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Lotte Reiniger's Adventures of Prince Achmed
Today, while scanning around for things that I could watch on Netflix streaming, I found that they had The Adventures of Prince Achmed, which was a movie which I had heard about, but had never seen. Wikipedia claims that it is the oldest surviving full length animated feature film, dating back to 1926.
I first heard of this film back when I was in grade school, and I developed an interest in puppetry, and in particular shadow puppetry. Reiniger wrote a book entitled Shadow Puppets, Shadow Theaters and Shadow Film which was published in 1970, and which I checked out from our local library multiple times. I have never seen a live shadow puppet performance, but her book was intriguing, and I retain an interest in the technique to this day. Just this weekend, I saw the new Kung Fu Panda 2 which has some introductory "flash backs" which are clearly inspired by Chinese shadow puppetry.
It doesn't have anything to do with my usual blog fare, but it's pretty cool stuff. If you have Netflix streaming, check it out!
Speleogroup's cool LED headlamp design
Fellow hacker Mike Cowlishaw tweeted me a reminder that he had worked on a design for a spelunker's headlamp that used Luxeon LEDs, and had excellent high performance. I remember that I listened to a talk about this design, but at the time, I wasn't saavy enough in electronics to grasp the details, and it had slipped from my mind. He was designing a headlamp for caving, where battery life was a serious matter of safety, so efficiency was primary concern. The final design they came up with would drive a 350ma Luxeon LED at full power for over 5.5 hours using 4 high capacity 1800maH batteries, and then would automatically step down the current as the battery voltage faded. Their first designs used an LT1512A constant current/constant current battery charge controller, but the version I think most interesting was just a small Atmel AVR chip driving a IF7422 FETKY (combination power MOSFET and Schottky diode. Very neat! Mike references an interesting AVR application note which gives a complete design for a battery charger, which is indeed somewhat similar. I'm printing it out so I can read it later.
Speleogroup - LED Lamp based upon ATtiny
Thanks Mike!
A simple constant current LED circuit
I've been pretty happy with the performance of my linear current based LED transmitter, but that was just sitting on the bench, driving a 20ma device. As I played with the circuit, I began to realize that if I scaled the circuit up to a 1W LED, its deficiencies in terms of efficiency would become more evident. In particular, I began to think about the efficiency: what percentage of the total power delivered by the battery is actually consumed by the LED?
Rather than using my previous op amp circuit, I thought I'd analyze the basic circuit from this Instructable, which I've created and reproduced with LTSpice:
I substituted components: I used the every popular 2N3904 and IRF510, and entered a simple model for a 1W Luxeon LED, which has a current drop of around 3.4v. I set it for a 9v supply, just for an example. A quick simulation shows that current through the LED is about 285mA, which combined with the voltage drop means the LED is putting out about 973mw.
But there is also a voltage drop through the MOSFET and through the reference resistor R2. The resistor is easy to calculate: the current through it is the same as the current through the LED (285mA) and the resistance is 2 ohms. The voltage drop is the then .57 volts, and the total power is .57V * 285mA or about 165mw.
So, what's left? Well, we began with 9v, and we drop 3.4 for the LED, and another .57V for the resistor, let's say the total drop is 4V. That leaves 5V, and at 285mA or about 1.425 watts. Ouch. The total of non-LED components is about 2.6W, only about 1W of which gets to the LED which nets us about 37% efficiency.
We can do a bit better by lowering the supply voltage: dropping it to six volts lowers the current to around 267mA, but the voltage drop across the MOSFET decreases to just a little over 2V, which drops the power to about 550mw. The net result is the efficiency climbs to about 57%.
Of course now more integrated solutions exist: many of which combine voltage regulation and current limiting in very small packages at high efficiencies. For instance, the LM3407 is a 350mA constant current floating buck switching converter. It can achieve efficiencies of 90% over a wide variety of supply voltages in a very small, inexpensive package. It also appears that you can use it with a PWM input to implement dimmer technology. It seems like a chip like this can be the center of an efficient LED transmitter.
More to think about and play with.
High Power LED Driver Circuits
My recent experiments with light based communication left me thinking about simple circuits for driving LEDs. I've got three big LEDs (1W) on order from deal extreme, so I was looking for circuits to drive these larger LEDs. This Instructable has some good ideas. I'll probably breadboard some of these soon.
FUNcube Dongle on order!
Huzzah! I've been wanting to get a Funcube Dongle Pro for some time, but they have been in short supply. Today, a fresh batch went on order, and this time: success!!
The Funcube Dongle Pro is a cool little software defined radio that plugs a USB port, and receives from 64Mhz to 1700Mhz. I am most interested in using it as a proper NOAA satellite receiver, but I have other applications in mind as well. Stay tuned for a review in the future when I get it in my hot grubby hands.
Question about LEDs…
A few days ago, I posted a query to twitter regarding voltage drop in LEDs:
I didn't receive a lot of truly helpful replies: a few people reinforced the general dogma that indeed LEDs were diodes, and since they were diodes, they should have relatively constant voltage drop despite current across them. But that's not what I am observing with my simulations using LTSpice.
Here's the schematic for my linear current based LED modulator more or less as I built it (for some reason the circles which define the voltage sources V1 and V3, as well as the simulated input signal V1 don't show up, sorry 'bout that). The basic idea though is that the voltage appearing at the noninverting input of U1 is a 1V peak-to-peak audio signal, offset by 1 volt so the total range is 0 to 2V. The action of the op amp ensures that the voltage appearing at the top of R1 is the same as the noninverting input. Since the load is a constant resistance, that means the current is proportional to the voltage, and varies exactly with variations in the input voltage.
So, what are the voltage drops across the LED (D1) and the transistor (Q1)? My intuition says that the voltage drop across the LED should be (as per conventional wisdom) nearly constant. Looking at the datasheet for the NSPW500BS (a white LED manufactured by Nichia) I see that it lists a typical forward voltage of 3.6 volts (I picked it at random from the list of available LED models in LTSpice). So, what I would expect would be that the voltage drop across D1 would be nearly constant at 3.6 volts, and since the voltage drop across the load resistor mimics the input signal, that the drop across Q1 would look like 9V minus the audio voltage minus 3.6 volts.
But here's what LTSpice produces:
You can see that the voltage across D1 varies by nearly a volt. I tried replacing D1 with a more conventional diode (such as as a 1N4148) and the variation is much smaller (maybe 0.1V). Digging into the datasheet for the LED, I found this diagram:
Which does seem to imply that over currents of (say) one to twenty milliamps, the forward voltage drop may be a volt (and more, if you push more current through them).
So, here's my question: is that typical of LEDs? Or maybe just white LEDs? And the more broad question: how can I translate information from the datasheet of an LED into a usable model for LTSpice so that I can realistically model this behavior?
More light transmitter experimentation…
Today, I had to do some yardwork, so I dusted off the weed whacker, and climbed the back of the hill to chop down some high grass. At the end of an hour, I was about 40% done (I'll do the rest next weekend) but sneezing and coughing from the liberated pollen and dust. So, I called it a day, made a mental note to get a dust mask for next week, and showered.
But while I was chopping grass, I located an old solar powered LED light that had been lost among the tall grass. It was probably three or four years old, and covered in dirt and dust. The solar cell in particular looked like some water had gotten in it.
The perfect organ donor for an improved receiver for my LED transmitter, thought I.
And it is. I disassembled the light, snipped the LED panel out, and soldered it in place of the LED that I was using in place of my receiver previously. And, not surprisingly, it works better. A lot better! A lot louder. Over a greater distance. There is no real contest.
I tried to shoot some video of it, but my hands are simply too shakey (muscles twitching from operating vibrating machinery for an hour) and it's unwatchable. But here's a little MP3 file that will perhaps hint at some of the improvement.
Demonstration of solar cell as light receiver (MP3)
Addendum: I decided to go ahead and post some video. It's still pretty shaky, but it's a reasonable demonstration of what's possible with a scavenged solar cell. Pardon for the relatively poor lighting: my office is lit by compact flourescent bulbs, and when they were all on, the 60 hz whine (which you can still hear despite lowering the light levels) was pretty irritating.
Improved Joule Thief Circuit
While surfing for more LED information, I found this rather nifty little circuit on Electronic Design's website. It's a little Joule Thief-like circuit, but with enhanced efficiency (~80%) and it can drive white LEDs with rather large forward voltage drops. Archived for later....
DIY FET/home-made transistor Scientific American June 1970
When I was still in grade school, I (and this will be a shock to my readers) spent a lot of time in libraries. Our library used to have a free bin, where they would toss things that they no longer wanted in their collection. One day, I came by and found a pile of more than two decades of Scientific American magazines. Being a bit of a science nut, I carted them home, and spent many a happy evening reading Martin Gardner's Mathematical Games and C.L. Stong's Amateur Scientist column. Stong's column was really cool, and had great articles about building plasma jets, X-ray machines, diffraction ruling machines, and all sorts of other good stuff.
It was then with some suprise that I read Nyle Steiner's article on making FET transistors from cadmium sulfide photocells, because he made reference to a 1970 article by Roger Baker that was about making home made FET transistors. I didn't remember any such article. Luckily, I bought a CDROM which contains all the Amateur Scientist columns, and found it. And, indeed: it's the second half of a two part column, and talks about the deposition of thin films. I guess I had never read it closely enough to see that it included the manufacture of a thin film transistor.
Here is a link to an online copy of the article.
The article also makes reference to THIN FILM MICROELECTRONICS: THE PREPARATION AND PROPERTIES OF COMPONENTS AND CIRCUIT ARRAYS which was available in preview mode on Google Books, and it seemed enticing enough that I decided to track down a copy via online search (I managed to find a copy for only $6 + $3.50 shipping). It seems like the level of this book might be within the reach of the dedicated amateur.
Good stuff.
A foxhole radio…
IRC and Minecraft buddies Atdiy and whisk0r have been doing some cool videos on making cigar box guitars, some kind of neural network stuff, and more recently: some introductory electronics videos. After winding inductors and making their own capacitors in previous episodes, they get around to making their own foxhole radio just using a blued razor blade as the detector:
Pretty neat! If you like this kind of stuff, subscribe to their YouTube feed.
LED Transmitter Schematic
Okay, so here's the schematic for the LED transmitter circuit as I assembled this evening. I tried to write up an exposition of how it works, but frankly, it pales in comparison to the clarity and completeness of KA7OEI's page. But here's the basic idea: imagine that you supplied 1V to the input of the op amp. The op amp will drive the voltage at the base of the transistor so the voltage coming off the Rsense is the same (1V). When that happens, the current through Rsense (and through D1) is just 1V/100 ohms (in this case) or 10ma. And, the current is linear in the input voltage: when the voltage rises to 2V, the current is 20ma, and when the voltage drops to zero, the current is zero. So all you really need to do is take a 1V peak-to-peak audio signal, offset it by 1V (which I didn't show on the schematic, it's just inside the audio source node), and it will generate the appropriate current.
It's very cool, and requires very little math to actually design. And it doesn't matter much what the transistor is either: KA7OEI's page uses a power MOSFET, because he is driving a much more powerful LED, but for my purposes, using an ordinary 2N3904 worked just fine.
An improved linear current LED transmitter
I spent some time reading KA7OEI's great article on creating a good linear current driver for an LED or laser based communication system. The basic idea was pretty straightforward, so I decided to try it out when I got home. The "simple" circuit that I had before was in no sense linear: the audio became severely clipped by the action of the LED. KA7OEI shows how you can use an operational amplifier to provide a linear current source. I'll draw up the schematic in the next few days, but if you read his pages, you'll probably find it easy to figure out.
YouTube - An improved linear current LED transmitter.
KA7OEI – LED Linear Current Modulator
My silly experiment with an LED communicator naturally led me to looking up more complex (and better engineered) versions of the same kind of circuit. There are now cheap LEDs that can emit a watt or more of energy, and produce a prodigious amount of light. It seems like an area which is ripe for amateur experimentation (and just general mucking around) and could leverage some of my optical design skills as well. KA7OEI has some really good ideas and circuits for driving these kind of LEDs with as little distortion as possible, and will be definitely worth looking at:
A simple LED transmitter, and LED receiver!
Tonight's 20 minute electronics project was to create a simple transmitter to send music using light. A trivial circuit modulates the current through an LED, and a different LED serves as an (inefficient, and not very good) light sensor. Normally you'd use a selenium photocell or the like, but I couldn't find one in my junk box, and Radio Shack doesn't have 'em anymore. But LEDs will generate a small current when exposed to light, so you can actually use them as a photodetector.
Addendum: The audio in the video above is pretty weak (the microphone on the iphone is located at the bottom of the phone, and isn't ideal for recording low level audio). So, I went ahead and recorded a small sample using the voice memo application on the iPhone, and holding the microphone much closer to the speaker of the amplified speaker to give you a better idea of what the quality is. I also reduced the value of the input filter cap to just 4.7uF, which seemed a bit better, and also put in another 4.7uF cap in series with the sensor LED. I'm not sure that helped, but the levels and sensitivity seemed better. At the very least you should be able to hear the audio quality more clearly.
Audio from my LED Transmitter/Receiver (MP3)
Addendum2: The guys over at the Make Blog had some more good information about using LEDs as light sensors.


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The enthusiasm continues today for organic light-emitting diode technology vendor Universal Display, as Cowen & Co.'s Robert Stone reiterated an Outperform rating on the shares this morning, and raised his price target to $75 from $65, after attending the Display Week conference in San Francisco this week.
You'll recall Needham & Co.'s James Ricchiuti yesterday cited the same conference in raising his target on the stock to $69 from $62.
Stone heard of greater "realism" for the industry at the show, but also indications of share gains:
B. Riley chip analyst Craig Ellis today reiterates a Buy rating on shares of Apple (AAPL) supplier Skyworks Solutions (SWKS), writing that tidbits from the semiconductor world reinforce rumors on Monday of Apple boosting its iPhone orders.
You'll recall that my colleague Shuli Ren on Monday reported that Taiwan's Economic Daily said Apple had asked its suppliers to produce 72 to 78 million of a presumed "iPhone 7s" by the end of this year versus Street expectations for 65 million iPhone 7s.
Ellis sees some confirmation in the order outlook for Skyworks's planned production of chips:
Overnight reports SWKS gallium arsenide (GaAs) foundry partner AWSC's sales will begin to surge in June and then rise sharply in 2H could be just such a sign. Recall SWKS comprises 85%+ of AWSC sales, using the foundry as a peak capacity provider. That relationship enables internal capacity to remain high in periods of customer demand weakness, supporting healthy utilization and thus steadily rising gross margin. More broadly, signs of short lead time orders AAPL's leading iPhone contract manufacturer Hon Hai Precision (Foxconn) seem to lend further credence to the view decent orders are coming through from AAPL. More broadly, we see a competitor (CLSA) has initiated with an Underperform of SWKS overnight. We have not seen details but clearly disagree with the fundamental and stock stance. The next data point is AVGO's 6/2 AMC report
Skyworks shares are up 5 cents at $66.32, while Apple stock is down 58 cents, or 0.6%, at $99.03.
Shares of organic light-emitting diode technology maker Universal Display (OLED) are up $1.35, or 2%, at $65.74, following yet another mention in the past few days, this time from Needham & Co.'s James Ricchiuti, who raised his price target on the stock to $69 from $62, and reiterated his Buy rating, after reaching greater confidence in his belief OLED technology will accelerate in displays for mobile phones and such.
Ricchiuti writes of having met with management at Universal recently and attended the "Society for Information Displays" conference in San Francisco, known as "DisplayWeek."
"We came away from an NDR with UDC mgmt on the West Coast and from this week's Society for Information Displays (SID) conference in San Francisco more optimistic about the accelerating transition to OLED displays, and particularly flexible OLED displays, in the mobile market," writes Ricchiuti
The signs of the times from the display show were encouraging, he writes:
While some analysts yesterday were cheering improved signs for potential iPhone numbers from Apple (AAPL) later this year, UBS's Steve Milunovich is taking a more "conservative" approach, he writes to clients in a note today.
As I wrote yesterday, there was speculation Monday that Apple has increased orders for manufacturing of its next iPhone.
Milunovich is not running with that potential good news, actually lowering his numbers for the fiscal year starting October, when, presumably, the next iPhone, an "iPhone 7," perhaps, will go on sale:
Although reports of 72-78mn iPhone 7 production are encouraging, we have decided to be a bit more conservative on units and ASPs. Our previous estimate of 4% iPhone unit growth in F17 assumed 45% of the F15 iPhone class would upgrade in two years. We are now more conservative and assume a 2.6 rather than 2.5 upgrade cycle with 40% of F15 phones upgrading in two years […] A lack of differentiation in the iPhone 7 will cause the upgrade cycle to lengthen. A large installed base with roughly one-third of the pre-iPhone 6 base still on a four inch phone should drive sufficient upgrades for 2% unit growth in F17. New user additions have been strong and could decline.
He's cutting his fiscal '17 estimates to 207.35 million iPhone units, at $650 price on average, for revenue of $215.16 billion, and EPS of $8.75. That's down from his prior view of 217.2 million units, a $674 price, and $226.3 billion in revenue and $9.30 in EPS. His numbers also decline by slight amounts for fiscal '18.
As Milunovich explains it, he's revised his thinking to assume more Apple customers stick with the model they've already got:
A couple of Street observers today reflected upon speculation overnight that Apple (AAPL) has increased orders for manufacturing of its next iPhone, as my colleague Shuli Ren wrote Monday, Asia time.
Amit Daryanani, who has an Outperform rating on the stock, and a $120 price target, wrote in a note to clients that "signs of positive data points emerge" from the article Shuli cites by Taiwan's Economic Daily.
The news is above what the Street has been modeling:
Taiwan's Economic Daily this morning reported that Apple suppliers in China have been told to produce 72-78M new iPhones by the end of the year. This compares to consensus expectation of ~65M initial production for the new iPhone. According to the article, Apple will release three new phones (iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, and iPhone 7 Pro/Premium) on September 13. The report also noted that due to the large demand for initial build, Foxconn has started recruitment efforts for workers.
There are "plenty of variables still to be sorted through" in terms of possible iPhone production, concedes Daryanani, but "given the high degree of negativity around AAPL we think initial indication of flat production (y/y) is a positive data point given investor apprehension that AAPL units could be down mid to high single digits through the iPhone 7 cycle."
Shares of Rubicon Technology (RBCN), which makes sapphire substrates that are used in production of light-emitting diode products, and other devices, initially declined sharply in late trading, but then recovered, after the company this afternoon reported Q1 revenue that was below consensus, and a much deeper-than-expected net loss per share,
Revenue in the three months ended in March declined to $4.3 million, yielding a net loss of 38 cents a share, excluding some costs.
Analysts had been modeling $4.67 million in revenue and a net loss of 24 cents a share.
CEO Bill Weissman said the company expects "meaningful increases in six-inch PSS sales over the course of this year because of our large diameter capability and vertical integration," adding that "we are working diligently to reduce wafer cost in order to fully benefit from this opportunity."
For the current quarter, the company sees revenue and loss "similar to the first quarter." That is below consensus for a $6.1 million and a 22-cent net loss per share.
China, as you may have heard, has committed to making its homegrown semiconductor industry a powerhouse over the next five years, and today Citigroup's chip equipment analyst Atif Malik reviews the recent developments on country's road to that goal.
Malik thinks China will increasing spend to build out factories, or "fabs" for semi production, and that it could be a boost to equipment vendors Applied Materials (AMAT) and Lam Research (LRCX) initially.
But over time, any money they make in China will be money lost in orders from non-Chinese chip makers, because in his view, the industry is a "zero sum game," which means that "Tier I and II memory and foundry makers will have to lower their spend."
"In the long run China should be non-additive to global equipment spend as it is currently a large consumer of current big three spenders Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM), Intel (INTC), and Samsung [Electronics (005930KS)," writes Malik.
By way of background, Malik notes China's CICIIF is spending $100 billion to build out the country's chip assets:
Shares of organic lighting-emitting diode technology vendor Universal Display (OLED) today closed down 43 cents, or 0.8%, at $55.82, after the company yesterday afternoon reported Q1 revenue slightly below consensus, but also posted a surprise profit where the Street had been expecting a loss, and affirmed its year revenue outlook.
CEO Sidney Rosenblatt was upbeat, saying that "new OLED products are launching" and "the pipeline of OLED design activities is broadening."
The stock has gotten one downgrade today, from Gabelli & Co.'s Hendi Susanto, who cut his rating to Hold from Buy, writing that the change is "based on our valuation and margin of safety consideration."
As a sole supplier of emitter materials, Universal Display is well positioned to capitalize on a large increase in the global OLED display capacity building, higher OLED display penetration across multiple devices and OLED TV potentials. We believe there are still uncertainties on rapid commercialization of OLED TVs in 2016 and Apple's potential OLED display adoption for its iPhone in 2017-2018.
Despite that caution, Susanto lists some possible "catalysts" for the stock this year:
New production capacity lead times are usually in excess of twelve months. Leading manufacturers are building framework for the next phase of expansion and high volume OLED production to begin ramping up in 2017. LG is planning to increase its OLED TV production from ~400,000 in 2015 to 1 million in 2016. Universal Display will generate royalty revenue streams on LG's OLED TV sales. Wearable OLED displays still use only red emitter materials. Additional adoption of green emitter materials will essentially double emitter materials' content and benefit Universal Display. Samsung continues to be the largest supplier of OLED displays for smartphones.
Needham & Co.'s James Ricchiuti reiterates a Buy rating, and raises his price target to $62 from $57, writing that "given recent OLED equipment orders, there is growing evidence of a major build-out of industry capacity presumably to address another large consumer electronics company in the mobile device market,"
That sounds like a veiled reference to Apple's (AAPL) rumored interest in OLED for a future iPhone, given that Universal already sells to Samsung Electronics (005930KS) and LG Electronics (066570KS).
Rcchiuti reiterates his view that "we believe UDC is uniquely positioned to capitalize on the proliferation of OLED display in mobile devices."
Shares of networking technology vendor Arista Networks (ANET) are up $2.78, or 4.4%, at $66.36, after the company yesterday afternoon reported Q1 revenue and profit that topped analysts' expectations, and forecast this quarter's revenue higher as well,
During a conference call following the report, CEO Jayshree Ullal talked at length about how the company is tailoring its offerings to suit different kinds of cloud computing customers, noting that smaller operators may have different needs from Microsoft (MSFT), historically one of Arista's larger customers. The "cloud titans" such as Microsoft and Facebook (FB) are "increasing their spend in the cloud and therefore with Arista," she said.
Perhaps more interesting, Ullal noted the company is expanding its expense for manufacturing of its switches to meet expected demand, by adding a third contract manufacturer, this one in the U.S. rather than overseas:
As we move into the second half of 2016, Arista is planning the addition of another strategic contract manufacturing partner. We have initiated the investment in local inventory hubs to support our increasing scale of operation. We believe taking a page from the Tesla factories that we can create a world-class automated manufacturing operation and in doing so, bring more workforce to America. Naturally, we will incur some near-term costs and overheads to bring that kind of sustainable capacity and flexibility for our large customers.
Arista's top lawyer, Marc Taxay, noted that the additional of a third manufacturer to Arista's camp was meant in part to help with any "work-arounds" the company might have to handle in its legal battle with Cisco Systems (CSCO).
Shares of chip semiconductor and imaging technology vendor Tessera Technologies (TSRA) are up $1.35, or almost 5%, at $31, after the company this afternoon reported Q1 revenue and profit that topped analysts' expecations, and forecast this quarter's revenue higher as well.
For the three months ended in March, revenue dropped 25%, year over year, to $60 million, yielding EPS of 48 cents, excluding some costs.
Analysts had been modeling $57 million and 44 cents a share.
CEO Tom Lacey called the quarter an "excellent start to 2016," citing new partnerships struck for the company's chip packaging technology, and also the highest quarterly revenue to date for the company's "FotoNation" smartphone imaging technology.
Tessera bought back 1.3 million of its shares during the quarter, or 2.5% of shares outstanding, for $36.5 million.
The company expects revenue this quarter of $64 million to $66 million, and EPS of 54 cents to 56 cents. That compares to consensus for $63.7 million and 56 cents a share.
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ha ha ha!
I can't give you what you probably consider "concrete" results, because I'm relatively sure we don't consider the same things concrete... and if you scoff at that, go ahead, you're entitled.
However, I have never met anyone who has not claimed beneficial results from meditation. I repeat... NO ONE!
To recant my personal experiences would be useless and I don't feel any desire to convince you. I only wanted to echo the sentiments of the OP, not create debate with anyone.
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Try it... and if you don't appreciate the results, don't do it again. However, if you want results... do it again... and then again.
My experience is peace. Limited at first, but now everlasting and I know who I am. Your experience may be different, but rest assured, like playing the lottery; you can't win if you don't play and if you don't win the first time...
You may say - you don't have peace! you don't know who you are!
I say - Okay. :)
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Darnell McDonald singled twice, doubled, walked, scored twice, and knocked-in a run, Taiwan Easterling singled, doubled, reached base on an HBP, stole a base, drove-in two runs, and made two outstanding catches, Jeffrey Baez drove-in three runs with a two-run double and a bases-loaded HBP, and Dan Vogelbach crushed a tape-measure two-run home run, leading the Daytona Cubs to a 10-7 victory over the Bakerfield Blaze (Cincinnati Reds Hi-A affiliate) on Field #3, and Starling Peralta celebrated his return to the Cubs organization with 3.1 IP of one-hit shutout ball, Gioskar Amaya singled and tripled, and Dong-Yub Kim singled twice, stole a base, and scored a run, but it wasn't enough as Joe Hudson (Reds 2012 6th round draft pick - Notre Dame) slugged a HR over the LF fence and onto Center Street to lead the Dayton Dragons (Reds Low-A affiliate) to a 3-1 victory over the Kane County Cougars on Field #2, in Cactus League Minor League Camp game action this afternoon at Fitch Park in Mesa, AZ.
The game on Field #2 was extended an extra half-inning so that all of the Cubs pitchers could get their scheduled work.
Drew Carpenter and Darnell McDonald are assigned to the Iowa squad and Rob Whitenack and Austin Kirk are assigned to the Tennessee squad, but the quartet was left behind at Fitch Park as the I-Cubs and Smokies traveled to Goodyear where they played the Reds AA and AAA affiliates. All four saw action in the game on Field #3.
McDonald was a DH and got five Plate Apearances in the first five innings of the game, hitting 2nd in each inning. Carpenter started the game for Daytona, and was followed to the hill by Whitenack and Kirk. All three pitchers threw multiple innings. Whitenack walked four, hit a batter, and threw a WP in 3.2 IP as he continues to have difficulty throwing strikes, but Kirk had five punch-outs in 2.1 IP.
Because all of the Daytona innings were assigned to Iowa and Tennessee pitchers, Starling Peralta and Austin Reed were dropped down to the Kane County game to get their work (both are assigned to the Daytona squad).
Dillon Maples threw a two-inning "sim" game (30 pitches - 15 pitches per inning) versus players from the Boise/Mesa squad on Field #4.
The defensive gems of the day were turned-in by Daytona LF Taiwan Easterling, who made a spectacular diving catch in left-center field, and then another running catch on the warning track.
Here are the abridged box scores from the two games (Cubs players only):
1. Oliver Zapata, RF: 1-4 (5-3, 4-3, 6-3, 1B, CS)
2. Gioskar Amaya, 2B: 2-4 (1B, 6-3, K, 3B)
3. Marco Hernandez, DH; 0-4 (F-7, 3-U, 6-3, L-6)
4. Ben Carhart, 1B-3B: 1-4 (K, 1B, 5-3, 5-3)
5. Dong-Yub Kim, LF: 2-4 (1B, 5-4 FC, 1B, 5-3, R, SB, CS)
6a. Taylor Davis, C: 0-3 (F-8, 6-3, F-9)
6b. Justin Marra, C: 0-1 (K)
7a. Jesse Hodges, 3B: 0-1 (BB, 6-3)
7b. Rock Shoulders, 1B: 0-1 (E-3, BB)
8. Shawon Dunston Jr, CF: 1-3 (K, 1B, F-8, BB)
9. Carlos Penalver, SS: 0-3 (BB, L-8, 6-4-3 DP, F-9)
1. Ian Dickson: 4.2 IP, 7 H, 3 R (3 ER), 1 BB, 2 K, 1 HR, 72 pitches (51 strikes), 7/5 GO/FO
2. Starling Peralta: 3.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 29 pitches (22 strikes), 3/5 GO/FO
3. Austin Reed: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 22 pitches (17 strikes), 1/3 GO/FO
1. SS Carlos Penalver - E-6 - throwing error allowed batter to reach base safely
2. P Ian Dickson - E-1 - errant throw on pick-off attempt at 2nd base allowed baseruner to advance to 3rd
3. 2B Gioskar Amaya - E-4 - throwing error allowed batter to reach base safely
4. SS Carlos Penalver - E-6 - fielding error allowed batter reach base safely
Taylor Davis: 0-2 CS
X. Darnell McDonald, DH #1; 3-4 (6-3, BB, 1B, 1B, 2B, 2 R, RBI)
NOTE: McDonald batted 2nd in the bottom of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th innings
1a. Tim Saunders, SS: 2-3 (2B, 1B, K, R, SB)
1b. David Bote, 2B: 0-1 (BB, 1-U, RBI)
2a. Zeke DeVoss, CF: 1-4 (K, 1B, 4-6 FC, F-8, 2 R)
2b. Xavier Batista, LF: 0-1 (K)
3. Dan Vogelbach, 1B: 1-5 (K, F-7, HR, K, K, R, 2 RBI)
4a. Chadd Krist, C: 0-3 (4-3, P-3, HBP, K)
4b. Yaniel Cabezas, C: 0-1 (F-9)
5. Anthony Giansanti, 3B: 1-4 (1B, BB, 5-3, L-5, F-9, 2 R)
6. Jeffrey Baez, RF-CF: 1-4 (2B, HBP, K, K, K, R, 3 RBI)
7a. Bijan Rademacher, DH #2: 0-2 (K, BB, K, RBI)
7b. Sergio Burruel, PH: 0-0 (HBP, R, SB)
8a. Taiwan Easterling, LF: 2-2 (1B, HBP, 2B, 2 RBI, SB)
8b. Garrett Schlecht, RF: 0-0 (BB)
9. Wes Darvill, 2B-SS: 1-4 (K, P-6, 6-3, 1B)
1. Drew Carpenter: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R (1 ER), 0 BB, 4 K, 32 pitches (24 strikes), 3/2 GO/FO
2. Rob Whitenack: 3.2 IP, 3 H, 4 R (4 ER), 4 BB, 2 K, 1 HBP, 1 WP, 1 GIDP, 61 pitches (31 strikes), 4/5 GO/FO
3. Austin Kirk: 2.1 IP, 3 H, 2 R (2 ER), 1 BB, 5 K, 43 pitches (29 strikes), 0/2 GO/FO
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Koyie Hill signs minor league
Koyie Hill signs minor league deal with Marlins. Heh.
Aww, now he's sad.
Aww, now he's sad.
AZ Phil: DIdn't you mention
AZ Phil: DIdn't you mention that Dillon Maples had some injury this spring? Did you ever find out what was his problem? Does the sim game mean he's in some form of rehab program prior to getting into a real game?
Thanks again for fantastic coverage of...well, virtually everyone in the Cubs system.
I hope Rob Whitenack finds his way back. It sounds like he's got a rough road ahead. I was able to ask him some questions about his TJ surgery at the Cubs Convention this year.
The star of that session wrt personality was Dallas Beeler. I'm rooting for his success too. How has he looked this spring?
Probably old news but..
Probably old news but...Baseball America says the cubs have...Released: RHP Ryan Hartman, RHP Su-Min Jung
and this commentary based on them acquiring Jose Dore from the Padres:
The Cubs have acquired a handful of Padres prospects in recent years, including Jose Dore ('10 eighth round; signed for $450,000), righthander Zach Cates ('10 third round; signed for $765,000) and first baseman Anthony Rizzo (no introduction necessary). This is no coincidence given that Chicago GM Jed Hoyer, senior VP of scouting and player development Jason McLeod and scouting director Jaron Madison acquired all three players when they manned the same posts in the Padres front office.
Welington Castillo made it
Welington Castillo made it into Nick Cafardo's weekly baseball column:
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What I've really disliked in
What I've really disliked in the recent past about the Cubs is being asked to watch a team full of journeymen. So it's nice to see the Cubs roster begin to take shape in the way of some home grown talent like Castro, Castillo, Barney, and I'll include Rizzo simply because TheoCorp has been stalking him all these years. Even if they don't have a great record, I can root for these guys and actually even give a damn. It even feels to me like Soriano is a Cub now. It was enjoyable watching him rise up to the challenge last year of becoming a better player.
Clevenger gets final bench
Clevenger gets final bench spot...Lohse signs with Brewers for 3/33.
Henry Owens was ridiculous
Henry Owens was ridiculous today...
faced 15 hitters in a minor league game, struck out 13 of them. (ground out and single on a flare to right were the other 2).
Would be a Theo draft pick
Would be a Theo draft pick with the Bosox.
"Orioles executive VP Dan
"Orioles executive VP Dan Duquette indicated Monday that Ryan Flaherty is the favorite to be the club's designated hitter against right-handers following the Wilson Betemit injury."
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I feel old
I feel old
Back in 2006 I saw Dunston at ST throwing bp to his young son off on the fields. I said to him "so you made him hit left handed." Shawon SR said "everyone says that, he did that on his own."
Does anybody know of any
Does anybody know of any video of Shawon Sr. really showing off his throwing arm at short? For example, as the middle man on a 4-6-3 double play or a rifle shot from deep in the hole? Any one of those throws that made you wince as that little white missile smacked into Mark Grace's mitt with enough force to fracture a metacarpal or two? Watching Grace catch a Dunston throw was an exercise in experiencing pain by proxy. You could hear the emphatic "POW" as it burned into the leather. Man, how I miss that!
I'd love to show my son video evidence of this and have not been successful in digging anything up. My best chance was the DVD of the Cubs' playoff game against the Giants in '89 -- the Mark Grace game -- there was only one play involving a Dunston throw and it wasn't one of his signature cannon shots. Any leads would be greatly appreciated.
if you go to You tube there
if you go to You tube there are several "the boys of Zimmer" videos. The one I watched had more Jerome Walton's hitting streak stuff but Shawon is there too. Might be on one of them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMrjRRFV4IQ (boys of Zimmer #3)
That's wonderful, and yes,
That's wonderful, and yes, the very first highlight is Dunston, throwing. Though it's not the sort of epic throw we remember...
Thanks, Cubster. I'll have
Thanks, Cubster. I'll have to spend some time going through all of them and see if they show any classic Dunston stuff.
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trevor clifton (high-A) could be interesting in a couple seasons...could even become a high/middle rotation guy. he's got a lot of pluses in his pitching except control.
eric leal's (high-A) progression through the minors should be worth watching even if only projects to be an mid/end-rotation starter.
we also gotta keep a long-distance eye on guys like jose paulino (ss-A) and preston morrison (A).
As Johnny Bach used to say when it was time for the MJ Bulls to crank up the defensive pressure: "Release the Dobermans!", and Jordan, Pippen, Rodman and Harper would just suffocate the other team.
I'd love to add Carl Jr. to that group - he's got the stuff.
Historically, the Moneyball guys have been great at identifying productive hitters. Not so much with pitchers.
Wow - Pierce Johnson with an ERA of 8.01 in 42IP!
What a stud prospect! Must be pitching with a pierced johnson.
Looks like Ryan Williams is the only legit prospect there. That is sad...
Well it would seem that's all they need now. "Stropy" can have his moments, but he's been more consistent post-asg.
Take THAT, Cardinals -- you beat Fernandez, we beat Sale.
I really like Lackey as a 6-inning pitcher.
Three amigos? Because the Dominican, the Venezuelan, and the Cuban?
Maybe the three-headed dragon?
Who says Contreras can't frame? Stone cold robbery of Eaton with that called third strike for the first out in the eighth
Three amigos time?
he should hit more of those. that would be an ideal outcome. /moneyballs
Russell with 19 RBI in July so far. Grand Slams help.
...and Familia with back-to-back blown saves. Blows a one-run lead vs. Rockies today, gets his 2nd consecutive loss.
I am OK with the Mets missing the playoffs and suffering crushing losses at home --- just want them to beat St. Louis.
He played with fire twice agains the Cubs -- unfortunately, the Cubs couldn't stop swinging.
How about Kyle Farnsworth? I know he was consistently upper 90s.
If he puts up Soriano numbers I will be ecstatic
I think Javy is learning--but he's learning to make contact, not learning to lay off pitches out of the zone. A quick glance at his plate discipline numbers on Fangraphs shows that his contact rate is up, especially his contact rate out of the zone, but his swing rate is up too, especially his swing rate out of the zone.
I definitely saw ballpark radar guns go up to 102 on Kerry Wood back when he was still a starter, but who knows how accurate they were.


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~The Boys Get In Trouble Again~Part 1-
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Beth! Beth! Almanzo called out aloud for Laura upon entering their home., very late that afternoon, after so many long hours of work, since very early morning that day.
I'm right here, in the kitchen, Manly.' 'I'm telling you Beth, I don't know what to do with those boys anymore.' they're driving me again crazy.
I should had been more firm with them from day one and then maybe we wouldn't be having this situation now.Everytime we let them come to spend some time with us.
It's like they keep on doing the same darn thing, that they did last time and that they have promised not to repeat.
Just look at this mess they did this time, Beth. Almanzo said to Laura,thrusting her way something on the floorboards, what it looked like ugly pieces of old rags,all wrapped up around a burnt piece of blackened stick.
Laura jumped back so quickly and startled by it that she nearly lost her balance, in her failed intent of regaining her composure again.
But just as soon she regained her balance and leaned forward very close to inspect and collect what Almanzo had brought in for her to see.
Oh no! Manly, don't tell me this is what I think it is, she told Manly, all the while nodding her head in disbelief.
Yes, it is Beth, and please this time you have to agree with me that they have to be punished.
Oh Manly! I can't believe what they've done this time. This is really just to much.
One thing is to get the scarecrow down and play with it a little bit for a while.
But another one is to use it as a pinata and then burned it just like a piece of coal.
They just can't continue doing things like this Beth,to us or anyone, Almanzo said to Laura.
We have to stop them now, or next time they will hurt themselves very bad or next time they'll burn the stable or the whole house down.
We have to talk to them right now and make them see how bad they've behaved and that they can't continue getting away with murder.
Almanzo reached out for Laura who was very upset too by now,just thinking that the boys could have gotten really hurt this time, doing what they've done.
I am so sorry Manly, I know how much you were hopping that the boys could have behaved this time around.
Yes, I know Beth, I feel like a total fool for believing in them like I did for the last 2 days.
Another thing Beth, remind me later of replacing that scarecrow for another.
We just can't afford having none in its intead out there in the fields, to protect our crop of corn.
By the way I assume you know where the boys are right now, don't you Beth?
I don't know for sure, Manly, but I just spotted them outside like an hour ago.They were laughing and playing hide and seek nearby the creek and told them to be careful.
I'll just go outside and bring them in,and they have to answer for what they've done this time,it's getting kind of dark by now anyway.
They should have been in by now, as they know we always expect them to do,when they're staying with us.
Almanzo let go of Laura and gave her a light kiss on the cheek.Well, I better go now and find those naughty boys and bring them home.
Don't worry Beth.I know what you must be thinking inside that little head of yours.You're thinking I am going to be very hard on those two, isn't it?
Well, can you blame it, if I was at least for once this time? what they've done it's very bad, serious and very dangerous too.
You see that,by now, don't you, Beth? Almanzo asked Laura.I know this time you have to agree with me about the boys.I hope you help me find the right punishment for both of them.
I see you in a little while, Beth.'Oh Manly, just promised me that you won't scare the boys, or be too hard on them when you first see them.
Can you at least promise me that now, so I can have a sigh of relief.Almanzo just smiled her back and said to Laura, ' I can't promise you that right now, Beth.
I am sorry.The only thing i can promise you,is that I will try very hard and that you'll see them both again around supper time.Okay. Almanzo just gave her one of his smiles.
Saying that he just turned away from her, and stepped out through the kitchen door, without looking back.Laura just stared back at Manly, rubbing her hands back and forth.
She was so worried about Manly and the boys.Manly had been working so hard of late and was having some problems at the mill. Since Pa had left with her Ma.
They had left both together for a little deserved vacation to California.A place they've visited it only for a second time since Albert had moved away.
They have some good friends in San Francisco and they got an early invitation to go and stay with them for a while, at least a couple of weeks.
Who knows they might change their mind and stay for a little longer than that, perhaps the whole month.
She hoped they would, even when she missed them so much already. they have been gone only 3 days, but it seemed to her, like they have been gone for a whole year already.
They both needed some time together to enjoy and have some fun, far away from home, and Walnut Grove, a place that held for them so many good and bad memories at the same time.
They've done all their life all the best they could.Now it was the time for them to benefit of some of what they both have worked so hard.
Pa have asked Manly to look after the Mill for him, while he was away,and Manly of course could never say no to her Pa.
At least most of the time he couldn't or just he didn't want to, and at the thought of that she couldn't help but smile too.
Dorian Petersen Potter
aka ladydp2000
Author Note: Just a Narrative poem or short story tha I've written inspired by some of the beloved characters of Little House In The Prarie series and books.~
This story continues in 'The Boys Get In Trouble Again' part 2 '
Copyright © Dorian Petersen Potter | Year Posted 2015
Fifty years, boy and man, I've been a Sooners fan;
And watched thousands of recruits try to make my Sooners Team.
Often, I've enviously wondered what it must be like
To be a touted Sooners recruit, living out his dream.
He'd had a great career through high school;
Made good grades, was a football star, played baseball too.
Coach said college recruiters were watching closely;
So, he tried his very best to make his dream come true.
You see, he'd played on the L'il Sooners as a kid;
Started getting serious about the game when he was only eight
Played with older, bigger boys and practiced hard;
Always told his friends, "To be a Sooner, ya gotta play great".
Oh yes, his parents raised a football player;
And, even more important, a Sooners fan;
But he wanted more, to be a Sooner,
To feel the glory raining down from the stands.
Now, the Sooners' Head Coach is in his living room.
"Son, you've got talent. We think you fit our scheme.
We're offering you a scholarship, an opportunity
To be an important member of our great Sooners Team".
His mother smiles her biggest smile.
His father nods proudly and pats him on the knee.
"Lord knows, son, it's a dream come true.
Go be the very best Sooner you can be".
He walks into the locker room,
Not quite sure what to expect;
But sure that to play for the Sooners
He will first have to earn respect.
He looks each man straight in the eye -
Other recruits, trainers, assistants, and every coach.
"Be proud, but respectful", his mother had said;
Your character, more than your performance, must be above reproach".
His handshake is firm and he smiles.
"Only one chance for a first impression", his father had said;
"Always put yourself in positive light, on and off the field.
That's what it will take to play for the mighty Big Red".
He meets so many other recruits, each one a high school star.
He's played against a few and knows they share his dream.
And, to a man, each knows before any chance for Glory,
He first must prove worthy to play for this Sooners Team.
He knows a few will fail to meet the coaches' expectations.
For some, the scout team will be their fate.
Many will suit up, but rarely play.
Only the very best will ever dare to be great.
Coach says, "If every man learns and executes when called on,
Then this team, we Sooners, will win a lot of games;
But, win or lose, if you play hard and give your very best,
You'll never have to hang your heads in shame".
"But gentlemen, with or without you, this team will win.
Every season, the Sooners strive to win it All.
So, listen, work hard, and prepare yourselves. Each game is war...
And you must be ready when Victory calls".
Through grueling practices, he finds himself.
As he walks to class, his closest friends are aches and pains;
But, just the other day, Coach helped him up, smiled, and patted his helmet.
"You're doin' fine, son. Keep pushin'. Remember, no pain, no gain".
He sees his name on the "open scrimmage" roster for the very first time.
It's a moment he'll never forget, another milestone in his dream.
He calls his Mom and Dad, knowing they'll tell his family and his friends.
He hopes they'll actually see him play, proof he's made the Team.
As he suits up for the last pre-season open scrimmage,
He wonders if the coaches would really let a freshman play at all;
But Coach puts him in for eight plays against the first team;
He makes two great open-field tackles and intercepts the ball.
He barely hears the roar of the crowd, as the whole defense "gives him five".
He's so excited, he forgets to ask if he can keep that ball.
Fans are buzzing, "Did you see that hit"!? "Who is that kid"!?
"Will he red shirt or will Coach let him play this fall"?
He sees his name in the Sunday paper, hears it on local sports.
He's happy, but he doesn't let it go to his head.
He keeps his focus and uses it as motivation.
After all, he wants to start one day for the mighty Big Red.
Yes, we'll hear more of this young recruit.
Perhaps, one day he'll be the hero of the game.
A seasoned veteran, maybe All Conference or even All American,
Who's tasted Victory many times and helped glorify the Sooners' name.
Oh yes, there have been so many who've aspired;
But many fewer who've actually made our Sooners Team.
They are our heroes, each and every one;
For it's through their accomplishments, we fans can live the dream.
Billy Vessels, Steve Owens, Billy Sims, and Jason White,
The Selmons, Little Joe, the Boz, Josh Heupel, and "Q"
They, and so many others, were once touted Sooners recruits;
Who set a higher mark and built the Tradition that is OU.
So, c'mon! c'mon! all you great young football players!
Dedicate your talents to OU's Team and OU's Fans.
Make Oklahoma's Owen Field your Field of Dreams,
And feel the Glory raining down from the stands.
Copyright © Robert Candler | Year Posted 2014
for Eric Mottram (1924 - 1995)*
a life of toil for the man in the centre
a hub in the peripheral tireless wheel
where he go then where he go this working man
he go on waking people working at waking man
no words cling now no words meant in blame
the tongue he lash the words they now tame
no shock of blast open laughter rock the hall
everyman there say there sure were a man
a man no fear cowed in communion to other
made for no gods made for no demons either
all men he know best when he see just once
no second thought resurrect the man if bad
so go tell the magi no trek in sight in sky
here a man be born here he so sure die
other no like see one so bright stand up high
other no like feel like sky fall low into ocean
what make 'm i say with feeling so just
is sure he different he force hisself work
work work work work an' again work
he work nite an' nite so 50-hour in day
where he go then where he go this working man
he go on waking people working at waking man
where you go from word born here now
turn and twist all whoring the alphabet
'don't write anything you can get published'
so publish only what you can't call your own
writing like reading's a public coital act
so showing your work is exhibitionism
'why don't you send your stuff around
keeping it to yourself's sheer masturbation'
reading-watching-listening's just voyeurism
so sending wares around is prostitutionism
where he go then where he go this working man
he go on waking people working at waking man
he it was in minesweeper capture aurora borealis
message from extrasensory enter into he word
in Bengal waters alone he hear No-man cry
only in deepdown psyche water drip drip dry
then on land he no see reason to the fight
so he let he wrists spill he guts to the fill
then he take the world on all by he torn self
he spare no skin in dug-Malayan-jungle-out
what he do what he think he do he no tell
everybody meet man an' no see albatross hang
he no tell story like ol' mariner in dream
he go wake people from dumb dead trance
many many people high up no like this act
some call him stuckup other just 'im damn
is all he do then what kind of working this
is big work man 'cause most body dead sleep
where he go then where he go this working man
he go on waking people working at waking man
* The late Eric N. W. Mottram, made Chair Professor of English and American Literature at King's College, University of London, in 1983, was appointed Lecturer
in American Literature - the first such appointment - in the University of London. By then he had already taught English literature in Zurich, Singapore, and Groningen. He obtained a Double First in English Tripos at Cambridge University after serving out the Second World War (in the North Sea and the Bay of Bengal) on a mine-sweeper. He edited 22 issues of the Poetry Review in the seventies, the organ of the Poetry Society in England. He published some 35 books of poems and some fifteen books of criticism and was the recepient of the American Learned Society's Award for 1965. He also taught at Northwestern University and in New York University at Buffalo. In 1994-1995, he was recommended for the Nobel Prize in Literature, but he passed away on January 16, 1995 while a E-meritus Professor at London University.
© T. Wignesan 13-15 October 1995. Pub. in "Radical Poetics (Inventory of Possibilities)", London, 1997.
Copyright © T Wignesan | Year Posted 2012
in words
coloured structures
tones movements
all the multifarious ways of being savvy earnest
of show-looking in earnest
of believing in earnestness
of wanting to be thought of in earnest
by being read thumbed
scrutinised listened to in silence
who shores up whose image
« when the feeling comes, I feel the need to go » …
Sekoto said
looking into the guest with devouring Picasso eyes
and yet his image bothered him
his need to be felt useful needed
to be thought of as in the know
no background to lay the usual foundation
Ecole des Beaux Arts
Atelier in the Rue des Augustins
no one to lean on to
only the self-peddled jazz piano a lolling pittance
and the loud lingering death at the Maison des Artistes
canvasses stached away at some brocanteur's junkyard
it matters to leave behind a corpus
a bibliography firsthand original right from the tréfonds
long before death
the diurnal deaths
felled by dizzy spells
some ex-librarian's list of secondary source pieces
articles talks opening-day speeches conferences radio-interviews
tv declarations chapters-in-books edited revised --editions reviews biblios
tertiary lists of critiques
unsigned TLS reviews communications
what the editor said in memoirs of his peers
not to have said enough is not enough
there will be those who will attribute what others have said to us
we have made provision for that
we told so and so what the others have taken from us
with a word carefully placed in the leeward of the ear
while sitting in the din of the rear seat words garbled gobbled by the exhaust beat
to have left behind a load
heavy with prizes pounds royalties titles
by the dozens even scores
definitive recapitulative editions in velours
computerised translations transvesti(t)es
through years of solitude sans sexe sans joie sans care may the publisher be
forever loading to jettison
the heavier the corpus the longer/longslower
the worm rot in the
mud catacombs of staring accusing
From the privately-pub. coll. (rev. 2016) : longhand notes (a binding of poems), Paris : 1999, 115p.
© T.Wignesan - Paris
Fresnes, November 6, 1994
Copyright © T Wignesan | Year Posted 2016
Lightly the rain falls upon the lamp lit streets, the shabbily dressed figure
Walks with an air of uncertainty down the cobbled stone streets, leaning,
On his rickety cane, the elderly gentleman huddles beneath his umbrella Of refuge.
Shadows of the tenement brownstones line the edge of this rough necked
Part of town, here is the sheltering halls of the forgotten do dwell, the poorer
Venue that slum lords build their fortune's foundation's upon.
The gentlemen approaches his own dwellings dormancy with hesitations
Beating heart throbbing within his small fragile bent frame, for he knows
Tonight shall be his last night on this ethereal plane of existence.
For one last moments belief reflection he remains completely still, just to
To feel the autumn breeze against his bare flesh, to hear the rain drops hitting
Against the window panes, and to bid his final farewell to humanity.
Taking out his keys with his wrinkled twisted hands, he unlocks the doors
To his apartment, turning around to look outwards the gentlemen sighs, it has
Been a hard life, but I'm resolved to meet the next adventure, then he shuts
And locks the tenement's door.
Weary from his days traveling the elderly gentlemen, climbs his steps upwards,
Towards his little room in the back area of his apartments, then he sits at his office
Desk for the last and final time, now to complete my journeys final entry, he thought
To himself this writer of the super natural's acclaim.
Dipping his quilted golden pen into his ink well, the master writes one last line,
The end, or is this just the beginning?
Clumping over, clasping upon his desk the elder gentlemen's heart lies stilled
As if at perfection's final rest, his golden pen now runs crimson, bleeding downwards
Across the aged parchment paper, dripping onto the old wooden floor boards below.
The office door blows open a tall figure thus so enters, dressed in a raggedy robe of black,
Thread borne and full of tares and wholes, the creature approaches the dead gentleman,
As if in a screeching howl, the Grim Reapers touches him, ripping his spectral spirit
Free from the fleshes boney shell.
I've come for you old man, resist me not for your sins are heavy, and I've no time for
The ranting or ravening's last pleas for salvations from one such as yourself, I have no
Last wishes qualms my friend, take me at your leisure, for I've grown weary of this life,
And it's lonely emptiness.
Then the room grows cold, the ethereal disturbance ends as quickly as it had begun,
Leaving only the shell sitting at the old wooden desk, what happens when the writers
Golden pen runs crimson, bleeding downwards across the aged parchment paper,
Dripping onto the old wooden floor boards below?
The world of humanity thus so weeps for him, for he is the grand master of darkness's
Written word, the skilled craftsman's whom reveals what lies beyond the darker realms
Ebony gates, by his darker words of wonderment.
Farewell Mr. Edgar Allen Poe, we shall miss you always, you whom welcomed death
So easily, but the world of men is left empty without thee, as thy golden pen thus so
Now runs crimson and lies stilled forever.
Copyright © cherl dunn | Year Posted 2014
Such a nose had Ol' Blue.
Best in south Missouri... everybody knew.
Could smell a pheasant across the plain.
Could point a covey in a hurricane.
That's the way the legend goes.
Ol' Blue had a "magic nose."
As Blue got older, his master's mind would drift away
To a place where he and young Blue used to play.
In the mornings, sitting over his coffee cup
He found it sad there were no pups.
He thought it would be such a shame
If the only memory was Ol' Blue's name.
So, Jim was compelled and full of pride;
He made a search, far and wide,
To find Ol' Blue a suitable mate.
No doubt, his offspring would be great.
It seemed likely, he supposed,
At least one pup would have his "magic nose."
She was a Champion Miss from New Orleans,
A beautiful "red" named Cajun Queen.
But Blue suddenly passed away, before the pups were born.
Jim was broken hearted. He and "Queenie" mourned.
Then came the litter, but there was only one.
Jim struggled for hope; after all, he was Ol' Blue's son.
Dappled and lanky, a handsome little cuss,
He looked just like Blue. Jim made such a fuss.
Naming this pup would require no ado.
It was obvious. Officially, he would be "Blue Two."
Oh yes, these were mighty large tracks to fill.
"Can he?", folks asked. Jim would say, "Heck yes he will!"
So his nickname became "Two" and he seemed to be smart.
Soon it was time for his training to start.
The basics went well, but Jim's outlook grew very dim
When, instead of pointing, Two would wag and jump and bark at him.
Oh, Two seemed to be trying; but try as he might,
He just could not seem to ever get it right.
"Blue's son or not, he's got to go!"
Jim found Two a "pet home" far away, in Tupelo.
On his way back, he stopped in Texarkana.
Been too long a time since he'd seen his sister Hannah.
Six days and six pounds later, he was back on his way.
Work at the farm was callin' and he'd be drivin' all day.
He thought about Ol' Blue and wondered if and when
He'd ever have a birddog as good as Blue again.
Oh, he knew another "magic nose" was just a far off dream;
After all, it wasn't something any man could scheme.
A "magic nose" was a gift from God, only given to a few;
And he was proud and very lucky just to have known Ol' Blue.
As he turned into his drive, he broke into a smile.
"Why… I can't believe it! It…It must be 300 miles!"
Two was on the porch, thin and dirty; but he struck a handsome pose.
Jim ran and hugged Two hard. "How'd you get back? Lord only knows!"
Suddenly Jim realized; and struck with awe, he slowly rose.
A tear trickled to his smile. "Why Two… you have a "magic nose!"
Two and Jim are best of friends, together everywhere.
From milkin' cows to bedtime, Two is always there.
Jim doesn't hunt much anymore, now Two's a rescue dog.
Just last month, he saved a little girl lost in Cooley's Bog.
Jim struts and tells proud, heroic stories;
While Two wags and jumps and barks, and shares his glory.
Jim boasts, "Like father, like son!", then speaks fondly of Blue;
But all know the largest tracks to fill are those of Two.
His deeds are known far and wide,
And fill Jim's heart with love and pride.
For with every rescue, the legend grows;
About a dog named Two, and his "magic nose."
Politician chops a tomato
in his kitchen
Now he's chopping a lettuce
in his kitchen
He's saying things at the same time
in his kitchen
He's endowed with multi-skilled sets
Yes he must live in the real world I've guessed
He can chop a tomato
And then a lettuce
And talk at the same time
I've never chopped a lettuce in my life
in my kitchen
I have chopped a tomato though
But it wasn't in my kitchen
It was in someone else's
It was a pretty weird situation
That pretty weird kitchen situation is for another poem
And probably one you won't want to read
if I'm being honest
So I won't be honest..honest.
Well that tells us all we need to know
I'm convinced
I always wondered whether he could chop a tomato
in his kitchen
It's not easy at the best of times
You know that
I know that
Let's not pretend
And he did it all in front of the cameras
in his kitchen
Chopping a lettuce truly earns my respect
And should earn yours too
A man who can chop a lettuce and talk about not wanting to be prime minister for a third term
When he's still in his first
To think that far ahead
in his kitchen
While chopping a tomato
and then a lettuce
in his kitchen
Talking at the same time
in his kitchen
About not wanting to be prime minister for a third term
When he's still serving his first
That truly earns my respect
Like watching a marine punch a gazelle..
And regardless of whoever's kitchen I happen to be in
Were I to be in your kitchen for example
I would feel that same swell of admiration
And I promise I would never chop a tomato
in your kitchen
And definitely not a lettuce
Just in case you're wondering
I don't eat lettuce
And even if I did
I would never chop it in your kitchen
Even if I were to be in a really bad mood..
And here's another politician
This one is in his second kitchen
Conversing with his wife while drinking tea
in his second kitchen
I know that could never be me
I don't have a first wife and I don't have a second kitchen
(and I don't really sip tea for I'm an uncouth gulper
probably my Indian upbringing)
Thus I could never be a democratic socialist leader
Although I'd like to be
Who could believe in me
When I don't have a second kitchen to sip tea in
with a wife which I don't have
Listening attentively to my democratic socialist thoughts
While sipping tea which I wouldn't sip anyway
Being more of an uncouth gulper probably because of my Indian upbringing
in my second kitchen
which I also don't have..
To be that man who can sip tea so nonchalantly
Not even in his first kitchen
But in his second kitchen
The one that he's not used to sipping tea in
That's beyond the call of duty
So beyond you
And me
So who really lives in the real world
Well I think that's plain to see
Copyright © Suki Spangles | Year Posted 2015
I've had it up to here
Feeling mad sat in this chair
As I turn on the flipping news
I hate hearing
About what Will's doing and what Kate's wearing
I wouldn't care if Will was dressed in a chicken suit
While Kate is on the floor licking puke
Wearing fake earrings
Down the market picking fruit
From a stall owned by Del-Boy and Rodney
With their child dressed as Mr Blobby
They aren't more important than anybody else
Please stop acting like they're godly
I'd rather use pliers to take out my wisdom tooth
Be stuck on the tallest building to get a different view
Than be forced to listen to A Cheryl Cole song
Wait hold up am I kidding you?
Or am I lashing out because I didn't get ab date with her like I was wishing to?
Where do we go from here?
To sell records Nicki Minaj has to show her rear
Why am I supposed to care?
I just heard her new song and arghhh I think it broke my ears
You can't rap or sing Nicki so give up please
Breaking news, Justin Bieber just sneezed
And people are going insane like he's on his death bed
Quick go and pray, get meds
But don't pray for that innocent teen who was left dead
I don't care about what Rihanna's doing
Don't care whether she ate, Pizza, Fish, mince or ham
But thanks to twitter and Instagram
We can know all of her movements
With what I'm saying you probably think I drink too much
But I'm 100% sober
Put Kim Kardashian in the tumble dryer to shrink her butt
Let's see if anyone still knows her
Take a joke people don't get hurt fast
I'm just trying to get Kim to flirt back
While you're all obsessed with her ass
I'm thinking she has a new man every 6 months how can anyone be her last?
I'm sick and tired of seeing the word "hater"
But please tell me who's this "celebrity" in the paper?
X Factor today, Big brother next year
Some say Kim Kardashian has the best rear
When I saw her tape
I thought I know who to call if I ever want a night of boring and poor sex
Ok you made a sex tape have you done anymore yet?
Oh wait I apologise I see you also pose naked
I'll be more surprised when you wear clothes and show faces
You have little girls idolising you why be so tasteless?
A lot haven't got careers so they I'm a celeb it
Wait who are you? You're no A-List
I guess they must have been desperate
I couldn't name a single person from the only way is Essex
Nothing special you're so basic
Some people fancy Katie Price and I don't get it
All she does is show fakeness
It'd be like dating a plastic table
You are so far below greatness
You'll never reach it you'll never be able
Get a bit of money and when it runs out
You'll get your boobs and bum out
Say 2 I like it when he does this and that when he's in bed with me"
This is just part of the reason why I hate celebrities
Copyright © Alex Duffy | Year Posted 2014
When electing a president, please keep in mind,
opinions can change in the blink of an eye
(just ask the man with the yellow hair dye)
What policies are on the plate?
(fork on the left, spoon on the right ... it's all cutlery, in any case)
What decision should we make?
(and how do I make my opponent look bad ...
I hear he's got a sketchy history,
his place of birth a mystery,
never hurts to stretch the truth just a tad)
... and debates these days, are really second rate,
(someone always forgets to bring in the parents as referee)
You have to understand, with this here Money Man,
things aren't always what they seem:
(the guy might very well pull off the monocle,
but the hair really ain't soft serve, but genuine follicles.)
And diverting back to matters more serious
(I have a feeling with the bracketed jokes
I made you quite delirious)
But there are real issues at hand
(feel free to grab the tissues)
Should we kill babies Or not kill babies
Should we let 'em all in like the Universal Utopia
we know we are,
or erect a wall, like the Taj Mahal, similar in size and shape
of Donald's ego.
And who even really cares anyhow?
(Drumpf surely doesn't)
anytime there's an opening to run his mouth
he'll surely grab hold
with desperado tenfold.
No matter how crass No matter how upsetting
(just as long as it spikes his polls)
... and it's working like a charm
despite his used car salesman personality.
The Red, White and Blue,
could be heading for a fatality.
But with the critics I firmly disagree.
He's not a clown (certainly no buffoon),
just a genius with egg on his face ...
whatever it takes to beat the race.
Who else would have been intelligent enough
to look where no one else dared too venture;
beneath the ugly underbelly of society,
he found a way to profit from our distateful nature.
We don't run towards the light,
no not even the darkness.
We run towards whatever's creating noise
(forget manners forget poise)
Let the man's appendages be,
It was YOUR sausage links that pressed
"I vote Yes" ... hip hip democracy.
He taught me a truth (though it's no secret)
That a message wrapped in etiquette,
no matter the value
will always shatter
when in the presence of a Trumpeter
blasting away inches from your ear.
So plug them drums,
and come my friends,
Don't soak it all up
like a sanitary napkin.
Let the squeaky wheel
continue to squeal:
the screaming child
can just wait awhile.
Though they like to make you feel weak,
but a queen you can surely be, my cunning little pawn.
In the truest Drumpfism I can muster,
my advice to you America?
Don't be a tampon.
Written March 13th, 2016
For the Political Ordeal Contest Hosted by CT
Copyright © Timothy Hicks | Year Posted 2016
True Beauty in women comes from her Pure Heart, Pure thoughts, unselfishness, blameless behavior, genuine love, gentleness and compassion for others.
True Beauty in women is not found in beauty parlors, cosmetics, clothing stores or shopping malls.
True Beauty in women is found by her virtues not from external appearances
True Beauty in women is found in simple, modest, shamefaced, chaste, meek and quiet spiritness.
True Beauty in a Woman is found when she delights in God day and night
True Beauty in a women is constantly doing good for her God, her husband, her children, her family, her church, needy, Charity and others
True Beauty in women is when truth, honesty and innocence reflects across her face
True Beauty in women is the one who does not walks in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful.
True Beauty in women is not dressing to please people but seeking to please God.
True Beauty in a Woman is reflected in her soul not in the latest fashions
True Beautiful women does not dress in the 'attire of an harlot" in Proverbs 7: 10
True beauty is not revealing too much of herself in public
True beauty is not stirring up the wrong kind of feelings from others
True Beauty is not attracting the wrong kind of attention from others
True Beauty is not dressing like man, smoking like a man, fighting like a man
True Beauty is not world's view of Beauty based almost entirely on external appearance
True Beauty is not coloring or dying hair or having expensive haircuts
True Beauty is not in competition, modeling or in cat walks
True Beauty in women is a role model in her children's life by training, disciplining and nurturing her children' according to Gods word
True Beauty is fearing God, devoting herself to her husband and family
True Beauty is clothed with humility, pure, righteous and holy
True Beauty is in the women who has Special bonding between her children and family
True Beauty is in shaping up her children's attitudes, actions, behavior and teaching the commandments and the laws of the God.
True Beauty in women is refusing to keep One Foot in God's Word, and One Foot in the World.
True Beauty in women is not in the fitness centre or gym or in spa's.
True Beauty in women is seeking God's Kingdom First, Not Worldly Wealth and Possessions
True Beautiful women are the women who continually strive and work hard to build up and strengthen her family and marriage.
True Beautiful women are a constant encouragement and support for her husband, her children and others.
True beauty exists in virtuous woman who is far above rubies and pearls in price.
Copyright © Shaila Touchton | Year Posted 2016


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PS4 Sales Drop Again In Japan
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Xbox One Tops PS4 in December U.S. Sales
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Analysts Predict the PS4 Will Outsell the Xbox 1
Analyst indicate PS4 sales will be fifty percent higher than Xbox One
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