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MAPS and COUNTY CENSUS MAPS 1758 - 1930
(Some Information provided by Tony Pryse. Copyright 2001 Tony Pryse.)
Monroe County was formed from Indian lands in 1821 and divided a year later, with the western half becoming Pike County. (The northern part of Pike later went to Spaulding.). A northern section of Monroe was given to Butts County in 1825 and the southeastern corner went to Bibb about the same time. Lamar County was formed in 1920 from the eastern section of Pike and western section of Monroe. Monroe County has had many villages and towns in its 180-year history. Some of the old settlements still exist in some sense – life-long residents know where Blount, Collier, Box Ankle and others are located, even though few of these exist as true communities any more. Many of them are still on contemporary maps, but others can be found only on maps that are faded and yellowed.
Here is a list of most of the Monroe County communities with their approximate locations that have existed through the years. Earlier and alternate names are given in parentheses. Those in italics are listed in Monroe County, Georgia A History (MCGH) as "ghost communities," although a few of them are still found on current maps. MCGH has a chapter that records histories and reminiscences of many of these communities. The coordinates given are from the US Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System database.
The University of Georgia has a Georgia Historical Atlas web site which contains historical maps of Georgia counties. For Monroe County, there are maps from 1821, 1822, 1823, 1830, 1834, 1839, 1863, 1874, 1883, 1885, 1895, 1904, 1910, 1915, 1952, and 1955. Some of the earlier maps have no towns other than Forsyth and are somewhat distorted in shape. Probably the most useful are 1821, which shows the original and current boundaries, 1839, 1863, 1883, 1895, 1910, and 1915. The 1839 and 1915 maps in particular show some communities that are not found on other maps, and that are not listed in MCGH, in the USGS GNIS, or in the list of Georgia cities on the Georgia GenWeb site. For those, the maps on which the town is shown is given below. Top of Page
Berner, NE section of county on Highway 83; 33°9'17"N 83°49'43"W.
Blount, 10 miles N of Forsyth on Highway 42; 33°10'49"N 83°57'34"W.
Blue Ridge (John or Johns), 4 miles SE of Cabaniss. (John is on 1915 map).
Bolingbroke (Stalling's Store 1824-1844, Prattsville 1844-1850, Colaparchee 1850-1866), 12 miles S of Forsyth on US 41; 32°56'57"N 83°48'12"W. (MCGH also says Prattsville was 2 miles N of Bolingbroke, so it might have been considered a separate community at some point.)
Box Ankle (Boxankle), 6 miles N of Forsyth; 33°7'0"N 83°58'24"W.
Brent, 5 miles SW of Forsyth on Highway 83; 32°58'54"N 84°0'37"W.
Brownsville, 2 miles S of Juliette, near the Ocmulgee River (1839).
Cabaniss (Gullettsville, New Market) NE section of the county, 3-4 miles W of Highway 83. 33°9'12"N 83°52'46"W. (1883, 1885 and 1915 maps show both New Market and Cabaniss, about 4-5 miles apart, so they might have been distinct communities.)
Chappel, now in Lamar County; 33°10'40"N 84°5'51"W (1915).
Colaparchee, see Bolingbroke.
Collier, 5 miles W of Forsyth on Highway 41; 33°2'49"N 84°1'1"W.
Culloden, SW section of the county on US 341; 32°51'47"N 84°5'38"W.
Dames Ferry, 12 miles E of Forsyth off Highways 87 and 18, near the Ocmulgee River. (First post office there named Ebenezer in 1887).
Dyas, 13 miles south of Forsyth on Highway 42; 32°51'58"N 83°59'40"W.
Ebenezer, see Dames Ferry.
Eleanor, just north of Forsyth. It was the company-owned village where workers for the Ensign Cotton Mill could live.
Flora, near Bolingbroke and Old Salem Methodist Church, which is on Pea Ridge Road about 3 miles east of Highway 42 (1910, 1915).
Forsyth, center and county seat; 33°2'3"N 83°56'18"W.
Goggins (Goggans, Goggans Station, Goggansville), three miles east of Barnesville, now in Lamar County, 33°4'33"N 84°5'31"W.
Gullettsville, see Cabaniss.
Higgins Mill (Higgins), about 7-8 miles NW of Forsyth; 33°7'42"N 84°0'16"W (1915).
High Falls, NW section of the county; 33°10'32"N 84°1'32"W.
Holly Grove, about 10 miles E of Forsyth, (1839).
Horne (Horn's Crossroads), between Highway 83 and US 341, now in Lamar (1915).
Iceburg (Iceberg), near Juliette.
John or Johns, see Blue Ridge.
Johnstonville, 4 miles NE of Barnesville, now in Lamar County; 33°5'22"N 84°4'28"W.
Juliette, on the Ocmulgee River, eastern boundary of Monroe County; 33°6'26"N 83°48'1"W.
Lamont, west section, now in Lamar (1915).
Logwall, 5 miles N of Forsyth on Highway 42.
Manila, south central (1915).
Maynard, about 3-4 miles E of Forsyth on the Juliette Road.
Maynard's Mill, 5 miles S of Forsyth on Highway 42.
Milford, north central section, (1839).
Montpelier (Montpelier Station), 15 miles W of Macon on Highway 74.
New Market, see Cabaniss.
Paran, north central, (1895).
Patillo, NW corner, now in Lamar County; 33°12'6"N 84°5'33"W (1910, 1915).
Popes Ferry, 15 miles N of Macon on Highway 87.
Prattsville, see Bolingbroke.
Proctor's Station, north central. (1885).
Redbone, 1 mile west of Highway 341, now in Lamar County; 32°59'24"N 84°5'51"W.
Russellville, 15 miles S of Forsyth on Highway 42; 32°54'9"N 83°59'29"W.
Rhosetta, between Forsyth and Barnesville.
Socrates, NW section of the county, just E of I-75, N of Johnstonville Road and S of High Falls Park Road, now in Lamar County. (1915)
Smarr, (Smarrs Station until 1895, then Smarrs until 1950) 5 miles SE of Forsyth on Highway 41; 32°59'7"N 83°52'56"W.
Spring Hill, south central (1839).
Stalling's Store, see Bolingbroke.
Strouds, SW section of the county on Highway 83; 32°55'13"N 84°3'58"W.
Unionville, 1 mile E of I-75 on High Falls Park Road, now in Lamar County; 33°9'39"N 84°3'0"W.
Venture, several miles E of Forsyth. (1910, 1915)
Zellner, about 5 miles W of Forsyth. (1910, 1915)
M'INTOSH TABLET UNVEILED SATURDAY (Monroe
Advertiser, June 30, 1911)
JULY 11, 1935 MONROE COUNTY HISTORY The old Logwall church was built long before the Civil War. It was a popular
place where the farmers held their big meetings. The church was built by the
Barkleys, Akins, Tommie Stewart and Dr. Mann and others. Across the Towaliga is the old Richard McMullen place. Mr. Dick McMullen
represented the county in the legislature. His brother, Chap McMullan, lived
across Eight Mile Creek and was a good farmer. Joe McMullen married Ellen Sutton.
Mr. C. M. Sutton and his brother, Aaron Sutton, came from Buncomb county, North
Carolina, with their father, Phineas Sutton and mother. This couple settled near
Rocky Creek on the farm where Mr. J. T. English lives. The are buried in the
Rocky Creek cemetery.
The old Logwall church was built long before the Civil War. It was a popular place where the farmers held their big meetings. The church was built by the Barkleys, Akins, Tommie Stewart and Dr. Mann and others.
Across the Towaliga is the old Richard McMullen place. Mr. Dick McMullen
represented the county in the legislature. His brother, Chap McMullan, lived
across Eight Mile Creek and was a good farmer. Joe McMullen married Ellen Sutton.
Mr. C. M. Sutton and his brother, Aaron Sutton, came from Buncomb county, North
Carolina, with their father, Phineas Sutton and mother. This couple settled near
Rocky Creek on the farm where Mr. J. T. English lives. The are buried in the
Rocky Creek cemetery.
Source: Georgia's Landmarks, Memorials and Legends
Rev. Isaac Smith, who died in this county, in 1834, aged 76 years, was another
Savannah, 1854.
Wm. Jones, a patriot of the Revolution, was granted a Federal pension in
1814, while a resident of Monroe.
Eight miles from Forsyth, near the public highway to Griffin, lies buried an old
soldier of the first war for independence - WILLIAM OGLETREE. His grave
in the family burial ground is at present unmarked, but the spot has been identified
beyond any question and will be marked by the Piedmont Continental Chapter
of the D. A. R. Between Yatesvill and Cullodon, in a grave at present unmarked
sleeps William Haygood also a patriot of '76. His grave will likewise be marked
by this same Chapter. * Mrs. Richard P. Brooks, of Forsyth, Ga., Regent Piedmont Continental
CHAPTER D. A. R. Top of Page
BESSIE TIFT COLLEGE , located at Forsyth, is one of the oldest institutions
But friends came to the rescue. It rose once more from the ashes, and in
Dr. Shaler G. Hillyer 1867 - 1873
Under the wise direction of Dr. Jackson, a new era of growth began. The
According to Dr. George G. Smith, the first brick church ever erected by
Historic Culloden. Volume II
ORIGINAL SETTLERS. The first comers into Monroe, according to White,
On June 3, 1822, at the home of H. H. Lumpkin, Esq., nine miles northwest
There were numerous instances of longevity among the early settlers.
To the foregoing list of early settlers may be added a number of others who
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Whistle Down the Wind
Editorial Staff • West End • 3 Jul 1998
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"We re long overdue for a miracle, ain t we?" asks one of the children in Andrew Lloyd Webber s Whistle Down the Wind. The composer has doubtless asked himself the same question. Although he has pride of place on both sides of the Atlantic for the longest-running musicals, his track record with more recent shows, like Aspects of Love and Sunset Boulevard, has been less impressive. Not since Phantom of the Opera has Lloyd Webber had a really big, new hit. Could Whistle be the miracle he needs? Could be, could be.
Whistle is based on the Mary Hayley Bell novel about a group of children who find a man in their barn and believe he s Jesus Christ. The story is transported from rural England to backwoods Louisiana and, aside from a few outrageous American accents, the new setting works well, the tension heightened by Southern racism and small-town oppression.
The pace of the show is a little slow to begin with but quickly picks up speed when Whistle's gang of children take over. There hasn t been such a showcase for West End prodigies since the curtain fell on Oliver! and these young stars rise to the challenge jubilantly. Theirs are by far the best scenes with catchy, warm-hearted tunes like "I Never Get What I Pray For" and "When Children Rule the World".
Their adult co-stars are much more dour, as the script calls for. Peter J Davison s split-level set is used to good effect to highlight the differences between the stark and threatening world of the cynical adults and the sun-soaked, hopeful world of the child believers. Sadly, Lloyd Webber and director Gale Edwards squander an opportunity for a real show-down between the two. By the end of the night, you re really craving the child-ruled world, but the kids never get their chance to fight for it.
The most stirring kid-free scenes are between The Man (Marcus Lovett) and girl-woman Swallow (Lottie Mayor) who wants desperately to believe he is the messiah who will bring her dead mother back to life. What starts as innocent is infused with a sexual electricity in the second act which The Man struggles touchingly to resist. The two combined, with intermittent help from George Micheal lookalike Amos (Dean Collinson), sure can belt out a tormented love song.
Whistle Down the Wind is a good, solid musical. It has plenty of old Lloyd Webber echoes - including a mob hunt scene eerily reminiscent of Phantom - but also manages to cover new ground. One particularly welcome change to standard Lloyd Webber fare is the spoken word. Perhaps he s finally realised how deeply annoying the rock operatic format can be? Now that is a miracle.
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Another WOS reviewer found Whistle uneven....
Swallow is a kid of indeterminate age, growing up in small-town Louisiana in the 1950s. Motherless trailer-trash, she does her best to help her grieving pa with the younger kids - Brat and Poor Baby. More than anything, Swallow wants her ma back. When a wounded man is found hiding out in the family barn, Swallow is convinced he s Jesus. And so are the rest of the town s children who flock to The Man s side. Meantime, the adult folks learn that an escaped killer is in their midst - though they don t know how close - and the town becomes divided along age-lines.
And so the drama of Whistle Down the Wind is well set up, with the aid of some enjoyable lyrics from Jim Steinman. The children's songs are light and bright, most notably the oh-so-catchy 'When Children Rule The World.' Meanwhile, the adults darkly lament the corruption of their once 'Safe Haven.' Act One comes to a gripping climax with the stage split in two: the children and The Man bathed in light below; above them, the adults arming themselves for the fight with torches and guns.
Sadly, the drama and tension unwind apace in Act Two. Where the first act is subtle, intriguing and affecting, the second is trite, repetitive and disappointing. There are few surprises in the plot and little character development. Amos may appear dangerous and brooding, but his role in the action is anything but. And, talking of skimming the surface, compare the characterisation of Candy to say Mimi in Rent.
Where the show goes most right is with Swallow, played with angelic grace by Lottie Mayor. And where the show goes most wrong is with The Man. This isn't the fault of hunky Broadway export Marcus Lovett, who can do brooding, anguished and then some. Unfortunately, his character just fizzles out. What has the appearance of The Man told us about life, the universe or anything? And where is the confrontation with the townspeople we've been waiting for?
Ultimately, Whistle feels like a piece that got too complicated for its creators. It's disappointing that, after a promising start and exemplary staging, it takes its own 'off ramp exit' in Act Two.
Maybe it's laziness - certainly too many songs are repeated as the show goes on. That's fine if you want the audience whistling the tunes as they leave the theatre, but not so good if you'd like them to remember the story.
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Try Random.RandomRange(speedMin, SpeedMax);
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May 21,2014
Chocolate Crackling Cake
Merwans has a wide variety of cakes to offer! Chocolate crackling cake is my favorite and it gets sold out in no time from both the shops (both the shops are next to eachother)! The cake is fresh soft and it melts in your mouth immediately! whether you keep it in the fridge or leave it out it tastes amazing anyways! a must must must try!!
December 15,2013
Rude Staff !! Am not returning.
Went there on a few occasions and have tried veg pepper mayonnaise and few other snacks. The price is very low but you have to order 3 of each for it to be sufficient. Fillings are measly.
It so happened that I went to the second outlet which is towards Shoppers staff and there were many people around so I could not see the item description, waited there patiently for 10 mins and told the guy to give me any 2 chicken rolls but just tell me which is which .
The counter guy on extreme right was rude enough to tell me that its not his job to describe the items!
So how are people supposed to know ? Telepathy ?
I understand that there is a crowd but if you cannot handle the stress of your job then better quit and find another one, rather than being rude to customers.
I have lost all respect for them won't go anymore .
November 01,2013
August 05,2013
Love this joint
I so love merwans when it comes to their cheese cakes. They aren't as good as a few other outlets i know, but they are with a try when you're in and around this area. Love their snacks, specially their chicken pattice. Ambience is okay, you wouldnt want to stand there and eat as there is hardly any place to make purchases. But worth a try. Pricing is also decent.
July 26,2013
July 11,2013
April 02,2013
Merwans is no hidden gem!
Considering the tremendous crowd on any given day and time..
it is certainly not Hidden!
They are still one of those places who sell yummy cakes at unbelievably low prices.
The Mawa Cake is melt-in-the-mouth yummy!!! ummm
The pastries are not out of the world tasty but good.
The fruit smoothies are delicious..my regular on the go
is banana smoothie!
Cheers :)
December 13,2012
Pocket friendly
I've been here only a few times but I like the place. The chicken puff and the jam roll are the best things I've had here.
The black forest pastry and some sweet coconut roll that I had was good too.
Even though there are better tasting cakes available at other cake shops, the chocolate cake available here is worth it's price.
If you are non vegetarian, I would suggest you try out the chicken puff.
December 05,2012
November 18,2012
Most Delicious Snacks and Quite Cheap!
You must try out Chocolate Crackle, Chocolate Eclairs, Lemon Crackle, Chicken Cheese Roll, Chicken Puff. It's attracts so many people that the snacks counters clears off by 8pm itself! They have also introduced Cheese cakes recently. Oh, don't forget to try out their Mawa cakes and Smoothies!
November 10,2012
November 09,2012
Average if we compare it to the likes of theobroma
Nothing great,but this place is very affordable and gives value for money,its the most successful cake shop near Andheri station..its has smoothies,cakes,pastries,chocolate eclairs which are yum.Prices are well under the budget-40-50 bucks for a cake is not at all expensive..there are two of them located next doors...Don't know why
my recommendations-chocolate eclair-which is yum
avoid the swiss roll-doesnt live to its name
September 25,2012
Whats with the Finger Sized Rolls?
Merwans....have seen and been here since childhood.And when they started making these various rolls it was a superb change. They were tasty,with good amount of fillings in the rolls and of-course value for money.
My all time favorites are Chicken and Mushroom in white sauce and Chicken Garlic Pattice. The others like Chicken Kabuli, Hariyali Chicken etc are also tasty.
But recently I have seen the reducing size of the rolls day by day and also the fillings inside the roll has reduced drastically. In a chicken roll, where is the chicken?Similarly, in a closed pizza there are few veggies thrown here and there, and very very few threads of cheese.
I would really appreciate and be happy that Merwans pay attention to these things and I would be back to rate them with 5 stars!!!!
August 17,2012
years of yummmmmmmmmmmm :)
Its been more than a decade that i have been visiting merwans. They are undoubtedly one of the best cake shops in mumbai. Their cakes and pasteries are to die for especially the chocolate crackle, lemon crackle and butterscotch. Also, they have have a wide and good variety of rolls and puffs and believe me they are served at throw away prices. You won't get this kinda quality at this price anywhere.
Sweet and simple
'Merwans' was the place to go to during college outings...the minute you step inside, the whiff of freshly baked cakes greets you.
You just cannot miss this place.
The lemon crackle is awesome ! The subtle yet not over-powering taste of lemon is its USP.
The rolls are something Merwans introduced some time back and what a good job they do! Worth trying !
They also offer assorted chocolates which are great.
Located close to andheri station, it is very convenient to go to. Do not miss.
February 24,2012
Great Chicken Garlic Pattice
Great place for many years now for lovely cakes, Mawa samosas & Chicken Garlic pattice. Always crowded inside & outside. Terrible to park your card on the road...The Smoothies are lovely there. The Cashew macaroons are lovely.
Great place for great food.
Very easily locateable
February 19,2012
Childhood Memories :)
Merwans has been a part of all memories since childhood. Have grown up eating their lovely cakes and chocolate balls ! Love the walnut macrons, the super delicious Plum cakes, Garlic chicken Puff, Chocolate eclair, lemon and chocolate tarts. OMG if i dont stop now i may just write the entire menu. :) Its the best bakery in Andheri. Very consistent and the prices are lovable too:)
michelle , software eng AND FOOD CRITIC
October 28,2011
September 20,2011
Great Place
I have been visiting them for a fairly long time..Awsum cakes.. My fav being Lemon Crackle and Butterscotch cakes.. Their Mawa cakes are not to be missed at all..But you have to be there before 8.30 in the evening, or else you will be in a surprise to find that the cakes have been sold out :). The shop is always crowded because of its popularity.. Merwans cakes are always a part of my family celebrations..
August 24,2011
August 17,2011
July 22,2011
Best Cake Shop in Mumbai.
Been here since 5 years now. This place is not for the light hearted. You go in planning to eat one variety end end up trying out five times. Among cakes Lemon Crackle is my personal favourite. Other yummy ones include Tiramisu, Chocolate Crackle, Honey Crunch, Walnut Capucchino, Mocha, White Forest. Among patisserie Kabuli/Tandoori/Hariyali Chicken rolls are great. Mawa cakes are worth dying for. Cookies and breads are all fresh and good. The best part of the place is that all their cakes/patties are made in their bakery right behind the store so expect everything to be fresh. The place is truely foodgasmic.
January 02,2011
A place like this needs more appreciation
Visited merwans the first time 9 yrs ago. A chkn or veg roll at that time wud cost 12 bucks and today 9 yrs later its still priced at the same cost..
im not sure how they manage to do that... its amazing..
the rolls are v good and ofcourse the pastries, my favourite being chocolate crackle..
Good fresh food, but slightly crowded as its located near the station...
November 07,2010
August 26,2010
Awesum :)
Merwans is situated near the Andheri station and is one of the best cake shops you can ever have. Their mawa cakes are an absolute treat. I'v never had better ones anywhere else .... these just melt in the mouth. Simply blissful! The other stuff like rolls, puffs, pastries are also always fresh and amazing. In all a fantastic place to grab some nice evening chow! :)
March 04,2010
Best Cashew Macaroons in Mumbai!
Merwans... ahh, what memories.
School days when I used to do my studies well, the cashew and coconut macaroons and the chocolate eclairs and the walnut rolls were special treats. They even had a fast food joint where the 2nd Merwans is now. Yummy fast food they had, but unfortunately it shut down.
The cakes still remain good, and attract a lot of loyal fans! One warning - their cream is made of fresh butter, rather than the normal milk cream, so it does have a different taste - some people don't like it so much (yours truly being one of them), but the chocolate balls are still wonderful :) And of course they have the usual chicken, mutton, veg pattice which also are good!! Merwans is proof that quality always lasts. The shop is over 3 decades old :)
I am still a regular for the cashew macaroons (YUM!) and the almond truffle (YUM! YUM!). Patties are cheap and tasty as well.
Sharon D'souza, Human Resources
January 22,2010
August 25,2009
Excellent !!!!
This is a place I just keep going to frequently!!
I love their food so much that i am here almost every week.
The Mawa Cup Cakes are the best in Mumbai.
The Almond cake is delicate & fine
The plum cake is sinfully rich
The Chicken garlic pattice are crisp with soft chicken filling..yummy!!!. The Rolls are superb...I love the Chicken Kabuli & Cheese Chicken rolls!!.
The pastry section is mind-blowing & I love The lemon crackle & Black forest.
The pricing is very decent & quality is always consistent.
The Only Flip side is the Inconsistent Staff which sometimes comes across as moody & slow. But I guess it is a tough job serving the massive crowds that throng the place. Infact most of the times they are sold out!!
All In all...Superb!!!
August 22,2009
Wen i used to live in powai nd had to go to churchgate everyday to attend college, dis was one place i wud invariably stop at to either have a pastry or pattice for breakfast or de ever delicious mawa cake as an evening snack!
now i hv shifted to dadar but i love its mawa cake sooooooo much dat i keep going to andheri atleast once every fortnight just to be able to have mawa cake from merwans! its that goooooooooooooooood nd yummmmmmmmmy!
in fact a very dear friend of mine is now in australia nd she keeps missing dis place bcoz it has de most divine mawa cake nd she keeps tellin me dat no dessert place in australia makes pastries as good as dey make at merwans..
so all u ppl, head down to andheri nd have a bit of its amazing cakes, pastries, pattice or simply de bst mawa cake in town, u wil want to make de journey every week, just like me!
February 21,2009
mmm i am loving it....
Merwans is a place i have been regularly going since childhood.
The mayonnaise roll ,chicken pattice,chicken garlic pattice rocks.
A must try is their choclate ball which is the softest and tastiest one in mumbai.
You should also try their cakes and sweet rolls.
If you ever come to andheri or pass andheri station you got to get down and enter the world of Merwans and i bet you will not regret it.
Rochelle Fernandes, Administrator
September 23,2008
June 03,2008
Simply da best
I have seen this place for over 6 years now, and its exactly the same. The rolls are out of this world. Especially the Chicken Garlic which is worth fighting for.
For someone who has a sweet tooth this place is heaven. if i begin to describe the pastries this review will go on for pages and will definitely create a sweet craving. A must visit for all ages, shapes, sizes of ppl.
Although the location at andheri w station is a bit too crowded - its worth the effort.
Thinking about Merwans is making me hungry....gtg :)
October 31,2007
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The latest installment in Rusty Lake's wildly popular point-and-click horror adventure series has arrived in the form of Cube Escape: Case 23, also free for iOS and Android, and right away its apparent that this already surreal series is getting even darker. As it opens, you're investigating the murder of a young woman, someone who may look a little familiar to you if you've played Cube Escape: Seasons and Cube Escape: The Lake, and this isn't your cut-and-dry homicide. Hope you've got your sunglasses ready and puns all thought out. To play, just click the tiny black arrows at the edges of the screen to move around, and the cursor will change whenever it passes over something you can interact with. You can click an item in your inventory to hold it to try to use it somewhere, or you can scroll through it using the white arrows or by dragging up and down on that side of the screen. You're looking for evidence as you examine this grisly scene, but this house has some seriously weird secrets, and it's going to take a gumshoe who can think outside the box to make sense of things... if, that is, there is sense yet to be made, and that's just the tip of an adventure that continues to add up the puzzle pieces from the previous games. Settle in, folks, this is a long one... and get ready for a jump scare or two.
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If you love simple, stylish puzzle games, Elio Landa should be a name you already know, and Finite Moves should be about what you expect. The goal in each level is to make each numbered tile decrease to zero by moving it around the screen, and cover all the glowing dots. Each move, executed by clicking and dragging, drops a tile's number by one, until it becomes immovable at zero, and winning means having all tiles zeroed out and all dots covered. The trick is that a tile's number will only go down if that's the one you're actively manipulating... a three tile won't go down to two if you use a different tile to push it somewhere, for example. The simple but well-executed concept, the mellow guitar soundtrack that makes you feel like you're glamorously gaming on a beach under a sunset somewhere, the shiny-smooth presentation... all of these things are rapidly becoming Elio Landa's calling cards. Finite Moves isn't necessarily that difficult, especially since the question mark icon to the bottom right next to the "undo" and "restart" buttons automatically turns on a function that shows you specifically what to do for that level. But even if it doesn't break your brain bank, Finite Moves belongs in that category of pleasantly chill, smartly made little games that encourage you to kick back, relax, and puzzle an afternoon away.
I don't know why you'd ever want to escape from Ichima's Room 8. With its lounge-friendly decor, lovely balcony, and frosty drinks, it's literally everything I've ever wanted in a getaway, but if you're not a laze-bag like me, well, you'll need to solve some puzzles to get out. There's no changing cursor, so you'll have to check everything to figure out what you can interact with on your own, though there's also not much pixel hunting to speak of either. Room 8 doesn't hide new views or items in places without some sort of visual indicator, so you don't need to worry about clicking madly only to find you missed the one fraction of screen you needed to see what you were missing, and the whole thing is tightly designed with logical and clever puzzles that will wake up your brain without making it blow smoke. It's not a particularly long game, but it is a charming, crafty one, and a perfectly pleasing escape from whatever ails you.
Alright, adventurers! It's time for a spot of good old fashioned temple exploring action! That's just what you get in Duke Dashington, an action puzzle game by Adventure Islands (also for Android and iOS!) that puts you in the role of the titular chipper explorer whose upper lip is so stiff he can break walls with it. Duke's quite the eager beaver when it comes to diving headfirst into collapsing temples, so much so that once you launch him in a particular direction with the [arrow] or [WASD] keys, he won't stop until he hits something. This is extremely useful, as you only have ten seconds to complete each room before the roof collapses on top of you, but it does have its drawbacks when spikes, saws, or lava pits are around. Reflexes are the name of the game, here - you have to assess each level quickly and get to dashing if you want to complete all 120 rooms spread out over four temples in good time.
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'Do you recall the first time we ever met, darling? Was it... fate that brought us together? Kismet, perhaps?' 'Nope. It was those giant mechanical novelty hands shoving us into each other.' '...How strange. I don't remember those at all!' In Andrew Morrish's new physics puzzle designed for Ludum Dare, you're just a love machine. A Tough Love Machine. Literally! Well-armed with cartoonish pair of mechanical gloved hands, your objective is to join true love in the form of two hearts by pushing and sliding them around levels that are, er, also you... to bring them both together in a wave of profoundly amorous synchronicity. Or to light up the entire level in an exciting disco-floor suffusion of color. You know. Whichever.
Poor Goblin Lord. He tried turning over a new leaf. He stopped trying to devour human flesh and chose a healthier lifestyle. One that would be good for his heart instead of the artery clogging innocents he usually devoured... so he started a vegetable garden. The only problem is he doesn't have a green thumb. In fact just the opposite. His neighbor, however, has the best looking carrots all around, and in a rage of jealous fury, or perhaps he was just "hangry", he sends his horde after the delectable veggies. But there was something else he didn't count on... this little rabbit farmer has a gun. Yes, in Harvest Defender you play as the swift rabbit shooting down goblin after goblin to keep them away from your growing plants. Obviously inspired by Plants vs. Zombies, Ottomoto's defense action game has plenty of guns and allies you can upgrade to keep your food safe. Be warned however. While you can replay the level, as soon as you move on, there is no going back. With no way to farm gold you have to be smart about your purchases. Some find grinding a boring weight on the gameplay, but Harvest Defender shows that without it you have to really think twice before you make a purchase.
Broken Pixel's Ruffian! is all about being the no-gooding-est baddie around while doing the least amount of work possible, which is to say it's a puzzle game where a single well-placed bullet can ricochet around each level to take out all your hapless, helpless victims. Just use your mouse to aim and fire, you no-goodnik, using the dotted line trajectory to help plan where your bullet will go, and hopefully where it'll end up, and remember... spare no-one, not even the women and children! It's the sort of thing we've seen before in games like Ricochet Kills, but Ruffian! focuses on aiming and pulling off some pretty impressive trick shots, and with only a handful of bullets in each stage, things get tricky in a hurry. A lot of the game's appeal comes from its fantastic old-timey presentation, with its highly stylized visuals and attention to detail in everything from the sound-effects to the way they're represented graphically. While the gameplay doesn't really offer any surprises after a handful of levels, Ruffians! emphasizes going for the gold by offering up a slew of challenging achievements, such as completing certain levels in a specific number of shots. It's a fun facelift for a familiar formula, and one pulled off with style and flair. Not that you'd appreciate such things, you ruffian, you.
In Justwo's physics-driven shooter Newton's Law, you may only be a space mall cop, but you're the space mall's only space hope when space criminals fill it full of space dangers, trap the space civilians, and turn off the gravity... in space. You've got to get to the third floor, but since you're floating around, you need to fire your (space) gun by aiming and clicking the (normal, boring) mouse to use it to propel you where you want to go. Use the [spacebar] to free trapped civilians and open doors, and blast enemy robots along the way. If you die, or, well, when you die, don't despair... not only will you be taken back to the security room where you can upgrade your pistol using gears from rescues and kills, but you'll face a new randomized set of levels when you leave. Newton's Law is actually a neat little idea, with the shuffled stages doing a lot to alleviate some of the grind, but it is still a grind, and suffers from a lack of in-game explanation on some of the aspects, to say nothing of the way some players are going to find the movement hard to get used to in a setting where you still have to be able to react and maneuver quickly at times. Still, Newton's Law has such a great style and sense of charm, both in its bright visual style and bouncy soundtrack, and its clever concept is one we hope gets more fleshing out in the future. ... the space future. In space. ... spaaaaaaaaaaace!
When you need a little sunshine in your day, Funkyland's escape games can always be counted on, with their bouncy soundtracks and eye-poppingly cheerful design. In Fruit Kitchens No. 24: Papaya Yellow, because you can leave this kitschy kitchen, you need to find seven payapas... some of them are simply tucked in odd places, while others are locked away behind puzzles. There's no changing cursor, so you'll want to click on everything to make sure you don't miss something you can interact with, though this game is definitely of the short and sweet variety. There's just something about Funkyland's Fruit Kitchens games that makes you want to twirl around with some cartoon birds while you make a batch of cookies (or garlic bread, because let's face it, savory is better), and Papaya Yellow's biggest difficulty is likely to be simply missing a hotspot or two given its colourfully cluttered design, though you may need to give your thinker a light shake to wake it up. Fruit Kitchens No. 24: Papaya Yellow is as sunny and happy as you'd hope, and a lovely way to spend a few minutes.
If you like point-and-click horror adventures, ScriptWelder's is a name that should make you a little twitterpated, especially given how Don't Escape and Don't Escape 2 turned a popular genre on its head. Instead of trying to find a way out of a place, you're trying to find a way to keep yourself securely in, and in grand babel fish tradition, that's a lot harder than it sounds. So when, in Don't Escape 3, you wake up with a pounding headache aboard a starship, in the airlock, with flashing warning lights and the computer counting down to... something... you know you're in trouble. Right off the bat, you have to think on your feet, and things only get more complicated when you begin exploring the ship. Your cursor changes when it passes over things you can click on to interact with, and moving it to the top of the screen will cause your inventory to drop down. To combine items you're carrying, click first one object, and then another, and if the combo is valid, it'll automatically combine. The mood is tense. Ominous. Almost predatory. And you don't have a lot of time, since the ship only has enough air left for an hour... but even with a distress call activated, you're not in the clear, since the ship is detecting an intruder. But don't worry. Nothing bad ever happens in space.
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Also free for iOS and Android, Doodle God Blitz is a browser port of JoyBits' newest free-to-play spin on the classic Doodle God game formula, and a flashier (and timer-y-er) version of their Doodle God 2 online game. The premise is still the same... as the preeminent doodle deity, your job in this puzzle game is to create things by combining elements. Fire and Earth make lava, for instance, but how do you suppose one goes about making Ice Cream? Warriors? Fireworks? See, whenever you make a new "element", it gets added to the pool to be combined with others, and there are tons to unlock and use. Unlike the original Doodle God, however, Doodle God Blitz uses several different currencies and timers... while you can play it without paying a cent, especially if you complete the quests to gain more energy (in which case our Doodle God walkthrough may help!), it means a lot of waiting around. Every successful match you make costs you one point of energy, which regenerates at a slow pace, or you can use the Mana you earn to purchase more immediately (as well as hints) if you don't want to spend real cash. None of this is news to you if you've checked out the mobile versions, which this is identical to, but it's a little jarring to see it in your browser, and the ads can be frustratingly interruptive, so caveat emptor. Doodle God Blitz is still a gorgeous game with a great premise, and watching the world get filled in as you play is a lovely touch, so if you've been craving more of that doodlin', it's worth a look.
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Don't be fooled by names. While BlOCnog might sound like something you'd drink at a LEGO-themed Christmas party, and while it might look like an ordinary Sokoban game, BLOCnog is actually a cool, slick little puzzle game from Gameshot that combines the best of sliding block games, Tetris, and everyone's favorite pastime: sticking stuff to other stuff! You're a lone orange block who just loves sitting on top of red-and-yellow striped squares. But not all striped squares are created equal, and some are too big for you to cover up alone. Luckily, there are other orange blocks around, and you can adhere to them just by touching them! As you slide around with the [arrow] keys, gather up blocks to change your shape and get into the right configuration to enter the goal! Just remember that the stranger your shape, the harder it's going to be to move around the board without hitting things or getting blocked off! But don't get too stressed, because BLOCnog is a game that wants to make very, very sure you have fun with it, no matter how you play.
From its plinky plonky guitar soundtrack to its vibrant cartoon visuals, Crayon Hero's physics puzzle game Bouncy and Monsto holds few surprises, but gosh if it isn't a cute game for kids. Bouncy's got a taste for stars, which leads to him often being separated from his furry pal Monsto, so in each level you'll have to figure out how to remove or otherwise interact with the scenery in order to get Bouncy safely back to his burly buddy as he rolls and falls. You can remove wooden obstacles by clicking them, detonate bombs to harmlessly give Bouncy an explosive boost, and use warp circles to get around. While its presentation is great, though that guitar track might get repetitive, Bouncy and Monsto might be a bit too kid-friendly for older or simply more experienced players simply because it never really feels like it takes the training wheels off, making it pleasant as all get-out, but not much of a challenge. If you have a fledgling gamer around, however, or simply want something light and pleasant, Bouncy and Monsto is a fun and cheery game of reflexes and puzzling to brighten your day.
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Why are my apps taking up so much space?
I have a total of 29 apps on my iPad 2, and that's INCLUDING the 20 default apps I can't erase.
I've only gone out of my way to download 9 other apps: iBooks, iHeartRadio, Netflix, Nook, Kindle, Sudoku, Goodreads, Comics, and Camera+.
I mainly use my iPad as an ereader, so I basically use iBooks 90% of the time. I also have a subscription of The New Yorker, which is in Newsstand, along with The New York Times (which was there by default).
And yet this is all the space they take up:
Isn't that a LOT of space being taken up by just a few additional apps? I know people who have pages and pages of apps, but I barely have the second page filled!
Before all this, I tried erasing about five other applications that I never used, yet the memory stayed exactly the same.
I was going to add my music library to the tablet, but then it went way over capacity (I have 1,329 songs).
Does anybody know why my apps are taking up so much room?
Edit: By comparison, my iPhone 4S has 48 apps, and this is the breakdown:
Both my iPad and iPhone have 16GB. I just don't get why the apps are taking up so much space on the tablet and so little on the phone.
The space taken up by "Apps" in the gas gauge includes the data STORED by the app.
So, for example, all photos in Camera+ that are NOT moved to the camera roll are stored in the app.
All your iBook purchases? Stored in the app. Nook, Kindle, Comics, Goodreads (crap you do a lot of reading)? Stored in the app.
The iHeartRadio cache? Stored in the app.
So that's why those apps take up a lot of space (and actually, 4GB is not a lot of space unless you have a 16GB or less device).
you can go into Settings - General - Usage (this may take a few seconds to refresh the apps list).
Now you can see on an app-by-app basis how much space is being occupied and by what.
Well, it looks like my New Yorker subscription is the biggest culprit:
Thanks for the info.
Cyber papers are only good to read :( jk
It's Camera+. I was searching on this same problem. As soon as I noticed that you had the same Camera+ app, I guessed that might be the culprit. I immediately deleted it and the app file space on my iphone dropped about 90%!!!
Camera+ is his next to lowest usage app on that screen. In this 2+ month old post, the culprit was indeed.. the New Yorker issues.
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Collodion portrait of an actor Branko Jordan
Anton Podbevšek Teater will have tomorrow a premier of new theater show,
AMOR OMNIA VINCIT* and I've made digital documentation of the show, but I couldn't resist not to take a snapshot in collodion technique of my friend Branko Jordan, one of the most prominent actor of his generation in this corner of the world. The plate has some fog, but concerning the timing and working condition I love it. In fact the fog, stains and everything else is just ideal for my taste!
For the promotion of theater shows I also developed a form of video teaser for Internet and social networks. It's a mixture of video and photography, accompanied by a statement of the director followed with a scene from the show, to illustrate abstract words of the concept with an example from the show. This form of a teaser I perfected over two years and now I think it's best that I could do. It also attract a lot of attention and popularize theater among iGeneration.
Blažka Müller Pograjc: AMOR OMNIA VINCIT*
Director: Matjaž Pograjc
Actors: Katarina Stegnar, Gorka Berden, Marijana Brecelj, Branko Jordan, Pavle Ravnohrib, Vito Weis in Enya Belak, Tamara Polanc, Kristina Rozman, Veronika Valdés
Produkcija: Anton Podbevšek Teater
Photography, video and editing: Borut Peterlin
And Now For Something Completely Different – Topshit Fashion in Wet Plate Collodion
Alenka Slavinec is my friend and colleague photographer, but she is also film producer. Lately she is fully engaged as an editor of Fashion Avenue Kuwait magazine. She is globe trotting all the time, but a week ago she called me and expressed that she would like to have a portrait in wet plate collodion, so she came to my house and on Sunday. All three portraits are ambrotypes format 8×10″. On the first plate I realized that although it was a bright day, green leaves were filtering all blue and UV light (that's their job), so exposure was taking too long. Luckily in my past life I was an incarnation of a digital photographer and all expensive equipment is still in Da Houze, so I pulled out my Elektrona's Flash Feeder and two studio flashes of joined power 2250Ws.
The second plate was perfect. Really perfect. Black dress is defined against black background and if you do ambrotype or tintype process, you know how contrasty this medium is. It has a dynamic range of a cat after a massive meal. Then we made another one and we went for a lunch at Kolesar restaurant. It was really cool Sunday.
Side note: I know how to do fashion photography, I've been assisting Oliviero Toscani (UC of Benetton) among other things, but the truth is I don't have a talent for fashion – that's fashion as how to dress and mostly (!) care how you are dressed, as is evident on behind the scene pics. Perhaps I'm making a mistake. Am I?
The Mask, global wet plate project
Shane Balkowitsch bought dozen gas masks and shipped them to artists around the world with only one task, to make a wet plate collodion image with the mask. In a year or so the masks circled the globe and few weeks ago came knocking at my door. Yesterday I've made the image I wanted. It's inspired by Röyksopp's video spot What Else Is There. I wanted to get a haunted kind of dreamy creature. I ask my daughters to dress as princesses and consequently they used all mother's make up. I explained them that no make up is needed because of the mask, but that didn't stop them :-)
On the video you can see Lučka is jumping. I wanted unnatural body posture and the best way I could think of is while being suspended in the air. I thought I will see that she's flying, just as Marianne Schröder is flying in Royksopp's video, but now I prefer it like it is. It does look very unearthly, which is what I wanted in the first place!
The collection of wet plates of the mask is ON THIS LINK.
Sunday is a good and dry collodion day
OK, let's start with the new member of my family. Please read captions of my images, this post will be more in telegraphic style.
Charconnet Petzval:
I bought a petzval lens! Gasc & Charconnet Paris Vintage lens is less known and less expensive than Dallmeyer or Hermagis but it's in the same quality range. Made in years around 1860's. So now I'm playing around, see what the baby have to offer. Please read the captions and you'll see what images are done with the lens. Most of them.
Carbon Printing
I'm so much in love with carbon prints! it's amazing! I love it.
Dry Preserved Collodion Negatives
As much as I love the idea of not carrying all the chemistry and a darkroom around, the dry collodion is not a shortcut. You spend ten times as much time to process one plate. Just developing of a single plate that I've shot today it took me literally an hour! That being said, it's very useful tool to have in my assortiment of expression.
PS: That chopped down tree was cut by a beaver. It's amazing, that this animals that are almost extinct are living literally in downtown of Dolenjske Toplice! Look carefully the last image, you'll see that the beaver chewed whole trunk! So cool!
Vintage studio backgrounds of Josip Pelikan, dated about 1930's
Astrid asked me if I could take a picture of fantastic vintage studio backgrounds that were using Josip Pelikan, so after I got a permission from the museum I'm publishing them on my blog. On Flickr you can download a hires file of the image, just click all sizes. Vintage backgrounds are dated about 1930's. The skylight studio was built in 1898 and bought by Josip Pelikan in 1922. Nowadays Josip Pelikan Photographic Studio is a branch of the Celje Museum of Recent History. If you going to use the files to make your own vintage look studio background, just leave a note in the back that it was done on the basis of backgrounds from Josip Pelikan Studio, Celje, Slovenia, EU. A lot of people from MNZC museum worked hard to renovate the skylight studio and we owe them at least a credit. THX.
I've been thinking. My friend ordered a painted movie poster from India and if you know a painter's service like that, share the info and good luck! Perhaps we can make a group order and get a discount. Just a thought…
Yesterday I was portraying in the studio and I've made this plate. Also a colleague photojournalist Andraž Purg came by and made a portrait of me.
A photography project on fears and delights being a parent
The book I'm presenting is a fruit of collaboration at the workshop. I've learned hugely by just watching Klavdij going through images, picking one, the other, changing the order, putting it back on the pile and so on. We called it Sluban's magic, because although sometimes images that were on the table were not impressive at all, but his selection of just say 8 images and juxtapositioning them in certain order, did made a huge difference. You can not understand if you don't witness it. I've been at workshops with many many famous photographers, from Martin Parr, Duane Michals, Joel Peter Witkin and many others, but I haven't seen anything like it. I knew from our first meeting that all I need to learn at the workshop is to tap on his frequency of thinking and the result is evident here in this book. Mark Osterman gave me a great comment. He loved that I used different camera formats (6×6, 4×5″, 8×10″) and also different processes (b&w film, wet plate collodion – ambrotype and wet plate negative) and I blended them all together in a book almost seamlessly. That's Sluban's magic, I tell you!
Dear topshit readers,
I'm awfully proud on the following book I've made. I've joined an excellent workshop with Klavdij Sluban. Klavdij Sluban is an extraordinary photographer and won so many prestigious photography awards. One of the most important award was certainly European Publishers Award 2009 and this year he was one of the juror for Leica Award 2013. It's fortunate for us that his parents were Slovenians and although he was born in Paris, he spend his childhood in Slovenia, so he speaks fluently Slovenian (among other half a dozen languages). He made a generous offer to make a whole year lasting workshop and we would meet six weekends across the whole year. His only condition was not to advertise the workshop internationally, but invite only Slovenian photographers. Last week we had an opening of exhibition as the final stage of our workshop.
As I'm describing in the video I was aware that the story about the most beautiful children in the world is not enough. I shaped my concept around my fears and delights of being a parent. When I was a child, ten years old, I burned myself with a gasoline and almost died. When I became a parent I experienced fears for my children and one day I was strucked by a thought, what my parents had to go through at the time of my accident!
The book is on ebay (LINK) if you want a copy. If you want a print as well, I've just put two prints on ebay and link is listed below.
A link to the gallery of images on my website.
The print no.1 listed on ebay.
Twist Wet Plate Collodion process at 30 °C
A week ago the Fotopub Festival finished. I was a founder of the festival in 2001 and was running the show for seven years and today I'm proud to say that the level is so high I gladly enrol as a participant to one of the workshops. This year I enrolled in a workshop with Diana Lui and I was photographing river beaches in wet plate collodion. Heat is a nightmare for wet plate collodion process, but I rethought the process, made few tests and here we go, I was doing wet plate collodion process at 30°C almost business as usual at 20°C.
I've made several changes to the process.
1) I lowered the pH of silver nitrate bath from 4pH to 2.3pH by adding few drops of nitric acid into it (about 3 drops per 500ml should be enough, but check yourself)
2) I added more alcohol in my collodion mixture. I have alcohol on the spot and if I see it's drying too fast I add some more solvent.
3) To my usual developer I added 25% of water and added 5 drops of nitric acid per 100ml of developer. I could add also 5gr of sugar per 100ml, but I didn't have to.
4) when sensitizing plate in silver bath I reduced the time from 3 minutes to only 2 minutes. Mark Osterman is emphasizing that the sensibilization should be done by observation and not by time, but on the field I observe only the first plate then I do it by time. You can see when a plate is ready for exposure. If you leave it too long in the heat, you will get too much silver on your plate that will become fog during development.
5) I used water as my stop bath, but I've added a spoon of table salt to a liter of water. Salt will react with silver and will stop the development process immediately. It's important to stop development fast if you work without running water and in the heat.
And that's basically it. If the plate is perfectly exposed it should be developed for 20 seconds. I've learned this from Mark Osterman's manual where he explains in details what does what in the process. I rethought and made lots of tests, wrote him a lot of questions and on the end I came up with results that are satisfying. Last but not least I owe Miša Keskenović lost of gratitude for all the knowledge he shared with me.
Have you seen my video about wet plate collodion at 0°C? HERE is the link. The same logic is behind, only fashion changes. When you understand the process you adjust the process freely to the conditions. Twist and shout the process out!
PS: This will be a supplement to my exhibition on 5.9.2013 in KKC, Dolenjske Toplice, Slovenia.
PPS: All those five steps aren't probably necessary to deal with heat. Step number 1 makes about 60% of the effect I reckon, but with it you lose at least 2 f stops of sensibility of your wet plate collodion plate.


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W.Va. logging company cited for 18 violations
RIPLEY, W.Va. (AP) — The federal government has cited a Ripley logging company for 18 violations after a logger was fatally struck by a tree.
The Occupational Safety and health Administration says Best Logging was cited for 14 serious violations and four other violations at a Rock Castle work site.
Among the deficiencies were failure to ensure employees wore protective gear and remained within visual or audible contact with each other. The company also was cited for training violations and other problems.
The company faces $39,000 in proposed penalties. It has 15 days to comply or contest the citations.
A phone number for the company could not be located.
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T-Mobile and Orange recently announced they were coming together with EE to bring 4G LTE to the United Kingdom. At the time of the announcement they planed to roll out several great devices such as the Samsung Galaxy S3 LTE, Nokia Lumia 920, Nokia Lumia 820, and others. That wasn't it though, one device was purposely left off: the iPhone 5.Read More »
4G LTE Finally Comes to the UK via 'New' EE Service
Want 4G LTE in London? Your wish is about to be granted, thanks to a brand new company called EE. For those that don't know, EE isn't really a new company though- it is ran by Orange and T-Mobile.Read More »
Waiting for Fido to Launch its 4G LTE service? It's Now Live
While Rogers has had LTE available in Canada for a while now, it has been slow to share the LTE love with its faithful companion, Fido. Earlier this year, we looked at hints of Fido getting 4G LTE, and last month Fido even officially stated that 4G LTE was coming soon. Roger's budget sub-brand is now finally catching up to speed with 4G LTE, with service in Calgary, Montreal, Ottawa, Saint John's, Toronto and Vancouver all going live today.Read More »
Samsung Galaxy Nexus 4G LTE for Verizon on Sale for $0.01
Despite more recent offerings like the HTC One X and the Galaxy S III, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus 4G is still easily one of the best Android smartphones out there. And you can get one for just a penny.Read More »
New HTC INCREDIBLE 4G LTE for Verizon July 5
The Taiwanese company has announced that it will be revealing something "INCREDIBLE" this week and sure enough, they did.Read More »
New Jetpack 890L Arrives at Verizon, Simultaneously Connects 10 4G LTE Devices
The Jetpack 890L has arrived, allowing Verizon users to share their 4G LTE connection on the go with up to 10 WiFi devices at onceRead More »
T-Mobile Takes A Jab At AT&T In It's Latest Commercial
Just a little less than a half-year ago now, AT&T and T-Mobile's merger fell through, and the struggling T-Mobile was left on its own, with no choice but to pick up the pieces and attempt to rebuild what it had lost in the last few years. Now it seems that T-Mobile's Carly has gone from pretty pink dresses to a feminine biker in the newest commercial take that uses motorcycles as visual aids to demonstrate how fast T-Mobile's 4G is versus the current AT&T standard.Read More »
Expect Same 3.5-Inch Screen for New LTE iPhone This Fall
We've heard all sorts of wild rumors about what we can expect from the next iPhone, whether we decide to call it the iPhone 5, the iPhone 5.1, the iPhone HD, the iPhone LTE, or simply the new iPhone. Now, some of those rumors are getting substantiated.Read More »
Fido Gaining Access to Rogers LTE Network Too
As a lowly sub-brand, Fido has always received just the table scraps from owner Rogers. Even though they originally indicated to the contrary, it looks like Rogers is now going to let its pet dog play in the LTE park too.Read More »
Say Hello to the New Apple iPad
As the invite let us know, today was the big day. Apple hosted a special event in San Francisco this morning to unveil the new iPad to the world. Interestingly enough, it is not the iPad 2S, the iPad HD, or even the iPad 3 that we had expected. It's simply the new iPad. I guess they've decided to take the iPod approach to product names moving forward, rather than the iPhone style of naming models.Read More »
Verizon 4G LTE Outages Experienced Across the Country
Can you see my tweet? Can you read my email? Can you... Uh oh. It looks like Verizon is having some serious technical issues with its 4G LTE network as customers clear across the United States are reporting outages.Read More »
Telus Joins the Canadian 4G LTE Party
The exact definition of what consistutes 4G is still all kinds of murky, but what is clear is that Telus will be catching up to its Canadian "Big 3" counterparts today with the launch of its 4G LTE network. Bell and Rogers already launched their respective LTE networks, so it's only a natural play for Telus to do the same.Read More »
US Cellular Introduces First LTE Devices: Galaxy Tab 10.1 And Galaxy S Aviator
US Cellular has finally joined the 4G LTE Bandwagon, launching its own service. While many of us have been expecting this for a while, it was a bit unclear which 4G LTE phones would be the first to hit US Cellular's new network.Read More »
Samsung Galaxy Note Might Hit Verizon And Sprint As The Galaxy Journal
The Samsung Galaxy Note was one among the popular devices to be shown off at CES 2012. The device turned out to be quite a head turner with its 5.3 inch HD Super AMOLED display and dual-core CPU, and is also 4G LTE enabled. But many were disappointed as the device was announced only for AT&T. But now, according to a new rumor, the device appears to be headed to other carriers as well.Read More »
CES: First Hands-On With Verizon's VGo Robotic Telepresence
The next time you walk in to a department store, you may not be greeted by a human, in fact, if Verizon Wireless has anything to do with it you'll be looking at a VGo robot. Presented at CES 2012, Verizon is aiming to enable 4G LTE devices beyond what we would expect with a typical smartphone or tablet.Read More »


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Nothing like a freezing night in January in Maine.
In support of Share Our Strength, we attended the opening night of The Ice Bar at the Portland Harbor Hotel. Their courtyard was all decked out in ice, ice sculpture, that is.
Some 1800 pounds of ice had been transformed by ice artist Jeff Day into three bars: one for beer, another for whiskey, and a third for vodka martinis.
Jeff Day with the large ice bar sculpture he created for the event
My blueberry vodka and cranberry juice martini was extraordinary and proved that a martini tastes infinitely better when made with vodka that has passed through a tube embedded in solid ice.
Merrill Williams is the publisher of Maine Food & Lifestyle magazine.


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By Rudi WilliamsAmerican Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, June 23, 2004 It seemed like old home week when television star Regis Philbin walked into the Walter Reed Army Medical Center hospital room of Army Spc. Danielle Green. They'd shot a few hoops together four years ago when Green was a basketball star at Philbin's alma mater, the University of Notre Dame.
Green can't shoot hoops any more -- at least not with the left hand she used to score more than 1,100 points during her Notre Dame career. She lost her hand May 25 when she was hit by an enemy rocket in Iraq.
Philbin, who was visiting wounded service members at Walter Reed June 22, listened intently as Green talked about her nightmare on the roof of an Iraqi police station.
"The rocket hit my hand and damaged my thigh and face," Green said, staring into Philbin's concerned eyes. "It opened up my thigh. I fell down on my right side and laid there thinking, 'Oh, God, I don't want to die. I'm only 27 years old, and I haven't done enough in life.' So I laid there and said, 'I'm not having a lot of pain, and I'm not crying, so I might live to tell my story.'"
Green said she wanted to get up and run, but she realized that if she did, the enemy would probably have killed her with another rocket. "So I stayed there," said Green, who was serving in Iraq with the 571st Military Police Company from Fort Lewis, Wash. "About five minutes later, my team leader came up. He thought I was OK, but I said, 'I'm hurt!' He came over and tears just flowed from his eyes and he screamed for help."
Philbin listened quietly as Green told him that the incident taught her how to be a team player in a sense much different from basketball. "I realize that you have to learn how to trust that person to the left, to the right, to the front and to the rear," she said. "When I was on that rooftop, I was scared that no one would come up there and get me. I thought I'd be lying there for a long time. But five minutes later, they're performing first aid on me."
To Green, "the coolest story" was when her platoon sergeant and platoon leader returned to the roof of the police station to search for her hand.
"They looked for my hand because they wanted to retrieve my wedding rings," Green said, sporting the rings on her right hand as her husband, Willie Byrd, looked on smiling. "They found my hand under seven inches of sand on the roof. They got into trouble because they were not supposed to go back up there."
Looking directly at the television host, Green said her survival may help others. "It's some story, and I'm happy to be alive to tell it," Green said. "Hopefully it will inspire and motivate other people."
When Philbin walked into Army Cpl. Timothy J. Brosnan's room, the corporal was on the phone with his mother, Mercedes Brosnan. "Let me talk to her," the television star said. He chatted with her a bit, then invited her to his upcoming show in Atlantic City, N.J. He didn't get the answer he expected.
"She turned me down," Philbin said, staring at the phone. The corporal's mother can't make it because she has to work that day.
Philbin asked Brosnan how he was wounded. Brosnan said he was in a convoy when an improvised explosive device hit the lead vehicle.
"My vehicle drove past it through the cloud of smoke and pulled forward for security," the corporal said. "Another unit showed up and tried to help." When he and a lieutenant were going to get more stretchers from the lieutenant's vehicle, another bomb exploded, the corporal said. "The lieutenant and me went down, and four other guys got hit," he recalled. "That incident cost us two guys, three wounded, plus their three casualties," said Brosnan, as he sat in a wheelchair. "The lieutenant standing next to me didn't make it."
Philbin asked him why they couldn't see the bombs, and Brosnan explained that they're everywhere along the side of the road camouflaged by trash, and that they can be triggered from cell phones.
"It's hard to see an IED, because there's so much trash everywhere," said Brosnan, who was wounded June 4.
Brosnan told Philbin that the violence doesn't reflect the attitude of most Iraqis. "It's not the majority of the country that doesn't like us," he said. "We get a lot of respect. When my battalion went over there, we adopted an orphanage. At least once or twice a week, we'd go to see the children and bring them food and stuff. We'd spend time with them for four to five hours a day. We'd block the street off and play soccer with the kids.
"The majority of the people want us there," said Brosnan, who joined the Army on May 8, 1994. "It's just that still, certain people don't."
The phone rang and Brosnan said, "It's my girlfriend," and asked her, "You want to say hello to someone?" He handed the phone to Philbin, who said, "I'm listening to the big boy here, and he's telling me all about Iraq." He invited her to join her boyfriend and his mother as guests in the audience at his "Live with Regis and Kelly" show one day.
Army Spc. Patrick Wickens, 21, was pleased when Philbin stopped by his room. "There are not a lot of celebrities who will take time to visit us," he said. Wickens lost his right leg when a mortar round hit him May 15. He said he looks forward to getting out of the hospital and attending computer school.
His mother, Judy Wickens of Denton, Mont., said, "I thought Regis was a sweet man. On TV you think he's just a movie star, but I think he has a very nice personality. He was good to the guys.
"He was good to all of our soldiers by just coming and brighten their lives a little bit," she continued. "A lot of people don't know what these guys are going through here, and Regis seems to connect with them."
Philbin kissed her on the cheek as he was leaving the room. "That kind of shocked me, but it was very sweet," she said. "It touched my heart in a big way. I was kind of stressed yesterday. That kind of brought me back down to God telling me that it's all good. People do care."
Philbin sat down for a short interview after visiting the patients. He pointed out that his son, Daniel Philbin, suggested that he visit patients at Walter Reed. Dan works in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs.
Regis Philbin said there's no way to fully understand what service members go through in war until you meet them in person. "It's a tremendous sacrifice they've given," he noted. "You read that word (sacrifice) in the paper all the time, but until you see what they've given for their country for all of us you can't really appreciate it."
He marveled at the spirit the wounded service members showed. "You know, their spirits are so high that you kind of forget that they've been wounded in action," he said. "Some of them are going to have a long stay in the hospital. Some of them are not going to get everything they had going into it. But they're a great morale booster just terrific people.
"It's a very sobering experience," he said.
Philbin said he was a Navy supply officer between the Korean and Vietnam wars, "but I'd never seen people who had been wounded in action. I think every citizen in this country should spend some time with people who have gone through this. It gives you a different outlook on what our armed forces are all about -- what our country is all about."
The wounded service members' sense of pride in their comrades and their units amazed him. "And how they would like to get back and be with them again," Philbin said. "It's quite inspiring."
Regis recorded a message for all service members around the world in which he said, "I've just visited some of the folks at Walter Reed Medical Center. I must tell you how impressed I am with their courage and their bravery and their good humor and their good spirits. These are people who have all been injured and wounded in battle.
"It was quite a sobering experience to see them and be with them," he said, "some of them here just two days out of Iraq. God love them. Their spirits are high enough to give you a boost. We're all thinking about you, praying for you and hope you get back here safely real soon."


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Persistence saves public money
The city's persistence is paying off in cleaning up a host of problems with unfinished infrastructure work in nascent subdivisions upended by the 2008 housing crash.
That crash brought to an abrupt halt work in about 50 subdivisions around the city. In many, homes had been bought and occupied by owners who fully expected drainage work and streets would be completed as the subdivisions built out.
But as developers ran out of money or went bankrupt, construction stopped, leaving streets, storm sewers and drainage ponds unfinished.
Developers had been required to post bonds that would ensure money to complete that work should a project go belly-up, but the money was generally inadequate to cover the costs.
For the past several years, the city has been cajoling and negotiating to get the repairs done without dipping into the city's general fund or assessing homeowners who reasonably expected that their purchase cost covered the improvements developers promised.
So far, public works officials told the City Council this week, they've secured about $8.5 million in private-sector spending to complete work in 30 or so "failed and struggling developments," as the city refers to the problem neighborhoods.
The city has only put up some $35,000-$40,000 of public money.
What Councilman Steve Schewel aptly called "nice progress" has not come without a good bit of effort and creativity on the part of city officials. "We've worked very hard to be outside the box on a lot of these," Robert Joyner, Public Works' manager of development review, told the council.
As he did in a progress report last September, Joyner talked of working with banks who often were allies in finishing projects. Sometimes the city has been able to link banks with solvent developers willing to take over finishing a subdivision.
"We've been very proactive in this," Joyner said in September, adding that Durham has done more to tackle this problem than many cities.
The task is far from finished. An estimated $5 million in work remains in 23 neighborhoods. They include two, Ravenstone and Stone Hill Estates, where the city and insurers are in a protracted court battle over liability for unfinished work. The city wants $781,114; the insurers have abandoned an early offer of $357,000, but there have been no new talks in months. The case awaits a ruling from a federal magistrate who has been mulling it since late 2012.
To minimize the chance of a similar debacle down the road, city officials have increased the performance bonds developers must pay, resisting pushback from the homebuilding sector.
The city's taxpayers and residents of the struggling subdivisions should be grateful for the city's tough stance and diligent work. The fallout from the housing crash has hammered the economy here and elsewhere, but the city's work has greatly minimized at least one significant part of it.


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Moderated by Dean Anthony W. Crowell
Marvin L. Frank '91 is Managing Partner of Frank & Bianco LLP, which dedicates its practice to class action lawsuits and protecting the rights of consumers. The firm represents individuals and institutions nationwide in class action litigation, particularly in cases involving violation of securities laws, antitrust laws, and consumer protection laws. Mr. Frank is also Vice President of the Institute for Law and Economic Policy.
Andrew J. O'Connell '97 is the President of the Investigations and Private Client Protection practice at Guidepost Solutions. A licensed investigator, he is a former federal prosecutor and federal agent. Mr. O'Connell provides expert investigative and
security consulting services and advice to companies, individuals, and their counsel to solve problems, advance business opportunities, mitigate risks, and resolve disputes.
Robert Raymond '94 is a partner at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP whose ractice focuses on organizing and advising private investment funds. He advises private investment funds in their investment activities and internal governance, including
manager spin-offs, shareholder arrangements with portfolio companies and among consortium members, and all forms of compensation arrangements, including coinvestment arrangements and carried interest programs and "founders" arrangements.