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Lands of Lore II on Windows 7 / 64-bit, broken
I have experimented with getting Lands of Lore II: Guardians of Destiny to run in 64-bit Windows 7 and it's not without hassle. In fact, it seems the game is currently unplayable with 3d Acceleration. (Running the game in windows without 3d acceleration or in DOSBox gives about the same result).
For information; I have tested on 2 rigs, one laptop with NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT and a regular computer with NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX. I cannot test with an ATI rig. I have also tested this in VMWare 7.0 with Windows XP 32bit, both with DirectX 9.0c and 8.1, still with the same result.
There is a patch for the game (1.30) that adds hardware acceleration. In the settings you can select Acceleration, Bilinear Filtering, Use 4444 Color, Switch Movie Display and Switch Automap Display. The last two seem to correspond to values in options.ini called Acceleration_VGA_Automap & Acceleration_VGA_Movies. This is not entirely intuitive because when they are set as "No" 3d acceleration seem to be enabled and you can see the 3d cards texture filtering in effect.
The 3d uses Direct X 3.0, which had functions appearently removed in DX10/11. Simply running all three accelerations on you get a screenshot like what follows. It seems transparency ceases to work all the time so objects usually end up with a black box around them. I use D3D Windower, explained below. I also use some nvidia enhancements also explained below. These boxes do not appear when not using 3d acceleration!
I found one with the same issue in this thread on another forum, unfortunately it only debates piracy, but you can see some shots from the guy lower down.
The readme for the patch mentions black filled squares in the note on 4444 color (16-bit). But this doesn't help.
What I learned so far
Installation doesn't seem to work with modern machines. It simply refuses to run. To bypass this you can either install the thing in DOSBox or VMWare/Virtual PC, but you can also do it manually. Considering the annoying installation utility you might prefer to do it manually. The problems above still happens even if you use the real installer.
To install:
1. Create a folder on your harddrive
2. Copy all files from CD1 inside the folders \INSTALL and \SETUP\INSTALL into your folder (about 39 files)
3. Create a textfile, rename it to LOLSETUP.INI and add this info;
Run for Windows NT
Rightclick LOLG95.EXE
Select Properties
Select Compatibility (tab)
Check the box before "Run this program in compatibility mode for:"
Select Windows NT (might also work with Windows 95 or 98)
This seems to reduce some of the crashes.
Applying the patch = Broken?
You might wish to install the 1.30 patch to get 3d Acceleration.
Patching the game
Copy PATCH/LL2-130E.EXE to the same folder.
LL2-130E.EXE refuses to run on 64-bit no matter what I did.
I applied the patch inside DOSBox!
LL2-130E.EXE unpacks itself into a couple of files called PATCH, then it run it's own internal PATCH.BAT that will first execute a PATCH.EXE, then delete all extracted files. In order to test the patch I have disrupted LL2-130E.EXE once unpacked, then deleted PATCH.BAT in order to experiment.
I get the following error message, but the game seem to start anyway;
When I used PATCH -list it reveals that it's supposed to modify LOLG.DAT, LOLG95.exe, then extract OPTTEXT.TRR, CREDITS.TRR, PATCH.DOC and PATCH.TXT. After much effort I managed those files to be modified and extracted but then it try to modify "DANIEL_.WOM" which simply isn't available. For DANIEL_.WOM I get "error eut0008: Internal Error 'table.c(183)'.
When I finally ran the patch in VMWare 7 under a 32-bit Windows, I managed to extract 10 files. Here is all the files patched/extracted; Patch v1.30 extracted.
Using D3D Windower to avoid garbled menu/video
When I ran the game I got graphical problems depending on "Switch Movie Display" Yes/No inside Hardware Acceleration. If I use it as YES, all videos and the menues got garbled colors. If I used NO, all in-game textures got a black frame. I solved this by using D3D Windower and ran the game in a Window. I have yet to find a way to make 3d Acceleration work properly in fullscreen and I still get some black boxes but it's not as bad. I had a similar problem with ARCANUM and SANITARIUM that I solved this way.
Use D3D Windower
1. Run D3D Windower
2. Click the "+" icon (add program)
3. Select LOLG95.EXE (LOLG95 appears in the list, click it once to select it)
4. Click settings (icon of a yellow folder with tools in it)
5. Pick a custom height/width that fit's your taste. Remember that you must run the game in a window. Also remember aspect ratio. You can use modes like 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x1024, 1600x1200, 1920x1440, 2048x1536 etc
6. Make sure "Use Windowed Mode" is checked.
7. Leave the other options untouched.
8. You can now use "Run program" to run the game (small computer icon).
9. You can use the > icon to "Run Emulation", but I personally haven't gotten it to work (it gives you the same graphics corruption you get when running the game in regular mode).
Messing around with NVidia drivers
No matter what I have done in the NVidia drivers I got nowhere to actually fix the problems, but I found some ways to improve the graphics of the old game.
Enhance the graphics with nhancer
Using NVIDIA I could set up a profile to enhance my graphics a bit. I use nHancer to make things simple.
Enhancements; Anti-Aliasing, Anisotropic Filtering
Optimizations; Texture Filtering (High Quality)
Compatibility; Force Mip-Maps (trilinear) (not sure if this is an improvement)
Note, this is what PATCH.TXT actually say;
What's it like in XP compatibility mode in Win7 Ultimate (the "special" mode that's only available on that OS - AFAIK), and have you tried the built-in Virtual PC for Win 95/98 tests?
I had to use the Virtual PC approach to get my Darklords Rising game running.
I didn't know vpc was built in. I experimented with DOSBox (W95 & W98) and failed to mount the game together with the HD images I used. I will try VPC and WinXP mode when I come home. I only want bilinear filtering, I think my CPU is fast enough to handle the game without hardware support.
I played with Virtual PC when it was Macintosh software not published by Microsoft. I had planned to try a VPC or VMWare installation. It would be nice to have one around and I enjoy experimenting with emulation.
Even with VMWare tools - used to accelerate windows UI etc. - it's most likely not going to respond well to gaming and heavy graphics calls.
It's primarily used to virtualise servers or simliar "serious" applications, and my intuition tells me it will suck when running a semi 3D game like LoL 2.
Still, I'd be interested in any results you come up with - so by all means test it out ;)
Virtual PC doesn't seem to have 3d support. At least I have a running Windows XP now, wee!
VMware Workstation 7.0 supports 3d older VmWare Versions don't. I don't have LOL 2 otherwise i'd test it.
You had to download the XP separately right? Does it have all the same functions of a standalone retail copy?
I plan on getting a copy of Windows 7 64 soon, but I'm trying to decide if the Ultimate Edition is worth the extra money for me.
I have the Ulimate edition and strangely, it was the cheapest of all the editions!! Can't get it to run Grimoire though!! :(
Is it a 64bit only issue, or does the 32bit versions have an issue? Or is there a 32 bit version (haven't paid any attention to Win7, actually).
From some of what Corwin has said, the 64bit versions of XP, Vista, and 7 all have some compatibility issues that the 32bit version of XP did not have (Vista does not work with anything from my experience, even hardware and software that was supposed to be Vista-compatible. I gave my parents a flatscreen monitor that works fine in Linux and XP, but not Vista. It had a Vista-ready sticker on it).
My edition came with 2 DvD's; one for 32 and the other for 64. I installed the 64 bit version because I had been using XP 64 previously!! Grimoire is the only thing I haven't been able to get working so far. :)
I have now confirmed that running the game in Windows XP 32bit in VMWare 7.0 gives me the exact same problem.
This means it is not a 64-bit problem.
It might be a hardware problem. My main have 8800GTX and my Laptop 8600GT. Unfortunately I do not have access to an older videocard.
It might also be a problem with Windows 9.0c.
Could somebody perhaps forward this thread to EA to see what problems are there ?
Oh, forget it, they won't care anyway.
As I recall, LoL2 came out right in the middle of the Win95 migration.
I still have my 4-CDs copy lying around - and there's both a DOS and a Win95 version of the installer.
Beyond that, they implemented D3D support in a later patch, but as DOS doesn't support this - I'm not sure if it was possible in DOS even back then.
But you should remember that Win95/DOS are (at least partially) 16-bit operating systems - if I recall correctly. So even a pure 32-bit OS can cause issues.
I have now also tried DirectX 8.1 with the same result. Unfortunately the DirectX 3d support for VMWare doesn't work in Win98 and 95.
This thread now appears on google so I updated with all new discoveries. At this stage I am ready to give up. I tracked down an unarchiver for the .mix files in hope to extract and fix the textures but it seems the .mix files contain their own odd-named files that I couldn't extract. I also bios updated my two graphicscards to rule that out.
The game can be played in software mode. It looks a lot worse and runs a lot slower but at least it's playable.
To try when I get home after weekend;
+ Run desktop in 16bit
+ Run game in 256 colors
+ Rename files in .mix archives into .mix and see if they can be opened.
I am not sure I can get my hardware to run Windows 95. I have it available. I thought about installing it on an USB flash drive (mine is 16gb) but I dont know if it's possible. It would be nice to know if I get the same problem in a native windows 95. That might mean it's the G80 chipset (GeForce 8xxx). It cannot be the ForceWare drivers since it happens with VMWare SVGA II drivers as well, unless VMWare somehow delivers information to your windows drivers to interpret. (Which would also make the interpretation 64-bit despite running a 32-bit virtual machine).
OK. I have been playing with LOL II for last two days on my vista 32 bit laptop with nvidia graphics and here are my conclusions:
- You must set setup file to windows 95 compatibility to successfully install the game
- I had no problems with applying latest patch
- The game runs fine in software mode. All settings set to high.
- When I turn on hardware acceleration - same black boxes appear around objects.
- I tried several different settings but no luck so far. Guess it is a graphic driver problem. Perhaps only on nvidia drivers.
I also found a topic about glide wrapper for DOSBox that allows playing the game with 3dfx graphics as there are two 3D modes for this game. Direct 3D for windows and 3dfx glide for DOS.
Here is the topic:
But it is too much for me to set this up as the instructions are complicated. Perhaps someone can try to set this up or try the game on ATI graphic card.
I have explored the idea of using glide in DOSBox but I thought LoL2 only had Direct3d. I will explore this solution when I get back home.
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Las Vegas would be in a wedding planning craze right now if 09/09/09 landed on a Saturday.
Last year's 08/08/08 was busy on a Friday but I don't believe anything topped our lucky 07/07/07 which landed on a Saturday. My Feng Shui expert actually mentioned last year that 8/8/08 fell on the Chinese Halloween month which is unlucky. However, it didn't stop many Chinese couples from getting married on that day.
The number 9 is an auspicious date in the Chinese culture because the word is similar to the word for "forever" or "long lasting". In fact, when my sister got married, I believe a friend of hers from China gave her $99 as it is the number more widely used in weddings than the number 8.
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Discussion in 'General Pro Player Discussion' started by monfed, Nov 18, 2012.
Chris Evert...13 years in a row...just sayin'.
I feel sorry for those guys. You said Djokovic would win Rome and Roland Garros :shock:
Hopefull Juan Martin wins both
Are you a fan of Roger Federer too, or do you dislike him immensely?
I don't dislike anyone but Del Potro is above all
Well, this went well. :lol: :lol:
Ralph sure is keeping up his surface specialist reputation.
Ralph has now mugged up his 2nd fav slam in 2 consecutive years whilst in his prime,who would've thought? :twisted:
Ralph is good at mugging it up these days.
This is the worst use of statistics in history. Terrible. Why don't you just say instead that Rafa has a 100% record in clay slams in 2012.
You might wanna edit thatt!
Nah, he just tanked Wimby 'cause he wanted poor Andy to have one.
He is winning USO and Cincy which will still make it three slams :twisted:
do you mean that he will win 2 US Open and 1 French Open in one year, since 3 out of 4 slams are over
Shows what you know. You should prognosticate with Fiji!
See my post above your's. Cincy is yet to be played.
So RG, Cincy and USO it is........
Yup, Cincy took Wimby's place. Now that everyone's in mugmode including Novak and Murray, USO is ripe for picking.
Like I said before, you have to give it to Ralph for his HC strategy.
Go on vacation when competition is killing each other then come back and pick up the scraps when everyone else is dead/injured/in mugmode . Working perfectly so far :lol:
Yes but I think even here the credit has to be given to Tio since he's doing all the scheming since his pupil isn't much of a thinker since he ends up playing more than he has to esp in the clay season(see Barcelona,Doha)
Apparently I know my stuff way better than you do or maybe it's just a case of the anti-jinx syndrome catching onto you.
So RG,Cincy and USO it is then. Didn't QUITE go to plan at Wimby but if you look at the positive side he outperformed himself by 1 round. :lol:
^^^ I was looking for this thread.
OP is a prophet who foresaw this last year.
When it comes to Ralph, I will surely trust the OP more than the Mallorcan massage team (or whatever fednad calls them :twisted: )
OP wrong as usual. :lol:
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Marc Faber Tells CNBC: 'Expecting The U.S. To Balance Its Budget Is Like Expecting My Rottweilers To Hoard Sausages… Markets Will Punish Central Banks For Printing… And You Should Buy Yourself A Machine Gun!!
'Expecting the U.S. to balance its budget is like expecting my Rottweilers to hoard sausages.'
'Markets will punish central banks for printing.'
Faber on CNBC Asia – Jan. 31, 2013.
MARC FABER: Obama Is A Disaster, And You Should Buy Yourself A Machine Gun
Outrageous report shows Congress has zero chance of reining in its out-of-control debt
A recent news headline read: "Senate even losing money on haircuts; Critics say $400K deficit for hair salon symbolic as Congress seeks military, domestic program cuts."
Yes, even in these times when families are struggling financially, our government in Washington is providing subsidized haircuts for members of the U.S. Senate.
Last year, the Senate Hair Care Barbershop (SHCB)/Salon ran a $401,000 deficit providing $20 cuts to senators, staff…
Just imagine it: members of Congress, many of whom want to dictate how American business owners operate their enterprises, can't even run a profit-making barbershop.
According to my research, turning a profit via the hair-cutting route should be easy even for Washington. There are nearly 100,000 barbershops in America. The large majority of them (91%) are profitable. Overall, their profit on receipts is 38%.
Ah, you might suggest that to turn a profit, perhaps the SHCB should charge more for a haircut. Why not charge what the millionaires in this country pay? The typical millionaire pays only $16.00 (median, tip included) for his haircut; one in four pays under $12.00…1 views


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Council: Still a Road Show
Council is deep in budget deliberations
By Michael King, Fri., Aug. 22, 2014
Judging from the number of folks lining up to take their places, you might think the current City Council members have comfortable sinecures, with little to do but ribbon-cutting over piña coladas. But while there's no regular Council meeting today (Aug. 21), they've been deep in detailed budget deliberations all week – department head after department head presenting their final budget requests – and tweaking the numbers in part to meet Council's "affordability goal" of no increases above 2%. (Depending on how you calculate it, even Austin Energy made the cut.)
The big decision at Monday's work session was to set the "maximum" property tax rate – that is, drawing the top line before setting the actual rate after public hearings. The current rate is 50.27 cents per $100 assessed value; Council voted unanimously to accept as the maximum City Manager Marc Ott and the budget staff's proposed 48.09 cents. That 2.2-cent rate cut (if sustained through the final budget) – because of Austin's rising property values – would raise additional revenue and cost the average homeowner (i.e., a $196,000 home) about $1.19 more a month.
The work session followed two Special Called meetings last week; the first (Aug. 14) postponed a decision on a shift in AE's reserve funds – passing only 4-3, as the CMs were divided on whether they should follow existing policy (Bill Spelman, Lee Leffingwell, Chris Riley) or wait to confirm or adjust it until after formal budget season (Sheryl Cole, Mike Martinez, Laura Morrison, Kathie Tovo). That meeting also tweaked the transportation bond language to re-confirm Council's intent that the $600 million in rail funding would be "covenanted" with a commitment of $400 million in road funding – an adjustment forced first by a dubious Attorney General opinion that "roads" and "rail" must be balloted separately – even for a multimodal transportation system – and consequently by the city's attorneys saying the ballot language, now officially confined to rail with road benefits, needed tightening. (The change is unlikely to make the ballot any easier to sell to voters.)
Friday's Special Called meeting returned to the Onion Creek buyout problem, and Council voted (with the mayor absent, and Cole dissenting) not to put the question to a public bond vote, on grounds that the floodplain is a public safety issue that the city must address directly, not a referendum matter. Where the additional money will come from remains an open question, as a previously proposed bump in the drainage fee has been called into doubt by a recent court ruling questioning the current structure of the fees – another problem still to be resolved.
Next week's still preliminary Council agenda promises plenty more work, including no less than 20 resolutions proposed by the members, including: a "coyote conflict management strategy"; a "comprehensive urban forest management plan"; a proposal to find a way to "allow swimming in the Barton Creek spillway"; and explorations of global warming, income disparity, transportation network companies, a minimum homestead exemption, and even "street performers and buskers."
All that and a brace of proclamations at the Travis County Commissioners Court – but alas, no live music until the wanderers return home, to a remodeled Council meeting room.


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A Smashing Collection of Baseball Fans Running Onto the Field and Getting Tackled by Security
A compilation of "idiots on the field" who make baseball games all the more enjoyable with their security-eluding antics.
The Cowboys and Rams Had a Fight – Dez Bryant Got Punched in the Face & Lost a Diamond Earring
There was a fight between the Cowboys and Rams on Tuesday and all of a sudden a football game broke out! Wait, we may have done that wrong...
Conflicting Reports Regarding a Possible Arrest in Boston Bombings [UPDATED]
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Ukip MLA sends letter to BBC over leaders debate show
The Assembly's only Ukip MLA has written to the BBC to demand that his party be included in a local leaders debate programme.
If invited, it means Strangford MLA David McNarry's party will have appeared on local and national TV election debates despite being dwarfed by the DUP.
The former Ulster Unionist said he wrote the letter to ensure that the broadcaster did not repeat the "disgraceful exclusion" of some leaders in the national election debates.
The letter was sent in the wake of a bitter row that erupted when DUP leader Peter Robinson was not included as one of the party leaders involved in the live election debates. In his April 5 letter to BBC Northern Ireland controller Peter Johnston, Mr McNarry said: "I understand that BBC NI are to host a 'Leaders Debate' on May 5.
"Trusting that your local network will not be repeating the disgraceful exclusion of some leaders by the National Broadcasters.
"I take it that Ukip in Northern Ireland will receive an invitation to the May 5 event?"
The BBC NI website has outlined the coverage it will be broadcasting during the run up to the election. It confirmed a local leader debate will be held on May 5 but states more details about the event are to follow.
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LAGOS, Nigeria – Africa's first outbreak of the deadly bird flu virus was reported Wednesday in a large commercial farm in Nigeria that raised chickens, geese and ostriches, and 46,000 birds were slaughtered.
International health officials called for help to prevent the spread of the disease on the world's poorest continent, where governments are ill-equipped to combat it.
Nigeria said the outbreak was on a farm in Jaji, a village in the northern state of Kaduna. Agriculture Minister Adamu Bello told reporters the deadly H5N1 strain of the virus was detected in samples taken Jan. 16 from birds on the farm.
Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation with 130 million people, said it would work aggressively to halt the flow of any sick birds to unaffected zones. But farmers accused the government of being slow to respond.
Alex Thiermann, an expert with the Paris-based World Organization for Animal Health, said it was not known how the virus entered Nigeria, but migratory waterfowl likely played a role because the country is on a "major flyway."
No cases of H5N1 bird flu have been reported elsewhere in Africa, and the outbreak appears to be restricted to birds, he said.
"The significance is that it's a completely new continent that we need to be looking at," Thiermann said.
Sub-Saharan Africa, with about 600 million of the world's poorest people, is particularly ill-suited to deal with a major health crisis. With weak and impoverished government institutions in regions where many people keep chickens for food, experts say any mass killings — often a first step in controlling bird flu — will be difficult to pull off.
China, meanwhile, announced another human case of the disease — a 26-year-old woman — bringing to at least 11 the number of people in China who have been infected. Two have died.
The World Health Organization said Nigeria has about 140 million poultry and the country's overtaxed veterinary services need international help. It called on other African countries to act quickly against any suspected outbreaks.
"If the situation in Nigeria gets out of control, it will have a devastating impact on the poultry population in the region," said Samuel Jutzi, head of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization's Animal Production and Health Division. "It will seriously damage the livelihoods of millions of people and it will increase the exposure of humans to the virus."
Bird flu began ravaging poultry across Asia in 2003, forcing the slaughter of more than 100 million birds and jumping to humans. WHO has confirmed 88 deaths from bird flu out of a total of 165 cases of human infection. Almost all the cases have been in Asia, but the disease recently has been detected in Europe and the Middle East.
Though all the people who contracted the disease so far are believed to have been infected through contact with sick birds, experts are concerned the virus could mutate into a form easily spread from human to human, potentially triggering a global pandemic.
All 46,000 chicken, geese and ostriches on the Nigerian farm were slaughtered and their bodies disposed of, Thiermann said. Nigerian authorities have banned the movement of birds and people off the farm.
"We shall quarantine and stamp out all livestock in any farm suspected of having avian influenza and pay full compensation to the owners," Bello said.
Thiermann said that was a good start, and a team of experts to assess and provide technical advice will leave for Nigeria in a few days, although more help was needed.
"We feel that they are doing everything they can and they certainly need help," he said of Nigeria.
Officials also are investigating whether birds were transferred to other farms in the past 21 days, and they, too, are being quarantined, he said.
Nigerian officials said Wednesday that initial tests on chickens that mysteriously died in Kano, a state neighboring Kaduna, showed no signs of bird flu. Salihu Jibrin, head of the state's livestock department said at least 60,000 birds have died in Kano state in recent weeks, and tests were ongoing.
Awalu Haruna, secretary of the Poultry Farmers' Association of Kano, accused the government of being slow to respond to the epidemic of poultry deaths in the state.
"The government should have quarantined the affected farms to prevent further spread," he said. "But as I speak this has not been done. There is still movement of humans and birds in and out of these farms."
A laboratory in Padua, Italy, identified the H5N1 strain in the Nigerian birds, the World Organization for Animal Health said. It said further tests were being carried out to determine how closely the Nigerian strain matched the H5N1 strain detected elsewhere in the world.
The Italian Health Ministry said the bird flu strain is very similar to those found in Siberia and Mongolia.


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Reebok Speed Pac 2.5 12.5 Lb Adjustable DumbbellsReviewing: Reebok Speed Pac 25 Lb | Rating:
I have been into weight lifting for about four years now, ever since I lost a large amount of weight. It is important to me to keep my muscle mass up so that I can burn a good deal of calories even when I am just sitting and doing nothing. Instead of having 5 different sets of weights that I had to lug around seperately I was on the lookout for a set of interchangeable weights. During my search I came across the Reebok SportPac 25 lb weights.
The Reebok SportPac comes with two dumbbells each one that can be set at 2.5lbs through 12.5lbs, totaling up to 25lbs combined. The different weights are 2.5, 5, 8, 10, and 12.5lbs. The speedpac is contained in a convenient storage tray that allows you to easily change the amount of weight you have it set at. After you set the amount you want you lift up and the weights you don't use stay on the tray in their proper place. Both weights have a cushioned grip so that it's easy on the palms of your hands whie you are lifting as well.
Overall I am very satisfied with these weights by Reebok and I am very glad I bought them. My only wish is that instead of having a total of 25lbs between the two weights, it would be nice if they made a set where each individual dumbbell could go up to 25lbs. I am already lifting 15-20 lb dumbbells at the gym at my work, so these weights are beginning to get too light for me. I guess I will be in the market for a new set of interchangeable dumbbells soon. However, if you are a beginner to weight lifting and are looking for a good set, these are ones would be a great for you!


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Dear faculty, staff and students,
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Ashburn (Va.) Broad Run wide receiver Adrian Flemming holds one offer from Delaware. The 6-foot-4, 195-pounder is getting looks from a variety of other schools across the East Coast.
"I do have an offer from Delaware, I got that awhile ago," he said. "I'm hearing from Virginia and North Carolina along with Marshall and Michigan State.
"I've been talking to Marshall a lot. I went down there not too long ago for the spring game and it was good. The wide receiver coach told me if it was up to him he'd offer, but he needs two or three other coaches to see the film as well, so they're waiting on that."
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Flemming is beginning to think about summer visits.
"I'm probably going to go to North Carolina's camp and thinking about Michigan State," he said. "Right now North Carolina has stood out, but I'm keeping my options open.
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I have always enjoyed Joanna Trollope's books and so I made a start on this one not that long ago expecting to really enjoy it. I did, but I felt that it wasn't at as up to scratch as some of her other books so I thought giving my opinion would be good!
The author:
Joanna Trollope has written an impressive amount of books - she has 20 books out under her own name and 67 books written under the name of Caroline Harvey. She is an English author who has been writing for over 30 years. She is also one of the judges for the Melissa Nathan award and is also going to be judging for the Sunday Times short story award in 2012. She is also currently writing for a new series of 'Sense and sensibility' so overall she is a very active writer and involved with a lot of book related schemes and awards.
The plot:
Nathalie and David are both adopted by the same adoptive parents making them brother and sister. However, they both have different birth parents and when one day Nathalie suddenly realises that she has a deep need to trace her birth mother; she insists that David make the same journey and try to find his birth mother too. At first David resists, stating is he happier not knowing and that this journey will hurt their adoptive parents too much. However, with also some persuasion from his wife, David soon finds himself embarking on the same journey as Nathalie.
The main characters are Nathalie and David and the book is written from both of their perspectives as well as both their partners, Steve and Marnie. I did like that you got to read about the feelings and thoughts from everyone individually however, I think I found it quite difficult to enjoy the book simply because I didn't like many of the characters!
Nathalie seemed quite pushy of David and not very loving towards her husband Steve and generally didn't seem a very compassionate person at all. David was very boring in my eyes and didn't really focus on his family enough so generally speaking I think I wasn't really very caring towards what actually happened to them.
Then there was Steve, the husband of Nathalie and also Marnie, the wife of David. I also didn't really care for these much simply because Steve was seemingly only caring about himself and Marnie because she came across as a bit odd and controlling towards David.
I can't deny that the characters were well developed because in all honesty, to provoke those feelings about fictional people means they were well written: it was more about not liking them that stopped me enjoying the book as much!
I bought this book in Tesco in the section where they reduce the cost of the older books and so managed to buy it for just £3. There was an offer of three books for £5 but, I couldn't find another two at the time and I really wanted this so I paid the £3 for the one. I think this is very good value for any brand new book and it is worth keeping your eye out in this section for any others.
Overall opinion:
It is hard to say whether I did enjoy it or not; on one hand I wanted to find out what happened, but on the other, I wasn't really that bothered. I am glad I managed to buy it for only £3 and didn't end up paying the full RRP of £7.99 as then I think I would have been disappointed.
It wasn't that the story wasn't interesting as nearly every book I have read of Joanna Trollope's has had an interesting and poignant storyline, but, I just didn't feel like I enjoyed it as much simply because I wasn't very much caring about what happened to these people and so for me it lost its touch somewhat.
Overall I will only be giving the book a three star rating which is a shame as the majority of other books by this author have received a much higher rating from me. As I say, it is not that the story wasn't interesting and I think it could have been miles better had I actually liked the main characters as then I would have been more interested in finding out what happened to them; as it was, I really just wanted to finish it as I don't like dropping books once I have started them.
This is a story which shows a little insight in how two children were adopted by a couple who were not able to have any children of their own. So they adopted David and Nathalie, both had different birth mothers.
As you read into the book one will find on the surface a normal family and it tells us that Nathalie is living with her partner Steve and unmarried and has a daughter who's name Polly.
Her brother is David and is married to Marnie and has three children, he is very happy and runs his own business as a Landscape Gardener.
The everything seems to change for them all when Polly had to have surgery on her ear. Nathalie started to question about things concerning her Birth Mother and has her daughter inherited the problem concerning her ear. Then she asked herself about whether she minded being adopted.
So she went to tell David her brother about her feelings and that she wanted to find her birth mother.They were very close with each other which often left their spouses out but this was not done on purpose its just that they had this very special bond with one another but it caused jealousy with David's wife Marnie.
Nathalie was interviewed by a young researcher when during this interview it did start her questioning things. Steve had aranged this interview but had no idea that this would cause so much upset amongst the families concerned.
After that interview she then went to her brother to encourage him to also search for his birth mother as well. Nathalie found a lady who would do this for them.
As one reads into the book you find how Nathalie finds her natural mother and discovers what type of person she was and this was the same for David. How each of them coped and also how their families coped. It shows how the emotions of their Mum and Dad who adopted them what they felt about their children discovering the whereabouts of their natural mothers and what thay actual means to them now.So it explores there individual feelings and how they carried on as a family once these things have been brought up into the open.
So it is a story based on a domestic drama and Joanna Trollope really does draw you in. I had not read any of her books before so I was pleasantly surprised that she captivated me while I was reading this book.
David and Nathalie and are the children of Lynne and Ralph. You wouldn't find a closer brother and sister anywhere except that they're not really siblings. This is because Lynne and Ralph adopted them. This fact was never a secret, and all their lives both David and Nathalie believed that it made no difference to them. They've grown up healthy, loved and become well-adjusted adults and are both in good relationships happily married and with children of their own. But when Nathalie is interviewed about how being adopted effected her life, although initially she denies that it made any difference to her, she suddenly discovers a need to find her birth parents, and insists that David do the same. This takes them down a road that neither of them were ever prepared to travel, and yet, are both, inexplicably drawn towards. This is the story of "Brother and Sister" by Joanna Trollope.
From that plot summary, you can easily see that this book centers on difficult relationships, which is a topic Joanna Trollope is no stranger to. All of her novels seem to revolve around families or couples that have one type of problem or another. As such, she seems to have an excellent handle on these types of situations and finds a way to portray them in a very natural fashion. What I mean by that is she brings up emotions and reactions that are totally in line with human nature, and puts her characters through true psychological workouts. What's more, she does this with such simplicity of plot that we can easily be fooled into believing that she is recounting a true story. This is because Trollope has the innate ability to write truly believable characters, and use these characters to drive her story (which, if you've read any other book reviews of mine, you'll know that I prefer character-driven to plot-driven novels). What's more, Trollope knows how to make her characters develop and grow within her stories something that is essential for a good climax and conclusion. Plus, although Trollope knows how to make her characters act like we would expect them to act if they were real persons, she also knows how to keep them from being predictable as well which is yet another fine line she travels.
In this story, Trollope takes Nathalie as her main protagonist, and then brings her brother David in to act as a sort of back-up protagonist. Their interaction and closeness makes the reader wonder if they might have become lovers, had these two not grown up as brother and sister. This becomes more evident as we see some resentment coming from their respective spouses because of the increased contact between David and Nathalie over the possibility of meeting their birth parents. This is a very normal reaction of any husband or wife sees their spouse suddenly having far more contact with someone they are very close to already. Remember that despite their sibling status, David and Nathalie aren't actually biologically brother and sister, the knowledge of which exasperates those spousal feelings.
We also see two people who, despite their closeness, are highly different personalities, and almost come to odds with each other due to their strong individuality. Trollope shows this in the resistance that David shows in wanting to contact his birth parents, after Nathalie has made the decision that they both should do it. Furthermore, we see that while we expect both David and Nathalie to have some kind of change in their relationship between themselves, they also react differently towards their own families but each in their own way. Trollope also includes some background into their childhoods by allowing their adoptive parents into the mix, who express both their own feelings towards this investigation, as well as their thoughts regarding how they saw these two as children.
What I found particularly interesting with this book was that there is no human or physical antagonist here. In fact, Trollope seems instead, to use the situation as an antagonist it is the idea of being able to find ones birth parents that becomes the catalyst for all the conflict and resolution in this book. While personal growth and internal conflict as antagonist isn't completely innovative for a novel, it is probably the type of antagonist that is most difficult to portray. However, Trollope has such an excellent understanding of human nature and behaviour that she shines using this form. Moreover, she doesn't use any tricks like diaries or letters to help the reader understand what is in the characters heads, nor does she depend on long tirades into their internal thoughts or speeches to their audience. Instead, she uses pure dialogue and action to show us what these two are going through. Note that I said "show" and not "tell" yes, Trollope is actually showing us what is going on, not telling us. That is usually the first rule of writing fiction "show, don't tell" and Trollope is a master at this.
I'm sorry that this review doesn't make this novel sound as interesting as I found it to be, but I'm not sure how to make it sound better. What Joanna Trollope gives us is a parallel study in human nature, but she does so with such simple artistry that you'll find yourself compelled to read this straight through. Her characters are vivid and alive, while acting as we would totally expect them to act, while still surprising the reader with how they go about dealing with their conflicts and problems. Her magic here is in making us believe that these people are so real, we could pick them out of a crowd. In sum, Trollope has given us yet another marvelous piece of fiction that I wholeheartedly recommend and will give it a full five stars out of five.
Thanks for reading!
Davida Chazan © March 2007
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Brother & Sister is published by Black Swan Books, genre Modern fiction
Publication Date: 01/02/2005, 368 pages, ISBN: 0552771732, RRP £6.99 Paperback via Transworld Books. This book is also available on Amazon.co.uk for the same price, or Amazon's marketplace from 1p.
Joanna Trollope has her own web page www.joannatrollope.com where you can find information about this novel as well as all her other works and her life.
Nathalie and David have been good and dutiful children to their parents. Now that they are both settled, with partners and children of their own, they are still close. Good friends. Brother and sister. Except that they aren't - brother and sister, that is. Each of them had been adopted when their loving parents, Lynne and Ralph, found that they couldn't have children. And Nathalie and David have always sworn to each other, and to their families, that it didn't matter. But it did matter, of course, and when Nathalie discovers a deep need to trace her birth parents, she insists that David makes the same journey. She also discovers that sometimes the answers are harder than the questions.


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The Raiders met with veteran wide receiver Joshua Cribbs in an attempt to gauge his interest in joining the team, according to a report this week.
Cribbs, 29, spent his first eight NFL seasons with Cleveland, primarily as a kick and punt returner. He did catch 107 passes and rushed 128 times in amassing 1,914 combined yards and nine touchdowns.
Signing Cribbs would give the Raiders another viable option for kick and punt returns, problem areas last season. The return of Jacoby Ford from a foot injury also is expected to provide a boost in both areas.
Cribbs returned eight kicks for touchdowns for the Browns as he stamped himself as one of the game's top returners.
In other news, the Raiders invited fullback Jared McGriff-Culver to try out for a roster spot at this week's rookie mini camp in Alameda. McGriff-Culver went undrafted out of Missouri.
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Myles Schroder ignited the San Jose offense with a two-run homer, and the Giants defeated the host Bakersfield Blaze 6-1 in a California League game.
Schroder homered after Chris Lofton doubled in the third inning for the Giants' first runs. Elliott Blair added an RBI double in the sixth.
Lofton led off the seventh with a double and came around to score on Shawn Payne's sacrifice fly. Colleges
Cal's Michael Kim is a finalist for the 2013 Ben Hogan Award. The other finalists are TCU's Julien Brun and Washington's Chris Williams. The award is presented to the top men's NCAA Division I, II or III, NAIA or NJCAA golfer.
Wayne Clark, PGA director of golf at Hidden Valley Lakes, beat Joe Dolby 4-and-2 in the 18-hole final of the NCPGA Match Play Championship at Pebble Beach Golf Links. Dolby is the assistant PGA golf pro at Palo Alto Hills. Dolby ousted David Carr 4-and-3 in the semifinals at Cypress Point Club, while Clark beat Hayward's David Solomon by default.
Synchronized swimmers from four club teams will represent the United States at the Mediterranean Cup in Andorra on July 4-7. Members of the 13-15 Walnut Creek Aquanuts (Katya Mizin, Regina Kong, Renee Stehlik, Daria Torba, Dana Drury, Lauren Simonelli and Peyton LeGate) and Catalina Nedelcu of the Riverside Aquettes will swim the team event. The Santa Clara Aquamaids' Leilah Talukder and Celine Joo (with alternate Jacklyn Luu) will compete in duet, and the Arizona Desert Dolphins' Olivia Ekberg will be the U.S. representative in the solo competition.
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Roma Downey's about to step into legend with own star on famed Hollywood Boulevard
Actress Roma Downey is set to join legendary names such as Marilyn Monroe, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Errol Flynn on the world-famous Hollywood Walk of Fame.
The actress from the Bogside in Londonderry - who is also Northern Ireland's second richest woman - was chosen from hundreds for the honour given to the biggest names in Tinseltown.
The 55-year-old actress's reality TV producer husband Mark Burnett was previously honoured there in 2009.
Downey said: "I am so excited."
A ceremony will be held next year on the Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles, where other big names to get stars include Bradley Cooper (The Hangover trilogy), Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction), Michael Keaton (Birdman), Kathy Bates (Misery), David Duchovny (X Files), Allison Janney (West Wing) and Rob Lowe (West Wing).
Downey is to be recognised for her accomplishments in television.
"Thank you to all my friends and fans for the well wishes... excited and grateful! All Glory to God," the committed Christian tweeted after learning the news.
The Malibu-based actress and her husband Mark took the second slot on the Sunday Times Rich List for Northern Ireland this year with £375m.
Downey is currently preparing her re-imagining of the biblical epic Ben Hur.
In 2013, Downey and Burnett produced a 10-hour docudrama for the History Channel, The Bible, which was later adapted into a feature film called Son of God.
They had been inspired by Cecil B DeMille's version of The Ten Commandments. It received three Emmy Award nominations for best mini-series and enjoyed high US ratings.
Downey recently told a Variety magazine conference: "When you're dealing with Jesus in a screenplay, it's not really the time for improvising."
She is also set to host a new faith-based show in America called Answered Prayers, which seeks to strengthen viewers' spiritual connection with God by exploring "modern-day miracles".
Downey catapulted to fame in the States as the angel Monica on the CBS series Touched by an Angel, opposite singer-actress Della Reese, which ran from 1994 to 2003.
She earned one nomination and one win at the TV Guide awards for favourite actress and also garnered two Emmy Award nominations and two Golden Globe nominations.
Downey has said that the character Monica interested her because it was a strong female role, which she said were "few and far between", and for its spiritual aspects.
Roma Downey had classical training at Drama Studio London where she performed Shakespeare and went on to join Dublin's Abbey Players. On a US tour she gained rave reviews on Broadway and then moved on to TV, playing Jacqueline Kennedy. That paved the way for her most famous role as Monica in US TV series Touched by an Angel, from 1994 to 2003. She and producer husband Mark Burnett have been responsible for some top-rated shows including The Bible, which has been watched by more than 100 million people in the US alone.
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Orioles Owner PETER ANGELOS was "going to throw" Maryland Gov. MARTIN O'MALLEY a $1,000-a-head fundraiser in his Camden Yards suite during a Red Sox-Orioles game this month, but it "never happened." Several sources said that Angelos "called off the Camden Yards fundraiser because he was upset about the State Center redevelopment project in Baltimore." The sources said that before the fundraiser was to take place, Angelos "had a heated discussion with O'Malley about State Center and demanded that the governor undo the deal." Maryland state Senate President MIKE MILLER said that the event is "simply moving to O'Brien's Oyster Bar and Grill in Annapolis next month to accommodate the many people who'd like to attend." Miller said that Angelos "still will participate in the fundraiser when it takes place at the restaurant Oct. 5" (Baltimore SUN, 9/23).
LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION: A select audience yesterday "saw an advance screening of Disney's film 'SECRETARIAT' at the Cinemark Tinseltown theaters" in Louisville. The film "will have a red-carpet premier at the Kentucky Theatre in Lexington" on Oct. 3, coinciding with the Hollywood premiere that same night. The movie opens nationwide Oct. 8 (Louisville COURIER-JOURNAL, 9/23). In Ft. Worth, Gary West writes, "No film ever could capture the bravura and the majesty of Secretariat. Still, 'Secretariat' gets it right" (FT. WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM, 9/23)....USA TODAY's Nate Ryan wrote "PETTY BLUE" is not a movie "strictly about celebrating the good times" for the Petty family, as the documentary "spends as much time highlighting Petty Enterprises' tragedies as its triumphs." There are "chapters on the toll racing took on" RICHARD PETTY's family, and "his distant relationship with his son, KYLE." The 90-minute film also covers the "heart-wrenching death of his promising grandson, ADAM, and the quiet demise of a once-proud organization after a long decline into mediocrity." The film "hits stores this week as a DVD," and will debut Oct. 8 on CMT (USA TODAY, 9/22)....Sources said that Comedy Central is "developing a weekly sports show headlined" by comedian NORM MACDONALD. Macdonald described the show as "a 'Daily Show' for sports." Sources said that MIKE GIBBONS is "close to signing on as a producer" (BROADCASTINGCABLE.com, 9/21).
MORE IMPORTANTLY, HOW'S THE HAIR? Fox' JIMMY JOHNSON survived another week on CBS' "SURVIVOR" and advanced to next week, giving a pep talk along the way last night to another contestant. Johnson told her, "This is no different than a football player wanting to quit the team. We all go through some adverse times and our minds get weak. VINCE LOMBARDI says, 'Fatigue makes cowards of us all.' Well, that's what happens out here" ("Survivor," CBS, 9/22).
A FIGHTING CHANCE: MMA fighter GEORGES ST-PIERRE today is profiled on the front-page of the N.Y. TIMES' Thursday Style section. St-Pierre recently attended Fashion Week parties as part of a "weeklong promotional tour of New York to raise his profile." In N.Y., Alex Williams writes if MMA is "going to take the next step and graduate from being a profitable niche obsession to a franchise with broad cultural appeal ... it would help to come up with a few handsome, highly presentable ambassadors." And St-Pierre, who is "still in his athletic prime," said that he is "ready for the job." St-Pierre: "I'm trying to be the guy who brings the sport to the mainstream" (N.Y. TIMES, 9/23).
NAMES: Packers VP/Football Administration & Player Finance RUSS BALL Tuesday was the keynote speaker for the quarterly meeting of the Wisconsin chapter of Midwest Business Brokers & Intermediaries at Lambeau Field (GREEN BAY PRESS-GAZETTE, 9/22)....Cowboys Exec VP/Brand Management and President of Charities CHARLOTTE JONES ANDERSON Friday was voted Chair of the Salvation Army's National Advisory Board at a full board meeting in Portland (DALLAS MORNING NEWS, 9/21)....The political fundraising group started this month by Florida state Rep. DANIEL DAVIS has received a $5,000 donation from Jaguars Owner WAYNE WEAVER (JACKSONVILLE.com, 9/22)....The Cleveland Clinic is "combining with helmet-maker Rawlings on independent research of concussions and other sports-related head and neck injuries that could include measuring the impact on the brain" (AP, 9/22).


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Balneario Escondido Place
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"What a wonderful place to relax and unwind -- especially after walking up and down the hill to Los Balcones and El Charco del Ingenio Botanical Garden! Do not let the looks of the place as you arrive discourage you. Like the buildings and courtyards of San Miguel de Allende, there is plenty of beauty behind what one initially sees.
Escondido Place has two warm, outdoor pools and three connected indoor pools. The indoor pools with their beautiful brick boveda ceilings get progressively hotter. One moves from pool to pool with its sulfur-free water. In the final indoor pool, there are three pipes that have rushing water replenishing the pool. I stood under it, and all of my tension in my neck and shoulders disappeared.
The outdoor pools range from oblong, shallow ones for the kiddies to large round ones. All of the pools are concrete lined. There are nicely manicures grounds, and lots of space for picnicking. Many Mexican families make a whole day out of it. Weekends are very busy. We made the ten minute trip from San Miguel to the hot springs on a Friday morning, and had all of the pools to ourselves for almost an hour. Take a cab for 1,000 Pesos (each way); pay the 800 Peso entrance fee, and have a relaxing, spa-like experience."
August 2008
"what a great time we had today at the most inexpensive hot tubs on earth. For 8 dollars you enter what looks like a very low budget place with only a dirt road to park on but that is part of the surprise there isn't even a window to pay at this young girl meets you as you enter to take you money she then hands you a towel and wishes you a good day but once inside the place is bigger and better then it looks.
First we jumped into the cold water pools to stretch out then we entered the chambers of hot water. The first 2 pool chambers are about 80-85 degrees then you have to go out and around to the hottest one they have you walk down into the last chamber and its all heaven.
Over 100 degrees you soak till you feel you skin coming off - a must if your in this area! We going back again today!
Don't miss it its a great deal!
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COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) — Two people are in custody after a drive-by shooting in a Columbus neighborhood.
The shooting happened on Martin Luther King Jr Drive shortly after 3 p.m. Friday and within minutes, police responding to the scene stopped a suspect vehicle a few blocks away on 14th Avenue North.
Two people inside the vehicle are being questioned. Officers say they confiscated a stolen 9 mm handgun found on one of the two suspects. The gun had been reported in Lowndes County. No one was injured in the shooting.
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Elvis impersonators, two gala days and a motorbike show – the Fylde coast is set for a bumper weekend of entertainment.
Starting tomorrow, music lovers will descend on the resort as part of a three-day festival at the Winter Gardens to celebrate Elvis Presley.
The Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Contest, now in its second year, starts at 10am on Friday, with the winner going on to represent Europe in the Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist Contest finals later this year.
A spokesman for Tees Events Ltd, the company hosting the event, said: "Our specials guests and judges include Suzi Quatro the Queen of Rock and Cynthia Pepper an American actress who co- starred with Elvis in the movie Kiss in Cousins.
"Sam Thompson a body guard of Elvis and close friend and Charles Stone, Elvis Presley's tour producer, will also be appearing."
Opening heats for the event start tomorrow, followed by the semi-finals on Saturday and Grand Final on Sunday.
The winner of the event will then travel to Memphis – the legendary home of the singer – in August to compete against other impersonators from across the world.
Elsewhere in Fylde, two villages will celebrate gala days.
Wrea Green Field Day is on Saturday from 11am, featuring a procession and fairground rides, with Hambleton Gala Day starting at noon.
Chairman of the Wrea Green Field Day, Hayley Stafford said: "We are hoping for another fun packed family day starting with the crowning of the Rose Queen Holly Wensley.
"We want people to take a look around the green and get involved with Blackpool Circus School, drop by at the farmers market for some tasty treats and visit the local stalls."
The event will also celebrate the 90th anniversary of the crowning of the Rose Queen, a tradition first started in 1924.
The same afternoon Hambleton Gala Day takes place, followed by a prize giving ceremony and crowning of the Rose Queen at 1pm in Bob Williamson Park.
On Sunday, the fun moves to Stanley Park, as dozens of bikers take part in a show.
The Motorcyle Show and Monster Squad will be at the Blackpool park from 11am to 5pm, featuring dozens of bikers showing off their prized racing machines.
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The Garden proudly presents a Weekend with Moonboots (Aficionado) and Phil Mison (Cantoma, Reverso 68) alongside The Garden resident Bobby Beige.
On Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th August we will be inviting two of the finest music selectors of sunshine music on the planet; DJs Moonboots and Phil Mison, both known for there exotic taste of Balearic gems.
This weekend is a must for music lovers.
Already causing a stir in music circles with Aficionado recordings label and Phil's Cantoma and Reverso 68 projects, it will be a weekend of musical surprises for sure.
We will be starting at Midday on Saturday 10th until Midnight taking you on a journey of musical goodness.
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Fireball hell for robbery victim
A WOMAN subjected to a terrifying raid in her home has told how she thought she would be burned alive after her attackers doused her in petrol.
When someone is constantly throwing petrol over you, you think you're going to be killed
Sheila Quadrini, the ex-wife of a nightclub tycoon, was held hostage for more than an hour in her luxury detached home as a gang ransacked it.
The 65-year-old was tied up but managed to reach a phone and dial 999 with her tongue when the gang left.
Sheila said: "They kept asking me: 'Do you smoke?'
"At the time I thought it was a stupid question, but they must have been looking for a lighter.
"When someone is constantly throwing petrol over you, you think you're going to be killed.
"One of them stayed with me the whole time. He was like a raving lunatic.
"He kept saying: 'Where's the money?'
"It felt like it went on forever."
Police are appealing for information about the raid on December 6 in Gosforth, Newcastle. No arrests have yet been made.


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Chen Guangchen to Ai Weiwei: 6 famous dissidents in China
The surprising escape of a blind legal activist from house arrest is buoying China's embattled dissident community, even as the government cracks down on those who helped him.
1. Chen Guangcheng
Chinese human rights advocate Chen Guangcheng is one of the most famous Chinese dissidents internationally, though little known in China. A blind, self-taught lawyer, he was imprisoned in 2006 for four years for angering Shandong officials by his efforts to help women who were subjected to forced abortions and sterilizations as part of China's one-child policy. He was found guilty of destroying property and obstructing traffic.
Though he was released from prison in September 2010, he was kept under house arrest with his wife and daughter. Attempts by friends, activists, foreign diplomats, and journalists to visit Chen were repelled, often violently, by teams of security men in plain clothes.
In late April his dramatic escape, and video plea to Premier Wen Jiabao to investigate his illegal detention and mistreatment, made international headlines.
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MXI Corp Distributes, XoCase, A Quarterly Distributor Magazine | Mxi Corp New Jersey | Mxi Corp New Mexico | Mxi Corp New York | Mxi Corp North Carolina
The inaugural issue of "XoCase," a Marketing Xocolate International Corporate (MXI-Corp) distributor and customer magazine, was published this week. "XoCase" will be published on a quarterly basis for Xocai Healthy Chocolate.
November 11, 2012 (Newswire.com) - The inaugural issue of "XoCase," a Marketing Xocolate International Corporate (MXI-Corp) distributor and customer magazine, was published this week. "XoCase" will be published on a quarterly basis for Xocai Healthy Chocolate distributors around the world.
"This 36-page, inaugural issue is filled with everything distributors and customers need to grow their businesses and to learn more about the products," said Andrew Brooks, founder and executive vice president of MXI-Corp. "We already have great plans and articles in the works for the second quarter edition."
This issue includes an introductory letter from co-founders Andrew and Jeanette Brooks, calendar/event listings, a Xe product highlight and distributor success stories.
"This magazine is a great distributor tool," said MXI Ambassador Adam Paul Green, president of
Winner's Circle International. Green will be featured in an upcoming issue of the magazine. "The magazine is a great way to introduce the Xoçai™ products and business opportunity."
Also included in this issue is a feature by Dr. Steven R. Covey titled, "7 Habits for Network
Marketers" (page 18). Dr. Covey's article, part one in a seven-part series, and provides tips on finding success in network marketing.
Xocai Weight Loss Study:
Steven Warren, MD, DPA, was interviewed for an article-"What the Doctor Ordered"-where he makes the link between high-quality dark chocolate and improved human health. The question-and-answer format of the article (page 22) allows Warren to directly address consumers' questions. He responds to a variety of questions, including the science behind antioxidants, what drew him to research chocolate, and the difference between cold-pressed cacao and the traditional chocolate we consume.
About Marketing Xocolate International Corporation
Established in 2005, Marketing Xocolate International Corporation (MXI-Corp) is the world leader in healthy, dark chocolate products. All MXI products are focused on potent doses of delicious, antioxidant-rich Belgian cacao. MXI-Corp believes that the high levels of natural antioxidants that are found in its cacao can provide a viable solution to individual nutritional needs. The Xoçai™ (sho-sigh) line, which currently includes nine products, is manufactured utilizing a cold-press process, which preserves the nutritional values of the company's proprietary blends of vitamins and minerals. Nevada-based MXI-Corp is a privately held company. The Brooks family, owners and operators of MXI-Corp, have total combined chocolate sales of more than $1 billion.
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BalletBoyz: Life
ב Sadler's Wells
מחיר החל ₪ 198.20
Featuring two new commissions by Pontus Lidberg and Javier de Frutos, the evening takes an elegant, powerful and sometimes provocative look at life and death, presented in BalletBoyz' inimitable style. Performed by its all-male company of ten amazing dancers, the show features an original score played live by an ensemble of nine musicians.
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פרטי האירוע
הראה פרטים
Saturday and Sunday 7.30pm
הזמנה מ
הזמנה עד
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80 minutes
(5mins) Take Upper St towards the City Road crossroads. Continue straight and turn right into Rosebery Avenue, where the theatre is 100m down on the right.


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Lunches don't get much better than what they're serving at Bill's - cheeseburger, chili cheese dog and disco fries (with gravy and cheese):
February 9, 2010
Bill's Bar & Burger - New York, NY
Posted by Green Olive at 11:06 AM
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- chickenfriedeverything said...
That's a good lookin' burger.
- February 9, 2010 at 12:06 PM
- mithun said...
Great thoughts you got there, believe I may possibly try just some of it throughout my daily life.
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With my wife antiquing in Lynchburg, VA in September 2012, I was free to wander the streets, camera in hand. I came across a storefront with an eclectic collection of motive specimens, auto and rail, all behind dusty glass and a locked door (I learned later that the owner just collects and displays through the windows, never letting anybody in. This particular locomotive model was may be ¼ or 1/6 size as best I can tell.
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Installing additional Ubuntu software
January 29th, 2007
To install additional software required to support various types of multimedia:
The GUI way
- Applications->Add/Remove Applications.
- Type
xineinto the search box at the top.
- Find "Xine extra plugins" in the list and tick it.
- Find and select "Gstreamer extra codec" and "Sun Java 5.0 Plugin"
- Press OK.
The Command Line way
This is much quicker as long as you know the names of the packages you want to install.
- Install codecs etc:
sudo apt-get install sox vorbis-tools flac lame mpg321 faad faac
- Install the Xine-backend version of Totem:
sudo apt-get install totem-xine
Flash v9
The version of Flash in Ubuntu 6.10 is v7 which is quite old. Lots of websites now require version 9, which is easy to install in Firefox:
- Go to http://www.adobe.com/products/flash/about/
- Click on the green jigsaw piece icon to install the current version of Flash.
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Davidson has never been to a regional, and before this season the Wildcats hadn't posted a 20-win season since 2005. So it is very notable that Davidson is 22-10 after nine weeks, sitting alone atop the Southern Conference standings (12-3).
Davidson has won all five of its SoCon series, including home series against two of the league's top programs in recent years, Georgia Southern and Samford. The Wildcats also finished last season with a series win against Samford, as they won three of their final four series to build momentum for this season.
Still, no one expected Davidson to compete for the SoCon title. In fact in the preseason, league coaches picked the Wildcats to finish last in the 10-team league. But Davidson has been one of the best offensive teams in a very offensive league, leading the SoCon in batting (.309, 13th in the nation) and doubles (74, 13th in the nation) while being tied for third in home runs with 33 (seventh in the nation). Eight different Wildcats have hit multiple home runs this season, led by senior outfielders Nathan Becker (nine) and Forrest Brandt (six). Davidson has a strong core of physically mature upperclassmen anchoring the lineup.
"Certainly offensively, you look up and down statistically and there is some balance there," Davidson coach Dick Cooke said Tuesday in Durham, where his team was supposed to face Duke before the game was washed out. "I think there's a direct correlation to the strength and conditioning piece, I think anyone would tell you that. The plan and the personnel doing that is a little different this year. I think that gives you a level of confidence as a hitter, too. (Former South Carolina coach) Ray Tanner, a close friend of mine, they were known for their epic offensive totals. He said one of their most important aspects outside of taking a lot of BP was the strength piece, because we play more confidently as an offensive team. I think there's absolutely validity to that."
Davidson's leading hitter is junior DH/RHP Ryan Lowe (.361 with three homers, 10 doubles and 21 RBIs). Lowe also spent some time in the weekend rotation early this year, but he has settled in as a key bullpen piece, posting a 3.60 ERA in 25 innings on the year.
"He's a captain as well, so he wears a lot of hats," Cooke said. "I think he leads the charge in his off-the-field work ethic, and certainly on the field with the baseball stuff. I think he's taken the lead in helping the rest of the team understand how valuable the strength piece is—he gets after it hard. He can run a little bit, he swings the bat. We've chosen not to play him positionally because he's got some value for us off the mound. He's developed a little bit of a slider/cutter. He came in out of high school as kind of a classic fastball/curveball guy. When he's in a shorter role, he needs to make sure he doesn't over-complicate things. He's got enough arm strength where he can pitch off his fastball, but also got good feel for his secondary stuff. We want him to pitch to his strengths."
That has been the key for Davidson's staff as a whole—keeping it simple. Cooke said junior lefthander Rob Bain (3-1, 4.24), junior lefty Nick Neitzel (6-0, 2.58) and senior righty Danny Mooney (3-3, 2.74) have been able to work fairly deep into games with some consistency, giving the Wildcats a big lift on weekends. "They all know their strengths, and they're not trying to be six-pitch guys," Cooke said. "When it's crunch time, they're going to go with one of their two best pitches."
Senior righthander Michael Goldberg (3-2, 1.69, six saves) is a converted infielder who has evolved into a bullpen anchor over the course of his career, giving the Wildcats confidence at the end of games.
"He's got the right kind of makeup," Cooke said. "There seems to be a level of fearlessness about him. He's got a good competitive nature about him. And a couple of other guys have stepped up and done more than maybe we expected."
For the Wildcats to remain atop the standings, they will have to clean up their defense, and they will have to play well on the road. Four of their first five conference series were at home, but three of their last four are on the road, including sets at Elon and Western Carolina to close the season.
"We have some good teams left in the league, and more games left in the road than we've had, so that'll be a good test to see how we respond to that," Cooke said. "We have not been very good defensively. That's been our Achilles' heel for sure, and that makes me really nervous, because I don't think you can continue to have the results we've had playing the inconsistent level of defense we have. We just haven't picked it up as well as we need to, too many extra outs. There's a point you just can't keep battling through that, the law of averages."
But right now, Davidson is in first place, and the Wildcats are surely enjoying the ride during their best season in years. It has been fun for Cooke too, especially since he continues to get stronger after a serious car wreck left him in bad shape in September of 2012. He had a knee replacement in October, and he is moving around better now than he did before that procedure.
"I've got a few more steps to go, but I'm doing more than I was," he said. "I like that I get to come out to the ballpark and watch these guys and be vertical."


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Officially-licensed screen printed poster for a Disney Art show at SXSW 2014.
Client: Disney/Mondo
A series of covers for the first ever worldwide digital release of the Harry Potter series.
Client: Pottermore
Art Director: Adam Fulrath
I helped to design the world and visual style of Firewatch, a first person mystery game for PC, Mac, PS4 and Xbox One.
Client: A.M.P.A.S.
I worked with The Academy and Gallery 1988 to create the official "85 Years of Oscars" poster for the 85th Academy Awards.
Each statuette represents one of the 85 Best Picture winners.
It debuted as part of
Gallery 1988's Academy Awards project.
Covers for J.K. Rowling's Quidditch Through the Ages and The Tales of Beedle the Bard.
Variant cover for The Wicked + The Divine.
Collaboration with Jay Shaw.
Poster for The Final Member.
Client: Studio Ghibli/Mondo
A new, screen-printed poster for Howl's Moving Castle. Exclusive to San Diego Comic Con 2013.
Client: Lucasfilm/Mondo
Officially licensed, screen printed Star Wars posters. Edition of 400.
Client: Studio Ghibli/Mondo
A new, screen-printed poster for Spirited Away. Exclusive to San Diego Comic Con 2013.
A collaboration with Jay Shaw. Originally designed to be the cover for a vinyl release of the game soundtrack. It was later made into a limited edition art print for San Diego Comic Con 2014.
Clients: Naughty Dog/Sony
Client: Fantastic Fest
Poster for a special anniversary screening of An American Werewolf in London, hosted by special effects artist Rick Baker.
Client: Studio Ghibli/Mondo
A new, screen-printed poster for My Neighbour Totoro.
My first solo show. 300 traditional paper cut-silhouettes of characters from popular culture.
Gallery 1988, 2011.
Client: Levis/Mondo
Screen printed posters for the 2010 Alamo Drafthouse Rolling Roadshow.
Unused work for Sony.
Screen printed episode posters for the excellent podcast, A Life Well Wasted.
Client: Personal
Bone china plates. A mix of the classic willow pattern and classic gameboy games.
Client: DC Comics
A cover image for the third issue of the new series of anthology comic Batman Black and White.
Art director: Mark Chiarello
Client: Mondo
Officially-licensed screen printed poster for a 2010 screening of The Evil Dead.
Logo for The Woodshed horror company, a production studio founded by Elijah Wood that focused on elevated genre movies.
Letter press print. Edition of 300.
Poster for the DVD release of Ben Wheatley's Sightseers. Based on old British Railways travel posters.
10-colour screen print.
Client: Universal/Mondo
Screen printed poster for the officially-licensed Universal Monsters art show at the Mondo Gallery.
Client: Warner Brothers/Mondo
New screen printed poster for The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Client: Warner Brothers/Mondo
Screen-printed poster for The Dark Knight rises. Sand Diego Comic Con 2012.
Screen printed poster.
Client: Sony
Branding and packaging design for Resistance 3.
Letter press print. Edition of 150.
Screen printed episode posters for the excellent podcast, A Life Well Wasted.
Competition prize for a charity screening of the best episodes of The Simpsons.
Screen-printed poster.
Screen-printed poster. Part of Gallery 1988's "Great Moments of Sporting History" group show.
Screen-printed poster. Submission for Mondo's Sci-Fi gallery show.


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Quick-strike offense sets tone for win
Published 10:00 pm, Friday, August 8, 2008
MINNEAPOLIS – You expected anything less?
Well, yes. Coming in without 15 injured or rehabbing players and with a backup guard as their starting center, the Seahawks were ripe for one of those mediocre offensive performances in their preseason opener that would leave coach Mike Holmgren stewing for the next couple days.
Instead, the Seahawks scored the first three times they had the ball en route to a 34-17 victory over the Minnesota Vikings at the Metrodome.
On 8-8-08, the Seahawks' No. 8 – Pro Bowl quarterback Matt Hasselbeck – was 7 of 8 for 70 yards in directing the first two scoring drives and fashioning a 142.7 passer rating.
Bobby Engram, who skipped the spring minicamps because he's unhappy with his contract, picked up where he left off during his franchise-record, 94-reception season in 2007. He caught Hasselbeck's first pass – for 18 yards – and also had an 11-yarder on the seven-play drive that ended with second-year receiver Jordan Kent catching an 18-yard touchdown pass despite being held on the play.
Maurice Morris, who seemed destined to be lost in the running back rotation after the signings of Julius Jones and T.J. Duckett in free agency, showed he's not about to concede anything to anyone. Morris broke runs to the left, the right and up the gut on the first three series while gaining 62 yards on six carries.
It was Morris' 20-yard burst on a draw that pushed the Seahawks into Vikings territory on the game's opening drive. Morris began the second series with a 21-yard run around right end. He added a 7-yarder to the left and a 9-yarder to the right – on back-to-back plays – on the third possession, which ended with Seneca Wallace throwing a 15-yard TD pass to tight end Jeb Putzier.
Steve Vallos, that backup guard thrust into the starting center spot, had a big block to give Hasselbeck time to find Engram on the game's first play and another to spring Morris on his 20-yarder up the gut.
"We believe in him," Hasselbeck said of Vallos, who ended up being in the middle of a lot of the best things the offense was able to accomplish. "We thought he could come in and do a good job. And he did a great job."
Offered Vallos, who was working early against the Vikings Pro Bowl defensive tackle tandem of Pat and Kevin Williams, "It just felt good being out there for with those guys. I hadn't played a game in awhile, and when I had it was long over."
That's because until Friday night, Vallos' NFL experience consisted of mop-up duty in the preseason last summer and working against the No. 1 defense as a member of the practice squad last season.
The defense, meanwhile, set up three scores by forcing fumbles, the first two coming on the Vikings' first possessions of each half.
The first was forced by linebacker Leroy Hill and recovered by strong safety Deon Branch at the Vikings' 43-yard line. Six plays later, Olindo Mare kicked a 20-yard field goal.
The second was forced on a jarring hit by rookie middle linebacker David Hawthorne and recovered at the Vikings' 33 by cornerback Kevin Hobbs. Five plays later, Wallace passed 7 yards to wide receiver Trent Shelton for the touchdown.
The third came as rookie safety Jamar Adams separated the ball from the ball carrier, and linebacker Lance Laury recovered at the Vikings' 31. Five plays later, Wallace passed 1 yard to wide receiver Joel Filani for the score.
Wallace completed 15 of 20 passes for 165 yards and three touchdowns before giving way to Charlie Frye in the fourth quarter. Wallace was especially effective in the third quarter while completing 9 of 11 passes for 98 yards – and two TD tosses.
It wasn't an entire evening of yippy-skippy, however.
Pro Bowl cornerback Marcus Trufant had a rough first quarter.
He was beaten on the Vikings' first touchdown – a 6-yard pass from Tavaris Jackson to fullback Thomas Tapeh. On the Vikings' second touchdown drive, Trufant whiffed on tackling wide receiver Bobby Wade just as he caught the ball and the play turned into a 28-yard gain. Trufant then was flagged for pass interference in the end zone against wide receiver Sidney Rice, giving the Vikings a first down at the 1.
Punter Reggie Hodges continued to get good distance and hang time on his punts while subbing for an injured Ryan Plackemeier. But his coverage units let him down as Jaymar Johnson broke a 23-yard return to set up the Vikings' tying field goal.
The Seahawks also allowed a 53-yard return to Darius Reynaud on the kickoff following Mare's field goal.
On the drive to a Ryan Longwell field goal that tied the score at halftime, the Seahawks had no one who could cover Vikings wide receiver Aundrae Allison. On third-and-3, he beat Josh Wilson for a 13-yard completion. On third-and-8, it was a 25-yarder against Hobbs.
All in all, it was the kind of performance even a coach could like. A lot to be satisfied about, but also a lot to teach to when the players return to training camp practices on Sunday.
"You like to win the first game, it makes you feel pretty good," Holmgren said. "But also you can't feel real great because we made a number of errors we can coach to. That's kind of what you want in the first game."


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There are many challengers to the iPad 2 from the Android side of the mobile platform competition and Sony has just recently unveiled another fighter. The Tablet S is the electronics giant's latest tablet computer offering which will be powered by the Android Honeycomb operating system. Here's an outline of how the Tablet S measures up.
Under the hood
Versus the iPad 2's 1GHz Apple A5, the Tablet S will be driven by Nvidia's Tegra 2 with an ARM Cortext-A9 CPU. The Cortext-A9 is a multicore mobile processor capable of out-of-order executions which allow for overall faster response. Apple A5 and Nvidia Tegra 2 are both system-on-chip implementations of the Cortext-A9. In terms of storage however the iPad 2 comes out ahead with its 64 GB option, while the Tablet S will only have a 16 GB and 32 GB version.
Both tablets have the expected Wi-Fi and Bluetooth capabilities but the Tablet S has the advantage of Universal Infrared Remote and DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) technology features. Simply put, this technology allows the user to wirelessly transfer digital content from the tablet to any other DNLA-capable media device which could be anything from a TV to a Blu-Ray player.
Another ace for the Tablet S is the TruBlack feature for its 9.4 inch multi-touch display. This particular Sony feature enables the user to lessen screen reflections from bright sources such as sunlight. Tablet S users will thus find working on the device outdoors just as convenient as indoors.
Form factor
Weighing in at 598 grams, the Tablet S is 10 grams lighter than the iPad 2. Besides the weight, some reviewers have noted that its wedge shape makes it easier to hold the device in one hand for a longer period of time and gives a better angled view when set down.
Sony's Tablet S is also going to be lighter on the wallet. The 16 GB version will be priced at $579 while the 32 GB version will sell for $689. The new tablet computer will be coming out on the Australian market this October and pre-ordering can be done as early as September 28.
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Easily change between four modes Laptop, Stand, Tablet, and Tent while the system automatically switches settings and locks the keyboard in place. The secret: Yoga 2's unique design and touchscreen display allows the screen to flip around 360°, which means you can select the mode you use based on what you choose to do.
Apps for Every Mode
Different apps work best in different modes. Yoga Picks is unique software that recognizes when you switch modes and recommends apps that work best in those modes. Preloaded apps like Phone Companion, Camera Man, Photo Touch, and Chef capitalize on Yoga 2's multimode flexibility.
Long Battery Life
With up to 8 hours of battery life on a single charge, you can go all day without plugging in, making Yoga 2 perfect for doers on the go.
10-Point Multi-touch Display
The 13.3" Yoga 2 employs 10-point multi-touch technology, improving accuracy and ease of use.
Lenovo Motion Control
Use the webcam as an input device effortlessly flip pages, rewind/forward music, change volume, and gesture other simple commands with the flick of a hand.
Lenovo Voice Control
Lenovo Voice Control lets you perform tasks on your Yoga 2 by simply telling it what to do or asking a question.
Seamless Transition Between Modes
Lenovo Transition automatically switches open applications like PowerPoint to full-screen mode when the PC converts from normal notebook to Tent, Stand, or Tablet modes.
Multi-touch Touchpad
Optimized for Windows 8, the intuitive, easy-to-use touchpad features simple scroll, zoom, and rotate functions.
AccuType Keyboard
The acclaimed AccuType keyboard is ergonomically designed to make typing more comfortable and to reduce errors.
Stereo Speakers With Dolby® Home Theater®
The Yoga 2's speakers deliver rich stereo sound, while Dolby Home Theater provides an immersive audio experience.
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