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This is the third in a four-part series on pregnancy.
The sight of a pregnant woman ingesting anything but fresh air and wholesome food really gets people talking.
But what would they say if that woman drives into her garage and obsesses about how easy it would be to close the door and leave the car running?
"If you're seven months pregnant and you kill yourself, you're taking your baby, too," says Lisa Shantz, who faced the dilemma of needing drugs for depression to survive her pregnancy.
"That's what people don't think about. They don't think about the what's risk to the mother if you don't take the medicine."
Shantz ended up taking two antidepressants, boosted by a third psychiatric medication, during her second pregnancy following a history of depression. She did it with her eyes open after lengthy consultation with a psychiatrist at Surrey Memorial Hospital.
"There was never a question of whether it was the right decision because, for me, the decision was whether I was here or not here - I had to take the pills to be here," said Shantz, a 36-year-old sales analyst, in her Surrey home.
Dr. Gideon Koren, founder and director of the Motherisk program at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children, agrees that it's riskier for clinically depressed women to quit their medication than to continue on it during pregnancy. Quitting can lead to hospitalization, suicide attempts, postpartum depression and inability to care for oneself.
Motherisk conducts research and offers a national helpline about the safety or danger of medications, drugs and environmental chemicals during pregnancy.
Koren says women today are the healthiest in history, but are also postponing pregnancy until their 30s or even 40s, when they may have developed a chronic illness for which they are being treated. Add in unlimited access to information through the web and women are inundated.
"Women are less in the dark compared to previous generations," says Koren. "The flip side is that there is much more anxiety among women than ever before."
Shantz says women who continue to take antidepressants are vilified - but they have a lot of company.
Researchers say up to 20 per cent of women will be diagnosed with depression while pregnant.
And about five per cent of pregnant women in B.C. took an antidepressant in 2001. The most popular medications are SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibi tors) such as Paxil, Prozac and Zoloft. While the use of anti-depressants has skyrocketed in the last few decades, about half of the women taking them stop once they find out they're pregnant.
"We see time and time again a woman who's been doing well, who's on medication, she stops it when she gets pregnant and then she has a relapse," says Vancouver psychiatrist Dr. Deirdre Ryan. "If she's had a history of drug or alcohol abuse in the past, untreated depression is also associated with an increased risk of drug and alcohol use in pregnancy."
Ryan says women aren't prescribed these drugs unless they have serious anxiety, suicidal thoughts, obsessive guilt, trouble sleeping and eating - conditions that make them unable to enjoy life. Women who attend the reproductive mental health program at BC Women's Hospital in Vancouver, where she is medical director, are also offered help from psychotherapists, social workers and nutritionists.
"No woman wants to be on medication," says Ryan, adding that the ideal is a drug-free pregnancy. "[But] women are so afraid of exposure to medication that they don't really think about the exposure to the illness."
Family doctors can prescribe antidepressants and a Canadian study published in 2002 reported an increase from 3.2 million to 14.5 million prescriptions between 1981 and 2000.
Generations ago, a clinically depressed woman might have stayed in bed for months, been silent, listless, never leaving the house. Or, as Shantz describes it, like zombie who can't even look at her kids."
Both Ryan and Koren say there is still no conclusive evidence that antidepressants cause birth defects, although most doctors won't recommend Paxil during pregnancy following warnings in 2005 from health officials in Canada and the U.S. because of a suspected link to heart defects in infants.
A study published this year in the British Medical Journal concluded there is an increased risk of a breathing difficulty called persistent pulmonary hypertension (three per 1,000 births compared to 1.2 per 1,000 births) in women who took SSRIs late in their pregnancy.
Vancouver lawyer David Rosenberg is handling a class-action suit against GlaxoSmithKline, the makers of Paxil, that is scheduled for a certification hearing in B.C. Supreme Court in October. U.S law firms are seeking clients for similar actions involving other antidepressants: Zoloft, Lexapro, Effexor and Celexa.
For midwife Deborah Harding of Sage Midwifery in Surrey, there are still too many women taking antidepressants who could make it without them if they had support from their families and communities. She says a troubled marriage, being overwhelmed with childrearing or household duties are often underlying causes of anxiety in the women she sees.
"People will not fix any of these things, but they will go to an SSRI knowing that this will affect their baby."
About one-third of infants born to mothers taking antidepressants appear to suffer drug withdrawal just after birth, as did Shantz's second baby. They are cranky, trembling and have trouble feeding, but the symptoms clear within three days. "The physical responses to them [the drugs], they gradually resolve ... but what comes after that? Do we really know?" asks Harding.
Dr. Tim Oberlander, a researcher at the Child and Family Research Institute in Vancouver and a pediatrics professor at the University of B.C., has spent more than a decade looking into just that.
Along with a group of UBC scientists, he examined the medical records of more than 100,000 births in the province between 1998 and 2001 to document the numbers of defects in general and heart problems in particular (see graphic).
In a more detailed study of women who took SSRIs while pregnant, Oberlander is following their children from birth to age six and testing their levels of the brain chemical serotonin. That's the same neurotransmitter boosted by SSRI-type medication. "We know that mothers' stress or anxiety during pregnancy can change the levels of serotonin in their fetus, just like the drugs can, so distinguishing the impact of mother's mental health from the effects of the medications is a big challenge to doing research in this field," Oberlander said.
Oberlander found mothers who took SSRIs reported more anxious behaviours in their children at age three, but says the women's anxiety at the time of the study also influences that result. Over the next two years, he hopes to learn more about how prenatal SSRI exposure shapes thinking and behaviour when he completes his current studies of six-year-olds. "It is important remember that some children are very resilient and it is crucial to find out why some children do well even under stressful conditions.
"Uncovering which factors make a difference to the mothers and their children and finding out why this happens is really important to my research."
BC Women's Hospital reproductive mental health
2005 Health Canada warning about Paxil
2012 British Medical Journal study
Pregnant women - and women who want to become pregnant - are urged by health officials to stop drinking, smoking and generally taking any other sort of drug, medication or herbal supplement without speaking to their doctors.
or herbal supplement without speaking to their doctors. But studies show that some women continue with the same habits.
. Alcohol use
Data compiled from the 2007-08 Canadian Community Health Survey found 7.2 per cent of women in B.C. women and 5.8 per cent in Canada as a whole drank when they were pregnant. The 2010 report published in The Journal of Population Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology said that figure is lower than earlier estimates suggesting between 17 and 25 per cent of women drank alcohol during pregnancy in 1994-95.
. Alcohol effects
About one per cent of children born in Canada have a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder which means they have some damage caused by their mother's drinking during pregnancy including learning disabilities, abnormal organ development and impulsive behaviour.
. Smoking rates
Canadian research conducted in 2006 found that 10 per cent of Canadian women smoked in the last three months of their pregnancies, averaging seven cigarettes a day. A study in
2000-2001 reported that 18.5 per of mothers with young children said they smoked during pregnancy.
Smoking increases the risk of miscarriage, premature babies, babies with low birthrates or cleaved palates, and also Sudden Infant Death Syndrome or SIDS.
. Use of prescription drugs
About two-thirds of women report taking at least one prescribed medication during their pregnancies.
. Drug effects
A few medications are known to cause birth defects including the infamous Thalidomide - once thought to control morning sickness, but pulled off the market in 1962 after it caused deformed limbs in thousands of children. Others are Accutane, or isotretinoin, used for acne which is banned for use by pregnant women. Health officials advise women to speak to their doctors about all prescription and nonprescription medication.
About 3% of children born in Canada have a birth defect
3.1% of children born in B.C. have a birth defect*
2.8% of B.C. children born to mothers who took a (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor) SSRI have a birth defect*
.65% of B.C. children born to mothers who took an SSRI have a heart defect*
.48% of children born in B.C. have a heart defect*
Sources: Congenital Anomalies Surveillance in Canada 2006-2007; Birth Defects Research, 2008
*Based on B.C. records from 1998-2001
2008 UBC Population Study Based on Population Research (1998- 2001)UBC: Antidepressants Not Worth the Risk


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Jeanette Mathistad, age 93, of St. James, died on Friday, Oct. 18, 2013, at the home of her daughter in Richardson, Texas.
Jeanette Mathistad, age 93, of St. James, died on Friday, Oct. 18, 2013, at the home of her daughter in Richardson, Texas. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, Oct. 23, at First Lutheran Church in St. James with Rev. K. Christian Johnson officiating Burial will be at Mt. Hope Cemetery in St. James. Visitation will be at the Sturm Funeral Home in St. James on Tuesday from 5 to 8 p.m. and at the church on Wednesday one hour before services. You may send the family condolences online at www.sturmfh.com. Arrangements are with Sturm Funeral Home in St. James.
Jeanette Adelle Laingen, daughter of Amanda (Eng) and Palmer T. Laingen, was born on July 17, 1920, in Odin Township. She died on Friday, Oct. 18, 2013, at the age of 93 in Richardson, Texas. Jeanette was baptized and confirmed in St. Olaf Lutheran Church in rural Odin. She attended grade school in District 15 and graduated from St. James High School in 1938. Jeanette attended Calhoun Secretarial School in Minneapolis and was employed in the County Extension Office in St. James. During WWII she was employed at the Twin Cities Ordinance Plant in Minneapolis. On November 21, 1942, she was united in marriage to Joel Mathistad in St. Olaf Lutheran Church, after which they lived in Minneapolis, Pleasantville, N.J. and Brooklyn, N.Y. Since 1945 they resided in St. James but spent approximately 20 winters in Arizona. She was a member of First Lutheran Church and the American Legion Auxiliary. She was active in all church functions,
an incredible seamstress and was always there when her kids arrived home from school. A full blooded Norwegian, she understood the Norwegian language but rarely spoke it. When her husband, Joel, passed away in 2007, she went to live with her daughter, Shirley, in Colo., and the past two years in Richardson.
Jeanette is survived by son, Dennis and friend Patricia Porter of Erie, Colo.; daughters, Phyllis (Jim) Gallegos of Garland, Texas, and Shirley of Richardson, Texas; grandson Bryan and daughter-in-law Stacy Gallegos and great granddaughter Hailey of Sunnyvale, Texas; step granddaughter, Michelle Cauffiel and step great grandchildren, Daniella and Garet of Colorado Springs, Colo.; brother and sister-in-law, Lester and Lucille Laingen of Sonoma, Calif.; nieces and nephews.
Jeanette was preceded in death by her husband, Joel; parents; sister and brother-in-law, Lois and Omar Broste.

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|Marker for Martin, Anna and 2 of their daughters
During the organization of our office (which is also the place that is still requiring some attention) I started to go through old genealogy papers that I was bad enough to not file and enter into my database when I first collected them. Bad, but a habit I'm trying to break. Anyway, I realized that I had several obituaries on the Blanchfield side of my family and not a single one made it into a post! Shameful, but now I'll have posts for Sunday's Obituary for many weeks to come.
I decided to start with the father of this particular collection...Martin Blanchfield. Martin Blanchfield married Anna Boyle on January 9, 1876 in New York City in Saint Andrew's Catholic Church. I did blog about their marriage before as St. Andrew's was kind enough to send me a transcription of their marriage sacrament.
Martin and Anna had 12 children: Mary, Alice, Annie, William, Josephine, Lillian, Catherine, Joseph, and four children that did not survive, but were acknowledged, namelessly in census records. Their daughter, Alice, was my great grandmother. The family moved from New York City to the Beaver Meadows area in Carbon County, Pennsylvania. Most of their children were born in Carbon County (except Mary and Alice), and all except Mary and Alice moved with their parents to Phillipsburg, New Jersey where they lived out the remainder of their lives.
Martin's obituary was published in the "Easton Express" on Monday, May 13, 1935 on page 8...the same day he passed. The obituary is brief. Just one short paragraph, but I'll give them credit for squeezing in as much as they could that would help a genealogist:
|Easton Express, 13MAY1935, pg 8
"Martin Blanchfield
Martin Blanchfield, aged 75, died early this morning at his home, 65 Glen avenue, from a heart attack after an illness of one week. Mr Blanchfield was well known and had many friends. He is survived by two sons and four daughters, William and Joseph Blanchfield, Mrs. Robert Flynn and Misses Anna, Josephine and Lillian Blanchfield. He was a member of Sts. Philip and James' Catholic Church and the Holy Name Society."
Not too bad for a brief obit. Church, address, and kids. No mention of his wife, Anna, so if I hadn't already discovered her death date this would have let me know that she predeceased him. If only every obituary I needed had this much useful information!


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Cricket: Auckland sign Myburgh - Cricket - NZ Herald News
That story also reports that Styris is going back to ND. Win some, lose some.
Just thought I'd start this thread now because I needed to share this news -
Cricket: Auckland sign Myburgh - Cricket - NZ Herald News
That story also reports that Styris is going back to ND. Win some, lose some.
Leighton Burtt snatched up by Wellington, well done boys
Burtt's a decent signing for Welly, they could use a bit of extra pace and aggro in their seam stocks. Hopefully this means they won't need to turn to hacks like Chan this season.
Styris -> ND
Myburgh -> Aucks
Todd -> Aucks
van Wyk -> CD
Burtt -> Welly
Young -> Cant
Interesting.Myburgh becomes eligible to play for New Zealand after the World Cup next year.
1) Ross is Boss.
2) See point 1.
Leading the charge against nuances being used in posts.
Overrated XI M Bracewell, Burns, Rahane, Don Voges, Bairstow, Alecz Day, Donovan Grobelaar, Luke Ronchi, Faulkner, Dan Christian, Permaul
Just this year, playing club cricket in Scotland, he managed to pull a hammy, ingrow a toenail, tear his achilles tendon and crack his nose misfielding, which also left a black eye
Yeah Burtt's a good signing if he can stay on the park, history shows us though that the chances of that happening are very slim. Wellington are a mess at the moment though, I really don't think they have a clue on how to move forward. I read something at the end of last season about all the apparent infighting that was going on and how certain people weren't happy about certain selections, younger players were just getting ago for the sake of it without actually performing at club level, stuff like that. It will be very interesting to see how they fair this season.
Northern and Auckland are looking like the early favourites for mine.
Northern DistrictsProudly supporting KS Williamson, TG Southee, TA Boult, BJ Watling, CJ Anderson, MJ Santner and IS Sodhi, TL Seifert and ZN Gibson
How far away are the domestic contract lists? Canterbury might look a little weak.
Otago's batting is looking a bit thin on the ground so far with the loss of Todd.
Looks like Darren Broom could pick up a contract, he was immense in club cricket last season and would form a decent middle order with Neil.
It would also be good to see the young guns like Michael Bracewell or Hamish Rutherford get a run in the team too.
New Zealand Cricket - Major Associations announce the first round of domestic contracts for 2010-11
Auckland AcesCricket's six Major Associations today announced the names of those players offered first round domestic contracts for the coming season.
The contracting process for domestic players will - for the first time - involve two rounds. Each Major Association can offer 9-11 contracts at their discretion in the first round and then complete the process to their full contingent of 12 players with second round contracts being offered on August 24
Michael Bates
Andrew De Boorder
Colin De Grandhomme
Roneel Hira
Anaru Kitchen
Johann Myburgh
Jimmy Neesham
Jeet Raval
Lance Shaw
Bhupinder Singh
Greg Todd
Canterbury Wizards
Corey Anderson
Todd Astle
Hamish Bennett
Dean Brownlie
Andrew Ellis
Peter Fulton
Rob Nicol
Michael Papps
Richard Sherlock
Shanan Stewart
Reece Young
Central Stags
Doug Bracewell
Brendon Diamanti
Jamie How
Peter Ingram
Michael Mason
Mitchell McClenaghan
Tarun Nethula
Brad Patton
Mathew Sinclair
Kruger van Wyk
Tim Weston
Northern Knights
Graeme Aldridge
Jono Boult
Trent Boult
Anton Devcich
Daniel Flynn
James Marshall
Peter McGlashan
Michael Parlane
Bradley Scott
Brad Wilson
Joseph Yovich
Wellington Firebirds
Josh Brodie
Dewayne Bowden
Matthew Bell
Leighton Burtt
James Franklin
Mark Gillespie
Cameron Merchant
Neal Parlane
Joe Austin-Smellie
Luke Woodcock
Otago Volts
Nick Beard
Neil Broom
Anthony Bullick
Ian Butler
Craig Cumming
Derek De Boorder
Shaun Haig
Warren McSkimming
Aaron Redmond
Neil Wagner
Sam Wells
Congrats to Jimmy for picking up an Auckland contract!
Excellent to see Jimmy in the Auckland squad - no Nethula amongst the Auckland contracts is interesting though, as is the inclusion Richard Sherlock in the Canterbury squad.
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UH Manoa celebrates Summer 2007 commencementUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
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The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa will hold summer commencement exercises on Sunday, August 12, 2007, beginning at 9:00 a.m. The ceremony — at the lower campus Stan Sheriff Center — will include conferral of degrees for both undergraduates and advanced degree candidates. Nearly 500 undergraduates and 515 graduate students are eligible to receive degrees this term, and approximately 300 students are expected to participate in the ceremony.
Keynote speaker will be Mānoa's new Chancellor, Virginia S. Hinshaw, who assumed her position on July 1. An academic leader with a distinguished record of accomplishment as provost and executive vice chancellor of the University of California, Davis, Dr. Hinshaw is also a renowned scientist with expertise in microbiology. Her work over the past 25 years has aided in the understanding of the influenza virus and new approaches to vaccines. She previously was an administrator and researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Candidates for honors are Rachel Choy and Paul Linden.
During the university's Centennial commemorative period — January 2007-May 2008 — graduating students receive specially embossed diploma covers with the UH Centennial insignia imprinted in gold on the front. Graduates are also eligible to purchase and wear a medallion designed specifically for commencement. The medallion may be viewed at http://www.bookstore.hawaii.edu/uhgrad. Both the centennial diploma covers and the commemorative medallion will only be available through the May 2008 commencement ceremony.
The university has established a Commencement Hotline that should provide answers to questions about both student and public participation in the ceremony. Call the hotline at 956-GRAD (956-4723), or check on the Web at http://manoa.hawaii.edu/commencement.
Doors to the Stan Sheriff Center will open at 8 a.m. for the combined undergraduate and advanced degree ceremony which is expected to last for about two hours. The event is free and open to the public. Seating is on a first-come, first-seated basis; no tickets are required. Balloons and strollers are not allowed inside the Stan Sheriff Center.
Free parking will be available in the lower campus parking structure; there will be no shuttle service from upper campus parking lots. Friends and family members may greet graduates following the ceremony at Les Murakami Stadium, and authorized lei vendors will be located in front of the stadium. There will be a live Webcast of the ceremony. For information, visit http://www.hawaii.edu/dl/commencement/.
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Stormwater Volunteer Water Monitoring Project
Graduates of the Marine Academy of Technology and Environmental Science (MATES) presented water quality findings from two sites to DEP officials, the media and public on August 5, 2011 (they began sampling on June 28).
The work of these four students was funded by the Barnegat Bay Student Grant Program that is available from Save Barnegat Bay.
Their summer research was part of a pilot project led by DEP to test stormwater runoff using optical brighteners, a chemical found in laundry detergent, that if present, signifies the presence of bacteria or other contaminants. Their findings did in fact prompt further investigation and follow-up monitoring by DEP's Compliance and Enforcement division and the Bureau of Marine Water Monitoring.
The pilot project depicts a successful model of collaboration between partners and the leveraging of existing resources for a common purpose. It also facilitated skills from among the students in such areas as scientific analysis, planning and coordination, and teamwork.
This pilot project provided support for Action #7, #8 and #9, part of the Governor's Action Plan to protect and restore Barnegat Bay.
Various presentations, media resources and student reports are provided below.
DEP and Partners:
DEP Water Monitoring and Standards
(Link: https://www.nj.gov/dep/wms/)
Marine Academy of Technology and Environmental Sciences (MATES)
(Link: http://www.ocvts.org/htm/mates/mates-academy.html )
Save Barnegat Bay's Save Barnegat Bay Grants Program(Link: https://www.savebarnegatbay.org/educate/student-grant/ )
Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Ocean County - Coastal Water Quality
(Link: http://ocean.njaes.rutgers.edu/marine/wq.html)
Presentation Slides: Barnegat Bay Water Quality Monitoring: A Student's Perspective
* Dr. John Wnek, MATES, presented at DEP's 8th Water Monitoring Summit on December 1 - 2, 2011
Presentation Slides: Barnegat Bay Student Grant Program (PP Slides)
* DEP and student presentation on August 5, 2011
YouTube Video: Water Quality Movie - Final
* Created by the students and posted on August 5, 2011
(Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ts58uQs8vE )
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Efforts include creation of the St. Louis County Strategic Plan; analysis of boundary changes in St. Louis County, including annexations; development of specialized plans and policies, such as the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Strategy, the Consolidated Plan and the Meramec Greenway Plan; and partnerships with area agencies on regional planning initiatives, such as the Regional Sustainability Plan led by the East-West Gateway Council of Governments.
Throughout all of these initiatives, the goal of the Department is to develop and promote plans and policies that ensure a high quality of life for those who live and work in and visit St. Louis County.
The 1979 St. Louis County Charter authorizes the County Council to provide for a plan to set policy and guide the County's development. Further, the Charter states that every five years "The planning commission shall from time to time review the county plan in order to assure that it conforms to the existing goals and policies of the County." Since 1980, a number of these plans have been reviewed by the Planning Commission and adopted by the County Council, including the General Plans of 1980 and 1985 and the Strategic Plans of 1990, 2000, and 2008.
In 2012, County planners began the process to update the 2008 Strategic Plan. With the results of the 2010 decennial census offering new data, and the effects of the Great Recession still reverberating, the update of the strategic plan afforded the opportunity to evaluate trends and the future direction of St. Louis County. The 2013 Strategic Plan Update, Imagining Tomorrow for St. Louis County, is intentionally data driven, augmented with considerable spatial analysis using GIS software, and grounded in public policy research. The plan intends to create a new narrative for St. Louis County as it matures and looks ahead to the next chapter of its growth and development.
Click here to visit the webpage dedicated to the 2013 Strategic Plan Update. There you will be able to view the draft document and other presentations, reports and materials created during the 18-month planning process.
Historical Documents:
2008 Update to the Strategic Plan
2000-2004 Strategic Plan
The St. Louis County Planning Department monitors boundary changes in St. Louis County, such as annexations, transfers of jurisdictions, and boundary adjustments, and prepares analytical reports on their impacts on residents and property owners. The Department also regularly attends Boundary Commission meetings and public hearings and represents St. Louis County Government's interests before the Boundary Commission.
In St. Louis County, annexation procedures are governed by Missouri state law (RSMo 72.400-421) and are under the auspices of the Boundary Commission. The Boundary Commission is an independent body with eleven appointed members, all of whom must reside in St. Louis County. The Boundary Commission operates under a five-year "planning cycle" according to Missouri law. The next five-year cycle is January 1, 2012 until April 1, 2017.
St. Louis HOME Consortium Consolidated Plan Update 2010
The St. Louis County Planning Department's Office of Community Development is charged with coordinating housing and community development related activities in St. Louis County by administering federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and Home Investment Partnership Program (HOME) funds received from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). In order to receive and disburse the funds, the Office of Community Development must annually prepare an update to the Consolidated Plan.
Meramec Greenway Plan
The Meramec Greenway Concept Plan, adopted by the County Council in December 2003, summarizes three decades of efforts to restore the Meramec River as a scenic and recreational asset. The plan sets forth the goals of the public-private partnership that is developing parks and trails in and interconnected greenway. For more information on implementation of the plan, visit Great Rivers Greenway's Meramec Greenway page here.
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This project is sponsored by East-West Gateway Council of Governments
On October 14, 2010, East-West Gateway Council of Governments learned that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development would award the St. Louis region with $4.6 million to conduct regional sustainable communities planning over a three-year period. The grant was part of the federal government's new emphasis on integrated planning, where transportation, housing and environmental issues are linked to create more sustainable and economically vibrant communities.
St. Louis County was one of 11 regional partners that worked with East-West Gateway to carry out this three-year program. In addition to sitting on the project steering committee and staffing the various technical planning committees, the St. Louis County Department of Planning conducted a countywide affordable rental housing assessment as part of the regional planning effort.
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VMG Partnership necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 251 diseños de 73 diseñadores freelance.
I've got a sailboat - we've finally got around to naming it "Timeline". It was going to be "Critical Path", but some didn't like that idea (thought it sounded too much like a heart attack!). The name came from my personality - I work hard - I am always working from a task list - I'm focused on getting things done - I'm always looking for the best and most effective way to accomplish a job. My compnay name - VMG - means Velocity Made Good - it's a sailing term - it's about the most efficient way to get from point "A" to point "B". "Timeline" is about the same - we've got a plan - we're working towards a destination.
"Target Audience" in this case is not really applicable - to the extent there is a target audience it's people and other boats that see you on the water.
I'm looking for a graphical representation to go with the name - something I can use on the transom (stern) with the name - something that can go on the bow with the name - something that I can use on shirts and hats for crew.
The name/logo needs to include the boat name (Timeline) and it's port of registry (Bedford) - both need to be incorporated.
It needs to be clear enough to be readable.
The attached pictures show the transom (stern) of the boat where on version can go - note that there is a lot of "stuff" there to work around. The name (without the port of registry) should also go on the bow - but it might be different (less graphical) there. There are also pictures of the bow. And the pictures both show the boat under sail and ashore stored.
Clearly anything that is done needs to work with the color of the boat (Flag Blue). The boat is a C&C 44 - C&C's colors are red, white and blue. The C&C logo is in the top left corner of this web site:
The secondary color on the boat is a light grey - used in the dodger.
I'm looking for something that attaracts interest/attention without being "over the top".
I don't have any specific thoughts now on graphical elements - except I don't think it's a clock/watch - or related to time in that manner.
Descubre cómo funciona un concurso de diseño u obtén más información sobre nuestros servicios de diseño de logo.


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The former Miss California, 23, married her boyfriend, NFL quarterback Kyle Boller, 29, in a San Diego ceremony Friday night, E! Online reported. Both the bride and the groom exchanged vows at Capella Church in the Grand Del Mar Hotel. Family and friends attended the ceremony.
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Wayne Rooney's injured ankle seems to force Dimitar Berbatov into the lineup for Manchester United's Saturday meeting with Chelsea, but despite the relative paucity of striking options at Sir Alex Ferguson's disposal, Berbatov need not be the only answer.
That is not to say Ferguson need look to little used options like Mame Biram Diouf or Federico Macheda in a match of Saturday's magnitude; however, Ferguson should not feel obliged to insert Berbatov merely because he is the only ready-for-prime-time striker.
Not that Ferguson ever feels obliged to do anything.
Still, Ferguson need not feel obligated to start a striker and by extension start Berbatov, and while a formation without a striker sounds avant garde, it has been shown possible. Those who follow Valencia could argue that David Villa is not a number nine, but more definitively, there has been a team in Italy that nearly won the Serie A while playing without a lead striker.
Many of Luciano Spalletti's AS Roma teams would typically play without a number nine, employing Francesco Totti as a deep number ten amidst a swarm of active midfielders – players like Simone Perrotta, Rodrigo Taddei, and Matteo Brighi, with Daniele de Rossi and Davide Pizarro reinforcing the formation's spine. With Mirko Vucinic providing a second, class scorer, Spalletti built an entire system around no strikers: a 4-2-3-1 or 4-2-3-1-0, since he had nobody assigned to play along the opponent's line.
In 2007-08, Roma, playing largely with this set-up, would come within three points of winning the Serie A, losing the scudetto to Internazionale.
That brings us back to Dimitar Berbatov and the idea that, without Wayne Rooney, Berba should be automatically included in Saturday's starting XI. Let's consider Berbatov's role, responsibilities, and what he will likely be asked to do on Saturday, should he be selected.
Though he will drift from in his positioning, Berbatov will be rasked with testing John Terry and Alex in the middle of Chelsea's defense, but while Chelsea's back line has become a collection of relatively slow options, playing Berbatov prevents United from fully exploiting this weakness, particularly if United tries to play through him, as they are apt to do when he drops back into midfield.
Although Berbatov is a skilled, creative player, his style slows down play. He is more apt to absorb play than build it. The ball is played to his feet and he will collect and consider. Often, this is a good thing, as it will allow players like Antonio Valencia and Nani to use their speed and find space, knowing Berba can find them.
But this tact is more apt to work against a disorganized defense – one which will find itself out of position and exploited by those off-the-ball runs. Berbatov's deliberate manner will only help John Terry, Alex as well as John Obi Mikel, who is apt to poor decisions (and fouls) against active attacks. Michael Ballack will also have an easier time if United uses Berbatov as a central component of attack. Likewise, Frank Lampard's Saturday gets much easier.
It's no revelation to note Chelsea is older and slower, and though there is a beautiful element of skill and fluidity to their attack when they are rolling, Chelsea has has become more readily described as methodical than explosive – particularly over the last two months, particularly against quality opposition.
And that brings us to Manchester United and the personnel choices they face ahead of Saturday's match.
What would be the virtues if Ferguson were to harken back to his experiences preparing for his Champions League battles with AS Roma, remember the viability of a striker-less attack and decide to set-up the same way, leaving his mercurial Bulgarian as a late game substitute, to serve as a outlet when preserving a lead or as a target when chasing a goal?
The biggest benefit is being able to get Ryan Giggs on the pitch. With Berbatov in, it's difficult to get the playmaker (at least, he's one of United's best playmakers) into the starting XI without canceling out another, greater advantage.
Obviously, Giggs will not start at the back, which is likely to feature Patrice Evra, Nemanja Vidic, Rio Ferdinand and one of Gary Neville or Rafael de Silva. Michael Carrick and Darren Fletcher will almost certainly play as deep-lying midfielders (though Carrick's presence allows Fletcher to pop-up where he's needed), while Paul Scholes, having started on Tuesday, is unlikely to start consecutive matches.
Nani and Valencia playing together (on opposite wings), is how United can utilize major advantages over Chelsea weaknesses: Paulo Ferreira and Yuri Zhirkov. Neither fullback can handle United's opposing winger, and is an advantage Sir Alex Ferguson must exploit.
With Wayne Rooney out, Manchester United needs Park Ji-Sung, particularly high, in the middle of the pitch. His work rate will help apply high pressure to Chelsea's back line, whereas Berbatov's will not.
Given Berbatov's tendencies, Park is just as likely to force positioning decisions from Terry and Alex. Park is more likely than Berbatov to move along and through the line the way Rooney does.
Unfortuntely for United, Park does not possess one-third of Rooney's finishing skill. While Ji-Sung may be able to make similar runs and drag defenders with him as he does, he is far less apt to make Chelsea pay should they fail to do so.
But beyond what he contributes to attack, Park's tracking back to disrupt Lampard and Ballack through the middle is the best way to mitigate one of Chelsea's strengths. The quicker Chelsea's two central midfielders have to make decisions, the more likely it is Michael Carrick and Darren Fletcher will be able to destroy attacks before they manifest.
If you see all of Park, Nani, and Antonio Valencia playing, then there is one spot in the lineup left, and while it would logically go to Dimitar Berbatov (since we haven't named a striker yet), the idea of putting Giggs in the middle of the pitch, having his ability to distribute wide to Nani and Valencia or picking out the ever-active Park is a scenario that should give Chelsea nightmares.
At least, it should give Chelsea more nightmares than having to deal with Dimitar Berbatov.
In this set-up, Giggs and Park would be virtually interchangeable. As Park's ability to track-back is utilized, Giggs would be the most advanced, central player. With the ball played to him, United would be able to distribute wide to Nani and Valencia as well as utilize Fletcher's ability and willingness to jump into attack.
And there lies another virtue of playing all of Giggs, Nani, Park and Valencia together: interchangeability. If you consider the roles that they would occupy as two wingers, one central (attacking) midfielder and one "withdrawn" (from what?) striker, each member of the quartet would be able to fill at least three of the other roles.
Park can play all four of those spots, as can Nani. Valencia has played sometimes more centrally for Ecuador, while Giggs can play any of those positions except on the right.
This flexibility allows Ferguson to shift players around to exploit match-ups, respond to weaknesses, and apply pressure to the back line, knowing the versatility of your advance midfielders allows them to account for each other as one advances to apply high pressure to the Chelsea back line.
And should Ferguson decide to play for a nil-nil, having another player in the starting XI who can play deeper on the pitch would not hurt.
Regardless, starting Dimitar Berbatov is not a fait accompli. Just because Wayne Rooney is not available does not mean you need to replace your striker. As Spalletti showed and as the match-ups dictate, you do not need to play a striker.
Manchester United's best formation Saturday may exemplify that. United may be best going with a 4-2-3-1-0; or, more readily (given Park Ji-Sung's normal role), a 4-2-4-0.


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It worked fine with xp but will not install with vista?????
Installation gets to 5% and errors out.
Error message:
componet transfer error.
componet: main componet
file group: data
file: E:\data2.cab
error: data error ( cyclic redundancy check )
It had same problem before and somebody got it to work???????????
Any suggestions??????????? Thanks
I recommend downloading and running Reimage. It's a computer repair tool that has been proven to identify and fix many Windows problems with a high level of success.
I've used it in the past to identify and fix everything from blue screens (BSOD's), ActiveX errors, corrupt files and processes, dll/exe/sys errors, recover lost memory, Windows update problems, defragging, malware removal etc.
You can download it direct from this link http://downloadreimage.com/download.php. (This link will automatically start a download of Reimage that you can save to your computer.)
i have forgotten the installing code and i dont know where to get em so please someone help me !!!!
We won't help you with anything illegal here, so it's either you find the old CD Key, or you buy the game again.
Sorry, those are the rules.
This game came in the Packard Bell software library that I got with my computer a few years ago. I had no problems installing it, but I removed it when I got a few new games, so I wasn't wasting space.
Just began to install it again, and this window came up (Im attaching it so I dont know where it will appear)
Can anyone tell me whats wrong? Do I need to re-install some drivers???
Can you tell me whats wrong in basics, because Im only a begginner with things like this.
I guess you didn't see my post on the top of this forum
AUTOEXEC.NT error
I have played these games before and they have worked fine. When I try to play them now though, they won't play. They will load the autorun screen and when I click on the 'Play' button the screen disappears the mouse changes to the icon where it appears like the cpu is busy and then it changes back to the pointer and nothing happens. Hitting alt+ctrl+del shows me that they are loaded into the background but they aren't playing. I have no idea what's going on. Can someone give me some insight on how to fix this problem?
*/edit/* I forgot to mention that I have already run the "Repair" option in the uninstall/install menu. It did not affect the outcome either... */edit/*
try uninstalling the expansion and then empire earth, and make sure nothing is left in the directory you have the game installed under, easiest way to do this, is after you uninstall both games, just go to the directory and just delete it! and the reinstall the first game, run it see if it works, then follow with the expansion, see if it works, then continue to do the same with any updates you plan on using! hope this helps!
Ok I've got a problem with my Empire Earth game.
I wanted to install the game on my new Windows 7 computer, I was able to install it on my Vista computer. So when I put the CD in and clicked install, a few moments later a pop-up relating to Autorun appeared, it said The installation program could not be found.
I kept clicking install and ended up with another pop-up
E:\SETUP.EXE is not a valid Win32 application.
I had lost the system requirements for the game, and I'm not sure if it had something to do with them.
My system requirements are as shown:
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Acer
System Model: Aspire M1800
BIOS: Default System BIOS
Processor: Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU E5400 @ 2.70GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.7GHz
Memory: 2048MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 2048MB RAM
Page File: 1769MB used, 2325MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Have you tried starting the installer in compatibility mode?
Right click on "setup.exe", select properties and navigate to the compatibility tab. Enable compatibility mode and then select an OS from the list (I suggest running the program in Windows XP compatibility mode first).
Additionally you can try running the installer as administrator. Just right click on the installer and select "Run as administrator" from the menu.
when downloading it says it cannot copy a file called data2.cab. it says in brackets (cyclic redundancy check) how can i solve this problem?
Looks like the CD is corrupted, or scratched, or something. You can try one of those game cleaning things, but you'll most likely have to return it, or send it back to MS and see if they replace it.
I installed the game. When I open the game the beginning empire earth screen opens up and then an Illegal Operation box opens and says "EMPIRE EARTH caused an invalid page fault in
module LOW-LEVEL ENGINE.DLL at 0177:0086703c.
EAX=00000000 CS=0177 EIP=0086703c EFLGS=00010246
EBX=00000000 SS=017f ESP=00bbfb44 EBP=00bbfc10
ECX=00000000 DS=017f ESI=007586dc FS=4b77
EDX=00000010 ES=017f EDI=00000000 GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:
8b 04 81 c3 8b 0d 5c 70 96 00 85 c9 75 03 33 c0
Stack dump:
0052f77f 00000000 006f5628 00010000 008da580 008f23cc 008f2730 00d73b00 00000002 00000100 008f2730 00d739b0 00000015 00000100 008f2730 00d73860" does anyone know how i can fix this problem? thanks in advance
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i am running the game on a laptop and my screen is fried so i ahve a monitor plugged in but cant seem to get the game to appear on the second monitor ive changed the setting in display settings n it didnt work n cus its a game i cant just drag it ontot he other montor any suggestions ????
i guess that you will run the second monitor with the native power of your original laptop. may be you can try to set it through devices and settings.
el juego empire earth no abre en windows 7
Hi Brothyn,Thanks for your post. Could you give more details on this issue?Details like Version of the Empire earth.You can also check with your machine s DirectX version and Graphics card.You can check the applications compatibility with Windows 7 from the link http://www.microsoft.com/windows/compatibility/windows-7/en-us/default.aspx. Regards, AnbuRead other 3 answers
"empire earth has encountered a problem and needs to close. sorry for any inconvenience" Usually happens when the civilisations become large 1.4 ghz processor 1.25 MB ram any help appreciated. Have hardware acceleration already as far right as poss. All any help appreciated guys
I guess you mean 1.25 GB Ram. I don't know whether this is a error in that game, I also GOT that error some times.
I used to play Empire Earth 1 under W7 and XP smooth without hiccups, but in W8 it's slow and unplayable it crashes and freezes, I have the latest Nvidia drivers and tried older ones and the same in-game settings as Windows 7 does anyone know what can I do
I'm sure you're running on the latest game patch... I can't guarantee that this will work, but if you haven't yet, try right clicking the game shortcut, clicking Compatibility and selecting Windows 7 or XP SP3 mode. I don't recall this having fixed any issues that I've ever encountered but it's worth a try.Read other 13 answers
Hi everyone. I just bought the game Empire Earth II with the expansion this week and I can't figure out how to age up. The game is a little confusing. Anyone care to help me out?
i got bored and i installed empire earth on the computer i just built... i started her up and for some reason i cant see my units or buildings.... idk if this is under the right forum or not... but im bored and i wanted to play this game... im runnin the 64 bit vista with an ati card with 512 gddr3 sooo it shouldnt b the card... i dont know what else it could be
Whenever I try and use Empire Earth online (not AoC), and then try and log in or create a new user I get an error message saying "The connection Attempt Failed".
What is going on? Any help is appreciated.
Alright,i had to reformat my laptop because it wouldn't start up. So i reinstalled Empire Earth, Gold Edition, and every time i try to play it, an arrot maessage comes up that says EE has generated errors and will be shut down. Its installed fine but wont play. My Battlefield1942 game still works, but EE wont. Please help!
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Alright, when I try and run Empire Earth, the first one, my screen turns up blank, and the background music sounds very quiet, even if i have my sound up all the way. When I move hte mouse and click randomly, i can enter the options, and I can also go into the campaign and scenario editors, but I can't tell what I just clicked until it starts loading the map/game.
Really not much to go by, I'm afraid.
What are your specs? Are your drivers up to date? Were you able to run the game succesfully on that machine before? Did you try reinstalling and see if that works?
Don't have the time right now to go and google some stuff up, but I'll get to it later.
So i just got DSL and I now cannot host on Empire Earth. I used to be able to. I went to www.portforward.com and have found it kinda confusing and useless. I got through it well until i had to find my routers ip. Well, i dont know where to find it and if you have anymore suggestions on how to host easier, I would be thankful if you could let me know.
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Hello guys,
My name is Eray, a few years ago i bought empire earth 1. I like the game SO much, but it wont work, I tried nearly everything. I also read the topics from here, but it wont work. I am using a acer laptop, now windows 8. I downloaded it and all, i am so tired i am working a month on it now. anyone who can help me.
I have installed EE and EE Art of Conquest onto my hard drive. When I get ready to play I can get through all of the movies and selection pages but when it gets ready start the game it freezes and I have to restart my computer. I have Windows 2000 OS Intel Pentium 3 Processor a NvidiaFX5200 v128 VGA and I still can't get it to run. Can someone clue me in to where I'm going wrong and help me fix it? I do have all of the other minimum operating requirements.
I have had some crash issues with EE as well, mostly in multiplayer and I get the ole blue screen of death. Does yours just freeze or does it crash? I installed the latest patches (available by simply Googling "empire earth patch"), and that seems to have done the trick. Also update the drivers for you vid card and sound card, too.
I just upgraded my wife's computer to a mobo with a PCI-E port on which I put a Sapphire 850XT vid card. Now, however, when we try to play the original Empire Earth, it moves too quickly. The sound in the beginning plays like a record on the wrong speed. The game play is impossible to manage, as the view zips from one end of the screen to another.
I've heard of similar issues when trying to play DOS games on modern systems, and the fix is a DOS box, but in this situation, I don't know what to do.
The game is fully updated as is Direct X, the vid card drivers, etc. Would it help to revert to an older version of Direct X? Can that even be done?
Thanks in advance for any help.
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I'm having this problem with Empire Earth. I have installed the game several times and evertime i try to uninstalled it, the bar starts and finishes in about second. This being the progress bar for the uninstallation of course.
Now i was wondering, is there any succesful way of uninstalling this game so that i can reinstall??
Any help would be much apprecitated
My friend is also having the smae problem ands i will be posting his stats as well.
Windows ME(also my friend on XP is having the same problem)
320mb on ME, 512mb on XP
32mb Voodoo 3 AGP, Gerforce 4 ti4400 128mb
AMD Athlon 700 mhz, AMD Athlon 2.0 gghz
Thank You.
Bump, Anyone know, I really need help with it.
i lost my cd 2 of empire earth 2 can somthing be done i want to install the game
Seems the only way (Legally) your going to resolve this is paying $9.99 fee to GOG.com who will send you a neato digital downloadable version, yours FOREVER!
When I start empire earth it runs fine till I get to the menu screen and there is NO text showing up!
Can someone help me with this problem?
Go through everything in that first, if nothing works, post back with your system specs using the dxdiag method.
I have key code for game Empire Earth 2 but am unable to get it to work, it is a legal one, have had to reinstall game (or try to). HELP PLEASE
Can you be more specific with the issue that you are having?
After reformatting HD and reinstalling XP (did all updates etc) I can not reinstall Empire Earth.
When setup is preparing the InstallShield Wiz it stops part way through with an error message
"An installation support file c:\docume~1\Rip\locals~1\temp\{2447500B-22D7-47BD-9813-A927F43A267}\Bbrd.bmp could not be installed.
Data Error (cyclic redundancy check)"
It will install on another computer and I tried making a backup disk and installing from that with the same result .
Any suggestions?... thanks in advance
I have a problem with a game called empire earth. it doesn't seem to run smoothly. For eg when a plane is flying it does not fly accross the screen smoothly it jumps. Sometimes it jumps more than half the screen.
I have ME, 733, 128, 20gigs, Sound blaster live
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Hi, my son has installed the PC, CD ROM game Empire earth, he installed it a few weeks ago, no probs but lately when he goes to play on it, he has full screen and can move things about when game is paused, but when he goes back to it on unpaused the screen goes black and covers a quater of the desk top and he has to quit, any ideas its driving him mad, many thanks.
when i try to load empire earth, the movie plays, but then it crashes to the desktop. What should I do?
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When I play a map in empire earth after 10 seconds the game freezes.
How can I fix this?
Thanks for reading this!
Basically Im trying to set up a mini wireless network so that my friend can connect to the wireless thing and we can play against each other (LAN). I have done it before about a year ago but I have forgot!
Do you have a wireless router that you're using? Please supply some details about the environment and the workstations involved.
If possible, I'd consider wired, it's easier to configure, and will result in better game performance.
Please supply the following info, exact make and models of the equipment please.
Name of your ISP (Internet Service Provider).
Make and exact model of the broadband modem.
Make and exact model and hardware version of the router (if a separate unit).
Model numbers can usually be obtained from the label on the device.
Connection type, wired or wireless.
If wireless, encryption used, (none, WEP, WPA, or WPA2)
Version and patch level of Windows on all affected machines, i.e. XP-Home (or XP-Pro), SP1-SP2, Vista, etc.
Okay, I seriously need some help to get into a WAN game. The game is empire Earth, and I am running a P3 @550 MHz using Win ME. When I double click the EXE file to start the game, the banner comes up, and after a few seconds, it goes to a black screen like the game is about to start, but then it goes back to file with the Exe in it. Any suggestuions?
Hey there,
I've recently bought Empire Earth 2. I installed it and everything worked out fine. But when I try to play it, the game constantly minimizes itself for no obvious reason. When I try to maximize it, it minimizes again. For the brief moments I can see the game before it minimizes again, it seems to be working just fine. Any ideas?
Solutions Attempted;
Running the game as Administrator
Running the game in compatability mode with Windows 2000, XP & Vista
Other Information;
I'm running Windows 7
Thanks in advance.
It's either because your screen resolution is wrong (for example set to widescreen on a non-widescreen screen) or try to disable your anti-virus program and start EE2 again
When I try to install Empire Earth The Art Of Conquest, the music plays, and I get the "Welcome To Empire Earth - The Art Of Conquest" screen, and as soon as it comes up, I get an error message saying:
"The installation program could not be found.
'E:\(My disk drive)Setup.exe'"
I am running Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2, and Empire Earth runs completely fine with no problems whatsoever, it is a legit disk, it was a legit installation of the original Empire Earth, I have installed this with the same CD on this computer before it was re-formatted without issue. I viewed the disk in "My Computer" and seen a Setup file, but it still won't install.
When playing Empire Earth, the game shuts down whenever my civilization gets too big. I downloaded a couple of patches for it, ran scandisk and the disk defragmenter, and downloaded some windows updates from the microsoft website. Nothing worked. I also tried uninstalling and then reinstalling it. Whenever I have tried to install the game, I have always gotten this message at least once:
Disk Write Error
Unable to write to disk in drive C: Data or files may be lost.
Installation then continues, and the game runs fine, up to a point. After that it shuts itself down at almost exactly the same point every time I try to use it. These are my system specs.
Operating system: Microsoft Windows 98 (4.10, build 2222)
Processor: Intel Celeron, ~566MHz
Memory: 126MB RAM
Page File: 70MB used, 1851MB available
DirectX Version: DirectX 8.1 (4.08.01.0901)
Any Ideas?
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Earlier today i was going to try to play Empire Earth 2 with my brother, he was on a Windows Xp Stationary Computer with direct internett cable, And I was on a Vista Laptop on wireless network. We we're both in lan room on the game, but we could see eachother when we made game.
The network is working, becouse we had played another game with eachother right before.
Do anyone know how to make us able to join eachother?
Hoping for Help
Tried multiple times to install an old game (which is pretty fun ) but it keeps showing an error message "The installation program could not be found. "D:/Setup.exe". The operating system i'm using is windows XP 32bit.
I'd much appreciate it if i could play this game again.
This game should work fine on Windows XP....where did you get it from?
Ok, so I got the game about a week ago and installed it. All went well it started up and got to the menu. Then when i try to play a random map or any single player it just stops. It doesnt freeze , because there is still music in the back round. Does anyone have any ideas to help me?
Hi all,
I just installed Empire Earth on my laptop computer:
Compaq Presarie 2140, 2.4GHz AMD, 512MB, 60GB, ATI Radeon IGP 320
I have all latest updates for Windows XP, latest video driver and updated Empire Earth to v2.0
The game starts and works fine!
That is until I use "Alt-Tab" to switch to another application. When I then switch back to Empire Earth all I see is a black screen.
When I move my finger on my touch pad, I see the game cursor, but everything else is black. This happens even if I haven't even actually started a game yet, but is still in one of the game's menu screens.
One note, if I from "Game Settings" choose "Game Settings", and then change from "Primary Display Driver" to "ATI Radeon IGP 320" OR VICE VERSA and press the "OK" button, the game exits. Maybe that's normal.
Any suggestions are highly appreciated.
I cannot host a game if I am behind my router.
I have no firewall up.
I read on Sierra's website that the game does not work with NAT, but they were working on a solution.
Anyone know of a solution that allows you to host a game while using a router?
Quite easy. Google "port forwarding". You can forward a bunch of ports to a specific machine. U need to know your game's port range.
I know Empire Earth is kind of dated, but I just started playing it (much to the detriment of my schooling).
But, when I play a network game with my girlfriend, every now and then we get the blue screen of death. Mostly her, so I thought it was because she has an older machine, but then last night it happened on my pc.
Is there a patch I need to be aware of or some reason that Empire Earth is doing this?
What does the blue screen say?
Its always goo to DL patches for a game, especially an older one like EE which was created before Win XP
So, every time I play this game my computer crashes about 5-10 mins into the game, no matter what (campaign, single player, multiplayer). I can't figure out why. I just installed an updated driver for my video card (Radeon X800), but that didn't help me at all...I still have the same problem.
When the game crashes, (with out warning every time) the game just freezes and a few audio clips repeat, then I get a really weird noise from my speakers for 1-2 seconds, and the screen goes black. Then I have to do a soft restart to be able to use my computer again.
I've uploaded a dxdiag notepad file...
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Hi my EMPIRE EARTH use to work 100%, but i didn't play for a couple of months now, so when i want to play it says : ILLEGAL OPERATION (ERROR MESSAGE) : Empire Earth caused invalid page fault in module LOW-LEVEL ENGINE.DLL 0167:00866f8e
Can anyone plssssssssssssssssss help me, i tried uninstalling it and reinstall but nothing. Deleted low-level engine.dll in registry, but nothing seems to work,
Anyone plssssssssss HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I just got Empire Earth and installed it but then the automatic graphics settings set the screen resolution to something like 1600x1200 or higher which my monitor doesn't support. Because of that, all it appear was a black screen, making me unable to reset the resolution...
Can someone tell me how to set the resolution settings outside the game or send me a user file with resolutions setting of 800x600? Thanks in advance
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Something is wrong my moniter goes black yet the game is on whats the deal?
i can hear sound
I've run dxdiag, says 'failed at page 8 unable to create 3d page'
I have win 98SE, geoforce3 ti 200, AMD 1800+. I have downloaded all latest drivers, as well as direct x 9, still nothing.
I get 'illegal operation' warning and games shut down.
What have I done?
Geforce 3 most likely doesn't support DirectX 9. Try installing DirectX 8.1 and see if that works.
I just upgraded my wife's computer to a mobo with a PCI-E port on which I put a Sapphire 850XT vid card. Now, however, when we try to play the original Empire Earth, it moves too quickly. The sound in the beginning plays like a record on the wrong speed. The game play is impossible to manage, as the view zips from one end of the screen to another.
I've heard of similar issues when trying to play DOS games on modern systems, and the fix is a DOS box, but in this situation, I don't know what to do.
The game is fully updated as is Direct X, the vid card drivers, etc. Would it help to revert to an older version of Direct X? Can that even be done?
Thanks in advance for any help.


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Had tyrkazen been selling that figure for the trade value that he was asking for it in return, it would've been considered scalping. But it's a bit more of a grey area when he's just trying to trade it for such an inflated value. Like I said, most of us frown on such lopsided trades of current product, and we definitely wouldn't be considering anything more than retail value in a trade for a current item.
Hell, many of us here at JD, including myself, have all been banned from RS, and I'm pretty sure we're still all very credible people.
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A team of planet hunters estimates that about 22 percent of the sun-like stars in our galaxy may have planets about the size of Earth that are bathed in similar amounts of sunlight — and potentially habitable.
That's the conclusion of a new analysis of observations taken by NASA's Kepler Space Telescope, which was launched in 2009 to hunt for potentially habitable Earth-like planets around other stars.
Kepler's goal was to find out if planets like Earth were cosmic rarities or a common occurrence. The telescope continually monitored the brightness of more than 145,000 stars, watching for telltale dips in brightness that might indicate a planet was passing between the star and the telescope.
At a conference to discuss Kepler findings this week, scientists who have combed through the first three years of data say that so far, they've detected indications of 3,538 possible planets, of all different sizes.
Of those planets, 104 are in the so-called habitable zone, where temperatures are mild enough to potentially allow life. Of those, "we're finding about 24 planets that are actually less than twice the size of the Earth," says William Borucki, the principal investigator for the Kepler mission at NASA Ames Research Center. At that size, he says, you might very well expect at least some or many of them to be rocky rather than gaseous.
Earlier this year, however, a critical part of the telescope failed, cutting its work short. Scientists worry that they may not have had enough time to determine how often Earth-like planets orbit sun-like stars.
Now, Erik Petigura and Geoffrey Marcy of the University of California, Berkeley, along with Andrew Howard of the University of Hawaii, have tried to answer that question with an extrapolation that used Kepler data from 42,000 sun-like stars.
They report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that they found 603 likely planets, including 10 that are roughly Earth-sized and receive similar amounts of sunlight.
They also checked how well their software could detect Earth twins by creating data for fake planets and seeing how many of these fake planets were picked up or missed.
"You can hope that you are finding all the planets, or you can make guesses about how many planets you are missing, but you really don't know until you subject ... your analysis to a complex and thorough battery of tests," Petigura says.
Other planet hunters have been closely examining the group's work, says Natalie Batalha, Kepler mission scientist at NASA Ames Research Center.
"This is the first time that a team has offered such a number for stars like the sun, based on a thorough detection analysis," says Batalha. "My office was crowded with people, actively talking about the details of the work. The mood was very festive, and the dialogue was very productive."
David Charbonneau of Harvard University says the researchers have "done a careful study, and the results are very interesting."
But he notes that the team did not detect a single planet that is the same size and temperature as Earth. Instead, he points out, the group found planets that are larger and hotter, and used them to calculate the prevalence of more Earth-like worlds.
"The analysis of the Kepler data is by no means finished, and with dedicated effort it may be possible to further clean out the noise and some true Earths may pop out — but for now we have to be satisfied with knowing the population of planets that are broadly Earth-like, but in truth are probably too big and too hot for life," Charbonneau told NPR via email.
Earlier this year, Charbonneau and his colleague Courtney Dressing unveiled a study showing that around 15 percent of small red dwarf stars have a roughly Earth-sized planet in their habitable zones.
Marcy says if you combine that result with this newer study looking at sun-like stars, it suggests that our Milky Way galaxy contains something like 40 billion Earth-sized planets with lukewarm temperatures. "So that's really the stunning number, I think," says Marcy.
And now, let's turn our gaze from star-crossed lovers to the heavens above. A study examines our long-held speculation that there might be other planets out there, something like Earth. The study estimates how many such worlds there could be in this galaxy orbiting stars like our Sun. The answer is billions and billions. Well, maybe not actually that many, but quite a lot.
Here's NPR's Nell Greenfieldboyce.
NELL GREENFIELDBOYCE, BYLINE: Back in 2009, NASA launched the Kepler Space Telescope to hunt for planets beyond our solar system. Geoffrey Marcy is at the University of California, Berkeley, he says the big question was this: Is Earth a cosmic freak or just one of many potentially habitable worlds.
GEOFFREY MARCY: For me, personally, as a child, I remember looking up at the night sky and wondering if any of those twinkling lights had Earth-like planets around them.
GREENFIELDBOYCE: Kepler stared at around 150,000 stars, looking for a tell-tale dimming in brightness that might indicate a passing planet.
MARCY: Every minute for four years - while you were sleeping, working, playing, watching television - every moment of your life, Kepler was taking snapshot after snapshot.
GREENFIELDBOYCE: Researchers have seen dimming events that suggest thousands of possible planets, from big gassy ones a bit like Jupiter, to smaller ones that might be rocky like Earth. Earlier this year, the Kepler telescope stopped working. But scientists are still combing through all the data.
Marcy and two colleagues, Erik Petigura and Andrew Howard, have now looked a bunch of stars like our Sun - 42,000 of them. They searched for orbiting planets about the size of Earth in the so-called Goldilocks Zone around the star, where conditions are not too hot and not too cold, which means there could be liquid water and the possibility of life.
They also did an analysis to figure out how many planets their detection system would likely miss. And the results are published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. They calculate that 22 percent of stars like the Sun have an Earth-like planet in the habitable zone. When he talked about these findings at a press briefing, Marcy said he felt a little tingly.
MARCY: We're learning that Earth-sized planets having the temperature of a cup of tea are common around Sun-like stars.
GREENFIELDBOYCE: This is the first time anyone has come up with a number to answer the big question that the Kepler telescope set out to tackle, so it's getting a lot of attention.
Natalie Batalha is Kepler mission scientist at NASA Ames Research Center.
NATALIE BATALHA: My office was crowded with people actively talking about the details of the work. The mood was very festive and the dialogue was very productive.
GREENFIELDBOYCE: Still, this study is unlikely to be the last word on how many Earths might be orbiting other suns. David Charbonneau is an astronomer at Harvard University.
DAVID CHARBONNEAU: You're going to see dozens of studies along these lines in the years to come, as we keep pushing on our analysis of the Kepler data.
GREENFIELDBOYCE: But it does seem that Earth-like planets may be pretty common.
Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR News.
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Tuesday, 6 January 2009
Danish: The Language of Love...rs of potatoes
There are nine doctors in my class from eight different counties: Nepal, The Philippines, Germany, Holland, Mexico, The Czech Republic, Egypt, and, of course, The USA. I only know a little about their stories.
The woman from the Phillipines said "I'm in Denmark because my husband wanted adventure. In the Philippines, I was a doctor, here I'm a husmor (housemother) without kids. I'm learning to cook, but otherwise I'm bored out of my mind. So I decided to take this course. I would work in Denmark, but I'm sure my husband will want to move again soon."
Then there was the guy from Egypt: "I'm in Denmark because my daughter lives here. She is 16 months old. Her mother and I are divorced. Her mother has lived here for 20 years."
Despite the course being easy, I learned a lot. It was the longest I'd been away from SR in almost 2 months and the longest I'd ever been away from The Lorax. As you can imagine, after 10 hours of absence, he cried his heart out when I walked in. That was because he could smell my boobs. I'm talking about SR, of course.
As for The Lorax, he keeps turning off the computer as I write because he wants attention. He has lately become quite resourceful. A couple of nights ago, he opened the refrigerator and began to feast on curried tofu and noodles.
That is what you have to do as a 10 month old when your anorexic mother wants you to be just like her. I am kidding, of course.
Running Song of the Day: Senegal Fast Food by Manu Chau avec Amadou et Mariam
4 comments:
- Danni said...
What a cutie!!!
- 7 January 2009 at 01:59
- Bec said...
That final comment was too funny, Sea Legs -- glad to see your sense of humor has made it across the pond!! :) And the pic of the Bois grinning up at you is a classic!
- 7 January 2009 at 03:47
- Lisa said...
I love how he forages in the fridge. Put the beer up high. That makes me laugh, toddlers can do a lot of damage in a split second in the fridge, LOL! Question: Woman, Where is your food? I have to jam our stuff in our fridge, fresh produce takes up a TON of space, plus milk, cheese, orange juice, condiments, eggs, beverages, etc. I have considered getting a small fridge for drinks and snacks.
- 7 January 2009 at 15:40
- Michelle said...
I do believe the Bois is just getting cuter and cuter as time goes on!!
I am really fortunate my son (he's 2 1/2) has no intereste in my fridge. I imagine he would make one heck of a mess!
- 8 January 2009 at 17:07


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Worst of the worst: A look back on devastating hurricanes in New England
Here's a snapshot of some of the worst hurricanes/tropical storms to hit New England:
Aug. 25,1635: The Great Colonial Hurricane was the first historical record of an intense hurricane in the region. Some refer to it as America's first recorded natural disaster. The storm's eye is believed to have passed between Boston and Plymouth causing at least 46 casualties.
Sept. 23, 1815: The Great September Gale was the first major hurricane to impact New England in 180 years. After crossing Long Island, N.Y., the storm came ashore at Saybrook, Conn., funneling an 11-foot storm surge up Narragansett Bay. There, it destroyed 500 houses, 35 ships and flooded Providence, R.I.
Sept. 21, 1938: The Great Hurricane. This Category 5 was the first major hurricane to strike New England since 1869. The Blue Hill Observatory, outside of Boston, measured sustained winds of 121 mph, with gusts of 183 mph. Providence, R.I., reported sustained winds of 100 mph, gusting to 125 mph. Rainfall of 10 to 17 inches caused severe flooding in Western Massachusetts. In all, 600 deaths were attributed to the storm.
Sept. 14-15, 1944: The Great Atlantic Hurricane produced 140-mph winds and caused over $100 million in damage, as well as 390 deaths, mostly at sea.
Aug. 21, 1954: Hurricane Carol, a compact, but powerful, borderline Category 3 battered New England, killing 68. With 100 mph winds, gusting up to 135 mph, Carol caused over $460 million in damage, destroying 4,000 homes, 3,500 cars, and over 3,000 boats. This was arguably the most destructive storm to hit Southern New England since 1938.
Aug. 17-19, 1955: Hurricane Diane dropped up to 20 inches of rain, setting flood records throughout the region. Diane was recognized as the wettest tropical cyclone to impact New England and was blamed for nearly 200 deaths.
Sept. 12, 1960: Hurricane Donna recorded 160 mph winds with gusts up to 200 mph. Donna hit New England in Southeast Connecticut with sustained winds of 100 mph, gusting to 125-130 mph, cutting diagonally through the region to Maine. The storm killed 364, and caused more than $500 million in damage.
Sept. 27, 1985: Hurricane Gloria hugged the coastline; as it made its way north, Gloria crossed Long Island, making landfall at Milford, Conn. The storm left more than 2 million people without power.
Aug. 19, 1991: Hurricane Bob made landfall in New England near New Bedford with 115 mph winds. The damage total for Southern New England was set at $1 billion, with $2.5 billion overall damage.
Sept. 16-17, 1999: Hurricane Floyd's worst impact was flooding, with mudslides in the Berkshires and road closures.
Aug. 28, 2011: Tropical Storm Irene slammed into the Northeast leaving badly damaged homes and roads in its wake. Federal aid in Berkshire County topped $30 million.
Source: Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security; Eagle archives.
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text: Sijun Forums :: View topic - Parental Units, black and white Log in to check your private messages Sijun Forums Forum Index >> Gallery/Finished Work View previous topic :: View next topic Author Topic : "Parental Units, black and white" samdragonmemberMember #Joined: 05 May 2000Posts: 487Location: Indianapolis Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2001 11:31 pm I was working on this illustration for a story and I was using my Dad as the model, I ended up doing a portrait of my parents instead. I'm still going to go ahead and finish up the first idea for the story, with out my mom in there. I'm pretty sure I spent about 2-3 hours total on this. I tend to work quicker with this method. If 2-3 hours is quick I have included a full scale "nose" to show the scale I was working at. Sorry for it being so small, it really makes the image look like crap And here is a nose for you to pick I'm going to print this out on rives BFK and have it framed for my fathers B-Day wich is coming up pretty soon, so any comments or suggestions would be great, I really want this to look nice. Thanks Back to top synjmemberMember #Joined: 02 Apr 2000Posts: 1483Location: San Diego Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2001 11:35 pm That's really awesome. Bravo! I'd like to see a larger version of this ------------------ synj industries, inc. Back to top samdragonmemberMember #Joined: 05 May 2000Posts: 487Location: Indianapolis Posted: Thu Jan 18, 2001 11:57 pm Thanks Synj Here is a link to a much larger version and some close up shots. http://www.pennygraphics.com/samdragon/2Dgallery/gallery2/parentalunits.htm It's a LARGE download so if you're like me and only have a dial up, get ready to wait. Back to top ToasT 01memberMember #Joined: 03 Jan 2001Posts: 74Location: Johannesburg - South Africa Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2001 12:41 am very nice Back to top toast!memberMember #Joined: 29 Sep 2000Posts: 442Location: France Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2001 4:43 am Wonderful Sam; i love the rake style These faces positions are really difficult to draw, and you executed it with perfection toast Back to top Clockwork BaconmemberMember #Joined: 12 May 2000Posts: 69Location: Indianapolis, IN, USA Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2001 5:45 am LMAO! That giant nose! Classic I already told you I liked your dad, and the new one of your mom looks great too! HAHAHAH! I bet at the Art Dept. they'd swear up and down that you wood cut, or etched it. Back to top samdragonmemberMember #Joined: 05 May 2000Posts: 487Location: Indianapolis Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2001 8:28 am thanks for the comments folks, yes, i had a horrible time getting the faces to look right, that's where most of my time was spent, those angles are impossible to work with! the foreshortening is a nightmare. Yeah, that's the usual comment I get when i print these out on "printmaking" paper..hehehe People refuse to believe it's digital..ahahaha speaking of that, I just got my budplant catalog in the mail the other day!!! They have this awesome Gustave Dore book in there, it's like $110.00 though They have some awesome books that I never knew existed or was impossible to buy! Lets see...hmm.. maya video or A.Dore book..hmmmm Back to top WaldomemberMember #Joined: 01 Aug 2000Posts: 263Location: Irvine, CA Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2001 8:58 am Excellent work. Very Impressive. I, too didn't think it was digital. I've done some scratchboard stuff myself and I could have sworn that was what this was. And as far as Bud Plant? I'd be in the poor house if I purchased all of the goodies I see in his catalogs Keep up the good work! Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Sijun Forums Forum Index -> Gallery/Finished Work All times are GMT - 8 Hours Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Digital Art----------------Digital Art DiscussionWork in ProgressGallery/Finished Work Miscellaneous----------------Random MusingsArchive : Sep99 - Dec00 You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum Powered by phpBB © 2005 phpBB Group


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Google and Motorola promised that their new, $179-off-contract Moto G would be getting its KitKat update early in 2014, but it turns out that the wait will be even shorter. An announcement on the Motorola blog says that all US and global Moto Gs bought from Motorola or Amazon since launch will begin downloading Android 4.4.2 starting today.
The Moto G will be getting all of the software features introduced in KitKat, plus a handful of upgrades to Motorola's software. The camera app will have an improved touch-to-focus feature to help with focus and exposure settings, while the photo gallery is picking up some new image editing filters and other enhancements. The full release notes are here, though as we noted in our review, Motorola isn't making many changes to stock, Nexus-style Android on the Moto G.
As of this writing, our review unit hasn't downloaded the update just yet, but Google has been known to roll these things out in waves. If your phone doesn't have KitKat yet, it will soon. Motorola's Droid Ultra, Droid Maxx, and Droid Mini are all getting KitKat today as well.