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We are a peaceful country, says GPI
According to the Global Peace Index, Malaysia's ranking has improved tremendously from 37th and 38th in 2007 and 2008 respectively. And being the most peaceful in Southeast Asia, we should be telling Ambiga, Anwar, Kit Siang, Mat Sabu and others that whatever they do to tarnish our image, the international community is aware of the government's sincere objectives to bring about peace and sustainable growth for everybody.
This ranking by the GPI 2011 is the first time that Malaysia has been placed that high since 2007, being one of the six non-European nations making the top 20 list (here). The other five were Iceland, New Zealand, Japan, Qatar and Australia.
These indicators were selected by an international panel of academics, business people, philanthropists and members of peace institutions from the period of March 15, 2010 to March 15, 2011.
The research said Malaysia supplanted Singapore as the highest ranked in 2010 for South-East Asian (SEA) nation. Singapore ranked second in SEA and 24th overall, followed by Vietnam (30th overall), Laos (32nd overall), Indonesia (68th overall), Thailand (107th overall), Myanmar (133rd overall) and the Philippines (136th overall).
As for developed countries, United Kingdom was ranked at 26th, South Korea (50th), China (80th) and United States of America (82nd).
"Malaysia's growing peacefulness reflected a rise in political stability and improving relations with neighbouring countries, notably Singapore and China," it said.
The top 10 placement were Iceland as the country most at peace, followed by New Zealand, Japan (third), Denmark (fourth), Czech Republic (fifth), Austria (sixth), Finland (seventh), Canada (eighth), Norway (ninth), Slovenia (tenth).
And Malaysia is currently ranked one of the world's top 10 friendliest destinations according to a HSBC survey (2011) and ranked the second most peaceful nation in Asia in the Global Peace Index 2011 (read here).
So, shall we tolerate those troublemakers?
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the whole world knows that bersih is for anwar ibrahim and friends. its a political organisation and has nothing to do with election or whatsoever.
- July 23, 2011 at 7:55 AM
its a good mileage for najib and administration. in fact, it really boosts bn's low moral after the july 9 illegal rally.
such rallies are not a benchmark for a problematic country. it brings not mark to international recognition on malaysia.
so, to the opposition - u can continue barking like dogs!
- July 23, 2011 at 7:59 AM
negara kita memang aman.
jadi, buat apa susah2 nak rosakkan semua ni?
kita patut bersyukur kerana diberikan kerajaan yang baik dan rakyat yang bertolak ansur.
- July 23, 2011 at 8:00 AM
No we should not tolerate these leaders of rioters.
But we can invite marina and artie fartie to give speeches on peaceful rallies to educate the malai lembus not to be so gullible (wonder if they talk the same language)
and that Malaysia offers employment opportunities to earn more than RM300 for "islamic" jobs
- July 23, 2011 at 8:09 AM
some people may call it a timely report but to others, it was a gimmick.
why didnt it come out much earlier, i.e before the july 9?
- July 23, 2011 at 8:27 AM
why do you think najib went to london and rome?
and when was the WPI reports published?
i dont think so!
- July 23, 2011 at 8:29 AM
i dont trust the reports. its too diplomatically arranged!
- July 23, 2011 at 8:29 AM
dah tahu pun yang negara ni memang aman.
tapi ada pulak yang sanggup jadi perosaknya sebab cita2 politik. patut tembak je orang macam ni!
- July 23, 2011 at 8:30 AM
should introduce one WORLD SODOMY INDEX to enable us to verify which countries have most leaders with such a habit!
if there is one, i think malaysia will come second after australia or sweden!
u dont believe aaaa???
- July 23, 2011 at 8:33 AM
ramai setan gondol yang tak mahu lihat negara ni aman. kalau boleh, nak diporakperandakan lagi. orang asing pun tahu menilai keamanan di malaysia.
sepatutnya sesiapa yang cuba menghuruharakan negara ni, dihantar ke negara lain atau dilucutkan saja taraf kerakyatannya.
mereka bebas memilih negara mana yang mereka nak tuju dan mampus di sana
- July 23, 2011 at 8:36 AM
smart datuk najib.
that's why he was in london!
- July 23, 2011 at 8:37 AM
buat apa jadi negara aman kalau masih ramai rakyatnya hidup dalam prejudis?
buat apa jadi negara maju kalau masih ramai rakyat yang hidup miskin!
- July 23, 2011 at 8:39 AM
Aik! Sekejap tak percaya laporan dari Barat sekejap percaya sampai melambung tinggi ke langit dibuatnya.
Jangan pilih-pilih. Tak transparent ertinya. Mana laporan Barat lain-lain berkenaan Human Rights, refugees, Capital flight, buat bisness, democracy, educational excellance, cost of living worldwide, crime index, fraud index dll.
Norway baru kena bom dan Malaysia baru ada perarakan BERSIH. Agaknya next index tu , di mana letaknya kedua-dua negara ni?
- July 23, 2011 at 9:27 AM
- rexuan said...
kudos to the goverment!
- July 23, 2011 at 9:45 AM
dah sah la bahawa anwar berbohong, mat sabu pembohong besar dan pembangkang menipu untuk politik. mereka menolak hakikat wujudnya keamanan di negara ini dengan memutarbelitkan isu bersih dan kekejaman polis kepada ejen asing. mereka bermuka-muka dengan komunis demi kuasa yang diidamkan.
mereka inilah yang patut diganyang oleh seluruh rakyat malaysia berbilang kaum, dibunuh saja agar kita semua dapat hidup aman!
- July 23, 2011 at 1:20 PM
given the chance, we can further improve the standing, bro
.... without anwar and gang!
- July 23, 2011 at 1:21 PM
if we are better than singapore, then lee kuan yew should consider becoming a malaysian again!
- July 23, 2011 at 1:22 PM
lee p t @ July 23, 2011 1:22 PM
yup but first he must crawl and then beg on his knees
so the tale of the race between the harey lee and the tortoise is true
yahoo ...
- July 24, 2011 at 5:38 AM
negara aman berpandukan kayu ukur yang ditetapkan oleh Allah ialah negara yang diberkati dan mendapat pengampunan dari Allah bermaksud negara yang tunduk patuh pada segala perintah dan peraturan yang ditetapkan oleh Allah. bukannya negara yang bermatian pertahankan sekularisma, bukannya negara yang sajikan pelbagai hiburan penuh maksiat 24 jam tak kira bulan Ramadhan atau tidak.
- July 24, 2011 at 2:32 PM


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These pics below are simply reposted so that you can see them all in one place.
I would be fuming if I was GW press. I swear they have more leaks than wolverines calostamy bag.ReplyDelete
GW leaks this stuff themselves the week before a WD.
A GW management staffer (not a store manager, a guy above that level) said in front of a few of us, "...blah blah when we leaked the Necron pictures..." before their release months back. Their rumor control is quite good otherwise, far better than when the Ork codex pdf was on the Internet long before it hit stores.
Are you sure? Sounds like something id say if I didnt want people to know GW had failed. " Oh yeah we leaked those pics on PURPOSE." yeah right...Delete
Oh boy... Egyptian themed characters and re-released resin kits, now more expensive! A destroyer lord used to be £13.50 before they released the new codex- how much is it now?
I don't have many problems with the plastic kits, but the characters don't fit with my idea of Necrons (I'm too traditional for this stuff - soulless metal robots shouldn't have personalities :D).
their makeing everything more goofy so it sells better to kids... its the new trendDelete
Yes, Because making something more complex and less simple makes it appeal more to children. Btw, *you're, also *making.Delete
This is The Art, not just miniatures / plastic soldiers / whatever... Really, the next step in sculpting is done.ReplyDelete
So is the triarch walker going to be on a large oval base or no base at all?ReplyDelete
No base from the looks of it, just like a Defiler. Doesn't matter, you measure to the hull, not the legs. Personally I would rather they stick to putting big models on that big oval base for rules issues.Delete
yeah sure... but try telling that youre opponent in a game... they messure to legs if they assault or any time they need a few more inch. And when its youre turn suddenly its hull only.Delete
Might have to just put them on the oval bases so everything could just be measured from the same point... Not sure if that would be legal or not, but it makes the most sence.Delete
To hell with the haters. I like the morels, though they are very DE like but isn't care I just can't wait to get them!ReplyDelete
My only complaint is Obyron- Kenobi's pose, but terrific GW you have my money!ReplyDelete
Hmmm from the looks of the pics it says they're coming out May 5th.... Well there goes the rest of my disposable income.ReplyDelete
Ahhh so much for my eyes to feast upon!!!!! :)ReplyDelete
Curse You GW!!! I want those Tomb Spiders, they look so cool....ReplyDelete
does anyone know how much the set of wraiths and tomb blades?ReplyDelete
Two configs for the same unit? Amazing. I love this tomb blade!ReplyDelete
Actually there is a choice of 3 weapons and 3 upgrades, so more than just 2 configurations ;)Delete
tofalmaoing at the inclusion of the OLD destroyer lord in the pics...........ReplyDelete
Nemesor Zahndrekh is VERY COOL! As is Illuminor Szeras!
Not so sure about Obyron, he's ok.
The heavy destroyer and destroyer lord are a great big meh! But they're not my favourite units anyway so not too disappointing.
With so many cool miniatures released I'm VERY happy. Nemesor Zahndrekh is going to be converted into the one, the only Phaeron Taanekh!
Jesus Christ, but those tomb blades are ugly.
Other than that I love the new releases. Spyders and wraiths are fantastic and the Stalker just begs to be converted in various ways. Pricetag for the stalker is higher than I expected, but is, considering the size, okay, I guess.
one thing i find odd is the base the spyder is on... a SMALL flying base for a monstrous creature? but the wraits have a 40mm round base? odd, very oddReplyDelete
If only we could use these in dawn of war soul storm would be sweet!!ReplyDelete

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on fog draped cedars of the Siskiyou mountains,
Twice that at Red Mound
on the Oregon coast.
At Sawyers Bar
on the Salmon River, half an inch
dampened the remnant saw mill and graves of gold miners
in the old Catholic cemetary.
An inch and a half on the Trinity River,
homeland of the mighty Hupa,
on huckleberry and silver-leafed manzanita
where, after a nine-day journey among cougar, owl and coyote, Nish-Fang became a woman of her tribe.
Nearly a finger-length of rain at Honeydew
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rush through the dark corridors of redwood and sequoia.
A teacupful fell in Sand Flat
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tributary of the great Sacramento,
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Raindrops joined with snow melt
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But with this quick growth has come criticism as local bloggers question the site's editorial oversight, while some Patch editors have complained about long hours. Then, throw in a couple plagiarism complaints for fun and dumping on the set of community sites has almost become in vogue. That hasn't forced Patch editor-in-chief Brian Farnham to pull off the breaks, and, in fact, he seems to take the small setbacks in stride. After all, he's just dealing with issues established media companies handle everyday. At least, that's how he likes to look at it.
What's it like managing such a large network?
It's a combination of awesome and intimidating. The growth that we're experiencing right now is phenomenal. We're hiring about 30 people a week to hit our goal of 500 plus markets by the end of the year. And, obviously, most of those are journalists -- the editors that we are hiring to run these sites. So, given the recent events in the industry and all the news and reality of the economic downturns, but also newspaper woes and people losing their jobs or taking buyouts, it's obviously incredibly gratifying to be able to be apart of something that's growing that industry. So it has kind of been a thrilling ride so far.
How much interaction do you have with the community editors Patch currently has?
Well, in the early days I had a lot, right. We had a handful of sites, and it was pretty much me and a couple other people managing them, so I was very hands-on, and loved that. And then as we grew, I became less and less hands-on, but that was always the plan. The way we are structured is we hire regional editors who oversee 12 local editors, which is what we call them. So we have a local editor, [and] then there's a regional editor managing 12 of those bundled together. And then just under me, we have four editorial directors who oversee large swaths of the country. So everything kind of rolls up to them, and then to me. I have contact with them through a variety of calls and meetings that we do.
|"All of our content is produced locally, right, so it's in no way a farm. It's really a network of independent media outlets."
Do you welcome the title "content farm?"
No, I don't think it applies to us at all. Content farm generally applies to the sites that, well, the mainly the ones that have big networks of disaggregated freelancers who sort of opted in to be tapped when things are needed. We're not that at all. All of our content is produced locally, right, so it's in no way a farm. It's really a network of independent media outlets is the best way to think about it.
Patch has come under fire for its lack of editorial oversight for unseasoned journalists. What's your response to those cries?
Yeah, you know I think that is kind of an unfortunate stereotype really of our people. We have now, a couple hundred editors. The average experience for the editors is nine years of journalism experience. So it's not as if everyone is right out of school. I think those things have been overstated a bit. Yes, there have been this and that incident, but not as many as I think some of the echoing in the blogosphere makes it seem like. Every newspaper or media company that deals with journalism and human beings deals with mistakes at some point. The real thing is how quickly you respond to those and correct them and how transparent you are about them. So that's what we are really concentrating on.
Are the stories fact-checked before they run, or do the writers work on an honor system?
They are fact-checked by the reporter or editor. So any freelancer who writes for us, the editor is editing that copy. That's not going live without someone seeing it. And when the editor writes something, usually the regional editor is looking at it beforehand again, but not always. But the editors all know to fact-check their own work.
How does Patch get implanted in a new community?
The most important I'd say, just because it's sort of the first and most powerful, is whenever we launch a site, we send a team in -- a three-person team of freelancers, and the local editor is actually a part of that. What they're doing is building up our directory. We go around to every organization, every business, every park and government agency and we hand-collect that data. We put it into structured fields. We take numerous photographs. And then we build up that database and it becomes a really rich yellow pages for us.
|"The local editors are all basically chief marketing officers of their sites. They are the ones figuring out how to promote it day-to-day."
But then after the launch... We just do a lot of grassroots outreach of the editor constantly. The local editors are all basically chief marketing officers of their sites. They are the ones figuring out how to promote it day-to-day. So we help them with the overall strategy, but they are really the ones out there pounding the pavement, handing out flyers, and just meeting everyone they can.
How do you manage your relationships with the local blogosphere, especially since you and the other top editors are spread so thin?
We tell everyone that the local editors are masters of their domain. So that includes the content and the markets themselves and the people in that ecosystem, whether they be bloggers or the weekly newspaper, radio station or whatever. That means that we want them to sit down with the bloggers and share content and figure out ways to work together. We look at it as we are coming into a new market, and we are not going to assume we know more than [the local people] do or that we are bigger or better experts for that community than they are. We have an open linking policy if we didn't get something we want to point our users to it, and hopefully other sites want to do the same.
In light of the plagiarism accusations, what guidelines or rules has Patch put in place to avoid them?
We put a number of rules in place before. We definitely had a zero tolerance policy for plagiarism. Everyone knows what not to do. I think, the incident you are referring to, one was actually a freelancer; it wasn't a full-time editor. And you know, the other was an unfortunate mistake. It was really kind of, I'll say understandable just because of the way sometimes [things] happen online where you will have a photo that in this particular instance was actually a public domain photo. It was a police mug shot, and you know it was definitely the wrong thing to do to take it. It shouldn't have happened, but you know, I think there is a lot of gray area online, I'm not saying that this is an excuse, it's something you have to navigate. But these things, every media company in the world, again, deals with these mistakes, and it's something you see from time to time. And the best you can do is use them as lessons, and remind people what the standards are, and move on.
Patch has received a lot of heat from the blogosphere regarding the pay and hours of community editors. But why would a journalist want to work at Patch, and what's there to like about the gig?
I think there's a lot to like. I don't want to speak for all the editors, but having talked to a number of them, I know that one thing I hear is first it's ownership. It is really a chance to sort of run your own ship. And a lot love that. And the other thing is the flexible schedule. We try to structure the jobs so that people can find the time they need to take off whenever they need it, and we certainly put a lot of things in place to help people, whether it's a freelance budget so they can pay people to help them... You are getting a site, and it's your job to fill it. And we are not telling people what they should write about. In fact, we always say, 'You are the local expert, you tell us.' And I think the majority of our editors really get that. They really love the autonomy that they are given. They're also marketing, and they're also learning to sort of run this small business to some degree. So there's many aspects of it that they can sink their teeth into. I think it makes it, obviously, fast moving, but it's also really interesting.
Besides being local, what is Patch's editorial niche?
Our philosophy is that we are not a news site. We are really a community site that's got news and information and that the entire purpose is to digitize small communities and to give them experience online that people in bigger cities kind of take for granted. I figure niche, if anything, is really creating a complete hopefully comprehensive experience of the community online in a way that that community would recognize and doesn't feel like it's being served from somewhere else.
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DENVER – Colorado Attorney General John W. Suthers, Boulder County District Attorney Mary Keenan, and Lafayette Police Chief Paul Schultz announced today the arrest of Ramon Villalobos for the first degree murder of Thomas Avalos on August 30, 1987.
The murder took place outside DJ's Bar in Lafayette after the two men argued over a dice game. Villalobos was apprehended by Mexican federal agents on February 25, 2004 in Chihuahua, Mexico and will be tried by a Mexican court. If convicted, Villalobos could face decades in a Mexican federal prison.
The Boulder District Attorney's Office charged Villalobos with first degree murder on September 8, 1987, but Villalobos had fled to Mexico. The Colorado Attorney General's office subsequently filed an "Article IV foreign prosecution" case with the Mexican Attorney General's Office (Procuraduria General de la Republica) on November 29, 2004, and an arrest warrant was issued for Villalobos on January 14, 2004.
"This is a great success for Colorado law enforcement and sends the message to criminals that if you commit murder in Colorado, we will find you even if you flee to another country," said Suthers. "I look forward to seeing Mr. Villalobos brought to justice and hope it will provide the Avalos family with some comfort."
"The Lafayette Police Department was committed to locating and arresting the suspect in this case. Through extraordinary teamwork with several different law enforcement agencies that has been accomplished, and Mr. Villalobos will be held accountable for the murder he committed 17 years ago," said Schultz.
"We would like to thank the Mexican government and the Colorado Attorney General's Office, in particular Foreign Prosecution Unit Investigator LuzMaria Shearer, for their invaluable support and assistance in seeing that the perpetrator of this long unresolved murder will finally be brought to justice," said Keenan.
The Villalobos arrest is the fifth for the Federal Prosecutions Unit of the Colorado Attorney General's office since 2001.
Through an agreement with the United States Government, Article IV of the Mexican Federal Penal Code provides that Mexico has the authority to prosecute certain crimes committed in the United States by Mexican nationals if the suspect is presently living in Mexico. Under Article IV, the U.S. Department of Justice or the State Attorney General on behalf of the local prosecutor must file the case with the Mexican government. In Colorado, four of the five arrests have resulted in convictions and sentences ranging from 20-25 years. The fifth case is still pending a judge's ruling. In addition, the Foreign Prosecution Unit has filed eight other cases since 2001 that are pending arrests, bringing the total number of cases filed in Mexico by Colorado to fourteen.


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Friday May 3, 1996
Though it's not lacking in stunts and explosions, another kind of special effect is likely to draw America's interest in "Barb Wire": What exactly keeps Pamela Anderson Lee's barely-there costumes from falling off while she administers the rough brand of justice she's known for?
Having added a last name since her carefree, barefoot days on "Baywatch," Lee now wears heels like hypodermic needles and squeezes herself into low-cut laced-up leather outfits that make it difficult to breathe, let alone dispense the lethal punishments her role demands. And you thought it was easy being a star.
The year is 2017, the time of the Second American Civil War, and Steel Harbor is the last free city, unclaimed by either the ruling jack-booted Congressionals or the freedom-loving resistance, a place where life is cheap and debts are best paid in Canadian money.
Barb Wire (Ms. Wire to you, buddy) owns a club in town called the Hammerhead and supplements her income by working as a freelance mercenary and/or bounty hunter. It's a dirty job, but those leather outfits don't exactly come off the rack.
A self-reliant type who creates problems for men who call her "Babe," the formerly idealistic Barbara Kopetski has been, yes, disenchanted by the war and now prides herself on being a neutral businesswoman, in it strictly for the money.
But that even-handedness is sorely tested when old flame Axel ("Once Were Warriors' " Temuera Morrison) shows up with resistance leader Cora D (Victoria Rowell) and asks for Barb's help in getting her out of the country. Talk about a crisis of conscience.
Taken, like so many recent action films, from a popular comic book, "Barb Wire" ought to be disreputable fun. Instead it ends up, all its explosions and exposed flesh notwithstanding, rather inert. A pre-sold attraction where all the creativity went into the packaging, this is one of those films that's more fun to anticipate than to watch.
This is not exactly Anderson Lee's fault. True, she can't really act, but on the other hand, nobody expected she could when she was signed for the part. Her job was to be a flesh-and-blood cartoon, willing to pose and posture in bubble baths and battle scenes and, like a good soldier, she does what's expected. Which is more than can be said of her collaborators.
"Barb Wire's" script, written by Chuck Pfarrer and Ilene Chaiken, probably could have been improved on by a randomly selected pair of 12-year-olds. Given that the action opens with a crawl that is helpfully read by a narrator, it's fair to assume that a preliterate crowd is the film's intended audience.
And although having David Hogan direct seems sensible on paper, that has not turned out to be the case. A music video veteran who did the second unit stunts for "Batman Forever" and "Alien3," Hogan has been unable to do more than go through the motions here.
Made with a wafer-thin stylishness that thinks dressing the Congressionals like storm troopers is creative, "Barb Wire" plods along, following one pro forma scene with the next. There's a reason music videos don't last 99 minutes, and should "Barb Wire" cross your path, you'll know what it is.
Barb Wire, 1996. R, for violence and nudity/sexuality. A Polygram Filmed Entertainment presentation of a Propaganda Films/Dark Horse Entertainment production, released by Gramercy Pictures. Director David Hogan. Producers Michael Richardson, Todd Moyer, Brad Wyman. Executive producer Peter Heller. Screenplay by Charles Pfarrer and Ilene Chaiken. Cinematographer Rick Bota. Editor Peter Schink. Costumes Rosanna Norton. Music Michel Colombier. Production design Jean Philippe Carp. Art director Dins Danielsen. Set decorator Lisa Robyn Deutsch. Running time: 1 hour, 39 minutes. Pamela Anderson Lee as Barb Wire. Temuera Morrison as Axel. Victoria Rowell as Cora D. Jack Noseworthy as Charlie Kopetski. Xander Berkeley as Willis. Steve Railsback as Colonel Pryzer. Udo Kier as Curly. Rosey Brown as Big Fatso.


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Several shorts showcase emerging talent from and beyond Little Saigon. Minh Nguyen-Vo, of San Pedro, directs Crimson Wings, a tight and surprisingly uplifting (given its subject) film of a Caucasian lover's remembrances of his Vietnamese-American girlfriend after she is killed in a car accident. Noted actress Hiep Thi Le (Heaven and Earth and Bugis Street) enchants with her all-too-brief depiction of the girlfriend as a "butterfly." Is she just a ghost? Or are these flashbacks? And does it matter? Huntington Beach director Stephane Gauger, who was born in Vietnam of biracial parents, presents Seabirds, featuring the dashing Tony Nguyen as Hai Nguyen, an Amerasian seeking to locate his white American father against scenes of Orange County Tet celebrations, hip-hopping LA blacks, and re-enactments of bureaucratic maze in Ho Chi Minh City. Gauger's depiction of an Amerasian living among black street youths deserves more extended film treatment. And Van Phan's Wild Card is a 3-minute computerized animation of unattainable love.
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I recently acquired my first M42 Reinforced jump jacket. This jacket was even CC-2'd (Chemical impregnation to protect skin from gas), which led me to believe that it was used on the Normandy jump. Based off the canvas used and the rigger sewing construction, I could tell that it was 82nd Airborne.
The jacket was not attributed to a vet when I got it, but there were two matching laundry stamps inside the garment. On enlisted men, the laundry ID is the first letter of the soldier's last name and the last four digits or his ASN (Army Serial Number). Identifying a vet with a laundry ID number is a like finding a needle in a haystack, but I felt that this jacket merited the research.
I used the power of Wiki and posted my jacket and the laundry ID number on several militaria boards I subscribe to. In little time, I was contacted by an airborne collector who had a database containing the names and ASN's for 43,000 WWII 82nd Airborne vets. He ran my information and came up with exactly one match. The soldier was T4 Gordon P. Hannan of Regimental HQ&HQ Company, 504th PIR, 82nd Airborne.
The 504th PIR fought and made two combat jumps in Italy prior to arriving in England (4-22-1944) with the intent of participating in the Normandy jump. However, their numbers were depleted and they did not have enough men to participate in the jump. Note: A handful of 504th troopers did volunteer as pathfinders and Pathfinder Security Teams (T4 Hannan was not one of them).
The 504th PIR were issued the same reinforced M42 jump suits as all the other regiments that were jumping into Normandy, but since they didn't jump, they did not have to turn their jump suits in when everyone returned to England. In fact, the 504th were the only regiment to wear reinforced M42s in the Holland jump (Operation Market Garden). So, it is likely that T4 Hannan wore this jacket on the Holland jump.
This is a firsthand example of how the power of the Internet and "collective intelligence" can be a real benefit to collecting and research. I encourage everyone to post and let the world hear your stories and share in your research projects.
Chris Hughes is a WorthPoint Worthologist specializing in 20th century militaria and the owner of Rally Point Militaria and Vietnam Uniform – Military Collectibles sites.
Hey Chris,
first i would say that you have a very nice M42 jacket :-).
in your text you refer to an airborne collector who had given you info about the owner of the jacket.
I recently bought an Ike jacket from the 101st airborne and i would also like some info about it.
His number was H-9148 and he was a corporal.
He has an orange lanyard ( Market Garden ) and a Green-red lanyard (lib Belgium or france ) on his jacket.
Could you help me figure it out who this person was ?
thx in adavance
Hey Chris,
The only thing i know that his name was Herbie.
no there isn't anything that indicates in witch regiment he was.
He has a purple heart ribbon and a eastern campaign ribbon and that he fought 18 months overseas.
He wears on his right sleeve the Allied Airborne patch.
I have in my possession an M1C paratrooper helmet that is id'd to a William S Morgan ASN42267114. The helmet is a rear seam so it is late war manufacture and his serial number is late war also. The liner has 82nd associated markings and the pot has a faint outline of the AA patch remaining I found this at a Goodwill in portland Maine and cant believe both pieces have stayed together all of these years.


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"Thou art full young and tender of age," said King Arthur, "for to take so high an order upon thee." "Sir," said Griflet, "I beseech you make me a knight." "Sir," said Merlin, "it were pity to lose Griflet, for he will be a passing good man when he cometh to age, abiding with you the term of his life ; and if he adventure his body with yonder knight at the fountain, he shall be in great peril, if ever he come again, for he is one of the best knights of the world, and the strongest man of arms." "Well," said King Arthur. So at the desire of Griflet, the king made him knight.
"Now," said King Arthur to Griflet, "since that I have made thee knight, thou must grant me a gift." "What ye will, my lord," said Sir Griflet. "Thou shalt promise me, by the faith of thy body, that when thou hast jousted with the knight at the fountain, whether it fall that ye be on foot or on horse-back, that in the same manner ye shall come again unto me without any question, or making any more debate." "I will promise you," said Griflet, "as ye desire." Then Sir Griflet took his horse in great haste, and' dressed his shield, and took a great spear in his hand ; and so he rode a great gallop till he came to the fountain, and there he saw a rich pavilion, and thereby, under a cloth, stood a fair horse, well saddled and bridled; and, on a tree, a shield of divers colours, and a great spear. Then Sir Griflet smote upon the shield with the end of his spear, that the shield fell down to the ground. With that came the knight out of the pavilion and said, "Fair knight, why smote ye down my shield?" "For I will joust with you," said Sir Griflet." "It were better ye did not," said the knight, "for ye are but young, and late made knight, and your might is nothing to mine." "As for that," said Sir Griflet, "I will joust with you." "That is me loth," said the knight, "but sith I must needs, I will dress me thereto ; but of whence be ye ?" said the knight. "Sir, I am of King Arthur's court." So they ran together, that Sir Griflet's spear all shivered, and therewithal he smote Sir Griflet through the shield and the left side, and brake his spear, that the trunchion stuck in his body, that the horse and knight fell down.


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A backsplash makes a colorful splash, a bold splash, a trendy splash. Its the most useful decoration in the kitchen, protecting the wall from sputters and splatters while managing to look pretty the whole time. Here are some of the hottest trends in kitchen backsplashes: From Stardust Glass in Portland, Oregon, these brightly colored glass tiles are handmade from nearly 100% recycled glass. More concerned about creating artistic pieces than mass production, the companys manufacturing process is environmentally friendly. And the tiles complement other green kitchen choices like cork flooring, energy efficient appliances and FSC-certified wood cabinets. The tiles cost about $40 per square foot. Durability and style. Silestone, a beautiful quartz surface, crept up the wall to double as a countertop and backsplash. Silestone is a natural stone more consistent in hue than granite, making it easier to pick from over 65 colors without a trip to the stone yard. Recycled never looked so urban! These 100% recycled aluminum metal tiles make a fashionable statement and offer subtle texture behind any sink or stove. The clean look of glass and you can still pick your color? What could be better than that? Textured glass works incredibly well with paint for countless design options. Holland Glass & Art Studio, Inc. fabricates textured glass with a choice of thickness, color and texture. And finally, back to the basics. This painted red backsplash pops in between white shelving and countertops, complementing the blue cabinets. A color that may overwhelm the room in large doses is great in small spaces. And washable paints free you, like the 4th of July, to choose any color under the sun. The Spectralight Dragonfire kitchen backsplash is from Susan Jablons mosaic glass tile collection. The key to fun is funkey. And the splash of color created throughout the room. Who wouldnt smile when they entered the doorway to this blast of brightness?


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Baseball statistics have been a siren song to game developers long before computer simulations. Simulation games, ranging from 1961's Strat-O-Matic baseball, to 8-bit Micro League Baseball, have been around for decades. A more recent entry into the baseball simulation fray is Out of the Park Baseball, now in its 2014 edition -- known as OOTP 15.
Let's be very clear what OOTP15 is. It is a hard-core, stat-driven simulator. You won't be grabbing a controller, and hitting X to swing. Success or failure of the individual player is driven by ratings and statistics accumulated by the Out of the Park developer. Out of the Park is available on iOS, Windows 7 and up, OS X 10.6 and up, and some distributions of Linux. Costs vary, with the iOS version running $5 with in-app purchases, and $40 for the more inclusive computer versions.
So, that out of the way, OOTP15 allows very fine control over nearly every aspect of a baseball franchise. The PC and OS X version have every historical season from 1871 through 2013 included, with a large number of seasons available by way of in-app purchase in the iOS version.
We jumped into the sim, as we're familiar with baseball and watch a great deal of it every year. Hey, we subscribe to MLB.tv -- so how hard could it be? We were nearly immediately mired in stats, some of which are clearly from the more modern MoneyBall era of stat tracking. Regardless of info overload, we were able to crank through half of the 2014 season very rapidly, making decisions as fine as micromanaging each pitch, through deciding what to do with situational pitches such as runners in scoring position, and ultimately, just letting the players "play" every day while fiddling with the franchise on a macro level.
We were pretty satisified with our time, so we let a baseball purist hack away at the game for a couple of weeks, as he was way more familiar with baseball statistic acronyms than we are here at MacNN. He jumped into the franchise mode with a minor league team. While initially frustrated with player call-ups to the majors, he realized that this was a feature -- not a bug. Minor league managers have to deal with the whimsy of the parent club all the time as a fact of life. When his time was up with the game, he immediately headed over to Steam to pick up his copy.
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When I was a much younger man, a friend and I played through most of the 1986 baseball season in MicroLeague Baseball, a stat and rating-oriented Baseball sim for 8-bit computers. Shockingly, we came to the same result at the end of the season, culminating a showdown between Mookie Wilson's Mets and Bill Buckner's Red Sox.
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If you hit their official page, you'll see that SU has partnered up with the organization Friends of the Forest to plant a tree for every thumb their "Tree" page receives. So far, almost 2000 6000 thumbs have been turned into 6,000 trees! From the site,
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Q From Jeffrey: I heard a word in a trivia game: ascian. Apparently, it means 'Without a shadow'. Is that like having no shadow on a rainy day or something that's completely impossible?
A Neither, as it turns out.
The word first appears as a plural noun in its Latin form of Ascii in the seventeenth century, in a work by Nathanael Carpenter entitled Geography Delineated Forth in Two Books. He used it to describe people who lived in the tropics, for whom the sun at noon twice a year stands overhead, and so cast no shadows. The English form of the noun, Ascians, isn't recorded until 1847. The Oxford English Dictionary doesn't mention the adjective, though it is given in Chambers and several American dictionaries.
The Latin is derived from the Greek a-, without, as in words like aseptic, plus skia for shade or shadow. Like a lot of other words of Greek origin, the hard k has been softened, so the adjective is pronounced /ˈæʃɪən/ .
Either as noun or adjective, it's rare.
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The assumption behind Fishing Destination is simple: you go to an region resort willing to invest your days sportfishing and trying to get as many types of sea life as possible. Your some time to effort on the region can be invested at a variety of different sportfishing destinations, each providing a huge range of species of fish to get, both big and little. Each day on the region can be performed out differently. In every place, there is an action panel that gives you a few projects you can get involved in. These involve easy minigames, such as distinguishing actual types of species of fish, capturing images, going out to unique destinations to species of fish, and enjoyable needs from other visitors.
Although the common framework is start finished, you're used to acquire certain objectives. Beginning on, you're requested to acquire species of fish to complete an container, and later objectives involve finding a shark and generating enough details to purchase your very own vessel. These are excellent and early needs are not that difficult, but the later objectives need a huge expense of your energy. On top of the long-term projects, there are others that can be activated only once other objectives are met, such as finding more than 30 species of fish in a given area or having a particular sportfishing position.
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Establishment of monoclonal anti-human CD26 antibodies suitable for immunostaining of formalin-fixed tissue
1 Department of Therapy Development and Innovation for Immune Disorders and Cancers, Graduate School of Medicine, Juntendo University, 2-1-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan
2 Department of Pathology, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan
3 Department of Pathology & Oncology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 2-1-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan
4 Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of Florida, 1600 SW Archer Road- Box 100278, Room MSB M410A, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
Diagnostic Pathology 2014, 9:30 doi:10.1186/1746-1596-9-30Published: 6 February 2014
A T cell costimulatory molecule with dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPPIV) activity in its extracellular region, CD26 is a multifunctional molecule associated with various proteins such as adenosine deaminase, caveolin-1, CXCR4, collagen, and fibronectin, while playing an important role in the regulation of inflammatory responses and tumor biology. We have focused on CD26 as a novel therapeutic target for various tumors and immune disorders, and have developed a humanized anti-CD26 monoclonal antibody (mAb), YS110, which is currently being evaluated in a phase I clinical trial for patients with CD26-expressing tumors, including malignant mesothelioma. Since detection of tumor CD26 expression is required for determining potential eligibility for YS110 therapy, the development of anti-human CD26 mAb that can clearly and reliably detect the denatured CD26 molecule in the formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissues is critical.
To develop novel anti-CD26 mAbs capable of binding to the denatured CD26, we immunized mice with CD26 protein denatured in urea buffer. After the fusion of splenocytes and myeloma cells, the mAbs were screened for specific reactivity with human CD26 by flow cytometry, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, and immunohistochemistry. The binding competitiveness of novel anti-CD26 mAbs with the humanized anti-CD26 mAb YS110 was also examined.
We have succeeded in developing novel anti-human CD26 mAbs suitable for immunohistochemical staining of CD26 in formalin-fixed tissue sections with reliable clarity and intensity. Importantly, some of these mAbs exhibit no cross-reactivity with the humanized anti-CD26 mAb.
These novel mAbs are potentially useful as companion diagnostic agents to analyze CD26 expression in the clinical setting while advancing future CD26-related research.
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Best Straightner Everthis straightner is the best ever .I used to have a crappy walmart straightner and it couldent decide if it wanted to stay on or off and it took a long time to get hot .
This straightner heats up in about 1 minuint!!!!!!! it is very fast and very easy! it takes about 7 minuints to straighten all of my BUSHY hair!!!!
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i was scared that it would make my hair smell weird like the review titled "if you want to smell like a skunk",but it makes your hair smells normal . i also really like the little side screen on the side ! its intervales are 300 to 340 to 375 to 410 to 450 degrees .the only thing it that the little holes in the side are kinda weird looking but the are just for ventalation. it is well worth the money and a wonderful straightner! i would reccomend it to anyoneJan 10, 2013AnnaHAIR TYPELight Brown / Dry Hair / Thick or Coarse Hair
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Worth Every PennyI've now owned this straightener for 3 and a half years and to this day it works as well as it did on day one. I regularly straighten my hair almost everyday, and I can quickly straighten my hair with very little damage and get excellent pin straight results. I recommend this straightener to everyone.Jan 3, 2013KelliHAIR TYPEDark Brown / Thick or Coarse Hair
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Love This! (:I am so thankful I came across this wonderful straightener at my local Salon. After my hair stylist used this on my hair, I fell in love & couldn't believe how I didn't even hear or find out about this product sooner. I have owned quite a few straighteners in the past, but this one is by far the absolute best just because of the simple fact it straightens my wavy/curly/thick hair with one slide through. It also makes it super soft after I am completely finished. Some things I love about this straightener is the temperature because it goes up to 450 degrees, it curls my hair so great, it straightens my hair with one run through, it doesn't fry my hair, you can hold the top of it without burning yourself, it's not bulky or super heavy, it doesn't pull my hair(like some others I've had), it leaves my hair feeling shiny & soft(with no frizz), & it has adjustable heat settings. There is a few more things, but I'm sure you get the point(; If you are looking for an amazing hair straightener then this is the one for you! You won't be disappointed & you'll be amazed. I cannot wait to try out the actual curling iron. Please keep in mind that I am not expert, but if you have super dry, damaged hair, then I wouldn't recommend putting your setting on 450. It may fry it!Dec 21, 2012Ambur M.HAIR TYPEBlack / Curly Hair / Thick or Coarse Hair
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Life SaverThis flat iron literally changed my life. My hair is frizzy, wavy, and very think and I would rarely wear it down. This is the first flat iron that I used that gave me the results I've been looking for. I highly recommend it and it is absolutely worth the money. The only thing that I don't love is how small the plate it, next time I'd probably go up a half inch or so!Dec 17, 2012Lilly / Boston, MassachusettsHAIR TYPEDark Brown / Curly Hair / Thick or Coarse Hair
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Australia – Skilled Group: Share price drop remains mystery
Australian staffing company Skilled Group (SKE:ASX) has denied rumours that information potentially leaked to the market resulted in a sharp fall in the company's share price on Thursday, together with an increase in trading volumes.
Skilled Group dominates the Australian staffing market with almost twice the market share of its closest rivals, according to research by Staffing Industry Analysts.
The recruiter was questioned by the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) over a recent fall in the company's share price from AUD 2.47 on 11 June to a low of AUD 2.08 yesterday, a decline of nearly -16%. The ASX asked the recruiter for an explanation of the decrease in the stock price and the increase in trading volumes on Thursday.
"We have noted a change in the price … we have also noted an increase in the volume of trading," the ASX stated in a letter to Skilled. It asked the company to respond as soon as possible to its query whether it was aware of any information which "has not been announced by the market" and "which, if known by some in the market" could explain the recent trading.
Skilled said it was unaware of "any information that has not been announced, which if known, could be an explanation for recent trading in it securities." It added that it was not aware of any other explanation.
Following today's announcement, the firm's share price rose +4% to AUD 2.18, a decrease of -4% from a year ago. Based on this stock price, the firm has a market value of USD 467.25 million (AUD 490.42 million).
In a trading update last month, the company said it experienced continued volatility and reduced demand in the mining sector. The firm recently posted a +23% rise in net profit during the six months to December 2012. Sales revenue was up +4% to USD 999.5 million (AUD 973.6 million) in the period.


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Twins! I just became a grandpa of identical twins. Two beautiful girls, Jocilynn and Jaelynn.
Just in the two weeks since their birth, the sports world terminology using the words "double" or "two" or "twin" has new meaning for me.
Here are a few terms with their dictionary meaning along with my new definition:
1. Double dribble: Before – a basketball infraction using an illegal dribble. Now – the simultaneous wiping of drool off two tiny chins.
2. Twin bill: Before – a doubleheader; two successive games played in one day. Now – the double cost it will be to pay for all their future sports and extra-curricular activities.
3. Doubleheader: Before – see above. Now – two little round heads peeking out of their mama's wrap.
4. Double play: Before – a play in which two players are put out in baseball. Now – running after two little ones in a game of tag in the back yard.
5. Double down: Before – a betting strategy in Vegas. Now – getting them both successfully down for a nap at the same time.
6. Two outs: Before – having two out of the three needed outs in baseball. Now – seeing the relief and joy of our daughter-in-law in getting the two out on July 21, 2014.
7. Double steal: Before – a play in which two base runners simultaneously steal a base in a baseball game. Now – the state of my heart.
8. Double foul: Before – two fouls committed simultaneously by opponents against each other in basketball. Now – the odor of changing two diapers that were filled simultaneously while grandpa was on duty.
9. Double-double: Before – a basketball term used to describe two statistics in double figures. Now – what are the chances of Jocilynn and Jaelynn having twins? That will be a true double-double!
10. Seeing double: Before – the fear of not knowing who you are guarding in basketball because you are not wearing your glasses. Now – your worst nightmare coming to life. "Which one am I guarding ... I can't tell."
11. Double team: Before – a defensive maneuver of two players guarding one opposing player. Now – an attack on grandpa for ice cream, candy, soda pop and staying up late to watch a favorite movie.
12. Double dip: Before – a party foul ... dipping your chip in the dip bowl after taking a bite. Now – bath time for two.
13. Double fault: Before – to lose a point in tennis by serving two consecutive faults. Now – the blame I admittedly will take by giving into the double team while enjoying the late night movie with lots of ice cream, candy and soda pop.
14. Minnesota Twins: Before – a professional baseball team. Now – now my favorite team.
15. Triple threat: Before – a basketball term used for a players who could either shoot, pass or dribble the ball. Now – the twins and their sister (she is only 10 1 2 months old; that's right, Irish triplets) coming over to grandpa's house so I can baby sit.
16. Double pump-double shot: Before – a double shot of espresso for that extra energy boost. Now – what I need to accomplish No. 15.
17. Double bogey: Before – a score of two strokes over par for a hole in golf. Now – my new goal per hole, as I stroll along enjoying the quiet. I used to shoot for a bogey, but I don't mind getting a double bogey so much these days.
18. Two-minute drill: Before – in football, an offensive method of play to use up the last two minutes of the clock the most efficiently and beneficially. Now – the drill of getting the girls in their car seats, diaper bag packed, buckled in and ready to go.
19. Double overtime: Before – extended play in a game to settle a tied score at the end of regulation time and the first overtime period. Now – the actual time needed to accomplish the two-minute drill, usually caused by double dribble or double diaper blowouts.
20. Double the pleasure: Before – having way too much fun. Now – having twice as much fun as that. I am a proud grandpa, doubly blessed!


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Brown County property taxes would fall about 2.2 percent next year and some county workers would get small pay hikes, under a budget proposal unveiled Tuesday.
County Executive Troy Streckenbach said his proposal boosts county economic development efforts without shorting human services programs.
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ISLAMABAD: In order to bridge financing of the ballooning budget deficit, the government plans to revive short-term savings certificate for three, six and 12 months period with minimum investment requirement of Rs10,000 from October, it is learnt.
"The Ministry of Finance has put on hold the proposal to launch this scheme for the last one-and-a-half-year, but now it has been decided that this scheme will be launched and the rates similar to the Treasury Bills (T-bills) will be offered to potential investors of this short-term saving certificates,' a senior official of the Finance Division told The News on Monday.
The official said that the Ministry of Finance is also considering a proposal to allow launching of this short-term saving certificate at the stock markets of the country that could help the bourses get required funds.
When contacted, Federal Secretary Finance, Dr Waqar Masood said that he could not respond on the issue as he would have to see the official files for this.
But official documents suggest that the government is planning to offer rates on the upcoming short-term saving certificates similar to offered rates of T-bills in order to diversify its domestic debt market.
The rates of T-bills are hovering around over 13 percent so the small investors will also be lured with higher profit returns.
The Central Directorate of National Savings (CDNS) generated net investment of Rs230 billion during the last financial year 2010/11 against the envisaged target of Rs220 billion. For the ongoing financial year, the targets were slashed down to Rs186 billion for the ongoing financial year 2011/12 because the government has imposed a ban on institutional investment in accordance with the decision of the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet that ultimately provided extraordinary benefits to the banking sector after turning of government as desperate borrower, which is mainly relying upon getting money from the commercial banks by providing them space to dictate the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP0 on the monetary stance, the sources said.
The government envisaged budget deficit at four percent of the GDP, equivalent to Rs850 billion in the ongoing fiscal year with the condition that the provinces will generate 0.6 percent of the GDP as surplus in their budgets, but this target could not be achieved so the start of this financial year commenced with in-built slippages on fiscal framework agreed with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
The hike in the budget deficit up to 4.6 percent of the GDP will result into increased pressure on the financing plan of this deficit as the government will have to manage Rs975 billion to bridge this deficit.
The financing of the budget deficit is managed through external and internal inflows and keeping in view shrinking avenues from multilateral and bilateral donors, the pressure on domestic market increased manifold.
Keeping in view the condition imposed by the IMF for bringing borrowing from the SBP at zero by the end of every quarter, managing the fiscal deficit is relied upon the domestic market, including the CDNS and borrowing from commercial banks.
By curtailing the role of CDNS simply means that the banking sector is on the driving seat and they are set to exploit the existing situation, knowing that the government will come to obtain money from them at secured and guaranteed rates and their strategy will be investing in T Bills in short-term of three months instead of 12 months.


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Capo 2 FRET
NOTE* this song is mostly picking, only chorus is strum!
Am: 012200
(Since I'm just an amatuer when it comes to chords I'm gonna call these two G
chords for G1 and G2)
F-Am-G1-G2 x2 (on the last G2 just pick the second string and the 6th string once)
Verse 1
I threw a wish in the well
Don't ask me, I'll never tell
I looked at you as it fell
And now you're in my way
I'd trade my soul for a wish
Pennies and dimes for a kiss
I wasn't looking for this
But now you're in my way
F Am
Your stare was holding, ripped jeans - skin was showin'
G1 G2 (let it ring)
Hot night, wind was blowin'
Where you think you're going, baby?
And that's how far I've gotten, i'll be sure to update it!
in the Chorus he plays F, A, G1, G2 but he plays the F and the A as a barre chord! he often does that: same chords but different way of playing good luck everyone!!
he plays the F on fret 10
and A on fret 5
i know at first the f is so hard to play but you will get used to it


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Arapahoe students try to shift focus from tragedy to helping others
D'zone group cooks chili, feeds homeless
CENTENNIAL, Colo. - While some students struggle to cope with the tragic shooting at Arapahoe High School, others prefer to take their minds off the tragedy, by focusing on other people in need.
On Tuesday, several AHS students, who spend time at the Drennen O'Melia Youth Center, cooked up a batch of chili, made sandwiches and cookies, and handed them out to homeless men and women near Civic Center Park.
"It helps them by letting them show love," said youth center director Shanda Velisek. "They've been given so much love and they just want to share that love with other people."
Velisek said the students wanted to find something to do while the school was shut down.
"It's a way of something good coming out in an evil time," she said.
Sophomore student Quinn Miller told 7NEWS that instead of staying home and commiserating about what happened, he and other members of the group prefer to keep busy.
"It really feels weird," he said, "because normally we'd be taking finals right now and going to school and studying as hard as we can, but we're out here helping people as much as we can."
When asked how it helps them cope, sophomore student Morgan Reece replied, "Just seeing other people be happy when you give them food makes me happy."
Senior student Avery Miller was another of the volunteers handing out food. He told 7NEWS that he knows the shooting victim, Claire Davis, and knew the gunman, Karl Pierson.
"I was surprised it happened," Avery Miller said. "He would joke about stuff like this. It was his humor. It definitely was a big shock when he did it."
When asked why he thinks Claire was shot, Miller replied, "I just think she was in the wrong place at the wrong time."
Sophomore student Ryan Snyder said feeding the homeless helps take their minds off the violence.
"You can kind of focus on other people," Snyder said, "and allow yourself to almost forget, for a little bit. You can never totally forget, but to give back to other people just feels good."
Velisek said the group's next stop is Children's Hospital, where they'll visit kids suffering from injury or illness.
"So many people have shown support for students at Arapahoe, and we want to do our part to 'pay it forward,'"
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