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Did you know that you could create iCandy cards to promote your iPhone application? It's pretty easy actually.
Creating your promotional iPhone App iCandy Card:
- Launch iCandy as usual and select Create Card.
- With iTunes open, find your iPhone app.
- Drag and drop your iPhone app icon into the iCandy Print window. iCandy will create a QR code of the URL that connects back to the iTunes store.
- Click 'Edit Item' to enter a relevant title and artwork. What I do on my Mac is launch the Grab application to get the iPhone app icon or screenshot. I grab it, save it as a file and then drag the file onto the iCandy Edit window.
- Select your print layout. My favorite is 'QOOP CoffeeTable Book'
- Print to local printer/disk or Flickr.
- Voila! You're done.
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Take your iPhone and your preferred QR Code reader (Optiscan, Neoreader, BeeTag, Xzing, 2D Sense, Barcode, Snappr, etc.) and scan your newly created iCandy card.
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- Safari should quickly launch, hit the iCandy server (gotta log those analytics) and then redirect you to the App Store on your iPhone. You'll get prompted for your iTunes password and the info screen for the app will be brought up ready for you to download.
- iCandy will open a new browser window which will ask if it can launch iTunes.
- Switch to iTunes (it should already be open since iCandy needs iTunes open to work.)
- iTunes will take you to the application page!
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MONDAY, March 5, 1883-9 a. m.The Senate met at 9 a. m. under the [?]es, Lieutenant Governor Thomas Hanna [in the] Chair.
Mr. HENRY offered a resolution, [?] adopted, allowing $15 each to Me[?] Duncan and Macartney of the Flood [Relief Com?]mittee.
Mr. SPANN offered a resolution allowing[?] day extra to William M. Greensdale, a [?] Clerk. It was adopted by yeas, 30; nays, [16?].
Mr. RISTINE offered a resolution that [?] Pernct, a File Clerk, be allowed $65 extra [?] was adopted by yeas, 19; nays, 17.
Mr. WILLARD offered a resolution [all?] John J. Lingle, a Journal Clerk, $1 per day [?] It was adopted by yeas, 19; nays, 13.
Mr. SPANN submitted a protest, notice of which he gave on Saturday, to go into the journal of that day it is signed by seventeen Republican Senators, against the Voyles resolution adopted on Saturday night, which makes the veto take precedence of all other business. The resolution was protested against for the following reasons:
- Because said rule is arbitrary and unjust, and made for a partisan purpose and to subserve a political end.
- Because said rule was made by a majority for the special purpose of assisting said majority in the passage of an unjust, unwise and unwholesome and vicious law known as the metropolitan police bill.
- Because said rule was made by a majority to assist in the passage of a bill which should be entitled a bill to destroy the right of the local self-government by the inhabitants of the city of Indianapolis.
- And because said rule is at variance with all other known rules of parliamentary law for the government of parliamentary bodies.
The protest was entered upon the journal.
Mr. MARVIN offered a resolution declaring Rufus Magee, the Senator from Cass County, President pro tem. of the Senate.
Mr. BENZ moved to substitute the name of James H. Willard, Senator from Lawrence.
Mr. MAGEE said this resolution was offered over his protest. Although sensible of the honor, he would not for a single moment allow his name to come in conflict with that of any other Democratic Senator for the honarable place, and therefore declined to accept.
[Mr.] BELL made an ineffectual motion-yeas, 17; nays, 2[?]-to postpone the subject till 2 o'clock.
The amendment [Mr. Benz's] was rejected by yeas, 13; nays, 27.
The resolution was adopted and the Lieutenant Governor appointed Messrs. Marvin and Henry a Committee to conduct the President pro tem. to the Chair.
The Committee having performed that service-
Mr. MAGEE reiterated what he said a moment ago when his name was first mentioned for this honorable position: Though sensible of the honor he did not desire it because of the peculiar position he had occupied during the session. He did not care to have this prominence. He would only say that he was deeply grateful for this kind assurance of good opinion.
Mr. BUNDY moved to allow $1 per day extra pay to E. H. Wells, of the cloak room.
It was adopted.
Mr. SPANN offered the following:
Resolved, That the Auditor of State be and is hereby directed to issue his warrants on the State Treasury at the end of the present session in favor of W. H. Drapier, Stenographic Assembly Reporter, for what may be due him for Brevier Legislative Reports, at the same price paid per page per copy as uniformly paid since 1857, to be pad out of funds appropriated for Legislative expenses; the number of copies for the current session to be the same as heretofore published-ten copies of each to be forwarded, as soon as published, to each member of the General Assembly.
It was adopted by yeas, 25; nays, 15.
Mr. BELL offered a resolution for allowance of expenses in the Overstreet versus Johnson contested election case, being a total to Reuben M. Johnson of $1,310.
page: 293[View Page 293]Mr. MAGEE moved to amend by reducing the amount to $500.
Mr BROWN entered a substitute for the amendment and resolution allowing $500 in addition to mileage and per diem.
It was rejected.
Mr. VOYLES said the Senate would not be justified in allowing as much as is proposed by the Committee resolution. It is true the center tor prosecuted the suit in good faith, but the items as set forth in the Committee report are too extensive.
Mr. MAGEE also thought the charges are outrageous and unjustifiable, and for one should vote against the resolution, and entered a protest against appropriating any such sum of money. When a man runs for office he takes his chances of being elected, and ought not to ask the State to pay the expenses of a contest, especially when the majority report says there was no good ground for a contest.
Mr. YOUCHE opposed the resolution, not believing it right to allow these expenses. If it was for the purpose of paying the expenses of one who had the right in the contest, it might be proper to pay the expenses, because under the rules that obtain in a Court of Justice the party gaining the case recovers from the other party. Yet this resolution asks that the State shall come in and for the purpose of encouraging the contest should put her hand in the pocket and pay the cost of the unsuccessful candidate. If this thing is to be encouraged the same rule ought to apply to every man who holds an elective office. The law expressly provides in case of County officers, where a man makes a contest and is unsuccessful is obligated not only to pay his own case, but also the man against whom the contest is made.
Mr. BROWN never was and never would be in favor of paying two persons for occupying one seat in a legislative body. The report of the Committee adopted the other day provides that this contestor shall be paid mileage and per diem, and he moved to amend the amendment by allowing him the sum of $500, and no more.
Mr. FOULKE favored this amendment. He protested against awarding compensation for three attorneys when one is ample for the purpose, and one should have attended to this case from the beginning to the end for the sum of $500.
Mr. ADKISON suggested $200 would be enough.
Mr. HENRY was willing to vote for that much, though the proposition of the Senator from Cass is nearer than any of them.
Mr. BUNDY also thought that the fairest amendment offered. He opposed allowing anything beyond mileage and per diem.
Mr. ADKISON moved to make the allowance $200.
Mr. Henry moved, as a substitute for the amendment and the resolution, $500 in full for per diem and expenses.
Mr. BELL thought it not right to talk about paying the reasonable expenses of this contest with the insignificant sum of $140. There is a principle upon which such action as is proposed is based; and that is to allow the expenses of a contest. It has been acted upon in Congress from time immemorial. Men ought to be encouraged to make a good contest. A contest for a County office holds out a much greater prize. Men run for that office for the money that is in it. Such circumstances don't attend this office. We are all interested in seeing any contest that seems to be fair carried.
Mr. JOHNSON considered this mileage and per diem is allowed for the very purpose of reimbursing the contestant for expenses incurred n the contest. Certainly the contestant has not rendered any service. If the sum is made $500, this Senate has done ample justice to the contestant.
Mr. BROWN considered $140 as nothing like a fair compensation for counsel fees in this case. The depositions were volumulens-about 2,300 pages. Before he would vote the poor, miserable, cringing sum of $140 to pay counsel fees, he would not vote a farthing.
Mr. BENZ didn't know anything about fixing the price of lawyer fees; only we oughtn't to pay Cropsey for loafing around here this winter, and that is what he wants to get pay for, not for contesting this case.
The LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR: Then you don't want to pay him very bad.
Mr. BENZ: No I don't.
Mr. BROWN'S heart was made sick when he moved to amend so that the compensation for legal service shall be $250.
Mr. SAYRE hoped the Senate would stand by the report of the Committee adopted the other day. The Committee find that the services are richly worth the prices charged. The report of the Committee as made to the Senate should be adopted without amendment.
Mr. FOULKE thought he would favor the $500, but failing in that, thought $250 should be allowed.
Mr. MAGEE withdrew his amendment.
On motion by Mr. BROWN the substitute resolution was amended by increasing the amount to $610.
The substitute resolution, as amended by Mr. Brown's motion, so as as to make the total sum $610, was adopted by yeas, 80; nays, 11.
Pending the roll-call, in explanation of votes-
Mr. BELL voted for it because it increases the sum slightly; it is wholly inadequate and unfair nevertheless.
Mr. BENZ remembered a contest six years ago that cost only $79. I can't see why in the dickens we are to pay lawyers for loafing around here abusing people. I vote "aye" all the time. [Laughter.]
Mr. BUNDY didn't think the contestant entitled to mileage and per diem. He voted "aye."
Mr. FAULKNER knew nothing about the fees charged-whether they were high or low-but he did know he would never vote to pay them one cent. He vote "no."
Mr. HENRY voted for the amendment in preference to the original resolution, reserving the right to vote against it as amended.
Mr. LOCKRIDGE stood by the majority report adopted by the Senate which allows the contestor mileage and reasonable expenses. The per diem is $369. This amendment leaves for expenses and attorneaeys' fees $250, which is a very reasonable fee. Therefore, he voted, "aye."
Mr. OVERSTREET asked to be excused from voting, but Mr. Bell objecting, he voted "aye," regarding $500 as reasonable.
Mr. SAYRE believing this sum not enough for reasonable expenses and attorneys' fees, voted "no."
Mr. VAN VORHIS voted for the amendment, reserving the right to vote afterward as he pleased.
Mr. VOYLES, believing this to be about as near as could be arrived at by mutual agreement, voted "aye."
Mr. YOUCHE thought nothing should be allowed the contestant, because he did not make the contest good.
The vote was then announced as above.
So the resolution, as amended, was adopted.
The resolution reported by the Committee as amended was concurred in by yeas, 28; nays, 14.
Pending the roll-call-in explanation,
Mr. ADKISON: Inasmuch as the Senator from Allen and Whitley [Mr. Bell] and the Senator from Marion [Mr. Van Vorhis] failed to stand up to the first proposition in the Committee report, he would not stand up to the second. Therefore he voted "no."
Mr. KEISER voted for the resolution on the ground that the Senate has heretofore decided that Mr. Johnson, the contestant, should have per diem and reasonable expenses. The expenses, as fixed in this resolution, are reasonable; therefore he voted "aye."
Mr. McCULLOUGH ordinarily could not under page: 294[View Page 294]stand why the expenses of an unsuccessful contestor should be paid, but in this case he thought the contestor made out his contest, and for that reason is entitled to expenses, since the report declaring the contestee entitled to the seat was adopted the Senate is bound in honor to pay these expenses; therefore he voted, "aye," believing them reasonable or even below reasonable.
The vote was announced as above.
So the resolution reported by the Committee, as amended by the substitute resolution, was adopted.
Mr BUNDY moved that J. A. West. C. A. Gal- breath, Joseph Friedman and Robert Newland be allowed twenty dollars each f^r finishing the (Copying of the journal this week.
Pending a vote on which-
The Senate took a recess till 2 o'clock p. m
The resolution pending at the noon recess was adopted.
Mr. VOYLES offered a resolution, which was adopted, allowing the Reading Clerk, Frank A. Smith, $80 extra.
Mr. DAVIDSON offered a resolution allowing Vincent P. Kirk, for the time he was suspended from the office of Doorkeeper.
On motion by Mr. RAHM it was laid on the table.
Mr. RICHARDSON offered a resolution, which was adopted, allowing a number of claims for labor and supplies, amounting to $36.
Mr. SPANN offered a concurrent resolution Authorizing the printing and distributing of all laws passed with an emergency clause.
Mr BELL from the Committee on Elections, reported a resolution for payment of reporters, witnesses, etc., in the contested case of Johnson versus Overstreet, amounting to over $300, pending the reading of which-
at 3:15 o'clock announced the passage of the metropolitan police bill by the House of Representatives, the Governor's veto to the contrary notwithstanding. The message also included the Governor's veto
The LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR directed the message and the veto to be read at once, which was done by the Principal Secretary.
The bill was then passed, the objections of the 'Governor to the contrary notwithstanding, by yeas, 26; nays, 21-as follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Bell, Brown, Compton, Davidson, Duncan, Ernest, Faulkner, Fletcher, Hill, Hilligass, Hoover, Howard, Hutchinson, Johnston of Dearborn, Johnson of Tippecanoe, Magee, Marvin, May, McClure, McCullough, McIntosh, Rahm, Richardson, Smith of Jay, Voyles, Wiliard-26.
Nays-Messrs. Adkinson, Benz, Bichowski, Bundy, Campbell, Fleming, Foulke, Graham, Henry, Keiser, Lockridge, Lindley, Macartney, Overstreet, Ristine, Sayre, Spann, Van Vorhis, White, Yancy, Youche-21.
So the metropolitan police bill was finally passed.
The reading of the resolution paying expenses In in the contested election case was finished.
It was adopted.
Mr. BUNDY offered a concurrent resolution to accept copyright of the Code Commissioners secured on the Revised Statute of 1881, and authorizing the Secretary of State to sell to any person for $2 per volume, for which the Secretary shall be entitled to fifteen cents. It was adopted.
Mr. JOHNSON offered the following:
Whereas, From all sections and from nearly every County, the State petitions have come to this General Assembly praying for the abolition of the present system of hiring out the labor of convicts of our Penitentiaries and the inmates of our Reform Schools and Benevolent Institutions, under contract to the highest bidder.
Whereas, A bill passed by the Senate for the regulation of said convict labor aims only at modifying the present system, but falls short of abolishing it and applying the proper remedy for its evil and abuses; and,
Whereas, The short time of the legislative section prevented this General Assembly from finding the proper remedy for this system, which is admitted to be pernicious to the interests of Indiana manufacturers and Indiana mechanics and workingmen,
Resolved, That Committee of three Senators holding over for the General Assembly of 1885 be appointed by the President of the Senate to prepare a bill abolishing the present system of convict labor and substitute a system of employment for the convicts of our Penitentiaries, and the Inmates of our Reformatory School and Benevolent Institutions which will not come in competition with Indiana manufacturers.
Resolved, That the members of said Committee of three Senators shall not be entitled to any compensation for services on the Committee.
The resolution was adopted and the Lieutenant Governor makes the Committee to consist of Messrs. Johnson, Foulke and Campbell.
On motion by Mr. SPANN a Committee of Two-Messrs. Spann and Magee-were appointed to wait on the Governor and ascertain whether Hit Excellency has any further communication to make to the Senate.
The Committee soon returned and reported the Governor has no further communication to make to either Branch of the General Assembly.
On motion by Mr. YANCEY the concurrent resolution of the House authorizing a highway opened across the north end of the grounds of the Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb, was concurred in by the Senate.
Mr. FOULKE offered a resolution declaring it the opinion of the Senate that the action of the House of Representatives, in failing, without sufficient reason, to pass the general appropriation bill during the time allotted for the present regular session, is injurious to the best interests of the people.
Mr. VOYLES raised the point of order that this resolution is out of order, because it attempts to criticise a co-ordinate branch of the General Assembly.
The PRESIDENT pro tem. [Mr. Bundy in the Chair] overruled the point of order.
Messrs Bell and Voyles appealed from the decision of the Chair.
announced that the House of Representatives has concurred in the report of the Senate Conference Committee on the general appropriation bill [H. R 302] and a few minutes after another message announced that the Speaker had signed said bill.
Mr. SPANN-made an ineffectual motion-yeas, 18; nays, 26-that the Senate adjourn sine die.
Mr. FOULKE claiming the floor-
Mr. YANCEY offered a resolution, which was rejected-yeas, 18; nays, 26-that John L. Patterson, Deputy Clerk, be allowed $1 per day extra.
Mr CAMPBELL, explaining his negative vote, said: Upon every proposition which has been made to-day for the payment of additional wages to the employes of this Senate I have voted "no." and shall continue to vote "no." I grant that so far as I know the officers of this Senate may have done their work well; certainly they have been courteous and attentive, but in voting money as a public officer I know of no principle by which to be governed except by the same equity and integrity A I would be in my private business. These employes have sought these positions with the knowledge of the wages paid, which I may add is in all cases nearly if not quite double what they would get in other positions. page: 295[View Page 295] As a, business proposition for personal services not a Senator upon this floor would think of making this additional payment at the expiration of the service, and yet hundreds of dollars have to-day been voted with as much freedom as though the people's money came without burden to them and is to be cared for without responsibility on our part. Men have been voted $6 per day for duties that as a business proposition, no Senator upon this floor would have paid more than $l per day for, and could have got it well done for less than that. I see no ground of equity or integrity for doing this, and hence, as I nave been doing all day, I still vote "no."
Mr. MAGEE offered a resolution that the thanks of this Senate are hereby tendered James Gordon Bennett for his magnificent contribution to the fund for the relief of the sufferers occasioned by the recent floods of the Ohio and Wabash Rivers, and that the secretary of this Senate be authorized to transmit to Mr. Bennett a copy of this resolution.
The resolution was adopted.
Mr. HENRY offered a resolution to pay $5 to a witness before the Fee and Salary Committee.
On motion by Mr. VOYLES it was laid on the table.
Mr. FOULKE still claiming the floor
Mr. VOYLES offered a resolution allowing $45 extra pay to Frederick W, Daniels, Senate Postmaster.
On motion by Mr. HENRY it was laid on the table.
Mr. GRAHAM offered a resolution, which was adopted, allowing $1 a day extra pay to Mrs. L E. Bundy, pa[p?]er folder.
Mr. McINTOSH making an ineffectual motion to lay it on the table
Mr. FOULKE still claiming the floor-
Mr. BROWN insisted that the Democratic party on the floor of the Senate should keep still and allow the Senator from Wayne [Mr. Foulke], who seems to be trying to out Herod the Senator from Rush, to crack his whip and lash it over our backs just as much as he pleases, because if there ever was a set of folks in the Senate lathed, in weapon and out of season, it has been the Republican members of this Senate.
Mr. FOULKE, still claiming the floor, gave way for-
Mr. SPANN, who moved that the Senate adjourn sine die.
The LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR put the motion and declared it, carried and calls for the yeas and nays and boisterous applause.
So at 3:15 o'clock p.m., the Senate adjourned sine die.

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Tag Archives: Dean Hall
Thu, Dec 20, 2012 | 15:30 GMT
DayZ Standalone: Hall discusses 'depressing' development pressure
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Tue, Apr 02, 2013 | 07:21 BST
DayZ Standalone dev believes console port will happen, PC build may slip
DayZ Standalone developer Dean Hall has confirmed his high hopes for a console port in a new interview, but stressed that it all depended on development of the PC build. Hall has also discussed the game's new engine and release window. Get the details below.
Tue, Apr 02, 2013 | 07:22 BST
DayZ Standalone: Hall outlines Steam release, features
DayZ Standalone will launch on Steam, with plenty of Steam-specific features bundled, according to a new update from creator Dean 'Rocket' Hall. Check out what to expect from his expanded survival title below.
Wed, Nov 07, 2012 | 22:28 GMT
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DayZ Bounty is a new, unofficial mod for Dean Hall and Bohemia Interactive's sandbox survival title. It pays players via PayPal for scoring kills, but they must first buy-in to the mod's server, creating something of a gambling slant. The developers of the original DayZ mod aren't happy, stating that the monetisation angle 'undermines' Hall's original vision, and is calling for the creators to cease development.
Fri, Oct 19, 2012 | 21:06 BST
DayZ – new images show more interiors, Chernarus map
DayZ standalone creator Dean Hall has posted another round of interior and exterior shots, showing a greater range of buildings from hospitals to small cottages.
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DayZ standalone creator Dean Hall has revealed the first in-game shots of the games interior locations, and houses from the outside. Check out the shots below.
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DayZ's Dean Hall gave a superb talk at Eurogamer Expo a couple of weeks ago. Eurogamer has now released the full recorded session into the wild. Watch it below.
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DayZ standalone interview: selfishness breeds success
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Mon, Oct 08, 2012 | 08:12 BST
DayZ standalone creator talks November launch, future updates
DayZ creator Dean 'Rocket' Hall has told VG247 that he is still confident that the standalone version of his survival horror Arma 2 mod will launch in November, and that the game will expand in a similar fashion to Minecraft going forward.
Fri, Sep 28, 2012 | 07:02 BST
DayZ Standalone Eurogamer Expo session – full video here
A DayZ developer session hosted by Bohemia Interacive's Dean Hall was held at Eurogamer Expo today. In his talk, Hall spoke about changes coming to the ArmA 2 mod as it becomes a standalone experience.
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DayZ could be standalone "before Christmas," base-building and more on cards
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Once upon a wasteland – the never ending story of DayZ
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Xanthoparmelia cumberlandia
(Gyelnik) Hale
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Encyclopedia of Life
Stephen Sharnoff
Greater Sonoran Desert Lichen Flora
Nash, T.H., Ryan, B.D., Gries, C., Bugartz, F., (eds.) 2001. Lichen Flora of the Greater Sonoran Desert Region. Vol 2. Tempe, AZ
: foliose, adnate, 6-12 cm in diam., irregularly lobate
: primarily subirregular, less often sublinear, elongate, plane, 0.1-0.5 mm wide, separate, usually continguous, less often partially imbricate, 1-2 mm wide, sometimes becoming lobulate centrally
: flat, entire, often branched; apices: subrotund, smooth to crenate, eciliate
upper surface
: yellow-green to sometimes bluish green, smooth, shiny, epruinose and emaculate, without isidia, soralia or pustulae
: white, with continuous algal layer
lower surface
: pale brown or brown, plane, moderately rhizinate; rhizines: pale brown, simple, 0.3-0.8 mm long
: common, substipitate, 2-10 mm wide, laminal on thallus; disc: cinnamon-brown to dark brown; margin:smooth, pruina absent
: clavate, 8-spored
: hyaline, simple, ellipsoid, 9-10 x 4-5 µm
: common, immersed
: bifusiform, 5-7 x 0.5 µm
Spot tests
: upper cortex K+ yellow to orange, C-, KC-, P+ orange; medulla K+ yellow becoming dark red, C-, KC-, P+ orange
Secondary metabolites
: upper cortex with usnic acid (major); medulla with stictic acid (major) and constictic and norstictic acids (both minor) and connorstictic, cryptostictic and peristictic acids (all trace).
Substrate and ecology
: usually on acidic rocks but in coastal areas on soil and/or pebbles as well, often in open or partially shaded habitats
World distribution
: Europe, North and South America
Sonoran distribution
: common at intermediate to moderately high elevations in Arizona, southern California, Baja California Baja California Sur, Sonora, Chihuahua and Sinaloa.
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Historical Context
The Great Depression
Flagg's novel refers to several historical eras, but primarily to the period after the café's opening, the summer of 1929. "By the way," reports Dot Weems on October 15, 1929, "is it just my imagination or are times getting harder these days? Five new hobos showed up at the café last week." The hard times she refers to are the result of what John Galbraith describes as a "fundamentally unsound" economy. A mere five percent of the American population receives thirty percent of all personal income. The booming economy is the result of an over-productive industrial sector. Two weeks after Dot Weems's report, the stock market crashes on "black Tuesday," October 29. Millions are thrown out of work, and soups made of dandelions and catsup pass for a good meal.
In the 1930s, people clog the highways looking for work, while overhead new airplanes are tested. The railroad business booms from all the travel. The Great Migration is in full swing as blacks move from the rural South to the factories of the North. Many who take to the road stay transient for a long time. Socialism becomes an acceptable ideology among the majority of people who are profoundly affected by poverty. Franklin Roosevelt is voted into office on the basis of his innovative social programs. The economy starts to hum again, but it is World War...
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Literary Style
An episode is usually a brief segment of action within a larger work, that can be separated from that larger work. It is similar to a parenthetical remark. The term comes from the Greek word epeisodion, meaning "following upon the entrance." In Greek drama, an episode occurs between choric songs. While the chorus began as an ensemble of fifty or more men, by the time of Christopher Marlowe (Doctor Faustus, 1604), the chorus had shrunk to a single man reciting a prologue and epilogue.
In Flagg's novel, there are several choruses and a multitude of episodes narrated by a third-person omniscient narrator. The most objective chorus is composed of news clippings. The other chorus is the exchange between Evelyn and Mrs. Threadgoode, who, in proper choric fashion, comment on the characters' heroic actions. In between the choruses, the stories of the people of Whistle Stop are filled in. Only by taking all three components together can the reader understand the full drama of Whistle Stop.
Flagg, a successful comedian, utilizes humor in her writing. She does so in Fried Green Tomatoes to lighten the dark and depressing passages. Obvious examples include Idgie's stories or Sipsey's superstitions. However, comedy enables Flagg to cover very dangerous ground and successfully shows both sides of a conflict. The best example...
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Literary Techniques
Using transitions between past and present, Flagg presents her story in brief chapters comprising glimpses of action as remembered by Ninny Threadgoode in the 1980s or conveyed by an omniscient narrator. The first half of the book introduces readers to the setting and characters, providing clues about why a murder was committed; the second half focuses on resolving the mysterious murder. Supplemental information is provided in the form of contemporary newspaper columns from 1929 to 1969 penned by Dot Weems who comments about people and events in the Whistle Stop community. The reader is aware by the book's conclusion, though, that Weems omits crucial information to protect her husband Wilbur and his friends because of their questionable activities to cover up crimes. In separate sections the Slagtown News Flotsam & Jetsam provides clues about African-American members of the Whistle Town community, reinforcing the segregation of the era depicted. Each chapter is identified with a header indicating the source of information, location of action, such as the Rose Terrace Nursing Home and private homes, or geographical settings significant to the plot development and characterization, including Valdosta, Georgia; Chicago, Illinois; and Davenport, Iowa. References to real roads and services, such as the Old Montgomery Highway and radio station WAPI, make the story more plausible and identifiable.
This literary style welcomes readers into Flagg's fictional...
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Ideas for Group Discussions
Set in the South, both during and after segregation, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe explores the role of friendships that transcend age, gender, racial, cultural, and socioeconomic limitations. Community and humanity are emphasized in a town where people are valued more than money and kindness prevents hatred from destroying individuals who are weak and defenseless.
1. Discuss how the inclusion of fictional newspaper articles to separate chapters complements the narrative by providing information and clues about the resolution of subplots and the primary plot. How do the articles interfere with the storytelling? Are the shifting scene dates between different decades confusing?
2. Is Ninny Threadgoode's narrative believable? Why should Evelyn Couch and readers accept Mrs. Threadgoode's account as the truth? What motivations might Ninny have to alter facts? Evelyn notices Ninny's inside-out dress, purple-dyed hair, and other hints of Alzheimer's disease. Does this influence readers' opinion of Ninny's veracity?
3. What does this book reveal about how racism has changed from the early twentieth century to the 1980s? In what ways have racial relations stagnated according to textual passages? What details, such as an African-American newspaper and soldiers, Clarissa's passing for white and ignoring her Uncle Artis, the whites-only laundry truck, and use of the freight elevator, enhance Flagg's literary style or...
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Social Concerns
Fannie Flagg interweaves history and storytelling to create a fictional portrait of an imaginary rural community near her hometown of Birmingham, Alabama. A comedian, Flagg's sense of humor accentuates the absurdities and atrocities that her characters encounter as they achieve self-discovery. Creating a mystery in a nostalgic atmosphere, she introduces readers to social issues prevalent in the South during the twentieth century, as well as universal societal concerns. Having grown up near Irondale, the real geographical site that inspired her fictional setting, Flagg is acutely aware of racism and other regional problems plaguing Alabama. Her semi-autobiographical tale not only addresses historical events of which she was an eyewitness or were familiar to her family, but also demonstrates how some matters such as homelessness and ageism are timeless worries.
By provoking emotional reactions to her characters and plots, Flagg calls attention to persistent problems that permeate society throughout the United States. Racism is probably the most pressing concern of her characters. Although the Threadgoodes and their friends seem to be color blind, they are cognizant that others within their community and surrounding locales believe that blacks are their inferiors and should suffer unequal treatment. Most of Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe is set prior to the Civil Rights Movement, with a substantial portion occurring during the 1930s...
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Compare and Contrast
1930s: Blacks are treated as second-class citizens. In the South, a legal regime of "separate but equal" enforces this status.
1980s: Civil Rights legislation and affirmative action have opened up opportunities to blacks and enabled legal recourse for those who suffer the effects of racism.
Today: Affirmative action has been successfully overturned in some parts of the country. Other legislation is under attack and Congress refuses to pass a federal hate-crimes statute.
1930s: Warren Harding keeps a mistress and illegally transfers naval oil reserves at Teapot Dome, WO, to the Department of the Interior. From there, they are leased to Harry G. Sinclair of Sinclair Oil. A Senate investigation finds that Sinclair and Edward L. Doheny had loaned large sums of money to Albert B. Fall, Secretary of the Interior. In 1927 the Supreme Court restores the oil fields to the U.S. government.
1980s: The Reagan administration illegally sells drugs and weapons to Iran, through Israel, to fund the Contras in their bid to oust the leftist government of Nicaragua.
Today: The sexual affair between President Clinton and intern Monica Lewinsky nearly results in the President's impeachment.
1930s: Iraq, no longer under Turkish rule, is a British...
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Topics for Further Study
Flagg was a spokesperson for the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). What is the status of the ERA today? What happened?
Does Flagg criticize capital punishment in the novel? Is it an effective or just criticism? What is your view of the death penalty? Conversely, does the novel argue in favor of justified homicide?
Who is the Tommy Thompson to whom Fannie Flagg dedicates her book? How do you think he influenced Fannie Flagg? Who are some of her other southern influences?
Compare the experiences of the Peavey children. How do they handle the challenges of living in a racist society?
Try a recipe or two of Sipsey's included with the book. While cooking, consider the allegorical role of food in the novel. For example, consider the significance of the community—from Georgia and Alabama—eating a murdered wife-beater cooked into a black man's barbecue.
React to the following statement Flagg made in an interview with Samuel S. Vaughan: "I tend to rail against the current fashion in American culture of glamorizing only very young, pretty girls and completely ignoring the most wonderful and sexiest of women, those who are adult. I find there is nothing more attractive than a genuinely adult man or woman."
What is domestic violence? How has society's view of domestic violence changed since 1929?
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Literary Precedents
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe belongs to the southern gothic genre. Elements of romance, mystery, humor, and horror are intertwined to create a satisfying story with unusual and unconventional characters that tantalize and intrigue readers. This literary tradition can be traced to oral storytelling in the rural South where ghost stories and tall tales were shared as a means for neighbors and travelers to communicate and establish bonds in isolated locations. Such tales had familiar archetypes, including heroes and villains who enabled people to recognize similar patterns in each other's lives. These parallels enhanced empathy and friendship exhibited toward strangers that aided in the formation of thriving communities like Whistle Stop.
Flagg's characters would have discerned motifs in Edgar Allan Poe's thrillers that resonated in the macabre events they experienced. Poe also might have been fascinated by the sinister undercurrents in Whistle Stop and the slow decay of its citizens and structures, both institutional and physical. Flagg uses gothic techniques to shock her readers with unexpected twists (the cause of Frank Bennett's demise) and bizarre situations (the garden full of animal heads that was still intact decades later). She intersperses humor with tragedy, kindness with meanness, and forgiveness with vengeance in the tradition of other notable southern writers. For example, Truman Capote's The Grass Harp (1951)...
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Prior to the publication of Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, Flagg wrote Coming Attractions (1981) which was later retitled Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man (1992) when the film version of Fried Green Tomatoes and the Whistle Stop Cafe became popular. Reviewers compared her childish protagonist Daisy Fay Harper and her comic encounters with bizarre people and occurrences in her 1950s Gulf Coast Mississippi hometown to Idgie whom they described as the mature version of Daisy Fay. One decade after Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe was published, Flagg completed her third book Welcome to the World, Baby Girl! (1998) which chronicles the maturation of another small-town southern girl, Dena Nordstrom, and her struggles as a New York anchorwoman. Flagg revisits familiar themes of friendship, family, and perseverance and selects strong but quirky female characters to direct her fiction. While her first and third books are considered excellent literary works, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe is deemed her most outstanding novel. Experiencing financial and critical successes, Flagg's books were included on the New York Times bestseller lists, and Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize nomination.
Books with similar settings, themes, and characters include Lee Smith's Family Linen (1985) which hilariously examines a...
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Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe has been adapted as two audio cassette editions. In 1992, Fannie Flagg was the reader of an audio version which included the novel's complete text. An abridged audiotape, also read by Flagg, was released in 2000. Flagg was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category for Best Spoken Word. She also compiled Fannie Flagg's Original Whistlestop Cafe Cookbook: Featuring: Fried Green Tomatoes, Southern Barbecue, Banana Split Cake, and Many Other Great Recipes (1985), and the Irondale Cafe Original Whistlestop Cookbook (1995) was published by Mary Jo Smith McMichael. Located in Irondale, Alabama, McMichael's business, named the Whistle Stop Cafe (http:// www.whistlestopcafe.com), offers book related merchandise in addition to foodstuffs and ingredients. Elizabeth Gareis compiled the Fried Green Tomatoes: Teacher's Manual (1998).
Flagg co-authored a script with Carol Sobieski for a movie version of her novel. Entitled Fried Green Tomatoes, the film was produced by Universal Pictures and released in 1991. The screenplay won the Scripters Award and was nominated for the Writers Guild of America best screenplay award and an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Although Flagg's novel received critical notice among literary circles, the movie attracted popular attention of mainstream readers. Because of Flagg's involvement, the film retained much of the novel's characterization and...
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Media Adaptations
Released by Universal Studios in 1991, Fried Green Tomatoes stars Jessica Tandy and Kathy Bates. The scriptwriters were Fannie Flagg and director/producer Joe Avnet. The script received an Academy Award nomination for best screenplay based on material previously produced or published. The film was shot in Juliet, Georgia. It received rave reviews for its actors as well as its ability to portray multiple historic eras with authenticity. Fannie Flagg makes a cameo appearance as a teacher.
Fannie Flagg narrated the work for an audio edition in 1992. She received a Grammy Award for her recording of Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café.
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What Do I Read Next?
Flagg's latest novel, Welcome to the World Baby Girl! (1998), is a long way from Whistle Stop. The novel tells the story of Dena Norstrom who makes it big in New York. On the way, Dena achieves an ulcer, a psychologist, and ethics.
Flagg's first novel was reissued as Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man in 1992. The novel tells about the misadventures of twelve-year-old Daisy Fay in the Mississippi Gulf Coast region of the 1950s.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Bastard Out of Carolina, by Dorothy Allison, tells the tale of another Southern family with experiences very different from the Threadgoodes. The story centers on the coming of age of Ruth "Bone" Boatwright.
Published in 1982, and winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1983, Alice Walker's The Color Purple tells the story of an abused woman who finally becomes self-empowered. This feminist novel is praised for its character depth and depiction of black vernacular.
The 1985 novel by radio comedian Garrison Keillor tells the complete story of that special Norwegian utopia. Lake Wobegone Days mythologizes Minnesota in a quaint, and ironic, manner. Keillor's audio recording of the novel won a Grammy Award.
The most famous novel by one of the best contemporary black authors is The
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Bibliography (Identities & Issues in Literature)
Suggested Readings
Steinberg, Sybil. Review of Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe, by Fannie Flagg. Publishers Weekly 232 (August 28, 1987): 64.
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Bibliography and Further Reading
Carolyn Banks, "Down-Home News & Blues," in The Washington Post, October 5, 1987, p. B10.
Erica Bauermeister, Jesse Larson, and Holly Smith, in 500 Great Books by Women: A Reader's Guide, Penguin USA, 1995.
Jack Butler, "Love with Reticence and Recipes," in The New York Times, October 18, 1987, p. 14.
Gayle Kidder, "Flagg Writes about Real South," in The San Diego Union-Tribune, November 12, 1987, p. C-1.
Orlando Ramirez, "Flagg Displays Depth, Intellect in Café," in The San Diego Union-Tribune, January 15, 1988, p. C-3.
Carolyn See, "Book Review; Fannie Flagg Offers Tale Full of Nostalgia," in The Los Angeles Times, September 28, 1987, p. 4.
Samuel S. Vaughan, in A Conversation with Fannie Flagg, Ballantine Reader's Circle, 1998, http://www.random-house.com/BB/readerscircle/flagg/excerptguide.html.
For Further Study
Bruce Bibby, in Premiere, February 1992, pp. 33—4.
In this interview Flagg discusses the female characters in her book.
Rosellen Brown, "Why Audiences Hunger for 'Fried Green Tomatoes,'" New York Times Current Events Edition, April 19, 1992, p. 2.
This article explores the theme of friendship in the novel, praising its depiction of "real women who band together in an unspoken conspiracy of affection."
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This report responds to a recommendation of the 2006 ARL Task Force on the Future of Preservation in ARL Libraries. The task force encouraged ARL to conduct a high-level investigation of the range and balance of preservation activities represented among the ARL membership. The report is a thoughtful and thorough qualitative examination of how research libraries' preservation activities are evolving and expanding in the 21st century. It not only consideres activities traditionally captured by ARL's Preservation Statistics, but also a host of emerging activities largely, but not exclusively, centered on developing digital collections and involving collaborative efforts.
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On the day Christopher Dorner was fired from the Los Angeles Police Department, officials took the unusual step of summoning armed guards to stand watch at his disciplinary hearing downtown.
Those present were nervous that Dorner might do something rash when he learned that he was being stripped of his badge. He was a hulking, muscled man and his body language left no doubt about the anger seething out of him.
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That day four years ago, authorities now allege, was the start of a free fall into despair and deadly violence for Dorner. Police say the 33-year-old ex-cop killed three people and injured others on a campaign to exact revenge against those he blamed for his downfall.
Friends and acquaintances who knew Dorner before he became a police officer struggled to reconcile the person they remembered with the image of the deeply disturbed man that emerged Thursday from a rambling manifesto that authorities said was published on what they believe is Dorner's Facebook page. The manifesto portrays Dorner as having no choice but to kill in order to reclaim his destroyed reputation.
"I am a man who has lost complete faith in the system, when the system betrayed, slandered and libeled me," the manifesto states.
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Born in New York state, Dorner grew up in Southern California with his mother and at least one sister, according to public records and claims in the manifesto.
Dorner felt isolated growing up as one of the few African American children in the neighborhoods where he lived and was the victim of racism, according to the manifesto. "My first recollection of racism was in the first grade," Dorner allegedly wrote, recalling a fellow student at Norwalk Christian School who called him a racial slur. Dorner said he responded "fast and hard," punching and kicking the student.
It was an early, telling illustration of a notion Dorner returned to repeatedly throughout his life — that he was a victim, often wronged by others, records show.
As a teenager in La Palma, Dorner joined the Police Department's youth program, and decided to pursue a career in law enforcement.
Dorner went on to enroll at Southern Utah University, where he joined the school's football team and was befriended by a teammate, Jamie Usera.
Usera, who grew up in Alaska, said he and Dorner bonded over the feelings of culture shock that came with being outsiders on the predominantly white, Mormon campus.
Usera said he introduced Dorner to hunting and other outdoor sports. "He was a typical guy," he said. "I liked him an awful lot. Nothing about him struck me as violent or irrational in any way. He was opinionated, but always seemed level-headed."
Dorner often brought up race issues and the two had heated, but respectful arguments about the extent of racism in the country, Usera said. "Of all the people I hung out with in college, he is the last guy I would have expected to be in this kind of situation."
Neil Gardner, an assistant athletic director, knew Dorner through football and echoed Usera, saying Dorner was "never a disgruntled guy."
Dorner graduated in 2001 with a degree in political science and, soon after, enlisted in the Navy. Over the next several years, military records indicate Dorner received extensive combat and counter-terrorism training and earned commendations for his marksmanship with rifles and pistols.
In 2005, while still enlisted in the military, Dorner applied to the LAPD and earned a spot in one of the department's training academy classes. An officer in Dorner's class who asked not to be identified because he is not authorized to discuss the case, recalled Dorner as "one of our problem children" who frequently pushed the bounds of authority .
A few days into training, the recruits were explicitly told to only wear white or black shoes for a conditioning run, the officer said. Dorner, however, showed up in bright neon sneakers. "He thought he knew it all, that rules just kind of didn't apply to him," the officer said. "He was not a team player."


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It's a great time to be Herman Frank these days. His work as one of the twin guitarists in Accept has led to two critically exceptional albums in recent years- plus a blitzkrieg of sold out touring and festival escapades in all four corners of the globe. In 2009 his "Loyal To None" solo record also received accolades, a fine piece traditional power metal and hard rock where he got the chance to flex his songwriting and outstanding run ability. "Right In The Guts" features a shift in members, with only Running Wild bassist Peter Pichl remaining from the previous album- Herman recruiting second guitarist Mamalitsidis Cristos, drummer Michael Wolpers and veteran vocalist Rick Altzi (At Vance, Thunderstone, Sandalinas) to record these 13 tracks.
It's as if Herman is taking cues from his main bread and butter act when it comes to songs like "Roaring Thunder", "So They Run" and the mid-tempo stomper "Hell Isn't Far"- they all feature an immediacy in terms of either a guitar hook or comfortable vocal melody that provides instant connection with the classic tenets of heavy metal. Rick plays to his 70's hard rock pioneers in terms of how he approaches the material- Mike Di Meo, David Coverdale and Tony Martin would be three similar singers to compare his phrasing and power through the pedal to the metal material like "Ivory Gate" next to a more comfortable epic march through "Kings Call". Michael Wolpers keeps the double bass chops free flowing, giving a song like "Vengeance" a more exotic flavoring especially with the tricky introduction but he also proves he's just as able to keep a simpler, steady 4/4 groove in a more emotional number like "Falling To Pieces".
Normally I would say 53 minutes of an album contains at least one or two average to below average fillers- not the case with "Right In The Guts". Herman keeps his eyes on flattening the competition with thick, juicy riffs and songs that make you cheer, clap, whip your head around and clamor for more. Let's hope some touring action kicks in at some point for this solo band- the material is too good not to be heard by tens of thousands in unison.
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The numbers that are in the beginning of the beer can descriptions:These numbers are the book numbers. The first and always used numbers at the beginning are from United States Beer Cans (USBC) Vol. I or Vol. II printed by the Brewery Collectibles Club of America (BCCA). Volume 1 covers flat tops and cone tops. Volume 2 covers self-opening cans or pull tabs (the more recent ones). You'll notice some of the cans have a second book number that I begin with "OI" (OI stands for opening instructions). These are for "instructional" flat tops or flat tops that have instructions on them on how to open the cans. When the flat top cans first came out around 1935, there was no tab to pull off. Drinkers had to use a churchkey opener to punch a hole in the flat top. The earlier flat tops included instructions on the cans on how to punch this hole. There was a separate volume of books published by Kevin Lilek just for instructional flat tops. This book is called United States Beer Cans with Opening Instructions. It includes a separate page for every tiny variation of just about every instructional can and has become a standard reference for these instructionals. Let's take an example of an instructional can that would have both book numbers. Take a look at your lot number 393 113-11 is from the USBC Vol. I. This can would be found on page 113 and it would be the 11th can on that page. It also would be found on page 671 of the USBC with Opening Instructions by Lilek.
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A number of the reverse painted glass signs in the sale were purportedly found circa 1975 to 1981 in Chicago in The Western Sand Blast Mfg. Co. building upon it's sale and transfer to a new owner. An individual named Tony Kottmeier recovered these beautiful examples of chipped glass and embossed signs. All of the signs were discovered unfinished without paint, or silver or gold leaf decoration. Tony knew folks who could complete the process, did so with most of the find, and offered them to collectors in the condition you now see them. In addition to beer related signs, many other product categories were also in the same factory find. Some of the exact signs offered in this sale are featured in early Western Sand Blast catalogs as examples of the work they would do shortly after the turn of the century. These heavy signs, many with beveled edges, are wonderful examples of an art form rarely found today. All signs believed to have come from this find are lots 157, 167, 168, 330, 331, 339, 343,5 07, 520, 521,5 22, 690, 698, 957, 968, 1144, 1310, 1320,1 483, 1495, 1644, 1645, 1652,1 789
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Animal hoarders can be overwhelmed caregivers, rescuers or sociopaths. Go inside their minds and learn what to do if you suspect hoarding.
Just how long Barbara Onderdonk had been hoarding Shetland sheepdogs is unknown. What is known is that she stored dogs like throwaway clothing in her garage in Buncombe County, N.C., and that ultimately, it was someone from her local animal hospital who turned her in.
According to court records, an unnamed veterinary hospital employee contacted the Asheville Humane Society after treating one of Onderdonk's dogs that was "malnourished, dehydrated, severely underweight, anemic and had died." After visiting the premises, animal control officers removed 25 dogs and two cats from the woman's care. Most of the dogs were found in the garage, where they lived in carriers and crates stacked one on top of the other and were caked with feces.
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Hi-Qua Alpha Flying Clamps Shootout!
Upon recieiving my Alpha Revo, I also got a complimentary pair of Alpha flying clamps. My friend has these from his Alpha Shuttle Express and we always assumed they were the same although we never ever compared them side by side. Upon closer inspection, there are some significant differences.
The paintjob and finish on the Hi-Qua's are of top-notch quality. Every bit of metal is sanded to near perfection. Alpha's look similar from far but the paintjob is a little rough in some areas and the metal work is a little rough around the edges.
If I'm not wrong, the Hi-Qua's are made of aluminum while the Alpha's are made of steel. The Alpha's feel about twice as heavy as the Hi-Qua's.
This is the big one. The springs on the Alpha's are significantly stronger. You can see it has tighter coils, and the spring is a little thicker.
The Hi-Qua's have rounded teeth in the middle where the Alpha does not. I'm not sure if this makes much difference. I would consider it an advantage because it may be better for the strings.
I'm not sure how much the Alpha's are but the price is about the same, at most they are no more than 5 USD apart (each), however some stores offer free shipping for the Hi-Qua's, so it edges out slightly.
I think if you use 4 of these, either one is probably sufficient, however if you only use 2, or you're one of the high-tension maniacs then I would definitely go for the Alpha. The price difference here is insignificant in my eyes.
Edit: Pictures are here, sorry it's late and I have lots of school work but I decided I wanted to share this first so I only have time to give you this link.
http://www.putfile.com/fishmilk/images/92910Last edited by fishmilk; 03-21-2007 at 02:24 AM.
Thanks for the review.
Caveat: too stiff a spring may not be a good thing as it could hurt/cut into the string. Please check on this.
True, I never thought about that although I'll assume it'll be fine since my friend has used it for years.
I have my reel of Hi-Qua lying around and I clamped it with my Alpha flying clamp. I even pressed on the sides a bit. The string is not flattened. You can't really see any damage with the naked eye although if you ran your fingers you could slightly tell where the string was clamped. I think it'll be fine since this is with my added pressure. During regular use I don't imagine any problems.
glad to hear your feed back Maestro Fish... I'll keep this in mind, i ended up buying HQ clamps as i was unsure of performance of other brands...
Anyone have any experience with the gamma clamp?
Or I suppose from what I've read, most people are using the yy, & HQ clamps...
edit: spellingLast edited by Kelvin; 03-21-2007 at 05:33 AM.
03-21-2007, 05:42 AM #5Originally Posted by Kelvin
Maestro? No I'm not worthy of such title... thank-you.
It's true the Hi-Qua clamp is much better than any other flying clamp (other than Alpha) but the disadvantage of it, is that it doesn't always fit everywhere. I never feel comfortable stringing the mains of a Nano/AT800 with it, I feel it's much better to use a fixed clamp (or the old Laserfibre flying clamps, these work amazing for tha big gap. Also near the top and bottom of the crosses things get quite tight as well (it also depends on your machine but it should be a bit cramped regardless.
For regular use they are top notch though.
03-21-2007, 09:54 AM #7Originally Posted by fishmilk
I'll let you know in about 8 hours time.
03-21-2007, 11:03 PM #9Originally Posted by DinkAlot
03-21-2007, 11:07 PM #10Originally Posted by LazyBuddy
I sold all four of my Yonex clamps and now use Hi-Qua exclusively.
03-21-2007, 11:08 PM #11Originally Posted by fishmilk
Definitely agree. HQ clamps worst nightmare is when u have larger gap in between strings. Personally, I feel the problem is more significant when doing the crosses than the mains.
03-21-2007, 11:10 PM #12Originally Posted by DinkAlot
Now days, I use HQ for mains (beises the last mains) and Yonex for crosses. I use 3 clamps (2 HQ and 3 Yonex) to do the work at once.
03-21-2007, 11:13 PM #13Originally Posted by LazyBuddy
Never tried Yonex ones, how does it do when stringing at higher tensions?
alrighty, i caved, and bought 4 HQ flying clamps
when i ordered my gamma machine, they threw in a gamma flying badminton clamp for free...
not sure, if that's good or bad lol.
since i'm getting back into things, i figured it would be nice to string my own equipment again just ended up buying the cheapo 602 progression FC dropweight... i'm used to using crank for speed... so going back to what i learned on will be an interesting feeling lol I'm sure i'll become impatient eventually... oh well.
yes! tell us more about your observation on the crosses using the yy flying clamp... I'm sure in the long run it wont make a difference, since all of us seem to be so darn meticulous with our stringing
Any word on squishage (new word ) or slippage of strings, using the alpha clamps yet?
I'm just curious
03-22-2007, 02:21 AM #16Originally Posted by Kelvin
If I spend an extra 10-15 minutes, it's about 95-100/100 points. For me, it's not worth it when I know the string is going to break within a few days.
I've been stringing at 24/26lbs with just the Alpha and notice no slipping. I will try to test their limits tomorrow.
Congrats on coming back to the stringing world. The Gamma is no cheapo, unless you mean it was second hand. Personally I'd go with Alpha for the price and linear gripper but no biggie at all. Gamma has better mounts I think. The only thing I really dislike about dropweights is pre-stringing, other than that I really don't have much problems with them. Speed comes with experience. My coach can string in 25 minutes with a dropweight and fixed clamps like your machine.
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