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March 17, 2009: w/ live music from Arrington de Dionyso
Old Time Relijun's front-man will perform some of his true folk sounds live on the radio. Instruments may include bass clarinet, snare drum, shruti box, and multiphonic voice. Arrington de Dionyso's grand textural experiments are inspired by Indian classical music, Tuvan throat-singing, and free jazz. He's playing NYC at The Stone on March 11 (curated by Lucas Ligeti), March 19 at Zebulon in Brooklyn, and March 20 at Theater Lab in the West Village.
Arrington's got a new album later this year on ESP-Disk, The Naked Future
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Listener comments! | |
Tue. 3/17/09 9:04am
first post, ha! jason, salutations! | |
Tue. 3/17/09 9:06am
Jason, you were magnificent that night. Yes, I know, you'd rather hear a girl say that, but I got what I got. | |
Tue. 3/17/09 9:06am
PMP!! woohoo! morning jason.. morning everyone | |
Tue. 3/17/09 9:09am
Parq, where you hiding it then?! and good morning madam! | |
Tue. 3/17/09 9:10am
Hey pmP, Parq and Annie, good morning!! Thank you Parq...thank you for puttin up with my obnoxiousness and supporting the station inspite of it! | |
Tue. 3/17/09 9:11am
PMP-i have ther greenhouse half finished.. a thing of beauty.. and a great storage shed for wood this winter too.. jason it was a hell of a haul, eh..? | |
Tue. 3/17/09 9:14am
annie, that would make it a bauhaus greenhouse. | |
Tue. 3/17/09 9:21am
pmp, have you put yourself on the donation map? | |
Tue. 3/17/09 9:24am
texas scott:
morning,everyone. hey annie....whatcha gonna grow in that greenhouse? | |
Tue. 3/17/09 9:25am
no annie, i'm too self-deprecating! | |
Tue. 3/17/09 9:25am
starting leek seeds and two kinds of wormwood, then, various crucifer s and veggies.. | |
Tue. 3/17/09 9:26am
pmmp- ken might be able to give you some tramadol for that. | |
Tue. 3/17/09 9:26am
Tx Sct, are you anywhere near Austin? Are you going to be able to go to one of the FMU SXSW shows? | |
Tue. 3/17/09 9:28am
No way, Annie, Ken would never share his tramadol. | |
Tue. 3/17/09 9:29am
texas scott:
no,parq i'm in fort worth and have no time would love to some day. btw,anyone know if pseu's show will be bumped this friday? | |
Tue. 3/17/09 9:34am
ken could'nt handle kenny g without it. | |
Tue. 3/17/09 9:56am
i'm really around this morning, really. my computer's speed has slowed this am. and i am working at a snails' pace. great music jason...and i mean that! | |
Tue. 3/17/09 10:00am
Golden Sours:
Kenny G! Be still my heart! | |
Tue. 3/17/09 10:04am
Jerry Garcia:
This reminds me of the melody in "The Wheel." | |
Tue. 3/17/09 10:05am
Jerry Garcia:
Then again, I have taken a lot of drugs. | |
Tue. 3/17/09 10:05am
Bad Ronald:
Aren't you dead too? | |
Tue. 3/17/09 10:07am
Jerry Garcia:
Yeah. Real dead. Maybe that has something to do with it as well. | |
Tue. 3/17/09 10:07am
blustery windy somewhat sunny day in south inner city berlin. moving flat on my national holiday;). same day i moved here over 6 years ago. hope you gfet the 133000 over the coming days. | |
Tue. 3/17/09 10:08am
stingy d:
the mozzarella bar sucks guys don't go there. | |
Tue. 3/17/09 10:11am
dc pat:
dang, what's the deal singy? I was planning on stopping by | |
Tue. 3/17/09 10:12am
dc pat:
alright, Arrington on the show--just saw him last Friday. | |
Tue. 3/17/09 10:15am
hola. The Bulldog in NE Minneapolis makes awesome fried mozzarella. | |
Tue. 3/17/09 10:15am
stingy d:
why singy? why always? the quality just not that great. it's very much a chain from what i can tell. and the employees just work there, they don't know what they are selling. | |
Tue. 3/17/09 10:17am
dc pät:
oh, got it. I like "singy d"--it's like you got singed by something big and firey. or maybe you like to sing a lot. | |
Tue. 3/17/09 10:18am
stingy d, as our in-column eatery raconteur i think you're doing fine, honestly, no honestly. | |
Tue. 3/17/09 10:21am
dc pät:
that last bit by cheer-accident sounded vaguely Stravinsky-like | |
Tue. 3/17/09 10:23am
damn, gina, missed Paul Metzger | |
Tue. 3/17/09 10:23am
stingy d:
aaaah screw everybody i'm going to sleep | |
Tue. 3/17/09 10:23am
daaaamn ginnaaa | |
Tue. 3/17/09 10:24am
stingy d:
you're welcome! you're all welcome!! http://rs758.rapidshare.com/files/210219051/The_Class_set.zip | |
Tue. 3/17/09 10:24am
Pat, SD has nicely illustrated my point. Rule number one for a visitor picking a place to eat; not the chains. For the life of me, I can't figure out why people knock themselves out financially to come here, and then eat in the same damn Olive Garden as at home. | |
Tue. 3/17/09 10:25am
Bäd R☺nald:
Hey Stingy - you ever do S'Mac on 12th street? | |
Tue. 3/17/09 10:25am
I sorry - "Pät". | |
Tue. 3/17/09 10:30am
Pearly Sweets:
You know what is funny, Parq, one of my coworkers went up there a few months ago and the first place she ate was at an Olive Garden. Her reason was "we were hungry and didn't want to walk any further." My response "you could have gone one block in either direction." | |
Tue. 3/17/09 10:30am
I don't know, either, Parq. Although Tim Horton's did save my butt a few times last time I was in Toronto... | |
Tue. 3/17/09 10:32am
You know, folks, it's weird, but some people are not all that into food. I remember looking at one acquaintance like an alien when he said he never noticed what kind of bread his sandwiches were on! | |
Tue. 3/17/09 10:36am
it's all about the flavour and taste.. the savory compared to the sweet. the toothsomeness of the bite. i love food. | |
Tue. 3/17/09 10:38am
Jason, this Pinhas is gorgeous. | |
Tue. 3/17/09 10:38am
Oliver Twist:
Food, glorious food! | |
Tue. 3/17/09 10:38am
...and some folk don't know which side their bread is buttered on, idiomts! | |
Tue. 3/17/09 10:40am
BREAD!!! ....... butter... hhmmm.. | |
Tue. 3/17/09 10:44am
Doug from DC:
I thought The Fly Girlz album was released on Sockets. I know the guy that runs the label, and just got an e-mail blast about his new releases today. | |
Tue. 3/17/09 10:44am
mmmmm, bread. Fresh butter. Hope butter from Central MN, made from the milk of cows that have done nothing wrong, and salt - if you get the salted kind. now I'm hongry. Say, can you play the WFMU National Anthem aka "Cars that Go Boom?" | |
Tue. 3/17/09 10:45am
stingy d:
i have water now so fuck you | |
Tue. 3/17/09 10:46am
cecile just made some fresh butter last week,,, hhmmm had to quality control a couple times, veerry important! | |
Tue. 3/17/09 10:47am
Chill out, Testy D. Oh, Annie, you are doing veerrrry important work. | |
Tue. 3/17/09 10:48am
and since i am alone 97 percent of the time, i get to eat it all by myself, mostly. | |
Tue. 3/17/09 10:49am
oh, cecile, the puppies are born! she had 4 and the female is tricoloured. not sure about the husky bit yet. will see her next week | |
Tue. 3/17/09 10:50am
How simulataneously luxurious and wistful. | |
Tue. 3/17/09 10:52am
pupppppppppppppiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeee! they're not going to give her to you until 8 weeks, right? They shouldn't... | |
Tue. 3/17/09 10:53am
Morning all..I hear that SXSW is almost sold out already, and they expect a better turn out than last year.....what recession! It si getting to where you need an inside connection to get in. | |
Tue. 3/17/09 10:54am
i wouldn't have it any other way cece, want to do it right...going to bring something that smells like me so i can get her to know me that way.. | |
Tue. 3/17/09 10:56am
Good job, annie! Now to get the wheels turning on my dogdoption. | |
Tue. 3/17/09 10:57am
that would be fresh morning hay and violets annie! i hope she grows up to be a fine rabbit chaser. | |
Tue. 3/17/09 11:00am
that's a wonderful image of smells PMMP, not sure how i feel about chasing rabbits, though, they are everywhere around here. the owls have been feasting lately. makes me sad ... out there chewing on the apple bask, then BAM.. ... | |
Tue. 3/17/09 11:01am
that would be apple bark! | |
Tue. 3/17/09 11:01am
stingy d:
i like apple bask | |
Tue. 3/17/09 11:02am
Okay, D's got bread and water. We've established that he and his laptop are in solitary. Annie, three Ps - post puppy pics. We will not take no for an answer. | |
Tue. 3/17/09 11:03am
i like apple mast. | |
Tue. 3/17/09 11:03am
I want my puppala to be chasing all the bunnies and skwirels out of my yard. They seem to think it's a rodent superhighway. | |
Tue. 3/17/09 11:03am
parq, consider it done. if i get lucky perhaps as early as next week.. woohoo! stingy might have added something to that water like, whiskey? | |
Tue. 3/17/09 11:05am
i am now thinking about the ramifications of this decision.. wow.. haven't had to care for a youngun since my kid was at home. | |
Tue. 3/17/09 11:07am
stingy d:
i'm hanged over. somehow when you ride a bike for 9 hours a day... 4 beers feels like 10 | |
Tue. 3/17/09 11:08am
stingy d:
furthermore all puppies should be allowed to break squirrel and rabbit necks | |
Tue. 3/17/09 11:10am
dc pät:
my cat breaks rat necks for breakfast.. | |
Tue. 3/17/09 11:13am
Stingy, who is chasing you? Why are you riding so far? | |
Tue. 3/17/09 11:14am
stingy d, notwithstanding fear of plantnig subliminal references of former policeman, i have always pronounced your moniker as in the 'sting in ones tail,' and will continue to do so. | |
Tue. 3/17/09 11:17am
dc pät:
getting back to that Olive Garden discussion and being interested in the food you eat--I think it's the same thing as having some taste regarding music. If you are particular in one area, you probably are in others. | |
Tue. 3/17/09 11:17am
still b/p:
Scruffy carnivorous urban rabbits will chase bicyclers to terminal exhaustion. And they can smell cheese breath from six blocks away. | |
Tue. 3/17/09 11:18am
dc pät:
Tue. 3/17/09 11:18am
fl pearlÿ:
bringin' back the umlauts! Hooray! | |
Tue. 3/17/09 11:20am
b/p b/ave! | |
Tue. 3/17/09 11:20am
Tense E. Sea:
umlaut in love... so don't forget it... | |
Tue. 3/17/09 11:21am
The thing is, tourists who come to NYC not only eat in the Olive Garden, but get their dessert at one of the chain yogurt places, stay in chain hotels, shop in chain stores, party in chain theme bars, and see Broadway musical versions of movies they've watched on DVD 50 times. More power to them, I guess, and I love the tax money they're paying into my community (or at least the portion of it that Albany lets us keep), but if you're not traveling for new experiences, then what are you traveling for? | |
Tue. 3/17/09 11:23am
dc pat:
10-4, Parq. | |
Tue. 3/17/09 11:24am
i travel for museums, cafes, coffee shops, book stores and ethnic food! anything i can find.. | |
Tue. 3/17/09 11:24am
dc pät:
and that's what I was saying, if you're going to choose Olive Garden, then you've probably bought the whole package and are listening to what ever comes out of American Idol too. | |
Tue. 3/17/09 11:25am
it's like travelling through that strange tunnel from one mall to the next! | |
Tue. 3/17/09 11:26am
Pearlÿ Sweets:
Being raised in Jackson Heights, but living in Jacksonville, Florida makes it really hard to listen to some of the stories from people I know down here who have visited NYC. I just want to say "Why!? WHY DID YOU DO THAT?!" | |
Tue. 3/17/09 11:26am
stingy d:
i hear you and agree completely parq, but you really need to factor in the sensation of seeing 10,000 people all at once, and the atmosphere here is truly something to behold. and like pat says, but didn't say, there is no accounting for taste. | |
Tue. 3/17/09 11:27am
Pearlÿ Sweets:
And these people are hip enough, I guess, but you drop them into some place they aren't familiar with and they clam right up. | |
Tue. 3/17/09 11:28am
i love the anonymity of NYC or any large city. | |
Tue. 3/17/09 11:28am
Oh yeah, Pät, totally with you there. When the local smooth jazz station converted to easy-listening pop, the smooth jazz fans in my office were carrying on, and all I could think was, what, your lowest-common-denominator music got replaced by a different kind of lowest-common-denominator music, and I'm supposed to see that as an injustice? | |
Tue. 3/17/09 11:29am
stingy d:
by the way, i'm on the lam | |
Tue. 3/17/09 11:30am
be sure to remember your hip flask of whiskey for your water wink wink | |
Tue. 3/17/09 11:30am
Sexy Pervert Stu:
I'm also on a lamb. ;) | |
Tue. 3/17/09 11:31am
stingy d:
i keep my whiskey in my boot next to my knife | |
Tue. 3/17/09 11:32am
I have a weird thing where I like to know at least one person in the town that I am going to visit, that way it does not seem so overwhelming, but that has not stopped me from travelling to places where I don't know a soul. I meet people fairly quickly anyway. mmmm...lamb! | |
Tue. 3/17/09 11:32am
I like lamb, too, but mostly I'm on the chicken and vegetables. I hate to think what Stu's gonna do with that . . . | |
Tue. 3/17/09 11:33am
stingy d:
too many guns on my hip, get outta here pervert! | |
Tue. 3/17/09 11:34am
Sexy Pervert Stu:
Did I mention I am also a commie? | |
Tue. 3/17/09 11:35am
gp, i dig ya. nice to have those connections in case. i keep a list like that.. | |
Tue. 3/17/09 11:36am
stingy d:
perverts really get my goat | |
Tue. 3/17/09 11:37am
as long as they leave the lamb, i'm ok with that | |
Tue. 3/17/09 11:38am
10-4 Annie, + you get the insider tour sometimes. I got a great tour of Chinatown last time in NYC because of a friend connection. | |
Tue. 3/17/09 11:38am
Sexy Pervert Stu:
OOooooeew! I'd love to GET your goat, Stingy! Meow! | |
Tue. 3/17/09 11:39am
oh, like the time i went to chicago and got the blues brothers tour!! | |
Tue. 3/17/09 11:40am
stingy d:
oh you're gonna get it alright | |
Tue. 3/17/09 11:40am
stingy d:
you pig | |
Tue. 3/17/09 11:41am
Bäd R☺nald:
Wow, all this and pervert stew!?! | |
Tue. 3/17/09 11:41am
still b/p:
We travel/eat/listen/shop for gratification. Ain't no accounting for different and ever-mystifying grading systems....for what feels like freedom, strokes and right buttons of usefulness for other-minded folks right next to us who can seem to operating in a decision galaxy far, far away. But hate to see their choices putting/ propagating more and more of what they choose in our faces/spaces...makes cities more pale, world more numb..as was pointed out regarding Union Square the other day. Boooo! | |
Tue. 3/17/09 11:41am
Jason, the live set sounds cool. | |
Tue. 3/17/09 11:41am
Old George Carlin bit: can you imagine if there actually was a commie fag junkie? [lolls head, clutches left arm with right hand, looks up hazily] Thay, workerth of the world unite. | |
Tue. 3/17/09 11:42am
Yeh, Jase, don't mind us funning, I'm digging the daylights out of this set. | |
Tue. 3/17/09 11:42am
Sexy Pervert Wilbur:
stingy is spinning a web that is just for me! | |
Tue. 3/17/09 11:43am
Pearlÿ Sweets:
I'd love to get a shruti box. | |
Tue. 3/17/09 11:43am
that was an awesome set! I dug it soooo much | |
Tue. 3/17/09 11:44am
stingy d:
yea i'm not | |
Tue. 3/17/09 11:44am
Sexy Pervert Budgie:
Where's my present, Jerk? | |
Tue. 3/17/09 11:44am
Arrington de Dionyso and Gene Janas, encore! | |
Tue. 3/17/09 11:44am
SPS, howzabout Zebra...you like Zebra? | |
Tue. 3/17/09 11:45am
stingy d:
it's in the past, jerk | |
Tue. 3/17/09 11:49am
What is an "embodied voice"? | |
Tue. 3/17/09 11:51am
Drunky McGee:
Two spirits are speakin to me right now, a Mr. Jack and a Mr. Daniels. | |
Tue. 3/17/09 11:52am
stingy d:
gp just ask stu | |
Tue. 3/17/09 11:53am
dc pat:
old time relijun rules | |
Tue. 3/17/09 11:55am
Sexy Pervert Stu:
GP, its a voice that is grounded and rooted in duct tape and gerbils. | |
Tue. 3/17/09 11:55am
you saying SPWhoever's talking sh*t? | |
Tue. 3/17/09 11:55am
Sexy Pervert Stu:
GAH-ZUNGAS! Nyuck nyuck nyuck | |
Tue. 3/17/09 11:56am
Sean Daily:
Not even close to first comment! Woo hoo! | |
Tue. 3/17/09 11:56am
mmmm duct tape! | |
Tue. 3/17/09 11:57am
stingy d:
oh yea ducks! | |
Tue. 3/17/09 11:58am
I like Thai duct curry | |
Tue. 3/17/09 11:59am
Döüg fröm DC:
and duct sauce on egg rolls. | |
Tue. 3/17/09 11:59am
Bäd R☺nald:
I'd like to hear some Ducks Deluxe! | |
Tue. 3/17/09 12:00pm
Pearlÿ Sweets:
All of this food talk is making me hungry! | |
Tue. 3/17/09 12:00pm
dc pät:
Happy Saint Pat's day: http://tinyurl.com/drunkshane | |
Tue. 3/17/09 12:00pm
still b/p:
Lunch at FMU sometimes on paydays is Duct L'Orange City | |
Tue. 3/17/09 12:00pm
If anyone is interested, you can pre-order Arrington's new record...The Naked Future - Gigantomachia at espdisk.com | |
Tue. 3/17/09 12:01pm
thanks, adam! | |
Tue. 3/17/09 12:01pm
Bäd R☺nald:
Nice one dc pät! | |
Tue. 3/17/09 12:02pm
i read embodied as embedded, firmly and deeply in a surrounding mass. hi bad ron, i'd like to hear some be bop delux too. | |
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In the past several weeks three California cities filed for bankruptcy as they struggled to deal with decreased revenues and rising public pension costs. What was once a rare occurrence may become more widespread as experts say we can expect to see more municipalities in California and across the nation turn to bankruptcy.
This week San Bernardino became the third city to file for bankruptcy protection in California this year. The city, located within the metropolitan area known as the Inland Empire, had a $45.8-million budget shortfall and wasn't going to make payroll this summer. Also earlier this summer Stockton, California, with a population of more than 290,000, became the largest city to enter Chapter 9 bankruptcy. It had a $26-million gap in its general fund. The small resort town of Mammoth Lakes, California also went bankrupt earlier this month after struggling to pay a $43 million debt.
Chapter 9 bankruptcy is a special form of insolvency reserved for municipalities. The first municipal bankruptcy legislation was enacted during the 1930s and Great Depression. Since the law was established, fewer than 500 cities have filed for bankruptcy. One of the biggest filings came in 1994 when Orange County went bankrupt. Last year Jefferson County Alabama, the most populous in that state, was among 13 US cities and counties that filed for bankruptcy in 2011.
This most recent outbreak of bankruptcies may be a signal that more will come as cities run out of options. Many cities in California continue to deal with high unemployment (about 15% of San Bernardino residents are unemployed). California also has high levels of foreclosures. The struggling economy there has hurt property valuations and decreased city revenues. That is on top of higher employee costs tied to public pensions.
But the problem is not just in California. Last week Scranton, Pennsylvania cut all city workers' pay to minimum wage. Police officers, street maintenance workers, and even the mayor are being paid $7.25 an hour now after the city was hurt by mounting debt and languishing revenue streams.
The municipal bond market seems to be absorbing the impact that these few bankruptcies and financial troubles have caused. Although the cases involve millions of dollars, they are still small in the grand scheme of the national municipal bond market. There are 36,000 cities and towns across the United States and municipal bonds have traditionally been low risk for default. It would take many more cities to declare bankruptcy for it to truly impact the bond market at this point.
As for these struggling cities, many are finding it difficult to pay employees or run city services. Under bankruptcy they will be able to renegotiate work contracts and hold off on making some payments. Bankruptcy is typically viewed as a last option and these cities can expect the cost to borrow money in the future to be higher. But cities have few options and focusing on paying bills today is a higher priority than borrowing money in the future.

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Calgary Stampeders head coach and general manager John Hufnagel is pleased to announce the re-signing of import offensive lineman Stanley Bryant. As per team policy, terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
Bryant, who had been eligible to become a free agent today at 10 a.m. MST, played 13 regular-season contests for the Stampeders in 2012 as well as the West Division semifinal, the West Division final and the Grey Cup.
The 27-year-old Goldsboro, N.C., native was part of an offensive line that helped the Stamps offence lead the CFL in rushing touchdowns and total touchdowns during the 2012 season while ranking second in points, rushing yards, first downs and pass-completion percentage and third in fewest sacks allowed.
"I'm pleased that Stanley decided to remain with the Stampeders rather than test free agency," said Hufnagel. "The offensive line is a key to the success of any football club and Stanley is an important part of that unit for our club."
Over three seasons with the Stampeders, the East Carolina University alum has played 30 regular-season contests and four playoff games. He was the Stampeders' nominee for the CFL's Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman award in 2011.
"Calgary is where I wanted to be and I'm happy to be coming back," said Bryant. "This organization has great fans, great players and great coaches and I'm really glad to be a Stampeder."


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The New York Herald blames the Republicans.
January 12, 1861
The party is founded upon principles which abolish the constitution of the United States. The sum and substance of the Chicago platform is that every man, black as well as white, ought to be and must be free in every part of the Union; that negro servitude is incompatible with the free labor of white men, and both kinds of civilization cannot exist under the same government; that every negro in the United States is entitled to freedom by a law higher than the constitution. Here, then is a revolutionary party by its own confession. Out of its own mouth is it judged. It impudently and audaciously avows that its object is to overthrow the constitution; and the President elect the man of its choice has declared he will disregard the constitution, as expounded by the Supreme Court. This is what has alarmed the South and produced a counter revolution, menacing the whole country from Maine to Texas with civil war. The Chicago platform, and the party standing upon the rotten structure, must, therefore, be demolished together. Better that a thousand platforms and a thousand parties should perish in succession than the temple of liberty erected by Washington, Madison, and Jefferson and Hamilton, and the other architects of the confederacy, should be laid in ruins, and American citizens wage a bloody, fratricidal war against each other -- the end of which no man can foresee.
The New York Tribune blames slavery.
January 12, 1861
If War comes, then, what is it for, and what will end it? The question is answered in a word, Slavery! Secession is demanded to spread and secure Slavery. The secessionist claim that within the Union they are not allowed to extend it, and that the Free States otherwise aggrieve them by denouncing the practice, and by refusing it the protection outside the limits of the slaveholding states. They secede, therefore, to conserve, and defend, and extend Slavery. For this they are ready to contest the possession of the mouth of the Mississippi, and the control of the Gulf of Mexico, by force of arms. They are thus ready to prosecute hostilities upon important and vital interests of the Free States in behalf of Slavery and for the interests of Slavery. In a word, to make war for Slavery, because, if it were not for Slavery we would have no secession, and we would have no war. What is the inevitable inference? Destroy Slavery and you destroy secession, and you end war.
The Charleston Mercury is ready to fight.
January 11, 1861
All revolutions are blunders. They are never intended. The huge blunder now marring the counsels of the Government of the United States seems to be that the Union can be maintained by violence and war, and that South Carolina can be cowed by demonstrations of military coercion. That the Black Republicans should commit such blunders is not surprising, for they have their existence as a party to support, and a rancorous sectional hatred to gratify; but that the present Administration should further their policy, and begin the grand drama of war and blood, is not a little astonishing. Every step taken in this direction only widens the gulf between the Northern and the Southern States, and drives the Southern States more speedily together into a Southern Confederacy. That military fools, like General Scott, who think the highest wisdom consists in the bloodiest fighting, should counsel the military possession of the bay of Charleston by the Government of the United States, is what might be expected. Thousands, and tens of thousands, longing for a Southern Confederacy, with an eternal separation from the people of the North, will hail him as their detested but most efficient deliverer. By all means, let Charleston be blockaded. Let the war complicate the nations of Europe, as well as the United States. Of one thing, there need be no further blunders. The people of South Carolina will fight, and will establish the Southern Confederacy.
Learn more about partisanship and the press at the time of the Lincolns, or read commentaries on the Civil War press by scholars James M. McPherson and R. J. M. Blackett.
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Since her debut in 2008, Francesca Battistelli has earned a Grammy nomination (Best Gospel Performance), six Dove Awards including 2011 "Artist of the Year" and 22 Dove Award nominations. Both her debut album, My Paper Heart (certified gold in 2012), and her 2011 sophomore release, Hundred More Years, took the No. 1 spot on Billboard's Christian Album chart. With over 978,000 in album sales to date and over 1.8 million single downloads, she is the best-selling new artist in the genre in the past decade.
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Title | Achieving Nanosecond Timing with the Vernier Method |
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Year | 2009 |
Honors | Departmental Honors |
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Abstract | Many subatomic processes occur in a small time frame, on the order of nanoseconds. We report on a project to create a circuit that can measure time intervals accurately on such a scale. To achieve this we used the Vernier Method, which is based on coincidence between two oscillators of slightly different frequencies. For accurate timing, the oscillators needed to have a stable, clean signal. The frequency needed to be in the MHz range, producing a pulse period of ~100 ns, and the pulse width needed to be narrow enough, on the order of a few nanoseconds, to produce only one coincidence. Relaxation oscillators based on unbuffered inverters in an RC circuit were used to generate square pulses at the required frequency. To shorten the pulses, we used a high-speed comparator circuit that created two pulses from the input pulse, one of which was inverted and delayed relative to the other, and an AND gate that combined the two, thus creating a shorter pulse. We have achieved a frequency of 4.5 MHz (a pulse period of 220 ns) and a width of 8 ns. Our circuit was tested by creating two input signals (a start signal and a stop signal delayed 150 ns by a 100 ft cable) with a Hewlett Packard 8082A pulse generator. Each signal triggered one of the oscillators to oscillate and the coincidence between them was observed. A flip-flop and counter can then be used to measure the time interval between start and stop. |


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It's often difficult to keep it there, but there's always a song in my head.Maybe it's true for most people, I don't know. It's especially hard on train journeys when there can be a cacophony of conflicting noises, from crying babies, youths swearing loud for effect and, worst of all, to that truly appalling moo-sick which gets spewed from mobiles : the 'singer' has overdosed on helium and the drum-beat is the product of a very unimaginative computer ( some computers do have imaginations, one of mine kept springing Arabic phrases on me from nowhere!).
So why not simply get an i-pod? The answer is, I do like listening to people, like the elderly couple visiting the Valleys for the first time and enthusing about the River Taf as they moved from one side of the carriage to the other, following the course of the river. You appreciate things all the more through others' eyes. And I would never have missed the announcer who said as we were approaching Merthyr - ' Please fasten your safety belts, we are now landing in sunny Merthyr.'
My present song-in-the-head is 'The '59 Sound' by New Jersey band The Gaslight Anthem. Having vowed to avoid the boring predictability of male guitar groups, I couldn't help falling for their passionate intensity and lyrics which actually describe scenes and tell stories which don't sound trite. Okay, they borrow from Springsteen and Tom Petty, but who cares? Last week the song was Glasvegas and their plaintive version of the Ronettes' 'Bye,Bye Baby', complete with Alex Ferguson vowel-movements!
In future, I'll be singing much less to the tracks' rhythm. But I shall always be a train-traveller , as I am one of many non-driving poets, including the likes of John Barnie, Sheenagh Pugh and Samantha Wynne Rhydderch. With the spare time I've now got I could even write a thesis on the correlation between not driving and poetry. Even driving poets are non-drivers, I would argue. One professor and poet dubbed me 'half a man' for my inability, but having been a passenger in his car, I'd say it's preferable to being 'half a driver'!
The great poet Seamus Heaney recently de-mystified the creation of poetry by saying that it all comes from the great tradition of verse. I wouldn't go so far as to agree, but must acknowledge the influence of Auden's powerful 'Night Mail' on the following poem, even if I've managed to ignore the scansion and regular rhyme.........
Home from work one last time
taking the train on the Valley line.
No more standing in the rain
or the shelter with its piss-stains.
No more dozing through station-stops
after finding a place for my head to prop.
Office-workers, labourers in boots and jeans,
shoppers,students, youths acting obscene.
Past the weir and out-of-place vines,
the heron pool on the flood-plain,
the river Taf with plastic bags
hanging from the trees in rags.
Past the industrial estate, the Uni,
a sight of the park at Ponty,
past the woods and disused signal box,
workings like discarded,rusted clocks.
Contouring mountains,clinging to sides,
under precarious rocks held by wire ;
towards those green fields, looking across
at the place where the colliery once was.
Further upwards there's Giant's Bite,
a run of hens in mud close by ;
distant white arches are memorials
to victims of a coal-created battle.
The rugby pitches and hang-gliders,
cartoon graffiti in praise if 'DRAW'
and on to Hoovers, buildings and buildings
like casualties at A. and E. always waiting.
Strata of new estates and terraces,
the supermarket now a terminus.
Home from work one last time
over sleepers of the Valley line.
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If you haven't seen the news in the Panhandle recently, a television crew has descended on Northwest Florida now in search of the legendary skunk ape, or Bigfoot as he's more widely known. Just so we're all clear, I don't believe in Bigfoot and I think the Animal Planet producers are probably a few worms short of a full can.
Of course I also don't believe in teenage wizards, but that didn't keep the Harry Potter series from raking in billions of dollars. That's why I've been rethinking my opinion about all this recent Finding Bigfoot hoo-ha. I'm starting to believe it might just be a wonderful opportunity for Liberty County and the surrounding area.
Just look at Roswell, New Mexico. It's the kind of place that even tumbleweeds normally avoid. Yet every year thousands of people flock to that town, hoping to get a glimpse of a UFO. Why? Because a news story from the 1940s about the crash of a supposed alien spacecraft and the presence of the government's mysterious Area 51 research facility.
All it takes nowadays is the occasional grainy photo or shaky video to keep people coming back there year after year. Sure they're nuts, but their money's green and the people of Roswell are probably singing as they roll wheelbarrows full of tourist dollars to the bank.
So, here's my idea: Let's just go with this whole Sasquatch-in-the-Panhandle idea. All we really need to do is carve out a remote spot in Torreya State Park – well away from the environmentally sensitive areas, of course – and set up a Bigfoot observation center.
I'm pretty sure the Park Service would go along with the idea, given that it would bring in more visitors. And the other business possibilities are endless: campgrounds, restaurants, souvenir shops and motels, just to name a few. Plus, visitors who travel here to see Bigfoot probably would be gullible enough to buy anything else we wanted to sell them.
So, what happens when they don't meet the magical creature? Ha! Don't worry about that. Everyone will see something. Nobody's going to travel hundreds or thousands of miles only to go back home and tell their friends, "Well, we sure are suckers."
Nope. Instead they'll say, "We caught a glimpse of something" or "I think I heard one near the campsite." That's human nature and, as Roswell proves, it's enough to keep the people coming.
Also, when you stop and think about it, an undiscovered species in Liberty County isn't really that much of a leap. The late E.E. Callaway already convinced a bunch of folks that the Garden of Eden is here. Scientists know that we have lots rare and unique plants in that same area. How hard would it be to sell the idea that maybe not all the animals made it onto Noah's Ark?
Maybe Bigfoots (Bigfeet?) nodded off in the Land of Nod and missed the boat. Maybe the Great Flood didn't quite cover up the bluffs. We don't have to believe it; we just need to pose the questions.
Furthermore, have you read how most witnesses describe the creature? A big, hairy, apelike animal that sneaks around through the woods. Tell me that doesn't describe about half of us humans here during hunting season. Give him a ball cap and some camo and Bigfoot could hide in plain sight for months at a time.
Oh, and here's the best part: Any time the Apalachicola River gets too low, we can accuse the Corps of Engineers of endangering Bigfoot habitat. They don't seem to care about the oysters, the mussels or the fish. But if we convince folks this is Sasquatch stomping ground, maybe they'll be forced to let us have some more water.
The only downside I see is that we would have to put up with more tourists. But if we could funnel them from the Interstate, through a maze of locally owned stores and then into the park, it might keep them a safe distance away from the rest of us. (At least far enough that we don't have to hear any Bigfoot stories.)
Personally, I'll never believe in Bigfoot until I see one alive or hanging upside down at Big Bend Bait & Tackle. But I do believe in capitalism. So I say, let's embrace ol' Sasquatch for now and let the market tell us how real he is.


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RC's nervous laugh even made an appearance in her speech to F3.
I knew Denise would win. The only surprise vote, for me, was RC for Lisa. I didnt think Lisa would get any.
Penner's bitter speech was fabulous. He entertained me to the end!
I am glad that Lisa got Fan Favorite. I voted for Penner though.
One of the best seasons!
Yes Abi has apologized a bunch of times but her attempts were not sincere. "Ok, I am sorry, I already said that, let's move on." It will take her some time to really get it. She doesn't have a grip yet. "I wear my heart on my sleeve," she says. Nope. She surely doesn't do that! And RC, move on and don't expect anything from her.
Fan vs Favorites just seems like returning players on one team vs new people. I don't see this as being all that different. What am I missing? The favorites are just going to be who they can get to play again.
Jeff and Carter were standouts for me in their questions to the jury. Good job, boys.
I always find it interesting when a muscular man cannot retain the strength to win a challenge. Malcom in the final challenge, was not nervous. It was a muscle reaction.
Penner had some kind of hair system installed! It didn't look like a toupe but could have been I suppose.
"Russell, what was it like to have it rain everyday on both your seasons?" Oh good god, Jeff. You can do better than that.
I would perfer to have fewer clips in the reunion show. We just saw the show, no need.
I've never understood the random order that the jury members get to ask their questions. I always thought it should be from the first voted out and then go in order (RC 1st....Malcolm last). It seems as if the last person to speak always is the most "heated" (for lack of a better word) and I wondered how the producers knew whom that would be. After last night I think I've figured out that they edit it and it's not the actual order in which they speak. I noticed after the second or third jury member spoke they said something like "after all everyone has said (referring to the jury)..." and I thought, "but they just started". So I think since Jeff just says "Malcolm you're up. Penner you're up" that it can be edited in whatever order they want to for "dramatic" purposes.
I also thought Lisa had it after the Jury was done. I thought she had a brilliant comebak for Penner outing her. I thought Denise wouldn't get a single vote. I was totally wrong!
I wish Jeff would have called Pete out on his ridiculous plan to create chaos. You just don't do that within your own alliance!
My favorite scene from the entire show was Skupin pointing and saying "look at the size of that ant" interrupting Lisa going on and on about God's will. Hysterical and they didn't show it.
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I was surprised at RC's nervous laugh. I didn't remember her being like that earlier in the game and found it annoying. Maybe that was what set Abi off against her, if RC was like that around camp.
I was glad it did come out about who Lisa really was. That is a pretty big thing to keep from other contestants. Many other celebrities/well-to-do contestants have hidden their backgrounds, too, feeling that the jury isn't going to give the win to someone who already has made a million. I only wish Jeff had been outed during the show before he was voted out. It didn't matter anymore once he was on the jury.
This is the first reunion show in a while where I didn't notice any former Survivor contestants in the audience. If they were there, Jeff didn't make a point to speak to them or point them out. I was kind of disappointed.
Denise did what the jury wanted - to get mad at them and to cower I guess. Like I said, I'm not disappointed with the final, even if I'd preferred Michael or Lisa winning because - contrary to what Penner said, BOTH of their names were up on the chopping block week after week. Difference is both were able to finagle their way into getting people into voting for someone else (meaning good game move).
Michael I think said during Australia's post show that he felt had he not been medically evacuated he'd won the show. While I'll maintain his injury is exactly why Ogakor (Colby and Tina's tribe) ended up being in the final two (as Kucha - Michael's team - was nearly unstoppable and probably would've won that final team immunity and came out at an advantage), I have to say that I do agree with him a bit then but he came off as much more likable this season.
Better a final three likable than the winner another Richard Hatch wannabe (which was what he came off as until the accident in Australia).
Given that the show was delayed due to football and the President speaking at the Connecticut school shooting memorial service, I think Jeff wanted to make sure the players got to speak and all of them speak because of the very late night. None of them expected what happened to occur, so making them wait would be hard.
Plus, after Russell Hantz' vile rant a couple of years ago and Jeff tending to go after the same players over and over again (Rob - who I liked but he had to play four times to win), I was pleasantly surprised.


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1. "GOP spending plan would cost 700,000 jobs, new report says," The Washington Post, February 28, 2011
2. "GOP budget would cut funding for public broadcasting," The Washington Independent, February 14, 2011
3. "NACHC Statement in Response to the Budget from the House Appropriations Committee," National Association of Community Health Centers website, accessed March 4, 2011
4."Bye Bye, Big Bird. Hello, E. Coli.," The New Republic, February 12, 2011
House Republican Spending Cuts Target Programs For Children And Pregnant Women
5. "Obama and the GOP's Spending Cuts: Where's the Outrage?" Mother Jones, February 18, 2011
6. Ibid.
7. "Deficit Reduction on the Backs of the Most Vulnerable," Center for American Progress, March 2011
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=206518&id=26412-2956400-6Ty4_mx&t=12 (PDF)
8. "The GOP Budget and Cancer—Why New Research Is at Risk," Politics Daily, February 27, 2011
"Republican Budget Cuts at Heart of Medical Research: Albert Hunt," Bloomberg, February 20, 2011
"Durbin: Cuts to NIH put research jobs at risk," Business Week, February 28, 2011
9. "GOP Spending Plan: X-ing Out Title X Family Planning Funds," Wall Street Journal, February 9, 2011
10. "House GOP Spending Cuts Would Prevent 10,000 Low-Income Veterans From Receiving Housing Assistance," Think Progress, March 1, 2011
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Thursday 3: 1994 Road Racing and Superbike Show, Alexandra Palace, London N22.
Friday 4: Frogmore Gardens and Royal Mausoleum open in aid of the National Gardens Scheme, and Frogmore House in aid of the Royal Collection Trust (and 5 February), Frogmore House, Windsor. Athletics, AAA Indoor Championships begin, National Indoor Arena, Birmingham.
Saturday 5: Nepalese textiles study day, Museum of Mankind, London W1. Rugby Union, Ireland v Wales, Dublin; Scotland v England, Edinburgh.
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s with the sport that has inspired them, baseball collectors come in various leagues. There are the sandlot collectors who will clip a newspaper story here and there and keep programs and ticket stubs from the games they've attended.
There are the Little Leaguers, who in a more organized fashion, collect cards, photos, Bobble Heads, autographs and anything else they can afford.
Then there are the minor league collectors. These folks have a fundamentally good understanding of the hobby. They are fairly aware of what is valuable and the importance of condition, and some of them even have a few major league pieces.
It is the breakout collector from the minors who becomes the major leaguer. In the majors, you find the collectors who have world renowned amassments of memorabilia, the rarest cards in the most exceptional of condition, autographed items, game-used uniforms and equipment, and all types of items that were personally owned by players.
Finally, you have the major league superstar standouts. The Ruths. The Gehrigs. The DiMaggios. The Mantles. These are the collectors that stand at the pinnacle of the hobby, housing items that rival and surpass those within the hallowed halls of Cooperstown.
This is where you'll find Marshall Fogel.
As is the case with other "Major League" collectors, Fogel began collecting sportscards when he was a kid back in the 1950s. Those cards were tucked away during the time that Fogel went to college and law school. They stayed safely packed in their boxes while he began his career as a prosecutor and deputy district attorney. And then... when Fogel decided to go into private practice... the cards came back out.
The return of those childhood cards sparked a renewed passion in Fogel who was by then in a financial position to take a dream and make it a reality. And what a reality that dream has become. Today, Fogel's collection is recognized throughout the hobby as the greatest private baseball collection in existence. Collectors, baseball enthusiasts and players come from every part of the globe to see this amazing amassment, and while horses, boxing and hockey collectibles are also ranked amongst Fogel's loves, he will quickly tell you... "My passion is baseball!"
"The beginning of this collection really began back in 1989 when I first went to the national Sports Convention in Chicago," Fogel recently told SMR. "I loved it! It was amazing being there. It was just around the time that people were becoming aware that cards and memorabilia were extremely interesting, desirable and valuable. Stamp and coin collecting had been around for 100 years, but this was when sports memorabilia was just breaking out. It was when the hobby was really beginning to take off and it was very exciting to be involved. It was when people started to realize that cards had great value, and then when PSA came along it changed everything."
From that time on, Fogel became hooked and in a fairly short period of time he has amassed an absolutely amazing collection. It was shortly after PSA came on the scene that he purchased a Gem-Mint 10 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle that was once a part of David Hall's private collection. "It's absolutely perfect in every way," said Fogel. "And I believe it is the second most valuable card in existence after the Honus Wagner card. I loved it! It was amazing being there. It was just around the time that people were becoming aware that cards and memorabilia were extremely interesting, desirable and valuable. Stamp and coin collecting had been around for 100 years, but this was when sports memorabilia was just breaking out. It was when people started to realize that cards had great value and then when PSA came along it changed everything. It was when the hobby was really beginning to take off and it was very exciting to be involved."
Attributing PSA to making card collecting what it is today, Fogel, who himself has always been obsessive about the quality and condition of the things he collects, says that he feels PSA in many ways saved the hobby at a time it needed to be saved.
"When people started to become educated to the fact that vintage cards were extremely valuable the whole thing started getting bad. There was a lot of fraud and misinformation. But then PSA came along and their grading is what really made the growth happen, what made the interest and demand happen, what brought integrity to the hobby and what made cards worth a whole lot of money!"
Married with three children, Fogel's wife, a television personality in Colorado, has also gotten swept up in the hobby. "She loves it," laughs Fogel. "She realizes how neat it is and she has joined me in meeting people and talking with collectors from all over the world. The kids also think it's pretty neat, but it's not their passion."
Still, despite the fact that Fogel's collection is filled to overflowing with some of the world's greatest baseball artifacts, one would never know of his love by visiting him in his office which is completely barren of any trace of memorabilia. He says he does that out of philanthropy and concern for those who visit him at his office. "I know better than anyone how addictive this hobby can be," he says. "People see my collection and they get caught up in it and want to start collecting themselves. Collecting on the level that I do is serious business and I don't want to tempt anyone to get into it unless it is truly their passion."
So, just what does a collection contain that is so powerful that it could make men lose all control? What items are included in a collection that would inspire SMR editor Joe Orlando to call it "The most phenomenal collection in existence"? Well, first off, if you are looking for a specific number of items or overall value, you won't find it anywhere in this piece. Neither has been determined as of yet, and it will probably take years of work to do so. So instead, let's just consider a sampling of Fogel's thousands of precious items – the ones he rattles off the top of his head as some of his favorites.
The first item Fogel proudly shows off is the bat that Lou Gehrig used to hit four home runs in a single game. "That is a very important piece," says Fogel. "Gehrig did that in June of 1922 to become the first ballplayer to hit four homers in one game in the Twentieth Century."
A pretty impressive piece to be sure, but when it comes to the Fogel collection, well, you ain't seen nothing yet.
Professing to have the largest private collection of game-used bats, Fogel next displays a legendary piece of lumber – the bat, or more accurately THE bat, that Roger Maris used to hit his 50th home run to break Babe Ruth's record.
So, are you kind of getting an idea of the caliber of items we're talking about in this collection?
From there on, in rapid succession, Fogel takes visitors past thousands of items to highlight the things that would make the Cooperstown curators salivate. "I have the uniform that Joe DiMaggio wore in the 1951 World Series. And I also have the uniform that Ted Williams wore during the 1957 season when he hit .388 and was named MVP."
Every time Fogel goes onto another genre of his collection, he prefaces his comments about individual items by divulging the fact that he owns the largest collection of whatever it is he is showing. And when it comes to original vintage baseball photographs, one can easily tell that his amassment is both unparalleled and jaw-dropping.
Is seeing an original photograph of the 1869 Cincinnati Reds enough to throw you off kilter? You bet. Especially when Fogel reminds you that they were the very first professional baseball team ever assembled and that this original photograph is the only one in existence. "That's a true museum piece," he says with pride.
And, while a museum would crawl 100 miles for that piece, they would do so over broken glass and hot coals for the next photo Fogel reveals – the original photo of Honus Wagner that was used to create the T-206 card. Fogel also has the largest collection of original panoramic photographs known to exist. "Panoramics are in great demand," he relates. "I have three panoramics that are exceptionally rare – three photographs from the first All-Star game ever played back in 1911. Now there are team panoramics known to exist from that game. But I have three panoramics that were actually taken during the game. You won't find them anywhere!"
With one's head swimming, Fogel continues on, almost not knowing what to show next but rather, just honing in on whatever he focuses on next – an invitation to Mickey Mantle's high school graduation, vintage pins, buttons, postcards, trophies, cards, photos and bats. Everywhere there are bats – bats that were actually swung in a game by Ruth, by Gehrig, by Koufax, by Paige and by just about every other big league name you can come up with.
"I love this," he says as he produces a pen and cigarette case. "This was presented to Joe Dimaggio in 1939 when he was named the MVP at the All-Star game." Joltin' Joe's politically incorrect memento is just one of hundreds of items that rest in Fogel's magnificently maintained display cases. As Fogel carefully returns the inscribed case back to it's resting place he makes mention of the fact that the item next to it is a watch and chain that was once owned by Lou Gehrig. "It was given to him by the Emperor of Japan in 1934," he casually points out.
"Let's see," says Fogel as he thinks about what to show next. "I have a real Don Larson no-hitter ball from the 1956 World Series. I have signed photos of Ruth and Gehrig, and the finest quality signed Ruth and Gehrig balls in existence."
Quality and condition are very important to Fogel. Correction – quality and condition are everything to him. "Everything in my collection is in the very best condition available," he explains. "That is the most important thing to me. I mean, what's the good of having a very important piece if it's all deteriorated and when someone looks at it they wonder what the heck is so special about it. The items in my collection are things that people are very impressed by when they see them. To me, that's what it's about."
And, giving people the opportunity to see his collection is also what it's about for Fogel. Usually hidden away in an undisclosed location in Colorado for only close friends, professional athletes and the top people in the hobby to see, Fogel has at times put certain items on public display.
"I've had parts of the collection on display at the National," he said. "And I'm always open to showing it to people who really understand the value of what it is that they are seeing. I've had collectors come from as far away as China and I can tell by looking into a person's eyes and seeing the expressions on their face when they really understand what it is that they are looking at or holding. That is very gratifying – to be able to share these things with people who love and respect them the way that I do."
In 1998, when the All-Star game was played in Denver, the mayor of the city contacted Fogel and asked him if he would be willing to put the collection on display during All-Star week. Fogel agreed. "There was an extremely important Egyptian exhibit touring the world at that time and in 1998 it had been in Denver for six months," Fogel recalled. "Over the six month period that the Egyptian exhibit was on display it drew 70,000 people. My collection was on display for only six days surrounding the All-Star game. It drew 60,000. I really loved that. What good is it if it's a big secret."
While Fogel does not know the exact value of his collection, he is in the process of having it appraised – a task that he figures could take a couple years to complete. "Aside from the monetary value, I see the value of this collection in that it would be almost impossible to ever duplicate it," Fogel says. "If this collection were to ever be broken up, which it most likely will be someday, it would be extremely difficult for anyone to put something like it together again."
Citing his photo collection alone, Fogel explains that the top people in the hobby have all agreed that his amassment of original baseball photos is far and away THE world champ. "Original baseball photography has become extremely hot with collectors," says Fogel. "Look at recent auctions. Photographs are seeing huge demand and bringing in big dollars. But collectors have to be extremely careful when they purchase photographs. There are a lot of copies and reproductions out there that are completely worthless. Now copies and reproductions are fine as long as you want a particular photo, and you know that you are not buying an original, and that you are paying a small price because it really has no value. But if you are looking to buy an original, and you are making a big monetary investment, you had better know what you are doing."
Knowing what you are doing, is in fact the strongest advice that Fogel gives to collectors.
"I always tell people to get help before they make significant purchases," says Fogel. "I strongly recommend that they get someone who has been in the hobby for a long time and really knows what they are doing to assist – especially when it comes to memorabilia. It takes a long time to understand what's out there and what something is really worth. Everyone has heard that you should collect what you like, but, I believe that, in the long run, you should collect for value as well as for what is interesting to you.
Most collectors who have been in the hobby for an extended period of time have made mistakes along the way. I would recommend that if someone is looking to begin a specific collection that they contact someone like me, or someone who is a specific expert in whatever they are looking to purchase. That way, you can avoid the mistakes that have been made in the past.
That is one of the most enjoyable parts of the hobby for me. I have met so many great people and have made so many great friends that I never would have made if I were not in the hobby. I've had the opportunity to be a mentor. I get a lot of calls from people asking advise, and as much as I love the things that I own, I also love the chance to work with others who also love these same things."
If you would like to contact Marshall Fogel, you may do so by writing to him at:
Marshall Fogel, c/o Sports Market Report, 510-A South Corona Mall, Corona, CA 92879
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thank goodness for blueteabag who reminded me to check out the container store for great kids design. not only to they have two great pages for kids and teens, but they have a great set up with a ready made room set up so you can click on each item to get pricing, colors, etc. almost everything in each picture is under $225. click here for the kids playroom and here for the teen desk/room setup. my favorites are the clear chair for $7 and the blue desk chair for $180.
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I bought the silver vines design on the red aluminum, and a pill box with the cats design, with blue/aqua or whatever it is. The card case is beautiful, but not as beautiful as the examples she shows, which just goes to show that designers know what looks best. I just wanted something different.


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CarComplaints.com Notes: The 2007 Dodge Caliber has all kinds of suspension problems at relatively low mileage: typically 40-50,000 miles.
The most commonly reported problems are with ball joints & control arms going bad. Tie rods & leaking struts are also reported failing in the same mileage range.
Unfortunately all the suspension problems means some owners only find out after they notice their tires are ruined.
We've given the 2007 Caliber our worst rating because these problems happen at such low mileage, & it involves a wide range of apparently defective parts. With most other cars, major suspension work is pretty rare under 50,000 miles.
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Woops there goes another rubber tree plant.. Even when I was a kid I couldn't figure out why we were singing that dumb song.
I'd like to give an update. Spoiler: FINAL THOUGHTS Neelix After seeing him desperately wanting to hook up with that Klingon woman (season 7) I ended up liking him. It only took 7 seasons for me to like him. Then during homestead he was pretty bad ass, so he grew on me. Like I said it only took seven seasons to finally like Neelix. Hate him for six seasons, kind of like him in season 7. Commander Chipotle What an idiot. This has got to be the worst character in sci-fi history. Commander Chipotle & Seven Romance I'm not a writer, I have no talent when it comes to writing a story. I NEVER say this, but even I could write a better romance story than this. It just made no sense, at all? WTF? LOL. Paris Yawn Harry Kim Double Yawn Torres She never stopped bitching, why would anyone write a female character that just bitches constantly? End Game Season 7 Finale Quite possibly one of the worst finales to a show I've ever seen. Summary Voyager killed star trek. It will take years for star trek to recover from this mess. They should of focused on Janeway, Tuvok, Doctor, Seven, Kes, ECheb. They should of showed Neelix desperately wanting to hook up with alien females (like he did with that klingon woman lol) Deep Space Nine was vastly superior to Voyager. I do not recommend watching Voyager, I strongly recommend no one watch it. Save yourself the trouble, the show is pretty bad. I've seen all seven seasons and it's just bad. Like I said, Voyager killed Star Trek. It will take years to recover from this mess.
Most of us wasted 7 years on this show, not 3 weeks. We expect a proportionate return on our investment.
The fabulousness of this forum is your proportionate return! Be the proportionate return you want to see in this world.
I'm currently researching the show somewhat. My biggest concern is if Enterprise has a proper ending in season 4. I really like how DS9 ended and was hoping enterprise would have something just as epic.
Berman and Braga started rubber stamping their underlings work. One was bored the other was accused of sexually harassing an actress. The Final season was fantastic. Several 3 and four part stories which in of them selves connected and mostly back referenced to earlier episodes of Enterprise as well as events from the 1960s series to bridge then to now. It was geat. They had a final trilogy of episodes that tied everything together into a neat little bow. Then Berman and Braga woke up, waded back in and made another episode that shat on the final season, and what should have been the final episodes that it's quite clear they have never watched because the script they claim was final episode material was actually a story which was rejected in season 2 and had been filed away for later.
What does that matter? Lots of great tv shows had no proper finale, heck they didn't even do tv show finale's in TOS's day afaict. And lots of great tv shows had horrible finales. There's a lot of pressure on a finale, if it doesn't work out it doesn't make what preceded it any less.
TOS if they felt like it, could have made a popper ending during either of the Star Trek animated series finales... But they let it ride instead of cashing out. Doctor Richard Kimble in the last episode of the Fugitive did lock down the one armed man. Then weren't children. TV Producers back then could finish a story if they wanted to. As far as last lines go... "If I were human, I believe my response would be 'Go to Hell!'" .... even if Shatner ripped off Peter Pan and had another movie after that, was, in my cold dark heart, a suitable conclusion to classic Star Trek.
DS9 was bland and too frequently dull. It wasted far too much time on preachy whiny Bajorans and Mirror Universe lipstick lesbians. And pulled plot twists out of it's ass, like Sisko praying away a Dominion war fleet and Bashir's awkward retcon into an augment genius. But if DS9 is your ultimate Trek, you should be watching Babylon 5 and Battlestar Galactica, not Voyager, Next Gen or Enterprise.
I'd agree DS9 is the best Trek but it shouldn't be held as the standard for Trek casts. It's the only one without a bland void in the main crew. Not a Sulu, Dr. Crusher or Harry Kim in sight. Voyager is a hugely annoying show for many reasons but The Doctor, Seven of Nine and Kes are all great characters. Replacing one of the few good characters with another good character is one of the most frustrating things in all of Trek. Voyager is frequently dumb and mediocre but people exaggerate how bad it is. Mainly because it had the potential to be the best series.
There are no horrible characters on Voyager, but many average characters. Some missed oppertunities on Chakotay, Kim, Kes and Neelix. My favorites are Janeway, the Holodoc and Seven. ...and any Star Trek Series has it's own Highlights of Characters: TOS: Kirk, Spock and McCoy TNG: Picard and Data DS9: Sisko and Dax VOY: Janeway, The Doctor and Seven ENT: Archer and T'Pol. These are MY favorites of all Star Trek Series.
Not really, if they had given the show a bigger premise than "Lost ship" then there'd be more potential. But as it is, the premise was rather constraining.
A ship that's decades away from home with enemies forced to live/work together in a setting where viewers are used to seeing everything run smoothly and get repaired quickly...I think the potential is there for a groundbreaking Trek show if they took more risks early on. But they didn't come anywhere close to reaching the potential of what it could have been (in my opinion, anyway). I still need to watch the later seasons so I can't opine about the show as a whole, but the early seasons -- while they were okay -- didn't do what I hoped/expected they would given the initial setup. I was expecting things to be broken and then repaired with atypical materials, which did happen from time to time -- but as the series progresses, the vessel and the sets should always be changing with new materials, altering the look of the ship/sets in a major way. For the most part, Voyager always looked squeaky clean. I was expecting them to acquire new tools, clothing, etc., then wear the new clothing because their existing uniforms wore out or were ripped/burned on missions. I expected them to perhaps have a rough landing on a planet and be forced to stay there for several episodes hiding or waiting for repairs. I definitely expected more fighting between Federation officers and the Maquis on an ongoing basis -- perhaps to the point that they eventually split up permanently on two ships, then for the remainder of the series we see the journey of these two separate groups. Maybe even have episodes where they must fight each other (on their separate ships) and cause setbacks for each other -- then other episodes where they reluctantly work together. Things like that, and there's so much more that could have been done. More serial drama, more risks. So yes, I saw a lot of potential given the premise.
A ship that isn't really lost since it knows exactly how to get home, which cuts out a plot that would've allowed them to spend time in one area of space and get to flesh out the local aliens much better. Also, if something is broken it can never be repaired, ever, otherwise the premise is violated (no support, remember?). They can never ever make an allies or trade with anyone because that violates the "No Support" clause too. Anyone who dies can never ever be replaced, because to get some new crewmembers from any alien worlds they encounter would violate the "No support" clause again. And they can't train replacements either. So basically, they have no reason to stick around and flesh out their surroundings, they have no reason to do any "visit a planet" type story because that might violate the "No support" plot. They can't take any lingering damage because there'd be no way to fix it, they can't kill off anyone important because there'd be no way around that or to get replacements. They also can't do anything big and cool like save the Galaxy from some extragalactic invasion because that'd make them "too important" for one small ship (they tried that with "Scorpion" and the 8472 aliens and no one liked it). That's pretty damn constrained. And the internal tensions were never going to be that good either because the Maquis weren't set up properly as "the second crew" to conflict with the Fleeters. Even if they were, after 1-2 seasons it wouldn't make any sense for them to still act like enemies unless they were truly disturbed individuals.
I find VOY very irritating as they missed the mark on so many things, including the characters. The crew accepted their situation too easily, with no major morale or emotional problems being lost and in all likelihood never seeing their families and loved ones again. All the Starfleet-Maquis 'tension' never came to anything and fizzled out after a couple of years. They took to firing at every alien and ship they encountered, rarely making any friends along the way, though despite getting their asses kicked on a regular basis the ship was always pristine, fully functional and they had all the creature comforts. They had it far too easy, they could have been on a deep space mission in the alpha quadrant for all the peril they faced, as it was always pretty obvious they would make it through--even more so after Borg tech saved the day every week. The PTB never took any chances or risks, favouring the reset button over any real character development or something that would upset the status quo.
But this was nothing new, it happened to Kirk and Picard. Realistically, the tensions wouldn't have lasted more than a season and a half anyways. Yeah, mistake. So the ship is easier to maintain than everyone assumed? The show lacked a plot beyond "Lost in Space". If it had one, then there'd be more room for that stuff.
Neither was the Voyager crew, they knew where they were and exactly where Earth was. If they WERE truly lost, then there's something to work with because it means they HAVE to explore because they can't just set a course for Earth.


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Why won't anyone kiss Dracula? He has bat breath!
Why is it safe to tell a mummy your secret? It'll keep it under wraps!
What do you call a friendly mummy? Chummy!
What did Frankenstein say when he was struck by lightning? "Gee, that felt good!"
What did Frankenstein say to his sweetheart? "It was love at first fright!"
How does a werewolf sign his letters? Best vicious!
What should you do if a werewolf climbs in your window? Run out the door!
What can you find between Godzilla's toes? Slow runners!
Why wouldn't the ghost cross the road? He had no guts!
What did Godzilla have at the "All You Can Eat" restaurant? The waiters!
What kind of monster loves to disco? The boogieman!
What do you say to a monster with two heads? Hello, and hello to you too!
Where does a baby ghost go while its parents are at work? Dayscare!
How do you get to the monster's house? Walk down the street, then turn fright at the dead end.
What kind of dog does Dracula have? A bloodhound!


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4.08 / 5.00 6,846 ViewsBeat every challenge collecting as many stars as you can before the times goes up but be careful, there are a lot of bombs flying everywhere!
This is my entry to the Stencyl Jam 2012 also my first game ever made. I really hope you like it and any kind of feedback is always appreciated.
Not too bad. The difficulty kind of skips around for the first levels, and the instructions weren't very clear with "hit stars, not bombs" sort of thing, but I lie the change in game play and the concept itself is fairly good. I can definitely see this gaining medals someday.


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Three distinct building proposals are in the running for the last undeveloped land in downtown West Palm Beach, Fla. The most notable is developer High Point Group's West Palm Beach Observatory, which at 1,550 feet would be the fourth tallest building in the United States, including the proposed Freedom Tower and Chicago Spire. (The Sears Tower is the only existing building that surpasses it—and only if one includes the antenna.)
A curving glass enclosure with a spire reaching 495 feet high is the Palm Beach Financial Center LLC Group's bid. The third proposal, from Crocker Partners, is for a more traditional mixed-use tower. All three buildings include a hotel, office, and retail space.
High Point Group founder Luis D'Agostino says of his proposed tower, "We have to do something spectacular here."
The next public meeting to discuss the proposals is scheduled for later this month.
"We can't complain about not having a choice," says Peter Robbins, spokesperson for the city. "We have three very unique projects that certainly will be investigated as to all their pros and cons."
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Weird candy commercial with a twist
July 28th, 2009 by Rosa
Here's another weird commercial, only this time, the commercial isn't actually for candy. Via Candy Dish Blog.
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(cross-posted from PlayingWithMedia.com)
In the process of writing and finalizing the chapter on "Visual Notetaking" for my forthcoming eBook, "Mapping Media to the Common Core," I found Giulia Forsythe's blog page "Visual Practice" and her WONDERFUL presentation a year ago for the 2012 University of Mary Washington Faculty Academy. Her presentation slides are available on SlideShare, and the entire 68 minute, recorded presentation is on Vimeo. I highly recommend you watch this entire presentation if you're interested (as you should be) in learning more about visual notes.
Giulia Forsythe at Faculty Academy 2012 from umwnewmedia on Vimeo.
In her presentation, Giulia cites and recommends several books related to learning, cognition, brain research, drawing and visual notes. These include the following titles, which I've added to my own Amazon wish list.
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain: The Definitive, 4th Edition by Betty Edwards
Keys to Drawing by Bert Dodson
Keys to Drawing with Imagination by Bert Dodson
Thinking in Pictures, Expanded Edition: My Life with Autism by Temple Grandin
All the above links are to the Kindle eBook versions of the respective books.
Giulia also referenced "The Art of Changing the Brain: Enriching the Practice of Teaching by Exploring the Biology of Learning by James E. Zull." Unfortunately it's just available as a paperback from Amazon, but I found (via Google) an openly posted PDF version by a Vietnamese professor teaching in France. Not sure what the backstory on that is.
Giulia's work as a visual notetaker has been and continues to be incredibly inspiring as well as challenging to me. As a teacher and a learner, I want to have the artistic and instructional courage of Giulia Forsythe.
Of the six "media products" in this first volume eBook of "Mapping Media to the Common Core," visual note taking is definitely the one I feel most uncomfortable with and least skilled at doing. That's exactly why I think I need to practice my visual notetaking skills more. As Giulia encourages us in this video, we ALL can learn to draw effectively, but we need practice. When I drew the icons for "Mapping Media to the Common Core," in several instances I found icons I liked on iconfinder.net but then drew my own versions. I've learned this is something other artists do too.
My modified icon for "Visual Notetaking" is used with permission from an amazing original Giulia created last summer at Unplug'd 2012 in Canada.
Do you take visual notes YET? Have you taught your own students about visual notetaking or graphic facilitation YET? In addition to watching Guilia's presentation video, check out some of the other videos and tutorials on the "Visual Notetaking" page of "Mapping Media to the Common Core." VERY inspiring ideas to both apply personally and share with students!
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