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Ok, first update this year. That Portuguese translator is really driving me nuts. He stole our first place! ;-)
Ok, first update this year. That Portuguese translator is really driving me nuts. He stole our first place! ;-)
Almost a year since the last update. What has happened? A lot... The Swedish translations in GNOME 2.0 have been 100% ever since GNOME 2.0 was released (apart from when the occasional unannounced string breakages happen... *grin*). Currently I'm struggling with the GNOME 2.2 translations. I've got a lot of help from a new Swedish translator, Janne, recently, who now maintains the GIMP-Plugins and Gnumeric translations.
I have been appointed as a GNOME Translation Project contact person together with kmaraas, so probably means a lot more responsibility in bringing developers and translators of GNOME together and aid communication and so on, I would guess.
In the summer of 2002, I did my master thesis work. The report is in Swedish though. I and Lina (who I did the thesis work with) had some disagreements on how to present our work. We arrived at a compromise -- I managed to get through to write our report in LaTeX instead of Word, and she managed to get through that we should write it in Swedish instead of English. In retrospect, our professor was somewhat disappointed, since the final results of our work was interesting, but the report being in Swedish made sharing those results difficult. In any case, we succeeded with our work, and I'm a happy camper now. If I only could get finished with the other parts of my studies (those I need before I have my exam), life would be perfect...
Long time since the last entry. The Swedish Gnumeric translation is now complete. Horray!
An even even longer time since the last update.
According to the new unofficial (and working) GNOME translation status page, sv now has 96% translated messages. Am I happy? Yes. Can it be improved even further. Yes.
What has happened since my last update? I'm now the translation coordinator for the Swedish team (sv) in the GNOME Translation Project. I met a lot of nice people at GUADEC. I will start work this summer tomorrow, but I hope to be able to still update lots of translations on my spare time. Am I boring that way? Yes. :-)
An even longer time since the last update.
We now have 87% or 88% translation status for the Swedish
team. My goal is of course well above 90%. Let's see if we
get there.
Currently, there are other big, none-GNOME, translations that also require attention =(. So lets see what happens. Also, I have to pass some exams. Heh.
I believe I have contributed to all modules on the GNOME translation status page now, except for maybe two or three of them, so there's no point in listing them here.
No progress on the Sourceforge i18n. Even snails moves faster than Sourceforge, it seems.
I've found two new pet projects: Nautilus, the new upcoming GNOME file manager, and Galeon, a GNOME web browser based on Mozilla. Both teams' developers are really nice people, and I try to contribute to those projects as much as I can.
Wow, a long time since the latest update.
We (the Swedish team) reached 79% in translation status this week, and even got ourselves mentioned in the online edition (as far as I know) of the only Linux magazine in Swedish. But, of course, news turn old really fast. The day after, we were at 81% ;-)
I don't know if I should keep my habit of mentioning the translations I've fiddled with since my latest diary entry... but I'll do it this time: dia, evolution, gal, garp, gedit, gernel, gfax, gnapster, gnome-chess, gnome-db, gnome-iconedit, gnome-lokkit, gnome-vfs, gnomeicu, guppi3, gxsnmp, helix-install, helix-setup-tools, libgda, libgimp, memprof, pan, sodipodi and xpdf.
Also, I managed to translate parts of SourceForge into Swedish. But I also think I'm pissing off Tim Perdue with my annoying requests for more translatable stuff. :(
This week I kept updating achtung, balsa, bonobo, galeon, gimp, gnome-core, gnome-games, gnome-print, gnop, gnorpm, gphoto, gtkhtml, gtranslator, mc, nautilus and oaf. Most of them were updates to bring them to 100% but several of them were completely new translations too (I actually can't remember which of them were which).
Oh yes, and we did reach the 75% level with sv this week. Swedish is now a fully supported GNOME language :-)
Weeeha... translating all that I can this weekend. Brought the swedish Nautilus translation from 40% to 100% (~500 messages), and updated control-center, eog, gtm and galeon, and currently working on gconf.
Good: I'll be doing a lot more GNOME translations in the future. I've already done small stuff like Firestarter, rp3 and gnome-find the last few days, and I plan to do at least some complete translations a week.
Updated the Swedish translation for Galeon yesterday. Hopefully someone will check it in too.
Exams time is back again... *sigh*
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PONTOTOC – A piece of metal can't be turned into a flower, according to metal artist Harrison Caldwell. The finished piece will always fail when compared to its inspiration.
He makes flowers out of copper and steel, so he ought to know.
He's taken pictures in his wife's garden and taped them to walls in his workshop.
He's sat in that garden and studied those photographs, following the advice of Vincent van Gogh: "It is looking at things for a long time that ripens you and gives you deeper meaning."
"You can't make it exactly right. You just can't. But when you're done, you want people to say, 'Hey, that's a cotton plant. That's it,'" Caldwell said. "You can't do it exactly, but you can evoke the idea of it."
If perfection isn't possible, the Pontotoc resident wants to see how close he can get. His cotton plant bears that out.
Caldwell was at an art show in Oxford when a woman said, "Do you do cotton?"
He got to thinking, How would I do cotton?
The first job was to get up-close and personal with his subject, which wasn't as easy as one might expect for a Mississippi-based artist.
"So much is treated with herbicides, and the leaves get stripped," he said.
His wife, June Caldwell, said, "We had to trespass on some good land in Houlka to find it. I don't think they would've minded, but you never know."
A copper cotton boll was a relatively quick creation, but the cotton blossom proved vexing. Weeks and months turned into years.
"It took two or three years. It sat around here," he said, waving his arm around his backyard workshop. "I finally got an idea for the tools I'd need. I had the idea, and now it's hanging in an orthodontist's office in Pearl."
Caldwell, 67, spent his working life in engineering and manufacturing. At various times, he was involved in the production of ships, paper and automotive springs.
In the late 1990s, it became clear he and his wife needed a new pastime. Kayaking was losing its thrill, or maybe it offered too many thrills.
"June said she was tired of being upside down in the water," Caldwell said.
He'd worked with metal during his professional life, and fondly remembered the blacksmith shops that were still in operation when he was a kid. In 1998, Caldwell attended the John C. Campbell Folk School in North Carolina.
"They have the best blacksmith instructors and facilities east of the Mississippi River. We've gone up there 15 or so times," he said. "There's always stuff to learn. You learn the basics and you realize there are things you don't know, so you have to go back."
He's got a coal forge and a gas forge at his workshop, and he's created a treadle hammer and other tools.
"June said it's gear lust, but it's not," he said. "You need to have certain tools."
"You don't have one hammer, you have a rack of hammers," she said. "You don't have one set of tongs, you have 20."
"They hold different things," he protested.
June Caldwell was having fun at her husband's expense. She's an artist herself, and she knows that having the right tool is crucial to getting the job right, if not perfect.
"He has to make a lot of his tools," she said. "He can't find them at a hardware store."
He's made clamps and stamps, as well as grooves to help mimic the tapered ends of iris buds.
When making a prototype of a new piece, he follows Van Gogh's advice by studying his subject until he knows how the finished product should look, then he must figure out how to turn that look into reality. Daffodil leaves are just so. An iris is a light and delicate thing easily twisted by the wind.
"When I'm done," he said, "I want them to look like you've just picked them."
Caldwell is mostly focused on copper these days, though he also works with steel.
"From what I'm hearing from the galleries, copper is more eye-catching," he said.
The Caldwells use scrap metal when they can. Roofers drop off their cast-offs, and friends have donated old copper pipes. They go to a metal dealer for the big pieces.
"Even the new copper doesn't get wasted," June Caldwell, 62, said. "I take the surplus and make jewelry. Periodically, he'll find a weird piece of metal and he'll say, 'Here's a strange piece of copper. Can you do something with it?'"
She enamels some of her husband's projects. He's also become adept at adding patina to copper roses and daylillies. Heat from an acetylene torch brings pinks and purples out of the metal.
"The colors comes from the amount of heat you apply," he said, bent over a flame.
"He makes it look easy. It's not," June Caldwell added. "If you do it more than a second or two, it turns black."
He makes "canvases" out of sheet metal, and positions the finished pieces so they stick out from the gray metal. He also has flowers that seem to grow out of rocks.
"I want something that looks as good in the dining room as it does on the porch," he said.
Once he has a prototype finished, he'll work on a series of pieces. He went on a koi kick last year and took his wife to Mount Fuji in Tupelo to study the fish at the restaurant's pond. Now, he's focused on flowers from her garden.
There's always a new prototype to be made because he gets bored easily. He also wants customers to know they're getting one-of-a-kind pieces.
"I change what I'm doing," he said, "because it's hard to make something exactly the same. Second, you just want to make something different."
Caldwell's work is carried by the National Ornamental Metal Museum in Memphis. He's sold pieces for as much as $3,800, and others have gone for $150, depending on size and intricacy.
They consider Caldwell Forge & Enamel a business, and they've spent the past eight years building a reputation. Caldwell has been told it takes about 10 years of good, solid effort before art collectors start to seek you out.
"They want to know you'll be around," he said. "You want to get to where a number of people say, 'I know who you are. I've seen some of your stuff. I want to talk to you about a commission.'"
Toward that end, Caldwell works his metal from midmorning until 6 or 7 p.m. He occasionally misses dinner when he's involved in a project, trying to get as close to perfection as his homemade tools allow.
On The Web
TO LEARN MORE about Harrison Caldwell's metal art and June Caldwell's handmade jewelry, visit www.caldwellforge.com.
M. Scott Morris/NEMS Daily Journal

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If Forrest does anything less than completely dominate Tito, he belongs on the undercard.
If the guy continues to improve his striking he is going to be bad-ass!
He stood too long with Munoz. That fight was close. He has wanted to show off his striking after the Marquart disaster. IMO, he can strike for a bit but he needs to get back to what he does best – JJ.
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Lets not forget Chael Sonnen's UFC debut he got subbed by Renato "Babalu" Sobral, I know it was a long time ago, I also will add that Chael Sonnen will lose against Silva tonight.
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A Texas Billionaire was flying first class to NYC. He asked one of the flight attendants if she would spend the weekend with him in the hotel room for a million dollars. Of course I would Sugar she purred while making sure his tray table was in the Upright and locked position. Well then, how about for Fifty Dollars? The stewardess jumped off his lap, slapped him in the face and loudly exclaimed What kind of girl do you think I am anyway?!
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Has anyone else run across goofy and inconsistent pricing at TRU on clearance EP1 stuff? I'm specifically talking about the Invasion Force line. My TRU in Orem, UT has a bunch of Invasion Force Mauls with Sith Attack Speeder (an EU vehicle/figure set). They've priced them at $4.97 each and they pop up as something like 'Maul & Obi-Wan' on the price scanners. TRU's also received some Mini-AATs w/Battle Droids and Gungan Sub w/OB1, but they scan at $1.97 even though they are put in the same display basket with the $4.97 price sign.
I talked with some store employees and they swear up and down that the pricing is like that because the Mauls are so much more popular. If that were the case then all the Mauls would be gone instead of the other two types. I think they just forgot to change the price and are blowing smoke.
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A few days ago I wrote in my portuguese blog an article trying to demonstrate why the "one assertion per test" pattern is an excellent one. If you dont know much about this pattern, I suggest you to follow this link which is a post from Jay Fields talking about it.
Some people gave me some feedback in the comments and one of them pointed me to this post from the guys from thoughtbot where among other practices, they criticized the one I was trying to evangelize
I like arguments and in this case arguments are present, but I think they aren't valid, we'll see why.
6 database records created
The author of the posts shows a code written in Shoulda where before each test he creates a record in the database and claims that the pattern is bad because to follow it he needed to create six database records instead of just one. Now I ask, did anyone tell anybody to create a record before each test? In my first post talking about the pattern I wrote an example which contains the following code:
before :all do email = Email.new("firstname.lastname@example.com") end
Note that I wrote before :all and not before :each, that's because independent of the pattern, the tests need to be smart. In the case you couldn't specify in Shoulda a block to be executed before all tests, that's a problem of the framework and not of the pattern.
TDD should feel rhythmic
In the same code talked before, the author wrote some tests consisting of one line (Shoulda macros) and others consisting of three lines. Then he argues that the pattern in discussion is bad because the code hasn't rhythm and TDD should have rhythm. Does this have any sense? The pattern doesn't talk about having tests in one line or three, just about having one assertion per test. This doesn't have any relation with the pattern, I might have the same behavior without following it, like this:
should_respond_with_xml_for 'user' should 'include the user id and user name' do assert_select 'id', @user.id.to_s assert_select 'name', @user.name end
What about now? Can we say that Shoulda is bad because I wrote a code that I consider it has no rhyme? Are then Shoulda macros not that good because they take they rhythm of the code?
Test names are not intention-revealing
I'm not sure if I understood this argument very well but I think the author claimed that the more tests you have, the more you have to give specific names to them. Assuming I'm right in my understanding, the intent of the pattern is precisely this, to create tests that specify what they are testing and what the code should do. When you run your tests, I surely think it's better to receive this:
a GET to /users/:id.xml should respond with success a GET to /users/:id.xml should render template show a GET to /users/:id.xml should find the correct User a GET to /users/:id.xml should respond with xml for user a GET to /users/:id.xml should include the user id a GET to /users/:id.xml should include the user name
user show xml
I did write "user show xml" because the second code wrote by the author is a single test with the name "test_user_show_xml". "user show xml" doesn't tell us anything about the system. If I read this test I will think that the user must show a xml. The first case tells us much more about the system, it's an executable specification.
If context/describe/should/it blocks want to make things shorter then why aren't we using a library (Test::Unit) that makes them one line?
What relation does this have with the pattern? Again, the pattern just tells about having one assertion per test, not about leaving the code smaller. Moreover, I think this argument is good for the pattern. There are people who say that they don't follow the pattern because they prefer to write less code. In this case, if you want to write less code then you should use Test::Unit
The author shows then the code written in Test::Unit that I talked about before, with a lot of asserts in only one test. I think this test is really bad because it doesn't specify anything at all and to understand it you need to read the code, not just the title.
Finally, the post mentioned that the pattern is a solution for a problem that doesn't exist, but the problem does really exists and it's this:
Writing non-executable documentation of a code is very expensive because every change in the behavior of the code generates also a change in the documentation and that creates double work. Besides the double work, the non-executable documentation does not guarantee that the code does what it should. The solution to this is to create executable documentation and executable documentation means tests that specify and to create tests that specify the easiest solution is to follow "the one assert per test" pattern.


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Please close my account. I've grown tired of the fluff that seems to make up Raph, and the constant bullshitting and crying by ChipX86, and the "I'm no longer a corporation, I'm Super Man" type of horse dung being flung about by Michael Crawford. I hope you boys keep playing with your worthless technology, and have fun racing to dictionary.com's Thesaurus in search of more filler for your .... eh'hem.... blogs :) Advogato.org sucks, it's slow, and it's a waste of the digital space.
Today has been a wonderful one, sort of :) Read on! No, it wasn't me getting to class or anything. My attendance this semester has been awful, I think I am just burned out from college (not like I am close to completing a Bachelor's Degree or anything) and the long drive to the school, which is 55 miles one way. I think physics is interesting, but that hasn't been enough to get me to come to class to hear the professor append this statement to every single thing he says: "sound sensible, it should be". I wish that professor would get off his hight horse and realize that maybe he sounds like a drone. His drawing up diagrams is even worse. I think it's safe to say that most of the students in this course have quit taking notes in class, because he waits until the students have taken a ton of notes, THEN says "you don't really need to know this".
Wait a second, didn't I just say my day has been a wonderful one? Haha! No, really, today I set up a dual-boot of Windows 98 and Linux Redhat 8 on my wife's machine. That's the time I *should* have been in class. :) Everything went pretty well, and I left some notes for her in an opened gedit file, so she can resume doing the few things she always does with the computer (create word docs, surf the net, work on her recipes log). In the notes I didn't mention that she could reboot the machine and log into Windows 98. I wonder if this approach, though a little sneaky, might be better for helping newbies such as myself become acquainted with Linux?
When I got to the college to work my shift as a Computer Lab Assistant, I decided to try and ssh into my box at home. It worked! From there, I ssh'd over to the machine that my wife uses, to edit that note I had left open for her. Hmm, that just reminded. Since, there was already an instance of the note open, maybe she won't see the changes I made to it. If she does, than that is some cool stuff :) My next task will be to see if I can download a large file like an ISO or maybe somethin smaller like the j2sdk, and see if I can burn that file remotely. Already, I have learned that you can't run apps with gui's (or can you?) such as GTK. If not, that is fine with me. What I have going now is very pleasing to me, since that means I can do away with floppy disks and even zip disks, and just copy my college work to the machine at home. Or, rather I can access the home machine and copy the stuff to the machine in the computer lab at the college.
I spent dang near four hours last night getting my path set right so that bash would see the java executable that I wanted it to see, not the first thing it could find (/usr/bin/java). Somewhere along the way, from following the advice of multiple persons, I had messed up the path and created a faulty sym link. And, seeking help online can be very tedious and sometimes perilous. So, I can use the j2sdk1.4.1_01 now. I've always thought that Java was a beautiful language, just the downfalls of it (speed of the jvm, not very low level) turned me off. But, now, having grown a little wiser in my computing years, I'm ready to tackle Java for fun.
I know that a lot of people come to advogato to learn new things in computing, and I didn't offer much of that. Hopefully, though, someone can take what I wrote in light of "pitfalls a linux newbie should watch out for" and maybe write up a document or tutorial on this.
Who would you like to screw you the least?
For all those out there watching the "sniper chase in America" closely, I present this question:
What if the sniper(s) really aren't driving a white van, but are driving a pink YUGO?
I think this whole case shows how messed up law enforcement is, and how the media has the police waving their guns in the dark.
Terrorism at its best, unfortunately, and I don't even think it's really started. Stay tuned.
How do I get involved in a project? I've been to freshmeat.net and sourceforget.net (are the two related or hold the same projects?), and besides the enjoyment I have received from downloading and installing some of the projects (and shaking my head in disgust at some of other borked projects), I have not really gotten a grasp on how to get started reading the source code and possibly submitting patches as time and coding skills improve and permit.
This IS something that I want to do. I've been using Linux far, far more than I do Windows anymore. I really have no use for Windows anymore, except for having to use it at the college or to do something for my wife on that computer. If not for the frustrations in trying to get printing working (my SAMBA skills are shot) on Linux and getting the printing to look presentable at that, there would be no reason for my wife and I to be using Windows.
Some have told me to take a look at CVS (I think), but after going cross-eyed looking at the documentation on that, I still got no where. Having said the above, I wonder this: how in the world does patching really work, anyway? Perhaps an article could go up on advogato about this? For us newbies? If you submit a patch, and it wasn't really to fix a bug but to add what you feel is a cool feature, how does someone else deal with not liking this new feature? The concept of patching confuses me. Or, what happens if you and someone else at the same time download a version of a project and you wind up submitting the same patch as the other person? Won't there be a conflict in submission of the patches?
Lately, I've decided to do away with the arm-tugging of peeps who decide that their programming language of choice is the better one for a newbie to focus on, and have decided that C and C++ are my route. I really feel naive for saying that, because besides scripting languages, there really aren't that many more compiled (or are there?) languages that I could choose from. Anyway, I am enjoying learning C, and am just now ready to tackle pointers and structs. Actually, I am holding off C++ until I feel I have a firm grasp on C++. Baby steps! I don't feel I am going to hired in this area of shortage of programming jobs for a long time anyway, so I have a lot of time!
Later, and be cool :) And, now before anyone goes off writing that "bytesplit is probably playing mind games again", I'm not :)
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Hello All,
So, I got hit by Hurricane Sandy this past week and lost power for 4 days. I had a battery-powered air-pump that I hooked up to my tank to keep the water moving a bit, but the temperature dropped to about 55-degrees at its lowest point today.
I have a variety of semi-aggressives in the tank (tiger barbs, a rainbow shark, red serape tetras, and clown loaches), and only had two barbs actually die in this ordeal, but I'm concerned about the rest and for my filters.
The tank is back up to temp now and I gave the survivors some food earlier, which they promptly devoured. But is there anything special I should be doing to help the bacteria in my filters (I have to canisters installed)? Should I just stay on top of the water parameters and expect a "mini-cycle"?
Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Could be it will be fine. Canister is sealed and all media was wet and in the dark. We really don't know how long bacteria survives. If you do have a problem, I think it will be a small one with perhaps just a bit of a mini-spike.
I bet they're happy to be warm again. You may have to watch them now for ick due to the stress of being cold.
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I also lost power for 4 days due to the hurricane. thankfully i didn't lose any fish.. I am going through a mini spike..i have .25 ammonia and nitrite...right now I've just been doing water changes everyday to keep the levels down.i suggest you do the same if this happens to you


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Symposium planned in honor of Mislow, June 6
Posted May 29, 2003; 03:31 p.m.
A symposium in honor of Kurt Mislow , the Hugh Stott Taylor Professor of Chemistry Emeritus, is scheduled for Friday, June 6, at the Princeton Club in New York. The event will run from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., and will be followed by a reception and dinner. Presenters at the sessions will include many of his former students.
Mislow came to Princeton in 1964 and transferred to emeritus status in 1988. The recipient of numerous awards, he is known for his work in developing theoretical concepts in stereochemistry.
The symposium is being organized by Jay Siegel, who was one of Mislow's students when he received his Ph.D. from Princeton in 1985. He is now a professor of chemistry at the University of California at San Diego.
For more information, contact the Department of Chemistry at (609) 258-3900 or view the schedule online.
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I know there were some fans on awhile back and I was wondering if any of you have picked up the DvD.
On disc one, ep 2 there's a massive pause when Ruth and David are talking at the dinning room table. Did anyone else experiance this? Or do you think mine is faulty, it doesnt appear scratched.


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Traffic on the Stone Arch Bridge that connects both sections of Slatersville has been restricted for several weeks and will continue for the remainder of the year.
Traffic on the Stone Arch Bridge that connects both sections of Slatersville has been restricted for several weeks and will continue for the remainder of the year. The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) has restricted the use of one lane, due to parapet damage that may compromise the integrity of the bridge if traffic is not limited. Officials from The Town of North Smithfield are working with RIDOT to ensure the safety of travelers as well as planning for future repairs. Once the concept for a new bridge deck and sidewalks is complete, the State will go out to bid on the project. It is anticipated that construction to replace the deck would begin as early as spring of 2014.
Additional features of the bridge enhancement project will be a wider bridge, sidewalks on each side of the bridge with ornamental railings to allow viewing of the falls, as well as ADA compliant walkways that will add to the area. "As we move ahead with planning and consulting with RIDOT, I would ask that those who use the bridge on a daily basis exercise caution and patience as traffic can back up significantly during rush hour times," stated Paulette Hamilton, Town Administrator. "RIDOT is seeking other ways to reduce traffic flow, by asking travelers to seek alternate routes. They are also considering a timed traffic light to ease constriction of traffic. All these things take time. I do ask that people use other routes if at all possible, to limit the number of cars that back up waiting to go over the bridge."


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E-mu Proteus 2500
The new Proteus 2500 is basically a 4-unit version of the 128-voice Proteus 2000 rack module with much greater real-time controls and some other new tricks! The Proteus 2500 has got over 30 real-time, programmable knobs and buttons. It features the exact same great Proteus 32 MB sound set of ROM samples, and can be expanded up to 128 MB with additional sound cards from E-mu's family of genre based sound modules, keyboards, and desktop groove machines. The sounds it ships with is called the "Composer" soundset, offering sounds that cover the whole spectrum of synthesizer type sounds, from real instruments to bizarre sounds and effects.
The Proteus 2500 features a built-in 16-track MIDI sequencer, with 16 MIDI channels per track! It offers both linear and pattern based recording, real or step time, analog grid/drum machine style programming and more. Unlike the Proteus 2000, the 2500 has 24-bit DAC outputs instead of 16-bit, for enhanced sound quality. The MIDI processors have also been redesigned and are three times more efficient now than on the Proteus 2000! The 2500 has six audio outputs, S/PDIF digital output and a USB port. This is the most powerful Proteus ever, and will likely be E-mu's flagship synthesizer module for quite some time!
Current E-mu sound modules ship with one 32 MB sound-set each, but are expandable up to 128 MB via three additional slots for 32 MB expansion cards. These cards include (ranging from $249 to $395):
- 9061: Siedlaczek Orchestra 32 MB ROM.
- 9062: Pure Phatt 32 MB ROM - standard in Mo'Phatt, MP-7 and MK-6.
- 9063: Beat Garden 32 MB ROM - standard in Orbit 3.
- 9082: Protozoa 16 MB ROM - standard in Proteus 1, 2, 3.
- 9083: Definitive B-3 32 MB ROM - standard in B-3.
- 9084: Techno Synth Construction Yard 32 MB ROM - standard in Orbit 3.
- 9085: Orchestral Session Vol. 1 32 MB ROM - standard in Virtuoso 2000.
- 9086: Orchestral Session Vol. 2 32 MB ROM - standard in Virtuoso 2000.
- 9087: World Expedition 32 MB ROM - standard in Planet Earth.
- 9088: Sounds of the ZR featuring the Perfect Piano 32 MB ROM - standard in Ensoniq Halo.
- 9089: X-Lead 32 MB ROM - standard in Xtreme Lead-1, XL-7 and XK-6.
With these expansion options, you could buy a PK-6, then add the sounds of the Orbit 3, XK-6, and the MP-7... or any other combinations you may want. If you like desktop synths, you can start with an MP-7 or XL-7, and then add these same expansion card options to add Proteus, Orchestral, or the new Halo sounds to them. E-mu/Ensoniq's interchangeable sound cards and a variety of keyboard/sound-module options means that there's a model out there for everybody now.
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Manual - Download the original owner's manual from SoundProgramming.net.
- Specifications
- Polyphony - 128 voices
- Oscillators - 32 MB "Composer" Sound Set ROM (expandable to 128 MB), four 24-bit DACs
- LFO - 2 per voice
- Filter - 50 types of 6th- and 12th-order Z-plane filters
- Effects - 24-bit dual stereo-effects processor with 29 reverbs types, 15 delay types, 8 chorus types, 7 flange types, 5 distortion types
- Keyboard - None
- Memory - 1,024 Patches (512 factory patches, 512 user patches)
- Control - MIDI (32 multitimbral parts)
- Date Produced - 2001
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The SEC men outscored the challengers 287-264, while the SEC women won 360-217.
Rebel Onyi Afoaku was runner-up in the discus at 177-8.25 and placed sixth in the shot put at 52-6.5.
Bulldog Marcus Jackson cleared 7-2.50 in the high jump to earn a first-place finish, while Jason Harper, won the triple jump with a leap of 49-5.
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Posted November 4, 2009; 03:19 p.m.
Noted law reporters and media analysts will participate in a panel discussion titled "Full Court Press: The Supreme Court, the Media and Public Understanding" at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11, in Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall.
The panelists are: Emily Bazelon, a Yale Law School senior research scholar and a Slate.com senior writer and editor; Adam Liptak, Supreme Court correspondent for The New York Times; Dahlia Lithwick, Slate.com senior editor and legal correspondent; and Jeffrey Toobin, CNN senior legal analyst and author of "The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court." Paul Starr, Princeton's Stuart Professor of Communications and Public Affairs, will moderate the discussion.
"While the Supreme Court in recent decades has become a prominent player in American politics, public knowledge of the justices and the impact of the judiciary branch remains fairly foggy," said Paul Frymer, acting director of the Program in Law and Public Affairs, which is sponsoring the event. "This panel discussion builds on recent issues raised by the confirmation process of Associate Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor [a 1976 Princeton alumna], particularly with regard to what the public knows and understands about the court."
Panelists will explore what the role of the media is or should be in educating the public about judges and judicial nominees, as well as issues such as how the media view or should view their job as a "fourth branch of government," how the media should handle interest group efforts at agenda control and the future of the media's place in Supreme Court politics.


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Petraeus, Chertoff to participate in WWS anniversary kickoff, Oct. 1
Posted September 28, 2005; 10:38 p.m.
Lt. Gen. David Petraeus, a Princeton alumnus who has been in charge
of the Multi-National Security Transition Command in Iraq, and Michael
Chertoff, secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, will
speak at Princeton on Saturday, Oct. 1.
Their addresses are part of a kickoff marking the 75th anniversary of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will deliver the keynote address on Friday, Sept. 30, to open the weekend and a yearlong series of events.
Petraeus will offer "A Soldier's Reflections on Iraq" in a keynote address at noon Saturday in McCosh 50. A live simulcast also will be available in McCosh 10 and 16 Robertson Hall.
Chertoff will deliver the closing address for weekend at 2 p.m. Saturday in Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall. He is expected to discuss the importance of international partnerships in the global war on terror as well as the Department of Homeland Security's risk-based strategy to address threat vulnerability and its consequences.
Petraeus, a three-star general who recently completed two tours of Iraq, earned his M.P.A and Ph.D. degrees from Princeton in 1985 and 1987, respectively. Earlier this month, he passed responsibility for the Transition Command and the NATO Training Mission in Iraq to Lt. Gen. Martin Dempsey. Petraeus received the Defense Distinguished Service Medal for his leadership from June 2004 to September 2005 in training and equipping Iraqi security forces.
While commanding general of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) in Iraq from March 2003 until February 2004, Petraeus earned high marks for helping the Iraqis improve security and services in the country's four northern provinces. He will assume command of the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center and Fort Leavenworth, Kan., on Oct. 20.
Chertoff succeeded Tom Ridge as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security in February 2005. Prior to his appointment, he was a judge for the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Chertoff previously served in the Bush administration as assistant attorney general for the criminal division at the Department of Justice from 2001 to 2003. He helped trace the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks to the al-Qaida network, and worked to increase information sharing within the FBI and with state and local officials. He also spent more than a decade as a federal prosecutor, including serving as U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey from 1990 to 1994.
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Attributes its 552.2% Percent Revenue Growth to Stellar Products and Outstanding Team Work
Los Angeles, Calif., October 23, 2007—SOA Software today announced that for the second straight year it was named one of Deloitte's 2007 Technology Fast 500, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications and life sciences companies in North America. Rankings are based on percentage of fiscal year revenue growth over five years, from 2002–2006. SOA Software grew 552.2% percent during this period.
SOA Software's CEO, Paul Gigg, credits the company's employees for outstanding product development, marketing and sales activities. "Our 552.2% revenue growth over the past five years is a direct result of highly focused, smart and committed teamwork across all departments led by top executives," said Paul Gigg. "We have all worked together successfully to meet our customers' needs by doing what we do best. We simply provide proven superior SOA integrated governance products."
"Deloitte's Technology Fast 500 recognizes technology companies who have achieved extraordinary growth in North America's most innovative and competitive sectors," said Phil Asmundson, vice chairman, U.S. Technology, Media and Telecommunications, Deloitte & Touche USA LLP. "We congratulate SOA Software on this significant accomplishment."
In addition to a second consecutive year ranking on Deloitte's Technology Fast 500, SOA Software was recently honored again with the Technology Fast 50 award, which is a ranking of the 50 fastest growing technology firms in the Los Angeles region.
The Fast 500 ranks the fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications and life sciences companies in North America. It is compiled from Deloitte's 16 regional North American Fast 50 programs, nominations submitted directly to the Fast 500, and public company database research. Companies are selected based on percentage revenue growth from 2002 to 2006.
About SOA Software
SOA Software is a leading provider of comprehensive, enterprise-class integrated SOA Governance solutions. SOA Software products provide a comprehensive closed-loop SOA governance solution (Workbench), a high-performance, scalable SOA security, mediation, and management (Service Manager), and a mainframe Web services solution for CICS applications (SOLA). SOA Software products process over 500 million mission critical transactions a month and are used by the largest Fortune 1000 corporations, including Merrill Lynch, Verizon, and Pfizer. For more information, please visit www.soa.com.
SOA Software, Workbench, Service Manager, SOLA, and Network Director are trademarks of SOA Software, Inc. All other product and company names herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their registered owners.
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Why Convicted Felon's Don't, Won't, Have to Register Their Firearms.
U.S. Supreme Court's 1968 Haynes v. U.S. decision:
Haynes, a convicted felon, was convicted of unlawful possession of an
unregistered short-barreled shotgun. He argued that for a convicted felon to
register a gun was effectively an announcement to the government that he was
breaking the law and that registration violated his Fifth Amendment protection
against self-incrimination. The court, by an 7 - 1 margin, agreed, concluding:
"We hold that a proper claim of the constitutional privilege against
self-incrimination provides a full defense to prosecutions either for
failure to register a firearm. or for possession of an unregistered firearm."
So, when these gun registration schemes are announced, be aware that only
lawful gun-owners can be required to register their firearms.
Unlawful owners, including all convicted felons and all illegal aliens are
exempted from registration laws due to their constitutional protection against
I can hardly wait to hear from the "snopes" crowd. Bring it on!


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Speaking Event: Earth Loving Non-Profits San Francisco Earth Day Panel
This Sunday at the Civic Center/UN Plaza San Francisco will celebrate Earth Day and Global Exchange will be participating! GX's Kylie Nealis will be speaking on a panel at this year's event along with environmental activists from other non-profit organizations. It's going to be a great panel and we hope you'll join us!
Earth Loving Non Profits ~ Sarah Hodgdon - Sierra Club, Pachamama, Jamie Henn - 350.org, Kevin Connelly - Earth Island Institute, Melanie St. James - Empowerment Works (moderator), Kylie Nealis - Global Exchange


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The mysterious transit of a luxury liner is a ticket to entertainment in "Outward Bound," a show that took its own fantastic voyage en route to becoming a hit. Sharing their insights are actor Zachary Champagne of Elmhurst, who portrays Scrubby, and director Micheal Kott of Carol Stream, a multimedia specialist at Morton College, home to the Jedlicka Performing Arts Center in Cicero, where the show is playing.
How did you discover the show? Micheal: Rod Serling quotes this as (an) impetus for 'The Twilight Zone.' That was one of the things that drew me. I found out about it first about eight or 10 years ago in a Playbill article, lamenting the plays of that year, (saying,) 'We wish that they would produce some of the wonderful shows from past years.' They listed 'Outward Bound' (by Sutton Vane), and I looked it up. (I learned) it was so different than anything being produced, that no producer would produce it. So Sutton produced it with his own money back in 1923, and it went on to become the hit of the West End and Broadway.
Your character looks after the ship's passengers, Zachary? Scrubby is the ship steward. Basically, the passengers on the boat are not sure where they're going or why. There's an ominous feeling. None of them seems to understand what position they have on the boat. One of the characters thinks she's in first class. The steward tells her there's only one class. Hints are given that something's not quite right. (The play) can be very dramatic; there are touches of humor.
What are your artistic roots? Zachary: Most of my background is in writing. I was in Second City years ago, (with) a show I'd co-written. I still write. I haven't had a chance to do improv. It's why I wanted to get into acting and get on stage.
What can theatergoers expect, Micheal? A great cast. We've got (newcomers) on stage up to actors who've been in the movies and television. (After) living in Los Angeles, they have moved back home. One of the actors … who is fresh out of college, is working against a seasoned actor almost 70. It's interesting to see them both learning from each other.
What audiences would 'Outward Bound' appeal to, Zachary?
If they're looking for something a little offbeat, a little different, but engaging. It's a perfect time for this play to come out: Halloween. Mysterious … a little eerie, (it) will keep you guessing. This is a great play; there are a lot of emotional moments in it. (Live theater) heightens the experience. Because these characters are trying to figure themselves out and why they're there, there's a relatability every person can find.
WHAT "Outward Bound" is on stage at the Jedlicka Performing Arts Center
WHERE Morton College campus, 3801 S. Central Ave., Cicero
WHEN 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 3 p.m. Sunday through Saturday, Nov. 10
HOW MUCH $17, $15 for seniors; www.jpactheatre.com, (708) 656-1800


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The problem with your line of thinking is that the kids who grew up on Beast Wars are also now adults and find nostalgia in it just as the G1 kids do for their cartoon.
I think there is room for both. I have not seen a whole lot of Beast Wars (although what I have seen was pretty good) but I love Rhinox's design and his Generations toy next year is one of the figures I'm looking towards the most. As for the beasts in Beast Hunter's I find them hit and miss. I'm fine with the idea of a third faction as well as them doing something different occasionally to keep things fresh.


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I did just notice that you said it was against Marsaille which is PSG's main rival so that may or may not make it tougher.
i'm going to be in paris on October 30 and it looks like PSG will be taking on Marseilles in a league cup match. how hard will it be to get tickets to this match? i've got an email in to the concierge at our hotel, so hopefully they will be able to find some.
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quote:The rudeness about the French is waaaaay overblown. Parisians, I get it, to some extent, but alot arent' from Paris, hence, they are the worst.
Also, just a general tip, learn how to say "I apologize but I don't speak French, do you speak English?" in French. I never once ran into a rude French person when saying that. Being respectful of their culture and language (which they are very proud of) goes a really long way with French people. Also, don't wait to be seated when you go to a cafe, just sit down wherever you want.
quote:Were I trying to be a dick, I wouldn't give you the sign, now would I?
i can't tell if you're trying to be a dick or not.
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Are there any good alternatives to PetPlan?
Are there any good alternatives to PetPlan?
HRCH UH Night Owl's Black Diamond MH "Homer"(500 Point Club)
HRCH Iza-Gotsa-Lotsa-Go-Go MH QAA "Streak"
We have had good results working with our pet insurance companies, but we had to learn the system. First lesson, pet health insurance is not human health insurance. Our pets may be family to us, but they are legally property, so you shouldn't think about it like you do your HMSA. Two you need to have careful consultations with your vet and advise him or her of the issues in dealing with your insurance company, you may have to time a certain procedure relative to the annual policy, and your vet has to be careful in how he or she phrases the diagnoses on the insurance form. I am in no way advocating any kind of cheating or fraud, I just think if your vet was more on top of the insurance issues, the form could have been filled out truthfully, but in a manner so that the insurance company would have a hard time arguing a connection between the prior illness and this episode.
I had trouble with PetPlan back when I was using a vet that did not do a good job of record keeping. I have since switched to a vet that is more expensive, but the vets are very good, very thorough, and very good at keeping complete records. Since I made the switch, I have had no problem. I even got reimbursed for a c-section on Raven, a procedure I've read on here about others having difficulty with in dealing with PetPlan.
And don't forget about doing annual wellness exams and dental exams. Be careful about following vet advice. And be sure that your vet NEVER puts anything in records about recommending spay/neuter etc...
"For everyone to whom much is given, of him shall much be required." -- Luke 12:48
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Are dental claims not covered by PetPlan?
I have a policy and am expecting a tooth extraction sometime in the future. Dog has a slab fracture ... took a dive at a bird laying on a rock. Per the vet's advice, we deferred treatment but watch it closely and expect to see an abscess at some time and will then need to extract the tooth.
I have no idea how expensive that procedure can be.?.
Dont wave your phony patriotism in MY face! If you really love America, open your wallet and hire an American kid to build what you buy. Doug Fraser (paraphrased) 1980
Real Americans buy American.
I recently took my 10 year old female in for her annual check up. Vet said that she had three bad teeth that needed to go. We did surgery. Pet Plan processed claim. Check for reimbursement on its way. 20% co-insurance, then $100 deductible under my plan.
Pet Plan also has a pre-authorization process you can use. I have not tried that yet
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The trouble is that the claims reps are purportedly vet techs. As we know, all are not created equal. My most recent issue: I had one look up a medication, deny paying for it because I should have to submit another claim for a "stomach issue", which the dog did not have. This would require another deductible, etc, and another "label' on the diagnosis list. This chick then went on to tell me she was going to submit it back through claims. But she had not. She had lied. She went on to tell me that she ad 10 years of experience as a vet tech and had looked it up online. (It must be true if it's on the internet). And when I asked her where she went to vet school and obtain her DVM, she had nothing to say. I told her it was not up to her to second guess my vet. Just to pay the claim. The record did not reflect a stomach issue, and I was not going to let her create one for the dog. I demanded that the claim be sent back through, and they had one of their staff vets contact mine. The claim was paid.D This second guessing is part of their M.O.
While getting your dog healthy is the ultimate goal, paying the claim is te company's contractural obligation. Companies like this count on people just being grateful for what they give them in reimbursements and walk away from the disputes.
Like you, my vet's practice is large. Documentation is not the issue.
TPLOs are straight up ortho injuries, which they have no problem with, unless it goes on too long ie: rehab. A tooth fracture is also straight up. There is either coverage or not.
I have only had one problem with my VPI policies in 10 years, they just don't provide the coverage I want. I have 2 policies with Purina Care. Embrace has gotten good reviews on this board under product review. Jeff Telander who writes on this board has had good luck with Pet's Best. I have also heard good reports about Trupanion.
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Well, after jumping through hoops, filing another claim, getting a detailed letter from my vet stating that he had no reason to believe the two incidents were related, as well as presenting the laboratory results from both incidents, the claim was denied AGAIN! I have cancelled my policy and recommend that others do the same because if you think they're not looking for any way possible to deny a claim, guess again. The lab results were COMPLETELY different. The ONLY similarities were that my dog had lameness (although in one limb the most recent time and all four the previous time, what they're calling the "pre-existing" condition) and that antibiotics were administered. In the second incident, they were administered as a precaution because no pathogen was ever found. Basically, if your dog has EVER had any common malease (nausea, loss of appetite, lameness, etc.), prior to you getting a Pet Plan policy, your claim WILL be denied whether the latter incidents were related or not.
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|Stripers and Coastal Gamefish Stripers, Blues, Inshore tuna!
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Thanks for sponsoring the site, Randy.
For those of you who haven't met him - Randy's a great guy and world class guide. My first trip to Monomoy (almost one year ago today) was with Randy as a guide. Multiple keepers and, by the end of the day, my brain hurt I learned so much.
Looks good.
what is a monamoy flatwing???
is there a pic and recipe anywhere? Tom D
Thanks Juro and all,
Its good to be a part of one of the finest site around!
Fishing report-
Today we did best with small Monomoy flat wings. A few days ago a small white and olive clouser. Before that, white and chartreuse clousers. Once we get into Monday and beyond the fishing should pick up nicely with the faster tides. Fish will not be as fussy.
Good Luck everyone,
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Randy - we've enjoyed reading your reports over the last year and look forward to many many more. Somehow I am sure we will get them too ;-)
Great to have you!
Southeast Cape Cod Wade Inshore Saltwater Fly/Spin Fishing Report
If the below has happened to you lately or you would like to read my last chapter on flats fishing or your stuck in the office and bored stiff, you can read my entire report on my site. (url below) Lots of good tips, advice and some funny stuff too. Id post it all here but as you all know they are about a mile long.
Hi Randy, I'm kind of new to fly fishing for stripers, and am frustrated so far. Several days this spring I've fished South Cape beach and Waquoit. Seen hundreds of fish, but hooked up only a few times. On South Cape last Saturday the fish were stacked tight against the shore actively feeding, but they were REAL skittish. I must have spooked 10 fish for every 1 that I got a cast to. These fish were very picky, too. I threw everything at them, several sand eel patterns, crabs, surf candy, clouser's. Fast retrieves, slow retrieves, no retrieves. Nothing worked. Obviously, I'm doing something wrong, but I'm not sure what. Thanks, Brian
Hi Brian, If its shallow you could of tried a clear Int. line. Or if they were on the surface a floating line. (line does not make a splash and spook fish like a weighted line does.) Maybe wrong fly for the bait they were eating. Maybe so much bait that they had a hard time finding your 1 fly in thousands of bait? Try something really big next time so it stands out? Maybe leader to short and they were seeing the fly line. Maybe leader was to heavy pound test and they were seeing the heavy mono? Maybe splashing line on surface and spooking them? Maybe you were not lowering your upper body as they approached and they saw you? Maybe there were a number of other anglers around and the fish were spooked? Maybe you were not leading the fish enough? Maybe they were eating small shrimp or micro eels and they were becoming very fussy? (whew) As you can see their are variables to consider and some others I have not mentioned. Don't be to hard on yourself, others guides including myself are finding some very fussy fish also. Once the tides pick up, they will eat your fly good! Try finding an area that has moving water, that
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Donna Summer - To Paris With Love (new single!)
Oh honey children, I am not opposed to getting down to some rad new glittery rubs courtesy of the mirror-ball queen, Donna Summer. The breathy-vocalist is back after a short hiatus since her 2008 album, Crayons, and new single, To Paris With Love, is hot on the upswing of disco lounge sultriness. The song has just come out and can be purchased here. Approved!
On her latest single To Paris With Love, Donna brings to life the feelings, the passions, the love affair she has for the the City of Lights, the dazzling world capital of romance, culture, fashion and style. Audiences will be taken on a musical journey into the seductive sounds and flavors of that versatile and ever-evolving city, Paris. With this track, Donna has returned to the influences that have helped shape her career, which began in Europe and where she has always felt at home. "I wanted to give my fans something special and exciting for the summer, and I couldn't think of a better theme than the glamour and allure of Paris," says Donna. "I want people to feel transported, whether they're listening on the dance floors of Ibiza or on their headphones at work. The idea is to let them escape into that magic world."
Her voice and lyrics echo the warm hazy feeling that can always be found in her music, so as she sings, "If you're looking for love, then you've got to go to Paris", you'll go right there with her.
To Paris With Love is co-written by Donna and Bruce Roberts, and is produced by Peter Stengaard. Remixers include: Wictor Mysliwiec and Michal Bojanowic (WAWA), Eddie Amador, Craig Christensen, Jonathan Mendelsohn, DJ DLG and Automatic Panic. (via)
mp3: Donna Summer - To Paris With Love (WAWA Radio Edit)
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- Johnny Cash Boyhood Home in Dyess, Arkansas, will open for public tours
- Cash lived in Dyess from the time he was 3 years old until he graduated from high school
- His time living in Arkansas was an inspiration to his music, Cash said
Want to "Walk the Line" where Johnny Cash once played as a child?
Before he changed the music industry with songs like "Ring of Fire" and "Folsom Prison Blues," Johnny Cash spent his hardscrabble childhood in the small community of Dyess, Arkansas.
The Johnny Cash Boyhood Home, the newest of Arkansas State University's Heritage Sites, opens Saturday for public tours after a restoration project that includes other historic buildings.
When visitors walk into the home, they are stepping back into the 1930s. Cash family artifacts original to the home include the piano that belonged to Johnny's mother, his father's shaving mug and even the original flooring in his childhood bedroom and the living room. The living room linoleum still has burn marks caused by the wood-burning stove.
Other furnishings and objects are of the time period and mostly contributed by donors, said Ruth Hawkins, director of Arkansas Heritage Sites at Arkansas State University. They are based on the photos and memories of Tommy Cash and Joanne Cash Yates, two of Johnny Cash's siblings.
Period details include a pedestal sewing machine, a battery-operated radio like one Johnny Cash would play at night and the living-room sofa. The period icebox and corner cabinet were painted the apple-green color the siblings remember.
The Dyess Colony was a federal agricultural resettlement community created in 1934, part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal program in response to the Great Depression. The colony provided homes and jobs for about 500 poor farm families, including the Cash family.
Johnny, called JR at the time, was 3 years old when his family moved into a Dyess home in 1935. Johnny spent his childhood in Dyess, attending school and church in the town. He also suffered an enormous loss when his brother Jack was killed in a sawmill accident in 1944. Cash left "JR" behind and became Johnny when he left Arkansas for the Air Force in 1950.
Arkansas was an important influence on Cash, who told audiences how "Five Feet High and Rising" and many of his other songs were influenced by his time living in Dyess.
"The little church in Dyess, Arkansas, has been such an inspiration to me, and (so have) the people from Dyess," Cash said at the 40th reunion of Dyess High School in 1990, in a video exhibited at the Dyess Colony Museum.
Cash died in 2003, leaving four daughters from his first marriage to Vivian Liberto. Cash and his second wife, singer June Carter Cash, had a son together. June Carter Cash died earlier in 2003.
The annual Johnny Cash Music Festival, which starts on Friday in nearby Jonesboro, has raised almost $2 million to fund the restoration project. Headliners for this year's sold-out festival include Reba McEntire, Bobby Bare and Loretta Lynn, who are donating their performances, as have artists in previous years.
With the restoration of Cash's childhood home and nearby Dyess Colony Administration Building complete, work has already begun on the restoration of the historic Dyess Theatre adjacent to the administration building, to be used as a visitor center.
In his 1997 autobiography, "Cash," he credited his state with inspiring his music. "Back in Arkansas, a way of life produced a certain kind of music."