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Fly by Night wrote:
So - I'm left thinking the white spot is most likely Amanda - perhaps she even got out of the car driven by the "drug dealer" that Guede reported - Raffaele? Apparently others are thinking this same thing. This would put all 3 of them in the vicinity of the cottage, but did Raffaele then go back home for a bit, or go stash the car, or what? Were their movements and methods perfomed specifically to avoid being spotted by anyone? As mentioned, the camera clock may not be so precise. All along, it has been impossible to shake the perception that something evil was up that night among each of these three suspects; something that none of the bastards are yet willing to talk about.

We can't say too much about the white figure, read as being Meredith thanks to a mere almost-coincidence of time and space, but I think we can exclude the guy going out of the garage to be Rudy Guede. He has maybe similar jacket and shoes but, for the little we can see, even totally different features. The only certain element of this video is that it proofs that no rain fell that evening while the albanian witness maintains that it was raining like hell (old stuff for us here, we've been reasoning about that two articles ago). Will this be enough to deny him at Friday's hearing? Probably. [font=Arial Black]But other elements of denial are about to be served, as, for instance, some phone printouts showing him to be in Assisi at times that could make him difficult to have been in via della Pergola in the evening[/font].

Tara wrote:Also, in regards to the new post over at the Shock, is he saying that they have phone records of HK showing he was "in Assisi" so he couldn't be by the cottage? Is Assisi a town? What does this mean? Here's the quote:

We can't say too much about the white figure, read as being Meredith thanks to a mere almost-coincidence of time and space, but I think we can exclude the guy going out of the garage to be Rudy Guede. He has maybe similar jacket and shoes but, for the little we can see, even totally different features. The only certain element of this video is that it proofs that no rain fell that evening while the albanian witness maintains that it was raining like hell (old stuff for us here, we've been reasoning about that two articles ago). Will this be enough to deny him at Friday's hearing? Probably. But other elements of denial are about to be served, as, for instance, some phone printouts showing him to be in Assisi at times that could make him difficult to have been in via della Pergola in the evening

Jumpy wrote:Now what if in his roundabout half-truth way Rudy is speaking of the Albanian when he references the car. His calling him a "drug dealer" could also cover his run in near the cottage? In the way Amanda tries to involve other people Rudy does the same. Cast the blame. He could be taking a shot at Raffaele or he could be taking a shot at a potential witness to cover his tracks.

Kermit wrote:

Fast Pete wrote:

Kermit wrote:Ref. 1) look closely at my collage posted earlier. The upper right image shows that the real "window" of Nara's bathroom only occupies some of the lattice-work iron frames. The others are for decoration, ie. there's no window underneath.

Can you post a link here to that collage you mention? (I'll be back tonight.)

It's from earlier today, my post at: Thu Sep 25, 2008 7:42 am Post subject: Signora Nara's Flat

Brian S. wrote:Assisi is a small town some 10, maybe 15 miles out of Perugia.

I seem to remember it as Kokomani's home town.

Six points for the charges against him - the knife found the murder weapon was found in the house where lived in Perugia - the footprint found on the wall of the bedroom of Meredith, the footprint found on refrigerator of the house in via della Pergola, the place of the crime - traces of the genetic profile found to urge the bra of Meredith - the imprint of the shoe found in the room next to that of the victim, considered compatible with that of Raphael -- the story of an alleged witness who saw him with Amanda and Rudy, on the evening of murder, near the house.

Tara wrote:
Is this a reliable source?

Fly by Night wrote:

Brian S. wrote:From Perugia Shock:
Studio Aperto aired today some frames of the garage video showing at about 8.31 a guy going out of the garage and at 8.41 a 'white spot' going towards the house. Someone interpreted the guy as Rudy and the white spot as Meredith. Someone else even 'saw' the white spot going out of a car...But the two figures are totally unrecognizable.

Meredith arriving home at 8:41 seems a little to early even for me.

So - I'm left thinking the white spot is most likely Amanda - perhaps she even got out of the car driven by the "drug dealer" that Guede reported - Raffaele? Apparently others are thinking this same thing. This would put all 3 of them in the vicinity of the cottage, but did Raffaele then go back home for a bit, or go stash the car, or what? Were their movements and methods perfomed specifically to avoid being spotted by anyone? As mentioned, the camera clock may not be so precise. All along, it has been impossible to shake the perception that something evil was up that night among each of these three suspects; something that none of the bastards are yet willing to talk about.

skeptical bystander wrote:Pete wrote:

By the way, is Nara in the Perugia White Pages?

I started to look the other day and did not get far. If anyone with more experience in Telecom Italia matters is on board (Damian? Nicki? Middie?), please check.

I checked and there is nobody in Perugia with that last name.Is Nara her maiden name? Italians always keep their maiden name after marriage but perhaps if she is married the phone is under her husband's last name (or unlisted)

nicki wrote:www.paginebianche.it
(phone directory)

I checked and there is nobody in Perugia with that last name.Is Nara her maiden name? Italians always keep their maiden name after marriage but perhaps if she is married the phone is under her husband's last name (or unlisted)

skeptical bystander wrote:Nicki wrote:

I checked and there is nobody in Perugia with that last name.Is Nara her maiden name? Italians always keep their maiden name after marriage but perhaps if she is married the phone is under her husband's last name (or unlisted)

Nara is her first name. Her last name is Cappezalli I think.

Corrina wrote:

nicki wrote:Interesting interview to Maresca, from Affari Italiani
http://tinyurl.com/4jjvo8

Will try to provide a translation tomorrow if someone doesn't do it before. Very briefly, Maresca -who has read all of the Scientific police reports- says:
-He believes all three are guilty of murdering Meredith
-It took Meredith about 10 minutes to die so she coud have been saved
-Besides Kokomani, there are other witnesses saying the three knew each other
-The main motive was sexual and the money theft was associated to the crime and not the reason for it

He says he saw Rudy and Amanda in court and it was so clear that they were lying from looking at their faces ( ce l'hanno scritto in faccia)

There also an interview to Biscotti but he is singing the same song: Rudy is innocent, he had sex with the consenting victim, he was in the bathroom for 12 minutes while the other two killed Meredith, and he is asking his client to be acquitted.

Thanks for this, Nicki, and for providing what you were able to while you were able to! Mr. Maresca has said some pretty damning things there although pretty much what he has been saying all along, just a bit more vehemently. Considering what the family of Meredith has lost, I'm willing to take his word. The Kercher Family want the responsible parties brought to justice for murdering their daughter and sister.

I look forward to one of our wonderful and thoughtful translators giving us the rest of this, or Nicki when she has more free time to be our filter. We're blessed, people.

nicki wrote:

Corrina wrote:

nicki wrote:[size=18]A: That is Kokomani says that they were together the night of the murder or the night before -on this there is some confusion-but it is believed to be an important element to verufy that they knew each other. But he is not the only witness proving it. There are more elements of proof that they knew each other. Because they mixed with the same group of people, particularly the boys downstairs, and because they have been seen together at the disco. So independently of what the Albanian says there is no doubt the three knew each other. Including Guede and Sollecito. If they were getting together on a regular base is a different thing, but that they knew each other is sure. "[/font]

Tara wrote:Here's a Google translation of a recent report. It appears they have evidence of Sollecito's "footprint" (I'm assuming handprint or fingerprint) on a wall in Meredith's room? I hadn't heard that before...

Six points for the charges against him - the knife found the murder weapon was found in the house where lived in Perugia - the footprint found on the wall of the bedroom of Meredith, the footprint found on refrigerator of the house in via della Pergola, the place of the crime - traces of the genetic profile found to urge the bra of Meredith - the imprint of the shoe found in the room next to that of the victim, considered compatible with that of Raphael -- the story of an alleged witness who saw him with Amanda and Rudy, on the evening of murder, near the house.

http://tinyurl.com/4sb63l

Is this a reliable source?

Virgilio is a web portal Tara,they are usually reliable, but they get news from the press so perhaps they could have got something wrong. I don't recall reading anywhere else about a print on the wall being Raffaele's.

Omicidio Meredith: audio Tg5, Raffaele chiede di Amanda
25 set 21:35 Cronache

ROMA - Nella sua edizione delle 20 il Tg5 ha mandato in onda l'audio di un'intercettazione ambientale che riguarda Raffaele Sollecito, uno dei 3 indagati per l'omicidio della studentessa britannica Meredith Kercher. Il ragazzo, all'epoca della registrazione in carcere gia' da 5 mesi, chiede al padre di Amanda Knox, la sua ex fidanzata americana, accusata anche lei del delitto. "Ho il desiderio di sapere come sta - dice Sollecito - ho dei rimorsi di coscienza, mi sento male". Il padre allora lo rassicura: "Contro di lei non hanno niente - dice - il rimorso non deve esistere". (Agr)

In its edition of 20, the Tg5 sent broadcast the audio of an interception that environmental concerns Raffaele urge, one of the 3 suspects for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher. The boy, at the time of registration already in jail 'by 5 months, asks the father of Amanda Knox, his former American girlfriend, also accused her of murder. "I desire to know how is - I call say - I have remorse of conscience, I feel bad." The father then reassures him: "Against you have nothing - say - the remorse does not exist

Brian S. wrote:There is a problem with it being Amanda if the camera time given by Frank and our timeline are both accurate.
From the timeline:
2040** Young woman, Popovic (Polish after all (?)), arrives at RS's house to tell him she no longer needed a lift to the station. (She spoke to Amanda via the intercom (?) )

I don't think anything should be deleted; if we want that, we know where to go, don't we? Can we please open a new thread, specifically for the issue that seems to be our current distraction from the murder of Meredith Kercher.

The Machine wrote:I've just read Franks latest post which includes the following lines:

"And the sexual violence, if there has been any, can't be demonstrated. As we have seen, indeed, the traces on Meredith are compatible with a consensual activity.

I would hardly call three slash wounds, with one of them being fatal, on Meredith's neck as being compataible with consensual activity. Not to mention Rudy's and Raffaele's DNA on Meredith's cut bra. Frank's comments are possibly the most offensive comments I've read about the case.

Corrina wrote:Oh crap. I wound up editing that rant because I was just falling into the drama too. I would have deleted the whole thing but I did want to thank Nicki for her information and keeping the discussion where it should be; Meredith.

I still think we should have up a complaint thread, with a picture of Lucy sitting there with her sign and can; 5 cents. But then adjusted for inflation...hell, who knows?

In its edition of 20, the Tg5 sent broadcast the audio of an interception that environmental concerns Raffaele urge, one of the 3 suspects for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher. The boy, at the time of registration already in jail 'by 5 months, asks the father of Amanda Knox, his former American girlfriend, also accused her of murder. "I desire to know how is - I call say - I have remorse of conscience, I feel bad." The father then reassures him: "Against you have nothing - say - the remorse does not exist

Corrina wrote:The Machine,

Grrrrr. And what about the bruises to her thighs? And on her face? I can't speak for everyone but when I have consensual sex, I don't (usually ) wind up with bruises and I'm fair and bruise very easily.

Almeno fino al marzo scorso Raffaele Sollecito, dopo cinque mesi di carcere, era preoccupato per Amanda Knox, la ragazza che con lui è accusata dell'omicidio di Meredith Kercher. Lo rivela l'audio di un'intercettazione ambientale di un colloquio in carcere tra Raffaele e suo padre Francesco Sollecito, trasmessa dal Tg5. "Ho il desiderio di sapere come sta", dice tra l'altro Raffaele riferendosi ad Amanda.

Il padre lo rassicura dicendogli, tra l'altro che nei confronti di Amanda gli investigatori "non hanno niente, hanno meno di te. Nei tuoi confronti si sono inventati il Dna sul gancetto. Nei confronti di Amanda - dice - non hanno proprio niente".

"E' difficile spiegare, ho dei rimorsi di coscienza mi sento male", dice ancora Raffaele. Ma il padre lo rassicura ancora: "Il rimorso non deve esistere. Pensavi che era uscita - dice riferendosi ad Amanda nella notte dell'omicidio - poi hai pensato che era sempre con te, poi che era uscita, poi non ricordi".

It was his own father...

skeptical bystander wrote:Nekodesu quoted a google translation:

In its edition of 20, the Tg5 sent broadcast the audio of an interception that environmental concerns Raffaele urge, one of the 3 suspects for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher. The boy, at the time of registration already in jail 'by 5 months, asks the father of Amanda Knox, his former American girlfriend, also accused her of murder. "I desire to know how is - I call say - I have remorse of conscience, I feel bad." The father then reassures him: "Against you have nothing - say - the remorse does not exist

What do you make of this? RS called Curt Knox or the other father figure?

skeptical bystander wrote:Nekodesu quoted a google translation:

In its edition of 20, the Tg5 sent broadcast the audio of an interception that environmental concerns Raffaele urge, one of the 3 suspects for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher. The boy, at the time of registration already in jail 'by 5 months, asks the father of Amanda Knox, his former American girlfriend, also accused her of murder. "I desire to know how is - I call say - I have remorse of conscience, I feel bad." The father then reassures him: "Against you have nothing - say - the remorse does not exist

What do you make of this? RS called Curt Knox or the other father figure?

And signs of "rough" intercourse on someone whose throat is eventually slashed do not point to consensual sex. No way.

Jumpy wrote:

skeptical bystander wrote:Nekodesu quoted a google translation:

In its edition of 20, the Tg5 sent broadcast the audio of an interception that environmental concerns Raffaele urge, one of the 3 suspects for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher. The boy, at the time of registration already in jail 'by 5 months, asks the father of Amanda Knox, his former American girlfriend, also accused her of murder. "I desire to know how is - I call say - I have remorse of conscience, I feel bad." The father then reassures him: "Against you have nothing - say - the remorse does not exist

What do you make of this? RS called Curt Knox or the other father figure?

Not sure but I wonder if this is something else lost in translation? His/hers, just a mixup. I would think this was a conversation between Raffaele and Senor Sollecito, since their phones were tapped. If it is something else I would be very surprised.

Deathfish, Was it considered that the "tampon" has to do with a swab and not actual tampon?

Tara wrote:Hi Nicki,

You've been working overtime today, and I know we all really appreciate it!

Did you have a chance to listen to RS's call to the police? Any thoughts?

Here's the link again:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMw0iAOysLs

nicki wrote:

Jumpy wrote:

skeptical bystander wrote:Nekodesu quoted a google translation:

In its edition of 20, the Tg5 sent broadcast the audio of an interception that environmental concerns Raffaele urge, one of the 3 suspects for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher. The boy, at the time of registration already in jail 'by 5 months, asks the father of Amanda Knox, his former American girlfriend, also accused her of murder. "I desire to know how is - I call say - I have remorse of conscience, I feel bad." The father then reassures him: "Against you have nothing - say - the remorse does not exist

What do you make of this? RS called Curt Knox or the other father figure?

Not sure but I wonder if this is something else lost in translation? His/hers, just a mixup. I would think this was a conversation between Raffaele and Senor Sollecito, since their phones were tapped. If it is something else I would be very surprised.

Deathfish, Was it considered that the "tampon" has to do with a swab and not actual tampon?

Yes it was a conversation between Dr Sollecito and his son. I 've listened to it and I wish you all could do the same and understand slimy Dr.S.reassure his kid in such tone: "hey don't worry, you said you thought she was there, and then you said you thought she wasn't...and so? ...and then now you aren't sure if she was there or not ...so what? Remorse?..forget it...reemorse must not exist...by the way they have nothing against her"

Revolting.

Jools wrote:Hi Nicki,
You wrote:
"You can clerly hear a woman voice-Filomena I believe-giving the correct address- guess because he didn't remember it -or was pretending not to-"

I thought the female voice you hear in the background was AK, to me the way she pronounces the Via Pergola sounds foreign (she even sounds like Nodding Edda) and not Italian.

Five months indicates this conversation occurred in the week or so following Rudy's March 26th statement which caused such apoplexy in the Sollecito camp. Papa went on TV to denounce it but he didn't even know what it's contents may have been. Perhaps by this time he and Raffaele were both worried Rudy had said "strange things". Was this the time Raffaele 's team had to make a decision about leaving Amanda's status "blowin in the wind"?

skeptical bystander wrote:Brian wrote:

Five months indicates this conversation occurred in the week or so following Rudy's March 26th statement which caused such apoplexy in the Sollecito camp. Papa went on TV to denounce it but he didn't even know what it's contents may have been. Perhaps by this time he and Raffaele were both worried Rudy had said "strange things". Was this the time Raffaele 's team had to make a decision about leaving Amanda's status "blowin in the wind"?

The time frame is critical for understanding this conversation. Hmmm...just after Rudy has spoken to Mignini. It sounds like they're saying that since RS has said A and not A, leaving his options open, he still has time to decide on his truth based on what Rudy has or has not invented.

2befrank said...
I've published my interview with Signora Nara and I thought that was enough to explain the value of this witness.
But it seems that I have to add some comments because she looks to me the only reliable witness among the 3.
If I defined her a fake stupid there's a reason. I don't waste a frankism like this.

I was impressed to hear from her this week exactly the same story she told in november.
This woman is not a megalomaniac, she never tried to appear publicly, she has good memory and she tells things particular, detailed, original, bounded to those few, never changing, and in a way that you couldn't predict and you couldn't find on newspapers (assumed that she reads newspapers, which I doubt).

Not only that, she's even able to make fun of PI and to make him buy the story that she wasn't heard.
But talking with her for a while I had clear the impression that she was following a duty they gave her.
They told her not to tell anyone she was heard and that's what she does. Not that stupid, it seems, right?

And her testimony is very important. The Pm told me he knows exactly what happened. So they know who made that scream, who run towards that direction and who to the other. One day they will tell us.

April 16, 2008 5:43 PM

Nara says she lives on the "ground floor".

That's why they haven't been able to talk about it much. Just the odd "no comment".

skeptical bystander wrote:Brian wrote:

That's why they haven't been able to talk about it much. Just the odd "no comment".

And the even odder (more telling) comment about a recently revealed two-page statement that among other things paints RS as a depressive drug user who feels his mother's suicide is all his fault.

skeptical bystander wrote:Tara wrote:

Nara says she lives on the "ground floor".

I mentioned this last night (or was it the night before?). I was wondering if it wasn't a translation error of sorts. In most of Europe, you have the ground floor, the first floor, the second floor, etc. whereas in the US the ground floor is the first floor. So maybe Frank meant she lives on the first floor (second floor for us). I vaguely remember asking Frank about that.

Brian S. wrote:

skeptical bystander wrote:Brian wrote:

That's why they haven't been able to talk about it much. Just the odd "no comment".

And the even odder (more telling) comment about a recently revealed two-page statement that among other things paints RS as a depressive drug user who feels his mother's suicide is all his fault.

Hey Skep,

I've just thought of something else.

The leaked phone call between Papa and Raffaele didn't come from the Sollecito or Guede camps either.

And Nara's right, Skep. Ground floor. Her entrance is at the back in the ally. They all are. There are no entrances from the parking building deck. In the interview that Kermit translated she gives her address as that ally (Via Del Melo).

You can see the CBS team in that ally talking through the shutters in the video. I have several screen captures of them there if you want me to post them (I'm getting there puff puff!).

Seen from the front, from the parking building level, that is one flight up. If she was further west, she may have been two flights up at the front. The ally slopes up until it meets the stone stairs at the park, whereas the parking building's top deck is level.

And Nara's right, Skep. Ground floor. Her entrance is at the back in the ally. They all are. There are no entrances from the parking building deck. In the interview that Kermit translated she gives her address as that ally (Via Del Melo).

Tara wrote:FINALLY I get it! I must have watched that 48 hours film 10 times, then looked at Kermit's numbered pic 20 times!

So she was talking through the wooden shutters to Paul C. and the interpreter behind the buildings (where the entrances are), then they walked around to the front and looked up at the windows opposite the entrance, but facing out towards the cottage.

Is that right? And the buildings are built on a slope elevating towards the alley (entrance with wood shutters)?

One weirdness though is that it is the bathroom which looks out over the girls' house and toward the view at that side of the "back".

Jools wrote:Hi All,

Here is a link to (crimeblog.it) some videos from You Tube, regarding the Chanel4 docu Sex, lies and the murder of Meredith Kercher.

You probably have seen them before but since I hadn't seen all of them and you don't need to wait for the download I thought perhaps maybe some of you would be interested to see.

http://tinyurl.com/4qb3hc

Scroll down and it has one link under the heading Blog Roll
Click on it and you get a pleasant surprise.
Try the third post down on the link it sends you to.

Jools wrote:Hi All,

The three suspects together in Court but not looking at each other.
http://www.lastampa.it/redazione/cmsSez ... girata.asp


Sollecito with the L'oreal look.
La Knox opted for the Brooks Brothers look.
Rudy went for the Molto Dimagrito look.
Photo Gallery:
http://tinyurl.com/4kku2t

Jools wrote:Sollecito with the L'oreal look. La Knox opted for the Brooks Brothers look. Rudy went for the Molto Dimagrito look.

Michael wrote:Keep the faith...and, nobody need panic...we're covered Michael

nicki wrote:I would like to know why Rudy is the only one handcuffed

Fast Pete wrote:

Michael wrote:Keep the faith...and, nobody need panic...we're covered Michael

Panic? Here?! Anyway well done Michael. I'm kinda curious what all the work is. Are you porting over this very important thread?

If this site goes dark forever, I would hate to lose that. Will Steve be switching off the haloscans as well?

PS I'm not sure I'm keen on a Meredith site in Halloween colors. Is there a skin changer for those who like, say, the present look?

No. I can't port over threads. I have no access to the administrator panel here, neither do I have FTP access. The threads I will try and save will each have to be done manually, copied into notepad...perhaps wordpad and and then moved over. I need to go into each post and assign it a number...requires no brain power, but will be laborious and time consuming.

What I 'am' currently doing, is doing all the write ups that will be all the stickies and announcements in each of the individual forums, writing up a Rule Set, a Vision, Guidelines, some How-To's, and 'Summary of Changes' file to explain 'what' things are actually different in that group, testing board settings and tuning them, answering PM's, posting to answer your questions...I'll stop there...but the one thing I won't be doing, is going to bed tonight..and probably not tomorrow night either.

Why would Steve need to switch off the Haloscans?

I'm sorry, which 'Halloween' colours are you referring to? Have they appeared on your site? I'd change it if they have...it doesn't sound healthy. But that's just me

EDIT to ADD: "...hate to lose this thread and the other thread here" (?) One of us has their arithmatic buggered.[/font]

Michael wrote:No. I can't port over threads. I have no access to the administrator panel here, neither do I have FTP access. The threads I will try and save will each have to be done manually, copied into notepad...

Michael wrote:Why would Steve need to switch off the Haloscans?

Michael wrote:I'm sorry, which 'Halloween' colours are you referring to? Have they appeared on your site? I'd change it if they have...it doesn't sound healthy. But that's just me

Michael wrote:"...hate to lose this thread and the other thread here" One of us has their arithmetic buggered.

DeathFish 2000 wrote:Here is the video of Knox in court.

It was originally posted by Jools last Sunday:

http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=TO52Q2dXVIU

Corrina wrote:Had a thought last night about the report that Meredith pulled herself along, rather than being moved. Surely she didn't cover herself with the duvet? Somebody certainly did.

Brian S. wrote:Mr Sollecito in the front row, Ms Knox behind him, and Mr Guede in the third behind Ms Knox.

Fast Pete wrote:

Brian S. wrote:Mr Sollecito in the front row, Ms Knox behind him, and Mr Guede in the third behind Ms Knox.

She can still whack him with a ruler. Are they actually sitting in the public area? Any shots of the courtroom?

Tara wrote:What is up with RS and AK's hair? Why is Rudy allowed to shave his head yet the others can't get a trim? Knox and Sollecito's matching blue/white ensembles are a nice touch - do you think it was planned? They could be brother and sister

Fast Pete wrote:Sorry everybody but you understand the urgency and the strain on Michael here. (Thanks a LOT Sparrow.)

Michael wrote:No. I can't port over threads. I have no access to the administrator panel here, neither do I have FTP access. The threads I will try and save will each have to be done manually, copied into notepad...

Michael, quicker (one hour's work) and maybe better way to go might be to "save" each of the 70 pages of this thread via the File menu of your browser into a new folder.

Fast Pete wrote:You will end up with 70 links and 70 little packages of material. The packages can be put on your new server (perhaps you have FTP access there?) and the links then posted on a housekeeping thread on your new site. Look would be the same as now.

Fast Pete wrote:

Michael wrote:Why would Steve need to switch off the Haloscans?

Not need to, but maybe to make his point?

Fast Pete wrote:

Michael wrote:I'm sorry, which 'Halloween' colours are you referring to? Have they appeared on your site? I'd change it if they have...it doesn't sound healthy. But that's just me

Fast Pete wrote:I'm seeing white text on black (sorta okay) with, ah, blood-red links.

[font=Comic Sans MS]Not relevant really, it's in the queue to be modified up to PHPBB3...been waiting 4 weeks now and can happen any day...when it does, 'any' current theme on the board will be stripped and replaced with PHPBB3 standard theme (BB2 themes can't/won't work in BB3).

The theme I have installed, until the impending upgrade occurs, is actually the best of an either bad, or an unsuitable/innaproprite or 'buggy' lot. It also happens to show up the font quite well..for example..on the index page I can read, easily, the different sub-forum descriptions text on standard 100% magnification...as soon as I come here, I have to raise my mag up to at least 130%..but to be really comfortable in reading all data and posts...150% mag...in that sense, it's by far the best of all the themes I've tested and data/text visibility/clarity is one of the most important requirements. If you think that theme is garish...lol...trust me, a very large percentage of alternative theme options make that one look positively 'conservative'. A large amout of others are inapropriate...as they're 'Themed'...like, having pictures of cars pasted all over the theme (apparently, car racing is a very popular focus amongst forums on FF) or, the huge amount of 'Gamers' themes splattered with graphics of hardware tech or characters from certain popular video games (LOADS of those), and all sorts of other themed themes that make them unusable. Others are just sickly...like covered with pictures of violets and daisies...or bright pink with ribbons and bows or images of dogs all over them, or also a couple of Christmas themed ones. Some others that look like they may be okay in preview, don't render the board properly when used and look horrendous. If I could design my own theme, it would actually look very different to what I have on there...but I can't, so that's the best one to have for now. Finally, what other feedback I have gotten back from members (not much..but some)..is that they like the look of it. So, it's a case of 'it'll do'. Everything renders properly, the other main thing..and it's 'unthemed'..the last 'main' requirement, so I have other priorities of things that need to be organised right now in any case.

Fast Pete wrote:

Michael wrote:"...hate to lose this thread and the other thread here" One of us has their arithmetic buggered.

Fast Pete wrote:Oh! I see there are actually two others. Main Discussion 2 May and Main Discussion 29 May. Sorree. More work for you.

[font=Comic Sans MS][i][size=14]I think you'll find there are 4 main discussion threads to be moved over; I., II., III., IIII. ,. Then, there's 'In Their Own Words' thread that needs to be copied, the 'Legal Context' thread, the 'Clarifications on PL and others' thread, THE CAST OF CHARACTERS' thread...umm..and some certain individual posts from a few other threads....stuff on the mops, Minotaur's scenario, Steve Huff's post on the availability of one of the old Haloscans being available from him in PDF format...little bits here and there that have to be hunted out. I also have to copy over to my HD a good many PM's in my Inbox/Savebox, as many are 'Moderator' PM's and so serve as an important record for both the community and myself in regard to Moderator activity...other 'personal' PM's I also want to save as they contain things like contact information, pictures..technical help I've given that would be handy to refer to again...stuff like that.

Talking of which, members may want to consider what PM's they may have saved in their boxes that they may wish to preserve for themselves.

This following comment is in response to the quote 'below'. Umm...nice idea..but they've all got to be saved in exactly the same way...I also need to edit all the posts in each thread saved in notepad/wordpad to asign them some kind of number system, as well as give all those that don't have one a 'Subject Heading', as once posted up in the other board they'll be in the format of one huge massive post (like on Candace's blog comments) for each thread (for the most part), so individual posts will no longer be able to be dynamically linked to...so, they need some sort of number system so individual posts can at least be reffered to, if needed, and that will have to be by a 'number' system, again a bit like on Candace's blog. Therefore, the amount of time it would take me to explain the system I'm using to helper/s, with added risks of misunderstanding potentially causing some of the work to be technically out of 'sync' would be...no..I have a clear view in my head what to do so it's just easier and quicker if 'I' get on and do it. Thank's for the offer though. What 'would' be a help, is if members could revise each of the threads I've mentioned and hunt down each of the posts they themselves have made and edit them to give them a keyword based 'Subject Heading'...as that would actually make individual posts that may contain specific valid information to show up quicker and easier when a member uses the board's 'Search' feature to hunt down information on a particular aspect. It will also aid members scanning down through the saved threads visualy to find quicker any relevant, or specific, information that is of interest to them at that given moment. Even if a post is 'Off-Topic'...give it an 'Off-Topic' Subject Heading, or if it's just a response to another post without adding anything new; give it a 'RE: Whatever' Subject Heading..it aids quicker elimination in manual scans. Moreover, could every member from this point, in any post you now make, please post it with a 'Subject Heading'. If you are unsure what a 'Subject Heading' is...for example, the Subject Heading' of 'this' post is: 'RE: MODERATOR ANNOUNCEMENT'. That would be a 'great' help.[/font]

Fast Pete wrote:Suggestion here. If you want to go the "save" route I described above? Ask several of us to each save one of those threads. I'll take the shortest (just kidding!)

Fast Pete wrote:Do you have a way in your controls of varying the number of posts per page? (you are set at 50 posts per page now.)

If yes, could you set that number to the very max? Like 100 posts per page? That halves the number of pages to be "saved".

[font=Comic Sans MS]Yes. That's a very good suggestion, thanks. Only problem with that, is Skep will have to make that change as I don't have access to those settings here, unless a) She promotes me up to Admin for our final days here (which, come to think of it, would be great as there'd be a whole number of things that could be done faster if I can have access to the settings..hint hint ), or; b) reads this post and can remember how to make that setting change and then does so. 'a)' is the optimum...if Skep needs me to write out technical instructions to make any required adjustments, those are just huge amounts of new work for me on top of all the other stuff I have to do, Quicker for me to do it... and thinking about it for a moment, there are some slight technical adjustments I'd like to make that would be advantageous..eg, for a start, Freeforums 'imposed' a new Mod on us a few days ago, switched 'on' as default (Grrr), in the setting 'they' chose (Grrr) that also happens to be the wrong setting to be of use and just mucks up the rendering of the board, confuses things (last thing we need right now), is ugly and actually 'could' be of use in it's 'other' setting. If you haven't noticed, the Mod to which I'm reffering, is the one that's added all the guff and clutter to the top of the board. Just one example.

Oh, also forgot, I also wanted to save all the threads on the 'other' forum that actually appears on this message board, related to the True Crime main site, and pass it on to Steve as a favour, for his records or to be posted elsewhere if he wishes.[/font]

Fast Pete wrote:If not, please email the FreeForums owners to adjust it? They almost certainly will, as you are sticking with them for the new
site.

Can do without them, as explained above, but just as a FYI...for any help requirement for any aspect, one only gets Freeforums personal support via e-mail if they are using the 'paid for' version of the forums. The rest of us peasants have to post in the Freeforums 'Forum Support' forum and wait in a queue for for someone to answer our query or solve our problem. They are actually very helpfull and quite fast, considering, in getting to you...you don't have to wait more then a day, but still..not as fast and optimum as direct support would be, 'if' we need their help at all over the next few days. Moreover, there's some things they require a certain password before they'll act, and the only person who has that particular password and username is Steve Huff...it's the one sent to the forum owner/creator via e-mail when they first created their board. This is why we are not in the queue to be made up to PHPBB3...to put the board in the queue, one has to access the CCS Panel (Community Control Panel) on Freeforums and press the button to request your board be upgraded and that can only be accessed with the particular password and username I mentioned, one that Skep and I don't have, so we couldn't do it. Incidentally, the new forum 'is' in the queue...I saw to that. BB3 will be great, the shear range of extra features it gives us will make it a 'proper' board...and Hell, we'll even be able to basic things like...split threads...'Merge' threads or individual posts...essential stuff that we don't have here and would help things immensley if we did, as say..I could merge some of the smaller threads that need to be moved making it easier. So, 'everything' has to be the hard way. [/font]