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Previous Mac2MUG Meeting Highlights
Our meetings generate lots of discussion and shared information! On this page we post meeting highlights, links and other information which members in attendance found helpful.
June 2014 Meeting: Favorite Mac Apps
- A variety sampling of some great apps for Macintosh. With roughly a zillion apps or so available for the Mac, how does one pick favorites? Nevertheless, on Tuesday, Tom, Roger and Al showcased a few software treasures of their choosing. Among them were: an app for combining images and turning photos into what look like pencil drawings, a suite of tools which provide a free alternative to Microsoft Office, a disk-searching utility which serves as a good replacement for Spotlight, a handy little widget for checking your local or non-local weather, and a dandy app for creating stunning photo collages. With a variety of different uses for your Mac, this is a nice handful of hand-picked apps.
May 2014 Meeting: iPhoto for Mac
- How to use iPhoto to organize, edit, export and beautify your photos. Mathew Brady, Ansel Adams, Edward Weston, Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon, Henri Cartier-Bresson and Annie Leibovitz did not have iPhoto, but you do. Not every photographable scene makes it through your camera lens in a state of finished perfection. Overly bright or dark exposures, flash-induced red-eye and accidentally tilted cameras are but a few of the causes of flawed photos. There are many apps for Macintosh designed to help correct photos, but one of them is already on your Mac. With iPhoto you can straighten photos, adjust exposures and eliminate red-eye, and that is only the tip of the picture-perfect iceberg. On Tuesday, Roger showed how to do all that, plus how to use iPhoto to organize your many photos, make slideshows from them and export them as movies, and even create a beautiful, printed book of photos for your coffee table. With iPhoto, you may be able to pull off what you may have hoped to accomplish in the first place: the perfect shot.
April 2014 Meeting: Video Chat on Your Mac
- A hands-on look at Skype and FaceTime for video chats on your Mac and iOS devices. Do you remember the enchanting predictions of video telephones, promised to become common technology somewhere in the not-too-terribly-distant future? At long last, yesterday's tomorrow is today, and not only do you have that video phone, it may be in your pocket. On Tuesday, we took a good look, literally, at video chatting for Macintosh, iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Exploring the features in both Skype and FaceTime, we compared both apps and explain how to use them, including live demonstrations of video and audio chats.
March 2014 Meeting: Virtual Travel on Your Mac
- See the world, or decide where in the world you would like to vacation, via some clever software and websites. If you have been longing to peruse the markets in Nassau or stroll along the Seine in Paris, though your Mac is not able to literally take you there (that requires planes and such), it can easily allow you to virtually wander the world. Whether you would like to visit Tokyo but find the actual trip cost-prohibitive, or would like to have a better look at it before you travel to decide whether it is your cup of tea, your Macintosh can be an invaluable assistant. Rob showed several dazzling websites and some ingenious Mac software which allow you to experience the sights, and occasionally even the sounds, of faraway destinations, from San Francisco to Saturn. Yes, even stars and galaxies can be virtually traveled. While your Mac cannot serve up a feast of Fettuccine Bolognese from Italy (one hopes that Apple is working on it), it can certainly provide a feast for the eyes.
February 2014 Meeting: Browser vs. Browser vs. Browser
- An in-depth comparison of the three most popular web browsers for Mac. It's a great big World Wide Web out there, and surfing it can be a breeze if you happen to be doing your surfing in a web browser which works the way you want a browser to work. But how does one browse browsers to find that perfect browser, without trying each one? On Tuesday, Annette, Tom and Rob did the browsing for us, by showing off the features of the three most popular browsers for Macintosh: Safari, Chrome and Firefox. We looked at all their best features, as well as the limitations of each browser. And although seeking a good browser may not be among the most burning questions in your life, finding a great one can turn your web-surfing into smooth sailing.
January 2014 Meeting: The Magic of Mac Menulets
- How to add incredibly useful utilities and mini-apps to your Mac's menu bar without spending a dime. What, you may well ask, are Menulets? Culinary options for very small cafés? The unplanned offspring of full-size restaurant menus? A 1950s girl group whose only record, Cheeseburger and a Milkshake, eluded commercial success? In reality, Menulets are the small icons you see at the top-right of your Mac's menu bar. Though they appear stationary and unchangeable, they can be moved and removed. But the most exciting aspect is that there are many useful goodies which you can add to the menu bar. Rob showcased a plethora of Menulets that can provide brand-new functions for your Mac, enhance your workflow, or provide shortcuts to tasks you frequently do. Menulets are small wonders which unveil big benefits; one might even call them magical.
December 2013 Meeting: iPhone Extravaganza
- An evening of iPhone and iPhone/Mac tips and tricks, plus a look at the new iPhone 5s. Whether you already own an iPhone or were hoping for Santa to bring you one for Christmas, December's meeting is was you. Pulling the ribbons and wrapping paper off many iPhone mysteries, we explored various tips, including how to create ringtones using GarageBand, software alternatives to iTunes for accessing your iPhone with your Mac, how to format email sent to iPhones to enable iOS to set appointments, and more. And we took a hands-on look at the brand-new iPhone 5s. Even if Christmas day found you with no new iPhone in your stocking, Tuesday's meeting brought you many useful presents, none of which required you to be good, the way you should, on every single day.
November 2013 Meeting: Keynote & Popcorn Night!
- We did it again! We watched Apple's unveiling of new Macs, iPads, iPhones, software and more, while munching popcorn! Lions and Tigers and Mavericks! Oh my! At their recent keynote address, Apple announced some impressive critters: new MacBook Pros, a new Mac Pro, two new iPhones, two new iPads, new versions of the iLife and iWork suites, and a brand-new version of OS X known as Mavericks. We served up the keynote address video, along with real theater popcorn, soft drinks and water. [We would like to extend A GIANT THANK YOU to the Regal Theater in Massillon, Ohio for supplying authentic movie popcorn!!!)
October 2013 Meeting: Genealogy On Your Mac
- How to trace your own family history, using software for Macintosh. Genealogy, the tracing of family trees, is a fascinating study unto itself. But the Macintosh and OS X bring genealogy into the 21st Century. With genealogy software and a Mac, anyone can document family trees, actually have fun doing it, and create gorgeous charts that would be difficult to produce otherwise. On Tuesday, Annette demonstrated a genealogy app named Reunion, and guided us on a tour through the Ancestry website. Plus, we took a close look, literally, at a digital USB microscope, which serves a full range from magnifying glass to microscope to 5 megapixel macro camera, with the images appearing live on your Mac's screen – a brilliant way to focus on your past. With these goodies and some help from us, you can now go back to the future with no need for a Delorean or a Flux Capacitor; the only thing missing will be the trails of flame..
September 2013 Meeting: Diagnosing and Repairing Your Mac from a Thumb Drive
- How to create a utility thumb drive, disk drive or startup DVD. Repair utilities for the Mac can solve many problems, yet attempting to make repairs on your Mac's own drive, while starting up from that same Mac, has been compared to performing brain surgery on yourself. What to do? Simply start up from another drive and do the troubleshooting from there. Roger showed us how to create a bootable USB thumb drive, disk drive, or DVD, and how to fill it chock-full of diagnosis and repair utilities. We also had a look at the Recovery partition in Lion and Mountain Lion. After a bit of housekeeping, your Mac will work better, life will be less frustrating, and you will have less need for that corkscrew which the manufacturer probably neglected to build into your thumb drive.
August 2013 Meeting: How to Back Up Your Mac
- Backup strategies to keep your data safe. Repeating yourself is likely to become tiresome to others. Repeating yourself is likely to ... well, you know the rest. Repeating your Mac, however, is the perfect way to safeguard your data. Tom discussed many methods for backing up your Mac and an external drive or two, including built-in strategies such as Time Machine and iCloud, and third-party software such as Carbon Copy Cloner and SuperDuper. Also discussed were various types of hardware useful in creating backups. Plato wrote, "There is no harm in repeating a good thing," and backing up your Mac is very good indeed.
June 2013 Meeting: Read It Later
- A look at several Mac and iOS apps which allow you to read web content later, even if you are not connected to the internet. In this busy, busy world, how often have you encountered articles, recipes, entire web pages, or even videos which you would like to peruse later when you have more time? But when "later" arrives, suppose you have no available connection to the internet. There's an app for that! Roger demonstrated several solutions which work dandily on Macintosh, iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Some apps even sync the articles and such to your various devices, and optimize them for readability. Catching up on your time can be challenging, but now you can certainly catch up on your reading.
May 2013 Meeting: Mac Movie Making
- How to use your Mac to create videos of your own. Lights! Camera! Action! Macintosh! If you have forever wanted to make your own motion pictures, Tuesday's meeting was for you. Whether or not your masterpiece leads to your brushing shoulders with Julia Roberts and George Clooney at the Academy Awards, the journey is bound to be an adventure. Al showed some good ideas for videos, gave tips on honing your acting skills, explained how to import video into the Mac, and demonstrated some multi-track video and audio editing techniques. Armed with barely more than a director's chair and a Mac, in no time you too heard your overwrought leading lady purr, "Alright Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up."
April 2013 Meeting: Mac and Cheese
- Recipe management on the Mac. What's cooking? Be it cheeseburgers or duck à l'orange, can your Macintosh help to make it even better? Absolutely. Combining his favorite hobby, food, with his passion for Macs, Tom showed how you can use your Mac, and even an iPad, to enrich your own cooking. With your favorite recipes at your fingertips, plus the ability to find many more, organize them, edit the numbers of servings, and save everything for easy access, you may find yourself on the road to culinary nirvana. Even if you are not a foodie, what we learned can help you use your Mac for other hobbies.
March 2013 Meeting: Drag and Drop
- Powerful tips and techniques for the Mac, all utilizing dragging and dropping. Your Macintosh allows many ways to perform tasks, and some of the most powerful ones can be accomplished with simple drag and drop techniques. The catch is that not all of these actions are obvious or intuitive; many of them lie waiting at your fingertips, unused. Rob demonstrated a wide variety of drag and drop maneuvers, in the Finder, in applications, and between apps, including hidden and little-known tricks which can produce surprising results while saving time. Using your Mac can be a drag, but in the best possible ways.
February 2013 Meeting: Apple Buyer's Guide
- Advice for choosing your perfect Mac, iPad, iPod or iPhone, and when and where to buy it! Money cannot buy love, but you can easily fall in love with Apple gear that happens to be perfect for you, particularly if it costs far less than expected. Choosing it, however, is another matter. On Tuesday, Rob guided us through Apple's entire hardware lineup of Macs and mobile devices, with personalized advice for what to buy, when to buy it, and where to buy it for considerably less money. Searching for a gem can be time-consuming, but if you follow your heart, and our advice, your search may become a labor of love, without the labor. And the gem you choose may be the perfect Valentine to yourself.
January 2013 Meeting: Office Suites for the Mac - OpenOffice and NeoOffice
- A look at two alternatives to Microsoft Office, and both just happen to be either low-cost or free! Microsoft Office provides a rich, powerful set of tools, as does Apple's own iWork suite. But if you would like to try other suites, or if you do not own Office but would like to work with documents from those who do, or if you would simply like a little more money left in your wallet, there are alternatives. OpenOffice and NeoOffice both provide applications for word processing, spreadsheets and presentations, similar to Word, Excel and PowerPoint, and both allow you to open, work with and save Microsoft Office documents. On Tuesday, Tom showed the advantages and disadvantages of these apps, plus took a look at options for the iPad. OpenOffice is free, and NeoOffice costs ten dollars for current versions, with previous versions being free. All in all, a pretty suite deal.
December 2012 Meeting: Cloud Computing
- What is "the cloud", how does it work, how does one install and use it, what are its potential benefits and dangers, and why in this great, big, wide, wonderful world do we need it? Roger shed daylight on all of these mysteries, with a good look at how iCloud can help you synchronize among many devices, share photos, and backup data and apps, plus a demonstration of online storage sites such as DropBox, SugarSync and SkyDrive. Questions were answered, riddles were solved, sunbeams glowed, and no one admonished you to get your head out of the clouds.
November 2012 Meeting: Keynote and Popcorn
- A short while ago at their latest keynote address, Apple unveiled some wonderful new equipment: new iMacs, a new MacBook Pro, new Mac minis, and a mere seven months after the introduction of the third-generation iPad, two new iPads. On Tuesday, we served up the keynote address video, along with popcorn and soft drinks. Napkins were also available, which served double-duty to accommodate drooling over the new gear. We followed up the keynote with a round-table discussion. [A GIANT THANK YOU to the Great Escape Theater in Massillon, Ohio for supplying authentic movie popcorn!!!)
October 2012 Meeting: Mac Makeover
- Getting organized can be a challenge; staying organized can be an even tougher task. Rob showed a remarkable app named Bento, with which you can create and manage lists which are instantly searchable, inventory anything in your home or business, plan your next vacation, keep track of the books you have read, and more. You can choose from over 1000 templates or create your own from scratch. Whether you would like to store friends and contacts info with a photo index, keep track of your business purchases, or catalog your wine collection, Bento may be your perfect solution.
September 2012 Meeting: Bento
- Getting organized can be a challenge; staying organized can be an even tougher task. Rob showed a remarkable app named Bento, with which you can create and manage lists which are instantly searchable, inventory anything in your home or business, plan your next vacation, keep track of the books you have read, and more. You can choose from over 1000 templates or create your own from scratch. Whether you would like to store friends and contacts info with a photo index, keep track of your business purchases, or catalog your wine collection, Bento may be your perfect solution.
August 2012 Meeting: Managing Photos in iPhoto
- With 126 photos from Cousin Emily's "Come As You Were" reincarnation party, 781 photos from your multiple trips to scenic, downtown Akron, and 12,943 photos of your adorable, fluffy kitty-cat, Fifi, how in the world can you keep track of them and find the ones you want? The answer lies in iPhoto. Roger showed us the many impressive capabilities of iPhoto which make it easy to sort, group, find and edit your images. From keywords to GPS location tracking to face identification to enhancing to sharing your photographs with others, iPhoto is a workhorse and a wonder! (Hint: For the "full" view of the mouse-over image above, which is composed entirely of smaller images, simply step back several feet from your monitor.)
- NOTE: Our August meeting was held at Creative Source in the Belden Village area of Canton, Ohio. We are VERY GRATEFUL to be offered this unique meeting space! Creative Source is a provider of high-quality design, print ads, posters, and impressive large-scale banners, signs, displays and floor decals. For more information about their services, visit their website at http://www.csforideas.com. You can also follow their updates on facebook! See Creative Source on Facebook to Like the page.
June 2012 Meeting: Mission Control
- There are many ways to get to files on your Mac and to organize your workspaces, but Lion has a remarkable feature which gives you an overview of virtually everything happening on your Mac. Picking up where Dave Marra left off, Tom showed ways to navigate and control your Mac quickly and easily, using OS X's new Mission Control. From open windows to multiple desktops to groups of apps and more, Mission Control provides a handy bird's-eye view of everything. Too much clutter on your screen? Take control with Mission Control. Rocket not included. And on that score, despite its use of the term "Mission Control," Apple has yet to launch rockets into space.
May 2012 Meeting: Dave Marra from Apple- Tips and Tricks for OS X Lion, iOS 5, and iCloud!
- On May 20th we hosted Dave Marra from Apple!
- This HIGH-ENERGY presentation featured Tips and Tricks for OS X Lion, iOS 5, and iCloud!
- Dave is an Apple Senior Systems Engineer and a dynamic speaker well known for his exciting demos and presentations. He travels the United States and Canada, conducting technology presentations, keynote addresses and workshops.
April 2012 Meeting: Photo Books Made on Your Mac
- What is the most impressive way to display your many photos of your trip to the zoo, or of your favorite rainbows and sunsets, or your friends, loved ones and pets, or your hand-carved wooden tractor models? There are lots of ways to show off your photos, from your computer screen to stacks of prints, but the most impressive way of all is custom photo books. Using iPhoto, you can easily design stunning photo books filled with your photographs, then have them expertly printed, bound and delivered to your door. Roger will show how, and will even pass around a few finished iPhoto books for your perusal. Read any good books lately? On Tuesday, come lay your eyes on some beautiful ones.
March 2012 Meeting: Using Your Mac to Stay on Time
- Staying on time and remembering appointments and dates can be achieved through traditional methods, from jotting notes on your hand to day planners to sheer memory. But there is a world of software which can make it all easier. Calendars, alerts and reminders on your Mac, iPhone, iPad or iPod touch can help your work, your play and your life run smoothly. We looked at a variety of good software choices, all with one thing in common: time.
February 2012 Meeting: Lion
- Whether your printer is shiny, new and fast on the draw, or wheezing, gasping and chugging along, it pays to know some details of its care and feeding. On Tuesday, Tom hosted our first-ever Printer Clinic, with lots of helpful information, such as how to set up your printer (wired or wireless) with your Mac, ink usage and cartridge replacement, optimal settings, common problems, repairs, recycling and more.
- See February 2012 Meeting Notes: [.docx] [.pdf]
January 2012 Meeting: Lion
- Apple has let the cat out of the bag, and it's a Lion. If you have been debating whether to upgrade to Lion, or already have but would like a great tour of its features, Tuesday's meeting was the perfect place to be. Curiosity may have killed the cat, but it will not kill this one. Some shameless name-dropping: Lion sports Mission Control, Launchpad, Resume, Autosave, AirDrop, access to iCloud, full-screen apps, and much more. In short, this operating system is the cat's pajamas. If you have been Lion low, Lion in wait, curious about what the new operating system can do, we think you may be pleasantly surprised. And we certainly are not Lion through our teeth.
- View Roger's Keynote Presentation on Lion. (Or see the Lion Presentation in PDF.)
December 2011 Meeting: E-Books and E-Readers
- If the twelve days of Christmas leave you frazzled, what could be more therapeutic than curling up by the fire with a good book? That good book could be an electronic book, for e-books and e-readers make perfect Christmas gifts, including presents for yourself. On Tuesday, we took a good look at standalone e-book readers, including the Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble Nook, and others. And for those who prefer to curl up with something already at hand, we looked at various apps available for reading e-books on other devices, including the iPad, iPhone and your Macintosh. We also discussed where to find e-books, including free sources and public libraries.
November 2011 Meeting: How to Search for Stuff
- Each time you send an email into the ether, on its way to join the millions of email messages whizzing through cyberspace, does the process leave you pleased, or instead feeling tempted to smash your precious Apple-branded device? To help you find an email solution that will leave both you and your Apple gear unscathed, on Tuesday, Tom, Roger and Rob presented several choices, including Apple Mail, Microsoft Entourage, Thunderbird, web-based mail such as Yahoo, and mail in Safari.
October 2011 Meeting: The iPad Revisited - Music:
How to create and record your own music, find music, and listen to music, all on the iPad
- The touch interface and roomy screen of the iPad have changed many things, and one of them is music. On Tuesday, Roger showed how to record your own music in GarageBand on the iPad and iPad 2. Using virtual instruments such as piano, organ, guitar, drums and synthesizers, and even your own luscious singing if you like, you can create a jingle or a symphony by recording each part into the 8-track recorder. Rock on, or waltz on, but if we may offer a piece of essential advice, never, ever smash your virtual guitar and set it on fire in order to impress onlookers, for your beloved iPad will be nuked as well.
September 2011 Meeting: How to Search for Stuff
- Tom first showed how to better organize our Macs using folders, file names, the documents folder and users documents
- We learned a number of Mac Search tools, such as Find File, Spotlight, Apple > Recent Files, Under the Disk and various third party search tools (shareware). Also covered were Google and Bing.
- Also reviewed was Roaring Apps - a website that provides a list of which software apps will (and which ones that won't) run in Lion OS.
August 2011 Meeting: Turning Photos into Multimedia
- Remember your Uncle Stanley's slide shows? Remember how he gleefully projected one tedious slide after another, while his audience stifled yawns and worried whether the evening might end with their being hospitalized for acute boredom? It is easy to recreate your uncle's horrid slide shows on any computer, but on Tuesday, Al showed how to create fascinating, moving, entertaining, colorful slide shows on your Mac. Build engaging multimedia presentations with your own photos, using music, motion, transitions and effects.
June 2011 Meeting: The iPad2
- The brand-new iPad 2 is remarkable technology: lighter, faster, sleeker, more powerful, and two-thirds the thickness of the already-thin original iPad, with two built-in cameras and over 65,000 apps waiting in the wings. Roger demonstrated his beloved wife's beloved iPad 2, from its touch-screen interface to its guts and glory. Even if your job requires wearing bulky space gloves, you probably decided that you have got to have one. (Original image credit: NASA. Please note that Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin did not actually utilize an iPad 2 on the moon in 1969, though he may have spent much of the mission cursing his luck that it had not yet been invented. Timing is everything.)
May 2011 Meeting: Mac Security
- Our May meeting covered several handy security apps and password managers. They included:
- 1 Password
- Pastor
- Ascendo Data Vault
- Keeper Desktop - Read the meeting notes here (pdf): Mac Security Meeting Notes.
April 2011 Meeting: Synchronization
- If your calendar is up to date on your Mac, how do you transfer those dates to your iPad, without manually adding everything twice? If you need to re-read that urgent email from the President, how do you see it on your iPhone? Or on your other Mac? Or on the Windows PC at work? What if you could arrange things so everything automatically appears exactly where you need it? Roger showed one of the simplest, most automated ways to keep everything synchronized, using Apple's MobileMe. Easily access all your information, appointments, and emails, virtually anywhere in the world.
February 2011 Meeting: The Mac App Store
- Tom Davis showed us the wonderful new features of the Mac App Store. Sporting a wide selection of Apps that may be purchased (along with a great selection of free apps!) the App Store is full of everything from Games to Graphics to Financial Utilities. One note: you will need the latest version of Snow Leopard (OS 10.6.6.) to use the store.
- Our Back to Mac Basics session featured Smart Folders. Rob Ellis showed how easy it is to organize and find any files on our Macs with these easy saved searches.
January 2011 Meeting: iPod vs iPod
- Rob Ellis presented a short course on iPods, specifically the iPod 5th Generation vs the iPod 6th Generation. We discovered that there are many differences between the two models, and newer is not always better. Much depends upon how you plan to use the iPod.
- And for our graphic designers in the crowd, Rob played this delightful video, comparing the genius of Apple package design with its infamous competitor: The Redesigned iPod Package.
December 2010 Meeting: Print-on-Demand Websites
- Kelli Swan presented a short course in getting our favorite pictures or designs printed onto products like mugs and t-shirts using the free internet websites cafepress.com and zazzle.com. Her presentation included a Back-to-Mac Basics primer on image resolution and dpi so that everyone understood the importance of high quality images in getting the best results.
- Cafepress and Zazzle both have helpful information on image preparation and how to create the best products:
- Cafepress information on image preparation: Beginner's Image Workshop.
- Zazzle information on image preparation: Frequently Asked Questions.
November 2010 Meeting: Managing Finances on a Mac
- Tom Davis presented the personal finance application Quicken, which is now known as Quicken Essentials for the Mac. Tom showed us the ease of Quicken's user interface, and the many ways to categorize and track personal finances.
- Kelli Swan presented the free internet website mint.com and showed us a little about QuickBooks Pro for business finances. Mint.com is a read-only site that allows one to track many different types of financial information in one place: checking, savings, investments, loans, property and more. QuickBooks Pro is an ideal, full-powered application for managing small business finances.
October 2010 Meeting: Thunderbird
- Rob Ellis presented the free email software Thunderbird. He showed us how many of the features found in Thunderbird surpass other mail applications, including the ability to create html emails.
- You can download Thunderbird here: Download Thunderbird
- Download link to ColorTagGen (Color selection utility that converts RGB values to hexadecimal, allowing you to use custom colors in Thunderbird): Download ColorTagGen
September 2010 Meeting: Skype
- Tom Davis and Kelli Swan presented the communications software Skype.
- A test call to Canada by Tom showed us just how easy it is to make a FREE phone call using a computer and Skype. Kelli then talked about the various other features available through skype, including the iPhone App, free conferencing, chatting and more. With the App (and an appropriate headset), one can even make a phone call with an iPod Touch or an iPad!
- Our Back to Mac Basics presentation by Rob Ellis was all about mice! We learned about the features of a two-button mouse, the advantages of optical mice and the importance of fit/comfort for daily use.
August 2010 Meeting: GarageBand
- Musician Michael Quick showed us how to make music using this great software that comes free with every Mac!
- We learned that no musical background is required! GarageBand comes with many pre-recorded "loops" and rhythms, and you can mix & match these at will. You can also record your own voice and combine it with music.
- While those without musical inclinations can create a whole host of melodies and fun sounds with GarageBand, professional bands and musical groups also use this great software to make their recordings.
July 2010 was Our Annual Non-Meeting Meeting Month
- Mac2Mug members vacationed, grilled out, rested up and enjoyed assorted other activities associated with summer! MAC2MUG is for people who want to learn from and interact with other Macintosh computer users. We welcome visitors at our monthly meeting and hope that you will become a member
June 2010 Meeting Featured: Dave Marra from Apple Computer
- Our June meeting was quite an exciting event. We hosted Dave Marra from Apple Computer! Dave gave us a dynamite presentation on Snow Leopard and the iPad. The only downside to the meeting was that it wasn't long enough as we could have listened to Dave speak all day!
May 2010 Meeting Topic: Avery DesignPro
- Our May meeting featured a presentation by Rob Ellis on how to use Avery DesignPro software to make labels, dividers, CD inserts and even business cards and T-shirt transfers. A free raffle was part of the presentation, and several Mac2MUG members were happy to take home their very own Avery products. Each person attending the meeting also received a free Avery software installation CD!
April 2010 Meeting Topic: Running a Business Using Macs
- Our April meeting featured a presentation by Michael Vahila on how he uses Macintosh computers and Mac software to run his business. Michael showed us how he uses templates in Pages and Keynote to make marketing his business and presenting to groups a breeze. We talked about using iCal for schedules, and when doing things the old fashioned way (i.e. pencil & paper) is sometimes more efficient than using a computer! Michael also shared a variety of great tips and philosophies about how to start a business and make it successful.
March 2010 Meeting Topic: Make Your Web Browser Soar
Our March meeting featured the Browsers Firefox and Chrome. We were treated to numerous great add-ons and extensions - all ways to enhance the browing experience.
Featured Firefox Add-Ons:
- Answers - Allows you to option-click any word on a web page for a definition or information
- CoLT - Allows you to copy the text of a link, a page title and its link, and more
- Adblock Plus - Successfully blocks most ads from websites. Ads that do get through can be added so that they will also be blocked
- Video DownloadHelper - allows you to download "non-downloadable" multimedia such as YouTube videos, and optionally convert them to other formats
- ColorfulTabs - Makes it easy to differentiate among open tabs by coloring the tabs in different colors
- Check4Change - Periodically checks a web page for changes or updates
- Screengrab - Saves or copies an entire web page or a selected area, as a graphic
- gTranslator - Status bar icon which simplifies the Google translation of entire webpages, in the same way as the Chrome add-on, Google Translate
- TinEye - Amazing add-on which uses cutting-edge image recognition technology to find other versions of a web image.
- Cooliris - Allows you to view the results of searches of Google Images, YouTube, Flickr, and others, in a dazzling "3D wal" of images
- Firefox add-ons main page
Featured Chrome Add-Ons:
- Fast YouTube Search - Toolbar icon for quick searching of YouTube
- AniWeather - Graphical, animated weather reports
- Google Translate - Toolbar icon which simplifies the Google translation of entire webpages
- Ibrii - Allows you to select virtually any web content, then share it via social networking sites or email
- Vertical Tabs - Enables space-saving, vertically displayed tabs
- Chrome extensions (add-ons) main page
February 2010 Meeting Topic: Graphic Design 101
- Our February meeting featured Graphic Design 101 presented by Janet Kullman. Janet showed us the difference between vector and raster graphics and their importance in print and web applications. We saw some great design tricks as Janet did her magic in Freehand, Illustrator and Photoshop. In addition, we learned about two lower-end vector graphic editing applications for everyday use: DrawIt ($38) and Inkscape (free.)
- If you would like to obtain FreeHand MX (demonstrated by Janet) and a free license, here is a forum link which discusses how to do that. (Thanks to Mac2MUG member Andy Pyle for finding the Freehand link!)
- Rob Ellis Bellied Up to the Sidebar and showed us some great routes to speedy navigation on our Macs. Do you find yourself continually digging through folders to find that special file? Dig no more - put it on the Sidebar! Adding folders to your sidebar is as easy as using the Finder Preferences or simply dragging them on and off. You can then find folders easily from virtually any window you open.
January 2010 Meeting Topic: Disk Utilities
- Our January meeting featured some great Disk Utilities to keep your Mac running smoothly. Tom Davis showed us: Disk Utility, Macaroni, TechTool Deluxe and Drive Genius. Disk Utility, which comes with every Mac, is a valuable tool and should be part of any user's regular computer maintenance routine. Macaroni (from www.atomicbird.com) performs many unix clean-up functions automatically. Tech Tool runs hardware diagnostics and is often used by Apple to help you diagnose computer problems over the phone. Drive Genius (www.prosoftengineering.com) performs many clean-up and optimization tasks including disk defragmentation.
- Mike Schott showed us Disk Warrior and a free download called Onyx. Disk Warrier (www.alsoft.com) performs permission repairs and rebuilds system directories. Onyx is a many-featured utility that performs clean-up tasks and permissions repair among other options. One great feature of Onyx is geared towards environments where Macs and PCs share disk or server space. Onyx allows Mac users to hide those annoying additional little DS_ files which show up when PC users look up Mac files.
December 2009 Meeting Topic: TextEdit - Hotrodded
- Our December meeting topic was the The Hidden Features of TextEdit, by Rob Ellis. And believe us - there are many more features to TextEdit than you imagined!
- We learned that with TextEdit, you can perform many of the word processing functions of other, costly applications. One can add hot links, images, do text formatting (including drop shadows!) and much more. Rob also showed us how to download free Service software that adds yet another dimension of functionality to TextEdit. Word Service is a free download, and also works in other applications which make use of Apple's Services Menu option (under the TextEdit menu).
November 2009 Meeting Topic: Savvy Social Networking
- Our November meeting featured the Social Networking sites of Twitter and Facebook. We learned about Tweetdeck - a great application to manage both Twitter and Facebook exchanges. We also talked about the differences between these two approaches to social connections on the web.
- In our Back to Mac Basics Rob Ellis taught us all about icons - the history of icons on the Mac, how to make them, how to change them and how much more efficient better icons can make using a computer for work or fun. Rob's presentation featured three links to free icons: Iconfactory, interfacelift, and Pixelgirl.
October 2009 Meeting Topic: Snow Leopard
- Our October meeting covered some of the new features in the recently released Snow Leopard operating system. We also learned some great tips for using our Macs in the Back to Mac Basics presentation.
September 2009 Meeting Topic: Widget World
- Our September meeting covered some of our favorite Dashboard Widgets. Here is a sampling of the widgets we reviewed:
- Fidelity Market Monitor - Chart stocks and keep up with the latest market news
- RadioTuner - Listen to almost any online radio stations
- Mac Tips and Tricks - Useful Widget for finding Macintosh tips and tricks
- Send A Fax - Send simple faxes, with no fax software required
- Epicurious - Handy recipe search Widget
August 2009 Meeting Topic: Brand Yourself on the Web
- Our August meeting was all about Branding Yourself on the Web - How to Get a Web Presence for Free! Topics covered included blogs, with the two main free blog services being blogger.com and wordpress.com. We also looked at Squidoo Lens which are free web pages anyone can use. At the end of meeting several more places to create a free website were mentioned: weebly.com, webs.com and yola.com.
- Raffle tickets will be on sale again at our next meeting - Win a 5-user iLife package! Tickets are $5 each, or 3 for $10.
June 2009 Meeting Topic: It's a Wonderful iLife - Part II
- Another super presentation - this time on iWeb and iPhoto! Publishing your own website has never been easier or more fun! And our Back to Mac Basics session on System Preferences was a real eye opener for beginners and seasoned Mac users alike.
- Congratulations to the winners of our June Raffle! The winner received the book "YouTube: An Insider's Guide to Climbing the Charts", by Alan Lastufka and Michael W. Dean. Photo coming soon!
May 2009 Meeting Topic: It's a Wonderful iLife - Part I
- This was a great presentation on iMovie and iDVD! Who'd have thought it could be so easy to make home movies now? And our Back to Mac Basics session, What's Up Dock, was a big hit for all things obvious and not so obvious on the Mac Dock.
- And congratulations to the winners of our May Raffle! Mac2MUG members Bill and Sandy Stark won "Switching to the Mac, Leopard Edition - The Missing Manual", by David Pogue. Published by O'Reilly and written by one of the most popular authors of Macintosh help books, Switching to the Mac guides one through every step in the journey from Windows to Mac.
April 2009 Meeting Topic: Automator
- From Apple - Doing small tasks over and over again can really bog down your productivity. Mac OS X comes with Automator, your own personal robotic assistant that will take care of whatever task you give it.
Mar 2009 Meeting Topic: Picasa
- From Google - Organize, edit and share photoe and albums: Picasa
Feb 2009 Meeting Topic: Planning your Summer Vacation
- AAA travel resources
- Booking vacations at Disney World
- DING: Southwest Airlines' downloadable software which alerts you of travel discounts:
- iGoogle and using travel widgets
- To find and book Bed and Breakfasts online
- The following 2 links are customizable. To find the weather forecast for your travel destination, copy the link and paste it into your browser's URL window, double-click the last 5 digits to select them, type in the zip code of the city of your destination, then press the "return" key:
- 10-day weather forecast (http://www.weather.com/weather/tenday/44720)
- 15-day weather forecast (http://www.accuweather.com/forecast-15day-us.asp?zipcode=44720)
Dec 2008 Meeting Topic: Member's Favorite Links
- Handmade fine art: etsy.com
- Freelance information and blog: freelanceswitch.com
- Create your own search engine: rollyo.com
- Cool Flicker search tool: taggalaxy.de
- Professional networking site: linkedin.com
- Tech Support, Manuals & Troubleshooting for Consumers: fixya.com
- Tip of the Day: daytipper.com
- View favorite TV shows and Videos online: hulu.com
- Convert raster images to vector: vectormagic.com
- Learn how to tie many knots by video instruction: animatedknots.com
Nov 2008 Meeting Topic: Hotrodding on Ebay
- Firefox plugin as an ebay enhancer: My Time Zone
- Easy way to track ebay seller feedback: Toolhaus.org
- Search ebay with ease using: GarageBuy
- eBay sniping, bidding & monitoring software: JBidWatcher
Sept 2008 Meeting Topic: Shareware Gems
- Creating, collecting, and organizing information: OmniOutliner
- Great painting software: ArtRage2
- Save web pages as graphics without tiling or multiple pages: Paparazzi
- Password manager for security and convenience: 1Password
- Capture, sync and find your files on multiple devices: Evernote
May 2008 Meeting Topic: Reunion
- Reunion received the highest rating for genealogy software in MacWorld, MacAddict, and Mac Home Journal magazines. Reunion also received a MacWorld Editor's Choice award for 2007.
Early 2008 Meeting Topic: Fusion by VMWare
- Fusion is a new entry in the MAC application arena. It provides you with the ability to run a virtual machine having another operating system (Windows XP, Vista, Unix, etc.) within the MAC OS.


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"To hell and back" in the heart of the Peruvian Amazon
"To hell and back." That's what National Geographic's Kira Salak said of her mystical experience into the powerful world of visionary medicine offered at Blue Morpho just before "the severe depression that had ruled my life since childhood had miraculously vanished."
Of course, your life too may never be the same again after reading this, but you must read it with an open mind and an open heart. See article here:
What do you do in the face of all the drama, chaos, and confusion of modern life? For a growing number of people, despite all the obvious benefits of Western medicine, sometimes it can't fix a growing negativity in people's lives. You've probably seen this overwhelming darkness manifest itself in others in the form of addiction, depression, and a number of difficult personal experiences that can seem impossible to overcome.
What really matters in your life?
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Of course, you're here because you want to experience something more, but there's a big danger when it comes to experimenting with ayahuasca and shamanism. You have to be careful because many people claiming to be 'shamans' are charlatans that have not received sufficient training and experience.
Ayahuasca is potentially dangerous in untrained hands. It is also highly illegal in most countries, but not in Peru. It is only safe under the guidance of trained master shamans with enough hands on experience to ensure your safety. It is only legal in a few countries, and Peru is the leader in Legal Ayahuasca Ceremonies.
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What are you strapping yourself in for? At Blue Morpho, we work with traditional Ayahuasca healing shamans (curanderos) who practice the ancient and mystical shamanic arts of the jungle. Through visionary plant medicine ceremonies, guests can experience tremendous spiritual, emotional and energetic evolution.
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The Times' controversial paywall was down again today, for the first time since January 14th. But what could have caused this apparent failure of Rupert Murdoch's much vaunted subscription service?
A hack? Technical issues? Or a very canny marketing ploy to generate interest in The Times' online offerings?
I'm not alone in thinking that it's the latter.
When The Times paywall went up in June 2010, it's estimated that between 60% and 90% of their readership deserted for free-to-read services.
With that sort of drop in readership, you'd expect The Times to try something spectacular to win customers. But instead, all we had were a few TV adverts and a paid-for iPad/iPod app.
Then something strange started to happen. Every few months, the paywall would crumble, just for an hour or two, and we'd suddenly all discover the wonders that lurk within.
But that crumbling's not due to foul play. No, a number of people are convinced that it's some clever social marketing to entice new readers to sign up.
And here's why:
Announcements from Columnists
If people found out organically that the paywall was down, it'd be easy to point the finger at a glitch or hack. And if The Times made a big deal about being free for a set period of time, we'd all know it was marketing.
But instead, what we get is something in the middle. The announcement is invariably made by Times columnists.
Usually Caitlin Moran, who boasts over 70,000 followers.
Today though, we also get an announcement for Oliver Kay's 50,000 followers. So is it too much to assume that The Times' top Tweeters get an email asking them to do a bit of plugging?
Of course, those Tweets are just from today. Can we read too much into this?
Oh. Exactly the same thing in September. And over 100 retweets. That looks to me like a clever use of Twitter marketing from NewsCorp's flagship newspaper.
But why bother dropping the paywall anyway?
Free Samples Work
Here's a question for you. What brand of coffee do you tend to drink at home?
Until I nearly killed myself via caffiene overdose thanks to a bet at University (Free tip: DON'T fill a jar of coffee with hot water and attempt to drink the resultant coffee sludge), I only drank one particular brand. Why? Because I acquired a box of free samples in my teenage years, and it never occured to me to buy a different brand.
There's a reason that so many companies give away free samples. It's because it works. Once you're used to getting a certain product, you don't tend to move to one of their competitors without a good reason.
And The Times' articles (not the news) is their product. And if you're happy reading Giles Coren, you'll pay a pound to carry on, instead of switching to George Monbiot or Richard Littlejohn.
But just because free samples generate sales doesn't mean this is a great social marketing ploy by The Times. I mean, where's the evidence?
It's Too Regular to Be Anything Else
- June 2010 – The Times goes behind a paywall
- September 10 2010 – The Times paywall is down!
- January 14th 2011 – The Times paywall is down!
- March 25th 2011 – The Times paywall is down!
Is it just me, or does that seem to be happening once a quarter?
I guess we'll find out in late June or early July.
Am I Paranoid?
I'll admit, I do enjoy the odd conspiracy theory, but the evidence seems pretty convincing to me. I think The Times are being very canny with this, and good luck to them. But what do you think? Let everyone know on Facebook, or leave a comment.
Edit – 15:38 25/03
If the Tweet below is to believed, it's all just a happy coincidence as opposed to a marketing strategy.
Apparently, it's to do with data updates. According to Tom Whitwell – Editorial Director of Times Digital:
So – if it's not a deliberate marketing ploy from The Times, should it be?
Edit – 09:13 08/12
It's down again. Caitlin Moran told us all on Twitter. But as her comment below suggests, it's still not a deliberate ploy. Honest…


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Cairo: A senior official in the Egypt's government has categorically said on Sunday that the Egyptian pound will not collapse and its incremental depreciation has stabilized even though there is rise in political instability in the country. The official is a senior aide to the President Mohamed Morsi.
Morsi's Deputy Chief of Staff and Foreign Policy Adviser, Essam Haddad, said in an interview that he does not expect the pound to fall further after it lost more than 8 percent against the USD since the start of the year.
He said, "I think it has reached a level of stability."
"So as long as it (depreciation) is going incrementally and in a way that is market-sensitive, then there is no harm in this," he added.
More than two years of political instability following the overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak in 2011 has surged dollar value. The Egyptian pound has faced extra pressure since late last year, when violent protests against President Morsi erupted, setting back hopes for economic recovery.
Violence flared once again in Egypt on Sunday, with thousands blocking access to the harbor in Port Said to demand justice over the deaths of dozens of people in riots last month.
That violence was triggered by anger over the death sentences handed down to 21 people from Port Said for their involvement in a soccer stadium disaster in the city a year ago.
Haddad said about the Egyptian currency, "What we have to be very careful of is to (avoid) a drastic change, or a complete fall or collapse. And this is something we are not seeing in the foreseeable future and we hope that it will recover."
A black market in hard currency has sprung up in recent weeks due to a shortage of dollars, with street traders quoting the pound at more than 7 to the dollar compared to an official rate of 6.73.
Regulated foreign exchange bureaus are flooded by demand for dollars and cannot meet the demand, the Head of the foreign exchange department at the Chambers of Commerce said.
A senior business leader affiliated with the ruling Muslim Brotherhood, Hassan Malek, observed that people are expecting further devaluation of the pound.
"I'm not, of course, a technical (expert) but people expect a little bit of devaluation in the future," he said.
He added that the economy is going through a very difficult period because the transition to democracy launched by the 2011 uprising that toppled former President Hosni Mubarak is not yet complete and institutions are not working fully.
Asked about such concerns, Haddad said, "When the situation starts to stabilize more on the political side, I believe the Egyptian pound will be even stronger."
He also said that there were calls from the business community to change the exchange rate to boost the economy by improving exports and making Egypt more attractive for foreign investors, and those changes have now occurred.
"Market forces will act on this and decide what is the best value for the Egyptian pound," Haddad concluded.


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Fewer With Rewards Credit Cards Planning Black Friday Shopping
Fewer than half of Americans who have rewards credit cards are planning to shop either online or in-store on Black Friday this year. That's one of the conclusions of the latest edition of
Capital One's quarterly Rewards Barometer tracking study, which seeks to measure consumer attitudes among those with rewards plastic from all credit card companies.
Rewards credit cards and seasonal spending
Other headline findings from the report, published Nov. 14, include:
- Most (58 percent) of holders of rewards credit cards intend to maintain their 2012 holiday spending at 2011 levels -- although, as the saying goes, the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
- A significant amount -- given the slow economic recovery -- 14 percent say they plan to spend more during this season of good cheer than last.
- Just 18 percent report they are going to redeem rewards points for gifts during the period.
That last one's a bit of a shocker. Many might think the holiday shopping season would be prime time for redeeming points and cash back. So how come so few are planning to do so this year?
Redeeming rewards all year round
Capital One's press release suggests two possible reasons:
- Affluent consumers are nowadays tempted by sales and bargains throughout the year, so shopping patterns are changing. That means less emphasis on the traditional buying season.
- Less wealthy Americans have come to rely on their rewards credit cards' points and cash-back credits to subsidize their lifestyles. Twenty-three percent of women responding to the survey said they use their rewards to offset spending on essentials such as groceries and gas.
Black Friday -- and staying in the black
None of this is likely to mean that shopping malls are going to be deserted on Black Friday. On the contrary, your bruised ribs and trodden toes may well be indistinguishably less sore than last year. But any reduction in the crowds may not be a bad thing for two reasons:- Last month, The Wall Street Journal reported a Decide Inc. study that found that Black Friday is, for many types of item, far from the cheapest shopping day of the year. It's good for some, including high-end jewelery bargains, but many goods may get cheaper closer to Christmas.
- On Nov. 19, TransUnion, one of the big-three credit bureaus, revealed that both problem credit card debt (the rate of accounts 90 days or more past due) and card balances inched up during the third quarter of 2012.
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MERLIN, Ore. — Several months after the collapse of Inland Fire Company in Josephine County, a new company is in place to provide fire protection for residents in the North Valley area.
When Inland Fire folded last fall, Dan Trader and Wade Comyford decided to take over and take it a step further by adding the security patrol he says now that the word is out, local residents are responding. This company is also adding a new service seldom seen in connection with fire protection, and it's in response to the Josephine County's struggling public safety service.
"A really nice part is that when you have a house, people are out of town and those smoke detectors go off, it instantly comes here and we dispatch out a fire department instantly. So, there's no delays or anything," explained Dan Trader with County Fire & Security. "So, when you have a home that's not only protected by Country Fire and Security, when we provide fire or medical, it all comes here out of our Merlin station."
County Fire and Security is ready to roll and provide an alternative fire protection service to that already in place in the North Valley area of Josephine County, but they're also providing alarm and Security services, hoping to fill in some of the gaps left by cutbacks in sheriff's patrols.
"We've had a great response," said Wade Comyford. "I would say probably 85% of the customer base that we had is coming back and the 15% that we've lost is intending to come back."
Comyford also said they also have property in the south end of the valley where they hope to eventually expand, but first the goal is to get this station well established. For years there's been 2 or 3 private fire companies serving rural Josephine County, but this is the first time there's been a fire department that also provides security, to homes and businesses. So, for County Fire, this is a step in a new direction.
County Fire and Security is located on Peach Street in Merlin, and employs several of the former Inland Fire company's firefighters. For more information, they can be contacted at 541-479-6636.


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Playground Weekender announces 2012 line-up
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inIf you're a Playground Weekender believer, today is a big day. Six years old in 2012, the festival has announced the roll-call of names headed for Del Rio Resort in the early days of March. To add an extra shade of awesome, inthemix is proud to present next year's festivities.
So who's on the 2012 line-up? As previously announced, the mainstage will be getting a disco education from the mighty Chic, and they'll be accompanied by perfect-for-Playground acts like Fat Freddys Drop and Roots Manuva. A big cheer, too, for the addition of Modeselektor live in their first visit for several years and UNKLE Sounds, the new audio-visual DJ show from James Lavelle. Debuted at the Reading and Leeds festivals this year, UNKLE Sounds covers original material from the outfit's career plus remixes of and remixes by Lavelle and co.
As ever, the electronic contingent is geared towards a cracking Weekender, with ambient masters The Orb, the DJ's DJ Greg Wilson, bass-benders like Hudson Mohawke and Rustie and late-night tech-house specialists Lee Burridge and Damian Lazarus. With such a fine line-up locked in, now all that's left to consider is your fancy dress get-up for Saturday.
After taking punters' feedback into consideration, the festival has implemented a few changes for 2012. The Big Top (where the dancing happens) is moving to another event space and the space next to the campsite will house more relaxed activities like the cinema, cabaret, beer garden and yoga. There will also be a ferry ticket system to avoid lengthy queues, more drinking water on-site and other changes – keep up to date on those at the Playground Weekender website.
Tickets and accommodation will go on sale on Thursday 17 November.
Playground Weekender 2012 line-up:
Chic feat. Nile Rogers
Fat Freddy's Drop
Boy and Bear
Roots Manuva
UNKLE Sounds
Modeselektor Live
Manchester Orchestra
Ariel Pinks Haunted Graffiti
Bonobo Live
Neon Indian
Lanie Lane
The Orb
Bomb The Bass
Greg Wilson
Damian Lazarus
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Hi all, I have a tap-a-draft system and have been using it for over a year. Today, i tapped an ipa and the keg has plenty of pressure, but will not pour. Any ideas on what could be wrong and how to fix it? Corman
This sounds like the same problem I've experienced with my Coors Light home draft kit. The part of the dispensing tube that goes through the handle is silicon. After a while of not being used and the faucet being closed, the tube will stick to itself. Given time it will open. I've also run some warm water from the outlet to help loosen it up. With your situation I think I'd open it with the outlet over a glass in the sink. I have since learned to store the faucet open with a baggie sealed over it to keep it clean.
Thanks for the advice. When i am not using the tap, i usually pull the tube apart from the tap itself. I would take the faucet off the keg to make sure it isn't blocked, but i am waiting on my co2 cartridges in the mail, so this may need to wait a couple days


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CHICAGO – An Illinois appellate court on Monday threw former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel off the ballot for Chicago mayor because he didn't live in the city in the year before the election.
The decision cast doubt over Emanuel's candidacy just a month before the election. He had been considered the front-runner and had raised more money than any other candidate.
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Clay Duke, the man who opened fire on a Florida school board Tuesday, posted a "last testament" on Facebook decrying the wealthy and linking to a slew of "progressive" sites including theprogressivemind.info and MediaMatters.org.
The chilling Facebook statement, posted under the "About Clay" section, talks about being born poor and how the rich "take turns fleecing us":
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KING, N.C. – The Christian flag is everywhere in the small city of King: flying in front of barbecue joints and hair salons, stuck to the bumpers of trucks, hanging in windows and emblazoned on T-shirts.
The relatively obscure emblem has become omnipresent because of one place it can't appear: flying above a war memorial in a public park.
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Why isn't this all over the news. Barney has a real fight on his hands for once and all we see are hit pieces on Republicans. The main stream media cannot be trusted......IT"S A FACT!!!!
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How can anyone can deny it?
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Looks like a repeat of the Democrat stategy of 2000 in Florida, only this time it's in Barack's home state.......Shameful, just shameful.
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Obama's extremist, hateful scheme to destroy Social Security. Seniors will once again have to choose between dog food or medicine. Of course the wealthy will be able to afford IAMS andd still get their vital medications. This hateful congress must not be allowed to further their agenda!!! Join NOW in this crusade!!
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"And once the storm is over, you won't remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won't even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won't be the same person who walked in. That's what this storm's all about." ― Haruki Murakami
My oldest son graduates today and as I reflect back on the journey from infancy to now, to the fourteen year old girl who gave birth but knew little about life and love—and too much, all at the same time— to the person I am now, I consider the people who've helped shape our lives up to this point and how it sucks that the most significant of them are no longer here with us to celebrate.
Which led me to consider all of the people in my life and how grateful I am to those who've not only shown me the kind of person I want to be—but also those who've shown me the kind of person that I don't.
If that sounds negative, it's not. Everyone and every situation, every choice is placed in our lives to teach us something—for better, or for worse, bad, or good, and I am truly grateful for both experiences, for they've taught me so much. And I must say, when you get to a point where you can honestly appreciate it all, well, it's a really nice place to be.
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2015 Spring Schedules Released
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Seven Southern Vermont College student-athletes earned their way to the New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) Academic All-Conference Team for the 2014 spring semester as announced by the league this week.
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There were very few positives in Duke's 90-63 loss to No. 25 Miami and even those you might as well throw out the window in what was a colossal failure on the Blue Devils part.
Duke's 27 point loss to Miami was hard to watch.
The loss was the 6th largest defeat in Mike Krzyzewski's Duke career and the worst since the Blue Devils lost to Villanova in the Sweet 16 back in 2009.
Miami made no real mistakes in the game and Duke did absolutely nothing to force them out of their game or to even look remotely like a team that could compete. The Hurricanes solidified their top spot in the ACC improving to 5-0 while Duke falls to 3-2 and 16-2 overall.
There will again be a lot of talk about how Duke misses Ryan Kelly, and they do but they have to start preparing to play without him for the long haul and if this is what we can expect to see from the Blue Devils then this won't be the last time Duke is on the wrong side of a 27 point defeat.
Perhaps the most disturbing thing if you are a Duke fans is the seeming lack of effort and heart showed by the Blue Devils including out of its senior leaders. Seth Curry did not score and Mason Plumlee was outclassed in just about every way possible. Plumlee scored 15 points and grabbed 11 rebounds but resembled nothing of the player he was showing earlier in the year that was garnering National Player of the Year mentions.
Defensively Duke was passive and played on their heels while Miami drove and finished at will. And when the Hurricanes weren't driving and dunking all over the Blue Devils they were shooting lights out. Miami shot nearly 57 percent from the floor while Duke shot a paltry 30 percent.
Miami was firing on all cylinders on offense but it was their defense that really set the tone not allowing Duke easy shots and forcing their offense to look out of sync for most of the game. It also helped though that Duke couldn't hit wide open shot in the early going. The Hurricanes used an impressive 25-1 run in the first half to essentially put the game out of reach early.
Duke had no answer for Kenny Kadji (22 points) or Durrand Scott (25 points) and at times they looked like a high school team trying to stop the Hurricanes' offense.
These are the games that Duke fans dread, Duke haters love but it is Mike Krzyzewski who has to try to make heads or tails of what this performance means for his team going forward. Will Duke ever be able to find a new identify without Ryan Kelly? Well, the answer remains to be seen but if something isn't done soon this season is headed in a negative direction.
The one bright side of the game was the play of freshman Alex Murphy who scored 11 points and grabbed 5 rebounds in what was perhaps the best game of his Duke career. Amile Jefferson who moved into the starting lineup struggled against the bigger more aggressive Miami front court but managed to put up 13 points and 5 rebounds.
Unfortunately for Duke nobody else really showed up to play and Miami could do no wrong, not a combination that you can overcome even if you are, or were the No. 1 team in the country.
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Model of a Fokker Triplane, scale 1:10. In 1917 Anthony Fokker (1890-1939) designed this triplane for the German air service. It entered service with the leading German squadrons and equipped the famous Richthofen 'Flying Circus' during World War I.
Model, scale 1:24, of the De Havilland 'Comet' Aeroplane 'Grovenor House' . The Comet was specially designed to compete in the 1934 MacRobertson air race from Mildenhall to Melbourne. Three Comets took part, and the 'Grosvenor House' won the trophy a
Model (scale 1:10). The two-seater Bristol Fighter was capable of a speed of 115 mph at 10,000 feet and had a service ceiling of 20,000 feet. Designed by Frank Barnwell, It was a formidable aircraft used successfully in a combined reconnaissance-fi
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Model of Short 'Empire' Flying Boat 'Canopus', scale 1:24. Imperial Airways ordered 28 Flying Boats from Short Brothers of Rochester, Kent, following the British Government's decision to carry all mail to the Empire by air without a surcharge.


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Providence's Jamie Noonan (4) wins the ball from Lincoln-Way North's Rita Craven (14), at the IHSA sectional game between Lincoln-Way North and Providence Catholic. | Paul Bergstrom ~ Sun-Times MediaUpdated: May 25, 2012 9:19PM
After knocking off the No. 2 and No. 3 seeds in Lemont and Lincoln-Way West, respectively, Providence put a scare into the top-seeded hosts in Friday's Class 2A Lincoln-Way North Sectional title game.
The Cesario sisters, though, weren't about to let the Phoenix fall short of its first sectional crown in program history.
Kristi and Lexi Cesario each scored and Lincoln-Way North held off seventh-seeded Providence's second-half surge for a 2-1 win in Frankfort.
North (18-7-1) will meet Normal University High in Tuesday's Normal West supersectional. Providence closed at 9-14-1.
"We've been wanting to do this — have both of us score in a game — all season," Lexi Cesario did. "We finally did it in a big match."
Kristi, a senior, started it, poking home a rebound 15 minutes into the match after Providence goalkeeper Tess Barrett (five saves) stopped Jessica Bean's shot.
Twelve minutes later, the sister act was completed.
Rita Craven sent a free kick from 40 yards into the box, where Grace Sheetz got a head on it and it deflected onto the feet of Lexi Cesario, who finished.
"It kind of came to me and I just put it in," Lexi Cesario, a sophomore, said. "You can't quit on a ball. You never know what's going to happen."
Providence surged early in the second half and pulled to within one when Kyleigh Maday sent a free kick into the box and Maggie Corso headed it home with 30:48 left.
The Celtics, though, couldn't find the equalizer.
"We've been a second-half team," Providence coach Dan Potempa said. "I challenged them at halftime and said if we were going to go down, we wanted to go down fighting. It hurts to come up a little bit short, but I'm so proud of our girls."
Michelle Balcerzak made two saves for North.
"We always talked about how cute it would be if we both scored in a big match," Kristi Cesario said.
Cute? More like historic.
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