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|TidBITS#250 19941031
For Star Trek and virtual reality (well, QuickTime VR) fans out there, we review Star Trek: The Next Generation Interactive Technical Manual. We also review Mac Control, a utility for preventing unauthorized changes to public Macs, and Mark Anbinder looks at PageNOW from Mark/Space Softworks along with the new TelePort Gold II modem from Global Village. Finally, the Power Mac 8100/110 appears, along with notes about free Internet initiatives.
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Just a quick note to let people know that the mirror script for the utilities directory on <ftp.tidbits.com> now works properly, so it holds Internet and communication utilities from various parts of the Info-Mac Archive.
Power Mac 8100/110 -- Look for Apple to announce a new, faster Power Mac 8100 next week. The Power Mac 8100/110 uses a 110 MHz PowerPC 601 chip, has a 256K cache, and will ship in a configuration with 16 MB of RAM, a 2 GB hard drive, and 2 MB of VRAM. Apple claims a 30 percent speed increase over the 8100/80, which is not yet being discontinued. You'll be able to order the 8100/110 as of 07-Nov-94, but don't expect availability to be good for a month or so.
The Connectix QuickCam (see TidBITS-235) ships 31-Oct-94, just in time to be a last-minute Halloween treat. The company says the initial batch of finished cameras will go to customers who placed orders with MacConnection during the Macworld Expo in Boston this August, and they hope to have all existing orders filled by the end of November. With luck and careful planning, dealers will have them on the shelves for the holidays. [MHA]
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Gavin Eadie <firstname.lastname@example.com> writes:
There has been an increasing amount of interest expressed in the Apple Open Collaboration Environment (AOCE) in various newsgroups recently. I've decided to sponsor a mailing list that covers these topics.
The list's purpose is to provide a forum for discussion for PowerTalk users, PowerShare administrators, and software developers within which they can share advice, problems, and so on with each other and with Apple. Topics include Apple products that form the core of AOCE, including the system software components and PowerTalk and PowerShare, third-party "mail-enabled" applications, specific third-party applications like PowerRules that are dedicated to AOCE usage, AOCE programming, gateways (P/CSAMs), and AppleScripts.
I have a commitment from Apple and StarNine to monitor the list (there are already several subscribers from both these companies on the list) as well as people from other companies and users and administrators from around the world.
If you want to request membership send email to <email@example.com>, and if you want to send a message to everyone on the list use <firstname.lastname@example.com>.
Karl Bunker <email@example.com>, the author of the freeware After Dark module "Barney Blaster" last week released Barney Blaster 2.0, an updated version of one of the most popular After Dark modules featuring everyone's favorite purple dinosaur. Barney Blaster 2.0 is still free; it is available on the major commercial online services, and is on the Internet at:
PlainTalk Easter Egg -- Marcus Stewart <email@example.com> passes on an Easter Egg that we hadn't heard about yet. Apparently, if, using PlainTalk 1.3, you ask, "Computer, are there any Easter Eggs?" it will respond with "If there were any do you think I would tell you?" Nice to have computers that are up front about all this. [ACE]
by Adam C. Engst <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Last week's article about free Internet access in Bologna, Italy prompted a number of responses from other parts of the world that are also providing free Internet access to citizens, as well as a comment about Bologna's history of innovation.
Frans Hoffman <email@example.com> writes:
The Digital City in Amsterdam has been offering free access in Amsterdam and surroundings since January 1st, 1994. Approximately 10,000 people have registered as citizens. The City of Amsterdam (city council, archives, political parties etc.) and the Dutch Senate (Archives and Senators) are among the available services.
Cheinan Marks <email@example.com> writes:
The state of Maryland offers a Gopher server containing information about Maryland, state and local government, and Internet access. The state is also in the process of providing all Marylanders with a free local access number. Six counties already offer connections locally, and the whole state should be connected in a year or so, although the major population areas should be done this year. Additionally, Baltimore's library currently offers email service for $35 per year and FTP and Telnet for $100 per year.
Jack Machiela <firstname.lastname@example.com> writes:
New Zealand's capital, Wellington, has a fairly progressive City Council, who have had their publicly accessible Citynet system up and running for some years now, giving free access to email, Archie, Usenet, IRC and a few other services. And when I say free, that includes the phone lines - New Zealand Telecom appears to be one of the last in the world to provide free local calls for residential customers. Citynet is provided as a VT-100 compatible menu driven front end over about a dozen phone lines. You can also telnet to it or access the information via Gopher.
David Peterson <email@example.com> writes:
Last week's TidBITS (TidBITS-249) describes how the City of Bologna in Italy is providing free/low cost Internet service to its residents. But this shouldn't surprise us. Bologna has had a reputation for innovation for over 900 years. In 1076, Irnerius, a liberal arts teacher, found the summary index to Roman law, which had been lost since the year 603 (Dark Ages and all that). He established a law teaching facility in a monastery, which evolved into one of the world's first law schools by 1088. Benefiting from its location at the crossroads of "real" highways, the city soon had more law students than residents, and an international student body. By 1158, the law school had expanded into one of the world's first universities, run by the students, who hired the teachers and wrote the rules. In the 1300s, the issue was "paper versus parchment." Bolognese took the radical "pro-paper" position, in spite of arguments that it was too fragile and would never last.
by Mark H. Anbinder, News Editor <email@example.com>
Director of Technical Services, Baka Industries Inc.
Expressing a tongue-in-cheek belief that "everyone should be able to afford gold," Global Village Communication earlier this month announced its new TelePort Gold II modem, with a suggested retail price of $155. The new modem replaces the popular TelePort Gold, offers most of the same features, and adds greyscale fax capability.
Physically, the TelePort Gold II resembles the TelePort Bronze II, the $109 2400 bps modem that replaced Global Village's original line of ADB-connected modems. Unlike the Bronze II, though, the Gold II does not draw power from the Mac's ADB port; it has its own AC adapter. The new modem replaces the original Gold's AT&T modem chipset with a Rockwell V.32bis chipset. The Rockwell chips have appeared in several popular modems, such as those from Supra.
Although the TelePort Gold II has the same basic specifications as its departing sibling, such as 14,400 bps data communications and 14,400 bps send and receive faxing, it lacks the OCR (optical character recognition, or text scanning) feature previously included with the TelePort Gold. The OCR functionality is now available only with the TelePort Mercury, the company's top of the line "V.32terbo" 19,200 bps modem that sports 14,400 bps faxing. Gold II owners will also be able to purchase the GlobalFax OCR software for $49 plus shipping. The TelePort Gold II includes Global Village's popular GlobalFax software for sending and receiving faxes, and a free (fully licensed) copy of Dave Alverson's ZTerm terminal software.
Global Village says the TelePort Gold II requires some version of System 7, up to and including 7.5. This requirement should only be relevant if you use the fax software, since for data communications it's just a serial device. The GlobalFax software does not support QuickDraw GX at this time, though the company is working on a GX-compatible driver.
For the first time, Global Village is shipping its GlobalFax 2.1 software with a stand-alone modem. Version 2.1.3 provides greyscale fax sending capabilities at two quality levels comparable to the "best" and "faster" modes in Apple's ImageWriter driver. It also offers intelligent requeueing of unsent or incomplete faxes and better handling of the memo text on cover sheets. Previously, GlobalFax 2.1 was bundled only with the OneWorld fax servers (see TidBITS-232 and TidBITS-236 for more details).
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by Mark H. Anbinder, News Editor <firstname.lastname@example.com>
This July, Mark/Space Softworks announced that its new wireless messaging software, PageNOW, would soon be available. Mark/Space showed a pre-release version at August's Macworld Expo in Boston, and soon thereafter shipped an "Early Adopter" version while continuing development on a final version. The software can send messages to alphanumeric pagers, or to PCMCIA messaging cards such as Motorola's Newton MessagePad messaging card.
PageNOW is a scriptable application and supports a variety of custom Apple events, so it can be controlled from other applications and automated in several ways. The scripting feature takes advantage of AppleScript, and Mark/Space expects many users will create custom solutions for automatic paging in response to external circumstances. For example, PageNOW could be configured to forward electronic mail messages, report on the status of backups or other long procedures, or send appointment reminders.
In addition to providing documentation on the AppleScript and Apple event features that permit creative users to invent their own customized paging systems, Mark/Space includes samples that can be modified for a given circumstance or used as-is.
PageNOW 0.9, the Early Adopter version, is a fully-functional, fully-tested application that can be installed in 68000, PowerPC native, or fat binary versions. Version 0.9 does not yet support one-step group paging or full logging, and does not yet have a colorful box. Version 1.0, which will be provided to Early Adopters at no cost, will also include support for additional Apple events and more sample scripts and solutions than are provided with 0.9.
Mark/Space has released a demonstration version of the PageNOW 0.9 application that supports sending pages to a single subscriber, and adds a message to each page. The demo versions of this and other Mark/Space products are available on popular online services and on the Internet at:
PageNOW has a suggested retail price of $79.95, and volume pricing or site licenses are available.
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by Ed Palmer <email@example.com>
"I hate surprises."
At least that's what I tell my high school students when they want to change the Macintosh environment in the eighty or so computers for which I am responsible. I teach six classes and take care of the machines in my "free" time, so I require a security program that lets me teach my students and keep them from making undesirable changes. Before I found BDW Software's Mac Control, I tried everything from making folders invisible, to shareware and freeware programs, to other commercial security programs. Most had so many drawbacks that they made using the Mac more work than necessary. I finally found Mac Control, an easy-to-use program which seems to answer all my needs - no more strange sounds, hidden messages in the desktop, or unwanted startup screens.
After I set up Mac Control, students could make many changes (but Mac Control locks them out of dangerous places), but when the Mac restarts, everything returns to exactly how I last left it. Mac Control uses the desktop interface without resorting to a menu-driven system or to brute-force methods.
The Mac Control Manager can set users and passwords to determine who can use desk accessories, documents, control panels, and who can see inside the System Folder. The Manager can protect the hard disk from the moving, renaming, deleting, or addition of unauthorized files. This is a great deterrent against piracy as users can be prevented from copying applications to disks or running programs from their own disks. Mac Control can direct (or force) users to save their work only to floppies or servers or to their own areas in a locally shared folder. A master password overrides all other passwords, allowing the Manager to log in as any user, without keeping track of individual user passwords. You can lock icons so your hard disk doesn't suddenly sprout a face you don't want. Users can use servers and copy files to and from the personal folder if they want.
Users have sufficient access to delete, rename, or duplicate documents on their disks or in their folders, but not elsewhere. You can set up the shared folder so that each user automatically has his or her own folder inside the shared folder. Each user only sees what is in his or her folder, and can't peruse others' folders. You can create drop folders and have Mac Control keep a user log that shows which user did what, and when it was done (this feature gave me great information in tracking down abuse). You can also set the user definitions so certain users can use only certain applications at certain times of the day.
Installation and removal is simple, although you can lock the hard disk so that if the Mac starts up from a floppy the hard disk is unavailable. The Mac Control INIT takes 24K of RAM and works on all Macs from the Plus on up. Updating is easy because one set of users can be defined and then copied to the other Macs. If the Manager forgets the password (or students figure out the password, as has happened to me), you can reset the program with the original startup disk. There's always a way around anything, but this one is tough. Anyone going to such extremes might as well do physical damage rather than try to bypass the program.
I currently have eleven users defined under Mac Control for each Mac in my classroom lab - one per class period, one for the Band director, one for myself (Manager), one for the local community college, and one for the technology coordinator and the technician to use. I demo lessons on the overhead using one of the student users, and before each class change, I simply restart and things revert to the original settings for the next class discussion.
Mac Control Remote, a useful additional option, enables you to control all the Macs on a network from any machine. The Remote program gives the Manager special abilities, including freezing all keyboards and mice (which you'd want during instructional time), raising all Macs to Manager level (to add files or make changes), restarting all Macs with a single command, shutting down all Macs (but it won't flip off the switches for you!), and reversing all of these controls. The Remote program has saved me an amazing amount of time and energy. I recently taught a class first period and had neglected to set the memory for ClarisWorks high enough to work properly with graphics. Mac Control Remote helped me set all 27 Macs to the proper memory, restart, and be ready for the next class in nine minutes from start to finish. Without Mac Control, I would have lost the effectiveness of the lesson or would have taken most of the next hour to correct the situation.
A reduced version of Mac Control, Mac Control Junior, has all the security of the full version at a reduced price and with users and abilities preset. It is easier to use, but if you prefer to set things up exactly as you desire, the full version is great. I personally prefer the full version as I can set users and privileges in detail. BDW Software offers a fully functioning version of Mac Control Junior as a demo with the manual and full access to testing the features of the Junior product. The demo functions for thirty minutes after each restart, but can give the user a good feel for what the product can do.
Mac Control Junior costs $49 for use on one Mac and $299 for one building; Mac Control costs $59 for a single copy and $399 for a building. The building version covers all current and future Macs within the building (no need to purchase additional licenses when adding Macs). BDW offers many other pricing options for larger and smaller installations. Adding Mac Control Remote to Mac Control brings the building cost to $499. Competitive upgrades are available, and when I purchased a single copy to evaluate, BDW also applied that cost to the building price. I've found BDW's support outstanding, and they are receptive to suggestions for future improvements. In fact, when I last called about a need I had, the request had already been incorporated into an update and within a few days, I had the new version.
I think the package and the associated benefits are worth the relatively minimal cost and the savings to my time. Compared to other products I've evaluated, Mac Control is outstanding and will save teachers or other Macintosh administrators significant time and effort. While allowing the user full use of the benefits of the Macintosh interface, the product halts the abuse of the friendliness and openness of that same interface.
[To compare Mac Control with a competing product, check out the review of MacPrefect in TidBITS-242. -Tonya]
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by Richard C. S. "Doc" Kinne <firstname.lastname@example.com>
When I learned that my personal hero, Professor Stephen W. Hawking, had sat in the center seat of USS Enterprise and looked around from that vantage point, I was jealous. I'm not as jealous any more, now that I've done the same thing - virtually - thanks to Simon & Schuster Interactive's first virtual reality offering, Star Trek: The Next Generation Interactive Technical Manual.
The Interactive Technical Manual was a hotly anticipated product for several reasons. First, now that the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation has ended, this CD becomes the definitive reference for the series. Second, this CD debuts Apple's QuickTime VR technology. QuickTime VR extends the animation functions of QuickTime with the awareness of spatial relationships needed for virtual reality programming.
I waited with bated breath for this CD-ROM and - when I opened the package - my heart was pounding because I feared I'd hyped the product in my own mind so much that I'd be disappointed when trying it. I wasn't disappointed!
Installation of the program is simple. You copy QuickTime 2.0 from the CD to your Extensions folder and then copy one of two software folders to your hard disk, depending on how much disk space you wish to devote to the program. Once that's done, you double-click the Interactive Technical Manual icon to run the program. Simon & Schuster provided both 68K and PowerPC versions of the software; the version you don't use needn't be copied from the CD, or you can keep both on a hard disk that travels between computers.
When you launch the software, the "LCARS" computer system from Star Trek's USS Enterprise appears to take over your Macintosh. The futuristic user interface even includes the computer's voice as portrayed by Majel Barrett (Gene Roddenberry's wife). You can go on a guided tour of Enterprise or go off on your own to explore the ship. You can also use an alphabetical index to jump right to information you're interested in, from warp propulsion system theory to the personal files of Lieutenant Commander Geordi LaForge. After you find something of interest, the LCARS interface makes it easy to access related areas.
Jonathan Frakes, in his TV persona of Commander Riker, narrates the guided tour of Enterprise. Riker takes you through such areas as the exterior of Enterprise, the Bridge, the Captain's Ready Room, Ten Forward (the ship's laid-back tavern), Sickbay, Engineering, and the Holodeck (a 24th century form of virtual reality). Upon entering each area, Riker describes the area and explains its purpose on the ship. During the commentary, the point-of-view pans the entire area in question so you see everything. You can wander around and explore every area of the tour at any time.
What makes all of this work is Apple's (as yet unreleased to the public) QuickTime VR technology. QuickTime VR is based on QuickTime 2.0, but includes important additional capabilities. Rather than just offer video sequences, QuickTime VR incorporates spatial information about each locale and what surrounds it. As a result, the user can pan through two 360 degree axes (horizontal and vertical), and can move around the "floor," providing a view of any corner of each room. With this technology you can walk yourself from the main turbolift door on the bridge, across the back railing where the Security and Tactical station is, down the starboard ramp (turning your head to take a look at the Enterprise dedication plaque as you pass by it), to the Captain's chair where you can look around to the chairs to either side, look up to the transparent dome above or down to the instrument panels located on the arms of your command chair. Software such as Virtus Walkthrough has offered such capabilities for mathematically rendered environments, but didn't provide a way of incorporating a real location into the tour.
As you walk about Enterprise you can examine individual objects like the dedication plaque mentioned above. When you do so, text appears describing the object in question, and the computer offers a spoken summary. With some objects and rooms you can to punch up production notes that tell you "behind the scenes facts" about them. (Do you know after whom Captain Picard's pet fish is named?)
QuickTime VR enables you to handle certain objects by grabbing them with the mouse and rotating them in three dimensions. In the case of a medical tricorder, the simulation is so good that lights and dials continue to blink while you manipulate the object! Also visually impressive is a user-controllable exterior view, in which the USS Enterprise, a large Starbase, and a planet appear. Apple's QuickTime specialists believe this feature will be especially useful in museum catalog CDs. Such products will allow museum virtual visitors not only to walk from room to room viewing the exhibits, but also to pick up sculptures and other artifacts for closer examination from any angle, a luxury most museums don't dare offer.
What kind of resources does a program like this take? The Interactive Manual requires at least 8 MB of memory and about 1.5 MB of hard disk space all told. (You can copy less to your hard disk, but the program's responsiveness will suffer.) The native PowerPC version requires comparable resources. Testing on both a Power Mac 6100 and a Quadra 660AV showed good performance in both environments, though some canned video sequences (from Commander Riker's tour) jumped a bit on a Quadra 610 that was also handling some background tasks (not surprising). The virtual reality pans were good on all of the tested systems, as was the ability to handle objects and rotate them to view all sides. If you don't have 8 MB to play around with the program will run in as little as 5 MB, but the virtual reality features may be unavailable.
So what's the final word for the Star Trek: The Next Generation Interactive Technical Manual? Easy. If you are a Mac-owning Star Trek fan with 8 MB of memory and a CD-ROM drive, or you know such a person, then I've solved your Christmas gift-giving problems this year. This CD is simply a must have! The subject matter is elegantly handled, the user interface is well thought out and totally in character, and with over 630 MB of raw data they've included nearly everything that could be included. My only complaint is that I wanted the CD-ROM drive to access information faster than it was designed to.
Even if you're not a Star Trek fan this CD-ROM is worth seeing just to view the incredible potential offered by the QuickTime VR technology. If Apple plays its cards right this technology could take the educational and architectural markets by storm. Imagine being an automotive student and viewing car engine parts from all sides simply by dragging your mouse. The real estate industry could likewise be transformed. As you walk through Enterprise imagine being able to do the same thing with the design of your new house before you lay the foundation! Apple did QuickTime VR right.
The Star Trek: The Next Generation Interactive Technical Manual is published by Simon & Schuster Interactive and is available now; the street price is about $40. Rush right out; you won't regret it! And now, if everyone will excuse me, I'm going to take a walk down to Main Engineering. Mr. LaForge promised me a lesson in warp field dynamics.
[Doc's gushing seemed a bit excessive until I saw the CD last night. I've known for a while what QuickTime VR can do, but seeing is believing. This thing screams. -Mark]
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Dear Esther (PC) review
"Dear Esther doesn't function like most of its peers, so applying the relatively rigid structure of traditional games criticism doesn't quite work. Attempting to do so would only lead to futile conclusions like 'too easy', 'too short' and 'too ugly', none of which are remotely relevant to the quality of this whimsical creation. Dear Esther feels more like an art-house film, or the mental picture conjured up by a good poem. And I want you to understand that this is something I'd love for everyone to try out."
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Speedwinds necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 41 diseños de 9 diseñadores freelance.
The primary purpose of FreeHGHReport.com is to gather email leads of people interested in HGH products. The secondary purpose of the site is to generate either a Free Trial Sale or a Full Price sale of our product.
All visitors to FreeHGHReport.com are exit traffic from one of our Free Trial offers. By the time they have reached FreeHGHReport.com, they have already visited a Free Trial offer and chosen not to participate in the Free Trial. At this point, our primary objective is either get their email address or convert them to a to Free Trial or Full Price sale.
Redesign the following Pages
Home Page Requirements:
1. Include 3 fields. Name, Last Name and Email
2. The 4 ordering options must be present.
3. "Download Free Report" button: we have to use this style button.
4. Because of the software that we are using to capture the contact info, the layout in which the First Name, Last Name, Email and Download button appear must remain as it currently appears.
Confirmation Page Requirements
1. The 4 ordering options must be present.
2 . Everything on this page can be redesigned, there are no limitations.
This is a site we put together quickly, but now are looking for a more professional site that does a better job on focusing on acquiring an email lead or sale and can stand by itself as a brand.


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Bridget from fighting game Guilty Gear might look like a girl, but Bridget is not a girl. Bridget is a boy. This Bridget, this Bridget is a girl.
Maybe. Website Moeyo.com has recently published some more cosplay pics from this summer's Wonder Festival figure event. Besides Guilty Gear, there are Monster Hunter, Mobile Fighter G Gundam, Battle Vixens, Queen's Blade and Neon Genesis Evangelion.
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JoniHerison necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 204 diseños de 56 diseñadores freelance.
EBIZITY - The Cloud Solution Company
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Founded in 2007, ebizity has consistently delivered positive ROI on our clients projects. Werther it be productivity & reporting tools for established companies to increase efficiency or web presence for news start ups, we have seen our clients grow over the year to draw satisfactions from these enduring relationships and success stories.
At ebizity, we believe that our clients' success is a strong determinate of our own success and each and every client is as important to us.
Today ebizity delieves the following projects for our clients
- Corporate websites, including online marketing, traffic analytics, design and search engine optimization
- Custom applications, including Content Management Systems, Customer Relationship Management System and custom reporting systems
- Cloud applications development - ebizity is the first company in Singapore to develop commercial applications on the Microsoft Azure Cloud Platform. ebizity is a preferred Microsoft WebsiteSpark company.
- Google Apps Authorized Resellers- One of the first companies to be authorized by google to reseller their Premier Apps with thousands of accounts.
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Companies looking for better website development, advanced portal development by harnessing both Google and Microsoft's cloud platform
Outsourcing of IT works and maintenance to Google Apps.
A clean and attractive design to instantly let the target audience understand that we are firm that works on cloud platforms delivering various services over the cloud.
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A clean and attractive design to instantly let the target audience understand that we are firm that works on cloud platforms delivering various services over the cloud.
To inspire dynamism
To inspire possibilities
Also a company that have strong emphasize on relationship with our customers.
The design must be able to be translated in to a web design.
We would also like to have the option to retain our original green color as per the background of http://www.ebizintel.com/
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By David Campisi
I've always liked chess but never been very good at it. While the basics are easy to pick up, the ability to scrutinize every situation on the board and think several turns in advance has always eluded me. The biggest obstacle to improving one's chess game is that it requires an opponent of a very specific skill level. An opponent too easy won't teach you anything, and an opponent too advanced makes for a very painful game.
Solitaire Chess, however, provides 60 different solo-play puzzles, increasing in difficulty to take you from beginner to expert. The puzzles teach you to think in sets of moves by putting arrangements of pieces on a quarter chunk of a chess board and asking you to remove one piece at a time until only one remains.
The puzzle cards stow in the base, along with two of each chess piece (but just one King and Queen) for easy storage. It's designed for ages 8 and up and runs for $20 at Thinkgeek or $15 at Amazon.
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MACHESNEY PARK — Residents here may want to make room for multi-family housing units.
Apartments, duplexes, condos: Machesney Park officials say they must be built to support major developments on the horizon.
Village leaders responding to a recent uproar over a proposed zoning change for several duplex units off Forest Hills Road are reminding residents about planned growth that will bring more families to Machesney Park. A new Meijer superstore is planned for Illinois Route 173 and construction of the 440,000-square-foot Woodward Inc. manufacturing campus is happening in nearby Loves Park.
"With more jobs coming (and) things in the works to bring more jobs here, we might need the multi-family," said Carrie Houston, Machesney Park's planning and zoning coordinator.
Debate has been spurred by a subdivision developer's request to rezone a 2.87-acre undeveloped parcel along Forest Hills Road, north of West Lane Road. The request is to rezone the property from R-1 for single-family homes to R-2 for the development of duplex units.
"We've only sold four single-family lots since 2008," said Tami Veitch, vice president of Hawk's View subdivision, when speaking to planning officials earlier this month. "We're looking to do something to show progress. Hopefully, this will give us some type of return."
Planning officials will review the rezoning request more extensively next month.
Jim and Gayle Ciembronowicz moved into the Hawk's View about 20 years ago.
"It was just all field — corn and soybeans — that's it," Jim Ciembronowicz said. "Right after we started building, they started selling more lots and building single-family homes."
While other neighbors have threatened to move once the rezoning happens, he doesn't think he can.
"I really don't know," he said. "We've been here for such a long time. We like the area. It's great. It's fantastic. (My) neighbors are great."
Steve Bois, executive officer of the Rockford Area Association of Realtors, noted that the Woodward expansion especially will bring more talent into the community, which will call for a greater variety of housing.
"There is a need for a mix," he said.
Dan Jacobson, the Loves Park public works and development director, said his community is working through similar "growing pains" because of the Woodward construction.
"Folks are looking for places to live," he said. "The key is to have a variety of housing types available to suit the different needs."
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Uganda Opposition Winds UK Visit
Conservative vice chairman and Member of Parliament for West Suffolk, Richard Spring promised to investigate recent clashes between DP supporters and Ugandan police in which DP supporters were tear-gassed by police during peaceful demonstrations.
Ugandan opposition leaders returned home Friday after spending three weeks in
London soliciting support for their attempts to highlight human rights abuses by President Yoweri Museveni's government.
Speaking on the eve of their departure, Erias Lukwago, the Democratic Party (DP)
Member of Parliament for Kampala East and the party' legal advisor accompanied
by Betty Nambooze, DP's National Publicity Secretary, said they had held
fruitful discussions with members of Britain's Conservative Party.
Conservative vice chairman and Member of Parliament for West Suffolk, Richard
Spring promised to investigate recent clashes between DP supporters and Ugandan
police in which DP supporters were tear-gassed by police during peaceful
demonstrations. He would also take issue with the Uganda government over police
brutality during DP rallies in Kampala, the Uganda capital.
Another British politician to offer help to Uganda's opposition is Dominic
Grieve, Conservative MP for Beaconsfield and the party's shadow Attorney-general. He offered to approach Britain's Scotland Yard police over its investigation in the assassination of ex-Ugandan Energy Minister Dr. Andrew
Kayiira 20 years ago.
Scotland Yard was asked by the Ugandan government to investigate the killing but
the outcome of its investigation has never been revealed. Two controversial reports purporting to be the conclusion of the investigation has since been publicized by both the Uganda government and the DP; they differ, with the DP version implicating government and the Kampala regime's version exonerating it.Â
Nambooze complained that Uganda's opposition parties were operating in an unfair
field in which the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) has the use of
public funds while none of the other parties are allowed access to them. "While
our efforts to address our members have often been thwarted by Ugandan police at
the bequest of the NMR hierarchy, Museveni is able to hold a political rally
wherever and whenever he so wishes,� she lamented.
She added that a law requiring all Ugandan political parties to show the source of their funds has never been ratified by the Museveni government. "He treats public funds as if they belong to him and his party,� the diminutive DP secretary general said.
The two are scheduled to address a political rally once they get home but
already word has been spreading that the Ugandan police is waiting for them with
teargas canisters. President Museveni has warned that he will not allow any
political party to hold rallies at the Constitution Square, scene of recent
clashes between the DP and police wielding teargas canisters and batons.
"The Constitution Square and Kampala Road are 'farms' for businessmen. We shall not allow anybody to hold rallies there,� Museveni recently told a rally celebrating International Women's day.
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There are times when a wearable throw bag is preferable to a carried one. Usually when you are working around swift water and you need both of your hands; portaging, lining, tracking, etc. When you need both of your hands and are concentrating on the a specific task a throw bag is just another annoyance but if you can clip it safely around your waist until the task is done at least you at least still have it close by when it all goes south for someone in your group. Normally I don't recommend extra loops and belts on a throw bag but the throw bag is no good if you don't have it with you. Imagine portaging your canoe around a waterfall and your partner slips and falls in above the falls, but you left the throw bags back with the gear.
A wearable throw bag is no different than a regular throw bag except it has a belt strap on it. The fabric to use is a highly visible nylon Cordura.
The first thing you need is fifty feet of 3/8 floating rescue rope. This will cost about $15 in Canada. You will also need a sewing machine, a measuring stick, some scissors, a couple grommets and setter, heavy nylon Cordura fabric, and some nylon strapping. Some other basic sewing supplies will make this project a bit easier too. I got a deal on my fabric; I got about 2 meters for under $5; enough to make 20 rescue bags. Nylon strapping is pennies a foot.
Cut your fabric 15 by 18 inches and measure from the top 6 or so inches down and draw a line with a fabric pen or a sharpie marker. Then draw in a center line from the bottom to the line at the top. These are the center lines for attaching your nylon web strapping.
Sew down the nylon belt and be sure it is long enough to go around you and maybe the fattest person you paddle with. For extra strength at the ends I sew in a "W". This is what is used for making western saddles at stress points where strength is needed. Leave an inch or so at the bottom so it is easy to sew the final fabric in down there. Also stop at the top line to allow for the top of the bag to gather properly.
Sew in the extra security straps to keep the belt from ripping off and to give the whole bag extra strength. Stay back from the edges a half an inch so it is easier to sew the seam when you finish up the bag.
Fold the bag inside out and sew up the side. Spend a few extra seconds going over the nylon strapping so it is good and secure. Trim off any extra strapping so it does not catch your rope and snag it during use, then melt the ends smooth with a lighter or candle.
Sew in the end fabric. It should be a piece of round fabric with about a 5 inches in diameter. This is the only hard part. Be sure to put the outside of the fabric to the inside and sew slowly. You may want to pin the bottom into place to make this easier.
So now you want to add the draw string. Turn your bag right side out and sew a small piece of nylon strapping about an inch down from the top and put your grommet in there. The nylon strapping will reinforce this area as it gets the most use. If you have a good hole punch you can use that but a hot metal spike will melt the hole pretty quick too. Turn the bag inside out again pull the two ends out your grommet hole and roll about an inch and a half hem. Keep the draw string away from the sewing machine needle up under the hem and sew the hem flat just under your grommet.
A 3/8 inside diameter grommet goes into the bottom for the rope to come out of. You can reinforce this on the inside if you like. Pull the rope through and tie a bowline knot.
All throw bags need a closed cell foam float and a washer to keep the foam in place. Put a hole in the center of your foam float and slide it down the rope into the bottom of the bag followed by the washer and seal it with a knot.
Stuff the rope into the finished throw bag and adjust the belt to your size. Note the "W" stitching for strength.


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Nile claims win on fisheries shutdown
The closure of the Cronulla Fisheries Research Centre of Excellence has been put on hold after lobbying from Christian Democrats MP Fred Nile.
At a rally against the closure this afternoon, Mr Nile revealed the government had agreed to temporarily halt the decommissioning of the centre until it had responded to a damning report by an upper house inquiry into the closure.
The inquiry, which was chaired by Mr Nile, found the decision to close the centre and decentralise its activities to several coastal towns was made without any economic analysis, in conflict with the government's own policies, and was never presented to cabinet.
The inquiry was critical of handling and evidence presented by the Minister for Primary Industries and Nationals MP Katrina Hodgkinson.
Mr Nile said he met Premier Barry O'Farrell on Monday, who he said seemed "embarrassed" about the handling of the decision.
"After I had a long discussion with the Premier he agreed something had to be done," he said.
"He passed the buck then to [Deputy Premier Andrew] Stoner."
Mr Nile then met Mr Stoner on Tuesday, who agreed to pause the dismantling until the government had formally responded to the findings and recommendations of the report.
A spokeswoman for Mr Stoner confirmed he had agreed to halt the decommissioning of the centre, with activities such as shifting equipment put on hold.
Following the release of the report Ms Hodgkinson said 41 public servants had already accepted a transfer to other locations, and that the department expected half of all scientific staff to remain with the organisation.
About 100 staff rallied at Parliament this afternoon. They welcomed the decision to pause the decommissioning but called on the government to implement the first recommendation of the inquiry and overturn the decision.
Josephine Tovey is a New York-based reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald.


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On chooks, the planting of blossom trees, and building an ecological movement from the ground up
And so it begins: the garlic's up; every day there's a small fresh egg, or sometimes two. The old plum trees, which are always first - they know they've not much time left, perhaps - have a frisson of white.
A while ago now, at about this time of year when everything begins, I bought a sad cottage in a disappointed town and began to plant seeds, everywhere. I wrote a fairy tale called "Once upon a time", about a little gardener who remembered Oscar Wilde; it was a silly piece of whimsy, and also, more or less, the truth. It went like this:
Every now and again the little gardener stopped putting one foot in front of the other, and paused to look about. She had found her way to a food forest, by what instinct or magic she did not know. It was not a well-trodden path, but a few had been before her. So she took the words that were forming and scattered them like breadcrumbs, in case anyone else might follow.
You can, I think, look up from this garden and gaze all the way to the horizon. You can see the curvature of the earth, from here.
I don't believe you can make a garden, without thinking about the world around. A gardener at home today is tomorrow's ecologist. I want the trees I've planted to live for a thousand years. Every act I have ever done, and will do, helps make their weather.*
Soon my apricot tree will put on her prettiest dress and dance among the frosts. A frost on the apricot blossom is a blight on hope - on the bottles of sun that, but for the frost, would have shone in the cupboard and through the dark months, at breakfast time.
That's why I would plant an apricot tree in every garden; that's why every garden should have a chook, to herald at solstice and sunrise the turning of the light, because how could you have these things, and not understand
- Their simplicity, but also, their infinitely complex calibration
- That the gift can just as easily be snatched away again.
If one were to fill the public gardens and streets and school yards with food - were to wander in some wild places, and plant things that might take root there and thrive: some raspberry canes, and potatoes, and trees - were to make gardens for wild life, for foraging in - something, however vaguely, would dawn on us all. Something would shift, like a shift in the seasons, a tilt on earth's axis, towards the sun.
Instead of pie wrappers and lolly papers blowing like tumbleweeds down the street, it would be leaves and blossom petals that would whirl through the air, and the smallest people would stuff cherries and peaches into their mouths, and give nature back the stones.
Writing in the Guardian today, Paul Kingsnorth says the same:
So we might learn what grows wild in our local area and whether we can eat it. We might build up a bank of practical skills, from horticulture to land management. We might go out at night and plant seeds in vacant flowerbeds near where we live. We might work on small-scale engineering projects, from water purification technologies to micro-solar panels. We might work to save bees or butterflies or water meadows or woodlands or playing fields that we know and have a relationship with. We might walk in the hills, or on the canal bank, or in the local waste ground; get to know our place and how it works.
I can hear the rejoinder already: "None of this is going to save the world!" It's true. But we've had four decades of trying to "save the world", and we have failed utterly. This would be a good time to step back, to get our hands dirty and our feet wet, to smell the rain when it comes and get a feel for where we are on this Earth and what, at the root of it all, we can still usefully do.
The paradox is, Kingsnorth isn't movement building from the ground up. "This would be a good time to step back," he writes. He's letting go.
It's almost an act of faith, or a kind of a prayer: acceptance, rooted in gentle exchange with nature, knowing our place, neither expecting nor hoping to change the world, since that's been the problem after all.
And yet: that's where the greatest hope now is.
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Tucked away down a country lane in the heart of Broadland and enjoying glorious views across open fields a range of handsome barns has been tastefully converted to create the attractive cluster of cottages we offer here. Some nestle under their traditional Norfolk thatch all are very comfortably appointed and each enjoys its own individual patio.
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For lively family fun visitors need look no further than Great Yarmouth and its famous pleasure beach or Pleasurewood Hills theme park whilst Cromer also offers traditional seaside entertainments including a renowned end of pier show. Byegone museums craft centres and Blickling Hall (N.T.) area all within an easy drive as is the medieval city of Norwich with its magnificent cathedral castle galleries museums cinemas theatres and excellent shopping. A little further afield on the north Norfolk coast seal watching boat trips can be found at picturesque fishing villages many of which also boast pubs and restaurants serving superb locally caught seafood.
Coarse fishing is available on local waters just 400 yards away and the pretty village of Ludham (1 mile) boasts two pubs and a good range of shops.
Very spacious open plan sitting/dining room with well equipped kitchen area and spectacular views across countryside. Bathroom/WC (shower over bath). First floor: Double bedroom with ensuite shower room/WC. Two twin bedded rooms. Shower room/WC.
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- Unsuitable for the infirm
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Nearest AttractionsHeritage Rated from 1- 5 (low-exceptional) on historic interest
Repps, St Peter's Church - 1.2 miles (Historic Church)
Ludham, St Catherine's Church - 1.6 miles (Historic Church)
Thurne Dyke Drainage Mill - 2 miles (Historic Building)
Catfield, All Saints Church - 2.5 miles (Historic Church)
Turf Fen Drainage Mill - 2.8 miles (Historic Building)
St Benet's Abbey - 2.8 miles (Abbey)
Irstead, St Michaels Church - 3.2 miles (Historic Church)
Hickling, St Mary's Church - 3.3 miles (Historic Church)
Sutton, St Michael's Church - 3.6 miles (Historic Church)
Horsey Windpump - 3.7 miles (Historic Building)
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Defensive midfielder. Great in the air, he's 6ft 5. Good control, and usually gets around 90% pass accuracy per season. He's not as mobile as the likes of Besic or Macarthy, bit as you said, they're pointless otherwise.
Don't know much about him But he doesn't really pan out in England as a DM then goes to Spain, where pretty much every team plays an open style of play, and he starts to shine. Radamel Falcoa comes to mind...some guys are just meant for certain leagues, and not meant for others.
You're right, you don't know much about him because he was very good in the premier league hence why he moved from Stoke to Sevilla.
Sam has said we have a 32 man first team squad which is way too big. Nothing to worry about there; just the newspapers trying to drum-up worry.
Even the echo?
The Oldham echo is awful.never read it, never use the website
Thought it was the Oldham Chronicle?
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People's reactions varied toward the recent Shoura Council discussion regarding shifting the weekend in the Kingdom from Thursday and Friday to Friday and Saturday. While some believed it would help the locals synchronize with the schedules of other Muslim countries, others disagreed.
Abu Abdulrahman who works in banking said this decision should be implemented only on finance-related sectors.
Another banking employee, Abid Mohammad, said that such a decision would help banks and other public monetary institutions to synchronize with the schedules of other countries' foreign banks and external markets. However, he added that it is essential to reserve Friday, the Muslim day of rest. Raga Agil, an employee, said: "My family and I are totally against it. The current weekend has been associated with our culture. We gather every Wednesday at our grandfather's home. Thursday is a traditional food day while Friday is a picnic day."
Lisa Rector who works in the diplomatic sector, said it would be a good move.
"Expatriates living in the Kingdom find difficulty communicating with their families back home. It is even more challenging when we can't reach people dear to us during weekends."
High school students, however, called on stretching the weekend over three days: Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Bilal elaborated: "If we have three weekend days we would be able to do our homework and studies well. We would be able to interact with our families efficiently."
Hissa Al-Zahrani hoped this suggestion will be implemented soon: "This would give us as teachers more time to spend with our families. Fridays are always short because of Juma prayer."
Amin Al-Turk, a father, said such a decision should not be implemented unless a survey is taken into consideration in which the people are asked their views.
The Shoura Council will discuss and vote on the proposed change of official weekend to Friday and Saturday.
The issue was presented to the Shoura by Ahmed Al-Zaylae following demands from various business sectors in the Kingdom.
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Movies aimed at older audiences are so rare that it's a crying shame so few of them come off.
The Golden Boys boasts a cast that includes David Carradine, Bruce Dern, Rip Torn and Mariel Hemingway. It's ambitious for an indie film -- a period piece set on the 1905 coast of Massachusetts.
But aside from the occasional magical shot or affecting actor moment, it's a film whose poverty betrays most every frame.
Three grizzled old sea captains have retired to sleepy Chatham, Mass. They get along well enough, but the house is a mess. Their solution isn't a housekeeper. No, one of them must marry somebody to be their housekeeper.
They draw lots and Capt. Jerry (Torn) loses. Capt. Perez (Dern) suggests they advertise for a bride in a newspaper. Capt. Zeb (Carradine) is bemused enough to go along with it.
When the woman (Hemingway) arrives, she tosses the trio into a tizzy. Or she would if the film had more life to it. Director Daniel Adams, adapting a book by Joseph C. Lincoln, had enough skill to lure the talent. He just didn't know what to do with them. Elementary mistakes such as knowing where to put the camera, getting another, livelier take from the veteran actors in the cast and simple pacing bog the movie down. Accents come and go, and the players rarely lift their game to the whimsy this requires. Carradine underplays; Torn seems to get the hang of the character and his accent, eventually. And Dern's awkward way with the sea terminology ruins his credibility.
"Don't go on your beam ends, Jerry." Lubbers, the lot of them.
Hemingway, however, still has the spark. Why isn't she playing a Desperate Housewife or sexy authority figure on TV?
There are distractions such as the local billiard hall owner (John Savage) getting a license to serve rum in a town where the temperance league is headed by the fiery fundamentalist Capt. Bartlett (a very aged Charles Durning), the possible courtship of a young engineer and the new school marm (Angelina Torn, Rip's daughter). Adams lists Julie Harris in the cast but only shows her in a couple of shots, not even whole scenes.
The Golden Boys makes good use of its salty Cape Cod setting. It's a pity the filmmakers couldn't make better use of four Oscar nominees and a Golden Globe nominee in the cast.


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Requirements for wideband and ultra-wideband wireless communications continue to push the boundaries of state of the art electronics. High power amplifiers are being pushed to higher levels of performance as mobile communications devices continue to operate at higher frequencies and significantly higher bandwidths. Mobile 4G standards like LTE and LTE-Advanced as well as shorter range WPAN systems like 802.11ac are driving the need for higher performance data converters and measurement systems along with more predictive modeling and design automation tools that can help uncover design performance issues in wideband, digitally pre-distorted systems. This webcast will explore a model-based design, validate, and test methodology for wideband digital pre-distortion systems, exploring the challenges associated with power amplification of 802.11ac and LTE-Advanced signals. We will show examples of digitally pre-distorted wideband signals being applied to highly accurate PA device models and actual PA measurements to demonstrate how a model based approach can be applied to the predictive design of such systems.
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During this webcast, PA device and module designers, algorithm developers, RF systems engineers, and baseband hw designers who are working on digital pre-distortion (DPD) systems, will learn about the latest solutions and techniques for wideband digital pre-distortion design (DPD), validation, and test.
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Ham Fried Barley
Ham Fried Barley
(Makes 3-4 servings, recpe created by Kalyn to use up left-over barley)
1 T olive oil
1/2 onion, diced small
1 cup diced ham
2 cups leftover cooked barley (I used Barley with Dried and Fresh Mushrooms that I had made earlier)
Soy Sauce for serving
Add ham and saute 2 minutes, stirring often. Add leftover barley and saute 3-4 minutes, continuing to stir. Serve hot with Soy Sauce.
South Beach Suggestions:
Barley is a great whole-grain food, and this recipe would be great for phase 2 or 3 of the South Beach Diet. Use lean ham for South Beach, with less than 10% fat.


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Voicemail and more play-by-web
Speaking of voicemail, I've received a few messages lately that were a few seconds of silence . . . nothing more. Recent messages from Brent Mair, Eric Burgess, and Rick Thornquist came through fine, but if you're not one of those people then I didn't get anything from you. Please try again, and thanks for your patience.
After finishing the first two play-by-web (PBW) games with BGTG listeners, I'm kicking off a few more. Look for more games of Reef Encounter, Wallenstein, and (gulp!) Amun-Re on SpielByWeb. They'll all say Boardgames To Go somewhere, and use BGTG as the join password. Over on Ludagora I'll start another Durch die Wüste (Through the Desert) game using the same method. And on Boardgamegeek for Euphrat & Tigris, as well as Auf Heller und Pfennif (Kingdoms). I'd like to start Alhambra and Torres games on Boîte á Jeux, but there's no easy way to "password protect" games on that site. (Although if you email me your BAJ usernames, I can invite you to a game there. They're down for maintenance today but should be back up soon.) Yowza!


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Saturday 11th November 2017
Buildbase F.A.Vase Second Round
Coleshill Town 8 v 1 Blaby & Whetstone Athletic
Coleshill: Jordan Nadat 6, Joe Halsall, Reece Leek.
Blaby: Rikki Bates.
Attendance: 123.
Supporters Club Man Of the Match, Sponsored by Greensleeves: Jordan Nadat.
Colemen: Paul Hathaway, Jorna Moulton, Joe Cole (Tom Fishwick), Rob Evans, Luke Edwards, Danny Tymon, Ryan Edmunds (Liam Molesworth), Joe Halsall, Jordan Nadat, Reece Leek (Dean Rathbone), Gio Dainty. Sub not used Anton Astley.
Athletic: Thomas Holyoak, Ross Lavin, Mitchell Warner, Perry Johnson, Joe Latham, Daniel Henfrey, Daniel Marriot, Toby Warner, Jack Allen, Rikki Bates, Kai Tonge. Subs Karl Wilson, Joe Morrall, Ben Allen.
It was Coleshill Town who clocked up the most goals as they saw off East Midlands Counties side Blaby & Whetstone 8-1 at Pack Meadow. Striker Jordan Nadat was the star turn, netting six times as the Colemen overcame having Luke Edwards sent off early in the game. Reece leek and skipper Joe Halsall were also on the scoresheet.
Electric was the word used to describe Coleshill's victory over Blaby & Whetstone Athletic, including a (double) hat-trick for Jordan Nadat. Strikes from Reece Leek and Joe Halsall also secured victory as the Colemen ran riot, despite Luke Edwards being sent off with the scores at 1-1. Coleshill, who reached the semi-final of the competition last year, took the lead just before the half hour mark when Nadat struck a free kick hard and low to beat Blaby's flailing keeper. The visitors equalised though through Ricky Bates. Coleshill suffered a further setback when Edwards was sent off after an altercation, but Nadat poked in one-way traffic ensued. He than secured his first hat-trick at the start of the second half, while Coleshill destroyed Blaby with Leek and captain Halsall making it five before dangerman Nadat ran through the Blaby defence like a blow torch through butter to score three more goals to fire the Warwickshire side through.
Star Man: Jordan Nadat.
Entertainment: *****
Coleshill Town FC are on the march to Wembley again and this time they are determined to go ONE better than last seasons magnificent run that took them to the Semi Final.
The Colemen started this seasons campaign with a potential banana skin with the visit of Blaby & Whetstone Athletic from the East Midlands Counties League, one step below Coleshill, and with the score at 1-1, it could have all gone pear shaped when Luke Edwards retaliated after being fouled and was shown a RED card but a scintillating second half performance saw them safely through to round Three.
The visitors looked a well organised and confident side in the opening exchanges as the two sides sounded each other out but Town were slowly getting on top and deservedly took the lead on 24 minutes. Jorna Moulton made a fine run into the heart of the visitors defence and when he went down under a heavy challenge it looked a penalty but the Referee awarded a free kick on the edge of the box. No worries, Jordan Nadat took the kick and his left foot shot found the back of the net although keeper Holyoak's attempt to keep it out was poor. Within a minute Blaby were back in the game as a harmless long ball was headed back to his keeper by Joe Cole but Bates intercepted and confidently lifted the ball over a stranded Paul Hathaway for the equaliser, a well taken goal. The game was now livening up and Reece Leek hit the post with a volley from a Jordan Nadat cross and then a great cross from Ryan Edmunds was sent just the wrong side of the post by Nadat. Goalscorer Bates and experienced defender Luke Edwards then had an altercation and when Edwards retaliated the Referee produced a red card. Would Coleshill re-group and set up more defensively? Well no, on 37 minutes a quick throw by Paul Hathaway sent Joe Cole racing into the opposition half, Nadat and Leek then combined cutting open the Athletic defence and when Nadat's initial shot was saved he reacted quickest and made no mistake at the second attempt. Bates and Tonge combined well with the latter's goalward shot getting a deflection for a corner as an entertaining half finished with Town 2-1 up.
So 45 minutes with ten men do you defend the lead? Well Coleshill obviously decided that the best form of defence is attack as they went full steam at the Leicester side and scythed through their defence at will. Jordan Nadat completed his hat-trick on 52 minutes when he chested a long ball by Hathaway into his path and nonchalantly pushed the ball past the keeper. On 56 minutes a low hard 25 yard shot from Reece Leek gave keeper Holyoak no chance for No4. It was one way traffic now, the visitors in disarray allowing manager Cameron Stuart to give his bench a run out and Dean Rathbone's cross was headed into the net by captain Joe Halsall on 71 minutes. Two minutes later it was six as Jordan Nadat was too hot to handle and at times with four players around him he still managed to find the back of the net. At least No7 was a bit easier for Nadat as he was set up by Gio Dainty for a tap in on 75 minutes. The action never stopped as Nadat fired wide then hit the side netting and a Dean Rathbone shot was tipped round the post before Jordan Nadat completed his double hat-trick on 87 minutes as he finished off a fine run and cross by Gio Dainty. There was still time left for Holyoak to push a Dean Rathbone curling shot on to the bar and Tom Fishwick to head over.
An electric second half by Coleshill scoring SIX without reply! Jordan Nadat will get the headlines for his double hat-trick, deservedly so, but this was a team performance! Every man deserves credit as the Colemen blew away the opposition in the best 45 minutes seen at Pack Meadow in many a year. Coleshill have been threatening to do this for a while now but in this game it all came together.
The draw for the 3rd Round is on Monday and at this stage is still regional, the competition goes national for the 4th round, with the game due to be played on Saturday 2nd December.
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Rootstech Presenter Interview: Dr. Steve Morse
January 24, 2011 by © Joan Miller - Luxegen Genealogy.
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[Editor -This post features an interview with Dr. Stephen Morse, genealogy industry presenter at the upcoming Rootstech conference to be held February 10 to 12, 2011 in Salt Lake City. Dr. Morse will be presenting three sessions - "One-Step Webpages: A Potpourri of Genealogical Search Tools"; "Creating One-Step Search Tools" ; and "From DNA to [...]


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110918 Love After Seventy (snapjudgment.org)Entire content courtesy of http://snapjudgment.org/love-after-seventy
I fall madly in love every day: exciting, buoyant and daring passion that overwhelms me. I love the intensity; I cherish the thrill. I never tire of it. Ever. I am almost seventy five years old. I have no husband, no partner, no children, no family. Yet I am showered with affection, covered with hugs and kisses. I give away my favors freely and often because I know these romances are the kind only an old woman can enjoy.
I am desperately in love with Leo. He visits me every day and gives me sweet kisses. He changes light bulbs and he fixes my front gate. He feeds my puppies and takes me for rides past his old haunts to tell me stories about the days when he was young and I wasn't around. And what do I do to deserve this love?
I exist. Evidently that is all he wants from me and so I am determined to keep existing for a very long time. I don't want to lose all that wonderful attention.
Leo is at least twelve years younger than I and has a superb, gentle, giving wife. Her name is Carol and I love her, too. She sends me little cakes at Easter and platters of food on special holidays. How could I NOT love her?
The fact is that Carol loves that I make her guy feel important when she is too busy at the office or out with her own friends to worry about the state of his emotions.
My dearest sweetie pie is James. He is an engineer at my television station who sees to it that my program set is ready and perfect for filming every single month. James is as loyal to me as any human being can be. When I give a party he is there. When I present a show at our local coffee house, there is James, listening, applauding, encouraging ... very, very there.
Whenever we have a spare moment in our busy single lives, we go out for a drink ...soft drink that is, because James is a recovered alcoholic and does not want to go back where he once was. We love the safety of being with each other. James is 76 years old and has been through several wives. I have discarded a few husbands in my day and we both remember how messy those broken commitments can be. Neither of us would dream of sharing a bed or greeting one another over the breakfast table. We have been there and we have done that with other people in other places. We have had our fill of commitment. We know that the freedom we two have is our lucky charm.
My most adorable and funny love is a guy named Mickey who makes me laugh and treats me to dinners even when he could have a sexy little hottie to take home to bed. He gives up these evenings because he knows how comfortable it is to be with someone who doesn't want him to prove a thing. He is a perfect person to me and I want him to be exactly who he is. When Mickey and I go out, he gives away clothing and money to the homeless on street corners. He is not rich, but he always has coins and cash to give to a fellow entertainer in need and he doesn't want thank yous. I think he is a saint. I treasure Mickey for what he teaches me, although I am the one who is supposed to be showering wisdom on him. I learn from his giving, his compassion and his selflessness; he profits from my persistence, my optimism and my proof that if you live long enough, your happiness can only multiply.
I have a toy boy, too and I am proud of him. His name is Steve and he is not yet thirty. He surfs; he loves women; he once did drugs and struggles not to return to them. He wants to have adventures, become a millionaire, go to the moon. When he goes out with women his age, they make demands he can't fill. They demand, they have tantrums and they weep. They forget to notice how wonderfully perfect he is because of his flaws. Steve walks his dog with mine and we discuss stuff. We don't always agree but we laugh a lot and we care. When our walk is over we kiss goodbye and we each go our own way. When we meet again, each of us has grown a little and has added something new to who we are. And that is an exciting thing.
When I was in my teens, I could never get the guy I liked to like me. I was too worried about the pimple on my face, the sag to my bottom and the condition of my page boy bob. When I finally landed a husband, I was consumed with the desire to be the best wife in the universe. I cooked elaborate meals; I cleaned every inch of our apartment. I entertained his friends. I had sex whenever he wanted even if I was in the midst of scrubbing a floor. I even served him breakfast in bed.
And then he left. I was too much for him and I understand that now. During that horrible, tense and mildly hysterical time of my life, I never once asked myself if I wanted to cook those dinners, scrub those floors or have sex with this guy who burst into tears when he failed a test and threw things at me when we disagreed. I was too young, too insecure, too ...too needy.
There were other failed marriages, other shattered romances and I never knew why they didn't work. I wanted love more than anything in the world. I didn't realize that I was putting that well known cart before the horse. First, you meet the person, then you make a friend. Then you fall in love. I cannot repair my unhappy, unfulfilled twenties and thirties ...and I wouldn't want to try. I know that I was not in the right place for real romance. I didn't love myself enough to be loved.
Now, I am delighted with me. Lovers flock to my door and I receive them with open arms. Love after seventy is the best kind of bargain because nothing you give feels like it costs. I have never cooked a meal for Leo or James. Mickey and Steve take ME out for dinner. My loves come and go like buses on a schedule. I greet them, I adore them and I kiss them good-by at my front door. Then I return to my own quiet bed with my puppies to cuddle and a book to read. Even so, I can barely sleep for excitement. What new Romeo will I discover on my walk through town? What adorable sweetheart will I capture when I open my e-mail?
When you are my age, lovers love loving you because they know you can show them the secret of happiness.
I've told all of my darlings what it is and now I will tell you. That secret is to find someone new every day and offer him a piece of yourself. It is to treasure every human you encounter and make him a friend.
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JACKSONVILLE, Ala. – Jacksonville State proved how important home field advantage can be Saturday afternoon, handing the Tennessee Tech baseball team its first series loss of the season. The Golden Eagles (27-12, 15-5) fell to the Gamecocks (22-16, 14-3), 7-5.
The Golden Eagles and Gamecocks played even ball in the first inning, each scoring a single run to get things started in the Saturday contest. Tech started things off with an RBI single by junior Daniel Miles. Jacksonville State evened things up in the bottom of the half, collecting a run off a Griff Gordon single to left field.
Senior Michael Morris gave Tech its second lead of the game, tripling to left center field and scoring on a throwing error by Gamecock second baseman Gavin Golsan. Junior slugger Zach Stephens doubled the Golden Eagle lead, hammering his ninth home run of the season over the right field wall.
Jacksonville State took the lead for good in the bottom of the third, gathering four runs on singles by Griff Gordon, Eddie Mora-Loera, and Ty Pierce. After three innings, the Gamecocks led 5-3.
Tech scored again in the fourth inning, cutting the Jax State lead in half with an RBI ground out by James Abraham. The Gamecocks answered back, however, as Griff Gordon used another RBI single to give Jax State a 6-4 lead heading to the fifth.
Each side scored one more time apiece as the Gamecocks grabbed a run in the bottom of the sixth off an error by the Golden Eagles. Miles drove in another run in the seventh, putting Tech within two, but Jax State closed things off as Travis Stout picked up his 12th save of the season.
Earning the win for the Gamecocks was Taylor Shields (6-2) while junior Ross Spurgeon (2-2) was tabbed with just his second loss of the season.
Stephens, Miles, and Morris all collected three hits apiece, combining for all three Tech RBI on the day.
David Hess pitched six innings of relief, allowing just one earned run while striking out five Gamecock batters.
Game three of the series will begin at 1 p.m. CDT on Sunday as the sophomore Jacob Honea will look to help Tech avoid the sweep against Jacksonville State.


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Enjoyed reading about state's unique history
I really enjoyed the book review "The Far Out Story of Vortex I" and the feature story "Objectors to War" (winter 2005). Both stories were unfamiliar to me and made for interesting reading. For those of us who left Oregon after graduation, it is always funs to be reminded of the state's unique history.
Phil Perisich '64
Faculty members were conscientious objectors
Thanks for the nice piece on the conscientious objectors ("Objectors to War," winter 2005). Professor Katy Barber is doing some promising research on COs in the Northwest during World War II. COs should be of great interest to PSU and its archives. I don't know how many staff and faculty members we had who were COs--probably quite a few. I do know President Branford Millar and professors Channing Briggs, G. Bernhard Fedde, and Charles Frantz all were. The last three are still alive, and professors Briggs and Fedde live in Portland.
Charlie White
Professor Emeritus of History
For additional materials on war pacifists
I've just seen your splendid article on Katy Barber and her work with the students on the Warldport Forest Service interviews ("Objectors to War," winter 2005). Doug Erickson, head of special collections at Lewis & Clark College, and I are, of course, great admirers of Dr. Barber's work, and it's a treat to have this tantalizing, brief taste of the interviews. The Lewis & Clark special collections contain a growing archive of CPS (Civilian Public Service) and pacifist materials, as do the William Stafford Archives. That was also a fine cover photo of (left to right) William Eshelman, Kermit Sheets, and Vladimir Dupre (back view of David Jackson).
Paul Merchant
Director, The William Stafford Archives
Editor's note: The late poet William Stafford was a conscientious objector during World War II and a lifelong war resister. While in a camp himself, Stafford was an enthusiastic supporter of the fine arts group at Waldport, but never resided there.
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