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Since the release of Public Beta last November a lot of Microsoft Project 2010 content and in particular videos have been made available free of charge!
To assist with the discoverability of these Project 2010 video assets I have a compiled the attached spreadsheet (below and bottom of post), it mainly contains links to each of the Project Conference 2009 recorded breakout session and the recently started Project 2010 webcasts series. The attached list contains about 95 videos equivalent to about 117 hours of recording so hopefully plenty of content to learn about the Project 2010 key investments. Expect a lot more videos by the time the product is launched.
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I am serious here i really have thoughts of rendering him a eunuch. He brought bins of clothes down stairs to organize the boys clothes which he did 18 days ago while i was on bed rest. went to the er with spotting...turns out i have a micro hemorrhage and a low lying placenta yea me! Well i am not on bed rest anymore dr says to just keep an eye out for bright red blood and such. But guess who is going to be moving the fucking bin back the FUCK upstairs yup you guessed it.....ME!
I really get tired of his lazy ass.....so should i kick him with my bare foot or put on some boot?

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Review: Bolhoed features some of the best vegan food I've had the pleasure to eat so far (up there with Kate's in NYC). My wife and I chose completely different vegan 'menus' so we could share. I had the 'Vegan Special', my wife ordered the 'Asian Menu'. A 'menu' in this context is an enormous 3 course meal - entirely vegan. Not only did we feel the food was tasty and fresh, but it was evident that vegan was not a mere afterthought, or second-best. Considering the size of the portions (and our usual London prices) the cost of 21 euros each seemed entirely fair. As for service and staff: it initially took over 20 minutes to grab the attention of a server. Past this point, however, service was extremely friendly and efficient. If you're in an enormous rush, hyperactive or on a bad caffeine trip then move on. Bolhoed isn't for you. If you want a fun, friendly, slightly alternative place serving large portions of great vegan goodies, then do yourself a favour and visit.
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1997 Toyota Corolla Repair and Maintenance
A guide to problems, costs, maintenance and repair for your 1997 Toyota Corolla
- Brake Pad and Rotor Replacement $302 - 716
- Timing Belt Replacement $291 - 472
- Alternator Replacement $230 - 322
- Brake Pad(s) Replacement $124 - 265
- Power Steering Pressure Hose Replacement $176 - 683
1997 Toyota Corolla Problems
The engine mount on the passenger side of the car can wear out on cars with high mileage. This will put extra stress on the other mounts and the faulty mount will need to be replaced.
If the engine will not crank over, the most common problem is the starter. These will tend to go out at about 100,00-125,000 miles. Sometimes it is only the starter solenoid, but often the complete starter (including solenoid) needs to be replaced.
The EGR System tends to get restricted or blocked with carbon after 100,000- 125,000 miles which will cause an emissions test failure for NOX. If the EGR system is equipped with an EGR temperature sensor it will trigger a Check Engine Light for improper EGR flow. The repair is to clean out the EGR passages and the EGR Temperature sensor. Our technicians tell this repair is pretty straight forward and takes about 1-1.5 hours. It is also wise to verify the EGR system components i.e. the Transducer, EGR Valve and VSV Solenoid at this time.
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My car cranks over but won't start. It has spark and fuel. I just changed the fuel pump. I sprayed starting fluid in the carb but still would not start. The timing belt is good. What could it be? It is a 97 Toyota corolla 1.8L
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Toyota is recalling certain 1997 Corollas because a mechanical shock (like moving the seat or suddenly releasing the parking brake) to the air bag computer soon after the engine is started can cause the air bag to deploy inadvertently. This can cause injury to an occupant. Dealers will repair the air bag computer.
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I purchased my 1.8L Corolla CE new in 1997. Keep up regular maintenance and have spent a total of about $700 in repairs to minor systems and hoses. Mileage: 280,000. What a dream car this has been. I've only used Chevron Gasoline except for a couple of emergencies. Thank you Toyota and Chevron!!!!! Brakes can be a little noisy. Headlights cloud up/yellow with age. Emissions at this mileage ru...
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Hi JoAnne,
I googled "Kodak Z915 Win7 Driver" and got quite a few links. Most, sadly, lead to the "No longer available" page. However, I did come across this one
which seems to have links to drivers for various versions of the Z915. You might want to follow them up, some state compatibility with Win7, some not. Hopefully your version will have a driver. By way of experiment, I did download the first in the list and it seemed to come down OK.
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PSC has no reason to readily vacate its spot on the east bank outside of a major financial incentive, a factor that's created one of the greatest impediments to relocation. Its current location provides the three components the company needs to function: access to the interstate, the railroad and barges along the river.
That combination has made it tricky to find another location in Nashville where PSC could thrive. Acquiring the land via eminent domain, many say, is simply not an option. First, the company, as a metals scrap plant, is a necessity for the city. In addition, the Metro Development and Housing Agency is in the midst of a public relations fiasco after a judge ruled Tower Investments, a development group, deserved more for its Music City Center land than the city paid through condemnation. Metro has appealed that decision.
Perhaps the biggest surprise in Garrison's article: the identity of the controversial financial wheeler-dealer who actually owns PSC. At least it was a surprise to me.
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Asian-Americans, Pacific Islanders and Diabetes
Half of the increase in type 2 diabetes worldwide by 2025 is predicted to be in Asians and Pacific Islanders. Although data on the number of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders who have diabetes are limited, studies show that type 2 diabetes is a growing problem among some groups within this population.
- In Hawaii, Native Hawaiians have more than twice the rate of diabetes as whites.
- Asians are 20 percent less likely than non-Hispanic whites to die from diabetes.
- In Hawaii, Native Hawaiians are 5.7 times as likely as whites living in Hawaii to die from diabetes.
- Filipinos living in Hawaii have more than 3 times the death rate as whites living in Hawaii.
While there are a small number of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders with type 1 diabetes, most Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders with diabetes have type 2. This is due to the food choices of some Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, which have changed due to their migration to the United States and to modern times. Instead of their traditional plant- and fish-based diets, they are choosing foods with more animal protein, animal fats, and processed carbohydrates. (In addition, they have become less physically active. As a result, their chances of developing diabetes have increased.)
Excerpted and adapted from Diabetes in American Indians and Alaska Natives Fact Sheet (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases); National Institute of Health and Human Services: The Office of Minority Health.
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Library and Archives Canada: Release of a New Version of the Census of Canada, 1881 Database
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It's been a falling over kind of day for GRuff. It's taken an extra enormous big plaster to cover the graze on his knee this time.
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ATLANTA -- Former U.S. Rep. Pat Swindall has been sentenced to one year of probation after pleading guilty to three misdemeanor counts of being involved in illegal campaign contributions.
The Daily Report says in its Friday edition that Swindall was sentenced on Aug. 26 in connection with an alleged scheme to funnel $8,000 in campaign contributions to former Atlanta City Councilwoman Joyce Sheperd.
The newspaper reports that prosecutors agreed to drop felony charges in return for Swindall's guilty pleas to one misdemeanor count of conspiracy to commit a crime and two counts of exceeding the maximum allowable campaign contribution.
Swindall represented a suburban Atlanta district from 1985 to 1989. He later served one year in federal prison after he was convicted in 1992 of perjury charges.
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Hi all, hope someone can help me with this enigma :
It concerns baptism registers of Florence in the 15th century, in this case the one for 16th December 1465 :
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On the 4th line it says :
"Francesco et Alexandro di Piero di Lapo del Tovaglia"
This concerns my ancestor Francesco di Piero di Lapo, but I don't understand the "et Alexandro" bit.
In every baptism record there is a "et" addition of some kind, "et Domenico" "et Antonio" "et Romolo" etc etc etc
Is it the name of his patron saint or something, or maybe the name of the person performing the baptism? Hope somebody can enlighten me on this one!


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FX Says so Long to 'The Shield'
By Robert Bianco and Gary Levin
LOS ANGELES — On a day dedicated to edgy cable channel FX, the network talked to TV writers about saying goodbye to the series that started it all.
The Shield, which airs its seventh, final season starting in September, was FX's first original series, sparked rival cable networks to explore their own boundaries and boosted "a network that no one had ever heard of," says FX chief John Landgraf.
The Shield also made a star out of Michael Chiklis, who plays troubled cop Vic Mackey. Still, the actor says, he doesn't want to be remembered for just one role: "The Shield hopefully will become over time one of the highlights in a body of work," says Chiklis, who has since starred as The Thing in the Fantastic Four films.
Thanks in part to the writers' strike, the show already has shot its finale. Producer Shawn Ryan won't say what happens, but he will say he tried to avoid what he consideres a pitfall of series finales: dumping a show's normal pattern for a blockbuster episode. "It will feel like The Shield universe," Ryan says. OK, one hint: "This finale is what Vic Mackey deserves," co-star CCH Pounder says.
Other FX nuggets:
*Nip/Tuck, which is preparing the last eight episodes of its interrupted fifth season for January, has been renewed for a final 19-episode season. It's due in 2011.
*Rescue Me, due back in April, will have Michael J. Fox for a four-episode guest stint as a new boyfriend for Tommy's (Denis Leary) estranged wife. The boyfriend, who is in a wheelchair, "is a very funny, very original character," Landgraf says.
*Marcia Gay Hayden will join newcomers William Hurt and Timothy Olyphant as a regular on the Glenn Close drama Damages, which returns in January. But Ted Danson's villain, Arthur Frobisher, who was left for dead in the first-season finale, has in fact survived, and will be back next season.
*FX ordered 39 more episodes of comedy It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia in addition to 13 due to begin airing next week. As a Sunny companion, FX ordered 13 episodes of comedy Testees, due Oct. 9 from Kenny Hotz (South Park, Kenny vs. Spenny). It's about "two friends in their early 30s who earn their living as medical guinea pigs," Landgraf says.
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I'm very interested to see his take on Superman (particularly after reading some of his interview).
Clark comes to Metropolis in his 21st year to decide what he really wants to do. And this is someone who can be anyone, do anything. If he keeps his background secret, as he's done for the preceding 21 years, he can be the best athlete the world has ever known, he could be the next Stephen Hawking, could take away the golf crown from Tiger Woods, create patents that could earn billions. He can finally step out of the shadows and into the light.
By contrast, if he chooses to become Superman, then Clark must live forever in the shadows, dedicated to a life of service and self-sacrifice that could eventually get him killed. That's a hard choice for anybody to make, let alone a 21 year old kid who wants to look after his mom and is lured by the idea of money and success and fame. So the story is about Clark's Gethsemane moment, when he has to finally make that choice, why he makes it, and what follows after.
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'Lagging behind in infrastructure'
KOCHI: The CPI (M) State Secretary, Pinarayi Vijayan, on Monday said that it was because of the "cruel neglect" on the part of the Central Government that the State was lagging behind the other Southern States in infrastructure.
Inaugurating a public meeting organised by the Ernakulam district unit of the CPI (M) in connection with the T.K. Ramakrishnan commemoration function, he said that Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram's remark on the lack of infrastructure was really a distortion of the facts.
The CPI (M) leader pointed out that when the Central Government had formulated a scheme for constructing a six-lane road connecting various States, Kerala was excluded from the project. In fact, there was no justification for not including the State in the project. The Vajpayee-led Union Government had also neglected the infrastructure development in the State.
The United Progressive Alliance Government had done nothing to change this attitude. The National Highways could not be developed because of the neglect of the Union Government. Even the roads under the National Highway Authority were not properly maintained.
He said the State Government had told the Centre that it could not collect toll on every 25 km when the National Highways were widened.
He also said that the State was facing neglect in the matter of railway development also.
The Central Government was adopting a discriminatory policy towards the State.
He said Kerala would not adopt a Gujarat-model privatisation policy. Earlier in the morning, he paid floral tributes at the T.K. Ramakrishnan memorial in Eroor. CPI(M) leaders Gopi Kottamurikkal, M. C. Josephine, E. Balanandan, M. M. Lawrence, K.N. Ravindranth, K. Chandran Pillai, MP, C.M. Dinesh Mani, MLA, and others also addressed the public meeting.


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Today, it's difficult not to notice all of the gluten-free products available in health food and grocery stores. There's been a number of books, magazine articles and news segments, too – all of which have characterized gluten as a dietary villain.
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Military Appreciation 2011
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Supplement to the Grand Forks Herald, Friday, November 11, 2011 Military November 11, 2011 Tradition of honor Appreciation I By Ann Bailey GrandForksHerald.com The Thief River Falls Color Guard was formed 28 years ago color guard "for the honor and respect of a fellow veteran," he said. "Everyone who belongs to this feels it's an honor." "They gave the ultimate sacrifice and that's the least we can do for them," said Bill Hume. Color guard members hope to recruit younger members so the tradition of honoring veterans will carry on. "We would like to see more young people join when they have fulfilled their military duty," Mattson said. Herald Staff Writer The members of the Thief River Falls American Legion Post 117 Color Guard, march in parades, attend funerals and burials of veterans and hold annual dignified flag disposal ceremonies. They also hold flag ceremonies at schools. Submitted photo Answering the call I A total of about 180 students in their freshman, sophomore, junior and senior years at UND, are enrolled in UND's Army ROTC program through all four years are motivated, Sauls said. During their training, students take military science courses, military laboratory courses and do military conditioning. Commendable service Privilege Jim Mattson said he serves in the THIEF RIVER FALLS -- Serving as a color guard is an honor for 24 Thief River Falls American Legion members. The members of the Thief River Falls American Legion Post 117 Color Guard, march in parades, attend funerals and burials of veterans and hold annual dignified flag disposal ceremonies. They also hold flag ceremonies at schools. The Thief River Falls Color Guard was formed 28 years ago. Today it has two dozen members between the ages of 24 and 92. Six or seven color guard members typically attend funerals. They attended 34 funerals in the Thief River Falls area last year and have attended 29 so far this year. The funerals now mostly are Korean War veterans. Besides marching in parades, attending funerals and burials and holding flag disposal ceremonies, color guard. John Lovly, a member who is a Vietnam War veteran, believes that, while younger veterans aren't joining in large numbers, there always will be a Thief River Falls Color Guard. "I don't think the Color Guard will ever dissolve," he said. "If it comes to push and shove, we'll have to push and shove harder." Lovly is impressed by the dedication and commitment that his fellow members have to the color guard. "These guys are the best. They are the most dedicated people I've worked with." Loyal members By Ann Bailey Herald Staff Writer I By Ann Bailey Herald Staff Writer French remember World War II pilot, honor NC kin Miranda Alexander Being at war hasn't deterred UND students from signing up for Sauls the ROTC. A total of about 180 students in their freshman, sophomore, junior and senior years at UND, are enrolled in UND's Army ROTC program, said Lt. Col. Josh Sauls. "We're one of the one of larger programs in the country." They are a group of cadets with a strong sense of patriotism, he said. "The biggest reason is they want to serve their country, which is somewhat surprising since our country has been at war for several years," he said. "I think a large part of it is because of the values and beliefs in this part of the country, where military service is looked on as favorable." UND ROTC students are good recruiters for the program, Sauls said. "Our cadets are our best advertisers. They say, `You ought to try this." The ROTC program is demanding, so the students who make it "They're just quality students. They're the ones, you looked at their biographies, they're going to have higher GPAs, lower drop-outs. They're just solid, solid citizens." Between the students' junior and senior years at UND, they go to Fort Lewis, Wash., where they are accessed on their leadership ability and are ranked to see how they stack up against other cadets across the United States. The total number of cadets nationwide is 5,646. "We had No. 3, we had No. 12, we had No. 6 and several more who were in the top thousand," Sauls said. "Our cadets do amazingly well." After they graduate, the cadets are required to do eight years of service which can be active duty, U.S. Army Reserve, or a combination of the two. "The vast majority ask for active duty," Sauls said. Head of the class Admiral Patrick M. Walsh, U.S. Pacific Fleet commander, has commended Alexander for her service in the Navy, giving her an admiral's coin after she helped on his barge when he was giving a tour of the USS Arizona. Alexander also was honored recently as Sailor of the Month for her work as information systems technician. "You have to do a better job than the other 30 peo- Honors Military service runs in Miranda Alexander's family. Alexander's father, paternal grandparents and maternal grandfather also served in the same branch of the service, she said. Alexander, a U.S. Navy information systems technician senior apprentice, enlisted in the Navy in February 2011. That May she graduated from Red River High School in Grand Forks and a month later went to Chicago for eight weeks of boot camp. After Alexander finished boot camp, she went to Pensacola, Fla., for training in military information systems. She now serves in the U.S. Pacific Fleet and is stationed in Hawaii, near Pearl Harbor. The Pacific Fleet is the world's largest fleet command and is made up of 100 million square miles, about 2,000 aircraft and 125,000 sailors, Marines and civilians, according to the U.S. Pacific Fleet website. Miranda Alexander has been commended for her service in the U.S. Navy Miranda Alexander, a U.S. Navy information systems technician senior apprentice, enlisted in the U.S. Navy in February 2011. ple your division," she said. She says she has become more patriotic since joining the U.S. Navy. "You see everything the military does. There's a lot more to it than people see," she said. For example, her U.S. Navy division helped with the relief effort to Japan after the tsunami hit, she said. Submitted photo "You see everything the military does.There's a lot more to it than people see." Admiral Patrick M. Walsh, U.S. Pacific Fleet commander, has commended Alexander for her service in the Navy, giving her an admiral's coin after she helped on his barge when he was giving a tour of the USS Arizona. Photo by Ann Bailey By Michael Barrett Associated Press GASTONIA, N.C. -- After her brother was killed while piloting a plane in World War II, 6-yearold Patricia Ross held onto what little memory she had of him through the decades. She relied heavily on old photographs and accounts that her parents and older relatives passed along, though even they were told little about the circumstances of his death. Only this year did Ross come to realize how well regarded Lt. Ferris Suttle's name is among an entire city in northern France, where residents there have es- tablished a memorial in his honor. And during a recent trip overseas to attend the monument's dedication, she was finally able to meet many of the people who -- like her -- have refused to let her brother's legacy die. "It was the most awesome thing in the world," said Ross, a resident of Gastonia, her voice welling with emotion. "It was as if my brother's presence was right there with us." Suttle was born and raised in Lancaster, S.C. But several of his kin now live in Gaston County, including his sister, and her sons, Tom Ross, 49, a Gastonia insurance agent, and Jamie Ross of Mission Dallas. The memorial that honors Suttle features a stone base, mounted with a propeller from his plane that French historians uncovered last year from the field where he crashed in 1944. The blade has given residents there a tangible artifact to place with the name they have revered for so many years. It is now the focal point of a newly named square that commemorates Suttle for saving their city from German destruction before his death. Ferris Suttle, one of five chil- dren, was an adventurous teenager who joined the Army Air Corps to fulfill his dream of piloting a P-51 Mustang. He was paired with the 359th Fighter Group Association, 369th Squadron. On Aug. 28, 1944, his team was charged with taking out a convoy of German trucks and trains that were carrying munitions and field guns toward the French city of Dombasle-sur-Meurthe near the borders of Germany and Switzerland. Suttle flew low, strafed the convoy and destroyed it. But after he failed to return to formation with his squadron, his superiors learned his plane had crashed, killing him. In 1965, Ross and her mother received a letter from a French villager who had witnessed the crash and wanted to share what he knew of it. He traveled here to meet them in 1972 and shared an eyewitness account of Suttle's heroism. After destroying most of the convoy, Suttle had attempted a second pass. But when the tail of his plane clipped a tall cypress tree, he was ejected and killed instantly. Suttle's mother gained comfort from learning her son had not suffered, and that a priest and grateful villagers had conducted a burial service. His PILOT: See Page 2 In the Freedom Barber Shop, helping other veterans heal 2 Grand Forks Herald/Friday, November 11, 2011 By Martha Groves Los Angeles Times Continued from Page 1 gravesite was adorned with flowers afterward. PILOT/ LOS ANGELES -- They amble in with overgrown manes and beards, looking as if they've spent the night on the street. Some of them have. Eyes downcast, they climb three metal stairs, duck through the doorway and sink into the black vinyl chair, where the proprietor begins to snip. By the time he has brushed their necks with talc and patted their cheeks with clove-scented after-shave, they could pass for anyone's impeccably coiffed father or brother or uncle. In reality, they are veterans whose haggard faces reflect the psychic scars of service in Korea, Vietnam, Iraq or Afghanistan and of their ongoing battles with addiction, grief and pain. The Freedom Barber Shop, a star-spangled trailer anchored in a parking lot on the West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs campus, is their haven. Barber Tony Bravo, aka the Dreamer, is their shaman, helping to heal them with clippers, corn-pone humor and Patsy Cline. Few people understand the plight of homeless veterans the way he does. Like many of them, he served in the military. And, although he owns what he describes as a 200-acre cattle ranch in Benson, Ariz., the Dreamer lives several days each month on the street, voluntarily, in Los Angeles -- in solidarity, he says, with the rootless vets he meets and in memory of his unfettered youth. "Don't let them know you're hurting," he advises his fellow gypsies. "The key is to stay invisible." Tony Bravo, known as Dreamer gives a haircut to Roberto Conte, 49, at the Veteran's Administration Hospital in West Los Angeles. Dreamer is a volunteer barber who gives free haircuts in the VA Hospital. and a black Billy Jack hat -- after all, he says, he's half Yaqui and half Apache. On a recent afternoon, Tom Walton stepped into the Freedom Barber Shop wearing a red straw cowboy hat over long, straggly hair. The 62-year-old Navy veteran had spotted a flier for free haircuts at the VA and stopped by without an appointment. It was his lucky day. The Dreamer was in. "I don't want a Marine haircut," Walton said as he settled into the barber's chair. With the Everly Brothers' "All I Have to Do Is Dream" playing over the sound system, the Dreamer went to work. Walton, a self-described alcoholic with missing teeth, told the Dreamer he once worked in the mortgage business, making as much as $12,000 a month, before the savings and loan crisis of the 1980s and '90s. In 1975, he said, he watched as a friend on the deck of an aircraft carrier "got squeezed like a grape" when a helicopter toppled onto him. Today, Walton lives on about $3,100 a month from a military pension and payments for post-traumatic stress disorder. He has been homeless for much of the last eight years. The Dreamer put the finishing touches on Walton's haircut and turned the chair so that he could see his reflection. "When you look in the mirror, what do you see?" the Dreamer asked him. "Tom Cruise," Walton replied. in physical fitness." He was among the troops called up to help bring order to Watts during the 1965 riots. After six years of service, he was honorably discharged as a specialist in 1971. After Bravo established himself as a stylist in Brentwood just blocks from the VA campus, he began getting visits from vets. Word spread that he gave free haircuts to those in need. Several years ago, he contacted Marianne W. Davis, chief of voluntary service for the West Los Angeles VA, and said he was a semi-retired veteran who wanted to give back. McClatchy Tribune Goldbaum's spine left his legs paralyzed. The Dreamer leaned over the back of the former Army specialist's raised hospital bed and began to clip Goldbaum's locks. "How about the eyebrows and ears?" the Dreamer asked. "That's one thing guys in captivity don't see. Nostrils, eyebrows, ears. Engineers have hairy ears." Goldbaum smiled at his barber's banter. "President Lincoln said: `Never underestimate the power of a haircut,' " the Dreamer said. "Intellectuals say he never said that. Well, he should have." Last year, Char Baldridge, a group historian for the 359th Fighter Group Association, was contacted by Gerard Louis, a World War II historian and resident of Dombaslesur-Meurthe. Louis' friend Jacky Guillaume had found a P-51 propeller in a meadow near the town of Luneville years ago, and working with Baldridge, they soon realized it belonged to Suttle's plane. The Frenchmen began making plans to incorporate the propeller into a memorial. With Baldridge's help, they made contact with Pat Ross and her brother, Phillip Suttle of Ecuador, and invited them to attend the recent dedication. "These gentleman are very thankful to this day of what America did for them and their freedom," said Baldridge. Ross traveled to the dedication ceremony last month with her brother, a cousin, a niece and several other relatives. Guillaume first escorted them to the field where Suttle's plane had crashed, and explained what he had witnessed of the convoy attack as a wide-eyed, 13-year-old boy. While they were there, another 83-year-old villager approached them. He told Ross he has a daughter who lives in Sanford, N.C. And he described running with others to recover Suttle that day in 1944, helping to wrap his bloodied body in his parachute and carrying it to the local Famed propeller morgue on a cart. The man produced a rusted hose clamp he had recovered from the battered aircraft. "He said, `I've had this for 67 years, since I was 16 years old. And I want you to have it,'" said Ross. "I thought that was the most wonderful gesture." Another villager who was 9 years old in 1944 pulled a folded, dog-eared piece of paper from his pocket and showed it to Ross. The copy of her brother's death certificate was further proof of how much the townspeople there appreciated what he had done. Ross visited the cemetery where Suttle was first buried, before the Army later relocated his remains to the nearby Lorraine American Cemetery. Guillaume told them that German soldiers in the area had told nearby townspeople they were not allowed to come to his initial funeral. But they turned out in full force anyway. "There was nothing the Germans could do to stop them," said Ross. "I just thought that was so remarkable." The dedication of the new memorial took place in a section of the town now known as Ferris Square. It was held as part of several annual liberation ceremonies, which included attendants in period military uniforms, and authentic World War II vehicles. Ross said she is proud and grateful that her brother's sacrifice continues to mean so much to townspeople in northern France. "It was a huge event. You could not have asked for people to be nicer or more appreciative," she said. Leaving on a jet plane? Starting in the 1970s, Bravo owned a succession of San Vicente Boulevard salons that catered to a different clientele: the Westside elite. Political movers and shakers, venture capitalists and film honchos shelled out $100 or more for a cut and styling. Today, the Dreamer is much more likely to take payment in apples or oranges, or a ball made of rubber bands. Outside his 1950s-vintage Terry trailer, a barber pole stands before an American flag. The 28-foot vehicle is painted with red, white and blue stripes and blue stars. Camouflage spatters and netting decorate one end. "Command Post" reads a sign over the door. "No smoking. Explosive ammunition" says another. A blue awning shades a couple of picture windows, one of which showcases a sign featuring two neon peace symbols and proclaiming "Peace! Victory!" The trailer's interior is an ever-evolving exhibition of objects, many of them mystically or patriotically themed and donated in lieu of tips. A poster shows Native Americans cradling weapons: "Homeland Security, Native Americans, Fighting Terrorism Since 1492." There's also a lifesize cardboard cutout of Elvis Presley in his Army uniform. Bravo's typical work ensemble includes a westernstyle navy shirt with white piping and stars (naturally) and the word "Dreamer" embroidered across the back in hot pink. He wears cuffed and faded jeans over polished two-tone wingtips that resemble spats, like something Fred Astaire might have worn. The shoes are two sizes too big, to allow for multiple pairs of socks for comfort and warmth as he makes his nighttime rounds. His black, wavy hair is slicked back and combed close to his scalp over his brown, weathered face. To amuse himself and his customers, he sometimes wears yellow-lens goggles Back in the day Kismet Free haircuts for vets Anthony Bravo Esparza was born in 1944 in Corona, Calif. As a youngster, he said, he picked tomatoes with his father, napping under oak trees, bathing in canals and sleeping under the stars at night. "To me, it was like heaven," he recalled. "I was good for $10 a day, 40 boxes of tomatoes by 2 in the afternoon." One day truancy officers called a halt to his outdoor lifestyle, saying it was cruel and inhumane for a child. "To this day I have contempt for that observation," he said. "It was a beautiful time and place." Unable to read or write, he entered school, wearing scruffy, oversize clothes from an Army surplus store. Children toting Hopalong Cassidy and Flash Gordon lunch boxes made fun of him. According to California National Guard records in Sacramento, he joined the guard in 1965, training at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., where as a private he received a citation for "outstanding accomplishments It was kismet. He arrived as the VA was struggling to find funds to cover its $35,000-a-year contract for barber services. Each month, the Dreamer provides 100 to 150 free cuts to veterans. In exchange, he gets to park his trailer on campus and take in paying members of the public, including many of those wellheeled fellows who frequented his San Vicente salons. "He's an awesome fixture on campus," Davis said. "The vets all come out of there feeling kind of uplifted ... and looking so cool. He listens to them and lightens their burden a little bit." The trailer's down-home atmosphere works its magic on the wealthy guys, too. "He treats everybody exactly the same, whether millionaire or homeless," said Berge Kipling "Kip" Hagopian, a venture capitalist who migrated from Bravo's salon to the trailer. "He's a very good barber," said director-producer Roger Corman, who was thrilled to rediscover his old stylist from the boulevard at the VA campus. Not all of the Dreamer's clients are ambulatory. Some are confined to the VA hospital. When they can't make it to the trailer, he packs his shears and goes to them. One recent morning, the Dreamer visited Victor A. Goldbaum, 54, of La Puente in his four-bed room at the VA hospital. Cancer in When he locks the trailer each evening at dusk and ventures out to the boulevards of Brentwood, the Dreamer wears layers of denim and fleece topped by his "New York coat," a long, dark wool garment that falls almost to the ground. "It's going to be a long night, a cold night," he said one recent unseasonably chilly evening. "This is the time of the evening where it's hardest." He sleeps no more than an hour at a time on a stoop or behind a tree, striving to stay out of sight of all but the other sidewalk ramblers. If he wants to hang out undisturbed in a 7-Eleven parking lot, he wears a shirt bearing the convenience store's logo. "People think I'm an employee," he said. "It's all part of staying invisible." To keep onlookers guessing, he alters his gait. "There's the old-man gait, the wounded-warrior gait, the power gait," he said. "If people see a guy limping, it can be a defense. They figure he's already messed up." At a coffee shop on San Vicente at Barrington Avenue, he greeted Jon Wyninegar, 63, a homeless veteran who had lost half his tongue to mouth cancer. The Dreamer asked how he was doing and offered some encouraging words. "We look out for each other," the Dreamer said. "Regiments need to stick together." Hard life Save this QR code to enjoy the Herald while on vacation. "We Honor These Soldiers" PFC Peter Wirkus (1915-1994), Grand Forks, 38th Infantry Div, 151st Infantry, WWII. Served in New Guinea and the Philippines (Leyte, Luzon, Zig-Zag Pass, Bataan, Corregidor). Awarded Bronze Star for actions in combat. To honor your sacrifices and your service to your country for the cause of freedom! MAJ Jason Elbert and CPT emilee Harren Elbert, Active Service US Army. You make a great team! From stateside, Germany, Iraq and back your service is appreciated. Best for the next adventure after the LLM. Love from Mom and Dad Elbert and Harren, your twins Benjamin and Lucas and family R001643439 CPT Matthew Hoyt, Active Service US Air Force and Danielle Elbert Hoyt. What a great team! From Arizona, Korea, Iraq and Japan. Know that you are always on our minds. Fly safe and keep smiling. Love from Mom and Dad Elbert and Hoyt and all your family R001643486 R001643449 Norvin J. Elbert, TSGT, WWII. 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"You'll come back and you're walking up to the chow hall, and he comes over, eyes big, happy as all get-out to see you," Johannsen said recently from Afghanistan, where he has been stationed since early this year. "You forget about the stuff that's going on over here." When his tour ends in 2012, Johannsen wants to bring Leonidas -- Leo for short -- home to his wife, Kaydee, in Downers Grove, Ill. Rescue mission That kind of commitment by a serviceman to an animal is increasingly common, said Anna Maria Cannan, of the nonprofit Puppy Rescue Mission, a Colorado-based group that raises money to bring soldiers' dogs back from Afghanistan. So far, about 130 adopted dogs have been sent stateside, she said. "Soldiers from all across the U.S. are finding these lovely companions they don't want to leave behind," Cannan said. "To leave them there, left to die, is hard." The dogs can be therapeutic in helping soldiers readjust to civilian life, said Cannan, who started the program after her husband brought a dog home from a deployment in Afghanistan. She said that if the military made it easier to send dogs home, there would be fewer cases of post-traumatic stress. Although soldiers officially aren't allowed to adopt pets while serving overseas, strict enforcement of that order isn't always a priority, especially in a war zone, said a spokesman for U.S. Central Command in Tampa, Fla. Those loosely enforced rules leave troops on their own if they want to bring an adopted animal home. And that can be a long journey, Cannan said. First a dog has to be transported by courier from a soldier's outpost to a shelter in a departure city, where it's vaccinated Army Sgt. Tim Johannsen poses recently with his dog, Leonidas, in Afghanistan. The Downers Grove man says he plans to have the dog sent home when his deployment is up. and quarantined to ensure it doesn't harbor disease. It can take time to arrange a flight home because the nonprofit is limited to shipping two to four dogs a week, Cannan said. A backlog of 20 animals is waiting to go to the states, she said. There also are fundraising hurdles. The Puppy Rescue Mission pays $3,500 per dog for kenneling, vaccination and the air flight, Cannan said. The soldiers have to raise the money to pay the local couriers -- many of whom are forced to drive the dogs hundreds of miles through often dangerous McClatchy Tribune country. This can cost as much as $800 -- a financial challenge for many military families, Cannan said. Johannsen and his wife are working to solve that problem, he said, and have set up a website to accept donations. Covert ops "I have to find a way to get (Leo) to Kabul without locals or the Taliban finding out," Johannsen said. "I know I can give him a better home back there than he can ever get here." A few months into his deployment, Johannsen saw a group of dogs ganging up on a puppy who wandered into camp looking for food. "Average hoodlums," he said, describing the pack. So he peeled the dogs off, fed the pup and gave him a flea bath. The two quickly became inseparable. Having a dog helps him "escape the reality of being deployed, being away from family and friends," Johannsen said. "You're stuck with the same guys all the time," he said. "It's like being in a fraternity or a club. You have a dog, and it breaks up the monotony." Leo has gradually been accepted by the other dogs at the compound, though it took awhile. "He's like me," Johannsen said. "No matter who attacks him, he will stand his ground, he won't give up." There's an old battlefield truism, he says: "Leave no man behind." The soldier said the same goes for his dog. He has no plans to leave Leo behind. 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"I always knew I'd be one of the last because I was one of the youngest when I joined," Buckles, then 107, told the New York Daily News. "But I never thought I'd be the last one." Honors Earning that distinction resulted in numerous honors for Buckles in 2008. In March 2008, he met with President George W. Bush at the White House, then attended the unveiling of an exhibit at the Pentagon of recent photographic portraits of nine World War I veterans, including himself, who had lived to age 100 or older. In April, then-West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin formally dedicated a section of the new, four-lane state Route 9 in honor of Buckles, who lived with his daughter, Susannah Flanagan, and her husband on a cattle farm near Charles Town, a small community in West Virginia's eastern panhandle. And on Nov. 11 -- the 90th anniversary of the signing of the armistice -- Buckles was recognized by the secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs as "our last living link" to World War I. He was born Feb. 1, 1901, on a farm near Bethany, Mo., and moved with his family to a farm in Oklahoma's Dewey County as a teenager. When the United States entered the war in April 1917, Buckles was eager to enlist -- even though he was only 16. After being rejected by The casket of U.S. Army Corporal Frank Buckles arrives at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia March 15. Buckles who was the last verified American veteran of World War I, died on Feb. 27 at the age of 110. Marine and Navy recruiters, Buckles tried the Army. When the recruiter asked to see his birth certificate, Buckles said Missouri didn't keep birth records when he was born and the only record was what was written in the family Bible. His word was good enough for the Army. McClatchy Tribune `Snappy soldier' Buckles enlisted on Aug. 14, 1917, and went through basic training at Fort Riley, Kan. "I was a snappy soldier," he told USA Today in 2007 while looking at a sepiatoned photo of himself in his uniform. "All gung-ho." In his Daily News interview, Buckles recalled that an old sergeant told him, "If you want to get to France in a hurry, then join the ambulance service." He shipped off to England in December 1917 on the RMS Carpathia, the ocean liner that had rescued survivors of the Titanic in 1912. Initially stationed in England, where he drove dignitaries around, he successfully hounded his officers for an assignment in France. He never got close to the action. But, as he told columnist George F. Will in 2008, "I saw the results." When the war ended, Buckles remained in Europe to help escort prisoners of war back to Germany. After returning home a corporal, he attended a business school in Oklahoma City for several months and, among other jobs, worked for a bank. But he grew bored. Satisfying a desire for adventure, he got a job with the White Star Line shipping company and traveled the world. He was in Manila when the Japanese attacked the Philippines on Dec. 8, 1941, and was among the Western civilians later taken prisoner. Buckles spent about 3 � years at the Santo Tomas and Los Banos internment camps. At Los Banos, he said in a 2009 interview with The Philadelphia Inquirer, he once saw three prisoners nearly beaten to death. "There was no mercy as far as the Japanese were concerned," he said. Buckles, who led daily fitness classes in the camp, said food became scarce as Japan began losing the war. He had gone in weighing 140 pounds and had lost more than 50 pounds by the time the camp was liberated in February 1945. After returning home, Buckles married Audrey Mayo, whom he had met in California before the war. In 1954, they moved to the 330-acre West Virginia cattle farm. "I had been bouncing around from one place to another for years at sea," Buckles told the Charleston Daily Mail in 2007. "It was time to settle down in one place." 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The Bay of Pigs would go down as one of the United States' biggest strategic blunders: More than 100 men were killed, including four U.S. pilots, and Castro remained at the helm. His brother, Raul, succeeded him five years ago. But the survivors of Brigade 2506 have never lost their resolve. On April 13, eight of the estimated 1,100 surviving members basked in a congressional salute: a resolution put into the Senate record and remarks from the floor of the House of Representatives. "Though the operation was not successful, the dedication and commitment that these brave individuals illustrated during the conflict was exceptional," Rep. Ileana RosLehtinen, R-Fla., said on the House floor. "The men who fought courageously on that historic day came from many backgrounds, but all cared for the freedom and liberty of Cuba." Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen rests her hands on Felix J. Rodriguez, 69, from Miami while Maximo Cruz, 73, also from Miami, watches during a lunch at the Florida House on Capitol Hill for a small group of veterans of the Bay of Pigs who meet in Washington D.C. for the 50th anniversary of the failed invasion of Cuba under President John F. Kennedy. McClatchy Tribune gress, including Florida Republican Reps. Mario Diaz-Balart and David Rivera and Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez of New Jersey, as well as Florida Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson and independent Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman, who called them "an inspiration." "I'm leaving the Senate in two years," Lieberman noted. "And I'll tell you, I'd sure like to see Castro go before I leave." Sen. Marco Rubio, a Florida Republican who was born in the U.S. to Cuban parents a decade after the Bay of Pigs, credited the veterans for "keeping watch over this issue." "Younger people, like myself, who have never known Cuba, have never visited there, feel aligned with that cause because they kept it alive," Rubio said. `Proud patriots' The men were in their teens and 20s when they left to fight Castro. Their hearing has faded now and they're not as spry as the infantrymen, paratroopers and frogmen they once were. But they beamed as Ros-Lehtinen took them around the Capitol, intro- ducing them as "proud patriots" to everyone from Capitol Police officers to her fellow members of Congress. The veterans mark the anniversary of the invasion every April 17 and honor those who died. But they said it was the first time they had been so touted in Congress. "In 50 years we've not had anything like this," said Max Cruz, 73, as he sat at lunch listening to a series of senators and House members thank the veterans for their service. "This one is really special." 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South Africa's first black president, ex-boxer, lawyer and political prisoner revered for paving way to racial reconciliation in South Africa
He was arrested in 1962 and sentenced to five years' hard labor for leaving the country illegally and inciting blacks to strike.
A year later, police uncovered the ANC's underground headquarters on a farm near Johannesburg and seized documents outlining plans for a guerrilla campaign. At a time when African colonies were one by one becoming independent states, Mandela and seven co-defendants were sentenced to life in prison.
"I do not deny that I planned sabotage," he told the court. "I did not plan it in a spirit of recklessness, nor because I have any love of violence. I planned it as a result of a calm and sober assessment of the political situation that had arisen after years of tyranny, exploitation and oppression of my people by whites."
The ANC's armed wing was later involved in a series of high-profile bombings that killed civilians, and many in the white minority viewed the imprisoned Mandela as a terrorist. Up until 2008, when President George W. Bush rescinded the order, he could not visit the U.S. without a waiver from the secretary of state certifying he was not a terrorist.
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WATER restrictions in southeast Queensland are officially no more as the state's new merged water authority Seqwater takes over today.
Acting Minister for Water Supply Andrew Cripps said with the dams currently more than 90 per cent full, water restrictions have been scrapped for southeast Queensland households.
"Last month we used on average 180 litres per person per day, which was well below the target of 200 litres per person per day,'' he said.
Water restrictions began in late 2009 under the Queensland Water Commission's permanent water conservation measures, Mr Cripps said.
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So can we now stop paying for the infrastructure. Because there is only so many times we can buy the pipelines. My concern is that when we don't start using the additional because we have plenty of rain and our tanks are full, they will find new and creative ways to charge us for what was once part of our rates. Another ALP initiative that was supposed to save us all money.
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wait, what, where is all the rain to have filled the dams?, sounds like a quick way to make money for the water companies, with little to no regard for the long term safety of our water supply (more over are we not changing from our current weather pattern (the one with the rain) back to the dryer weather system (the one the gave us the need for these restrictions in the first place) how can they be so damn short sighted
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So you want super fast courts with no tennis skill required so karlovic and the like can do well PLEASE, it was super fast in the 90s and was sending us to sleep now you see shoting making and not one two punch tennis.
When verdasco played Raonic last year and got served off the court he said "this is not tennis" and at that time Raonic was less developed than he is now. Is that what you what big servers without skill or touch knocking out shotmakers well DO YOU??
I don't think it's fair to say that super fast courts mean no tennis skills. I don't think anyone wants all or even a majority of courts to be like that but it would be nice to have more variety. I used to be a huge Sampras fan and sometimes I loved to watch him serve 4 aces to finish a game. Even with Djokovic sometimes I like to see him play incredible defense but sometimes I like him to just swing for the fences.
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HOUSTON (ICIS)--The US December butadiene (BD) contract is expected to roll over or decline slightly, sources said on Tuesday.
A rollover was nominated by two of the three producers that settled their November contracts at 54 cents/lb ($1,190/tonne, €881/tonne) and the lone producer to settle at 56 cents/lb.
If a rollover is reached for December contracts, it would put the weighted average contract price at 54.36 cents/lb.
Buyers said the nominations were expected, as domestic demand is soft on seasonal factors and supply is balanced.
However, some buyers said a slight decline is in order, as the November increase of 8 cents/lb was largely fuelled by increased export demand.
That demand has tapered off, as supply concerns in Asia have eased. The weaker demand there has led to a spot price decline in Asia of $250-300/tonne in the past four weeks.
Producers said a decline in December is unlikely, however, as sales volumes probably will not improve even with slightly lower prices.
Major US BD producers include ExxonMobil, LyondellBasell, Shell Chemical and TPC Group.
($1 = €0.74)
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Parking in Jerusalem
As if Jerusalemites needed more to fight about, now there's a parking battle. The city government shut down a new parking lot after ultra-Orthodox protesters rioted last week, bringing the often sensitive religious tensions in town to a new, ridiculous height. The parking-lot wars began a few weeks ago. Responding to an escalating parking crisis—the number of cars has increased stratospherically; the number of spots has dropped due to widespread construction—the city agreed to build a public lot for for exclusive use of residents, choosing a location not far from the Old City. But the city's ultra-Orthodox community cried foul, claiming that car traffic on the Sabbath so close to the Western Wall was, well, unholy. The municipality, leading rabbis said, needed to set up a "Sabbath Goy" parking lot, another lot in a different part of town. And so another location was picked, another lot built. But still no peace: calling that new lot a travesty, throngs of ultra-Orthodox protesters unleashed violent demonstrations last week, throwing soiled diapers and glass bottles at police officers. The new lot was shut down as well. And angry secular Jerusalemites are still circling the block.
Ultra-Orthodox Riot in Jerusalem; Six Policeman Wounded [Ynet, in Hebrew]
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