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Monday, December 31, 2012
The End of the Trail
On the Santa Monica pier earlier this year. December 31 is the end of the 2012 trail. Where Route 66 ends is a more complicated question.
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Sunday, December 30, 2012
Familial music, no. 2
Our fambly interprets "I Want You Back," written by The Corporation: Berry Gordy, Alphonzo Mizell, Freddie Perren, and Deke Richards.
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Familial music, no. 1
Semi-homemade music
By Michael Leddy at 9:49 PM comments: 2
Familial music, no. 1
Rachel Leddy and Ben Leddy sing and play "No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature," written by Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings.
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Familial music, no. 2
Semi-homemade music
By Michael Leddy at 9:44 PM comments: 0
Domestic comedy
"What song am I singing in my head?" [Begins to saunter.]
"Main Street!"
[Astonished.] "How did you guess that?"
"You were sauntering."
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["Main Street," music by Roger Edens, lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, from On the Town (dir. Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly, 1949). And no, we had not just seen On the Town. It was a matter of father-daughter ESP.]
By Michael Leddy at 9:38 AM comments: 0
Saturday, December 29, 2012
Garner covers 2012
Bryan Garner collects some news of the year in language and writing. A sample:
A Brooklyn resident contested a parking ticket based on the meaning of the preposition to. According to the New York Times, Mark Vincent parked under a sign that read: "No standing April to October." He decided that to meant that parking was prohibited until the month of October began. Because it was October 2, he reasoned that he was within the law. Supported by Oxford and Merriam-Webster dictionaries, he argued that to means "up to but not including," while through means "to and including." Although he did not win his appeal, the new sign reads: "No standing April 1–Sept. 30."I wish that Garner's compendium came with links: they'd make for hours of happy (and sometimes dismaying) browsing. If you were reading Orange Crate Art in April, you saw a a post with a link to the Times article on to v. through.
[Bryan Garner, author of Garner's Modern American Usage (2009), offers a free Usage Tip of the Day. You can sign up at LawProse.org. Orange Crate Art is a Garner-friendly site.]
By Michael Leddy at 10:48 AM comments: 0
Friday, December 28, 2012
Seconds and hours and art
Johnny Misheff, a curator of "Moving the Still," an exhibition of GIFs at Art Basel Miami Beach, explains the relevance of the GIF:
"You know, this is like such an era of 'Wow me in the least amount of time that you possibly can 'cause I don't have time to like invest in your stuff.' It's like the 'prove it to me' generation. If you haven't roped somebody in within two seconds, then you lost, you know?"No, I don't know. It saddens me to hear a curator speak as if such an attention span should be a measure of artistic programming. I think for contrast of an observation from the philosopher Richard Wollheim:
I evolved a way of looking at paintings which was massively time-consuming and deeply rewarding. For I came to recognize that it often took the first hour or so in front of a painting for stray associations or motivated misperceptions to settle down, and it was only then, with the same amount of time or more spent looking at it, that the picture could be relied upon to disclose itself as it was.Wollheim's way of looking at art requires a worthy object, one that does not "disclose itself" in seconds and that rewards looking again and again.
I noticed that I became an object of suspicion to passers-by, and so did the picture that I was looking at.
From Painting as an Art: The A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts (1987), a series talks given at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., in 1984.
[I quoted Wollheim's words in a 2010 post. I like GIFs too. But not as the measure of my attention span.]
By Michael Leddy at 2:12 PM comments: 0
Literature and reverence
Diana Senechal again:
The Chorus in Antigone says that he who honors the laws of the land and the justice of the gods will be hupsipolis, that is, he will have a great city. One could say this about literature: if students learn to enter it and honor it, they will have the makings of a rich life. They will also have an opening to true difference; by immersing themselves in the sole voice of another, they will start to hear their own voice, assenting, questioning, disputing, singing along, starting a new poem or song. Much of this literature is difficult for readers today; the ideas may seem distant, the words obscure, or the sentences long and complex. It is the teacher's duty to help the student enter the work, and this takes time and care. It cannot be done when students in a given class are reading many different works at the same time. It requires a certain reverence — not the reverence of calling an author "great" just because everyone else does, but the reverence of treating the work, for a little while, as the most important thing in the room and mind.
Republic of Noise: The Loss of Solitude in Schools and Culture (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2012).
By Michael Leddy at 10:14 AM comments: 0
Family accounting
Tickets for four to see Les Misérables: $34.
Champagne cocktails and one family member's imitation of Anne Hathaway's mouth: priceless.
[Les Misérables seems remarkably ill-conceived. Casting a musical with actors of limited vocal ability deprives those actors of any real chance to act. About all they can do is perform. Anne Hathaway seemed to our ears the best voice in the film. On another note: champagne cocktails — sugar, Angostura bitters, champagne — are delicious. Does the champagne cocktail immediately suggest to you, as it does to me, someone from "the movies"?]
By Michael Leddy at 9:42 AM comments: 1
Local man's blog referenced in cartoon
George Bodmer's Oscar's Portrait today includes a veiled reference to Orange Crate Art. The veil is thin, almost transparent.
Thanks, George.
By Michael Leddy at 9:21 AM comments: 0
Fontella Bass (1940–2012)
Sad news in the New York Times: "Fontella Bass, the singer whose 1965 hit "Rescue Me" was an indelible example of the decade's finest pop-soul, died on Wednesday in St. Louis."
I know Bass best from her work with the Art Ensemble of Chicago and (later) with her once husband Lester Bowie. The Art Ensemble's "Theme de Yoyo" is a great synthesis of funk, free jazz, and metaphysical conceits.
By Michael Leddy at 9:15 AM comments: 0
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Domestic comedy
"Remember when you used to chase me around the house with lipstick?"
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[The children, the children, the children.]
By Michael Leddy at 4:39 PM comments: 0
It was a beautiful morning in mid-December when I mistyped a URL in my browser. I should then have seen something like this:
Instead I found myself looking at the sort of page I hadn't seen in years, my Internet Service Provider's own page of results, with nothing but links for various advertisers:
My typo was now serving my ISP's profit motive. As the Electronic Frontier Foundation reports, the ISP practice of hijacking has been common with both searches and mistyped URLs. Not even the use of non-ISP Domain Name Service servers, such as Google's 188.8.131.52 and 184.108.40.206, will always stop hijacking.¹
When I went to my ISP's preferences page to opt out, I was told that my preferences were locked. When I deleted my ISP from Chrome's list of search engines, it reappeared, again and again. And when I called my ISP to inquire as to what was going on, I found myself talking to a well-meaning fellow who knew much less about these things than I do — which, granted, is not that much. But I have figured out two simple ways to defeat this ISP practice:
1. In Chrome or Safari (I use both), clear the cache, disable all extensions, and attempt to opt out. For whatever reason, I was unable to opt out with my handful of extensions enabled. (I'm not patient enough to go back and try to find the offending extension by disabling one extension at a time.)
2. In Chrome or Firefox, use the EFF's HTTPS Everywhere. The downside: depending on the speed of your connection, this extension might make browing noticeably slower.
After looking closely at my ISP's website, I realize that I cannot expect very much in the way of technical experise. Here, from my ISP's directions for setting up a homepage, is the complete list of supported browsers:
I think that covers it.
¹ And anyway, another DNS might much be slower than your ISP's DNS. Why? As they say in real estate: location, location, location. Google's free app namebench gives a fast and easy way to find the fastest DNS for your location.
By Michael Leddy at 12:08 PM comments: 0
Fighting distraction
To fight distraction is to defend something that matters, something that requires devotion of the mind. This is part of the meaning of study: to honor things through thought and longing. Many dismiss such yearning as impractical; we have enough on our hands, they say, with the daily scramble and the demands of the age. But yearning can pull us out of the scramble; it can calm the scramble itself. The teacher who longs to read about Chinese history will set aside time for it in the evenings. The boy who longs to see a falling star will stay up late, looking up at the sky for hours. in Moby-Dick, it is the Rachel, returning from a vain search for the captain's lost sons, that ultimately rescues Ishmael from the water near the sunken Pequod and makes the story possible. If we abandon such yearning and seeking, if we defer to the petty demon of "getting it now," then nothing will be left but our vicissitudes, and we will have no will or thought but to follow them.Also from Republic of Noise
Republic of Noise: The Loss of Solitude in Schools and Culture (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2012).
"A little out of date"
By Michael Leddy at 8:07 AM comments: 2
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
In a nearby restaurant, the owner's son, a young boy with iPad in hands, earbuds in ears, came out from the back to tell his mom the news:
"It's a blizzard starting! I'm not kidding!"
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[A blizzard is what we were promised, but the snowfall here is still pretty calm. It is a snowfall from a Pierre Reverdy poem, so far, so to speak.]
By Michael Leddy at 3:03 PM comments: 0
"A little out of date"
Diana Senechal:
There is nothing quite so dangerous as trying to be always up to date, for one simple reason: just moments after one becomes current, one falls behind. To keep from falling behind, one must stay alert to every update. To step back, to spend time on something not immediately relevant, is to risk "missing out," losing touch with the lickety-split relay of the latest, or so it seems. . . .
The pressure to keep up with the times not only distracts and dizzies us; it upsets and distorts our values. Once we subscribe to the "cutting edge," we lose the ability to judge it. We grab it, grab some opinions about it, and grab some more. What others are saying about the latest gadget or fashionable concept becomes more important than what we ourselves think. We are told that if we just get it now, or embrace it now, we will be at an advantage. Thus to think in any sort of depth, to judge things on our own, we must risk falling a little out of date, a little out of authority.
Republic of Noise: The Loss of Solitude in Schools and Culture (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2012).
By Michael Leddy at 8:42 AM comments: 0
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Christmas 1912
["Christmas Traffic in a Foot of Snow; It Holds Up the Last-Minute Shoppers and Worries the Store Deliverymen." New York Times, December 25, 1912.]
Merry Christmas to all who celebrate it.
By Michael Leddy at 8:33 AM comments: 2
Monday, December 24, 2012
Last-minute shopping
Says the advertisement, "Just five minutes at a Parker Jotter counter can take a surprising amount of guesswork and expense and time out of your Christmas shopping."
"Parker Jotter counter": noun phrase of a lost world.
[Life, December 24, 1964. Click for a larger view.]
The Parker T-Ball Jotter is an especially good value if you have a working time-machine. The pen that sold for $1.98 in 1964 sells for $6 or $7 or so today. Today's prices are good ones too: the Bureau of Labor Statistics Inflation Calculator turns 1964's $1.98 into 2012's $14.70.
Related posts
Parker T-Ball Jotter, 1963
Ten best "dowdy world" gifts
[The typeface in the headline? Goudy Old Style. Notice the diamond-shaped tittle on the lowercase i.]
By Michael Leddy at 7:21 AM comments: 0
Saturday, December 22, 2012
Live-blogging Magoo
My wife Elaine has put me up to it: I will be live-blogging Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol. Starting soon.
7:01: The frame story — Magoo returning to Broadway to play Scrooge — has been removed. More time for commercials! Curse you, NBC.
7:02: "Ringle, Ringle": Scrooge sings a celebration of wealth. Bob Cratchit: he's the 99%. Poor Bob's a-cold.
7:05: Purple pavement? The colors have been brightened, sweetened, enhanced. (I think that the DVD will bear me out.)
7:07: Scrooge's rooms resemble Matisse's The Red Studio, only redder.
7:15: The Ghost of Christmas Present is a vision in pink.
7:16: I never knew that it was Gerald McBoing-Boing playing Tiny Tim. I never knew that it was Jack Cassidy speaking and singing Bob Cratchit's words.
7:19: Nor did I ever understand just what was wrong with Tiny Tim.
7:19: All shots of the theater in which the performance is taking place seem to have been chopped for this airing. I still remember the strange hair whorl on the back of one theatergoer's head. Anyone who remembers this show will miss these details. (Is the idea to make people want to buy the DVD?)
7:25: Elaine is playing the DVD on her Mac as I watch the television. She points out that small bits of dialogue and song have been cut here and there. Shameful.
7:26: "Alone in the World": such a sad and beautiful song. Yet it's missing the image of young Ebenezer tracing his hand on the schoolroom blackboard.
7:32: Yes, the colors have been altered, horribly so. But at least Fezziwig's warehouse still has non-red walls.
7:36: The delicate landscapes that accompany "Winter Was Warm" have been altered beyond recognition here. A snowy field is now red. There must have been a sale on red.
7:37: Even the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come is a bright red.
7:38: Nothing though can alter the solid goodness of the songs, even in truncated form. Such an inspired choice to have Jule Styne and Bob Merrill writing music for a cartoon. I'm reminded of Johnny Costa's contributions to Mister Rogers' Neighborood: children too deserve real music.
7:43: The frequent commercial interruptions and the cutting of the theater scenes take away the three-act feel of the original.
7:45: The thieves' song has been shortened.
7:46: "No, not Tiny Tim!"
7:47: The visit to the graveyard spooked me as a kid. I closed my eyes and peeked now and then. It's less spooky in Technicolor.
7:49: The last ten seconds or so of the "Alone in the World" reprise have been cut. And it's straight to commercials.
7:50: Elaine reports that the DVD now shows eleven minutes to go. So what more will be cut? Oh, of course: the return to the frame story of Magoo back on Broadway. Will the cast even get to take its final bow?
7:53: "Today? Why, Christmas Day!"
7:56: The winking doorknocker has been cut.
7:57: "The Founder of the Feast indeed."
7:58: "And therefore I am about to raise your salary!"
7:59: The reprise of "The Lord's Bright Blessing" has been cut. And of course the cast's bows.
No razzleberry dressing for you, NBC. No razzleberry dressing ever.
[Thanks, Elaine, for your help.]
By Michael Leddy at 6:43 PM comments: 3
Magoo on NBC
Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol, fifty this year, airs on NBC tonight, 7:00 Central Time. A very big deal. Thanks to Daughter Number Three for spreading the news.
Later that night: I live-blogged the broadcast.
Related reading
Ghost of Christmas Past: Magoo at 50 (CNN)
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Friday, December 21, 2012
A visit to Faber-Castell
At Contrapuntalism, Sean begins to tell the story of his journey to Die Bleistiftstadt:
About a month ago, I received an extraordinary invitation: Faber-Castell wanted to know if I would like to come visit their headquarters in Stein for a few days, to have a tour of the castle and production facilities, and to meet with Count Anton-Wolfgang von Faber-Castell.Holy graphite! Here is part one.
[Die Bleistiftstadt: the pencil city.]
By Michael Leddy at 9:53 AM comments: 0
A 2013 calendar, mine
I just finished making a calendar for 2013 (in a fraction of the time): three months per page in beautiful Gill Sans Bold, readable from a good distance — from at least ten feet, I'd say. If you'd like a PDF, send me an e-mail. (If you're seeing this post in a reader, click through: my address is in the sidebar.) And if you'd like to design a calendar of your own, I have one word for you: tables.
[This calendar is mine, not Mayan. But if the world ends today, I may not be able to reply to your e-mail.]
By Michael Leddy at 7:31 AM comments: 0
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Red cabbage
Red cabbage: the psychedelia of the vegetable kingdom.
A related post
Psychedelic book cover
By Michael Leddy at 8:12 PM comments: 3
Jerry Seinfeld, writing by hand
Jerry Seinfeld writes his material on legal pads with blue Bics. From an interview with the New York Times:
"Do you always write on — ?"Related reading
"Always, yeah. Yeah."
"Have you ever tried to — ?"
All handwriting posts (Pinboard)
Larry David's notebook
[My transcription.]
By Michael Leddy at 9:04 AM comments: 0
Disable Blogger's mobile view
Blogger users: it's possible (at least for now) to disable mobile view: open your Blogger account, click on Template, and have at it. Blogger readers: you can read on a mobile device in the old-fashioned way by changing the extra info that ends a mobile-view URL: change /?m=1 to /?m=0.
To my eyes, the column of text and pitchers that is Orange Crate Art looks great as is on an iPad or iPhone, and I'm keeping it that way as long as Blogger allows.
[From my template page: mobile view is disabled.]
The tap-per-post format wouldn't be designed to increase page views and ad revenue, would it? Google wouldn't offer an inferior reading experience just to make more money, would it?
[If you use an ad-blocking extension in your browser, you might not know: Orange Crate Art has always been an ad-free blog.]
By Michael Leddy at 8:05 AM comments: 0
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
A Pennsylvania postcard post
I am far from disorderly — I know exactly where things are, or at least most things. I don't know where I came across the above observation, and then there's this postcard I had lost track of, until I rediscovered it among — guess what? — other postcards and things of that nature.One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries.
A. A. Milne, supposedly
[Click for a larger view.]
The postcard, a product of Pittsburgh's Minsky Bros. & Co., is a two-fer: heading east through the overly large state of Pennsylvania, it depicts the Pennsylvania Turnpike's Kittatinny and Blue Mountain Tunnels. The card reads:
Kittatinny and Blue Mountain Tunnels are called the "Twin Tunnels" as there is only 800 feet of daylight between them; then the mountains are behind you, and the Turnpike runs straight as a ribbon for long distances through the fertile Cumberland Valley.And the message:
(Written Tues) April 26 [1949]
Hi! We're heading fast toward Wash. D.C. The country is really rugged. We travel way up high on hills — valley is way low beneath us. The high altitude makes my ears stop up. Mon. night stayed at Pittsburgh. Today went to Gettysburg. Tonight — Washington. This picture — went through these tunnels (mile long each.) Rosie
[Click for a larger view.]
The tunnels are not quite a mile long, but they are long, and the country is rugged, and must have felt more so in 1949, when people drove with far fewer amenities. We used to take the Turnpike when driving east from Illinois, and I remember the relief I felt when we made it through the last of the tunnels, the ones pictured on this postcard. My ears stopped up too, and I like the lack of self-consciousness with which Rosie acknowledges the effect of high altitude. Is she worried about looking unsophisticated? Not in the least. Am I?
In December 2013, Elaine and I did our best to recreate the scene on this postcard: The Pennsylvania Turnpike, then and now.
Related posts
From Lena to Rena (a 1907 postcard)
Re: "things of that nature" and "whatnot"
[For anyone who must drive through it, yes, Pennsylvania is overly large, ridiculously so.]
By Michael Leddy at 6:20 AM comments: 0
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Quicksilver fix to close
The Mac app Quicksilver has an annoying (annoying to me, anyway) feature of showing the result after copying or moving a file or folder.¹ I found a workaround by Rob McBroom, a Quicksilver developer. It's easy to make the change he describes: right-clicking on Quicksilver.app and Core Support.qsplugin and choosing "Show Package Contents" will get you to the necessary file.
¹ If you don't use Quicksilver, this sentence and, well, this post will make no sense. Don't worry about it.
By Michael Leddy at 8:21 AM comments: 2
Senator Feinstein's bill
Here, from Senator Dianne Feinstein's website, is a fairly detailed description of an assault-weapons bill that has been under development for more than a year. Feinstein (D-California) plans to introduce the bill on the first day of the new Congress — January 3, 2013. I am confident about how Illinois's senators will vote: Dick Durbin (D) and Mark Kirk (R) have received F ratings from the National Rifle Association. I will be calling them anyway to register my support for Feinstein's bill. My representative in the new Congress, John Shimkus (R, Illinois-15), has an A from the NRA. But I will be calling him too to express my support for the bill.
By Michael Leddy at 7:56 AM comments: 0
Monday, December 17, 2012
Hi and Lois watch
[Hi and Lois, December 17, 2012.]
Hi Flagston today reprises a role he performed on February 9, 2009, that of the stingy landlord who sends up a miserable nickel's-worth of heat. Shame on you, sir, for making your tenants wife and children freeze. In 2009, Hi joked about checking the price of oil before raising the thermostat. Today, facing Lois's anger and condensed breath, he jokes that "It helps to get all hot and bothered." Listen up, Hi: if you don't change your ways, things are going to get a whole lot colder in your house, and they're going to stay a whole lot colder, especially in a certain room of your house, if you get what I mean, and I hope that you do.
The good news here is that the workers on the Hi-Lo line have figured out how to construct a classic Honeywell thermostat. Compare:
[2009, 2012.]
Related reading
All Hi and Lois posts (Pinboard)
By Michael Leddy at 9:34 AM comments: 0
Dropbox, onward, upward
After updating Dropbox on my iPad, I began to wonder: how does one update Dropbox in OS X? Dropbox isn't in the App Store, and there's no way to check for updates from the app itself. I found an explanation at Practically Efficient and went from 1.4.12 to 1.6.5.
If you'd like to try Dropbox, this referral link will give you and me each an extra 500 MB of free storage.
By Michael Leddy at 8:56 AM comments: 0
More music for voices, forks, and cello
"We're at it again, and running seriously low on forks!" It's "Time of the Season," with voices, forks, and cello.
By Michael Leddy at 8:47 AM comments: 0
Friday, December 14, 2012
December 14, 2012
On August 5, 2012, I wrote the following words:
About two weeks ago, in the aftermath of the Aurora, Colorado, shootings, various voices in media and politics said that it was inappropriate to be discussing gun-ownership rights — not the right time, too early. In the aftermath of today's shootings in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, it seems that once again it will be too early for such a discussion.White House Press Secretary Jay Carney sounded the refrain earlier today:
"There is, I'm sure — will be, rather, a day for discussion of the usual Washington policy debates, but I don't think today is that day."As violent event follows violent event, the logic here defies logic. Carney is of course right to say that today is not the day to discuss a piece of legislation. But his language is the language of procrastination, of endless deferral. It suggests to me J. Alfred Prufrock: "There will be time, there will be time." And the reference to "the usual Washington policy debates" suggests a lack of conviction that anything much is going to change. But have gun-ownership rights even been a "usual" subject of debate in Washington? Not much, not lately.
President Obama was more to the point:
"As a country, we have been through this too many times. Whether it's an elementary school in Newtown, or a shopping mall in Oregon, or a temple in Wisconsin, or a movie theater in Aurora, or a street corner in Chicago, these neighborhoods are our neighborhoods, and these children are our children. We're going to have to come together and take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this, regardless of the politics."And now, the president needs to lead.
Related reading
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence
[My transcriptions, from clips available at CBS News.]
By Michael Leddy at 6:59 PM comments: 7
Hi and Lois watch
[Hi and Lois, December 14, 2012.]
Dot Flagston, look again: there is one door on the side of your family's station wagon.
It was a car-safety problem that turned me into a close reader of Hi and Lois. The fun never ends. Everything about cars seems to be a challenge for those who assemble the strip.
The two-door station wagon seems hilariously improbable: the spaciousness of a wagon, the awkwardness of . . . a compact? (Especially improbable with baby Trixie on board.) But as I just found out, two-door station wagons did exist, years ago. Perhaps there's some inside joke inside this strip.
Related reading
All Hi and Lois posts (Pinboard)
By Michael Leddy at 11:52 AM comments: 3
Domestic comedy
"I've never seen Jaws — only bits and pieces."
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All domestic comedy posts (Pinboard)
By Michael Leddy at 8:56 AM comments: 2
Edward Tufte's signage
"Using the format of diamond signs that provide alerts and warnings about the road ahead, this series of works on canvas shows philosophical alerts, imperatives, and thoughts about the path past and future": Edward Tufte's Philosophical Diamond Signs.
By Michael Leddy at 8:54 AM comments: 0
Variety language
Learn the language of Variety: here and here. Most famously: STICKS NIX HICK PIX.
By Michael Leddy at 8:51 AM comments: 0
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Turabian, fourth edition
[Click for larger views.]
The fourth edition of the University of Chicago Press's A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations appeared in 1973. This copy (thirteenth printing) is from 1979. Writers of the era used the tools depicted on the book's front and back covers to create written documents by making marks on thin sheets of a material called "paper" and fastening the sheets together.
Notice the use of tightly spaced Helvetica. In a comment on a 2011 post about Arthur Plotnik's The Elements of Editing, Daughter Number Three pointed out that such spacing was once popular. Notice too the Parker T-Ball Jotter and the typeballs. The small object at the bottom left of the front cover is a typewriter key. The one above it: no idea.
The covers are what have made me hold on to this book through the years.
Related posts
A Manual for Writers of Dissertations
Parker T-Ball Jotter, 1963
By Michael Leddy at 1:01 PM comments: 0
A Manual for Writers of Dissertations
[Title page. Click for a larger view.]
Who was Kate Turabian? The University of Chicago Press can answer that question. I found this pamphlet yesterday, discarded. It's a 1949 reprint of a 1937 publication, free to Chicago advanced-degree candidates ("50 cents," says the inside front cover). This sixty-one-page manual is the predecessor of A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations, now in its seventh edition.
I can admire a typewriter as machine art, but reading the details of document preparation in this manual reminds me of how little glamour I find in the idea of using a manual typewriter. Been there, done that. No thanks.
["4. Typewriter ribbon.--A black ribbon, medium- or clean-inked rather than heavy-inked, should be used. A sufficient number of ribbons should be used to ensure a relatively even blackness throughout the thesis. it is recommended that the total number required for a job of typing be in hand before the work is begun and that the ribbons be used in rotation. That is, use ribbon one for, say, twenty-five pages, then ribbon two for the next twenty-five pages, and so on until each of the ribbons has been used for the same number of pages, repeating the sequence as many times as necessary to complete the typing job." And by the way, the Dissertation Secretary has a list of "competent thesis typists." Click for a larger view.]
Can anyone identify the typeface used on the title page? The usual online resources can't.
1:30 p.m.: Daughter Number Three identified the typeface in a comment: it's Bernhard Gothic. Thanks.
Related reading
All typewriter posts (Pinboard)
["Sixty-one-pages"? Yes. As the Manual says, "In isolated cases in ordinary text matter every number of less than three digits should be spelled out."]
By Michael Leddy at 9:59 AM comments: 3
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Levenger chess set
As a once-serious chess player, I cannot look away when a catalogue depicts a game in progress. The first thing I check: whether the board is properly positioned, with a white square at h1.¹ Next: whether the position shown is at all plausible. The latest Levenger catalogue has a pretty startling game in progess, also available online. This is your chess set on drugs:
The board is properly positioned, but even a beginner should be able to recognize that this game is a mess. The position is, I suspect, an impossible one: I cannot see how White's bishop could have made it to its present square, nor can I see how White's missing bishop went missing. But there's more. Here's an aerial view of the damage:
Yes, the person responsible for setting up this board has confused kings and queens. But straightening out that problem does nothing to make the position more plausible:
Hey, Levenger catalogue: it's enough to show a board with all thirty-two pieces nicely lined up for play. Or if you must show a game in progress, choose a recognizable position from a standard opening. Chess players will like that. Keep it simple, or you run the risk of creating something ridiculous. Imagine a photograph of a notebook whose pages are filled with fugiad diughiuwr (that is, gibberish). That's what this chess game looks like.
3:56 p.m.: The position on the corrected board can be achieved, though the moves required are a comedy of errors: 1. e3 d5 2. Bd3 c6 3. b3 Bg4 4. c3 e5 5. f4 Nd7 6. Nf3 f5 7. fxe5 Nxe5 8. Bxf5 Bh5 9. Kf2 Nf6 10. Rg1 Bd6 11. d3 Qb6 12. Ba3 Kf7 13. g3 Rhe8 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Qd2 Bd6 16. Qc2 Bxa3 17. Qd2 Bd6. I used no drugs in working out these moves.
Related posts
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Levenger Pocket Briefcase, revised
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¹ That's algebraic notation. The square is also known as KR1.
[I used the Apronus Online Interactive Chessboard to make the diagrams.]
By Michael Leddy at 2:17 PM comments: 4
Ravi Shankar (1920–2012)
From the New York Times obituary:
Mr. Shankar, a soft-spoken, eloquent man whose performance style embodied a virtuosity that transcended musical languages, was trained in both Eastern and Western musical traditions. Although Western audiences were often mystified by the odd sounds and shapes of the instruments when he began touring in Europe and the United States in the early 1950s, Mr. Shankar and his ensemble gradually built a large following for Indian music.Shankar's 1967 Monterey Pop Festival performance of "Dhun (Dadra and Fast Teental)" with Alla Rakha and Kamala Chakravarty must be one of the most exciting moments of music on film, preserved in Monterey Pop (dir. D. A. Pennebaker, 1968).
By Michael Leddy at 9:25 AM comments: 0
Frank O'Hara, Yeats, and others
From the short film USA: Poetry: Frank O'Hara:
John [Ashbery] and Kenneth [Koch] and I, and a number of other people later, found that the only people who were interested in our poetry were painters, or sculptors. You know, they were enthusiastic about different ideas, and they were more inquisitive. They had no — being non-literary, they had no parti pris about academic standards, attitudes, and so on. So that you could say "I don't like Yeats," and they would say "I know how just how you feel. I hate Picasso too." [Laughs.]In the poem "Fresh Air," Koch refers to "Yeats of the baleful influence." T. S. Eliot and William Butler Yeats still ruled when I was an English major in the late 1970s. To not like Yeats, to express reservations about, say, his loftiness, his mythiness, his self-regard, would have meant exile from the hall of poetry, or at least from the hallways of the buildings in which I took classes.
I like what the poet David Schubert wrote in 1938, in a letter to a friend: "I'm going to buy my edition of Yeats tomorrow, for he does belong to the ages although he knows it too well."
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[Parti pris: "a preconceived view; a bias," from the French "side taken" (New Oxford American Dictionary). The Schubert letter appears in David Schubert: Works and Days, the 1983 Quarterly Review of Literature volume devoted to his work.]
By Michael Leddy at 8:43 AM comments: 0
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
StatCounter is the best
For many years I've used the free version of StatCounter to count visits to Orange Crate Art. This morning I noticed a minor problem with my stats and posted a message to the StatCounter help forum. Half an hour later there was a reply from Aodhan Cullen acknowledging the problem. Another half hour later, a second reply let me know that the problem was fixed. My (few) other experiences with StatCounter support resemble the one I've described here, so I will be upgrading to a paid account as soon as I finish typing these sentences. I'm happy to support a company so responsive to its customers.
By Michael Leddy at 1:52 PM comments: 0
Music for voices, forks, and cello
"What else are you going to do on Saturday afternoon?" A performance of "Stand by Me" with voices, forks, and cello.
By Michael Leddy at 8:01 AM comments: 0
Frank O'Hara on film
A short film by Richard Moore from 1966, made just weeks before O'Hara died: USA: Poetry: Frank O'Hara. My favorite scene: FOH typing a film script while talking on the telephone.
By Michael Leddy at 8:00 AM comments: 0
Monday, December 10, 2012
Mississippi John Hurt: Sing Out!
[Sing Out! February/March 1967. Photograph of Mississippi John Hurt by David Gahr. Click for a larger view.]
I ordered this back-issue of Sing Out! as a teenager. As you can see, I still have it.
By Michael Leddy at 8:47 AM comments: 0
Mississippi John Hurt, Discovery
Mississippi John Hurt, Discovery: The Rebirth of Mississippi John Hurt (Spring Fed Records, 2011)
Cow Hookin' Blues : Interview: John & Jessie Hurt (by Tom Hoskins) : Nobody's Business : Casey Jones : Stack O'Lee : Richland Woman Blues : Coffee Blues : Do Lord, Remember Me : Take My Hand : Candy Man : Waiting for You : Conversation : A Song for Mr. Clark : Got the Blues : Let the Mermaids Flirt with Me : Ain't Nobody But You : Pallet on the Floor : Spike Driver Blues : Preaching on the Old Campground / Glory Glory : Louis Collins / End of session
Recorded March 3, 1963, Avalon, Mississippi
Playing time 68:17
John Smith Hurt (1892–1966), Mississippi John Hurt, was a guitarist and singer from the hamlet of Avalon, Mississippi. Recommended to a recording agent by the fiddler Willie Narmour, Hurt recorded thirteen sides for Okeh Records in 1928, twelve of which were issued. He then returned to life as a farm laborer in Mississippi. Harry Smith included two of Hurt's 1928 recordings, "Frankie" and "Spike Driver Blues," in Folkways's Anthology of American Folk Music (1952), the rich and strange compendium of pre-WWII rural black and white revenants that would shape the folk boom of the 1960s. (Listening to the Anthology, it is impossible to believe that its musicians lived on the same planet as, say, Bing Crosby and Kate Smith, much less in the same country.) Hurt's two Anthology sides contain, in a curious way, the twin appeals of his music for later audiences: "Spike Driver Blues" is a piece that might make any fairly competent player think I can do that, while "Frankie" is the work of a master guitarist. The one recording puts the music of the past within fairly easy reach; the other puts the would-be performer to a task that, if accomplished, will dazzle. The story goes that Andrés Segovia, listening to "Frankie," believed it to be the work of two guitarists.
Hurt was rediscovered in 1963. "Rediscovery" was a curious phenomenon of the early 1960s (and a crucial part of my musical education). The word describes the efforts of record collectors who found, against long odds, some of the great blues musicians of the 1920s and '30s, men whose scantly documented lives would seem to have defied any possibility of retrieval. "Rediscovery" was a phenomenon with troubling implications: in some cases, the finders became keepers, tying rediscovered musicians to publishing and recording contracts of dubious merit. The words of Hurt's "Avalon Blues" — "Avalon's my hometown, always on my mind" — and an old map led Tom Hoskins to Hurt's shotgun shack on March 2, 1963. The rest was musical history: several years of modest fame for Hurt followed, along with deep affection from young folk audiences. And hundreds if not thousands of guitarists figured out how to fingerpick by listening to Hurt's recordings. The elements of his style — solid, unvarying bass, lightly syncopated figures on the upper strings — are everywhere.¹
These recordings give us John Hurt in the circumstances in which he must so often have made music — in a parlor, singing for, and sometimes with, family members (present are Hurt's wife and ex-wife, his ex-wife's sister, and two grandchildren). Hurt didn't own a guitar at the time; playing Hoskins's Gibson, he is is a bit plodding and insistent, not nearly as nimble as he would be on later recordings. His attempt at "Candy Man" falters: the chops just aren't there yet. He is in good voice despite a cold: there must have been much singing in this house through the years, guitar or no guitar. To listen to these recordings is to hear Hurt in two worlds at once: the one a world of private jokes and laughter and the occasional rooster, the other a world in which he was hardly at ease but, it seems, game. The recording ends with talk of having to go feed Mr. Perkins's cows. Less than five months later, Hurt was playing the Newport Folk Festival.
My debt to John Hurt's music is large and unpayable. To hear these recordings, now available for the first time, is to discover that music all over again.
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Mississippi John Hurt
Mississippi John Hurt for Chevy
¹ Listen, for instance, to the Beatles' "Julia" with Hurt in mind.
By Michael Leddy at 8:40 AM comments: 4
"Tot 50" "gag line" contest winner
The "Tot 50" "gag line" contest has a winner. Thanks to everyone who participated.
By Michael Leddy at 8:36 AM comments: 0
Saturday, December 8, 2012
Stapler contest that began on Monday ends today, in just a matter of hours, really, as time marches on
The end is near. If you'd like to win a c. 2003 shiny red Swingline "Tot 50" stapler and 1,000 miniature staples, still in the blister pack, enter now. This contest ends today at 6:00 p.m. Greenwich Mean Time. (In the American heartland, that's noon Central Standard Time.) I'll announce the winner on Monday.
By Michael Leddy at 8:24 AM comments: 0
Recently revised
E. B. White on W3 When I began working on this post yesterday, I wanted to make note of E. B. White's brief comment on Webster's Third International Dictionary. I thought that cheers for The Elements of Style and boos for W3 were related, and I was happy to see that White thought so too. But I ended up writing a post that tracks a story of selective quotation, borrowing, misquotation, and misattribution, involving Dwight Macdonald, White, and David Foster Wallace. I went back to this post several times yesterday, tweaking and adding to get things right. Now it's done.
By Michael Leddy at 8:17 AM comments: 0
Friday, December 7, 2012
Stapler contest continues, expected to end tomorrow, experts say
The contest that began Monday rages on, or forward. If you'd like to win a genuine Swingline "Tot 50" stapler and 1,000 miniaturized stapling units, enter today.
By Michael Leddy at 11:37 AM comments: 0
E. B. White on W3
Yesterday I wondered: Did E. B. White have anything to say about Webster's Third New International Dictionary (W3), the dictionary that some thought marked the decline and fall of American English? White did, in a postscript to his 1957 essay "Will Strunk." The postscript appears in The Points of My Compass (1962) and as a shorter prefatory note to the essay in Essays of E. B. White (1977). After suggesting that the success of The Elements of Style (1959) resulted from a reaction against "the permissive school of rhetoric," White writes:
It was during the permissive years that the third edition of Webster's New International Dictionary was being put together, along new lines of lexicography, and it was Dr. Gove, the head man, who perhaps expressed the whole thing most succinctly when he remarked that a dictionary "should have no traffic with . . . artificial notions of correctness or superiority. It must be descriptive and not prescriptive." This approach struck many people as chaotic and degenerative, and that's the way it strikes me. Strunk was a fundamentalist; he believed in right and wrong, and so, in the main, do I. Unless someone is willing to entertain notions of superiority, the English language disintegrates, just as a home disintegrates unless someone in the family sets standards of good taste, good conduct, and simple justice.I realize that despite all my inclinations toward the dowdy, I'm poor company for the likes of White (at least this White), as I am poor company for any kind of fundamentalist. I think that W3 is an idiosyncratic and lively monument — the best kind of monument. That other monument, the Oxford English Dictionary, is a descriptive dictionary too: if things are flying to pieces language-wise, they have been doing so for a very long time.
And now, if you'd like to follow me down a rabbit hole:
The passage that White quotes appears in W3's editor Philip Gove's essay "Linguistic Advances and Lexicography" (published in the October 1961 issue of the Merriam-Webster newsletter Word Study). Gove is not writing about the dictionary; the it in this passage refers to lexicography:
White has borrowed the quotation, it seems, from Dwight Macdonald's "The String Untuned" (New Yorker, March 10, 1962). Here's Macdonald:
Same mistaken referent, same ellipsis. And very selective quoting, ignoring Gove's insistence that lexicography "has no reason to scorn sprachgefühl, or to apologize for depending on it." In the essay "Tense Present" (Harper's, April 2001), David Foster Wallace appears to borrow from Macdonald and introduce new errors:
In Wallace's Consider the Lobster (2005), where "Tense Present" becomes the expanded "Authority and American Usage," the misquotation changes again:
And in both Harper's and Consider the Lobster, Wallace misidentifies Gove's essay as the introduction to W3. W3 has no introduction, only a two-page preface, a wholly different document from "Linguistic Advances and Lexicography." If you're going to fly by the seat of your pants, I guess you might as well fly first class.
Related posts
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E. B. White, the fact that (on the same postscript)
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[Gove's essay is reprinted in Dictionaries and That Dictionary: A Casebook on the Aims of Lexicographers and the Targets of Reviewers, ed. James Sledd and Wilma R. Ebbitt (1962). The "/8/" at the end of the passage marks the pagination of the original.]
By Michael Leddy at 11:33 AM comments: 2
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Stapler contest
continues moving forward
The contest that began on Monday continues to move forward. (Has it a choice?) If you fancy the thought of winning a bright red Swingline "Tot 50" stapler and 1,000 miniature (yes, miniature) staples, enter here, today. (Have you a choice?)
By Michael Leddy at 7:52 AM comments: 0
Got Wings ?
We wondered why we had to wait so long for Wings (dir. William Wellman, 1927), not realizing that the film was recently restored and must have been in a zillion queues. The film (which won the first Academy Award for Best Picture) was worth the wait: Wings holds up very well.
Here is a triple-bill for some theater of the imagination: Wings, Design for Living (dir. Errnst Lubitsch, 1933), and Jules et Jim (dir. François Truffaut, 1962). Triangles, triangles, triangles.
By Michael Leddy at 7:46 AM comments: 0
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Block that metaphor
John Boehner: "With the American economy on the brink of the fiscal cliff, we don't have time for the president to continue shifting the goal posts."
A related post
Avoiding and averting
By Michael Leddy at 3:13 PM comments: 2
Dave Brubeck (1920–2012)
Sad news:
Dave Brubeck, a pianist and composer whose distinctive mixture of experimentation and accessibility made him one of the most popular jazz musicians of the 1950s and '60s, died Wednesday morning in Norwalk, Conn. He would have turned 92 on Thursday. . . .It's difficult to think of anyone who did more to bring jazz to new audiences. Here, courtesy of YouTube, are five versions of my favorite Brubeck composition, "The Duke," four by Brubeck, and one by Miles Davis and Gil Evans: 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.
In a long and successful career, Mr. Brubeck helped repopularize jazz at a time when younger listeners had been trained to the sonic dimensions of the three-minute pop single. His quartet's 1959 recording of "Take Five" was the first jazz single to sell a million copies.
Dave Brubeck, Who Helped Put Jazz Back in Vogue, Dies at 91 (New York Times)
By Michael Leddy at 1:19 PM comments: 0
Stapler contest continues on
Would you like to win a Swingline "Tot 50" stapler and 1,000 miniature staples? Enter today.
[Yes, continues on is redundant.]
By Michael Leddy at 8:30 AM comments: 2
"Who gets the Early Grey?"
Related reading
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By Michael Leddy at 8:27 AM comments: 0
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Stapler contest continues
The contest that began yesterday continues. What did one stapler say to the other? Fill in the blank and win a Swingline "Tot 50" stapler and 1,000 miniature staples. Enter today.
By Michael Leddy at 8:13 AM comments: 0
Blogger tells me that I have 390 "followers." I think that this label is deeply weird, even if it is everywhere in so-called social media. To my mind, the word "follower" suggests an obedient devotee awaiting the instructions of a master. I don't think though that anyone who reads Orange Crate Art is awaiting my instructions. But just in case you are: send me two million dollars at once, in small bills. Thank you.
There is another kind of follower on the Internets: the major-league blogger who posts — with nothing added and often with no acknowledgement of sources — the same items other major-league bloggers have posted earlier the same day. It's no fun reading in an echo chamber, or a recycling bin.
A passage from The Elements of Style, near the end of E. B. White's chapter "An Approach to Style," offers still-timely advice:
Your whole duty as a writer is to please and satisfy yourself, and the true writer always plays to an audience of one. Start sniffing the air, or glancing at the Trend Machine, and you are as good as dead, although you may make a nice living.Today's Trend Machine is beyond anything White could have imagined: we even speak of what's "trending." To write, though, is not to sniff for what's popular but to keep one's nose to the ground — and to follow wherever it leads.
By Michael Leddy at 8:02 AM comments: 0
Monday, December 3, 2012
"Tot 50" "gag line" contest
[Boys' Life, September 1967.]
I like the idea of a world in which staplers were pitched — to boys no less — as desirable goods. "No bigger than a pack of gum! But staples like it's super-charged!" And the boy in me replies, unironically: "Man, that is way cool."
I think that the time has come to revive the contest that this advertisement announced. So I invite you, reader, to submit your best "gag line." What did the stapler in the photo say? I will choose one winner. The prize: a red Swingline "Tot 50" and 1,000 miniature staples, c. 2003, still in a blister pack. (Newer Tots use regular staples.) This prize is much better than a measly dollar, yes? Your stapler won't have quotation marks around its name, and it won't look exactly like the ones pictured here, and it won't be from Long Island City – but what can I say? It's 2012, and I'm doing the best that I can.
The deadline for submitting an entry: Saturday, December 8, 6:00 p.m. Greenwich Mean Time. (That's noon Central Standard Time.) Leave your entry in the form of a comment. No purchase necessary. One entry per person. I'll announce the winner on Monday, December 10. Play, please.
[Entries are now closed.]
December 10: I have enjoyed reading all these reader-supplied lines. I like the literal-mindedness (plntxt), the puns (Elaine, HairlipDog, Sean), the sense of the stapler as diligent worker (E. and Mark), the one-liners that call out for rim shots (HairlipDog and mwschmeer), the Shakespeare allusion (Sean again), the anatomical detail (Stefan), and the chance to think about what staplers themselves might find funny (Sara). As these entries accumulated, I began to regret creating a contest with only one stapler as a prize.
But one is what I have, and I am sending it to Geo-B. His entry: "You know how to staple, don't you, Steve? You just put your hand together and click!" For me, the unexpected appearance of Lauren Bacall and the altogether novel suggestion of a do-it-yourself stapler make this entry the winner. Click.
Thanks to everyone who participated.
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By Michael Leddy at 6:30 AM comments: 11
Saturday, December 1, 2012
Mark Trail makeover
[Mark Trail, November 21, 2012. Click for a larger view.]
[Mark Trail, modified by me. Click for a larger view.]
It is a truth universally acknowledged (in the universe of Mark Trail, that is) that a single (or married) man in possession of facial hair must be a bad guy. Bad guys are marked, again and again, by cavemanly beards, curling mustaches, and sideburns that never left the 1970s. But look at the difference a makeover makes.
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[I modified the original strip using the Mac app Seashore.]
By Michael Leddy at 10:19 AM comments: 4
Domestic comedy
"Did he just say 'the menschy way'?"
"Yes, he said 'the menschy way.'"
Related reading
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[Listening to NPR's Fresh Air, in mild disbelief.]
By Michael Leddy at 10:02 AM comments: 0


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Boulder Commercial & Fleet Vehicle Wraps
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Today Dwayne Steinle will take the last shot on Kodachrome, a picture of all his employees standing in front of Dwayne's Photo in Parsons (Kansas) wearing shirts with the epitaph: "The best slide and movie film in history is now officially retired. Kodachrome: 1935-2010."
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What is a Wall Map?
Our Trempealeau County Wisconsin Wall Maps are large plat maps ideally suited to hang on an office wall for quick and easy reference. These maps combine and condense all the detail within a Plat Book, providing an entire view of the county. The scale varies by the land area size but typically 1 Inch = .85 miles.
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If you are concerned about your own security, you may be looking for personal protection devices to keep you safe and sound. Many people today commute to work on public transportation or work a late shift when most other people are home. This creates an atmosphere that is prime for an assailant that is interested in steeling your personal belongings or worse, personally injuring you.
What can be done to prevent such atrocity? While it may not be possible to prevent the ill intent of all individuals looking to make their situation better from the illegally acquired resources of someone else, personal protection devices can prevent an assailant's attack; some can even temporarily (and harmlessly) immobilize the assailant until authorities arrive for help.
Security Camera King is a full-service on-line store that not only carries digital video security and surveillance equipment but offers a full line of personal protection devices as well. The remainder of this article will focus on the personal protection devices that Security Camera King currently offers via their online security store. For more information on a particular item or items, go to https://www.securitycameraking.com/personal-protection-235-ctg.html or contact one of our security experts via on-line live chat or telephone at 866-573-8878 Monday through Friday from 9AM to 6PM EST.
We carry several different types of air soft guns and ammunition. While these guns are not direct personal protection devices they may be used to develop and improve your aim on the real thing.
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This may sound a little unusual and perhaps even a little humorous but a bear attack is nothing to laugh about. People die every year from attacks by bears and if you camp or hike you put yourself in an excellent position to come in contact with one. Our bear mace works and at an effective range of about 20 feet.
Security Camera King even offers personal protection devices that are designed for use in your automobile. Their 4 N 1 Auto Emergency Tool features a flashlight, emergency light, car window breaking hammer, and seat belt cutter.
We offer a variety of folding knives in various designs and colors, most designed to open with just one hand. Many are 6 inches long when open, 3.5 inches long when closed with a super sharp blade that is 2.5 inches long.
Need to detain someone from fleeing while in your custody? We offer a full line of handcuffs, leg cuffs and even thumb cuffs.
These DVDs offer a variety of defensive techniques to protect yourself in the event of an attack. Well known martial arts and "street techniques" instructors like Paul Vunak, Shannon Stallard, Gregg Wooldridge and many more show you techniques, moves, and psychological methods to defend yourself.
From the famous makers of Mace brand teargas comes an entire line of Mace brand pepper spray. These are probably one of the most popular personal protection devices in use today. Canisters are made in all shapes and sizes. Some canisters are small enough to easily fit inside a small pocket or purse while others are large enough that they can be used over and over (for security guards for example) and clipped on a belt. Pepper spray burns the eyes and causes harmless, temporary blindness. If in haled it can irritate the mucous membranes of respiration and make it difficult to maintain composer for a short period of time, but long enough to detain or get away from a potential assailant.
We carry a full line of personal alarms in various shapes, sizes, and sounds. Some of these alarms can even be used as window/door/drawer alarms.
Nothing says "Back Off" better than a few million volts. These personal protection devices are the ultimate in protection, disabling the assailant with a few million volts of electricity, temporarily and harmlessly disabling them.


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This article explains how to configure a RAP application in an OSGi or in an RWT Standalone setup without the extension registry. This approach does not apply for workbench-based applications, which are configured using extensions (see Branding).
A RAP application consists of various parts, such as entry points, URL mappings, themes, service handlers, etc. All these parts constitute an application configuration, which is used by the framework to create and start an application instance. There can be more than one application instance at runtime, e.g. running on different network ports or in different servlet contexts.
An application configuration is an implementation of the interface ApplicationConfiguration. RAP uses a callback approach to configure applications before they are started. The method configure( Application ) is invoked with a reference to the created Application as the sole argument. A minimal implementation must register at least one implementation of the EntryPoint interface (it's recommended to extend AbstractEntryPoint).
public class SimpleConfiguration implements ApplicationConfiguration { public void configure( Application application ) { application.addEntryPoint( "/simple", SimpleEntryPoint.class, null ); } }
An application may have any number of entry points, each mapped to a separate servlet path.
In case of the example above, the entry point would be available at the URL
The third argument of addEntryPoint is an optional map to configure visual aspects of the entry point. These may be client-specific, and therefore the Client implementation (e.g. WebClient) provides constants to be used with the map. For example, it's possible to specify a theme to use, native HTML document overflow behaviour, and an icon and title to be displayed in the browser title bar. It's also possible to add static HTML to the client documents head or body, e.g. to implement a simple splash screen.
Map<String, String> properties = new HashMap<String, String>(); properties.put( WebClient.PAGE_TITLE, "RAP Example" ); properties.put( WebClient.PAGE_OVERFLOW, "scrollY" ); properties.put( WebClient.BODY_HTML, "<big>Loading Application<big>" ); properties.put( WebClient.FAVICON, "icons/favicon.png" ); properties.put( WebClient.THEME_ID, "MyCustomTheme" ); application.addEntryPoint( "/example", Example.class, properties );
Note that the favicon and any images you might use in the additional HTML must be registered as a static resource. This can also be done in the application configuration with the method Application#addResource. Learn more about static resources here.
The theme-id (WebClient.THEME_ID) is the same that is used in the method Application#addStyleSheet. Learn more about custom themes and theme contributions here.
Moreover, the application instance provides methods to set the operation mode and to register a service handler.
By default, any exception that occurs during the event handling in a RAP application will lead to an HTTP 500 response ("Internal Server Error"). As an effect, the current UISession can not be continued. In a production environment, this is not always an appropriate response to an error.
Since RAP 2.1, a custom exception handler can be registered in an application configuration to process exceptions that happen in event handling code. When an exception handler is registered, all exceptions that occur while running the event loop will be forwarded to this handler. The exception handler can then decide to ignore the exception, to write it to a log, display a message to the user, or to gracefully terminate the UISession.
application.setExceptionHandler( new ExceptionHandler() { @Override public void handleException( Throwable exception ) { // display error dialog, redirect to error page, // write exception to log, ... } });
To allow an exception handler to log all kinds of errors, it is even called for instances of
However, since errors must not be swallowed, they will be re-thrown after the handler was
The application configuration needs to be registered in order to be found by the framework. When using OSGi, it can be registered as a service. This can be done either programmatically in a bundle activator or in a declarative way. Declarative services (DS) are the preferred way to register services in Equinox. For applications that don't use OSGi, the application configuration must be provided in a context parameter (see below).
Using OSGi Declarative Services, a service component can be declared in an XML file inside the bundle. Here's an example that registers an application configuration:
<scr:component xmlns:scr="http://www.osgi.org/xmlns/scr/v1.1.0"> <implementation class="com.example.ExampleConfiguration"/> <service> <provide interface="org.eclipse.rap.rwt.application.ApplicationConfiguration"/> </service> </scr:component>
Adjust the element implementation to point to your application configuration. A common convention is to put this file in a directory named OSGI-INF in the bundle root. The file must be referenced in the bundle manifest (MANIFEST.MF) as follows:
Service-Component: OSGI-INF/configuration.xml
The Plug-in development tools in Eclipse include a wizard for creating service declarations: New > Plug-in Development > Component Definition.
By default, a RAP application is available directly at the servlet container's root.
For example, the servlet path "/simple
" will be mapped to a URL like
When using the servlet bridge, an additional path segment will be included that represents
the web application.
It is possible to specify a custom context path to be included in the URL. To do so, the application configuration service must be registered with a service parameter contextName. When using declarative services, a line like the following would be added to the component declaration:
<property name="contextName" type="String" value="example"/>
With this configuration, the same entry point will be available at
When using RWT as a library in a traditional web application
(i.e. without OSGi) the application configuration must be registered using a context parameter.
This can be done by adding a context-param
element to the web.xml
<context-param> <param-name>org.eclipse.rap.applicationConfiguration</param-name> <param-value>com.example.ExampleConfiguration</param-value> </context-param>
Replace the parameter value with the fully qualified class name of your application configuration. The parameter name is also contained in the constant ApplicationConfiguration#CONFIGURATION_PARAM as a reference.
When an application configuration has been registered as a service in OSGi, the bundle org.eclipse.rap.rwt.osgi will automatically start this application on any available HttpService. When using OSGi Declarative Services, don't forget to also include the org.apache.felix.scr bundle.
Please also ensure that the bundle org.eclipse.rap.ui.workbench is not included in your configuration. The workbench bundle automatically starts an application in the default context that clashes with the registered application unless the application is registered with a custom context.
As an alternative to letting the framework start the application automatically, applications can also be started explicitly using an ApplicationRunner:
ApplicationConfiguration configuration = new SimpleConfiguration(); ApplicationRunner runner = new ApplicationRunner( configuration, servletContext ); runner.start();


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Following in the footsteps of their collaborations with such luminaries as Whitesnake and Slash, our friends at Classic Rock magazine have announced their latest Fan Pack, dedicated to Chickenfoot.
The Chickenfoot Fan Pack will not only contain a copy of their eagerly-anticipated second album, Chickenfoot III, but also a 132-page magazine devoted to the band.
In addition, if you pre-order a copy of the Fan Pack from Myfavouritemagazines.co.uk before 27 September then you'll also be the lucky recipient of a limited edition Chickenfoot bottle opener/keyring.
Here's the official skinny...
Inside the Chickenfoot Fan Pack
Fans who buy the Chickenfoot Fan Pack get two exclusive bonus tracks that won't appear on the record store version of the album.
The Fan Pack magazine is 100 percent Chickenfoot-approved and contains exclusive interviews with Sammy Hagar, Joe Satriani, Michael Anthony and Chad Smith talking about their new album, plus their respective careers as part of some of the biggest bands in rock.
Chickenfoot III is the follow-up to the band's acclaimed (and certified gold-selling) 2009 self-titled debut. The Fan Pack also tells the story of the making of the band's new video, how they created a 3D album cover, an overview of their solo careers and the story behind each and every song on the new record.
The magazine is also packed with rare shots of the band, an exclusive muso section as well as a Guitar Pick Pack, 3D glasses and a 3D CD digital book pack with postcards.
Chickenfoot III tracklisting:
1. Last Temptation
2. Alright, Alright
3. Different Devil
4. Up Next
5. Lighten Up
6. Come Closer
7. Three And A Half Letters
8. Bigfoot
9. Dubai Blues
10. Something Going Wrong
Fan Pack bonus tracks:
11.Down The Drain (Live in Phoenix) - Exclusive to the Chickenfoot Fan Pack, no other digital or physical release will include this track.
12. Oh Yeah! (Live in Phoenix) - Not available on any other physical release.
The Chickenfoot Fan Pack is due for UK release on 27 September.


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Bradley Clark Named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Sept. 6, 2017 – Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center today announced one of its long-time financial leaders, Bradley A. Clark, M.B.A., C.T.P., as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Clark will also continue as Treasurer, a role he has held since August 2015. The promotion is effective immediately. Clark will report directly to CEO Julie Ann Freischlag, M.D.
He replaces Chad Eckes who left the Medical Center in June to pursue other opportunities.
As CFO, Clark will oversee the following divisions: business services, facilities, corporate revenue cycle, managed care, financial services, revenue and reimbursement accounting, and Treasury.
Clark joined the Medical Center in 2002 and advanced through numerous leadership roles with responsibilities in financial planning, revenue modeling, capital planning, management reporting, strategy, real estate finance, and treasury management. He was also instrumental in forming the Medical Center's 2010 integration agreement.
Clark received his M.B.A. from Wake Forest University in 2005 and his B.S.B.A. in Finance from Appalachian State University in 1999. He is also a Certified Treasury Professional (CTP).
Clark lives in Clemmons with his wife, Melissa, and their three children.
SOURCE: Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center


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Release of Book 3 of The Only One series
Belle Ami
GENRE: Contemporary Romantic Suspense
Adelia Lindstrom Bremen seems to have it all: wealth, beauty, perfect twin children, two men in love with her, and a career she loves. But, beneath the veneer of success and prosperity lies disappointment, tragedy, and unending lies. Her parents were murdered, her marriage ended in a custody battle, and she is swept up in a love triangle. Now she has discovered the existence of a half-sister who wants nothing to do with her.
Someone is killing scientists that deny man-made climate change, and Adelia is about to find out that putting her life back together and opening herself to love may be the least of her worries. Can she find her true love and survive being the prey of a serial killer? Can the two men who love her rescue her in time? The clock is ticking.
When they returned to the cliff house, it was late. Adelia suggested they take a Jacuzzi and have a nightcap. While David changed into his swimsuit, she ordered a bottle of champagne and fresh strawberries. By the time he finished in the bathroom, she was in the hot tub, immersed in a cloud of steam, sipping champagne and nibbling on fruit.
"Come on, slowpoke, the water feels like heaven." She eyed David's muscled body. "The FBI Academy seems to have agreed with you. You're a treat for the eyes, Agent Weiss."
David sighed. "What am I going to do with you?" He slipped into the water.
"I don't know. What are you going to do with me?" she goaded, handing him a glass of champagne.
Enjoying their playful repartee, she placed her feet in his lap. "This is bliss." The intimacy of the hot tub was having its desired effect, she could feel the sexual tension mounting.
"You know I'm not going to make love to you."
"Really." She furrowed her brows annoyed. "Why not?"
"Because, Adelia, even all of this"—he spread his arms wide—"can't make the reality of our lives go away. You have an ex-husband who wants you back, children who'd be better off with both their parents. I can't compete with that."
She could sense his goading her into a confrontation. "You're not going to spoil this perfect evening. I won't let you."
"Do you know what it's going to be like for me, when this is over? Poor David, too bad his girlfriend went back to her husband."
"It's not true, you could stop it if you wanted to."
"We're fighting destiny, Adelia."
Doubt plagued her, but it wasn't within her power to stop what she was feeling. She stood and placed her glass on the side table. With determination, she reached out and took the champagne glass from him. Then, grabbing a strawberry, she sat on his lap, facing him.
He started to protest. "Adelia, stop . . ."
Without a thought, she placed the strawberry seductively between her teeth and brought her lips close to his.
He stared into her eyes. "Please, don't do this."
"Why? Don't you like strawberries?" She could feel his erection beneath her bikini bottom. "Or, is it just me you don't care for?"
He growled, then bit half of the strawberry off, his lips brushing hers. He tried to pull away, but her arms encircled his neck, and she deepened the kiss.
"If you keep this up . . . you might get more than you bargained for."
"Is that a threat or a promise?" she whispered, her lips inches from his.
"You're killing me."
"Funny, am I the only one here who knows what they want?"
"What I want isn't in question."
"Oh, but I think it is. If you were honest with yourself, you wouldn't pull away. It's been such a perfect evening. What's wrong with two people who care for each other, exploring their feelings? I dare you to tell me you don't want this. That you don't want me."
"I'm trying to protect you . . . me . . . both of us . . . from making a mistake." He smiled. "But you're not cooperating. I don't know how much more I can take."
"Then surrender and let me win. I'm a big girl. If this is a mistake, it's my mistake." She pressed her lips on his, her tongue darting against his.
He rose with her in his arms. "I won't blame you for what's about to happen. You know how much I want you. I just hope we don't live to regret it."
He kissed her with a lust that turned her blood to fire.
"No regrets. I want this. Let's take a shower," she teased, kicking her legs playfully in the air.
Tema Merback, writing as Belle Ami, couldn't be more excited to be given the opportunity to be published by Soul Mate Publishing: "Dreams do come true". As a mother and wife, she dedicated herself to her family and loved every minute of it. One day, like Sleeping Beauty, she awoke to find gourmet cooking and being a classical pianist wasn't enough, she needed to reinvent herself. So, she brushed away the cobwebs and locked herself in a room and spent a year writing a historical novel which, low and behold, was a Finalist for a national book award. Her first author incarnation was born.
When she read Fifty Shades of Grey, her world tilted. Like a laser beam focusing on a target, she had found her passion: Sexy, steamy, romantic suspense. Hence came a second incarnation and a fitting nom de plume, Belle Ami. A quote that Belle considers her mantra is by Wilferd Peterson, "Success is focusing the full power of all you are on what you have a burning desire to achieve."
She is a Kathryn McBride scholar of Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania. She lives in California with her husband, two children, three dogs, and horse.
She is the author of The Only One series, The One (#1), and The One & More (#2). Her third in the series titled One More Time is Not Enough release date July 13, 2016