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Kennedy by Theodore C. Sorensen (Harper & Row; $10) The way of the political memoirist, as Mr. Theodore C. Sorensen and Prof. Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., are currently learning, can be a thorny path. For any responsible now-it-can-be-told exercise must begin with responsive answers to the snarled questions: When is "now"? What is "it"? How is it "told"? The memoirist must shape his responses from many values and tests: taste and timing, fairness and compassion, pertinence and precision, sober scholarship and simple' humanity.
To Defense Secretary McNamara the overriding fact of life is the existence of nuclear weapons and he is realistic about them. This April, McNamara caused a furor in Washington by remarking, off the record, that the US was not pledged not to use nuclear weapons in Vietnam--He then had to go on the record to say this: "I think it's perfectly apparent there's no military requirement for the use of nuclear weapons in the current situation.
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Today there are 15 million Americans over 65; by 1970 there will be 17 million. They need more doctoring than the majority of us; they are more prone to suffer from degenerative diseases affecting the heart, lungs, digestive tract and arteries. Treatment of those diseases tends to be prolonged and expensive. An average American couple over the age of 65 typically spends $312 a year on medical expenses other than hospitalization; and in any year the typical elderly individual has a 13-percent chance of being hospitalized.
My Autobiographyby Charles Chaplin(Simon and Schuster; $6.95) In 1913 the manager of an English music-hall company, which had been touring the US and was laying off for a week in Philadelphia, received a telegram from the New York office of a film company: "Is there a man named Chaffin in your company or something like that?" If so, the man was to communicate with the sender.Turning points, clearly defined, occur in many theatrical careers.
On the first of July American Telephone and Telegraph, the largest business on earth, announced new records in net income ($x.6 billion) earned over the year ending May 31. In issuing this cheerful news the head officer of the company took time out to mention a small cloud across the rainbow. Three weeks before, on June 11, the California Public Utilities Commission had ordered a sharp reduction in the future profits of the company's subsidiary in that state.

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In April, the Marathon Finish Line was a crime scene for weeks. In early November, it stopped the duck boats and became a temporary home for the 2013 World Series trophy & Boston 617 Strong jersey. As Jonny Gomes, Jarrod Saltalamacchia and press members huddled around for the special moment, fans along Boylston belted out "God Bless America."
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A technique has been developed to bypass elaborate physical protections and siphon data off the most secure chips potentially including those used to protect military secrets.
The proof-of-concept technique demonstrated by researchers at Berlin's Technical University and security consultancy IOActive was successfully applied to a low-security Atmel chip commonly used in TiVo video recording devices.
But the research team found that their complex and expensive attack could be applied to successfully pry data from highly-secure chips.
The attack used a polishing machine to mill down the silicon on the target chip until it was 30 micrometers thin.
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Together, the elaborate techniques if bolstered by the use of more expensive equipment not available to the researchers could potentially bypass the most advanced chip security mechanisms.
Such mechanisms included a wire mesh that served as a last line of physical defense by destroying data if it was disturbed.
Due to the cost and sophistication of the attack techniques, only well funded laboratories could realistically make use of it, the researchers said.
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The work by the university research team of Clemens Helfmeier, Dmitry Nedospasov, Jan Krissler, Christian Boit and Jean-Pierre Seifert along and IO Active's Christopher Tarnovsky will be presented at Berlin's ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security in November.
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On Sunday, October 16, 2005, a small crowd of Life on the Edge 2005 scientists, technicians, and educators will gather at the state port in Morehead City, North Carolina. At the dock we will use big cranes and pulleys to load our gear onto the R/V Seward Johnson. Our "gear" is much more than duffel bags containing toothbrushes and extra socks—it is all of the equipment that will be needed to conduct 20 days of around-the-clock scientific research at sea. The scientific gear falls into three categories: things for collecting, things for storing what we collect, and things for recording our discoveries.
Our collecting equipment includes things like nets, traps, and buckets. We use many types of nets to collect samples. Some nets, such as plankton nets, dip nets, and otter trawls, are lowered overboard from the ship. The Neuston net is very big (about 6 feet by 6 feet) and is made of mesh, metal, and additional weights, which makes it quite heavy. We also bring a selection of collecting equipment to use during dives taken in the Johnson-Sea-Link submersible: traps for catching crabs and fish, giant "forks" for collecting coral, and long tubes for sampling sediments from the ocean floor. In addition to the collecting gear, we bring along a huge "tool box" so that we can make modifications or repairs to the gear while at sea. The tool box has a wide range of materials from wire cutters and tin snips to duct tape, fishing line, and cable ties.
After we collect specimens, we need to prepare and store them. To do this, we bring along a large selection of glass and plastic jars and bottles in all shapes and sizes, from tiny vials for storing DNA samples to large wide-mouth jars for storing fish and sponges. Every specimen needs to be placed in some kind of preservative. Alcohol and formaldehyde are the two most common preservatives used during our mission. Instead of taking up precious cargo space with many barrels of prepared preservatives, we bring only a few barrels of highly concentrated preservatives. When we need to store specimens, we dilute the preservatives to the correct concentrations. Every specimen that we collect gets a waterproof paper label that tells the date and time it was collected, the location from which it was collected, the type of gear that collected it, and the name of the person in charge of that collection procedure. These labels are vital to the science that goes on long after the mission is complete. Using information contained on the labels, we can begin to construct an understanding of the organisms and their relationships within the deep sea ecosystem.
The final selection of gear is what we need to record data while we are out at sea. Cameras and computers have replaced scientific sketchbooks and handwritten notes. We use both video and still cameras to record our collection. Many of the animals lose their colors and patterns when they are preserved, so photographing them from the sub while they are in their natural environment is a priority. To record and help identify unique specimens, we take pictures of the specimens on a black backdrop with their collection labels and a ruler (to show dimensions) alongside. All of the photos and videos are stored and backed up on computers, DVDs, and CDs. Additionally, we use computers to write descriptions of what we observe during dives and to record data, such as dive locations, water temperature, and dissolved oxygen levels. Every computer is "bungee-corded" to the workspace so that it does not crash to the floor or slide across the workbench during high seas. We also bring about 40 reference books with us to create our own "at sea library." With no access to a regular library or to the internet, we must choose our reference materials carefully so that when we see or catch something unusual, we can identify it. The books are "bungee-corded" onto the bookshelf as well.
We will spend several hours getting the scientific equipment loaded and secured before stowing our personal belongings. Our small duffel bags with rain gear and clothing require minor attention when compared to setting up the mission's lab. After pulling away from the dock and steaming towards our first sample site, we will have a safety briefing and our first science team meeting. Hopefully, Monday morning will find us on location and ready to use all the gear we have brought on board.
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Shweta Jhaveri is one of the most celebrated singers of her generation performing North Indian classical vocal music. Her specialty is the Khayal, the most elegant and technically demanding style of Indian classical music. It is through this unique song form that her innovative artistry and remarkable vocal technique have made her an enduring favorite among audiences in India and abroad.
Born and raised in Ahmedabad (Gujarat), India, Shweta was the first female vocalist to represent the state of Gujarat on an international level in the field of vocal classical Indian music. At the age of 6, she began training under the guidance of the late Pandit Vilasrao Khandekar and for eight years performed and studied with the world renowned vocalist, Pandit Jasraj. She holds a bachelor's degree in Literature and a master's in Music Composition. In 1985, at the age of nineteen, Shweta made her debut outside of India traveling to Great Britain and the United States, where she now performs annually. Shweta has also developed a strong musical following in Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
Shweta Jhaveri is the first Indian classical vocalist to publicly perform with westerners and musicians outside of the Indian classical tradition. The music in Anahita is composed in traditional North Indian rags in the form of Drut Khayals, one of the most popular North Indian classical vocal forms. The accompaniment of guitar, bass, violin, and drums is innovative and arresting, lending a modern touch to these traditional musical expressions.
In May 1993, Kavi Alexander, owner of Waterlily Acoustics formed an ensemble called The Court Musicians. During a two day recording session in Santa Bárbara (California), American and Classical Indian musicians collaborated and performed a collection of new works called, At The Court Of The Chera King.
The artists included: Shweta Jhaveri on vocals, Jonathan Kessler on tar, Abdullah Azam on sarod, Charlie Bisharat on violin, Tim Mullins on dobro, Roger Lewbow on cello, Joe Venegoni on dulcimer and Carl Weingarten on dobro &classical guitar.
Shweta Jhaveri is a guest instructor at the Ali Akbar Khan College of Music (AACM).
Shweta Jhaveri is the founder of a music publishing company called Cosmic Khayals (1998) and a recording label '21st Century Cosmos' (2003). Shweta Jhaveri has performed extensively in India (frequently at prestigious festivals like Saptak-Ahmedabad, Sankat Mochan-Varanasi, Pandit Motiram Samaroh-Hyderabad, NCPA-Mumbai, Nationwide SpicMacay festival tours,Shankarlal fest.-NewDelhi and more), USA ,UK, Canada, Europe, Argentina, The Netherlands, Bangladesh, Middle East, Mauritious, Singapore.
Besides many national music prizes and trophies, Shweta has been the recipient of - 'Gaan Kala Bharati'-Ahmedabad at age 14, The Netragaonkar award-Pune 1991, The prestigious Pandit Jasraj award - Pune 1994, The Indo-American Chamber's award-California 2003, The ASCAPlus awards for her world music English lyrics and Indian classical vocal CD Avishkar, in 2005 and 2007-NewYork.
After the released titles Avishkar & Khayal-Saga, Cosmic Khayals/21st Century Cosmos' next production is the pioneer world vocal music CD release, featuring Shweta's World music lyrics based on Indian classical ragas.(2007)
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By Jessica Belasco : February 27, 2013 : Updated: February 28, 2013 11:35am
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David Banks (left) and Joe Amaro take to the fog as they run laps around Woodlawn Lake.
Runners and walkers of all levels can participate in the Alamo City Running Festival, which offers a half-marathon, a 10K, a 5K and a kids' run.
All the events end inside the Alamodome.
The festival is part of a larger health initiative, Commit to Change, which also includes a swimming event and a bike tour scheduled for later this year. Some festival proceeds will support Operation Homefront and Texas Regional Paralympics Sports.
Late registration and packet-pick up are available at the Alamo City Health & Fitness Expo at the Alamodome, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday. The festival begins with the half-marathon at 7:30 a.m. Sunday at the Alamodome. Go to www.alamocityrunfest.com.


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(ABC 6 News)-- The storm early Saturday morning caused a lot of damage in our area with reports of flooding, downed trees and even possible lightning strikes.
In Rochester, there were reports of two large trees down in Northwest Rochester and even a shed blown off the foundation. There were also reports of power outages. People's Co-op says about 95 customers lost power, but all have been restored.
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Friday: Mark and I spent the day shopping for carpet and tile. Result: super tired with a major headache.
Saturday: Mark tied up some loose ends in the renovation, including hanging those last few pieces of drywall, while Morgan and I visited Aunt Kristin, Uncle Troy and Bella. Man does that girl love her Aunty K. I do too. Later we met them in Plymouth for the Ice Festival. Poor little girl. All she wanted to do was get down and walk around. Way too many people though. She loved all of the dogs and the mini petting zoo.
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Training for the half is going pretty well. I manage two runs during the week (2-3 miles in length without the warmup/cooldown, shorter is usually a quick interval workout), and one long run on the weekends. I've done two 5-mile runs and am looking forward to some cooler weather for my first try at a 6-mile this weekend!
So... after how long of a workout do you supplement and/or drink water?
And what do you consume?
I don't have one of those running belts yet but I guess I'll have to get one as it starts to warm up or just do circuits to stop by my house for swigs of water.
As a total newbie to the running thing, I don't know how much or when to consume calories while working out. I've done long workouts before, but I guess a little irresponsibly because I never consumed anything during, even if I was at the gym for two hours (back when I had two hours for a spinning class and lifting!).
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Letters of F. A. Hihn & F. A. Hihn Company
November 25, 1901 - March 14, 1902
Transcribed and Indexed by
Stanley D. Stevens
The Letter Books, of which Book 46 is an example, also referred to as Impression Books, were used extensively by the F. A. Hihn Co. to record letters for future reference. All five of the F. A. Hihn Co. Letter Books that are in the Hihn-Younger Archive are of this type, and several of the twenty-five volumes of Deeds and Agreements are impression books. The method is best described by a contemporary label from a copy book:
Parchment Copying Paper
This Parchment Paper is MUCH STRONGER, and shows a CLEARER COPY, than any other ever made for the purpose. The ink is LESS LIABLE TO SPREAD, and can be written upon with a pen.
Place a piece of blotting-board under the leaf of Copying Paper; then, with a soft brush, wet the leaf. Brush in the surplus water with the hand; then place the written letter on the leaf, (leaving the blotting-paper under the leaf, to take up any excess of water that may yet remain,) place it in the Press, and in ten or fifteen seconds a perfect copy will be secured.
The leaves WILL DRY AS SMOOTH AS SILK by placing the book in the Press after Copying. Place the oil sheets between the copies just made, to prevent bleeding or setting off.
While the results pretty much lived up to the claim of the advertisement, the practice obviously left much to be desired. Many of the impressions are highly distorted.
The Transcriber used his best pair of eyes to study the impressions. The context and reference to other letters to the same person provided many clues for interpretation, fortunately.
Wherever text or manuscript annotations were unreadable omissions are indicated by ellipsis.
Historians do their best when they use original documentation (compared to secondary sources; e.g., newspaper accounts) of the events and the people who created our past. When it comes to writing about Frederick Augustus Hihn, one of Santa Cruz County's most influential pioneers, there are a few, but hardly enough, documentary sources available.
In 1922, nearly a decade after the death of F. A. Hihn, at a time when the Company bearing his name had been dissolved and his Estate had been distributed, someone decided to close the Company offices and dispose of business records that were no longer useful. In 1992, when Sara A. Bunnett, my colleague in Researchers Anonymous, passed along the following newspaper account, I was shocked to read and speculate about its content:
Returned checks from banks totaling millions of dollars and six great auto truck loads of records, bookkeeping books, maps, old papers, dating back to 1868, were hauled to the city incinerator today from the offices of the former F. A. Hihn Company, on Park Street, to be consumed in the city's great furnaces as a final wind up of the affairs of this once all-powerful company in the city and county.
The offices were visited by a News man today and several rooms on the lower floor where half a dozen bookkeepers and four or five stenographers were once kept busy, were vacant, dark, dusty and littered with all sorts of office records and old papers which were being removed by workmen to a big truck outside. Half a dozen rooms on the second floor, used for storing records, dating back over 50 years, had also been visited by the draymen and the floors of the rooms looked like a cyclone had struck them.
These offices contained the work of expert bookkeepers together with all the plans and forms as outlined by the late F. A. Hihn in conducting all the big enterprises of the former company. Many such records at one time were held almost priceless, but now are not worth the paper they are written upon.
In the room occupied by the late August Hihn as an office up to the time of his death, hangs a large picture of the pioneers of Santa Cruz, a picture of the late F. A. Hihn and also one of Fred Hihn. ...
C. L. Gibson, who worked for the Hihn Company for many years is superintending the cleanup and trucking the records to the incinerator.
Santa Cruz News January 28, 1922 p. 1 cols. 4-5
We are fortunate, therefore, that F. A. Hihn's descendants have saved as much as they could and donated it to the University of California at Santa Cruz for research; it includes letters and documents, family photographs, some F. A. Hihn Company records, and memorabilia, including his Tagebuch of 1849 (the diary of his voyage around Cape Horn from Germany to join the California Gold Rush).
The present volume, Letter Book 46, is one of five such volumes donated to the University Library in 1977 by Marion Stowell Younger, widow of Donald Younger, grandson of F. A. Hihn. These volumes reside in Special Collections at McHenry Library, University of California at Santa Cruz, along with The Hihn-Younger Archive.
The content of Letter Book 46, if that is all we had, would be enough for a critical study of F. A. Hihn and his Company's businesses. There are 2,080 letters, represented in a newly created database by 2,151 records, spanning a four-month period, Nov. 25, 1901 through March 14, 1902. An average of 19 letters per day were generated by F. A. Hihn, his two sons who shared the business, August Charles Hihn (President of the F. A. Hihn Co.), and Frederick Otto Hihn (Treasurer), and their principal employees, notably J. H. Routt who handled the lumber businesses of the Hihn Company, and Walter B. Anthony who was a recently employed bookkeeper.
The letters reveal the tremendous stamina of F. A. Hihn, seventy-two years old at this time. He micro-managed the following activities, all taking place simultaneously:
The letters also reveal many personal traits, some family relationships, and a personal sorrow in the death of Louis William Hihn, F. A. and Therese Hihn's oldest son, at the age of 43. One letter, written by F. A. Hihn, reveals that his daughter Agnes handled the Probate of her brother's Estate, the only known occasion that she practiced her profession. Agnes, the Hihns' youngest child (not yet married to Charles B. Younger Jr.), had attended and graduated from New York University's Law School in 1899.
In one apparently poignant comment, F. A. Hihn revealed his dissappointment that his daughter Agnes was married to someone not of "his" choosing - the attitude of a "protective father"? - or perhaps a father who was accustom to having his own preferences honored? ---:
-- Yes I have "lost a daughter and gained a son." That is
the way it is said^saying^, but I don't ^say so^. If my own wishes were to be consulted I would not begin to trade even, but the old must die so that the young may live and I consider I have had all my alloted share of life and must prepare to surrender to the inevitable. (Letter 635, Jan. 6, 1902, to Henry Eastland Adams)
[Transcriber's Notes: (1) Agnes Hihn married Charles Bruce Younger Jr. on January 1, 1902. (2) Corrections [
strikeouts} and ^insertions^ made by F. A. Hihn in the typescript are shown in italics.]
F. A. Hihn's genius shines through these letters, although one can imagine their intimidating nature (e.g., his detailed instructions for bookkeeping; his reprimands of employees - including his own nephew, Albert Joseph Hihn - when procedures were not executed to suit him).
He was a visionary: he designed furniture for his Santa Cruz office; he designed a lumber drying kiln for the Laurel Mill; he sketched out several ideas for the design of boilers and other equipment for the Stockton Gas & Electric Company; and, perhaps the most visionary - he conceived of an underground freight railroad along the waterfront in San Francisco, a proposal made to both the Southern Pacific Company as well as the San Francisco Merchants Association - to the latter he suggested that they could "Make Market St. from the Ferry to Valencia a grand retail street well lighted up, fine show windows, the sidewalks and street in the best of order. It could be made so attractive." (Letter No. 1770)
Hihn wrote to President Theodore Roosevelt, advising him on commerce in Western Canada; to the Chief Forester of the United States, advising him that government control was probably the only way to save California's forests:
"The destruction of the oak in San Luis Obispo County is now proceeding very fast - while in our County as least fifty million feet of Redwood and ten thousand cords of oak and madrone are being cut every year. Unless protected, in twenty years all the original redwood and oak forests will be cut. ...
It may be asked why do people destroy the timber if the results are so dire. The answer is very simple, the timber lands are owned by a few people who are taxed for them and who want to realize the value of their property. Government control seems to be the only remedy." (Letter No. 198)
As one might imagine, in a book of 2,080 letters that emanate from both a private individual and "his" company (F. A. Hihn and the F. A. Hihn Company), most of the letters concern the Company's business. In working through the original letters, one sees the hand and voice of several personalities. F. A. Hihn's two sons, August Charles Hihn (as President) and Frederick Otto Hihn (as Treasurer) of the F. A. Hihn Company clearly participate in signing the letters. However, sometimes it is not clear who has written the letter. Many of the letters that concern the Laurel Mill and other lumber-logging activities are signed for the F. A. Hihn Company by J. H. Routt, the lumberman-manager. Other letters, concerning land and water contracts on the Hihn properties, are signed by Walter B. Anthony, the bookkeeper. F. A. Hihn's signature is the most distinctive, and his makes easiest the task of identification.
The content of Book 46 -- and the other four Books when they are ultimately transcribed -- are available for reading in two forms: the printed version (in a limited edition available in a few research institutions) and the electronic version (where both the full-text of the letters, as well as the 128-page Index are available for free public access):
for the electronic internet site for Special Collections, University Library, University of California at Santa Cruz, see: - http://library.ucsc.edu/speccoll/
And, finally, the themes and the principal characters will probably change little for the years covered by the other Letter Books, but the 1901-1902 period of four months covered in Book 46 has set the basic structure of F. A. Hihn's life as a 72-year old senior Pioneer of California.
He is a major figure in California that has long been mentioned only as an important entrepreneur in Santa Cruz County. These letters reveal that he was much more.Stanley D. Stevens
Project Begun: January 14, 1999
Project Completed: July 14, 1999


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Nelson Mandela's death brings to mind two times I came close to the great man. While stationed at our Consulate General in Johannesburg in 1987 I received a phone call from our embassy in Pretoria. Our ambassador who was an African-American wanted to see Nelson who was still in jail at that time. The embassy staff knew that the allocation of the limited visits to see him was controlled by his wife Winnie and wanted me to set up a meeting with her for the ambassador. I replied, "what is in it for me?" The embassy asked, "what did I mean?" I replied I would set up the meeting if the ambassador also saw a couple of key people in Soweto, the huge housing complex for blacks outside Johannesburg. They replied okay.
I took the ambassador to meet the President of the Soweto Chamber of Commerce who with Winnie's brother-in-law Gil Kaba took us to meet Winnie. At one point we stopped our cars in front of a typical Soweto home. Gil got out and in a few minutes came back with Winnie in tow. Our ambassador had a conversation with her on the walkway in front of the house. He made his pitch to see Nelson and Winnie said she would do what she could
When we got to our car he ambassador asked me to write a report on his meeting with Winnie. I said there was not much to say except he met Winnie and asked to see Nelson. The ambassador insisted that it was an important event to report. I got the message and wrote a glowing report of his "historic" meeting with Winnie. In spite of his request, our ambassador never met Nelson.
A few years later I was an observer of the 1992 election of Nelson as the first post-Apartheid president of South Africa. My summary comment was that the conduct of the first all inclusive election in the country would make the Mexicans proud of their elections. The South African election was filled with manipulation of the votes and other irregularities. However, the official conclusion of the international observers group was that the election had been free and "substantially" fair.
Following the election an American friend of mine, who owned a business in Johannesburg, and I went to the inauguration of President Mandela. As I stood there watching a really "historic" event I thought to myself, I had witnessed up close the end of Apartheid and the beginning of the "New South Africa." Quite a privilege.


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Many would assume that the Fillies branch of the Futurity was created so that the daintier gender didn't have to compete against the boys. One needs only to look through our history book to prove this was not the case. In fact, Fillies dominated many years of the Kentucky Futurity before their own race was created including the 2nd Kentucky Futurity, which was won for Ed Ayres' by the filly Beuzetta with Guss Macey at the reins.
A filly, Rose Croix won the 1896 edition as well for owner-driver Myron McHenry. Nelly Jay, a roan filly owned by George Woodlin of Boston won the 1902 edition of the Futurity in an astonishing FIVE heats and started a dominating streak of four straight Futurity victories for the supposedly weaker sex. Following her in order were the fillies Sadie Mac by Peter the Great in 1903, Grace Bond by The Bondsman in 1904 with a Futurity record of 2:00 ¼ and Miss Abdell by Abdell in 1905. Thus in the space of 13 years the famed Kentucky Futurity had been won eight times by fillies and this in a day when the race took anywhere from three to seven heats to decide.
The 2013 version of the Kentucky Filly Futurity was also action packed. Here's how it all went down:
Ma Chere Hall took the first heat of the $293,000 Kentucky Filly Futurity over an upgraded-good surface, trotting the mile in 1:52.4.
Mistery Woman and Classic Martine were stride for stride at the gate's dispatch. Shared Past went on a gallop at the gate's dispersal, as well. The two battled for command into the first turn and Classic Martine claimed the lead. Ma Chere Hall was parked in fourth and progressed her way to the lead passing the quarter. Mistery Woman was racing in third and Frau Blucher was fourth through a :28.1 opening quarter.
Frau Blucher made her pursuit after Ma Chere Hall before the half, pulling first over and taking command within a matter of strides just passing the half-mile pole, timed in :56.1 (:28). Frau Blucher was the new leader into the far turn, leaving Ma Chere Hall with the pocket trip and Classic Martine racing in third. Handover Belle was providing dead cover, first over from fifth, forcing To Dream On to move three wide before three-quarters. Ma Chere Hall began to edge out of the pocket after Frau Blucher at three-quarters, timed in 1:24 (:27.4).
Ma Chere Hall slingshot passed Frau Blucher into the stretch. Classic Martine edged off of the pylons and was quickly closing in on Ma Chere Hall. Mistery Woman was racing in third and Frau Blucher was giving chase in fourth. Ma Chere Hall fought off Classic Martine's challenge and dug in to win the first heat of the Filly Futurity, in 1:52.4 (:28.4). Classic Martine was second, Mistery Woman finished third and Frau Blucher was fourth.
Ma Chere Hall ($12.80) is a three-year-old filly by Deweycheatumnhowe, out of the mare Margarita Hall by Conway Hall. She is owned by Walnut Hall Ltd., Aldebaran Park and Joe Sbrocco, trained by Jonas Czernyson and Corey Callahan guided the filly to victory.
"She's been really good," driver Corey Callahan said. "I was able to get to the lead and get some sensible fractions. Ronnie [Pierce on Frau Blucher] came at me hard and I turned him lose; I figured I'd save her [Ma Chere Hall] as much as I could for the second race. I popped her out there [in the stretch] and held off Timmy's filly [Classic Martine]; Timmy has a really nice filly. Ma Chere digs in through the lane, so she's impressed me every week."
Listed below was the field for the second heat of the Kentucky Filly Futurity:
PP-Horse Name-Driver-Trainer
1-Ma Chere Hall-Corey Callahan-Jonas Czernyson
2-Classic Martine-Tim Tetrick-Chris Oakes
3-Mistery Woman-David Miller-Jonas Czernyson
*4-Frau Blucher-Ron Pierce-Chris Oakes
5-To Dream On-Jimmy Takter-Jimmy Takter
6-Time To Kill-John Campbell-Ross Croghan
*7-Handover Belle-Mike Lachance-Tony Alagna
*8-Perfect Alliance-Andy Miller-Robert Bencal
9-Shared Past-Yannick Gingras-Ron Burke
* Dignifies that the horse scratched out of the second heat.
Ma Chere Hall trotted a tough first over mile in the second heat, but To Dream On tracked her cover and flew in the final stages to pull off the 13-1 upset in the Filly Futurity.
Shared Past sprinted off the wings of the gate and dictated the terms entering the first turn. Classic Martine got away in second and Ma Chere Hall was racing in third. Mistery Woman got away in fourth and To Dream On was at her flank, parked out to the quarter. Shared Past was ruthless on command, trotting the opening panel in :26.4.
To Dream On was floating in the center of the pack heading to the half, desperate for cover. Ma Chere Hall took the bait and began a pursuit towards Shared Past through a :54.2 (:27.3) half. To Dream On was breathing on Corey Callahan's neck, anxious to move three wide before three-quarters. Shared Past remained with the advantage over Ma Chere Hall as the two battled past three-quarters in 1:23 (:28.3).
Ma Chere Hall took a short lead over Shared Past into the stretch. To Dream On was racing in third and soon fanned off her cover and lifted flight. Within a matter of strides, To Dream On had taken command and kicked away to a 2-length lead. Shared Past was left in her wake, while Ma Chere Hall was giving chase. To Dream On was a confident winner in her final outing, scoring in 1:52.1 (:29.1). Ma Chere Hall was second, Shared Past was third and Time To Kill finished fourth.
To Dream On ($28.00) is a three-year-old filly by Credit Winner, out of the mare Satin Pillows by Conway Hall. She is owned by Marvin Katz, Al Libfeld and Sam Goldband and is trained and driven by Jimmy Takter.
"She kept being a little grabby like she was in the first heat," driver and trainer Jimmy Takter said. "I had a bad horse in front of me [in the first heat] that didn't take me anywhere, so she was too grabby there. I kept her on the outside and as long as she didn't get excited, then I got good cover from Corey [Callahan on Ma Chere Hall]. I was waiting, and waiting and waiting because she had been having problems this year and this win was very sweet for her. It had been one long road with her and thank God I have really good owners. I know she is a super horse."
"Jimmy and I just agreed out here on the racetrack that's it, she's retired," co-owner Marvin Katz said. "Jimmy suggested it and I'm all for that."


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Wednesday, August 15, 2012
How Do You Calm Yourself?
I have already had to think about my own calming strategies and thought I would share with you what I do when frustrated and upset at school. I want to hear what you do also, so maybe I can have some more ideas... come on everyone... we all know we have those days at some point or another.
So here is my list...
1. Walk away
2. Deep breaths
My students know I can't live without my pepsi. I try to do a can this size each day.. but sometimes I just have to do the Speedway Fountain 32 oz Pepsi.
4. I'm always eating chocolate!! Butterfingers are my go to chocolate right now, but that will change.
5. And the new edition to my classroom that I think I may be using some is my new swing... I LOVE swinging... always have!! And of course I am super excited that I have one in my room for the students to use because it is such a great sensory tool. This is the picture from http://southpawenterprises.com where we bought it. I am planning to post pictures of my sensory room soon.
Your turn... what are some things you do when you become frustrated at school???
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Deep breathing. Sing! It changes everyone's mood. If singing isn't possible for whatever reason, quiet background music is nice and calming for everyone. Sometimes when we're all frustrated, we take a break of some sort.ReplyDelete
Joell <-- a new follower
Totally Terrific TeachingReplies
Singing is great! Pandora is played in my room quite often!!Delete
Laugh! If I feel myself getting frustrated or overwhelmed, I try to make a joke about the situation and just laugh away the stress. It also helps to have wonderful assistant teachers in the room who can get the joke and laugh with me. Some days you just have to not take it all too seriously.ReplyDeleteReplies
Agreed! I do have to laugh a lot. The paras in my room are amazing and we all help each other laugh through things!Delete
Since my father gave 30+ years of his career to Pepsi, I am honored to see this made your list. :)ReplyDelete
Always A LessonReplies
I greatly appreciate your father's work with Pepsi!! I don't know what I would do without Pepsi! :-)Delete
Diet Coke - just to introduce a different choice! lol Can't resist a large DC from McDonalds on my way in (any size $1).ReplyDelete
My para is wonderful. Usually, we can look at each other, shrug our shoulders and go on.


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I effing love this colour. It comes in the Swiss-ables mini set and the minute I saw it, I knew I was going to end up getting the large version. But part of me was trying to spare my wallet (poor wallet...) and I told myself that it might not even look good on me or that I might not even like it. It was all a filthy lie, of course.
I think the name is a bit crap, but it's not as horrible as some other OPI names that I can think of...
I took these right outside our door, and it was freezing!
Oooh, my right hand, just to mix it up. Yep, still love the hell out of this.
And a super close up bottle shot!
The polish was a bit rough once I finished painting my nails (I used two coats, a thinner first coat and a thicker second), but I just slapped some Seche Vite over top and they feel perfect now. I really love this colour!
Thanks for reading!


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A multi-pronged approach allowed Aspen Valley Hospital, a 25-bed critical access hospital with two outpatient locations, to more than double its front-desk collections over a six-year period. Building on that success, the hospital introduced technology that increased overall collections by 140 percent and online collections by 33 percent between 2007 and 2013.
Younger money is better money," says Debby Essex, Aspen Valley's director of admissions. She attributes Aspen Valley's success to the organization's commitment to three goals: encourage patients to make point-of-service payments, reward staff for collecting money, and help patients understand their financial obligations before services are performed.
During ski season, Aspen Valley operates an urgent care clinic in Snowmass Village to serve skiers and other tourists visiting the community. Historically, the hospital's slow credit card-reading technology and the ability to accept payments in just a few locations discouraged patients from paying at the time of service.
In addition, collecting from tourists after discharge often proved difficult. "When you have patients coming from Australia, Brazil, South America, England and other places, it makes it cumbersome to try to collect," Essex says.
Aspen Valley took two steps to encourage immediate payment. The organization installed payment card devices on all computers, and it introduced a 20 percent prompt-pay discount on the self-pay responsibility for patients who pay their bills in full at the time of service.
Lesson learned: Both patient-friendly strategies encourage patients to pay upfront. "If somebody saw us fumbling around, they would say, 'Just forget it. Send me a bill,'" Essex says. "But if it is clear that I know the amount that you owe, I'm ready for your card, and I'm offering you 20 percent off, patients are going to take advantage of that because it is easy."
Aspen Valley leaders also wanted to improve collection practices at the hospital. Like their peers at many other hospitals, Aspen Valley's front-desk staff were initially reluctant to ask patients for money when they came for their appointments. A financial incentive program that encourages staff members to work together to increase collections changed that.
Everyone in the department shares a financial bonus if the staff as a whole meets or exceeds the quarterly goal, which is set by Aspen Valley's director admissions (Debby Essex) and CFO Terry Collins. Essex's department includes schedulers, precertification staff, admissions staff, and billing staff. Everyone who works on patient accounts is eligible for a bonus, and the staff compete with each other to see who can collect the most.
Essex circulates a daily report that shows how much each staff person collected on the previous day and their month-to-date collection totals. That report, which also goes to the CFO, creates peer pressure that encourages good performance.
"The front desk can't collect unless the scheduler schedules the appointment, and the front desk can't collect unless the precertification staff has calculated the estimate of the patient charges," she says. "So if the front desk isn't collecting money, the scheduler will say, 'I set up that account. What happened?' And then the precertification person will say, 'I notated the $100 the patient will owe. Why didn't you collect it?'"
A quarterly 5 percent bonus is distributed among all department members based on the number of hours they worked during the quarter.
The result: Upfront collections increased 140 percent between 2007 and 2013.
Lesson learned: Initially, Essex reported the total collections for all front-desk staff as a group, which gave poor performers room to hide. "I had one or two people who weren't talking to patients about their bills or collecting," she says. "So I decided that everybody should know where everybody else is every day."
Not surprisingly, patients were taken aback when hospital staff first started asking them for money at the point of service. In team meetings, staff members reported the pushback: Patients said they had previously not been asked for money from the hospital or that another member of the registration team never asked for money.
"So I said, 'Every one of you has to ask every person every time—or at least talk about the money involved with their account—because we have to create an expectation that we're going to talk about money," Essex says. "Even if we are not expecting to collect anything, we can say, 'We ran the benefits on your account. Your procedure should be covered 100 percent. It doesn't look like you owe anything today.'"
The day-of-service conversations go the smoothest when patients have been notified about their financial responsibilities before they arrive, Essex says. A financial counselor calls each patient several days before a scheduled service. "We say, 'We have contacted your insurance company, and I was able to get your benefits. Because your benefits are X, Y, and Z, we are expecting your self-pay portion next Tuesday to be $500,'" Essex says.
Lesson learned: It didn't take long for the financial incentive—and the friendly competition within the hospital—to influence staff attitudes. Registration staff started telling patients about the competition and asking for their help in "winning." Essex hears people in the community say things like, "When I come in, I'm going to pay 'Jane'," or "I forgot my wallet but I'm going to call 'Jane' with my credit card because she's trying to make her goal."
"Once we made it fun, everybody kind of got into it," she says. "Now our hospital employees who owe money tend to pay the front desk right away because they want someone to get credit for it."
Aspen Valley uses a payment mobile app designed specifically for health care that allows quick and secure patient collections throughout the hospital using an iPad. The mobile cart used for bedside registration in the emergency department (ED) includes a card-swiper. ""We develop an estimate the same way we would have done if the patient was scheduled," Essex says. "Then the registration staff member shows the patient the bill, swipes the card, and emails the receipt," Essex says.
If patients are admitted to the hospital without an opportunity to pay upfront—for example, a person who is injured and goes directly to surgery—hospital staff use an iPad to facilitate credit card payments at the bedside as part of the discharge process. Until the mobile app was available, hospital staff members were hesitant to ask patients for payment at discharge because it required them to take a credit card from the inpatient room to the registration office for processing.
Lesson learned: "We try to make sure patients understand their benefits," Essex says. "For example, staff members say, 'Because you were an inpatient, this is what your insurance is telling us. You have a $5,000 deductible and 20 percent coinsurance and that equals this dollar amount. If you'd like to pay today, we can offer you a 20 percent discount. If you want to set up a payment plan, we don't offer the 20 percent, but we can set that up for you right now. That way, when you go home you don't have to think about any of this again.'"
For patients who do not pay their bills at the time of service, Aspen Valley seeks to make post-discharge payment as convenient as possible. The hospital embedded a patient portal on its website in 2010 and saw online payments take off. From 2011 to 2013, the online hospital collections increased 33 percent.
When patients are discharged from the ED or the after-hours clinic, they receive a "billing roadmap" that illustrates the billing process and informs patients why they will receive multiple bills—for example, radiology reads are billed separately—for the care they received. The roadmap document gives information about how to pay online or contact the hospital billing department by phone or email.
Access related tool: Aspen's Billing Roadmap
"We try to include every possible way to communicate with us on one piece of paper. We often don't know whether our patients (many who are tourists to the area) will be leaving, so we want to make it easy for them to reach us in whatever way works for them," Essex says.
Lesson learned: Aspen Valley's roadmaps include photographs, phone numbers, and email addresses for three financial counselors with the message, "We understand hospital bills can be confusing. If you have questions, please don't hesitate to contact us." While that reinforces the hospital's patient-friendly approach, Essex will avoid using individual staff member names on future printings. When staff members change, the contact information is no longer appropriate, which can be confusing.
As hospitals seek to increase point-of-service collections, they must use new processes and protocols to support that priority, Essex says.
"The key for us was the CFO's buy-in to start a bonus program and the recognition that front-end collections really make a difference," she says. "The other key is technology that is easy to use. It has to be easy for staff to collect."
Lola Butcher is a freelance writer and editor based in Missouri.
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Advocate Condell Medical Center hosts its fifth annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Celebration on Sunday, Nov. 24 at Advocate Condell Centre Club, 200 W. Golf Road, Libertyville, a news release stated. The service begins at 4 p.m. and features leaders of the Baha'i, Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jewish, and Muslim communities. Food and fellowship will follow at 5 p.m. Offerings will be collected to support local food ministries and Feed My Starving Children. Local clergy will be present from First Presbyterian Church in Libertyville, Annunciation of Our Lady Episcopal Church in Gurnee, Islamic Foundation North in Waukegan, Hindu Mandir of Lake County in Grayslake, Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Libertyville, Congregation Or Shalom in Vernon Hills, among others. For information, call Rev. Fred Rajan at (847) 990-5924.
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Premier League chairman Sir Dave Richards has warned of the impact a winter World Cup in Qatar will have on the domestic fixture list.
UEFA president Michel Platini and world footballers' union FIFPro have given their backing to the 2022 tournament taking place in winter to minimise the danger of excessive heat.
Summer temperatures in Qatar can reach 50C and though Richards admits he expects the competition to switch to the cooler months, he called on officials to put robust plans in place to minimise disruption.
"Fixture congestion is incredibly difficult so, for us at this minute, the answer is no," said Richards, speaking to Sky Sports News at the end of a two-day Securing Sport summit in Doha, when asked if the Premier League would welcome a winter World Cup.
"It has a tremendous amount of implications for Europe. But if we take a proper view we may have to find a way where we have a winter period where we don't play. I think common sense will prevail and we'll come up with a solution.
"I think they (FIFA) will play at the time of year that is proper for football - it can't be the summer here. I think it will be a winter World Cup but they will have to talk to the leagues, especially in Europe, because the implications are very big.
"They will have to come to proper times when we can start and finish; a winter break has been talked about for two or three years in the UK anyway."
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Written by Mark Mirage / Apr 12, 2006
My wife and I recently went away for a weekend in a hotel to celebrate her birthday. She is 38 years old and in great shape. Size 12, 36D, very curvaceous, mid length dark hair and vey pretty. We were getting ready to go out for dinner when my surprise present arrived, although it was as much a surprise for me as her.
She had showered and done her hair, she was sitting at the dressing table in a short red kimino style dressing gown when there was a knock on the door. I am fairly fit and reasonably well endowed, but not very muscular. My wife often admires muscular men, so I had thought that I would get her a strippagram as a surprise. I had asked for a muscular, young "Bond-a-gram".
I opened the bedroom door and in walked a very muscular young black guy aged in his mid twenties, about 6 foot 3 tall, dressed in dinner suit and bow tie. Cheryl looked up as he approached. She did not know what was going on until he started singing "Happy Birthday" and presented her with a bottle of champagne with two glasses. She took the wine, laughing. Then he began to strip. She looked at me as if to say "what is going on?" and I just said "Happy Birthday". By now, he had his shirt off and I think it was the sight of his six pack that made her sit back on her stool to enjoy the show.
He took off his trousers and was stood near her, wearing only a pair of very tight briefs, he was obviously well built and you could see that he was semi hard, probably because of my wife's state of semi undress. Then he slid his briefs off to reveal a semi swollen, very large cock. It was obviously larger than mine and I could see Cheryl gazing at it. Next, he pulled her up by her hands and asked if she wanted to feel his muscles. "Go on, have a feel" I said. She started to run her hands over his chest upper arms and abdominal muscles and was obviously enjoying it. By now, I had grabbed the camera and asked her whether she wanted a picture as a memento. She said "yes" and posed next to him first with her arm around his back and then with his arms around her from behind. The guy was very good about posing and smiled on the photos. He didn't appear to mind posing naked, even though he had quite an erection after wrapping his arms around her waist and pressing into her from behind. For the next shot I said "Lets get one of you looking at his cock Cheryl, stop trying to pretend you are not impressed by it". She looked down at it, said "May I?" and wrapped her hand around the shaft. You could see his cock stiffen under her touch, which he obviously enjoyed, and she was loving the feeling of this great big strange cock in her hand.
I thought I would try to see if I could get things to go a bit further and said "open your dressing gown for the next picture", she didn't hesitate and opened it. I couldn?t believe my eyes, there was my beautiful wife virtually naked with a naked man looking very appreciatively at her full breasts with their large pink nipples and with his cock now extended, to her obvious excitement, to at least ten inches of hard, throbbing, black flesh.
"Put the camera away" said Cheryl. I put it down and she put one hand on his cock again, cupping his balls with the other. The guy couldnt believe his luck. I think he was used to being groped by gangs of pissed women in hen parties, but here was a beautiful sexy woman obviously impressed by his body and wanting more. "Can I suck it?" she asked, "it's so big, it's lovely" she kneeled down and looked up into his eyes as she stroked her tongue along his length. Then she kissed the head of his cock, then began sucking the tip, taking more and more of the head into her mouth until she had his whole cock-head swallowed and began to slide her mouth down the shaft. He was leaning back against the dressing table obviously enjoying my pretty wife sucking on his cock. Cheryl looked over at me, her mouth full of cock, she looked gorgeous.
After a few minutes of this , she stopped and looked over at me. I couldn't believe how fantastic she looked, my usually reserved, beautiful wife sitting, with her breasts exposed and her knickers off with his huge cock right in front of her face, glistening from her sucking. "Can I fuck him?" she asked. "If you want to" I said. She took her gown right off and he pushed her back onto the bed. She opened her legs and we could both see how wet and ready she was. He put the head of his cock against her vagina and began to ease it in. Cheryl always loves being entered and I love to watch her face as I slide into her. This guy's cock was bigger than what she had had before, it was gorgeous watching her gasp with pleasure as this strangers cock head slid into her, then moan as he pushed the whole length of the shaft into her. She was in heaven as he began to pump his cock in and out of her. She looked at me, my own wife enjoying being filled with another cock. She wrapped her long white legs around his dark body and began to talk to him, "oh yes, that's it, give it to me, oh fuck me harder, oh yes, oh my god...."
The guy was having a great time, telling her "oh yes baby, thats good, you like that?, oh yes, you're sweet....." and eventually he came, he shot his load right into her. Cheryl loves it when I come and when this new cock started to fill her it had the same effect. She also started to come and had a very noisy orgasm with his cock still inside her. After they had fucked, the guy left, but left us a copy of the agency's card with his mobile phone number written on the back.
The rest of our weekend was fantastic. That was two weeks ago. Initially we agreed that it was a one off experience, not to be repeated, but we kept his number. This evening, she has confessed that she wants to feel his cock again. She says she won't phone him unless I agree she can. What do you readers think I should do?
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Mixed platform network setup...not the usual!
As a happy problem free (touch-wood) mac user, my access to the internet is often frustrated by the failing of our home network's main PC. We currently have a network in the following config:
[- denotes wired connection] [= denotes wireless connection] Please ignore dots..for alignment only!
ADSL--->PC desktop====>ACCESS POINT===>PC desktop
.................................................. ........===>PC Laptop
.................................................. ........===>Imac (not always present)
Currently my Imac has no setup probs, nor does the laptop (user keeps system spotless!) But the PC into which the adsl comes often falls over because it is used by about 5 inexperienced users who pollute it with tons of viri, spyware, adware etc..which then of course screws up the internet for all other users on the system.
So my question is...can anyone advise on a way to setup some form of network logon system for the main windows PCs, my thinking being that I could use a system similar to schools and businesses etc, whereby the inexperienced users can logon to use internet and software etc but can't screw with settings or install network crippling viruses etc. The wireless PC isn't used a whole lot, is there potential to use this as a server of some kind? Any other suggestions also gladly accepted!
I know this is a very PC orientated question, but I don't know of any computing forums more helpful and friendly than this one! Surely some of you network bods on here can help![COLOR=Lime]
My suggestion would be to get that PC out of the way. Get a wired router, and plug your ADSL connection, the PC and access point into that.
I concur. Get a router.
I also agree, get the router!
Just in case anyone else is interested, since posting this thread I have come across a pc app called DeepFreeze which may be useful to try and control the mess on the hub PC!
I 4th that - a router would seem like the easiest solution here.
It'll basically split the internet connection up for all systems before it even gets to the PC.
Alternatively, you can set up restricted user accounts using Windows XP, check out this page for more info:
I think you'd basically need the Guest or restricted account type, as even a regular (i.e. non-admin) account is fairly vulnerable to internet crap under Windows.
Or buy another mac and forget about that stuff?
You won't be suprised to know either, they have already been using the restricted account settings in XP, and this has been pretty much uselss in the fight against malware on that machine! Even though if you try and install anything intentionally in guest accounts, you can't! Figures!
You can run ADSL through a router, you don't need that software for the pc, you can put your user name into the router, pluss this will not require the PC to be on all the time, and for every minute that pc is on the interent under a high speed connection esspecially when nobody is using it, it becomes vulnerable to viruse since they will download very quickly and have many oppertunities to get in since it is always on, Therefore the routere will be the best choice.
When you get the router plug in your ethernet cable from your ADSL modem to your router, open up your brower on a networked computer. Type in 192.168.1.1 in the adress bar, depending on your router brand there will be setting for TC/IP in one of the tabs. You are going to want to make sure it is set to PPoE and then you can put in your ADSL Service providers, username and password that they provided you. There will only be one kind of router that will be different that will be the apple airport, that has its own utility in the utilities folder and if you decide to get that kind we will help you set that one up when the time comes, unless you are unsure and do not want do come back I can give you detailed instructions on that along with screen shots, just say the word and I will go more in depth.
Are they using Internet Explorer? Get them using Firefox, that might help slow the spam...
Any PC I set up is forbidden to go online without: Firefox, XP SP2, Zone Alarm Firewall, Virus scanner, Xp Antispy, Adware/Spyware tools.
Just like to thank everyone for their advice last week, I replaced all the previous network setup with a adsl modem/router. Strangely the signal reaches the whole house and garden now, whereas the old access point didn't, and the computer that was previously acting as a hub, is flying without having the Alcatel ADSL router attatched for some reason! So everything is working like a dream!
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