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"Every [person] feels instinctively that
all of the beautiful sentiments in the world
weigh less than a simple lovely action."
~ James Russell Lowell
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Partially made with Canton silk embroidery work that is over 100 years old and some Edwardian apricot silk...
life sucks, then you die. from a subversive cross-stitch pattern.
actually started and finished this in june this year. just never got around to photographing it.
A BRIEF ESSAY ABOUT AL GORE
PERHAPS SOME OF US ARE...too critical of Al Gore and it is time to review our sentiments. He served his country in the military; he has had his share of personal tragedies and has been able to deal with them.
He served our nation as the Vice-President for two terms and would have been quite competent to take the helm at any time. He ran a fantastic campaign for President and just when he thought he would be taking the oath of office, all hell broke loose and his dream evaporated. A little pissed, for sure. Nevertheless, I do believe the counts were right.
And when, after all was said and done, he became environmentally inspired and developed a kind of theory about a global warming effect, which in my view is absolute nonsense, and felt it was his duty to make the planet a safer place. He has, in the process of promoting his theories, made one great big bundle of cash, thus relieving any of us taxpayers from ever having to bail out Al Gore. And whom among us would not trade our checking accounts for his.
Thus, I hereby promise to look at Al with a more positive attitude, but I will continue to disbelieve that polar bears are endangered and hope that he will soon learn to accept the truth about the myth of global warming. My admiration for Al, however, might diminish somewhat if my heating and cooling bills double anytime during the next few years.
By Robert L. Huffstutter
Illustration by George Cruikshank from Charles Dickens’ “Sketches by Boz”.
Scanned from an original 1910 Dickens Centenary Edition published in London by Chapman and Hall.
Hutukara comemorou 20 anos da Homologação das terra indigena Yanomami.
Apresentação de danças e cantos tradicionais Yanomam
Apresentação de um filme Yanomami, de produção do Cinegrafista Yanomami Morzaniel Iramari Aranariutheri
Homenagens aos Povos Yanomami e Ye´kuana
Discurso de Davi Kpoenawa Yanomami
Apresentado por Dário Vitório Kopenawa Yanomami.
A Hutukara convidou os presentes a participar do movimento NOHIMAYU ( que em yanomami quer dizer " amigos para sempre ") . Um sentimento de união , conhecimento e respeito entre duas culturas tão distintas.
Foto Jorge Macedo
Fotógrafo Marcelo Seixas
"Passados dois meses de tantas histórias, comecei a pensar no sentido da solidão. Um estado interior que não depende da distância nem do isolamento, um vazio que invade as pessoas e que a simples companhia ou presença humana não podem preencher; solidão foi a única coisa que eu não senti depois de partir. Nunca. Em momento algum. Estava sim, atacado de voraz saudade. De tudo e de todos, de coisas e pessoas que há muito tempo não via. Mas a saudade ás vezes faz bem ao coração. Valoriza os sentimentos, acende as esperanças e apaga as distâncias. Quem tem um amigo, mesmo que um só, não importa onde se encontre, jamais sofrerá de solidão; poderá morrer de saudades, mas não estará só."
Amyr Klink - Cem dias entre céu e mar
Frankhouse Recalls the ‘Good Old Days’
“Take me out to the ball game
Take me out with the crowd
Buy me some peanuts and
Cracker Jacks
I don't care if I ever get back
From the old ball game!!”
These familiar lines from the famous song about America's favorite sport express the sentiments of baseball fans across the United States. Millions of people crowd to stadiums from spring until fall to watch their favorite players pitch, hit and run their way through summer, hoping to reach baseball's ultimate event - the World Series.
Nearly six decades ago a young man by the name of Fred Frankhouse began his career as one of the star players fans flocked to see. For 12 years, Frankhouse pitched in profes-sional baseball, (in the major leagues from 1929-1937). Today at 81, he makes his home in Port Royal, just as he did before a professional scout discovered his abilities when he was pitching in a local league championship series at the tender age of 16.
“I always loved baseball ever since I was a little kid,” the ex-pitcher said. "I'd play all day until it was too dark to see. My mother used to get tired waiting supper for me so she'd put it back on the stove.
Unfortunately his love of the game has been destroyed by the sport's commercialization, huge salaries, and drug . scandals in recent years. Now, like so many others around the nation, Frankhouse is a real fan only twice during the baseball season - for the All-Star Game and during the World Series.
Hank Aaron, the Atlanta Braves superstar who broke Babe Ruth's all time homerun record has spoken out against the million dollar contracts now given ballplayers and criticized the leagues' treatment of players who have drug problems. Frankhouse has saved a newspaper clipping about Aaron's feelings on the issues because he echoes the homerun hitter's sentiments.
"If they're caught using drugs, they should be fired right away," he said. "None of the coddling stuff .they do now. No second chances because many times they end up going through the same thing again."
He, like Aaron, feels the sums of money today's players are paid are much too extravagant. Perhaps he wouldn't feel so strongly on the subject if he were receiving some benefits from the
1 sport to which he devoted so many years of his life, but this is not the case. Because he left professional baseball before the players' union came into existence, he gets no pension. Neither do any ·of the other "old-time players," some of whom are in financial need.
Frankhouse says Peter Ueber-roth, current Commissioner of Baseball supports the idea of a fund to aid the older players as do some of today's players, but many of the "million dollar superstars" oppose such a plan. Newsarticles Frankhouse has read state that up to $44 million already exists for such a purpose . "But we haven't seen a penny of it yet," he said. "And it's about time."
Frankhouse's disenchantment with today's baseball has not caused him to lose track of fond memories from his own career - a time when he played with or against such baseball greats as Rogers Hornsby, Dizzy Dean, Carl Hubbell, and Babe Ruth.
"I pitched in the last game Babe Ruth ever played," he said. "He'd hurt his knee. That was in 1935."
Though not as famous as Babe· Ruth, Frankhouse had many great moments in his career - the greatest of which came while he was with the Brooklyn Dodgers on August 27, 1937. On that date he pitched a no-hitter against the Cincinnati Reds. Though it was shortened by rain, enough of the game had been played for it to stand as a Brooklyn victory and a no-hitter for Frankhouse.
Though he now vividly remem-bers the day, at the time a no-hit game was far from his mind.
"I never really thought about it," he said. "The rains crone down so fast. I never thought about it until later when they started saying I'd pitched a no-hitter . I've always been a little disappointed we didn't get to finish the game - to see what would have happened ."
What would have happened that day had it not rained no o ·;e can say, but the next time Frankhouse faced Cincinnati, re again pitched no-hit baseball for five innings.
Another highlight of his career occurred three years before his no-hitter in the National League's losing effort in the 1934 All Star Game. Frankhouse was the fourth pitcher to take the mound during the game and many feel had he been brought hi earlier the National League may have won, for he shut down the American League during the innings he pitched .
Another of his most memorable games came when he faced Carl Hubbell as the opposing pitcher
during Hubbell's record setting streak of consecutive wins.
"I faced him many times before," Frankhouse said, "and he always beat me in close games. Two to one, or 1-0 or something like that."
This time things were different. "That day I beat him by a big score. Afterwards he came to me and said he was glad it was me who'd beaten him because he'd
beaten me so many times."
Among the fondest" memories, moments such as these are closely followed by many humo- rous incidents he encountered. One of the most unusual occurred when he was playing in Houston for an International League team, plagued by injuries.
"They saw I could hit and run pretty well, and put me in the outfield,' ' he said. "I hit over .300 that year."
That high of a batting average for a player whose natural position was pitcher was unusual in itself , but one particular occurrence in the outfield that year was even more bizarre. While jumping for a fly ball, Frankhouse had a slight collision with the fence. At that time all the fences were made of wood and had spikes protruding from them. During his pursuit of the ball, one of the spikes snagged his shirt and left him hanging in mid-air. He could not free himself, and had to wait until some of his teammates came to get him down, unharmed.
"But I caught the ball!" he said proudly .
Many of Frankhouse's humo-rous memories involve the Gashouse Gang, a nickname given to members of the St. Louis Cardinals in the early 1930's (though Frankhouse, himself, left St. Louis for Boston in 1930). He most vividly remembers the antics of two playes, Dizzy Dean, and his own former roommate, Pepper Martin . Recalling some of their stunts, such as interrupting a formal convention while disguised as painters brings a smile to the former pitcher's face.
Thinking back over his baseball career which also included a World Series, (though he never got a chance to pitch as his 1928· Cardinals were beaten in four straight games by the Yankees), and positions as pitcher-coach at Newark and player-coach in Kansas City before the Royals became a Major League fran-chise, Frankhouse notes the many differences in the game between the time he played and now.
"Some of the rules are different," he said. "In 1928 I hit a homerun. It bounded at the base of the fence and went over, and it was ruled a homerun. Some of the guys kidded me that since I hit a homerun they'd change the rule, and sure enough the next year they did." (Now a
ball that bounces over the fence is ruled a two base hit and referred to as a "ground rule double' '.)
Major League teams' road trips have evidently changed considerably since Frankhouse' s baseball days also. He recalls traveling by train and remembers the hotel room checks at 11:00 p.m. each night.
"If we weren't in our rooms by then, we were fired," he said.
Another difference is the time of the game. Frankhouse recalls playing very few night games, and the city of Philadelphia would not allow play on Sundays. Now night baseball is consider- ably more popular than day games and summer Sunday afternoons wouldn't be the same without the game - (even in Philadelphia!)
Even the clothes have changed. Today's brightly colored knit uniforms are a far cry from the baggy, gray flannel ones Frank- house wore.
And then there's the issue of money. Multi-million dollar con- tracts were unheard of during Frankhouse' s career, but so were starting salaries in six figures.
"I got $4,000 to start," he said, "and the man told me I was dam lucky just to be up (to the Major Leagues) with the Car-dinals."
After leaving the Major League Baseball in 1939 and serving in the Army where he worked his way up to the rank of Captain, Frankhouse was later asked to be a scout for professional baseball. He declined the offer because it would have meant maintaining two homes and constant travel.
"I never really liked the traveling a whole lot," he said. "It wasn't that I minded it, but I never slept too well."
Thus, he and his wife, Mabel left the "glamorous" world of professional baseball behind and assumed roles as average citizens.
Today in their Port Royal apartment, they live happily with a few photographs and clippings
from Fred's career as the only evidence linking them to base- ball. On the rare occasions when they do tune into a game .they remain loyal to the National League.
The former pitcher now thinks of pinochle, rather than baseball, as his game. He's traded in running down fly balls for leisurely walks around town, and he's even added a different kind of record to his personal statistics. In addition to his 106 wins and 97 loses on the mound, he also claims the distinction of having raised a 9-pound head of cauliflower, and he's got clip- pings and photos of that too!
My little princess wrote this for me. I'm not sure what was going through her little mind, but I love where her heart was at the moment!
Using my Cut-Align and my MISTI with Simon Says Stamp Sentiments.
I'm joining the Simon Says Stamp Flickr Challenge with a sentiment from Simon Says Stamp Tiny Words Faith (I stamped the entire Stamp set at once using my MISTI and then cut them apart with my Cut-Align).
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Nearly 1,000 Students to Participate in WSSU Commencement on May 15
WINSTON-SALEM, NC -- Christina Wareâs story is one of the many inspiring testimonials of the nearly 1,000 undergraduate and graduate students from near and afar who are expected to participate in Winston-Salem State Universityâs commencement ceremony on Friday, May 15, at 9:45 a.m., at Bowman Gray Stadium, 1250 South Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive.
Academy Award-winning recording artist, activist and actor Common will be the keynote speaker. There are no guest limits or ticket requirements for the ceremony.
It is conceivable that Wareâs story of work ethic, undeniable spirit and enthusiasm encapsulates the sentiment of her graduating 2015 classmates.
Ware, 43, of Winston-Salem, is quite active on and off campus as a mentor to other students, a member of the non-traditional student organization, the first president of Epsilon Chapter 130 of Tau Sigma National Honor Society at WSSU, a wife and proud mother of two. She is also legally blind. She wants to blaze trails, set examples and raise the bar for others with disabilities.
âIn 2007, I lost my eyesight. After a six-month pity party, I decided to continue my education and make a difference for others. Since 2008, I have spent every day of my life proving to society that having a disability does not mean we are weak. I am now an advocate for persons with disabilities,â Ware, a business major, said, "We are not handicapped, we are handy capable!"
Ware, who can be described as always pleasant and having an unlimited enthusiasm for life, says every day alive is like Christmas. She demands to be treated like everyone else and has been noted to say, âI may physically fall, but mentally I can get back up and pull a 4.0 semester.â After graduation she wants to start a Kosher/Halal foods business and become active on community boards.
The China Connection
From the City of Harbin, the capital and largest city of the Heilongjiang province of the People's Republic of China, WSSU Master of Arts in the Teaching of English as a Second Language and Applied Linguistics students Yaowen Xing and Chunling Zhang have found a second home at WSSU and in Winston-Salem. They perhaps have come the farthest distance attend the university.
With a population of more than five million people, Harbin is situated in the northeast region of China so close to Russia that only the Songhua River separates the two countries. Nicknamed the Ice City, the average winter temperature is -3.5 °F with annual lows hitting -31.0 °F. Itâs no wonder the students say the warmer weather here in the Piedmont Triad has not been lost in translation with them and itâs one of the things they enjoy.
âWe really love the weather in North Carolina, especially the long summer time, since our hometown is so cold with snow for almost 6 months of the year,â Xing, 30, noted. âWe also love the people at WSSU and the faculty who all are nice and it has been a really good experience.â
Xing and Zhang, 35, are in America as part of a Chinese education immersion program to help exchange the cultures between China and America. They enjoy working as cultural ambassadors to students in both the cultures. The two came to the U.S. in 2013 and have been teaching at Konnoak Elementary school during the early hours and studying and researching later in the day. âComing to America was a dream for me after learning about it through books, movies and music, and my time here it has been amazing,â Xing said.
Zhang, said she didnât know much about WSSU or Historically Black Colleges or Universities (HBCUâs), but after a short time here she knew WSSU would be was special part of life. âI have met many African- Americans who have been friendly and helpful. I now can say I truly have many black friends,â Zhang said. She and Xing have taken advantage of the HBCU experience. They have been often seen attending evening lectures and presentations, sports events, musical and visual arts events. With their WSSU master degrees they will return to China one day in the future to make an impact on teaching and the quality of education there.
The All-In Approach
Olivia N. Sedwick, 21, a political science major from Indianapolis, has taken âthe all-in approach" to her WSSU experience. The current WSSU student government president (SGA), honorâs student and champion athlete, chose WSSU over other schools she could have attended.
Featured in a USA Today article highlighting the HBCU experience released last June, Sedwick is quoted as saying about WSSU, âI fell in love with the school.â She says, âWe talked about things that I had never had the chance to before coming from a predominantly white high school.â
Liking the intellectual and social environment, she was comfortable becoming involved around campus. In her first year, a walk-on athlete for the womenâs track and field team, she was a 2013 CIAA Indoor Womenâs Track and Field All-Conference competitor and the WSSU womenâs shot put record holder until earlier this year, although she never competed in the throws until coming to college. In her second year she served as the sophomore class vice president while also being appointed to serve on many committees throughout the university. In that same year, she was a delegate to the UNC Association of Student Governments (UNCASG), representing WSSU students on a state-wide level. At the end of that year, she became the first African-American female elected senior vice president of UNCASG and served in that capacity for the entirety of her third year while being active as the chief of staff for the WSSU student government association that year also. Toward the end of her term in UNCASG, she decided to run for student body president and has served as the voice of the students for the duration of her last year. With all of her activities, she has maintained a 3.95 GPA throughout her time in college.
Sedwick has been selected as a UNC General Administration Presidential Intern, which begins in July. Upon completion of the prestigious one-year appointment, Sedwick plans to attend Howard University School of Law.
A Drum Major who will March for a Noble Cause
Willie Davis, 22, a social work major from Fayetteville, N.C., who has led WSSUâs Red Sea of Sound Marching Band as a drum major for his senior year, will now march to lead the charge for helping veterans and their families cope with typical and unique challenges of serving in military. Davis will be one of four Cadets with the distinct honor of being commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant U.S. in the U.S. Army during this yearâs commencement ceremony. Despite that professionally Davis will help vets, military and families with things like dealing with emotions, he said, âI donât think I will be ready for the commissioning part (of commencement) emotionally.â
Readiness for Davis is an understatement. The youngest of three siblings, who was age 10 when his father died, Davis has been an A average student throughout life. He was in the top ten of his high school class and the first generation in his family to attend college. At WSSU, besides maintaining high academic achievement and serving in the U.S. Army ROTC, Davis has been active with the WSSU Band, the University Choir, a Campus Ambassador, a mentor to freshmen students, vice president of the WSSU chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi National Honorary Band Fraternity, a Veterans Helping Veterans Heal intern and a member of Galilee Missionary Baptist Church in Winston-Salem.
After graduation, Davis is going to graduate school at the University of South Carolina. He plans to complete that program in one year and begin his military duties. As a clinical social worker, his responsibilities may range from clinical counseling, crisis intervention, disaster relief, critical event debriefing, teaching and training, supervision, research, administration, consultation and policy development in various military settings. He wants to specialize in helping military veterans who suffer from different traumas such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), paranoid schizophrenia and other conditions.
Sentiment partagé.
Helix pomatia Linnaeus, 1758 = Helix banatica M. von Kimakowicz, 1890 = Helix brenaeensis Blume, 1920 = Helix burmeisteri Blume, 1920 = Helix claudiensis Kobelt, 1906 = Helix costelata Kobelt, 1906 = Helix cristinae Kobelt, 1906 = Helix dobrudschae Kobelt, 1906 = Helix elsae Kobelt, 1906 = Helix fasciata Porro, 1838 = Helix gigantea Porro, 1838 = Helix gratiosa Gredler, 1892 = Helix kapellae Kobelt, 1906 = Helix lagarinae Adami, 1885 = Helix magna Stabile, 1845 = Helix parva Porro, 1838 = Helix pedemontana Kobelt, 1907 = Helix piceata Gredler, 1878 = Helix sabulosa Hazay, 1881 = Helix serbica Kobelt, 1906 = Helix transsylvanica Kobelt, 1906, l'escargot de Bourgogne ou gros blanc, escargot de Champagne.
Nearly 1,000 Students to Participate in WSSU Commencement on May 15
WINSTON-SALEM, NC -- Christina Wareâs story is one of the many inspiring testimonials of the nearly 1,000 undergraduate and graduate students from near and afar who are expected to participate in Winston-Salem State Universityâs commencement ceremony on Friday, May 15, at 9:45 a.m., at Bowman Gray Stadium, 1250 South Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive.
Academy Award-winning recording artist, activist and actor Common will be the keynote speaker. There are no guest limits or ticket requirements for the ceremony.
It is conceivable that Wareâs story of work ethic, undeniable spirit and enthusiasm encapsulates the sentiment of her graduating 2015 classmates.
Ware, 43, of Winston-Salem, is quite active on and off campus as a mentor to other students, a member of the non-traditional student organization, the first president of Epsilon Chapter 130 of Tau Sigma National Honor Society at WSSU, a wife and proud mother of two. She is also legally blind. She wants to blaze trails, set examples and raise the bar for others with disabilities.
âIn 2007, I lost my eyesight. After a six-month pity party, I decided to continue my education and make a difference for others. Since 2008, I have spent every day of my life proving to society that having a disability does not mean we are weak. I am now an advocate for persons with disabilities,â Ware, a business major, said, "We are not handicapped, we are handy capable!"
Ware, who can be described as always pleasant and having an unlimited enthusiasm for life, says every day alive is like Christmas. She demands to be treated like everyone else and has been noted to say, âI may physically fall, but mentally I can get back up and pull a 4.0 semester.â After graduation she wants to start a Kosher/Halal foods business and become active on community boards.
The China Connection
From the City of Harbin, the capital and largest city of the Heilongjiang province of the People's Republic of China, WSSU Master of Arts in the Teaching of English as a Second Language and Applied Linguistics students Yaowen Xing and Chunling Zhang have found a second home at WSSU and in Winston-Salem. They perhaps have come the farthest distance attend the university.
With a population of more than five million people, Harbin is situated in the northeast region of China so close to Russia that only the Songhua River separates the two countries. Nicknamed the Ice City, the average winter temperature is -3.5 °F with annual lows hitting -31.0 °F. Itâs no wonder the students say the warmer weather here in the Piedmont Triad has not been lost in translation with them and itâs one of the things they enjoy.
âWe really love the weather in North Carolina, especially the long summer time, since our hometown is so cold with snow for almost 6 months of the year,â Xing, 30, noted. âWe also love the people at WSSU and the faculty who all are nice and it has been a really good experience.â
Xing and Zhang, 35, are in America as part of a Chinese education immersion program to help exchange the cultures between China and America. They enjoy working as cultural ambassadors to students in both the cultures. The two came to the U.S. in 2013 and have been teaching at Konnoak Elementary school during the early hours and studying and researching later in the day. âComing to America was a dream for me after learning about it through books, movies and music, and my time here it has been amazing,â Xing said.
Zhang, said she didnât know much about WSSU or Historically Black Colleges or Universities (HBCUâs), but after a short time here she knew WSSU would be was special part of life. âI have met many African- Americans who have been friendly and helpful. I now can say I truly have many black friends,â Zhang said. She and Xing have taken advantage of the HBCU experience. They have been often seen attending evening lectures and presentations, sports events, musical and visual arts events. With their WSSU master degrees they will return to China one day in the future to make an impact on teaching and the quality of education there.
The All-In Approach
Olivia N. Sedwick, 21, a political science major from Indianapolis, has taken âthe all-in approach" to her WSSU experience. The current WSSU student government president (SGA), honorâs student and champion athlete, chose WSSU over other schools she could have attended.
Featured in a USA Today article highlighting the HBCU experience released last June, Sedwick is quoted as saying about WSSU, âI fell in love with the school.â She says, âWe talked about things that I had never had the chance to before coming from a predominantly white high school.â
Liking the intellectual and social environment, she was comfortable becoming involved around campus. In her first year, a walk-on athlete for the womenâs track and field team, she was a 2013 CIAA Indoor Womenâs Track and Field All-Conference competitor and the WSSU womenâs shot put record holder until earlier this year, although she never competed in the throws until coming to college. In her second year she served as the sophomore class vice president while also being appointed to serve on many committees throughout the university. In that same year, she was a delegate to the UNC Association of Student Governments (UNCASG), representing WSSU students on a state-wide level. At the end of that year, she became the first African-American female elected senior vice president of UNCASG and served in that capacity for the entirety of her third year while being active as the chief of staff for the WSSU student government association that year also. Toward the end of her term in UNCASG, she decided to run for student body president and has served as the voice of the students for the duration of her last year. With all of her activities, she has maintained a 3.95 GPA throughout her time in college.
Sedwick has been selected as a UNC General Administration Presidential Intern, which begins in July. Upon completion of the prestigious one-year appointment, Sedwick plans to attend Howard University School of Law.
A Drum Major who will March for a Noble Cause
Willie Davis, 22, a social work major from Fayetteville, N.C., who has led WSSUâs Red Sea of Sound Marching Band as a drum major for his senior year, will now march to lead the charge for helping veterans and their families cope with typical and unique challenges of serving in military. Davis will be one of four Cadets with the distinct honor of being commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant U.S. in the U.S. Army during this yearâs commencement ceremony. Despite that professionally Davis will help vets, military and families with things like dealing with emotions, he said, âI donât think I will be ready for the commissioning part (of commencement) emotionally.â
Readiness for Davis is an understatement. The youngest of three siblings, who was age 10 when his father died, Davis has been an A average student throughout life. He was in the top ten of his high school class and the first generation in his family to attend college. At WSSU, besides maintaining high academic achievement and serving in the U.S. Army ROTC, Davis has been active with the WSSU Band, the University Choir, a Campus Ambassador, a mentor to freshmen students, vice president of the WSSU chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi National Honorary Band Fraternity, a Veterans Helping Veterans Heal intern and a member of Galilee Missionary Baptist Church in Winston-Salem.
After graduation, Davis is going to graduate school at the University of South Carolina. He plans to complete that program in one year and begin his military duties. As a clinical social worker, his responsibilities may range from clinical counseling, crisis intervention, disaster relief, critical event debriefing, teaching and training, supervision, research, administration, consultation and policy development in various military settings. He wants to specialize in helping military veterans who suffer from different traumas such as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), paranoid schizophrenia and other conditions.
I had this sentiment in my scraps and I wanted to use it. It was computer genetared and says ´Happiness is handmade`. I white embossed flowers from the CG Flowers set to embelish the frame.Tfl.
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Mr Monster
a tribute to Forrest J Ackerman
by
Alan White
Alan writes:
Who can argue over the last 90 years, Forry Ackerman has stirred the gray matter of millions of fans the world over? Some to wonder, some to create, share, get involved, and more importantly, to think. The fact you are reading this is testament to Forry’s tenacity and love of life. And certainly, the legacy of the man will live beyond the pages, the movies, the collections, the conventions to all the people who will never know they’ve been touched by “Mr. Monster”, Forrest J (no period) Ackerman.
...
Whether you met Forry through the pages of some dusty tome, over a box of popcorn at a double horror matinee, a legendary Open House at the Ackermansion, the “Famous Monsters of Filmland” letter- column or shaking his hand at a convention, you are now charged with taking what you have and doing what you will to pass along the joy, the interest and enthusiasm that we all share to those less fortunate. If we don’t, then what does that say about ourselves?
IS THIS MAN SMILING?
105 boxes, a ton of treasures from my 62 years of collecting, went on the auction block in New York and for me it was a complete financial catastrophe and a personal tragedy.
“I hope you make a million,” said Don Wollheim in advance.
Anticipated Kenneth Galante, dealer: “You’ll make a billion!”
After the fact: “An unmitigated disaster” — Robert A. Madle, pioneer fan, collector, dealer.
“A horror chapter for New York Babylon”—Kenneth Anger, author of HOLLYWOOD BABYLON.
For the first issue, April 1926, of Amazing Stories I realized $36.
An inscribed foto of LON CHANEY SR, for which I anticipated wild bidding up to $5000, went for $50 ($40 to me).
With 3 issues of Schuster & Siegel’s “Science Fiction” currently in a catalog for $23,000, I expected the entire set by the creators of Superman would command $35-$50,000. (1 understand the world-class collection of Supermania is being leased to Cleveland for 5 years for $2 million.) My set: knocked down at $2750 ... less 20%
Two years ago I let go of my least favorite of three Brundage pastels for $25,000 (and no 20% commission to auctioneers). My second best (and, historically, her first published cover on Weird Tales) went for less than half that ... less commission!
Collectors' items were selling at 10%, even 5%, of estimated bids.
One dealer was heard to glee that what he bought for $80 he could sell for $500 ... Heinlein’s “Discovery of the Future” went for $600 (previously $1300 to a dealer) ... The 1912 “All-Story” featuring first publication of “TARZAN OF THE APES”, which the American Booksellers Association reported a couple years ago sold for something in excess of $8000 (and mine was inscribed by Edgar Rice Burroughs!) slipped away for $2500 ($2000 net to me) to a young Texas fan who decimated me afterward by informing me he’d been prepared to go $20,000!
It was a field day for buyers, “Freebie Time in the Candy Shop”; for me, Heartbreak Hotel. A major downfall for me was the lack of reserves on important pieces. I told the auctioneers in advance that I didn't want to part with a valuable piece worth, say, $25,000, for a tenth of its worth; that it should sell for at least no less than half its value; but they insisted that it was against their policy to have reserves: “You lose some but you win some and the bidders have to feel that it’s possible to get an occasional bargain” In reality, it was almost impossible not to get a bargain, and too late I learned that Vallejo and Frazetta et al did have reserves on their works: for instance, the highly-sought-after “Conan” was withdrawn when it raised (as I recall) “only” something like $42,500. My Brundage, “Tarzan”, “Fear” (Hubbard/Cartier), “Science Fiction” (Schuster & Siegel), inscribed Chaney and “Ghost of Slumber Mountain” posters definitely should have had reserves on them. The “Slumber Mountains” (no sleepers!) went for about one-third of what I paid for them and about one-fifth of what I (and others) anticipated they would fetch. Did it make sense for the Auction to profit 10 bucks on the sale of the Chaney portrait at the expense of a loss to me of a potential several thousand dollars??
Among those present at the debacle were Robert A. Madle, Erle Korshak, Julius Schwartz, Tom Savini, Boris Vallejo, Ron Borst, Mark Frank, Zacherly, Phil Riley, Sam Moskowitz, Stuart Schiff, Peter Michaels, EF Bleiler, Frederick C. Durant III, Barry Malzberg, John McLaughlin, Bruce Francis, Andrew Porter, Richard Bojarski, Harvey Clarke and David Hartwell, from Los Angeles, Texas, Canada, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, England and elsewhere. I have heard from Atlanta, France and Israel (!) that I was seen on TV. I think 499 of the approximately 500 present, told me I made their childhood or was their hero or idol or expressed some similarly warm and humbly appreciated sentiment. I was flattered that Isaac Asimov came with his wife and made opening remarks about me at the reception sponsored by OMNI. I have no complaint that I didn't receive all the (unexpected) egoboo one could ask for. But my goal of financial independence was radically unrealized. I won’t know for a month but my educated guess is that, after commission & taxes, I won’t wind up with more than $75,000 whereas my expectation had been for a sale in excess of half a million. Farewell, fond dreams, of another car (after 12 years), a vidicam recorder, money to restore & preserve important imagi-movie posters, spare cash to repay all major financial supporters of the Ackermuseum thru the years such as Mike LeVine, Bob Peterson, Charles Lorance, John Andrews, Peter Many Jr. et al, to invite quarter-century fan-correspondent Giovanni Scognamillo of Turkey to the Ackermansion at my expense, and in general play Scienti-Claus.
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Now for all the moaning about British Leyland I do, I will give it to them that when they got it right, they really got it right, and the Jaguar XJS is a fine sentiment to that.
However, even from before it was conceived the XJS was in boiling water, namely because of what it was replacing, the E-Type, a car which had cemented itself in the hearts and minds of so many as one of the greatest things mankind has ever made, so trying to build a car to emulate this machine of wonders was already going to be a difficult task. This was later compounded by the fact that the chief designer Malcolm Sayer, died in 1970 whilst the car was still in development, which meant that it was up to the British Leyland team in the Jaguar department to finish off the design. But in the end when the car was launched in 1975, the styling wasn't actually as bad as many make it out to be. Don't get me wrong, the car was absolutely hounded for its looks, its angular corners, ridiculous buttresses on the back that were feared to obscure rear visibility, and straight lines, not even remotely like the smooth, wind-tunnel designed E-Type, but when you get down to it, it is a lovely looking machine, it looks exactly like a sports car should, low, smooth, sleek, and generally pleasing to the eye.
The car was also one of only a handful of cars to be launched with a V12 engine, the only other cars being the extreme 200mph Lamborghini's and Ferrari's of the time such as the Countach. Putting a V12 in a luxury Limousine however was certainly a daring move by Jaguar, and with it's 5.3L powerhouse under the bonnet, the car could be whisked to a top speed of 143mph. However, putting the V12 in was not only daring, it was massively audacious as at the time there was a fuel crisis on, and thus the market for owning a gas-guzzling engine such as this was not exactly a big one. However, British Leyland were always one for product placement, and were able to promote the car by way of the TV Series 'The New Avengers' (along with a Triumph TR7 that broke down every 20 minutes, but that's another story). Build quality problems were also another major issue, including unreliable engines and being prone to rust, but the folks at Jaguar's factory in Coventry were willing to step up their act, and such the XJS became one of the more reliable models of the British Leyland range.
The car did eventually start to get sold though, primarily in America, where it became quite a fashionable Florida tourer for the new money. However, the car wasn't available as an open-roof cabriolet initially, which resulted in the Series II XJS in 1980, being known as the XJS-HE for its High Efficiency engine. In 1983 the XJS finally had it's roof partially cut off in the form of the XJS-SC, which also came with a much less thirsty 3.6L V6 for the more fuel sensitive new money millionaire. However, threats of legislation still lurked in the US about banning convertibles, so a roll-bar was placed over the passenger compartment in similar fashion to that of the Triumph Stag, so as to protect the occupants but still provide that wonderful sensation that only a convertible car can give. Eventually the car did get it's roof fully cut off when the legislation threats went away in 1988, although prior to this various coachbuilders would gladly take your regular XJS and remove its roof for you.
In 1986, during the breakup of British Leyland, Jaguar was made independent for a short while before being bought by Ford, who then wanted to give the XJS another update to keep it in the flow. So in 1990, the XJS Series III was launched, with a revised rear end to remove the two buttresses that had haunted its design from the beginning, a straight set of rear light clusters, and revised bumpers to make them look like part of the body rather than just yoked on at the last minute. These last XJS's were amongst the most reliable and popular sports cars on the market, selling in massive numbers both in Europe and the United States. The XJS once again was in the California sunlight, but the design from the early 70's was starting to look very tired. It was time for Jaguar to axe the XJS and in 1996 they did just that, replacing it with the surprisingly satisfying but sadly under-appreciated XK8. After 21 years of production, the British Leyland wonderchild ended off with 115,000 examples built.
Today you can find a fair few XJS's out and about in both Britain and America. In the UK you're more likely to find the later models from between 1988 and 1996, as most of the earlier British Leyland examples probably rusted away in someone's garage a long time ago. But although this car may receive a fair amount of bashing from classic Jag enthusiasts for committing the sinful crime of replacing the E-Type, the XJS certainly looked a lot more handsome than the MkIII E-Type, which looked like some kind of tugboat into which the passenger cabin had sunk!