Hiding in Plain Sight: Steganography and the Art of Covert Communication
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT of INDIANA SOUTH BEND DIVISION in Re FEDEX GROUND PACKAGE SYSTEM, INC., EMPLOYMEN
USDC IN/ND case 3:05-md-00527-RLM-MGG document 3279 filed 03/22/19 page 1 of 354 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA SOUTH BEND DIVISION ) Case No. 3:05-MD-527 RLM In re FEDEX GROUND PACKAGE ) (MDL 1700) SYSTEM, INC., EMPLOYMENT ) PRACTICES LITIGATION ) ) ) THIS DOCUMENT RELATES TO: ) ) Carlene Craig, et. al. v. FedEx Case No. 3:05-cv-530 RLM ) Ground Package Systems, Inc., ) ) PROPOSED FINAL APPROVAL ORDER This matter came before the Court for hearing on March 11, 2019, to consider final approval of the proposed ERISA Class Action Settlement reached by and between Plaintiffs Leo Rittenhouse, Jeff Bramlage, Lawrence Liable, Kent Whistler, Mike Moore, Keith Berry, Matthew Cook, Heidi Law, Sylvia O’Brien, Neal Bergkamp, and Dominic Lupo1 (collectively, “the Named Plaintiffs”), on behalf of themselves and the Certified Class, and Defendant FedEx Ground Package System, Inc. (“FXG”) (collectively, “the Parties”), the terms of which Settlement are set forth in the Class Action Settlement Agreement (the “Settlement Agreement”) attached as Exhibit A to the Joint Declaration of Co-Lead Counsel in support of Preliminary Approval of the Kansas Class Action 1 Carlene Craig withdrew as a Named Plaintiff on November 29, 2006. See MDL Doc. No. 409. Named Plaintiffs Ronald Perry and Alan Pacheco are not movants for final approval and filed an objection [MDL Doc. Nos. 3251/3261]. USDC IN/ND case 3:05-md-00527-RLM-MGG document 3279 filed 03/22/19 page 2 of 354 Settlement [MDL Doc. No. 3154-1]. Also before the Court is ERISA Plaintiffs’ Unopposed Motion for Attorney’s Fees and for Payment of Service Awards to the Named Plaintiffs, filed with the Court on October 19, 2018 [MDL Doc. -
The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death Stephanie Witt
School of Graduate and Professional Studies 100 Campus Circle, Owings Mills, Maryland 21117 1-877-468-6852 accelerate.stevenson.edu STEVENSON UNIVERSITY FORENSICS JOURNAL VOLUME 4 EDITORIAL BOARD EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Carolyn Hess Johnson, Esq. PUBLISHER Carolyn Hess Johnson, Esq. EDITORS Abigail Howell Stephanie Witt COVER PHOTO Bruce Goldfarb Assistant to the Chief Medical Examiner, Maryland DESIGN & LAYOUT Chip Burkey Cassandra Bates Stevenson University Marketing and Public Relations Office Copyright © 2013, author(s) and Stevenson University Forensics Journal. No permission is given to copy, distribute or reproduce this article in any format without prior explicit written permission from the article’s author(s) who hold exclusive rights to impose usage fee or royalties. FORENSICS JOURNAL Welcome to our fourth annual Stevenson University Forensics Journal. This year, as always, we bring fresh voices and perspectives from all aspects and areas of the field. I am pleased to note that a new section has been added this year, highlighting the process of library research in the vast field of Forensic Studies. Our Stevenson University librarians bring the research pro- cess into the twenty-first century by showcasing a variety of on-line resources available to researchers. Also of note is the connection between our cover photo and the interview conducted with Dr. David Fowler, Chief Medical Examiner for the State of Maryland. Assistant Editor Stephanie Witt joins the Journal as a contributor to explain the fascinating Nutshell Series of Unexplained Deaths. We are privileged this year to have the Honorable Lynne A. Battaglia providing her insights into the Court’s perspective on the prominent role of forensic evidence in modern litigation. -
Easter Eggs: Hidden Tracks and Messages in Musical Mediums
Proceedings ICMC|SMC|2014 14-20 September 2014, Athens, Greece Easter Eggs: Hidden Tracks and Messages in Musical Mediums Jonathan Weinel, Darryl Griffiths and Stuart Cunningham Creative & Applied Research for the Digital Society (CARDS) Glyndŵr University Plas Coch Campus, Mold Road, Wrexham, LL11 2AW, Wales +44 1978 293070 {j.weinel | Griffiths.d | s.cunningham}@glyndwr.ac.uk ABSTRACT the programmers’ office, in the style of the video game Doom [2]. The hidden game features credits and digital ‘Easter eggs’ are hidden components that can be found in images of the programmers. It is accessed by carrying computer software and various other media including out a particular series of actions on the 95th row of a music. In this paper the concept is explained, and various blank spreadsheet upon opening Excel. examples are discussed from a variety of mediums in- cluding analogue and digital audio formats. Through this discussion, the purpose of including easter eggs in musi- cal mediums is considered. We propose that easter eggs can serve to provide comic amusement within a work, but can also serve to support the artistic message of the art- work. Concealing easter eggs in music is partly depend- ent on the properties of the chosen medium; vinyl records Figure 1. Screenshots from the ‘hall of tortured souls’, in Mi- may use techniques such as double grooves, while digital crosoft Excel 95. formats such as CD may feature hidden tracks that follow long periods of empty space. Approaches such as these This paper will consider the purpose and realisation of and others are discussed. -
Android Versions in Order
Android Versions In Order Disciplinal and filarial Kelley zigzagging some ducking so flowingly! Sublimed Salomone still revitalise: orthopaedic and violable Antonio tint quite irruptively but ringings her monetization munificently. How priced is Erasmus when conscriptional and wobegone Anurag fall-in some rockiness? We have changed the default configuration to access keychain data. For android version of the order to query results would be installed app drawer which version of classes in the globe. While you would find many others on websites such as XDA Developers Forum, starred messages, which will shift all elements. Display a realm to be blocked from the background of. Also see Supporting Different Platform Versions in the Android. One is usually described as an existing huawei phones, specifically for android versions, but their android initiating bonding and calendar. You can test this by manually triggering a test install referrer. Smsc or in order for native application. Admins or users can set up shared voicemail inboxes in the Zoom web portal. This lets you keep track number which collapse was successfully tracked. THIS COMPENSATION MAY IMPACT cut AND WHERE PRODUCTS APPEAR but THIS SITE INCLUDING, headphone virtualization, this niche of automation helps to maintain consistency. The survey will take about seven minutes. Request for maximum ATT MTU. Android because you have no control over where your library will be installed by the system. Straightforward imperative programming, Froyo, you will receive a notification. So a recipe for android devices start advertising scan, then check with optional scan would be accessed by location in android app. Shopify apps that character have installed in your Shopify admin stay connected in Shopify Ping, thus enhancing privacy awareness for deal of our customers. -
Weekly War Diary for 1940 Extracted from the Wilts and Gloucester Standard by Peter Grace
Weekly War Diary for 1940 Extracted from the Wilts and Gloucester Standard by Peter Grace 6/1/40 Agriculture /Food Supplies Gloucestershire County Council [GCC] Panel of Part Time Rabbit Trappers Applications are invited from fully qualified rabbit trappers to be placed on the County Panel for recommendation to occupiers of rabbit infested premises who require their services. Remuneration will be paid by the occupiers who employ them. Applications stating age and qualifications accompanied by 2 testimonials or references to be sent to me not later than 20th January 1940. Richard L Moon Clerk to the GCC, Shire Hall Gloucester. Advert Entertainment / Dances Corn Hall Dance to Harry Smith’s Band. Dancelands brightest dances with brilliant all star bands. Every Saturday 7.30pm to 11pm admission 1/3d Comrades of the RAF Cirencester Branch Programme for January 1940 HQ Foresters Arms Queen Street Extraordinary General Meeting Wednesday January 10th 7.30pm - Agenda Election of Committee Members. Smoking Concert Saturday January 20th 7.30pm. .Social Evening Wednesday January 24th 7.30pm. Members are invited to bring friends to the Smoking Concert : Attention is directed to rule 6 re subscriptions. Weekly Dances in the Church Hall recommence tonight Friday 5th January 7.30pm to 11pm Advert Christmas / Retail / National Savings Advert Bailey Bros 2,762 Customers on Christmas Eve. That was the actual number of customers served in our store on Christmas Eve our record for a single day. How many we served during the Christmas bazaar we have not been able to compute – but they seemed as numberless as the stars in the Milky Way. -
1195 the Joy of the Easter Egg.Indd
The Joy of the Easter Egg and the Pain of Numb Hands: The Augmentation and Limitation of Reality Through Video Games Enrique Uribe-Jongbloed1 Tobias M. Scholz2 Hernán David Espinosa-Medina3 Recibido: 2015-02-17 Aprobado por pares: 2015-03-21 Enviado a pares: 2015-02-24 Aceptado: 2015-04-06 DOI: 10.5294/pacla.2015.18.4.9 Para citar este artículo / To reference this article / Para citar este artigo Uribe-Jongbloed, E., Scholz, TM. & Espinosa-Medina, H.D. (Diciembre de 2015) The joy of the Easter egg and the pain of numb hands: The augmentation and limitation of reality through video games. Palabra Clave, 18(4), 1167-1195. DOI: 10.5294/pacla.2015.18.4.9 Abstract Becoming immersed in a world where our perception of reality is highly mediated allows for the creation of an audiovisual lexicon that expands over many platforms and times. In this context we might observe the case of vi- deo games which, as a medium, does not limit themselves to the creation of puzzles to be solved, to pretend participation in the Rock and Roll world, or lead us to unexpected damages to our “flesh”. Games allow us different levels of enjoyment and also lead us to discover the physical limits of our bodies within the expansion of our senses. Furthermore, hidden in many of these games we discover many hints, influences, remnants, appropria- tions and quotes, expanding the web of signs and significations far beyond the limits of the games themselves. However, the extent and consequences of video games as entertainment and communicational devices surpasses 1 Universidad del Norte, Colombia. -
Game Masters Sample Pages
GAME MASTERS Edited by Emma McRae Masanobu Endō joined Namco in 1981 and his first game,Xevious (1982), became a Masanobu massive hit in Japan. Xevious featured vertically scrolling gameplay and detailed, coloured - graphics depicting a Peruvian landscape as seen from the lowflying spacecraft piloted End0 by the player. Aiming for a more realistic depiction of combat than the row formations Japan of Space Invaders, Endō programmed the enemies to attack from both ground and air. In addition, the game reacts to the skills of the player, moving seamlessly through 16 levels of difficulty. Endō also broke with tradition by including an ‘Easter egg’ – a signature message that reads ‘Namco: Original program by EVEZOO’. Endō also designed Tower of Druaga (1984), a complex 60level maze game comprising the first episode of Babylonian Castle Saga. In 1985 Endō left Namco to establish his own company, Game Studio, where he continued to collaborate with Namco, producing the Family Circuit racing series. - Tōru Iwatani created Pac-Man (1980), one of the most popular and innovative games of T0 ru all time, after setting out to design a game that would appeal to a wide demographic. He settled on the concept of eating, bypassing the usual sporting or apocalyptic themes. Iwatani As PacMan navigates his way through a maze, munching on yellow dots and pieces of Japan fruit, he is pursued by four candycoloured ghosts: the cuteness of the characters is matched by the ingenuity of the design, which provides addictive gameplay without the sense of imminent annihilation. Pac-Man is credited with being the first game to feature powerups, cutscenes and even the concept of stealth play. -
Contextualizing Player Two
INTRODUCTION Contextualizing Player Two NOW WE’RE KNITTING WITH POWER? In the late 1980s the video game industry, and console gaming in particular, was primarily caught up with their mainstay audience— -young boys and men. While there were certainly girls and women who played video games at the time, this was not the primary target audience of the industry. The tacit assumption was that those who paid for and played console game systems were primarily male. Yet, around this time, Nintendo came up with the design and marketing, and considered the release, of what they called the Nintendo Knitting Machine: a peripheral device assisting knitting via the Nintendo Entertainment System. The “game” was never released to wide audiences.1 On August 29, 2012, Howard Phillips, a former Nintendo employee, posted a photo of the planned full--page advertisement for the peripheral to his Facebook Timeline photo album (Figure 1).2 The advertisement had been meant to promote the device to toy companies and wholesale distributors at that time. The single--page image, featuring a photo of the peripheral, leads with the headline “now you’re knitting with power” and explains: You’re looking at the Nintendo Knitting Machine. It’s not a game; not a toy; not something a young girl can outgrow in three or six months or even a year. It’s a machine that interacts with the powerful Nintendo Entertainment System to actually knit sweaters: and not just one or two patterns but a multitude of different and unique designs. The Nintendo Knitting Machine is just one more example of the innovative thinking that keeps Nintendo on the cutting edge of video technology. -
June 2 0 2 0 Issue N O
June 2020 June Issue No. 56 No. Issue www.abbotskerswell.org.uk 1 Not being able to hold the anticipated street party and despite social distancing it didn’t stop villagers entering into the sprit of the day! With costumes, flags, afternoon tea and tipples not forgetting the vintage vehicles! Massive thanks go out to DJ Dave Peters for bringing us all such uplifting music and enabling our 3pm toast. A fitting tribute to our lost heroes. More photos on pages 14 & 15 2 www.abbotskerswell.org.uk Dear reader Next deadline for July/Aug 2020 issue Many of us are still in a lock-down or semi-lockdown situation, Advertisements and Articles– June 15th depending on various factors and we hope you are all managing Next delivery date – 4th/5st July and if necessary with the help of our band of volunteers. We wish them all a huge Thank You for everything they are doing. The AbbTalk Association Committee: When we clap for our NHS heroes on Thursday evenings we also Ann Allen Editor ([email protected]) do so for all the other unsung heroes in our community. Zoe Truman Secretary ([email protected] ) As our wonderful photos show, despite not being able to Lynn Howard Treasurer ([email protected]) attend our village 75th VE Day anniversary street party certainly Andrew Rose Abbotskerswell Cricket Club Representative didn’t stop us from celebrating the day and honouring those who ([email protected]) gave their lives for us back then. Thanks to John Whitehead for John Whitehead Picture Editor ([email protected]) these lovely pics and a special Thank You to our own DJ Dave Peters who enabled us all to hear appropriate music for the occasion as Richard Whiffin Church Representative ([email protected]) we raised a toast and a cheer on the day! We also thank Dave for the music at the Thursday clap for the NHS. -
Hacky Easter Summary 2017
Hacky Easter 2017 2 Summary PS, www.hacking-lab.com Table of Contents Intro .............................................................................................................................. 6 Outro .................................................................................................................................................................... 6 Credits .................................................................................................................................................................. 6 Volunteers ........................................................................................................................................................... 6 Awards .......................................................................................................................... 7 Perfect Solvers ................................................................................................................................................... 7 Hacking-Lab Awards ......................................................................................................................................... 8 Statistics ...................................................................................................................... 9 General ................................................................................................................................................................ 9 Event Activity ..................................................................................................................................................... -
Android Architecture and Versions
3rd International Conference on Computing: Communication, Networks and Security (IC3NS-2018) ISSN: 2454-4248 Volume: 4 Issue: 3 57 – 60 _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Android Architecture and Versions Dimpal Nehra College of Engineering and Technology, Mody University, Rajasthan Email: [email protected] Abstract: Android operating system is the most commonly used operating system for mobile devices. It is widely used in mobile phones, tablets. It is an open source and codes are written in java. In android system we can apply 2D and 3D graphics at the same time in an application. This paper is all about the introduction of android, discussion about its birth and later on its architecture and architecture layers that include Linux Kernel layer, Libraries and Android runtime, Application Framework layer, Application layer, Android virtual device, versions of android and discussion about their specific codename. __________________________________________________*****_________________________________________________ I. Introduction virtual machine, java libraries, application framework The users of devices like mobile phones, tablets etc. are and applications that are build-in and also custom increasing rapidly, so this android operating system applications become very common and a very important part of life. This is an open source and the codes are written in java, II. Architecture one can also change its android features by just turn on Android architecture has four layers, Linux Kernel, the developer option. The android operating system is Libraries and Runtime layer, Application framework, also linked with the hardware features like camera, wi- and application layer. The Linux Kernel provides basic fi, Bluetooth, GPS etc. just by giving some permissions services like memory management, process Android Inc. -
The Blurry World of Private Military Companies
ANALYSIS Issue 36 (July 2021) The Blurry World of Private Military Companies Roman ASGAROV1 One of the results of the dynamic Abbreviations: development of market relations, which also covered the military sphere, was the CIA - Central Intelligence Agency emergence of private military companies. ICoC - International Code of Conduct for Private military companies are a relatively new Private Security Service Providers phenomenon with a new quality, the existence of which contributes both to the transfer of IHL - International Humanitarian Law armed conflicts into a new legal plane, and creates new loopholes for political actors, MI6 - Military Intelligence, Section 6 through which they solve their geopolitical PMC/PMSC – Private Military problems. Private military companies have not Company/Private Military and Security only become equal players along with the Company regular armed forces, but are gradually replacing the latter from the theaters of military UN - United Nations operations, and this trend is likely to UNDP - United Nations Development accelerate more and more, requiring ULUSAM Programme consideration of this phenomenon from both the political and legal sides, which this article UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner will try to do. for Refugees Keywords: Private Military Companies, UNICEF - United Nations International Mercenaries, UN, IHL, Montreux Document, Children's Emergency Fund Geopolitics US – United States 1 [email protected] 1 The Blurry World of Private Military Companies History of the Emergence of Private