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Rosie O'Donnell & her daughter had a rough year, but they're happily on the mend
Over the past year, Rosie O'Donnell's relationship with her daughter Chelsea has undergone some major changes — and now the two women could not be happier.
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Taking to Instagram on Thursday, O'Donnell posted a sweet selfie of herself and her formerly estranged daughter. She captioned the post with a beautiful message about their relationship, writing, "chelsea and me — what a difference a year makes #hopelives."
O'Donnell and Chelsea had a volatile relationship that resulted in a public feud. You may also remember that last year Chelsea went missing — O'Donnell tweeted last August that she needed help in finding her daughter — only to be later found shacking up with her older boyfriend. So fans are clearly thrilled to see that O'Donnell has been able to reconnect with Chelsea, and the comments are filled with messages of love and support.
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"So happy to see this pic of you two. Chelsea looks really good & so do you," doubleogogo commented. "There's nothing so powerful as a mother's love."
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Tyrone Jackson, Wealth Coach & Founder of "The Wealthy Investor," has helped hundreds of people project themselves into a wealthy life. Raised in New York, with Wall Street in sight; it might as well have been a million miles away. Tyrone remembers, "I'd see on TV all these self-made millionaires. I said to myself, 'This is a great country– how do I do that?'" Tyrone took charge and now splits his time between his 10-acre estate in upstate New York and his home in Malibu while leading seminars for "The Wealthy Investor" - educating others on how to take control of their financial future.

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What lines indicate negative attributes of men? (Act 2, Scene 3)
What lines indicate negative attributes of men? (Act 2, Scene 3)
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Eckhart Tolle Quotes About AnxietyQuotes about: Anxiety
All negativity is caused by an accumulation of psychological time and denial of the present. Unease, anxiety, tension, stress, worry - all forms of fear - are caused by too much future, and not enough presence. Guilt, regret, resentment, grievances, sadness, bitterness, and all forms of nonforgiveness are caused by too much past, and not enough presence.
The psychological condition of fear is divorced from any concrete and true immediate danger. It comes in many forms: unease, worry, anxiety, nervousness, tension, dread, phobia, and so on. This kind of psychological fear is always of something that might happen, not of something that is happening now.
For years my life alternated between depression and acute anxiety. One night I woke up in a state of dread and intense fear, more intense than I had ever experienced before. Life seemed meaningless, barren, hostile. It became so unbearable that suddenly the thought came into my mind, I cannot live with myself any longer.
Ultimately, there is no such thing as "my consciousness," but just the one consciousness and to sense your connectedness with the one (I can sense that continuously, which is why I can say that I know this for sure) to sense that connectedness with the one consciousness that pervades the universe, which in some traditions is called God, to sense that frees you of fear, from anxiety, and takes you to a very deep place of peace, but also of heightened aliveness.
For many years I had been deeply identified with thinking and the painful, heavy emotions that had accumulated inside. My thought activity was mostly negative, and my sense of identity was also mostly negative, although I tried hard to prove to myself and to the world that I was good enough by working very hard academically. But even after I had achieved academic success, I was happy for two weeks or three and then the depression and anxiety came back.
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Willow Smith, Justin Bieber : An Unlikely Tale Of LoveNovember 6th, 2010 - 2:58 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
November 6, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Justin Bieber, the globally renowned Canadian singer, has always been vocal about his love for older ladies- be it the sultry Kim Kardashian or the iconic Cheryl Cole or the flame haired Rihanna or the vocalist Beyonce Knowles.
But what would you say when he himself becomes a predator as a little girl falls prey to his enigmatic smile! Willow Smith, the 10-year-old kitten of actor Will Smith, has seemingly got infatuated to the wavy haired Justin Bieber and looks completely smitten by his larger-than-life persona.
Even as the planet shakes its legs to the tunes of 'Baby', Willow is ultra crazy about her 16-year-old idol whom she nearly reveres. If the whisper mills are to be believed then it would appear that Willow (who herself is a star) has her ears all for Bieber whenever his songs are playing.
Besides, she is also deep into any gossip about him and is absolutely attentive whenever he is being discussed amidst her peers. So, what makes Justin so much amiable to the young lady?
Of course, with his cute face, innocent smile and confident voice, Justin is a getaway to the world of dreams for the youngsters bubbling with zeal and itching to fly high. Justin also epitomizes a humble boy who has made it big merely on the dint of his talent.
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When the kids were younger, we used to read Tacky the Penguin. I can still recite pages from memory: "Tacky always sang songs like 'How Many Toes Does a Fish Have?' Tacky was an odd bird." The message of the book is to be yourself, even if you're different from everyone else in the crowd. Don't give in to the pressure of conformity.
It was a good message for my kids, especially since they were all pretty self-aware and expressive about their varied tastes and passions. It was also a good message for me—a woman working in a male-dominated profession—but, somehow, amid all the working and parenting I lost track of my own needs. Occasionally I forgot who "myself" was. It isn't easy to be yourself when you are always being called "rabbi" and "Ima." A person could forget she has a name.
While my kids were entering their teen years, I worked from home and re-imagined my rabbinate. At first, I was worried I would lose my professional identity. I could not have predicted how fulfilling I'd find being home every day when my daughters got off the school bus. I discovered an important part of myself that had been underutilized. I got to be myself, as a parent of teenagers, in unexpected ways. I even learned to communicate by text message.
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By the terms of the Soviet Harbin Pact, factories in eastern coastal China have been producing the Type One tank. A shipment of nearly a full regiment of tanks is ready by early 1927, and tanks, nicknamed Engels by the Soviet troops, enter service as soon as personnel can be trained to use them. The Confederates begin sending the first shipments of planes to Czarist Russia; though grateful for air power, the Russians receive older biplanes now retired from service, and which may not stand against more modern aircraft. On March 1, the HMS Dreadnought enters Mexican waters to receive the Mexican president.
On March 14, 1927, the Mexican president is assassinated while visiting London in an historic occasion. The US immediately denounces Britain, first claiming their security measures were not strong enough, but later, in a more slanderous statement, accusing the Brits themselves of murdering the leader of a just and right government. The US demands the British pay for their actions, and a month later, take the law into their own hands with the capture of a British cargo vessel.
Within days of the capture, the US and Britain declare war on one another. The CSA then declares war on the US; Mexico declares war on the CS; France declares on the US and Mexico; Germany and Sweden declare on France, the UK and CS; Russia and the USSR declare war on one another, but remain otherwise removed from the conflict, none too surprising to other world leaders.
On May 8 Ludendorff executes the first battle of the war in a blitzkrieg that takes nearly two-thirds of Belgium (and plows its way through Luxembourg), on their way to France. German zeppelins, including the von Schlieffen, harass French troops trying to cross the Maginot Line.
Union troops enter Kentucky and Arkansas Territory as Confederate zeppelins begin dropping bombs on southern Colorado, threatening the capitol. Mexico employs its biplanes for the first time in an attack on a CSA fleet off Nayarit, sinking two frigates in the first aerial-to-naval battle of history.
On May 26, the People's Republic of Moscow invades the Volga and North Ukraine regions of the USSR, moving through the Fulda Gap for the Baltic Sea. Seeing the advantages to be gained by the use of the Baltic, Sweden begins to mobilize its state-of-the-art air force and begins deploying from the Gotland Naval Air Force Base to increase its coverage of the Baltic and Finland Seas. Dissent rises in western Sweden, where rebels begin spreading a plan to create a new nation called Norway to split away from Sweden proper.
On June 4, the Spanish Navy carries out a bombardment of the Biscay coast, devastating the French shore defenses and naval bases there. Spanish ground forces cross the border, heading along the Garonne toward Toulouse.
The German Air Force, now able to launch from runways in Belgium, begins crossing the English Channel, and eventually encounters the first air-to-air battles over the Channel and areas of Great Britain. The Kaiser Wilhelm is initially stationed to defend the French coastline and later ordered to carry out extended bombardments on British ground positions and ambush fleet elements attempting to clear the Channel.
In the Battle of Key West on June 14, US and CS fleet elements devastate each other for nearly three hours before a US carrier arrives and concludes the battle. Mexican vessels in the Gulf shell Biloxi, Mississippi, devastating the Confederate fleet base there.
On June 20, Stalin executes his own blitz, taking the East Prussian coast in just a day with a combination zeppelin air strike and tank attack. The blitz serves to gain Moscow control of the ports and any ships there intact, therefore saving Stalin the trouble of building a new fleet there. Sweden responds quickly, sending its powerful biplanes and zeppelins to scout out the Baltic and intercept any vessels headed for the vital island of Gotland.
In early July 1927, the PRM begins its Baltic campaign in earnest, sending fleet units across the Poland coastline toward Denmark, and increasing attempts on the Gotland base, but the latter to no avail. The Muscovites' use of German waters infuriates the Kaiser greatly and Stalin receives regular threats and "advice" to leave German waters alone; he ignores them.
July 12 sees the Battle of Manassas, in which the Confederate troops are surprised and almost entirely wiped out by the last of the Union airships in service. The zepplins employ a new weapon, the chlorine gas bomb, nearly unstoppable, as there is not yet a remedy for the gas.
On July 15 the Confederates spark the Battle of Jamaica, in which a CSA fleet attempts to level the Spanish naval base there, but is repelled by a combination Spanish/Mexican fleet. It is also at this time the Mexicans' Gulf campaign is initiated. US biplanes drop gas bombs on the known bases throughout Arkansas Territory; their effect is unknown, as all but two bombers are shot down by enemy counter fire.
On August 3, Ludendorff's forces push into France through Alsace and Lorraine, as tank divisions enter through Belgium. The Alsace-Lorraine group is merely a diversion; the tank regiments in the north of France are preparing to swing around and attack Paris from behind, following a Hindenburg variation on Lee's attack on Philadelphia sixty years earlier.
Confederate forces take control of southern Colorado; the Union Congress relocates to Philadelphia while the military command post remains in Denver. Spain reaches Toulouse in France not long after and halts its ground campaign for the time being.
Stalin begins daring attacks on German naval ships in the Baltic and North Seas; the Kaiser sends a final ultimatum to Stalin and prepares his troops to repel the Muscovite invasion.
The Battle of Oak Island is fought on September 15 in the Lake of the Woods between Ontario and Minnesota. British troops begin massing near Namakan Lake in Ontario, preparing to cross into Voyageurs National Park in Minnesota. The US Navy finalizes plans to build revolutionary new submarines, to be produced at Acadia Naval Base in Maine. The base enters early construction and has a projected completion of 1935; it is the first base in North America designed specifically to build submarines.
Russian ships hijacked by Stalin's forces reach the island of Gotland on September 27. They probe the island's defenses, firing ranging shots into the base, but Swedish aircraft chase them off quickly.
British ships challenge the Great Lakes Fleet at Cleveland, where a stalemate is drawn after four hours of brutal bombardments. The battle, fought half a mile offshore, leaves the lakefront of Cleveland and the base there in flames, though no serious damage is sustained.
Uprisings occur throughout west-coastal Sweden and the minimal Swedish army is relegated to holding the peace. The Swedish Air Force, stressed by King Gustavus to defend the nation against the Stalinist military, begins pressing prototypical and experimental aircraft into service.
Germany declares war on Moscow on October 14, and the German Army begins crossing into Stalin-held Germany, as the Baltic Fleet moves to intercept Stalin's forces heading for Swedish waters. The next day, Austria-Hungary declares war on Germany and begins mobilizing to invade the Rhineland. The Austrian navy, however, encounters strong resistance from their stubborn rivals, the Italians and Turks, who have the majority of Austria-Hungary's ports blockaded. Stalin nearly declares war on these two nations as well, but is urged by his staff to avoid what would be a war on every possible front.
After several political battles, Denmark decides to join the British in late October, an important move--whoever controls the Jutland controls passage through the Oresund, and thus holds sway over a vast portion of the North and Baltic Seas. The Germans declare war on Denmark and within the week, border skirmishes are seen in the once-peaceful peninsula.
Confederate and Mexican vessels clash in the Battle of Guaymas on November 3. After two hours of naval battle, the Mexicans launch a surprise attack with the first-ever aerial-torpedo tactic. A number of Confederate vessels sink from the torpedoes, and the Mexicans manage to land a small force near the city. In a matter of hours, a beachhead is established, setting the stage for the next part of the Mexican counterassault.
On the morning of November 9, 1927, the Swedish airship Nacka sees foam on the horizon, in the Baltic Sea off the shore of Gotland. By noon, the Swedish Royal Air Force has engaged Stalin's vessels, and the Battle of Gotland has begun. Though the battle does not go badly for the Swedes, the Nacka calls for assistance, and the German fleet makes full steam, arriving at the island at roughly 2 PM. After a brief collision of forces, the Stalinists retreat, and both fleets wait, repairing their vessels and preparing countertactics.
The war in Asia goes very differently. This time around, the Czarist Russian Empire is prepared, utilizing newly-developed tanks, the C-25 model, nicknamed the Czarist. Trotsky promises victory to the Soviet people, but morale slips as towns and villages fall to the Imperialists. Trotsky's only defenses are old Union airships retired after the Russian Civil War; all the Soviet Type One tanks are occupied with the Muscovite invasions to the west.
The month of December sees two great battles. The first occurs on December 10, as the Mexican army launches their first and only blitz on the Confederacy. Using small beachheads established on the Pacific coast of Confederate states, Mexican tanks blast their way all the way to southern Sonora in just five days. An unshakeable foothold has now been established in Confederate territory for the first time since 1862.
On December 16 the British, German, Stalinist and Swedish forces smash into each other in the Second Battle of Gotland, the greatest battle yet in the War. In a battle that lasts the better part of a day, British and Stalinist forces land on--and are repelled from--Gotland countless times. The SRAF suffers its greatest losses yet: nearly 80 percent. In the end, the mighty Stalinist fleet is entirely destroyed, and the British and German elements are nearly reduced to nonexistence.
Pershing's army marches from Vancouver, preparing to invade Alberta and Saskatchewan and cut off the British invaders. Two more armies, these Union and Confederate, clash along the border of the Arkansas Territory; the battle is inconclusive. A Union fleet challenges Confederate zeppelins along the coast near Kitty Hawk, and the Confederates respond with a few of their prototype airships.
The Central and Allied forces call an unofficial cease-fire for Christmas 1927. Stalin, however, sees a chance to get ahead and charges far north, through Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia, up just past the Gulf of Finland before being stopped by Trotsky's army, as well as a blizzard.
Even fierce French resistance cannot stop German forces from reaching the lower Seine by January 10, and on January 15 the Battle of Paris begins. Nearly a quarter million men comprise the combined armies in the beginning of the battle; by the end two days later, the battle has become the largest to use such a number of tanks, airships, aircraft, artillery, and even beached destroyers, up to that point in history. The battle is lost, as the French cannot bring in more support after the Germans cut off Paris from the rest of the country per the Schlieffen Plan. The French retreat what little is left of their forces into central and southern France, but refuse to surrender. On January 17 Ludendorff enters the capitol to great fanfare.
Leninist forces strike back at the Czarist empire, achieving a breakthrough at the Yenisey borderline and creating a ten-mile pocket, where they begin to plant artillery pieces, gaining a foothold in enemy territory.
The Mexican beachhead in the Lower Confederacy expands eastward, but collapses in its northern tip due to a heavy interest of the Zeppelin Force. The US Navy launches the operation known as OMICRON, of which the first step involves US submarine George Custer probing the defenses of Houston Bay in South Baja. Though nearly detected and sunk outside the bay, the Custer is able to locate two lines leading into the bay toward the base itself which are open to infiltration. The US Navy begins plans to modify another sub for use in the final phase of OMICRON.
Zhukov's army slowly becomes cut off from the northern front by the German offensive. Austrian forces enter southern Germany, but the withering empire cannot afford more than a regiment of tanks, and their infantry-based assault breaks on Hindenburg's defenses. Trotsky's Red Army takes the initiative, beginning to cut off Stalin's forces from the east.
With Trotsky distracted, Russia launches a new campaign to liberate western Asia from the communist powers-that-be. Czarist forces cross the frozen Yenisey on January 23, assisted by Chinese tanks and Confederate zeppelins. Only American biplanes stand in their way; though effective against airships, the bombers are armed only with chlorine gas, and the fighters' medium-caliber guns cannot penetrate the Chinese armor fast enough to provide a tactical advantage.
British special forces reach the front lines in time for the Second Battle of the Seine on February 14, 1928. With the advantages of spies, agents and operatives, the British manage to finally turn back the German invasion force, albeit after a staggering 40,000 men are lost to both side, prompting an enormous celebration in Paris the next day.
Kaiser Wilhelm orders the airship program reinstated; Germany is now the only Allied nation other than Sweden with an active airship program. Work begins, on March 2, on the largest military airship yet designed, the Hindenburg.
The newly-formed US Army Rangers execute their first mission on March 10, 1928. In the Battle of Toronto, the British garrisons within the city are infiltrated, ambushed and nearly leveled before the battle has even begun. The Great Lakes Fleet launches its follow-up to the Lake of the Woods battle, its Lake Superior campaign. The Army and Navy pull a blitz of their own, taking Sault Saint Marie and Thunder Bay on March 18 in a brilliant maneuver suggested by General Pershing, using destroyers frozen to the surface as mobile artillery and blasting the British garrisons from a safe distance.
28,000 men clash on March 25 in the Battle of Villa Union on the Durango border. After two full days of trench warfare, the Mexican Air Force is able to suppress the Confederate troops long enough for an advance, but the two armies again are bogged down after the biplanes are forced to leave and refuel. Mexican General Huerta orders a tactical retreat when four Confederate airships, launched from Houston Bay, arrive and kill two-thirds of the Mexican army; the Confederate Commander E. Porter Alexander III gives chase and the fourth day of the battle occurs inside Mexican-occupied CSA, where the battle ends in a draw after Huerta is killed. Commander Alexander is promoted to Captain a week later in a ceremony in Montgomery.
The first Leninist troops reach the front lines to combat the Czarist invasion. In the Battle of Kolpashevo on April 15, 20,000 Soviets and 15,000 Russians meet each other just miles from the Yenisey River and battle for three days with no air support over control of the Ob' River. Eventually is is the arrival of the Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin that turns the tide in favor of the Soviets, and by April 25 the two dreadnoughts are holding the Russians back easily, earning a place as the most honored and decorated vessels yet in the Red Fleet.
Zhukov's army crawls further north, taking control of the Gulf of Finland and presenting a grave threat to the ability of Sweden's fleet and air force to hold the sea separating them. Stalin plans to advance further yet, right to the border of Sweden, which begins mobilizing its ground forces in anticipation of the Muscovites. Germany commences its invasion of Denmark on May 18; without control of the Jutland there will be no way to move ships from the Baltic Sea to the Atlantic Ocean, cutting off every German port.
Sweden launches its own Denmark campaign, harassing Central fleets parked in the far north of the peninsula as a prelude to an operation referred to as Market Garden. Conceived by Swedish General Valborg, Market Garden plans to use Sweden's massive airship force to land thousands of Allied ground troops throughout the Jutland; the strategy is projected to capture all of Denmark within a month of execution.
Stalinist forces, completely pushed out of German territory, hold only a thin corridor of Soviet ground, their only way to channel more forces into the Finland invasion. The Germans see this and on May 30 invade and cut off General Zhukov's army, now forced to hold the Gulf of Finland with no supply line. He decides to move his men further north and take Finland, rather than wait for reinforcements.
In his new assignment to defend the border, E. Porter Alexander III prevents and brilliantly routs a Union attack on Arkansas Territory. With the commissioning of a few new airship designs in the Zeppelin Force, the Confederacy launches a daring new type of blitzkrieg, a massive airborne invasion of New York City. Unwittingly, the plan is strikingly similar to Valborg's Market Garden plan, but the concept of capturing New York is simply to deal a morale blow to the Union military, and not to gain any real tactical or strategic advantages over their forces.
On August 4, Union and British ships clash in the First Battle of the St. Lawrence; after a three-hour display of withering fire from both sides, the British retreat, heading far toward sea and the mouth of the St. Lawrence in an attempt to stave defeat until reinforcements arrive. General Pershing advises Union command that the St. Lawrence cannot be lost, lest the British hold key territory to invade the US with, and suggests that the Rangers cut off the enemy fleet at the mouth of the waterway.
Pershing's plan is rejected immediately; the Rangers are not capable of such a mission, but a select number of Navy personnel are chosen for the mission instead. The Shadow, the Navy's quietest and stealthiest sub, is designated for the mission. On August 12, the British fleet, still being trailed by the US Navy, arrives at the delta of St. Lawrence. Nearly half the battle group is lost to mines at the mouth, and even more lost when the Shadow fires a quartet of torpedoes at the Royal Navy vessels. Navy personnel move in afterwards and secure the wreckage, including a number of intact British vessels. The Great Lakes Fleet is redeployed to cover the St. Lawrence, and the British lose much of their offensive options without the ability to covertly sneak into the US via the river.
Becoming desperate, the CSZF launches Operation High Tower on August 28. At about 7 AM, people headed for work in New York face their greatest fear--Confederate airships, invading New York City. After a ten-hour battle and a week's worth of guerrilla warfare and constant firefights, New York City is securely under Confederate control. The Union command is both devastated and infuriated by this development.
The German army trades broadsides with the Muscovites over the Koenigsburg area over the next month, and in November holds the Third Battle of the Seine, which ends inconclusively a day after its ignition.
Again, December proves to be the month of many battles. The Union launches the final phase of OMICRON, designating three submarines. The first, George Custer, is the first sub to be modified to carry ballistic missiles. The other two are new sub designs, based on the experimental German U-Boat design. On December 3 the Custer fires its payload of six missiles straight up--and into Houston, devastating not the base, but the civilian population of the area. The other two boats, mounting deck guns instead of rockets, are able to deliver a much more precise bombardment on the base itself. In all, 8,000 civilians are killed, and 15,000 military personnel in the base, by the attacks. Houston's ability to fabricate both airships and naval vessels is severely impaired.
The Centrals retaliate on December 8 with the invasion of northern Minnesota. Caught completely off-guard, the troops there are unable to prevent the British Royal Marines from gaining a considerable foothold in Minnesota, as well as gaining control over a swath of Lake Superior.
On December 12 the Swedes challenge the Central navy in the Battle of the Oresund; on December 15 they launch Operation Market Garden, the largest airborne invasion in history, utilizing over 75 airships of varying design and nationality to land 15,000 paratroopers in the Jutland Peninsula. In four days the troops have secured most of the region, but they are unable to celebrate Christmas, as they are forced to fight rebel forces for the next two months continuously. They do, however, make the German advance exponentially easier, and 1928 comes to a close with the Allies' triumphant conquest of Denmark. The sea lanes from the Baltic to the North Sea are now open for German and Swedish vessels alike. Christmas celebrations in Britain and the CSA are grim, and far from cheery.
Captain Alexander is inserted into the battleground of New York City On January 12. In a desperate attempt to turn the war around, Alexander is ordered to take control of the area surrounding New York City. Coastal New York, New Jersey and southern Connecticut are high on the list; taking these areas will prevent a preemptive Union attack on the captured island. An invasion of southern California is planned--if the ports there can be taken, the Union Pacific Fleet would be devastated. Union command, in seeing this, begins plans to build new bases in Hawaii, but none will be ready for years at the least.
The Spanish Navy, after more than a year of downtime, is ready for a new French campaign. Destroyers arrive off the southern shore and pound Nice and Marseille for two days. The French army begins to suffer mass desertions as men attempt to return to their homes and families now under bombardment.
Three Union subs arrive just outside Houston Bay on February 13. Three days later, Confederate Commandant Davis Stewart of Houston Base witnesses, during a morning drill, four enormous rockets rising from the water in the bay and crossing the beach into the base. Over two hundred men are killed in the first-ever ballistic missile attack on Confederate soil. Moments later, the Custer retreats to its home base in California as its two escort subs open fire on Confederate vessels both in the bay and in the docks. Eight ships, seven of them destroyers, are sunk, creating the highest noncombatant casualty count in any battle ever up to that point.
Ludendorff, having switched strategies, seizes control of the upper Seine on March 9, 1929, preventing the Centrals from sending reinforcements down toward Paris.
A Union fleet challenges the defenses of lower Florida, waging the Battle of Miami on March 30. The Confederates lose the tip of the Florida peninsula. Mexican and Spanish ships bombard and achieve landings in New Orleans and Biloxi. By July, the only good news for the Confederate military is their capture of southern California.
Zhukov's army reaches the border of Sweden, and even continues to expand toward Murmansk. After a few small firefights inside Sweden, Stalinist forces invade unabated by the remnants of resistance called the Swedish Army.
Austrian forces manage to hold a small pocket of German territory, albeit only through luck, good timing, and the skill of Franz Ferdinand. With Germany occupied in France, the Austrians plan to invade southern Germany and gain a foothold with which to mount a full-scale invasion. In the meantime, Germany expands its air control further north and begins to hold small areas of British territory, though the German fleet is unable to make landings in southern England.
The Great Lakes Fleet performs another set of bombardments along the Canadian coastline, and the Army Rangers, launching three missions in three weeks, take three small areas of Canada bordering the Great Lakes. The Atlantic fleet and the Air Corps hit Nova Scotia and take the island within a week; all four of these battles takes place in September of 1929.
As the first order of business in October, the Royal Navy and Royal Marines that are left in Lower Canada mount an assault against the fortressed upper peninsula of Michigan. In a week and a half, the Brits have established a toehold in the area, cutting off the Rangers' main supply line to occupied Canada. Pershing's forces are halted by exceptional resistance in central Manitoba, where he decides to pause and take advantage of his supply line from Vancouver.
The Stalinist invasion of Sweden hits a snag as the formidable Swedish Air Force turns to bear on his army. The remnants of the Swedish Army are also present, but nowhere near powerful or charismatic enough to provide significant counterforce. General Valborg begins making his way toward the occupied area.
Confederate forces begin entering Potomac and Maryland in early November, aided by the diversion Alexander's invasion of the east coast. Trenton, New Jersey, falls to Alexander's forces on November 14; Sherman Military Base is attacked four days later. Union forces are slowly pushed out of Florida by a strong Confederate counterattack; the Mexicans lose their foothold in Mississippi and Alabama, but manage to hold their ground in Louisiana.
The Muscovites are slowly losing ground in Soviet Russia, in the south to Trotsky's army, in the west to the German fleet and in the north to the Swedish Air Force. Stalin, seeing a direct counterattack on Germany impossible, begins sending army units though Austria-Hungary.
The tide begins to turn in the south, as French resistance around Nice and Toulouse becomes fierce, and the Central forces take advantage, using their airships and aircraft to litter the areas of France near or under enemy control with pamphlets and propaganda of all sorts, inflaming the locals and exponentially increasing the Allies' difficulty of maintaining control over the area.
The numerous firefights and battles between Mexico and the CSA form constant stalemates, resulting in miles of no man's land and trenches dug into the Mexican desert. The Confederate military creates a think tank to come up with a way to turn the war in Mexico around and win them some victories.
The CS Army of the Arkansas makes an attempt to liberate Arkansas Territory, but is routed in the battle, and circles around through Tennessee and Kentucky into Illinois, taking Carbondale and Vandalia before sending a detachment to capture the southern tip of Indiana and the nearby portion of Arkansas Territory. At the same time, a CS army out of New Mexico assaults and successfully captures southern Colorado and part of the opposite end of the Territory.
Swedish zeppelins and German dreadnoughts cut down the Muscovites' numbers with a heavy coastal bombardment, but it is not enough to prevent Zhukov from continuing his invasion of Sweden. Zhukov prepares a second arm of his forces to cut off the peninsula around Murmansk and complete Stalin's plan to conquer a port in the north.
The line in Asia between Russia and the USSR fluctuates wildly, giving way to numerous breakthroughs and pockets along the Yenisey; territory changes sides so often that citizens and civilians caught in the conflict often do not know who is in control of a given area. The Russians grow desperate, as their contingent of aircraft is running thin.
Alexander takes control of the northern half of New Jersey and focuses his attention on Connecticut and Rhode Island; both states are captured by August of 1930. By early September, Alexander has managed to move farther inland into New York state when he is recalled to Mexico. He leaves garrisons behind to hold the areas under control before returning.
By splitting his army and sending waves of troops throughout Manitoba, Pershing manages to brilliantly capture over half the province with few casualties, but he is still unable to reach any other US forces. He decides to gather his troops and march for southern Ontario, where he hopes to contact US forces.
With the German military held up in France, Russia and on the Baltic Sea, the Austrians finally seize the moment and break through into southern Germany. Before the end of the year, Austrian & Muscovite forces have pushed over fifty miles into enemy territory.
Throughout early 1931, the Stalinists continue to push further into Sweden, and prepare for a permanent occupation of Finland and its surrounding area. Though tempted to take Murmansk and the Karelian Peninsula, Zhukov decides to hold back, as taking the area would leave the army open to bombardment from the Allied Arctic Fleet.
The CSZF begins concentrating airships in and around New York to build up a defense (as well as prepare for an offense) of the area. The Union capitalizes, sending division after division into Kentucky and Virginia, no longer defended by the formidable Zeppelin Force.
The Germans and French become bogged down in simultaneous offensives, and eventually all offense breaks down entirely. Both sides settle into position and begin fortifying defenses, creating what becomes known as the Seine Line; one French commander refers to this development as "a phony war." Germany begins concentrating its ground forces to the south to counter the Austrian/Muscovite invasion.
In a stunning victory, an Austrian division conquers Silesia before Stalinist support can arrive. Thought to be greatly outdated in its technology and military tactics, the Austrian armed forces are elated at the capture of the province and begin mounting for another assault. Muscovite tanks fight the Second Battle of Volgograd, nearly smashing a Leninist division of special forces troops. The Soviet military begins concentrating on aircraft, now known to be Stalin's greatest weakness, and their only hope of surviving an all-out Muscovite assault.
In May of 1931, the Austrians succeed in taking control of Bavaria, though this time with assistance from Stalin's tank regiments. Franz Ferdinand takes command of the Austrian forces in Bavaria and plans for a stunning maneuver: the capture of the Rhineland, the industrial heart of Germany.
American forces reach the southern borders of Kentucky and Virginia in late June. Pausing there to rebuild their shattered regiments and to reel in their supply line, the Union forces begin ambitiously planning to attack Atlanta. The plan remains on the drawing board, however, as sufficient forces cannot be allocated to the front for the assault, with forces elsewhere in Canada, Mexico and New York under heavy enemy fire.
Stalin's forces break through from Kazakhstan and begin to march for Novosibirsk. Trotsky panics, ordering all Soviet troops back to defend the capitol. Stalin's forces immediately ambush and destroy several divisions attempting to break out from Murmansk; within the Baltic States all order collapses, causing Stalin to first gain ground along the coast, then lose it to widespread anarchy as revolutions and new governments spring up along the Baltic.
In August Alexander's troops halt their offensive after taking Connecticut, Rhode Island and New Jersey, and the southeastern areas of New York state. Though Alexander has now cut off Union reinforcements, his troops are likewise cut off from any Confederate relief that might have been moving north towards New Jersey. His only choice now is to stop and build up defenses against any possible Union counterattack from Maine.
Pershing manages to evade capture in Manitoba and smashes his way into Ontario in September. Canadian troops in America now face severe danger of loss of their supply lines, and begin to withdraw from the US, leaving Army Rangers free to advance yet further into Canada.
Austrian, Muscovite and German troops clash in the massive Battle of the Rhineland on December 4, 1931. Innumerable troops from either side are involved in the battle, which pits Austrian infantry, Muscovite artillery and German tanks against each other. Though the infantry are slaughtered by the German Panzers, their numbers only grow as reinforcements arrive. After two weeks of fighting, both sides withdraw. Germany's industrial heart is now ravaged, only the northern half of the Rhineland remains intact after the battle.
In early 1932, Germany begins to draw elements from the Seine Line to defend the Rhineland and Brandenburg. Though the line falters, the absence of hostilities in the area prevents any real gains or losses from happening. The Swedes begin to battle back the Stalinists from the border of their lands, and the controlled borders in Asia begin to return to their original borderlines.
Union troops push further into North Carolina and Tennessee; by the end of March, they are within artillery range of Atlanta. Pershing's troops make contact with the Union military in southern Canada, and with fresh troops, Pershing heads for Alabama.
With Paris under constant siege, the French, surprisingly, call for a truce, and the "phony war" ends. On June 9, 1932, France surrenders unconditionally to Germany; immediately German forces are removed from the Seine Line and sent to combat Austrian forces in the south.
Swedish forces pull back from the now-pacified Jutland and prepare to board airships which will insert them into the lands south of the Barents Sea, hopefully encircle and trap Zhukov's army still moving north. On June 22, the operation begins, and by the 25th all troops have been dropped into the area. Swedish forces, both air and land, begin moving north from Stockholm into the northern quarter of the country, to finish the maneuver.
A major Union offensive, coupled with a heavy submarine presence within the Gulf of Mexico, severely impairs the Confederate army and navy. All that is left is the vaunted Zeppelin Force. The Union pushes into South Carolina in July of 1932, destroying several key airfields and a zeppelin plant in the area. Though this means that Southern forces break through into Denver, this news is meaningless as the Union has already planned to relocate to a secret location elsewhere. By early September, Union forces pass the Alabama border nearly unimpeded. The major Union coup comes with the second phase of their plan, however, as from the south, in the Gulf of Mexico, four Union submarines, again retrofitted with V-1 rockets, open fire on Atlanta, devastating the capitol before the Confederate command can anticipate an attack. Pershing's troops arrive in Colorado later that month, spelling doom for the only Confederate offensive and sealing their fate.
On October 1, the Confederate States of America, as well as the British Dominion of Canada, surrenders to the United States.
Swedish paratroops, bolstered by Union armor arriving daily along the Swedish coast, are able to form a "ring of steel" around the Muscovite army and begin chipping away at the edges. Though retreat offers better tactical options to the Stalinist commanders, they are forced to realize that they are slowly being compressed, further and further.
A mighty Stalinist fleet breaks the Turkish blockade and sails for the North Sea; its objective, however, is unclear.
In the south, the Germans have pulled most all of their manpower from the western front and have successfully blunted the Austrian advance, but the Stalinist-supported armor spearhead on Silesia remains unhindered. Hindenburg and Ludendorff begin drawing forces into central Germany to stage for a massive offensive to hit Budapest and pass through Vienna on the way--and to force the Austrians out of the war.
Pershing arrives in Trondheim on February 12, and immediately begins fortifying upper Sweden, even as he travels to the front lines. Heavy bombardments along the coast force the Muscovites back even further, and as a secondary objective liberates Helinski, allowing even more Allied armor to land in Soviet territory and close the noose around Stalin's invasion force.
The Austrians are finally forced out of most of Bavaria by early March, and Hindenburg's force is sent to continue to push them out. Ludendorff, meanwhile, heads for Silesia to set the stage for the assault on Vienna and Budapest.
The Battle of Munich takes place on April 30, and in it the Germans decimate an Austrian/Stalinist regiment. Just three days later, German and Allied armor blasts through Salzburg, heading for Linz, but they are only the distraction. On May 6 Ludendorff crosses the border and defeats the Muscovites at Prague; he pauses only shortly as he continues his extended blitzkrieg.
The ring of steel closes around Muscovite forces in Finland, forcing them to move west toward the coast. After a week of holding out, Zhukov's army is saved by amphibious troopships sailing into the coastline. In the Battle of Bothnia, the Stalinists make their move, sailing across the Gulf of Bothnia and landing regiment after regiment on the shores of Sweden, just north of Stockholm. Pershing is taken by surprise and begins to revolve his forces to counter the new invasion.
Ludendorff's men begin to close on Vienna at the end of May. Hindenburg continues to harass and distract the rest of the Austrian army farther east.
In early July the Battle of Stockholm breaks out among the invading Muscovites and Pershing's own garrisons. The Swedes are forced to defend themselves alone for four days before Pershing's main force can arrive on the battlefield. Even as the battle rages, Pershing's armor in Finland is destroying the retreating remnants of the Stalinists, and the Allied fleet and Swedish Royal Air Force are decimating their fleet in Bothnia. Britain no longer has the reserves to fight a naval war against either Sweden or Germany, and German U-Boats, along with the Union blockade slowly forming, are sealing England and Ireland from the rest of the war.
Ludendorff hits Vienna on July 13, nearly leveling the capitol, and not even pausing before rushing on to attack Budapest. A great battle is fought for Vienna, in which Ferdinand gains much attention for his heroics and several brilliant tactics, but is unable to save the city.
The next day, the Union's blockade enters its second phase as US vessels begin to land troops on heavily-defended Ireland. Within the week, Cork and Dublin are secured, and the Union begins placing experimental rocket artillery on the island to bombard England with.
The fighting in Stockholm breaks down to street level, with men moving from one house to another in firefight after firefight. The Swedish Air Force, though still mighty, is busy combating the Stalinist fleet offshore and trying to prevent more troops from landing. With the arrival of a squadron of U-Boats, however, the situation in Bothnia takes a turn for the better.
Ludendorff takes Budapest on August 2. Combined with Hindenburg's forces, all of northern Austria-Hungary is now conquered by German forces. Ludendorff begins prevailing upon the Austrians to surrender before the Kaiser can bring more power to bear against them.
In the second wave of attack on Sweden, the Stalinist fleet has lost the element of surprise, and so ultimately loses over ninety percent of the invading forces at sea. The Allied fleet now concentrates its attacks on the Swedish coast, bombarding the remnants of the army there, and cutting off their only line of retreat.
Union artillery begins falling in Manchester and Liverpool in the third week of August. Though not much of the cities' industry is affected, the morale blow is immeasurable, and British troops are soon crying to be sent home to assist with the recovery and defense efforts. Revolutions and revolts spring up all around Ireland and Scotland, throwing the British military into disarray and threatening the safety of England itself.
After three weeks of fighting, Zhukov surrenders to Pershing in central Stockholm. On September 1, 1933, Austria-Hungary surrenders and all hostilities in Germany and Austria are ceased. Russia, Moscow and the Soviet Union settle their war with a mere treaty that restores the boundaries to prewar conditions. The vaunted Great War is over.
The Treaty of Bern is drawn up on September 15, formally ending the war. As a result of changing military-political control in the region, the border between Germany and the USSR is redrawn, held at the 20th latitude down to Czechoslovakia. Germany occupies France to the Seine, along with Czechoslovakia and northern Austria to Slovenia. Spain holds French territory as far north as Toulouse, Germany occupies Iceland, and the United States takes control of Ireland indefinitely. Though the US also takes control of Hong Kong and Kowloon Peninsula, the CSA's Formosa territory is left undisturbed.
Sweden occupies Denmark, as well as the Kareliyan Peninsula, holding the Trotsky government responsible for the massive Stalinist invasion from the south. Conflict, terrorist attacks and guerrilla warfare committed by both sides continues for several years, unabated, in K
Under the Treaty of Quebec, the new Republic of Quebec is created; on either side of it is the Republic of Canada. On the northern tip of the mainland and also spanning the northern islands is British Canada, the remaining British influence in America. Mexico regains some of its territory from the Confederacy. Ludendorff is catapulted through the ranks to General, second in command only to Field Marshal von Hindenburg. Pershing, for his exemplary work in Europe and Asia, receives similar praise, and becomes the first-ever Union militant to reach the rank of six-star general; he is given command of all Union military forces. E. Porter Alexander III and Franz Ferdinand, though having fought a losing war, both are highly awarded for their uses of brilliant military tactics; where Ferdinand is already on the path to power, Alexander is granted command of his own battalion.


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A man who posed as a home buyer and toured as many as 80 for-sale homes in the Elmhurst area has been charged with stealing items from at least three of them during his visits, authorities said.
Shawn Philip Gunther, 37, whose legal address is listed in Lake Zurich but recently lived in Addison, has been charged with three counts of residential burglary, Assistant DuPage County State's Attorney Jeffrey Muntz said.
A real estate sales person who had been showing Gunther homes in recent months became suspicious and contacted Elmhurst police, Muntz told Judge Liam Brennan in bond court today. Brennan set Gunther's bail at $150,000.


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CNET Live: April 24, 2008Tom and Brian host an old mobile tech reunion of sorts. Guests include the iPhone's great uncle, a laptop that sold for $10,000 in 1982, and the curators of the DigiBarn tech museum.
[ Music ] ^M00:00:09 >> Coming up on CNET Live, Tech from yesteryear. >> So you mean stuff like five generation, fifth generation video iPod? >> The fifth generation, no, I'm talking about the TRS80 or older, [inaudible] DigiBarn. And they've created their hayloft bringing in some gems. So all that and more coming up on CNET Live. ^M00:00:28 [ Music ] ^M00:00:34 >> CNET Live everybody. I'm Brian Cooley, he's Tom Merritt. And the phone lines are open. >> Brian Cooley, thank you so much. >> 888 900 CNET. Not only are we taking you back into the fabulous history of personal computing. Yeah, the guys from DigiBarnare gonna be coming on in just about 10 minutes and they're gonna walk us through. >> These are all portables. >> History. History. Right here folks. From the lovable to the truly portable, we're gonna meet your iPhone's distance cousin as well. That's all coming up. But the show's really about you and your calls at 888 900 CNET. >> And when you call, Cheryl will pick up the line and she'll get you all set up. Talk to her and then you'll be ready for the show. >> And then we'll take your calls. But before we do that it's time for a couple of things we crave. ^M00:01:18 [ Music ] ^M00:01:23 >> These are some of our favorite things in the crave log at crave.CNET.com. I'm starting out with the Vigor Vivo HD. This is a clear, hard shell cased like totally bullet proof computer. Totally rugged. But they put the monitor on the side of it. >> This is preconfigured for the DigiBarn. >> This is preconfigured for the DigiBar, jumping out of airplanes, diving to the bottom of the sea, it's like a practically bullet proof case. >> But the screens exposed. >> Three terabyte hard drive. That was my first reaction. I was like this is dumb. You've got an LCD screen on the outside. >> Yep. >> That is a hardened glass shell over the screen. >> Okay. All right. >> So a little bit of a weaker point than the metal case, but a pretty hard core machine nonetheless. This is great for people actually out on the road going into data centers, things like that, where you just kind of bounce around, you're out in the field working on stuff, checking on things. >> You like heavy luggage. >> Yeah. Not really for the business traveler. >> No. >> But you've got that screen on the outside, so you don't have to worry about plugging in monitors and things like that. >> Yeah, that is nice. That is nice. For a special vertical application or for you at your home because you are Dr. Tom Merritt. >> Yes. Because I like to jump out of buildings. >> I'm a little more car oriented today, as I often am. This is the Pioneer AvicF. This is the latest series of Pioneers Avic Unit, which is their high end replacement car head units that do media, navigation, hands free phone. This is a killer line. They've got a whole new series. Look at that great interface. It's really gotten less computerish and much more consumer electronics oriented as you can see with those great big icons. And if I scroll down here you're gonna see the controller is a little more of a spin wheel knob. I know what the problem is. We're on the wrong computer. There we go. You see that controller wheel there on the left? And of course, the interface is really great. And this has everything from hands free to media, audio, video, it has wireless connectivity, real time traffic from MSN is a new wrinkle here. >> Is this MSN direct? >> It's got the MSN traffic service coming in. >> I'm curious if it's MSN Direct because they shut off MSN direct, they shut off the spot watches, but the service is still on. The only reason they left the service on is because they're using it for something else. >> This might be it. These, by the way, price from 850 to 1200 bucks. They are high end, but they're really great. >> All right. Well we have got a full slate of calls. Shall we take one? >> Let's get a few, shall we? >> All right. Let's start with Josh in Denver, Colorado. Hey, Josh, welcome to CNET live. Thanks for calling. >> Hey, thanks for taking me, guys. >> No problem. What can we do for you today? >> Well, I've got one of these new sanyo exact camcorders that takes all of its video and puts it on an SD card and I'm having a little bit of trouble editing the files. I wanna use Window's Movie Maker to edit the video files, but what the camera is outputting is H264 ABC files. >> All right. Yeah. So you wanna be able to convert the H264 files to WMVC so you can edit it in Window's Movie Maker? >> Yeah. >> Okay. Brian, do you, you did a little research on this? >> Yes. And there are a couple of places you can go. First of all, you wanna do a conversion here with one of the Download.com software products that is really gonna be a swiss army knife of conversion. I'll pull a few of these up here for you. Ultra MP4 Video Converter is one that gets a high user rating. We've also go one here called Ultra iPod Movie Converter. Don't be fooled by the iPod movie list. That may do the conversion well. It mentions specifically H264, MPEG4, all of that in there. Download.com has a ton of these because this is a format that is really hot. Luckily you're not dealing with an oddball format that you're trying to take into a main stream, so you shold have a lot of luck there. But I would go run some of those. Also, look into whatever video editing program you're using, which also has good, depending on the program that it is, if you just have Window's Movie Maker, you're out of luck, but some of the better ones you can download for a demo, will be able to convert for you for 30 days, until they time out. >> Well, [inaudible] that we talked aobut last week will do it. >> Yes. >> So, that's one. also, Window's Media Coder is one that I have been using to convert DVD's. if you pull it up on the screen, I've got it up, it will actually take H264 and convert it to a AVI. AVI is one of the options there. So, you know, I haven't done it, but a lot of these media conversion software, they work for some people, they don't work for others, so you oughtta try it out for yourself. But this is one of my favorites, Media Coder. It's also open source and absolutely free. >> Yeah, lots of ability there. It's a Swiss Army knife like I was saying. Good stuff. Okay. >> All right. Thanks Josh, I hope that helps you out. >> Who do you wanna take next here? >> Let's go on to Winston. >> Winston's in Canada and he's calling about antivirus. Hi, Winston, welcome to CNET Live. What can we do for you? >> Hi, recently I just uninstalled Norton because it keeps slowing down my computer too much. So I'm deciding to go with AVG, the free edition, but I'm wondering will I still get like the same protection as Norton, but just like without eating up that much system resources? >> Yes. The short answer to your question is yes. AVG antivirus provides solid protection according to our tests here. The CNET editors have put it through its paces. However, the new version, Antivirus 8, AVG Antivirus 8 was a little slow on the scanning and boot time performance. Now, it still beat Norton, which is incredibly slow. >> Yeah. >> It really bogs down your machine. So you'll probably see a performance increase. But AVG is actually a little slower than it used to be with this newer version. We kind of knocked it for that in the most recent review. >> Yeah. I run AVG on all my servers at home and some of those I actually get on and use as consoles and dramatic difference in performance compared to Norton. McAfee used to be considered a little trimmer, a little faster than Norton. I don't think we believe that anymore. They both are considered pretty bulky programs. So yeah, AVG works for me in practice really well. >> And there's also AntiVeer and a couple of others. If you just go to Download.com, go to the top 10 downloads, there's a couple other free antivirus programs you might wanna play around with. >> Yeah. >> I've used them all. I find them, all the free ones seem to be about equal as far as the running time and their protection level. >> Yeah, and you know, you never know until you take a header because of a virus attack if it's as good as the other and then you wouldn't know if Norton would have caught it either. So it's always hard to know. You have to have faith in, obviously, our reviews and in the software writer doing the good job. It's kind of hard to know the future. >> It's one of those keeping the elephants away sort of thing. >> Right. Exactly. >> You know it's working because there's no elephants around. >> Coming up, the curators of the unique private tech museum, the DigiBarn are here, and we're going to explain what all of this great mobile tech on the table here is. Stick with us. >> But first, we've got some new tech to check out. The only new tech we've got today. A new HD radio iPod combination product from Polk Audio. Check this out. ^M00:07:55 [ Music ] ^M00:07:58 >> I'm John [inaudible], Senior editor at CNET.com and this is the Polk Audio Isonic entertainment system two or ES2. This is the second generation Polk audio Isonic and it has a slightly different feature set than the previous model. This one adds the built in Ipod dock and it also adds something called HD radio tagging. What this means is whatever song you're listening to on an Hd radio station you just press the tag button up front and that song info the artist and title is transferred to your ipod next time it's docked and atop there. Then next time you take your ipod to your computer that information is saved on a special play list where you can buy that song from itunes if you so choose. You listen to the built in ipod dock in the HD radio tagging option. The ES2 also has a few design improvements over the previous model. Namely the button arrangement up here on the top is a lot easier and simpler to use and the slanted front face is just easier to see especially when you're right on top of it. Despite those improvements we were disappointed in how much was left out of this version of the iconic. It's missing the CD DVD drive that was found on the previous model and it's also not XM ready so you can't have plug and play access to satellite radio. The being said this model does produce the same excellent sound quality as less iconic really defaced really rich full sound, especially because it has two speakers up front and two in the back as well. So you get a really nice three hundred and sixty degree sound field when you're listening to the radio o or to your iPod on this unit. I'm John Falcon for CNET and this is the bulk audio Iconic ES2. >> Alright that's the last of the new tech you're going to see for a little bit because we have Bruce Dammar and Allen Lundel from the DigiBarn joining us thank you guys for. >> Hey guys. >> Thanks for having us. >> You're very welcome. >> We appreciate it and thanks for bringing all this great mobile computing. >> Look at this. >> As they came all the way up the peninsula it had to be mobile. >> This is the entire history of mobile personal computing like on one table. >> It's al here. >> I mean who else could do this. >>before we get started on looking at these treasures quick one what is the DigiBarn for folks who haven't heard of you guys yet? >> It's a nerd palace nerd memory palace so nerds come there they find their first born and their first loves and restore the history in there's hundreds there's five hundred computers there. [ Everyone talking ] >> Apple two's that's the lineage room there and. >> And you got some machines that are signed by the designers. [ Everyone talking ] >> So everything from the handheld to the Cray and everything in between from the early days of computing and especially personal computing. >> Personal computing interactive personal computing. >> Let's look at some other stuff you got here starting off with where does the time line begin? >> Well we're sort of starting off today with the Hp thirty five this is a 45, but a 35 has 35 buttons that's why they call it the 35. >> Oh really. >> True engendering scientific genius in this and this really started a resolution. >> We just did a tales of [inaudible] valley on this. And I guess we're on CNET it talks about how was working on this calculator right. >> Right yeah waz was working on and he left Hp to go to this crazy adventure called apple. >> Really I didn't know that. >> And then what we have in here is by the late seventies and early eighties we have these kind of. >>Yeah one of the trash 80 models. [ Everyone talking ] >> And yes this was actually portable very useful to people like journalists who like to ride on airplanes and have full sized keyboards. [ Everyone talking ] >> You have a modem built in modem. [ Everyone talking ] >> Whapping 300 bud I believe. And this was the radio shack product which a lot of folks today have no idea radio shack was a killer in early portable computing. >> Yep, yep. >> Absolutely they really. >>The screen size that's not that much bigger than what you got. >> Shorter but not that much narrower. And what's right in front of me here? >> The Epson HX20 which had a built in printer. [ Everyone talking ] >> And then in the slightly less than portable categories the luggable Osborn one. >> And that's a classic right there. >> A classic yes. [ Everyone talking ] >> But it had storage to it had floppies it had ran CPM. >> It ran CPM and >> WordStar. >> Keyboard and you could carry it on airplanes you couldn't quite get it under the airplanes set. >> This is what his is a five and a quarter inch floppy this is back when floppies were floppy. >> Yes they were really floppy. [ Everyone talking ] >> About 1,800 bucks. >> On those dollar. [ Everyone talking ] >> It was a big deal in the history of portable commissions. >> Yeah >> The same year we had this the grid compass 2 which was titanium case. [ Everyone talking ] >> See what eight thousand dollars will get you. >> Yeah right a little less and a lot more weight. >> But he went out on the space shuttle no. >> Yeah >> That's right they were literally used to for the astronauts to look at where they were on their orbit and were their ground tracking stations were. >> No floppies no hard drives though. >> They were more powerful than the machines that ran the shuttle. >> Right that's the amazing part now this is where it starts to get a little bit closer to today here's the Newton. >> 1993 handwriting recognition. >> Yes we don't even have that on our iPhone yet. >> Wow have you two met? This is your great grandfather over here you need to take a few lessons from this one and you from this one. That's amazing. >> Seriously I need handwriting recognition. [ Everyone talking ] >> And Allen can tell us about the pocket >> Well yeah. [ Everyone talking ] >> For portable s this really was a Precambrian revolution lots of machines were coming out really quick. And this was a design to be small, really tiny, even smaller than the [inaudible]. And basically you could take it on airplanes you could program with it and it had all kinds of peripherals. It was before the days of USB interface so you had a unique type of. >>Cards on it. >> Right you had cards that you could put in and a lot of the concepts we used today, but completely plunky and large peripherals they weren't tiny and small. >> And bigger than that in some cases. >> Yeah some cases were bigger than this. >> What's interesting Allen is that device does not look that much different that would almost fly on a store shelf today. That wouldn't make you go wow where as everything else here would. >> It looks sweet you know you could almost put it in your pocket. [ Everyone talking ] >> What's going on here? >> This is a very wonderful mysterious tablet. It was probably the first serious tablet hand writing recognition machine called the go pin point operating system. And Gary Downing demoed this very unit to Bill Gates and he went off and did something called pin windows, but anyways this is a beautiful machine. [ Everyone talking ] >> And this is also an idea that's come back like the Newton has come back as the iPod this has come back as tablet windows today. >> and the touch interface. >>Yeah just an idea ahead of its Tim you might argue that the tablet is still ahead of its time depending on sales. >> And what year did you say this was? >> 1992ish 16 years old. >> 16 years >> And an idea that's still hasn't even fully caught on yet. >>That's right >> Its still the grasping the market >> And then we. >> It kind of looks like the new picture frame. [ Everyone talking ] >> When you guys were kind enough to let me tour is seeing all of this history and hearing all of these stories and so many of them are still applicable today or we're seeing the same patterns work through. It's really incredible. >> And this is not a computer >> No this is not a computer but we are becoming walking computers. Soon we'll have some [inaudible] computing, but the idea is that you went from portability that is like this to your iPhones. Everything you'd ever need. >> Right . >> Pretty much and so it's got to be dealt into garments because you know if it's pulling out of your pocket what not. >> Yeah. >> So I designed this it's called a cyber doublet. Its based on a renascence jacket and its like a cool thing so its not like sort of a journalist jacket. >> We have the iPod here you've got cord management all the way up and down the collar. >> And you can put your cell phones and everything there and run the cords like buses and run all the cords. >> Interesting yes physical buses cabling and store machines. >> You can remove off all the panels. These panels come off and everything and you can make this into sort of a collector. [ Laughter ] >> Yeah ah very green. >> I think we have Dr. Merit's wardrobe update figured out right here Mr. [inaudible]. >> Yeah no knock on Scotty's vest but that is a lot more fashionable. >> Yeah. >> That rocks, that rocks. >> This is designed to be like the character in Snow Craft, wide ski. >> You have a Katana holder. >> Ah that's what I need, that's what I need yeah so there it is the renaissance man of the 21st century. >> We'll be cyber and body network. Now folks who wanna check out digivon and wanna find out how to get there when you guys are open to give a tour how do they do, what should they do? >> Go to digivon.com and just go to our signup form, get on the form, check that you wanna be on the mailing list. >> There it is, yeah. >> And you'll get the invitations for next open houses. >> Excellent. >> You guys are again for folks who don't know, Boulder Creek near Santa Cruz California, if you're trying to get a fix on where these guys are so just between Santa Cruz and San Hose as you were saying. >> Right, its Bear Creek road exit off of 17. >> Yes [inaudible] is easy to get to. >> And if you wanna see more gardens like this tomorrow night at the exploratory it's the second skin, it's a fashion show the merges tech and new fashion. >> Bruce is gonna be the walking server there. >> I'll be a walking server there. >> Cool. >> Alright. >> Exploratory, when's this gala tomorrow night? >> Tomorrow night. >> Good deal. Guys thanks a lot for bringing history. >> My pleasure. >> Alive on CNET live. >> My pleasure thanks for having us. >> Good stuff. >> Now you can't fly out to San Francisco, you can go to digivon.com and look around at the videos and stories it's almost an inexhaustible resource online as well. >> Coming up next, download of the week shows you how to do Vizio without having to pay for Vizio. Stay with us. ^M00:17:48 [ Music ] ^M00:18:04 >> Catch the baddest text board vision is at CNETTV.com. ^M00:18:08 [ Music ] ^M00:18:26 >> Okay folks back to CNET live where the phones are open triple eight 900 CNET I think we got a line open right now. So, jump on and grab that rarity. >> But first, it's time for the download of the week. >> Download of the wee is brought to you by [inaudible] CNET's download.com for [inaudible] of spywares free software. This is one of my favorite little open source replacements for Vizio you know the chart maker Vizio. >> The expensive chart maker. >> Excellent program. >> Yeah. >> That Microsoft owns now, but like you said a little pricey. >> It's pricey yeah. >> So, why don't you try DIA 0.96.1 it's not quite at 1.0 yet but it's worth using if you need a good chart maker. I have an example. >> Yeah. >> Of a chart I put together here I'm gonna pull up. >> See what you got. >> This is my little idea flow chart. You know you start you have an idea. >> You have an idea. >> But this it what the kind of thing you can do you make these sort of. >> That's supervisor. >> Circles and arrows kind of diagrams. >> Idea killed by supervisor. >> It's sort of. >> Supervisor reconsiders. >> Here's the. >> Represents his own ideas. >> Yeah. >> Fight over credit, you've got the delta there to show. >> [Inaudible] chart. >> Yeah very good. >> But it's real simple. Here are the controls over here on the left. You got your text, you got your boxes that you need, just need to make a box you can make it as big as you want. You can stick images in there. >> Now how is the auto connector functionality? That's where the power is with Vizio's you make boxes it'll it logics, it logics out the flow and it also does the connections all very tightly. >> This I don't think does that or at least I haven't discovered it. >> [Inaudible] >> I hand drew all the arrows right now. >> Okay. >> But it's sort of like you know what if you can't pay for Vizio and you need. >> Right. >> To make a flow chart this thing will do this. >> Okay I do a lot, I do most of my charts on PowerPoint which is the same idea except this is not bloated. >> Yeah, and I've done so many Vizio documents that I couldn't use anymore after I lost my computer. >> Right. >> With Vizio on it. >> Right. So now I got, yeah this you'd always have. Okay, good stuff. Let's get back to your calls folks at triple eight 900 CNET. Let's go to Alex he's been waiting in Pennsylvania patiently for a camcorder question. Hello Alex welcome to CNET live. >> Hey I had a question about a Sub 200 dollar camcorder. >> Okay what were you looking for on that inexpensive camcorder? >> Well I just need it to be, it needs to take good video and have a like a firm input jack. >> See, the mike jack's the hard part. I assume you've looked around and it's not easy to find is it? >> Yeah, I don't know of, and I'm just looking at our camcorder reviews here to recheck. I don't know of a sub 200 or even a 200 ish camcorder that has a mike check. I just scoured the earth this past holiday season looking for a 700 dollar camcorder that would have a mike jack and even that's starting to get rare because these compact camcorders are aimed at the point and shoot market and they don't ever imagine you're gonna hook up a microphone to do a relatively professional good sounding production. So, that's a tough one to come by. You're gonna have to spend more I'm pretty sure. In that price category though the camera that I like is the Canon ZR series, ZR67800 I think is the current range of their models. And those have worked out pretty well for me. I've used a couple of those models for, for a few years in fact. Here's the ZR850 I've got up right now on my machine. And you can see it's, it's very slim it's very small it's not a bulky camcorder at all. And great canon optics, they do a nice job on the important basics. But, I don't believe this has a mike jack, I don't think it's even close. Let me see, yeah no mike input, no accessories too, you're not gonna find that in a camcorder that cheap I don't think. >> The only thing I can find even close is the 8 tech MZDV. >> Yeah. >> It's under 200 dollars it says it has microphone however it doesn't say jack or input. >> No I think it's a microphone. >> And it says it's different from built in. >> Yeah that's, that's kind of a, I wouldn't eve call that second. That's kind of like a third [inaudible]. >> Yeah it's a real, real below average. >> Yeah it's an almost a disposable. So, you're gonna have to spend more or rerecord all your audio after the fact on a voice track as you edit and sound effects and all that. Or go to EBay and look for a former 600 dollar camcorder now going for 200 something lightly used, okay. That's our best advice on that I'm afraid. >> Alright, let's go to Josh in Long Island who's got a question about Windows. Hey Josh. >> Hi how are you guys. >> We're doing well how are you doing? >> Good, good, so, should I say [inaudible]? >> Yes please, go ahead [inaudible]. >> Alright, so basically when I, when I open up my Internet Explorer or any other program, Windows Explorer my computer anything if I minimize it to the bottom of the screen, the blue section, [inaudible], it disappears, but if I go through all the tabs it's still there. >> So you're saying the Internet explorer box doesn't show up in the task bar. >> Yeah it's not in the bottom, I can't like switch through like four or five different windows at the same time after, I'll tab through them they're still. They're still there I just can't access them. It' looks like it's empty screen. >> Now wait a minute. >> So is your task bar there at all when you are. >> Yeah it's there. >> It's there. >> At other programs do other programs show up but not IE? >> No programs show up at all. >> Oh okay I've never heard of that. That's a weird one. I thought you had a task bar hiding. >> I would say I have actually heard of this. And we've got a form thread at forms.CNET.com somebody who's saying look the icons just disappeared from my system tray. It's a similar sort of problem so you might, you might. >> Sort of. >> Look at that. >> Yeah I've never heard of active programs vanishing from the taskbar. >> I've had it happen to me before. >> Really. >> Intermittently it always come back. We're gonna have to throw this thing out to the forums. >> I've never seen that, yeah. >> Because it's a little. >> Yeah it used to do that it went away and then it came back. But now it's just gone away. And it didn't come back. And it's been like six months now so I just created a new account from the, on the Windows and made a new user. >> And that fixed it? >> And I've been using that one since this one works. But every, if I switch back to the other one that one still doesn't work. >> Let me check something here I got something yeah it's a profile. >> Some registry. >> Okay all active programs disappear from the task bar, I'm over on a thread here XP pro and what kind of resolution do we have here. Okay, here we go I've got a link from Leo Laport. So. >> There you go. >> Leo's got a link here. We'll put this up in the CNET TV bar. >> Yeah [inaudible] for you. >> Yeah we've got it for you though. >> Okay thank you so much. >> Alright hope that works for you. >> No not Leo Laport, Leo Notenbome. The other Leo. >> Well it's a Leo nonetheless. >> Dylan, not Bob Dylan writes from Quebec and says I wanna know about sending huge files over the internet, hot mail and Yahoo have a very small sending size. And I was thinking about using bit torrent but not sure how to get my friends to do that. Well if you could get your friends to do that you could use bit torrent although then it might be publicly available depending on how you do it. We cover a few other services that are a little more user friendly in today's quick tip. [ Music ] >> I'm Tom Merit from CNET.com. Here's a quick tip for sending huge files over the internet. You know how it is, you wanna send a friend an email with a huge photo of you partying with cats or an episode of the in crowd or maybe a copy of pong. And you get a warning. That attachment is too large. How dull is that? Well, don't let email kick you around. There are services out there for sending large files over the net for free. One of the most popular is You send it at yousendit.com. you can send anything up to 100 megabytes for free without registration. Just send the link and download the secure file. It's dead simple to use. However, you sent it doesn't scan for viruses drop load at dropload.com does. It has the same 100 megabyte cap as you send it but drop load will scan for viruses. Now on the downside it doesn't encrypt the download part. But 100 megabytes is so cramped. What if I wanna send a copy of Pen and Teller's smoking mirrors games? That's close to a gig. Bring on transferbigfiles.com. no fuss no mess just large files up to one gigabyte being transferred for free. Now, there are plenty of others out there with different file maximums and features. Take a look at zupload.com and megaupload.com as well, they're both free. Also remember you should only send files you have the rights to send. No copyright infringing please. That's it for this quick tip. I'm Tom Merit for CNET.com. remember, only send files you own. [ Music ] Alright so there are actually a lot of other services out there to look around but those are some of the ones I found and have used a few of them. And, you know, it's simple. You upload your file send a link, they download the file. >> And if you do this a lot there's a whole new class of network attached storage devices now that have the FTP interface but very pretty. The Windows home media server and a couple of others you can look up those products if you feel like you're gonna add storage and you do this sharing a lot, bingo that's a good product for you. >> Let's take a call. Steven is on the line. Hey Steven thanks for calling. Where you calling from? Hello Steven. >> Michigan. >> Hey where I Michigan you calling from. >> [Inaudible]. >> What's your question. >> I have a, a desktop hooked up to my networks that we don't really use and I'm wondering if I can use it to log in from my laptop, use it as like a login server? >> Yeah sure. There are a few different ways. I mean log me in is actually one of the simplest ways. >> Yep. >> It's a website. You run it on the desktop you run it on the laptop and then you can sort of take over a PC anywhere is there another program. >> Yeah. >> You can use for that sort of thing. >> Log me in is very much like a free, I think it's still free. A free version of go to my PC which is a paid service, very robust. I use that a lot. Alright, the other way to do this if you wanna role your own is to use VNC or any of the copies like type VNC or tiny VNC or crazy VNC. And all you gotta do to make sure it's web accessible is use like a dynamic DNS registration for that box. So, it's IP and your network can be seen out on the internet and then you can hit, it's VNC with a little VNC client. So, I use type VNC to hit all the servers in my house that are all headless, works great and of course I'm inside my network. But, I can expose some of them using the dynamic DNS. >> Yeah and I think you can deal with it just talk about two computers. I don't know if this works necessary for Steven. But, you could run synergy and just control the desktop. >> Oh yeah. >> With the laptop. I mean that's not. >> Well if you wanna go old school [inaudible] digivon you can just town that in. >> There you go. >> That's, that's vintage. [ Laughter ] So, lot of ways to go from the suburb to the sublime. >> They're all there for you. >> And I call telnet sublime. >> Okay yeah Steven says yeah that's great guys. I'll call you again in about ten years. >> Thanks for VNC. >> Yeah a lot of line VNC. Okay now it's time for best of the web. [ Music ] Alright folks the best of the web is brought to you buy our good friends at CNET's webware.com. I'm talking about a search engine called search me today. Check this out. Here are the results that I got by searching Dr. Tom Merit's name. now, you don't see a list of text links like you do on Google. You see a bunch of pages that are flying by like in cover flow mode. Look at this. >> That's great. >> These are the actual results. And it also circles where the key words popped up. So, I can find the list of your pod casts here on someone's site. Here's you coming up for the buzz out loud pod cast on last FM. Here's a CNET page, a CNET TV page. What this does I think is give you a short cut to the context of the results because I can tell right away what this is much faster than grouching a Google text blurb. >> It's got a load of different results that you get, not that I search myself, but a I do. >> You do. >> Than you get when I do a Google search. >> And here's the top one it is Tom Merit. >> Well that is not the top one, okay. >> There's your top and then in descending relevance. Here's alpha. >> The entire alpha blog. >> Yeah the. >> There's my blog. >> There cybriliant right. >> Yeah there's my book. Znet comments that I made. >> Yeah, so it's a different way. >> [Inaudible] search. >> I doubt it's as powerful as Google. Let's make that clear right now. But, if you like to think visually and you just want to quickly go through basically flash cards results that will do it, searchme.com, nothing to install just go there and check it out. >> Do you search yourself? >> Not yet but I'll do that for this show. >> Oh come on. >> It'll be kind of fun. >> Are we running out of time? Does he have time to search himself? >> Next Thursday we're gonna unravel some mysteries for you. The mysteries of internet copyright law. >> That's right Collette Vogel will join us to explain what you can and can't do on the internet copyright wise. Tune in 4pm eastern 1pm pacific. >> I hear it's 10am Hawaii. And by the way the phones open at 12:30pm pacific call early next week. See you then. ^M00:31:07 [ Music ]