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I've been playing this in two diffrent ways, and I settled with the easiest
way. I'ts a while since I played it, but I think I played it like this:
(Em) My days they are the (D) Highwaykind
(C) They only (D) come to (Em) leave
but the (D) leaving I don't (Em) mind
It's the (C) coming (D) that I (Em) cray
(D) pour the sun (Em) upon the ground
(D) stand to throw a (Bm) shadow
(D) watch it grow (Em) into the night
and (C) feel the (D) spinning (Em) sky
(Em) Time among the (D) pinetrees
it (C) felt like (D) breath of (Em) air
(D) usely I just walk this (Em) streets
and (C) tell (D) myself to (Em) care
(D) Sometimes I believe (Em) me
(D) sometimes I (C) don't (Bm) hear
(D)sometimes the (Em) shape I'm in
(C) won't (D) let me (Em) go
I (Em) don't know too (D) much for true
but my (C) heart knows (D) how to (Em) pine
(D) my legs know how to love (Em) someone
my (C) voice knows (D) how to (Em) sound
(D) shame that It's not (Em) enough
(D) shame that it (C) is a (Bm)
(D) follow the circle (Em) down
(C) where (D) would you (Em) be
(Em) You're the only (D) one I want
and (C) I've never (D) heard your (Em) name
(D) I hope we meet (Em) someday
if (C) we don't it's (D) all the (Em) same
(D) I'll meet the ones (Em) between us
(D) be thinking (C) about (Bm) you
(D) and all the places I have (Em) been
and (C) why you (D) where not (Em) there
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I too am facinated by that song...T played it dropped down 1/2 step.(D flat)
it starts in Em, only its on the 5th position. i believe its called Em7, then
Em6,C, Em,Dm. it really threw me til i figured out the 1/2 step drop down...i
love that song?
On the Townes Tribute, JT played it with the Capo on the second fret and in
He played the "B" chord just like an "A" on the second fret up from the Capo.
See the chords below.. From memory...(I haven't tried to play it...) I think
these chords are pretty close, thanks Gier!....db


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cool photo but still depressing. Could we get an image with some sun or vegetation or something. Van is grey enough don't want to be reminded.
yeah.. it's pretty grey!! this one http://www.flickr.com/photos/riacale/6290220387/ might be better... not my fav tho... hmmmm
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According to weekly weather forecast, shower will be continuing in some specific production regions; such as northeast and mid Atlantic northwestern California and western portions of Washington and Oregon, which means that it will boost the harvest of wheat. Meanwhile, the harvest of soybean and corn will be hampered again in these regions. In addition, dry weather will increase the speed of harvest for soybean and corn in South, but it has a detrimental influence on growing crops. Warm and dry weather are going to be dominant in the Plains as well as in the Corn Belt, which is ideal for corn and soybean harvest. General speaking, the majority of U.S will have dry weather, which contributes to harvest. In Brazil, the main production regions for soybean are Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Parana and so on. And the production in these areas is threatened by extremely dry weather. The weather condition is forecasted to be good for the harvesting season, so mainly corn, wheat and soybean production will all rise.
Source: http://www.agprofessional.com/weather http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/the-nations-weather/2011/10/03/gIQAWdI7HL_story.html
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Scattered rains will be in the Corn Belt and to the east of Interstate 35 in the U.S.thorugh Wednesday (September 28). And completely dry weather is forecasted in the Plains, Southeast, and the east of the Corn Belt, which will help harvesting. Little or no in the hard-red winter wheat area for the coming ten days is a major forecast concern. To conclude, the weather will be good for corn and soybean harvesting, which would cause the corn and soybean price to go down. But the wheat price may go up due to the dry condition.
Reference http://www.agriculture.com/news/crops/rainfall-varies-sharply_2-ar19434
Corn Belt - a region of the Midwestern United States where corn has been the predominant crop(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_Belt).
Interstate 35 - a north–south Interstate Highway in the central United States. I-35 stretches from Laredo, Texas, on the U.S.-Mexico border to Duluth, Minnesota, at Minnesota Highway 61 (London Road) and 26th Avenue East (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_35).
Hard Red Winter – Hard, brownish, mellow high-protein wheat used for bread, hard baked goods and as an adjunct in other flours to increase protein in pastry flour for pie crusts (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheat).
Hi, I think these comments have been placed on the wrong page. It looks like they should instead be at Course_talk:FRE501. If you have not done so, please re-make your comment at that page.
We checked weather forecast for this week for Great Plains that consists of 9 states in U.S. and 3 provinces in Canada, accounting for main crop production. Starting from this week, showers will bring significant rainfall to drought happened last week. From Monday to Tuesday, cool weather would be the rule over this region. From Thursday to Friday, more stable and warm weather would dominate this region. Because corn doesn't like dry weather, the yield will increase, whereas the price will decrease. In the meantime, wheat production will increase as well, so the price of wheat will decrease. This good weather also contributes to soybean production, price goes down.
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Hi Michael. I love this new threaded discussion feature!
It seems to be working well. One thing I recently noticed is that under preferences, you need to have the setting "E-mail me on replies to a thread I am watching" checked in order to have replies emailed to you even if you have that discussion page on your watch list. I hope to have this setting checked by default in the future.
I just wanted to give you a heads up that I posted a link to the January 14th session (Pathway to Student Success) yesterday and it was taken down a short while later, along with a couple of older links. I'm assuming it was removed due to the session's date. I re-listed it so that's why it's there.
Either way, it's a rather important evaluation and Lucas doesn't want to have to resend the link to attendees. If we could leave it up for a little bit that would be fantastic.
Thanks a ton.
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Hi Kent,
I'm traveling today - can you send an email to email@example.com so we can track this issue?


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They are straightforward. We always knew exactly where we stood with them and even when the feedback wasn't great, it was good to know what they were thinking.
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More Market Records Likely to Come
Richard E. Sylla, financial historian and professor of economics at NYU's Stern School of Business, discusses the likelihood of a series of markets highs, the impact of the Fed's ability to keep interest rates down, and the tendency for investors to buy high and sell low, in a big interview with WSJ's Jason Zweig.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
... I ... and Jason Zweig of the Wall Street Journal Europe with today's ... financial markets in historical context ... with me today is Professor Richard Selah ... he's probably the nation's ... most eminent financial historian ... he's on the faculty at the Stern School of Business NYU well ... it's ... too soon to be with you ... I'm ... the stock market said a new all-time high today ... if you put that in historical context and give investors some guidance on how significant is what would you say ... I would say it shows them really improving Outlook furry conomy ... and investors are optimists that maybe the economy's on them and ... and ... if we're lucky you we may see a series of these all-time highs to go back in the nineteen eighties there were nineteen nineties there were a lot of them one after another in the eighties and nineties ... a lot of investors are concerned they're worried that when the market is at all-time highs trouble can be that far ... um ... that could be true sometimes ... because the you know the market really does get the very high sometimes as it did in nineteen ninety nine and the US in twenty nine or nineteen twenty nine of the those were times to worry ... but on the other hand there are such things as bull markets and then you might set a series of all-time highs and ... one thing I've learned my many years to study these things is that ... of ... market seemed overshoot both on the upside and the downside they seem to go further than one might rationally expect them to go ... and so I would guess that the ... if we have a unit of what I mean our new all time high is probably more ... than just a stepping stone to another one ... interesting ... so I'm ... you're also ... an authority on the history of interest rates having been the best book on that topic ... what is history suggests you think about the Fed's ability to keep interest rates as low as it wants for as long as the ones ... well you know history doesn't really suggests a lot about there were the kind of brave new world is for a central banking policy goes there there hasn't been any ... previous period of history where your head ... interest rates ... on purpose being kept so low for so long sometimes in the nineteen thirties in around nineteen forty forty one interest rates were very low but that's because the economy was underperforming ... this time interest rates are as low as they are because of conscious decisions to make them that way ... and there's not much precedent for that industry so we we have to monitor this and when a lot of us who study that are still trying to figure out what the consequences might be and ... what should he think we should be skeptical of ... central banks' ability to ... get exactly what it wants ... and dynamic financial markets oh I think we should be very skeptical of that to get exactly what it wants if he gets approximately what it wants a ... we should be happy I think ... not by the way the you know the low interest rates and the all-time highs in the stock market the ... somewhat related to one another it might not be coincidental that's right ... and ... how much cause for concern do you think there is that ... individual investors are now returning to the U S stock market and in ... in January roughly thirty nine billion ... came into U S stocks and neutral funds which is an all-time high ... surpassing the level of February two thousand ... well this is a history repeating itself I would say and it's not exactly something that we should be proud of ... because some of the people who ... slept say a year and a half ago when the ... Dow average was below eleven thousand ... we're saying here you go one again and the stock's now now that the Dow average is up the of the north of fourteen thousand some of those same people who didn't want you to get in at eleven thousand are saying this is the time to get them ... and ... this is the oldest a communal them ... buying high and selling low ... in this case the euro by Enterprise high now and and ... it's too bad but if that happens quite frequently that most people shed about two years ago three years ago and ... they won a double their money now right now the getting back in the market it's human nature ... I and one other area that you have a lot of expertise ... it's Alexander Hamilton first secretary Treasury ... what lessons do you think we might learn ... from Hamilton's financial management that might help the U S ... or in Europe for that matter ... deal with our fiscal and debt from ... well it's first the U S is concerned Hamilton of course to restructure the Revolutionary War debts into what we call the presence or Treasury bond market ... and four to ... two hundred and some years not two hundred and twenty years the US is ... not ever default in August and are missed a payment on its debt ... and this is why the world rushes in to us that in the bond market has a long memory and they know the US has been pretty good place ... when trust or twenty two for ... two hundred and twenty some years ... I think that they have one other things said Hamilton was very successful in many ways ... but one other things when he was unsuccessful about ... was ... getting Congress to take advice that might have prevented our current prompts ... more than once Hamilton ... told Congress ... that the way to make public credit values his word the way to make public credit him Oracle ... is ... if whenever you borrow money ... you simultaneously ... and that the revenue measures that will give you the funds to pay the interest on the bed and a little bit more ragged in other words you couple borrowing decisions ... with decisions about how you're going to repay the debt ... and ... Congress listened to him but they never did that ... there were examples in US history when you are built the Erie Canal ... they in fact raise the cup with taxes to pay the interest on the canal bonds ... it turned out they didn't have to because the canal is a great success ... and then in the eighteen forties and fifties after nine US states the fault of as ... many of the states enacted serve measures there were ... akin to what Hamilton recommended they started saying you we can't borrow money and was so that ... we'd make the new revenue ... Mr. available to pay the interest on the bed in for the more you know I mean ... probably you and I both got into a ballot box more than once in our life ... and authorize the government to borrow money for something ... that's Campbell Tony in finance but Congress never bought it ... so they serve BuyWrite money without thinking about the means to repay and then ... it's bad not listening to Hamilton that we serve got ourselves into our current people ... so what do you ... that sounds like a very simple solution that might be ... difficult to implement politically ... but ... how comprehensive approach he think that could be good at ... could you with one stroke ... and solve most of the ... most the financial problems just by implementing a measure like that ... um well I think it would help quite a bit and it didn't really get it may be overly conservative in a sense because you maybe you know the if the economy grows government revenues will go up a little bit anyway so maybe you don't have to equate to them ... you know couple every borrowing with exactly the amount of taxes to pay the interest of the data and pay it back ... the country's always been bailed out by its economic growth and I suspect that that's going to happen again ... then ... once we get our economy growing ... somehow though as it happened in the nineteen nineties the debt problem seemed to melt away ... when Congress and President Clinton ... we have to exercise some fiscal discipline in the economy grew all of a sudden we have budget surpluses ... they quickly turned to the ... deficit or in ... an ad and that also happened much earlier ... in American history to mind ... after Andrew Jackson I do think it ... will get a well we actually did before and during Andrew Jackson's tenure in ... the country was growing rapidly and the main source of revenue than was the customs duties on imports ... with the economy grew rapidly we imported more of which twelve federal revenues ... and by eighteen thirty six we were entirely out of that ... has happened later to ... deal with a huge debt from the civil war ... it's hard to believe now ... but Congress actually do the government had a budget surplus every year from eighteen sixty six to eighteen ninety three ... and the civil war dead ... went down quite a bit especially in relation to the GDP which was growing rapidly ... let's hope it happens again just hope that happens again ... how concerned you think the financial markets should be that ... that ... the high debt ceiling and the fiscal cliff haven't fully embrace all that ... well I think they should be wary but not overly wary because of the history of this is that we usually get around to increasing the debt ceiling when ... it's necessary to do so and so I assume that that's more than likely and I think that's where the financial markets ... I'm you know sort of thing that's going to happen ... but we came close so the summer of two thousand twelve to having a problem ... and and ... I think the election change the atmosphere quite a bit lower than and ... I think the Republicans who are the ones who want to enforce the debt ceiling or get something in return for allowing it to increase ... in their little more careful in their little chastened after the elections ... so of the financial markets obviously know that and ... I think it's a ... he was tied in with this debt problem but to um I believe that the human mind our hearts that Congress will get around to increasing the debt ceiling ... partly for Hamill twenty recently we have not ... the fault the midst of pain on higher debt ... for two hundred and twenty three years that is a really good record of world history ... I'm Jason Zweig of the Wall Street Journal ...


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Cara membuat yoghurt
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Juli 22, 2016
If you are trying to cut grocery costs, making your own yogurt is one way to get more out of your budget. It is also much easier than many people think. A yogurt-maker isn't even necessary. As long as you have a sizable pot at home and the basic ingredients to whip up a batch, homemade yogurt is within reach.
To make 1 quart of plain yogurt, you will need the following ingredients and tools:
- Persiapan: 40 menit
- Memasak: 3 Jam
11. Pour the fresh milk into a big pot, and slowly heat it on a stove over low-medium heat to 180 F degrees. Use a candy thermometer to ensure you do not exceed this temperature. Stir occasionally.
22. Once it reaches 180 F degrees, remove from the stove and let it cool to 125-130 F. Again, use the candy thermometer to check on temperature.
33. Mix 1/4 cup of the milk from the pot with the 1/2 cup of plain yogurt in a bowl. Then stir the mixture back into the pot. Take tea towels or small blankets and wrap the covered pot, and place somewhere in the kitchen where the mixture will be undisturbed. Make sure that the blankets are completely covering the pot, as the insulated heat will help the yogurt-making process. Leave it undisturbed for 3-4 hours.
44. To check if it is done, unwrap the cloths, and gently tap its surface with a spoon. It should either be firm, or solid with a bit of clear-to-slightly yellow liquid on the surface. Allow it to completely cool. If it is not done, rewrap the pot and let it sit for another hour. But be careful not to overdo this process; the yogurt will get sour, and while still edible, will not be as enjoyable to eat.
55. Sterilize glass jars (size of your choosing) in a large pot filled with an inch of water, along with lids, for 10 menit.
67. Pour yogurt into jars or jar and refrigerate immediately. The yogurt should be good for up to two weeks if stored in the refrigerator.
7To make it thicker, strain the yogurt overnight on a cheesecloth placed in a bowl. Dump the excess fluid, and store the thickened yogurt.
8This recipe is also easily adjustable. To make a gallon of yogurt, simply increase the milk amount to a gallon, and use 1/4 cup of plain yogurt as the starter. The end-product can also be used as the starter for your next batch of yogurt.
4 cups fresh milk (adjust to your personal liking – you can go with skim or full fat)
1/2 cup plain yogurt with active bacteria culture (This is very important, as this is your "starter" and initiates the fermentation process. Choose a high-quality yogurt, such as Dannon or Stonyfield Farm, for this initial batch. There have been reports of less-than-satisfactory results using store-brand yogurt as the base.)
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Casey: There's No Bubble--Markets Are Broken
Why do so many on both Main and Wall Streets still feel uncomfortable with the way markets are behaving? Maybe it's because valuations aren't what matter. Maybe the real problem is that markets are no longer doing what they're supposed to do. Michael Casey reports on MoneyBeat.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
... I ... no more precise talk about tapering has been is the market in a bubble stocks in a bubble but the real issue our my Casey says in his latest column for my need be ... it's not about a bubble it's about something far more fundamental is the case she joins us this afternoon ... I look to be you might think you're ... smart I know I can look back and forth and you just love being a woman and I'm I can to being on this one ... Totoro issued an eye on things here tell me what is going on in the market but I think they get to this was just one of the Bible and it is actually perfectly rational to ... you that ... up the prices that really got them in there and and and the reason the ministry sees the Fed ... said ... if you just recognize that the Xabi discounting effect that goes into that so that that bond yields of ... steeply lot of my physic the faces of remote ... all that ... helps to justify ... unit with with with with Bronson is multiples up ... on the inside protected fundamental credit but the problem is it this is it that this is it is indeed gold the Fed said this to be rolled into one is that the ... issue just the word out this well ... or not I think the real point is to think about what actually happened the functioning of the mountains as result of my biggest concern ... for bolstered on ... correlations not just within ... stocks are not every stock rising since a move that also processes costs ... but the real question is leaving you could only get the harder it is you say the market is broken quite as well that is the point is what it what a mock its fall from a social perspective from the perspective of what we've decided it was this import into market capitalism is the way to run ... a society believe pockets aspires to allocate capital of those who most deserve it ... and away from those who do what I've had too much blood charges and says it is the isthe gang of picking winners in loses book for every dollar is rising equally ... that differentiation doesn't work very well and as result I think the consumer will act of ... this from a broken market wants ... and you could argue ... I do I keep ... that ... things like infrastructure education ... did these in prices that we while it is ... going to the Editor We aren't we need more infrastructure bring this project we need energy prestigious oversees national results come out ... all this in some respects ... is the fact that when all allocating capital where it belongs and the mock it's will find in a market society Nevada why ... they would be doing that I think we can can this all back on ... yet the problems of QE in the whole pool policy mix of really on the month of fun to watch the pot to huge question we don't have time for could move quickly one answer was the first thing you need to do with its markets ... I is significant to strip the night I'd I'd ... I did that we have been in a very difficult and when the situation and so forth in the city steeped in the Guineas Depot's fiscal system and ... I think it is now far more a bigger risk that we can undermine the market system and if I think we need to get it out of QE ... and Diane stock to serve normalize policy ... sooner than later here are my Casey good call


text: Thursday, September 19, 2013 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Delays Enforcement of DME Face-To-Face Requirement [Editor's Note: This article, updated October 11, 2013, replaces a previous version, "Deadline on Hold for Requirement to Meet Face-to-Face With Patients Before Ordering DME," published September 19, 2013.] The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced further delay in enforcement of the new Medicare durable medical equipment "face-to-face" encounter requirement for certain items of DME. The Affordable Care Act requires that a physician must document that a physician, nurse practitioner, physician assistant or clinical nurse specialist has had a face-to-face encounter with the patient within 6 months before the order is written for the DME. CMS said it will announce the new enforcement date in calendar year 2014, and suppliers and physicians who are currently implementing the face-to-face requirement should continue to do so.


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Reading A-Z resources organized into weekly content-based units and differentiated instruction options.
Concept (nonfiction), Alphabet
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Resident Evil 7 Banned Footage volume 1 DLC is now available for purchase
It contains three pieces of content.
A battle against the Molded to survive until dawn.
You must escape from a room, similar to the Happy Birthday tape in Resident Evil 7. You can not make too much noise or Marguerite will come and investigate and attack if she finds that you've been trying to escape. You must reset the room as you solve the puzzles so she doesn't become suspicious
Ethan Must Die
A difficult game mode with an interesting progression system
The DLC costs $9.99 USD and a season pass is available; which also includes Banned Footage volume 2, and an as yet unannounced third piece of content.Instead, everything in this game mode appears to be randomized. The higher the star rating on a crate the better item it could have. When you die, youll leave a gravestone behind and if you make it back to that gravestone on your next playthrough, then you get a randomly selected item from your past corpse given back to you. uploadvr.com


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Peyton Manning's heroics in the fourth quarter were a big reason why the Colts were in the Super Bowl. He helped the team come from behind to win a post-1970 NFL record seven games in the fourth quarter during the regular season and it looked like there was a pretty good chance at number eight with just over three minutes left on Sunday night.
And then Tracy Porter happened. Mardi Gras hasn't even started yet, but we're pretty sure it will never end.
Porter stepped in front of a pass intended for Reggie Wayne, took it 74 yards for a touchdown and made Bourbon Street the center of the universe. A city that knows how to get its groove on will be in rare form thanks to the Saints' 31-17 victory and first Super Bowl title. As great as Porter's play was -- and we don't believe anyone who says they stayed in their seat during his runback -- he'll have to share space on a parade float with Drew Brees and Sean Payton.
U.S. & World
Payton gets his spot on the back of one of the gutsiest calls in Super Bowl history. His decision to try an onside kick to start the second half could have sent his team into a deep hole and made victory impossible. Coming after a failed fourth down attempt near the end zone at the end of the first half, it would have made him one of the biggest goats in the history of the big game. Those are the risks of playing the Herman Edwards "We play to win the game" style. It worked, though, and he'll never pay for a drink in the French Quarter ever again.
Brees, the game's very deserving MVP, tied a Super Bowl record with 32 completions and went 29 of 32 after the first quarter while throwing a pair of touchdowns. It may have taken him 15 minutes to get over any Super Bowl jitters, but his performance made it worth the wait. He didn't force passes that weren't there, settling for shorter throws to running back Pierre Thomas. That kept the Colts offense off the field and allowed the Saints to outscore the Colts 31-7 in the final 45 minutes.
More than anything else, though, Brees didn't blink. Manning did. It was a fine play by Porter, but it was a bad throw by Manning and that's how it will be remembered. He's going to hear a lot about it this offseason and all the Colts will hear a lot of comparisons to the Atlanta Braves of the 1990s and early 2000s. Dominant regular season teams with tons of talent that, more often than not, lost their footing when the lights shine brightest.
Some of the blame for that must fall on coach Jim Caldwell. He's mocked a lot for his placid demeanor, which is only a problem when his team plays as passively as he looks. That's just what happened as the game unfolded as the Saints took chance after chance and the Colts refused to join the battle until it was already lost.
There's plenty of time to talk about that, though. Right now is the moment to talk about the Saints. Years of awful football and paper bags on heads seem like distant memories, replaced by the guts of Payton and the brilliance of Brees in the biggest game in the history of the franchise.
Josh Alper is a writer living in New York City and is a contributor to FanHouse.com and ProFootballTalk.com in addition to his duties for NBCNewYork.com.


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After high school, Bhekitemba Makhubu's father wanted him to study for a law degree. He refused, insisting on following in his father's footsteps as a journalist. Now, aged 43, he doesn't regret his choice, but besides his job as editor of the privately owned monthly magazine, The Nation, he is also studying for a law degree. On April 17, the Swaziland high court sentenced Bheki Makhubu, to two years imprisonment or a fine of US$20,000 for comments published in The Nation about the head of the country's supreme court. On a recent visit to Cape Town he spoke to CPJ about Swaziland's media environment, what motivates him, and the upcoming election. The interview has been edited for length.
Sue Valentine: You've appealed your sentence, what do you think is going to happen with your case?
Bheki Makhubu: It depends, if it goes on appeal before the end of the year, it's not a good sign. If it goes on appeal next year around this time, it's still not a good sign--it would mean they want to deal with me quickly and swiftly. If it goes on appeal any time after that, there's hope. Appeals in Swaziland can take three to five years before they're heard, so why would mine be so quick, except if there's an intention to make a point?
SV: It's said that your publication, The Nation, is the only place where "real journalism" is happening in Swaziland. Can you describe the media landscape?
BM: Over the last 20 years, with South Africa having democratized and the rest of the world democratizing, there's been a lot of pressure on the Swazi government and the monarchy to change and be in step with modern ways of thinking and the media has been critical in that way. Ninety percent of journalists in Swaziland are young people who've embraced modern ways of thinking. But government has decided to preserve the monarchy without changing it to be in step with modern society, and so there's been a lot of pressure on the media to take a more conservative line. What has happened is that there's been a lot of victimization of journalists. In 1999 I was fired from my newspaper (Times of Swaziland).
There's a TV station that is government run, there's a radio station which is government run, there's the Observer newspaper which is run by a trust that is controlled by the king [Mswati] directly. And then you have the Times, which is an independent newspaper, but unfortunately the Times, in the last 10 years has found it safe for business reasons to be more cooperative with government. And the reason is that back in the mid-90s the government simply pulled all advertising from the Times - about 60% of operational revenue came from government. That gave the owners a re-think on their independence.
I, on the other hand, was a journalist who was out of a job in 1999, and I was approached by guys who'd started a magazine that wasn't taking off and they said I must help them because I had time on my hands, and I did. Which is where I'm at now.
SV: What's the circulation of The Nation and what is its impact?
BM: Nothing much, about 25,000 copies a month [total population of Swaziland is 1.4 million], but what humbles me is how the magazine has grown with the goals I set. The impact has changed significantly. We're not dismissed. Now people will say, "There's an issue that's broken in the papers, but we know they're not telling it properly, let's wait for the monthly magazine to tell us the real deal," and that's a good thing.
When I started out in the media in Swaziland, ordinary people would walk into a newsroom and say, "I've got a problem and I need the paper to help me." But then, because of the [media's] shift from ordinary people to protecting the interests of the powerful, people have stopped doing that. I thought that was sad. I've positioned the paper to say, if you've got an issue and you want it discussed because it's unfair, or you feel powerless, or the structures of government are blocking you, I'm your man, so long as you've got a good story to tell. And that's happening.
These days there's a question I keep asking myself which will reflect in my journalism as I go along, if I don't get into more trouble. When I hear, for instance, that the prime minister in Swaziland spent about 15 years of his life, probably more, in the United States, and when King Mswati keeps saying we should take this country to first world status--which is not surprising for someone who likes the finer things in life... My question to the prime minister and to the leadership is: If you guys went to university at some of the best universities in the world, enjoyed these freedoms that are available, why are you denying them to us? Why only you? You come back and you shut the door on us. Why? What have we done wrong?
SV: Swaziland is due to have an election later this year, do you think it will herald any change?
BM: Someone once asked me when did I last vote and I said at high school, by a show of hands for the captain type thing. It's a sham. If voting is an expression of opinion about where you want to take a country, then ours is not that. If you're a politician, every five years comes along, you need a new mandate. But if you're a politician in Swaziland, you don't have to fear that.
There will be a free and fair election. To what end, that's another matter. We're not going to see violence like you see in Kenya, because we're not voting for leadership and control of the country.
As a country, it's going to be a very long time before any real change happens. I'm not sure it will happen in my lifetime--the trade unions and the pressure groups have lost their sting. They've decided it's better to cooperate.
SV: What sustains you?
BM: I like being a journalist. I thoroughly enjoy it. I respect that Swazis are educated. I don't underestimate them. I like the idea I can talk to them about issues, there's nothing [in my newspaper] like propaganda. It gives me a sense of satisfaction.
I find myself thinking about issues of legacy. I don't believe King Mswati is going to change; we don't have an option to vote him out, so we'll have to wait for him to run his course, however many years it takes. But at least, I always tell myself whenever I write, when the generation that will be there 100 years from now, when I'm not there and Mswati's not there, and just about everybody's not there, at least they can read what we did now and say, these guys tried. They tried to raise a flag, but it was hard. We can see it was hard. They must not say we were a bunch of ignorant fools who allowed things to happen. To me that's become important.


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A bill that would have eased some restrictions on spanking will not get a hearing by a Kansas House committee.
Rep. John Rubin's office said Wednesday that the House Corrections and Juvenile Justice Committee will not consider the bill. Rubin is the committee's chairman.
The bill, introduced by Rep. Gail Finney, a Democrat from Wichita, spelled out the types of corporal punishment that were allowed in the state. It would have let parents, teachers and other caregivers to hit children hard enough to leave marks or bruising.
The Wichita Eagle reports Finney says on her website that she introduced the bill as a guideline for parents, law enforcement, court officials and others, and to protect children. She says current state law, which allows some spanking, is not clear.


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I have a strange problem with Amiga OS4.1 Update 6 on Pegasos 2. When i try to install it, the
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Monument Park Just Ain't What It Used to Be
First I'd like to apologize for not blogging in awhile. I have had a number of computer problems these past couple of weeks; my laptop has not been functioning properly and I haven't been able to do any writing or Yankee Yapping.
Needless to say, not being able to write has been killing me!
My dad temporarily solved the problem and allowed me to borrow his laptop while mine gets fixed. So a big thank you goes out to him for that.
Anyway onto the topic of this entry…
Last Wednesday I visted Yankee Stadium for the fourth time this season and for the fourth time they won. The Bronx Bombers beat the Detroit Tigers 9-5 and went on to take three out of four from them. Mark Teixeira, Robinson Cano, and Curtis Granderson led the way for the Yanks, each with a home run on the night.
Detroit's Miguel Cabrera put on a hitting show, smacking two homers of his own. Left fielder Don Kelly also homered for Detroit, as the ball was certainly exploding off the bats last Wednesday night.
The real story however was where I went before the game.
For the first time in the New Yankee Stadium I visited Monument Park. I only remember visiting Monument Park in the old Stadium once–July 2, 2002. Monument Park in the old Stadium was positioned behind the left-centerfield wall. It now sits directly behind the centerfield wall, and I have to say, the experience of going there in the new house just wasn't the same.
Watching one of the first games in the new Stadium on TV last year, and subsequently taking notice of Monument Park, I remember thinking to myself, "How can the Yankees take any pride in what Monument Park looks like? In all honesty, it looks as if they decorated the area behind the centerfield wall with used furniture."
I hate to think that way, but it's the truth.
Modern day Monument Park simply doesn't have the old school feeling anymore. With all the up-to-date features in the new ballpark, the place where the Yankees once honored their legends seems to have become just another meaningless, new-age attraction. Of course all of the same Monuments and plaques are still out there, but it is not the same.
Although I dislike the way Monument Park is constructed, I cannot say I am entirely unhappy with it. I loved seeing all the retired numbers and momentos, which I had not seen in eight years. For the first time I saw the monument built to remember those who lost their lives on September 11, 2001, which was a moving experience.
Along with the 9/11 monument, it was great to see the plaque the Yankees put up for Pope Benedict XVI. His Holiness celebrated mass in April of 2008, following in the footsteps of Pope Paul IV and Pope John Paul II, both of whom also celebrated mass at the old Stadium.
The aren't kidding when they say Yankee Stadium is a cathedral.
After I left Monument Park Wednesday night I got to thinking: who will be the next Yankee to have is number retired? I came up with a number of possible candidates. Here they are…
Bernie Williams, 51
The Yankee centerfielder spent 16 seasons in pinstripes. He won four World Series Championships, six American League pennants, four Gold Glove Awards, the 1996 American League Championship Series MVP Award, the 1998 Batting Title, and was selected to the All-Star Game five times.
That's a lot of accomplishments for one player with one team.
Looking past all of the awards and accolades, the most telling point about Williams is that he spent his entire career with the Yankees. In this day and age with free agency and trades, it's remarkable that he was able to stay with the Yanks his whole career.
Although it almost didn't happen.
After the 1998 season, Williams came dangerously close to leaving, due to the expiration of his contract. The Boston Red Sox were one of the leading teams that seeked out Williams and believe it or not, he almost went to the Red Sox. The Yankees were trying to acquire Albert Belle and nearly gave up their prize centerfielder.
I just could not have imagined Williams in a Red Sox uniform. It would have broke my heart, but honestly, I still would have loved him for all he did as a Yankee. Thankfully it did not get that far.
The Bronx Bombers came to their senses, dumped the idea for acquiring Belle, and Williams was back in pinstripes—not only for 1999, but for the rest of his career. He went on tho scale the Yankee all-time lists in hits, doubles, extra base hits, home runs, walks, and RBIs.
No one has worn his number 51 since he retired…or I should say since he did not return to the Yankees in 2007. If you ask me, Williams deserves the honor of having his number sit in Monument Park alongside the Yankee legends of old.
Paul O'Neill, 21
"The Warrior" spent nine seasons with the New York Yankees, all of them as a fan favorite. The short-temepred right fielder was selected to five All-Star Games and won a total of five World Series titles, four of them in pinstripes.
If anyone should be in Monument Park, it's Paul O'Neill.
The late George Steinbrenner gave O'Neill his "Warrior" nickname sometime in the mid-'90s. Steinbrenner had seen how O'Neill reacted to certain calls made by umpires. When he did not agree with a call, he would let the ump know about it…most of the time in angry fashion.
O'Neill's toughness never came into question.
In the past I have given my opinion on O'Neill, and I cannot say enough good about him. He was one of my all-time favorite Yankees and one of the most fierce competitors I have ever seen play the game of baseball. He had a strong hatred for losing and he will always be remembered by me as a winner.
In 2008, LaTroy Hawkins wore the number 21. Running in from the bullpen at Yankee Stadium, he was booed overwhelmingly. He asked Derek Jeter why he was being booed at home, and Jeter responded by saying that his number was the issue.
The next day Hawkins swapped his number 21 for 22.
Since then, the Yankees have taken the number out of circulation and no other player has worn it. It is my best guess that it will be retired by the Yankees at some point.
Joe Torre, 6
Although he is the current manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Joe Torre's number is worthy of retirement in Yankee lore. Torre served as Yankee manager from 1996-2007, standing at the helm of 12 playoff appearances, four World Championships, and six A.L. pennants. He is also one of the winningest managers in Yankee history.
Before the Yanks won the World Series in 1996–Torre's first year as Yankee skipper–the Bronx Bombers had not been to the World Series since 1981. There is no denying the fact that Torre brought the Yanks back from mediocrity and led the team to a Dynasty.
There's no way the Yanks would have been as good as they were without his leadership.
However, the one thing that might prevent his number from being retired was his book. "The Yankee Years" (in a way) strained his relationship with the organization, and overall his departure left a bad taste in everyone's mouth.
Nonetheless he is still a legendary Yankee and like Williams and O'Neill, his number has not been used by another Yankee player since he left.
I have mixed feelings about Torre right now. I love and respect everything he did as Yankee skipper but some of the remarks he made left me thinking about him. I also don't agree with how he managed the bullpen toward the end of his tenure in pinstripes.
Yet I still believe he deserves a spot in Monument Park.
Maybe when Torre retires and all the smoke is cleared, he and the Yankees can reunite; possibly patch things up. In order for his number to be retired, I believe that has to happen. When it does, I look forward to his special day when we celebrate everything he did for the Yanks and all of his wonderfull accomplishments.
The last Yankee to have his number retired was Ron Guidry, back in 2003. Before Guidry, Don Mattingly's number was retired in 1997. Looking at every number out in Monument Park, it seems there is at least one Yankee represented for every era.
I think what the team needs now is a player from the Dynasty of the late '90s represented. Williams, O'Neill, and Torre all fit the bill and are all deserving of the honor. The question is, when will the next Yankee number be retired?
I hope they don't wait until Jeter is done playing. If you ask me, they should give some other players their due and then when Jeter retires, hold the biggest ceremony ever in his honor.
Until then, consider Williams, O'Neill, and Torre.


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If you take good care of your mind and body, your mind and body will take great care of you! This does not have to involve a lot of time or energy on your part. Taking good care of yourself really just means identifying the personal balance you need among work, sleep, play, physical activity, social time, and quiet time – and making it a priority to maintain that balance.
It can be easy at Grinnell to live in an unbalanced way. However, there are all sorts of practices you can add to your day which will help you feel and function well. Some basics include:
- 7-9 hours of sleep per night
- several meals per day
- social time every day
- getting outdoors every day
- moving your body and/or exercising every day
Below is a list of suggestions of other good ways to take care of yourself. Try engaging in one or more activities such as these every day.
read for pleasure • dance • take a walk • play an instrument • meditate • commit a random act of kindness • listen to music • read or watch humor • go to a movie • paint or draw • write in a journal • go for a bike ride • go to yoga • give or get a hug • talk to a friend • play a game • play with someone's pet • stretch • make cookies • lie on your back and watch the clouds


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The other day I found some old journal entries from my sophomore year in college. I didn't find what I was looking for in my file drawer, but I found a treasure of thoughts from twenty years ago. About thirteen pages in I found an entry on psoriasis. How did I feel about psoriasis back then? What was I going through? This entry shows me how managing psoriasis is for the long haul, and how hard it is physically, emotionally, and spiritually to have severe psoriasis.
I've typed out parts of that entry below.
Reflection on Psoriasis (3-6-91)
Today, when I went to Kaiser, I received a UVB light treatment. Although it was only a small dose, I was burned and I do not feel very good right now. The way the light often works is that it will cause slight redness in the psoriasis, and the next day it will get a lot better. But the night before, like now, is just terrible. I can hardly breathe deeply and the irritation from open red sores all over my body keeps me from sitting still. All this adds up to complete frustration over psoriasis.
I first was diagnosed with psoriasis when I was about 7. I have had psoriasis for over 12 years now and now it is about as bad as it has ever been. I have taken just about every medication known to the world, but they have not helped me in the least bit. In fact, I am probably going to have skin cancers from all of the UVB light, liver problems from methotrexate, and thinning skin from topical steroid use. Is there no end to psoriasis? Even at this very moment I can barely sit still. It just gets me on edge!!
The problem is that it will never go away. I need a break. (I'll finish later, I am too irritated to continue).
(3-7-91, the night after)
The night seemed to quell the itchiness of the psoriasis, yet the skin is still very red and thick today. I wonder when, and if it will ever go away? I will always have nights like last night, but I don't really ever want to go through it again. I guess I will have no choice.
My skin has been a blessing in one respect, for it has been a trial to be overcome with the mercy and grace of Jesus Christ. At the same time it has been a hindrance in that it takes up time and energy to put on medicines and to take harmful treatments. Whatever the purpose for psoriasis in my life, I am tired and weary of being upset about it all the time. It may just be time to be a survivor and let myself put full faith into the goodness of God. This is the overwhelming attitude I wish to have in the midst of my psoriasis. Any other view of it would be senselessly futile.
Do the feelings above mirror your own thoughts of psoriasis at one time or another? How have your experiences with psoriasis changed over time?


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Dennis DeCamp's F-32 Roadster
It's All In The Details
Art, by its nature, is supposed to be inspirational. As an expression of an artist's thoughts, a work of art can move, repel, explain, enrage, as well as inspire-often all at the same time. All you have to do is have more than one opinion in the room and the discussion can go on for hours.
So when you interpret a work, you reveal how it personally hits you, and then how it may affect others. Ferraris have been called works of automotive art since their inception in the late '40s and, today, some of the company's vintage vehicles can command prices higher than that of a Picasso or other artists who worked oil on canvas.
If "red," "roadster," and "powerful motor" sound like terms that can only describe a Ferrari, you'd be half right. They can also be used in conjunction with the F-32, a fenderless street rod owned by Dennis DeCamp of West Covina, California.
Inspiration can be found anywhere, but it was the race-going Ferraris of the '50s and the Indy/ Sprint style of racers of the same era that most influenced the look of Dennis' ride.
Dennis has always liked highboy roadsters and, in fact, he says it's a passion. Even as a young boy, he's been fascinated with car design, and he was able to identify most cars going down the road when he was a pre-teen in the '50s. After contacting Barry's Speed Shop to have Barry White and the crew build him a "nice, nice daily driver," the ideas began to flow on how to incorporate all the features Dennis wanted into one car. One of the ideas he had was to have a pair of headrest humps, similar to those found on Sprint Cars.
Chris Brown, Barry's in-house designer, quickly picked up the ball and ran with a design concept that pulled dozens of similar themes together, with the main influence being the parts and pieces you'd expect to find on a vintage Gran Prix car. With the car turning out the way it was on paper, Dennis then decided it should be built to compete for the America's Most Beautiful Roadster award at the Grand National Roadster Show in Pomona, California. That's quite a few steps up from having just a nice driver, but he felt he wanted to do it.
The project began with a race-inspired tubular steel chassis with independent suspension both front and rear. Scratch-built at Barry's shop in Corona, California, the 116-inch wheelbase chassis features a polished Winters quick-change that uses Kugel Komponents IRS pieces coupled to a horizontal coilover setup. Pushrods connected to the outboard carrier operate rocker arms that actuate QA1 shocks located above the rearend.
The front suspension started as a Kugel unit too, but with the coilovers moved inboard and actuated by a second set of drilled-out rocker arms. More lightening holes are found in the rocker arm mounts as well as in the engine mounts, various brackets, and nearly every other structural item on the chassis. In a nutshell, Chris' design concept was if something were on the outside of the car, it was smooth so it wouldn't cause any extra drag, while everything on the inside was drilled with lightening holes to save weight (just like you'd find on a race car).
A set of one-off wheels was made up for the F-32 in 17- and 18-inch diameters and wrapped in Toyo rubber. In another design element also found throughout the car, the machined finish on the face of each wheel was hand-sanded smooth and then painted by Tony Correa of Speed Shop Custom Paint in Corona (just around the corner from Barry's facility). But Tony's method involved applying both primer and paint at a longer distance from the wheels than normal, so when the product finally hit the wheel, it was already partially dry, which created a textured finish that gave the appearance of a cast part, not machined. The same "faux cast" look was used on many chassis pieces by having the inside section of a part, for example the suspension's rocker arms, sandblasted after being milled to also appear as a cast part.
In another race-inspired moment, since the body was going to be made from aluminum, Barry's team figured the engine block and heads should be of the same material. So an all-aluminum LS1 was located and work began on detailing the engine. However, with the upcoming anniversary of the Flathead motor at the 2007 Grand National Roadster Show, Dennis didn't feel right competing for the AMBR with a Chevy powerplant in his ride. So he made the decision to remove the LS1 in favor of an all-aluminum 427 big-block from Jon Barrett Hot Rod Engines in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
The 427 was given a high luster, but the polished engine didn't look right for what you'd see in a vintage racer, so Barry's crew developed a special tool they used to peen both the block and heads. Tony then followed with his special "textured" method of applying paint, which gave the block and heads their vintage look.
The 427 was then topped with a TWM injection system and Barry's fabrication team, headed up by Adam Ramsey, then removed the contemporary fuel rails and replaced them with hoses. Even the spark plug wire holders, which were first laser-cut from stainless, were welded together and made to appear older than they really are.
A Miller Speed cog drive, similar in appearance to a beltdrive for a blower, was used as the drive that works the water pump. In an example of extreme attention to detail, the crew also machine-dimpled the inside of the head of every hex bolt on the vehicle for a uniform look. To round out the drivetrain, a Tremec five-speed transmission allows Dennis to upshift through the gears while simultaneously planting him in his seat.
The basic shape of the car is '32 Ford, though heavily reworked to show Ferrari instincts. But, as some of Chris' earliest illustrations show, there are a lot more curves in this one-off aluminum body than Ford ever thought of putting in its Deuce. One subtle "S" curve appears when you look down the rear quarter from the rear three-quarter view. The sexy shape curves in as it rolls to the bottom of the body, but it's done subtly, so as not to scream it. Another arc runs front-to-rear across the top of the body that gives the vehicle a more powerful stance.
As tough as it is to explain, those design elements were an even tougher assignment for the trio who scratch-built the body from a stack of aluminum sheet: Marc, Luc, and Marcel DeLey of Marcel's Custom Metal Shaping. Conveniently located across the street from Barry White's Speed Shop, the DeLeys have been responsible for building far more Grand National Roadster Show AMBR and Detroit Autorama Ridler winners than any other shop or individual. Using Chris' full-scale drawing to work from, they went about creating the body as they saw it.
Though Marcel's can seemingly fabricate nearly any shape of vehicle (they've done Model A tubs, B-400 bodies, '35 and '37 Ford roadsters, as well as every Muroc roadster in existence) for their customers, this one was a little different, due in part to those sexy curves Chris called out for in his drawings. Another facet of the design was how the doors would work. Not just suicide in operation, Chris required the rear edge of the door tuck into the quarter-panel when the doors were open, not swing outside the body like most other roadsters. Having never done that before, Marc first fabricated a working model of the doorjamb in steel to see if could work. Getting the engineering down in model form first, he was able to work out the kinks and apply his newfound knowledge to the F-32's doors.
Another tricky part of the design was the fabrication of the headrests. Not a simple bolt-on or add-on piece, the humps are part of the one-piece upper panel that also incorporates the space for the gas filler lid as well as the channel for the decklid. Full of bumps, curves, and returns, the piece is a metalman's nightmare, but something Marcel's was able to accomplish to perfection.
With the fabrication done, the chassis and aluminum body were taken around the corner to Speed Shop Custom Paint, where Tony prepped everything for bodywork before laying down multiple coats of PPG F-32 Red (after all, Ferraris are supposed to be red, aren't they?). When most folks get their car back from the painter, they begin to assemble the car, but, in this case, since it was decided during construction that the vehicle would be built to compete in the Grand National Roadster Show's America's Most Beautiful Roadster category, hundreds of hours were recorded detailing the chassis, its parts and pieces, as well as the body after it came back from the paint shop. Once that meticulous work was done, only then could the final build begin.
One of the many custom items on the car is the curved windshield assembly. Starting life as a unit for a Muroc roadster, the pieces were modified for the F-32's wider cowl. In addition to that, a rearview mirror was grafted to the top of the center post and the spear that tapers forward from the base of the center post (toward the engine compartment) was mirrored on the backside of the post to point toward the cockpit. Keeping in mind the windshield frame is a cast piece, the additional fabrication was a real chore. Other custom items, such as the custom grille from Dan Fink Metalworks, were added, as were Headwinds headlights and a custom four-lens taillight combo.
The interior was yet another opportunity for the race car theme to continue. The custom bench seat was designed to look more like a pair of buckets, and the ringlets in the seat bottom and backs are reminiscent of those found in the original GT40s of the '60s. Gabe's Auto Upholstery in Bloomington, California, did all of the interior installation, which included covering the trans tunnel with the same leather used on the seats and door panels. Up in the center of the dash is a small aluminum panel with flip switches on either side of a red button. The two switches on the left operate the power and fuel pump, and, once tripped, the red start button is pushed and the big-block comes to life.
Custom gauges from Classic Instruments are the first we've seen where the tachometer is located in the center of the 170-mph speedometer. Four other gauges (fuel, oil, volt, and temp) are balanced on either side of the speedo/tach. For steering, a flat leather-wrapped wheel was designed and whittled from aluminum and then relieved of some weight with added lightening holes. The same multi-hole design in the steering wheel spokes is carried on down the simple column to the mounts, and then farther down onto the pedal assembly.
Gabe also covered the trunk in the same coffee-colored leather, which accents the polished-aluminum, foam-filled fuel cell from Mooneyes. And, though the exhaust outlets at the base of each quarter-panel actually work, the gas filler cap located between the headrest humps doesn't go to the gas tank. The real filler is on the Mooneyes tank inside the trunk-the exterior lid hides the main power switch for the vehicle.
With the car basically finished, fabrication-wise, attention then turned to the details and making sure anything was addressed that a show car judge could see. Hundreds of hours go into this facet of building a show car, and the White team knows how to get it done. The car did make its debut at the 2007 Grand National Roadster Show in Pomona, California, to compete in the America's Most Beautiful Roadster award category, and, though a top contender and a crowd favorite, the F-32 did not win the top prize. Not deterred, Dennis continued showing the car around the country and received multiple awards, as well as the coveted 2007 Street Rod of the Year award from the Goodguys organization at their PPG Nationals in Columbus, Ohio.
Now done with the series of competitive car shows, Dennis is planning on showing off his ride in the fashion it was born to: on the road and at speed. He'd already rolled up 500 miles on the odometer when these photos were taken, but fully intends to cruise around his hometown in Southern California and enjoy his roadster. So, if you see a guy driving the F-32 with a big smile on his face, say hello-that happy owner would be Dennis!


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Activity Fees
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Entry into Honey Creek is by guided tours only. There are no facilities at this park except the two miles of nature/interpretive trails. The Saturday morning walking tour of Honey Creek usually begins at 9 a.m. Please call in advance to confirm that the tour will be given on the particular Saturday you wish to visit. No pets are allowed in this State Natural Area.
Contact the Park
Note: Information and prices are subject to change. Please call the park or park information (1-800-792-1112) for the latest updates. The daily entrance fee is charged in addition to any facility fees, unless otherwise stated. A Texas State Park Pass will allow you and your guests to enjoy unlimited visits for 1-year to more than 90 State Parks, without paying the daily entrance fee, in addition to other benefits.
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Oklahoma Preparing For Visit From President Obama
Obama To Visit Oklahoma City, Cushing
People in Oklahoma City and Cushing are getting ready for President Barack Obama's first visit of his presidency to the Sooner State.
The president's visit is in an effort to defend his energy policy. Republican presidential candidates are saying he needs to do more to lower gas prices, but Obama says there is no quick fix.
Obama is due to arrive in Oklahoma City on Wednesday night. He will then travel to Cushing on Thursday.
Obama is expected to talk about a new pipeline between Cushing and the Gulf Coast after blocking part of the Keystone XL Pipeline from Canada.
"This president has approved dozen of pipelines," said David Axelrod, Obama's campaign adviser. "He's going to speak this week about another spur from Oklahoma to the Gulf so we can relieve a glut of oil that we have and get it down to refineries there."
The Obama administration dismisses Newt Gingrich's plan to lower gas prices to $2.50 a gallon.


text: DysoForums :: View topic - Dysotopia: The rebirth DysoForums Gallery Donate Dyso.com Search Memberlist Usergroups Stats Register Login to check your private messages Login Dysotopia: The rebirth DysoForums Forum Index -> Complaints, Rants, and Flames - History View previous topic :: View next topic :: Hide signatures Author Message NikinaMortalJoined: 08 May 2003Posts: 20 Level: 3 XP: 22% Posted: Fri May 30, 2003 3:34 am Post subject: Dysotopia: The rebirth Ok lets start like this, Dysotopia: The rebirth is a really really good idea.. but it might be a little too late... If I read correctly it won't be out until next year, now thinking to myself I think that NWN will come to an end one day or another.... The things that will keep NWN are the expansions, but if Dyso doesn't upgrade to them I am afraid people will move on. Dysotopia 3.x is not even finished and rebirth is being worked on, now what that means is that more work is being put into rebirth and less into the server we play on. What does that mean? Less updates, less new lands, less new items, less fixes, less cool stuff. I hope that rebirth will be done but I think it would be fun to have a team work on rebirth and one on Dyso 3.x, come on Bri, get a team of devs or something... Am I a bit right or do I really make no sense? Please coment! Back to top Shin2kFri 05/30/03 4:44am I think the best way would be to release it beta and just keep working on it and reguraly update them Marquis DrayfoxFri 05/30/03 9:31am Yup. I have to agree with you there Shin. It will be too late for the Rebirth if it comes out that late. ZHeroJoined: 04 Sep 2002Posts: 632 Level: 22 XP: 98% Posted: Fri May 30, 2003 1:27 pm Post subject: Its dead anyway I think or near enough. Look how enthusiastic Gesh was at the start of Rebirth, you look at the average number of posts since he started working in the Rebirth forums. Around 1 a day with new scripts and things and then suddenly.. KAPUT, just wish hed give us some official status update, just a simple yes or no.._________________Z/Zor/Zorrath http://dyso.joelpt.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1515 http://www.againsttcpa.com/index.shtml Back to top RavenFri 05/30/03 1:30pm If he gives up, I hope someone can take over. I can assemble a team of really good modders. Griff InnIce LollyJoined: 10 Sep 2002Posts: 679 Level: 23 XP: 70% Posted: Fri May 30, 2003 1:46 pm Post subject: I decided not to get excited over rebirth when it was announced due to the incredibly long time until its completion, and I wasn't holding out for it to actually be completed. And even if it is completed, NWN will be dead and buried by that time as most have said. If Gesh comes back he'd be doing a better favor to everyone if he just worked on 3.x with Bri imo. Griff_________________Never underestimate the power of hot tea. Back to top RavenHeroJoined: 30 Apr 2003Posts: 612 Level: 22 XP: 64% Posted: Fri May 30, 2003 1:49 pm Post subject: Or get a team so that some work on 3 and some work on rebirth. Another thought that occured to me is, if we want dyso to get bigger without laggier, we can use the two servers for two different regions. Potentially doubling the size of dyso without losing much lag. Problem is sometimes the server will be full and therefore rendering some areas innaccessible. Back to top DrudleyFri 05/30/03 1:51pm Server full? I believe it when i see it I haven't seen it full for at least a month SepFri 05/30/03 1:52pm Lately I have seen it near full... 36/40 most of the time. RavenFri 05/30/03 1:52pm If we have two servers wth two regions, one might be overcrowded. Maelstrom696969LamerJoined: 18 Dec 2002Posts: 1837 Level: 35 XP: 77% Posted: Fri May 30, 2003 3:14 pm Post subject: I partially agree with Griff, about the part of Gesh helping with 3.x etc. Rebirth will take too long. With SoU coming out soon, and XP2 coming out this winter (maybe), and Star Wars Galaxies (and DOOMIII!) and who knows what other stuff, NWN in general won't be around for probably more than a couple years more (except for the hardcore players). I have no idea what your reasons are for not allowing more devs, Bri, but they might help move things along on Dyso. Not like you don't know that of course! But I'm just saying - like others here - with all the love Dyso has and support from those of us who like it no matter what, more stuff would be very appreciated (not like you don't know that, too )._________________"Great warrior? Ah! Wars not make one great!" Back to top Maelstrom696969LamerJoined: 18 Dec 2002Posts: 1837 Level: 35 XP: 77% Posted: Fri May 30, 2003 3:15 pm Post subject: Unless Gesh *is* actually still working on Rebirth, and will just spring it on the True Believers suddenly someday... _________________"Great warrior? Ah! Wars not make one great!" Back to top ZFri 05/30/03 6:11pm someday, someday, someday FalkhorFri 05/30/03 7:01pm Doubtfull, doubtfull, very doubtfull... KindoFri 05/30/03 7:03pm *hugs tuskan* Maelstrom696969Fri 05/30/03 7:32pm Why are you hugging a Sandperson? Edit: oh wait! sorry...i get it. NikinaSat 05/31/03 4:39am I love how every thread gets out of topic one day or another lol! Shin2kSat 05/31/03 8:49am If Dyso needs more builders or scripters I could help, if its gonna be completely given up we might have a slight problem though :S NemorHeroJoined: 15 Feb 2003Posts: 510 Level: 20 XP: 84% Posted: Sat May 31, 2003 9:52 am Post subject: It's usually people like me that make threads change their tune... People "like" me.. YOU BLAMING ME? GET YOUR OWN DAMN THREAD CHANGE TOOLS!!!! Again, I have no idea what I'm on about.. But listen anyway or I cut your throat open with a rusty butter knife._________________Your friendly but rather insane office worker... As illustrated... Black Shadow - Rogue Green Shadow - Mage Bio - http://www.btinternet.com/~b.russell2k/Shadow.txt Nemor - Druid Back to top Maelstrom696969LamerJoined: 18 Dec 2002Posts: 1837 Level: 35 XP: 77% Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2003 2:39 am Post subject: This thread is not off topic. Nemor, I'm going to hit you in the face so hard you'll have to put your finger in your ear to pick your nose._________________"Great warrior? Ah! Wars not make one great!" 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A Republican Super PAC backed by Cubs co-owner and TD Ameritrade founder Joe Ricketts was secretly collaborating with a top political branding group to smear President Obama and destroy his chance at re-election come September -- but their 48-page playbook, called "Next," was leaked to the New York Times, which published the attack plan today.
The $10 million
strategy character assassination will highlight Obama's association with the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, who they say preached a "black liberation theology." According to the Times:
The group suggested hiring as a spokesman an "extremely literate conservative African-American" who can argue that Mr. Obama misled the nation by presenting himself as what the proposal calls a "metrosexual, black Abe Lincoln."
Obama's camp has responded accordingly:
The blueprint for a hate-filled, divisive campaign of character assassination speaks for itself. It also reflects how far the party has drifted in four short years since John McCain rejected these very tactics. Once again, Gov. Romney has fallen short of the standard that John McCain set, reacting tepidly in a moment that required moral leadership in standing up to the very extreme wing of his own party.
Romney, predictably, denounced the effort:
I repudiate the effort by that PAC to promote an ad strategy of the nature they've described. I would like to see this campaign focus on the economy, on getting people back to work, on seeing rising incomes and growing prosperity -- particularly for those in the middle class of America. And I think what we've seen so far from the Obama campaign is a campaign of character assassination. I hope that isn't the course of this campaign. So in regards to that PAC, I repudiate what they're thinking about.
Fun fact: The group hopes to snag Jon Voight for the voiceover.
UPDATE: Ricketts has released a statement disavowing the entire proposal:
Joe Ricketts is a registered independent, a fiscal conservative and an outspoken critic of the Obama administration, but he is neither the author nor the funder of the so-called Ricketts Plan to defeat Mr. Obama that the New York Times wrote about this morning. Not only was this plan merely a proposal -- one of several submitted to the Ending Spending Action Fund by third-party vendors -- but it reflects an approach to politics that Mr. Ricketts rejects and it was never a plan to be accepted but only a suggestion for a direction to take.


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Posted: Apr 19, 2013
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Due to the ongoing police activity in the Boston/Cambridge area, several Harvard Athletics events have been postponed.
All of this weekend's contests aside from the ones announced below will continue as scheduled.
Events Postponed:
- Women's Lacrosse vs. Columbia (April 20) moved to April 28 at 1 p.m.
- Men's Heavyweight Crew at Princeton (April 20) is postponed until Sunday, April 21.
- Women's Lightweight Crew vs. Princeton (April 20) is postponed until Sunday, April 21.
- Men's Tennis vs. Brown (April 19) is postponed until further notice.
- Women's Tennis at Brown (April 19) is postponed until further notice.
- Women's Sailing at New England Championships (April 20-21) moved to April 27-28.
- Coed Sailing at Thompston Trophy (at Connecticut College); Harvard will not attend
- Coed Sailing at Tech Invitational (at MIT); Harvard will not attend
Events involving teams and individual student-athletes that are already at a visiting competition are still scheduled, including men's lacrosse at Princeton (April 19 at 6 p.m. on ESPNU) and outdoor track & field at the Larry Ellis Invitational at Princeton (April 19-20).
Please check GoCrimson.com for further schedule updates as they become available.


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On Unix, the mysql client logs statements
executed interactively to a history file. By default, this file
is named
.mysql_history in your home
directory. To specify a different file, set the value of the
MYSQL_HISTFILE environment variable.
How Logging Occurs
Statement logging occurs as follows:
Statements are logged only when executed interactively. Statements are noninteractive, for example, when read from a file or a pipe. It is also possible to suppress statement logging by using the
mysql logs each nonempty statement line individually.
If a statement spans multiple lines (not including the terminating delimiter), mysql concatenates the lines to form the complete statement, maps newlines to spaces, and logs the result, plus a delimiter.
Consequently, an input statement that spans multiple lines can be logged twice. Consider this input:
mysql> SELECT
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In this case, mysql logs the
"SELECT", "'Today is'",
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after mapping
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in logged output:
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Controlling the History File
.mysql_history file should be protected
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.mysql_history if it exists. Then use
either of the following techniques to prevent it from being
created again:
Set the
MYSQL_HISTFILEenvironment variable to
/dev/null. To cause this setting to take effect each time you log in, put it in one of your shell's startup files.
.mysql_historyas a symbolic link to
/dev/null; this need be done only once:
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The iconic tube map of London's Underground network has been given a Tron-over by DeviantArt user IamClu, turning it into "The Grid". Buzz Lightyear and a double-decker bus have also been Tronified, below.
I can exclusively reveal that no, London trains aren't as fast as lightcycles. But you don't have to wear tight leather to ride them, at least. Unless your motorbike breaks down... [DeviantArt via HeyUGuys via @LDN]


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Final Word
Gratitude is not the same as giving thanks
By Shelley Semmler, outgoing vice president for institutional advancement
For the past 13 years, I've been the vice president for institutional advancement at Ithaca College. A big part of my job is to cultivate relationships with people who support IC and, above all, to let them know how much we value their...
The Beginning of Rhythms of...
A sociologist reflects on his Harlem roots.
By Julian Euell
We get stuck on our paths when we are unable to reimagine our lives different than they are right now. I was 11 years old when everything changed.
My uncle...
Nothing can separate journalism and advertising.
By Anthony Di Renzo
On April 9, 2009, the Los Angeles Times upset the chattering classes by running a front-page...
A higher ed professional spends an academic year with the IC enrollment team, just as the economy implodes. by Rit Fuller '73
It began innocuously enough. I had returned to IC during Alumni Weekend in June 2008 with a few friends for our 35th reunion. I must admit that I had not been the most...


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From Powerline today:
Yesterday Glenn Reynolds made the rounds in his usual style, spotlighting an interesting story and related posts on Barack Obama's aunt Zeituni Onyango (I've deleted the "update" notations):
MAYBE SOMEBODY SHOULD SPREAD SOME WEALTH AROUND IN HIS OWN FAMILY: Obama Aunt Found in Rundown Boston Slum.
Zeituni Onyango, the aunt so affectionately described in Mr Obama's best-selling memoir Dreams from My Father, lives in a disabled-access flat on a rundown public housing estate in South Boston.
A second relative believed to be the long-lost "Uncle Omar" described in the book was beaten by armed robbers with a "sawed-off rifle" while working in a corner shop in the Dorchester area of the city. He was later evicted from his one-bedroom flat for failing to pay $2,324.20 (£1,488) arrears, according to the Boston Housing Court.
Funny how you have to go to the British papers — in this case the London Times — for this kind of story.
Bob Krumm emails: "The most damning part of the Obama aunt story is that once his campaign found her living in squalor they told her to not talk to the press until after the election, but they didn't try to help her." He has a post here to that effect.
Some thoughts from TigerHawk: "I have finally figured out why somebody who has been as successful as Barack Obama believes that the government must help people who cannot or do not help themselves: He simply does not understand that helping the poor, unlucky, or incompetent is first the responsibility of family."
Plus this: "He has used these people — his grandmother, his aunt and uncle, and so forth — as props in his political narrative. He wants us to measure him in part by his relationship to these Kenyans, but — and here is the harsh part — only as that relationship is described by him. What if his characterization of that relationship is misleading? What if it turns out that while he is delighted to cite these people as evidence of his humble beginnings — that is what I mean by using them as props — he is not so delighted to consider them as part of his family? Is that not at least a potentially useful insight into the character of this man about whom we know so little?"
Ann Althouse defends Obama and quotes the Bible.
At NRO's Corner, Mark Steyn opened yet another window on the story — a window with a view to Obama's dubious donations:
The London Times story of Barack Obama's Aunt Zeituni – like that of his penniless brother and the Kenyan grade school he promised to help – is interesting not only as a reflection on the candidate's belief that "spreading the wealth around" is a centralized government mandate to be imposed on Joe the Plumber rather than a personal act by, say, a wealthy memoirist whose books repackage colorful relatives to highly lucrative effect.
But, aside from all that, this detail is lovely:
The Times could not determine their immigration status and an official at Boston City Hall said that Ms Onyango was a resident of Flaherty Way but not registered to vote on the electoral roll. However, that Ms Onyango made a contribution to the Obama campaign would indicate that she is a US citizen.
Of course. By definition, if you donate to Barack the Good, you must be one of his loyal subjects. They should make it a requirement of the citizenship test.
By the way, the argument that giving money to Obama is ipso facto proof of citizenship also clears up any question marks over those donations by "A Hitler" and "S Hussein". Congratulations!
Mark adds a closing thought: "Oh, and if you want to know why The Boston Globe's parent company (The New York Times) has been downgraded by Moody's to junk status, ask yourself why this story is in a foreign newspaper three thousand miles away rather than the local rag."
Alex: Probably why all those Europeans last summer didn't leave the beach to save their parent's lives in the heat – they wxpected the government to do it FOR THEM. Talk about a worldview of an instrucive government – even to the point of saving the lives of your own parents? No wonder Europeans are dying out.


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Didim's fact file
• Population: 80 Thousand
• Area: 280 km²
• Official Language: Turkish
• Religion: Muslim / Christianity
• Mayor: A.Deniz Atabay
• Time Zone: Eastern European Time Zone . Eastern European Standard Time (EET) is 2 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT+2).
• Currency: Turkish Lira
• City Code: +90 256
• Emergency numbers: 110 Fire, 155 Police, 112 Ambulance
Turkey's mobile (cell) phone companies are Turkcell (900 Mhz, the largest), Vodafone (900 Mhz, next largest), and Türk Telekom (1800 Mhz, formerly Avea).
All of them also offer 2G and 3G (W-CDMA, 2100 Mhz) service, and 2G GPRS/EDGE and 3G data.A 4G LTE network is being constructed and may be in service by 2016, by which time it may actually be a 4.5G LTE network Wifi Internet access, usually free, is common all over Turkey. Virtually all hotels, hostels, dorms, rental apartments, and even tree houses have Wifi. Only the luxury hotels charge for it. Many restaurants, cafés, bars, beach café-bars andoffices offer it. Some intercity buses, trains andferryboats have it, and airports offer it for a fee
It's fair to say that you will have free Wifi available to you at least a few hours each day. Some travelers find this completely sufficient for their needs. The connection and its speed may vary, but you'll have the opportunity to connect, and the price is the best: free!
An extensive variety of cuisine is available representing the multicultural flavour of Didim. Whether you're looking for a taste of home or a taste of the exotic, fine dining or a casual family-friendly spot, you'll find it.
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