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Jimmy Page Producing New 'Yardbirds '68' CompilationThe album will be available on CD, vinyl and a deluxe box set signed by former Yardbirds members Page, Jim McCarty and Chris Dreja.
Jimmy Page-Produced Demo for Chris Farlowe Available for the First TimeThe 56-year-old recording was Page's first as a producer,
Led Zeppelin's 'Stairway to Heaven' Named Best Guitar SoloThe 1971 track came in at the top spot, even though Page doesn't think it's his best work.
Lawyer Who Sued Led Zeppelin Suspended from PracticingAttorney Francis Malofiy was suspended for three months for violated misconduct during an unrelated copyright infringement suit,
Robert Plant Testifies in 'Stairway to Heaven' SuitPlant stated that he could not remember hearing Spirit's song, or meeting Spirit bassist Mark Andes, at the place and time in question.
Jimmy Page Confused by 'Taurus' and 'Stairway to Heaven' ComparisonsZep says The Randy Craig Wolfe Trust doesn't have the right to sue them for anything since the late Randy California didn't even hold the copyright for the song.
Led Zeppelin Trial Might be Over Before It StartsThe inclusion of new video evidence could lead to a mistrial.
Jimmy Page and Robert Plant will Appear at 'Stairway to Heaven' TrialThe trial is scheduled to begin June 14, but the band's legal team says it can't guarantee the band members will arrive on that date.
6 Singers That Could Fire Up Jimmy PageHe doesn't want to use a vocalist, just yet. But if and when he changes his mind, we have some suggestions.
Watch Jimmy Page Play 'Rock and Roll' with Paul Rodgers and Duff McKaganPage jams out at the 5 minute mark.
Jimmy Page Looks Back on Led Zeppelin, and Towards the FutureLed Zeppelin's leader talks about "Presence," "In Through the Out Door," "Coda" and his future.
Radio.com Minimation: Jimmy Page, Book CriticHint: Never ever ever ask Jimmy Page about any unauthorized Led Zeppelin books.


text: Borg was so gracious about Federer's win that I was reminded of something that the Swede said after breaking Henri Cochet's record at Roland Garros in 1980. This is from the NY Times: I don't post this to denigrate Cochet, who may have been short on the victory stand for reasons unknown. I just thought this little story gave a window into Borg's own character. For him, it seems, you should be gracious when your records are overtaken.

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It takes two to do the partnership tango. At the heart of every solid board-CEO working relationship that I have observed over the years, including school boards and their superintendents, is a CEO who is truly "board-savvy."
Foremost, the board-savvy superintendent sees the board as a precious asset to be deployed fully on behalf of the district's educational mission. The board-savvy superintendent is not defensive in dealing with the board, and does not see working with its members as a damage-control challenge.
Superintendents who do this work well invariably make building the board's capacity to do high-impact governing one of their highest priorities. In practice, this means they don't sit back and wait for the board to get itself together as a governing body, nor do they sit around bemoaning the fact that they are stuck with less-than-qualified members doing less-than-stellar governing work.
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Chicago, IL (SportsNetwork.com) - Calvin Johnson had two touchdown catches in the second half and the Detroit Lions now sit atop the NFC North thanks to a 21-19 win over the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field on Sunday.
Matthew Stafford passed for just 219 yards on 18-of-35 attempts with an interception, but did have three touchdown passes as the Lions (6-3) came out of the bye week with their second straight win.
Coupled with Green Bay's loss to Philadelphia on Sunday, Detroit now holds a one-game lead over both the Packers and Bears for first place in the division.
"The guys are happy in there, but we're not satisfied," said Stafford.
Johnson finished the game with six catches for 83 yards and his second touchdown catch was the 63rd of his career, passing Herman Moore to set the Detroit record for most touchdown catches.
Reggie Bush had 105 yards on 14 carries, and caught three passes for eight yards for Detroit, which won both games against the Bears this season. Brandon Pettigrew added five catches for 70 yards in the win.
"We weren't the best on offense, but we didn't have to be," said Detroit head coach Jim Schwartz. "We just have to score one more point than the opponent."
Jay Cutler was hit all day and sat out the last series with what the Bears termed as a left ankle injury. Cutler had missed last Monday's win against the Packers with a torn left groin muscle he suffered on Oct. 20 against the Redskins.
"He was rolled up on in the second quarter and was taped up at halftime," said Chicago head coach Marc Trestman. "I didn't want to take him out unless he failed the job. At the end I took him out because I knew he'd have to run around in the two-minute drill."
He finished the game 21-for-40 for 250 yards with a touchdown and interception for the Bears (5-3), who got just 33 yards on 17 carries from Matt Forte.
"I'm proud of him today, he was a soldier," said Chicago wide receiver Brandon Marshall about Cutler. "From about the second drive on, he was playing with all kinds of stings from his waist down. I just tired to encourage him and he stepped up. Unfortunately we couldn't pull out the win."
Brandon Marshall caught seven passes for 139 yards and two touchdowns, while Alshon Jeffery had nine catches for 114 yards in the loss.
"It was really a day of missed opportunities for our team today," said Trestman. "Tomorrow we're going to go into the meeting room and talk about what we did good and what we did bad, then see if we can correct things."
After a Robbie Gould field goal had made it a one-point game, Detroit drove down the field and got to the Chicago 17, but a face mask call on Justin Fauria pushed the ball back 15 yards and David Akers missed a 45-yard field goal to the right and Chicago got the ball back at its 36.
However, the Bears went three-and-out and punted the ball back to the Lions 26.
Getting the ball across midfield on a 14-yard catch from Johnson, Bush then had a pair of 11-yard runs to get the ball to the Chicago 14. Three plays later, Stafford floated a pass down the left sideline and Johnson caught it in the end zone for a 21-13 lead with 2:22 to play.
Josh McCown came in to take over under center and a Nick Fairley roughing the passer call moved the ball to midfield. Four straight completions later in the drive moved the ball 43 yards and McCown found Marshall in the back of the end zone from 11 yards out for a score with 40 seconds to play.
Needing two points to tie the game, Chicago failed on its first attempt as McCown's pass fell incomplete, but another roughing the passer call on Detroit gave Chicago another chance from a yard closer. This one failed, though, as well as Fairley wrapped up Forte in the back field.
Chicago's onsides kick attempt was recovered by Detroit, and Stafford took a knee to seal the win.
Chicago started the game with the ball and excellent field position as Devin Hester returned the kickoff to the Chicago 35. Marshall caught a pass for 17 yards on 3rd-and-6 and followed that with a 12-yard catch to the Detroit 32. The next play saw Cutler again go to Marshall and he caught it just inside the end zone for a 7-0 lead less than 2 1/2 minutes in.
Detroit, though, answered with a scoring march of its own as Stafford went 6- for-7 on the drive, with Johnson catching a pair of balls on third downs, and Pettigrew also moving the chains with a 6-yard catch on 3rd-and-4. Facing a 1st-and-goal at the 5, Stafford went to the right side where Kris Durham was wide open for the easy score with 5:57 to play in the first.
Following an exchange of punts, Chicago drove into Detroit territory. Facing a 4th-and-1 at the 27, Chicago opted to go for it, but Michael Bush was stood up at the line and Detroit got the ball back.
The Lions then marched the ball down to the Chicago 31 and faced a 4th-and-1 of their own. Stafford attempted a quick pass to Johnson, but the ball was tipped away and Chicago got it back.
Methodically marching down the field, Chicago was poised to take a lead into the locker room as the team got the ball to the Detroit 4. On 2nd-and-goal, though, Cutler had his pass tipped at the line and DeAndre Levy came down with the pick.
The Lions started the second half with the ball and got a 34-yard return from Michael Spurlock to start the drive. On 1st-and-10 from the Chicago 47, Bush busted a run up the middle for 39 yards and a horse collar penalty on Chicago placed the ball at the 4. Two plays later, Stafford floated a pass to the right corner where Johnson had an easy catch for a 14-7 lead.
Each team then punted the ball once, as Chicago began a scoring drive at its own 24. Cutler hit Marshall for a deep bomb of 44 yards. The drive eventually stalled at the 7, and Gould hit a 25-yard field goal to make it a 14-10 game with 7:25 to play in the third.
Detroit's next touch saw Stafford throw a pass to Johnson high and Chris Conte picked it off, returning the ball to the Detroit 9.
The Lions' defense, though, held the line and was helped on an overturned touchdown call as Alshon Jeffery nearly scored, but was ruled to have bobbled a catch in the end zone. Gould's 32-yard field goal with 9:17 to play made it a 14-13 contest.
Game Notes
Levy leads all linebackers with five interceptions this season ... Chicago controlled the ball for 31:35, but had just 38 rushing yards compared to 145 for Detroit ... Detroit plays in Pittsburgh next Sunday ... Chicago hosts Baltimore next Sunday ... The Lions had lost six straight division road games overall and five consecutive tries in Chicago coming into the game.


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I'm a thirtysomething mom of 3 who uses HP as an escape. I'm thoroughly addicted. I've got strong opinions on characterization, and I've become an ardent H/G fan since Order of the Phoenix.
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Arthur's Rock Climber's Log
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|Arthur's Rock
Date Climbed: Nov 29, 2014
|Quick hike with rkymtn in Lory State Park on a warm November day. Nice views of Horsetooth Reservoir.
|Posted Nov 30, 2014 8:32 pm
|Climbing Jack
|FOCO classic
Date Climbed: Apr 21, 2012
|One of my favorites.
|Posted Jul 21, 2014 10:37 pm
|Brian Kalet
|Climbed 6 Times
Date Climbed: May 22, 2011
|7/15/2016: With Valhalla Boulder, Sicker Boulder, Little Boulder, Snake and the Skewer Boulder & Wilford Boulder.
5/22/2011: Climbed with Becca, James & Lauren
9/16/2009: Climbed with Becca & Gracie
3/24/2009: Arthurs Rock->7521->7660->Arthurs Rock
|Posted Nov 18, 2011 4:07 pm
|With side trip to Horsetooth Mtn Park
Date Climbed: Feb 17, 2011
|Windy and cold, few people
made 11 mile loop out of the day
|Posted Feb 17, 2011 8:35 pm
|Arthur's Rock Trail
Date Climbed: Dec 24, 2007
|Nice little Christmas Eve hike with the pup.
|Posted Sep 10, 2010 9:06 am
|Excellent Introduction
|This hike is an excellent introduction for a beginner. Close to beautiful Fort Collins, and an excellent choice for families starting out.
|Posted Aug 1, 2010 3:43 pm
|Arthur's Rock Trail
Date Climbed: May 27, 1996
|I took both of my sons up this one. It was a nice summit but really it is not much more than a rock outcropping.
|Posted Feb 2, 2009 10:16 am
|Memory lane
Date Climbed: Sep 10, 1970
|Climbed Arthur's Rock before Lory State Park was created. It was free back then. I stopped climbing it when they started charging to park at the trail head.
|Posted Jan 9, 2009 5:52 am
|Main Route
Date Climbed: Mar 18, 2007
|I climbed this with my sister and her fiancee. We summited easily. Great views of the city from the top.
|Posted Sep 17, 2007 9:36 pm
|Hot Afternoon
Date Climbed: Aug 9, 2007
|Clear and Hot day, enjoyable way to spend the afternoon
|Posted Aug 9, 2007 7:05 pm
|Bill Reed
|Great little climb for kids
Date Climbed: Apr 15, 1978
|Nice hike, close to the Fort.
|Posted Aug 7, 2007 2:59 pm
|Nice hike
Date Climbed: Feb 18, 2007
|Road was closed to south parking area (snow), so we hiked the Overlook Trail to the Arthur's Rock summit trail. This made the hike all the better, with longer exposure to good views of the hogbacks, etc.
|Posted Feb 19, 2007 7:36 pm
|Arthur Rock trail
Date Climbed: Jul 12, 1993
|Hiked and summited this "little" outcropping many times over the years while living in Fort Collins and Loveland. A nice, short and sweet jaunt no more than a few hours time commitment.
|Posted Dec 4, 2006 5:23 pm
|Dan Leonhard
|Nice sights
Date Climbed: Jan 1, 2001
|I have summited Arthur's Rock countless times as I have taken groups up there for survival classes as well as personal trips.
|Posted Oct 19, 2006 5:41 am


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Apple, Adobe, Microsoft subpoenaed to appear before Australian Parliament
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After months of notes apparently saying something to the effect of, "We'll get back to you," the Federal Parliament...
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2. androidfurever (banned) (Posts: 48; Member since: 29 Oct 2012)
Put all but adobe out of business Austria. Show them that hitler-esque judgement!
3. androidfurever (banned) (Posts: 48; Member since: 29 Oct 2012)
I misread. Australia. Not Austria. Been reading too much iPhone news all day.
5. cheetah2k (Posts: 1836; Member since: 16 Jan 2011)
Its about time the ACCC cracked down on these guys.
6. Bozzor (Posts: 215; Member since: 02 May 2012)
When I was based in Oz and wanted to buy software, a simple click on Ebay and search for "Student Edition", Location USA made me a happy little vegemite...
7. 14545 (Posts: 1681; Member since: 22 Nov 2011)
Has no one heard of the free market. If people want to buy from them, LET THEM. No one forces you to buy their products. I love seeing apple get in trouble, but this is just stupid. I'm tired of these companies that don't actually outright do anything wrong getting called in under investigations. Where we, in charlotte NC get to deal with a POS Jerry Richardson extorting the state and city for taxpayer money to keep his stupid foozeball team here and no one is calling for investigations into him. I'm ok with those investigations, but this kind of thing is stupid. People are willing to pay their stupid prices, so what concern is it of your AU parliament?
10. MorePhonesThanNeeded (Posts: 645; Member since: 23 Oct 2011)
Who thumbed this stupid response up? Free market and price gouging are two different things. Australia's problem is that companies take them for idiots and do all sorts of things to them. I hope that the federal government actually plants a boot in these companies asses. Heck it happens with everything that is sold in Australia, prices are a little steeper, but some companies have been raising prices much higher than they need to, greed knows no bounds.
Companies do all sorts of things, just because it hasn't happened to you doesn't mean that it isn't going on. Seriously, you want to sit there and say that you don't think that MS, Apple, especially Apple aren't doing wrong to customers by selling tech for exorbitant prices on the whole? Figures, you live in the USA and the rest of the world just doesn't matter right?
14. 14545 (Posts: 1681; Member since: 22 Nov 2011)
Wow, see this is what is wrong with the WORLD. People don't understand the basics of economics. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS PRICE GOUGING. It just an adjusting of price to meet demand. If you don't like it, and you live in AU, then LEAVE. Or don't buy those products. Sure it's fueled by greed, but who the fonk cares? If I OWN a GOOD/SERVICE I can charge you what ever I want, I OWN IT. And I don't know anyone that takes Australians for idiots. Oh, but yet it's ok for you to not read what I wrote and call me an idiot when you clearly have no idea what you talking about. And just so you know, I actually had a friend that was an Australian diplomats daughter as a friend and she was probably smarter than I. However, she also understood economics too, something you clearly don't. In no way is a price "exorbitant" if people, such as yourself, are willing to pay it. Thats the point you miss during your whole tirade, is that YOU HAVE A CHOICE NOT TO BUY THEIR PRODUCTS. If you don't like it, DON"T SPEND YOUR MONEY. Just by the hardware minus the software from ASUS or any number of companies willing to sell blank hardware, and then run Linux. It's that simple. D@mn you people piss me off. But when some dumb@ss like Jerry Richardson starts actually stealing(via lobbying for taxpayer funds) then he is a hero for keeping his stupid foozeball team in the local area. I have no doubts you would do the same thing down-under with your soccer teams.
8. jroc74 (Posts: 6019; Member since: 30 Dec 2010)
What do they have against Australia??
9. sats.mine2k4 (banned) (Posts: 208; Member since: 10 Aug 2012)
Their first question should be why the hell are you selling iphone worth $150 for $900 usd?


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Numbers help define NASCAR. Lap times and speeds are measured in miles per hour and seconds, and then there's historic numbers -- such as seven championships for Dale Earnhardt and Richard Petty, or 92 career wins (and counting) for Jeff Gordon.
Perhaps no numbers are more meaningful to fans, though, as car numbers. It's how fans spot their favorite drivers on the track, and it instills a sense of loyalty. It's why you see so many Earnhardt fans still holding on to all those "3" shirts.
Those car numbers don't always last an entire career, however.
For example, before the 2013 season, Matt Kenseth had driven the No. 17 for Roush Fenway Racing in every race from 2000-2012 (466 total). When he moved to Joe Gibbs Racing, he did not take the No. 17 with him. Instead, he got in a car with a number already allotted to JGR -- the 20. From 2008-2012, both Tony Stewart and Joey Logano had driven that car.
The numbers aren't owned by teams, though. NASCAR owns all numbers and assigns them to car owners. The sanctioning body maintains the right to revoke or transfer any number at any time.
Because NASCAR owns the rights to all numbers, car owners cannot assign a number they do not have or transfer a number.
Teams can request specific numbers, and NASCAR works with teams and sponsors to try and meet those requests, when able. For example, Richard Petty Motorsports has the rights to the No. 43, which team owner Richard Petty made famous during his legendary NASCAR career.
The numbers NASCAR doles out are good for one year via an owners license; generally, teams are re-issued the same numbers from year to year, if requested. If multiple teams request the same number, the team submitting the first entry form would generally have their request granted, although full-time racing status may also be considered.


text: I was asked to "hit" with a new person on my non-USTA league list. I described my USTA level and abilities (high 3.5, low 4.0), and he said it was a good match, so "let's hit." I met him and we warmed-up and started hitting. He was quite good, and admitted that he played in "Open" in his league, which follows a letter rating system. (I had played with a "B" player from that league previously who was a HUGE challenge for me.) The hitting session consisted of me hitting to him, and then getting smashed with a deep cross-court winner that I could barely get to. At a break, he said" "you are giving me nothing; just hitting the ball back to me is no challenge." I said I was trying to rally, and that after a few hits, either one of us could look for an opportunity to put one away. He said "what's the point?" and continued to smash balls away after one hit, into the corner. If he did the first feed, then the ball lasted three hits, as he would put it away it on his second hit. I tried to do the same, and got him a few times on the second hit, putting it away past him, or lobbing him after pulling him in, and he just got frustrated losing "points" from someone whom he had already deemed beneath him. Needless to say we won't be hitting together again. What is it with people for chrissakes? Any thoughts?


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Dupin was one of literature's first detectives, before the term detective came into common usage. Poe's detective stories differ from many modern mysteries in that the story does not really invite the reader to try to solve the case alongside the literary sleuth. In "The Purloined Letter" Poe's narrator recounts the story in a way which unfolds the mystery then elaborates the solution and the way it is reached. Dupin gives both the means by which he recovered the letter and the scientific reasons for his success where the police have failed. From earlier stories we know that Dupin is the son of a rich family who has fallen on hard times. His efforts to solve the case arise from twin motivations – the desire for the reward, and the scientific curiosity of solving the mystery. His actions are not those of a benevolent friend – when he does recover the letter he is in no hurry to return it the Prefect, waiting until he is sure there is some benefit for himself in doing so.


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As a farm machinery mechanic and writer, Dan brings a hands-on approach that only a pro can muster. Along with his In the Shop blog, Dan writes a column by the same name as well as the Shop Series for Farm Journal magazine. Always providing practical information, he is a master at tackling technical topics and making them easy for all of our readers to understand. He and his wife, Becky, live near Bouton, Iowa.
A lot of large field cultivators, disks and other tillage equipment get stored outdoors. Those implements have three, four or up to six big hydraulic cylinders that are money-makers for equipment dealerships.
That's because each spring we rebuild a number of big, expensive hydraulic cylinders that were stored outdoors with their shafts fully extended. Their chrome finishes withstood the first few years of weathering, but even the thickest chrome eventually succumbs to the elements. Once the surface of a chromed shaft starts to pit due to corrosion--even tiny pits you can barely feel with a fingernail---those irregularities snag on the rubber seals of the cylinder's end cap as the cylinder is extended and retracted during field use, and it's only a matter of time before the seals are leaking. The expense of repairs is multiplied because it's useless to simply replace the seals if the same corroded shaft will be gnawing at them every time the cylinder extends and retracts.
If an implement has to be stored outside, try to fold or unfold it so its hydraulic cylinders are retracted. If the geometry of the machine is such that some cylinders must be left with their shafts exposed to the elements, Grandpa's old trick for storing moldboard plows isn't a bad idea---coat the chromed shaft with the heaviest, stickiest grease you've got in your shop. The grease will squeegee off next year the first time you use the machine, and the chromed shafts will be shiny and smooth.
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Fingers or toes may change color when they are exposed to cold temperatures or stress or when there is a problem with their blood supply.
Blanching of the fingers; Fingers - pale; Toes that change color; Toes - pale
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We agree completely that a tethered cell phone is a great way for you to connect to the Internet on occasional road trips. You'll only pay the data fees for the time you use it.
You need to have the right kind of phone (check with your cellular service provider) and the right service plan. Then you need to get the cable and the software that connects your cell phone to the computer and initiates the connection.
The easiest way to explain how to connect to the Internet with a tethered cell phone, is to show you. Here's a video:
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Trial set for Lee man, but plea deal possible
PITTSFIELD -- The trial of a 32-year-old Lee man, accused of breaking into a residence and attacking his ex-girlfriend and her boyfriend last year, is scheduled for November in Berkshire Superior Court, but he may end up pleading out before then, according to his lawyer.
Justin Steele and his attorney Jill Sheldon went before Superior Court Judge John A. Agostini on Tuesday.
"We're hoping to resolve [the case] short of trial," Sheldon told the court.
According to Sheldon, the hope is to work out a plea deal with Assistant Berkshire District Attorney Richard M. Locke. But one of the charges -- armed home invasion -- is a sticking point, according to Sheldon.
Sheldon said if a plea deal cannot be reached, they would be taking that charge to trial and Steele would likely plead out to two others, assault with a dangerous weapon and assault and battery, which are less serious charges than home invasion.
According to police and prosecutors, Steele broke into a Pittsfield residence on Linden Street and attacked his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend while they slept.
Steele allegedly swung a knife at the new boyfriend and punched his ex-girlfriend in the face several times. The boyfriend then got the upper hand and put Steele in a "mixed martial arts type choke hold" until police arrived, according to a police report.
Both Steele and his ex-girlfriend were taken to Berkshire Medical Center, where they were treated and released.
Steele, who has pleaded not guilty to the charges, has been held in jail on $100,000 bail for more than a year awaiting the outcome of his case.
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ヤマト - Yamato
Basic Information
Name: ヤマト - Yamato
Nickname: Tenzō
Gender: Male
Looks:Yamato has short brown hair and large, almond-shaped, black eyes. When he débuted, Yamato wore the standard attire of a member of the ANBU, with a sword strapped to his back, a mask that resembles a cat's face covered in green and red markings and the ANBU tattoo on his left shoulder.[2] When he meets up with Naruto, Sakura, and Sai for the first time, however, he has changed into a variation of the standard attire of a Konoha-nin, with a flak jacket. The differences between his attire and that of the standard one is that his does not have the Uzushiogakure crest on the shoulders of the sleeves, and the neck of his shirt is form fitting and goes up to his chin. He also still retains two hip pouches strapped to his lower back instead of just one, something typical of an ANBU. In addition to that, he has a happuri-style forehead protector that frames his face, similar to that of Tobirama Senju.
Personality:Yamato is a very discreet, cautious, careful and well prepared person. He projects a calm, stoic demeanour in stressful situations. Yamato also takes great interest in architecture which can be seen when he goes out on missions and creates a house to "camp out" in. This skill to incorporate his hobby with his kekkei genkai was also seen after the invasion of Pain where he was key in recreating the village. While he has been good-natured so far, Yamato claims to be a different sort of leader than Kakashi, one who is not above "ruling by the use of terror" when his team misbehaves.[8] Aside from his obviously intimidating skills as a ninja, however, this "terror" has so far primarily consisted of casting a creepy "ghoul-eyes" expression at his charges. Naruto, especially, is easily terrified by it, and stated that it felt like Yamato was controlling him with fear — something Yamato himself has noted that he has no qualms with.[9][10] He is, however, also prone to being a victim of a cruel joke when given misleading information, as witness his visible fear and subsequent annoyance when Killer B maliciously joked about the dangers of a jinchūriki trying to control their tailed beast.[11]
Yamato is somewhat reluctant to pay for things unless he has to, as he initially protested at having to pay for lunch at Ramen Ichiraku, stating that Kakashi should pay, being the senior ninja, but was flattered into paying when Kakashi said he considered Yamato an equal.[12]
Village Info.
Village of Birth: Konohagakure - Land Of Fire
Village of Alliance: Sunogakure - Land of Wind
Rank//Chakra Information
Ninja Rank:Sannin
Specialty:Wood Release
Elements: None
Your ninjutsu: None
Background Information
Sasuke and Sai Arc
Yamato was assigned to lead Team 7 in meeting with one of Sasori's spies within Orochimaru's ranks. Naruto and Sakura found it difficult to work with their newest team member, Sai, and much of Yamato's time was spent trying to get them to cooperate. Upon arriving at the arranged meeting place, Yamato went ahead dressed as Sasori, to make meeting with the spy easier. After the spy arrived, who turned out to be Kabuto Yakushi, Yamato was able to learn a great deal of information until Orochimaru showed up. Just as Yamato started to contemplate how he would fight Orochimaru whilst keeping up his act as Sasori, Kabuto cut off the head of the Sasori costume, having hoped to kill the real Sasori.
Faced with a combined attack from Kabuto and Orochimaru, Yamato created a wood clone to escape, causing Orochimaru to realise that one of his test subjects had survived. A battle between Orochimaru and Naruto ensued, and Yamato spent much of his time protecting Sakura. When the battle was over, Sai was found to be missing, although a wood clone that Yamato had following Sai revealed that the latter had joined with Orochimaru. As the clone followed Sai to Orochimaru's hideout, the rest of Team 7 followed the clone. Once they arrived, Yamato used his Wood Release abilities to infiltrate the base. When they eventually found Sai, they restrained him, and were able to learn about Sai's real mission: to join forces with Orochimaru on behalf of his organisation, Root, in an attempt to destroy Konoha.
Sai was eventually freed by Kabuto, who in turn was restrained by Sai. Sai, touched by Naruto's words about Sasuke Uchiha, rejoined Team 7 in their other mission of retrieving Sasuke. When the group split up again, Yamato discovered a Bingo Book whilst going through some of Sai's belongings. In doing so, Yamato learnt that Sai once again had an ulterior motive: to kill Sasuke Uchiha. In desperation, Team 7 went looking for Sai, hoping to stop him from fulfilling his mission. Sai, however, had actually had a change of heart, and attempted to convince Sasuke to come back to Konoha on Naruto's behalf. Sasuke however ended up overpowering Sai.
Due to an explosive attack from Sasuke, Team 7 was able to find Sai and learn that he had really allied with them. Upon failing to persuade Sasuke to return to Konoha, the team decided to use force instead. Sasuke's growth, however, was too much for the four's joint effort, and he was able to repel them all. After a brief confrontation between Naruto and Sasuke, Yamato attempted to capture Sasuke with his Wood Release: Wood Locking Wall, although Sasuke was able to escape. As an answer to this, Yamato declared that he had no intention of getting too rough on him in front of Naruto and Sakura, but had no choice. Despite this, Sasuke prepared what appeared to be a finishing move. Orochimaru and a freed Kabuto arrived to stop him, however, and they disappeared, leaving Team 7 defeated which made them unsuccessful in their mission.
12 Guardian Ninja Arc
In the anime, Yamato led Team 7 on a mission to the Fire Temple. Upon arrival, Chiriku informed them that the tombs belonging to a former member of the Twelve Guardian Ninja had been robbed of its corpse. While Yamato pondered the motive fached them which had reached the Fire Temple that the graves of three other former Ninja Guardian members had also had their corpses stolen. Yamato, his team, and Chiriku went to investigate and find the four coffins. While Yamato knew it was clearly some sort of trap, he knew they had no choice but to play along if they wished to retrieve the bodies.
As they neared the coffins, the trap was sprung, and the team became trapped in a rocky cavern. While searching for the way out whilst dodging more traps, Yamato was approached by one of the thieves, Fudō. Caught off guard and completely unprepared for an opponent such as this, Yamato was overpowered by Fudō's unique earth-technique prowess and indestructible body, forcing him on the defensive. Eventually, Fudō caught him in a rock-crushing technique, but deceived Fudō by merging with the rocks. Yamato regrouped with his team and, having failed to recover the stolen corpses or capture the tomb robbers, returned to Konoha with Sora.
Later, when the tomb robbers emerged again to attack Konoha, Yamato was one of the few jōnin still available to defend the village. He was then sent out to stop one of the resurrected Ninja Guardians from completing the Limelight technique, but was intercepted by Fudō. After figuring out Fudo's attack patterns, Yamato used Fudō's blunt attack methods to set up the area for a water technique to trap Fudō in mud. He then proceeded to finished off Fudō by crushing him with a wood ninjutsu. He went to join Asuma and the others in stopping the bandits' leader, Furido, who released Sora's Nine-Tailed Demon Fox chakra. Because Yamato's wood release was not as refined as the First Hokage's, he couldn't suppress Sora's spliced demon chakra. Yamato instead used his wood technique to protect his allies from Sora's attacks.
Hidan & Kakuzu Arc
Kakashi recruited Yamato to help with Naruto's training in creating a new technique. In addition to being able to create training devices for Naruto with his Wood Release abilities, Yamato was also able to subdue Naruto if he lost control of the Nine-Tails' chakra. Once Naruto completed the initial stages of his training, he moved onto perfecting his pre-existing Rasengan. Kakashi, however, was not able to oversee Naruto in these final stages, due to his volunteering to help Team 10 in the fight against Akatsuki. As such, he left Yamato in charge of the technique's perfection. Yamato was able to give advice in the technique's creation, and eventually bore witness to the fruits of Naruto's training.
Once Naruto had perfected his technique enough to be used in battle, Yamato, Naruto, and the rest of Team 7 joined Kakashi and Team 10. After teaming up with Naruto to stop an attack by Kakuzu, Yamato convinced Kakashi to allow Naruto to fight Kakuzu alone. Once Naruto was successful in defeating Kakuzu, Yamato joined everyone else in returning to Konoha.
3 Tails Arc
In the anime, Team Kakashi was sent to provide back-up for Team 8 and Kakashi. When they located the team, Yamato assisted in rescuing Hinata. They pursued the opposing Team Guren to a lake, where they located the Three-Tails. The two teams shifted objectives and, once back-up from Konoha arrived, began trying to seal the beast. Yamato was put in charge of a team meant to stop any attempted interference, but ultimately proved unsuccessful. He made a hideout for the teams to regroup in, and later facilitated in Naruto's rescue from the Three-Tails. After another failed sealing attempt, Yamato returned to Konoha with the others.
Itachi Pursuit Arc
When Kakashi received permission from Tsunade to lead a special team to capture Itachi Uchiha in order to bait Sasuke, Yamato joined him as acting head of Team 8, with the pregnant Kurenai remaining behind in the village. Following a confrontation with Sasuke's cohorts in Hebi and members of the Akatsuki, the group was forced to abandon the mission and return to Konoha.
Tsuchigumo Kinjutsu Arc
In the anime, on their way back to the village, Katsuyu appears and gives the team orders for a new mission, to help the Tsuchigumo clan protect their infamous and forbidden technique from being taken by ninja bandits. While Kakashi returns to the village for more information, Yamato is put in charge of the team. Yamato and his team unfortunately arrive at the clan's base too late, as the bandits had already broken through its defences and forced the former clan leader's granddaughter, Hotaru to retreat into the woods. Upon finding her, they discover that she was travelling with a stranger named Utakata who seemed indifferent to Hotaru's well-being as he decided to leave her in Konoha's care. After successfully bringing Hotaru to her village, despite the mission being completed, Naruto refused to leave yet as he felt something was wrong from how the village was so hesitant to let Hotaru return. Upon investigating, it was discovered that the bandits tracked Hotaru down and drove her back into the woods.
While searching for her, they discovered Utakata had returned and was being attacked by Kirigakure ANBU hunter-nin who were holding Hotaru hostage. After managing to calm Naruto down, Yamato tried to talk with the ANBU, explaining the situation and asking them to release Hotaru. The ANBU initially agreed under the condition they hand over Utakata, Yamato refused as he knew Hotaru would refuse to go with the Konoha-nin if Utakata didn't come along. Suddenly, the ANBU's squad captain appeared to make a deal with Yamato, not wanting things to become a war between the two villages. It was then agreed that the ANBU would release Hotaru and not pursue Utakata until the Konoha-nin's mission was complete, as long as the Konoha-nin agreed not to interfere with their pursuing of Utakata afterwards.
Later, the shocking truth is revealed that Hotaru has the clan's forbidden technique embedded in her back. After learning that Hotaru asked for this to help restore the clan, it is acknowledged that the technique will only cause more harm and preparations are made to safely remove the technique from Hotaru's back and destroy it. Not wanting to give up just yet, Hotaru insists they find a man named Shiranami who should be able to help protect the technique, who Naruto goes off to find. Unfortunately, Hotaru runs off when Utakata suddenly leaves. Yamato has Sai track her down back to her clan's village, which has been taken control of by Shiranami himself, who is also the bandit's leader. Yamato and the others arrive in time to hold off the possessed villagers while Naruto and Utakata goes on to save Hotaru.
Invasion of Pain Arc
When the invasion began, Yamato was away on a mission with Sai and Anko Mitarashi, trying to locate and capture Kabuto. Just when they located Kabuto, Yamato was alerted to the fact that Naruto had broken the seal he had placed on the First Hokage's Necklace, and was about to completely release the Nine-Tails with a seal appearing in his palm with the number of tails that Naruto had manifested. He rushed back to Konoha to try and stop Naruto, but was informed by Shikaku that Naruto was able to suppress the Nine-Tails' power on his own. He was later seen using his Wood Release: Serial Pillar Houses Technique to help rebuild Konoha, complaining that it put a lot of strain on him.
Five Kage Summit Arc
When Naruto states that he wants to meet with the Fourth Raikage, Yamato advises against it; leaving the village is forbidden because of the Kage Summit, Yamato can no longer suppress the Nine-Tails because of the First Hokage's Necklace's destruction, and Yamato needs to help with the village's reconstruction. However, Naruto manages to convince Kakashi, who forces Yamato to go too. Yamato plants a wood clone seed on Team Samui, allowing him, Naruto, and Kakashi to follow them to the Raikage in the Land of Iron. When Naruto is unable to sway the Raikage, even with his and Kakashi's support, the three of them rest at a local inn. Tobi confronts Naruto while there and Yamato and Kakashi, having expected him, try to restrain him. Their attempts do not work and, after telling them the truth about the Uchiha clan and Sasuke's current motives, he leaves.
Yamato repairs the damage he and Kakashi did to the inn. Soon afterwards Sakura arrives with Sai and tells Naruto that she loves him, shocking Yamato. However, as the event unfolds an angered Yamato tries to ask why she would say that, but was stopped by Kakashi before he could. As he watched and listened to Sakura's talk to Naruto, he could tell she wasn't telling the truth, and like Kiba, looked upon it both questioningly and disapprovingly. She leaves when Naruto says he doesn't believe her, after which one of Sai's ink clone's approaches them and tells them Sakura's plans to kill Sasuke. Before Kakashi can go to stop her, Gaara appears and tells them about the outbreak of the Fourth Shinobi World War and Danzō Shimura's actions during the Kage Summit. Because the other Kage would prefer Kakashi were Hokage, Yamato encourages him to comply. Naruto passes out shortly afterwards and Yamato is left in charge of looking after him while Kakashi finds Sakura.
When Naruto finally awakens, he tries to go after Sakura, but Yamato stops him and insists that they return to the village. Naruto asks to rest some more and Yamato lets him, unaware that Naruto is sneaking out, leaving a shadow clone behind so that he wouldn't notice. In the anime, it is shown that after realising that Naruto had escaped he hunts him down to the Samurai Bridge and captures him, but later releases him and returns to the village on his own.
Confining Jinchuuriki Arc
In the anime, Yamato is seen in a bar with Shikamaru, telling him that since the First Hokage's Necklace was destroyed, he could no longer suppress the Nine-Tails. Yamato is one of the Konoha ninja sent to an isolated island in the Land of Lightning as Naruto's bodyguard. When Naruto expresses an interest in finally taming the Nine-Tails, Yamato and Motoi accompany him to the Falls of Truth in order to defeat his dark side. After a brief encounter with the Giant Squid again, B instructs Naruto on how to enter into his subconscious and face the Nine-Tails. When the Nine-Tails starts gaining the advantage and a chakra cloak develops around Naruto, Yamato tries to suppress it. It eventually stops on its own, surprising him. Naruto soon informs them of his victory, explaining the particulars to B through a fist-bump. Being left out of the loop irritates Yamato, but he is left amazed when Naruto begins demonstrating his new control over the Nine-Tails and the advantages it allows him. Among the advantages is the ability to sense Kisame hidden within B's Samehada. Naruto pursues Kisame when he tries to flee, but his inexperience with his new strength and speed causes him to lodge himself in the wall. Yamato helps Naruto while B goes after Kisame.
Yamato splints Naruto's sprained ankle and warns him to exercise restraint until he can gain better control over his powers. They rendezvous with B and find that Kisame has been captured. Yamato fortifies Kisame's wooden restraints while Aoba Yamashiro reads his mind. Before Aoba can learn anything of real value about Akatsuki, Kisame breaks free and commits suicide. They try to examine the intel Kisame wanted to escape with, but it is booby-trapped and they are trapped in water prisons while the the intel makes its way to Akatsuki.
Fearing that Naruto may grow suspicious about their reasons for being on the island given his dominance over the Nine-Tails and the incident with Kisame, Yamato and the others convince him to take a survey of the island's native animal population to keep him busy. Akatsuki, meanwhile, launches an assault on the island, and Yamato looks after Naruto and formulates explanations for any signs of the battle that Naruto notices. When things calm down, Yamato, Aoba, and Motoi go outside to investigate. They come across Kabuto as he is captured by Kurotsuchi. Yamato creates a wooden beam that Aoba can walk on to approach Kabuto and read his mind like he did with Kisame, but Kabuto sheds his body to free himself. He goes after Yamato and, before being captured, Yamato pushes Motoi out of the way.
Kabuto escapes to the Mountains' Graveyard where he and Tobi gather information from Yamato about the Allied Shinobi Forces. Kabuto also studies Hashirama's DNA within Yamato to strengthen the White Zetsu Army. Rather than kill Yamato when he has fulfiled his usefulness, they suspend him opposite Hashirama's clone for future use.
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Best Winter Sales | December 2012
Didn't Get All You Wanted For Christmas? Shopbop's Sale to the Rescue
Didn't Get All You Wanted For Christmas? Shopbop's Sale to the Rescue
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Arkansas Tech News Bureau
The Arkansas Tech University Board of Trustees on Saturday approved the creation of a Department of College Student Personnel.
The board, in December of 2001, approved a master's degree program in college student personnel. At that time, courses were taught by university administrators and part-time faculty. Dr. Jack Hamm, vice president for academic affairs, explained that a full-time faculty member has since been added.
Also, an undergraduate course emphasizing study skills and serving as an orientation to the university environment has been approved and is being offered.
"The program has grown to the point that a Department of College Student Personnel can now be added to the administrative and academic organizational structure to assist in tracking of revenue and expenditures," Hamm said.
The board also approved the selection of AMR Architects of Little Rock as the firm to design the university's new academic advising center. When constructed, the facility will be located on the site now occupied by Massie Hall, said Dr. Robert C. Brown, Tech president.
In housing-related matters, the board approved the transfer of $43,000 to cover overflow housing expenses. At the close of the fall semester this past week, Tech still had about 50 students housed in local hotels.
Dr. Gary Biller, vice president for student services, said those students will be housed on campus this spring. Typically, students housed off campus when the fall semester begins are moved into residence halls as openings occur during the semester. Some openings did occur, and students were moved on campus. However, increased enrollment and a higher retention rate kept the demand this semester so high for on-campus housing that some students had to be housed off campus all semester.
The board approved housing rates for the 2005-06 academic year, as well. The overall rate increase averages about 3.7 percent, Biller said.
Also approved by the board was a transfer of $75,000 to fund construction of a new type of display area to honor recipients of the university's Hall of Distinction and Distinguished Service Awards.
Brown said the display would be located in a renovated area on the east end of the Young Building and would have information about all the honorees stored in a computer database. That information, including biographical information and photos, could be displayed on a video screen.
In personnel matters, the board accepted the retirements of Dr. Darrel Batemen, associate professor of agriculture, and Dr. Robert Edwards, professor of management. Both retirements are effective May 17, 2005.


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Which LPI exam and certification? Was it easy? what did you do for preparation? Now you have had the certification for a while, was it any use?
Ta, useful to know. I recently did the Red Hat Certified Technician course, and I've been running Linux servers for over 3 years, and Linux as my primary desktop for over 1 year - all self taught. I think I know some stuff, enough to see some of my knowledge blackholes, but not all of them.
More importantly, has it been of any use?
I'm self taught, so what I know is very patchy. I've got a LPIC-1 book, and found that there is lots of stuff that I didn't know, but if I needed to know it stuff I'd read the man pages. I can see that it's helpful to have more in your head, than less, but sometimes there is no point in knowing every command line switch required to debug an modem.
The Red Hat course was quite interesting actually. I did know about 80% of the content, but you get a feeling for how they designed Red Hat, and how they expect
Ta, always useful to know. Once I've done my SAP training this spring, I'll have a go at LPI.
Interesting response, everyone else seems to hold it awe, either because of it's complexity and their inexperience with it, or because of their experience with it and the money they are making out of it...
So far I've had little exposure to it, but what I have seen is very odd, it doesn't look like anything I've used before.


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FLOYD MAYWEATHER became the unified WBC and WBA welterweight champion but was given one of the toughest tests of his professional career in a majority decision victory over Marcos Maidana.
Mayweather was the overwhelming favourite to extend his unbeaten record to 46 wins from as many contests but came under some fierce pressure in the opening rounds from Maidana.
The Argentinian underdog came out swinging and caught Mayweather on a number of occasions although the pound-for-pound king gained the upper hand as the fight went on and finished strongly.
While one judge had the fight level at 114-114, the other two scores were 117-111 and 116-112 in Mayweather's favour.
Maidana, who suffered the fourth defeat of his 39-fight career, clearly felt he had done enough to have been given the nod and while he threw more punches, it was Mayweather's unerring accuracy that eventually saw him chalk up yet another win.
Such has been Mayweather's dominance, few gave Maidana any hope of springing an upset.
But he came charging out of the blocks and an early onslaught had Mayweather backing up in the opening round, while another furious flurry in the third once again gave Maidana the upper hand.
Mayweather appeared stunned by his opponent's start and although the American was cut for the first time in his career in the fourth round - albeit via a suspected unintentional headbutt - he gradually found his range.
Maidana kept coming forward, but while his wild swings often found fresh air, Mayweather has deadly accurate.
As the fight progressed, Mayweather started to target the body and a vicious punch to the abdomen left Maidana visibly reeling.
Neither fighter came close to forcing a stoppage, however, and Mayweather showed why he is held in such high regard with a commanding display in the championship rounds to seal victory.
While Amir Khan's superb victory over Luis Collazo earlier in the night appeared to put him on course for a clash with Mayweather, who is now three fights into a six-bout deal with US television network Showtime, the 37-year-old revealed Maidana's showing could force a re-match.
"This was a tough, competitive fight," he said afterwards.
"Normally when I fight I box and move. This was a tough fight. I wanted to fight.
"If the fans want to see it again, we will do it again."
• Amir Khan vows to land shot at Mayweather


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Financial Nannies Are Convinced They Know Best: Editor/Publisher's Column
You can regulate the money out of the business, but you can't regulate the personal responsibility out of the consumer. No matter what Washington does to keep credit unions and other lenders from taking advantage of the less well-educated, the desperate and the elderly, ultimately consumers have to take responsibility for their actions.
It's a fine line to toe when you're charged with serving members of modest means, pricing services like overdraft and payday loans to risk. But credit unions will likely lose members or potential members to truly abusive competitors if they do not offer those services. Then, credit unions will lose the opportunity to educate members and save them from themselves. Instead the regulators believe it's their job to tell consumers what's best for them.
The National Consumer Law Center has been particularly active lately in holding regulator and credit unions' feet to the fire. The NCLC is pushing solutions that make it less cost effective to offer alternatives to the credit-challenged, and in the end, they're hurting those they are purporting to protect. Even at not-for-profit credit unions, products must pay for themselves or be supported by others. In recent weeks the NCLC attacked individual credit union payday loan alternatives and overdraft services.
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- XtraCash CUSO Says Its Service Valuable
- NCUA Promises Probe of XtraCash Clients
Without pricing for the higher risk on a short-term, small-dollar loan, a credit union won't stay in business long. The consumer's only alternative then is to go to a genuine payday lender, which is contrary to the NCLC's objective.
Louisiana FCU CEO Rhonda Hotard contested the consumer advocate's claims. Calculating an APR to include fees, which are not compounding and not calculated in APR by law, detracts from the arguments that are better directed at truly abusive lenders. Louisiana FCU's program was featured by the NCLC to the NCUA as not consumer-friendly. NCLC charged that the credit union's rate was 145% for the loans, which is a bald-face lie.
In reality, the credit union charges a 15% APR on the loan and a $15 fee for all applicants whether the loan is approved or not. Over two weeks the APR amounts to a couple of bucks. The fee cannot be included in the calculation. Tell me, what is the APR on a $15 fee for someone who is not granted a loan? On top of that, the credit union's fee cannot be rolled into the loan. The credit union isn't raking in the dough from the program either, which only brought in $30,000 last year. These are expensive programs to administer and if NCLC works to shut them down at credit unions like Hotard's, it is bad for consumers.
XtraCash, a CUSO offering a payday loan alternative product for credit unions, doesn't allow borrowers to have more than one loan open at a time.
Stop patronizing consumers as you would a 5-year-old. Make clear disclosures in plain English (keep the lawyers out of it), and let the consumer decide.
After the NCLC's love letter, which the NCUA vowed to investigate, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released reports on overdraft fees.
The CFPB found that over the past five years, bank overdraft fees declined as credit unions' increased by 15%. Still credit unions are charging $4 less per fee than banks, and the rate of increase is just slightly above inflation. The CFPB pointed out that NSF and overdraft fees contributed 11.6% of 2012 credit union operating revenues, compared with 6.9% of bank and thrift revenue during the same period.
But, according to Callahan & Associates, "Some credit unions misclassified the NCUSIF Stabilization Income as other operating income on their 5300 Call Reports. This means the growth in fee and other operating income discussed above is artificially inflated, but we can't be sure to what degree."
Ironically, the report was critical of opt-in overdraft protection programs, saying that consumers who opted in paid $450 more under the new rules than those who did not op in, and they had more frequent involuntary account closures, making it more difficult to open future accounts. So now financial institutions are being criticized because they followed the regulations?
At the same time, the latest quarterly study on overdrafts by Moebs Services reported that financial institutions' overdraft income declined by $1 billion, in part due to regulatory uncertainty, seasonality and the economy in general.
Credit unions are working to educate their members and stay in business. The NCLC and the regulators need to recognize that they cannot restrain member-owned, not-for-profit credit unions' abilities to serve those of modest means and expect them to do it anyway.


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For House Democrats, a Whiff of Victory
New York Times
House Democrats do not usually like to talk about 1994, the year of their exile into the minority. It has been a bad memory, best left undisturbed.
But in a changing political climate, some Democrats are now taking a new look at their least favorite year and finding some heartening parallels with the current one. Democratic leaders say they believe they are poised to reverse the surprise Republican takeover of 1994, particularly if a continuing slip in public support for President Bush puts a breeze at their back.
"If that wind comes," said Representative Steny H. Hoyer of Maryland, the House Democratic whip, "we are much, much better positioned than the Republicans were in 1994 to take the seats that we need to take back control."
Mr. Hoyer argues that Democrats have more top candidates than the Republicans did in 1994, and need to gain fewer seats: 12, as against 38. He also says his party's contenders are in a much better financial position than those ascendant Republicans were.
Further, Mr. Hoyer and other Democrats see in public opinion surveys the beginnings of a growing sentiment for change, the very thing that helped do in the Democrats and make Newt Gingrich speaker of the House.
"We are in a strong position to capitalize on that," said Kori Bernards, communications director at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.
Republicans are not quite ready to hand over the gavel. They point to changes in Congressional maps that have made districts much less competitive in the intervening 10 years. And that does not count those in Texas, where the new map has several Democratic incumbents in serious trouble.
The Republicans also say Democrats have not shown an ability to knock off veteran Republican incumbents even in districts that otherwise lean Democratic, a feat they would have to accomplish in places like Kentucky and Connecticut to have a real chance at taking back the House.
"Democrats have an obligation to manufacture some momentum to make it not appear as hopeless as it really is," said Carl Forti, the spokesman for the National Republican Congressional Committee. "It is going to be very difficult for them to win the House back outside of some national tidal wave that right now isn't there."
To be sure, there are flaws in Mr. Hoyer's comparing 2004 to 1994. The earlier election was at midterm, when the party in the White House is typically expected to lose seats. President Bill Clinton was on the defensive over his failed health care initiative, and House Democrats, entrenched for 40 years, were on the defensive over Republican accusations that they had become corrupt.
Besides all that, there were more than 50 open House seats in 1994, lessening the advantages of the incumbent majority, compared with 30 this year. And Democrats were defending the seats of many freshmen, who among all incumbents are usually the most endangered.
It all added up to a watershed moment in Congressional politics.
Yet there is little doubt that Democratic election prospects are better today than they were just a few months ago. Even as Mr. Bush's policy in Iraq has encountered trouble both there and at home, Democrats have successfully recruited credible candidates for challenges in Alabama, Minnesota, North Carolina and elsewhere. The new campaign finance law has not hamstrung party operations to the extent some predicted. And surveys have shown an increasing general preference for Democrats in Congress at a time when the minority has enjoyed some unexpected Republican retirements.
If the Democrats can win a House election in South Dakota next Tuesday, the party will be two for two this year in capturing Republican seats in special elections, a factor providing a valuable sense of momentum.
Stuart Rothenberg, a nonpartisan analyst of Congressional races, acknowledges that the picture has brightened for Democrats. But he says he still believes they are not quite within reach of House control, mainly because of their need to oust Republican incumbents.
"In getting up to 218," Mr. Rothenberg said of the number required for a majority in the 435-member House, "you don't just need a wave, you need a tsunami."
Still, he recalls that at this stage in 1994, no one thought the Republican wave would wash aside the Democrats.
Ms. Bernards, the spokeswoman for the House Democratic campaign group, said Democrats accepted that not everyone was convinced of the party's threat to the majority. They say they intend to prove it, however, in November.


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Ludwick back at cleanup spot for Reds
By Owen Perkins / Special to MLB.com
DENVER -- Ryan Ludwick returned to the cleanup slot in the Reds' lineup for Friday's series opener in Colorado. It was his first time batting fourth since Opening Day.
Ludwick tore the labrum in his right shoulder sliding into third in the season's inaugural tilt, and he was on the disabled list until Aug. 12, recovering from surgery.
The Reds are 10-7 since his return, and he hit safely in seven of his last 10 games entering Friday for a .303 (10-for-33) average. Ludwick was a career .377 (26-for-69) hitter at Coors Field, the site of Friday's series opener, with eight homers and 22 RBIs.
He was 1-for-4 with a double and an RBI in Wednesday's 10-0 rout of the Cardinals, a game in which the Reds tallied 13 hits.
"We were excited before, we were just getting our butts kicked," manager Dusty Baker said of the attitude shift in the dugout Wednesday after losing the first two games of the series to the first-place Cardinals. "We know what's at stake; we know what's at hand. It's easy to get excited when you're beating somebody."
Expected callups include top prospect Hamilton
DENVER -- With the Reds maintaining their grip on a Wild Card berth and staying within 3 ½ games of first place in the division despite losing their series opener in Colorado on Friday, they are poised for a dramatic influx of talent when the rosters expand Sunday.
Heading the list of potential callups is shortstop-turned-center fielder Billy Hamilton, rated the Reds' No. 1 prospect and No. 17 in Major League Baseball by MLB.com, largely as a result of his untouchable speed.
Hamilton set a professional baseball record in 2012, stealing 155 bases in 192 attempts over 132 games split between the Reds' Class A and Double-A affiliates. To steal those bases, he had to get on base, and his 2012 successes at the plate were impressive. He hit .311 with a .410 on-base percentage, and though his numbers have fallen off in a full season at Triple-A Louisville, he still leads the International League with 75 steals in 90 attempts, 33 more steals than the next closest speed merchant.
Hamilton is one of six players poised to join the Reds when rosters expand Sunday, though he will most likely make his much-anticipated big league debut when the Reds return home for a 10-game homestand Monday.
The Reds already made one key move in advance of Saturday's Waiver Trade Deadline, when rookie right-hander Nick Christiani was optioned to Triple-A Louisville on Friday, bringing veteran southpaw Zach Duke to the Reds in time to be eligible for a spot on the postseason roster. Duke threw 1 2/3 scoreless innings in Friday's 9-6 loss to the Rockies.
Christiani pitched well in his Major League debut, pitching 1 1/3 scoreless innings to finish last Friday's 6-4 loss to the Brewers. He walked one, struck out one and allowed no hits. It was his only appearance with the Reds, but he will be back soon.
"He's going to go and pitch, and then come join us at home," manager Dusty Baker said.
The Reds anticipate calling up three players from Louisville for Sunday's series finale with the Rockies, including infielder Henry Rodriguez, outfielder Derrick Robinson and right-hander Curtis Partch.
They anticipate three more moves when they return home Monday to face the Cardinals. The Reds expect to purchase the contract of Hamilton from Louisville and to recall infielder Neftali Soto. Catcher Corky Miller should also return from his stint on the 15-day disabled list. He is recovering from a right quad contusion following a home-plate collision Aug. 7 against Oakland and was 1-for-2 as a designated hitter in a rehab start at Columbus on Thursday.
Hamilton has played his entire career at short, but the Reds feel his speed is better suited to center field, and the 22-year-old from Mississippi has made a comfortable transition, eager to find the fastest path to the Majors.
After he led five different levels of Minor Leagues in steals over four seasons, it should be no surprise that Hamilton has found a fast track to contribute to the Reds pennant race.
Seeking a lefty for 'pen, Reds call up Duke
DENVER -- With an eye to October, the Reds purchased the Triple-A contract of left-hander Zach Duke to bolster the bullpen while sending right-handed rookie Nick Christiani back to Louisville, shortly ahead of Saturday's Waiver Trade Deadline. To make room on the 40-man roster for Duke, the Reds designated right-handed pitcher Justin Freeman for assignment.
"I'm very happy, very excited," Duke said of the move, returning to the Majors after being released by Washington in June and regaining his game in Louisville. "I'm ready to help this team win games."
The 30-year-old Duke struggled in Washington in the first few months of the season, posting an 8.71 ERA in 12 games and 20 2/3 innings before his June 10 release. He was a starter for the first six years of his big league career in Pittsburgh, then was used primarily in relief in Arizona in 2011 and with Washington in 2012, when he posted a 1.32 ERA in eight games before faltering this year.
"I didn't perform very well with the Nationals," Duke said. "I am certainly [throwing] better than earlier in the year. I got more regular work with the role I was in there in Louisville. I got in a good groove. I'm commanding the ball well and mixing it up well."
Though rosters expand Sunday, the move before the end of August makes Duke eligible for the playoff roster and gives the Reds a more balanced bullpen. The Reds now have three active left-handers: Duke, Manny Parra and closer Aroldis Chapman.
"I've never been opposed to having three lefties," manager Dusty Baker said. "The Pirates always had three lefties back in the day when Jim Leyland was there.
"It's hard with one lefty, because you have to wait until the opportune time. If you have two, you can throw one in the sixth and one in the eighth. There was a lot of pressure on Manny [Parra]. There was pressure on us about when to put Manny in the game. The game could have been lost in the sixth, or it could have been lost in the eighth. Duke will probably be the secondary lefty, and Manny will be the primary lefty. That's the plan."
Duke thrived in Triple-A, going 2-0 with a 1.30 ERA in 26 games spanning 27 2/3 innings. He gave up only five walks while striking out 34.
"I'm just trying to be crafty," Duke said of the adjustments he made since coming from Washington. "Really the whole thing is just executing. The hitter will tell you what pitch you should throw, and then it's a matter of execution. I feel like I'm executing right now."
Owen Perkins is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Span dropped to seventh spot in Nats' order
By Bill Ladson / MLB.com
MIAMI -- After the Nationals lost to the Marlins, 2-1, on Saturday night, manager Davey Johnson vowed he would make changes to his lineup for Sunday's game. He did just that, making outfielder Bryce Harper and Anthony Rendon his top two hitters, while dropping outfielder Denard Span from the leadoff spot to the seventh spot in the lineup.
Johnson clearly wants better on-base percentage guys to set the table for run producers such as Ryan Zimmerman, Adam LaRoche and Jayson Werth.
Span, who has been the leadoff hitter for most of the year, has struggled -- hitting .255 with a .313 on-base percentage entering Sunday's action.
"I haven't been getting the job done. Nothing is going to change for me, as far as my approach or anything like that," Span said. "I think I have walked a little bit more lately. I'm not too comfortable at the plate. Whenever you don't feel comfortable at the plate, you are going to swing at pitches that you don't normally swing at. I've been [more] aggressive than I normally would, because I'm trying to make something happen. Just all and all, I haven't felt the way I need to feel pretty much all season."
Span went 3-for-5 with a pair of RBI doubles and keyed the the Nationals' 10th-inning rally in Sunday's 5-2 win over the Marlins.
Stanton continues to be a thorn for Nationals
MIAMI -- The Nationals are having a tough time trying to stop Marlins right fielder Giancarlo Stanton at the plate. Since he entered the league four years ago, Stanton is hitting .329 with 16 home runs and 35 RBIs against Washington entering Sunday. Clearly those numbers are his best against any team in the league.
Stanton helped the Marlins tie the game on Saturday night, when he swung at a 1-2 pitch from closer Rafael Soriano and hit a mammoth home run over the left-field wall.
"The guy has a presence about him in the batter's box," Nationals right-hander Dan Haren said. "There are a few guys who are like that in baseball. He is really intimidating, he is a big strong guy. He can hit it out of any ballpark . He makes Marlins Park look small. With him, you really have to nibble at the corners. He has a really good eye, too. He takes his walks. He is a really tough out."
Shortstop Ian Desmond didn't have an answer for how to stop Stanton.
"He kills everybody. The guy is a master," said Desmond. "How do you stop him? There are a lot of teams out there asking the same question. He is a great ballplayer."
Bill Ladson is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, All Nats All the time He can also be found on Twitter @WashingNats. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The new field sales engineer for Bosh Security System's corrections market, Casey Kime will support customers with product selection and implementation, as well as education and training. He has extensive industry knowledge stemming from more than 20 years of experience in designing systems. Most recently, he managed project engineering and quality control for Sierra Detention Systems. Prior to this position, he worked for Latta Technical Services as a security consultant. He has also been involved in hundreds of security installations for correctional facilities across the country, creating submittal and build documents, estimating projects and preparing design drawings and specifications. Kime will work directly with architects, engineers, integrators and end users to provide them with effective solutions for their projects.


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The Yankees lost 6-5 to the Marlins on Sunday evening, their eighth loss in 12 games, but they may get a chance to change that result. Joe Girardi played the final two innings under protest after an apparent mistake by the Marlins went unpunished by the umpires.
It's a good thing that Girardi used to manage the Marlins, because situations like this don't come up in the American League. The Marlins pinch-hit Alejandro De Aza for the pitcher in the bottom of the seventh inning and intended to leave him in the game, batting ninth and playing left field, while Leo Nunez came in to pitch and bat leadoff. That meant Chris Coghlan was out of the game, but when the eighth inning started he was in left.
After one pitch, Girardi pointed out the error and the umpires ruled that both Coghlan and De Aza were ineligible to remain in the game. The Marlins inserted a new left fielder, Jeremy Hermida, who batted ninth. Girardi though Nunez should have been forced out of the game as well. The league will review the incident, and if the umpires made a mistake the game will be replayed from that point.
It was a 6-3 Marlins lead at that point, and the replay may mean that Brett Gardner doesn't triple in two runs and the Yankees lose by a larger margin. With the way his team is going right now, though, it makes sense that Girardi would try anything possible to get a chance to win a game. If they get a decent start on the mound, they don't hit or the bullpen implodes. More often than not in the last two weeks, though, they aren't doing much of anything well.
If not for defensive lapses by the Mets and Nationals, the Yankees could easily be losers of 10 of their last 12 and, perhaps, behind the Rays and/or Blue Jays in addition to the Red Sox. At some point, they'll actually have to start winning games on their own, and not relying on mistakes from opposing defenses or umpires.
Josh Alper is a writer living in New York City and is a contributor to FanHouse.com and ProFootballTalk.com in addition to his duties for NBCNewYork.com.


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""He drew a circle that shut me out- Heretic , rebel, a thing to flout. But love and I had the wit to win: We drew a circle and took him In ! From the poem " Outwitted" — Edwin Markham"
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"A mind with thoughts and ideas is like a search engine on a computer. But, You must type them in order to get results."
""When you are not looking, they find you, the people that you always missed when you were looking." -Rachael Jancowski, 2013."
"When you are dispirited, held back, beat down and you have no one,you can give up, give in, or you can find those things you need to stand within yourself.If no one else believes in you, then you must believe in yourself.If you can not get the love you need from others, you must make room in your heart and give that love to yourself.You must accept yourself exactly as you are, all your flaws, all your faults, all your dreams."


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After a few weeks traveling the world, and pretending the Internet did not exist, we are back in the groove, or at least, our own kind of groove. If you missed us, hello. If you didn't, what the hell are you doing here listening to mid-1960s Beatles music? Anyway, welcome back everyone, let's have fun, Mitt Romney blows, Dick Clark is gone, Phil Humber is throwing perfect games, the Warriors are worthless as always, the Giants are just okay, Grimes is terrific, and we missed ramen and good thin crust pizza while we were gone.
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text: I honestly think shippuden is better than the first series(although both are great). Shippuden expanded and opened up the story so much. In part 1 we didn't know anything about the real itachi, lots of major character's pasts(like jiraya for example), who narutos parents really were, other kage, other akatsuki, or how ridiculously powerful Naruto and sasuke have gotten.


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I got the Pyramid Demo Kit from my local store owner last week, so I decided to run a Cadet Training event with my wife and kids to get a good practice run in before going public. The girls were very excited as they think the colorful pyramids are "way cool"! Surprisingly, my youngest (she's 9) caught on fastest and won the most. This is a big plus as her older sister normally wins everything. We made it through the first 4 games on the Syllabus with IceDice getting the most play.
LaunchPad23 was second only because my 12yo would not give up until she beat her sister. The younger also liked Pharaoh alot.
They would like to play the second session tonight, but I told them we would have to wait until the weekend as homework is priority during the week. We had a lot of fun and I can't wait to get out in public with this.
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Way to go Chris! Family members make great cadets! Please let us know when you get out there in the public!
And homework is very important in becoming a good Starship Captain.


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Greg Wallis '91 is VP of Finance at Harrison College
February 10, 2013
Gregory C. Wallis, a 1991 graduate of DePauw University, has been appointed vice president of finance at Harrison College. In his new role, Wallis has responsibility for the college's finance and student financial services departments, including direction of the institution's budgeting functions.
An economics major at DePauw, "Wallis joins Harrison College from ITT Educational Services, where he served as the vice president of finance," reports Inside Indiana Business. He's also been executive vice president of operations and finance at CIK Enterprises and executive vice president of client services at Latham Synchronized Relationship Marketing. He began his career with Arthur Andersen."
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text: Just picked up a very nice Comp Tour at a thrift shop and haven't had a chance to hit with it yet. It is very similar to 2 other frames that I have in my collection (Team Pro & Club Pro) and I was hoping that someone can tell me exactly what the differences are between the 3. They are all 89.5 in. head size and have similar PJs. Any specific info about them would be much appreciated.


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Forty-Seven Years in Aviation: A Memoir; Chapter 13: Tankers Revisited, Ohio State University, and 'The Barge'
A footnote to history: Imperial Japanese Airways bought the original DC-4E in 1939 for the alleged purpose of "evaluation and technology transfer." Shortly after the purchase, the Japanese press reported that the airplane crashed in Tokyo Bay but, truth be told, there was no crash; the airplane was reverse-engineered (in secret, of course) and became the basis for the Nakajima G5N bomber which, by the way, never made the team in WWII ... it was too heavy and too complex, way under-powered, etc. etc. etc. The U.S. involvement in World War II created an immediate need for a fleet of long-range military transports and the DC-4 was the airplane of choice. Several changes were made to meet the Army's specs -- a stronger floor, a cargo door, a boom hoist and larger wing tanks among them -- and the result was the C-54 Skymaster. Nearly all of the 1300+ C-54s that left the Douglas factory during the war years served with the Army Air Forces and other branches of the military in a wide variety of configurations.
Take note of the large amount of airplane behind the main landing gear, the pivot point on the ground. With a full load and an aft CG location, the airplane tended to settle on its hindquarters, a problem solved by installing a temporary brace 'tween tail and tarmac during the loading process. When all the people and cargo were on board, we would start the engines, hold the brakes and increase power a couple-hundred RPM; this would depress the nose and raise the tail enough so the flight engineer could remove the brace and climb aboard. It was also not a bad idea to have the passengers congregate in the forward part of the cabin until we got the engines running.
Considered in light of its contemporaries, the C-54 was a large airplane: 117-foot wingspan, almost 100-feet long, maximum takeoff weight 72,000 pounds with a 30,000-pound useful load, and four Pratt & Whitney R-2000 engines that developed 1450 horsepower each. It was capable of flying at 230 knots but the normal cruise speed was more like 160 knots and the no-wind range was about 2500 miles.
C-54 history is replete with significant aviation accomplishments. The airplane flew a million miles a month over the Atlantic during the war years, averaging 20 round trips each day. It was instrumental in breaking the post-war Russian blockade by hauling coal, food, etc., to the beleaguered people of Berlin. A one-off C-54 was designed and built from the ground up to transport President Roosevelt, including an elevator to accommodate FDR in his wheelchair. Designated VC-54 ("VC" for Very Comfortable), this airplane was named the "Sacred Cow" and was the first airplane used by a sitting president. In 1947 president Harry Truman was aboard the Sacred Cow when he signed the bill that established the U.S. Air Force as an independent service. The Ohio Air Guard C-54D (Tail number 72762) came to us from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, home of the bone yard where old military airplanes go to die. The airplane had gone through a reconditioning program in Victoria, Texas, and was in rather good shape for a 30-year old transport that had been used hard and put away wet. After a few hours of training in AF 72762, I began to think of it as a "double DC-3." The C-54, like the Gooney Bird, was a hydraulic airplane: The systems that moved the landing gear, wing flaps, and cowl flaps were operated by fluid pressure -- even the autopilot was hydraulic. The engines were quite similar to those on other round-engine aircraft in terms of power settings, temperatures, pressures, starting procedures, etc., which made things considerably easier for pilots transitioning to the C-54. The front office was roomy and comfortable for the normal crew of three -- two pilots and a flight engineer. The FE's seat was behind and between the pilots, with full access to all the engine and fuel-systems controls. We were fortunate to have Master Sergeant Carl Westminster as our full-time FE; Wes knew the airplane from stem to stern and his knowledge and mechanical ability kept us out of trouble on several occasions. A case in point: He made his usual visual check of the engines one day immediately after takeoff, came back to the cockpit and said, "Captain, I think you'd better shut down Number Two." "What's the problem?" said I, to which Wes replied, "There's a loose exhaust fitting, probably about ready to fall off." We caged Number Two, landed, pulled the cowling and sure enough the suspect component was dangling by one bolt and would probably have caused an engine fire if it had departed the engine. "How did you know that, Wes?" "I could hear it," he replied. Despite the roar of four big radials at full power, he could hear the rattling of a loose exhaust fitting? That was Wes, a good man to have on board. Wes wasn't superstitious, but he had a ritual that was part of every flight: As we added power for takeoff, Wes would gently pat the underside of the console and say quietly, "OK, Barge, let's go" -- an admonition to which the airplane responded with an outstanding record of mission completions, due mostly to Wes's TLC. The nickname "Barge" stuck with AF 72762 until it finished its tour with the Ohio Air Guard and was dispatched elsewhere -- probably back to the Air Force bone yard. My life as a "double interest" aviator -- i.e. military and civilian -- began in the summer of 1966 when I first flew for Ohio State. The training fleet at that time consisted of several Piper Cherokees, a couple of Cessnas and a Piper Aztec used for multi-engine instruction. The Aztec (a six-seat light twin) was shared with the university's Air Transportation Service (ATS) and that was my primary assignment for the rest of the summer. The Aztec was near-ideal for the frequent short flights and low passenger loads that made up the bulk of ATS trips for faculty and staff. (When I hung up my wings in 2002, I had logged more flight time in the Aztec than in any other airplane: 2200 hours.) My favorite trips took place during football season, when we would load an Aztec on Friday afternoon with several assistant coaches and drop them off one at a time at Big Ten game venues to scout future opponents. At the end of the outbound flight, the remaining coach would often invite the pilot to attend a press party and on Saturday there was usually a press-box ticket for us. When the game was over, we would reverse the route, pick up the other coaches and return to Columbus, whereupon the pilot went home for a good night's sleep -- but not the coaches, who would report to Woody Hayes' office and analyze game films until the wee hours. The ATS also had two DC-3s, a Howard 250 and -- for a short time -- a Douglas B-23 converted from a bomber to an executive transport. Those were all hand-me-downs because corporations with aviation departments were making the shift to turboprop and jet aircraft during the '60s and '70s and the elderly recips were relatively worthless. But one should never look a gift horse in the mouth, and the university welcomed these contributions with open arms. It was several years before I got my hands on the Douglas racers due to an overabundance of qualified pilots on the aviation department staff. (The Howard 250 -- a beautiful airplane -- was wrecked on a training flight and the B-23 was sold). For the balance of 1966 and all of 1967 the Aviation Department's schedule consumed most of my time: Regular teaching in the classroom, frequent ATS flights and a smattering of individual flight instruction. I also flew the C-54 often enough to remain current in the airplane; and if that wasn't enough aviation activity, I became involved in the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) weekend Flight Training Clinics that were offered at airports all over the country. This required leaving Columbus on Thursday to provide refresher training for general aviation pilots I had never met, in a wide variety of airplanes (some of which were "first-timers" for me), and returning late on Sunday. These were busy, challenging and fatiguing weekends ... but I became familiar with a segment of the flying public I would not have encountered otherwise. For fun -- and a few extra bucks -- during that same period of time, I flew a Helio Courier a couple of times a week for a local radio station's airborne traffic reports. The Courier was a most remarkable airplane. It was equipped with slow-flight features including leading-edge slats that deployed automatically at about 46 knots, 3/4-span slotted flaps that effectively increased the wing area by 30 percent (you had to crank the flaps down but it was worth the effort) and spoilers for roll control at very low airspeeds. The castering main gear took most of the sting out of crosswind takeoffs and landing. The Helio could take off in about 300 feet, land easily in the same distance and fly under complete control at 26 knots. There were times when the onboard traffic reporter wanted to get a good look at an accident site or a traffic tie-up, so I would turn into the wind, deploy all the slow-flight stuff and -- for all practical purposes -- reduce the groundspeed to zero. In short, flying this airplane was nothing but fun. [Continued with Chapter 14.]
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There is just not a more welcome site in a garden than an arbor. They capture you to look into some new world, a magical space just beyond. Okay, maybe that is a bit much.... but they are so wonderful in so many ways..... AND I DON"T HAVE ONE!
I have just the place, the perfect place actually. It is just outside my garage, just as the sidewalk begins. I have The Fairy Roses in a mature bed to be it's feet and loads of perennials on the other side. All I need is a few climbers and it would be spectacular!
But.... I just want it to be perfect, and I keep putting it off. Why? Well I just can't seem to find the perfect one, or at least the perfect one on sale...lol.
With so many things going on with our family I hate to spend a ton of money this year on garden accents. And I refuse to put one of the cheaper ones up and the weight of my vines tear it up in a few years.
I am actually thinking of having hubby build one. I need a small fence for my new kitchen garden and am thinking if I can get that project going I would like to have an arbor and gate with that bed and a matching one in the front yard.
But, I'm guessing any big projects might be on hold for a bit. Who knows what is happening with the economy, so it is a hard sell to do this "fu-fu" stuff this year. So until then I'll just dream.... and share some lovely ideas with you today.
First off, please visit these site for AWESOME arbor pictures and info on growing roses and other vines....
Hope you enjoyed the pictures as much as I did.
I watched the weather last night before bed and they said we could get up to an inch of snow today. But after this weekend it is suppose to warm up and keep in the mid 50's. I am thinking of getting my new beds ready and sprinkling some seed in a week or so. Is it still too early? Not the annuals, but perennial seed like foxglove, yarrow, columbine, and primrose.
I am so ready! Thanks for all the nice comments on my site. I have really enjoyed doing this blog, it is quite addictive!
Happy Gardening!


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Funeral services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012, at the First Assembly of God Church in Dardanelle. Visitation will be conducted from 5-8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, at Cornwell Funeral Home Chapel.
A complete obituary will be published in Tuesday's edition of The Courier.
Arrangements are by Cornwell Funeral Home in Dardanelle. The online guestbook and condolences are at www.cornwellfuneralhomes.com.