completely tasteless. I will not be making this dish again."
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Fast facts about fire
Home fires
· Half of home fire deaths result from fires reported between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. when most people are asleep. Only one in five home fires were reported during these hours.
· One quarter of home fire deaths were caused by fires that started in the bedroom. Another quarter resulted from fires in the living room, family room or den.
· Three out of five home fire deaths happen from fires in homes with no smoke alarms or no working smoke alarms.
· In 2013, U.S. fire departments responded to an estimated 369,500 home structure fires. These fires caused 2,755 deaths, 12,200 civilian injuries, and $7.0 billion in direct damage
· Home fires killed an average of eight people every day in 2013.
· Cooking equipment is the leading cause of home fire injuries, followed by heating equipment.
· Smoking materials are the leading cause of home fire deaths.
· Most fatal fires kill only one or two people. In 2013, 12 home fires killed five or more people resulting in a total of 67 deaths.
· During 2007-2011, roughly one of every 320 households had a reported home fire per year.
Smoke alarms
· Three out of five home fire deaths in 2007-2011 were caused by fires in homes with no smoke alarms or no working smoke alarms.
· Working smoke alarms cut the risk of dying in reported home fires in half.
· In fires considered large enough to activate the smoke alarm, hardwired alarms operated 93% of the time, while battery powered alarms operated only 79% of the time.
· When smoke alarms fail to operate, it is usually because batteries are missing, disconnected, or dead.
· An ionization smoke alarm is generally more responsive to flaming fires and a photoelectric smoke alarm is generally more responsive to smoldering fires. For the best protection, or where extra time is needed, to awaken or assist others, both types of alarms, or combination ionization and photoelectric alarms are recommended.
Escape Planning
· According to an NFPA survey, only one-third of Americans have both developed and practiced a home fire escape plan.
· Almost three-quarters of Americans do have an escape plan; however, more than half never practiced it.
· One-third (32%) of survey respondents who made an estimate thought they would have at least 6 minutes before a fire in their home would become life threatening. The time available is often less. Only 8% said their first thought on hearing a smoke alarm would be to get out!
· U.S. Fire Departments responded to an estimated annual average of 156,600 cooking-related fires between 2007-2011, resulting in 400 civilian deaths, 5,080 civilian injuries and $853 million in direct damage.
· Two of every five home fires started in the kitchen.
· Unattended cooking was a factor in one-third of reported home cooking fires.
· Two-thirds of home cooking fires started with ignition of food or other cooking materials.
· Ranges accounted for almost three of every five (57%) of home cooking fire incidents. Ovens accounted for 16%.
· Children under five face a higher risk of non-fire burns associated with cooking and hot food and drinks than of being hurt in a cooking fire.
· Microwave ovens are one of the leading home products associated with scald burns. According to the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System, two out of five of the microwave oven injuries seen at emergency rooms in 2012 were scald burns.
· Clothing was the item first ignited in less than 1% of home cooking fires, but these incidents accounted for 15% of the cooking fire deaths.
· Fifty-five percent of people injured in home fires involving cooking equipment were hurt while attempting to fight the fire themselves.
· Failure to clean was a factor contributing to ignition in 17% of reported home fires involving ovens or rotisseries.
· The leading factor contributing to heating equipment fires was failure to clean. This usually involved creosote build-up in chimneys.
· Portable or fixed space heaters, including wood stoves, were involved in one-third (33%) of home heating fires and four out of five (81%) home heating deaths.
· Just over half of home heating fire deaths resulted from fires caused by heating equipment too close to things that can burn, such as upholstered furniture, clothing, mattresses or bedding.
· In most years, heating equipment is the second leading cause of home fires, fire deaths, and fire injuries.
Smoking materials
· Smoking materials started an average of 17,900 smoking-material home structure fires per year during 2007-2011. These fires caused an average of 580 deaths, 1,280 injuries and $509 million in direct property damage per year.
· Most deaths in home smoking-material fires were caused by fires that started in bedrooms (40%) or living rooms, family rooms or dens (35%).
· Sleep was a factor in roughly one-third of the home smoking material fire deaths.
· Possible alcohol impairment was a factor in one in five (19%) of home smoking fire deaths.
· One out of four fatal victims of smoking-material fires is not the smoker whose cigarettes started the fire.
· About half (48%) of home electrical fires involved electrical distribution or lighting equipment. Other leading types of equipment were washer or dryer, fan, portable or stationary space heater, air conditioning equipment water heater and range.
· Electrical failure or malfunctions caused an average of 47,800 home fires per year in 2007-2011, resulting in an average of 450 deaths and $1.5 billion in direct property damage.
· During 2007-2011 candles caused 3% of home fires, 4% of home fire deaths, 7% of home fire injuries, and 6% of direct property damage from home fires.
· On average, there are 29 home candle fires reported per day.
· More than one-third of these fires (36%) started in the bedroom; however, the candle industry found that only 13% of candle users burn candles in the bedroom most often.
· Nearly three in five candle fires start when things that can burn are too close to the candle.
· Falling asleep was a factor in 11% of the home candle fires and 37% of the associated deaths.


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Aussies in action at Wimbledon tonight
Australians in action at Wimbledon on Tuesday, the second day of the Championships:
Men's Singles first round
Lleyton Hewitt (Aus) vs Robby Ginepri (USA), second match, court three
Women's Singles first round
18-Samantha Stosur (Aus) vs Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA), first match, court 12
Jelena Dokic (Aus) vs Tatjana Malek (Ger), first match, court seven
Men's Doubles first round
Prakash Amritraj (Ind)/Aisam-Ul-Haq Queresh (Pak) vs Stephen Huss (Aus)/16-Ross Hutchins (Gbr), time and court to be announced
Women's Doubles first round
Jarmila Groth (Aus)/Renata Voracova (Cze) vs Gisela Dulko (Arg)/Shahar Peer (Isr), third match, court 16
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On October 6th, The Black Dahlia Murder will release their eighth full-length, 'Nightbringers', via Metal Blade Records. For a first preview of the record, a video for the title track can be viewed at metalblade.com/tbdmRead More
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On August 29th, Metal Blade Records and BMG will release 'For the Sake of Heaviness: The History of Metal Blade Records.' For a preview, please visit Billboard.com for an exclusive excerpt of the book.Read More
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Baldwin High School parking lot transformed into music festival
Loud cheers echoed across the parking lot as Trevor Jackson took the stage.
Students from Baldwin High School crowded around, dancing and singing along to the tunes of their new favorite artist.
"It's amazing," said Baldwin junior Kayla Baldinger, 17, a hip-hop fanatic, who attended her first live concert in the back parking lot of her own school last week. "I love dancing. It's the best."
The Baldwin High School parking lot was transformed into a music and arts festival for two hours on Oct. 3 as the High School Nation Tour visited the school, with a concert-like atmosphere, a "Music Zone," with guitar and drum stations that allowed students to play their own tunes, and the John Lennon Education Tour Bus, where students had the opportunity to view a working recording studio on wheels.
"It's sweet," said Baldwin junior Vinnie Sabatini, 16, as he played the drums for his friends. "It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, really, especially going on the tour bus."
Jimmy Cantillon, founder of Los Angeles-based High School Nation, began bringing musical acts into schools in southern California, where he grew up, about 10 years ago, he said.
It started as a lunch-time activity, where performers or surprise guests would visit schools and encourage student participation in the arts. The Santa Barbara High School graduate said hearing about cuts to music programs in schools made him want to do more.
Last year, he launched the High School Nation Tour, now sponsored by Monster, which brings the music and art festival — complete with interactive areas — to school stadiums and parking lots across the country.
"It's just meant to inspire them and fire them up," Cantillon said.
The program brings representatives from High School Nation back to the schools later in the year to check-on the status of the schools' art and music programs, he said. Sponsors also donate nearly $10,000 in musical equipment to the school or students during the year, Cantillon said.
Twenty high schools across the country were selected this fall for the free event.
Cantillon said he chose mostly major cities across the United States, then narrowed it down to a handful of schools in each city. From there, he contacted each school and made the decision based on the administrators' enthusiasm in their responses.
New Baldwin High School Principal Walter Graves said he was excited that his school, with nearly 1,500 students, was selected.
"We're pretty lucky," he said.
Assistant Principal Janeen Peretin said the event is beneficial to students.
"For those that already have the passion for the arts and music, it's really just showing that we honor that just as much as anything else," Peretin said. "And for the regular, average student who maybe doesn't have a special interest (in music). They always have their ear buds in and they're listening to music. This is to show them that there are viable opportunities for them with music."
Jonathan Wicks, 17, a senior and member of the marching band, was excited to see a day all about what he loves.
"There should be more appreciation for the organizations that truly do a lot of work," he said. "Without music, life would be flat."
Members of the Baldwin High School Marching Band said they were excited their classmates, who normally don't spend their day in the music rooms, got to have the chance to play the drums and guitars and see what classes are like.
"It's cool that they get to experience what we do every day," said senior Cara Koenig, 17, who plays the clarinet in the marching band.
Teachers, too, enjoyed watching the students try the instruments and sing along to the melodies.
"This is phenomenal," Baldwin High School director of bands Greg Steele said. "I'm really hopeful that this will put music on more kids' radars."
Still, for some, the best part of the day were the performing artists trying to get more exposure with high school youths.
"He's hot," said Baldwin sophomore Kylia Jones, 15, as she danced along to Trevor Jackson's performance. "They're really good. It's awesome."
Stephanie Hacke is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. She can be reached at 412-388-5818 or email@example.com.


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Ryan, i think the basic problem is .. that you would need one "instance" that can decide which way to go (local or remote), especially with Situation 3, where application-specific logic is required (you're online, but you want to work locally). On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 8:16 PM, Ryan Ramage <email@example.com> wrote: > Situation 1. > So lets say I am ROAMING with no inet connection. I open a word > document on my local machine, which contains the link: > > http://remote.app.com/db/doc > > When I click on the link, would there be a way that it get redirected > to http://local.app.com/db/doc This would never work .. because when you can't reach remote.app.com, it's stopping there .. and nothing is trying to redirect you somewhere else. My first Idea while reading your post, was something like a lokal proxy/gateway. Which could (however) check if the remote one is at least available, and (based on specific rules) should be used .. or the local one. That said .. perhaps it would help to stay with one hostname, and try to modify the dns settings and solve it that way? don't know if that's possible, something like .. w/o dns-server, use 127.0.0.1 for app.com, otherwise, overwrite this record with the fetched dns-information? Regards Stefan
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Occasionally referred to as the "scenic, smaller cousin" of the Grand Canyon, Oak Creek Canyon, just south of Flagstaff, is known for some of its geological details, including colorful rocks and unique natural formations. Getting to Oak Creek Canyon isn't hard, either; in fact, State Rt. 89A goes right into it. Before you go into… Read More →


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WEDNESDAY, Jan. 9, 2013 (MedPage Today) — Adding a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) to an antihypertensive regimen that includes a diuretic and either an ACE inhibitor or an angiotensin receptor blocker may increase the risk of acute kidney injury, researchers found.
Compared with patients on the dual antihypertensive regimen alone, those who also were taking an NSAID had a 31 percent greater risk of acute kidney injury, according to Samy Suissa, PhD, of McGill University in Montreal, and colleagues.
The risk was highest within the first 30 days of using the antihypertensive-NSAID combination, the researchers reported online in BMJ.
"Although antihypertensive drugs have cardiovascular benefits, vigilance may be warranted when they are used concurrently with NSAIDs," they wrote.
"In particular," they wrote, "major attention should be paid early in the course of treatment, and a more appropriate use and choice among the available anti-inflammatory or analgesic drugs could therefore be applied in clinical practice."
Antihypertensives and NSAIDs are often co-prescribed, although little is known about the potential risks when they are used together.
"From a pharmacological perspective, these combinations may increase the risk of acute kidney injury, as each has the potential to affect kidney function through different mechanisms," Suissa and colleagues wrote. "Use of diuretics can lead to hypovolemia, ACE inhibitors/angiotensin receptor blockers cause a hemodynamic reduction in glomerular filtration rate due to efferent arteriolar vasodilation, and NSAIDs cause inhibition of prostacyclin synthesis (leading to renal afferent arteriolar vasoconstriction)."
To explore the issue, the researchers examined data from the U.K. Clinical Practice Research Datalink, which captures information from primary care encounters, and the Hospital Episodes Statistics database, a national registry of hospital admissions.
Among 487,372 users of antihypertensive drugs identified, there were 2,215 first-time hospitalizations for acute kidney injury during a mean follow-up of 5.9 years.
Each of those cases was matched to up to 10 controls who did not have a previous history of acute kidney injury. Cases and controls were matched by age, sex, calendar year of cohort entry, prevalent user status, and duration of follow-up; the analysis included 21,993 controls.
The average age in both the cases and controls was 77; 51 percent of the patients were male.
After adjustment for numerous potential confounders, using a combination of one antihypertensive and an NSAID (double therapy) was not associated with a higher rate of acute kidney injury compared with using one antihypertensive alone.
However, triple therapy (a diuretic, either an ACE inhibitor or an angiotensin receptor blocker, and an NSAID) was associated with a greater risk of acute kidney injury, particularly shortly after initiating treatment.
The risk declined progressively the longer therapy lasted, and it was no longer significantly elevated after more than 90 days of use.
"Although the basis of this is still unclear, it might be explained by an early and severe deteriorating effect of NSAIDs in susceptible patients, who are heavily dependent on prostacyclins to maintain renal function," the researchers speculated. "Furthermore, patients may initially use a greater number of NSAID pills early on than later, as some causes of pain may abate over time."
In an accompanying editorial, Dorothea Nitsch, MD, and Laurie Tomlinson, PhD, of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said that the study cannot reliably exclude an increase in the risk of acute kidney injury with double-drug — as opposed to triple-drug — therapy.
But, they wrote, "the implications of the current analysis are nevertheless important: clinicians must advise patients who are prescribed diuretics, ACE inhibitors, or angiotensin receptor blockers of the risks associated with NSAID use and they must also be vigilant for signs of drug-associated acute kidney injury in all patients."
Suissa and colleagues acknowledged some limitations of the study, including possible misclassification of acute kidney injury status, possible residual confounding by indication and disease severity, the inability to control for exposure to contrast media injected during cardiovascular examinations and exposure to other nephrotoxins, and possible misclassification of exposure because of the availability of NSAIDs over the counter.
Source: NSAID, Blood Pressure Medicine Combo Tied to Kidney Risk
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Boot to Recovery Console w/o XP CD
Posted 27 November 2007 - 01:31 AM
This is a download of an .iso file of just the Recovery Console for XP.
Burn to CD with Nero or other 'disc image' capable tool and boot.
It looks just like the start of a normal XP CD, but will only offer the Recovery Console by pressing "R."
All normal Recovery Console procedures can be run from this utility.
Direct download: http://www.thecomput...om/files/rc.iso
System Restore from the Recovery Console: http://forums.cclonl...read.php?t=1183
Posted 12 January 2008 - 05:20 AM
Posted 25 July 2008 - 01:21 PM
Thanks to wannabe1 from Geeks to Go for this one.
This is a download of an .iso file of just the Recovery Console for XP.
Burn to CD with Nero or other 'disc image' capable tool and boot.
It looks just like the start of a normal XP CD, but will only offer the Recovery Console by pressing "R."
All normal Recovery Console procedures can be run from this utility.
Direct download: http://www.thecomput...om/files/rc.iso
System Restore from the Recovery Console: http://forums.cclonl...read.php?t=1183
Does anybody know if this is safe?? And if it is, does it work on USB?
Posted 29 July 2008 - 11:44 PM
In the past when I have tried to use the Recovery Console it asked me for the Administrator password. I have none so I just hit Enter and then it closes out. There is a separate Administrator account that is only visible when you go into Safe Mode. I wonder if one can set a password for that one and satisfy the Recovery Console that way. I don't want to assign a password to my normal account as user with administrator priviliges since then you gotta enter the pw at every startup.
Have you tried starting the Recovery thingie and if so, how did you fix this password problem?
I don't know about the program...
but, just answering your question.
If you go to "Welcome" screen (where you see the user names, and you need click in the name) and hit Ctrl + Alt + Del 2 or 3 times, so it will open a "dialog" box, asking for username and password, so, you can even type administrator and the password, or, your username and your password.
If you want just change the password, you can right click in My Computer, go to manage, Local Users and Groups, Users, you will find administrator over there, right click and reset password. It will ask for a password, so, the user administrator will use this password that you type.
Posted 31 July 2008 - 05:26 PM
Yes is safe and work without the administrator pass.
Does anybody know if this is safe?? And if it is, does it work on USB?
Have the autochk.exe file, needed for chkdsk to run.
this post make my day, so I register to this forum and post :
thanks a lot man !
Posted 08 April 2010 - 05:17 AM
Posted 09 April 2010 - 04:18 AM
The Computer Paramedic site is undergoing an upgrade, and files are currently unavailable. A cached copy of RC.ISO can be obtained from Internet Archive.
You can also install the Recovery Console to the C drive to have as a boot option, if you have or can borrow any XP CD, or if the XP installation files are on the hard disk.
Click Start and Run. If you're using an XP CD, insert it, and close the autorun program if it starts.
Click Browse. To install from a CD, click the CD/DVD drive in the "Look in" list. Otherwise, navigate to the drive and folder containing the XP installation files.
Double-click the i386 folder and double-click Winnt32.exe.
The Run textbox should now contain X:\I386\WINNT32.EXE or X:\path\I386\WINNT32.EXE (where X is the CD drive letter, or X:\path is the hard disk location of the i386 folder). Add a space at the end of the line and type /CMDCONS. Click OK and Yes, then OK when done.
If you're not sure if the installation files are on the hard disk, click Start and Search. If Search doesn't open in Advanced mode, click "All files and folders". Under "Look in" select Local Hard Drvies. Type "WINNT32.EXE" (include the quotes) under "File name", and click Search.
Edited by TomGL2, 23 March 2014 - 01:03 PM.
Posted 09 April 2010 - 04:25 AM
All XP CDs I've used include the RC. To invoke it, boot to the Welcome to Setup screen, then press R. You may be thinking of the many "system recovery" disks that write an image to the hard disk.
stupid OEM XP CDs available which don't come with the Recovery Console
Posted 09 April 2010 - 06:36 AM
The Recovery Console documentation mentions the Set AllowAllPaths = FALSE command, and this is responsible for the restriction. Logically, Set AllowAllPaths = TRUE allows access, but the Set command is itself disabled by default, so the setting can't be applied.
It is possible to enable the Set command ahead of time from within Windows. Log on as an administrator. Copy the following command (it's a single long wrapped line).
Reg Add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Setup\RecoveryConsole" /V SetCommand /T REG_DWORD /D 1 /F
Click Start and Run, paste the command into the textbox, and click OK.
Now, whenever you boot to the Recovery Console, you can enter Set AllowAllPaths = TRUE and access all drives. Note that case doesn't matter, but a space before and after = is required.
By the way, files can be copied to and from a USB drive, even without the above command, although the sources and destinations will be pretty limited.
Posted 29 December 2010 - 05:37 PM
Edited by tinoater, 29 December 2010 - 05:42 PM.
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Posted 24 June 2012 - 05:02 PM
I checked the links above and those are for Windows XP Home. Please give me a link to the Windows XP Professional Recovery Console Download
Don't let the word "Home" on the Welcome to Setup screen bother you — the recovery console in Home and Pro are the same.
Posted 25 June 2012 - 10:03 AM
Posted 26 June 2012 - 03:59 PM
please comment back and tell my how to repair My Windows XP Pro Edition computer,
As this forum is not intended for troubleshooting, please post this problem as a new topic in User to User Help. Be sure to mention the make and exact model of computer or, if it's not a major brand-name system, the make and model of motherboard.
Edited by TomGL2, 26 June 2012 - 04:00 PM.
Posted 29 June 2012 - 07:42 PM
Posted 30 June 2012 - 12:18 AM
I converted your link to a .bin/.cue because it wouldn't open up until I used MagicIso Maker
Download the ISO file again if you didn't retain the original copy. Open Nero Express and select Disc Image. Or, open Nero Burning ROM and dismiss the New Compilation window if it appears, then click Recorder and Burn Image. Navigate to the location of RC.ISO.
When writing this or any ISO, be sure to choose the Finalize option.
I chose the 'R' option - I got: 'Setup is starting' ... and then 'Type EXIT to quit the Recovery Console and restart the computer'
"Setup is starting" should not be displayed when loading the recovery console.
Normally when the RC opens, the existing XP installations are listed and you choose which to repair, then you're prompted for the Adminstrator account password. At that point "Type EXIT to quit" is shown, and the command prompt opens (C:Windows>).
That the installations aren't listed means that there are NO installations of XP on the hard disk, or they are damaged to the point that the RC doesn't recognize them. This suggests, at minimum, that the registry files are corrupted or missing, or that the drive is unreadable (or, again, that XP is simply not installed).
Edited by TomGL2, 25 March 2014 - 03:45 AM.
Posted 17 November 2012 - 11:01 AM
Posted 17 November 2012 - 05:48 PM
i get to the R/console it ask, Which Windows installation would you like to log onto, then i click 1 then enter after that my pc hang
Celemen, after you've selected the Windows installation, the RC determines whether it's XP. If so, the RC reads the password for the Administrator account from the SAM file (part of the registry). Because the RC hangs at that point, I think the SAM file is damaged.
Since Tips 'n Tricks isn't intended for troubleshooting, post to the User to User forum. Assuming you're trying to solve a problem by using the recovery console, please detail the primary problem, not just the RC failure.
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No longer the old family truckster of years past, today's station wagon (or sport wagon) is a great alternative for families or active individuals looking to haul kids, cargo or any combination thereof. Sport wagons offer all the cargoand people-carrying capacity of an SUV, but with better mileage and handling—and usually a lower relative price.
Because they make more on SUVs, most automakers have abandoned the sport wagon market, but Acura recently bucked the trend by introducing the TSX Sport Wagon, and I'm glad they did. To start with, the TSX Sport Wagon is a good-looking vehicle, adding a nicely sloped rear cargo area attached to the sporty TSX sedan body.
The interior is not too over-the-top, including nice features, such as heated power seats with memory, dual automatic climate control, rearview camera, available GPS, power moonroof, steering wheel-mounted audio controls, a powerful sound system, available power lift gate, and a large cargo area with tonneau cover that can be expanded by folding the rear seat. The slope of the rear liftgate does impede slightly on the height of cargo that can be carried. Rear seat room is a bit tight, though those in back do get their own air vents.
The TSX Sport Wagon is powered by a 2.4 liter 4-cylinder engine that pumps out 201 horsepower to the front wheels via a 5-speed automatic transmission. Gas mileage is a class-leading 22 city, 30 highway. Power is plentiful if not overwhelming, but more than adequate for most drivers. Handling is great. You forget you're driving a wagon until you look in the rear-view mirror. A typically athletic Acura suspension for good handling combines with good brakes, responsive steering and steering wheel paddle shifters to provide a fun-to-drive vehicle, thanks in large part to the lower center of gravity offered by a wagon compared to a higher riding SUV or crossover. The sport mode ratches up the fun by tightening the suspension and increasing shift points for faster acceleration, making the TSX quite sporty.
According to Frank Leta Acura general sales manager Allen Masengill, "The TSX Sport Wagon's body lines are fantastic. Acura made a versatile wagon without losing the TSX sedan's sporty look and feel." Prices for the TSX Sport Wagon start about $32,000; add about $3,700 for the technology package, which includes navigation, a fancy sound system, bluetooth, a power tailgate and voice recognition system.
Another great wagon alternative is the Audi A4 Avant. Offering the style and performance of the A4 sedan with the added bonus of expanded cargo-carrying capacity makes for a very attractive vehicle for those who enjoy driving but need to haul a lot of stuff.
Inside, the A4 enjoys the lauded Audi interior that's tops in design and finish. Heated power leather seats with two memory positions are moderately bolstered and very comfortable. Combined with dual automatic climate control and a large opening moon roof, year-round comfort is assured. A screen in the middle of the dash displays a number of functions but is controlled by a remote joystick on the console between the seats. It's not as intuitive as a touch-screen, but hard buttons around the joystick make navigating the through the system a bit easier. The nice leather-wrapped steering wheel has radio controls on it so you don't have to take your hands off the wheel. The rear seat is surprisingly roomy with air vents and controls. The generous cargo area is accessed through a power liftgate and the rear seats can be folded, though the slope of the rear hatch can limit the height of objects that can be carried. A rear-view camera greatly assists reversing, and a sensor beeps as you approach an object.
The A4 uses the fabulous Audi 2.0 liter turbocharged 4-cylinder engine with 211 horsepower mated to an 8-speed automatic that drives all four wheels. Gas mileage is 21 city, 29 highway. Stability and traction control kick in if your driving ability ends before the road does. Turbo lag is pretty much non-existent, and power is plentiful throughout the rev band. The steering and suspension feel nice and tight with good road feel, which combined with excellent handling and good brakes, makes for a really fun driving experience. Kevin Rodermund, sales manager at Plaza Audi, extols the virtues of the A4 Avant by saying, "It has room, space and fuel economy. It's a good all-around vehicle for families and active people."
Prices for the A4 Avant start at about $36,400 and can reach the low $50,000s if you want all the options.


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Tomlin makes changes to Steelers' lineup on both sides of ball
Ten starts and 11 sacks allowed into an NFL career that's still in its infancy, Steelers left tackle Mike Adams is getting sacked himself.
So is defensive end Ziggy Hood, who hasn't lived to his first-round draft pick expectations — and now isn't even on the first team.
The fallout from the Steelers' 0-4 start continued Tuesday as coach Mike Tomlin announced Adams and Hood were out as starters.
Either Kelvin Beachum or the newly added Levi Brown will replace Adams and former first-round pick Cam Heyward supplants Hood.
That Adams would be benched after allowing 3 1⁄2 sacks against the Vikings became evident as soon as the Steelers returned from London and dealt with Arizona for Brown, the No. 5 overall pick in 2007 for Arizona.
However, Adams still was listed as a starter on the official team depth chart as recently as Monday.
Tomlin changed that in a hurry, and he issued a challenge to Adams while doing so.
"I think it's going to have an opportunity to define him and his career," Tomlin said of the former Ohio State star. "There are a lot of solid professional guys that have been through ups and downs, the emotions and so forth.
"The guys that show staying power and the guys that respond to it appropriately, that roll their sleeves up and go to work, (are) steady, solid players."
Beachum probably will start Sunday against the Jets, as long as left guard Ramon Foster recovers from a left pectoral muscle strain. If he doesn't, Beachum could start at guard with Brown starting at tackle.
Ben Roethlisberger is one of Adams' biggest supporters, but even he recognizes it was time for a change after Vikings star Jared Allen punished Adams repeatedly in London.
"There comes a time where if you're not playing up to par, coach has to make a decision," Roethlisberger said on his 93.7 radio show. "He's doing that with Mike. Maybe this is exactly what he needs to get to that next level, to be that high-profile guy."
The Steelers have invested heavily in their offensive line, devoting two first-round picks (center Maurkice Pouncey and guard David DeCastro) and two second-rounders (Adams and Marcus Gilbert) to it since 2010.
Despite doing so, their running game is off to its worst start in franchise history with only a 58 yards per game average, and Roethlisberger is being forced repeatedly to abandon the pocket or to improvise because of a lack of pass protection.
Roethlisberger's 15 sacks are tied for the fourth most in the league, even though the Steelers have played one fewer game than most teams.
Even as the Steelers were drafting one offensive lineman after another, they expended first-round picks on defensive ends Hood (2009) and Heyward (2011). Now, one is taking over for the other.
Heyward, second on the team with nine quarterback pressures, "will play more and deservedly so," Tomlin said. "To ensure that, we're going to put him in the starting lineup."
Unlike Adams, who probably won't get on the field in the near future unless there are more injuries, Hood will get playing time as defensive end Brett Keisel continues to take some series off.
Hood, a starter for two-plus seasons, is in the final season of his five-year contract.
"I think he (Heyward) has been really solid, not taking anything away from Ziggy," Tomlin said.
Except Tomlin is taking something away from Hood: His job.
Alan Robinson is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. Reach him at email@example.com or via Twitter @arobinson_Trib.


text: Chinese dissident Wei Jingsheng will go on trial in a Beijing court Wednesday on charges of sedition. Wei, who served 15 years in prison for his involvement in the 1978 "democracy wall" movement, disappeared under police custody 20 months ago after continuing to speak out against the government. The trial has drawn heavy criticism from human rights groups and the United States, which has called for Wei's immediate release. But no Western government has threatened sanctions or political reprisals. Beijing bureau chief Jaime FlorCruz reports that Wei will likely be found guilty by the court and given immediate exile, possibly to the U.S. or Germany: "This is the most plausible explanation. Otherwise, why drag out Wei now, and face worldwide flak, when the Chinese government has been able to get away with detaining him without trial for one and a half years?"


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|2011-10-23, 01:41
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S.T.A.L.K.E.R Clear Sky Complete Mod
It's a bit tedious re-exploring the old areas but there are a enough differences to keep it interesting.
Only thing that's really bugging me are the weapon damages. All handguns I've encounter (except the Desert Eagle so that could be different) have the same damage stats so there's no point in swapping guns so readily.
Just got a P99 and maxed it out so it'll be my side arm for the rest of the game with a magazine of twenty rounds!
Another note to weapon damages, handguns do the same damage as the AK-74U which in turn does more damage than all the 5,56x45mm NATO weapons I've also encountered. I know the actual stats of the bullets are different in regards to penetration, path and accuracy but when you're blasting away at unarmoured beasties, it's a bit disconcerting that your pistol has more stopping power than your primary arm.
At the moment I'm exploring the Agroprom Area before going underground. Hanging out around the Loners, waiting for one of their Expoert members to give up the ghost and I'll grab his VSS.
|2011-10-23, 02:04
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IT Support
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Down under...
Playing some RAGE (PC). I don't mind the linear nature of the game, I guess that's what id do best, I guess, having briefly played the first Doom and Quake.
The texture pop-in is slightly annoying at times. I'm hoping the storytelling of id's future games gets better in future games.
Also got God of War Collection Vol. 2 (Origins Collection) for my PS3, finished Chains of Olympus. Once I find some more time (assignments + exams), I'll have to get around to starting Ghost of Sparta.
|2011-10-23, 03:18
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Scanning...
Age: 31
|2011-10-23, 04:49
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Onani Master
|2011-10-24, 14:20
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Resonance Of Fate
Not very far in both, but I like both of them plenty already.
Strangely RoF is pulling me in with the gameplay and not that much with the world or characters .. oh well, fun is fun. Getting into it in the first place, was tedious though.
Or when I have friends over or am just into a quick round - Guitar Hero: Warrios of Rock and Blur it is.
|2011-10-27, 02:59
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia
Age: 26
Professor Layton and the Last Specter. This is such a magical game and I LOVE the puzzles, story, characters and atmosphere. That additional RPG is a lovely inclusion.
|2011-10-28, 04:24
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Just finished A Profile. It carries a taint of g-senjou no maou: definitely unique in its own way.
Starting on Hoshizora no Memoria -Wish upon a Shooting Star- with a chinese patch. Decent story so far with the exception of that stupidly annoying imouto whom I would probably have locked inside a cage irl. Really like the music.
|2011-10-28, 14:00
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Senior Member
Started playing ToS;DotNW again the other day. Started with Mania difficulty and 10x exp .. Before half way of the game I was level 200 (max) and all battles are way too easy . I don't even like the story very much and the original is much better, but I still want to complete the game with 100% for some reason >.<. With that said, after this game is completed, I'll probably play it for 3rd and final time with Unknown difficulty (and less exp this time for some challenge).
Anyhow, I'm currently stuck in Gladsheim (if any ToS players here, you should know how that place is..) that is hellish labyrinth with ten floors, each floor is 8x8 square which means 64 rooms per floor, and you need to get to the each corner room of the square to advance to the next floor. No shop between floors and save points only at 3 & 6th floors. Fortunately I'm level 200 so it should be easy to win the last boss, but it's still tedious and long journey. If I was lower level and got to the top, and then died.. Oh the RAGE that would ensue.. back to floor 6 yay.
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Microsoft Unveils Unified Communications Vision, Strategy, Roadmap
SAN FRANCISCOMicrosoft is taking on both the challenges and opportunities that exist around the current unified communications platform and product lineup.
To do this, the Redmond software maker is introducing voice technologies to its current lineup, developing new products and expanding the unified communications features its current products provide, as well as offering services itself and in association with its partners.
In a two-hour presentation at an event here in San Francisco on June 26, Jeff Raikes, the president of the Microsoft Business Division, presented his vision for Microsoft's unified messaging strategy and product roadmap of the future.
"This new world of work has people at its core, and they are assisted by the software we provide to simplify the way they work together, especially across organizations and countries," he said, adding that communication choices have expanded, leading to communications chaos.
"There are also just too many devices out there, and workers do not have enough time to deal with the complexity associated with all of this. This wealth of devices and connectivity is also putting strain on IT administrators," he said.
The PC environment had seen a lot more innovation from a software perspective than the desktop phone, and PC innovation has improved the richness of that experience, Raikes said, noting that significant challenges and opportunities lie ahead in the unified communications field.
The complexity of the user experience remains a big challenge, with research showing that the average organization has 6.4 types of different communication devices and 4.8 communications applications, resulting in infrastructure islands, he said.
The real opportunities for unified communications lie on the productivity front, around collaboration and better business results, while meetings remain an area of great opportunity and challenge, he said, noting that the virtual meeting experience "should and could" be even better than actually being present at that meeting.
Raikes then gave a demonstration of the Microsoft Office RoundTable, an audio-video collaboration device with a 360-degree camera, expected to be released in the first half of 2007, that, when combined with Office Communications Server 2007, delivers an immersive conferencing experience that extends the meeting environment across multiple locations.
Read the rest of this eWEEK story: "Microsoft Unveils Unified Communications Vision, Strategy, Roadmap"


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3 more college players visit Steelers ahead of NFL Draft
Ohio State outside linebacker Ryan Shazier, UCLA inside linebacker Jordan Zumwalt and Washington State strong safety Deone Bucannon visited the Steelers on Thursday in advance of next month's NFL Draft.
Shazier was the Big Ten's leading tackler, and Bucannon was a first-team AP All-America defensive back.
Of the 12 college players known to have traveled to Pittsburgh for in-house interviews, four are defensive backs and three are wide receivers. Louisville safety Calvin Pryor visited Monday.
• Both of the Steelers' home preseason games will start at 7:30 p.m., on Aug. 16 (Buffalo Bills) and Aug. 28 (Carolina Panthers). Times and dates for road exhibition games against the New York Giants and Philadelphia Eagles have not been announced, although the game in Philadelphia is expected to be played Aug. 21.


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We Are Driven - Taken for the Ride of Our Life
by Doug Wakefield with Ben Hill
Over the last few weeks, the very bearish technical readings in daily sentiment have reversed. A few days ago, the US Census Bureau reported that, after sinking to the lowest level on record in January, sales of newly constructed homes rose unexpectedly in February, rebounding nearly 5%. The Commerce Department reported that durable orders jumped 3.4%. Clearly, if these numbers are not revised, which is increasingly frequent with government stats lately, they are positive signs for the beginning of a recovery. The day they were released, the Dow moved up more than 200 points its first hour of trading, and since March 9th we've seen a rally of almost 1400 points. Why be bearish now? Why not jump on board?
While the current rally in the Dow Jones Industrial Average - the most visible market to the average American - has caused everyone to breathe a collective sigh of relief, the underpinnings of the rally leave us questioning its long-term sustainability.
First, let's examine the Dow on Wednesday, March 18th, 2009.
No rocket science here. On this day, Bernanke simply announced that the Fed would hand out fistfuls of dollars. On that day a CNN Money article titled, Fed Buying $300 Billion in Treasuries, states:
"The Federal Reserve announced Wednesday it would buy $300 billion of long-term Treasuries over the next six months in order to try and get credit flowing more freely again.
The Fed also announced plans to buy an additional $750 billion in mortgage-backed securities; a move designed to lower mortgage rates."
Maybe at 2:00 EST on Wednesday, March 18th, traders forgot that just one day prior, at a meeting in Washington, Bernanke informed the Council on Foreign Relations that the reason for the purchase o f$300 billion in Treasuries and $750 in mortgage-backed securities, was because the Fed needed to "redouble its efforts after the central bank's balance sheet shrank 17 percent from a $2.7 trillion December peak." Perhaps they forgot that in that same report "Bernanke acknowledged the chance that the unemployment rate will exceed 10 percent for the first time in a quarter century."
The reason presented for the explosive, 6.8 percent rally three trading days later, on Monday, March 23, 2009 was much the same.
After weeks of handwringing over the need for the US Treasury to come up with a plan to purchase toxic assets from banks in order to help get credit flowing through the financial system again, Mr Geithner and crew presented a $1 trillion bailout program. Geithner's March 23rd, 2009 article in the Wall Street Journal was titled, My Plan for Bad Bank Assets. In it Geithner states:
"Today, we are announcing another critical piece of our plan to increase the flow of credit and expand liquidity. Our new Public-Private Investment Program will set up funds to provide a market for the legacy loans and securities that currently burden the financial system.
The Public-Private Investment Program will purchase real estate related loans from banks and securities from the broader markets. Banks will have the ability to sell pools of loans to dedicated funds, and investors will compete to have the ability to participate in those funds and take advantage of the financing provided by the government.
The new Public-Private Investment Program will initially provide financing for $500 billion with the potential to expand up to $1 trillion over time, which is a substantial share of real-estate related assets originated before the recession that are now clogging our financial system. Over time, by providing a market for these assets that does not now exist, this program will help improve asset values, increase lending capacity by banks, and reduce uncertainty about the scale of losses on bank balance sheets. The ability to sell assets to this fund will make it easier for banks to raise private capital, which will accelerate their ability to replace the capital investments provided by the Treasury." (Italics Mine)
Over the last year, we have been told that excessive leverage is the reason for this structural global financial crisis. Once again, it looks as though traders on that day paid little attention to the details - the devil's always in the details.
In case you haven't been reading on this lately, let me go over the important parts. They used to be called Public-Private Partnerships, but "a rose by any name would smell as sweet." All partnerships are not 50/50, and in this one the public, that is, the average American citizen, pays 92 percent of the bill to make the banks whole on some bad investments they made. The US government provides a "loan" of 85 percent and an "investment" of 7 percent out of all of the "surplus money they have on their balance sheets," or through the hidden tax of inflation upon its citizens. Of course, the private investors put up 8 percent, and, one would suppose, gets to split profits with the government. And for all this, the average person gets to keep the banking system afloat for one more day.
So, let's stop from the giddiness of the recent rallies and ask a few questions.
First, "Where did we find all this extra money lying around to help the banks with their toxic assets?" The US Treasury's website showed the national debt stood at $11 trillion the day Geithner suggests we "provide financing for $500 billion with the potential to expand up to $1 trillion over time." We've certainly come a long way in the last half century. On August 21st, 1962, in an article titled, US Debt Climbs to $300 billion: Figure Amounts to $1600 for each person in Country, the New York Times, noted, "The total national debt has reached $300 billion for the first time in history, the Treasury said today."
If the rapid growth of our nation's debts seem irrelevant to Geithner or Bernanke, our largest creditor holds a different view. Having just lost substantial amounts of their reserves through their State Administration of Foreign Exchange, China's opaque manager of nearly $2 trillion in foreign reserves, on March 13th 2009, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, voiced his concerns about US money printing. On that day, in an article titled, China 'worried' about US Treasury holdings, MSNBC reports:
"'Of course we are concerned about the safety of our assets. To be honest, I'm a little bit worried,' Wen said at a news conference Friday after the closing of China's annual legislative session. 'I would like to call on the United States to honor its words, stay a credible nation and ensure the safety of Chinese assets.'"
In February US Treasury data shows that China's holdings of US Treasury debt hit $739 billion, up from $535 billion just last August. Will China always buy any amount of debt Bernanke and Geithner dole out? On March 23rd 2009, Financial Times released an article titled, China Calls for New Reserve Currency, stating:
"China's central bank on Monday proposed replacing the US dollar as the international reserve currency with a new global system controlled by the International Monetary Fund.
In an essay posted on the People's Bank of China's website, Zhou Xiaochuan, the central bank's governor, said the goal would be to create a reserve currency 'that is disconnected from individual nations and is able to remain stable in the long run, thus removing the inherent deficiencies caused by using credit-based national currencies.
Analysts said the proposal was an indication of Beijing's fears that actions being taken to save the domestic US economy would have a negative impact on China.
Although Mr. Zhou did not mention the US dollar, the essay gave a pointed critique of the current dollar-dominated monetary system.
'The outbreak of the [current] crisis and its spillover to the entire world reflected the inherent vulnerabilities and systemic risks in the existing international monetary system,' Mr. Zhou wrote.
To replace the current system, Mr. Zhou suggested expanding the role of Special Drawing Rights, which were introduced by the IMF in 1969 to support the Bretton Woods fixed exchange rate regime but became less relevant once that collapsed in the 1970s.
Mr. Zhou said the proposal would require, 'extraordinary political vision and courage' and acknowledged a debt to John Maynard Keynes, who made a similar suggestion in the 1940s."
And, perhaps this is the direction that was intended all along. If you're unfamiliar with the idea that John Maynard Keynes proposed in the 1940s, let me take you back to that era, when the world was still reeling from another world crisis and currencies were far off the radar screen of most individuals. On page 481 of, A History of Money and Banking in the United States, Dr. Murray Rothbard notes:
"While the [US] White Plan envisioned a substantial amount of inflation to provide greater currency liquidity, the British responded with a Keynes Plan that was far more inflationary. By this time, Lord Keynes had abandoned economic and monetary nationalism for Britain under severe American pressure, and his aim was to salvage as much domestic inflation and cheap money for Britain as he could possibly induce America to accept. The Keynes Plan envisioned an International Clearing Union (ICU), which, in return for agreeing to stable exchange rates between currencies and the abandonment of exchange control, provided a huge loan to its members of $26 billion. The Keynes Plan, moreover, called for a new international monetary unit, the 'bancor,' which could be issued by the ICU in such large amounts as to provide almost unchecked room for inflation, even in a country with a large deficit in its balance of payments."
And, Geithner is open to China's suggestion. On March 26th 2009, a Chinese news source, the People's Daily Online, noted:
"Meanwhile, Timothy Geithner, speaking at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington on Wednesday, said that the U.S. is 'open' to China's proposal."
'I haven't read the governor's proposal. He's a very thoughtful, very careful distinguished central banker. I generally find him sensible on every issue,' Geithner said, saying that however his interpretation of the proposal was to increase the use of International Monetary Fund's special drawing rights (SDRs) - shares in the body held by its members - while not creating a new currency in the literal sense.
'We're actually quite open to that suggestion - you should see it as rather evolutionary rather building on the current architecture rather than moving us to global monetary union,' he said.
'The only thing concrete I saw was expanding the use of the (SDRs),' Geithner said. 'Anything he's thinking about deserves some consideration.'
The continued use of the dollar as a reserve currency, Geithner added, 'depends on how effective we are in the United States...at getting our fiscal system back to the point where people judge it as sustainable over time.'"
Though we discuss the behind the scenes aspects of these maneuvers in more detail in the closing pages of our November 2008 issue of The Investor's Mind, "The Power of...the Few," we will briefly touch on SDRs in the IMF's own words:
"The Special Drawing Right (SDR) was created by the IMF in 1969 to support the Bretton Woods fixed exchange rate system.
After the collapse of the Bretton Woods system in 1973, the SDR was redefined as a basket of currencies, today consisting of the euro, Japanese yen, pound sterling, and U.S. dollar. The U.S. dollar-value of the SDR is posted daily on the IMF's website."
As we read the IMF's website further, we learn that the IMF has been trying to expand the amount of SDRs in circulation for years. The only thing the IMF needs to do so is a "yes" vote from the US on an IMF amendment. In the same issue of The Investor's Mind, we quote George Soros' October 28th 2008 article in the Financial Times, where Soros states, "The financial crisis is spinning out of control. It is time to start thinking about creating special drawing rights or some other form of international reserves on a large scale, but that is subject to American veto."
On April 2nd 2009, the G20 will meet in London to discuss the largest expansion of lending powers of the IMF in world history. Both Japan and the United States have indicated that they will loan the IMF up to $100 billion, while the EU has stated that they will loan the IMF €75 billion.
While the UK has not agreed to an amount to loan to the IMF, as of this release, their financial stress indicates that they are having severe problems of their own right now. On March 25th 2009, a Bloomberg article titled, UK Bond Auction Fails for the First Time since 2002, reports:
"The UK failed to find enough buyers for 1.75 billion pounds ($US 2.55 billion) of bonds for the first time in almost seven years as debt investors repudiated Prime Minister Gordon Brown's plan to stem the worst economic crisis in three decades."
While most individuals refuse to believe that we have arrived at this juncture, any good contrarian looks to history to get their bearings. An expansion of a central currency will shift power away from independent countries and towards the global powers that be. And though, in light of the US's profligacy, this may sound like a good idea to many, there is ample evidence to suggest that we were led to this point for a reason. Joan Veon, founder of the Women's International Media Group, shows us that the "Public-Private Partnership" has been around since at least 1996 and talks about the history of such arrangements.
"I first heard the term Public-Private Partnership (PPP) when I attended the June 1996 United Nations Habitat II conference in Istanbul Turkey. The first time I read the conference's Programme of Action, I missed it completely. After I returned from Istanbul, I went back over the document and was shocked at its prominence. I spent six months trying to figure out what it was and I even conducted several interviews with people at the U.N. and other agencies.
A Public-Private Partnership is exactly what it says it is. First, it is a partnership that is business arrangement, and it is for profit...Historically, such deals were considered glaring conflicts of interest, and as such, not in the best interest of the people...When you marry government and business, all existing rules of law and government change as the checks and balances of our Constitution no longer pertain...The door is open for anything - politically, socially, and economically. Plunder is tyranny." (The United Nations Global Straightjacket (1999) Joan Veon, pp83-86)
So if you have recently been swept into euphoria of this explosive rally of the last few weeks, and haven't spent a great deal of time studying the history of money and politics, now is the time to start asking a great many skeptical questions. History suggests that the second quarter of 2009 could be among the most important periods in financial history.


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It's the most expensive and exclusive dining experience that will celebrate Chinese New Year in Las Vegas. The eight-course meal in the Bellagio's Tuscany Kitchen is $500 per person, and the once-in-a-lifetime experience is available for only three days. This is a feast fit for an emperor.
First, the jewel box-sized dining room will be transformed into the high-level Diaoyutai State Guesthouse from Beijing complete with the food, the staff and the hallowed plates and tableware flown over from China. Secondly, the historic dishes will be modernized from ancient menus dating back as far as the 11th century Jing Dynasty.
With only nine tables, a small number of privileged guests here will be treated like a world leader and head of state. That's because the Diaoyutai Palace is reserved solely for royalty and leaders. Executive chef Hao Baoli, who has led the culinary team there for 30 years, is flying here to ensure that the reputation of the prestigious State House is upheld with the finest standards.
His team will be dressed in traditional Chinese attire. He's overseeing the transportation of rare and exotic ingredients and the decor to ensure that the Tuscany Kitchen's transformation is as authentic as possible. There will be gold drapes, Foo Dogs, lanterns, trees and gates resembling the moon.
Chef Hao also promises that there will be extraordinary fruit-carving demonstrations and presentations and the amazing Dragon Bearded Noodle ritual. Champagne, cognacs and Chinese wines will be served.
This will be only the second time in history that the Chinese chefs have traveled to America for such a culinary event. I had the honor several years ago of attending a Diaoyutai luncheon at MGM Grand's Mansion and can testify that it is an experience never to be forgotten.
Bellagio President Randy Morton, who will host the Chinese culinary creme de la creme, said: "Food is an integral symbol of togetherness during the Chinese New Year. Joining two of the highest standards in hospitality is an honor and will make for a very special occasion.
"The celebration menu will feature a diverse selection of dishes showcasing rare ingredients and skillful techniques. Strict nutritional requirements will ensure that all dishes are low in sugar and sodium and high in protein. The result is cuisine that is visually stunning, legendary and nutritionally holistic."
The starter course consists of 12 items set out on three platters of pastry, cold and small dish delicacies. The main course consist of six items, including boiled lobster claw and whole abalone in oyster sauce with three side dishes, including the revered Dragon Beard noodles made in front of guests.
Diaoyutai dates back to the Jin Dynasty of 1115-1234 and the imperial residence in the Qing Dynasty. It has hosted 1,220 heads of state and government leaders.
ART INSTALLATION: Over at the Palazzo is a unique Chinese New Year creation towering 40 feet high. It took 10 months to design, build, deliver and install. To celebrate the Year of the Snake, the art includes a giant peach tree and snake produced by 77 worldwide artists from as far away as the Czech Republic and as nearby as Tustin, Calif. The tree is adorned with 8,800 blossom vines bearing 193,000 flowers.
The snake measures 98 feet in length, and the tree stands 38 feet tall. Additionally, there are 28 custom dancing lanterns in the display. A ceremonial dragon dance and eye painting ceremony will officially kick off Chinese New Year on Saturday. The dragon dance will wind through The Venetian and Palazzo with firecrackers, dancers and drummers in authentic costumes before winding up at the Palazzo waterfall and atrium gardens.
On Sunday, there will be a traditional Chinese fan dance in The Shoppes at the Palazzo rotunda with more than 500 red envelopes distributed to guests filled with prizes. Try to count all the traditional I Ching coins that represent wealth that sit amid the snake and in the Lalique statues of the Palazzo.
Chef Simon To of the Palazzo's Zine Noodles Dim Sum has created a special menu including firecracker Manila clams infused with Chinese white wine. Toast your Chinese friends with the Jaina cocktail of lemon grass-infused sake, dragon fruit and lotus root syrup.
Gong Xi Fa Cai -- Happy Chinese New Year! May you be happy and prosperous!
Robin Leach has been a journalist for more than 50 years and has spent the past decade giving readers the inside scoop on Las Vegas, the world's premier platinum playground.
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Within Bellagio are award-winning dining experiences including two AAA Five Diamond restaurants, Julian Serrano's Picasso and Le Cirque from the renowned Maccioni family.
Bellagio is home to an impressive collection of luxury retailers including Louis Vuitton, Giorgio Armani, Gucci, Tiffany & Co., Breguet, Prada, Fred Leighton, Chanel, Dior, Fendi, Bottega Veneta, Hermès and OMEGA.
A world-class art gallery, the exquisite Conservatory & Botanical Gardens, the stunning "O" by Cirque du Soleil, a luxurious spa and salon, dynamic nightlife at The Bank, Hyde Bellagio and Lily Bar & Lounge and an elegant casino all add to the extraordinary Bellagio experience.
With top accommodations, first-rate entertainment, high-end shopping and a slew of acclaimed chefs, the Palazzo has positioned itself as one of the most luxurious resorts on the Strip.
More than 3,000 all-suite rooms start at 740 square feet and are decorated in a modern, yet classic, Italian style. Each room features a sleeping area, with a king or two queens, and a sunken living room area with floor to ceiling windows.
A cathedral ceiling tops the Palazzo casino, while a second 80-foot dome brings natural light to the property's lobby. The 105,000 square foot casino features more than 2,000 slots and 80 table games but lacks the stale smell of cigarettes, as the property is LEED certified with smoking off limits in most of the Palazzo — including 50 percent of the casino floor.
Dining at the Palazzo is among the best of the Strip, starting with Wolfgang Puck's CUT. Chef Simon To serves up authentic Chinese cuisine at Zine, while Sushisamba combines Brazilian and Peruvian flavors with Japanese techniques. At LAVO, club-goers can dine on Mediterranean dishes before heading upstairs to the bath house-inspired nightclub.


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Did the war increase terrorism? It depends who you ask, write Mike Seccombe and Tom Allard.
When Clive Williams talks about the top 20, he's not talking pop music, he's talking terrorist targets. And on his notional top 20, the director of terrorism studies at the Australian National University has Australia marked with a bullet, as a fast riser.
"I think that from the time of our involvement in East Timor in September '99, we were probably somewhere in the top 20 in al-Qaeda's notional target list," he says. "Afghanistan probably put us into the top 10. Iraq has put us in the top four."
Behind the US, Britain and Israel, that is - and ahead of Spain, where terrorist bombings last week killed more than 200 people.
His comments referred to the debate this week about whether this country's involvement in the Iraq war put us at greater risk from terrorist attack. They also play to a broader global argument, a year after the Iraq war, about whether the world is more or less safe as a result.
And the reasoning used by the Prime Minister in arguing that Australia is not at increased risk after Iraq is essentially the same as that being put by Tony Blair in Britain and George Bush in the US. It was summarised by John Howard on radio yesterday as "we are a target because of who we are, rather than what we have done".
The governments which went to war in Iraq would have the public believe Islamic fundamentalists, in their blind hatred of "Western values", attack more or less indiscriminately. Thus any nation which holds to those values is equally at risk, whether it fights back or not.
And they point, as Howard did, to the fact that Indonesia suffered terrorist attacks, though it didn't support the coalition of the willing. The Philippines has had terrorist attacks, as has Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Kenya.
The trouble is, common sense, the non-partisan terrorist experts and the evidence say otherwise, when it comes to the attacks being indiscriminate.
Says Williams: "Look what they struck in Turkey: a Jewish synagogue, a London-based bank and the British consulate. They weren't attacks on Turkey, but on specific Western targets in Turkey."
The same applies in the other cases: the attacks in Morocco were against Spanish and Jewish targets; in Saudi Arabia it was businesses and residential areas frequented by Westerners; in the Philippines it was largely Western business interests and tourists, in Saudi Arabia the same. The Bali bombers targeted Westerners in a non-Islamic part of the country.
As one of the leading international experts on al-Qaeda's strategy, former Reuters and Channel Four (UK) journalist Paul Eedle noted on Lateline this week: "These are not just people who let off bombs. The extreme violence is part of a very careful, long-term strategy to break Western power in the world, to try to do to the West what they believe the war in Afghanistan did to the Soviet Union in the 1980s."
In other words, yes, the fundamentalists hate us for what we are, but they have a clear hierarchy of targets.
Williams says al-Qaeda and related groups have benefitted from the Iraq war. It has allowed them to get active in that country (he says there are probably about 300 foreign fighters there, although most terrorism is currently associated with domestic Sunni insurgency), and the propaganda value of the West picking a fight with a Muslim nation under false pretences have radicalised others. He notes that in spite of a degree of success in targeting al-Qaeda members, the frequency and size of attacks against Western interests has increased since the "war on terrorism" began.
Iraq has also given them a wedge to use to split Western nations away from each other. Whereas Western opinion was essentially united about the rightness of the war in Afghanistan, "People didn't feel that way about Iraq. They weren't convinced it had anything to do with the war on terrorism," says Williams.
There is no doubt, in the view of Dr Amin Saikal, a professor of politics and director of the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies at the ANU, that the Iraq war "opened up a new front" for the extremists. "To win this war, they only need to be in it," he says, arguing there is now no way for the US to withdraw from Iraq with dignity. "There is now a strong chance of a civil war in Iraq after the Western forces pull out," he says. And that will further destabilise a volatile region.
As the polls around the world have shown, the simplistic catchcries of the Howard/Bush/Blair nexus, that no matter what we do the terrorists will hate us, and that as Bush puts it "you're either with us or with the terrorists", will not wash.
The number of people who are neither with the terrorists nor with the coalition of the willing is large and growing. A survey of nine countries (four Muslim, three Western European, Russia and the US), released this week by the Pew Research Centre in Washington showed that trust in America and its intentions had diminished in every one but the US.
Dr Rohan Gunaratna, of the International Strategic Studies Centre, Singapore, said on ABC TV this week that the Iraq invasion had caused "tremendous resentment and unhappiness, even on the part of moderate Muslims". Terrorist groups, he said, exploited that anger to recruit "more people as sympathisers, supporters and members. Iraq has become the new land of the jihad."
While it was not possible to negotiate with the hard-core fundamentalists, he said, al-Qaeda only ever numbered 3000 to 4000 people. Better to concentrate on solving regional conflicts like Palestine, Chechnya, Mindanao in the Philippines, Kashmir, to reach out to moderate Islam.
Indonesia remains the most acute flashpoint for attacks against Australian interests. Never more so with Jemaah Islamiah's suspected spiritual leader, Abu Bakar Bashir, expected to be released shortly and already calling for a holy war.
There is evidence the terrorist group still has a large support base and is garnering new recruits through a few dozen radical Islamic schools. The Foreign Minister, Alexander Downer, put JI's strength at between 3000 and 5000, enough to "do a lot of damage if the get their hands on TNT" in his blunt and alarming assessment.
Greg Fealy, an academic at the Australian University and former Office of National Assessments analyst, says the Iraq war has hardened attitudes against Australia in its near neighbour and the world's most populous Muslim country. "It reinforced the impression that the West is inherently anti-Islam, that part of the agenda is to keep Islam down," he says.
"America, in particular, has lost a lot of admiration for its values. It's now seen as a hegemon that doesn't play by international rules and is ruthlessly pursuing its economic and political interests."
He says much of that resentment is being transferred onto Australia, as a high-profile US ally.
Downer points to the success of the investigation of the Bali bombings, new intelligence agreements between Australia and governments in the region and initiatives like February's counter-terrorism summit as evidence of progress.
It's the intractable Israel-Palestine conflict that does most to anger Indonesian Muslims, not the Iraq war, he argues. In that, at least, he is probably in agreement with most of the experts. The question is, why did Australia get involved in Iraq, and not the real problem?
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The rabbit hole is getting crowded again.
It has been 144 years since Lewis Carroll introduced the world to an inquisitive girl named Alice, but her surreal adventures still resonate. Wonderland: Alice's New Musical Adventure, a musical with songs by Frank Wildhorn, opens at Tampa's David A. Straz Jr. Center for the Performing Arts (formerly the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center) on Saturday, Pages 4-5). Cable TV's SyFy presents Alice, a miniseries that is a modern reworking with a cast led by Kathy Bates and Tim Curry, on Dec. 6 and 7; and Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland, with Johnny Depp and Anne Hathaway, arrives in theaters in March.
And then there's the Looking Glass Wars series of bestselling novels by Frank Beddor that takes the classic 19th century children's tale off into a truly unexpected literary territory: the battlefields of epic fantasy. The series began in 2006, and Beddor's third Looking Glass Wars novel, ArchEnemy, just hit stores in October, as did a tie-in graphic novel called Hatter M: Mad With Wonder.
Beddor said it's intriguing to see other creators at play in the same literary playground.
"It's amazing how many directions it's been taken in," Beddor said of Carroll's enduring creations. "There's something so rich and magical and whimsical about the original story and the characters, and then there's all those dark under themes. Artists get inspired, and they keep redefining it for a contemporary audience."
Indeed, creative minds as diverse as Walt Disney, Jefferson Airplane, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Tom Petty, the Wachowski Brothers, Tom Waits and game designer American McGee have adapted Carroll's tale or borrowed memorably from its imagery. Few, though, have been as audacious in their reworking as Beddor, whose reimagining of Wonderland has prompted some Carroll-admiring purists to call for his head. It hasn't helped that he has acknowledged that he was no fan of the original works as a youngster.
"I didn't like them, it's true," Beddor said, "but his imagery became an amazing inspiration for me and this world creation. The idea was to create a bigger world so more characters and environments and quests and conflict and obstacles can confront the lead character."
Beddor's basic premise: Carroll's books weren't fantasy but were a betrayal of a refugee in need — the author created a misleading cartoon that distracted everyone from the "true" story about a real girl (an exiled princess named Alyss, not Alice) and a real place (a Wonderland that exists in a different dimension but is linked to our world). After a bloody coup, the "real" Alyss fled Wonderland with her bodyguard, Hatter Madigan, but they were separated before arrival on Earth.
The books have been bestsellers, and the tie-in Hatter M comics (with fan-favorite artist Ben Templesmith collaborating on the early releases) have garnered good reviews. Beddor has immersed himself in the universe he has created and invited fans to jump in with him: There's a massive multiplayer online role-playing game; a soundtrack (or "aural novel") with songs inspired by the books; a collection of videos including trailers; and a new tie-in strategy card game. For fans who prefer a tactile experience, there's a lavish coffeetable book, Princess Alyss of Wonderland. Film rights have been snatched up by Charles Roven, producer of The Dark Knight and the upcoming Sam Raimi film Warcraft.
Beddor, who may be the model for the contemporary, middle-tier commercial novelist, was a former world-class skier from Minnesota who came to Hollywood to pursue an on-camera career, and he made it (sort of) as John Cusack's skiing double in Better Off Dead and traded lines with Carrie Fisher in Amazon Women on the Moon. Despite acting studies with Stella Adler, Beddor decided it was writing that suited him.
In a Shakespearean lit class at the University of California in Los Angeles he met two screenwriters with an unwanted idea for a raunchy comedy; he liked it, bought it, championed the idea and then struck gold with it in 1998. There's Something About Mary grossed close to $370 million in worldwide box office, and Beddor was in the Hollywood game in a big way.
For all that success, Beddor still felt that Mary belonged to the writers and filmmakers, and he wanted a creation that he could call his own. It was during a visit to England for the London premiere of Mary that Beddor visited the British Museum and found his future in the past: He was mesmerized by a set of Napoleonic playing cards and their images, which were studies in palace culture and its mix of the stately and the sinister.
Beddor melded those images with his tortured memory of listening to Carroll's book read to him by his grandmother (whose name, by the way, was Alice) and was on his way. Research led to a complex plan and, he hoped, a movie and/or book deal.
"The concept behind my book is the power of imagination and the idea that it comes from this place called Wonderland that inspires our world," Beddor said. "So it's this parallel world and this imagination — which is something tangible, something you can conjure — is gifted to us here and is communicated to artists, inventors and even children, who have the most powerful imagination."


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We know we've been busy with this Paul Hastings news in the last twenty four hours, but there's one more point (for now) we just have to hit.
The firing of Shinyung Oh, which has been the talk of the biz this week (click here for an interview with her and here for her performance review), points up just which big-firm lawyers might be most-vulnerable in this economic malaise.
It's not the partners with the big books of business. They're more in demand than ever. And it's probably not the super-junior associates, either. Firms have just spent a fortune recruiting them and still don't know their potential. "You can't identify that early who's not going to be a good performer," says Dan Weiner, co-chair of the personnel committee at Hughes Hubbard, with whom we spoke about this brouhaha yesterday. You'd be "cutting them before you know their performance capabilities, which is not good business."
No, the most vulnerable are the folks in the middle, lawyers say. These are the junior partners, counsel and senior associates who are paid a lot and so have to be super productive to justify their salaries.
It's an issue that was spotted earlier this year by Dan DiPietro at Citi and Brad Hildebrandt in their joint report on the industry. The report flagged a concern about the cost to firms of "income partners" and other non-equity lawyers. "Many firms are now bloated with some income partners performing mostly associate-level work while, at the same time, generating less overall profitability."
Weiner (who was talking generally and not about current conditions at Hughes Hubbard) says that when times get tough, firms look at "expensive people who are underutilized" starting with partners and then "going down to counsel and senior associates" based on performance.
Partner demotions or firings certainly aren't unheard of (click here for a post on partner demotions at Jenner & Block earlier this year; here for a post from last year on Mayer Brown's decision to terminate or demote some 45 partners). But despite notions that a law-firm partnership no longer has the job security of a tenured professorship, it's still, at least for now it seems safer to be a partner than an associate.
LB'ers: Is it? What are you seeing? What are you fearing?