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1864 Presidential Campaign
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Abraham Lincoln
With this backdrop, the Democratic Party chose General George McClellan to be their Presidential Candidate at the Chicago National Convention in 1864. The Democratic Party Platform presented a plan of "Compromise with the South", which became known as "The Chicago Platform". While on its surface the Chicago Platform was seductive in that it promised an immediate cessation of hostilities, and a restoration of the union. What was unsaid in the platform, but clearly implied, was that the "compromise" would be to agree to make permanent the institution of slavery in exchange for an end to the Civil War and restoration of the Union.
In other words, the Democratic party was ready to "Sell Out" the enslaved, in order to stop further loss of white lives. This is reflected in McClellan's acceptance speech, where he stated:
The reestablishment of the Union, in all its integrity, is and must continue to be the indispensable condition in any settlement.
If reestablishment of the union was the only "condition" that was "indispensable", then clearly the issue of abolition of slavery was dispensable, and the possibility of Slavery being permanently institutionalized in our country was on the negotiation table.
Thomas Nast exposed the hypocrisy of the Democratic Platform with his stunning illustration entitled "The Chicago Platform", which is shown above. In this illustration, Nast wrote out the "words" of the democratic platform, and wrapped the words around dramatic illustrations indicating what the words really meant. In effect, Nast "decoded" the words of the platform in his illustration, to clearly communicate what the Democrats stood for . . . continuation of the institution of slavery in exchange for an end to the war.
The Democratic Platform:
The 1864 Democratic Platform began with the words:
Resolved, that in the future, as in the past, we will adhere with unswerving fidelity to the Union under the Constitution, as the only solid foundation of our strength, security, and happiness as a people, and as a framework of government equally conducive to the welfare and prosperity of all the States, both Northern and Southern.
Nast points out in that the "people" referred to were clearly the white people. That returning to the Constitution of that day meant a return to a country where Blacks were property, and had no rights. The "Prosperity of the Southern States" clearly was a Democratic Promise to make slavery a permanent institution in the country, in exchange for an end to the Civil War.
The next section of the Democratic Platform reads:
Resolved, that the direct interference of the military authorities of the United States in the recent elections held in Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, and Delaware, was a shameful violation of the Constitution, and a repetition of such acts in the approaching election will be held as revolutionary, and resisted with all the means and power under our control.
In mid-term elections, the Government required that Citizens be loyal to the Union in order to vote, and the military was present to ensure free and fair elections, without intimidation from Treasonous Northerners, Confederate Sympathizers, and those enriched by the Slave Trade. The democratic party opposed this, and believed that those slave-sympathizers engaged in treason against the country should be allowed to vote, and be allowed to intimidate others. In the inset image below, Nast illustrates the free and safe elections, which were so offensive to the Democrats of the day.
The Chicago Platform went on to state:
"the Constitution itself has been disregarded in every part, and public liberty and private right alike trodden down"
The issue referred to here is that Abraham Lincoln had issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, which freed the slaves. The Chicago Platform viewed this as disregarding the constitutional rights of Southerners. Specifically, the right to own slaves, to beat slaves, and to kill slaves. The Nast illustration captured this irony by wrapping these words around two illustrations . . . one shows Lincoln Freeing the Slaves, and the other shows the "old way", in which blacks were owned, beaten, and tortured at the whim of whites.
The Chicago Platform further reads:
that the aim and object of the Democratic party are to preserve the federal Union and the rights of the States unimpaired
Nast's Illustration then points out that the "Rights of the States Unimpaired" was a nice way of saying, "States may Continue to practice Slavery, with all its associated brutality, unencumbered by the Federal Government". The illustration shows a slave auction. At the slave auction, a black family is being sold. The Mother is being sold separately from the child and Husband. Clearly, the family was being split apart and sold separately. In the second image, a black man is shown tied to a tree and being brutally beaten by two men with whips. Other slaves are forced to watch the brutality, I suppose as a warning to them. All this was accepted practice in the United States of the 1850's and 1860's. The Democratic Platform of 1864 was strongly supporting continuing this practice as "Business as Usual".
This part of the illustration, which is the lower left of the original leaf, shows other implications of compromising with the south, as the Democrats wanted. Slave hunters are shown moving North, and attacking Northern families that are harboring runaway slaves. Union Generals are shown bowing to Jefferson Davis, paying homage to the Rebel Leader. Southern Rebels are shown drinking and celebrating over the graves of Union Soldiers, who had died in a useless war. Perhaps most inflammatory, is the illustration suggesting that if the Democrats were successful, Jefferson Davis could potentially be a strong candidate for President of the United States in 1868.
While totally undermining the Union Army, and what it was trying to do, the Chicago Platform went on to allege its support of the individual soldiers and their families.
Resolved, that the sympathy of the Democratic party is heartily and earnestly extended to the soldiers of our army and the seamen of our navy, who are and have been in the field under the flag of their country; and, in the event of its attaining power, they will receive all the care, protection, and regard that the brave soldiers and sailors of the republic have so nobly earned.
With the help of Thomas Nast, and his Powerful Illustrations, Abraham Lincoln did win the 1864 election. The Union was restored, and Slavery was abolished, once and for all. The Nation was put on a new path of freedom and justice for all. This illustration helps to show the "power of the pen", and that Thomas Nast was a Master Illustrator whose Pen helped shape our Nation, and the freedoms we still enjoy.
Source: http://www.sonofthesouth.net/democratic-party-platform.htm
The Democratic Platform
The 1864 Democratic Platform began with the words:
Resolved, that in the future, as in the past, we will adhere with unswerving fidelity to the Union under the Constitution, as the only solid foundation of our strength, security, and happiness as a people, and as a framework of government equally conducive to the welfare and prosperity of all the States, both Northern and Southern.
The Chicago Platform
The Chicago Platform went on to state:
"the Constitution itself has been disregarded in every part, and public liberty and private right alike trodden down"
"Rights of the States Unimpaired"
Jefferson Davis
The Black Soldier
Resolved, that the sympathy of the Democratic party is heartily and earnestly extended to the soldiers of our army and the seamen of our navy, who are and have been in the field under the flag of their country; and, in the event of its attaining power, they will receive all the care, protection, and regard that the brave soldiers and sailors of the republic have so nobly earned.
General George McClellan
McClellan, GEORGE BRINTON, military officer ; born in Philadelphia, Dec. 3, 1826; graduated at West Point in 1846; was lieutenant of sappers, miners, and pontoniers in the war against Mexico, and was commended for gallantry at various points from Vera Cruz to the city of Mexico. After the war he was instructor of bayonet exercise at West Point, and his Manual, translated from the French, became the text-book of the service. In 1852 he was engaged with Capt. Randolph B. Marcy (afterwards his father-in-law) and Gen. C. F. Smith in explorations and surveys of Red River, the harbors of Texas, and the western part of a proposed route for a Pacific railway; also mountain ranges and the most direct route to Puget's Sound.
He was next sent on a secret mission to Santo Domingo; and in 1855 he was sent with Majors Delafield and Mordecai to Europe to study the organization of European armies and observe the war in the Crimea. Captain McClellan left the army in 1857 and engaged in civil engineering and as superintendent of railroads. He was residing in Ohio when the Civil War broke out, and was commissioned major-general of Ohio volunteers by the governor. He took command of all the troops in the Department of the Ohio; and after a brief and successful campaign in western Virginia, was appointed to the command of the National troops on the Potomac (afterwards the Army of the Potomac) and commissioned a major-general of the regular army. On the retirement of General Scott in November, 1861, he was made general-in-chief. His campaign against Richmond in 1862 with the Army of the Potomac was not successful. He afterwards drove General Lee out of Maryland, but his delay in pursuing the Confederates caused him to be superseded in command by General Burnside. General McClellan was the unsuccessful Democratic candidate for President of the United States against Mr. Lincoln in 1864 (see below). He resigned his commission in the army on the day of the election, Nov. 8, and took up his residence in New York. After a visit to Europe, he became (1868) a citizen of New Jersey, and engaged in the business of an engineer. The will of Edward A. Stevens, of Hoboken, made him superintendent of the Stevens floating battery; and he was appointed superintendent of docks and piers in the city of New York, which office he resigned in 1872. In 1877 he was elected governor of New Jersey. He died in Orange, N. J., Oct. 29, 1885.
George McClellan Quotes
"Conscious of my own weakness, I can only seek fervently the guidance of the Ruler of the Universe, and, relying on His all-powerful aid, do my best to restore Union and peace to a suffering people, and to establish and guard their liberties and rights." . . .General George McClellan, Accepting the 1864 Democratic presidential Nomination
"All things very quiet on this bank of the Chickahominy. I would prefer more noise." . . . George McClellan in a Dispatch to Secretary Stanton
"All quiet along the Potomac." . . . A Dispatch to Secretary Stanton
"The moment for action has arrived, and I know that I can trust in you to save our country" March 14, 1862 Dispatch from McClellan to the Army of the Potomac
"When this sad war is over we will all return to our homes, and feel that we can ask no higher honor than the proud consciousness that we belonged to the Army of the Potomac." March 14, 1862 Dispatch from McClellan to the Army of the Potomac
"The Union, which can alone insure internal peace, and external security to each State, Must and Shall be Preserved, cost what it may in time, treasure, and blood." July 4, 1862 Dispatch to the Army of the Potomac at the conclusion of the bloody Seven Days Battle
McClellan's Letter Accepting the Democratic Presidential Nomination.
ORANGE, N. J., Sept. 8.
To Hon. Horatio Seymour and others, committee, etc.:
GENTLEMEN,%u2014I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter informing me of my nomination by the Democratic National Convention, recently held at Chicago, as their candidate at the next election for President of the United States. It is unnecessary for me to say to you that this nomination comes to me unsought. I am happy to know that,
1864 Democratic Presidential Nominee, General George B. McClellan
when the nomination was made, the record of my public life was kept in view. The effect of long and varied service in the army, during war and peace, has been to strengthen and make indelible in my mind and heart the love and reverence for the Union, Constitution, laws, and flag of our country impressed upon me in early youth. These feelings have thus far guided the course of my life, and must continue to do so until its end. The existence of more than one government over the region which once owned our flag is incompatible with the peace, the power, and the happiness of the people. The preservation of our Union was the sole avowed object for which the war was commenced. It should have been conducted for that object only, and in accordance with those principles which I took occasion to declare when in active service. Thus conducted the work of reconciliation would have been easy, and we might have reaped the benefits of our many victories on land and sea.
The Union was originally formed by the exercise of a spirit of conciliation and compromise. To restore and preserve it, the same spirit must prevail in our councils and in the hearts of the people. The reestablishment of the Union, in all its integrity, is and must continue to be the indispensable condition in any settlement. So soon as it is clear, or even probable, that our present adversaries are ready for peace upon the basis of the Union, we should exhaust all the resources of statesmanship practiced by civilized nations, and taught by the traditions of the American people, consistent with the honor and interests of the country, to secure such peace, reestablish the Union, and guarantee for the future the constitutional rights of every State. The Union is the one condition of peace. We ask no more.
Let me add what I doubt not was, although unexpressed, the sentiment of the convention, as it is of the people they represent, that when any one State is willing to return to the Union it should be received at once with a full guarantee of all its constitutional rights. If a frank, earnest, and persistent effort to obtain these objects should fail, the responsibility for ulterior consequences will fall upon those who remain in arms against the Union, but the Union must be preserved at all hazards. I could not look in the face my gallant comrades of the army and navy who have survived so many bloody battles, and tell them that their labors, and the sacrifices of so many of our slain and wounded brethren, had been in vain, that we had abandoned that Union for which we have so often perilled our lives. A vast majority of our people, whether in the army and navy or at home, would, as I would, hail with unbounded joy the permanent restoration of peace on the basis of the Union under the Constitution, without the effusion of another drop of blood, but no peace can be permanent without Union.
As to the other subjects presented in the resolutions of the convention, I need only say that I should seek in the Constitution of the United States, and the laws framed in accordance therewith, the rule of my duty and the limitation of executive power; endeavor to restore economy in public expenditures, re-establish the supremacy of the law, and by the operation of a more vigorous nationality resume our commanding position among the nations of the earth. The condition of our finances, the depreciation of the paper money, and the burdens thereby imposed on labor and capital, show the necessity of a return to a sound financial system, while the rights of citizens and the rights of States, and the binding authority of law over the President, army, and people, are subjects of no less vital importance in war than in peace.
Believing that the views here expressed are those of the convention, and the people you represent, I accept the nomination. I realize the weight of the responsibility to be borne should the people ratify your choice. Conscious of my own weakness, I can only seek fervently the guidance of the Ruler of the Universe, and, relying on His allpowerful aid, do my best to restore Union and peace to a suffering people, and to establish and guard their liberties and rights.
Very respectfully,
Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885)
Mr. Lincoln's respect for Grant had grown during 1862 and 1863, On July 5, 1863 before he learned of the Union victory at Vicksburg, the President said of the western commander: "He doesn't worry and bother me. He isn't shrieking for reinforcements all the time....And if Grant only does thing down there—I don't care much how, so long as he does it right—why, Grant is my man and I am his the rest of the war!"1 Secretary of the Interior John Palmer Usher "heard Mr. Lincoln say, on one occasion: 'General Grant is the most extraordinary man in command that I know of. I heard nothing direct from him and wrote to him to know why, and whether I could do anything to promote this success, and Grant replied that he had tried to do the best he could with what he had: that he believed if he had more men and arms he could use them to good advantage and do more than he had done, but he supposed I had done and was doing all I could; that if I could do more he felt that I would do it.' Lincoln said that Grant's conduct was so different from other generals in command that he could scarcely comprehend it.'"2 The President's attitude toward Grant was summed up in a letter he sent the Union commander on April 30, 1864:
"Not expecting to see you again before the Spring campaign opens, I wish to express, in this way, my entire satisfaction with what you have done up to this time, so far as I understand it. The particulars of your plans I neither know, or seek to know. You are vigilant and self-reliant; and, pleased with this, I wish not to obtrude any constraints or restraints upon you. While I am very anxious that any great disaster, or the capture of our men in great numbers, shall be avoided. I know that these points are less likely to escape your attention than they would be mine. If there is anything wanting which is within my power to give, do not fail to let me know it.
And now with a brave Army, and a just cause, may God sustain you.3
Against his wishes, Grant came to Washington and was named General-in-Chief of the Army in March 1864, in which capacity he served until 1869. "Word of his arrival having spread, he found on his return to Parlor 6 [of Willard's Hotel] a special invitation to come by the White House, presumably for a conference with the Commander in Chief, whom he had never met although they both were from Illinois and were by now the two most famous men in the country," wrote historian Shelby Foote. "If he had known that the President's weekly receptions were held on Tuesday evenings he would perhaps have postponed his call, but by the time he completed the short walk up the avenue to the gates of the executive mansion it was too late. He found himself being ushered up the steps, through the foyer, down a corridor, and finally into the brightly lighted East Room, where the reception was in full swing. The crowd, enlarged beyond the norm tonight by the news that he would be there, fell silent as he entered, then parted before him to disclose at the far end of the room the tall form of Abraham Lincoln, who watched him approach, then put out a long arm for a handshake. 'I'm glad to see you, General, he said.4
General Grant briefly visited the Army of the Potomac and then returned to the White House, where President Lincoln attempted to convince him to stay for dinner. When Grant asked to be excused, Mr. Lincoln responded: "But we can't excuse you. Mrs. Lincoln's dinner without you, would be Hamlet with Hamlet left out." Responded Grant: "I appreciate the honor Mrs. Lincoln would do me, but time is very important now—and really—Mr. Lincoln, I have had enough of this show business."5
Grant left town as soon as possible, returned to Nashville, and then came back to Washington to visit President Lincoln. At the White House again, he met privately with President Lincoln. Henry Halleck had told Grant not to brief Mr. Lincoln on his plans -- and President Lincoln gave Grant a similar warning. Unlike previous generals, Grant had the President's confidence—and Grant showed his confidence in the President by sharing his plans. Grant himself said later that Mr. Lincoln claimed "all he wanted or ever had wanted was someone who would take the responsibility and act, and call on him for all the assistance needed, pledging himself to use all the power of the government in rendering such assistance."6
Grant moved his headquarters from the West to the East, where he and President Lincoln were in frequent contact. Calm and thoughtful, simple and direct, Grant collaborated with the nominal head of the Army of the Potomac, George Meade. Meade was as irritable as Grant was phlegmatic. Nevertheless, the two generals were a good team. Although Lincoln had confidence in Grant, he worried in 1864 that the general might harbor presidential ambitions and sent several emissaries to check on his political intentions.
Even before Grant was elevated to lieutenant general, President Lincoln attempted to gauge his political ambitions. He asked Congressman Elihu Washburne, who in turn referred him to Grant friend J. Russell Jones. Jones hurried to Washington with a letter he had received from Grant that stated: "Nothing could induce me to think of being a presidential candidate, particularly so long as there is a possibility of having Mr. Lincoln re-elected." After reading the letter, Mr. Lincoln told Jones: "My son, you will never know how gratifying that is to me. No man knows, when that Presidential grub gets to gnawing at him, just how deep it will get until he has tried it; and I didn't know but what there was one gnawing at Grant."7
The President continued to test Grant's presidential ambitions during 1864 through a variety of emissaries and informants, but he found that Grant lacked conflicting aspirations. When General Frank Blair, a Lincoln ally, wrote Grant about the election, Grant replied: "Everyone who knows me knows I have no political aspirations either now or for the future." Grant instructed Blair to "Show this letter to no one unless it be the president himself."8 According to historian David E. Long, "Certainly Grant had a preference in this election. The war and Lincoln had raised him from an insignificant officer to the highest rank and the most successful battlefield leader in U.S. history. He wrote Congressman Elihu B. Washburne on September 21, "I have no objection to the President using any thing I have ever written to him as he sees fit—I think however for him to attempt to answer all the charges the opposition will bring against him will be like setting a maiden to work to prove her chastity.'"9
Pennsylvania politician Alexander McClure found conflicting attitudes towards Grant when he visited the White House. Although the President worried about Grant's political ambitions, President Lincoln also valued Grant's fighting instincts: After the Battle of Shiloh, which Grant nearly lost on the first day, McClure visited the White House. Not always the most reliable witness, McClure later wrote:
So much was I impressed with the importance of prompt action on the part of the President after spending a day and evening in Washington that I called on Lincoln at eleven o'clock at night and sat with him alone until after one o'clock in the morning. He was, as usual, worn out with the day's exacting duties, but he did not permit me to depart until the Grant matter had been gone over and many other things relating to the war that he wished to discuss. I pressed upon him with all the earnestness I could command the immediate removal of Grant as an imperious necessity to sustain himself. As was his custom, he said but little, only enough to make me continue the discussion until it was exhausted. He sat before the open fire in the old Cabinet room, most of the time with his feet up on the high marble mantel, and exhibited unusual distress at the complicated condition of military affairs. Nearly every day brought some new and perplexing military complication. He had gone through a long winter of terrible strain with McClellan and the Army of the Potomac; and from the day that Grant started on his Southern expedition until the battle of Shiloh he had had little else than jarring and confusion among his generals in the West. He knew that I had no ends to serve in urging Grant's removal, beyond the single desire to make him be just to himself, and he listened patiently.
"I appealed to Lincoln for his own sake to remove Grant at once, and, in giving my reasons for it, I simply voiced the admittedly overwhelming protest from the loyal people of the land against Grant's continuance in command. I could form no judgment during the conversation as to what effect my arguments had upon him beyond the fact that he was greatly distressed at this new complication. When I had said everything that could be said from my standpoint, we lapsed into silence. Lincoln remained silent for what seemed a very long time. He then gathered himself up in his chair and said in a tone of earnestness that I shall never forget: 'I can't spare this man; he fights.'"10
President Lincoln also had to worry about Grant's military judgment on the way to Richmond in the spring of 1864 and the subsequent deadlock around Petersburg and Richmond. In the fall of 1864, President Lincoln summoned General Grenville Dodge to the White House and interrogated him over lunch. Mr. Lincoln "finally led up to the placed where he asked me the question of what I thought about Grant, and what I thought about his next campaign. Just as he asked the question, we got up from the table. I answered, 'Mr. President, you know we western men have the greatest confidence in General Grant; I have no doubt, whatever, that in this next campaign he will defeat Lee—how, or when is to do it, I cannot tell, but I am sure of it.' He took my hand in both of his and very solemnly said, 'You don't know how glad I am to hear you say that.'"11
Grant seldom visited the White House between the time he was appointed to head the Union armies in 1864 and the day President Lincoln was assassinated. One Sunday afternoon, a month after President Lincoln had named him a lieutenant general, William O. Stoddard came to the President's office and asked Mr. Lincoln, who was resting on the sofa, what kind of man Grant was: "Well...I hardly know what to think of him, altogether. He's the quietest little fellow you ever saw," said the President. "Why, he makes the least fuss of any man you ever knew. I believe two or three times he has been in this room a minute or so before I knew he was here. It's about so all around. The only evidence you have that he's in any place in that he makes things git! Where he is, things move!" Unlike other generals, the President told Stoddard, Grant did not look for excuses to avoid an advance. "When Grant took hold I was waiting to see what his pet impossibility would be, and I reckoned it would be cavalry as a matter of course, for we hadn't horses enough to mount even what men we had. There were fifteen thousand or thereabouts up near Harper's Ferry, and no horses to put them on. Well, the other day, just as I expected, Grant sent to me about those very men; but what he wanted to know was whether he should disband them or turn 'em into infantry."12
After the Battle of the Wilderness on May 5-6, President Lincoln awaited news from General Grant. A New York Tribune reporter brought a report and a personal message from General Grant: "He told me I was to tell you, Mr. President, that there would be no turning back." President Lincoln was so frustrated by Union generals who had turned back that he kissed the Tribune reporter.13
Grant had served in Mexican-American War and resigned from army in 1854 to try a series of farming and business ventures, all of which were failures. He was working as a clerk for his brother in Galena, Illinois at the outbreak of the Civil War.
Grant was subsequently elected to two corruption-plagued terms as President (1869-1877) before embarking again on a series of disastrous business ventures. He never did have any luck in business. He was a far better general and writer than he was a politician, president, or public speaker.
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Legend Golf and Safari Resort is located within the Entabeni Safari Conservatory, approximately two hours' drive from O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg. Visit the resort's website for detailed directions and a map.
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Great example is Bill Murray playing FDR in his most recent movie. Who would have ever figured that the whacko from Caddy Shack and GhostBusters would ever be able to pull off a dramatic role playing one of the most influential presidents in American history. Well Bill 'reinvented himself' for that role and the result's AMAZING. Kutcher ain't there yet.
It's rare when you can pull of 'your schtick' in every role you play and have each new role be believable - like somehow Robin Williams can. Even when Robin plays straight non comedic roles like in "Dead Poet's Society" (best flick EV-ER!) - you still see the crazy MORK of "MORK and MINDY" coming out a 'bit'. But somehow Robin Williams makes that work. Kutcher doesn't have the gravitas yet. I'll watch this movie for the 'story line' of it - but will look more forward to the other Jobs movie they're working on too.
Good day.
I think people may have unreaslistic expectations of this movie. First, remember it's a movie with paid actors. It's not a documentary.
As with every movie based on real events and real people, the actors simply will not nail the character perfectly. The only way to do that is have Steve Jobs do it himself. Second, the screen writer and director have to take some creative liberties to make the story interesting. If they stuck strictly to the facts the movie would either be dull and boring, or it would be a documentary.
Enjoy it for what it is, and don't expect it to be the perfect telling of Steve Jobs' life.
I don't claim to know a lot about Steve Jobs book from all of the keynote speeches that I've seen, it seems like Ashton Kutcher nailed the inflections that Mr. Jobs had.


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CRADLEY Heathens opening fixture of the 2014 season at Coventry will now take place on Sunday March 23 with a 2pm start.
The Travel Plus Trophy first leg tie was originally scheduled for Friday March 21, but that date at Brandon has now been taken by the Elite Riders' Championship, which will be broadcast live for fans on Sky Sports.
Heathens will therefore make the short trip to their Midlands rivals on the Sunday afternoon and will have their full team available. The return fixture, the Monmore Wood season-opener, remains and will go ahead on Tuesday April 1.
Cradley Chairman Nigel Pearson said: "We're delighted to have agreed the revised date with Coventry so quickly, and it promises to be a great start to the season for the lads.
"We'll have our full team at Coventry and everyone is looking forward to it. "There's a certain ring about Coventry versus Cradley and it definitely sparks memories of great days back in the 1980s.
"I'm sure there will be plenty of Heathens fans making the journey and naturally we also look forward to welcoming the Coventry fans to Monmore for the second leg on April 1."


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From the time he was a young boy growing up in Palolo Valley on Oahu, John Cruz knew he was destined to play music. Whether inside or outside the home, his earliest memories were filled with song. His Hawaiian grandmother had a beautiful voice and sang in church. His mom loved the Motown sound and had an extensive record collection. His dad played country music and taught John to perform live shows at a very young age. His brothers and sisters were all musically inclined and, along with numerous aunties, uncles, cousins, neighbors and friends, they have surrounded John with the gift of music for his entire life.
Although John grew up in Hawaii, it wasn't until he moved to the East Coast in 1983 that he developed his own style as a singer songwriter. During his 12 years in the Northeast, John cut his musical teeth in subways, coffeehouses and bars in New York's Greenwich Village, as well as in the clubs and local haunts from Martha's Vineyard to the Boston area. While attending the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, John ventured in to acting and dancing, which strengthened his command of the stage. He spent six years in theatre and dance companies, performing everywhere from Lincoln Center to Washington D.C. As a member of the prestigious New World Theater, John played the lead role in "The Dance and the Railroad," by Tony Award winning Broadway playwright, David Henry Hwang, of M. Butterfly fame. John's outstanding performance was nationally recognized in the finals of a collegiate drama competition.
John returned to Hawaii in 1995 to help his brother Ernie record his album. At the time, Ernie was in the immensely popular band, the Ka'au Crater Boys. He invited John to play bass with them and to play his own songs during their shows. The exposure to large crowds gave John's music a substantial fan base before it was even recorded. When his first album, Acoustic Soul was released in 1996, it made an artistic and commercial impact like few other recordings in Hawaiian musical history.
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Nanoxia Deep Silence Cases Officially Available Statesideby Dustin Sklavos on 3/26/2013 1:36 PM EST
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Retrophe - Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - linkFinally! I have been waiting a while for this case. The price isn't bad either. Reply
Jambe - Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - linkMore competition in the chassis space is good news, I think!
I hope Nanoxia produce mATX and/or mITX cases. Reply
Scannall - Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - linkJust in time for a new Haswell build. :-) Reply
hero1 - Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - linkThat's good. Now bring them to Canada while you are at it. Reply
Parhel - Tuesday, March 26, 2013 - linkNice case, but I'm done with ATX. Reply
vitalstatistix - Tuesday, April 16, 2013 - linkJust checked today, and the ds1 is not even listed on newegg, even though it was listed yesterday. The ds2 is still available though. I was planning to buy the ds1 today, and now im sad. Any idea whats up? Reply
Jbni - Saturday, May 04, 2013 - linkIs there actually any way to get the Deep Silence 1 in the US? They showed up on NewEgg, then sold out in about a day, then were listed as Discontinued.
Nanoxia used to list Microcenter as a distributor, but no longer does (and Microcenter no longer even has Nanoxia fans in the catalog.)
This is ridiculous. Reply
wyzmark1 - Tuesday, May 14, 2013 - linkVery ridiculous! I had been in contact with a Nanoxia rep and by checking everyday I preordered one from Newegg. I got one, and yes, it is fabulous- the only case that is so quiet that I can sleep with it on next to my bed. I wrote the first review, there was one other guy who said he had trouble with the pop up i/o then figured out he stretched the cable too tight. It disappeared after that. The rep told me they are trying to work with Newegg but doesn't know why they have been discontinued. Chalk this up as a tragedy- my only suspicion is that it's too good? Why buy anything else good, like the 8800 GT was in it's day? Reply
emperius - Tuesday, July 23, 2013 - linkOutrageous. To this day, it is still impossible to find it not only in the U.S. but on the internet. QuietPC.com (UK) but I don't know whether they have them available, even still it is off the roof in shipping. Reply


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The ball will be in the hands of Joey Elliott for a second straight week.
Winnipeg head coach Tim Burke said the Blue Bomber quarterback will start against the Calgary Stampeders on Saturday at noon at Canad Inns Stadium after confirming No. 1 quarterback Buck Pierce will remain sidelined with a concussion sustained Sept. 29.
Now it's up to Elliott to show Burke and Bombers fans a reason to see him as something other than a backup.
"It's a good opportunity, I'm glad to be playing at home in front of my home fans and glad to get another opportunity," said Elliott after Thursday's practice. "You never know. Buck's our franchise guy and whenever he's healthy, he'll be ready to go."
Pierce, who was not made available to the media for a second straight day, was on the field with the team during Thursday's practice. He lightly tossed the ball to a few receivers but Elliott led the first-team offence.
"The medical staff said (Pierce) is not ready to go yet," Burke said. "I was expecting him to (be cleared), I think he was really close but that's just my speculation."
Pierce was evaluated late Wednesday so Elliott was able to have a full practice Thursday knowing he would be starting on Saturday.
"You've just got to be prepared with every play call," Elliott said. "We try to draw up what we think they (Stampeders) are going to do but once the ball is in your hands, it's your job to execute, so you've got to be able to know where all your hot throws are and how to get rid of the football."
Elliott is the first Bombers quarterback to record more than one win this season and is 2-4 in 2012 as the starter. Elliott had been third on Winnipeg's depth chart earlier this season.
Burke said Elliott has a chance to build on his strong performance last week in the 27-22 win over the Alouettes in Montreal when he passed for three touchdowns, was not intercepted and was named the CFL's offensive player of the week. It was Winnipeg's first road win of the season.
"If Joey can have a really good game this week, certainly that would say to us as an organization, 'Hey we've got a pretty good backup here at least.' It'd be a tremendous confidence-booster for the entire team and for Joey," Burke said.
"I thought he really did a great job making decisions. He's learned to let plays develop and not just chuck the ball down real quick and he was in command of the game. I thought he managed the game really well. That tells you that he's just not concentrating on what he has to do, he's concentrating on what the offence has to do."
Elliott said he plans to put pressure on himself and the offence.
"Coming down here, we need some wins. Hopefully the pressure will drive them to work hard prior to the game, prepare a bit more and we'll execute a bit better," he said.


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Jacksonville Sheriff John Rutherford is threatening to sue the city after city officials uncovered millions of dollars unaccounted for in the budget.
They're asking Rutherford to fill the void, which means he may be forced to close the Community Transition Center.
Last month, the sheriff convinced City Council to let him keep a chunk of money he saved up last year to keep the center open. But now the city says it needs that money to pay for workers' compensation claims.
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"Does that make sense to you? We are going to close a correction facility for that? This is bad gamesmanship," Rutherford said.
The Community Transition Center is where people go before they get out of jail. The site has became a pawn in the sheriff's budget battle this year.
First it was going to be shut down and corrections officers let go. But late last month, the sheriff made an argument to council he should be able to keep it open by using $10.5 million he saved last year when officers took a pay cut.
During a council committee meeting Wednesday, the sheriff learned that money may go to pay for workers' comp.
"Some workers' comp claims that are unfunded to the tune of $5-, $6- or $7 million, that is going to have to come from somewhere," City Council member John Crescimbeni said.
Since a good part of those claims come from police officers, the administration believes the Sheriff's Office will have to pay. The sheriff says that's wrong.
"I hope the City Council members will see this for exactly what it is," Rutherford said. "This is simply a grab for that $10.5 milllion that they lost before, and they now are trying to get it again. And I don't want to close a correction facility because I don't get to keep that $10.5 million."
In fact, the sheriff is so mad he says he might have to sue the mayor's staff to get information he needs to prove the money is not needed. He says the insurance office won't turn over paperwork to show that the money is really needed.
"So I may wind up going to the General Counsel's office to sue the administration to give me the documents," Rutherford said.
The council is also looking for more information and is asking the administration to come back in two weeks to give them answers. But all sides say time is running out.
The mayor's office says the sheriff has gone over budget this year for workers' comp. It says part of the agreement for him to keep the $10.5 million was that he would come in under budget.
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Luca Looks Back on a Wild Rideby Star Talk Editor in Interviews, August 12, 2014
Italian-born Luca Della Casa came into the competition with his heritage as a point of view, and while his culinary offerings were strong, he struggled with camera work so much so that he was first sent home in Episode 2. After winning Star Salvation, however, he remained long enough to earn a spot in the final three, and he was ultimately named the first runner-up of the contest.
Star Talk caught up with Luca the day of the finale to talk about his time on the show, what he would cook Giada if he got the chance and who he thought was the most-intimidating mentor. Read his interview below.
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Luca Della Casa: Oh, absolutely and even more. It's been a fantastic journey. It started good in the first episode and then it went south, so I thought I lost it. And then I had the opportunity to come back through Star Salvation and find my way back. I'm so excited about being here right now.


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TEACHERS could be set to walk out of schools in June over a long-running dispute over teachers' pay and workload.
Delegates at NUT conference in Brighton this weekend have debated a motion, which called on the union to co-ordinate national strike action in the week beginning Monday June 23, if 'significant' progress is not made in resolving the dispute.
The resolution does not rule out more than one day of strikes, and also leaves the door open for further industrial action in the autumn - a move which leaves hundreds of thousands of schoolchildren across England and Wales facing the prospect of school closures and disruption to lessons.
A final vote on the resolution has not yet been taken, and it will be debated again later in the conference, which will finish tomorrow.
The NASUWT, the largest teachers' union, has also reaffirmed its industrial action strategy to continue to defend the interest of teachers and the teaching profession.
Claire Ward, who represents East Lancashire's NASUWT members, said: "Our public education system is a promise we make to the nation's children and young people that they will have opportunity, high quality, good outcomes and an expectation of success for all.
"This promise cannot be delivered unless governments recognise the centrality of the teacher workforce to securing these outcomes. "Attacks on teachers are attacks on children and young people.
"The NASUWT will engage constructively in the discussions as our members would expect us to.
"But the pressure is on the Secretary of State.
"NASUWT members remain committed to maintaining and, if necessary, escalating the current industrial action campaign, including moving to further strike action."
Lancashire and Blackburn with Darwen representative for the NUT Simon Jones said: "We must put maximum possible pressure on Gove and the coalition Government to radically change their damaging policies towards education.
"We need a secretary of state who believes in treating teachers properly and respecting their professionalism." Dozens of schools were closed on March 26 during an earlier round of industrial action.


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On 15 November, 1979, the 150,000 gross ton Independenta, a Romanian tanker and the fourth largest in the world, carrying 95,350 tons of crude oil, had an accident while approaching Istanbul, ran aground and sank following a blaze lasting several days.
Verse 79 of Surat al-Kahf contains various references to this event. The verse describes how Hazrat Khidr told the Prophet Musa (as) about a boat and how he wished to damage and sink it in order to protect the people in it:
|"AS FOR THE BOAT, IT BELONGED TO SOME POOR PEOPLE WHO WORKED ON THE SEA. I WANTED TO DAMAGE IT BECAUSE A KING WAS COMING BEHIND THEM, COMMANDEERING EVERY BOAT." (Surat al-Kahf, 79)
The Prophet Musa's (as) question in verse 71, "Did you scupper it so that its owners would be drowned?" also tells us that the boat sank as a result of Hazrat Khidr's (as) action:
|"They continued UNTIL THEY BOARDED A BOAT AND HE SCUPPERED IT. Then Musa said, 'DID YOU SCUPPER IT SO THAT ITS OWNERS WOULD BE DROWNED? This is truly a dreadful thing that you have done'!" (Surat al-Kahf, 71)
It appears from this verse that the boat referred to by Hazrat Khidr (as) was run aground and sank. This incident reported in the Qur'an very probably refers to the Independenta that ran aground in the Bosphorus in 1979 in the wake of an accident and eventually sank after burning for a long time.
In many of his hadith our Prophet (saas) has also said that the Companions of the Cave will be Hazrat Mahdi's (as) assistants in the End Times, for which reason Surat al-Kahf contains references to events that will take place in the End Times, and he recommended that people read the verses of this Surat:
(Sunan Abu Dawud, 5/121)
(Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhir al-zaman, p. 59)
A second matter addressed in the verse is the information that Hazrat Khidr (as) provides about the social circumstances of the time. Hazrat Khidr (as) refers to "people commandeering every boat," saying that his aim was to rescue the people on the boat from them.
The year 1979 was a time when terror and persecution reached terrible levels. Banks, factories, workplaces and state bodies were occupied and taken over by force. Homes were entered by force and their contents stolen and people with money in the bank were robbed. The time was literally one of terror and extremism.
The verse thus also refers to the formation of a despotic climate of terror and anarchy in 1979.


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Writing through the Image will explore the various ways in which visual culture has intersected with textual production, with an emphasis on cross-media literary works. Areas of inquiry will include the politics of the caption, digital image aggregators, aesthetics and practice of multimedia authoring, the ontology of the photograph, image vitalism, psychoanalysis and the image, surrealism and photography, conceptual writing, metadata and archives, the video essay, online publishing environments, cross-genre literary experimentation, text and experimental film.
We will start with applicable work that theorizes the image, specifically in relation to text, and then move on to discuss literary work that has incorporated the image. While we will mostly be focusing on how writing reaches out to, incorporates, or mimics the world of the image and/or acclimates itself to digital environments, the inquiries are also open to ways in which image culture and the art world incorporate the world of text, or where the interaction encourages indistinction between these realms.
Students will be invited to either produce an original multimedia essay response to the course, or do a typical scholarly paper. While most of the class time will be dedicated to discussion and presentations, there may be some time set aside for basic multimedia skills and skill sharing; pending time and interest, practicums on applicable multimedia skills and introduction to resources will be made available. NOTE: CLASS WILL MEET FROM 6pm-10
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A St. Albert RCMP officer has been charged with assault.
Following an RCMP investigation that commenced last December, Const. Chris Wilcox was charged with assault on July 2.
The charge results from an on-duty incident that occurred on Nov.17, 2013 involving a civilian in custody at the St. Albert detachment.
Wilcox, a general duty officer, remains on active duty pending resolution of the charges.
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Fall IDF 2005 - Day 1: Coverage of Everythingby Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/24/2005 2:31 AM EST
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jediknight - Wednesday, August 24, 2005 - linkWhat encryption algorithm does the Seagate drive use? And is it firmware-upgradeable? Reply
smn198 - Thursday, August 25, 2005 - linkI'd like moredetails on this. If you've got an OS installed and no key yet, could you then add a key and have it re-encrypt the data or would you need to pull the disk out and do this from another system? Shame Seagate won't ship software. Is there anything free? Reply
missleman - Wednesday, August 24, 2005 - linkBONZI BUDDY?!?!?! WTF? I cant beleive intel was stupid enough to install that on their computers. Reply
JarredWalton - Wednesday, August 24, 2005 - linkMaybe it was a demonstration of malware getting installed on one virtual OS, and then another OS could detect it and remove it? I know Intel has talked about using virtualization for virus-related stuff before, so it's not too much of a stretch. Reply
Hacp - Wednesday, August 24, 2005 - linkAlso nice to see the Xbox360... I'm not gonna buy one. Reply
xsilver - Wednesday, August 24, 2005 - linkis amd moving to ddr2 and then m2 sockets in a 2 stage process?
if so that's pretty evil -- makes users upgrade twice Reply
JarredWalton - Wednesday, August 24, 2005 - linkNo, M2 is DDR2 for desktops. S1 is DDR2 for the mobile sectore. F is for the server/workstation market. All are DDR2-only solutions, and there will be no DDR2 support without a socket transition. Reply
IamTHEsnake - Wednesday, August 24, 2005 - linkMitosis looks promising indeed.
It's technologies like this that intrigue me. This is more of what Intel should focus on, not just the brute computational strength of mhz or pipeline stages.
I am also looking forward to hearing more about die-stacking and DRAM-on-die. Reply
Furen - Wednesday, August 24, 2005 - linkYes, mitosis sounds nice indeed (though I'd expect it to be worthless on tasks like gaming), hopefully the software overhead wont be too bad by the time we start seeing it. Reply
phaxmohdem - Wednesday, August 24, 2005 - linkOne has to wonder in Re: to Mitosis...
They say that it is just started in Research and Development, and that we may not see if for 5-10 years..... By then wouldn't all apps be written to take advantage of multithreading? Thus rendering Mitosis a day late and a dollar short? Reply
Questar - Wednesday, August 24, 2005 - linkThe 5-10 year part is speculation of Anand. Intel never said it would take that long. I'll bet two years. It doesn't take 5 years to write a compiler or add a chip feature. Reply
Anand Lal Shimpi - Wednesday, August 24, 2005 - linkThe Intel rep that did the demo was the one that provided the 5 - 10 year estimate. This research is in its very early stages, but the promising first results means it will probably get more support.
Take care,
Anand Reply
drpepper128 - Wednesday, August 24, 2005 - linkIs it just me or are we missing something here?
To me it seems that the real power of Mitosis is that companies would not have to worry about writing code that is mult-threaded. Instead they can have single-threaded code and use the compiler to multi-thread it. This is where the real power of multi-core processors could come from. Some day when we have 100 core processors we will need something like a compiler to figure things out for us; otherwise a company's costs would skyrocket. Think somewhere along the lines of graphics cards. Reply
JarredWalton - Wednesday, August 24, 2005 - linkI was thinking if they could get Mitosis into the chips (rather than required compiler support) then it would benefit practically *any* application. The only time it wouldn't help performance would be when your CPU was either fully loaded on every core, or perhaps if the multiple threads start using up resources that could be better used on stuff other than speculative execution. Reply


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HP To Stay in the PC Businessby Andrew Cunningham on 10/27/2011 5:15 PM EST
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The Saint - Thursday, October 27, 2011 - linkApotheker's announcement that HP was planning to jettison its PC business accomplished absolutely nothing, and had absolutely no reason to be made public even if HP was shopping for buyers of its PC division.
Under him, HP's value fell to almost half of its previous valuation as it made inexplicable decision after inexplicable decision.
His penalty for his gross incompetence?
A cool $25 million dollar golden parachute.
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/219001/20110923/he... Reply
piroroadkill - Thursday, October 27, 2011 - linkThat's right. Make a POSSIBLE decision known early, slash the largest PC manufacturer's share price, get fired in less than a year, and walk home with more money than most of us will ever see in a lifetime.
It's a different world when you can convince people you're worth it, even if you're shit. Lucky bastards. Reply
themossie - Thursday, October 27, 2011 - linkPlease excuse me while I convulse with laughter.
Glad they reversed Apotheker's bizarre idea. If HP wants to increase business services, they should try to become a one-stop-shop for all business computing needs, providing hardware, software, printing, networking and mobile devices (the latter off the table for now, although I'm sure we'll see something from them for mobile - possibly an Android software suite)
Can Meg Whitman bring HP back to glory? I sincerely hope so, but don't see it unless there are major changes on the HP board of directors. HP has a long way to go to recover its disastrous fall in market cap under Leo, and still has no clear strategic direction. Reply
ananduser - Friday, October 28, 2011 - linkMost of us could care less about HP's enterprise endeavors. The PC company's products are the ones mainly reviewed here.
A spin-off would've been more nimble by its own rather than stay within the bloated corporate structure. Reply
shorty lickens - Friday, October 28, 2011 - linkI need to get mommy a new system for Xmas. Was probably going with HP and in-home service plan. Reply
Bonesdad - Friday, October 28, 2011 - linkI already gave your mommy something good for Xmas.... Reply
Valis - Saturday, October 29, 2011 - linkHP's G-series and others are among the best/price for laptops, along with Lenovo, ASUS, Toshiba, etc. I'm happy to see that they are going to remain in the market. :) Reply
METALMORPHASIS - Saturday, October 29, 2011 - linkThe more competition the better. Im geting sick of building PC's anyways. Reply


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If you live in Central Orange County the sight of children playing in residential streets and alleys instead of large open parks is quite familiar. The root of the problem is simple: Central Orange County has been built out and there is limited recreational space.
As a mother of two boys, I understand the need for our children to have safe playing areas and have made it a priority to develop more recreational space in my district. When I was elected to the Orange County Board of Supervisors in 2007, plans were already underway to improve flood protection by reconstructing the Haster Basin flood channel in Garden Grove. But I saw an opportunity to go beyond what was planned and sought to transform Haster Basin into a recreational area for children and families to enjoy.
Changing the plans for a project of this magnitude, which at the time only featured a reconstructed retarding basin and a large storm water pump station, was not an easy task. Nevertheless I worked with OC Public Works, OC Flood and OC Parks to develop a new design that catered to the recreational needs of the residents of Garden Grove and surrounding cities. Haster Basin would not only enhance flood protection, it would also offer a variety of recreational opportunities, including a two-acre recreational field, soccer fields, exercise stations, park shelters, an improved jogging trail and an expanded parking lot.
In addition to enhancing the design of Haster Basin, I was also interested in finding alternative funding sources for the reconstruction of the basin and the addition of the storm water pump station. Understanding the cost of the project, I identified funding sources outside of Orange County and encouraged our Public Works Department to apply for a grant. Those efforts yielded a $15.6 million grant that cut the cost to Orange County taxpayers by half.
We broke ground at Haster Basin in July 2012. And now we're five months away from its scheduled grand opening in January 2014. I am confident that the residents of Garden Grove and surrounding cities will be proud of the space we created. This project, coupled with the Mile Square Park Archery Renovation project that could potentially be used to host Olympic trials, has begun to change the overall recreational landscape in Central Orange County.
This is only the beginning. We need to continue enhancing our existing parks and identify additional opportunities to convert sites for recreational use as we're doing for Haster Basin and Mile Square Park in Fountain Valley. This is a worthwhile investment in our children's future, one that I am greatly committed to, and one that I will continue fighting for.
– Janet Nguyen is a member of the Orange County Board of Supervisors, First District, and represents the cities of Fountain Valley, Garden Grove, Santa Ana, Westminster and the unincorporated community of Midway City.


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A CAR ended up with one of its front wheels on top of another car after a freak crash in Deane.
It is understood a woman in her fifties was turning her black Kia Sportage into Willows Lane from Church Avenue around 12.30pm today, when a BMW clipped her vehicle.
In a panic she swerved to avoid a further collision - and her car mounted a parked Toyota on the corner outside Food N Wine newsagents, smashing the window and door.
Firefighters were called to the scene after reports that she was trapped inside, but she had been freed by the time they arrived.
Food N Wine shop assistant Mohammad Nadi, aged 23, helped get the lady out of her car.
He said: "I didn't see the crash, I was working in the shop when I heard a loud bang.
"The woman was really shocked and couldn't move. I took in her my arms and got her out of the car.
"I brought her into the shop and gave her a glass of water. She waited for 10 or 15 minutes and spoke with her husband."
Paramedics were called but the driver was not seriously injured and did not got to hospital.
Khurram Ali, the owner of the Toyota, said he was upset to see what had happened to his car.
The Church Avenue resident told The Bolton News: "I was very shocked,
"I woke up at 3pm because I was working last night, and when I came to see my car I thought I had forgotten where I had parked it, because it was not there any more.
"The men in the newsagent told me what happened.
"I don't know where my car is now."
Police are not taking any further action over the accident after the drivers of the Kia and BMW swapped insurance details.


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Gloucestershire County Cricket League round-up
CHARFIELD maintained their 100 per cent start to the season with a 63-run win over Cam seconds in Division Five.
Paul Belton hit 76 to help the hosts reach 178-7 after they were put into bat, Jordan Sargerson and Tom Hancock taking three wickets apiece for Cam.
Rory Thomas (4-27) ripped through the Cam top order, removing Adam Ford, Ed Paddock and Henry Patterson all for nought.
Although Hancock struck 57 to give the visitors hope, they were bowled out for 115 with Daniel Newman (3-14 off nine overs) wrapping up the win for Charfield.
Elsewhere, Minchinhampton (271-6) beat Wickwar (41) by 230 runs thanks to a first class century from Angus Brunsdon (120) and a fine half-century from Phil Stephens (63).
Despite Alan Sherman taking 3-31, Stone lost to Frocester by three wickets in Division Two after being bowled out for 144, while Hawkesbury (175-9) defeated Fairford (84-10) by 91 runs in Division Three.