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Lets take a trip back to December 2010 and listen to the songs that caught our attention during that month for our This Is Dade series of mixtapes we used to do. The title inspired by the homie Skam2?. This was Volume 6, and had an exclusive intro done by Anjuli Stars. We haven't done one in a while for various reasons, but we're trying to maybe do one more for Memorial Day Weekend, so stay tuned. Tracklisting and download link below…
01. Anjuli Stars – Introduction (My Lane)
02. Rick Ross featuring Wiz Khalifa – RetroSuperFuture
03. Nak – The Statement
04. Ace Hood & Swizz Beatz – Hustle Hard
05. YNG – Pit Stop
06. QuESt – Angel In A New Dress (Freestyle)
07. Flo-Rida – Turn Around (5,4,3,2,1)
08. Phatz Mcfly – Roll Up
09. Ya Boi Chad – Live Band & A Mic
10. Jaheil – Blow Up (Freestyle)
11. Plus Givens featuring J. Nics, YNG, Lunch Money, Webbz, Saheed – Standing Alone
12. Pitbull – Bon, Bon (English Remix)
13. Bizzy Crook – Hello
14. Logics (of ArtOfficial) – Everything
15. Ice Berg featuring Trick Daddy & Shonie – Pour Yo Liquor Out
16. Jovi Rockwell & Mr. Vegas – Can't Stop Now
17. J. Nics – Show You The Way
18. Rick Ross featuring Drake and Chrisette Michelle – Aston Martin Music (Official Extended Mix)
19. Cris Cab – Let Go
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If you've ever held a child's toy or operated a power tool, you're probably familiar with ISO certifications. They apply to everything from industrial and household products and services to environmental regulations and much more. ISO also applies to management, particularly an essential structure for any company: The Quality Management System.
This is the first of a 2-part article. Here we will briefly discuss the highlights of the ISO 9001 Quality Management System. Next month, we will follow up with examples of how Lean Principles help make the entire process more efficient and effective.
Before we delve in the Quality Management System, here's a little background on ISO standards.
ISO is the International Organization for Standardization, and they're the world's largest developer of international standards. As their website states, "ISO-International Standards ensure that products and services are safe, reliable and of good quality." Their video explains in more depth.
According the LaManna Alliance's quality guru, Ed Klaczak of EJK Consulting Solutions, Inc, one of the most important standards for businesses is the ISO 9001, which provides the standard for a Quality Management System (QMS).
"The QMS is the glue to the entire business operation," Klaczak said. "It covers every facet of your organization, from sales to product development to operations. "
Why is instituting an effective QMS so important? Two main reasons:
1. For the good of your organization. Using a Quality Management System ensures that you have a quality-based approach to your entire operation.
As ISO states, "For business, (ISO Standards) are strategic tools that reduce costs by minimizing waste and errors and increasing productivity."
ISO 9001 outlines 'best-practices' for an organization. The standard tells you "WHAT" is important.
Your organization needs to determine "HOW" best to implement the ISO requirements for your business. This can be relatively simple for a smaller, or start-up operation, but complex for a multi-site, international corporation. Lean Operations tools and techniques can help your organization implement systems/processes as efficiently as possible.
2. As an entry to new markets. Many Europe and Asia firms will not do business with your company (as their supplier) unless you have an ISO 9001 certification. With this certification, you can also gain access to additional customers.
It can be a marketing tool even for customers that don't require an IS0 9001 certification from their suppliers. The certification still serves as proof that you're a quality-driven organization. self-disciplining, continually improving, driving down costs, etc. When push comes to shove, that may be a deciding factor in their purchasing decision.
Now let's take a closer look at what constitutes a QMS.
The Eight Principles of a Quality Management System
These principles are the macro-level ideals that define your QMS. As you read through them, you'll understand why this is such an all-encompassing approach to quality.
After each principle, you'll see examples of the types of questions that ISO requires you to address within your QMS and prove (you're walking the walk) during a certification audit.
1. Customer Satisfaction: How are you defining customer satisfaction? What metrics are you using? Are critical performance indicators improving?
2. Leadership: How well is your leadership team defined? How do they operate – is it hands-on firefighting, or do they take a results-oriented approach using a balanced scorecard?
3. Involvement of People: Is the organization autocratic, or does it take a bottom-up approach and involve its people in innovating and improving?
4. Process Approach: How well are the company's processes defined? Do written procedures (Work Instructions) clearly reflect the process? Are they current? What's the process to amend them, etc?
5. Systems Approach: What is the organizational structure, and how efficient is it at improving systems?
6. Continual Improvement: What is the company doing to improve? How does it react to metrics and solve problems? Does the Management Team fully support CI initiatives with adequate resources and tools?
7. Factual Approach to Decision-Making and Problem Solving: How does the company solve problems? Is it organized and structured, or is it ad hoc?
8. Mutually Beneficial Supplier Relationships: How good are the suppliers for the company? Remember, you're only as strong as your weakest link. In the same respect, your product quality is only as good as your worst supplier.
Auditing the Quality Management System (QMS)
Similar to Quality Assurance (QA) gates at the end of the production line prior to shipment, a QMS audit tests the effectiveness of your operational systems, processes and procedures.
There are 2 types of Quality Management Systems audits. Internal audits are done by internal employees (self-correcting) and are a critical 'feedback' component of any Continuous Improvement process.
External audits are independent and contractually administered by a 3rd party registrar. This is the basis that ISO certifications are granted, if your company is compliant (no major nonconformities observed).
Management Review of the QMS
More important than the audit is what the organization does with the findings. The audit provides the feedback. If the audit finds an issue, that means an "escaping defect" occurred. There are numerous Quality Improvement tools to help facilitate the correction of the defect(s).
In addition, there should be a scheduled, recurring review by the Management Team to guarantee that improvements are put in place and that they are proving to be effective.
No QMS is 'perfect,' but a healthy organization constantly works to improve itself.
Remember, an internal audit provides 'up-close' feedback and an external audit provides 'an outsiders opinion.' Use this feedback to get better…in everything you do!
The Elements of the ISO 9001
The ISO 9001 details numerous requirements (elements) that an organization must meet to be in compliance with the standards. (Recall this is the "WHAT" you have to do, not the "HOW.") There are four ISO 9001 sections that apply to each organization. You can download snapshots of those images by clicking here.
I've provided an excerpt of part of those requirements below:
This is a sample of section 4, which details general requirements of the QMS. Section 4.2.3 looks at the Control of Documents. It asks how does a company maintain its documentation? How does it keep things current?
Ed Klaczak pointed out that when we refer to "documentation," we're not talking about a dusty, outdated, standard operating procedures manual that sits on the shelf. "That's of no value to anyone," he said.
Documentation today might take the form of a computer terminal, where work instructions for a job are listed whenever a new order is processed. The instructions might serve as effective training for newcomers to a job, but they also help keep skilled workers updated on recent changes to the work instructions (so they don't keep building it the "old way").
"A quality-driven company might have a system that shows pictures identifying a critical step in the process or even video on how a sequence of steps needs to be completed. Anything that guides the worker from not creating a defect" Klaczak explains. Where feasible, manual processes can be semi-automated or fully-automated, it further eliminates the potential for a defect(s) to occur.
Show You The Money
This is all great, but how does ISO 9001 look in action, and more importantly, how can it translate into money for your bottom line? In our post next month, we'll provide you with both answers.
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text: ST. LOUIS, Feb. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. farmers across the Western Great Plains this spring will be the first to plant Monsanto's newest drought-tolerant corn system as part of on-farm trials. The hybrids, made available to growers under the new DroughtGard™ Hybrids name, are designed to help farmers mitigate the risk of yield loss when experiencing drought stress. DroughtGard Hybrids are the newest offering from the Genuity® corn family. These hybrids combine germplasm selected for its drought-tolerant characteristics and the biotechnology drought-tolerant trait with agronomic recommendations. For the 2012 trials, Monsanto plans to have Genuity® VT Triple PRO®, Genuity® VT Double PRO® and Roundup Ready® Corn 2 technologies serve as the agronomic trait platforms for DroughtGard Hybrids. "DroughtGard Hybrids have shown strong performance in our trials and demonstrated an advantage over competitor products," said Mark Edge, DroughtGard Hybrids marketing lead. "Our on-farm trials this season are focused on giving farmers a chance to see the performance of these hybrids and to give us feedback to help us make commercial decisions." The 2012 large-scale, on-farm trials, will be taking place with approximately 250 growers on up to 10,000 acres across the Western Great Plains, the product's target launch area. "As a grower, I look to test new tools and technologies that strengthen risk management on my farm," said Clay Scott, a Southwest Kansas grower. "Water is a constant focus, so the opportunity to plant DroughtGard Hybrids this growing season will demonstrate the benefits that drought-tolerant corn can deliver in my fields." For several years, Monsanto's drought breeding and testing program has specifically targeted the Western Great Plains. "By focusing our testing where our customers are located, we can maximize the opportunity to deliver integrated breeding and biotechnology for drought," Edge said. "We also plan to work closely with growers to assist with agronomic recommendations."


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Venmo may have cutting-edge, person-to-person payments technology, but its latest marketing effort is decidedly old school.
PayPal-owned Venmo closed out 2013 and open 2014 like it was 1999: plastering print ads around New York. The ads feature a young man named Lucas, who is an engineer at Venmo, according to the company.
The ads, which currently can only be seen in New York, have been spotted on the sides of buses, tops of taxis, and, most prominently, in the subway system, as seen here. The campaign was developed and executed by Venmo's in-house creative team.
Venmo maintains its own office in New York with a satellite office in San Francisco, while parent company PayPal, itself a division of eBay, is based in San Jose, Calif.
Venmo is a mobile money-movement service, and has been a darling of fintech followers since its introduction in 2010. Venmo melds social media messaging with P2P payments and took off in terms of user adoption in 2012. It was acquired by Chicago-based payments gateway Braintree for $26.2 million in August 2012 and Braintree was itself purchased by PayPal in a deal announced last September of around $800 million.
That's a lot of transitions. Neil Shah, creative director of Venmo, offered the following to Bank Innovation on that topic. "Braintree and Venmo both set out to enable beautiful payment and commerce experiences, particularly on mobile devices. PayPal shares that vision and will help us further accelerate our growth as a separate service within PayPal. The 'Lucas uses Venmo' campaign is just one of example of new ideas we're exploring."
The "Lucas" ad campaign stirred comment among Twitter users, some laudatory, some merely confused.
Who the hell is this Lucas dude? #Venmo
— Kymberly Eyo (@RageofFury) January 1, 2014
Wtf is Lucas and wtf is venmo?
— Christina Boateng (@xtinaboateng) December 30, 2013
It also prompted this exchange on Quora:
What is the concept for the "Lucas" Venmo campaign? Venmo has been running ads around Brooklyn featuring a person named Lucas "doing things", like "dancing" and "taking the stairs." Neither the copy nor Lucus [sic] seem to have anything to do with Venmo or make much sense. What is Venmo's intention for the campaign?
And the reply:
I imagine they are to invite exactly the type of activity we are doing right here, right now.
The ad campaign appears all over Venmo's own office as well, which indicates its importance within the company culture. The scale of the campaign is already considerable, and shows confidence in the Venmo brand from PayPal.
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text: Shia LaBeouf and booze and drugs don't mix. The guy should just do all of that at home. In London, the actor who is filming a movie with Brad Pitt got into a fight over the weekend. Shia started talking trash to a man's girlfriend in front of the man. The man and Shia then got into a fight. The man walked away but Shia followed the guy and told him that he could have the man killed. The Sun has a photo that could be the fight. It could also be two people dancing or hugging or a million other things.


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i was wondering if you had a machine shop you knew of where you could get some work done. then you could maybe pick up your own salvage yard engine and put your own 383 together
|Right, I was planning on starting fresh with it as long as the block isn't shot and the crank can be turned. I'd pretty much replace everything but the block and crank. I think I could still have all the machine work done and replace everything else for well under $6500. I'm just concerned that it's completely thrashed inside and the guy is trying to dump it off.
Rather or not it`s worth it is up to you. However, it wouldn`t do to just have the crank turned, you would also have to have the rod the bearing spun on resized and the piston on that rod replaced. Most often when we say "rod knock" it`s not really the rod you hear, it`s the piston slapping the head.
I told a friend of mine this and he didn`t believe me, so he reused the same piston, he wished he would have listened when that piston came apart, bent the rod and the wrist pin wore a groove into the cylinder wall into the water jacket. Also since the trash from the spun bearing will be circulated throughout the engine, you may as well tear the whole thing down, so really, you`d just be starting over. And since you don`t know the wear on the cylinders, the block may need bored, adding more cash to the pile.
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So I'm looking to start a restoration on my '69 Chevy Pickup. I bought it this last summer when I returned from a deployment. It's in pretty decent shape, but it's going downhill fast. I bought it from a father/son combo that had went through and combined two pickups, used a frame from a '68 K-10 and the body from a '69 C-10. Like I said, it's in pretty good shape, but I'm starting to see problems where they either took shortcuts, or didn't exactly know what they were doing. Example...they had put standard bearings in a 327 that had the mains and rod journals turned down .010, put a homemade body lift on it by welding the bed crossmembers to the frame and putting spacers between the bed and crossmembers. Needless to say, the engine started knocking early and the welds broke loose on the frame. So, I figure it's best to start in on it now before it goes downhill to fast.
Ok, sorry, down to the engine question. I was looking at either building or buying a 383 Stroker. I have built a few stock/slightly modified engines in the past, but it's been 10yrs or more. A turn key runs about $6500 for a 383 Stroker with 450HP. I really don't want to put that much into it if I can do it myself. But, I've read some stuff that said you have to be very careful with clearances and stuff on the strokers. I found a guy here that says he has a 383 Stroker he took out of his car because he spun a bearing. He wants $600 for the oil get up from oil pan to intake. He said he had it built 3 or 4 yrs ago. First of all....how the hell do I even know it is what he says it is without taking it apart? If it is in fact a 383 Stroker is $600 a decent price for one with a spun bearing that just needs the crank turned? Would it be smart to offer him half up front if he'll let me take it apart, verify it's a true Stroker, and get it to a machine shop to be completely checked out? Just throw me some of your opinions and/or advice.
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Jereboam Orville Beauchamp ( /dʒɛrəˈboʊ.əm ˈɔrvɪl ˈbiːtʃəm/; September 6, 1802 – July 7, 1826) was an American lawyer who murdered the Kentucky legislator Solomon P. Sharp, an event known as the Beauchamp–Sharp Tragedy. In 1821, Sharp was accused of fathering the illegitimate stillborn child of a woman named Anna Cooke. Sharp denied paternity of the child, and public opinion favored him. In 1824, Beauchamp married Cooke. During Sharp's 1825 campaign for a seat in the Kentucky House of Representatives, Cooke's alleged illegitimate child was raised as an issue. His political opponents publicized his alleged claim of denying paternity because the child was mulatto, fathered by a slave. Whether Sharp said this has never been determined with certainty; believing it so, Beauchamp swore to avenge his wife's honor. In the early morning of November 7, 1825, Beauchamp tricked Sharp into answering the door at home in Frankfort and fatally stabbed him.
Beauchamp was convicted of the murder and sentenced to hang. The morning of the execution, he and his wife attempted a double suicide by stabbing themselves with a knife she had smuggled into prison. She was successful; he was not. Beauchamp was rushed to the gallows before he could bleed to death and was hanged on July 7, 1826. The bodies of the couple Jereboam and Anna Beauchamp were arranged in an embrace and buried in a single coffin, as they requested. The Beauchamp–Sharp Tragedy inspired fictional works such as Edgar Allan Poe's unfinished Politian and Robert Penn Warren's World Enough and Time.
Early life
Jereboam Beauchamp was born September 6, 1802 in the area that is now Simpson County, Kentucky. He was the second son of Thomas and Sally (Smithers) Beauchamp. Both parents were devout Christians. He was named after a paternal uncle, Jereboam O. Beauchamp, a state senator from Washington County, Kentucky.
Beauchamp was educated at Dr. Benjamin Thurston's academy in Barren County, Kentucky until the age of sixteen. Recognizing that his father was not able to sufficiently provide for the family, Beauchamp tried to pay for his education by finding employment as a shopkeeper. While this generated funds for his education, he did not have enough time to pursue his studies. Recommended by Thurston, Beauchamp became preceptor of a school. After saving some money, he returned to Thurston's school as a student, and was later employed by the school as an usher.
By age eighteen, Beauchamp had finished his preparatory studies. After observing the lawyers practicing in Glasgow and Bowling Green, he decided to pursue a career in the legal profession.
He particularly admired Solomon Sharp, a young lawyer in his 30s with whom he hoped to study.[4] In 1820, Beauchamp became disenchanted with Sharp when rumors surfaced that he had fathered an illegitimate child with a woman named Anna Cooke. Sharp denied paternity of the child, which was stillborn.
Courtship of Anna Cooke
Beauchamp left Bowling Green and lived at his father's estate in Simpson County, where he sought to recover from an illness. He learned that Cooke had become a recluse nearby at her mother's estate after her public disgrace. Having heard of the woman's beauty and accomplishments from a mutual friend, he decided to meet Cooke. At first, she rejected all attention, but gradually received Beauchamp under his guise of borrowing books from her library. The two eventually became friends, and in 1821, began courting. Beauchamp was eighteen years old; Cooke was at least thirty-four.
When he proposed marriage that year, Cooke told Beauchamp she would marry him on the condition that he kill Sharp. Beauchamp consented. Against Cooke's advice, Beauchamp traveled immediately to Frankfort, where Sharp had recently been appointed attorney general by the governor.
According to Beauchamp's account, he found Sharp and challenged him to a duel, but Sharp refused because he was not armed. Wielding a knife, Beauchamp took out a second knife and offered it to Sharp, who again declined the challenge. When Beauchamp challenged him a third time, Sharp tried to flee, but Beauchamp caught him by the collar. Sharp fell to his knees and begged Beauchamp to spare his life. Beauchamp kicked him, cursed him for a coward, and threatened to horsewhip him until he agreed to a duel. The next day, Beauchamp looked for Sharp in the streets of Frankfort, but was told he had left for Bowling Green. He went to Bowling Green, only to learn that Sharp was not there. Finally he returned to the home of Anna Cooke.
Following Beauchamp's failed attempt, Cooke decided to lure Sharp to her house and kill him herself. Beauchamp wanted to take action to defend her honor, but she would not be swayed from her purposed and he began teaching her to use a gun. Learning that Sharp was in Bowling Green, Cooke sent him a letter condemning Beauchamp's attempt on his life and asking to see him again. Sharp suspected a trap, but responded that he would meet her at the planned time. Hoping to kill Sharp before the meeting, Beauchamp traveled to Bowling Green, but found his target had already left for Frankfort. He had eluded the trap. Beauchamp decided to finish his legal studies in Bowling Green and wait for Sharp to return there.
Beauchamp was admitted to the bar in April 1823. Although he had not killed Sharp, he and Anna Cooke married in June 1824. Still determined to defend the honor of his wife, Beauchamp devised a ruse to lure Sharp to Bowling Green. He wrote letters to Sharp under various pseudonyms, each asking for his help in some sort of legal matter, and sent each from a different post office. When Sharp failed to respond, Beauchamp decided to go to Frankfort and confront him.
Murder of Solomon Sharp
In Frankfort in 1825, Sharp was in the middle of a bitter political battle known as the Old Court-New Court controversy. He identified with the New Court, or Relief party, which promoted a legislative agenda favorable to debtors. In opposition was the Old Court, or Anti-Relief party, which worked to secure the rights of creditors to collect debts. Sharp had served as the state's attorney general under New Court governors John Adair, whose term lasted until August 1824, and Joseph Desha, who succeeded him in office. The New Court party's power was beginning to wane, however.
In 1825, Sharp resigned to run for a seat in the Kentucky House of Representatives. During the campaign, opponents raised the issue of his alleged seduction of Anna Cooke. Old Court partisan John Upshaw Waring had handbills distributed that alleged that Sharp had denied paternity of Cooke's child because it was a mulatto and likely fathered by a Cooke family slave. The story did not affect the election, which Sharp won, defeating John J. Crittenden. Whether Sharp had made the claim is uncertain, but Beauchamp believed he had. He began to prepare to murder him and flee to Missouri. He planned to commit the murder in the early morning of November 7, 1825, when the new legislature would convene its session, in the hopes that suspicion would be cast on Sharp's political enemies. Three weeks prior to that date, Beauchamp sold his property, telling his friends that he was planning to move to Missouri. He hired laborers to help load his wagons two days before the planned murder.
Beauchamp's plan to move was complicated by a warrant sworn out against him by Ruth Reed. Reed claimed that Beauchamp was the father of her illegitimate child, born on June 10, 1824. Although the warrant was sworn out October 25, 1825, Beauchamp had ignored it on advice of a friend who said it was harassment. Later, Beauchamp claimed that he had arranged for the warrant to give him a reason to be in Frankfort and present for the murder. The historian Fred Johnson says that the incorporation of the warrant into Beauchamp's story was likely done after the fact as a means of damage control – especially considering that fathering an illegitimate child was the reason for his planned murder of Sharp.
Preparing to travel, Beauchamp packed a change of clothes, a black mask, and a knife with poison on the tip, to be used as the murder weapon. Finding all the inns filled when he arrived at Frankfort, he took lodging at the residence of Joel Scott, warden of the state penitentiary. Between nine and ten o'clock that evening, Beauchamp went to Sharp's home. Dressed in a disguise, he carried his usual clothes and buried them along the bank of the Kentucky River for retrieval following the murder. Discovering that Sharp was not home, Beauchamp sought him in the city and found him at a local tavern. He returned to Sharp's house to wait for him, seeing him arrive about midnight.
At two o'clock in the morning, Beauchamp thought the household was quiet and approached the door. In his Confession, he described the murder of Sharp:
"I put on my mask, drew my dagger and proceeded to the door; I knocked three times loud and quick, Colonel Sharp said; "Who's there" - "Covington," I replied. Quickly Sharp's foot was heard upon the floor. I saw under the door as he approached without a light. I drew my mask over my face and immediately Colonel Sharp opened the door. I advanced into the room and with my left hand I grasped his right wrist. The violence of the grasp made him spring back and trying to disengage his wrist. He said, "What Covington is this." I replied John A. Covington. "I don't know you," said Colonel Sharp, I know John W. Covington." Mrs. Sharp appeared at the partition door and then disappeared, seeing her disappear I said in a persuasive tone of voice, "Come to the light Colonel and you will know me," and pulling him by the arm he came readily to the door and still holding his wrist with my left hand I stripped my hat and handkerchief from over my forehead and looked into Sharp's face. He knew me the more readily I imagine, by my long, bush, curly suit of hair. He sprang back and exclaimed in a tone of horror and despair, "Great God it is him," and as he said that he fell on his knees. I let go of his wrist and grasped him by the throat dashing him against the facing of the door and muttered in his face, "die you villain." As I said that I plunged the dagger to his heart.
—Jereboam Beauchamp, Confession of Jereboam O. Beauchamp, pp. 39–41
Sharp died within moments. Fleeing the scene, Beauchamp went to the river to retrieve his clothes, where he changed and sank his disguise in the river with a stone. He returned to the house of Joel Scott.
When the Scott family awoke the next morning, Beauchamp emerged from his quarters. He feigned surprise when told of the murder and was apparently believed at the time. After being told there were no suspects yet, he called for his horse and began his return trip to Bowling Green. After the four-day journey, he told his wife that Sharp was dead. The next morning, a posse from Frankfort arrived and told Beauchamp that he was under suspicion for the murder. He agreed to return with the men to Frankfort and face the charge.
Trial for murder
Beauchamp arrived in Frankfort on November 15, 1825. New Court partisans talked of Sharp's murder as the work of the Old Court party, just as Beauchamp had hoped. One suspect was Waring, who had printed the handbills critical of Sharp. Known as a violent man, he had both political and personal motivation for the crime. He was cleared of suspicion when investigators learned that, at the time of the murder, Waring was in Fayette County recovering from unrelated injuries.
Suspicion moved to Beauchamp, as he was loyal to the Old Court Party, and was known to hate Sharp for his political principles. People knew of Sharp's earlier alleged involvement with Anna Cooke before her marriage to Beauchamp. In addition, Beauchamp was placed in Frankfort the night of the killing, and his host, Joel Scott, said that he had heard Beauchamp leave in the night. After presenting preliminary testimony, Commonwealth's Attorney Charles Bibb asked for additional time to assemble more witnesses. Beauchamp assented to the request. A second delay pushed the hearings back to mid-December.
The dagger taken from Beauchamp at his arrest did not match the wound on Sharp's body. (In his Confession, Beauchamp claimed to have buried the murder weapon by the bank of the river near where the murder took place. That knife was never found.) Beauchamp's shoe did not match a track found outside Sharp's house the morning of the murder. The posse lost a handkerchief found at the scene of the crime and believed to belong to the murderer. (Beauchamp later claimed to have stolen and burned it after the posse had gone to sleep one night.)
Several witnesses testified against him. Eliza Sharp testified that the voice of the killer was distinct. A test was devised allowing Ms. Sharp to hear Beauchamp's voice; she immediately identified it as that of the killer. (Beauchamp claimed he had disguised his voice on the night of the murder and thought Ms. Sharp would not recognize it.) Patrick H. Darby, an Old Court partisan, claimed that in 1824, he had a chance encounter with the man he now knew as Beauchamp. Darby said the man – a stranger to him at the time – had asked for Darby's help in prosecuting an unspecified claim against Sharp. The man then identified himself as the husband of Anna Cooke and said he intended to kill Sharp. Based on the circumstantial evidence, Beauchamp was held for trial at the next term of the circuit court in March 1826.
Beauchamp's uncle Jereboam assembled a legal team for his nephew that included former U.S. Senator John Pope. The grand jury convened in March and returned an indictment against Beauchamp for Sharp's murder. Giving Beauchamp the time he requested to gather witnesses, the court scheduled a special session in May specifically for Beauchamp's trial.
Beauchamp's trial began May 8, 1826. After a change of venue was denied, Beauchamp pled innocent to the charge against him. A jury was empaneled, and testimony began May 10. Eliza Sharp detailed the events of the night of the murder and reiterated that Beauchamp's voice was that of the murderer. John Lowe, a magistrate of Simpson County, testified that he had heard Beauchamp threaten to kill Sharp, and said that on Beauchamp's return from Frankfort, he saw him waving a red flag and heard him tell his wife that he had "gained the victory." Patrick Darby repeated his testimony of the 1824 meeting between him and Beauchamp. Darby said that Beauchamp had told him that Sharp offered him one thousand dollars, a slave girl, and 200 acres (0.81 km2) of land if he and his wife Anna would leave him (Sharp) alone. As Sharp had apparently reneged on the promise, Beauchamp told Darby he was going to kill the man. Other witnesses testified that Beauchamp habitually referred to Sharp's friend, John W. Covington as "John A. Covington", the name used by the murderer to gain entry to Sharp's house.
Testimony in the trial concluded on May 15, 1826; summations concluded four days later. Despite the lack of physical evidence, the jury deliberated only an hour before convicting Beauchamp of Sharp's murder. He was sentenced to death by hanging on June 26 of that year. Beauchamp requested a stay of execution to write a justification for his actions. The stay was granted, and the execution was rescheduled for July 7, 1826. Though Anna Beauchamp was questioned, a charge against her for being an accessory to the crime was dismissed.
Execution by hanging
While imprisoned and awaiting execution, Beauchamp wrote a confession. He accused Patrick Darby of perjury with regard to the alleged 1824 meeting between Darby and Beauchamp. Many believed Beauchamp's accusation was meant to curry favor with New Court governor Joseph Desha – who considered Darby a political enemy – and to secure a pardon from him. When he finished the confession in mid-June 1826, and Beauchamp's uncle, Senator Beauchamp, took it to the state printer for immediate publication. An Old Court supporter, the printer refused to publish it.
Anna Beauchamp joined her husband in his cell. During their incarceration, they tried to bribe a guard into allowing them to escape. When that failed, they tried to pass a letter to Senator Beauchamp asking him for help in an escape, an attempt which likewise failed. Both the senator and the younger Beauchamp asked for a pardon from Governor Desha, but to no avail. Beauchamp's final request to Desha for a stay of execution was rejected July 5, 1826. With the last hope exhausted, the couple attempted a double suicide by drinking a vial of laudanum which Anna had smuggled into the cell. Both survived the attempt. The following morning, Jereboam and Anna were put on suicide watch and threatened with separation.
The night before the execution, Anna took a second dose of laudanum but was unable to keep it down. On July 7, 1826, the morning of the scheduled execution, Anna asked the guard to give her privacy to dress. Once the guard left, Anna revealed she had smuggled in, and she and her husband stabbed themselves. Anna was taken to a nearby house to be treated by doctors.
Too weak to stand or walk, Beauchamp was loaded onto a cart to be conveyed to the gallows. He begged to see Anna, but the guards told him she was not seriously injured. The guards finally allowed him to see his wife. When they got to her, Beauchamp was angered that they had underplayed her critical condition. He stayed with her until he could no longer feel her pulse, then the guards took him to the gallows to be hanged before he died of his stab wounds.
Beauchamp asked to see Patrick Darby, who was among the assembled spectators. Beauchamp smiled and offered his hand, but Darby declined the gesture. Beauchamp publicly denied that Darby had any involvement with Sharp's murder, but accused him of having lied about the 1824 meeting. Darby denied the death march accusation and tried to get Beauchamp to retract it, but the prisoner moved on to the gallows.
Two men supported Beauchamp as the noose was put around his neck. He asked for a drink of water, and the band to play "Bonaparte's Retreat from Moscow". At his signal, the cart moved out from under him, and he died after a brief struggle. His father requested his body. Following Beauchamp's earlier instructions, he had the bodies of Jereboam and Anna arranged in an embrace and buried them in the same coffin. A poem written by Anna was etched on their double tombstone.
Senator Beauchamp eventually found a publisher for his nephew's Confession. The first printing ran on August 11, 1826. Sharp's brother, Dr. Leander Sharp, attempted to counter Beauchamp's Confession with Vindication of the Character of the late Col. Solomon P. Sharp, which he wrote in 1827. In this book, Dr. Sharp claimed to have seen a "first version" of the confession in which Beauchamp implicated Darby. Darby threatened to sue Dr. Sharp if he published Vindication, and John Waring threatened to kill him if he did so. Consequently, the manuscript was never published, but was found years later during a remodel of Sharp's house.
In popular culture
Edgar Allan Poe's Politian was based on the events above.
Robert Penn Warren's World Enough and Time was also inspired by them.
Jereboam O. Beauchamp's Timeline
September 6, 1802
area now Simpson County, KY, USA
July 7, 1826
Age 23
Frankfort, KY, USA
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Nashville's Will Hoge is no stranger to performing in front of a hometown crowd. After all, he has called Middle Tennessee home for years and is one of the main ingredients to the ongoing success of Nashville's thriving music scene.
In the past year, Hoge has headlined Live on the Green and Nashville Dancin' and his next local show will be at the Williamson County Fair on Friday, Aug. 1.
Hoge has received much recognition in the past year with his hit song "Strong" along with other cuts such as "Even If It Breaks Your Heart." With this momentum, he understands all of the expectations that coincide.
In a recent phone interview, Hoge recalls a similar situation with Bob Seger in his hometown of Detroit where he mentioned a time during his rise when people wanted him to fall.
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"I've had some as a writer, but 'Strong' was the biggest thing that I've ever done. Any chance I get to reach a new audience, I take it."
"Strong" along with the track "Even If It Breaks Your Heart" are two songs that come to the forefront when mentioning Hoge's name to the masses, but there was a time in Hoge's career when he could have caught some negative vibes for having his songs used in a manner such as this.
"I was proud of it and it was a great song. I loved it and believed in it. Sometimes you have to take a chance and we did. I want to play to those fans and grow the audience that is coming to see me," Hoge stated about "Strong" and expanding his fan base.
This crossover appeal is what makes Hoge's music unique in its own right. He simply makes music, and at times, it will cross the barrier between independent circles, Americana listeners and the modern country music genre as well.
"I write songs all the time. That song came out pretty quick and Chevy heard an acoustic demo. Ten years ago, if you mentioned this, the 'sellout' term would get thrown around. But now the songs get radio play and that changes the perception," Hoge said.
Hoge is currently on the road for a few months, but plans to slow down the pace to some extent after his Williamson County Fair show and start work on a new record with plans of releasing it during the first part of 2015.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama joined with Bill and Hillary Clinton on Wednesday to recognize the legacy of John F. Kennedy, the president who inspired a generation until he was felled by an assassin's bullets 50 years ago this week.
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Ry Cooder has a brand new album out - just a year after Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down he's released Election Special. It's strange to call Cooder prolific here, because throughout the 1960s, 70s and 80s he moved between session work, producing, guest-spots, soundtrack albums, solo projects and has collaborated with everyone from Taj Mahal to The Chieftains. Still, it's true to say that he's hit a late-career purple patch - there's some inspiration, clearly. Between 1987 and 2005 there were no albums released with the Cooder surname on the spine - unless it was a movie soundtrack. Since 2005 this is his fifth full-length solo album and he's worked with The Chieftains, Mavis Staples, Ersi Arvizu, also writing a novella (to accompany the album I, Flathead) and a book of short-stories.
So we do begin our chat by discussing his current level of motivation - his engagement with music and the process - and how that's changed over the years.
"Well, since Flathead the last couple of albums have been recorded at my engineer's house. It's easy. He lives in the area and he has everything set up in his living room so it's the easiest thing to do - for us to just record there. The drums stay mic'd at his place and so Joachim [Cooder, Ry's son] will meet me there. And I'll just walk on over with my guitar and my amp and it's all pretty much one-take. It's live singing and I'll add bass or mandolin or whatever needs to go on there, maybe Flaco [Jimenez] will lay some accordion on there afterwards but for the new album, for Election Special, it's just me and Joachim."
Pull Up Some Dust opens with No Banker Left Behind. After immersing himself in Dustbowl-era music and social history, Cooder saw parallels to the modern-day situation; he saw, he says, "a need" for protest music - a type of music he has followed and played, in various forms, all of his professional life.
It's more overt with Election Special, opening with Mutt Romney Blues, a song about the Republican presidential candidate leaving the family pooch on the roof of the car - and sung from the point of view/voice of the roof-racked dog; Cooder has fun displaying his anger. There's disdain and disappointment on this record. There are some modern-day blues. But it grooves. It bites. And it feels, instantly, like a great Ry Cooder record - a reminder of his albums from the 1970s, more so than with the previous "concept" albums that looked to tell a story across the length of the album, here each song is its own chapter, its own short-story.
"Each song," Ry picks up, "is a story about a current issue. I watch a lot of TV, a lot of news, I read a lot about what's going on - and that's influenced these songs. The old-time social music is what comes through me - and I've absorbed so much of it that when I did start writing my own songs it did come out in that way. And in my last albums I've looked at history, including some fiction in with the historical setting, so here was a chance to look at what's really happening right now - because let me tell you these people are evil [Republicans] and we can't have them getting in [the White House] again. It's an extremely hyper-critical time in America and so I wanted to reflect at least some of that in these songs."
Cooder says that not a lot has changed for him, process-wise; it all boils down to creating music.
"You know, I do what I always do - I sit in my chair and I practise these instruments - there's always something to work on, got to get better, got to work - and I'm watching the TV and reading and I can't believe these things I'm seeing and hearing and so that comes across in the new songs. That's it, really. It's about getting the word out - you have to get the word out, you have to speak about what you believe and believe in."
He's enjoying working with his son, percussionist and drummer Joachim. One listen to Mutt Romney Blues from the new album shows the feel the two have now after more than a decade of working together.
"Joachim was born and grew up with an understanding and an ability to accompany," Cooder explains, speaking very slowly here, wishing to hammer home his point right as he's dreaming up the correct way to articulate it, "and he does this always - without being told what to do. He understands the dynamic. Always. So it's a joy. It's easy. And really it's just the two of us on this new album; I played bass and mandolin and all the instruments besides Joachim's percussion."
Last year Cooder released Los Angeles Stories - a prose collection, fiction inspired by the city in its times of grief and depression after World War II; it is subject matter that has informed the albums Chavez Ravine, My Name Is Buddy and I, Flathead, his "Californian trilogy".
Cooder explains, "Well, I did the Mexican point of view with Chavez and then when it came time to do the White point of view, with Flathead, I invented this character, Kash Buk, and I thought 'well, no one is going to believe this character unless I write the stories' so that meant that the songs I'd written in character extended out to sketches and ideas that made the story that went with the album - and then there were leftover ideas that nagged at me so I kept writing. I wasn't going to do anything with them. But I showed them to a friend, who liked them and said that I needed to publish them - I didn't know anything really about that. But we looked into it, sent them off, and thankfully the City Lights publishing house decided to publish them into a wee book. So there you go." And there's an almost embarrassed chuckle at this point.
I'm interested in how crucial narrative is to Cooder's work as a musician. It seems to be what drives him. As a session player it was (and is) his job to help tell someone else's story; his 1970s albums seemed to exist, in part, for him to show off his take on a particular genre, a different one with each release, cover versions that he made his own - you can tell your story with someone else's words and it's still your story, in a sense, if you're putting yourself into it. Or at least it is your version of a history lesson. Then there's the money-gig across the 1980s, soundtrack composing, another way to tell stories. And another crucial element in that version of storytelling - when he returned to making albums under his own name, they became, for want of a word, cinematic. Mini-movies, concept albums with more of a sprawl to them and now this has extended to prose-writing.
"Well, yeah, narrative is it for me. That's how I work."
And then nothing. A pause so long I thought the line had dropped off. But he's back with a thought - and just in time. "It's how I understand writing - writing music, that is. That's what I understand," again a slow, deliberately drawled emphasis on that word. "I don't understand the conventional singer/songwriter approach, I don't even really understand that term singer/songwriter, I don't feel it applies to me at any rate, but I don't understand these conventions, you know, 'I'm so sad/She left me/I don't know what to do'" - a pause for laughter - "I don't do that." More laughter. "That's never been me and it's fine for people to do that, but I don't work that way. I like to bite a little bit off, chew it over. I like to see where this thing is going, you know what I mean. I need it to go somewhere."
And that does make sense. Spend more than a few minutes on the phone with Ry Cooder and he can fill in a whole decade with one sentence. And it stands alone - no need for justification. It sums up everything that went before that decade and how everything changed after. The perfect example is when we start to talk about his soundtrack work.
"There was a time when the phone would ring and it would be Walter Hill - but that hasn't happened for a while; that was good though at the time. It was another way to tell a story."
And so - just as I'm worried that I've dead-ended by reading too much into work that was probably just a crucial pay-cheque at the time, I ask Cooder to try to give me his idea on where he stands - what exactly his context is. Here's a guy who, when still a teenager, played in the studio with Captain Beefheart; who (not much) later worked with The Rolling Stones and Randy Newman, then went on to release wonderful and thrilling records under his own name and then "by strange fate" had a crucial hand in the cottage-industry of Buena Vista Social Club, affording a victory-lap around the world to musicians who hadn't travelled out of their home country until their 70s and 80s.
Is he just, as he once said, "a guitar player from Santa Monica" - or is there more to it than that?
"Ha, well, you know, that is the best description - still. Because it is a fundamental fact. I am a guitar player from Santa Monica. But you know it's that thing - isn't it - I mean, someone asked me what influenced my sound and I had to say 'every record I have ever listened to' and it's the truth. I swear. You gotta understand a thing about how I grew up and where I grew up; you see Santa Monica was this place that existed as an aircraft factory. That was about it. They built these big war aircraft - so you know that was that. And as a kid I was never much interested in school, I wasn't good at it. I didn't care for it. But there was this radio station in the area and it played this music, western swing, Merle Travis, Bob Wills, and I just loved this music. You know that stuff?"
I tell him that I do. And we're off again.
"Right, so I just fell for this stuff - oh my god, you know. And it was honky-tonk, or whatever, but it was great. And I was just convinced I was going to go and join Ray Price - that was it for me. And I told my dad. And he laughed and said that I was wasting my time, these were just a bunch of ignorant rednecks and that was that. As far as he was concerned. But you know, the really great thing - and here is where luck is so great - a lot of the records were made in Los Angeles. So I was just absorbing this music, learning about it, and then it became a thing that I could go to studios and find work. When the 1960s happened and particularly the folk-rock thing, say The Byrds, that created vast opportunities.
"I remember getting to see the great Earl Palmer." Another long pause. Another moment where I feel my grip tighten around the phone. I don't want to lose this call! And he's back. Back on Earl Palmer.
"Seeing something that good - watching Earl was seeing something that I didn't know existed. And I thought 'this is the real deal', you know what I mean?"
I have no idea what he means - how could I?! - but of course I blurt out yes. I felt I had to.
"Yeah, man, that's the real s**t. And I just tried to learn to fit in. I was watching these amazing players and if you cottoned on and were good enough, you got work. I tried to fit in. And then I learned that in LA it was actually, at the time, a very small scene. So one thing would lead to another, all right? So there were these amazing people, people on the fringe, but they were people doing amazing things. I remember one time Jack Nitzsche said to me, 'a guy who sleeps out in my yard has got a hit song'. He was talking about Barry McGuire [Eve of Destruction]. So, you know, it was a pretty magical time and place when I think about it. Absolutely."
And I appear to have Ry Cooder in full thinking-about-it-mode. He continues.
"Jackie DeShannon said to me one time 'could you drop me off at a house' and I said 'sure' so I gave her a ride. And she pointed this house out and said 'just here, that's fine' and I asked her whose place it was and she said 'oh, it's Elvis's' - you know, just like that." Cooder interrupts himself to laugh. "I asked if I could go in - but she said no." He's quite the comic now. He's got his timing going, he's adlibbing, Ry is becoming (more and more) wry as we go.
"Beefheart was a funny guy - and a very odd fellow. And there's certainly plenty of stories about him, he was a musical genius too, I'm very sure of that. But those stories are just anecdotal, they're good fun. But what I remember most are the musical events. I remember seeing Buddy Emmons warming up on Charlie Parker, playing it at triple speed, you know. And I remember thinking 'hell, I'll never be this good' and so you had to stick at it. You had to stick at it to get good and you had to back yourself. My favourite thing was one time the great Mac Rebennack [aka Dr John] took a session on some instrument he didn't even play. He just agreed to do it even though he couldn't play the damned thing. I remember saying to him 'well now, what the hell? What did you do that for?' and Mac says" - and here I have to cut in to tell you that Ry Cooder does a perfect Dr John impersonation, drippy and slippery and hipster-cool - "he says 'hey man, I got a week to learn. I'll learn. I gotta eat,' so," Cooder continues, "that's what it was about. That was the spirit. That was the vibe. We were just learning and working - and we needed to work. There was that hunger. The hunger was," he pauses to acknowledge the pun with a chuckle, "very real."
Cooder concludes this particular trip down memory lane by saying "I was just lucky to be in LA. That's really it. All of these experiences came from me being there. Being a guitar player from Santa Monica, and Los Angeles had the scene at the time. I've been very lucky to be able to move through a few styles and to explore with music; to do what I want to do."
I have to ask about Buena Vista Social Club.
"That was a case of fate intervening in a situation that wasn't predicted. Cuba's long living history of this amazing music was something that I wanted to see and hear for myself and you know I thought we'd be lucky enough to get a room for us to fit in when it came time to record - I thought I'd be laughed out of the room too. And then it turned into what it became - which was solo albums and tours. And the film going on and the album and it was just something that, like all of these things, you have to feel very lucky to have ever been involved in. You have to think that something very special took place and you were lucky to be a part in it."
So back to Election Special, the new album, released last Friday, it's filled with beautiful, weary, sad, wonderful songs. A favourite is Brother Is Gone - I think Ry Cooder is writing songs as good as an in-form Steve Earle, as good as Cooder ever has, and as much as I'm a fan of his music across the wide scope of his career, I'm pleased he's returned to the simple sounds here with Election Special; something so deeply internal as to appear external is driving these songs - passion, focus. Brother Is Gone feels as though it could be on Chicken Skin Music or Into the Purple Valley. And I like it for that. There's a chance many will like it for its political storytelling too.
"We have to do something," Cooder says, returning to the politics behind the album. "If we're able to say something, then we should do it. We can't stand by why people like the Koch brothers help run this country into the ground. We can't lose this election. I don't know what we'll do. But we can't."
And the passion for playing is still there for Cooder too, even if he's less interested in touring with a big band and fixing dates up on a large schedule.
"Oh, we'll see, I'm not so sure, but Joachim and I played a gig just the other day in San Francisco, oh you should have seen it. It was great. Really, I think I can say that. It was just great. It sounded good."
The phone goes down. I prick myself. I play Election Special for the umpteenth time already. And move on through my Ry Cooder collection from there.
Are you a Ry Cooder fan? Have you heard the new album? Will you check it out? Did you like Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down and the "California Trilogy" albums? What are your favourite Ry Cooder songs/albums? And do you have favourite musical moments that involve Cooder? His soundtracks? His session work? Buena Vista?
Postscript: I've done my best here to put across this conversation - one of my favourite interviews to be part of. And I'll tell you now, given that I'm a fan, I was very nervous/anxious for days in advance. The most nervous I've been before an interview. Only my Elvis Costello and Damon Albarn interviews come close, in terms of my nerves before the event.
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Nice to hear from a man with heart - someone who was both "in the studio [and on the beach] with Captain Beefheart" and Mac Rebennack To quote the captain "A man's gotta live, a man's gotta eat, a man's gotta have shoes t' walk out on the street. I don't want to kill my china pig." Fully endorse Ry Cooder speaking out against the fascism of the Kochs and Bushes. The US public has been a long time coming the realisation that their state is fascist, though Hitler understood.
Great interview, I've been a fan of Ry Cooder since the early days, and one thing with his albums, you know your going to listen to some excellent music. I'm always on the lookout for his new stuff and will definitely be getting Election Special. The self titled Ry Cooder with the Airstream trailer on the cover remains one of my fav albums, Chicken Skin, Into the Purple Valley, Jazz, right up to the 'modern stuff' The man is a guitar players ideal. Just about everything he's done is worth having a listen to.
Thanks for a great read.
Xlent interview JS. My mind kept drifting back to some great tracks from Ry's early days (afraid his sound track albums are nothing like his solo stuff). One of my great memories from being an early RC listner was that he also introduced me to Dave Lindley.
Since meeting my partner 5 years ago I had rediscovered Ry Cooder and I have her to thank for it.
She was annoyed that her Ry Cooder albums were either damaged or had disappeared, so at the time we set about getting a few back.
Since then I also picked up the excellent compilation, The UFO Has Landed while Pull Up Some Dirt...is a great album. Only downloaded Election Special a couple of days ago and haven't had a chance to listen right through yet. But if Pull Up...is anything to go by I'm pretty sure it will be a good thing - lyrically political or not.
Long may his renaissance in our house continue.
Ry Cooder... Ry Cooder... is that the guy that played some stuff on a Rolling Stones session then had a big sulk because Keith Richards adopted some of the alternate guitar tunings Cooder showed him to write some awesome songs and make a bunch of money?
Admired Ry since the late 70s, and appreciate your letting him talk. Good piece. My fave, and his clearest, quietest moment, is Paris, Texas. It's a shame the genre has to be moviesoundtrack, because it stands alone as a piece of slide genius. He had me on the edge of my seat at his Wellington MFC show when he played the first three notes of Paris, but never came back to it. Dang. Great man, great i/v.
Another excellent Simon Sweetman interview. How do you do it? Are you genuinely asking questions and receiving information and anecdotes others don't come across? Or is it that you pick up the smaller things and, knowing you don't have to write for a "trend focused" magazine or the like, so you take the time to write out the things other interviews may leave out due to being "too obscure"?
I'm sure your encylopedic obsession for music helps quite a lot too!
Either way, great stuff, again. Made me care a lot more about the work of someone who, while owning a few of his albums, I haven't devoted much thought to. Bravo, sir!
Another heartfelt and worthwhile blog, Sweetcheeks.
I too have the "UFO Has Landed while Pull Up Some Dirt..." compilation on Rhino, I have only listened to it a couple of times and really need to give it some attention.
Sensational guitarist and open minded guy, from the little I have heard.
I do find that some of the stuff on the Rhino comp swerves to the wrong side of the middle of the road.
That could be that I haven't got deep enough into it yet.
I'm a big fan of his early 70's stuff bit haven't listened to much after Bop until you drop. Based on the links this new one sounds good.
Great Interview! Nice to hear reflections on the music scene back in the 60's. I started to listen to Ry with Purple Valley and now my recent listening includes My Name is Buddy, Flathear, Ravine but will check out Dust and Election Special. I always felt the line about not joining Ray Price in 5,000 Country Music Songs in Flathead was autobiographical. I thought that it might reflect life's missed opportunities.
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I've just received so many requests. So I thought I'd throw it out there for discussion.
To me the idea doesn´t seem too bad. If someone just needs a special part he wouldn´t have to buy a whole template, though the rest of it would be great, too, of course…! And what if someone designed a great menu but the template gets rejected because of other reasons? He could then maybe sell the menu itself. But in comparison to a full website template the price seems to high for just a code+design snippet. Depends on the case, of course, but – 3$ for a contact form?
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But what about a new Envato marketplace for code snippets!? CodeDesert, Codesert, or whatever?
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And daan's Idea is also not bad!
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I like "SnippetFarm".
But – I wouldn't recommend such a marketplace to my boss. Why pay for a menu when you can just Google it?
But, it might be nice if Envato had a simple site dedicated to providing snippets.
I think its an interesting idea, but do agree its easy to find free source code for those types of things.
Plus I think at something like $3 per purchase the commission at 40% is a $1.20, which isn't very appealing as it would require a ton of sales to make anything.
I like "SnippetFarm".
It's available: http://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/registrar/search.asp?domainToCheck=snippetfarm&tld=.COM&checkAvail=1&ci=12014
I like "SnippetFarm". But, it might be nice if Envato had a simple site dedicated to providing snippets.I like that too
I agree with you on the google thing, but indeed, some sort of site like that would be cool. However, who is going to provide them?


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Like all of you out there, I let my parents think they are in control when we go on walks. Today I saw that dog that the owner never lets me meet, but today I decided I was going to meet it, no matter what Mom had to say about it. The dog was approaching from behind, and I did my usual trick of pretending to sniff the ground extra long so I could check her out. Mom tried her best to get me to keep moving, but I had had enough. I decided I was just going to lie down in the middle of the sidewalk and wait for the dog to come to me. Mom couldn't do anything but wait! Ha! Then the dog snipped at me and I had to hide behind Mom. I can't wait for the next walk!
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