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The item drop system is the process of item distribution within Team Fortress 2. It distributes a random item to players on a regular basis until a weekly time-cap is reached.
This system was first introduced with the Sniper vs. Spy Update to change distribution from being dependent upon achievements. Its purpose was to improve accessibility to the expanding quantity of items within the game, while negating the need to achievement farm (meaning to perform out of context actions to gain achievements) or use third-party tools to falsify the obtaining of achievements. However, this system created another way of farming to obtain new items called idling.
As of the July 11, 2013 Patch, the Item drop system has changed. Players must now accept new items dropped before proceeding to another item drop, in a move to prevent players from idling.
Current system
The current item drop system was introduced on April 20, 2010.[1] Players are guaranteed to find items at regular intervals of 30 to 70 minutes, with an average interval of 50 minutes.
The system has a cap on the amount of playtime in which drops can occur. This cap has been estimated to be 10 hours each week. Playing beyond the cap will not yield additional items[2]. Mann Co. Supply Crates and other usable items drop on a separate timer, meaning that these items do not affect the interval between regular drops.[3][4] The system resets each player's playtime cap every Thursday at approximately 00:00 (midnight) GMT. If a player plays less than the playtime cap in a week, their leftover time will be added to the next week, so a player who does not play for one week will receive twice as many items the following week. The amount of time a player can save up is capped at double the allotment of a single week (roughly 20 hours).
In order for a player to receive an item drop, they must be "actively playing" i.e they meet all of the following criteria:
- Is connected to a VAC secured server.
- Is responding to in-game drop notifications while not utilizing external programs to do so.
- Is running only one instance of the game.
- Is not in textmode.[5]
The dropped items are stored in the Backpack after the player's death, while visiting the Main Menu, after a trade is completed, if the Mann Co. Store is opened, or if ten duels are won. If the player leaves the server after receiving an item, but before storing it in the backpack, a notification will alert the player of the new item(s) when the Main Menu is visited the next time. New item notifications must be dismissed before any further new items can be found. Occasionally, dropped, traded, or crafted items may get stuck "in limbo" and may not immediately appear in the player's Backpack. This may occur on instant respawn servers blocking the "New Item Found!" screen pop-up. Visiting the Mann. Co. Store, pressing Esc. to bring up the menu, or disconnecting from the server will usually restore these items to the player's Backpack.
While it has always been perceived that each weapon has an equal chance of being dropped to the player, it appears that certain weapons that form part of an item set will drop more or less often than others. It is not known exactly which of these weapons are rarer or more common.[6]
Under the Free-To-Play system introduced in the Über Update, free players receive only limited item drops (with no rare or cosmetic items) until they upgrade to Premium status, upon which they gain access to the full item drop system.[7]
Advantages and disadvantages
A positive aspect of the system is that it allows new and old players alike to earn unlockable weapons by investing playtime. It allows players to play as any class, since as long as they are racking up gametime the player is eligible for an item drop. But if players play for more than 10 hours a week, they will not be rewarded for their extra playtime.
However, many players receive unwanted duplicates. This issue was eventually resolved by the introduction of the crafting system, and later by the trading system, allowing players to respectively craft and trade many of the available items (with some exceptions) with each other.[8]
Achievement Milestones
On April 29, 2008, Valve unveiled a set of three unlockable weapons as part of the Gold Rush Update. These weapons were unlocked by completing a set number of achievements, which completed an Achievement Milestone. There were three Achievement Milestones in all, with each successive one requiring more achievements. Once a milestone was unlocked, the player received the individual set weapon that came with that milestone. This requirement was later lowered to reduce players from grinding achievements just to get the new unlocks.
On May 21, 2009, Valve implemented a new system of random drops for unlockable items, and originally discontinued the milestone system. Valve soon fell back to the Achievement Milestones, now coupled with the item drop system, for the Sniper and Spy weapons in the May 29, 2009 Patch. This milestone system has since been used in the WAR! Update as well as in The Engineer Update.
Former system
While keeping the Achievement Milestones already present for the Scout, Pyro, Heavy, and Medic, Valve implemented the random drop system to maintain class balance in the event of a class update. This system was patched into the game as part of The Sniper vs. Spy Update on May 21, 2009.
Valve calculated the average time a regular Team Fortress 2 player played, then came up with a standard time which was used as a marker or set point. Every 25 minutes of gameplay, the game calculated a random number to determine whether the player would receive a weapon. If the player was lucky (25% per item chance), then they would find a randomly chosen item. If the player was unlucky (75% chance), then they would receive nothing and the timer would reset. In addition, there was a separate timer which ran on a 15,430 second (4 hours, 17 minutes, and 10 seconds) interval which gave an additional 1 in 28 chance of receiving a hat. The average time for finding a single item was 1 hour and 40 minutes (including duplicates). Since weapons were granted via a random number generator, experiences varied.
When first released, item drops would only occur if players were connected to the Steam Community. If the player was not signed into his or her friends list, or if Valve was performing maintenance on the Steam Community, the player would not receive any item drops during that time. Additionally, if a player was connected to a server that had lost connection to Steam, item drops would not occur until the server reestablished its connection.
Also the system resulted an unlucky streaks for some players where no items were found for long periods of time. The current system has removed this possibility and increased the rate at which items drop.
Double Drop-Rate Week
On December 22, 2010, Valve announced that the item drop rate would double between December 23, 2010 and December 30, 2010. All players during that period were also awarded a Stocking Stuffer Key.[9]
A second Double Drop-Rate Week was announced on June 2, 2011, which lasted from June 3, 2011 through June 10, 2011.[10]
A third Double Drop-Rate Week was announced on December 14, 2011, lasting from December 15, 2011 through December 21, 2011 to coincide with the Australian Christmas 2011 update.[11]
Non-dropping items
Weapons that cannot be found via a random drop. | |||||||||
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Mutated Milk | |||||||||
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Three-Rune Blade | Unarmed Combat | Batsaber | |||||||
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Nostromo Napalmer | |||||||||
Melee | |||||||||
Maul | |||||||||
Melee | |||||||||
Horseless Headless Horsemann's Headtaker | |||||||||
Primary | |||||||||
Iron Curtain | |||||||||
Secondary | |||||||||
Fishcake | Robo-Sandvich | ||||||||
Melee | |||||||||
Apoco-Fists | Bread Bite | ||||||||
Secondary | |||||||||
Giger Counter | |||||||||
Melee | |||||||||
Golden Wrench | |||||||||
Primary | |||||||||
AWPer Hand | Shooting Star | ||||||||
Secondary | |||||||||
Self-Aware Beauty Mark | |||||||||
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Big Kill | |||||||||
Melee | |||||||||
Wanga Prick | Sharp Dresser | Black Rose | |||||||
Enthusiast's Timepiece | Quäckenbirdt | ||||||||
Building | |||||||||
Ap-Sap | Snack Attack | ||||||||
Scout Engineer |
Secondary | ||||||||
Lugermorph | C.A.P.P.E.R | ||||||||
Melee | |||||||||
Frying Pan† | Saxxy | Freedom Staff† | Memory Maker† | Ham Shank† | Necro Smasher‡ | Crossing Guard† | Prinny Machete | ||
Other | |||||||||
Festive weapons | Botkiller weapons | Australium weapons | |||||||
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Paints obtainable through drop
Paints obtainable through the item drop system | |||||
Picture | Name | Color | Picture | Name | Color |
Indubitably Green | #729E42 | A Deep Commitment to Purple | #7D4071 | ||
Mann Co. Orange | #CF7336 | Muskelmannbraun | #A57545 | ||
Noble Hatter's Violet | #51384A | Peculiarly Drab Tincture | #C5AF91 | ||
Aged Moustache Grey | #7E7E7E | Radigan Conagher Brown | #694D3A | ||
Australium Gold | #E7B53B | Color No. 216-190-216 | #D8BED8 | ||
Ye Olde Rustic Colour | #7C6C57 | Zepheniah's Greed | #424F3B |
Update history
May 21, 2009 Patch (Sniper vs. Spy Update)
- Added the item drop system.
- [Undocumented] Miscellaneous items are now found according to the hat drop rate, rather than the weapon drop rate.
April 20, 2010 [Item schema update]
- Updated the random drop system to the current system.
- [Undocumented] Doubled the item drop rate for the next week (December 23, 2010 until December 30, 2010).
- Doubled the item drop rate for the next week (June 3, 2011 until June 10, 2011).
- The item drop system now requires you to accept new items and dismiss the new item notification before new items can be found.
- Crate drop rates have been significantly lowered.
- Fixed players not receiving timed drops when running the game in Ukrainian.
- ↑ "Thanks for standin' still, wanker.", TF2 Official Blog, April 20, 2010.
- ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51J2RSNeFHM#t=0m32s YouTube - About the new item drop system
- ↑ Crate drops don't count as normal drops, Steam Users' Forum post by zoli700, October 3, 2010.
- ↑ E-mail by Robin Walker on the crate drop system
- ↑ "An Active Solution to an Idle Threat.", TF2 Official Blog, July 17, 2013.
- ↑ E-mail by Robin Walker about item drop system
- ↑ Team Fortress 2: Free-to-Play FAQ
- ↑ "Incoming!", TF2 Official Blog, September 2, 2009.
- ↑ "Additional Time Has Been Awarded", TF2 Official Blog, December 22, 2010.
- ↑ "Double Drop Week", TF2 Official Blog, June 2, 2011
- ↑ "Happy Australian Christmas Eve", TF2 Official Blog, December 14, 2011
See also
External links
- TF2 Official Blog – May 22, 2009 – "Every one of you deserves a medal!" by Erik Johnson, explaining in detail the reasoning for the item drop system.
- TF2 Official Blog – April 20, 2010 – "Thanks for standin still, wanker." by Erik Johnson, announcing and explaining the updated drop system.
- TF2 Official Blog – December 22, 2010 – "Additional time has been awarded" by The Administrator, announcing Double Drop-Rate week and Ms. Pauling's "stocking stuffer".
- TF2 Official Blog – June 2, 2011 – "Double Drop Week" by the TF2 Team, announcing the second Double Drop-Rate Week.


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The second issue is that i need a better way to trigger the filter envelope, the way it is set up now with the toggle only slightly works. if i press a new note before i fully release the last note i was playing (say i'm playing a quick arpeggio), this cancels the triggering of the new envelope. try it out and you'll see what i mean. I think this happens because the toggle only reports on/off of the entire keyboard, not separate notes. Any ideas on how to create a new trigger for my adsr object?
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In a speech to parliament, Rajoy said the country would cut €65 billion ($79.6 billion) in less than three years by reducing government bureaucracy and raising taxes. Meeting budget deficit reduction targets will require austerity and more efficiency, he said.
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BEIJING – Police in China's restive western region shot dead 13 assailants who rammed a truck into a police office building and set off explosives in an attack Saturday that also wounded three officers, state media said.
The Tianshan website said in a one-line report that no civilians were hurt in the attack in Kashgar prefecture in Xinjiang's southwest. Officials in the region contacted by phone either said they were unclear about the situation or refused to comment.
Dilxat Raxit, spokesman for the German-based group World Uyghur Congress, said he called several residents in the Yecheng area who described hearing rapid gunfire, likely from police, before an explosion rang out. He said that authorities quickly placed the county under martial law and started rounding up people in a nearby market.
"It's undeniable that the armed police are using excessive force to deal with the unrest in the region. Why did they need to shoot them dead on the spot?" Dilxat Raxit said. "If they just injured them they would still have a chance to be put through the legal process."
It was the latest in a series of attacks pointing to growing unrest in the sprawling region of Xinjiang, where the native Muslim Uighur (pronounced WEE-gur) people want more autonomy from Beijing. Last month, a market bombing killed 43 people in Xinjiang's capital, Urumqi.
Chinese authorities have blamed the attacks on extremists bent on overthrowing Beijing's rule. The government says the assailants have ties to Islamic terrorist groups abroad, but provides little direct evidence.
The government has sought to stem the attacks by handing down heavy punishments to people authorities say organized, led and participated in terrorist groups, committed arson, murder, burglary or illegally manufactured explosives. Earlier this month, China executed 13 people in Xinjiang for such crimes.
Uighur activists say public resentment against Beijing is fueled by an influx of settlers from the Han majority in the region, economic disenfranchisement and onerous restrictions on Uighur religious and cultural practices. China says it has made vast investments to boost the region's economy and improve living standards.


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Stack-based memory allocation
Stacks in computing architectures are regions of memory where data is added or removed in a last-in-first-out (LIFO) manner.
In most modern computer systems, each thread has a reserved region of memory referred to as its stack. When a function executes, it may add some of its state data to the top of the stack; when the function exits it is responsible for removing that data from the stack. At a minimum, a thread's stack is used to store the location of function calls in order to allow return statements to return to the correct location, but programmers may further choose to explicitly use the stack. If a region of memory lies on the thread's stack, that memory is said to have been allocated on the stack.
Because the data is added and removed in a last-in-first-out manner, stack-based memory allocation is very simple and typically faster than heap-based memory allocation (also known as dynamic memory allocation). Another feature is that memory on the stack is automatically, and very efficiently, reclaimed when the function exits, which can be convenient for the programmer if the data is no longer required. If however, the data needs to be kept in some form, then it must be copied from the stack before the function exits. Therefore, stack based allocation is suitable for temporary data or data which is no longer required after the creating function exits.
A thread's assigned stack size can be as small as a few dozen kilobytes. Allocating more memory on the stack than is available can result in a crash due to stack overflow.
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Two months ago, as the NHL trade deadline approached, the Coyotes made a deal that caused little buzz around the league.
It is causing plenty of buzz now.
Guess who ranks in the NHL's top five in postseason points and goals?
Antoine Vermette.
Guess who the Elias Sports Bureau reports has the most go-ahead goals in the playoffs with four?
Yup, Antoine Vermette.
He is a big reason the Coyotes will take a 2-0 lead to Nashville for Game3 Wednesday and another example why Don Maloney is considered one of the top general managers in the league.
Since training camp, Maloney had his eye on the Columbus Blue Jackets. They had an excess of centers under contract, and the general manager suspected they might be open to moving one, particularly when their season started going south.
Maloney and the Coyotes' scouts paid close attention to Vermette, whose versatility was noteworthy, including his skills with faceoffs, the power play and penalty kills.
Knowing they would have to take on his healthy contract if they acquired him, the Coyotes watched "their nickels and dimes" during the season, Maloney said, and kept few extra players around during the season in order to save money.
The planning paid off. On Feb.22, they obtained Vermette for minor-league goalie Curtis McElhinney, a 2012 second-round draft pick and a conditional 2013 pick.
In other words, a steal.
"To say it's been a great deal for us is an understatement," Maloney said. "He has fit in seamlessly with the team."
Said coach Dave Tippett: "You're seeing the benefits of that trade in the playoffs."
For Vermette, it's a joy to be back in the postseason.
In three of the last four seasons (including this one) he was in the Columbus, the Blue Jackets failed to make the playoffs. It was tough to handle for someone who had advanced to the Stanley Cup finals in 2007 with the Ottawa Senators.
"I think if you ask anybody that's been able to play in the NHL finals, you crave it, you want to get back," Maloney said. "That's why it's great our young guys are getting to experience what they're experiencing now. It will get in their blood at an early age."
For Vermette, he enjoys helping the Coyotes' fan base grow.
"I know it means a lot for this organization," he said. "I'm very thrilled to be part of this right now. That's what playoffs do.
"Even in Ottawa, there was the same thing. The more and more you win, the more attention and excitement you create in the city."
Meanwhile, Vermette, 29, is proving he's more than just a pretty face.
This is a player whose picture Sports Illustrated once placed next to actor Ashton Kutcher's in a "Separated at Birth" pictorial.
And four years ago, a 26-year-old woman from Ottawa who was battling mental and physical trauma caused by a severe car accident found inspiration from the telegenic player. A physiotherapist at a rehabilitation center who knew the woman, Jodi Graham, was a big fan of Vermette, found a shirtless photo of the player and put it on Graham's wall to motivate her to practice walking and speaking.
The woman's mother said it turned out to be a powerful tool.
Vermette is a head-turner on the ice, too. A 2006 goal he scored from the side of the net and between his legs against Tampa Bay got some mileage on YouTube.
And his goal 8:32 into Sunday's 5-3 victory over Nashville made a statement about the Coyotes' offensive state of mind as they jumped to a 1-0 lead. He also has had an assist in the game. Vermette's five postseason goals are two more than he scored in 22 games with the Coyotes in the regular season.
The connection he made with his teammates has been quick and positive.
"The other thing I really liked (about the trade) is that we have a lot of real good people in our dressing room, and he's a great teammate," Tippett said. "He cares about everything we're trying to do. He fits in real well with our group."
That's not surprising. When he was dealt by the Blue Jackets, the Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch called him "one of the most upbeat, popular players in the dressing room."
"Antoine was a great player, a person, a great representative of the Blue Jackets," Columbus general manager Scott Howson told reporters.
"He and his wife, Karen, were very involved in the community. It's hard to say goodbye to all of those things."
Vermette was involved in the Ottawa community, too, and several times visited with Graham during her recovery.
He seems to have a positive effect on people.
Just look at the Coyotes this postseason.
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April 29, 2012 - The Coyotes' Antoine Vermette (right) scores with the help of teammate Shane Doan (center) as Predators goalie Pekka Rinne falls to the ice in Game 2.
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The Friends & Family Annual Winter Caribbean Cruise: Norwegian Jewel Cruise Review by marco
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The Friends & Family Annual Winter Caribbean Cruise
Destination: Southern Caribbean
Embarkation: New York (Manhattan)
Embarkation was a breeze! From getting off of our charter party bus that brought us to the pier to being on the ship, it was maybe 8-10 minutes. We arrived at the pier at 1PM. I think not arriving too early expedites boarding. Everyone who gets there early has to queue up to get on, once the initial boarding starts and they are all on, the rest of the boarding process is a breeze. I had a couple of bottles of wine in my carry one and expected to have to pay a corkerage fee. No one said anything to me and I did not volunteer any information, so.....on I went with my wine. Also, in St Martin I bought a bottle of vodka, put it in my carry on, boarded, put my bag on the security belt, went through ship's security, no one More said anything to me, so I said nothing to them and enjoyed a couple of vodka on the rocks in my cabin during the cruise.
The ship was maintained spotlessly. The staff and crew were friendly and accommodating. We had an inside cabin. We've been on a LOT of cruises (over 100) and this was one of if not THE smallest cabins we've ever had. The bathroom however, was larger than expected.
We enjoyed the "adults only" pool and hot tubs. As we sailed from NY, it was nice to have the pools heated the first and last days of the cruise and thus, usable.Dining: As we were a group of 24, we could only dine as a group at either 5:30 or 9PM. No matter who we talked to, dining as a group at any other time was absolutely positively a "NO!" We opted not to and dined as groups of 4, 6 or 8 "whenever". The joke amongst the group was that "Freestyle" dining meant you didn't dine when YOU wanted to, you dined when they were ready to feed you. Whenever we went to the dining room we got a beeper and they would beep when a table was ready. Service in the MDR is "OK". It was not the staff's fault however. They were VERY understaffed. Usually a cruise ship dining room will have a waiter/waitress assistant and a separate person for bar service. We had a waiter/waitress who did it all, and also had one or two more other tables. The food in the MDR was however, quite good. But we never saw items like shrimp cocktail on the menu. They were on the surcharge restaurant menus, however). The food in the self serve buffet area was I thought outstanding, both in variety and quality. We dined in one surcharge restaurant one evening (Bistro) and the dinner was wonderful. But what's on the menu in the surcharge restaurants is pretty much on the MDR menus on other lines we've sailed. Not so on NCL. Though what we had in the MDR was very, very good, options were rather limited and no "higher end" options...ever! (other than one night surf and turf, a lobster tail and a fillet)Cabin staff was very, very good. We were in an inside lower priced cabin and our steward was very, very attentive and took care of all of our needs promptly.
I thought NCL was a little too over the top with the "nickel and diming", especially when it came to dining.There were at least 4 separate surcharge restaurants, there was no tour of the bridge but there was a "behind the scenes" tour that included going to the bridge....for a fee. Spa fees were pricy, drinks were more expensive than on other line we've been on, and there seemed to be many more opportunities of "optional" spending.
Shows were very good, live music was very good, but different bands played in different rooms and in many rooms, there was no dance floor!!! Too bad, as we all like to dance and other folks commented on that, as well.
My only complaint, and I think this is VERY important.....someone in our group fell on an outside stairway and cut his head. He ultimately was taken away in a wheelchair and required 9 stitches, but it took 8 minutes for appropriate staff to arrive to assist from the time we notified someone of the accident. Time it.... 8 minutes is a LOT longer than you might think!
We did not take any of the cruise sponsored tours. They were about double the price that anyone on the pier was offering fro pretty much the same tour. Internet access was 75 cents a minute. I think they need to rethink that and charge say, $15-$20, period, as on all the islands it was very very, easy to find multiple places offering free WIFI.
In all ports, we were able to disembark minutes after arrival. Disembarkation in NYC was fairly effortless and quick. Except...once off the ship there was someone monitoring people taking the escalator down to the area in which the luggage was collected. They would only allow a couple at a time on the escalator and would not allow the next couple on until the first couple were 3/4 of the way down. So....after disembarking the ship, we stood on the pier, outside in the cold and wind for at least 15 minutes, because this "escalator guard" would only allow two people at a time on the escalator and the stairway was blocked, so it could not be used as an option. I still don't understand why, but....that's NY!
We had a wonderful time!!!!! It was 80 degrees, the sun was out and it was winter. Because we were a large group that wanted to dine together (the cruise is the only time some of us see other members in the group) anytime between 7 and 8:30 and we couldn't...we probably won't sail on NCL and "Freestyle" again as our annual winter group cruise. But if we went alone or with only 2 or 4 other people, we most likely would include it in our options. Less
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Sunday, January 21, 2007
XRK First Blogiversary
I wanted to use our blogiversary post to share with you how much Crossroad Knits has meant to me over the last year. XRK came along about 6 months after I moved to Philadelphia. It was so hard to move away from you, and I realize now how bad I was at the goodbyes that Summer. There were the teary farewells over dinner or sitting on the front porch, but I was in serious denial about leaving you.
The two of you were my go-to friends, the people to whom I could tell anything, the people with whom I could be all-me. The first two people I called when my father died. The two people who shared my love of food and laughed their way through the ins and outs of motherhood along with me. I grew to truly love your children, and admire your families. I was most at-home with you. You watched me grow into motherhood, and we enjoyed the luxury of time when we were home with infants, without carpools and committees to keep us busy.
I knew that this kind of friendship was rare, and that I would not easily find another kindred spirit here, especially in the more anonymous and spread-out suburbs, especially as we moved out of our baby years and into the elementary era. I was afraid that time and distance would change our friendship to the point that it was unrecognizable. We had such a day-to-day life together: an impromptu lunch or chance meeting at the farmers market, standing beside our cars in the carpool line, or hooking up at Crossroads Coffee and Ice Cream with a kid in tow, to knit and chat during a stolen hour in a busy day. Once I left, those interactions were gone, and I grieved that dimension of my life deeply.
We talked a lot on the phone, and we've visited several times over the past 18 months, but it is this blog that keeps me in your lives on a day-to-day basis. I see pictures of you, so I know what your hair looks like now. I see pictures of the growing kids, and am reminded of their silly expressions or their unique personalities that they had, even as babies. I've been a part of your home-renovation project and know where you are volunteering. We e-mail or talk because we have "blog business" to discuss.
I love to see what you are knitting, and drink up every detail of your creative process. I love seeing what yarns you choose and projects you attempt. I have this gauge of how your life is going by studying your knitting (or lack of it). It has been a vehicle to rejuvenate my creativity, and a way to meet a wonderful community of knitters.
But XRK has been a gift to me because I feel like we are meeting for knitting and chatting at Crossroads again, stealing moments out of our busy lives, just because we're friends. It is because of XRK that I still have you in my life in this day-to-day way, despite the distance.
And so I thank you for taking on this project together with me. Mo, your great idea to start a blog together has meant more to me than just being able to visualize what you are knitting. It has meant a deepening of our friendships and has reassured me enough of its endurance to finally begin to feel at home here in Philadelphia.
Lots of love,
13 comments:
- Ashley said...
Liz, your last two posts have made me totally sniffly. You're lucky to have so much love in your life!
- Susan said...
Happy Blogiversary to all three of you. Liz, very nice post!
- knittingphilistine said...
Happy Blogiversary and big, BIG cheers to good, nay, GREAT friends!
- Laurie said...
What a sweet post. I hope you have found close friends in Philly but I know they can never take the place of your XRX family.
Happy Blogiversary! - 1:16 PM
- Maggi said...
Well we readers have been privileged to get to know y'all, too! I happen to know Mo "in real life" but our paths cross rarely ~ XRK has let me know her better as well as know her pals -- and their knitting! Thanks.
- Sally said...
Friends are to be treasured. The good ones don't come along so often, and when they do, you need to hold on tight! Just as you have done here Liz. Lovely post dearie! Hope to see you on Wednesday night - I'll be there to hang with my friends. :o)
- Ann said...
Thank you Liz. Thank you. For everything.
- Tina said...
I'm so jealous.
Thanks for doing this, for reminding me what it means to have friends. Between work and chirren, it's easy to stop having a life, you know? But we get it, how doing something creative with the hands makes one feel sane, and the writing ... bless y'all. Thanks. - 8:35 PM
another one of those "awwwwwwwwww" posts.
liz honey, you DO have a talent for writing!
I am glad you are part of my SnK group. and this blog helps me "know" your other friends.
happy blog-a-versary from the mascot and me! - 1:06 AM
- Lolly said...
I loved reading this heart-felt post - and learning more about your history together! Happy blogiversary, ladies!
- HPNY Knits said...
knitting friendships are fantastic! you guys are great. I do love photos of happy knitters shopping for yarn... that grey felted bag looks great.
Happy blogiversary! - 10:06 AM
- carrie said...
i never really knew the story behind XRK -- that was so sweet and touching. you are really lucky to have found such a great pair of friends. as i'm sure you know, that's such a rare and special gift.
- Dorothy said...
A very beautiful tribute to good friends.
Happy Blogiversary. - 10:27 AM


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I took your advice and went to the Hollywood Theater openning. It was wonderful to walk into the lobby and see so many friends and neighbors…a real community event! The price was right, the seating was spacious, the movie was entertaining and the popcorn was hot. It was a great way to spend a Friday night. I was also heartened to see so many young people out for an evening of wholesome fun. Bravo to the Hollywood and here's hoping that the South Hills Theatre reopens their doors so that we can also enjoy some live entertainment.
The Hollywood Theater opens tonight! Hopefully everyone who posts on this site will be there, I know that I will! Dreamgirls at 7:45, $3.00. Let's show our local support!
Unfortunately, the time for general repairs has past. I have spent a great deal of time in the building over the last few months. We have had architects and engineers going over every inch of the buuilding. There are major issues with the "life systems" (fire suppression, electrical, plumbing, sewage)of the building. Also, there is a major leak in the roof, which has in turn destroyed most of the plasterwork in the house and created a major mold occurance. We are estimating the cost of just fixing the roof and bring the building to code at over a million dollars. We know that this will be a long process, but we are ready to roll up our sleeves and do it. It is the right thing for the community and especially our local youth. Take a look at our website at www.southhillstheatre.org
Even if someone could make general repairs, install new seating, etc. and continue to operate it as a "quad" (and do promotions) I betcha it would do well. It wouldn't as good as a total restoration, but it would be better than demolition.
The LaGrange Theatre in LaGrange, IL is the same vintage as this theatre. It was "quadded" years ago, has somewhat limited parking, but gets good walk-in trade from the community. It does very well and is very crowded on weekends.
I knew your father well in the 70s and early 80s. John was a nice man and always ready to share a story or two. I was saddenned when I heard of his loss. I was part of the group that presented the pipe organ concerts on the Style D Wurlitzer organ that was in the building since the mid 1920s. Jim Baker and Bob Stone were also great people to have known. They, of course, ran Mode-Art Pictures which was the parent company that was located in the offices upstairs. The movies provided a means to help pay the overhead on the building. Their main business was producing educational and documentary films for industry.
Thanks for the support! In updating our website today, I included a link to a weblog. I think it may be really helpful if everyone who sees this page puts a message of support on our blog. Thanks again and I will keep everyone posted on the progress!
Thanks for the support! In updating our website today, I included a link to a weblog. I think it may be really helpful if everyone who sees this page puts a message of support on our blog. Thanks again and I will keep everyone posted on the progress!
Thank you so much for posting that website! I had no knowledge of its existence. When I first saw the photo though, I said, nope that's not the South Hills Theatre I'm thinking of, this must be another South Hills Theatre. So I referred to a recent photo of SHT and compared it to that one, and concluded it is the the same theater! I was amazed! I see both differences and similarities to the theater I remember from the 80's. I would be absolutely devastated if a developer were to tear down that building. I realize it has deteriorated over the years, but I think it would serve the community better to restore it whether it be for 1st run movies, 2nd run movies or live shows. I will keep my eyes and ears open to see what happens. I'm hoping that since the Hollywood Theatre is about to re-open again that the same happens for the SHT.
You mentioned some things that also brought back memories for me! I remember Mr. Baker as well as Mr. Stone and Mr. Seng. I remember those nice offices upstairs, and if my memory is correct, there was even a shower up there! I remember Jo Lynn's Pizza (but I forgot the name until you mentioned it). We would get their pizza A LOT during our break between matinee and evening shows. I also remember Isaly's, I remember going there for milkshakes or ice cream.
I have to tell you this…when you mentioned that your dad played music that was piped into the theater, I remember that too! The reason why I remember is that one day, I heard a song played by your dad by a group called Yaz (or Yazoo). Yaz wasn't a well known group because they weren't "Top 40", but I knew of them and had their album at home. I was so happy to hear that played over the loudspeakers before the movie started. I remember overhearing a customer nearby asking is this a disco? I laughed inside.
I also remember the theater periodically having organ concerts. I remember the name of the organist was Dennis, but cannot remember his last name. I remember talking with Dennis when he'd come to the concession stand.
I also remember there being a show, not a movie, but a live show of some sort and Mr. Fred Rogers (Mr. Roger's Neighborhood) attended this show, accompanied by his bodyguards. I remember being thrilled to see him in person because I, like many others, watched him on TV when I was a little kid.
I could go on and on with my memories. It's fun taking a trip down memory lane.
I'm not sure how to update information, but I have collected a lot of research on this theatre. The architect was a man named Charles R. Geisler. He was a local person, who also designed the Hollywood Theatre on Potomac. I have a lot more info included on our website: www.southhillstheatheatre.org
If anyone can tell me how to update the info, I will do it!
I've been reading the comments on this site for quite some time. I am so enthralled by all of the fond memories people have posted about the South Hills Theatre. I have been researching the building and the history and to that end I have enlisted people to help save the building. We are in the process of organizing a non-profit group to restore the theatre. We were informed yesterday that a developer is looking at the building (actually the land) and would eventually tear it down. Today, we began a petition campaign, enlisting citizens who support our plan of revitilazation. In a matter of hours we collected nearly 800 signatures. we are still trying to save and renovate this theatre. I need everyone who checks this page to look at our website and send and e-mail of support! Here's the link: www.southhillstheatre.org
Thank you so much for posting that message in regard to the night my father died. I did not think he died in the booth of the SHiT (as my father called it) but I wasn't sure because I was young and never asked questions about that night until now. It was interesting to see what happened at the theater that night.
My father really did put his heart and soul into that old theater and I would probably feel very sad if I toured it in its current condition. I remember as a kid, Old Man Baker, had a beautiful office on the second floor. I can remember studying his office as a kid. It was adorned in what I think was natural wood and the detailing was superb. Baker was a collector of elephants for some reason. I remember his office was full of different elephant statues and sculptures.
I also remember being there every Saturday and Dormont had some very good places to go. We used to walk down the street and go down to Jo Lynn's Pizza on West Liberty and get pizza and spaghetti (I still to this day haven't been able to find pizza that good). We would also play video games there. Or sometimes we would go to Isaly's and get some fresh cheese and chipped ham and bring it back to the booth where my father had a TV. We would watch shows like the Bob Newhart show, Hee Haw and professional wrestling while eating our chipped ham sandwiches. We always had soda to drink because he or we would go to the concession stand to get it. We had a season pass to the Dormont pool and often when we would come back from swimming, we would go onto the roof top of the theater and catch some rays.
My father would show us how to properly splice film and how to load a reel into the projector. He never missed a reel change. I remember in the early hours before the first matinee showing, my father would always play albums like ELO and Kansas and pipe it through the theater. I can remember being back stage and seeing how amazing it was; all the cables and wiring, etc. The stage itself had an elevator in the middle to raise and lower equipment. Of course, we rode this elevator a few times.
My last good memory of this great old theater was sometime in the late 80's, my parents (my mom and stepdad) took me to a "Cowboy Junkies" concert there. It was such a great and intimate venue.
If this theater could be brought back to life to do exactly what it did in the 70's and 80's, there would be no end to the revenue stream. Of course it would take some creative marketing to compete with the big multi-plexes of today and parking would be an issue but, I remember full-houses there weekend after weekend—that was never an issue.
When I was a teenager, I worked at the South Hills Theatre as a concession girl from 1982 to 1986. I worked, and was fairly acquainted, with your father while he was the projectionist there. My sympathies to you for losing your father in such a tragic way and at such a young age. I never heard that rumor that you saw on a blog. I can, however, share my experience of the night that your dad passed away. The theater had the movie "E.T." showing, we had a full house (the floor and balcony were filled). Your dad was scheduled to work that night, but he never showed up and never called. The manager was concerned and called our boss at home and asked what to do. We were told that not just anyone can go up to the projection booth and play the movie, that it had to be someone from the union. They attempted to get a fill-in to replace your dad, but on such short notice, they were unable to do so. Therefore, the manager had to get up on the stage and announce to the audience that the movie is cancelled because we have no projectionist and they will issue refunds. The manager gave each customer a refund plus a free pass. Since there were so many people, it took a long time. I remember, when I got home that night, being completely devastated and filled with such sadness not to mention in shock that someone I knew and liked was now gone. As it turned out, in the four years that I worked at that theater, three people that I worked with passed away, your dad and two others.
I have fond memories of your dad from the times that I did work with him. Once he got the movie started, he would come down to the concession stand for a break and get some popcorn and a soft drink and he would tell us (concession girls, ushers and manager) funny (and often dirty) jokes. However, since I was so young, I didn't always "get them" so someone in the group always had to explain the punchline to me. I didn't know anything about his life outside the theater, only that he was a really nice guy to work with. I missed his presence around there during the remainder of my employment there.
Lastly, I saw that show "Things That Aren't There Anymore" from beginning to end. Yes indeed they interviewed a man inside the theater before it was renovated for the C4. Seeing that short little scene with the theater that I was so familiar with in the background brought back so many fond memories for me.
I also hope that someone buys the theater and restores it to it's former glory. If and when that ever happens, I'll be there for it's grand re-opening! (Keeping my fingers crossed)
Please feel free to share more of your memories of your dad or of the theater. I love reminiscing about things of the past that are near and dear to my heart and the South Hills Theatre is one of them.
I am the son of the projectionist who used to work at South Hills Theater up until 1983. The fact is, my father killed himself in January of 1983. I was 12 years old when this happened so I don't know much about his death. But, I was reading on a blog under the "Hollywood Theater" that my father committed this act in the booth of the theater. It is ironic how much this theater was my father's life and love and his life tragically ended there.
On a brighter note, I spent a great deal of time at this old theater and I have a lot of great memories. I can remember the grand stage with high arched openings on each side. The auditorium had a balcony that was similar to the stadium seating of today. I spent a good deal of time in the projectionist booth as well as it was easily accessible from the balcony. As kids, we would often watch movies from the spotlight house at the center of the balcony. I can also remember a packed-house for 70's film classics like Star Wars, Jaws and Animal House, to name a few.
I have noticed the ol' theater is for sale. I would love to see this theater restored to its original glory. In fact, I believe the theater was featured on a Rick Sebak special, "Things that aren't there anymore." I'm not completely sure it was this exact special, but I can remember an interview in a Sebak special in which a person was interviewed in that theater before it was turned into the C4. This person was interviewed from the balcony and the original stage and auditorium can be seen in the background.
I would love to talk more about my memories if anyone cares to talk about it.
I am the son of the projectionist who used to work at South Hills Theater up until 1983. The fact is, my father killed himself in January of 1983. I was 12 years old when this happened so I don't know much about his death. But, I was reading on a blog under the "Hollywood Theater" that my father committed this act in the booth of the theater. It is ironic how much this theater was my father's life and love and his life tragically ended there.
On a brighter note, I spent a great deal of time at this old theater and I have a lot of great memories. I can remember the grand stage with high arched openings on each side. The auditorium had a balcony that was similar to the stadium seating of today. I spent a good deal of time in the projectionist booth as well as it was easily accessible from the balcony. As kids, we would often watch movies from the spotlight house at the center of the balcony. I can also remember a packed-house for 70's film classics like Star Wars, Jaws and Animal House, to name a few.
I have noticed the ol' theater is for sale. I would love to see this theater restored to its original glory. In fact, I believe the theater was featured on a Rick Sebak special, "Things that aren't there anymore." I'm not completely sure it was this exact special, but I can remember an interview in a Sebak special in which a person was interviewed in that theater before it was turned into the C4. This person was interviewed from the balcony and the original stage and auditorium can be seen in the background.
I would love to talk more about my memories if anyone cares to talk about it.
I drove past the Cinema 4 today and was sad to see it in this condition. I noted that Dormont's Liberty Ave was very much like a downtown Main Street in any number of communities accross the United States. I witnessed heavy traffic (vehicular and pedestrian) and very few empty storefronts. This area could support the re-opening of this theater if parking arraingments could be made with nearby church or other property owners. Residence should confront their community leaders and encourage them to build a parking garage.
I used to work for the South Hills Theatre (Cinema 4) from 1982-1986. I really liked working there and have many fond memories of my time there. After reading a newspaper article saying that the Hollywood Theatre in Dormont is currently being renovated and will be opening up for business soon, it made me wonder what is going on with the South Hills Theatre, which eventually brought me here. I really hope that the same happens with the South Hills Theatre too as it breaks my heart to see it in its current condition when I drive past it. If I were given the opportunity to walk through it today, I would probably be really sad from reading comments pertaining to the description of the interior. I agree with Mad Monkey, I too would like to see it returned to its former glory.
I would really like to return this theater to its former glory. Does anyone know somebody who specializes in theater restoration?
On an additional note, while rereading old posts, PI asked if the origional auditorium still exists, well that depends. First of all the space has been divided in half lengthwise, and the balcony and stage walled off to create the 4 screens. Second the plaster is soggy and crumbeling, one can see the plaster capitals on the pilasters in the auditrorium, but they are in bad shape. The two side boxes, if you could call them that since they were accessed from the stage bathrooms, (they probably were the organ pipe chambers), have been butchered up, and as it was walled off, I couldn't see the processium, so who knows what shape it is in. From what I remember, back when it was the South Hills, the place had a Medieval/castle theme, but after my tour, I would say that the origional style was a simplified classsical look circa the 1920's. Think a typical downtown movie palace, but with mostly plain walls. That said though, the interior may have been remodeled in the 1940's-50's and simplified, So who knows.
I got a tour from the realestate agent the other day; the roof is leaking and most of the plaster is wet, the 4 auditoriums especially smell mouldy. This theater was origionally the South Hills Theater, whose single auditorium had a balcony that came down to the main floor, sort of an early form of stadium seating. There is a decent sized stage, (presently walled off), with about 6 dressing rooms, 3 to a side. There are several large office/lounge rooms on the 2nd and 3rd floors, two with large arched windows that overlook the mainstreet. With a lot of work, this could be a very nice theater again.
Here are some pictures of the Cinema 4 (I think it used to be called the South Hills Theater as well)
It needs some TLC, but can defenitely be reusable. I'm guessing the theater has been closed for about 5 years, since "Along Came a Spider" was released in 2001.


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The International Olympic Committee has made a safe choice in naming Tokyo the venue for the 2020 summer games. For a start no city in the world boasts a hotel industry better equipped to accommodate a sudden influx of foreigners. Indeed, contrary to Tokyo's image as an impossibly expensive place, hotel rates are actually quite modest compared to major American cities.
The explanation is regulation. The Japanese authorities go to some lengths to ensure that hotels don't gouge their customers. A large part of this is simple commonsense: by permitting additions to hotel capacity when necessary, the regulators ensure a reasonable balance between supply and demand. This is in line with normal East Asian practice but contrasts remarkably with many cities in the West, where entrenched hotel lobbies have long used their political influence to constrict the supply of new rooms. The pattern is most obvious in New York. According to a survey by Trip Advisor, hotel rooms in New York are now the most expensive of any major world city (and New York is the world's fourth most expensive destination overall for vacation travelers, counting things like eating out and taxis). It is not as if New York hotelkeepers have the excuse of high wage costs. Thanks to widespread exploitation of illegal immigrants, hotel wages in New York are probably little more than half of Japanese levels.
Room rates in places like Honolulu, Boston, and Washington are not far behind New York and even in such cities as London and Paris acute shortages of capacity mean that tourists are systematically fleeced.
A Kayak.com search reveals that the all-in cost of a room at Tokyo's famous Okura Hotel next week is just $298 a night. By comparison a room at the Plaza Hotel in New York would cost $880. Although the Okura is technically merely a four-star and the Plaza is a five-star, travelers who know both hotels would agree that the Okura is better in many respects. A useful measure of the Okura's rank is that it has long been favored by American Presidents (I once saw George H. W. Bush holding a press briefing in the lobby in full view of the hotel's regular clientele). Perhaps even more strikingly the room rate at the Tokyo Mandarin Oriental, at $634 all-in for a famously luxurious five-star experience, is little more than half the $1,156 rate at the New York branch of the chain.
More generally, it is interesting to note that the Intercontinental Tokyo Bay, which will be highly convenient for the 2020 Olympics, is currently charging rates comparable with those of its sister hotels in Madrid and Istanbul, the cities Tokyo defeated in the Olympics competition. This is an impressive performance given that wage rates for hotel staff in Tokyo are among the world's highest and probably run more than 60 percent higher than in Madrid and close to three times levels in Istanbul.
For investors, all this provides an interesting insight into the global hotel industry. Much of the profitability of companies like Starwood, Marriott, Hyatt, Intercontinental Hotels, and Interval Leisure Group reflects artificially induced shortages of rooms, particularly in the United States and other Western nations. An interesting question is how long such shortages will persist.
Back to Tokyo 2020. What about the Fukushima disaster, many are wondering. In reality it is not a consideration. Although the nuclear accident has proved devastating for the immediate vicinity, Tokyo is a reassuring 150 miles to the southwest.
As for Olympic infrastructure, the Japanese are famously good at meeting deadlines, which should come in handy when state-of-the-art new facilities need to be built. Another factor is Tokyo's mass transit system, which in many ways is the world's most sophisticated – indeed far more sophisticated than it was in the 1980s, when it was already well ahead of most Western cities.


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The summit is not super-apparent and at the time of my visit was unmarked. There are three good summit candidates along the highest contours of the summit ridge, so enjoy visiting each rocky little top. Views from the wide-open summit area are lovely, especially big country views of Santa Catalina neighbors to the north and the northwest. From the top, enjoy gazing into the depths of Bear Canyon.
Rank: 2109th highest peak in Arizona
Prominence: 781 feet
USGS Quad: Aqua Caliente Hill
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Getting There
This peak can be accessed by trail from many different directions, though most visitors would be content to gain the summit from the General Hitchcock Highway, also known as the Catalina Highway or the Mount Lemmon Highway. The Trailhead by the Molino Basin campground (past milepost 7), a great jumping off spot to reach the summit of Gibbon Mountain, can be reached within an hour of downtown Tucson. Take Tanque Verde (often pronounced "TANKy VURdy" by the locals) diagonally across the northeast edge of town to East Catalina Highway. Follow East Catalina Highway North for about 4.5 miles to the Forest Service boundary. Here the road becomes the General Hitchcock Highway…or the Catalina Highway…or the Mount Lemmon Highway. Take the turnoff for the Molino Basin campground, then head west until the trailhead where the road ends. The trailhead at the Gordon Hirabayashi Recreation Site (former WWII prison camp) also serves a segment of the Arizona Trail.Note that the highway is paved, but longer vehicles (22 feet or greater) or those towing a trailer may have difficulty negotiating tight curves.
Solider Canyon (Trail #53) or Bear Canyon (Trail #296) would be nice ascent options if wishing for a longer route with greater elevation gain.
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Use of the Mount Lemmon area, including the Catalina Highway, is subject to a $5 vehicle / use fee.Visit this National Forest webpage for detailed regulations governing use of this area.
The Santa Catalina Ranger District operates several campgrounds along the Santa Catalina Highway to Mount Lemmon. These are (in distance up the highway from the valley):• Molino Campground (convenient access to Gibbon Mountain form the east)• General Hitchcock Campground• Rose Canyon Lake


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Situated in Harty, this romantic inn is 1 mi (1.7 km) from Saint Thomas the Apostle, Harty and within 9 mi (15 km) of Leysdown Coastal Park and Minster Gatehouse Museum. Sheerness Heritage Centre and Elmley National Nature Reserve are also within 12 mi (20 km).
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When pitchers and catchers arrived in Tampa last week, Joe Girardi said the competition for the back of the rotation would not begin right away. The same is true of the competition for the Yankees outfield.
"You watch their swings and during BP taking routes after baseballs," Girardi said. "But the true test really comes when we start playing games. They're just getting their work in, and they're getting their feet under them and their legs strong and their hands strong for hitting, and they're trying to strengthen their arms. Now we want to make sure their healthy and ready to go. That's what this week is for."
While Brett Gardner seems to be the favorite, Girardi said this is a competition. He's mentioned several times that Randy Winn — that's him in the picture — will compete for an everyday role.
"Gardy still has to go out and win the job and play at a high level because we feel like we have depth and guys that want to play everyday as well," Girardi said.
Here's the Girardi audio.
• The Group 1 pitchers will throw live batting practice tomorrow — that group includes Chad Gaudin, Sergio Mitre and Alfredo Aceves — but Girardi said it's still too early to start making judgments about the rotation. "It's their first time seeing hitters, and hitters aren't ready to go… A lot of guys will go up there and just see pitches and not take a lot of swings."
• The Jesus Montero show continues. Today he hit one over the batter's eye in center field. Based on where the balls landed, I don't think he made an out during his first eight swings in the cage: Double to the right-center gap, single up the middle, double to the left-field corner, double down the left-field line, single to left-center, double off the wall in left-center, single to right, foul line drive to left.
• I also saw Marcus Thames hit today. He crushed the ball a few times.
• This morning I mentioned which groups of infielders were working together during fielding drills, but I didn't mention the outfielders:
Group 1: Gardner, Granderson, Hoffmann, Swisher, Winfree
Group 2: Curtis, Golson, Gorecki, Thames, Weber, Winn
• Double-A manager Tony Franklin showed up today. He walked into the clubhouse and gave first baseman Jorge Vazquez a big hug, then did the same with left-handed reliever Wilkins Arias.
• Pitchers who threw today: CC Sabathia, A.J. Burnett, Javier Vazquez, Wilkin De La Rosa and Andrew Brackman. To be honest, I only watched for about two minutes. I paid more attention to the position players. Most pitchers are at the point in the schedule that they have a second day off before throwing live BP, that's why only five pitchers were on the mound today.
That's CC Sabathia and A.J. Burnett in the picture above. They're walking into the stadium after their bullpen. Below is Colin Curtis and Kevin Russo warming up before tracking fly balls during batting practice.


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As much as I loved being the Mosaic covergirl, my reign is over. All Hail King Frank!
As much as I loved being the Mosaic covergirl, my reign is over. All Hail King Frank!
to folks who read this blog! I know I just did a good news post about a week ago, but so much high-five-worthy news keeps pouring in!
I got a google alert today letting me know that somebody was blogging about me. I must say those little notices warm my heart. I happily clicked the link to find that The Shelf Life was commenting on the fact that "50 States of Literature" picked Leaving Atlanta as the best of Georgia.
Then, I looked more closely and saw what she had written. I would be lying if if I didn't say it didn't hurt my feelings a litle bit. The long of the short of it is that she didn't approve of the choice. I would still be whimpering if she was basing this on having read the book, but her objection was that she just didn't like the description. She even asks readers for other suggestions of what better represents Georgia. "As a mom" she doesn't think she could stomach my book.
There are moments as we get older that we realize that we have become an archetype. I have more than one friend who has realised that is a crazy cat lady. Way too many of us have turned into our mothers. Today, in my undergraduate class, I was shocked to discover that I was that overly-passionate English teacher.
We were reading "Never Marry A Mexican" by Sandra Cisneros. (It's anthologized everywhere, but can be found in Woman Hollering Creek.) What a fantastic story. I had forgotten how brilliant it is. It's easy to sleep on Cisneros. House On Mango Street was so over-exposed and more than one slacker student has tried to use it as an excuse not to learn how to write a fully fleshed out story. But "Never Marry A Mexican." Pure literary gold. Just mind blowing.
It was supposed to be a group discussion, with me gently leading the way, but I couldn't help reading whole pages aloud. I got so worked up, I had to take off my school-marm cardigan. "Can you feel her phrasing? Listen to those verbs! Do you get the double meaning there! Gorgeous. Just gorgeous." I knew I had crossed a line when I closed the book and clutched it to my sweaty little chest and shut my eyes in bliss. When I opened them, students looked at me, and then at each other with little smirks and then just looked a little embarrassed.
I felt old. I also felt alive and jazzed about writing, about life, about the book I am working on. About teaching. About everything.
To celebrate National Poetry Month,
Cave Canem presents:
The Ringing Ear Poets at New York University
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New York, New York
Alvin Aubert, Randall Horton,
Kamilah Aisha Moon, Mendi Obadike
and Gwen Samuels.
I am not even sure what to make of this. Well, that's not true. I know what I think about it. But then again, there are some writers I respect on this list. So good grief. Here's the deal:
Galleycat reported today that Lexus is paying writers to write short stories that make their cars look good. (Perhaps they should give back-pay to a lot of urban-lit authors that have that territory covered. And they could send a few checks to a few rappers I could name. And what about Chrissette Michele? "Be OK" is my jam.) But anyway, I was surprised to see a number of serious writers on the list. I actually know a couple of them, so maybe I could send an email and ask what gives? From where I am sitting, it reminds me of this article I blogged about back in 2005. Apparently the pharmaceutical companies were paying writers to create thrillers that would scare people from buying drugs from Canada. And Lexus is hiring writers to make thier product look good, look smart, look hip.
I was trying not to go there– with the nation trying to heal and every thing– but it seems that irony is already embedded in this post. The urban-lit writers and rappers (and lovely Chrissette)who already say such nice things about the Lexus brand don't get any love from the company. I couldn't help but take another look at the list of artists whose endorsement the company will pay for. They are from a whole other world entirely.
Our very own Michael Fischer has been accepted into the Ph.D. in Creative Writing at Western Michigan University with a teaching fellowship! He's a great writer, a fantastic teacher, and a hang-in-there kind of person. I'm so proud of you, Michael. Spend the summer celebrating yourself and in the fall, carry yourself to Michigan and write that book!


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Brian Morissey, Digidaily, Publishing in the Remix Era "The latest exhibit is page-sharing service Bo.lt. The pitch is it's "YouTube for web pages." It sounds benign, but the results could be scary for publishers. Bo.lt lets anyone dump a URL into the platform, and then start editing a web page for sharing. The result: the New York Times story on President Obama's Medicare panel? Change the headline. Better yet, take out the comments. Also, let's strip out the related. Now it's ready for sharing to the world — on a user's own Bo.lt URL. Oh, and there's no easy way for The New York Times to block its content from Bo.lt."
Or better yet, take a look at the same article, shared on Bo.lt by David Berkowitz, More BS from Digiday: Publishing in the Remix Era.
Now go back to the original. And the bo.lt link.
Who expects this to last long in its present form?
Bo.lt appears to be copying the entire web page, reproducing the entire work, presenting it in its original form and letting users modify the content, creating a derivative work. Can anyone make a non-frivolous argument that this specific behavior is protected by fair use?
The purpose and character of the use is commercial. Even though users may have an academic or creative purpose for using the service to transform works, on a large scale basis, the service is backed by venture capital, so it would seem to be meant to make money without any specific pedagogical or analytical goals.
The nature of the works copied will be articles by major newspapers, magazines and literary sites. (Who else would we expect to bring any eventual litigation?)
The amount of the work copied is generally the entire work, which isn't always a barrier to a finding of fair use, but not particularly favorable for Bo.lt.
Is the work transformative? There is an interesting application for linking and commenting that might draw the ire of web publishers that should be protected by fair use, but Bo.lt is probably insufficiently transformative. Yes, it allows its users to change the text of pages they share, but it doesn't recontextualize the copyrighted material in any significant way. The pages capture the entire page source site, rather than just article text to put into a new context. The annotations are integrated with the text to change the text into a derivative work, rather than to stand alone in any way as annotations.
And even if this kind of reproduction was judged to be fair use, Bo.lt is likely to run head-on into trademark infringement. Since the page reproduces logos and branding completely with only subtle hints to the user-generated changes, readers are likely to be confused about Since many Internet users are now used to link shorteners, particularly for Twitter users, there can be some confusion as far as what is a canonical link and what is reframing.
SharedCopy is a more interesting service, because it allows its users to annotate web pages with more transparency. Even though SharedCopy is copying entire web pages, it is distinguishing the annotations from the original author's text. However, it is copying entire pages and republishing articles outside of login/paywalls for users to share. Is it necessary for SharedCopy to copy the entire web page to allow users to link, annotate and comment on pages?
Flipboard and Readability are also doing interesting things with contextualizing and reformatting full text of web pages, but generally more for private personal use, so there is little republishing. And Readability and Flipboard are both attempting to work with publishers to license uses to provide the best experience for their users.


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Wow, thanks for checking that up for me. So it is possible... rambo you was there for real or just joking?
Worth the $$?
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My first good pair of Betty knickers from lingerie genius Ohhh Lulu. She has beautiful lingerie to sell and patterns too.
These are made from cotton jersey and some viscose/cotton jersey, using my serger.
More information on "my blog:http://craftylittlebugger.wordpress.com/2013/02/20/ohhh-betty/ if you so please.
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Cotton jersey, viscose/cotton jersey, lingerie elastic, thread and ribbon.
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Mar 25, 2013, 10.57 PMby laurenp
Thanks! I'd highly recommend the pattern. It takes a bit of tweaking here and there, but is very versatile once you've got the size down.
Mar 25, 2013, 06.23 AMby sprogesjaunkundze
So cool.. :))
Mar 21, 2013, 08.46 PMby jojokitten
cool knickers! :)
Mar 21, 2013, 01.00 PMby Ivanamania
I love Bettys and Ohhh Lulu