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By Mark Montieth
Like father, like son
Sean May likely to join dad Scott as 1st-round NBA draft pick
The NBA draft was but a gentle breeze when Scott May was in it 29 years ago, not even faintly resembling the windstorm his son, Sean, will face Tuesday.
May, the consensus college Player of the Year after leading an undefeated Indiana University team to the NCAA championship in 1976, was the second overall pick by Chicago. He got word of it via a phone call placed to Chapel Hill, N.C., site of the trials for the U.S. Olympic team. And that was that.
Sean May has spent the past three years in Chapel Hill playing for North Carolina. He entered the draft after leading the Tar Heels to the national championship, and he soon will match another of his father's accomplishments by becoming a first-round draft pick. But his selection -- expected to come near the middle of the first round -- will be televised internationally, culminate a hectic month of auditions and interviews, and spark a flood of analysis.
"It's more of a business nowadays than it was then," Sean said.
A lucrative business, though.
Scott pointed out that his son some day likely will earn more in one year than he did in his entire seven seasons in the NBA. He also expects his son to have a more rewarding career than he did in non-financial terms, though he is living proof that nothing is guaranteed.
Scott May averaged 14.6 points and 6.1 rebounds as a rookie for the Bulls, playing off the bench in every game. He blew out his knee during his second season, however, and had surgery after its conclusion. He had a second operation during his third season and never had his anticipated impact. After five seasons with Chicago, one in Milwaukee and finally a nine-game drive-through with Detroit, he finished his playing career over seven seasons in Italy.
Sean, born in Chicago after his father's first season overseas, lived in Italy for six years before the family moved to Bloomington, Ind. Scott already had begun buying and developing apartment buildings, and today owns and manages 1,400 units.
It's a rather ordinary job for a once-extraordinary talent, but Scott has no complaints. He lives a steady, fundamental, low-key life that matches his playing style, and he clearly has passed his outlook to his son.
Quinn Buckner, May's teammate at IU and another first-round pick in '76, has known Sean since he was born, and has watched him develop into a replica of his father.
"Sean is mature in a lot of ways," Buckner said. "He's very, very comfortable with who he is."
The elder May helped accomplish that by keeping his past in the past -- or, in the case of the video tapes of his career, in the closet.
Sean May took a DVD of IU's 1976 NCAA championship game victory to this year's Final Four, where he won MVP honors. He had never seen it before, and Scott had it only because his other son, Scott Jr., had bought it for him as a Christmas gift. Sean has watched a few tapes of his father's NBA games, but they weren't must-see TV.
"I've only seen a couple of game films when he played with Milwaukee," Sean said. "I've never seen him play for the Bulls. For the most part, he's never talked about it at all."
That's because Dad never saw the point of reliving his glory and interfering with his son's quest. He's been so intent on keeping out of Sean's way, in fact, that he agreed to an interview for this story only after checking with Sean for approval.
"We don't dwell on things I've done or I've accomplished," Scott said. "I don't go around saying, 'Well, when I played 30 years ago . . .' I just try to help him understand how the game is played now and how he can help himself get better."
Scott and Sean will join an elite group of father-son combinations Tuesday. Only seven other former first-round draft picks have had sons follow in their footsteps. John Lucas, the only player selected ahead of Scott in 1976, also has a son in this year's draft, John Lucas III, but the point guard from Oklahoma State isn't expected to go in the first round.
The Mays are taking their imminent moment in stride. Sean has made it a point to lavish praise on every team mentioned to him as a possible destination, and states no preferences.
"We've always kind of approached things that whoever takes you, you're happy to come and do your best," Scott said. "Be a pro. Listen. Keep your mouth shut. Play hard every day and just enjoy the experience.
"He understands not too many people have a chance to get drafted. It's a privilege and an honor and you go and do your best and see what happens."

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The Peugeot RCZ Car That Changes Color According To Your Mood
We have heard of various style rings that change color according to your mood, but now a CAR?!?!? Yes, the French car manufacturer Peugeot has come out with a car that changes color daily and the color is said to reflect the mood you may be in. How you ask, heat sensors in the steering wheel read the body temperature and pulse rate of the driver and changes the exterior color of the car accordingly.


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An outbreak of a virus as fatal to humans as the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is being observed by the World Health Organization (WHO) as two Saudis have already died of infection.
"As with any new virus, this is of concern to us and we're watching it very closely," WHO spokesperson Gregory Hartl was quoted by the Canadian press as saying.
Saudi Arabia's Undersecretary of Health for Public Health Ziad al-Memish said the first case was a Saudi patient diagnosed in one of the hospitals in Jeddah; the second was also a Saudi patient and the third, a 49-year-old patient from Qatar. Two were diagnosed with the illness in London. Two patients died and the third is under treatment.
"The Health Protection Agency of the UK (HPA) conducted laboratory testing and has confirmed the presence of a novel coronavirus," WHO said referring to the third victim, as seen on their website.
Prior to being ill, the Qatari patient has travelled to Saudi Arabia before being confined at the intensive care unit (ICU) in Doha, Qatar, on Sept. 7 then was transferred to UK on Sept. 11.
WHO stated that there is no need for travel restrictions as tests are still being conducted to know to what extent the virus may be transferred among people.
However, Memish asked people to take necessary preventive measures against the said virus.
"There is no cause for alarm about the coronavirus. However, people should be aware of its presence and they should take preventive measures to keep the disease away from them," Memish told the Saudi-based Arab News on Sunday.
Memish said the symptoms of the virus include having runny nose, general feelings of illness, mild sore throat, cough, headache, low fever and chills. It can also cause respiratory, intestinal and neurological illness.
He strongly advised patients to see the doctor as soon as similar symptoms appear.
An effort to add precautionary measures in the country, especially with the Hajj season (Muslim pilgrimage) nearing, are now being prioritized by the government.
Human coronaviruses cause about 33% of cases of the "common cold", Arab News reported.
In 2003, the SARS outbreak claimed more than 800 lives and infected 8,000 others all over the world.


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Moraga, Calif. (AP) -- With an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament already assured, Saint Mary's could remain relaxed even as 62 teams were called ahead of them in the 68-team field.
The Gaels (27-5) were given a seventh seed in the Midwest Region and will open the tournament on Friday against Purdue (21-12) in Omaha, Neb.
"It's a much better feeling when you know you're in," coach Randy Bennett said Sunday after a viewing party attended by about 600 fans. "A better week, a better Sunday, the whole deal. If we didn't know we were in we really could have been sweating bullets. I slept fine last night."
It's a far cry from a year ago when the Gaels were one of the last teams left out of the field after losing the West Coast Conference tournament final to Gonzaga. Saint Mary's won the WCC tournament this year, beating the Zags in overtime last Monday in Las Vegas 78-74.
This marks the fourth trip to the NCAA tournament for Saint Mary's in the past eight years - one more than the school had in its history before Bennett arrived in 2001 to take over a 2-27 team. The Gaels received their best seeding ever, topping the No. 8 the team got in 1989 before losing to Clemson in the first round.
Bennett said his staff hadn't studied up potential opponents during the week off and knew little about this year's Purdue team beyond that coach Matt Painter's teams always have a stingy half-court defense and an efficient motion offense.
While there was some hope that the Gaels could earn a sixth seed, Bennett said he didn't feel slighted at all.
"Five through 12, you can throw them all in a hat," he said. "There are some teams that are 10, 11 that are playing really well. There are probably fives and sixes that aren't. We're excited to be in the tournament. We're in the competition. This is what you play all year for, to get into this tournament. That's where we're at. Now it's time to compete again."
Saint Mary's made a name for itself in its last tournament appearance in 2010 when the 10th-seeded Gaels beat Richmond and Villanova to make it to the round of 16 - its first tournament wins since winning one game to get to the regional final in 1959.
The Gaels have two starters back from that team in WCC player of the year Matthew Dellavedova and small forward Clint Steindl.
"It makes it a bit easier knowing what to expect," Dellavedova said. "Your first time it was a bit of a surprise, all the attention it gets and the traveling."
Led by Dellavedova (15.6 points, 6.4 assists per game) and senior power forward Rob Jones (14.8 points, 10.7 rebounds per game), the Gaels won both the outright conference regular-season title and tournament in the same year for the first time.
After losing to powerhouse Baylor in Las Vegas before Christmas, the Gaels won 12 straight games, including a home win over perennial conference powerhouse Gonzaga and a regular-season sweep against WCC newcomer BYU.
The Gaels stumbled a bit starting with a 73-59 loss at Gonzaga that began a stretch of three losses in four games, including a home defeat to Loyola Marymount and a BracketBusters loss at Murray State. They then won their final four games, including two in the conference tournament, denying Gonzaga a share of either the conference regular-season or tournament title for the first time since 1997.
Saint Mary's also lost its third-leading scorer, Stephen Holt, to a knee injury during that stretch, but he has been practicing this past week and is expected to return for the NCAA tournament. Holt averaged 10.4 points per game and is also the Gaels' best perimeter defender.
"He probably could have played in that championship game," Bennett said. "He hadn't practiced. I think it would have thrown us off. I think it would have hurt us more than helped us. We held off on that. I just think mentally he feels much more comfortable and confident about his health."


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3 feet law with cyclists begins next September in California
December 25, 2013
TAHOE/TRUCKEE — The California Department of Motor Vehicles has a variety of new laws that become effective in the new year. One of the more important laws deals with sharing the road with cyclists.
AB 1371 — known as the Three Feet for Safety Act — will require a motorist passing a bicycle traveling in the same direction to pass with no less than 3 feet between any part of the vehicle and any part of the bicycle or driver.
According to the California Department of Motor Vehicles, when 3 feet is not possible, the motorist must slow to a "reasonable and prudent speed and only pass when no danger is present to the bicyclist."
A violation with our without a collision is punishable by a base fine of $35, according to the law. If a collision occurs and a cyclist is injured, the driver faces a $220 base fine.
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A brain tumor is a group (mass) of abnormal cells that start in the brain.
This article focuses on primary brain tumors in children.
Glioblastoma multiforme - children; Ependymoma - children; Glioma - children; Brain stem glioma - children; Astrocytoma - children; Medulloblastoma - children; Germ cell tumors; Neuroglioma - children; Oligodendroglioma - children; Choroid plexus tumors - children; Optic glioma - children; PNET - children; Craniopharyngioma - children; ATRT - children; Cancer - brain tumor (children)
The cause of primary brain tumors is unknown. Primary brain tumor means the tumor began in the brain. Primary brain tumors may be:
Brain tumors are classified based on:
Brain tumors can directly destroy brain cells. They can also indirectly damage cells because they push on other parts of the brain. This leads to swelling and increased pressure inside the skull.
Tumors can occur at any age. Many tumors are more common at a certain age. In general, brain tumors in children are very rare.
Astrocytomas are usually noncancerous, slow-growing tumors. They commonly develop in children ages 5 through 8. Also called low-grade gliomas, these are the most common brain tumors in children.
Medulloblastomas are the most common type of childhood malignant (cancerous) brain tumor. Most medulloblastomas occur before age 10.
Ependymomas are a type of childhood brain tumor that can be benign (non-cancerous) or malignant (cancerous). The location and type of ependymoma determine the type of therapy needed to control the tumor.
Brainstem gliomas are very rare tumors that occur almost only in children. The average age at which they develop is about 6. The tumor may grow very large before causing symptoms.
Symptoms may not be noticed at first and only gradually become worse. Or they may occur very quickly.
Headaches are often the most common symptom. But only very rarely do children with headaches have a tumor. Headache patterns that may occur with brain tumors include:
Sometimes the only symptoms of brain tumors are mental changes, which may include:
Other possible symptoms are:
The health care provider will perform a physical exam. Infants may have the following physical signs:
The following tests may be used to detect a brain tumor and identify its location:
Treatment depends on the size and type of tumor and the child's general health. The goals of treatment may be to cure the tumor, relieve symptoms, and improve brain function or the child's comfort.
Surgery is needed for most primary brain tumors. Some tumors may be completely removed. In cases where the tumor cannot be removed, surgery may help reduce pressure and relieve symptoms. Chemotherapy or radiation therapy may be used for certain tumors.
The following are treatments for specific types of tumors:
Medicines used to treat primary brain tumors in children include:
Comfort measures, safety measures, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and other such steps may be required to improve quality of life.
You can ease the stress of illness by joining a cancer support group. Sharing with others who have common experiences and problems can help you and your child not feel alone.
How well the child does depends on many things, including the exact type of tumor. In general, 3 of 4 children survive at least 5 years after being diagnosed.
Long-term brain and nervous system problems may result from the tumor itself or from treatment. Children may have problems with
They may also have problems processing information, planning, insight, or initiative or desire to do things.
Children younger than age 7, especially younger than age 3, seem to be at greatest risk of these complications.
Parents need to make sure that children receive support services at home and at school.
Call a health care provider if a child develops headaches that do not go away or other symptoms of a brain tumor.
Go to the emergency room if a child develops any of the following:
Kuttesch JF Jr, Rush SA, Ater JL. Brain tumors in childhood. In: Kliegman RM, Stanton BF, St. Geme JW III, Schor NF, Behrman RE, eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 19th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2011:chap 491.
National Cancer Institute: PDQ Childhood Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors Treatment Overview. Bethesda, MdD: National Cancer Institute. Date last modified August 12, 2014. Available at: www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/childbrain/healthprofessional. Accessed February 27, 2015.
Wilne S, Koller K, Collier J, Kennedy C, Grundy R, Walker D. The diagnosis of brain tumours in children: a guideline to assist healthcare professionals in the assessment of children who may have a brain tumour. Arch Dis Child. 2010;95:534-539. PMID 20371594. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20371594


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Charlotte Ronson wanted the hair and makeup for her Fall 2013 collection to be as simple and easy to wear as the clothes coming down the runway. Sara Biria led the Sephora Pro makeup team with a Twiggy-inspired look, while the hair was styled into a low pony by Rafe Hardy for Sexy Hair.
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Although Corvette Racing's official involvement in GT1-class competition ended with this year's 24 Hours of Le Mans, a number of ex-factory C6.Rs will continue to race in Europe through the end of the 2009 season. At the Silverstone event in England, four GT1 Corvette teams showed up to race on the twisty 5.14-km (3.19-mile) circuit, located between London and Birmingham. The former Phoenix GMAC team is now racing Audi R8s in the FIA GT3 Championship and has placed C6.R chassis 001 up for sale. The second GMAC C6.R, chassis 005, is owned by Toine Hezemans and is currently being campaigned by PK Carsport in Belgium. It's driven by Mike Hezemans and Anthony Kumpen and raced under No. 4.
Another Belgian team, SRT, is back with chassis 006 and drivers James Ruffier and Bert Longin. Ruffier drove a Callaway-Corvette Z06.R last year and was the 2008 FIA GT3 Driver Champion. This will be his first drive in the C6.R, which wears No. 3 in competition. DKR Engineering is racing C6.R chassis 002 with drivers Jos Menten and Markus Palttala; it's badged as No. 9. The last C6.R entered at Silverstone, chassis 003, is campaigned by Luc Alphand Aventures from France. The team has two C6.Rs, but is only racing one of them in the FIA series. Drivers for the No. 19 entry are Xavier Maassen and Guillaume Moreau.
Qualifying saw a hotly contested battle between a Saleen S7, a Maserati MC 12, and the No. 4 Corvette of Hezemans/Kumpen. The Corvettes were required to run on very-soft-compound tires, and after just a few short laps the cars began to understeer badly. After the dust cleared, the Saleen was on the pole with a 1:42.216. Hezemans was fourth with a 1:43.792. The large time gap caused by the soft tires would prove to be a major hurdle for the Vettes in the upcoming race. The Saleen carried very few restrictions, and its performance was startling to the other GT1 teams. Complaints about the car's speed could be heard up and down pit row. Tellingly, the No. 14 Saleen qualified 0.934 quicker than the second-fastest car, a Maserati MC12. (An additional Corvette-an ex-Callaway Z06.R running alone in the G3 class-ran well behind the pack.)
Race day dawned cool and overcast but with no rain in the forecast. Twenty-six GT1 and GT2 cars thundered into Copse Corner at the end of the pit straight for the start of the 65-lap, two-hour race. The Saleen quickly pulled out a big lead over the rest of the field. Corvettes were fourth, fifth, seventh, and eighth. By lap 12 the Saleen driven by last year's race winner, Karl Wendlinger, had an 8.9-second lead.
Most of the GT1 cars, including all of the Corvettes, pitted for fuel, tires, and a driver change between laps 25 and 29. Then, on lap 49, the race-leading Saleen dived into the pits, putting the No. 19 Luc Alphand Corvette in second position. After all of the pit stops were completed, the No. 19 Vette was third, No. 4 was fourth, No. 3 was sixth, and No. 9 seventh. The cars maintained this order to the checkered flag, putting Saleen, Maserati, and Corvette on the podium. (The G3 Callaway-Corvette finished First in its class and 21st overall.)
"It's been a good start," said Xavier Maassen after the race. "The car was competitive, and we were the best of the Corvettes. Our front-engined car had a disadvantage today on the soft tires. We need to resolve the handling problem before the next race."
"This first podium feels like a victory to me," added Guillaume Moreau. "I think we can improve a lot in qualifying. My pit stop was good. After I found out how to navigate the traffic, I did some good moves and finished Third, which is good for me and my team and a good start for the year."
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We want to design some email templates for the quotes we send to customers.
I was wondering if there was any advise on the widths that you should design emails to - or is this just the sames as webpage design widths?
Thanks for the help
I think you are missing some very major points:
1/. As in our case, there are companies that send information in html formatted email - at the SPECIFIC REQUEST of clients. Therefore blocking these at server level is doing something YOUR CUSTOMERS DO NOT WANT.
2/. Spammers have only one thing in mind, to get the highest action rate per email sent. Therefore if you are saying the majority of spam emails use html, then why are they doing it? - Obviously html email is more effective at getting a desired action than non html email. Therefore this proves the point that html email is more effective in certain situations than non html email (whether for spamming or legitimate purposes). If people like yourself just block html emails, then this would reduce the effectivness of the spam, and the spammer is not stupid, so as soon as non html formatted email becomes more effective than html formatted email, they are just going to switch over to non html format. Actually if I check my spam emails which I get a huge amount of, I would say 90%+ is plain text to get round spam filters.
since the majority of people who send legitimate e-mails don't have the skills to even MAKE an HTML one!
3/. You are not seperating the "general public" from "companies" here. Agreed the general public don't know how to make html, but the majority of decent web savy companies of course do - which is why you will find the majority of newletters type emails from these companies are done in html format (again they are not doing this out of fun as they take much longer to make - they are doing it because they know it is more effective).
And you think sending html to someone whose email reader doesn't know about html won't be a barrier to them? Or do you prefer just to pretend that those people don't still exist?
4/. If you know what you are doing it is relatively easy to send a html email, that will render as a normal text email would in a non html email reader.
5/. One of your points is that you should just provide a link to a webpage if you want html rendering. This ignores the fact that it is often the case that emals are often sent to companies which have a block ban on external links to any site not on their safe list. This makes any link useless, therefore there is a necessity to get that information in the email. Even if the customer can view the weblink, you are still putting an extra step in the process, which in any marketing is a number 1 rules to avoid.
since the majority of people who send legitimate e-mails don't have the skills to even MAKE an HTML one!
Actually I'll take my agreement back "Agreed the general public don't know how to make html" - of course they do - all email edits have a very obvious select to swith between plain, rich text and html. So what you are saying is that most people who send legitimate emails don't have the skills to switch html mode, and never send in that mode? - That's plain rubbish and blows your arguement apart.
You may prefer that, but the majority of people (who are not technophiles, and barely understand the difference between email and the web) are not going to. Every step you put in the way, such as requiring someone to click on a link, reduces the number of people who will see the page.
there is a nice sitepoint book on html email. I like it.
Actually it is you who are backward looking. I'm not saying that you. personally, want to corrupt and destroy a perfectly good communications medium, all I'm saying is that if you in fact did want to do that, html in email is exactly the right way to do it.
To assume everyone is like yourself and don't want html email is pretty niave, and to assume all html email is spam is plain rediculous.
Judging from the html emails I get it's actually a good robust first order heuristic. If you want me to read a web page, give me a link to the web, thanks.
as a graphic designer I think a single picture is worth a million words and that although the take a while to load proper use of them is good; in fact, necessary sometimes.
However, in the case of email, I am going to have to slightly agree with death shadow and say that email is better off in text alone. Slightly because DeathShadow seemed, with all due respect, quite firm on his position regarding graphic email.
I just realised how disgusting, sorry if thats harsh, email with flash or animated GIFs would be.
Anywho, if it i needs images or styling it should be a webpage or a pdf not an email and that what I think.
In other words crap I don't want in my e-mails. I've been using e-mail since back on fidonet, compuserve and genie - if you can't say it in plain text I probably don't give a ****.
As I said, before, if you had bothered to read what I'd written, anyone sending an HTML mailing should ask people whether they want to receive it in HTML or plain text format. If that isn't feasible, at the very least send it in multipart so that people whose mail clients can read HTML will do so, and those the can't will show the plain text version.
NEVER seen one. But then I don't consider most "newsletters" legitimate traffic so... I hate that ****.
You don't get the sitepoint ones then?
Blanket blocking all html emails seems very backward - html has huge advantages when you are trying to present complex and visual information via email.
If your blocking html emails because they may be spam, why don't you go the whole hog and just block all email and go back top pigeon post - that will ensure your nocking out 100% of spam.
And you think sending html to someone whose email reader doesn't know about html won't be a barrier to them? Or do you prefer just to pretend that those people don't still exist?
Do you want to add html tags to your twitter tweets too? If not why not?
I wouldn't -- since I have all my servers set to auto-send HTML e-mails to the users trash... like a lot of hosts.
HTML e-mail pretty much just screams "Hey look, I'm SPAM" - so I wouldn't be wasting my time (or bandwidth) on them in the first place.
And something else I'm finding out (I'm pretty new at this, too) even though the likes of Campaign monitor.com will test your HTML e-mail in various browsers, I'm still getting replies back from recipients, "your last e-mail was blank. There was nothing in it." Back to the drawing board for me!
Try these two Sitepoint articles: [Code HTML email newsletters and [url=http://articles.sitepoint.com/article/designers-guide-html-email]Designers Guide to HTML email](http://articles.sitepoint.com/article/code-html-email-newsletters)
In terms of widths - remember that some people will be reading emails in a much narrower (and shorter) space than they will typically use to view web pages.
It's fair enough if you want plain text only, but very backward looking if you are blocking it on all your servers you host.
I'm just getting into this myself. According to SitePoint's book on this, they suggest a width of 800px (like the old monitor standard). When people read these e-mails in their programs such as Windows Mail, it's a much smaller window than a regular 1024 x 768 monitor.
Hope this helps!
... and slow loading with usually broken layouts since not one e-mail client seems to render HTML e-mails like any other and the immediate kneejerk "hey look, and advertisement" isn't going to reduce the number of people who see the page?
Or worse, annoy the ever living **** out of them?
As Ed said, it's a damned good first order heuristic when it comes to blocking spam since the majority of people who send legitimate e-mails don't have the skills to even MAKE an HTML one!
That's a pretty extreme action, given the huge number of legitimate email newsletters that use HTML format.
Ideally, you should offer people a choice of plain text or HTML when they sign up.


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A tanker rig exits the Transportes Jorge Ancer/Transportes Lopez e Hijos terminal in Escobedo (Monterrey), Nuevo Leon. The two tank truck carriers are part of Grupo Transportes Monterrey, which stands out as one of Mexico's premier trucking companies. With more than 1,800 tractors and a diverse trailer fleet, GTM and its five independently managed carrier subsidiaries serve a growing customer base.
GTM installed this system at the Transportes Jorge Ancer/Transportes Lopez e Hijos maintenance shop in Monterrey that enables drivers to download trip data from the tractor on-board computer after every trip.
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Interline partners include Trimac Transportation. The interline partners supply most of the chemical tank trailers hauled by GTM's Transportes Jorge Ancer.
Transportes Lopez e Hijos is the primary Mexican carrier providing trucking service to Bulkmatic de Mexico, which operates eight transload locations in Mexico. Transportes Lopez e Hijos and Bulkmatic have been partners since Bulkmatic launched its Mexico operation in 1996.
Established in 1985, Transportes Jorge Ancer handles a broad range of chemicals and corrosives. The carrier provides service across the northern half of Mexico and operates out of 10 strategically located terminals.
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The Kansas City Royals announced today that they have recalled left-handed pitcher Danny Duffy from Triple-A Omaha. Duffy will be in uniform for this afternoon's game against the Minnesota Twins at 1:10 p.m.
In a corresponding roster move, the Royals optioned second baseman Johnny Giavotella back to Omaha. Giavotella was recalled on Wednesday, going 1-for-3 with an RBI in KC's 7-3 win over the Rays that day.


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CINCINNATI (AP) -- Big crowds mean big frustration for wireless users at and around the Cincinnati Reds' Great American Ball Park.
The Cincinnati Enquirer reports (http://cin.ci/VTRZvX ) that fans and nearby residents are fuming about trouble accessing the Internet and sending text messages and email as the Reds draw sellout crowds for this week's playoff games with the San Francisco Giants.
The area around the stadium has developed rapidly in the past couple years, adding restaurants and hundreds of apartments. Hamilton County's stadium director says some wireless providers aren't ready to accommodate large numbers of users at the same time there. Joseph Feldkamp says it's not the first time he's heard complaints.
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Two of the 21 Twin Cities Catholic parishes slated to merge are appealing to the archbishop.
St. Austin in north Minneapolis, and St. Canice in Kilkenny are fighting to keep their churches open.
St. Canice said its congregation is growing in LeSueur County and has money in reserve. St. Austin is supposed to merge with St. Bridget in north Minneapolis.
Father George Kallumkalkudy, the pastor of St. Austin, said his parishioners are open to sharing a priest with St. Bridget, but don't think their church should be the one to close.
"We like to stay open in the center because we have a nice facility, newer facility here. The church building is far superior," he said.
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Everybody loves movies, especially Americans. We took ownership of the medium at the height of the Industrial Revolution, and much like Henry Ford via his assembly line, bestowed a beloved commodity to the masses.
So, it's appropriate to consider film to be the first great democratic art form. It invites and reflects all walks of life and social classes. It inspires us to imagine how far we can go, while simultaneously shaming us for how pathetically we have evolved. We sit together in the darkened theater, collectively taking a ride that even Ford could never deliver.
Two such epic adventures can be found in Apocalypse Now and 2001: A Space Odyssey. These movies ranked #14 and #6 respectively in Sight & Sound's definitive 2012 poll. They remain staples in Roger Ebert's all-time top 10. They are intrinsically linked as the best modern myths of Homeric proportions. Both take us on spiritual journeys toward the edges of existence without looking back.
Francis Ford Coppola's bizarre odyssey to complete Apocalypse Now is well documented as being just as surreal as the story (Heart of Darkness) and war (Vietnam) that inspired it. The filmmaker and his crew nearly lost their minds by the end of the 18-month production. Even star Martin Sheen suffered a heart attack that almost killed him. The result is a primal nightmare that challenges the existence of humanity's soul. The voyage through the Nung is a Hellish descent down the River Styx. By film's end, "the horror" will burrow into your core and challenge everything you've ever believed in.
A decade prior, the meticulous Stanley Kubrick set sail on a journey of even greater magnitude. In 2001: A Space Odyssey, he takes us from the dawn of time to the conceivable end of existence through methods exclusive to the magic of movies. The drums of Stauss's Also sprach Zarathustra themselves transport us to an age beyond human comprehension. It might be the closest that mankind will ever come to appreciating the expanse of our limitless universe.
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Get an overview of this hotelSuburban hotel with free breakfast and outdoor pool
Popular property highlights
Situated in the suburbs, this hotel is within a 10-minute walk of Poulsbo Marine Science Center, Front Street Gallery, and Port of Poulsbo. Jewel Box Theatre and Frank Raab Municipal Park are also within 1 mi (2 km).
Hotel Features
Along with an outdoor pool, this hotel has a fitness center and a spa tub. Free buffet breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and free self parking are also provided. Other amenities include a 24-hour business center, coffee/tea in a common area, and a seasonal outdoor pool.
Room Amenities
All 83 rooms feature kitchenettes with refrigerators and microwaves, plus free WiFi and free wired Internet. Cable TV, coffee makers, and free newspapers are among the other amenities available to guests.
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- Central location
- Breakfast
- Helpful staff
- Clean guestrooms
- Comfy beds and overall room comfort
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In addition to an outdoor pool, Poulsbo Inn & Suites provides a spa tub and a fitness center. A computer station is located on site and wired and wireless Internet access is complimentary. This hotel offers access to a 24-hour business center. A complimentary breakfast is offered each morning. This Poulsbo hotel also offers coffee/tea in a common area, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and a fireplace in the lobby. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
Poulsbo Inn & Suites has designated areas for smoking.
- 24-hour front desk
- Total number of rooms - 83
- Number of floors - 2
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Free breakfast
- Fireplace in lobby
- Fitness facilities
- Free WiFi
- Free wired Internet
- Designated smoking areas (fines apply)
- Computer station
- Designated smoking areas
- Pool umbrellas
- Laundry facilities
- Luggage storage
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Pool sun loungers
- Free self parking
- Year Built 1965
- 24-hour business center
- Number of buildings/towers - 9
- Spa tub
- Outdoor pool
- Outdoor seasonal pool
- Television in common areas
- Use of nearby fitness center (discount)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi , Free wired Internet
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi , Free wired Internet
Free self parking
Room Amenities
- Private bathroom
- Premium TV channels
- Access via exterior corridors
- Free newspaper
- Air conditioning
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Phone
- Free local calls
- Kitchenette
- Refrigerator
- Coffee/tea maker
- Microwave
- Daily housekeeping
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Shower/tub combination
- Iron/ironing board
- Desk
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Cribs/infant beds available
- Cable TV service
- Free WiFi
- Free wired Internet
- Free dial-up Internet access
Where to Eat
A complimentary buffet breakfast is served each morning between 6:30 AM and 9:30 AM.
Nearby Things to Do
An outdoor pool and a spa tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a fitness center.
Children under 16 years old are not allowed in the swimming pool or fitness facility without adult supervision. Guests under 16 years old are not allowed in the spa tub.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Kayaking nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Golf lessons available nearby
- Playground on site
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
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Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Children 18 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available.
- Cribs (infant beds) are available.
- Pets not allowed (service animals welcome)
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Get an overview of this hotelHotel in Cheektowaga with free breakfast and indoor pool
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Located in the heart of Cheektowaga, this hotel is within 3 mi (5 km) of Iron Island Museum, Cazenovia Park, and Trocaire College. Buffalo Central Terminal is 3.1 mi (4.9 km) away.
Hotel Features
Along with an indoor pool, this hotel has a fitness center and coffee/tea in a common area. Free buffet breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and free self parking are also provided. Additionally, a business center, meeting rooms, and laundry facilities are onsite.
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All 75 rooms provide free WiFi and free wired Internet, flat-screen TVs with cable channels, and conveniences like washers/dryers and refrigerators. Premium bedding, coffee makers, and free local calls are among the other amenities available to guests.
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Comfort Inn Cheektowaga features an indoor pool and a fitness center. Wired and wireless Internet access is complimentary. This hotel offers access to a business center and meeting rooms. A complimentary breakfast is offered. Event facilities measure 600 square feet (56 square meters). This business-friendly hotel also offers coffee/tea in a common area, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and laundry facilities. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Number of floors - 2
- Total number of rooms - 75
- Business center
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Elevator/lift
- Express check-in
- Express check-out
- Fitness facilities
- Grocery/convenience store
- Free WiFi
- Free wired Internet
- Laundry facilities
- Meeting rooms 2
- RV, bus, truck parking
- Free self parking
- Conference space size (meters) - 56
- Year Built 2008
- Conference space size (feet) - 600
- Indoor pool
- Television in common areas
- Free breakfast
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Indoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Grocery/convenience store
- Laundry facilities
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Available in all rooms: Free WiFi , Free wired Internet
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Free self parking, RV, bus, truck parking
Room Amenities
- Premium TV channels
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- Premium bedding
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
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- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
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- Shower/tub combination
- Cable TV service
- Desk
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- Washer/dryer
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Flat-panel TV
- Free WiFi
- Free wired Internet
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
Where to Eat
Guests are offered a complimentary buffet breakfast.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the hotel include an indoor pool and a fitness center.
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
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- Accessible bathroom
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Hotel Policies
Check-in time ends at 3 PM
Minimum check-in age is 21
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Children 18 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 10.00 per stay.
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of USD 10 per pet, per night
- Dogs only
- 2 per room (up to 50 lb)
- Restrictions apply
- For more information contact the property at the number on the booking confirmation
You need to know
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- Pet fee: USD 10 per pet, per night
- Rollaway bed fee: USD 10.00 per stay
Hotel Name
- Comfort Inn Cheektowaga
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Children 18 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms. Guests can arrange to bring pets by contacting the property directly, using the contact information on the booking confirmation (surcharges apply and can be found in the Fees section).


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Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce President & CEO Carlo A. Scissura Mourns Passing of Frank J. Macchiarola
"It is with great sorrow that I learn about the passing of Frank Macchiarola. Frank was a great Brooklynite, proud Italian-American, a friend, and a mentor. I valued his guidance and advice when I served on the NYC Charter Review Commission. New York is a better place thanks to Frank's hard work and dedication. His commitment to education - as New York City Public Schools Chancellor and at places such as St. Francis College, Yeshiva University's Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Columbia University's Graduate School of Business, and City University of New York - will forever be felt in this city. The Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce would like to convey its deepest sympathies to Frank's family at this time, and in particular to his wife Mary and three sons, as we mourn his passing. He will be greatly missed."


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HIT — We're still not sure why the Chico city government needs a Sustainability Task Force. After all, the City Council does an adequate job of passing onerous regulations (e.g., the plastic bag ban) on its own. But at least the council discussed the issue of whether the Sustainability Task Force should continue.
Just having a conversation is progress. The sustainability committee has been in existence for years and its mission is rarely questioned by those on the council. Last week, the council finally had a discussion about whether such a committee is still needed. Councilors decided it is, in a surprisingly unanimous vote, but also voted to make some changes.
The council voted to pare the task force down to seven members and hold meetings every other month. The task force would report to the Internal Affairs Committee, which is a subset of council.
It seems to us the task force did its job — creating a Climate Action Plan — and now is thrashing about to find things to impose. So it goes. We hope the council finds a way to minimize staff time spent on this committee. But looking at the bright side, at least the full council is paying attention rather than letting the task force do whatever it wants.
MISS — You just can't pass up making fun of some situations.
We did indeed laugh at the Chico residents who used a portable room heater to dry marijuana in their bathroom. The heater set their pot on fire. While they got the fire extinguished, the smoke caught the attention of a neighbor, who called the fire department. We can imagine the smell might have attracted attention, too.
Nothing was done illegally because there was a medical marijuana permit, but we appreciate the irony of the situation.
HIT — Congratulations to Jesse Holmes, a Chico High School senior who announced this week that he'll attend the Air Force Academy in Colorado next year and play football.
Athletes earning Division I football scholarships are rare in these parts. Witness the fact that quarterbacks Aaron Rodgers (Pleasant Valley High School) and Brett Ratliff (Chico High) both went on to play in the NFL yet didn't get Division I offers out of high school.
Chico State wanted him for basketball, and Division I schools Oregon and Boise State wanted the receiver to try to earn a spot on the football team as a walk-on, but Holmes opted for football at Air Force. Holmes said he might also try to play basketball there.
MISS — Former Chico city manager Tom Lando is a pretty smart guy. He's good company. We like him a lot. Too bad he's apparently gone bonkers.
On the same day that the Feather River Recreation and Park District's board of directors fired its general manager — apparently because he was hired by the previous board — Lando agreed to step into that bull's-eye on an interim basis.
Tom's retired from the city, and has a number of gigs around town that should keep him busy, but for some reason, he took the job with the Oroville district. This is a district with a huge debt problem. It has seen a revolving door of general managers because the enmity of the two factions that alternate in running the place make it a miserable job.
The only positive thing is that Lando's an Interim manager with a capital "I," making it clear he doesn't want the job full-time.
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It would be helpful if scientists who work with deadly diseases were given as much attention as Hollywood's panicky and inaccurate contributions to the debate.
Pandemic is a very scary word. It probably does not help that it starts with "pan" and ends with "ic". It also probably does not help that outbreaks of deadly diseases are a favourite topic of science fiction.
There have been increasingly frequent outbreaks in books, comics, films and videogames recently, from the Resident Evil franchise and 28 Days Later to Stephen King's novel The Stand and – for those who stayed until after the closing credits – the final scene of last year's Rise of the Planet of the Apes. And those are just the ones where the pandemics are not only deadly, but were deliberately created by scientists, only to somehow escape and wreak havoc on the oh-so-infectable public.
There are rare instances where the focus is on the consequences of a pandemic rather than who is to blame – most notably The Andromeda Strain or last year's star-heavy Contagion, which plausibly showed the rapid disintegration of society as a lethal infection spreads round the world. Even that, though, came with a wilfully scarifying tagline: "Don't talk to anyone. Don't touch anyone."
All of these get under our skin, into our heads and help transmit the all-too-catchy notion that scientists are not to be trusted, and that given half a chance they will be the death of us all.
Some of this fear is entirely rational, of course. Talk to those in the know and a regular refrain is that not only are we "overdue" for a pandemic of some kind, but that in our increasingly interconnected world we have made it ever easier for viruses to spread rapidly, without making similar advances in controlling them. We have turned our society into a potential tinderbox, so we have to be very wary about sparks.
Lethal tinkering
This wariness now includes the bright sparks who are trying to understand what makes particular forms more infectious and/or virulent. If they start tinkering with bird flu – and they are – to make potentially more lethal forms of the virus – and they have – then that is bound to lead to headlines with various permutations of "Mutant Bird Flu Research Fears". Especially given that in the recent past, nasty diseases supposedly under tight lab security – such as foot and mouth, and even smallpox – have managed to escape.
The researchers say their work is crucial: without understanding how a deadly virus like bird flu works, it is very difficult to defend against it. Others say that potentially constructing and publishing the blueprint for something which could have the "characteristics of an ultimate biological weapon unknown even in science fiction" is foolhardy, and needs to be stopped.
Among the groups on this side of the debate is the US National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity, which has raised concerns that current work on bird flu could inadvertently put all of the (possibly infected) ducks in a row, potentially enabling a devastating new pandemic to be unleashed – and not by accident, but potentially deliberately by bioterrorists. They want key papers redacted, with all information removed that might conceivably enable someone to use viruses as weapons. That might put off anybody thinking of branching out into biological warfare, but it would definitely stymie the normal free flow of ideas between researchers in the field. It might also leave you with the very worst kind of scientific papers – all of the literary style, but with none of the data.
These fears, and these attempted controls, have now led many leading researchers on avian influenza to down tools and lock up their laboratories. Not permanently, and not – at least in most cases – because they are worried they might unleash a new global killer. The voluntary "pause" they recently announced in a letter to top journals Nature and Science – and its recent extension - is to allow the issues around such work to be properly debated in an international forum. But how likely is a reasoned discussion to happen when what you are discussing has the potential to cause greater population devastation than a full-scale nuclear strike, and where many of us have the facts contaminated by highly communicable outbreaks in fiction?
It is a problem that is not lost on researchers. In the catchily-titled Infectious Diseases in Cinema: Virus Hunters and Killer Microbes, the writers point out that cinema has historically regarded most areas of medicine as "repetitive" and "boring". I say most areas, because of course there is an exception: pandemics. These, they write, "seem to be the only specialty that can offer cinema the required suspense".
Hollywood hogwash
The paper is well worth a read – if only for the snarky film reviews. Operation Delta Force ignores scientific accuracy to focus on "poorly executed action", whilst the writers of Mission Impossible 2 are lambasted for their "ignorance of Greek mythology, as well as clinical microbiology" – not the kind of review you find on Rotten Tomatoes very often.
The paper makes a serious point, however. Most films, it says, were "inaccurate", no matter how sincere the efforts. Hardly a shock, I know, but it points out that the divide between science and fiction is blurred in many people's minds, with the result that public opinion can also become clouded. Perhaps realising that the idea of Hollywood censorship might be unpopular, they suggest that this may not be a feasible step. Instead, they suggest that efforts toward communicating risks and informing the general public should be stepped up, perhaps by letting everyone know why your work on virulent flu strains could potentially prevent – rather than cause – a future pandemic
And that is just where we are now.
One of the leading signatories to the letter announcing the "pause" – Ron Fouchier of Erasmus Medical College in the Netherlands – told me: "In the US, the debate has been irrational. We've seen too little involvement from infectious disease specialists, but plenty from biosecurity specialists, who are not necessarily on top of this type of research. The reason for taking the 60 day pause is for us to communicate better."
I hope he is right, and they can communicate better. But I suspect the outcome will be coloured as much by what all involved fear as by what they say. And if there is one thing that can spread faster than a pandemic, it is fear.


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11-08-2011 #1chr15m Guest
PS3 Metldr Exploit Leaked, PlayStation 3 Metldr Guide Arrives
Today an anonymous PlayStation 3 hacker has leaked a PS3 Metldr exploit, followed by a guide from Mathieulh on how to pwn metldr the "easy" way below.
Download: PS3 Metldr Exploit / PS3 Metldr Exploit (Mirror) / PS3 Metldr Exploit Dump / PS3 Metldr Exploit Dump (Binary File) / PS3 Metldr Exploit Layman's Guide by lunuxx
From GaryOPA: We received an 'an0nymous email' from some random one-time dropbox, containing a weird little attachment, with a simple note:
Program: metldr838exploit
Author: Unknown
Usage: Unknown
Reason: Unknown
Before posting we had one our PS3 crunching developers look it over, and it seems to be a set of 'C' code and headers and an compiled ELF and SELF that exploits the 'chain of trust' to dump an 'unecrypted' version of your PS3 'metldr'.
Now of course this is not really 'useful' for the average PS3 Jailbreak end-user, but we think it just might be the long waited for 'golden tickets' in the right hard-working hands of some talented 'developers' that are willing to try to help everyone out by pushing the PS3 'scene' to the next level, that almost everyone here has all have been waiting for!
Seems long-time 'scene' developer Mathieulh is claiming ownership of this 'metldr' exploit, and has now published his 'How-To' tutorial for it:
How to pwn metldr the "easy" way
Because some ungrateful person leaked my metldr exploit files I will now be explaining how it actually works, see this as my ultimate release of all times for an ungrateful scene (and scenes in the future)
That's about how I am pissed right now, because of course the person that leaked these files has no idea of how they actually work.
How to pwn metldr the "easy" way:
This is most likely how geohot exploited it in the first way, this takes (give or take) about 10 minutes to be performed. (yeah, not so much of a "I hacked the ps3 all on my own work, especially not when it partially relies on Segher's work, one of the reason geohot never shared the way he exploited metldr to anyone)
I will assume here, that you do not have the loader keys that were made readily available by geohot. This little tutorial also assumes that you have a working .self generating tool
Now You want to gain code execution to metldr, you know that metldr loads loaders to its own space, but you cannot run a loader because the loader needs to be signed and even though you know about the sign fail that Segher introduced at the CCC, you cannot use it because you don't have decrypted signatures to calculate a private key and to get signatures you need keys which you are currently trying to dump, so far you are stuck in a chicken and egg scenario.
The question is, do you really need keys to get a decrypted signature ? Well the real answer is no, thanks to a nifty fail that sony left in in metldr (and the bootloader), you can have the ldr to decrypt the metadata for you, isn't that neat ?
Here's how it works:
In a self file, at address 0x0C a value is used to calculate where the metadata is going to be decrypted, the "offset" is at self header + 0x0C its the "meta header offset" in the SCE structure, it takes the SCE offset + that value, so what you have to do is to have a calculation that is equal to 0x3E01F0 which happens to be where metldr copies over the shared metadata from the mailbox (which is sent over by the ppu), the trick is to have metldr to decrypt the metadata located at.
So basically you have to:
1) set the offset += 0x2000 dump shared lsa and keep increasing 0x2000 until somewhere in the shared lsa changes 0x40 byte
2) when it changes 0x40 bytes, you can add/subtract the proper amount to make it decrypt the proper locations
3) then dump shared lsa and we have decrypted header knowing that metldr uses SCE header 0xECF0, you could calculate it knowing the address 0x3E01F0 - 0xECF0 = the value you would patch at SCE header + 0x0C
ROM:0000F6C0 D2 68 87 E6 metadata_erk: .int 0xD26887E6 ; DATA XREF: ROM:0000F178o for example in CECHA , the address you want to decrypt it to is 0x3E1F0 so it should be 0x3E1F0 - 0xF6C0
Once you get the decrypted header, you have the key to decrypt the rest of the metadata. Here you go, you have your decrypted signature.
So far so good, now what's next ?
Contrary to popular beliefs, you do not need to know the public key to calculate the private key, you just need two decrypted signature, you now know how to dump these, so let's assume you just did, now all you have to do is to bruteforce the curve type by constantly reloading a self to metldr, the curve type being only 1 byte, that would be 64 possibilities.
CONGRATULATION, you just signed a loader !
Now what ?
Well Your first reflex would be to sign a loader and use it to dump whatever is in your Isolated Local Store, the first thing you will notice is that you have a bit of metldr's code as a leftover, after a few seconds of disassembly you will figure it's actually some piece of code that clears metldr's code and registers and jumps to some address which is matches your signed loader's entrypoint.
This seems like a more than likely candidate to exploit, as in your goal would be to overwrite that piece of code with your own, that way you would have the whole metldr code right before the point where everything gets cleared out.
Let's try to do just that, from your previous dump, you obviously know that the clear code is located from 0x400 to 0x630, (0x410 being where metldr jumps when it clears) your first attempt would naturally be to have a loader section to load at 0x400, well not so surprisingly, it fails, because you are not without a brain (at least you aren't supposed to be if you're reading and understanding this), you will assume that it is likely that metldr checks if you aren't loading your loader/self section below a certain address, which considering you know the loaders' entrypoint is most likely to be 0x12C00, this assumption is in fact correct as metldr will make sure you cannot load any loader at 0x12BFF and below, seems like a huge let down...
Well, maybe not, because yet again, you are not without a brain, you check out the hardware properties for the Local Store, and you find out that the memory wraps around (memory is a donut as someone once said at some ccc conference).
So what happens when you load your loader at let's say from 0x3F000 to 0x40000+some address? (like 0x40410 for example) ?
Well, it WORKS!
You could put the section at 0x3F000, if you made the length 0x1414 and the last instruction branches "up" to the dump code.
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This is what the exploit that got leaked (yeah that's not really their work eh but you figured that much by now did you not?) does. It overwrites from 0x000 to 0x480 because I originally loaded the section o size 0x880 to 0x3FC00
So now you get code execution on metldr at the best time possible because your code executes right after metldr copies the root keys from 0x00 to 0x30, which means you get to dump these too. (Although they are hardcoded in metldr's code anyway)
Here you go, you have a metldr dump !
Now as a final line, I'd like to say screw leakers, screw the scene, and this is my last contribution to it EVER. It seems I can't even trust fellow developers to keep my work safe and not leaking it. (Not like any of them would have been able to tell you how all this even works in the first place)
So long, everyone. Remember, don't ever bite the hands that feed you.
P.S. Oh! and btw, if you talented enough to make hardware to dump the shared lsa, you can decrypt any lv0 using this technique.
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From the PS3 Metldr Exploit ReadMe file:
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Also from Mathieulh attempting to defend himself from PS3 Scene Devs: Oh ! and to people who might doubt it's a leak (As in 2 people who might by some miracle have found the very same exploit), the leaked appldr-metldrexploit350.self file not only bares the same name but the same hash and obviously the same signature as the file I've given out to the few people that had it.
If you don't know about this, because of the rand functions involved, the chances of getting an identical signature on a self file are one to trillions, so yeah, definitely my stuff.
To people still claiming that the leaked files weren't crafted by me, look at "run.sh" the "/proc/metldrpwn/mathldr" line is a dead giveaway. IRC Log here: http://pastebin.com/HwkP0Bfg
Oh ! and just so you know, because the "donut fail" requires a signed ldr to work and gain code execution in metldr doesn't mean there is no way to pwn metldr.2 though obviously you can't use that particular exploit for this) Not like you really need to dump a metldr with an updated keyset, a hardcoded 3.60 min ldr version and some useless gcc optimizations though.
By the way, to Sony engineers' credit, they did check if you'd load a ldr at 0x40000+ they just didn't check if you'd load it at 0x3FFFF or below and have it a positive size
I wonder if people noticed the metldr.spu.cecha.elf, metldr.spu.cech2500.elf and the 1.3MB metldr-cecha.idb in my metldr's collection pic
I don't really care about the ps3 anymore anyway. Here is a protip before I am gone, you can load the bl more than once.
From Sony PS3 hacker adrianc: I hate to burst everyone's bubble but this means nothing. The chain of trust was fixed by moving loaders into lv0.
Until lv0 is either dumped or decrypted, the loaders, and therefore the keys will remain just out of reach. Cold boot exploits are not possible because lv0 sets up the loaders table before passing execution to lv1. Decrypting lv0 requires pwning the bootloader_PE, which is very difficult. If you could sniff the flexio you might be able to dump it that way. Or you could use what is known about the CBE secure boot to preempt bootldr. I suggest the IBM docs as reading material.
They are encrypted with the same key, which is burnt into the CBE efuses. This key is never passed along the chain of trust, so neither metldr or bootldr ever sees their own key. Metldr dumps will give you some perspective on how secure loaders work, and possibly stimulate some ideas for how you might be able to pwn bootldr. However, there is no easy 'find a key, use a key' solution to be found inside metldr.
This exploit does not enable you to find the hardware root key, merely a much weaker derivative which exists to prove the secure loader has been authorised by hardware.
Unconfirmed PS3 Bootldr Key: http://pastebin.com/pWVav1qK
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From naehrwert: http://pastie.org/2858016 and http://pastebin.com/xBgUR4jn
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From izsh1911
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Related Tweets: 7492E57C2C7C63F44942268FB41C58ED... I found out a lot more too
94D100BE6E24991D65D93F3DA938858CEC2D133051F47DB428 7AC86631719B31573EF7CCE071CA8A (placeholder for the future)
eidtool "eid0_hash_encrypt_section_0"
aes_omac1(section_in + 0xA8, section_in, 0xA8, key, 0x80);
From xorloser: The "metldr exploit" had already been replicated long ago by many ppl who feel no need for public acknowledgement.
Finally, from lunuxx via JailBreakScene: Well it works, go get your root key.
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Well in the first 3 lines of my dump:
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From IRC: [eussNL] that is how you can verify your metldr dump, by looking for http://pastebin.com/erEdEF6Q
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Now we just need a way to do it ourselves without having to install linux on our PS3. They are different for each PS3 (box-specific key that Metldr is signed with, which has new keys for the rest). Lunuxx was just showing us that it is possible and safe to try. It also gives us reference to what a proper dump should look like. A more detailed guide is now available HERE.
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11-08-2011 #2HeyManHRU Guest
I hope this leads to a CFW on 3.60+ FW , but this is all still a rumor and it has not yet been confirmed on whether it is fake or not. By the looks of it and by what Math said it seems real, but I don't understand anything about PS3 hacking so my guess is as good as anyone's guess.
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Indeed, time will tell... I have also moved it to the main page now and +Rep to chr15m for the news!
11-08-2011 #4lindwurm Guest
I hope per console key 0 can be found in this metldr well maybe a new cfw is on the way but i'm not against it,i'm just happy with my old cfw just playin a new game with mod eboot or package is enough.
11-08-2011 #5Bartholomy Guest
Well, surely time will tell, let's see. Maybe just eboots, maybe a CFW 3.73 online, maybe, more important, a program for find our keys and nothing else. Let's hope some serious devs give us some awesome news, stay tuned on ps3 news
11-08-2011 #6Tidusnake666 Guest
Wow! Preety nifty, "they" used another approach to decrypting metldr, that we know, so far this all seems so noob-friendly and easy, doubtful it is so easy in the practise. Of course, if "they" have done what they've written, again, this seems simple enough.
11-08-2011 #7Bartholomy Guest
Yep, it's surely a dev work, first days. Math post, actually, is just a beautiful thing to read haha For what can concern we "mortals" , we surely need an easy way to gain keys, and use them appropriately for sign something I hope next days some tutorials will pop
11-08-2011 #8Minuz Guest
nice read !
11-08-2011 #9mod632 Guest
This is indeed great news and big step up in ps3 scene with this and JB2 around the corner.
thx Math for guide and his exploit even tho this probably would never been released if there wasn't anonymous and thx big thx to him whoever he is
11-08-2011 #10lethal253 Guest
i hope this news doesn't lead to another ps3 scene drama... Math is just saying that someone leaked his work..
Nobody says but everyone wants the same.. we want to play the new games on cfw. Hope this will lead to that


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The Ghost of Sparta returns, but this time he's not alone...
DC Unlimited's God of War Series 1 is IN-STOCK now at BigBadToyStore.com. For a great selection of other great video game action figures and collectibles, check out BigBadToyStore.com.
The God of War franchise has revolutionized gaming in many ways and the game's vengeful protagonist Kratos has become a worldwide video game icon. While several great collectibles of Kratos have been produced, video game fans have been yearning for other characters from the God of War games. Now thanks to DC Unlimited, fans receive not only a new version of our main hero Kratos, but a trio of additional characters, including Zeus, Hercules and Hades. Today we take a look at this brand new figure collection for your viewing and reading pleasure.
PACKAGING: The new God of War collection comes packaged in square clamshells of varying sizes dependent on each character's dimensions. While this assortment consists of characters from the third installment of the God of War games, the indication of this assortment being Series 1 hints at possible additional figures in the future. The artwork on the package while cool looking, is not anything out of this world as it is made up of several existing illustrations from God of War strategy guides.
SCULPT: The sculpting on each individual character varies significantly from downright awesome to rather mediocre. The almighty Zeus and the god of the underworld Hades are the most impressive figures in the assortment, both featuring an extensive amount of sculpted details. Hades is the most complex of all the figures as most of his body is covered in gaping wounds with a plethora of black spikes protruding out of most of them. Hades also features a removable helmet which conceals his hideously deformed head and exposed cranium. His removable hook weapons can also be placed on Kratos' hands as an added bonus.
The Hercules figure includes the iconic and powerful Cestus gauntlets which are beautifully rendered in three-dimensional form however, the actual Hercules sculpt is a bit bland in terms of detail and overall look. I was personally not a big fan of the ugly battle helmet that Hercules wears in the game and was relieved to find out that the hideous thing is removable allowing you to display the figure sans helmet. While collectors may not be very excited about this figure, DC has cleverly made the lion-headed Cestus gauntlets removable allowing them to be placed firmly around Kratos arms as well.
The Zeus figure is beautifully sculpted and looks exactly like he appears in the video game. The figure is posed in a lightning-hurling battle stance that is very dynamic in nature. Zeus includes two translucent blue lightning orbs that can be placed in each hand. While the orbs are a nice added touch to the figure, the pieces do not attach easily to the hands which could have been easily corrected if they would have been able to peg snuggly into each palm.
Sadly, the Kratos figure is the most disappointing of this entire wave. Kratos comes in a battle-ready crouching pose with Blades of Exzile in hands which could have been a great thing but sadly the overall details on him are rather plain and his facial expression looks horrible. The only good thing about the Kratos is the fact that he can hold Hades' hooks, the Cestus' or Blades of Exile in his hands.
PAINT: In my opinion, the paint applications on the God of War figures are a bit lacking and rather plain looking. This is was a series of figures that I was looking forward to a lot and with DC Unlimited's track record on their World of Warcraft figures; I expected a much better paint job. The God of War Series 1 collection had the potential to be great but the final paint apps and decos on each figure are nothing more than satisfactory. The best looking parts on these figures are the weapons which significantly stand out on each character.
ARTICULATION: From the very first moment I saw these figures on display at the DC Direct booth at last year's Toy Fair, I knew that the figures were going to be mostly static with minor articulation. It seems that the reason for this assortment's delay in being released was a result of cutting costs on production and that a lot of tooling was sacrificed as a result. This is evident in the cut lines visible in the group shot on the back of the package which shows waist articulation on Hades and Hercules and swivel necks on all except Zeus. The bottom line is that while the articulation was extremely limited from the beginning, DC decided to remove even more movable joints before the line went into production thus resulting in a series of plastic statues and not figures. The articulation on the God of War figures is the following:
Kratos: swivel waist, swivel wrists, swivel thighs
Zeus: swivel thighs, swivel arms
Hercules: swivel biceps
Hades: swivel biceps
OVERALL: While there are several issues with the new God of War figure series, it still has its strong points in terms of the interchangeable weapons which not only fit the DC Kratos but the NECA version as well. Its also great to finally own three dimensional figures of several other characters from the God of War III game which can be displayed alongside the Kratos of your choosing for some great looking dioramas and of course the added bonus of the mythical weapons that can be used with other Kratos figures is a big plus. The God of Wars Series 1 figures are available now from BigBadToyStore.com for $69.99.
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