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Legal Notices Contact the Legal Advertising Representative to place your legal notice. Ad also publishes on ajcclassifieds.com 404-526-5273; Fax 404-526-5904 Monday-Friday 8 a.m. 5 p.m. Deadlines: 72 business hours prior to publication REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) The Board of Commissioners of Long County, Georgia are soliciting proposals for the development and construction of Maintenance in Lieu facility to house the Long County Department of Family and Children Services (DFCS). PreRFP Meeting Mandatory attendance required Date: December 5, 2002 Time: 2:00 p.m.

Location: Long County Courthouse, Office, McDonald Street, Ludowici, Georgia 31316. Final RPF Due Date: December 19, 2002 Deadline Time: 4:30 p.m. Delivery to: Office, McDonald Street, Ludowici, GA. 31316 Proposals shall be recorded at 4:35 p.m. Delivery to Office, McDonald Street, Ludowici, Georgia 31316 Six (6) copies of the proposal in sealed envelopes are required.

Proposal envelope to be marked to Provide County Plans and Specifications are available for review at Robert F. Pirkle, Long County Attorney, 120 S. Commerce Street, Hinesville, Georgia 31313 (912) 3682255. Application Fee 150.00 non-refundable due upon receipt. Selection by the County will be based on the following criteria: 1.

Reputation and professional qualifications of the party making the proposal and of the specific individuals assigned to the project; and 2. Experience in rendering similar services based on reference or former current clients. 3. MIL Questionnaire filled out and each page signed and dated affirming which items are included in the proposal. This request for proposal (RFP) does not constitute an offer by the County; it is, however, merely an invitation for all interested and qualified parties to submit their proposals to the County for review and consideration.

Interviews may be requested. The County reserves the right to reject any and all proposals and to waive any irregularities formalities. Robert F. Pirkle County Attorney 120 S. Commerce Street Hinesville, Georgia 31313 MARTA West Line Alternatives Analysis (AA) and Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) You are invited to join MARTA in the planning process for the extension of the MARTA West Line from Hamilton E.

Holmes Station to Fulton Industrial Boulevard. Please attend one of the following scoping meetings to help scope out the study and provide input in the development of alternatives. Tuesday, November 19, 2002 6:00 PM Peyton Forest Elementary School-Gymnasium 301 Peyton Road, SW Atlanta, GA 30311 Thursday, November 21, 2002 11:30 AM 2:00 PM Comfort Inn Meeting Room 4330 Fulton Industrial Boulevard, SW Atlanta, GA 30336 Thursday, November 21, 2002 6:00 Peyton Forest Elementary School Gymnasium 301 Peyton Road, SW Atlanta, GA 30311 The meeting will introduce the study, present the study purpose and need, and give the public an opportunity to comment. If you have accessibility needs call MARTA TDD: 404848-5665 and MARTA TTY: 404-848-4931. For more information please contact kristine Hansen, Sycamore Consulting, at 404-377-9147.

Request For Qualifications (RFQ) Architectural and Engineering Design Services Georgia Tech Married Family Housing Agency: Georgia Tech Facilities, Inc. Response Date: 3:00 PM, November 21, 2002 Georgia Tech Facilities, Inc. is soliciting responses firms interested in providing design services, for the Georgia Tech Married Family Housing and associated parking project, The scope of services to be provided Will be as outlined in the RFQ. The RFQ is available from the The Staubach Company, 3424 Peachtree Road, Suite 1650, Atlanta, GA 30326; telephone (404) 231-2331. Make written requests for the RFQ to Lisa Milam via email lisa.milam@staubach.com Or fax (404) 231-2325.

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30 NOV. 26, 4 PM DEC. 01 NOV. 26, 4 PM CITY OF ATLANTA ADVERTISEMENT FOR BID Sealed Bid for FC-7394-O1, Sams Lake Wetlands Mitigation Project will be received by the Director or designated staff of the Bureau of Purchasing and Real Estate, Suite 1790, 55 Trinity Avenue, SW, City Hall South, Atlanta, Georgia 30335- 0307, and must be time stamped no later than 1:59 P.M., Wednesday, January 8, 2003. ABSOLUTELY NO BID WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER 1:59 P.M.

THIS PROJECT IS AN ELIGLIBLE BIDDER PROJECT AS DEFINED IN 2-1443, AND NO BID SHALL BE ACCEPTED UNLESS THE BID IS SUBMITTED BY AN ELIGIBLE BIDDER AS APPROVED BY THE OFFICE OF CONTRACT COMPLIANCE. Bids will be publicly opened and read at 2:00 PM in suite 1900, 1st Floor, Bid Conference Room 55 Trinity Avenue, SW, City Hall South, Atlanta, Georgia, in the Bureau of Purchasing and Real Bid Conference Room, on the respective due date. SCOPE OF SERVICES: The scope for this preject will consist of construction of a wetlands habitat at Sams Lake, Fayette County, Georgia along a tributary of the Flint River. Four wetland areas will be created with berns and water level control structures and boardwalks along the ponds for public access. A pre-Bid Conference will be held on Tuesday, December 17, 2002, at 10:00 A.M.

City of Atlanta Technical Campus, 1255 South Loop Road, Atlanta, Georgia. All bidders are encouraged to attend the Pre-Bid Conference in order to clarify questions regarding the documents. General instructions, plans specifications for submitting bid packages for this project will be available as of, Monday, November 18, 2002, between the hours of 7:00 AM 12:00 PM 1:00 PM 5:00 PM in the Bureau of Purchasing Real Plan Room, Suite 1900, 1st Floor, 55 Trinity Avenue, SW, City Hall South, Atlanta, Georgia at a cost of 250.00. If you should have any please contact Carolyn R. Chavis, Senior Contracting Officer or Jessica Boston, Administrative Assistant at (404) 330-6204.

The City of Atlanta reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive any technicalities. INVITATION FOR BID Lane Company will receive bids for the Site Improvements Phase II at Bankhead Courts Apartments, 3401 Maynard Court, NW. Atlanta, Georgia 30331. Copies of the IFB and Construction Documents will be available beginning Monday, November 25, 2002 at the Lane Construction Management Department in the Empire Realty office located at 5150 Peachtree Industrial Boulevard, Suite 500, Norcross, Georgia 30071, 678-282-6732. A Pre-Bid Conference and Site Visit is scheduled for Tuesday, December 3, 2002, 9:00 a.m.

at the Bankhead Courts leasing office basement. Bids will be received until 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, December 12, 2002. Please note that the Lane Company will act as Construction Manager and not as General Contractor. Lane Company requires the Contractor to posses a minimum of 10 years of experience in railing installation in order to be considered.

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HAVE A QUESTION? I enjoy your columns here in the Palm Beach Post. I have a real problem, and I seem to get the correct answer. I had a Gateway 2000 with Windows 98. I disposed of that and got a Gateway 500S. Prior to disposal of the old machine, I had CompUSA download my information on the hard drive to seven CDs.

My present Gateway 500S has Home XP. I seem to load the info from the CDs into the machine, and then bring them up. I called Gateway. They gave me all kinds of tech talk, which I understand. Someone told me I have to get a Microsoft disc, as some of my information is on Microsoft Excel, some on Microsoft Word and some on Microsoft Works.

I. Alan Cohen Boynton Beach, Fla. likely that you need to install those programs on your PC to open the files. answering this question because it also relates to files that arrive as e-mail attachments. I often get letters from readers who have received a file by e-mail but open it.

Keep in mind that you need the program that created the file to open it. Or, failing that, you need another program that can recognize the same file format. So in some cases, you can use another word processor or spreadsheet program including some free and inexpensive ones available for download at sites such as www.tucows.com to open files created by more expensive Microsoft programs. If you want to buy the Microsoft program, try searching the Tucows site first. Often I can find a substitute program by simply typing in the name of the program originally used to create the file.

For instance, if you type in Microsoft Word as the search term, you will locate substitute programs that can work with that format. You can also search using the extension of the file you are trying to open. The extension is the last three letters of the file name. So, using Microsoft Word as an example, a file name might look like this: letter.doc is the file extension). According to your recommendation, I recently upgraded from Windows ME to Windows XP.

The upgrade has solved every problem that I experienced daily with ME. Since the upgrade, the following items appear on my Disk Cleanup program: Windows Installation Files: 555,629 Backup Files for Previous Operating Programs: 590,853 Can I clean them up, or should I leave them on my computer? Michael M. Malihi These files are retained so that, if the new program or operating system work out, you can easily return to the old one that did work. My general rule of thumb is to leave these files for a month or so. If everything is working after that length of time, usually safe to delete these files.

I follow the same rule with files I have deleted and placed in the Apple trash can or Windows recycle bin. Rather than emptying it right away, I let the old files sit. saved me a lot of grief on several occasions when I discovered that I needed the file after all. If simply sitting in the recycle bin, easy to return it to your computer. Tip from a reader I read your recent Computer Tips column, and I have a solution for the owner of the computer that slowly loses resources if he leaves the computer on.

A Web site (www. analogx.com) has several well-written programs that are best classified as One of these is MaxMem which can free up resources without rebooting the machine. In fact, you can set the resources to Minimum, Periodic or Aggressive depending on your needs. This is freeware. Richard Bodor note: Freeware is a program that is available for download at no charge.

Shareware, a related type of software, is available for a small charge. More memory advice To solve the Windows 95 and 98 memory leak problem, I use a shareware program called Cacheman to manage the memory in my Windows 95 computer. It does a great job. The computer runs at work, with no problems. The computer is about a 1995 vintage, which I bought in 1998 for $50, and now has 98 megabytes of RAM.

Cacheman is available for $10 registration with a free trial from www.outertech.com. John Astleford Stone Mountain Cheap stand-in programs can recognize Microsoft formats FBUS1117OG10 3 STAR 10G 10G RR RR BlueRedYellowBlack BlueRedYellowBlack G10 Sunday, Nov. 17, 2002 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 3 RBUSB1117OG10RBUS1117OG10 RATING THE GAMES TROY OXFORD, MECH ASSAULT Company: Microsoft Platform: Xbox Price: $49.99 What a way for Microsoft to kick off its Xbox Live online gaming service. is packed with explosive action as giant, walking war robots take center stage. Players can slowly stomp through the solo missions, but the real fun is online.

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Using the powers, like Zeus throwing down lightning bolts, is extremely satisfying. of has a hefty and engaging campaign, beautiful presentation and all of the spit and polish to satisfy for a long time. SUIKODEN 3 Company: Konami Platform: PlayStation 2 Price: $49.99 may not have the recognition of but not a role-playing game series you should overlook. This third installment is the first on the PlayStation 2 and the first with 3-D graphics. Like its predecessors, den has a complex but interesting story threaded with turn-based battles and random creature encounters.

The main appeal is the multiple, interwoven story lines. be clocking in a lot of hours to follow each path. PHANTASY STAR ONLINE EPISODE 1 2 Company: Sega Platform: GameCube Price: $49.99 Two of the best Dream- cast games now can be experienced on the GameCube. Star 1 2 separate titles for the Dreamcast are combined for the Nin- tendo game system. tasy Star is a sci-fi role-playing game that can be played with remote gamers with the addition of a network adapter.

At the moment, this is the only online- playable game, and there is a monthly charge of $8.95. If missed out on the Dreamcast version, this is a great opportunity. But if played it before, there anything new to bring you back. RATED RATED RATED ROCKY Company: Ubi Soft Platforms: Xbox, PlaySta- tion 2, GameCube Price: $49.99 Basing a video game on a 26-year-old drama seems like an odd decision, but Rage Software and Ubi Soft have pulled out one heck of a surprise with Loosely following the story lines from the Sylvester Stallone flicks, the game play features bouts with Apollo Creed, Clubber Lang and Ivan Drago. These names are only a portion of the impressive selection of 30 boxers.

What makes a champ, however, is its responsive and smooth control system. Combined with the movie presentation and variety of game modes, it makes this one of the best boxing games available. DEATHROW Company: Ubi Soft Platform: Xbox Price: $49.99 is a game about a futuristic sport called blitz. The object is similar to basketball get the ball (in this case, a flying disc) through your opponents and to the goal. However, each team has four players, and physical attacks are encouraged as much as strategic thinking.

Futuristic sports are typically portrayed as violent, but has a fresh feel with its execution (excuse the pun). The action and rhythm are intense, addictive and surprisingly deep. Parents should note the rating. This the sport of gentlemen, and the athletes hold back the four-letter expletives. RATED RATED RATED.