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The Durham Trail Phase 3 project – which would finalize a trail parallel to Rock Creek above Durham Road in the far northwestern corner of Walker County – was operating under an understood agreement dated Aug. 1, 2008, which allows construction-related activities in storm water runoff areas with a disturbed area of not more than one acre.
In late March, citizens living near Rock Creek began noticing an alarming amount of dirt, mud, rocks and debris flowing through the stream, and expressed concerns to the EPD. Representatives from the Environmental Protec-tion Division and the Department of Natural Resources visited the site and discovered issues with the permitting under which Walker County construction crews were operating.
While Walker County was working on its own to construct the Durham Trail, with grant money obtained for the purpose from the Department of Natural Resources, they were also helping out with two other, intersecting pro-jects.
"The Lula Lake Land Trust is building a connector trail," said Walker County attorney Don Oliver. "The state is building its trail on out to Durham Road through Five Points...They've asked us, while we had our equipment up there, if we'd help. We said, yeah, sure we will. This is a public trail."
According to a notice of violation sent by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Walker County is being held responsible for the construction activity of the multiple projects, which extends beyond the area of pre-approved permits.
"While Walker County's Notice of Intent only indicated responsibility for the project on the north side of Dur-ham Road," the notice reads, "based on further information EPD obtained during the April 19 site visit, EPD main-tains the whole project must be treated as one for permitting purposes, including the construction performed by Walker County on the portion of the project on the south side of Durham Road on lands owned by the State of Geor-gia as part of Cloudland Canyon State Park."
Citizen complaints
Walker County resident Jill Wyse was enjoying her cabin, located two miles downstream from Rock Creek, on Thursday, March 22, when she noticed that the stream was running excessively muddy, despite the weather having been dry and without recent rain.
"When we saw the dirt in the creek…some residents were out there and everybody was (asking) what was going on," said Wyse. Other residents called the county planning commission, which could provide no answers, so Wyse took it upon herself to call EPD and lodge a formal complaint.
"When I first complained I had no idea the county was involved in that," she said.
Two days later, she still didn't know of Walker County's involvement, though she hiked upstream to see for her-self what was causing the creek to be so full of mud. Wyse said she saw a construction site on the creek near Dur-ham Road, along with a bulldozer and a track hoe, which she said had already evidently pushed tons of dirt and de-bris into Rock Creek, "blocking the natural flow."
"There was no silt barrier. There was no erosion control, nothing," she said. "The bulldozer was literally right up at the top of the creek."
The bulldozer and track hoe were unmarked, and Wyse could not tell that they belonged to Walker County. She called the county planning commissioner Monday morning, March 26.
"She was unaware of anything going on," said Wyse. "They were kept in the dark about it, too."
The trail project had been proposed for some time, but Wyse and other nearby residents were strongly against it, and had petitioned against it as early as two years ago. They thought, up until noticing the construction, that their petition had been effective.
"This trail is not wanted by the people who would be affected by it the most," she said.
Part of the issue is one of private property. Wyse claims that part of an old railroad bed that the county wants to use for the trail is in fact located on private property. Furthermore, Wyse and her neighbors don't much care for the idea of strangers passing by on a public trail so very close to their houses.
More than 40 people signed a petition against the trail, said Wyse, and it was presented to commissioner Bebe Heiskell in July 2010 and again in July 2011. "I have a copy of a letter she wrote in May – to the EPD," said Wyse. "She copied (senator Jeff) Mullis and (representative Jay) Neal and the head of Parks and Recreation." According to Wyse, the letter stated that only one person was opposed to the trail.
"Don (Oliver) has said that people are for this trail, when he knows that they're not," said Wyse. "He's made it sound like people are just troublemakers."
Difference of opinion
Although Walker County has officially received a notice of violation from the EPD, according to Oliver, the county has done no wrong and does not deserve the accusations of environmental damage.
"All these wild allegations that we were dumping all kinds of stuff, dumping rocks and silt, into the creek, are totally untrue," said Oliver. "We actually removed silt and trash from the creek. We didn't put a grain of sand or one rock in that creek. We removed trash from the creek to free up the culvert."
Oliver claims that the county simply removed debris that has been backing up the creek since Hurricane Opal came through in 1996, effectively restoring the creek to its original flow.
"What they did when they built that railroad was they built a wooden trestle over it," said Oliver. "And they built a culvert over the creek where the creek always has been. They took rocks and built a culvert over the creek and then they started dumping mine tailings down through that wooden trestle until they filled it in.
"In '96 when Opal came through, it washed enough stuff down the creek that it stopped up, partially stopped up that culvert, which was the natural flow of the creek. It backed up the water and it got so big that it just blew out the rail line where they dumped all that stuff in there. And so it was running around it on rocks and stuff. About a third of the creek was still running through the culvert, and the other two thirds was still flowing around. And when our folks pulled the debris out from the culvert then it all started running through the culvert instead of a third of it."
Wyse disagrees with this notion. "It is a tiny culvert. There is no way that it can handle the amount of water that comes through Rock Creek," she said.
"In 1890 is when they built this rail. The railroad abandoned these tracks and quit running there in 1951. I'm sure during that period, when the railroad was in use all the time, the water ran through the culvert, but after they abandoned it, it went to where it wanted to go," she said. "The EPD will tell you that once a stream established woods and vegetation along its bank, that is its route. By filling the natural flow of Rock Creek in, they forced the water through that culvert."
When asked why the creek had not been cleaned up before now, if in fact it had been blocked by hurricane dam-age for the last 16 years, Oliver answered simply: "Because we weren't using it.
"The county ended up giving that rail corridor to Lula Lake, and they were going to open the trail up, and they just never could get up the funds to do it, and so they gave it back to the county. When they gave it back to the county then we applied for a grant and started working to open it up."
According to Oliver, the county's actions in and around Rock Creek not only failed to cause it harm, but were ac-tually to the waterway's benefit.
"Actually, it's the best thing that's happened to that creek, because when it was building up and just kind of flowing over a bunch of rocks and debris, the fish couldn't travel up or down the creek," he said. "Because they couldn't get through the culvert, they couldn't get through these rocks, and they're going across these sun-heated rocks, which was heating up the water, which below there made it where the trout couldn't survive. And then the other fish couldn't migrate up and down the stream to spawn. So when we removed that debris, and the water started flowing freely through the culvert in its original course, all of it, now the fish can – the water is not going over these rocks and getting super-heated, it's staying cool – plus, the fish can freely migrate up and down the stream for the first time since '96. So it's actually the best thing that's ever happened to that stream."
Wyse knows that Rock Creek is a noted trout stream, and is concerned about the health of the fish suffering as a result of the county's work, rather than benefit from it.
"Sediment covers trout eggs, it suffocates them," she said. "From where they put their dam in up through Dur-ham Road, the trout population has basically been decimated."
"We have all of our permits from the Corps of Engineers, which is supposed to be all we need," said Oliver. "But DNR is saying 'Well, we want to take a look at it.' Okay, take a look at it. We have our permit from the corps, we've done all best management practices, take a look at it. If you want us to do something else, let us know."
Political fallout
Wyse's reports and those of her neighbors, including Mike Chambers and Stan Lowe, did not go unnoticed by the EPD, which conducted two site visits – one on March 26 and another April 19 – to determine the nature of the pro-ject and whether it was damaging to Rock Creek.
Albert Langley, EPD mountain district office manager, sent Walker County coordinator David Ashburn the aforementioned notice of violation, which was received on May 1, according to a time-stamp on a copy of the docu-ment obtained by the Walker County Messenger.
According to the notice, Walker County's violations include the following:
"1) Construction activity and storm water discharge has occurred without permit coverage, and failure to design and implement an Erosion, Sediment, and Pollution Control Plan and Best Management Practices.
"2) Construction activity has occurred within the 50-foot stream buffer without first being granted a stream buffer variance by the EPD Director as required.
"3) Construction activity has resulted in significant sediment being deposited into state waters."
Walker County was given 15 days in which to respond to the letter and explain its actions.
A brief response from county attorney Don Oliver, dated May 4 and faxed to the Northwest Georgia Joint Devel-opment Authority, attempts to place blame on Langley and the Rock Creek residents:
"Work we did on the trail on top of the mountain for ourselves. We also did work for the State, and for Lula Lake Land Trust (LLLT) on their separate projects. Langley is trying to make all three projects ours, lump them together, and thus take us over the one-acre limit requiring a permit. LLLT and the State have been working up there for 17 years, have built 30 miles of trail, and we have helped them on just a short section each. On the State side, we helped them for half a day, on 100 yards of trail, at the end of their four year, 20 miles trial (sic) project. Now Lang-ley wants to make it ours!!??
"We cleaned out an existing culvert, which is exempt under the reg(ulation)s under the 50-foot issue, and actu-ally cleaned up sediment on balance. Jill Wyse and Mike Chambers, both of whom have fought us on the trail for five years, both of whom are campaigning hard for (Paul) Shaw (who is running against commissioner Bebe He-iskell), and Chambers is actually on Shaw's payroll, are the ones who complained to EPD. They are going to plaster Bebe with these violations if we don't make this go away...
"Not only is this Notice itself a huge political issue for Bebe and folks who are connected to her, three supposed major violations could amount to hundreds of thousands in fines, which would be political disaster."
Wyse was unaware of this email until July 16. "When I saw, I couldn't believe it," she said. "They have slandered me to the point of saying I have all these motives."
"I didn't even know about this trail five years ago," she said. "The first we heard about it was three years ago."
Wyse states that, personally, she is a nature lover and is definitely in favor of trails. "But there's appropriate places for public trails and in a tiny street that you can barely fit two cars on in a residential neighborhood where the houses sit right on the road is not an appropriate place.
"This has been going on long before there were any politics going on," she said, referring to the current heated election season. "We could have broken this back then; we're not trying to be political, we're trying to protect the environment."
"Don (Oliver) made this political with these outlandish things (he said) in the email."
EPD response
Albert Langley spoke to the Messenger by phone from the Environmental Protection Division's Mountain Dis-trict office in Cartersville on Friday, July 20.
Langley said in most cases where minor violations have been made, the EPD would simply ask the responsible party to make the necessary corrections. However, when the alleged violations are deemed to be major, such as with Durham Trail Phase 3, EPD would ask to meet with the responsible party.
"We have talked with the county on several occasions," he said.
Langley said a consent order tells the alleged violator to perform certain actions and pay a monetary settlement. Both EPD and the alleged violator would sign the consent order, he said.
"In general, on any site, we ask them (alleged violators) to come into compliance with state law and fix any envi-ronmental damage they have caused," Langley said. "We settle 95 percent or more of our issues this way."
However, if an alleged violator does not sign a consent order, EPD can issue a unilateral order. This order can be appealed by the alleged violator, a move that can "take a long time to settle," Langley said.
The EPD sent a first draft of a consent order to Walker County for review on June 28. The draft did not contain a proposed settlement amount. The county responded on July 2 with comments, which are unknown at this time.
As Friday, EPD had reviewed information submitted by the county and was waiting for Georgia EPD director Judd Turner to complete his review of a recommendation brought to him by EPD staff.


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It was just the second round of the playoffs, but already Southlake Carroll�s football team has potentially made its furthest trip.
The Dragons (12-0) had to travel to Midland Saturday to take on El Paso El Dorado (7-5) and had little difficulty punching their ticket to the Region I quarterfinals with a 73-23 victory.
Carroll was paced by dual-threat quarterback Kenny Hill, who completed 15-of-22 passes for 371 yards and three touchdowns to go with 14 rushes for 150 yards and four scores.
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Enforce the game ratings and be done with this topic. Parents need to be more educated about what their children are playing. Also, I agree with the comment that when new media comes out there is always fear of how it affect people. For example, long time ago there was much outcry about comic books being too violent and affecting the minds of children. We hear nothing about this now. Video games will be fine once we utilize the ratings set for it, parents ability to screen and set parameters in gaming consoles to prevent young kids from playing M rated games, and so on. Forcing a mandatory (additional) law basic on skewed research utilizing bad investigative practices is just plain ridiculous.
@XCyberForceX I agree with you wholeheartedly yet there is one flaw to your statement: the reliance on parents to do their jobs. This to me, is the one big fail our current generation is facing. For some reason there is a large percentage of parents that don't put the proper time into their children. Too many use video games/movies etc. as babysitters even when they don't need to. Part of the reason is the generation gap where the parents are not gamers and don't understand the medium. So they don't spend enough time with their kids and they supplement that time with an inappropriate medium.
@Lotus69 @XCyberForceX You're absolutely right. My statement is flawed when considering that non-gamer parents would be able to handle such things. I'm a gamer parent and find it not a problem ... at times my son hates that I know more about gaming that he does. I use parental controls and all that stuff. I even expressed to some parents to help them become more familiar with these options. But as you so stated they aren't interested. So here lies the root of the problem, parents that fail to parent.
@XCyberForceX My kids haven't gotten to the age where they realize that I know more than them and that I'm in control of these types of settings. They're just happy to have some screen time, be it mobile, console or desktop. I'm worried about staying on top of them when they get into high school. Balancing their use of social media and my need as a parent to know what's going on. This is another area that we as parents need to take an active role in. Teaching our kids what's appropriate to post online, how to manage your social profile, how to react to different social issues (bullying etc). It's really very different from when I was a kid/teenager. Heck my kids are always touching screens thinking that everything is a multi-touch display. It can be pretty funny at times.


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ALEX Salmond spent some £10,000 of taxpayers' money on hotel bills during overseas and domestic trips in the past two years, newly released figures have revealed.
Mr Salmond spent just under £5,000 a year on accommodation during official business in both 2010 and 2011, according to documents obtained by The Scotsman under freedom of information laws.
The First Minister spent more than £2,700 for five nights at hotels in China, when Mr Salmond spent time at the Westin hotels in Shanghai and Beijing during a Scottish Government trade mission in 2010.
There were also a series of hotels stays closer to home, including about £1,400 on seven nights at the Mint Hotel at the Tower of London last year, when the SNP leader was in the UK capital to meet coalition government ministers.
The First Minister, who has an official residence in Edinburgh, also spent more than £1,200 for the use of the Radisson Blu in Glasgow over four nights last year. His hotels bills included more than £1,000 for two nights at the Ritz-Carlton in the Qatari capital, Doha, during a visit to promote Scottish business opportunities last October.
More than £1,200 was spent on accommodation on three other nights at two hotels in Dubai and Abu Dhabi during the same trade mission.
The Scottish Government insisted that "in some cases the costs will also include the use of hotel facilities such as meeting rooms", although it said that no breakdown was available.
Mr Salmond had a total of 38 hotel stays during 2010 and 2011, the government figures showed.
A Scottish Government spokesman said: "The First Minister works intensively to promote Scotland and its industries wherever he is working, and he does much of this at his official residence, Bute House, and elsewhere in the government estate. Ministers must sometimes travel outwith Scotland – whether to support Scottish businesses seeking new markets or to secure inward investment from international companies, or attend events supporting charities or good causes.
"As the information provided clearly shows, each engagement was conducted by the First Minister in such circumstances."
However, Labour MSP Michael McMahon suggested that Mr Salmond's spending on hotels was excessive and he called on the First Minister to limit the amounts.
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Flash drives, USB Memory, USB Drives, thumbdrives, USB thumbdrives, jump drive, portable storage devices, are just a few of the names that USB Flash Memory can go by. No matter what the name though, there's no denying that they have become the standard for quick, easy portable memory for transporting our files to and from wherever we need to go. There was a time when they were more of a luxury item, and a small 64mb drive was quite expensive, now though we can easily and cheaply get them is sizes up to 64gb so we can take more stuff with us wherever we go. USB Memory has effectively replaced the Zip and floppy drive, and in most instances the CD as well and even the DVD as flash capacity has increased, their high capacity, ease of use and transportability just can't be beat.
USB Flash drives have become so popular and inexpensive that they are given away by companies with information on them pertaining to their products, it could be a house, computer equipment, or anything really. I've personally received many of these drives with press kits on them from companies, and many more for review, at last count I've got over twenty ranging from 128MB to 8Gigs in capacity. For the most part they're all different is shape, size and even features. I've got the IronKey that will self-destruct if someone tries to tamper with it, I've got another that integrates a biometric fingerprint reader into it, I've got another that's 24k gold plated, and many others with their own defining features. I literally have seven sitting on my desk as I type this, I lie them, I collect them, I think they're one of the best gadgets ever invented, they're just so useful for quick and easy transfer of information, grab one, throw your files on it in a few seconds and off you go.
I've seen USB drives shaped like food, animals and pretty much everything you can think of, they're used by companies to promote products, I recently saw one that was filled with beer to promote a beer maker or brewery! These things can be found everywhere, people who normally aren't computer savvy can be seen with one of these on their keychain because they're just so easy to use, truly a plug and play device. It's my opinion that they're also one of the most underrated devices out there as well, they've become so common that they're overlooked anymore. So, companies need to come up with gimmicks to make you purchase their USB drive, some are ridiculous, while some aren't really a gimmick at all and just focus on pure performance and capacity. Gimmicky, themed USB drives have their place as a novelty, but from my experience these are worst performing flash drives out there, they're truly just for looks and that's about it, if you want performance then you need to look for it.
If you're in the market for a USB drive, you'll learn that looks aren't everything, it could be the coolest looking USB drive out there but it might not perform as well as that plain looking one does, of course if you're more aesthetically inclined then it won't matter much to you. Most people today are in a hurry to get somewhere or do something and they want the speed no matter the looks of it, there are times though you can get one that looks cool and performs well, one that you'd be more than happy to show off for it's indestructible or waterproof qualities.
There are really only a few companies out there that make high quality, fast USB drives, all the others are more gimmicky kind, if you're looking for performance you'll want one from a well known company.
Of course flash drives are now being used for much more than storage, they can be used as a dongle or a key to allow a certain product to work or not work without the dongle present, and they can also be used for more nefarious things like keylogging, and hacking, on the inverse side though law enforcement can use them to help retrieve data from suspects computers. Some musicians and bands have even released entire albums on flash drives, and speaking of music, some mp3 players rely solely on flash based memory for storage.
Some well known companies that make quality USB drives are OCZ Technology, ATP, Corsair, Kingston, Crucial and Super Talent, one big thing you'll notice in common with all of these names is that they also produce top quality ram as well. If you're going to buy flash memory, but it from a company that has spent it's entire life making it and perfecting it. Of course there are other companies out there that produce flash drives but for the most part they can't compete against the big ram manufacturers in terms of quality and speed.
While USB drives seem like the perfect medium for storage they do have their limitations or disadvantages though. The main one being that they can only read and write so many times before failing, this is of course where buying from a well known manufacturer comes into play, buy from a reputable source to insure that your drive will have a long life.
Another disadvantage of the flash drive is more human related, since they're small they're very easy to lose or misplace, and when that happens you also lose whatever data is stored on them. Of course you can get encryption software to protect your data, and some companies even include it already on the drive, but still once the drive is lost it's gone. Some can be attached to a keychain or even a necklace to help prevent loss though.
The advantages of course really outweigh the disadvantages of flash drives. They're small, very lightweight and easily portable, they're fast, and use little power, and now can store many times more data than a DVD can.
They're also very durable as well, they don't have any working or moving parts inside of them to fail, you can throw them around, toss them about and they'll be fine, try that with a hard drive and see what happens!
Most all flash drives can be read by any operating system as well, they usually come pre-formatted with FAT or FAT32 file systems on them.
Some companies produce flash drives that are made to be impervious to water, dust, dirt and claim to be virtually indestructible, and the cost is not much more than the standard version of the same capacity. Most flash drives can be washed and dried and still will work, even if it's not of the specialized kind, they are a very rugged and durable device overall, though I wouldn't recommend doing this.
If you're looking to purchase a flash drive, most times the information on the package doesn't mean much to the average person, what does it mean when a drive runs at 200X? It's a speed rating is what it is, like a DVDRW can run at 20X or 18X, or a CD at 52X, really though in terms of comparisons there isn't much to compare it to when looking at the package.
For the best decision check with reviews, honestly, reviews can be your best source to find which is really the best performing flash drive if that's what you're looking for. Review sites will test and compare flash drives to each other and let the reader know what all the technical hype really means. Through good reviews you'll find which drives really perform as claimed and of course which ones don't.
A good flash drive can last quite a long time and become a valuable asset to most anyone for any needs.
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At 4-5, the Lions are facing a monumental task. Improbable would be the best word to describe their fading playoff hopes.
The mission, however, is not impossible.
The following must happen for the Lions to make the playoffs for the second year in a row:
On The Field - There is so much focus on what the Lions don't have it is forgotten they are, theoretically anyway, built to win in the modern NFL. That's because they have a big-armed quarterback, Matthew Stafford, who has displayed uncanny poise under pressure already during his brief NFL career. They also have the best receiver in the league, Calvin Johnson. Defensively, the Lions secondary is lacking, but their front seven is capable of making up for it.
The Lions have earned their 4-5 record, though. Their inconsistency is maddening. The offense inevitably gets in gear, but too often it has been after the issue has been decided. The defense has corrected itself since a disastrous end of last season, but there have been too many big plays allowed, and the timing of them hasn't been good. The Lions' fate this season seems to have been determined by back-to-back weeks in September, when they were burned for returns for touchdowns - four of them, two each, in winnable games at Tennessee and vs. Minnesota.
The word urgency has been thrown around a lot this week in regard to the Lions. I think sometimes that word is confused with a "rah rah" attitude when it is more about concentration on the task at hand. Pro football is less about emotion than precision.
That means from the start of the game until the finish. The Lions have actually finished well; that hasn't been the problem. The problem has been the start.
Football is viewed as a complex entity involving war-like strategy. Yet, the best schemes are rendered meaningless by mistakes. The Lions drop too many passes. Stafford, as gifted as he is, has missed too many routine throws, especially in the first half of games. There have been too many missed tackles, and the timing of some the :Lions' penalties has been particularly costly.
None of it is of epidemic portions standing alone, but accumulated has often overwhelmed the Lions. These are correctable points.
If the Lions don't tighten up in all those areas, rest assured, their playoff hopes are nil. Continued...
The Opposition - This is going to be more difficult for the Lions to overcome. While they are home for five of their last seven games, which is a huge advantage, the Lions weaknesses could very well be exposed by superior teams.
Their secondary hasn't been awful as much as mediocre. Based on its talent-level, and injuries, that very well could change the final seven games.
The Lions have faced only one of the NFL's Top 10 rated passers so far this season, the 49ers' Alex Smith.
They will see a passer currently ranked in the Top 10 in four of the remaining seven games (Green Bay's Aaron Rodgers twice, Houston's Matt Schaub and Atlanta's Matt Ryan). Chicago's Jay Cutler and Andrew Luck are also formidable. Only Arizona, which has lost five straight games, is lacking at QB of the teams remaining on Detroit's schedule.
The Playoff Contending Teams - One of the problems falling behind in the standings is a team must rely on other teams to fail.
The loss to the Vikings on Sunday was undeniably damaging. Not only did the Lions fall 1 1-2 games behind the Vikings for a playoff spot, but the first tiebreaker goes to Minnesota. The Lions have a tiebreaker over 6-4 Seattle, and are hardly alone among struggling teams in the NFC. Problem is, Tampa Bay, which won 10 games just two years ago, is 5-4 and getting better. New Orleans, which got off to an awful start, is 4-5 - just like the Lions. Dallas is 4-5. Their schedules aren't nearly as ominous and they have better conference records than the Lions, which puts them ahead in the first tiebreaker.
Much is made about how the New York Giants were 7-7 last season, and then didn't lose again, eventually winning the Super Bowl. They actually started out 6-2, lost five out of six games, including four in a row, and then rolled.
A lot has been said and written about the 2010 Packers. They were 8-6 at one point, and didn't win the NFC North, and still won the Super Bowl. But they were also 6-3 to begin the season.
In other words, there was wiggle room from a respectable start.
The Lions have no margin for error, making it a precarious situation, to say the least. Continued...
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"A project can last anywhere from six months to twelve or longer," says Tyson Foods senior training specialist Robert Tucker. "There's a lot of detail that goes into it."
But instead of coding at a computer the Tyson System Life Cycle program splits students up into teams to create different parts of a supply chain.
Instructors say the project shows kids the importance of communication by forcing them to tackle issues as they arise.
"We want them to know what each phase is, what you're supposed to be doing," he says. "There's a lot of things that come with working on a project and working in a team that we want people to learn, but we don't want to just say on a power point or tell them."
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The South African athlete's spectacular fall from grace shocked many who were inspired by his remarkable story of overcoming adversity to become an Olympian and a national hero.
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Sheriff: Man in Car vs Semi Crash Died at Hospital
He was 26 years old. The crash is still under investigation.
One of two drivers in a northern Kane County car vs. semi crash on Thursday has died, the Sheriff's Office said. Martin Baureis, 26, of Johnsburg, Ill., died at Condell Medical Center in Libertyville. Sheriff's detectives were notified of the death at about 11 a.m. Friday morning. Baureis was taken to Condell Medical by the Flight for Life Helicopter after the crash, which occurred at about 10:15 a.m. Thursday. Sheriff's deputies reported to the area of Route 72 east of Big Timber Road in Rutland Township and found the crash scene. Baureis was driving a Toyota four-door westbound on Route 72 when his vehicle crossed the center line into oncoming traffic, the Sheriff's Office said. The Toyota collided with a semi-tractor heading eastbound …
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Windows 7 Logon Background Changer : Customize your welcome screen wallpaper | |
Windows 7 Logon Background Changer is a free open source software that let you change the wallpaper of the Windows 7 logon screen (also known as "welcome screen", "login screen" or LogonUI).It works with Windows 7 Home Basic, Home Premium, Professional, Ultimate, Enterprise and Starter, in x86 or x64 (32 or 64 bits). It also works on Windows Server 2008 R2 (but you are not supposed to customize a server). On a side note, this small program is WPF based, it's a nice technical demo of Windows Presentation Foundation capabilities for those interested in WPF. It requires a decent GPU for the 3D animations to run smoothly. What does it do?
License terms Source code Change log | |
1069 comments - Add a comment Download |
On some computers, the following error message may appear :
"Unable to write to folder c:\windows\system32\oobe\info\backgrounds\".
Solution : Open the "c:\windows\system32\oobe\info\" folder in Windows Explorer, then rename the "backgrounds" folder as "backgrounds2".
Liviu - 2013/05/20 21:18 |
Thank you very much. Works great! |
Do you know of a way to change the location of the user icon on the logon screen, now that we can change the background picture it would be nice to move that user icon to the bottom. |
your an Idiot, my security system labeled you as a threat!! your product seemed so cool, yet I had to turn down all these extraneous offers during download. what a disappointment and waste of time!! |
Julien MANICI - 2013/05/17 11:44 |
Obviously, you have clicked on one of these giant "DOWNLOAD NOW" ads, leading you to an external site offering toolbars and adwares. Google Adsense unfortunately allows these misleadings ads on their advertisement service. I have no control over the ads being displayed. here is the direct download link to my app, since it appears you didn't manage to find the right one: http://jmanici.blob.core.windows.net/download/Win7LogonBackgroundChanger_1_5_2.zip |
Tjuno... - 2013/05/16 09:34 |
You are a genius!!..I love this program.. Job well done..From Namibia |
BallyIrish - 2013/05/15 16:23 |
Hi Julien, I have used your program Windows background logon Changer for quite some time now, and it works beautifully on my Windows 7 Professional. I must congratulate you on this extraordinary program, which has never given me any sort of problems, but works like a dream. And what beautiful backgrounds you have given us! Are thre any more backgrounds I can download? Thank you so much. Best regards. |
Julien MANICI - 2013/05/15 21:59 |
Thanks, I'm glad you like my app. but don't thank me for the wallpapers, as they are not mine, they actually are included in Windows 7 (but hidden by default). |


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Stylist Advice- What To Wear For A Ladylike Labor Day Weekend Look
Looking for a chic ladylike look to salute Labor Day weekend and one of the last weekends of summer with while making a transitional statement in style? Go ahead, make the season's last hoorah a call for glamour, have fun with it!
We suggest taking inspiration from actress Guei Lun-Mei who in Jil Sander Fall 2012 at the Taipei Film Festival Awards exuded a retro elegance that
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