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Not long ago, projecting an image large enough to fill anything bigger than an 80" screen required purchasing a CRT (cathode ray tube) projector that weighed as much as a Smart Car and who only an investment banker could afford. Those CRT projectors projected film-like images with wonderful lush colors and excellent contrast, but they were slowly replaced with digital projectors weighing and costing one forth as much.
Digital projection technology (DLP, HD-ILA and LCD) has made great strides in color accuracy, saturation, and contrast. Today's digital projectors can output brighter images on bigger screens and deliver the excitement of a big theater in the home, for prices well below those of our old friend the CRT projector. The Sony VPL-VW85 Bravia SXRD projector is a digital projector based on SXRD (Silicon X-tal Reflective Display), which is Sony's proprietary versions of LCoS technology. LCoS is a reflective technology that is similar to DLP technology, but it uses liquid crystals instead of individual mirrors like in DLP.
The Sony VPL-VW85 Bravia SXRD projector is the first Sony projector I have reviewed and I was anxious to dig-in. I unboxed the projector and must say this is one sexy beast with a dark, sleek, curvy case that measures 18.6"W x 7.2"H x 19.0"D and weighs 26.5 lbs. It is no waif, but no heavyweight either.
The Sony VPL-VW85 has a MSRP price of $8,000.00, but is loaded with features and technology. Rather than put you to sleep with something that reads like an owner's manual, let me just mention the features I think are important to note. Inputs include RS-232C control, as well as two HDMI inputs, single component and composite inputs, and a PC input. Both inputs and projector controls are located on the side. The lens is mounted in the center and recessed with a protective door that slides open when the projector in powered on, and closes again at power-down, keeping dust off the lens. A very cool feature.
The HDMI CEC technology allows control of multiple devices from a single remote through a feature called BRAVIA Sync. The One Touch Play feature lets a user insert a disc into the player and by simply pressing "play" on the projector's remote, have the whole theatre system, including the projector, power up automatically and the movie start. In the same way, System Stand-By shuts down all HDMI-connected elements of the system at a single press of the Power/Standby button on the remote. The backlit remote is large, well laid out and works great.
The new VPL-VW85 projector features a full HD 1920 x 1080 progressive Silicon X-tal Reflective Display (SXRD) and 24p True Cinema technology, Motionflow 120Hz processing with black frame insertion technology, which is claimed to provide exceptional clarity and resolution for fast moving images and a high dynamic contrast of 120,000:!, with brightness of 800 ANSI lumens. Designed with the custom installation market in mind, the VPL-VW85 has a motorized, fully adjustable, 'lens shift' function that offers more options in terms of installation and projector placement, without image distortion. This allows you to tilt the image up or down without physically moving the projector.
The lens offers a 1.6x motorized zoom and focus with horizontal and vertical adjustment, making it easy to set up in a variety of environments and distances from a screen. A motorized lens is nice, because it does not require manually turning the lens by hand to change the image, which is especially important when ceiling mounting a projector. Because of the excellent zoom range, I was able to move the projector closer to the screen than ever before, which was welcome with my forward of seating application. This model also features Sony's Anamorphic Zoom Mode for use with an external anamorphic lens.
I removed my current table mounted Marantz VP-15S1 projector and in its place went the Sony VPL-VW85. The distance from the projector lens to screen measured about 13.5 feet with a 20 foot viewing distance from a Dalite,133" HDTV, Dalite Cinema Contour screen with High Power 2.8 gain material. On hand for the review was both the OPPO BDP-83 and Sony BDP-S1000ES Blu-ray players, so I connected both to the Sony VPL-VW85 with a 35ft, M1000 HDTV HDMI Monster Cable. For part of the review the video connections were made through a Denon AVP-A1HDC1 A/V processor for video switching, and then also directly to the projector.
Each time Monster Cable M1000 HDTV HDMI cables were used for video connections, Cardas Audio Golden Reference speaker and interconnect cables, and Monster Cable 600sw and Monoprice subwoofer cables. All the cables worked perfectly and had no problems. Associated equipment used for the review was the Sunfire TGA 7400 amplifier, Definitive Technology BP7000SC, Definitive Technology C/L/R 3000, Definitive Technology BPX speakers, Definitive Technology SuperCube Trinity Signature Powered Subwoofers and Buttkicker LFE Kit.. All are outstanding, reference quality products. I then used the Digital Video Essentials: HD Basics Blu-ray disc to calibrate the projector and was ready to start my evaluation.
I started with the Sin City Blu-ray and it looked stunning. The first thing that struck me about the Sony VPL-VW85 was an increased level of detail and clarity I was not accustomed to. Detail levels were outstanding with every blemish, pore and hair visible like never before. Color balance was also spot-on. Whether it was the fishnet design in Gail's clothing, whiskers on Hartigan's face, or wrinkles on Marv's face, every line and detail clearly stood out. This was the first digital projector that was not DLP based that really impressed me.
Iron Man looks incredible on Blu-ray and looks startlingly detailed when viewed via the Sony VPL-VW85. I felt like I could see every grain of sand in the desert scene, and both colors and textures really popped. Certain scenes like Tony Stark's beach house or when he first regains consciousness after being injured had excellent contrast and image depth. Past HD-ILA and LCD projectors I have viewed had positive attributes like good resolution, but lacked the image depth of DLP. This was the first non-DLP projector I have viewed that has the positive detail and resolution attributes of HD-ILA/LCD with the excellent contrast and image depth of DLP. I watched Iron Man with visitors and they even commented on how they had never seen film images in any theater that looked this good.
My favorite Tarantino film is still Reservoir Dogs, but I think Inglorious Basterds is his best work since Pulp Fiction. The Inglorious Basterds Blu-ray appeared bright, razor sharp with warm, natural flesh tones, which made intentionally shocking moments of deep, red blood spatter appear even more shocking. As a side note, I have experimented with many different screen materials from companies like Dalite and Stewart. For a table mount application, I have not found a screen material that works better than the Dalite High Power screen material. It is retroreflective, so the light that hits the screen is bounced back to the source of the light. Since my projector is table mounted in front on my seating position the light is reflected back to my eyes, without adverse hot spotting or color shifts. Contact Dalite for a High Power material sample and try it if your projector is table mounted. You will be impressed.
The Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds: Live at Radio City Blu-ray is the best looking concert Blu-ray I have seen to date, and was amazing to watch via the Sony VPL-VW85. It was filmed with nine different high definition cameras and the detail is stunning. Close-ups are razor sharp, so facial detail is so clear you can see every whisker on Dave Matthews' face. Color realism, shadow detail, and depth-of-field were amazing. The live performance was filmed in native 1.78:1 1080p24, so the Sony VPL-VW85 perfectly filled my 133" HDTV screen. The image was bright, had excellent depth, ideal colors and was the sharpest I have ever seen it look. I could not believe the image I was watching was 133" in size and still as clear as it was.
I also wanted see how the Sony VPL-VW85 handled animation, so I watched Pixar's Up Blu-ray. As expected with most of Pixar's animation, color, contrast and black level detail was as good as it gets. From the fine detail in Carl's face, colors of balloons, to the beautiful views of Paradise Falls, everything looked gorgeous and had excellent depth. Again, the 1.78:1 aspect ratio completely filled my screen with some of the best images I have seen.
Expensive CRT projectors no longer rule the video projector market. There are lower-cost digital projectors produce better-than filmlike images that are razor sharp with wonderful lush colors and excellent contrast ratios. The Sony VPL-VW85 Bravia SXRD projector offers leading-edge technologies, such as a full HD 1920 x 1080 progressive Silicon X-tal Reflective Display (SXRD), 24p True Cinema technology, Motionflow 120Hz processing with black frame insertion technology, and a high dynamic contrast ratio of 120,000:1 with brightness of 800 ANSI lumens, all in a sexy package.
It also offers important, flexible installation and projector placement options with a large, backlit remote that is easy to use. Offering a stunning level of detail and clarity, lush colors, image depth and inky black-levels, the Sony VPL-VW85 produced some of biggest, brightest, most beautiful high definition images these eyes have seen. With a retail price of $8,000 and curves sexier than Sofia Vergara, all these good looks aren't cheap, but I have yet to see a projector under $15,000 that produces a better looking image, which makes the Sony VPL-VW85 a bargain.


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Hacking Baseball
Sport still boring but making money via analytics is cool
Baseball is perhaps the most boring thing in the world to watch. The leisurely rate of play, the lack of constant action, and the pauses players take for impromptu meetings, spitting, and crotch-grabbing are torture for my ADD-riddled brain.
Reading about baseball is every bit as bad, and reading about baseball-stats geeks who painstakingly 'score' every move on the field makes me want to beat myself with a bat. On the other hand, I'm a big fan of money, and innovative ways to make more of it.
I found a very interesting article in my ever-growing pile of Businessweek magazines about how automation and deep analytics are playing an increasingly large role in the game.
The Baseball: Running the New Numbers story outlines, in highly readable form, how Major League Baseball, individual teams, and savvy techies are building out systems that log pretty much everything that happens on a baseball field.
I am a baseball hacker
The goal is to rate players on what they bring to the table. A guy who can move quickly in the right direction and make a difficult play is much more valuable than a slackjaw who happens to be standing in the right place at the right time. Traditional stats don't pick up the difference between those guys, but the new systems will.
Firms and teams use humans to review each and every play and capture more of this differential data, but it's much more subjective, and there are limits to how much detail they provide.
Feats of clay?
This is where new technology enters the picture. Get enough cameras looking at the field and you can log the speed and angle of every hit ball, and the position of the fielder in relation to it. That way you can judge whether a fielder is a gifted athlete or just lucky.
A typical game will generate around 2.5 million results or records, totaling 2TB – which seems a bit large until you factor in all the standing around, spitting, scratching, etc. The amount of data that teams will be interested in is probably closer to 750GB or so per game.
Businessweek also raises some interesting points about the use of this data. Right now, a lot of it is provided freely to teams and the general public. The league is mostly in favor of this, because it gets fans more involved with the sport.
But some teams aren't so wild about this openness - they see this data as the raw material they use to build their competitive advantage. Still others figure that the data will get out there anyway, so why not make it available to all?
There are many more details that I'm glossing over – it's baseball, for God's sake, so I can't be expected to pore over every word – so it's definitely worth your time to read the article if you're interested in how these systems work. ®

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O2 closes call records site after security flap
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Mobile phone firm O2 was forced to disable logins to its Bill Manager web site on Tuesday following the discovery of a coding error that exposed a serious security breach. The service, which allows small businesses to manage their spending on mobile calls, was suspended after it emerged that registered users could see other customers' call records.
Although the security breach was mitigated by the fact the curious would have needed a valid login for the Bill Manager web site - and even then they wouldn't be able to see billing information - it still represents a serious security flaw. Bill Manager is a bill analysis application, designed to let users look at call traffic profile, identify trends and look for anomalies. The application doesn't give direct access to billing details.
Reg reader Russell stumbled across the flaw when he logged in to look at call records for his company. He notified O2, which acted promptly to shut down the site until the security breach was resolved. The scope of the breach was extensive, Russell told El Reg. "When I was logged in earlier, there were 600 pages worth of company names listed. Anyone registered with one of those could view details," he explained.
"I could look at call spend, minutes used, which numbers were assigned to which company (often tagged with a name and a department) and could probably have viewed itemised billing details for each user going back at least three months."
Using the loophole in the site, it would have been possible to write a script to pull a list of mobile phone numbers assigned to particular firms, along with details of the calls made using those numbers over the last three months. In most cases, the name and department of the person making calls was also readily available.
"Considering there were some huge accounts on there (think £360,000 a month), that's a lot of data, and would have been invaluable to competitors," Russell commented. A raft of social engineering pranks and the ability to make nuisance phone calls or target SMS spam at specific individuals in specific companies might also be possible with the benefit of this data, he added.
Russell was able to access this information through a simple URL manipulation that allowed him to elevate his privileges to view information on the site. He supplied O2 with full details of the breach so they could replicate the problem. Within an hour of receiving Russell's initial warning O2 suspended access to the site. Russell praised O2 for dealing with the security issue he highlighted promptly and professionally.
O2 replaced logins to the site with an apology. "From time to time it is necessary to 'bring down' the website in order to upload data, commence production processes or add essential upgrades. O2 will always endeavor to minimise these times and we will do our best to make sure the site is available during peak demand periods," the notice stated.
Prompted by questions by The Register, O2 issued a statement clarifying that access to the site was temporarily suspended because of an "isolated security problem". It apologised to customers for any inconvenience. O2 hopes to restore the service later today (Wednesday).
"Bill Manager, O2's online bill viewing service, has been taken offline temporarily due to an isolated incident that raised security concerns," the statement said. "O2 took immediate action to shut down access to the site to ensure no risk to our customers' security while we add additional security features. It is important to note that this was a one off incident and no financial details were exposed. We would also like to reassure customers that their bills are unaffected. We apologise for any inconvenience this causes our customers and Bill Manager will be up and running again by the end of Wednesday."®


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When we re-built our kitchen we had this weird extra wall area that did nothing but annoy me....We decided to build a nook and one day fill it with built in bookshelves. It has sat there empty until today...WOOHOO!
The Duck has built some really cool floating shelves and I will give you a little how to here:
Materials for one shelf...{then repeat the steps to make multiple shelves}
3/4 inch pine planks for the top of each shelf
1/4 inch MDF panels for the bottom...this gives the shelf an overall thickness of 1 3/4"
3/4" square poplar batons...square pieces of wood you screw into the studs to use as support for floating shelves
3" screws
drywall anchors and screws
Wood glue
Dap painters caulk
Wood Filler and Sandpaper
How to Steps.....
We framed out the bottom to have the bottom shelf be the same height as our 5 1/2" moulding using 2x6" and a piece of moulding...Then the Duck found the studs and screwed the poplar baton to the wall using 3" screws. On the side of our book nook there were no studs so this is where the drywall anchors were used. The length of the side batons should be the width of the shelf minus the front and rear batons
After cutting the pine to the correct length, he attached a piece of the poplar to the underside of the front using wood glue and 18gauge finishing nails.
This piece will then sit on the batons that have been screwed into the wall. He drilled 6 countersink holes in the shelf. 2 on each side and 2 on the rear. Using 1" wood screws he attached the shelf to the batons.. then used finishing nails every 2-3 inches around the shelf to secure it.
He then cut the MDF panel to size, clamped it to the front of the shelf and secured this using finishing nails. The shelf is now complete and in place. The front needed sanding to get the 3 pieces of wood flat. we used a finishing sander with 80 grit paper. Then we filled all the gaps, screw and nail holes with wood filler and sanded it all with 150 grit paper until baby bum smooth.
I will show you pictures of what is looks like later today once the paint has dried and the books and Chachkis are on it....Sorry for the LONG ass DIY tutorial.. I get slammed when I don't give your lovers enough info.


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WOW, GI Joe is only sold via their site? How'd I miss that!
This is really the way I see it - the upcoming ATTAKUS Line that is going to have some stuff in the 3-3/4 scale is probably going to be extremely expensive and that Death Star scene is going to be out of the price range of most.
Regarding the Joe line, I am reminded of the saying, "Those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it." Thanks Jonestown Massacre documentary! About ten years or so ago, give or take, Hasbro decided to cancel the 3.5" Joe line in favor of a larger scale, called "GI JOE EXTREME." This did wonders for the Joe franchise and lasted less than a year because PEOPLE WANTED 12 INCH AND 3.75 INCH GI JOES, NOT 6 INCH MUSCLE CRAP. So, they went back to the 12" and 3.75" lines in the late 1990's and everyone cheered. Now they're doing the exact thing that practically demolished the Joe line ten years ago. It reminds me of that Simpsons episode where Lisa wires the cupcake to see how long it takes Bart to learn. For those who haven't seen the episode, let's just say that Bart is a slow learner, and reminds me of Hasbro's approach with the Joes lately. Back on topic, though, I said it before and I'll say it again: 4" basic figure line, occasional vehicles for everyone; GH for kids; 7" Unleashed for collectors, and that should be all that they worry about.
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CEI's Horner enlists Fox News in manufacturing another climate email scandal
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A March 30 FoxNews.com article advanced global warming skeptic Chris Horner's baseless claim that climate scientists' emails show that the U.K.'s Climatic Research Unit's (CRU) temperature data are inaccurate, and that NASA's, "by its own admission," "are in even worse shape." In fact, there is no evidence in any of the emails that show the data from either organization are wrong.
FoxNews.com: "NASA's temperature records are in even worse shape than the besmirched Climate-gate data"
FoxNews.com: "By its own admission, NASA's temperature records are in even worse shape than the besmirched Climate-gate data." From FoxNews.com's March 30 article, titled, "NASA Data Worse Than Climate-Gate Data, Space Agency Admits":
NASA was able to put a man on the moon, but the space agency can't tell you what the temperature was when it did. By its own admission, NASA's temperature records are in even worse shape than the besmirched Climate-gate data.
E-mail messages obtained by a Freedom of Information Act request reveal that NASA concluded that its own climate findings were inferior to those maintained by both the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit (CRU) -- the scandalized source of the leaked Climate-gate e-mails -- and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Climatic Data Center [NCDC].
The e-mails from 2007 reveal that when a USA Today reporter asked if NASA's data "was more accurate" than other climate-change data sets, NASA's Dr. Reto A. Ruedy replied with an unequivocal no. He said "the National Climatic Data Center's procedure of only using the best stations is more accurate," admitting that some of his own procedures led to less accurate readings.
"My recommendation to you is to continue using NCDC's data for the U.S. means and [East Anglia] data for the global means," Ruedy told the reporter.
"NASA's temperature data is worse than the Climate-gate temperature data. According to NASA," wrote Christopher Horner, a senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute who uncovered the e-mails. Horner is skeptical of NCDC's data as well, stating plainly: "Three out of the four temperature data sets stink."
Fox Nation: "NASA Rocked by 'Climategate II.' " The Fox Nation linked to the FoxNews.com article with the headline, "NASA Rocked by 'Climategate II' ":
CRU emails did not show that scientists manipulated temperature data
Fox News, right-wing blogs falsely asserted CRU emails are evidence scientists manipulated data. Right-wing media -- including Fox News -- seized on false claims that emails stolen from CRU scientists showed that they had "fudged" or "manipulated" temperature data.
Union of Concerned Scientists: "[T]here is no evidence that scientists 'fudged,' 'manipulated' or 'manufactured' data." The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) stated: "There is no evidence scientists did anything with temperature data they weren't already doing openly in peer-reviewed papers. At this time, there is no evidence that scientists 'fudged,' 'manipulated' or 'manufactured' data." From UCS:
While the emails have raised some concerns, the email content being quoted does not indicate that climate data and research have been compromised. Most importantly, nothing in the content of these stolen emails has any impact on our overall understanding that human activities are driving dangerous levels of global warming. Media reports and contrarian claims that they do are inaccurate.
FactCheck: "Claims that the e-mails are evidence of fraud or deceit, however, misrepresent what they actually say." FactCheck.org stated: "Climate skeptics are claiming that they show scientific misconduct that amounts to the complete fabrication of man-made global warming. We find that to be unfounded." FactCheck also reported that "[c]laims that the e-mails are evidence of fraud or deceit, however, misrepresent what they actually say" and that "[o]ther quotes that skeptics say are evidence of 'data manipulation' actually refer to how numbers are presented, not to falsifying those numbers."
AP: U.K. investigation shows "no evidence" that CRU scientists "had tampered with data." The Associated Press reported on March 31 that "[t]he House of Commons' Science and Technology Committee said Wednesday that they'd seen no evidence to support charges that the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit or its director, Phil Jones, had tampered with data or perverted the peer review process to exaggerate the threat of global warming -- two of the most serious criticisms levied against the climatologist and his colleagues." The House of Commons issued the report on March 31.
NASA did not say its data are "in worse shape" than CRU's
NASA scientist advised a reporter to cite CRU temperature data for "global means" because NASA's data are calculated for modeling purposes. In the email exchange that the FoxNews.com article highlights, NASA's Reto Ruedy did not say that NASA's data were not correct, as the article suggested; rather, he was indicating that the NCDC's methods for calculating U.S. temperature data are more "accurate" than NASA's because NASA's "method is geared to getting the global mean and large regional means correctly enough to assess our model results." Ruedy further suggested that the USA Today reporter with whom he was exchanging emails "continue using" CRU "data for the global means" for the same reason.
Fox omitted quotes from second NASA scientist's email in which he further clarified that NASA's methods are simply "different" from other organizations and are better for other measurements. The FoxNews.com article omitted the portion of NASA's James Hansen's response, in which he said he "would say it a bit differently" -- that NASA's methods are simply "different" from other organizations. From the email:
Well, I guess that I would say it a bit differently.
Our method of analysis has features that are different than the analyses of the other groups. In some cases the differences have a substantial impact.
For example, we extrapolate station measurements as much as 1200 km. This allows us to include results for the full Arctic. In 2005 this turned out to be important, as the Arctic had a large positive temperature anomaly. We thus found 2005 to be the warmest year in the record, while the British did not and initially NOAA also did not. Independent satellite IR measurements showed that our extrapolations of anomalies into the Arctic were conservative. I am very confident that our result was the correct one in that instance.
Also, as we show in our 2001 paper, our urban warming correction in the U.S. differs from the NOAA correction (we have a larger adjustment, which decreases recent temperatures relative to last century). I would not claim that one is superior to the other, but the different results provide one conservative measure of uncertainty. In general it has proven very useful to have more than one group do the analysis.
Also it should be noted that the different groups have cooperated in a very friendly way to try to understand different conclusions when they arise. You will see that we had co-authors from the other groups on our 2001 paper. And in general it is a bad idea to anoint any group as being THE authority. Science doesn't usually work best that way.
The FoxNews.com article only quoted Hansen as saying: "The different groups have cooperated in a very friendly way to try to understand different conclusions when they arise."
FoxNews.com article relied heavily on industry-funded climate change skeptic
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Thomas Edison and Menlo Park
The following excerpts are taken from Westfield Architects & Preservation Consultants' 2007 Preservation Master Plan, Edison Memorial Tower, Museum, & Site.
Young Edison
Thomas Alva Edison was born on February 11, 1847 in the town of Milan, Ohio.1 His parents, Sam and Nancy Edison, were of Canadian origin and had six children prior to Thomas, only three of whom survived. Edison's family moved to Port Huron, Michigan in 1854. Throughout his childhood, Thomas Edison was full of curiosity about how things worked and always asked a lot of questions. He didn't do very well in a traditional school setting, and often got punished for annoying the teacher with too many questions. As a result, after the age of twelve, he was home-schooled by his mother. His interest in science was first sparked when his mother bought him his first scientific book, The School of Natural Philosophy. He thoroughly studied the book and performed all the experiments described in it at home. He soon set up his own laboratory in his room and began performing original experiments. After a few disasters, he was asked by his parents to move his laboratory to the basement. The explosions from the basement constantly shook the house, often upsetting his father. To fund his experiments, Edison took a job as a newsboy on the new Grand Trunk Railway service that had recently begun operating between Port Huron and Detroit, selling candy and refreshments.2 He made good use of his free time in Detroit by reading at the public library. He had set up a laboratory in the baggage car of the train where he performed experiments during his free time. An accidental fire on the train caused by one of his experiments led to his firing.
Edison was so interested in the working of the telegraph, which had been in use for about forty years, that he built one of his own in his home. At the age of sixteen he became a telegraph operator at the telegraph office in Port Huron.3 Like most of his other ventures, this job also ended when Edison almost blew up the office while experimenting with the equipment. After that he traveled around the country for five years, mostly working as a telegraph operator at different offices. Although he was moderately deaf as a teenager, he was able to do his job as a telegraph operator because the sharp clicks of the telegraph machine were clearer to him than other ambient sounds. Finally, after being demoted and quitting his job at the Western Union Telegraph office in Boston for a prank he played on his bosses in December of 1868, he decided to quit working as a telegraph operator and decided to devote himself to his inventions.
Edison stayed in Boston for a while and used his salesmanship skills to convince investors to finance his inventions. In 1869, he patented the Electrical Vote Recorder. Another one of his earliest successful inventions was an improvisation of the "stock ticker" which received up-to-date stock price information from the stock exchange and displayed it at various locations. But after a few failures, he lost the faith of his investors. Broke, Edison moved to New York where he befriended a top telegraph engineer, Franklin L. Pope, who worked for Dr. S. S. Laws, the inventor of the earlier version of the stock ticker and who now owned New York Gold Indicator Company.4 Pope gave Edison some space to board at the company's Wall Street headquarters. Within a few days, the master ticker tape machine had a major breakdown throwing the entire office and many New York businesses in turmoil. Since Edison was always around the office, he offered to fix the machine. When he did so within two hours, he was offered a job the following day as Pope's assistant.5 After working for Dr. Laws, Edison set up his own engineering business and was soon hired by Western Union to be in charge of all of their equipment.6 Within a short span of time, his boss at Western Union offered to buy out all his new inventions and improvements to the equipment for a lump sum price of $40,000.7
An awestruck Edison took the money and invested it in an empty factory building in Newark where he set up his first workshop. Two of Edison's earliest and most important assistants were John Kreusi, a Swiss-trained clockmaker and machine shop foreman, and Charles Batchelor, Edison's chief mechanical assistant from England.8 Edison immersed himself in his work with new inventions, but at the same time, his factory continued to produce constantly improved stock tickers and telegraphic equipment. All of Edison's employees willingly worked long hours because they respected and trusted Edison's commitment to science. In 1871, Edison, then twenty-four, fell in love with sixteen-year-old Mary Stilwell, who was one of his employees at the time. He married her on Christmas day that same year. Their first child was Marion Estelle, born on February 18, 1873, who Edison affectionately called "Dot". They had two other children after Marion, Thomas Alva Jr. born January 10, 1876, called "Dash," and William Leslie born October 26, 1878. By 1876, Edison decided to move away from the city and into a larger space where he could expand his operations to include a large scale inventions workshop.
During the same time, Alexander Graham Bell invented the first version of the telephone which created waves throughout the scientific and engineering communities. Western Union commissioned Edison to improve upon the primitive telephone to put it into practical use.9
Menlo Park
Menlo Park was one of the six neighborhoods that formed Raritan Township. It was a very sparsely populated rural area and the site of a failed residential development in the early 1870s. Edison purchased two parcels of land measuring approximately 34 acres from the family of William Carman who was one of his employees at Newark, in late 1875. The office of the real estate development company, Menlo Park Land Company, at the corner of Lincoln Highway and Christie Street, became Edison's home. Edison's father built the main laboratory building on the block south of Christie Street between Middlesex and Woodbridge (now Tower) Avenues. Edison also built other ancillary buildings including the glass house, a carpenters' shop, a carbon shed, and a blacksmith shop. By the Spring of 1876, Edison moved his operations to Menlo Park. Edison's Menlo Park laboratory was the world's first such research and development facility. While Edison was working on perfecting the telephone, he started experimenting with the idea of being able to record the sound of the human voice.
In November 1877, one of Edison's first major inventions at Menlo Park was the phonograph, which was a basic machine that allowed a person to speak into a diaphragm that was attached to a pin that made indentations on a paper wrapped around wood. The first words Edison successfully recorded on the phonograph were "Mary had a Little Lamb". By 1878, this invention was known all around the world and Edison soon earned the title of "The Wizard of Menlo Park." Menlo Park was suddenly known worldwide and started attracting visitors to see demonstrations of the phonograph. For his expanding inventions factory, Edison commissioned the engineering firm of Babcock & Wilcox from New York City to build a machine shop behind the laboratory building in 1878.10 In that same year, Edison also constructed an office and library for himself at the corner of Christie Street and Woodbridge (Tower) Avenue. In this same year, Edison coined the name "Invention Factory" for the Menlo Park site.11
Edison did not linger over the success of his phonograph. He quickly moved on to other inventions. His next big breakthrough came when he invented a bamboo filament to create a successful incandescent lightbulb. Other people had been working on the making of light bulbs in the past, but none of the earlier bulbs was ever able to work for more than a few minutes. Finally, on October 21, 1879, Edison's light bulb burned for a continuous thirteen and a half hours. The following bulbs lasted for 40 hours and Edison and his team worked hard to light the laboratory and his home with several of the new light bulbs for Christmas. On New Year's Eve of the same year, Christie Street became the world's first street to be lit by incandescent light bulbs with the help of a power system designed by Edison. By the summer of 1880, Edison had perfected the incandescent bulb enough to be able to produce and sell it in large quantities. He remodeled the wooden building on the east side of the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks and Lincoln Highway to serve as a Lamp Factory.12 Edison also laid down an experimental underground system and put up several lampposts in Menlo Park and successfully tested the first underground electrical system in November 1880.13 The first two homes to be lit by Edison's incandescent lights were the home of Francis Upton (a mathematician who worked for Edison) located at Frederick Street at the corner of Woodbridge Avenue, and Sarah Jordan's boarding house. Sarah Jordan was the widow of one of Edison's associates from Newark, who Edison brought to Menlo Park to setup the boarding house for his single employees. This was also a place where the entire team gathered for social events during their free time.
Edison established the Edison Electric Light Company and began working on using electricity for other purposes. He built an experimental train running on electricity at Menlo Park that started from the west side of the Machine Shop at the corner Christie Street and Middlesex Avenue and ran about three blocks north to a copper mine called "Mine Gully". When Edison had discovered copper ore deposits in the area he sank a shaft for his very own copper mine.14 But very soon, the mining effort seemed uneconomical and inefficient and the mine was abandoned. The electric powered railway became a success in 1881. In the meantime, Edison continued to improve his earlier inventions and took them to the next level. In the summer of 1882 he began setting up a large generator plant at Pearl Street in downtown New York City. He fitted all the office buildings and homes on Pearl Street with about four hundred of his incandescent bulbs. On September 4, 1882, hundreds of people gathered on Pearl Street to witness a never before seen spectacle; at 3 p.m. the generator was turned on and the street was lit with electricity. This was a huge success for Edison in proving his theory of a central generator station supplying power in bulk. After this, Edison became rich and famous. People thronged to Menlo Park to see his inventions first hand. The first floor of the laboratory constantly entertained business men and investors who came to invest in Edison's projects. Thomas Edison created some the world's most important and some of his greatest inventions at Menlo Park. While headquartered there, he applied for about 400 patents on inventions big and small.
Post-Menlo Park Years
[By the early 1880s] Edison felt the need to be closer to where the business was in New York City, and his operations were quickly outgrowing the existing facilities at Menlo Park. The family moved into a house at 25 Gramercy Park in New York City but spent their summers in the Menlo Park home.15 On August 9, 1884 Edison's wife, Mary, died of typhoid fever.16 Edison was devastated. In the summer of 1885, he met Mina Miller, a music student in Boston at a dinner party at a mutual friend's residence. After months traveling between Boston and New York, Edison married Mina Miller in her hometown of Akron, Ohio on February 24, 1886.17 Together they had three children, Madeline, born May 31, 1888; Charles, born August 3, 1890; and Theodore, born July 10, 1898. In 1886, Edison started building a new facility in West Orange, New Jersey. In 1887, his laboratory moved out of Menlo Park and into the new, much larger laboratory in West Orange. This is where Edison spent the remaining forty-four years of his life, continuing to improve his earlier inventions and creating new inventions such as the motion picture camera. He died on October 18, 1931 at the age of 84.
After Edison left Menlo Park, the property was completely abandoned. Most of the buildings were occupied by squatters. The laboratory building was used as a theater, a dance hall, and a barn. Edison's office and library building as well as his home were used as private residences. The carbon shed was used as a chicken shed. The buildings and site were in poor condition. In 1904, The General Electric Outing Club organized a dinner in honor of Edison at the site. This was the first time Edison had returned to the property since he moved to West Orange. He emotionally toured the property, visiting every building. The last remaining official record of the buildings is a series of photographs taken by J. Lloyd Grimstead and Charles B. Carman in 1911.
The buildings continued to deteriorate until they began to completely fall apart one by one. Edison's home was destroyed in fire in 1914, and his office and library building met with the same fate in 1919. The laboratory, machine shop and other buildings were slowly scavenged for building materials.
Edison returned to Menlo Park on May 16, 1925 to unveil a memorial tablet (see Commemorative History) donated by the State of New Jersey to honor him and his work at Menlo Park. This memorial tablet still stands at the edge of site of Edison's home adjoining Lincoln Highway. In 1928-29, Henry Ford, who was a close friend of Edison, decided to construct a replica of the Menlo Park complex at Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Michigan. He moved the only two surviving buildings, the Glass House and Sarah Jordan's Boarding House, to Greenfield Village. 18 (The Glass House had been previously moved to Parsippany by General Electric, the company that succeeded Edison's original Edison Electric Light Company.19 Henry Ford also hired Charles Carman to locate all surviving material that belonged to the original laboratory to be used in the reconstruction. A model of the laboratory building constructed of material from the laboratory is now located in the museum building.
A steel framed tower was built as a memorial to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Edison's perfection of the light bulb. The tower was built at the location of the laboratory with a large replica of the Edison's original light bulb at the very top, lit for the first time on October 21, 1929. A frosted bulb called the "Eternal Light" was installed at the base of the tower. After Edison's death in 1931, his family donated the property to the State of New Jersey to be converted into a state park. Meanwhile, plans for building a new, permanent tower were developed. The original design for the new tower was the creation of architects John A. Peterkin and Col. Hugh A. Kelly. This was to be an elaborate Art Deco structure featuring a circular museum building, 180 feet in diameter, with four colonnaded entrances leading into a central circular space with Edison's statue in the center surrounded by murals depicting events at Menlo Park along the circular walls. This museum building would form the base for a 175 feet high Art Deco Tower topped with a large replica of the incandescent bulb. Due to a lack of funds during the Depression, this design was never realized. Eventually, a new design in the Art Deco style for the tower, modest by comparison, was prepared by Massena & duPont, Architects.
The construction of the new tower had begun while the old tower was still in place. The old tower was then destroyed by lightning in August 1937. Remarkably, the "Eternal Light" survived the disaster and continued to stay lit even after the tower had collapsed around it.20 The bulb was then allowed to remain in place while the new tower was built. The new tower was the gift of William Slocum Barstow, the president of the Thomas Alva Edison Foundation Inc., on behalf of the Edison Pioneers.21 The new tower was a 131 feet 4 inches high concrete structure built entirely with Edison Portland Cement. It featured aggregate- finish, precast concrete panels on the exterior and was topped with a replica of the incandescent bulb, 19 feet 2 inches in diameter. The bulb was cast by Corning Glass Works from a sketch of the first commercial light bulb.22 The tower was dedicated on February 11, 1938.
Since 1933, the property has been owned by the State of New Jersey. Several plans over the years to expand and beautify the property have fallen through, mostly due to lack of funding. When the Edison Memorial Tower Corporation, a non-profit organization, became involved with the property in 1999, the tower was in a neglected state and the gatehouse was almost completely abandoned. Since then, the group has assisted the Township in its efforts to rejuvenate the property by bringing back the memory of Edison and his work.
Note 1: Anna Sproule, Thomas A. Edison, The World's Greatest Inventor, Blackbirch Press Inc., Woodbridge, Connecticut, 2000, p. 11. back
Note 2: Ibid, pp. 14-15. back
Note 3: Ibid, p. 21. back
Note 4: Sproule, p. 25. back
Note 5: Ibid, p. 26. back
Note 6: Ibid. back
Note 7: Ibid. back
Note 8: Stacy Spies, Images of America Edison, Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2001, pp. 14 & 20. back
Note 9: Sproule, p. 28. back
Note 10: Spies, p. 13. back
Note 11: Ian Burrow determined that the term "Invention Factory" is first mentioned in an interview with Edison in the Philadelphia Weekly Times on April 29, 1878 (Israel 1998 chapter 8, footnote 2 on page 486). back
Note 12: The Edison Pioneers (compilers), The Story of Menlo Park, p. 14. back
Note 13: Ibid, p. 20. back
Note 14: Ibid, p. 21. back
Note 15: Kathleen L. McGuirk, Introduction — The Diary of Thomas A. Edison, The Chatham Press, Inc., Old Greenwich, Connecticut, 1931, p. 8. back
Note 16: McGuirk, p. 9. back
Note 17: The New York Times, Mr. Edison's Wedding, February 25, 1886. back
Note 18: Spies, p. 21. back
Note 19: Ibid. back
Note 20: State of New Jersey Department of Conservation and Economic Development, Edison State Park, Bureau of Parks, p. 1. back
Note 21: Ibid. back
Note 22: Ibid, p. 2. back


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Thursday, October 23, 2008
On the Street…West 18th Street, NYC
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oh my, to have the kahunas to wear this ensemble and then pull it off with such attitude. i so wanna dress a tad more bravely tomorrow. how long does he take to come up with a look like that?!
If you can't say something nice… don't say nothing at all.
Shall we sit back and count the Grace Jone's comments.
good god! it's about time. luv at first sight.
Channeling Grace Jones!
Stunning and original. The colours, the textures, the Style (capital S is intended). Wow!
He reminds me of Jerrell from season 5 of Project Runway.
Amazing. I'm floored. everything works, thats for sure.
Love! Who is this guy? I see him every once in a while on the sidewalk, and seeing him makes my day.
This happens? This happens, in the States? I'm appalled. I love the pants. And, I'm so glad he's not wearing boots. If he had boots, he would be a drill sergeant. But, those shiny, pointed, buckled shoes make it amazing. I want him to be on a white horse. Jesus. Normally I would hate the girdle wrinkling the jacket, but with the sleeves like they are, I love it. And the peacock feather — the only accessory — played too well. The hat perched on his perfectly shaped head. This is incredible.
Thank you.
Nice shape and jacket cut!!
Very interesting Belt….hunting world details are great!
Too technical trouser…not well matched with shoes!!
i like… but i dont use…
Inspired by this from the waist..eeeeer hips up..wonderful!
He actually pulls that outfit off better than most women would! :)
The most stunning and original Sartorialist in a long time. Thank you!
What a stylish man! maybe just a little too feminine for my personal eye but the overall look is stunning and pefectly matched
Yes, this is definately a Grace Jones look. Seeing a lot of this look lately
A bit too try-hard
all i can say… is YES.
i want to hug this man.
For a quick moment, I thought that was the fabulous eccentric Grace Jones. Fierce!!! Confident!!
OMG This is FIERCE!!!
When I was a teenager, my mom made me some jodhpurs just like that(still have them) and I wore them all over my small Mississippi town. People thought I was so weird.
FABulous! Maybe a bit much for day to day wear, but WHO CARES! He rocks my world.
I would do him in a heartbeat. Outstanding.
Ever been to Brighton (Sussex, UK) or Liverpool?
I love looking at well-dressed people so i'm delighted to find this blog. Happened upon you via Laura's Cafe au Laine. I'll be back again. 80)
Wow! Always uplifting to see such daring, especially here in the U.S.
Costume, yes, but what a great look. He has it, he flaunts it, and looks fierce doing it. Love!
It's not my style but the shoes are nice.
even though i think it's female clothes it is fabulous anyhow. every single piece of it
You are simply on FIRE these last few posts! Love this pic!
he is fabulous. seeing him makes me wonder what his voice is like.
You all, this is neither "stunning" nor "original." The shirtless look with that belt placement (and type of belt) plus the tilt of the hat is too trendy femme. If the shot was taken knee-up I would just have assumed he was wearing high heels or platforms.
It looks like he spent too long in front of a mirror composing himself – which is never a good thing.
And the riding breeches are just plain weird here.
i must disagree with those calling this man's outfit contrived or costumey. some people just fall out of the womb fabulous, and i believe this man to be one of them. he knows the difference between fashion and style, yet plays with both. this is by far the most interesting individual i have seen in months of looking at this site.
fun fun fun. but pants are no for me. would take him seriously if there were a straight pant, same fabric.
Fantastic in every way. I especially love the silhouette of the pants. And those shoes, those beautiful shoes! Even though this man is slim to begin with, I love that this is an outfit essentially anyone with the gall and attitude could wear well. But you've gotta wonder: How does the hat stay on?!
I love this outfit! Surprisingly, it has both masculine and feminine elements. I could imagine borrowing some of them – especially the trousers, I wish I could find breeches like that for riding! This used to be the traditional shape of riding trousers, but nowadays they can only be spotted far away from the stable yards.
Those shoes remind me of the way feet were drawn for the soldiers in Disney's Sleeping Beauty. They almost look cartoonish – I love it!
THis guy's sense of style is amazing. I wish I were fierce enough to pull it off!
I LOVE whatever this man wears! I'm a big fan of Shimmy!!!
Hi everyone!
I do not want to comment on outfit, which is seriously brave.
Just wonder where do poeple like him work? Or what could his profession be?
Or did he just simply walk of some runway or theater? Even being from europe I just can't imagine how to pull this of on a work day…give me some enlightenment.
i think: there's no soul. it's not lighting fire. it's just a styling "job" brilliantly done for the job's sake. no soul…..
I am really surprised at how many positive comments there are about this outfit. The last ambitious man in heals was boo-ed by many! What is the difference?
The man himself is gorgeous but the clothes that adorn him are not. It strange-ly uncomfortable. The pants look like bad composite of skinny jeans and dress slacks. How does he keep the hat right all day?
too much work!!!!
I would love to commend this guy for actually wearing this in public, and I suppose it does take a lot of confidence to carry it off, but when it all boils down to it..he just looks ridiculous. I would love the belt if it was with a flowy dress, and the blazer is decent as are the shoes. I think those pants are absolutely RIDICULOUS! I just don't understand why anyone would want to wear them. The peacock feather is a nice accessory and i LOVE the fedora, it's fabulous. I guess what I'm really trying to say is that I like these pieces as separates (minus the pants) and I wish that he added a more masculine touch to it.
I want to be impressed, but no, it's too silly for real life. The elements just don't jive together for me, though they're close.
the world needs more people like this & and sart needs to take more pictures of them.
Love the idea of it, but I think I would be fussing all day making sure it was still looking immaculate. The styling seems unrealistic to me because it is a standing-only look; as soon as he sits at a table the impact of the pants, shoes and belt are gone and it is only the hat, the feather and the man-cleavage top draw your eye, and those element would seem too camp with out the balance of the lower half.
PERFECT! would love to see him in action, when I imagine the hat would have to sit straight on his head, and I could see his expression of self while wearing this ensemble.
The pants are used so creatively and the colours all tied together so organically.
So glad I checked Sart today so that it was the first thing I saw.
I love how complimentary the comments are. It says a lot that everyone thinks this guy looks great, or fabulous or fierce or whatever.
I can't say I'm in agreement but what I do like is this brotha's bravery…. and his handsome face.
hes a cutie! i love that belt and his whole outift actually. he totally is channelling grace jones. by the way, i love how this photo gets so much attention and so many comments. its well deserved in my opinon!
xoxo – A Vogue Idea
everything but the belt…and lets hope the tilted hat was just for photo sake.
Those pants must be custom tailored. I have a similar pant with a less severe silhouette. I admire people who have the confidence to express themselves like this guy. XOXO
Yes, peacock on a man; it's the male bird. A female is a peahen and has drab plumage.
Not a fan of such a contrived look, though.
Bless his heart…..'cause this is cool.
It is not that far removed from a Ralph Lauren RLX look.
This works!
There seem to be a lot of negative feelings about precise, composed looks such as this one: "trying too hard," "costumey", etc. What is so terrible about intentionally creating an image with one's clothing? Not everyone wants to blend in and look random, haphazard and plain. There need to be peacocks like this one in the world; they inspire those with less courage to stop being so bashful and have a little fun in life.
I love the messing with gender theme that's been so prominent on this blog recently – the lad in heels and jumpsuit, the femme from the 80′s, the boy/girl dichotomy on yesterday's white t shirt post etc.
More of this very stylish gender-bending and the more intelligent elements of the commentary, please!
I've followed this blog for a long time and I rarely comment on any of the photos. This one, however, I absolutely love. I salute this brother!
He has succeeded in his goal, which is to influence you. Whether you love this outfit or hate it, you've been influenced by the vision he's created, and he has thereby pushed you forward a little. Trust me, somewhere in the world a look inspired by this outfit will hit the street tomorrow!
Whoa! That outfit is so marvelous it would stop the entire city!
I would love to see this guy every day!
gregorytoddsmith – Yes, this happens in the states, it only happens one place.
the pants are a little too 'dont ask, don't tell' but that belt is innnn-sane!
wish i could be so adventurous for the every day
It's probably late in the comment game to say this, but for those of us who live in the Midwest, seeing somebody commit this fully to their style has intrinsic merit, even if it's not what you'd call attractive. Like at all. Wade through the sea of utilitarian fleeces and shapeless cargo pants and styleless Ugg boots and you might agree.
He looks amazing!
People whose criticisms stem solely from gender roles in fashion are ignorant. You should be able to wear whatever you want, no matter what who you are.
So, 1, A-M-A-Z-I-N-G.
And, 2, I agree with people saying he looks great in so many words or less. I'm still confused by this discussion of 'male' and 'female' types of dressing. What is that supposed to mean exactly? It confuses me. I remember months and months ago a photo of a man (black shorts, black shirt, high tops) and someone saying 'the shaved leg look doesn't work for me.' So what, and relevance? And Anon, 8:02, its as if you're saying that men are supposed to dress in a certain way, a way that women expect them to dress. In this way, then men would have to expect women to dress in a certain way as well, that calls out their gender through male expectation. Humanity is not just men, and just women. It's cliche but we're all different. God, to be 'normal'. How bourgeois. Oh and I didn't realise there was some competition going between men and women either…
I would say he takes influences from Dandy dressing (the flower, the super slim jacket) but he has such composure, such elegance. I love how the belt brings in this whole saddle-like motif that ties in with the jodpuhrs. All of the elements are typically masculine but would be relevant in a female wardrobe as well.
This other obsession with people being too 'dressed' for day is tedious. It's such an irrelevant argument but I suppose is founded in the American obsession with sportswear. To me its like people who still ask whether there are perfumes for day or night. It's old.
"To be memorable, one must be elegant & extravagant."
Audrey Hepburn
my tongue hurts from the biting. It is absolutely a personification of personal style, I suppose….
hm… interesting! I like the colour palette, the feather, the hat, the shoes, the jacket and the pose. but the belt? it's too much, to my mind. the belt makes the whole look tooooo feminine
That is definitely one interesting outfit… JUXTAPOSED for sure! I would say this individual is read for MANY different events.. and ok for day and evening!
This is beyond hot. It's smoking!
This is fabulous! Love it.
Hmm, I say no to the hat.
Seems a little bit feminine to me, but every thing fits very good. And something makes it so visible but I'm not sure what it is
OK…it took me a while to guess what my opinion was, but I definately like it. Love his version of jodhpur male pants, the colour is cool and looks great with the black shinny shoes and the white structured jacket. Honestly, the belt which is super agressive, is not my favourite thing, but the hat and the peacock thing in this pocket are great..
Holy androgynous perfection, Batman!
Extraordinaire !
i want to be this man!
You know when he looks that good he's got to be in the industry, for sure! ;) I love his creativity and his ability to express himself, individually.
really interesting play of volumes. i like the colour palette and textures for the most part. i'm not sure how i feel about the way the belt (which i just don't like) wrinkles up the jacket – it would be nice to see a jacket constructed along those lines that could achieve the same silhouette – maybe with a corseted element at the waist in the colour of the belt instead? maybe it is a bit ott, and verging on costumey, but it's also fun. i like the peacock feather most of all.
am i the only one who sees the hat and thinks: bizarro adibisi? :D
Oh my God!! This is the most unusual and inspiring person I've seen in my life! He's great!!)))
I'm surprised with the comment regarding "employed man's wardrobe")) I'm sure he isn't an office rat, he isn't employed in a bank or smth)) So he can express himself as much as he wants! I do admire!
WOW. WOW. i am speechless. it is now officially my desktop wallpaper
the way he stands makes him look like he's showing off the trousers and shoes.
and the waist-cinching belt, first male ive seen working it, plus over a jacket!
i think with this look, a little bit of makeup mightve accentuated his facial features?
i find the shiny shoes more attention attracting than the person himself. the shoes are great.
To feminine
just cool
Of course he looks rather fierce and incredible – but somehow this look seems a bit too contrived for my taste.
Effin' hell – this made my night! Wonderful!
Forget Paris… it seems NYC is Burning. Come on and Vogue!!!
completely and utterly pretentious…he must have some double stick tape rigging that hat to stay on at that angle.
Thank you!!
(Pity about the hat.)
hey, thumbs up… not only for the courage of putting this on, but also the taste.
Is that… cleveage?
But a perfect way to wear monkstraps, thats for sure.
What a stunning ensemble ! I was totally taken aback when checking up what was new here today : EVERYTHING is new here ! Funnily enough I think I hate every single piece of his outfit if taken apart, and yet I think I have never seen something so special, precious and amazingly put together EVER. The peacock feather is to die for. If anything at all, this general silhouette seems as if it had just fallen off a Hermès woman's runway–it would never have occurred to me that this could actually make a man look so good. Absolutely brilliant !
what's that? gracie jones in the 80s?
The peacock feather makes the outfit for me. I rarely say this about a guy, but stunning!
some of the readers seem to be surprised that there are no negative comments about this look. well,
i've been trying to leave negative comments regarding this silly look for days, but they seem to get censored. imagine that!
One more time…Grace Jones¡¡¡¡The one the only the best¡
On the runway or red carpet? Fantastic! In the real world? Comedy gold.
Absolutely amazing.
Yes!! He is amazing. However, I am so over the "too feminine" comments, expand your mind folks. Women have been wearing masculine inspired pieces for decades, it's bout time men start to explore a feminine aesthetic. Ugh. Sexist so-called fashion folk.
This is ridiculous! (and not in a good way)
But I like his attitude.
This man has courage. And why not? Why not go all out?? He definitely has something to say about how he wants to express himself regardless of what anyone will think, and regardless if it looks right or wrong.
Interesting. The apparent cleavage throws me off.
oh, he is fantastic! freaky, crazy but so cool!
Such style, such personality.
I love how he plays with the silhouette!
(I really have to go to New York…)
The belt is a BIT too much. It bridges the line from androgynous to crossdresser. Nonetheless, this man is very brave. Oh, and I have to admit that those shoes are to die for.
Devine. Male, female- who gives a shit it works all over.
I know this guy, and he is a very good at coming up with combos like this. I admire his creativity. Whenever I meet up with him I feel like my outfit is horribly boring…
is he photoshopped onto the background?
The color palette is wonderful, but I'm unsure about the belt. I have to say…I'm on the fence. The jodphur-esque trousers are amazing, as are the shoes The tilted hat is a little to much, but the structuralism of his look is quite directional. O and I love a good peacock feather!
I like this man so much. Nice jacket and good hat. He is litle feminine, but very fashionable..
wow, this is just perfect. he has a great sense of style. impressive.
Such a Stunning style!
i want that outfit!!!
Gives me a Seig Heil kind of feeling. The pants resemble SS pants (made by Hugo Boss, mind you). This is definitely a Run Way outfit, not an everyday, wear outside in real life kind of outfit.
It's good, but it looks forced to me…It dosen't look effortless…
Incredible. That's all I can say. I strive to be confident enough to wear such a bold, eye-catching ensemble!
I LOVE this.. becuase it says so much about him as well… and makes you wonder just where he was going and what he was dressed for or was he just out to buy some milk… It doesnt matter if jodphurs need to stay in the first part of last century.. he brings them to life…break rules and find something new!!!! Wow
too feminine… does anyone realize this is a guy?… may be it could've worked without the belt; it looks like he wanted to accentuate his hips…
This simply lovely — I love the androgyny of it all — mixing the masculine w/ the feminine. It really belongs in a magazine layout. Plus, the details of the petit chapeau & peacock feather are nice touches. It doesn't hurt that he's gorgeous — I'd kill for his cheekbones. ~jm
now i want a peacock feather brooch too (:
What a look, i really wish men can be more stylish like this one
I think that Shim Sham is one of the best dressed MEN I've ever come across. I like the fact that he doesn't want to be like the average Joe. It's great when a person can get out of their comfort zone. Shim Sham was the best thing to happen in AZ now he's gracing NYC with his great looks and fashion. Honey, I wish people would "quit acting so stupid" LOL….
A perfect icone!
Very, very special but he wears it with the right kinda attitude. He just looks amazingly cool!
Very handsome guy!
Kisses from Brazil =)
what a city!
i've seen this guy walking down john st in fidi. he always looks fabulous.
some guys have all the luck!
i love this look!
this photo was taken during NYFW… i saw this guy outside the united bamboo show. he was waiting for the sartorialist to take his photo.
-no hatin' here.
this is amazing. even for New York, im shocked
This guys name is Shimeon Mattox… and amazing model in NYC with fab style! Be on the lookout for him, hes gonna be huge!
And let me tell u something… everytime I see this guy out, he has a FIERCE outfit.. just saw him today @ the Disco… decked out!
Got to love him!
i find the belted jacket very chic for a woman, yet i find his outfit slightly feminane and far too costumey…
kinda overdone I'd say
but if it makes him happy…
he's very cute tho.
IMO the belt ruins the look, makes too feminine
all the rest – perfect
Wooow… tt's STYLE! gorgeous…
Oh WOW…what a wonderful style. I would love to have him over for a glass of wine and hear his stories:)
Handsome man. As a man the close is out of limits. He could of pulled it off in mens clothes. It kinda draws confusion, to much going on.
I can't tell if I love this, or hate it….


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Fire Destroys Crawfordsville's Country Club Clubhouseby Wade Coggeshall • December 28, 2005 Share:
Crawfordsville Country Club's clubhouse, once Gen. Lew Wallace's summer home, is no more after a weekend fire.
The Crawfordsville Fire Department received a 911 call at 5:12 a.m. Saturday from a resident near the country club who reported seeing flames shooting from the clubhouse's roof. Within an hour of the fire department¹s arrival, Fire Chief Todd Barton said the building had burned to the ground. No one was inside at the time and no injuries were reported. The building is a total loss.
"It just doesn't take that long (for fire to spread) in that kind of building," Barton said. "It's a very old building, and it was built before fire codes were really practiced. It was up to the code it needed to be up to, it's just a building that fire is going to spread through very rapidly. It's not designed like modern buildings."
The clubhouse's location was a further impediment for firefighters attempting to battle the blaze. The clubhouse was located away from the road in a wooded setting, making it difficult for the fire department to drive trucks close by, and it was in an area without access to city water. Madison
Township Fire Department brought two tanker trucks. Fire departments from Waynetown, Ripley Township, New Market and Waveland also assisted. The blaze was so widespread by the time emergency personnel arrived that Barton said firefighters never were able to enter the building and push the fire out.
"We were kind of behind the eight-ball from the start," he said. So far the cause is undetermined. The state fire marshal's office has taken over the investigation, and was to begin sorting through the rubble Monday. The state bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms may join the case too,
but only because the fire marshal has a policy of consulting that agency when a specific threshold of monetary damage is crossed.
"People shouldn't read into that, that we're thinking there was some sort of criminal activity," Barton said. "That's really not the case. We just want to make sure we cover all our bases.
"I know there's all kinds of rumors going around town about what could've happened, but it's important for people to know at this point we haven't ruled anything out. We¹re going to go through everything and see what we can come up with."
Barton said the damage estimate is complicated by the building's notable significance.
"There were some historical documents and things like that in there that are really hard to place a value on," he said. "Instead of saying, 'This is what it¹s going to cost to replace it,' some of that stuff can't be replaced."
Gary Isenberg, president of the country club's board, said the loss is devastating to everyone.
"It's a tragic loss, not only to members of the club but to the community," he said. "It was used by members and the entire business community. But we are committed to rebuilding and moving forward."
A special meeting of the club's membership is set for 7 p.m. Jan. 10 in the Elks building. "We look forward to receiving support from our members and the entire community,"Isenberg said.
The board met in an emergency meeting Saturday, and plan to convene again on Wednesday. Country club employees have been assured they'll still have jobs, and employee issues are being handled on a case-by-case basis. No New Year's activities were planned at the clubhouse, though other events are now affected. Isenberg said organizers are being contacted.
Brandy Smith, an executive assistant at the country club, was at the site Saturday. She was alerted about the fire shortly after 5 a.m. that day.
"It's sad. We lost a lot," she said. "But we'll rebuild."
Coggeshall is a reporter for the Crawfordsville Journal Review. Editor Maria Flora contributed to this report. Top photo by John Flora for the Journal Review. Lower left photo was submitted to The Paper of Montgomery County by Stacy Sommer.


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Artistic representation of the skeleton first became common in medieval times. Engaged in human activity, with human characteristics, the skeleton figured in moralistic or religious tableaus by 15th century artists. Itwas also representative of the plague and the subsequent fear of death by disease. A similar preoccupation with the skeleton reemerges during the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s, when skeletons and skulls were integrated into the language of graffiti art, and artists incorporated the loaded symbol in their work. Tricot also points out the skeleton's representation in 18th century caricature and 19th century popular culture; it was used for sarcasm and critique in political cartoons and as campaigns against disease on public posters. In addition, the theme served as enticement to visit the local circus, which exploited its "living skeleton."


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While most residents probably fretted about losing a tree or their basements flooding as Hurricane Sandy�s reach extended to Central Massachusetts, Dottie Vaillancourt was only thinking about Dewey, her 5-year-old Chinese crested dog.
Dewey ran off Sunday night as Ms. Vaillancourt and her son Nicholas were prepping for Sandy. The dog wasn�t found until yesterday morning by two neighbors a few miles away on North Parkway.
�I was sick to my stomach,� Ms. Vaillancourt said yesterday as Dewey roamed her Watson Avenue home.
Just like the �perfect storm� of 1991 that so many meteorologists recalled as they talked about Sandy over the weekend, a few things had to come together just right for Dewey to make a clean getaway.
Ms. Vaillancourt said she and Nicholas were taking in outdoor furniture Sunday afternoon, and Dewey and his Chinese crested companion Gracie were secured inside the house.
Dewey, who has hair on his face and legs, but barely any on his little body, had escaped once before and was eventually found in West Boylston, Ms. Vaillancourt said. After that incident, his owner said, she invested in a GPS-equipped collar for him. Just by chance, he wasn�t wearing it Sunday afternoon. A miscommunication about whether the outdoor gate was open gave Dewey the window of opportunity he needed, and he was off.
Dewey is a rescued dog who, Ms. Vaillancourt said, was abused as a puppy. As a result, he�s very skittish around people. In fact, after consulting with his veterinarian, Ms. Vaillancourt adopted Gracie to make Dewey comfortable.
�He�s afraid of his own shadow,� she said.
As the high winds and rains started pelting the area Monday afternoon, Ms. Vaillancourt feared the worst. Dewey starts to shiver if he�s not wearing a sweater outside when it�s less than 60 degrees out. He had a sweater on when he escaped, but it was likely drenched as he ran through the streets during the storm.
�I thought he was dead,� she said.
She said she immediately put out an ad on Craigslist with a picture of Dewey and her contact information, and drove around looking for him. She said she has made progress in training Dewey, but she wasn�t confident he would come when called.
On Monday morning, Bruce Foss called.
The North Parkway resident�s neighbor, Paul Brul�, was putting out his recycling yesterday morning when he saw Dewey in his front yard. As he approached, Dewey ran into neighbor Bruce Foss� yard, hiding in some bushes near his deck.
Mr. Brul� called Mr. Foss, and the pair tried to coax Dewey out with cookies. He ate the cookies, but stayed put, they said.
Mr. Foss took to the Internet to see what he could do. He considered calling animal shelters, but on a whim decided to quickly check Craigslist. He found the ad, matched the picture, and called Ms. Vaillancourt, who came over and scooped up Dewey.
Yesterday afternoon, Mr. Foss and Mr. Brul� came over to see Ms. Vaillancourt and Dewey, who seemed unfazed by the ordeal, although the GPS tracker was firmly affixed to his collar. Gracie was definitely the extrovert of the pair, wagging away and pleading to be petted.
Mr. Foss and Mr. Brul� both said they recently had teenage dogs who died and they wanted to do everything they could for Dewey. Mr. Foss said he got a lot of nice feedback on his Facebook page.
�I put the story on Facebook and everyone said, �Nice story, nice story,� � Mr. Foss said.
Ms. Vaillancourt said Dewey might be afraid of people and a bit standoffish, but she loves him just the same.
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