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Poster: HA
Abdul was great (Order# 94428)!!! We were gifting our car to a family member in Houston from Austin, TX. The price was very reasonable, and we were very pleased with the service. We would use Abdul again. He was very kind and professional! Great attitude and patient throughout the process. Thanks again... Ha Ngo
Poster: Ruth
Whole experience very good and exceptional service from the drivers - on time, courteous with very well maintained vehicle and equipment - Thanks for taking the stress out of this part of the move
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The transaction was quick and easy from the beginning to the end. We had no problems with this service and would definetely use it again.
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I searched this business through BBB and they gave great reviews. I will definitely use this business again and recommend to my friends and families.
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Poster: Richard
Everything about the transaction was excellent, with the exception of not being told that I should not expect to hear anything until 1-2 days before pick-upthe date I said the car would be available. Turns out most assignments are made at the last minute so I did not hear anything for about a week (I placed the order about 1.5 weeks before the car was ready for shipment) . I was concerned DEAT may be having difficulty finding a transporter. By no means is that a show stopper, but since most people, like myself, don't ship vehicles very often sharing small details like this like can make us feel more comfortable. I have posted my positive experience on rx7club.com and will recommend DEAT when the opportunity arises. Cost of shipment was excellent compared to other sources, Michael McKim from McKim Auto Transport was very courteous. He contacted me a couple of days before arriving and then more frequently as we worked to arrange -off. I was even fortunate enough to have paid for open transport but have my car delivered in a closed transport. Order number for this shipment was 94288. One of two orders I placed with DEAT within about a week.
Poster: Glenn
The cost was very inexpensive considering the cost of a trailer to move it myself was almost as much. The driver was very professional and friendly. The delivery of the vehicle was on time and in the same condition that I gave it to the driver. The staff was very informative and helpful. The driver was prompt and delivered as scheduled. The whole process came together with very minimal effort on my part thank You.
Poster: Norman
overall very good service!!!! i just don't understand why we can't use the your website to get prices. every time we log onto your website the message says: Sorry, you have reached the maximum allowable number of free quotes. Please try again, or if you need further assistance, please call us at 1-800-600-3750. Thank You. this is going on for the last week. please fix the problem so i can continue using your services. best regards Noam Israel. Twins Moving & Storage
Poster: Christine
John, the driver was courteous, professional and a pleasure to deal with!
Poster: Danny
Sent (2) two of my vehicles from SoCal to Chicago through Direct Express Auto Transport and both arrived within 4-5 days. Excellent!!! Would recommend to friends and family. Thank you!
Poster: Mark
Car was picked up and delieverd promptly. Car was real dirty, but hey a car wash is a heck of a lot cheaper then enclosed transport would be. Overall I am very happy and the car is in great shape.
Poster: Dale
We thought we would be given 24hrs notice when car was to be picked up. Driver called only one hour away! We were in the garage, just leaving for the day when the phone rang. 10 seconds later and we would have missed him.
Poster: Shao
My vehicle was picked up on the first available date. Delivery was prompt. I would definitely use your service again in the future.
Poster: Colin
Transporter driver was very helpful in dealing with the fact that the vehicle's seller supplied it with almost no fuel and a flat battery. He gave prior notice of both problems, allowing me to have a can of gasoline and a vehicle for jump-start ready. The only communications confusion was related to the fact that the phone number supplied for the carrier (Daniels Transport Services) was a home number, and was answered by the driver's somewhat-confused sister, although she was able to supply a cell phone number for the driver.
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I will absolutely recommend you to my friends. Keep up your EXCELLENT service.
Poster: Luke
I was really impressed.
Poster: Bipin
Very prompt service. My vehicle was picked on the 1st day from the destination, i.e. on Monday. On Friday the vehicle was delivered in the morning. The only problem I faced was with the driver. One day before delivery date, in the evening I received call from the carrier saying the driver would be at the destination location between 8:00 am 9:00 am. So I decided that I'll go late to the office. Every time I called up carrier company, they said the driver would at the destination in half an hour. But the driver actually came at 12:00 noon.
Poster: Bobby
good service ,the 1st Transporter Broker that I was going to use took my deposit and didn 't here from them and wouldn't answer there phone or email finally contacted them in about 2 weeks and reported them to Atty Gen Office and am in process Of Getting my deposit back through the Fraud Dept. of my Bank after Investigation, they are also located in Ca. you probably know the Company I'm talking about. So much for the Scammer Co. Your Co. is very loyal and honest and is why you have repeat business you would sure receive mine again and I would reccomend you to anyone. Bobby
Poster: Justin
Everything went according to plan. Good job was well done with no hassles. I will use DEA again.
Poster: Juhee
Sadly it's been nearly 3 months since our move, so we can't remember the contact names. However we do remember that customer service was prompt and clear, friendly and professional. Every step of the process was met in a timely manner - it took about 8 days for us to get assigned a truck; pick up was timely and Larry the driver was GREAT (professional, knowledgeable, clear, direct). Our 2 compact SUVs (almost new cars too!) were transported from Cambridge, MA to Orange County, CA - and took the driver under 4 days! Both cars came in GREAT condition. Will DEFINITELY use this service again, and hopefully AutoTransportDirect will continue working with Larry - he's awesome!
Poster: Tarachand
Great, First time I shipped my car form WA to MI, they are very prompt, honest and great service. They have a very good relationship with actual transporters/drivers. Not a single scratch on the car. In fact they had said, they will ship via open truck, but actually they transported in covered truck. I will definitely use their service in future. Keep it up Auto transport guys.
Poster: Larry
Was very impressed with all aspects of the transport 0f my Jeep from NH to Florida. The timing was exactly as mentioned to me and the delivery was very pleasant. The driver was super courteous and the whole transaction was handled very professionally. This was my first such endeavor with moving a vehicle via carrier and it was smooth as silk. Also it so happens that the price was the lowest of any quoted, so thanks for a great job.
Poster: Morton
It was the best service in transporting my car that I ever had. From my initial call to the delivery of my vehicle. Thanks Again Mr. M.Peetluk
Poster: Rachael
On time and fast delivery service for my car being across the country on top of that the price was the best part of this service and i did A LOT of researching of different transporting companies, this company had the very best deal out of everyone
Poster: Ben
Delivered as promised.
Poster: Daryl
Auto Transport is not something I do/use often and having a company be the intermediary and contract a reputable transport saves me time and hassle. I think the communication was good but I would have liked a phone call after the online order to know that my order was received and being sourced for a transport from my location. Just a little personal attention. Otherwise, the driver kept me informed the entire time and made sure I knew my vehicle was parking in a secure area and being watched at all times while in transit. Thanks for making a challenging process easy at a reasonable price!
Poster: Linda
would use again definitely, very honest
Poster: Diamond
Driver was very nice and professional.
Poster: Lueanne
We are very pleased with the service we received from Direct Express Auto Transport. The staff have been most helpful, honest, and easy to work with during this auto shipment. We will definitely use this service again, and recommend it to everyone we know. Thank you.
Poster: George
I needed to get my Car back from La Vegas. I called several numbers provided by a search I did on the internet One company was actualy a BULLY ...telling me how companies give you a low estimate to get the order ..Then once you give your deposit the price will go UP. Well I almost went with that company but My husband was very firm that he did not like the bully tactic. Well I could not have been more happy with the professional way my auto was handled and your service. I would like you to know that the BULLY called me once he had seen you accepted the order and left a VERY NASTY VOICE Mail Thank You very Much for proving the other company worng
Poster: ALTON
i was surprised at the good fast service.
Poster: Barb
I don't remember the lady's name who helped me over the phone when I placed my order to have my car shipped, but she was very nice and gave me very honest and thorough information. She provided excellent customer service. The company who shipped my car, KARS, Inc. was also exceptional. The driver's name was Don Klapperich and I absolutely encourage you to continue to use him with your shipments. He was very friendly and provided excellent customer service. I felt very safe having him haul my car from Idaho to California. He was extremely prompt and courteous. My car was picked up within 2 days of placing the order and delivered 2 days after it was picked up...exceptional! I highly recommend utilizing Don Klapperich for all possible auto transports. He treats your customers with absolute kindness, integrity and respect. Thanks for the super job! Sincerely, Barbara Bowerman
Poster: Ellen
FANTASTIC SERVICE SHIPPED FROM MD TO AZ! This was a wonderful experience, smooth and flawless from beginning to end! My Chrysler Concorde LXI arrived in Arizona in four days. The pickup occurred exactly on schedule and the off was earlier than I thought it would be! The car looked great when it arrived. Our driver, Abraham, was courteous, pleasant and extremely conscientious; his communication was excellent. This was a real pleasure and I would rate it a 10+++++! I highly recommend Direct Express Auto Transport and the carrier ACE Auto Trans who shipped the car. Great service all the way around, HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.! THANKS SO MUCH! Ellen Van Pelt
Poster: Tim
Great service on your end. I never received a call from the transportation company to give an eta of pickup or delivery but I was very impressed with the time it took. Already booked another load with you since.
Poster: Michael
very good everything in every way. I am so pleased.
Poster: James
In the future I will recommend Direct Express to anyone I know who needs to have a vehicle transported.
Poster: Yafei
My car was damaged during shipping. However, it was taken cared of promptly and I am satisfied with the result. Both Direct Express and the auto shipping company from MO is professional and the driver is also very friendly. I would recommand Direct Express and also use them again.
Poster: MARK
Poster: Jane
Every one we dealt with was helpful and courteous the people at Direct Express, the people at the assigned transport company, and the driver Ivan. This is our third time using your company and you didn't let us down! The price was extremely fair, but we probably would have paid more because your service is so excellent.
Poster: William
Received item in good condition. Would use again if needing another car to be transported 1300 plus miles.
Poster: Michael
The driver was great as well is the customer service people that I had talk to on the phone. e-mail s were nice as well about time frame. Thanks for a great service Mike Wallace
Poster: Katherine
the gentleman that picked up our car was very knowledgeable and polite explained everything we will definitely use this service again in April when we send the car back to Ct. Thank you The telephone person was alson very helpful and took time to explain the whole procersure since wehad never tryed this before Thank you
Poster: Goff
I would suggest the importance of leaving copy of paperwork at pickup with the customer or representative. I was not left with a copy covering the vehicle condition sign off. Otherwise very good service and driver,
Poster: Blair
THe price quoted for the transportation of my vehicle was excellent lower than all other quotes. the car was picked up on the date I was told it would be.The drivers told me when I asked if they had any trouble with the weather they said they drove in the heavy rain high winds and tornado that they encountered.This I know because I observed this weather problem in the area they had to drive in. Even though they had all of these problems they delivered my car on time and it was in great shape.The men were very courteous and polite.I absolutely and definitely will use this company in the future. Blair A Fritz III Order Number 93616 Car was delivered by. Texas Auto Transport El Paso Texas
Poster: Tom
Easy and simple to arrange for services using your web-site. Would definately use you again and have already referred you twice.
Poster: George
excellent job thank you so much
Poster: Ari
We were very happy with the service we received. The car was assigned to a trucker within 2 days. The car was picked up within 3 days though it could not go as there was a problem with a kill switch on the car. We contacted you, and you reassigned the car to another trucker right away. Overall we are very happy with your service and would use, and refer you to others.
Poster: Joseph
Price was fabulous and car got delivered in 6 days from South Florida to Colorado. Very good! Overall I am happy for this being the first car I've ever shipped. Only complaint I had was that communication was poor but was made up by responses by email and follow up call. Delivery was scheduled for Sunday and I scheduled a month before, didn't hear anything during that period. In the original email, they said that I would receive another email letting me know who is the assigned carrier. Delivery was Sunday and heard nothing on Friday before so I called Autotransport, and nobody answered so I left a voicemail. After leaving that voicemail about 2 hours later, I finally received the email letting me know that the carrier has been assigned. It was assigned to Naples Auto Transport, tried calling them to arrange some kind of pickup. Called Friday and Saturday various times and nobody answered until we finally got lucky on Sunday. Called Sunday morning and someone answered and asked "Do you still want us to ship that car", "Yes", "Ok, we will have a driver out in 4 hours." Driver didn't speak much english but was very polite. Car came a little dirty but thats to be expected driving outdoors for a week. So all and all, everything worked out great, I can't complain too much. Price was the cheapest and car came in fine. 4-stars, just clean up the communication and its 5-stars all the way.
Poster: Mike
People were very friendly and everything came on time. My only recommendation is that you could have a better tracking system to know when the car would get to the destination as I had to call and ask and even then the car came a day earlier than they said.
Poster: Fernando
Great Experience. Will use this service again in the future.
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Images In Light is the document of my personal emergence as a photography enthusiast. I began taking pictures of things as a way to learn all of the intricacies of how a camera really works. I have owned a camera since my teens, but I never really studied its use nor perfected the process of seeing a composition. Then, in 2006, I realized that I really needed to learn how to use my camera to document my body of work in wood turned objects. That is what got me started and the rest is, well "Images In Light". Please take a moment to preview the book, I am sure you will be pleased.
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The Maine Literary Awards is an annual competition sponsored and coordinated by the Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance. Nominations are open to all Maine residents, including seasonal residents. The statewide competition is for published books, as well as drama, short works (either published or unpublished), and student writing. Maine writers may self-nominate, or be nominated by others.
Submissions: December 10, 2015 – February 10, 2016
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I'm inclined to dismiss the debate over sports teams' Native American mascots as a trivial matter except for this:
The issue raises apparent contradictions, as well as questions about the context of words, that fascinate me.
I write "trivial" not to insult anybody.
My point, rather, is that if as a society we're truly worried about Native Americans then we ought to focus on something other than the logo painted on football helmets and embroidered on the backs of cheerleaders' sweaters.
The academic progress of kids who grow up on reservations, for instance.
Or the persistent problem of alcoholism among some tribes.
Nonetheless, the mascot controversy probably is the most publicized topic that involves Native Americans.
Just recently a couple of prominent national sports journalists joined the list of media — which includes The Oregonian — which refuse to write "Redskins" in reference to the NFL team based in Washington, D.C.
And this summer Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber vetoed a bill that would have allowed public high schools to continue using Native American mascots if officials from the local tribe approved.
Kitzhaber prefers the 2012 decision by the state Board of Education — its members are appointed, not elected, unlike members of the Legislature — that banned such mascots with the only exception being schools that had permission from a tribe to use that tribe's actual name as the mascot, but not a more generic mascot such as "Braves."
The most intriguing aspect of this debate is that in pursuing the commendable goal of treating an entire group with respect, it seems to me that we are telling some members of that group that their opinions don't matter.
Which isn't exactly respectful.
Rick Reilly, the eminent columnist for Sports Illustrated, delved into this conflict recently.
Reilly wrote about Red Mesa High School in Arizona, which, like Washington's NFL team, uses the Redskins mascot and does so with pride.
But here's the thing: Red Mesa's student body is 99.3 percent Native American.
Reilly cited another high school, this one in Washington state: 91.2 percent Native American enrollment, Redskins mascot.
And he noted that a survey (admittedly, a decade-old survey) from the Annenberg Public Policy Center found that 90 percent of Native Americans polled are not offended by Redskins as a mascot, perhaps in part because Native Americans themselves apparently coined the term, according to linguists.
Obviously these are only examples, ones Reilly no doubt picked because they illustrate his theme, which is that the disdain for Redskins and similar mascots is not universal, even among the groups some of us perceive to be the most insulted.
But what about the other 10 percent in that survey?
And what about those Native Americans who don't attend either of the high schools Reilly mentioned, but who are offended by Redskins, Indians and other mascots?
I'm not sure this is a matter which ought to be settled via the ballot box.
We needn't as a nation condone the institutional use of offensive terms simply because a plurality of voters in some jurisdictions doesn't object.
Yet neither am I comfortable, as has happened in Oregon, with an unelected Board of Education, aided by a governor's veto, overriding elected officials who, with the endorsement of Native American leaders, decided that flexibility on the mascot issue is appropriate.
Flexibility, of course, is a pretty fair synonym for compromise, which is supposed to be a hallmark of America's political system (forgive my naívete).
Reilly writes scathingly of the political correctness inherent in the movement to banish Native American nicknames. He's right, of course, but I'm skeptical that, in this instance, the PC crowd has much momentum.
Washington's team has been the Redskins since 1937, after all, and this isn't the first time people have sought to replace the mascot.
Also, I don't believe that those newspapers and journalists who refrain from publishing "Redskins" or "Indians" represent anything like the general sentiment of Americans.
Based on the aforementioned survey, the media's disdain for the mascots doesn't even reflect the consensus of Native Americans, which seems to me ought to be the point here.
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In Memoriam
Death of a Genius
Eric Rohmer, who died yesterday, was one of the greatest artists ever to work in film.
Eric Rohmer, one of the greatest geniuses ever to work in film -- a medium (and a business) not quite hospitable to genius -- died yesterday at the age of 89. Born Maurice Schérer in Tulle, in the Dordogne, in 1920, he studied literature at the University of Nancy and became associated with the French New Wave of directors through his editorship of the influential periodical Cahiers du Cinéma in the 1950s. Although he is usually lumped together with the great names of the Nouvelle Vague -- Godard, Truffaut, Chabrol -- he stands apart from them in a number of ways. For one, he got a much later start than any of his confreres, not producing a successful film until he was in his 40s and not embarking on the work for which he will be remembered until he was near 50. This part of his career commenced with My Night at Maude's (Ma Nuit Chez Maude) of 1969 -- the movie to which Gene Hackman was referring when he said in Arthur Penn's Night Moves (1975) that watching a Rohmer film was like watching paint dry.
This bon mot must owe its reputation to those who have taken it as their excuse never to have seen a Rohmer film, for it is just exactly wrong. There is always something going on in his movies, and it requires considerable mental agility on the viewer's part to keep up with it all. Even some of those who profess to be his fans must not be up to the task, as I have seen them claim that plot was not so important to him when it is nearly always central. His films were always true to a dictum of Hitchcock -- about whom he co-wrote a book with Claude Chabrol -- that plot was the soul of the cinema. I can understand that people might be tempted to forget about the intricate plot of Maude through the sheer effort of attending to the heavy philosophical talk of the main characters about Pascal, as well as the human drama of sexual attraction both pursued and resisted. But Pascal is being considered as a theorist of probability, as well as a religious thinker, and the plot consists of a series of coincidences. Likewise, we are invited to see the sexual pairings of the film as crucially dependent on the order in which things happen -- as they nearly always are in Rohmer, as in life.
Ma Nuit Chez Maude was the third, though the fourth to be released, in Rohmer's series "Six Moral Tales," and his first undisputed masterpiece. The final two in the series, Claire's Knee (Le Genou de Claire) and Chloe in the Afternoon (the American title of L'amour l'après-midi) appeared in 1970 and 1972 respectively and are considered by many Rohmerians to be his greatest work, though I prefer his second series of six films, which he called "Comedies and Proverbs" and which came out in the 1980s, when he was in his 60s. Not the least astonishing thing about these six wonderful, miraculous films is the contrast between his age at the time and that of his characters in them, who are nearly all in their teens or 20s. They are full of the confidence, the awkwardness, the passions and the frustrated longings of youth on which Rohmer trains a calm, compassionate eye. Moreover, they are unlike the Moral Tales in being all told from the point of view of women, often difficult, willful, even foolish women, for whom their creator always seems to have infinite patience and affection.
The greatest of these six are, in my opinion, The Aviator's Wife (La femme de l'aviateur) of 1981 and Pauline at the Beach (Pauline à la Plage) of 1983, both of which explore -- as, indeed, do the other films in the series -- the links between love and self-deception. That may make them sound "deep" and depressing but in fact the Rohmerian lightness of touch, affection for his characters with all their imperfections, and precise observation of manners and morals in a world often supposed to have little of either all work together to make them live up to their description as comedies -- though comedies with a serious side to them and ambiguous or even sad endings. In his 70s, Rohmer produced another series, this time of four films, called "Tales of the Four Seasons" which combined the moralism of the "Six Moral Tales" with the focus on young love -- though it is now shading into middle-aged love -- of the "Comedies and Proverbs." These are characterized by a wintry grandeur and hard-won wisdom.
One particularly interesting way into the Rohmer oeuvre would be to take one film from each of these three series all starring the same actress, Béatrice Romand, portraying three stages of a woman's life. In Claire's Knee she plays a young girl with a reputation as a flirt who is first said to have a crush on a much older man, the film's hero played by Jean-Claude Brialy, and then rejects him, as she rejects all those whom she is able to attract. In Le Beau Mariage of 1982 she plays a young woman who breaks off an affair with an older, married man, by announcing that she has decided to get married too, even though she has no idea to whom. She sets her cap at a young lawyer, full of the sense of her own powers of attraction just like the girl she had played twelve years earlier in Claire's Knee, but he proves to be just not that into her. Almost as painful to watch is her performance in A Tale of Autumn (1998), in which she is a middle-aged divorcée who doesn't want another relationship but who finds herself falling for a man with whom she has been set up by a married, match-making friend -- who really wants him for herself.
Once again, it all sounds very heavy but somehow comes off as being very light. Rohmer doesn't permit himself to be tragic because he knows his human materials won't bear so much weight. Like the very greatest artists, like Shakespeare or Mozart, he has the almost magical ability to see his characters, and to make us see them, as God must see them -- that is, with compassion but never with sentimentalism -- all the while keeping them in their mundane, bourgeois lives, so much like that of those for whom he made his films. That, of course, he was criticized for, but the left-wing political tendencies of the rest of the Nouvelle Vague never seem to have held any charms for him. Conservatives can admire him especially, perhaps, for insisting on preserving as his own artistic sphere a world, increasingly unavailable to the rest of us, where politics is not permitted to intrude. That, to me, is the very definition of a conservative artist, which Rohmer also was, in addition to being a great one.
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Zengabuyanga Meli (95), a resident of Kanoge village in Tabora Region, was murdered recently while defending Lugolola Bunzari (7), his great grandson with albinism from being chopped to death by gangsters after human parts.
The attackers killed Lugolola and later fled with his arm leaving the torso inside the hut where the poor child had been sleeping.
Recounting the incident in Kisukuma-Kinyantuzu, the language spoken by most residents of the area, Lugolola's grandmother, Gama Zengabuyanga, said her father, Zengabuyanga, was woken up by cries as the killers who were shouting something in a language they could not understand whipped them.
On learning that something was wrong, Zengabuyanga rushed to the next room shouting: "Who is hurting my children?"
It was then that some unidentified men pushed him outside near the hut where the great grandson, Lugolola, was sleeping with his mother and three sisters - the youngest being a few weeks old.
To his shock there were more armed men waiting outside the hut. He ran back to the hut shouting: "We are being attacked! Help the children! We are under attack!"
The assailants pounced on him with machetes and clubs cutting him in several places. "It was the end of his life," Gama said in the tribal language that was translated in Kiswahili by a relative.
The shouts of distress from the children brought Gama out of her hut limping, asking who was attacking the children. The assailants attacked her with machetes.
She fell but fortunately managed to crawl into a nearby bush before she lost consciousness.
She woke up two days later to find herself at Kitete Regional Hospital, 75kms from her home village of Kanoge nursing her wounds.
The incident lasted only a few minutes according to Gama. The fourth victim is Bunzari Shinga (35), the late Lugolola's father, who upon hearing the cries rushed out of his house, where he was sleeping with his second wife, Pili and their daughter. He was shot four times.
One of the bullets bruised his right leg three hit him in his groin, while four other bullets missed him, hitting the wall of his hut.
Like Gama, he dropped on the ground and crawled into the bush behind his house.
When the killers had left in the dark with Lugolola's arm in their possession, Pili, slowly crawled out of the hut with her baby in her arms. On searching, she found her husband in the bush, who she helped to reach a neighbour's house about a kilometre away.
Arrangements were made to take him to a nearby health centre for first aid using a motorcycle.
As for Kulwa, the mother of the late Lugolola and first wife of Bunzari Shinga, when she heard the screams from the children in their great-grandpa's hut, she rushed out only to find herself face to face with the four armed men near her hut.
With them, were also three men armed with machetes and clubs and guns as they attacked her in-laws while one man armed with a rifle or shotgun was guarding the front of her co-wife's house.
She rushed back into the house, collected Lugolola's elder sister Shija and her baby and ran into the bush.
She went back into the hut to take Lugolola's younger sister and rushed back into the bush.
"While I was there, I heard Lugolola screaming. It was just one short wail and everything went quiet. And that was it!" she narrated, her face reflecting pain and grief.
Police are holding three suspects in connection with the incident, and investigation is underway to bring the culprits to book, according to Tabora Regional Police Commander Anthony Ruta.
Kanoge Village which is about 75kms from Tabora Municipality in the northwestern part of the country is a very remote area ensconced in a thick forest, taking two and half hours by car to reach the place.
Incidents of murder and violation of rights of people with albinism that had almost disappeared in the country in the recent past are now on the increase.
In a separate incident there has been another murder attempt on children with albinism in Simiyu Region near Lamadi Trading Centre.
Armed men attacked the home of one Jane Daudi with the aim of killing her seven-month old boy with albinism, Makunga Baraka. The incident happened last Tuesday.
Villagers chased the attackers and surrounded the house to protect the victim. The following morning the family was taken to a police station where it has been staying to date.
Yet in another incident, unidentified people chopped off the left arm of Maria Chimbawene (39), at Kavifuti village in Sumbawanga District, Rukwa Region and fled away with it recently.
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I decided to give AbstractResourceAggregatingHeaderResponse a try but I found a problem in its design that, I think, makes it unusable.
How it works:
1-the IHeaderResponse#renderJavaScriptReference(ResourceReference) methods are intercepted and the resource references are stored in a list and not rendered right away. Each resource ref is assigned a key for grouping.
2-When close() is called on the response, the aggregator writes out all the accumulated resource references which have not been rendered yet. This step can be used to group multiple resources into a single merged resource.
The problem:
AbstractResourceAggregatingHeaderResponse does not intercept calls to IHeaderResponse#renderJavaScriptReference(url) or IHeaderResponse#renderJavaScript(Script). They are directly executed by the underlying response.
AbstractDefaultAjaxBehavior#renderHead() does the following :
With the non-aggregating header response, the Wicket .js ref script tags are rendered in the markup before the inline javascript code and all is well.
With the aggregating version, the Wicket js resource references are rendered last (in close()). This means that the inline javascript code (which uses Wicket.Ajax) is executed before the Wicket .js files are loaded, causing a javascript error (Wicket is undefined).
This problem also applies to css resource references because order of inclusion is important for them too.
Short of a big refactor to force each rendered javascript to list its dependencies, I don't see how this problem can be solved. I opened this ticket primarily to share my findings and let people comment on possible solutions other than removing the code.
The problem is also present in AbstractDependencyRespectingResourceAggregatingHeaderResponse.
wiQuery uses AbstractResourceAggregatingHeaderResponse, but resolves the issue by intercepting all renderJavaScript* methods and keeping their order.
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The exploding popularity of mobile phones and high-speed Internet access means that suitably trained telecommunications professionals should continue to have good job prospects. The latest U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data projects that employment in the telecom and mobile communications field will expand by 15% through 2022, a rate that is much faster than the average for all professions. Holding a master's degree will make it easier to land top telecommunications jobs.


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ECS Geforce GT 240 Review
Reviewed by: RHKCommander959
Reviewed on: February 9, 2010
Price: $69.99
AMD/ATI has been padding the market with its recently released midrange 5750 and 5770 cards for a while now. nVidia answered back with the low end GT 240, GT 220, and GT 210, and low end of midrange GTS 250 (for OEM, GTS 240 and 205) to even out the 200-series line. ECS has equipped its GT 240 NGT240-512QI-F with 512MB of GDDR5 and packed 96 CUDA cores on a 40nm-process GPU core with a 128-bit memory bus. The clocks are set at 550MHz GPU core, 1340MHz Shader, and 1700MHz memory. Other possible configurations are GDDR3 and 1GB memory size. The video outputs are DVI, VGA, and HDMI. Microsoft DirectX 10.1, OpenGL 3.2, and Shader Model 4.1 are the supported standards for gaming. The GT 200s are low power devices that don't even need auxiliary power, so while this card definitely won't be a hardcore gaming beast, it won't break the electric bill either. These look like good HTPC or PhysX cards, at least. 3D Vision works too and gaming capabilities should be similar to the 8800/9600 GSO's with 96 CUDA cores of prior generations so this card could be a capable affordable graphics card for entry/mainstream gamers or users looking to easily upgrade an OEM tower.
For any serious gaming, this card and the other GT 200s take a back seat since they are SLI incapable - they do work well as a PhysX accelerator, enough so that in testing of another GT 240 (the Palit GT 240 reviewed prior), aided by a vanilla nVidia GTX 260, that games using PhysX, such as Batman Arkham Asylum, performed far better and allowed PhysX settings to be cranked up.
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The front of the box has an RPG-style female archer shooting a fancy (probably magic) bow that has nothing to do with video cards, except rendering perhaps - a common trend with most companies. The only identifier for what video card is inside was a slip-on cover that was ripped during shipping. The slip says GT240 with 512 MB GDDR5 and 128-bit DVI/HDMI/CRT, which covers most of the pertinent information. The bottom of the front says some of the other technologies the card supports; note that it says OpenGL 3.1 rather than 3.2, which the card does support as per nVidia's website. Rotating to the back is a screenshot of Darkest of Days and some accelerated applications. The features listed on the front are in several languages on the back right. The slip lists the key features like Windows 7, DirectCompute, and OpenCL support. nVidia technologies like PhysX, Cuda, and PureVideo HD are also supported. Minimum requirements are a motherboard with an open PCI Express x16 slot, 300W or greater system power supply with a 12V amperage of 18A or more - based on a PC with a Intel Core 2 Duo CPU, and 150MB of hard drive space.
The sides and top/bottom are void of any pertinent information other than "Graphics Card," PCI Express 2.0, ECS Elitegroup, and Geforce. Some artwork keeps them from being boring however. The box is smooth and does its job of protecting the card but the only important information was on the slip that was damaged. Some minor information is listed on the front and back.
Opening the box is the standard corrugated cardboard box that protects the graphics card and accessories. Opening it up we find that the card is protected by both an antistatic bubble wrap bag and a PET film antistatic bag. The card is well protected!
The only accessories that come with the card, common for mid/low end cards, are a manual and driver disc. No adapters are really needed save for the few users who use standards outside of the ones that the card supports, like S-Video.
Time to double unwrap the card and get some photos of it!
Closer Look:
GT 240s can be fitted with either 512MB or 1GB of memory in either GDDR3 or GDDR5. The core is built on 40nm technology, so the die costs less to make and more can be fitted onto each wafer, making the cost to nVidia lower; the chips should be more heat and energy efficient as well. The ECS GT 240 is built on a blue PCB and the GPU core is cooled by an Arctic Cooling heatsink that consumes most of the card's length. The heatsink is an Accelero L2 Pro and operates very quietly with its 92mm PWM fan. The heatsink is mounted with MX-2 and is rated for up to 100 Watts of cooling. No SLI connectors are available on this board to reduce costs and because nVidia doesn't support it this round for these graphics cards and suggests upgrading to a more powerful card for SLI. The card should work well as a PhysX card though. Flipping it over we find that there is no backplate and that there are no empty solder joints for auxiliary power. The heatsink must have been designed to compensate for PCB bending during mounting, and all of the memory lies underneath the heatsink.
The ECS GT 240 has DVI, VGA, and HDMI connections mounted through a single slot expansion bracket. The heatsink with fan installed requires the space of a second slot to fit. The backside of the graphics card is clean and empty, no auxiliary power needed. Fin spacing isn't so dense but the fins are thick so the fan can run slower and still allow the heatsink to dissipate heat well. The fan shroud clips on.
The side of the heatsink is notched to allow some air flow through to the PCB to cool things like the memory mounted underneath. No SLI connections are present because nVidia does not support the technology with these cards, partially to save on cost. The heatsink is shaped to dodge the capacitors. The slot-side shows the manufacturing date of the heatsink. Two of the memory ICs can be spied hiding under the larger overhang on the back side, they are also cooled by the 92mm fan. The fan connector can be seen under the front-side of the video card. The fan shroud/housing attaches with four clips.
Lets get it installed and throw some drivers in!
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After installing the video card, users will need to install drivers to properly initialize it. nVidia has drivers and extra software that can use PhysX and CUDA - two supported technologies that enable software to run faster than before for video encoding as well as other types of number crunching; [email protected] makes good use of nVidia cards as well. Ntune can be downloaded and is added to the nVidia Control Panel to enable overclocking, fan control, as well as resolution and output quality and control through the standard nVidia Control Panel. Ntune can also adjust settings on some nVidia chipset boards. PhysX and 3D Stereoscopic vision are also enabled in nVidia Control Panel. Inserting the driver disc will bring about an autoplay window with options for installing drivers and software.
Installing the nVidia driver is really straightforward, just agree to terms and conditions and click next a few times. Once the drivers are done and the system has been reset to reinitialize the video card, settings can be adjusted; there are five groups to choose settings from after installing Ntune. 3D handles in-game settings such as AntiAliasing. Display covers everything that affects visual display on devices such as monitors; the output can be rotated, colors enhanced, brightness adjusted, resolution changed, and so on. Performance allows the graphics card and system to be overhauled and monitored for safe temperatures. Stereoscopic 3D is where users go to turn 3D on or off for nVidia cards using either 3D Vision technology or anaglyph technology - the anaglyph technology only requires a pair of red and blue 3D glasses that are usually free/cheap whereas the 3D Vision costs a bit more - special LCD glasses and a 120Hz monitor. Video is just that, video quality adjustments. Next, Badaboom can be properly installed; Badaboom does not require a system restart before the first run, so on to the program!
Once installed, Badaboom empowers users to quickly convert and compress movies for devices such as smart phones, portable media devices, and the Internet aided by nVidia CUDA technologies. The program is fairly basic so users shouldn't have too hard of a time getting it to do what they need from it, however it only installs as a free limited time trial. Clicking on the advanced tab can also be daunting as there aren't a whole lot of options but the ones that are there may not immediately make sense. The program can make use of DVDs, DVD files, and other files for converting and compression.
vReveal is another video program but it is able to clean up and fix videos; say you were shaky while recording a special moment, vReveal can help fix it. If the video is too poorly compressed it can try to fix that too! vReveal is powered by nVidia CUDA GPUs to use their parallel processing power and greatly save time over CPU based applications. This software is great for people who have many home videos or people who record TV or other video sources, and for those that like to upload their own files to Youtube or Facebook. There are free demos of Badaboom and vReveal available at their respective websites.
Now we can go test out the ECS GT 240 512MB!
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Powered by NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 240 GPU
Fully supports Microsoft® DirectX® 10.1
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- Microsoft® Windows 7 support
- NVIDIA® PureVideo™ HD Technology
PureVideo™ HD is a superset of the PureVideo™ functionality that is essential for the ultimate Blu-ray and HD DVD movie experience on a Desktop PC or notebook computer.
- HDMI Output
Integrated HDMI connector enables sending both high-definition video and audio signals to an HDTV via a single cable.
- HDCP Support
Designed to meet the output protection management (HDCP) and security specifications of the Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD formats, allowing the playback of encrypted movie content on PCs when connected to HDCP-compliant displays.
- Blu-Ray and HD DVD Support
Essential for the ultimate Blu-ray and HD DVD movie experience on a Desktop PC or notebook computer.
- Full Microsoft® DirectX® 10.1 Support
DirectX® 10.1 GPU with full Shader Model 4.1 support delivers unparalleled levels of graphics realism and film-quality effects.
- Microsoft® Windows 7 support
NVIDIA® GPUs are essential for accelerating the Windows 7 experience by offering an enriched 3D user interface, increased productivity, vibrant photos, smooth, high-definition videos, and realistic games.
- Dual-link DVI Support
Able to drive the industry's largest and highest resolution flat-panel displays up to 2560x1600.
- PCI Express 2.0 Support
Offering a future-proofing bridge to tomorrow's most bandwidth-hungry games and 3D applications by maximizing the 5 GT/s PCI Express 2.0 bandwidth (twice that of first generation PCI Express).
- OpenGL® 3.2 Optimizations and Support
Ensures top-notch compatibility and performance for OpenGL® applications.
- RoHS Compliant
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- NVIDIA® PhysX™-Ready
GeForce GPU support for NVIDIA® PhysX technology, enabling a totally new class of physical gaming interaction for a more dynamic and realistic experience with GeForce.
- NVIDIA® CUDA™ Technology
CUDA technology unlocks the power of the GPU's processing cores to accelerate the most demanding system tasks – such as video encoding – delivering up to 7x performance over traditional CPUs.
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Testing procedure for the ECS GT 240 512 MB NGT240-512QI-F graphics card is the same as with all of the other cards here at OCC. The card will be stressed and performance recorded during testing. For low end cards the settings are dialed down to allow them to still produce playable frames, this is the case for the GT 240. The games consist of Far Cry 2, Crysis Warhead, Darkest of Days, Call of Duty: World at War, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Resident Evil 5, and Left 4 Dead, and the synthetic benchmarks are 3DMark 06 and 3DMark Vantage. After running the card normally through the testing phase, the video card will then be overclocked and tested again. The results of the overclocked and stock speed performance can then be compared to see how large of a gain is made (if any). All the system settings remain the same from card to card and test to test, with the exception of disabling PhysX, where applicable.
- Processor: Intel Core i7 920 150x20
- Motherboard: MSI X58 Platinum
- Memory: Mushkin HP3 12800 7-7-7-20
- Video Card: ECS GT 240 NGT240-512QI-F
- Power Supply: Mushkin 800 watt modular power supply
- Hard Drive: 1 x Western Digital Green 1TB SATA
- Optical Drive: LG DVD-RW
- OS: Windows Vista Ultimate Edition 64-bit SP1
- Case: Hiper Osiris
Comparison Video Cards:
- Palit GT 240 Sonic
- Inno3D GT 220
- Palit Sonic GT 220
- Sapphire HD 4670 Ultimate
- ASUS HD 4770 Formula
Overclocked settings:
The memory on the ECS GT 240 was not very overclockable and would become unstable or result in freezing/crashes with a slight bump so I left it at stock. 1750MHz felt possible but as I said, it froze during testing, even a slight bump caused it; the memory on this specific card might be a low bin. I had to play with drivers to find one that would allow overclocking; MSI Afterburner was the only software that would let me in the end. Unlinking the Core/Shader allowed a higher Shader overclock of 1700MHz (27% gain), and 650MHz core (18% gain). The card loaded at 46C maximum and idled at 26C overclocked with fan at 100%, while ambient was 21C. At 100% the fan was barely audible over the CPU and case fans. Not bad at all, minus memory overclocking.
- Video:
- Far Cry 2
- Crysis Warhead
- Darkest of Days
- Call of Duty: World at War
- Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II
- Batman: Arkham Asylum
- Resident Evil 5
- Left 4 Dead
- 3DMark 06 Professional
- 3DMark Vantage
Far Cry 2:
Featuring a new game engine named Dunia, this game looks to be another one to stress your video card. Built specially for Far Cry 2, this engine allows for real-time effects and damage. This next generation first-person shooter comes to us from Ubisoft, surprisingly - not from Crytek. The game is set in a war-torn region of Africa where there is a non-existent central government and the chaos that surrounds this type of social environment. If you have seen the movie Blood Diamond, you know the setting. Ubisoft puts the main storyline of the game into focus with these statements: "Caught between two rival factions in war-torn Africa, you are sent to take out "The Jackal," a mysterious character who has rekindled the conflict between the warlords, jeopardizing thousands of lives. In order to fulfill your mission you will have to play the factions against each other, identify and exploit their weaknesses, and neutralize their superior numbers and firepower with surprise, subversion, cunning and, of course, brute force." In this Far Cry game, you don't have the beautiful water, but instead the beauty and harshness of the African continent to contend with. Most games give you a set area that can be played through, while Ubisoft has given the gamer the equivalent of 50km2 of the vast African continent to explore while in pursuit of your goals. The settings used are just a few steps below the maximum in-game settings and offer a good blend of performance vs. visual quality.
- DirectX 10
- Anti-Aliasing: x0
- Game Settings: High
- VSync: Off
Competition was close between the ECS GT 240 and Sapphire HD 4670. The factory overclocked Palit GT 240 beat the ECS off the line in each resolution. Far Cry 2 is relatively playable with the GT 240 with these settings.
Crysis Warhead is a standalone expansion pack situated in time with the storyline of the original Crysis. As Sergeant "Psycho" Sykes, you have a secret mission to accomplish on the far side of the island. Along the way there are EMP blasts and Aliens to contend with, as you hunt down the KPA chief. This game uses an enhanced version of the CryEngine 2.
- Anti-Aliasing: x0
- Game Settings: Mainstream
- Ambush
- DirectX 10
Crysis Warhead was decent at lower resolutions too, here the GT 240s surpassed the 4670 with some distance. Overclocking netted decent gains too, 5-6 FPS.
What would testing be if you did not show both sides of the fence? In this test, PhysX was set to low, while leaving the remaining settings intact. You have seen time and again where the ATI cards suffer when PhysX is enabled. Mirror's Edge and Cryostasis are two prime examples. Darkest of Days is no different. What happens in this test shows that, although the game can be played by cards from the red team, the video effects and quality are diminished.
Game Settings:
- 4x Anti-Aliasing
- 16x Anisotrophic Filtering
- PhysX: Low
- Ambient Occlusion: On
- Quality: High
- Resolution: 1280x1024 - 2560x1600
With Darkest of Days the frame rates were so low that it wouldn't be an enjoyable playing experience - save maybe the low resolution overclocked. The 4670 did better by far here. The only worse cards were the 220s.
Activision's Call of Duty: World at War goes right back to the bread and butter of the franchise - WWII FPS action. In this rendition, you start off in the South Pacific and move through a series of missions that flip back and forth between the Russian front and the island hopping advance toward the Imperial Japanese homeland. Included is a mission on Peliliu Island, arguably one of the more difficult and costly battles in the Pacific theater. The gameplay in the single player mode is rather short, but the game makes up for this shortcoming in online gameplay. If you thought COD4 looked nice, this game is amazing with the graphics maxed out playing at a large resolution. This game just may be my reason to move to a 30-inch monitor. I will use Fraps to measure a section of gameplay in the Semper Fi map on Makin Island to compare performance of these video cards.
- Game Settings: Maximum
- AA 0x
- FPS measured via Fraps
Call of Duty is plenty playable with this card. The ECS GT 240 pulled ahead of the 4670 again while the 4770 and GTS 250 were unattainably high. Even at high resolution it did well.
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II is a real-time strategy game that is significantly different than its predecessor, with improved AI and an improved physics engine. You can play either as single player in campaign mode, or in a multiplayer game where Microsoft's Live ranking system can be used.
- Vsync: Off
- Medium Preset
- Game Settings: Medium
With Dawn of War II the results were surprising. The GTS 250 didn't do so well, it got smashed at 1920x1200 and was almost overtaken at 1280x1024 by the overclocked ECS video card. The 4670 lost out in all resolutions. Another playable game although the settings were dialed down to medium.
Batman: Arkham Asylum is a new game that brings together two bitter rivals, the Joker and Batman. The Joker has taken over Arkham Asylum, Gotham's home for the criminally insane. Your task is to rein the Joker back in and restore order. This game makes use of PhysX technology to create a rich environment for you to become the Dark Knight.
Game Settings:
- 0x Anti-Aliasing
- PhysX: Off
- Ambient Occlusion: Off
- Quality: Medium
- Resolution: 1280x1024 - 1920x1200
With overclocking the ECS GT 240 pulled in somewhat close to the 4770, while beating the 4670 in all three resolutions. With medium settings high FPS were possible.
Resident Evil 5 is the sequel to one of the best selling video games of all time. You play the game as Chris Redfield, a survivor of the events at Raccoon City, who now works for the BSAA. Sent to Africa to find the genesis of the latest Bio Organic agents, you meet up with another BSAA operative and work together to solve the problem. The game offers incredible 3D effects and co-op multiplayer.
Game Settings:
- 0x Anti-Aliasing
- PhysX: Off
- Ambient Occlusion: Off
- Quality: Medium
- Resolution: 1280x1024 - 1920x1200
Resident Evil 5 was another medium-setting game, the overclocked ECS GT 240 matched, give or take, the 4770. The 4670 was no competition.
Left 4 Dead is a new release from Valve that leaves you as part of a group of survivors in a world where an infection has rapidly turned the populace into a zombie horde. Your goal is to make it to a rescue point, all while fighting what seems like overwhelming odds. Along the way there are safe houses where you can replenish your weapons and health. The movie "I Am Legend" comes to mind to set the stage for this game. But unlike the movie, there are four characters and not just a lone gun and his faithful companion. The horde is not at all like the typical slow walking, foot shuffling zombies. These zombies are quick and work with pack mentality. You have but one job; survival!
- Anti-Aliasing: x0
- Anisotropic Filtering: x0
- Game Settings: Medium
At stock the ECS GT 240 matched or exceeded the 4670 from Sapphire but was still very far away from the top two cards. Left 4 Dead was very playable with these settings.
3DMark06 is one of the benchmarks that always comes up when a bragging contest begins. 3DMark06 presents a severe test for many of today's hardware components. Let's see how this setup fares. The settings we will use are listed below.
- SM2.0 Graphics Tests: GT1- Return to Proxycon, GT2- Firefly Forest
- CPU Tests: CPU1- Red Valley, CPU2- Red Valley
- HDR/SM3.0 Graphics Tests: HDR1- Canyon Flight, HDR2- Deep Freeze
3DMark 06 showed decent results from the ECS graphics card - 10500 exact - beating the 4670 by far. Overclocking helped but wasn't enough to gain ground on the 4770. The factory overclocked Palit GT 240 shows how well the small boost helps by beating it decently in all three resolutions.
Featuring all-new game tests, this benchmark is for use with Vista-based systems. "There are two all-new CPU tests that have been designed around a new 'Physics and Artificial Intelligence-related computation.' CPU test two offers support for physics related hardware." There are four preset levels that correspond to specific resolutions. "Entry" is 1024x768 progressing to "Extreme" at 1920x1200. Of course, each preset can be modified to arrange any number of user designed testing. For our testing, I will use the four presets at all default settings.
- Settings (each preset): Default
- Entry: 1024x768
- Performance: 1280x1024
- High: 1680x1050
3DMark Vantage is a similar story to the rest of the benchmarks - the ECS GT 240 outperformed the 220s and 4670 without effort but overclocking wasn't enough to catch the 4770. It put out a decent score nonetheless in Vantage.
Performance for the ECS GT 240 NGT240-512QI-F was decent and fell between the ATI 4670 and 4770. Depending on the games and activities of the user, either the 4770 or GT 240 would be a smart decision; in most of the games the 4770 came ahead, however pricing will decide which one is a smarter choice. It also depends on which heatsink the ECS card has - there is a less attractive single slot edition with the same model number on the market. [email protected] is an application that could make good use out of this card, although most folders would likely rather shell out for an 8800 for cheaper. The GT 200 cards are all very easy to install and as such, can be purchased for a simple upgrade, especially for people with OEM computers. The heatsink worked very well, keeping the card idling at 25C and loading under 46C even when overclocked. Overclocking was a mix of good and bad; the GPU did well with and 18% core increase and nearly 27% in Shader overclocks. However, the memory didn't like to overclock was quickly unstable.
Other than the unfortunate memory overclocking, or lack thereof, the bundle was very empty, only the bare essentials - manual and driver disc. The VGA slot is a nuisance as well since a DVI-VGA adapter is very cheap but the company, like most others, opted for the VGA output instead. The graphics card could still run dual VGA cards with an adapter, however.
- Great operating temperatures
- Low energy requirements
- Quiet fan
- Small size
- Good PhysX card
- Decent GPU overclocking
- Price
- Low memory overclockability


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By Kaleigh Friend
The smoke has long been cleared and the battlefields now lie empty, but the events that transpired on the battlefields of the American Civil War still haunt our nation's history. Throughout Illinois, organizations are commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War to sustain the history of this event in which the Union was preserved.
Illinois played a large role in the war. President Abraham Lincoln, who had a law practice and a home in Springfield, was still in his infancy as the 16th president. Lincoln, as Commander in Chief, watched as the civil war unfolded.
The war began as a compilation of issues, including differing economies in the North and South, challenges between state and federal rights, the practice of slavery and Lincoln's election.
Lincoln faced opposition from all sides. Political cartoonists took jabs at everything from his appearance to his policies. Some abolitionists even felt his actions were not enough to put a true end to slavery. In the end, the president would only live five days after the war ended. His hopes of putting the country back together were demolished and he was never able to see what became of the nation.
Another Illinois resident, Ulysses S. Grant, who lived in Galena, rose to the top of the ranks, eventually becoming the Lieutenant General of the Union Army and the 18th president of the United States. Grant's military career began with his graduation from the United States Military Academy, after which he was a soldier for 11 years. During this time he was active in the Mexican American War.
According to Galena Public Library Historian Steve Repp, in 1854, Grant resigned from the military after he was unsuccessful at making a sufficient living in St. Louis, Mo., the area home to his wife, Julia. The Grant family then moved to Galena, so that Ulysses could work in his father's leather store. Here he did much of the traveling for the business in place of his brother Simpson, who had become ill with Tuberculosis. When the Civil War began, Grant again offered his services to the military.
Grant caught President Lincoln's attention after winning several battles, including those at Shiloh and Vicksburg, and his capture of Fort Donelson in Tennessee. At Fort Donelson, Grant demanded unconditional surrender; this later became one of the General's monikers as it coincided with his first and middle initials. His experience and grit made him a successful leader during the war.
After battling in the Western Theater, the area east of the Mississippi River and west of the Appalachian Mountains, General Grant was made Lieutenant General by President Lincoln and went to lead the Union Army in the East. Along with eight other generals from Galena, the state contributed over 200,000 men to the Union Army, along with foodstuffs and livestock.
Grant returned victorious to Galena in August of 1865, still somber from the sights of a grizzly war. He was received by his proud hometown with a generous celebration in his honor, and was presented with a fully outfitted post-war home on Bouthillier Street. The Grant children donated this home to Galena in 1904 to be kept in memory of General Grant, and the home was later deeded to the State of Illinois due to cost issues.
Today, both homes can be toured five days a week, and are home to reproductions of paintings showing scenes of Grant during the war as well as reproductions of pieces he owned during his lifetime. Each year, the home gets about 60,000-80,000 visitors.
During the time of the Civil War, Galena was at its peak with a lively population of about 14,000 people. Nancy Breed, Executive Director for the Galena – Jo Daviess County Historical Society & Museum, said Galena has some commemorative events planned for the 150th anniversary. It is home to some important pieces of history from this period, including "bookend" Civil War artifacts from both the beginning and end of the war.
The early war bookend artifact is the Blakely Rifle, a cannon from the Confederate artillery used in the first firing on Ft. Sumter on April 12, 1861, which was the first battle of the Civil War. Galena is also home to an artifact from the close of the war, a 9x12 foot oil painting by political cartoonist Thomas Nast called "Peace in Union" which is one of the few paintings depicting Robert E. Lee's surrender to U.S. Grant in April of 1865. These pieces, along with Grant's homes, make the town appealing to those who wish to experience pieces of the Civil War within Illinois.
The Illinois Historical Preservation Society has compiled a calendar of Civil War related events happening throughout 2011. At 11 a.m. on February 11, Lincoln's "Farewell Address" will be read at the Great Western Depot in Springfield, the same day Lincoln gave this speech 150 years prior. This will be a part of the goal to set a world record by getting over 235,000 nationwide people to read this speech at the same time on this day.
Another group has decided to commemorate the Civil War close to home. John Alexander, head of the McCoupin County Civil War Round Table, said this organization is fundraising over the next few years to restore the flag of the McCoupin County volunteer infantry. The McCoupin County Civil War Roundtable is a group of 30-40 members that meet once a month to discuss topics on the Civil War. The flag is currently in the Illinois National Guard Museum, but the group hopes to raise nearly $40,000 to fully restore the flag and have it on display at the Carlinville courthouse.
Civil War roundtables are non-profit independent organizations that meet to discuss topics on the Civil War such as battles, President Lincoln, war strategies and life on the home front during the war. These groups have formed all over the nation, with more than five in the state of Illinois. Chicago's Civil War Roundtable is the oldest of these organizations, which was organized in December of 1940.
With all of the events taking place to commemorate the beginning of the Civil War, it's important to look at why we remember this time and how it changed the history of our country. Susan Hardin, retired Humanities teacher at Turner Jr. High in Jacksonville, said she feels it's important to remember, "This was the only war fought within our country's borders, by our people, to preserve the Union." She went on to discuss how clashes on the issue of slavery along with tension between the power of state and federal governments brought compromise in the end.
While there were no battles fought in the state of Illinois, there were several places, including Camp Butler just outside of Springfield, and Camp Douglas outside Chicago, which served as places to train and organize troops into companies and regiments. These sites also served as prisoner-of-war camps for captured Confederate soldiers. Today, Camp Butler is a United States National Cemetery for over 1,600 Civil War soldiers.
On the home front, because men had left their farms and businesses to fight in the war, women were put in the position to fill these roles. David Kuhn, Illinois Civil War re-enactor, pointed out that this was a sort of "Rosie the Riveter" time for women, in which they assumed the roles of men who were gone over the four years of the war. This was also the time of nurse Clara Barton, who was present at some of the most devastating battles of the war, along with many other women who served as nurses during this time.
Over 400 women were reported to have served as soldiers in the Civil War. Kuhn shared the story of Jennie Hodgers, who disguised herself as a man and served as a cavalryman in the Illinois 95th for three years under the name Albert Cashier. Her gender was only discovered after she was injured in a trolley car accident and sent to a doctor. Throughout this time period, women were empowered to take on new roles that were typically only for men.
At the end of the war, over 620,000 lives were lost. Countless towns were in shambles; homes were destroyed. Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in Ford's Theater just five days after General Lee's surrender, marking the end of the Civil War. The nation was left wounded.
During this revolutionary time in the nation's history, many things were changing. Countless events will commemorate this time and will unfold over the next four years in Illinois and nationwide as the 150th anniversary of different battles and events arrive. This momentous war is one to be remembered as a time when our nation proved strong enough to stay unified during some of our darkest days.
Civil War Museums in Illinois
Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War
503 South Walnut
Springfield, IL 62704
(217) 544-0616
This museum in Springfield, Ill. is home to genealogy records of Civil War veterans, as well as artifacts from the Civil War period including currency, uniforms and medals. This location serves as the national headquarters for this organization and is free to the public.
Vermillion County Museum
307 N. Vermillion Street
Danville, IL 61832
The Vermillion County War Museum has a history of military conflict from the Revolutionary War to present day, spanning over 200 years. The museum's Civil War collection includes photos, swords, a Union soldier's hat, artillery shells, and other items from this time period.
Illinois State Military Museum
1301 N. MacArthur
Springfield, IL 62702
Housing military history over the decades, this museum has a considerable sized collection, including a wooden target on which President Lincoln test fired a Spencer rifle in 1863, when its inventor brought it to Washington for approval. The collection also includes Civil War flags and a tree from a Civil War battlefield scarred with bullet holes.
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
212 N Sixth Street
Springfield, IL 62701
(217) 558-8858
This extensive museum details President Lincoln's life. In the "Journey Two: The White House Years" section of the museum, Lincoln's life as the President of the United States is on display during the time of slavery and later the Civil War. There are multiple galleries and exhibits on the war. In the Union Theater, one may feel immersed in a civil war battle through special effects that engage the senses and bring the battlefield to life.
*Other exhibits may also exist. This is only a partial listing.
150th Anniversary of the American Civil War Events
"Lincoln's Farewell" Reading
February 11, 2011
11 a.m.
Great Western Depot, Springfield, IL
Lincoln's Farewell speech will be read on the same day he gave this speech 150 years prior. This event coincides with the goal to set a world record to get over 235,000 people around the nation to read this at the same time.
"Sacred Oaths and Shallow Graves: The Civil War in Illinois Part I."
31st Annual Illinois History Symposium
April 14-16, 2011
Morris Library
Southern Illinois University – Carbondale
Held on the anniversary of the civil war's commencement and will have papers, presentations, panels, vendors, students, and scholars from all over the state to speak on Illinois' role in the Civil War.
U.S. Grant Birthday Celebration
April 15 – 17, 2011
Various times and locations
Various events commemorating the birthday of Galena's favorite son: living history, speakers, pie auction, period church service, free museum admission.
U.S. Grant Home Lamplight Tour
April 15, 2011
5-7 p.m.
Grant Memorial Home, Bouthillier Street, Galena, IL
Lamplight lends a period glow as the Grants welcome you to their home. Adjacent log cabin open; refreshments.
Dinner with the Grants and Their Collector
April 16, 2011
6 p.m.
DeSoto House Hotel
230 S. Main Street, Galena, IL
The Grants and Grant collector, journalist/personality Bill Margeson, celebrate the opening of a new Museum exhibit. Cash bar. Period dinner.
U.S. Grant Association Annual Meeting
May 6-8, 2011
Various times and locations
DeSoto House Hotel
230 S. Main Street, Galena, IL
$200 members; $300 non-members; individual event tickets may be purchased separately
U.S. Grant aficionados from around the country gather for tours, nationally-known speakers/authors, book signings, period concert. Meals included; cash bars.
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