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PC Recycling Consumes 20x More Energy Than Reuse
Conventional wisdom: recycling is typically the best option for the stuff I don't want anymore.
Little-known factoid: recycling a PC consumes 20 times more energy than reusing it, according to a study by Eric Williams for the United Nations.
I was pretty stunned when I read that fact, too. As fun as it is to upgrade to the fastest machine I can get, figures like the above give me pause when I think about upgrading and disposing of my older PC. It also makes you realize the incredible environmental impact that Microsoft is belching onto the planet by producing such a lousy piece of bloatware that is Windows Vista. Just think about how many PCs were made irrelevant in the eyes of their owners when they chose to upgrade to Vista, as well as how much energy went into the the recycling of the 'old' PCs and the creation of their replacements. We should tally it up and send Microsoft the bill for the economic externalities it dumps onto society.
Luckily we Linuxers have more options. We can obtain those old PCs and load Linux onto them, which is certainly lighter than Windows Vista. Furthermore, if the PC is creaky old, we can install Linux with lightweight desktops like Xfce.
Now I only wish we could somehow install Splashtop onto older machines. Splashtop is a Linux-based application that you can boot right into within few seconds (even if it's a Windows machine) without a full-fledged boot to access core applications like Firefox, a mail client and Skype. I would go out and get a bunch of old laptops and have them around the house for spur-of-the-moment Web and email access.
Wouldn't that be a great use for our old hardware?
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re-use of PC's
Just this past weekend I brought an old 350 MHz. Pentium II back to life using the PCLinuxOS-based "Tiny Me" distro. I am giving it away to a friend who doesn't have much money.
A couple of years ago the municipal government had one of those special "recycling/dispose of household hazardous wastes" days.
They had a "bin" for old computers and electronic gizmos. I could see that many of the computers could have very easily been brought back to life...and weren't in fact all that old...just seeing "ATX" boxes. When I inquired about scrounging a couple I was told "no"...they had given this recycling company an "exclusive" contract.
In the last year I've scrounged two Pentium III's, an early vintage Pentium IV and an AMD AthlonPro 1200...from the curb heading for the garbage.
Microsoft is not a "friend of planet earth". They bring out ever more bloated software that results in perfectly good computers being tossed out. Not only that, older peripheral devices often get tossed because there are no Windows drivers available for Windows X(tra) P(iggy) and Windows (Hasta la) Vista!
As a recycler
I'm an electronics recycler and I know it always hurts me to see people not reusing things that still have a lot of life left in them. I started a refurbishing and resale program as well as donations to alleviate the problem and it's going very well. We've been selling them with Linux installed and have everything from 100MHz on up, with a lot of positive response. Either way is better than landfilling, but hopefully more people will open up to buying reused as time goes on.
Just to get the discussion started...
...money is the root of all evil.
Yeah, that's a bit off-topic. However, I wish I lived in a world where knowledge and merit, not dollars and possessions, were the measure of value.
No, you got it a bit wrong....
The quote you are looking for is 'the LOVE of money is the root of all evil'. Money is a tool, a utility, a way to attempt to asses value, and a protection. But like any tool, it can be abused and used for evil or hurtful desires and schemes...
Unless you really think that the object, money in this case, is evil but I don't agree with that line of thinking. It is generally the use to which items are put to that detirmines whether they are evil or not. For example, a common kitchen knife is not evil, but it can be used to do the most evil of all things...
Well put, Mark. The problem is when the weaker side of our nature, i.e. our greed and shortsightedness, wins out over our more enlightened side. In the case of products, we somehow have a hard time seeing what is in our long-term interests, such as buying the energy-saving model that is more expensive up front but much more economical over the long term. We tend to be very blind in that way.
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Walk, run, jog and socialize with your dog! Build up to competing in a 5-K together! Meet at Luke's Locker each Tuesday morning and together as a group we will go to the Waterway. Treats and water will be available each week for humans and dogs. The delicious free dog treats after each meeting are being donated by Barker Street Bakery. Following this 5-week training program, the Dog Gone 5-K will be held on April 30th at Barbara Bush school at 8am. Free to all participants, including the furry ones! You can attend all the Tuesday morning training runs or just show up for the 5-K on April 30.
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I'm quite sure the misdreavus line will be ghost fairy being based on banshees (fae) and the nukekubi (yokai). Being a fan of banette, I think it should get something aswell, however I don't think fairy will fit it, maybe a ghost dark evo since it is an evil possessed doll.
Damn, Skitty is just a cat...-_- It doesn't look like anything mythical or actually fairy-like, like most Fairies would possibly be....I think it would just stay Normal...don't think that all pink Pokemon would just get a Fairy typing.
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Yeah, the pink thing is in no way a deciding factor...Marill is blue.
Personally I'm not too fussed what gets made Fairy, Marill and more so Gardevoir has shown me that almost anything is possible. The only ones I've also convinced myself of though are ther Clefairy line and Volbeat and Illumise.
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I don't see them re-typing a lot of previous gen pokemon, Clefairy, Snubbull, Dunsparce and maybe 2-3 other lines and that's it, it will get a bit too ridiculous if they re-type a whole heap of them.
Skitty I can't see being part Fairy
Togepi could, but Togetic/kiss are duel typed so they can't
Oh my Arceus, if Darkrai was retyped as Dark/Fairy, then every Pokemon could be retyped. Even adding this type to Mewtwo is more logical. Darkrai is a shadow demon, not a magical creature. That's what makes him special. Cresselia would make a good Fairy, but Darkrai? Don't make me laugh!
My List of Re-typings:
Clefairy line
Dunsparce (which I hope evolves)
Celebi (it's the spitting image of Tinkerbell)
Jirachi (kinda reminds me of Japanese mythology, plus it's fairly magical-looking)
Uxie/Azelf/Mesprit (PiXIE, ELF, SPRITe. This one's fairly obvious)
Cresselia (Only if Fairy is NOT immune to Dark, since nightmares power over pleasant dreams)
Munna Line (Floaty pink things. I think it isn't half bad)
Meloetta (That Normal/Psychic typing makes zero sense to me. It LOOKS like a fairy)
My Non-re-typing List:
Mew (It's the base of all Pokemon, so it needs to stay Basic. No Normal/Fairy, either)
Snubbull Line (Sure, it's the 'Fairy Pokemon' but does it really look like a fairy to you?)
Volbeat/Illumise (They're fireflies. Fireflies aren't fairies)
Glalie (Ball of ice, anyone?)
Darkrai (Yeah, I don't think so. This is our only Dark-type legendary right now. Add a new Dark/Fairy legend if you must, but keep the best Pokemon ever pure Dark. If GF changed Darkrai's type, I'd personally strangle each and every one of them.)
Victini (Just because it's small and cute, it doesn't mean that it's a fairy)
Gothitelle (It looks like a stalker to me. To give it the Fairy-type would tarnish the Fairy name)
Keldeo (No.)
Fennekin Line (My friend suggested this, so I'm just putting it up. Fennekin looks like it might become Psychic or Ground to me. I would not like it to stay cute - it needs to grow up! (Sorry, Peter Pan))
This is just my opinion, so don't get overly angry if you wanted to see Darkrai put on a tutu and carry around a wand. I'm sorry, but he's a fiend. We can't do that to him!
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Well i think snubbel's line is based on goblins, mixed with bulldog (corect me if i'm wrong) and goblins are fairies. So i could definately see it becoming fairy type.
Tho i agree on darkrai, its not at all a fairy type , its a lving nightmare. Fairy just isn't fitting.
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How does Dunsparce look like a fairy though?? I'm not saying it cant become Fairy though, but you cant say something will become a Fairy coz it looks like one and they say something like Glalie or Volbeat can't coz they don't look like a Fairy, Marill doesn't look like a Fairy, it's a mouse. But I'm pretty sure GF don't decide which pokemon will become Fairy by drawing them in a 'tutu' and 'waving a wand' and seeing if it just fits.
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"Dunsparce is based on the mythical tsuchinoko. Similar to Bigfoot or the Chupacabra, sightings and reports appear in Japanese media; however, hard evidence is always lacking. Tsuchinoko are 30 cm to 80 cm long, with a large head and poisonous fangs. Its body is thicker than its head and tail. The noises it makes resemble squeaks, chirps and snores. Unlike real snakes, which slither from side to side, a tsuchinoko wiggles ahead in a straight line. The tsuchinoko curls its body to leap through the air. Moreover, the fact that Dunsparce, a snake-like creature, has wings also brings to mind the motif of the Feathered Serpent, a prominent deity or supernatural being in many Mesoamerican religions. In addition, Dunsparce shares some traits with bumblebees, including their stripes, tiny wings, stinger-like tail, and the fact that they burrow into the ground. This may be a visual pun inspired by the name "bachi hebi" (literally "bee snake"), which the tsuchinoko is also known by."
If Dunsparce gets an evo, it'll be Normal/Dragon, with possibly Levitate as an Ability. I'd still love to see a Gyarados-esque transformation into a big basilisk or something, & with Dunsparce being featured on the Pokémon-Amie, maybe they were teasing that Dunsparce would get an evo.
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Sorry, I should have been more clear. I meant he says how something cant be a Fairy coz it doesn't look like one, but neither does Dunsparce, I'm fairly sure people would call it a worm, bug or snake before they would say Fairy.
I'm not saying his opinion is wrong or anything but he supports his own theory while disregarding others based on what people think 'look like Fairys.
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This. First of all, an evolution of Dunsparce is a must (to me at least!). Not _everything_ has to be Fairy-type nowadays though, we still have 17 other types. A Normal/Fairy evo would be fine, but I'd really like to see a Normal/Dragon evo for Dunsparce, it's such a unique typing. But this would belong to the Dex thread I presume.
Anyway, I've been lately thinking about Pikachu and the Fairy-type. While I first was against the idea, now it's starting to grow on me. Yes, Pikachu is an electric mouse, nothing fairy about that. But from a "marketing" point of view, giving something new to the face and icon of Pokémon could be interesting. It would stabilize Pikachu's position without it feeling too old, but also give something new to the table. Especially in the anime, with Ash's Pikachu suddenly realizing it has fairy powers or something, would give new possibilities to the plot. Also, it IS in the fairy egg group, though that is no more proof than any other... I am more than fine with Pikachu staying just Electric, but adding the Fairy-type wouldn't surprise me.
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Finally, someone who sees the benefits that Pikachu being Fairy would bring. People saying it's a mouse is not a good enough reason to discredit it being Fairy. At first I said that they wouldn't do it and add to his type, but instead get rid of Electro Ball and let him use a Fairy move. But it's grown on me as well and I really wouldn't be surprised.
Personally I would love for the anime to have Ash turn his nose to the Fairy type and say it sounds 'a bit girly' or whatever and then have lots of characters put him in his place and have him lose to a Fairy trainer or something and finally he realizes they have just as much right to be a type as any other.
@shinyArcanine True, but still I wouldn't say that Dunsparce looks like a Fairy, but personally I think if Dunsparce isn't much of a stretch then neither is Volbeat and Illumise. Bur we will just have to wait and see. I was glad Fairy was announced but it has just shifted the focus of the arguments haha
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It really wouldn't make any sense if they just made Pikachu fairy type in the anime. I mean, would there be some wise guy in Kalos who discovers a change in Pikachu's typing when arriving there or something? I just think people don't want Pikachu to be changed in any way.
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I think celebii should get a new form in the next couple gens where it is grass fairy.
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The anime would find a way to explain it - maybe Pikachu itself just realizes it has new powers when entering the Kalos region. Or as you said, someone else points it out. Or nobody says a thing and everyone lives as if Pikachu has always had the ability to learn Fairy-type moves. It wouldn't be an issue.
Still, touching Pikachu might be too much. I wouldn't be against it (gives Pikachu a bit of a boost both in "marketing" and otherwise), but I could see some opposition.


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3 - So What Has the PCGA Ever Done For Us?
4 - The Future of DRM and Sony DADC's Involvement
5 - Making System Requirements Less Baffling
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It's been nearly three years since the PC Gaming Alliance announced its formation at GDC 2008, promising to 'advance the PC as a worldwide gaming platform.' Since then, Activision-Blizzard has publicly
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and some people are wondering if the PCGA is really acting in the best interests of PC gamers.
What exactly has the PC-focused coalition done for PC gaming in the last three years? To find out, we conducted an in-depth interview with the organisation's new president, Intel's Matt Ployhar, who took over the reins from Randy Stude in December last year.
Matt Ployhar took over the presidency of the PCGA from Randy Stude in December 2010.
Let's start off with some straightforward questions about the purpose of the PGCA, and the way it works. In your opinion, why do we need the PCGA?
Matt Ployhar:
Non-profit organisations such as the PCGA typically form to fill a void or gap. Precedents such as the ESRB or Khronos were formed to provide an entity that allowed companies to participate and come together, in as neutral a setting as possible, in order to guide, push or pull something in the ecosystem forward.
The desire of most, but not all, members of the PCGA has been two-fold. The first was for the PCGA to be a champion for the PC gaming ecosystem, and the second was to create a body of research to counter the 'PC gaming is dying' FUD and propaganda. So to really answer your question, the 'need' aspect really varies depending on whether you're into PC gaming or not.
How much does it cost for a company to join the PCGA, and what do they get out of it?
Currently there are
two levels
. The first is Promoter level, priced at $30K (US), which comes with both the eligibility for an
officers position
and the responsibility of helping steer the various strategies, directions and future of the PCGA.
The next level is Contributor, priced at $5K (US), which gives access to everything else, such as research, subcommittee participation, networking opportunities and the ability to influence things like BKMs and best software practices. We'll be expanding and adding additional value propositions over time as the PCGA matures, based on all members' inputs.
It costs $30K to become a PCGA Promoter, and join ranks big PC gaming names, from Nvidia to Epic.
You recently took over from Randy Stude as president of the PCGA, and had a board members meeting. What changes will you be making as president?
Several things actually. The biggest is setting a level of expectations. We're in a marathon, not a sprint, and there are no instant fixes for some of the things we'd like to tackle next. PC gaming is an extremely dynamic ecosystem, and there's a definite need to update the definitions of what a PC is, and who PC gamers are. We'll be a lot more transparent moving forward. I believe we've been holding our cards a bit too closely, and frankly that doesn't serve us or the ecosystem very well. It also seems to spool off into all sorts of speculation.
Membership is also likely to change as we build on our near and short term plans and goals. The vast majority of members love the direction in which we're going, but a few are saying 'mission accomplished.' I'll be striving towards making the PCGA an organisation to which its members stick, and a no-brainer for anyone in the PC gaming ecosystem to join and participate in. However, that's going to take some time.
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Went for breakfast. The options were limited, but you can get a pretty standard breakfast without any issue.
Good GF options, helpful staff, and great atmosphere. I had the catch of the day and the brown buttered cauliflower which was wonderful. Like everything in Maui the prices are high.
Lovely setting and decent food. Primarily a seafood spot long on history in the area. Plenty of seafood options as well as a GF spaghetti with a variety of sauce options. My son had the creamy Alfredo sauce which came with prosciutto and English peas along with a crouton-less Caesar. Prices are of the typical tourist gauging variety unfortunately so it's hard to be too enthusiastic about this place but hey, isn't everything in Maui that way?
Very knowledgeable server who was willing to accommodate my needs (celiac GF, DF, grain free etc) as well as that of my kids who also have food intolerances. Food was not outstanding even for DH who was eating normal menu but full marks for attitude and effort.
My husband and I have been here a couple times before and our meals were awesome but this time not so much. That said, they were very accommodating, had lots of GF options and even had gluten free pasta.
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Five thousand dead in Kalmunai, urgent appeal for medicine[TamilNet, Monday, 27 December 2004, 17:35 GMT]More than five thousand seven hundred people were killed by the Tsunami waves along the Amparai coast, officials at the Department of Social Services said Monday. However, Dr. Murugesapillai Baghavan, surgeon at the Kalmunai Base Hospital said that at least five thousand bodies of people killed by the Tsunami have been buried in Paandiruppu, Kalmunaikudi, Maalikaikaddu and Karaithivu alone. We have not received any assistance so far to cope with this disaster. Please get us antibiotics, Anti-tetanus, toxides, infant food, any type of clothing. This is very urgent, the doctor appealed. Doctor Baghavan said that there is general panic among the thousands of wounded as the hospital is fast running out of first aid and medicine. Virtually everyone in this area is injured. Help us find any assistance before time runs out for the seriously injured, particularly children. We need clothing any type. We need clean drinking water. Please reach us, help us, he appealed. Putrefaction of hundreds of bodies buried in the sands by the retreating tidal wave is posing a major health hazard, the doctor added. Tamil politicians and local officials from the Tsunami devastated district said that casualties would be higher when rescue workers reach many marooned and remote areas of the regions coast. Several Tamil and Muslim villages have been obliterated by the Tsunami. Details of the Tsunami destructions magnitude began trickling out slowly on Monday. The devastation in remote region has received little coverage in local and international media since the Tsunami struck its fragile, far flung coastal communities. Many villages are unreachable because the main coastal road from Kalmunai to Pottuvil has been ripped apart in places where it runs close to the shore. The two causeways linking Thirukkovil and villages around it are all but gone, said an NGO worker in the area. Thirukkovil is a large Tamil village by the sea 76 kilomtres south of Batticaloa. Thampattai, a coastal village between the two causeways across the lagoons estuary, which are separated from the sea only by a narrow strip of beach, was wiped out by a huge wave a businessman in Akkaraipattu reached by phone on Monday said. Komari, another village sandwiched between the lagoon and the sea and linked by two fragile causeways close to the shore, is marooned. No one has been able to ascertain the death and destruction there. There may be few survivors, an NGO worker in Thirukkovil said. Komari is about 98 kilomtres south of Batticaloa. |
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Twenty years ago, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had a bold vision. With the increasing use of electronics in American households and business — including the introduction of personal computers that would soon be in every home and office across the country — the agency saw a need to conserve energy and reduce air pollution to create a healthier climate for all Americans. They saw an opportunity to harness market forces that would encourage both consumers and companies to invest in cleaner, more innovative, more energy-efficient products in sectors across the economy. The result was the Energy Star program.
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The Welfare Analysis of a Free Trade Zone: Intermediate Goods and the Asian Tigers
We analyse trade reform among the ASEAN countries, which recently began removing all mutual trade barriers. The standard method to avoid complete specialisation in traded goods is to distinguish goods both by physical type and place of origin (the so-called Armington assumption). This methodology is not suitable for the sort of intermediate goods produced by the ASEAN countries. We develop a computational approach in the context of a non-Armington dynamic general equilibrium model. Analysing the results of a calibrated version of the model, we find that trade liberalisation is generally welfare improving for the ASEAN countries. Copyright 2008 The Authors. Journal compilation 2008 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
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This very high quality, single-speed Crayford focuser for refractor telescopes from Guan Sheng Optical (GSO) is beautifully machined and a joy to use. You will wonder how you ever lived without it once you install it!
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If the basic focuser size (86.4mm) does not fit your telescope, we also sell some other adapters that can be used to connect this focuser to several telescope models from Antares, Meade, Celestron, and others. Adapters for the popular Celestron 80ED and 100ED refractors are also available.
7. Focus Travel Issues
Most Crayford focuser units are shorter than existing R&P focusers. So while you will typically have more in-focus travel with a new Crayford focuser (which is great for imaging applications), you might not have sufficient out-focus travel to reach focus with all your eyepieces/accessories. In such cases, the problem can be easily fixed with 2" extension tubes that are available separately.
8. Optional Finder Mounting Options
In many existing focusers, the base for your finder bracket is molded onto the focuser body. When you replace the existing focuser with a Crayford focuser, you will lose this base to mount your finder.
This version of the GSO focuser has one finder mounting screw on the upper left side of the body and one finder mounting screw on the upper right side of the body. Using one of these holes, you can mount the following finder bases/brackets, all of which are sold separately:
1) Agena modified Synta/Vixen style dovetail base for Crayford focusers # CFURB using one screw (on left or right side)
2) Agena Synta/Vixen style deluxe cross-slot dovetail base # XFURB using one screw (on left or right side)
3) GSO 50mm finder bracket with base # 8KB01 using one screw (on left or right side)
9. Focuser Specifications
• Flange outer diameter on telescope adapter: 86.4mm (3.40")
• Minimum focuser height (with 1.25" adapter and base flange) = 118mm (4.65")
• Maximum focuser height (with 1.25" adapter and base flange) = 197mm (7.76")
• Minimum focuser height (without 1.25" adapter but with base flange) = 108mm (4.25")
• Maximum focuser height (without 1.25" adapter but with base flange) = 187mm (7.36")
• Tube travel = 79mm (3.11")
• Focuser weight (with 1.25" adapter) = 1lb-11.0oz (765gm)
• Focus knob diameter = 40mm (1.57")
• Microfocus knob diameter = N/A
• Laser-etched scale markings on focuser drawtube: Yes
• Rotatable: Yes
• Dust plug: One 1.25" dust plug included
Specifications are subject to change without notice. Please verify with us if necessary.
Please note: Most GSO Crayford focusers have or will soon develop two bearing marks/lines on the upper side of the drawtube. This is caused by wear on the barrel anodizing where is makes contact with the roller bearings. In some focusers, you have to look hard to find these marks. In others, it is very prominent, even for brand new items received from GSO. This does not indicate a defective or used product and is essentially just cosmetic.
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Microsoft added a new feature to Windows 7 called 'Vault' which you can access through the Credential Manager in control panel or vaultcmd from command line. It works very similar to Gnome Key Ring on Linux or the Apple Keychain on Mac OS.
In versions 7, 8 and 9 of Internet Explorer, passwords were protected using DPAPI and the login URL as entropy before being saved in the registry. The new algorithm in IE10 continues to use DPAPI but the encryption of credentials is now handled by the Vault Service.
Vault System Service
Like most Windows Encryption, the protection of Vault data occurs within a LocalSystem service. vaultsvc.dll contains the service code and is loaded by the Local Security Account Subsystem (lsass.exe) at boot time.
Between 18-24 functions (depending on OS) are exposed to clients over a local RPC end point. On Windows 7 is an additional KeyRing Credential UI application (VaultSysUI.exe) launched by the service if it requires information from the owner of a vault.
For example, you have the ability to lock a vault with a password.
You can also configure a vault to require permission from the user when an application attempts to access the password element.
In both situations, VaultSysUI will display a window to the user and then write the response back to heap memory which Vault Service can access.
Although both these features are useful and add further protection to a user's credentials, they were removed in Windows 8 along with other functionality.
Vault Client Library Access
From the user session, RPC calls are made through API exported by vaultcli.dll
Explorer.exe loads Credui.dll and Vault.dll when accessing the Credential Manager through the Control Panel.
You can also use vaultcmd.exe to add/remove credentials but it doesn't display passwords on either 7 or 8.
On Windows 8 . . .
For whatever reasons, there was a pretty significant reduction in Vault features between Windows 7 and 8. Below is a list of what was removed.
- Creation / Deletion of vaults.
- Loading / Unloading external vault files.
- Locking / Unlocking vaults with additional password protection.
Protection Methods
Windows 7 has 2 methods available but Windows 8 only has 1.
DPAPI (Data Protection API) is used by default but on Windows 7, you can also use a password.
The algorithm used to protect passwords is RSA PBKDF2.
Recovery of Web Credentials
As said, there were some changes to Vault service between Windows 7 and 8.
VaultGetItem requires an additional parameter on Windows 8 and the VAULT_ITEM structure has an extra property. Here's the structure for Windows 7
typedef struct _VAULT_ITEM_W7 {
GUID SchemaId;
LPCWSTR pszCredentialFriendlyName;
PVAULT_ITEM_ELEMENT pResourceElement;
PVAULT_ITEM_ELEMENT pIdentityElement;
PVAULT_ITEM_ELEMENT pAuthenticatorElement;
FILETIME LastModified;
DWORD dwFlags;
DWORD dwPropertiesCount;
PVAULT_ITEM_ELEMENT pPropertyElements;
And for Windows 8 . . .
typedef struct _VAULT_ITEM_W8 {
GUID SchemaId;
LPCWSTR pszCredentialFriendlyName;
PVAULT_ITEM_ELEMENT pResourceElement;
PVAULT_ITEM_ELEMENT pIdentityElement;
PVAULT_ITEM_ELEMENT pAuthenticatorElement;
PVAULT_ITEM_ELEMENT pPackageSid;
FILETIME LastModified;
DWORD dwFlags;
DWORD dwPropertiesCount;
PVAULT_ITEM_ELEMENT pPropertyElements;
I've written a tool to recover IE10 passwords using the Vault API, here's example of output on Windows 7 machine.
For those of you that want to know more about recovery process, you can grab source and binary here.
Because the Windows Vault Service remains undocumented, I can't guarantee the accuracy of information provided. The latest protection of Web Credentials for Internet Explorer is indeed weaker than previous algorithm for 7, 8 and 9 but the upside is that with the Vault you can reliably backup/restore your passwords when needed.
Below is just a list of API available/removed between Windows 7 and 8.
Credential Vault Client Library Function | Windows 7 | Windows 8 |
VaultCreateItemType | Yes | Yes |
VaultDeleteItemType | Yes | Yes |
VaultEnumerateItemTypes | Yes | Yes |
VaultAddItem | Yes | Yes |
VaultFindItems | Yes | Yes |
VaultEnumerateItems | Yes | Yes |
VaultGetItem | Yes | Yes |
VaultRemoveItem | Yes | Yes |
VaultGetItemType | Yes | Yes |
VaultOpenVault | Yes | Yes |
VaultCloseVault | Yes | Yes |
VaultGetInformation | Yes | Yes |
VaultEnumerateVaults | Yes | Yes |
VaultSetInformation | Yes | No |
VaultCreateVault | Yes | No |
VaultCopyVault | Yes | No |
VaultDeleteVault | Yes | No |
VaultLoadVaults | Yes | No |
VaultUnloadVaults | Yes | No |
VaultCopyItem | Yes | No |
VaultMoveItem | Yes | No |
VaultLockVault | Yes | No |
VaultUnlockVault | Yes | No |
VaultConfirmVaultAccess | Yes | No |
VaultEnumerateSettingUnits | No | Yes |
VaultGetSettingUnit | No | Yes |
VaultApplySettingUnit | No | Yes |
VaultRemoveSettingUnit | No | Yes |
VaultTriggerSync | No | Yes |


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Monday, August 29, 2005
Tagged Again!
7 things I plan to do before I die:
1. Ride a horse to the pyramids at Giza with my hubby.
2. Crochet a pirate ship.
3. Take the LOTR tour of New Zealand (I know, I'm a dork).
4. Write & publish a book.
5. Exhibit my work in a major museum.
6. Create a television show.
7. Learn a second language.
7 things I can do:
1. Make art.
2. Make a Thanksgiving meal that looks like it jumped from the pages of Gourmet magazine.
3. Live life in the moment.
4. Untangle any knotted yarn mess.
5. Mix any paint color.
6. Give my opinion to anyone, anywhere, anytime (aka The Dogma According To Regina).
7. Teach.
7 things I cannot do:
1. Live completely debt-free.
2. Live "off the grid".
3. Forget the potato chip.
4. Meditate. (I'm serious. I wish that I could.)
5. Live without pets.
6. Love my job.
7. Be cruel to others.
7 things that attract me to the opposite sex:
1. Sense of humor.
2. Self-sufficiency.
3. Creativity.
4. Intelligence.
5. Tall.
6. Dark.
7. Rugged.
7 things that I say most often:
1. Dude.
2. Like.
3. Oh, my, God.
4. Yeah.
5. The F-word.
6. Awesome.
7. You're high.
Yes, my speech proves that I am vintage Southern California.
7 celebrity crushes:
1. Johnny Depp
2. Frylock
3. Viggo Mortensen
4. Terence Stamp
5. Alan Rickman
6. Omar Shariff
7. Alain Delon
The 7 bucks stop here. I'm not going to tag anyone.
Next post: more VLA mail!
7 comments:
- Jana said...
"forget the chip" i hear ya on that one:)
- Oslofia said...
I am soooo with you on Viggo Mortensen. Dont forget that he's mine...lol
- MX said...
We are darned near spot on re the crushes. You have EXcellent tastes!!
- Jane said...
Why Alan Rickman? Is it the drawl which makes him sound like he's suffering from narcolepsy? I'm not sure he ever has the energy to finish a sentence these days. (But was a brilliant Sheriff of Nottingham, I'll give him that.)
I think I'd be too ashamed to admit my 7 most frequently used words (for which, read expletives)! - 6:26 AM
- ladylinoleum said...
Jane, I just love him. He kind of has a clinical depression vibe, but no matter. He's got a great voice and he was fab as the robot in Hitchhiker's Guide. I dunno. He's just one of those actors I look to for an interesting performance.
- goodeyes said...
are you funny or what? just the funniest! love the veggies and the pirates. and the colors! oooooooooooo
guess who? (yourgradschoolpartner) - 6:07 PM
- Cara said...
wait...Frylock of ATHF? if so, have you tried to crochet him and the rest of the gang?


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As a native of Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, we may assume Youssouf Mulumbu did not grow up dreaming of scoring the winner in a West Midlands derby. Yet the midfielder achieved the feat six minutes from time, earning 10-man West Bromwich Albion their first win over Aston Villa in 18 attempts dating back to 1985, two years before he was even born.
The Hawthorns crowd have a song about Mulumbu – "He comes from Africa, he's better than Kaka" – and this time they belted it out as if they believed it. Not only had Albion beaten their nearest neighbours, but they did so after defender Abdoulaye Meïté gifted Villa an early own goal and without Paul Scharner, sent off for a second bookable offence two minutes after Peter Odemwingie had scored for the fourth Premier League game running.
Mulumbu, ostensibly a holding midfielder, booked his place in Albion folklore when he surged on to a pass by Simon Cox, turned Luke Young with embarrassing ease and then evaded the challenge of Ciaran Clark before slotting the ball past Brad Friedel. After more than 26 years, it meant Carl Valentine was no longer the last Albion man to score the decisive goal against Villa while Roy Hodgson succeeded Johnny Giles as the most recent Albion manager to enjoy a victory over the claret and blue.
The normally undemonstrative Hodgson, fired by Liverpool four months ago, permitted himself a clenched fist. The 63-year-old, who is styled as head coach by Albion, has delivered 16 points from nine matches to steer Albion from 17th place to 11th and, in the process, revived his prospects of succeeding Fabio Capello in the England job at the end of next season.
Hodgson claimed Albion were now safe, even though they could be caught by freak results, and argued that his players, who had "exceeded everyone's expectations", fully deserved their success. Was it pleasing to hear his name chanted after his experience at Anfield? "They used to chant my name there, too," he said, although it was more likely to have the word "out" appended to it.
Assistant manager Gary McAllister, holding the Villa fort while Gérard Houllier continues his recovery from a heart complaint, rued a wasted opportunity and the "sucker punch" delivered by Mulumbu. "Villa are the biggest club in the Midlands," he added, "and we still want to finish top of the pile."
Albion have not kept a clean sheet since August – a run that stretches to a Premier League record of 33 games – and the largesse they lavished on Villa before either side had really broken sweat went a long way towards explaining why. Stewart Downing took up possession on the right and was allowed time and space in which to float a cross into Albion's area. Méïté, standing six yards out, stabbed at the ball with his right foot when the situation called for a clearance with the left. Instead of finding the proverbial Row Z he found the net.
Earlier in the season Albion might have folded. Instead they took the game to Villa and equalised on the hour. From a free-kick by James Morrison, first-time captain Jonas Olsson rose at the far post to head the ball back into the danger area. Cox and Scharner had efforts blocked but as the ball looped up off Stiliyan Petrov after the Austrian's shot, Odemwingie hooked in his 14th goal of the campaign.
Albion's chances of breaking Villa's hold over them were dealt a severe blow two minutes later. Scharner, harshly booked in the ninth minute for fouling Nigel Reo-Coker, first attempted to rugby-tackle Petrov then cut him down from behind, prompting the inevitable second yellow and then the red card. Villa almost regained the lead with a shot by Downing which Scott Carson scrambled behind, but then, to delirium tinged with disbelief on the Brummie Road End, came Mulumbu's coup de grâce.
Attendance: 25,889
Referee: Phil Dowd
Man of the match: Odemwingie
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Jewish World Review Sept. 23, 2011 / 24 Elul, 5771 Tiny camera (again) soars; ancient walls house high-tech hotel By Mark Kellner
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JERUSALEM --- If history can repeat itself in this ancient and storied city, maybe tech experiences can be repeated, too. Seven years ago, your columnist was here and was grateful to carry a relatively small digital camera around for taking pictures, the quality of which was quite good.
I've spent the past week in Israel again, and was even more wowed this time by a much newer digital device, the Canon PowerShot ELPH 300 HS Digital camera, list price $250, which the Japanese firm announced on February 7. After another firm's promised loan of a new device fell through, I grabbed this one quickly from Amazon.com - at just under $200, no less -- for the trip.
Here's how Canon described the device: it has "a 12.1-Megapixel High-Sensitivity CMOS sensor, 5X Optical Zoom, an ultra-wide angle 24mm equivalent lens along with a 2.7-inch LCD screen and is available in red, black and silver." Let me translate that into English: this camera does many of the things you'd expect from a much larger digital SLR, at a fraction of the weight and price.
Now, lest the good people at The Times' photo desk refuse to speak to me ever again, it must be explicitly stated that the ELPH 300 is not a substitute for a full digital SLR camera. But for many casual photographers, as well as for those seeking something light to tote around, the pocketable ELPH is an amazing device, capable of producing pictures that could rival those from larger cameras.
I know, because I had a Canon EOS Rebel T2i along as well, and in several days of touring shot photos at the same location with both cameras. The results were almost indistinguishable, except when I put the 55-250 mm zoom lens on the T2i. Obviously, with that kind of lens, one can do a bit more.
But I could do a lot with the ELPH 300, and enough for shots posted on a blog, while larger files may appear in print somewhere. In places such as Masada, the ancient fortress in the middle of the desert, you didn't want to lug a big camera bag around, so I didn't. The ELPH 300 was just fine there; the photos worked beautifully.
A nice bonus is that the ELPH 300 shoots high-definition, 1080p video. I took a couple of clips, and I'm happy with them. Steven Spielberg might not use this to make a movie, but you could intersperse shots from that surprise birthday party with a short clip of the cake being served.
Do I recommend this camera? Yes, I do, and while I could have spent a bit more and gotten some extra bells and whistles (another model announced at the time has a built-in GPS system to note where a photo was taken), I'm very, very pleased with this little gem. You might be, too.
HIGH-TECH HOTEL: In Jerusalem, the two-year-old Mamilla Hotel is a "boutique" hotel with a high-tech twist. Housed inside the shell of an older building, the Mamilla offers such things as Wi-Fi throughout for guests, and even two American-friendly electrical outlets.
But there's more: the Wi-Fi extends to the hotel's public areas, the lobby, caf� and restaurants. The flat-screen TV in each room can double as an Internet terminal. And in the glass-walled bathroom, a switch turns the glass opaque, to ensure privacy.
My favorite tech add-on are the speakers in the bathroom that offer the TV's sound as you shower. It's a great way to keep up with things back home while getting ready for another day of exploring.
Israel's high-tech dedication is no surprise; the country has been a tech hub for years. But today's Israelis are serious about it. At least one tour bus I saw had Wi-Fi access (great for Facebooking on the way to Tiberias) and the cell reception on top of Masada is just fine.
Every weekday JewishWorldReview.com publishes what many in the media and Washington consider "must-reading". Sign up for the daily JWR update. It's free. Just click here. JWR contributor Mark Kellner has reported on technology for industry newspapers and magazines since 1983, and has been the computer columnist for The Washington Times since 1991.Comment by clicking here. © 2011, News World Communications, Inc. Reprinted with permission of The Washington Times. Visit the paper at http://www.washingtontimes.com |
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Here's the story of their wedding journey. It's a top 10 list of the things that made their wedding great, things they learned, and creative ideas you can steal:
1. Become a Planning Machine
Meghann gave herself some time to binge on a few wedding magazines - but she looked to them for inspiration, then tossed them and set out to make the wedding of her dreams, not the dreams of the wedding industrial complex. She was disheartened by most of the wedding books out there until she stumbled across Offbeat Bride by Ariel Meadow Stallings, which she swears by.
Once she and Joe started to narrow down what they had in mind for their wedding, they started using an Excel spreadsheet to keep track of costs - she says you will always spend more money than you think you will, but it helps to see it all there in black and white.
The wedding bands: Joe's interior detail is meteorite. |
Finally, Meghann's advice for the planning process is to delegate - expect the groom to pull his weight. Get his input on big decisions, and don't be afraid to ask him for help when you're feeling overwhelmed. "You want your man to feel like it's his wedding, too. A stressed woman is no fun to be around, so as your to-do list grows, give him a list of specific tasks you know he can do."
2. Personalize with Letterpress
Meghann's friend Julian, also a designer, created all the signage and print materials at the reception. From the table numbers to the place cards and the labels on the guest favors, Julian's letterpress design tied it all together and gave it a sophisticated DIY feel.
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3. Favor Your Guests with Wildflower Seeds
4. Help Your Bridal Party Look Their Best
Meghann wanted her bridesmaids to look and feel great in their wedding attire - so instead of forcing them all into the same cut and color of dress, she gave them freedom to choose a dress they loved in a spectrum of colors - they were instructed to stick to jewel tones like cobalt blue, purple and fuschia. Then Meghann gifted them matching necklaces for the ceremony. The groomsmen wore matching suits, and could pick ties that would coordinate with the lady they'd be walking down the aisle. The effect was great - the colors really popped and played off each other, and the ladies all looked confident and happy walking down the aisle.
5. Make Your Own Steampunk Boutonnieres
One of the most brilliant innovations at the wedding were the boutonnieres Joe made for his groomsmen. Meghann says they were jointly inspired by some Lego man boutonnieres they saw, and some steampunk watches they had seen on Etsy.com. "We ordered the watch parts from Etsy and Joe used his skills with soldering and building electronics to make the LED-lit custom boutonnieres using vintage watch parts." Each piece was stylish and unique - an amazing keepsake.
6. Do Your Own Flower-Arranging
Meghann splurged on her bouquet, but the rest of the arrangements were DIY. |
The morning of the wedding, she delegated a few friends to do the flower pick-up, and then she and her bridesmaids assembled the flowers, creating the rest of the bouquets and the centerpieces. It was a little stressful, and in retrospect she would not have driven herself to the wedding and delivered her own flower arrangements, but it all worked out in the end; they had gorgeous arrangements of Meghann's own design and for less than a third of the price!
7. Remember to Eat
Joe laughs remembering that they were so busy rushing around that they forgot to eat before the ceremony. By that point they were starving, and the reception was hours away. In hindsight, stashing some emergency snacks would have been a great idea.
8. Perform a Song for Your Bride
Joe is a musician - not a dancer. Rather than suffering through the traditional first dance as man and wife, Joe thought it would be more personal and meaningful if he performed a song for Meghann - "The Promise" by When in Rome. It was a really beautiful moment in the evening. However, Joe would like to point out that if you're going to do this, you should try to remember to *record* the performance. Whoops!
Guitarist in the amphitheater |
9. Serve Wedding Cookies
One tradition the couple happily discarded was the overpriced wedding cake. Instead they served up an assortment of fresh-baked cookie platters. They were simple to serve, a fraction of the price of a cake, and they were able to have a nice variety. Everyone wins.
10. Don't Book Your Honeymoon Flight for 5am the Next Morning!!
Lesson learned.


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Like I said on Monday, now that the Templecon Team Tournament has been confirmed as 50 points, 2 lists, and Divide and Conquer, I have some decisions to make. I already looked at using pBaldur vs. eBaldur and I'm genuinely torn between the two and will need to playtest the lists thoroughly. Today, however, I want to look at my other two options to pair up with whichever Baldur I want to take. Fortunately, the 50 point level means that I have more options to play around with and I'm more motivated to use warlocks that I have a hard time justifying at 35 points. So which lists am I considering?
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Monday, October 22, 2012
Road to Templecon 2013: List Building
So we have confirmation that the Team Tournament at Templecon will be 2 lists, 50 points, and Divide and Conquer. Damn. This is also a bit strange to have such a decision already made without the SR 2013 document available yet, at least as far as I know... Either way, this is a little disappointing for me because it severely limits my options. One of the reasons why I was hoping for a 3 list format is it means that you'd be less likely to see the same tournament lists over and over again because players could experiment a bit more and worry less about bad match-ups. Indeed, I can almost guarantee that every Cryx player will bring Terminus, Cygnar players will bring eHaley, etc. *Sigh* Well, let's consider what I'll be bringing. At least the field will still look a bit different with the addition of colossals/gargantuans and there are a few new warcasters on the field these days, so maybe there will be some variety.
Thursday, October 18, 2012
The "Counter-Punch" playstyle
This article was inspired by a couple of comments exchanged with someone on a Bell of Lost Souls review of the Woldwrath. I thought that the review was pretty solid (although without much play experience) and I generally like the Warmachine/Hordes writers for BoLS. In the comments I mentioned my experiences with the Woldwrath for some additional feedback and I had an interesting exchange there discussing Circle's playstyle. In fact, I've had similar thoughts from reading Lamoron's articles on his experiences with Circle over on his blog. I've always been interested in Circle and they're my first faction since Mk. II (although it might have been Cygnar if they had released the Firefly model sooner for that eNemo theme list). I'm not going to suppose that I'm an expert on the faction or that others are incompetent, but the purpose of this article is to try to explain the playstyle of the Circle Orboros and why many find the faction to be so challenging outside of just a handful of warlocks. I believe the best way to describe this playstyle is something called "Counter-Punch".
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
List Building: pKaya 35 - Griffon
It's been a long time since I've done some list building. Perhaps it's been because I've been extremely busy. More likely, it's because I don't have many opportunities to play games as it is and so I don't play around designing lists when I won't be able to test them. Today I want to share a list I came up with that I want to try with pKaya. I've always been an outspoken supporter of pKaya (and indeed, a lot of under-appreciated warlocks) and I think the recent release of the Griffon will allow a lot of flexibility for pKaya. Admittedly, with the recent errata ruling that medium bases cannot use their full range of power attacks against larger bases (throws, locks), the Griffon will have more limited usage in many lists, but I still think he's useful for an assassination tool - especially with pKaya. Let me share the list and then I'll break it down.
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Recent Games and Reflections
September is the craziest time of year for me. Coming out of the hibernation period that is the summer and being dropped right into a full boarding school teachers schedule is a bit intense. Now I remember why I didn't start The Steam-Powered Gamer until October (OMG ALMOST A YEAR OLD!) - I was far too busy in September to do it. Things are starting to calm down here a bit now 0 well, actually, I think I'm just getting into my groove. Anyway, I have still been trying to be productive when it comes to Warmahordes stuff and I've managed to get a couple of games in at the local club. Now that school is back in session some of the regulars have been coming back to the game club so I can at least get a game of Warmahordes in on Friday nights (typically). That said, 2 games in the month of September is still not that great, but let me outline quickly how those games went.
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
What's next for Privateer Press?
So there has been something brewing over at Privateer Press within the last week or so. It started with David "DC" Carl mentioning in a Privateer Press Insider post that he wishes he could share what's going on behind the scenes and then on Monday, Tony Konichek shared his trip to Europe where he received the request from the creative and art directors to draw some sketches of the architecture for "Iron Kingdoms reference." Surely, this could be considered totally innocuous but Privateer Press loves teasing their community and, like I said, DC has already told us that something is going on behind the scenes and Privateer Press has never been known for sitting on their hands. No, indeed this past year not only did they outdo their past years by releasing Colossals and Gargantuans, but they also put own a card game, a brand new board game (with new IP), created their first mobile list-building and reference app (with admittedly mixed reviews), and revived their Iron Kingdoms role-playing system (with much approval from the role-playing community). This has me wondering: What's next for Privateer Press?
Tuesday, October 09, 2012
Women in Miniatures Games
It's been almost a month since I last posted an article but I've been spurned into action by a recent article on Bell of Lost Souls about women in wargaming. More specifically, I've been inspired to write this article because of the comments section for that article. I've simultaneously been encouraged and saddened by the responses to the article, which only asserted that Warmachine/Hordes has a greater percentage of their demographic as women than other miniatures games. Actually, I tend to find that Malifaux has more women, but the point that most people at the site took away from the brief question was that Games Workshop games tend to have very few female players. Larry Vela (the author) asked why that might be, and the responses have been a mix of supportive and highly offensive (not sure if trolling or not). Interestingly, there was an article written the other day about the same topic in video games only a couple of days ago (link) and the timing cannot be more perfect. The difference, of course, is that the article I just linked came from a woman's perspective and she answers some common questions posed to women, which I think apply to wargames just as well as they do to video games:
So what should a proper female lead look like? Where do you draw the line between "attractive" and "cheap pandering cheesecake"? Which female leads resonate with women? Which ones repel them? Is it better to have a variable gender protagonist like in Fable II where you can choose a gender that basically doesn't matter, or is it better to have a protagonist with a specifically crafted character? What genres of action-type badassery are most attractive to females, and would make a good starting point for a developer looking to court a female audience?These are all great questions and I'd like to discuss a brief look into two games and address the question of why we don't see as many women playing miniatures games, and those that do seem to play particular game systems over others.
Monday, October 08, 2012
New Poll: Sexiest [female] Warlock
So I'm still alive! I've been distracted by a combination of work and Borderlands 2, but I'm still alive. I've been taking a hiatus of sorts from Warmachine/Hordes for a little while and part of that is because I don't have as many opportunities to play games anymore because summer vacation is over and I'm wayyyy over on mileage for my lease. My hope is that my fiancee's new car will help take the pressure off of my mileage so I can still play some games, but finances are quite tight with the wedding coming up one year from yesterday (OMGOMGOMG!)
Anyway, today I'll ease back into things by analyzing the last poll which asked which was the sexiest [female] warcaster! This next month the poll will be the sexiest [female] warlock, so make sure you place your vote up there! Stay tuned for a special article tomorrow on women in gaming - a topic which has come to the forefront in gaming in the past week or so. My goal is to return to a full daily schedule of articles but after being away from it for so long, I'm not sure I'll be able to do so. There's no shortage of topics for me to discuss, but time is the biggest issue. I digress. Let's talk about some sexy warcasters!
Anyway, today I'll ease back into things by analyzing the last poll which asked which was the sexiest [female] warcaster! This next month the poll will be the sexiest [female] warlock, so make sure you place your vote up there! Stay tuned for a special article tomorrow on women in gaming - a topic which has come to the forefront in gaming in the past week or so. My goal is to return to a full daily schedule of articles but after being away from it for so long, I'm not sure I'll be able to do so. There's no shortage of topics for me to discuss, but time is the biggest issue. I digress. Let's talk about some sexy warcasters!
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