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FBI: "The" Honus Wagner Was Trimmed
In 1991, I got a call from my friend Matt Federgreen, the proprietor of the Beverly Hills Baseball Card Shop and my co-host for a little segment I did on each of my half-hour-long Sunday night sportscasts on KCBS-Channel 2 in L.A.
Matt had been approached by Bruce McNall, the owner of the Los Angeles Kings and at that time the rising figure in hockey ownership and L.A. sports moguldom. McNall had made his millions buying and selling (and as the jury later agreed, often selling and re-selling and re-re-selling) antique coins, and he was fascinated by the upcoming auction of the Jim Copeland sports memorabilia. Big-money auctions were nothing new to the baseball card world, but this one was being handled by Sotheby's, meaning the hobby was being mainstreamed into investment-grade collectibles.
The centerpiece of the Sotheby's Auction was an unbelievably pristine copy of the 1909 American Tobacco Company card of Honus Wagner, hardly the scarcest, but handily the most famous, card in the landmark series we collectors call by its catalogue number "T-206." McNall and a then-unidentified partner (who proved to be his star player, Wayne Gretzky) wanted the card and they wanted Federgreen's expertise. The card looked brand new. It bore no earmarks of being a clever counterfeit. But it also bore no signs of nearly 92 years of aging. Unless somebody was standing at the printing press when the card was finished drying, and stuffed it between the pages of a book, and kept the book in a climate-controlled room from the opening days of the Presidential administration of William Howard Taft, and had only taken it out after the inauguration of George H.W. Bush, something seemed wrong.
Something was very wrong. I couldn't go with Matt to the inspection of the Wagner that McNall had arranged for him. But Matt took a bunch of pictures, and the next time he came in to the studios he brought them.
Matt has a sly smile that usually gives him away. "Whaddya think?"
I took one look at the photos and said "It's been trimmed."
Matt laughed. "That's what I told Bruce. He said thanks very much, he said he thought so too, he said he'd probably buy it any way, and he walked me to the door, and he paid me a very generous fee, and I left."
I asked him to show me the photos again. They had rung too loud a bell. "I've seen this card before."
Matt's eyes lit up. By the following Sunday I had found in my rabbit's warren of card-related stuff, photos of a Wagner that had been offered for sale in the early '80s by a fellow who owned a baseball card store on Long Island outside New York City. I had no doubt and neither did Matt. Between his photos and mine we were looking at before-and-after shots of the same card.
Before and after somebody with the guts of a burglar and the skills of a circumcision specialist had trimmed the thing.
In its previous state the Wagner was an anomaly. It had very large white borders, and the card was thus perhaps 10% bigger than the average T-206. It looked like it had been hand-cut from a sheet of cards, and not done by a machine. Some of the corners were stubbed and worn from age. But the "face" of the card, the player's image, the bright yellow background, the lettering, were shiny and virtually perfect. It had been handled, and handled an appropriate amount, since 1909. But whoever had done the handling had been very, very careful not to touch the face.
And then somebody bought it and actually cut away all the damage on the sides and sold it to Jim Copeland who had turned it over to Sotheby's which would shortly sell it to Bruce McNall and Wayne Gretzky for $451,000. When McNall was exposed as a crook who would sell the same priceless coin to several different collectors (throwing in secure storage of it for a small additional fee – so that it was always around for him to show it and re-sell it to another collector even though he didn't own it any more) Gretzky got full possession of the treasure and sold it off to Walmart as a publicity thing, basically at a break-even figure. The price has gone up and up and up, and "the" Wagner was finally sold to Conservative political figure and Arizona Diamondbacks' owner Ken Kendrick, who five years ago paid $2,800,000 for it.
It's not a fake. But it's also not an original.
And for years, collectors and experts have murmured about the process by which a really nice Wagner had been altered, and the alterations hidden from the public (even receiving the stamp of approval by the presumptive "final word" of a card authenticating company which got enormous publicity – and undeserved credibility – for encasing the card in the first of its plastic "slabs"), and the card became the image of the sports memorabilia hobby.
But who was behind this? And, Heavens, who cut the card?
Now we have the answer, courtesy the FBI…
According to the indictment, in advertising portraying Mastro Auctions as the premier seller of valuable items, including the world's most expensive baseball trading card, a Honus Wagner T-206 card, Mastro allegedly failed to disclose that he had altered the Wagner T-206 card by cutting the sides in a manner that, if disclosed, would have significantly reduced the value of the card.
The "Mastro" in question is Bill Mastro, who I have known since we were both teenagers. At age 19, he had bought a Wagner for $1,500 and thus completed his T-206 set. Those of us whose own massive collections might have been worth a total of $1,500 were aghast. My friend and mentor Mike Aronstein told me that some of Mastro's relatives had actually gathered together to consider what we would now call an "intervention" or forcing him to seek psychological help. It was believed that no Wagner had previously sold for more than around $250. At the left is how this startling development was contemporaneously covered by a monthly publication I used to write for called The Trader Speaks.
Mastro was already buying and selling cards that were not intended for his own collection. By the '80s he had gone from card dealer to the founder of one of the first sports memorabilia auction houses, Mastro Auctions, and would regularly work the phones to try to drum up publicity for his auctions.
It eventually became a $50,000,000 business. And now it's gotten Mastro and some of his colleagues indicted. And not just for the deception regarding the Wagner.
More from the Department of Justice's press release:
CHICAGO — Online and live auctions of sports memorabilia and other collectibles conducted during the 2000s by the former Mastro Auctions, which was based in suburban Chicago, routinely defrauded customers, according to a federal indictment unsealed today. William Mastro, who owned the former business that once billed itself as the "world's leading sports and Americana auction house," together with Doug Allen and Mark Theotikos, both former executives of Mastro Auctions, were indicted on fraud charges for allegedly rigging auctions through a series of deceptive practices, including so-called "shill-bidding," designed to inflate prices paid by bidders and to protect the interests of consignors and sellers at the expense of unwitting bidders.
In short, if you bought from Mastro, you stood an excellent chance of bidding against people who were there only to drive up the price.
For that part of the story, I refer you to the whole press release at the Sports Collectors Digest website. The New York Daily News has even more detail on the extraordinary tale of "the" Wagner, which after two decades of whispering, we can now shout: has been deceptively altered.
Just for fun, I should note here that the entire story of what originally made the Wagner card scarce in the first place also doesn't add up. The timeline is so messy that it has the card being withdrawn at Wagner's behest (supposedly because he didn't want to be involved in selling cigarettes to kids) after he saw an advertisement for it in a national sports magazine. But the ad didn't appear until July, 1909 and the card was supposed to have been withdrawn in March, 1909. But I'll save that tale of what might've been the first card made deliberately scarce, for another time.
Also, this isn't the scarcest card of all time, nor even in this set (there are at least 75 of them; there may not be as many examples of the T-206 card of an A's pitcher named Eddie Plank, and there are only three or four copies of a rare T-206 variation of a Yankees' pitcher Joe Doyle, and there are unique examples of eight minor league T-206 'proof' cards featuring players who never got into the issued set, and based on recent developments there may yet be a 525th card to add to the checklist). More on that some other time.
Lastly, if you're ever actually talking about Honus Wagner – the immortal shortstop or the card or now the FBI Fraud Case – the name doesn't rhyme with "bonus." Honus was short for the Germanic version of John, Johannes. So he answered to "Honnis," not "Ho-nus."
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Excellent article. I've considered doing business with Mastro's in the past (their former location is less than two miles from me) and always left feeling slimy, as if I needed a shower, when our non-business was concluded. Thanks as always, KO.
Your knowledge of everything baseball never ceases to amaze me. This time you just looked at a card and knew something was not quite right? But then thinking about it, I figured you've been staring at these cards most of your life, you should know what you're looking at. This was a fascinating piece about which I know little to nothing about. It's a shame that some would take a pure hobby and damage it all for the sake of money. This blog is also helpful to those just starting to collect cards. Buyer beware may be the theme to remember. Thanks ever so much.
Smashing piece! I love puzzles and a good mystery, and this article fulfills both. And you threw in a cliffhanger for good measure. Can't wait till you tie up the loose ends regarding the deliberate scarcity of the Wagner card. Sounds like another fine mystery.
It was hard when Wayne Gretzky left California to play hockey in the godforsaken Midwest. But I think we finally forgave him, and he remains an officer and a gentleman, at least in my book.
Keith, if by some miracle of the universe our paths ever cross, BELIEVE me, I will remember, if it kills me, to refer to Mr. Wagner as Honnis, not Ho-nus. 😉
Great piece as usual, Keith! Keep 'em coming!
Just to answer the question above about Negro League baseball cards, check out cubanbaseballcards.com. There are cards, but they aren't American!
I have just been re-reading Lawrence Ritter's The Glory of Their Times, which Red Barber called the greatest baseball book ever written, and who would argue with Red? The praise all of them have when they refer to Honus Wagner is a reminder of his greatness.
I must say that I'm surprised that KO has been silent on the trade for Ichiro.
I knew most of the baseball card people mentioned here, sold most of our extensive collection through Mastro about 10 years ago. A long line of high profile crooks infiltrated what we called THE HOBBY. Great story, Keith, as always.
Frank Barning
Baseball Hobby News editor, 1979-93
Keith what are you doing besides baseball these days? I even followed you to current. I miss your commentary and hope you return in some form to political commentary.
Make that "at least 76" of the Wagner T-206. About 30 years ago, maybe more, my friend Doug inherited a very large batch of T-206s from his grandfather. However, (an expensive however) grandpa found them so beautiful that, probably 50 or 60 years ago, he had them framed, organized by team. So Honus is there in the frame with other Pirates, the not as rare but still valuable Ty Cobb is in the Tigers frame, and so on. I haven't seen the whole group for years and years, and don't remember if it included Eddie Plank or Joe Doyle. When McNall and Gretzky spent their big money, I urged Doug to at least put his Honus on the market, but he refused. For one thing, it's glued down. For another, it does have a crease. And finally, he's fond of all the cards.
Where are you KO…why do you hide behind cowardice?
Where have you gone Keith Olberman? No posts here since July and no news elsewhere. You are missed!
Keith are you a self-loathing closet case because Walter Schneller touched you inappropriately or was it Arthur Naething. Just curious.
Interesting. You write very well Mr. Olbermann. I'm still not sure what just happened on Twitter. I wasn't meaning to be a dick. I'm actually a fan. Thanks for the spelling tip on "blogging", Goob 😉
Please call Marvin Miller. Thank you.
Keith! Thanks for providing the correct pronunciation of "Honus", and the explanation for it. It makes perfect sense. I myself had been mispronouncing his first name for many years until now.
Great piece, great writing & very informative! Thanks for responding to my question regarding The Honus Wagner card!
Muchas gracias,
@charrito23 (Twitter)
Look, I don't agree with his politics at all but we share an affection for baseball history. There are plenty of people in this category that I can have a great conversation with who I differ with in other areas. I know that Keith can get "a bit full of himself" but so can guys and women to his right that I may happen to agree with on certain issues. One has to admit, he knows baseball history and I bet we all learned something from reading the piece.
Great job Keith. Hate your politics, love your baseball thoughts
DUDE..Bin LADEN wanted this guy preaching for him MSNBC…how much more proof you want of KO's distorted view of reality. He's brain damaged and so are you…drone
Seriously, WTH is going on with Mr Olbermann?
1. The A's win the division in absolutely spectacular fashion.
2. Miguel Cabrera wins the TRIPLE CROWN, no less!
3. Actually, too many things to mention.
Meanwhile, on Baseball Nerd, crickets chirp from the podium.
LOL He is moving from DOING to BEING. He is happy. Yaay! Everyone misses him, even the meanies and disenfranchised. Let him be. Sleep. Count. Game. 🙂
The centerpiece of the Sotheby's Auction was an unbelievably pristine copy of the 1909 American Tobacco Company card of Honus Wagner, hardly the scarcest, but handily the most famous, card in the landmark series we collectors call by its catalogue number "T-206." McNall and a then-unidentified partner (who proved to be his star player, Wayne Gretzky) wanted the card and they wanted Federgreen's expertise. The card looked brand new. It bore no earmarks of being a clever counterfeit. But it also bore no signs of nearly 92 years of aging. Unless somebody was standing at the printing press when the card was finished drying, and stuffed it between the pages of a book, and kept the book in a climate-controlled room from the opening days of the Presidential administration of William Howard Taft, and had only taken it out after the inauguration of George H.W. Bush, something seemed wrong.
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Portsmouth, New Hampshire (CNN) -- At 3:30 a.m., Stefany Shaheen awoke to a feeling of uneasiness. Something was not quite right with her daughter, Elle.
Creeping into her bedroom, Shaheen removed a lancet from its wrapper and poked her diabetic daughter's finger.
Putting the blood onto the testing strip, she saw the results: dangerously low blood sugar. Shaheen woke Elle up and gave her orange juice to keep her from slipping into unconsciousness.
Shaheen was relieved her motherly intuition had told her something was wrong with Elle that night, but she wished she didn't have to rely on it. She yearned for an automatic way of knowing when Elle was dipping into a dangerously high or low blood sugar -- and not just at night, but at school, where the 12-year-old is largely responsible for monitoring her own blood sugar.
Elizabeth Cohen is a senior medical correspondent for CNN.Then last week, Shaheen got her wish.
Elle was selected to try out an experimental device called an artificial or "bionic" pancreas. During the three-day study, Elle didn't have to poke her finger every few hours to find out her blood sugar level because the "bionic" pancreas recorded it automatically and adjusted her insulin accordingly.
Shaheen didn't have to set her alarm to wake up every three hours at night because the device was designed to catch a dangerously high or low blood sugar and treat it.
"For the first time since she was diagnosed, I didn't have to worry," says Shaheen, who lives in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Medical device companies are racing to be the first to market an artificial pancreas, which takes over the work of the diabetic's malfunctioning organ. The device could potentially be used for Type 1 diabetics or Type 2 diabetics who use insulin.
"It's transformative technology," says Aaron Kowalski, assistant vice president for treatment therapies research at JDRF, a research foundation for juvenile diabetes.
JDRF is funding artificial pancreas trials at 13 sites worldwide, including Yale University, Stanford University, the University of Virginia and the University of Colorado. Device companies also are funding several other studies.
Artificial pancreas a 'game changer' "It's looking incredibly promising," Kowalski says. "I hope very much we'll have a system on the market within four years, and I'll be very disappointed if we don't."
'Pale and pasty ... and all by herself'
It was Elle who urged her mother to enroll her in an artificial pancreas study.
The Shaheens first heard about the artificial pancreas shortly after Elle was diagnosed with diabetes at age 8, but she had to be 12 years old to enroll. So the day she turned 12 this past September, she started bugging her parents.
"She was constantly reminding me, 'Mom, you need to call, you need to call,'" Shaheen remembers.
Her mother was only too happy to comply. There had been several middle-of-the-night close calls, plus some desperate situations at school where the staff nurse was responsible for 450 children and "ill-equipped," Shaheen says, to handle the needs of a diabetic child.
"I got a call from Elle one morning. She was in the school office and her voice was trembling, and she said 'Mom, I need you to come quick. I don't know what's wrong,'" Shaheen says. "I got there and her blood sugar was dropping like a rock. She was pale and pasty and sweating profusely and all by herself."
A glimpse of the dream
Elle Shaheen tests her blood sugar levels while her mother watches. In January, Elle walked into Massachusetts General Hospital to start the trial.
Doctors fitted her for an artificial pancreas. In the future, the device will be the size of a cell phone, but for now Elle is hooked up to a laptop.
For three days, the device did the work Elle's pancreas can no longer do.
"It went very smoothly -- her blood sugar control was really very, very good," said Dr. Steven Russell, an instructor at Harvard Medical School. "We were really very pleased by what we saw with Elle."
Russell's research partner, Edward Diamano, an associate professor of biomedical engineering at Boston University, says the device learned Elle's blood sugar patterns and made changes accordingly.
"It's making adjustments every five minutes," he says.
For that one weekend, Elle didn't have to draw blood, and she could eat foods she hadn't eaten in large quantities for four years.
"She ate Spaghetti-O's and grilled cheese and french fries and hamburgers," Shaheen says. "She ate between 67 and 100 grams of carbs [every meal], and usually she can only eat between 40 and 50."
Then, after the experiment, Elle had to leave the artificial pancreas behind, and it was back to counting carbs and poking herself every couple of hours. Her mother reset the nighttime alarm clock.
"We're extraordinarily impatient for access to the device," Shaheen says. "I think it will revolutionize the way she lives."
"That was really hard," Elle says. "I just hope one day I can use it at home."
Baby steps
I think it will revolutionize the way she lives.
Stefany ShaheenLast week, Russell and Damiano visited the Food and Drug Administration offices in Silver Spring, Maryland, to show regulators a prototype for the artificial pancreas.
The device itself can be worn in a pocket or clipped to a belt. Two tiny pieces go under the skin, one to detect glucose levels in the blood and another to deliver insulin and glucagon, a drug used to raise very low blood sugar.
Algorithms determine how much insulin and Glucagon the patient needs, and if necessary the patient can manually override the device.
So far, the FDA has required doctors to keep patients inside the hospital while their using the device.
The potential benefits are enormous, Dr. Charles Zimliki, who chairs the FDA's Artificial Pancreas Critical Path Initiative, testified before a Senate committee last year. But "if not properly designed, use of an artificial pancreas device in an outpatient setting can place patients at significant risk."
Russell said he hopes that by the fall, the FDA will give him permission to allow adult diabetic patients to leave the building and walk the grounds of the Massachusetts General Hospital campus accompanied by a nurse, eating as they like and using the hospital's gym.
Then by the summer of 2013, he hopes to give the artificial pancreas to children attending a summer camp.
"These are all baby steps towards what we ultimately want to do, which is give them the device and say, 'Go home and check back with us in a week,'" Russell says.
Shaheen is closely watching the proceedings at the FDA, with the help of her mother, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, who co-chairs the Senate Diabetes Caucus.
"We're extraordinarily impatient for access to the device," she says. "I think it will revolutionize the way she lives."
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Artificial pancreas gives girl a vacation from diabetes
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Wow what a great article. It actually cried reading it. I look forward to the coming advancements for diabetes. I don't think I would know how to react to not having to get up in the middle of the night. I having been doing it for over six years now. Just last year a girl in high school out by us died in her sleep from dropping low in the middle of the night. She didn't get up to test in the middle of the night and therefore went unconsious and no one caught it until it was too late. It is unbelieveable how much diabetes because a way of live for families who are affected by diabetes.ReplyDelete
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- Ray Lewis playing on Monday Night is sort of like giving a whole Charleston Chew to an already active toddler. The amount of energy Lewis and his team bring to every game is enviable, but as we've learned over the years from watching the Vikings' enthusiastic failures, energy and adrenaline isn't everything. One thing we've learned specifically is how stupid you can look if you're all pumped up and then you get burned badly. I'm anticipating that Balt will sport that pumped up/then burned look a few times tonight.
- Given the energy level Balt will be playing with, I think it's sensible to pre-program some plays on offense for the first quarter of the game designed specifically to diffuse that energy and frustrate them. One obvious way to do this would be to go without a huddle early (or even just push a faster-than-normal tempo). Doing this might complicate their establishing defensive rhythm AND create serious mismatches because subbing could be tougher for them. Also, we might try a few screens, short passing routes, a few handoffs up the middle to let our O-Line demonstrate its physical strength, a misdirection play or two and maybe a longer crossing route off of play action where Rodgers would be throwing away from the defense (toward the sideline). One play I'd be less inclined to run early on would be a stretch running play to the sideline where their LBs can penetrate and possibly get a tackle for loss – that would only add fuel to their fire.
- This is a game where I really like James Jones and Jordy Nelson. Balt's corners have been a weakness all year. In fact, I might say that their once vaunted defense has lost some of its vaunt, as it were, because these corners just aren't that good. Yes, Ed Reed is still scary and Landry isn't a bad safety, but it will be a tall order for Balt's weak corners to guard Driver, Jennings, Jones, Nelson AND Finley. I wouldn't be surprised if MM goes to a few 4WR/1TE sets tonight because that's where the biggest mismatches will be. And, if Balt tries to blitz against multiple WR sets like this, Rodgers and his WRs should win the resulting single-coverage match-ups all game.
- Point above made, I also think it's important that MM keeps a solid run/pass balance tonight. If the run game suffers (which it often does for most teams facing Balt), MM will be seriously tempted to abandon it and go after Balt's shaky secondary. But I would argue that being patient and running Grant 20+ times anyway, even if he's not gaining huge yardage would be smart because it would keep Balt's defense honest and wear them down some. (Also, if Grant isn't getting it done, I'd hope MM borrows from Balt's own offensive philosophy and mixes in Jackson and Green just for different looks/styles.)
- I can see Ahman Green and/or Brandon Jackson being active tonight, on screens and blitz pick-ups.
- Balt's kicking game presently has some sort of voodoo curse its dealing with – they've already cut the young kicker they planned on having around for years. I can see a missed FG or two from Balt.
- Ray Rice is fantastic, but I'm hoping the Pack's improved D might do a solid job of filling gaps and keeping it crowded wherever Rice goes. When we play well against the run, we clog running lanes well with solid LB gap filling and D-Line space-eating. It's timely that BJ Raji is starting to make some noise – because Raji being involved in the D-Line rotation tonight could be an important part of the D-Line/LBs more effectively clogging the running lanes. Effective clogging would not only limit Rice's moves, but it could also interfere with their FBs or TEs making key blocks for Rice.
- Even if we effectively clog, we still need to watch for Rice bouncing it outside- he's good at this too. Ugh, I'm concerned about this guy.
- Our LBs should be exhausted after this game. There will likely be tons of sideline to sideline/lateral pursuit required. Fortunately, this is something Nick Barnett has done really well over the last few weeks. If I were Capers, I'd seriously consider working in Bishop and Chillar to keep guys as fresh as possible.
- Another way to limit Rice psychologically would be to strip the ball from him early – would disrupt his focus. Seems like a specific task I'd give to Collins and/or Bigby to think about once Rice is on his way down. (Woodson always thinks of this…because he rules.) (Or we could just play Desmond Bishop a bit more because he's good for causing 1 turnover per minute played.)
- My guess is that after watching film, Balt has resolved to do 2 things with their running game in particular: run outside a lot (to get away from our "clogging") and run away from Charles Woodson. I wouldn't be surprised if they actually change a few plays at the line of scrimmage in response to where Charles Woodson is lined up. They would be smart to run toward Tramon Williams because he just isn't a great tackler – especially against big/strong RBs like Rice and McClain. If Balt starts doing this the Pack should borrow a page from the Cardinals' playbook by moving Woodson around a lot – making it difficult to figure out where he'll be. Also, if they steer plays away from Woodson, we shouldn't be afraid to leave Woodson alone and bring the safety help toward wherever the ball is going.
- Balt would be smart to run a flea-flicker or two – with GB keying on Rice, a flea-flicker is just the kind of play we could get burned on.
- Another big game from Woodson tonight and a few more people at the national level may include him in MVP discussions.
- The last one and this is a big one: MM/Capers have to be on their games tonight. John Harbaugh is a very good coach and he's smart. He and his staff have demonstrated that they can adjust to the flow of games effectively. They've led their decent, but not super-talented team to a few quality victories over the past 2 years on the strength of their quality decision-making. Due to the importance of this particular game and the opposing teams' quality coaching staff, it's imperative that MM and Capers not only recognize THAT adjustments are needed, but also that they implement the new strategies as quickly as possible. (None of this wait until halftime crap, or worse, wait until "we take a look at the game film" afterward.) In the moment MM/Capers, be in the moment.
Pre-game thoughts: Pack vs Balt
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DaveK Says:
December 7, 2009 at 5:15 pm |
A lot of great points here. Here are my keys:
1. Offensive line toughness – the offensive line needs to stand up against a hard hitting nasty trash talking defense that will be energized. Take a punch and then smack them back.
2. They must run the ball effectively on first down but that doesn't always mean handing off to the RB. Short passes, screens, end rounds, etc… It makes the defense think and sets up manageable 2nd and 3rd downs.
3. The defensive line has to hold their ground and set the edge especially when the Ravens go into a u-71 package. This will allow the LB's to be active and play quick to the ball.
4. And my key to the game: win the field position game. This means no turnovers and ST's coverage has to be good. This Raven's offense has a good RB but if you make them march 70-80 yards for points I think our run defense is good enough that it forces Flacco to pass and make some mistakes. We give this team short fields and free points it will be hard to win this game.
I would also love to see a long pass on the first Packer offensive play of the game. It is something MM did a few times last year and I have not seen it this year. It may fall incomplete but it sends a message that the o-line can hold their blocks and Jennings/Driver need to be respected deep.
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Rice is frightening, he can do so many things well. That said, I think it is a good matchup for the Pack in the sense that they have been successful at stopping the opponent's running back most of the year. Rice will really test the improving front 7.
For me there are two keys to this game and all the games from here on out: keep improving on the O-line and eliminate the penalties on both sides. When the Pack doesn't make dumb mistakes it's talent level is as good as anyones.
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Ed Reed is out tonight…..another reason to hit the big pass on the first play!!
Why is heck is WR Biren Ealy on the Packers 53 man roster? Can't they find a legit kick returner to take his place and put Ealy on the practice squad?


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I really enjoy Abbey's expression in the middle there. It really stands out to me, I almost get a Lackadaisy like vibe from his face. Augustus on his own too, these are really pleasing to look at!
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(Pocket-lint) - The camera rumour mill turns again ahead of Photokina 2012, and this time it's all about the rumoured Panasonic Lumix GH3.
It's not far off the two-year mark since the GH2 was announced, and in the wake of the Olympus OM-D E-M5 it's no surprise that Panasonic is re-focusing on its top-tier compact system camera.
The leaked specs, as revealed on 43rumors.com, report that the GH3 will come with a "wide dynamic range" 16-megapixel CMOS sensor. Whether this will be the multi-aspect ratio of its predecessor is unclear, but it will undoubtedly be the latest Micro Four Thirds sensor.
The site goes on to speculate that the Lumix GH3 will be designed to take on the likes of the Nikon D7000 and Canon EOS 7D DSLR cameras. It sure sounds like it's aiming high, so this new sensor is really going to have to amp things up to next level image quality.
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Not only is it said to capture AVCHD, MOV and MP4 file options at up to 50Mbps (or 72Mbps using the ALL-I intraframe compression method) - that's acceptable professional broadcast quality - but there's also timecode, a 3.5mm microphone input, headphones monitor and an optional XLR input accessory too. Looks like Panasonic just opened up a whole new can of worms for serious video enthusiasts. We're just glad that the miniature 2.5mm jack of the GH2 is said to have been axed.
Other claims include that the GH3 will have the "fastest AF of any interchangeable system camera". Last time Panasonic released such a statement it was bang on the money, though competitors soon followed suit. Whether this will be achieved in the GH3 via a faster sensor refresh rate coupled with an enhanced contrast-detection algorithm, or a hybrid autofocus sensor (or even a combination of both) is yet to be seen.
Up to six frames per second (6fps) burst mode is said to depend on an electronic shutter, but it's unclear whether this means the GH3 will ditch any mechanical shutter, in the same way Nikon's J1 and J2 - see our exclusive Nikon J2 full review here - models have.
As per its predecessor there's a built in electronic viewfinder, though this one is a 1,740k-dot OLED version, paired with a 610k-dot OLED touchscreen on the rear. The former isn't quite as high resolution as the Sony NEX-7, but if the GH3 has a better control of contrast then it may make it the better viewfinder. Here's hoping.
Other high spec features are said to include a PC output for studio flash control, plus the usual built in flash and hotshot fitting for adding extras.
A tough magnesium alloy body ties up the GH3 package with a bow. Sounds good to us but - and there's always a but, isn't there? - there aren't any leaked pictures as yet and the alleged 1700 Euro price tag (no UK price yet, but it'll probably be £1700 with the 14-140mm lens) is far from cheap.
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The All-Night Show (1980)
I'm wondering if anyone seen this tv series http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0219443/ because i want to know more details. Does anyone know a webiste where i can watch this show ?
Re: The All-Night Show (1980)
Jim used to do voices for some of their cartoons. Here is their facebook page.
I have chatted with the crew members on there before they are nice. They will answer questions for you about their show if you have any. Lots of video clips to watch there too.
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Thank you ! I think this is http://www.facebook.com/groups/2470130874/
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ya thats it. Not sure what happened to my link. It took me to the same page but it was different then yours.
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Although many pneumatic conveying equipment advances have been made, costly problems – including wear, attrition, rate limitation and line plugging – continue to occur.
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A grant to Dr. Deborah Sturtevant of the Hope College sociology and social work faculty will continue her on-going evaluation of a program to feed orphaned children in Zambia; her hope: to help save lives.
She will be examining the "Milk and Medicine Program" of the Christian Alliance for Children in Zambia (CACZ), measuring the effect of changes implemented this past year based on her earlier, three-year study of the program. Her work is being supported by a $200,000 grant to the Alliance for Children Everywhere, a partner organization of the CACZ, by the Richard and Helen DeVos Foundation.
The "Milk and Medicine Program" provides infant formula, protein supplements and medicine to children through age three who have been orphaned but are staying with their extended families. Sturtevant noted that by providing resources for their care, the program is seeking to enable the children to remain with families rather than be institutionalized. The problem is particularly acute, she said, with the AIDS epidemic sweeping Africa having left many children without their parents.
"This is a really fragile situation," said Sturtevant, who is a professor of sociology and social work as well as chairperson of the department.
In analyzing data for 2006 to 2008, Sturtevant found that the outcomes weren't matching the vision. While 88 percent of children entering the program were under the normal weight for Zambian children, 94 percent were still underweight after 18 months in the program.
"While children are surviving, the data showed that the program isn't working as well as it should be," she said.
In the spring of 2009, she visited Zambia with colleague Dr. Jane Wimmer of Dalton State University and interviewed participants, staff and others involved to identify changes for improvement. Patterns emerged. For example, the children needed more nourishment than the formula alone could supply, and family members sometimes needed to walk many hours to retrieve the formula, too far to manage. The interviews resulted in four suggestions that were implemented later in the same year: increasing the amount of formula based on weight and age, adding vitamin and mineral supplements, improving record keeping and adding distribution sites.
For the next three years, she will examine the data to see if - as she hopes - the children's health improves. In 2012, she'll return for another site visit and follow-up interviews.
"The recommendations were all implemented with the long-term goal to equip individuals, families and communities to meet the needs of vulnerable children," she said. "Our hope is that the infants and toddlers not only survive, but thrive and become productive members of society."
Sturtevant's involvement in the project reflects her long-term emphasis on child welfare abroad, work that has taken her to Romania, China and Central America in addition to Africa. She regularly involves Hope students in her research. Current seniors Bethany Braaksma of Cambria, Wis., and David Dethmers of Champaign, Ill., have been working with her most recently on the "Milk and Medicine Program" project, with sophomore Lindsey Boeve of Holland becoming involved in the statistical analysis full-time this summer.


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It's going to be big boys only in the Big Easy.
After a couple years of mid-majors breaking into the party and little guys leading their teams to titles, the Final Four will feature power players from power conferences.
The players are as good as it gets when it comes to big men: Kansas' Thomas Robinson, Ohio State's Jared Sullinger and Kentucky's Anthony Davis. They're all first-team All-Americans, and Louisville's Gorgui Dieng isn't bad, either.
The teams, traditionally strong: Kentucky, Kansas, Louisville, Ohio State. Every one of them has won a national title, been to at least 10 or more Final Fours — all at least once in the past seven years — and have coaches who have won titles or coached in the title game.
Did we mention Louisville and Kentucky are playing each other?
Yeah, this is going to be big.
THE STARS — You know college basketball, you know these guys. We're going to tell you about them anyway.
Robinson, Kansas. Big, strong, athletic, a double-double waiting to happen. Hard to believe this unanimous All-American wasn't much more than a bit player last season.
Davis, Kentucky. The 6-foot-10 forward has had as much an impact as any of coach John Calipari's recent run of freshmen phenoms. Athletic and with a pterodactyl-like wingspan, he scores, he swats, he disrupts.
Sullinger, Ohio State. The AP's first repeat All-American in three years, Sullinger is the prototype of today's big man: Big and physical, yet with good touch away from the basket and agile enough to get to the rim. Didn't play when Kansas beat the Buckeyes on Dec. 10 because of a sore back.
Peyton Siva, Louisville. The point guard can take over games with his scoring, but it's his ability to get everyone involved that makes him so dangerous. Quick enough to get around a lightning bolt, he'll keep probing the defense until he finds the best shot for himself or a teammate.
THE SIDEKICKS — Not the stars, but not far behind.
Tyshawn Taylor, Kansas. Ty is the guy when it comes to running Kansas' offense.
Deshaun Thomas, Ohio State. Sullinger gets all the attention, but Thomas has been the Buckeyes' leading scorer in the postseason, averaging 21.8 points per game.
Kyle Kuric, Louisville. The Cardinals' leading scorer barely needs to touch the ball to get a shot off.
Terrence Jones, Kentucky. The Wildcats have an NBA team in the making, so it was hard to pick just one player. We went with Jones, the super sophomore with the multidimensional skills who creates so many matchup problems.
THE COACHES — Rick Pitino, Louisville. The first coach to take three different schools to the Final Four, he's put together one of the best coach-'em-up jobs of his career this season, leading a team that had some big stumbles during the season into his sixth trip to the Final Four.
Calipari, Kentucky. Became the second coach to take three teams to the Final Four when he got the Wildcats to Houston last season. Only thing missing for this master recruiter is a title.
Thad Matta, Ohio State. Has the Buckeyes in the Final Four for the second time in six years after reaching the title game with Greg Oden in 2007. Kicking the team out of practice after a rough stretch in February, which prompted a team meeting, helped kick-start OSU's run to New Orleans.
Bill Self, Kansas. Solidified his reputation by winning 2008 national title with Jayhawks, led a team that was supposed to be rebuilding to the Final Four this season.
2.5 — Ohio State's line over Kansas.
8.5 — Kentucky's line over Louisville.
13 — Combined national championships by this year's Final Four teams: Kentucky (7), Kansas (3) Louisville (2) Ohio State (1).
52 — Years since Ohio State's lone national title.
77.9 — Points per game by Kentucky, most of the Final Four teams.
SUBTLETIES — The natural inclination is to follow the ball. After all, whoever scores the most wins. But there are countless subtle things that lead to the ball going in the basket or, in the case of the defense, not going in.
Here's a few to watch this weekend:
Dieng's anticipation. It's one thing to see Louisville's Senegalese shot blocker swoop in at the last minute and swat a shot away, but watch before the shot goes up, the way he sets himself up and figures out when to jump. And that coil — he's like a cobra waiting to strike.
Sullinger's footwork. Satch Sullinger, Jared's father and high school coach, had the Ohio State forward working on his footwork from an early age and now he's like Chris Brown dancing around the basket. Pay particular attention to the way he uses his pivot foot to face up to the basket.
Taylor's first step. The Kansas point guard can blow past pretty much anyone. That quick first step is what does it; watch how quickly he gets it even or past the defender's leg to shoot by him.
Aaron Craft's off-the-ball defense. The Ohio State point guard has tap-dancer-quick feet and is like a second jersey while following an opposing guard. If he doesn't want his man to get the ball, he's probably not going to get it.
ODDS — Here's your odds to win the title, from Glantz-Culver, even though no one really bets on these things. (Yeah, right.):
Kentucky — 6-5.
Ohio State — 2-1.
Kansas — 5-2.
Louisville — 6-1.
DID YOU KNOW? — Kansas forward Justin Wesley's two older brothers, Keith and Kevin Langford, both played in the NBA. Freshman guard Christian Garrett is the cousin of former NFL player Mike Garrett and New York Yankees great Chris Chambliss.
For the inroads mid-majors have made in recent years, the national champion will come from one of the six power conferences for the 22nd straight year. UNLV in 1990 was the last smaller-conference school to break through.
Louisville's Chris Smith is the younger brother of J.R. Smith of the NBA's New York Knicks and Mark Jackson Jr. is the son of former NBA guard and current Golden State Warriors coach Mark Jackson.
Calipari played point guard at Clarion State from 1981-82, leading the team in assists and free throw percentage.
The Superdome is expected to hold more than 74,000 fans after the lower bowl was reconfigured. Attendance was 54,524 when it last held the NCAA title game in 2003.
Ohio State guard Shannon Scott's father is former Boston Celtics star Charlie Scott.
Marquis Teague's brother, Jeff, plays for the Atlanta Hawks and Kentucky teammate Terrence Jones is the cousin of former NBA player Damon Stoudamire.
Ohio State has finished national runner-up four times: 1939, 1961, 1962, 2007.
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using white crayons and liquid watercolors, Bear and i explored cause and effect by creating crayon resist watercolor paintings. it's fairly simple. we drew on a piece of white paper with the white crayon. of course, he made the standard "It doesn't work" comment. always makes me laugh when little ones say this.
after we were done, we used the watercolors to paint on the paper. once i pointed out that the paint didn't go where the crayon was, Bear painted even more to see it again.
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The Chair of the LSAC Board of Trustees sent out a mass email today with a pointed response to my recent post raising questions about LSAC's priorities. In fairness to LSAC, I will post his response (with a few comments).
Dear Mr. Tamanaha:
Thanks for your great job in reporting this. The LSAC Chair's E-mail is a true and absolute masterpiece of lawyerly-doubletalk. It does everything except address the actual issues you raised. These people should be ashamed of themselves -- especially since their rhetoric is nearly an exact replica of what we've heard from the people on Wall Street who destroyed our economy.
The same goes for the outrageous salaries being paid these people -- again just like the monstrosities going on on Wall Street. This group has an absolute monopoly on this situation, and are abusing that situation for their own gain.
Keep up the good work.
Ross Taylor
University of Washington 1977
They tried paying the president only 300k, but it turned out the test wasn't compatible with No.2 pencils that year . . .
These posts have been very educational. It appears that LSAC is misjudging the shared interest of law schools and students in reducing the barriers to application at this critical juncture, and that its principals should force it to change course.
This part of the reply is striking: "When the recession hit, the LSAC also increased its direct subsidies to schools to help them weather the storm; for example, the LSAC began to pay more of the costs for admissions staff to attend candidate forums and the annual professional meeting."
Does this mean LSAC not only subsidizes applications by lower-income students (which seems laudable, if and to the extent those candidates will be able eventually to attend), but also subsidizes less wealthy law schools? The idea of charging students more so that they can be exposed to schools less likely to be able to offer financial aid, and (as a rough correlation) perhaps even less likely to generate jobs for them, seems more dubious. Is LSAC understood to serve as a cross-subsidizing insurance vehicle for legal education providers?
Terrific critique. You've got to be kidding me on those salaries. The truth really hurts, doesn't it, LSAC?
I don't mind it that prospective law students suffer some pain in learning how monopolies burden the public; they are trying, after all, to enter one of the worst of the monopolistic professions, and their future income will depend in large part on screwing the public out of its options and its wealth.
The fault lies with the legal profession, which, in the interests of justice and as Milton Friedman often proposed, should simply abolish all barriers to the practice of law, including required courses, LSATs, diplomas, and state bars.
This exchange sheds critical light on the rising costs to applicants and potential law school students but LSAC costs are of the least of expenses on the balance sheet of those seeking a legal education. With this issue out of the way maybe Mr. Tamanaha can now shift his critique to the major prohibitive price, law school tuition.
This exchange sheds critical light on the rising costs to applicants and potential law school students but LSAC costs are of the least of expenses on the balance sheet of those seeking a legal education. With this issue out of the way maybe Mr. Tamanaha can now shift his critique to the major prohibitive price, law school tuition.
The LSAC would actually be doing both the legal profession and the undergraduate students a favor if they were to jack up the price to $5000 with no waivers, thus decreasing the number of kids who throw their lives away by going to law school. The only people who would apply then would be those who can actually afford law school without the life-crushing debt, or those who are truly dedicated to having a legal career and willing to suffer the costs.
The cost of the LSAT ($160 for the test, but there is a mandatory "Credential Assembly Service" for $155 added on) is $315, higher than the $235 for MCAT, $240 for the GMAT or $140 for the GRE. The business about $450 for six applications being one third less than the others is only true with the MCAT and then only true of the applicant uses the universal application which costs $160 plus $34 for each school beyond one.
I'm not sure why the LSAC chair was so evasive, everyone is raising their prices and what he says about overall cost of application and Fee Waiver is true of all the entry tests.
First, on the lobbying amount, the LSAC's response is valid. The $1,000,000 figure is actually from a table found in IRS Form 990 Schedule C for all filers. Pull up a blank IRS Form 990 Schedule C. The LSAC Form 990 for 2009, which can be found on the internet, does list $24,200 as lobbying in Schedule C.
Second, on compensation, what you really need is the comparisons and analysis done by the independent compensation consultant, and how the compensation committee used such reports. Having these reports or minutes would be very helpful. Simply saying the LSAC's compensation is too high without an understanding of how it was arrived is knee jerk, but if such reports and minutes could be obtained and carefully analyzed, then this discussion on compensation would be more useful.
Third, on the cash and securities, query whether a written internal policy exists that explains why such amounts are being held. Having a copy of the written policy would be very helpful.
LSAC and rsm are right about the lobbying. The $1,000,000 is an amount used to calculate the ceiling on lobbying permissible under tax law. The "lobbying expense" is two lines below that, and is roughly $25K.
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Although I don't agree with the fee increases, nor with the compensation paid (the president of a monopoly only needs to be competent, not able to formulate and execute a vision for the company that can out-compete competitors), I do think they serve a purpose: reducing applications to law schools.
One of the biggest problems with law school is that the bulk of the costs come at the end, whether it be debt repayment or fees to take the bar exam and retain one's licensure as an attorney. Anything that increses the up-front costs to be somewhat akin to the back-end costs is a good thing - especially when 22-year-olds are involved.
That also makes me wonder about the wisdom of subsidising low-income students. If you can't cough up $160 to take the LSAT, how are you going to put down a deposit to school once admitted (mine was $750, back in the day), move to whatever school you attend, put down deposits for rent, and, after graduating, pay for the bar, and pay to be licensed? (Okay, yes, you can take out yet another loan for bar studying, but that's not necessarily a solution....) The $500 to apply to law schools is the least of your worries.
...which is to say: while I support the idea of making the legal profession more economically diverse, we are talking about college graduates. I'm not exactly clear on why we can't expect people to get a job after graduation and use their salary to pay for the LSAT, LSAC fees, application fees, and other costs. I spent a few thousand dollars of my own money on the law school application process, which, as a person with a bachelor's degree, would be an option available to me that isn't available to a high school senior applying to colleges. (Full disclosure: my parents helped out quite a bit once I was in law school.)
It's a waste of time to attempt to figure out the fair charge for the LSAT or the fair salary of the officers of LSAC.
The fair price of anything is what it would bring in a free market. There is no other valid measure.
The problem is that in Law, as in Medicine, there is no free market. That's why Milton Friedman's suggestion that we abolish all barriers to professional practice, including residency, LSATs, JDs, bar exams and the like, is particularly apt.
If such barriers had been in place for engineering, we probably wouldn't have the light bulb, electricity, car, airplane, and movies, much less the cell phone.
If my money was being managed by a tree, it would be a tree fund. If my money was being managed by a hedge...
Keep digging - and, as always - follow the money.
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Counselor: Bradley Manning's past showed self-harm risk
FORT MEADE, Md. An Army private charged with sending U.S secrets to the website WikiLeaks had a history of suicidal thoughts and aloof behavior that outweighed a psychiatrist's opinion that he was no risk to intentionally hurt himself, a former counselor testified Sunday.
Army Staff Sgt. Ryan Jordan testified on the sixth day of a pretrial hearing for Pfc. Bradley Manning at Fort Meade, near Baltimore. The hearing is to determine whether Manning's nine months in pretrial confinement at the Marine Corps brig in Quantico, Va., were so punishing that the judge should dismiss all charges. The 24-year-old intelligence analyst is accused of sending hundreds of thousands of classified documents to the secret-spilling website in 2009 and 2010.
Jordan, a former counselor at Quantico, sat on a board that recommended to the brig commander in January 2011 that Manning remain in maximum custody and on injury-prevention status conditions that kept him confined to his cell 23 hours a day.
Jordan said under cross-examination by defense attorney David Coombs that besides the mental-health report, he considered evidence that Manning had contemplated suicide six to eight months earlier after his arrest in Iraq. The evidence included a noose Manning had fashioned from a bedsheet while confined in Kuwait, and a written statement he made upon arrival at Quantico in July 2010 that he was "always planning and never acting" on suicidal impulses.
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Jordan acknowledged Manning had been a polite, courteous and nearly trouble-free detainee at Quantico.
"Wouldn't his past six months of performance be an indicator of his potential for future behavior?" Coombs asked. But Jordan maintained that Manning's unwillingness to converse with him and other brig staff was a warning sign he was at risk of self-harm.
Jordan said he considered the opinion of the brig psychiatrist, Navy Capt. William Hocter, that Manning was no longer at risk of self-harm. But Jordan said the weight he gave to Hocter's views was diminished because another detainee had recently killed himself after his custody status was reduced on Hocter's advice.
"I would consider it, but I would always consider it with care, sir," he told Coombs.
Earlier Sunday, the military judge said Manning's trial, previously set to begin Feb. 4, would be pushed back to sometime in March due to lengthy pretrial proceedings.
The hearing on Manning's confinement was to recess Sunday and resume Wednesday.
Manning is charged with 22 offenses, including aiding the enemy, which carries a maximum penalty of life in prison.


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