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This programme enables you to study development with a specific focus on poverty and inequality, both key aspects of current development policy discourse. Issues examined include: definitions and indicators of poverty, inequality and development; causes of poverty and inequality; poverty reduction strategies; cross-cutting issues such as gender and conflict; practical policy, programme and research skills.
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This programme enables you to study development with a specific focus on poverty and inequality, both key aspects of current development policy discourse. Issues examined include: definitions and indicators of poverty, inequality and development; causes of poverty and inequality; poverty reduction strategies; cross-cutting issues such as gender and conflict; practical policy, programme and research skills.
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Gain first-hand experience of development concepts plus valuable work experience without additional costs. This Masters degree enable students either to carry out individual fieldwork in a country and on a topic of their choice or to take part in an organised study visit. Funding for this overseas study is included in the programme fee.
In the School of Government and Society we offer much more than a degree. As a student here, whether undergraduate or postgraduate, you have the opportunity to take part in a wide range of events, with some or all of the costs paid for by the School.
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Examples of objects not in free fall:
This case, which applies to skydivers, parachutists, or any bodies with Reynolds number well above the critical Reynolds number, has a solution
where the terminal speed is given by
In World War II there were several reports of military aircrew surviving long falls: Nick Alkemade, Alan Magee, and I.M.Chisov all fell at least 5,500 meters and survived.
Freefall is not to be confused with individuals who survive instances of various degrees of controlled flight into terrain. Such impact forces affecting these instances of survival, differ from the forces which are characterized by free fall.
It was reported that two of the victims of the Lockerbie bombing survived for a brief period after hitting the ground (with the forward nose section fuselage in freefall mode), but died from their injuries before help arrived.
According to the Guinness book of records, Eugene Andreev (USSR) holds the official FAI record for the longest free-fall parachute jump after falling for 80,380 ft (24,500 m) from an altitude of 83,523 ft (25,457 m) near the city of Saratov, Russia on November 1, 1962. Andreev did not use a drogue chute during his jump.
Captain Kittinger was then assigned to the Aerospace Medical Research Laboratories at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio. For Project Excelsior (meaning "ever upward", a name given to the project by Colonel John Stapp), as part of research into high altitude bailout, he made a series of three parachute jumps wearing a pressurized suit, from a helium balloon with an open gondola.
The first, from 76,400 feet (23,287 m) in November, 1959 was a near tragedy when an equipment malfunction caused him to lose consciousness, but the automatic parachute saved him (he went into a flat spin at a rotational velocity of 120 rpm; the g-force at his extremities was calculated to be over 22 times that of gravity, setting another record). Three weeks later he jumped again from 74,700 feet (22,769 m). For that return jump Kittinger was awarded the Leo Stevens parachute medal.
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It was early in the morning on October 15, 1976 when I pulled into a parking place right on University Drive next to the First Presbyterian Church and facing me was Edna's Dress Shop, and "Jesebel!"
I had come that day to paint the portrait of a mannequin which is model of a human figure, an artist's lay (figure) of a dummy for the display of clothes. A mannequin is usually a woman... "dummy," and occasionally a man... "dummy".
I always wondered why a woman mannequin was referred to as a "man," so I decided to make up a word, and call her, "a wo-mannequin!" I did not destroy the entire word, but letŌĆÖs just say, "I added the first two letters of ŌĆśwoman,ŌĆÖ and maybe sorta of created a more fitting name for a ŌĆślady.ŌĆÖŌĆØ Agree?
A dress-maker or a costumier uses a "wo-mannequin" to display clothes by the "wo-mannequin" wearing his or her creations and thus the "wo-mannequin" becomes a model for the designer of very stylish clothes for women or for a person who is creating a certain costume for maybe for a Broadway production in New York.
If you personally know me... just acquainted with me... know I LOVE ŌĆ£wo-manequins!ŌĆØ Dottie sits right by our front door of our family home at 501 Louisville Street, and she is joined by Mollie Golly, her five year old granddaughter.
During the day time and especially at night time, glance upwards towards the up-stairs/ art studio and look into the bay window above the front door, and you will spot...standing "Mallie" who is seven years old. She is peering and looking down on you as she is looking intently for the yellow school bus to come by and stop for her to take her on to Sudduth School for her first day of first grade! In her hands she has her first grade reader with the characters of Dick, Jane, and "Spot."
Before you get to the top of the upstairs art/studio you will pass on the landing, "Tiey" is a fancy lady who is standing tall and serene all dressed up in my daddy's old ties. Her shirt is made of his old ties, a sport's coat is made of his old ties, and even a hat was designed and made from daddy's old ties. I wore this outfit once at an art show at the Starkville Public Library.
When you enter the downstairs art studio, you will find two sitting "wo-mannequins." One is sitting in an antique black rocking chair and the other in a fine straight back chair by a table. The one in the rocking chair is named, "You Go Girl," and the cute lady in the straight back chair is named, "You Got It Going On." These two ladies are dressed very arty and are literally covered up with accessories of bows, hats, scarfs, jewelry, and things of every description that seem to be very, very colorful!
Six "wo-mannequinsŌĆØ share our family home with Frank and myself! You could say, each one is a special part of "our family!"
Frank says when those six "wo-mannequins" start walking and talking, especially at night, he might just have to leave! So far, they have all remained exactly in their very spots where they each live! Three are standing "wo-mannequins" and three are sitting "wo-mannequins."
I began to unpack my art supplies for the day ahead of me to use as I began to pop up both my standing easel and colorful umbrella to protect me from the sun that day as well as keep the glare off the white canvas that I would be using for the special portrait I was about to begin to sketch. I had everything I needed for my "outdoor art studio!"
There stood "Jesebel!" Just the name, "Jesebel" tells us she was a Hebrew princess in the Holy Bible in the book of Kings. She did look just like a 1976 real "princess" too!
This fine ladies dress shop was owned and operated by a very "spunky" and very fine lady herself, Mrs. Edna Eaves Daniels. She was married to Ivy Griffin Daniels who was simply called, "Big-Um" Daniels, and went by the initials of I. G. Daniels in the Starkville Telephone Book. They both were born and grew up in our near by town, Shuqualak, just outside of Macon, in Noxubee County.
I knew them as my classmate, Buddy Daniels' fun...happy parents.... loveable and likeable people and parents as well. Edna had worked for several years for another fine dress store owner, Evelyn Rossoff, and her dress store was called Rossoff's. When Evelyn closed her store, Edna Daniels decided to put in her own dress shop next to and in the same building as our Mississippi Valley Gas Company.
Bill Geiger was the manager of this gas company at this time. Since they were side by side to each other, they shared the same bathroom facilities as well as the coffee pot each day during working hours.
Edna simply named her new store, Edna's Dress Shop, and she catered to middle and older aged women as well as younger ladies too. She carried the fine Henry Lee Brand of clothes and Miss Elaine Lingerie brand of ladies underwear and night clothes. She especially had a great selection of costume jewelry. In fact, a lady could just about find anything she so desired down at Edna's!
Several other great ladies assisted Edna in her business. They did not just work for her everyday during regular hours, but they worked with her and each one had so much fun greeting, chatting, and selling all of "us" ladies, clothes, lingerie, jewelry, and everything else we wanted to look "spiffy" and "good-looing" for our special events and occasions that we all attended around Starkville, and Mississippi State University.
Several special ladies who got the opportunity to work right besides Edna for years were Polly Bryan, who was my best friend's motherŌĆö Patsy Bryan Stuart and also the mother of Sherriff Dolph Bryan.
I grew up with all the Bryan children, Patsy, Dolph, Carolyn Sue and Bill Bryan, and we use to have so much fun playing together...Patsy and I were grammer school and high school classmates, and I ask Patsy, "do you remember your Mother working at Edna's?"
"Oh, yes, and Moma really loved working there at this dress shop!"
I called and spoke with two other ladies, Joy Kilpatrick and Dora Williams, and they said exactly the same thing..."we loved Edna and Edna's Dress Shop, and it was an absolute joy to be there with her and so much fun too!"
Several others who have gone on to heaven who worked at Edna's were: Miss Madona Cook, and Lou Adams, another school class mate of mine, and Nelda Thompson.
It was fun to go inside to see and visit all these ladies including Edna herself. You could say Edna established a spot, a hub of Starkville on that corner next to the First Presbyterian Church to merely just drop by to visit and see her latest fashions she might have just unpacked for all of us to maybe purchase and have to wear that was really "up-town" fashionable for Starkville, and would be just perfect to wear to church on Sunday when we really dressed up!
Come and go with me back 34 years ago to the year of 1976, and letŌĆÖs really peer into the front window of Edna's Dress Shop and take a look at "Jesebel."
Look at her blue eyes and her tilted head. She looks very serene and does she not look like a real "princess," maybe even like "Queen Elizabeth" of England herself? It was the autumn of the year so Edna and "her ladies," more like partners...had together dressed "Jesebel" in the perfect fall brown outfit. She has on a dark brown dress, a matching brown jacket there is some color in the bottom of the sleeves of the cute "Boxer Jacket" ŌĆö colors of red, green, and white. She had a matching scarf in one of her hands...red at the bottom of the jacket too. The scarf she is holding is matching perfectly the slight design in the brown jacket. She has on the perfect necklace to add just the right touch.
Look at her hair do? Her hair is blond and her bangs are slightly covering her forehead, and this style is shoulder length and slightly "puffy," "teased" hair style of the 70's!
To the left, see another bigger and longer coat maybe with the traditional "turtle neck" sweater or high neck blouse and around the neck are two stands of larger, clunky beads. Right in front of "Jesebel'sŌĆØ left leg is a display of another necklace for sale again in the brown color of beads.
As we look into the window we can see to the right through sort of iron grill work, a clothes rack filled with "tempting to buy" dresses of red, blue, and yellow...and there is a heavy-looking plaid coat of navy blue and white checks in the far distance hanging on that clothes rack.
The pretty blue from the outside sky or maybe it is the blue walls inside compliment the color of brown that these ladies chose for "Jesebel" to be "sporting" for fall this year of 1976. She is in "high cotton" fashion. And I just bet that each piece that "Jesebel" is wearing, including her lingerie, is 100 percent cotton! After all, down here in the South, we "love" our cotton clothes!
You can see that this is a showcase window as the sun light cast its own slanted sun rays across and side ways of the window itself. These sun rays were perfectly falling across the big glass window just as pretty tilted face of "Jesebel" which takes you, the viewer of her portrait, until you get to the features of the face of this portrait!
I finished painting that day, signed my full name, dated it, and titled it. Packed up my car again to head back home to my own family that late afternoon. As I was backing out of my parking lot, I looked back, and I saw ...how very beautiful "Jesebel" really looked that day.


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In 1972, St. Edward's was one of the first four schools chosen to host CAMP, a federal program that provides the children of migrant and seasonal farm workers with access to higher education. The U.S. Department of Education contributes significant financial support for the 35 freshmen who enter CAMP at St. Edward's each year. After a CAMP student's freshmen year, St. Edward's goes above and beyond many other CAMP programs by promising full tuition support through graduation to students making satisfactory academic progress.
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Haunted Star Wars
"Mama? I fixed the Halloween haunted house decoration to make it really scary with bad guys. Now it looks good and scary and everything. Oh, and Han Solo is there too so there's a good guy. And me, I am also good."
"Yes, you are."
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Why do I never get tired of this? Please Bob, stay 4 forever. . . .ReplyDelete
How on earth are we going to cope when he grows up??ReplyDelete
Great decorating by Bob :-)
I had to click over to a close up of this to check out all the details.ReplyDelete
Great Job Bob! x0 N2
I feel safer already knowing that Harrison Ford is there to ward off the goblins.ReplyDelete
Is Bob Rosenberg ever not good? Please tell me that once in a while a little demon takes over that boy and he does something...anything...which is a tiny bit evil.ReplyDelete
Oh, Bob. You are soooo good.ReplyDelete
Now it is perfect:)ReplyDelete
Wow, that's VERY scary!ReplyDelete
I agree with DG. I would be WAY too scary without Han Solo. :) Very smart of Bob to make sure it was a not too scary haunted house.ReplyDelete
- Ilene WaterstoneOctober 19, 2010 at 8:59 AM
Bob, when you are good, you are very very good. And delicious.ReplyDelete
Bob: The house is the least scary part of that decoration. Holy Moly, if I were Han, I'd be pretty scared. Not that I'd admit that, of course.ReplyDelete
If Han Solo and Bob are there, everything will be all right in the world.ReplyDelete
amazing!!! this will have my smiling the rest of the day :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 20, 2010 at 12:04 AM
ms. moon. have you read the post where bob warns his mother that he might throw a tantrum? does that count as evil?ReplyDelete
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I've been reading your blog for a while! It's been really interesting to read as I have a 3yr old little boy myself.
I've been trying to get him in to the idea of Star Wars, and he's come to the conclusion that he likes it (having never watched it), that it's my favourite, and that he loves Lightsabers.
I've told him I'm dressing up as a Jedi for Hallowe'en, which he thinks is cool, and when I asked him what he wanted to dress up as I got the following list... (in order)
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Then he decided I was going to be a drawer. A drawer that has an arm to hold my lightsaber.
While he was telling me all of this I was thinking of your blog!
Please...don't let him grow up.ReplyDelete
My heart couldn't stand it...
Please tell me that Bob is going to be Han Solo for Halloween.ReplyDelete
Han Solo <3333ReplyDelete
I should re-watch Star Wars, even if it's just to stare at him.
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Rachel McAdams and Michael SheenThey've been dating for almost two years. Could a proposal be in their future? We hope so – Rachel will make a gorgeous bride!
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Kim Kardashian and Kanye WestWe know Kim Kardashian is technically still married, but we have no reason to think that that would stop this reality star from another proposal!
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But as Sparhawk and his allies - who include Sephrenia, the ageless sorceress, and Flute, the strange and powerful girl-child - seek to save Ehlana and the land, they discover that the evil is even greater and more pervasive than they had feared.
Listen to another gem in David Edding's Elenium series.
©1989 David Eddings; (P)2008 Audible, Inc.
"[A] graceful, fluid style of storytelling." (Publishers Weekly)
"[Eddings] draws once more on his particular strengths, combining heroic yet humorous characters with exotic settings and tangled politics to create a fast-moving fantasy that will appeal to his large readership." (Library Journal)
I'm not blind drunk, I'm just blind.
"Quirky pronunciations but overall a worthy job."
I read the Elenium and Tamuli serieses back in 1996 when I was sixteen. I'd just finished reading the Belgariad and Malloreon novels earlier that spring, so I was slightly disappointed that the Elenium and its sequel series took a different turn. But the humor found in what has become one of if not my absolute favorite fantasy serieses continues in the Elenium universe. The Elenium tells the story of Sir Sparhawk, a member of an order of knights known as the Pandions, soldiers of the church of the Elene God, a deity similar in many ways to the Christian god. His worshippers often behave in similar ways as well, right down to the inflexibility and intolerance of other religions that some Christian fundamentalists display. The Pandion Knights, however, as well as the three other Militant Orders of the Church, are exempt from certain restrictions of Church law, such as the prohibition against the practice of magic.
Sparhawk, having just returned from a ten-year exile from Elenia, comes home to a much-changed kingdom. King Aldreas is dead, seemingly killed by the Falling Sickness, and his daughter, the strong-willed Queen Ehlana, is suffering from a fatal disease and being sustained by powerful Styric magic while the search for a cure is undertaken. But now the kingdom is being run by the corrupt Primate Annias, who seeks dominion of the Elene church. It soon becomes apparent, however, that something far more sinister than ordinary politics is at work.
Greg Abby's narration is very well-done, although I did notice that he tended to mispronounce some fairly common words such as Impudent or Hexagonal. His voice, however, reminds me of a combination of those of actors Neil Dickson and Lex Lang. In short, very well-done aside from the quirky pronunciations. He does manage to give life to the many characters in the story. When humor is called for he manages to pull it off quite nicely. In short I'm glad I bought the series.
"Surprise book"
The first part was slow and I thought for sure this book was a dud, but when Sparhawk's friends enter the story they liven it up. I am very picky about my fantasy stories and this is one that has made my list. I would recommend it to anyone looking for a good book.
"Could have been"
Probably not. The story line is pretty good, but it was hard listening because of the reader. I think it could have been good, with a good reader.
The narrators timing, emphasis and inflection were all wrong. I found it so irritating to listen to that I had to stop listening several times. I wouldn't normally bother finishing a book with a reader like this, but the story had potential and then, I had already listened to all of my downloaded books and had to wait for my new credits. I won't be listening to the rest of the series!
"mispronounciations make the book unlistenable"
I've enjoyed Eddings' Belgariad and Malorean, so I thought I'd like this trilogy. So far, it's typical Eddings, with a bit more convoluted politics, and a fairly slow leadup to the main quest part of the story. The narrator, however, ruins whatever enjoyment I'd have, however. He's limited, and recognizes his limitations, doesn't try to voices, for example. But his mispronunciations are making the book unlistenable. One word, in particular, is "hierarchy" - it's used a lot in the book, and the narrator consistently massacres it, which jerks me out of the story every time he hits the word. I'm not sure I'm going to continue on with the trilogy because of this.
i am an avid reader and if i could, i'd read constantly; however, this would interfere with work ... enter: audiobooks! my addiction is fed!
"amazing book, terrible narrator ..."
enjoyable, fun, memorable
sparhawk ... i've always felt an affinity for him growing up as a kid ... i wanted to be a hero just like sparhawk and i think some of that fascination with him has held up over the years ...
the narrator made the main character, sparhawk--whom i've always assumed was gruff and swarthy--sound like a bad impression of keanu reeves from "point break" ... i kept waiting for sparhawk to whip out a surfboard halfway through the story ...
sometimes i groaned loudly in dismay when the narrator made one of my favorite characters growing up sound like a braindead & weak surfer dude ...
perhaps the narrators should read the book first themselves to get an idea of what type of person certain characters are (at the VERY least the main character) ... the narrator made sparhawk sound weak and unintelligent ... *gameshow buzzer*
I like scifi and urban fantasy. I don't like romance novels. If you are the same my reviews should help.
"My favorite Eddings Series"
Opinions varied on David Eddings throughout his life, but I really like this series. Yes, his work is derivative but he is good at following the formula he developed. This serues was more gritty and mature than the Belgariad and Mallorean. I read this series as a young adult and was pleased to find that it holds up just as well in audio format.
Maybe I am in the minority but I had no problems with the narrarator and really liked this novel . Eddings did tend to write more for young adults (basically the J.K. rowling of my childhood) which is good because I was able to listen to a book I loved as a child with my daughter who is about the same age. After listening to the series with me she made me buy them in print and she read them repeatedly until the books fell apart. That is a pretty major endorsement.
This one is definitely worth a credit.
"Love the book, not the narrator"
I love these books. They are great, classic fantasy. I red them years ago and was thrilled to see the audio release. But the narrator leaves a lot to be desired. He mispronounces many words, like impudent and hexagonal, and unfortunately those words and others he butchers, are in the story a lot. He seems only to have a few voices, and his street slang american accent just did not work for me. The stories are worth it, but I hope the next series has a different narrator.
"Boring Book"
The plot moved slow and I struggled to stay interested the entire story. The ending was left wide open for a sequel, but I have no interest in continuing the series.
"good listen"
All in all, i enjoyed this book. the narrator wasn't the best, but not bad either. i purchased the second book and i'm about half way through, so far so good.I am looking forward to listening to the 3rd book.
College student, Mom and Grandma.
"leaves you wanting to know how it will end"
This book was one that I couldn't be distracted with. You will miss key points if you are not paying attention. The book is very good, the characters are almost real. Can't wait to finish the next book. Will the princess be ok?
"Just say no !"
David Eddings books are really little more than generic fantasy, however this series is probably his best and I was hoping for some light bedtime listening.
However this reading is awful - not just delivered in a monotone with minimal character variation but a monopace whatever the situation - I gave up after the first hour. Basically it is the most unlistenable title I have ever downloaded in three years of Audible membership.
"Awful narration"
I don't usually write reviews but if I can prevent somebody making the mistake I did it would be worth it.
From the reviews I've read of the book I'm sure I'd enjoy the story, sadly the narration is so awful and monotonous that I just can't bring myself to listen to it.
I've now started listening for the 3rd time and think it's probably time I gave up on it altogether.
There are plenty of books on audible narrated really well, get them instead, or buy the book.
"Good story, shame about the reading"
Basic skills for a reader should include the ability to follow punctuation rather than insert random pauses and a basic grasp of english pronunciation; unfortunately this reader fails to meet these minimum requirements.
"Deserved Better"
As soon as i found that Audible had more David Eddings books they were on my wish list and I downloaded the first two parts. This is typical Eddings and deserves the criticism of being formula fantasy but it is enjoyable nontheless.
My dissapointment came when I heard the narrator Greg Abby. He keeps the pace going but that is obviously the extent of his tallents as a narrator. He has a similar voice to Frank Muller without the range. He makes no attempt to individualise each or indeed any of the characters. I am only grateful that he at least makes the women and children's voices a little higher even if they do sound like they have a bad cold. If you can live with all the characters sounding the same then this could be the one for you. I found it very irritating and wonder, if they auditioned for a narrator who they didn't pick.
"Cowboy Knights"
Greg Abby has the ability to impersonate all the voices of Clint Eastwood, Clint Eastwood and Clint Eastwood in bringing alive the characters. Brings the excitement of a movie trailer voice-over to the rich world of the Elenium.
"Like stepping back in time :-)"
Having read this series many years ago I was delighted to find again the Hero Sparhawk. Good narration - I do wonder if some of the negative commenters were listening to the same story as I?. Enthralled to be taken away again on a journey. More please.
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More Than A Labor of Love: Organizing Home Care - Eileen Boris, UC-Santa Barbara
This talk looks at feminist understandings of care and work by looking at paid household workers, both housekeepers and those who tend elderly and disabled people as home aides. It argues that "hostile worlds" analysis, that care can't be done for money and still be care, is one factor that feeds into the low wages of those who earn their living through these labors of love. But the question remains, can that which is devalued be revalued by regarding care, already commodified or bought and sold, as employment or work? Who has the privilege to make that claim? In today's movement of domestic workers, led by immigrant women of color, we see an alternative discourse, "leading with love," that offers a social justice framework for caring labor.


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Tickets ar6 $5 each. $4-: forchildrBn:under.12.'8n'd all seatsnara reserved:'For tldratlhfdnii^ Cifljraiiis Ailicinpe 1 ^ Abandoned liouses A iHcitard : FREEPORT; A group of north east Freeport residents is uldng the Village Board to look into the issne of abandoned booses itt their com* QttoHy. Calling tlientselves the North East Freeixnt Gtizens Alliance, tliogroup — wliid) was organized several tnontlu ago as the Freeport cbtfiier of Gtizeos Alliance — attended the village Board of Tmstees*. ptibHc meeting Monday evening, .^ October 6, led by their chairman port of the general organization. Herbert Hughes and accom- . Vitoff said this included research vc Vitoffr-. a -paid—md-t^resoarce-persoa^Although-staff ibember. -'" • • - . - - • - -^- NYFIRG staff ~meml>ers helped The local Gtizens Alliance is researdi^e question of abandon-adiapterctfagioapwhichlspart ^ booses, for example. Vitoff To Drink" Gala FREEPOBT • The crowded res> taorant/Ioonge at the Freeport Recreation Ceatet was a tribute ' boUi to the talents of the famous jazz musicians and tbe ingemdty of Marion Harvie. director of the ViUageofFreeportfaAlcobcdaod - . Sobstance'Abus^. Center. rLast !: "yearf:JIarvie:li*d.-conb^ tW>". ..aaiMpt, 6f:i"It?8i^OK-Noti-Tq : .Drink.": She hadniacd it wM the V -= inuScal contribiit]oBa;,of'rMiuiaa;^ m45J}pntyJ(fdPirttMi4;«^'»^ FREEPORT - After more than two years of negotiations between the village and Cablevision, Freeport residents are dose to being able to switch on their television'sets and see such things as the Islandets* hockey games and almost-firstonin movies. By the end of tUs year~, or at the latest January. 198I;,thDse residents who live north (k the Long Island Railroad vrill be Me to purchase the service from Cablevision. The remainder of the' village win have the service avul-ableby, SeptembCT^198l.:.;; f, -"-' :<..CabIevisiMi"first presented its. :*-'pitch;'-to the viIIage7about two years'ago.and^' at tiiat^time,- the, Ing. the tnisteej discussed a memmandum they had received from" .i village,• .Superintendent of; Hdctric. Utilities^ Lou ::ldng^ • recpminendlng ai^tWal of Cables .yuiqn's latest proposal, x^ • _ [f[ •,-. JAccordingfi|o a: lettdriof^gree-' •y^.^y^-l^^rJ.W. ^. ^, . . , , . . . , _ " . , _ w, . "-,thbse . . . . , , _ tabl^'oti tb(6sJutte'po!es'isi&Sse;>^iii<»c^ .._^^J»oe8'*?*. used -by' Fre^?ort; Mtt^pai:: viHageelectricBnesr'^iV * l": - . _ * * * t ^ i i f S T " iSedridty. The vinii^ge maintain- :'." The boiid Mitimized Long: to bo^ne-cool^ goodies . ed that the. costs^ piweed-:withany:-:."niake ready -^ -JifjSf?"^^^-^'erttic lines.^:that w b ^ Soon:as^ pOKuble^--jn-as .caaBe.-'tea and close to cable lines, wbold have, to eluding the use of.his oiiplpyees be, borne by the Cablevision "~ ' ^"^ -•-.a— ••.^^^.- mn^, pany.'ate - and drank l a ^ pimdO and soda. The ^Tt'sOK.NotTo.Drink" ' party at ti>e Freeport Recreation Center/-Saturday-.oigbt; September 27, dippedaStk mondi of ' .(Cont. on Page'16) -' ~ '^Wiles^'Tp Be RedisoKMidb .JREEPOBT - FoDowing public bearings on two ordinances regahUhg air-suppotted sthic-tores, the Freeport Village Board -of-Trostees sent-the-matter-backi'^that-timerrhowever. of the New YaA Publiclnteresl Research Group, Inc. (NYPIRG)." Thi& unit held thor first public - meeting August 15 at the little Zioo Chnrdi (THE r LEADER,. Aug. 28. 1980. p . : 1). At that meeting, they elected: three temporary . officers: ! Chaitene : Russell, who had been acting as diairperson; Hughes and "Wayne -. Alezander.-Vit^, a NYPIRG staff, member, .explained rtfiis week, '.that'anptbier meefaig had Ixeen held sulxseqnentiy, on September 24. for meinbers only. At '".thal-meeting a new, slate of- "• temporary officers had been -litletied.- S«vnig with Hnghes "presoitly' are Linda Aduns, secretary, ^ and Thomas Ktts. memb^slup coordinator. NYFIRG's Citizens AIEance office is.^Massapeqna Park. Acovifing' to its Oteratnrei . di^itets are formed by a niom <rf25 dnes^paying membos in a cuniiiuinity. Does are S15 per - individual and S25 per. tMBoly, ,. unpally.. Ip, .retom for thior • dues,' t o o l units recdve the sup-said the faiitiatiye for thie issue came from the membership itself.; Appnmmatdy 25 persons . appeared Ui be" present mth Hughes. Several of them jdned him inezplaimng to the. board that they felt t h^ the abandoned . booses m the north east present a "hazard."-They had a firt of five of "the worst and most dangenns abandoned booses." and a Rst-of 55 "other hazardoos or poten-, tially. hazardoos -abandoned' hooses." .;'••• The five booses on wUch^tbe ip asked for immediate action' are at 61 GratEEng' Place, 15 Rodand Road, 332 Rntland Road. 149.Grand Aveme. and 118 Fredericks Avenue. Mayor William H. White explained tiiat in order to demolish these hoiises,' tbe vilbge has to bring legal action ia-'the State's' ' Supreme Court and - prove that stmctnral damage of ovier 60% exists. ' ' • I "We win lode at the hooses." .White- promised,^and-• '*get_ a \\.-; • (CentonPagd^Ye)-.' ' ': to village coohsel t o revise the wording of the proposed laws. At-the September 29th public hearing, resident Vtnce^ Greco of Beden Street had suggested tbat the way that the ordinance was written,, anycme could erect a "bubble" for just about any/osc anywhere in the village. While agredng ...with.- Greco's niaS - prnmse thatnse <rf a''"bubble"; should be Emited,'the board bad OEpIaiBed >:that.- the yillage's'.- bmlding code woo}d proUbit. . some of tbe iises wUcfa concerned' thereddeati !- l':';., V" .' <^ • Howiever,. agreong tliat the'°. proposed law was .too vagne. Hat, board ifid-suggotftiiat - v 3 1 ^. cbonse] reword it to.Omit:tBe 'StmctnreS:: to ' spccts-rdated fedfitJes, • .r , ' - . .' •The ordinance was designed fb -cover'the village's sooii-to4>e-; erected "bbbbfc''jover tbie Ree-port Recreatitm Center's ootdodr 'ice-skating rink. •---/.*'•; Published fai.tfais week's inoe of THE LEADER, tins new legal on airrsnpported'structures caR ; for pobBc hearings tci be held . - .Monday: nigbt; Octqba; 27^.8 pm, 'at^nUageHsQ. ,'.] rl , v l - •/ '.'.-, company. . . -; .^ In April of this year, > second' company: came ,<w the'< scieneJ: Cox' Cable CbmmnnicatiMiSr &>ci-made a prnentation to tbe village board, as.wen as to sever^ other vill|tges in Nassau. Cboiity.m an attetnpt to secure: sijnilar fran-chises.-., ".^.> ;,'.--/~^; ' ' Representatives of 4Cax stated their company woiild.either re-string the lines or "go underground" with the cabl«. There was no definite infoiinatioii at on overtime and/or :Saturtiay. vntb the assumption that Cable-visin would pay.the costs^ " : cMayOT WDiam H.WfcJte explained that he vras sure that the residents • of the village would like ' Cablevision "as soon : as possible." . - Deputy Mayor Dorothy Storm questioned when and.how Cable-vision would pay the costs. Wliite explained that the utilit>- • submits a monthly bill. and experience has shown that it. is —Ifflldi would be able to carry Islander games or other such high-interest sports programs. At this past Monday night's (October 6) village board roeet- MiqrarAppoinU* - ' New Committee . White appointed a seven member committee to . explore the .(Cont. on Page 8) A tALK ON BUSINESS. The Village ot Freeport'* Dtfector for Busir ness Development. Martin Silberg. vras a recent guest apeakar before the Freeport Chamber of Commerce. Welcoming him to the weekly Thunday lttnch<at Barrow's WateraEdga were (1* ^ c) Charles Mehrmann, the Otiamtser's PrograniChtirman and Associate Justice Qf the village; Chamber Praldent Liontf;Spco(py; ^llt>erg]; aild'Fioy. , <}aQetat0CCtHreiep>o(f>fitell' prbpeftyHEi4n>tf> amr Nasaao' County Obnw .mlsshxierofEcohbmh:Development.' .• .• • -'^'"- .
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Pete Rose is no longer the all-time hits leader. Well, according to Topps. It doesn't seem that like the baseball card company was only printing the biggest baseball card in the world to get a little pub, as they are actually changing history as well. ChicagoSideSports.com's Rob Harris has a keen eye to go along with his avid love of baseball cards. He was looking at the back of the new cards for 2013 and saw a new feature that is labeled "Career Chase." It's meant to show just how far off each an every player is from the career total of the record holders. It seems like all the totals are listed with who holds the career records, except for all-time hits,which is held by Pete Rose. Topps has taken it upon itself to omit Rose's name from the record, even though his baseball banishment happened well after his playing days. And even though Rose hasn't been elected to the Hall of Fame, wrongly, the museum still recognizes him as the record holder. On the back of each card, wedged between each player's personal information and his "Complete Major and Minor League Batting Record," there's a little line labeled [...]
Obviously Topps has no balls to play with! Taking lessons from the wrong political party!
Right on, will Topps now be doing that with half a dozen other records with those having used of PEDS ...? Wow, these folks at Topps have way to much time on their hands. Its a card for goodness sakes.
I am eliminating Topps cards from my household.
Seriously? The man legitimately achieved those records. Today, you have athletes using performance enhancing steroids to achieve their records. Let's make sure to acknowledge them. Personally, I don't care for what I know of Pete Rose, but as an athlete he was amazing! I disagree with this decision.
I have so many Topps cards that my son and I have collected over the last 50 years but there will be no more...be it what it is Pete Rose is still the all time hit leader and it will be there down fall
Wow, how sad. His gambling didn't affect any game he coached. This is unfortunate when you look at the Pro Football Hall of Fame and see all of the convicts who have been convicted of crimes such as wife beating, drug use and rape. (Lawrence Taylor)
Shame on you!This guy gave me more pleasure then and since he was was too harshly punished!
I'm so fed up with the politcal correctness that is ruining this country. The Topps decision is a perfect example. There are so many other athletes that use drugs, alledgedly rape women, use PED's, gamble in dog fighthing or just gamble, or live outragous life styles. For some reason they find redemption in the press and public opinion. The decision by Topps shows the imaturity of its leadership to fully understand what America's national past time (baseball) is all about. Sad day in baseball.
Absolutely idiotic! Pete Rose's accomplishments as a player have nothing to do with Pete Rose the coach. Baseball needs to forgive this and move on. Sure, they can keep him banned from being part of any of the organizations, but don't ban this guy from the hall and the records books! He was a tremendous player and his feats monumental....It's a shame that this part of Pete Rose is being erased...Shame on TOPPS!
That makes about as much sense as trying to eleminate G.W Bush as the 43rd.president,he is the top home run hitter.
Topp's needs to give it a rest. Back in the day Pete Rose was the man. A hitting machine. The credit and dues are his forever. After his playing days a little bet on the horse's, a golf game, etc. what is the harm. People get a grip...
Pete Rose is one player who played with more aggression than most players today for a less compensation.Take him off your cards ,Charlie Hustle made his mark ,can not take that away.
The guy is the best...You can't take anything away from him...
A record is a record...
It's like telling the Jury to "disregard that statement"...
PETE ROSE did more to help baseball than any player since he played the game . now you have players that think getting money is the most important reason to play. Anyway PETE ROSE deserves to have his baseball records to remain. barry bonds, sammy sosa,mark mcguire,any many more who also used drugs are the players that should have their records corrected if possible, or be removed. KEEP PETE ROSE'S RECORDS AS THEY ARE. TOPPS be careful of the consequences .
That's such a bunch of bull sh_t! Pete Rose did not kill anyone. He did not torture animals. He made a mistake plain and simple. He needs to be forgiven and given the chance to make ammends. If that dog murderer Michael Vick, who was charged, sentenced and served time in PRISON for the Cruel and sick acts he did and then gets rewarded with a multimillion dollar contract than WHY CAN'T PETE ROSE BE FORGIVEN????? Can someone please tell me????? Topps has lost my business forever.
Ridiculous!! I agree with all you. Why bother with Pete Rose when you have professional players cheating by using performance enhancing drugs. I think that is more serious than someone betting on them self. How can you keep their records in place when knowing drugs played an important part to their success. They should be banned from sports and they should have to pay back all the salary they had earned during those years. I love how A rod still has a contract and NY has to continue to pay him. I think if drugs were used, the contract should automatically be void. Money controls everything in Professional sports. So we'll never see any real punishment for cheating in sports. Could you imagine the MLB banning players for life like they did back in the day. They can't because if the league did it would only be taking money out of their pockets, I guess using PEDs is not consider a serious offense. lol
At least we know Pete Rose did it with his god given abilities and no one will ever be able to erase his accomplishments. Who cares if he gambled. I enjoyed watching him play baseball.
Screw you Topps! Get you priorities straight!
I think this is the reason why as a Baseball, Football and Basketball card collector I stayed and continue to stay away from any of the TOPPS Collectable cards. I'll just stick to Upper Deck, Bowman and Fleer whereever I can find them. TOPPS NO WAY!
Yes pete gambled, but he still hit the ball! Hes still a hall of famer to me.
I think it's about time that the Commissioner and the HOF crew reallize that what Pete Rose is accused of doing is not as bad as some of the players today that are taking muscle enhancement drugs. Come on. So, he gambled. What about some of the football players that shoot someone, beat their wives up, etc.????? They go off into the sunset as heroes. Mr. Rose earned he aoomplishments...he didn't need a drug to do it. When you saw him play, you witnessed someone putting his all into the game whether you liked the guy or not. How bad is that??? And, I certainly believe that Topps should not have taken away his records. Where do they get off?
Everything I have from TOPPS Will be elimanated, or Burned.
Topps, now you are at the Bottomm.
Topps, enough already..I guess I'll boycott Topps from now on because of thier inaccurate record keeping.
Give me a break Topps just sold me there last card.They allow all these roid heads to remain eligble for hall of fame,yet if you read how PETE actually gambled he placed all his bets at the beginning of the season and cashed out at the end.So there was no way he could have ever throw a game intentionally.YET all these lance armstrong roid and drug heads are allowed to remain elagable for the hall of fame.it just ain't right what kind of message are they sending..it's fine to be a drughead but not to make a few extra bucks come on.these players today are such mama's boys oops i stubbed my toe need to set out a couple games or i trashed my room or bent my bentley i need to set out a couple games.GET REAL
are you kidding me... Topps is being ridiculous...
first and foremost...just because he is banned from the hall of fame doesnt mean he isnt the all time hit leader... does Topps still have Bonds as the home run leader...if so they are being hypocritical ... secondly...he is banned because of something he did as a manager not a player...get over it baseball and put the greatest player in the hall
Topps is making a big mistake! Baseball is making a big mistake! At least he didn't use drugs to make his mark. He bet on the game....come on people.
Glad I never collected baseball cards. Pete Rose deserves to be in the hall of fame and keep the records that he held.
I have ben a Stl Cardinal fan since I was 4 years old but I loved watching Rose because he was always hustling and not dragging his feet like most professional athletes do these days.
Its unfortunate that non-athletes are responsible for most of the chaos in Sports. Its the money that is talking and making sports boring.
Sounds to me that TOPPS and the NCAA are one in the same !! Time to clean house and keep the records straight !!!
i totally agree Rose should be in the hall of fame. if the commish then were to be still alive today , i would think he would give him a reprieve. i believe todays commish would also if every baseball fan would boycott ballgames until he did.
Thinking I'm glad I quit collecting long ago and stopped watching baseball after the strike. Niether are the same as when I was a kid. Now the luster is gone, I've seen what's behind the curtain and I'm jaded. In all honesty, I don't like or agree with MLB's or Topp's decisions concerning Pete Rose, the best 'at bat' of all time, but it doesn't surprise me that they wouldn't consider what a vast majority of fans want or believe. Baseball cards use to connect people(kids) to the players and the game, now the cards are nothing more than commodities. Rose should be in the 'Hall'. And as far as I am concerned he is. I don't need to see a bust or plaque to know he's the best damn hitter in baseball ever and banning him form the Hall of Fame or cards won't change that. Topps can rot for all I care.
Topps company you are so screwed up. Pete Rose did this as a player not gambling. He still needs to be put into the HOF. His bets were placed far before the games were played and he did not throw a game doing this on order to get a bunch of money. I would bet you that there are a lot of players betting on games. I see no wrong for Pete gambling as long he himself threw a game in order to win money. Where is the prof?
Topps can stick it. Pete had done wrong, but he isn't alone. Are they getting rid of everyone that used illegal enhancing drugs too? Pete legitimately earned his records with no artificial support. I hope Topp's regrets this move in a big way!
What a gutless travesty. I'll not be recognizing TOPPS as a legitimate baseball card company anymore. There are PLENTY of other choices to make. Now that my son is nearing the age where he is going to be collecting cards, I'll educate him as well. TOPPS should be ashamed of themselves. (as should major league baseball)
Its funny when MJ can gamble, players can take steriods and be home run king? Pete, you are the man and always will be, baseball needs to take this ban off. If they can bo this to others who break the law why no you.
Baseball has hit a all time low. I will never watch another game, the fun just is not there.
this is sooo wrong..for crying out loud, this is so petty, taking his name off of Topps Baseball cards..get real..so Pete Rose made a mistake and gambled on his team..Michael Vick served prison time for dog fighting and he is aloud to continue playing football..Pete Rose should still be aloud to be elected into the Baseball Hall Fame because of his baseball records..
Really Topps!!!!!!!!!! If thats how you make cards, how about erasing Bonds HRs, Cy Youngs from Clemens and on and on. How about if Baseball takes your License away. No more Topps!!! We could erase your record.
It is true that Pete Rose bet on games when he was a manager. It was my understanding that he NEVER bet against HIS team. In other words it can not be questioned that his managerial decisions were made to throw a game , causing his team to lose.
He is a pompous JA of a person with a gambling sickness . I can see where he felt that if he was managing his team , they couldn't lose .
What he did was against the rules and he has been extremely punished . The fact that the Commissioner that was in office that made the ruling against Pete had a heart attack and died has been held against him as well.
Rose was the player of his era that would take a pitch in the side , ram into a fielder to dislodge the ball or do anything it would take to win a ballgame with out regard for his body.
Topps has been on the down side for years and their decision to pretend Rose never existed won't bode well for them.
sure don't believe topps hasn't had there share of wrong doings, they just haven't been caught at it. all i can say is thank you to topps for supplying me with all there cards to help keep my heating bill down with all there cards i used as fire wood, nice and toasty here.
So I guess they gonna eliminate Bonds record too? U suck TOPPS.
All that matters is the real books in MLB. You guys are pathetic.What Pete did after his career should not affect even his HOF but whatever. We all know who the kings of HITS N HOMERUNS are and that is all that matter. TOPPS just lost a fan n most importantly a customer. Sorry asses.
He got the stats before the gambling thing. Still think he should be in the BHoF for his performance. This is gonna hurt Topps in the long run and also make the Pete Rose older cards more valuable to collectors. Go figure!
I normally don't got for commenting on news.
But..this really P--s me off!
When I was a kid, Pete Rose was my hero and still is. What he did for baseball is still first rate in my book. Yes, he made a mistake. But look at what's out there now..PEDs, self centered egotistical money grubbers. Nothing I would call a roll model.
I collected baseball cards for over 55 years. Sadley many were destroyed years ago.
But no more. Topps and the Hall of Fame can kiss my ---
I remember buying these things with a gakky ol piece of gum..but it was for the cards My sister got the gum (nice guy aint I?).
I met Pete years and years ago. You couldn't ask for a nicer guy to be a hero. He took interest in his fans and didn't worry about the $5.00 that most got (at that time) for an autograph.
PETE, keep your head up.. Judging from the other posts. I'm not alone. The best to you!
Rose is a piece of donkey dung,tried to kill a catcher in a fun all-star game cheated on his wife because he thought he was entitled,thinks any thing of his has a retail value.I didn't like him when he played just because of his attitude and I like him less now,I think he should be in the hall of shame!!DUH
Maybe if he had taken PEDs like the others it would have been ok. Hell he'd probably be in the Hall of Fame. Pete you are and always be the greatest Red of all time. As a child growing up and Dixie Youth baseball in the 70's I wanted to catch like Johnny Bench and hit and slide like Pete Rose. I think both of them are the 2 best childhood heros any kid growing up learming to play baseball could ever ask for. Thank you both for being a great influence in my life. Besides the Hall of Fame needs you. You don't need them. God Bless You!!!
good!!! I love to see justice in a world where everything seems to be grey. Where right is wrong and wrong is right. A beacon that a few men still have the moral courage to do what is right and not a glorify a low life who cheated the very fabric of the game of baseball but even more so cheated on his wife and family like it was something he was entitled to do because he could play a silly game? Tops you are a great Amerrican Company and I salute you!!!!
Yes Pete gambled, but that was after he played as a player, you idiot. His stats can not be denied, and he did not do PEDS. What he done in his personel life has nothing to do with his baseball years
My Pete Rose cards' value just skyrocketed. Thanks Topps.
Pete Rose is a great athlete. He got caught because he is big name Pete Rose. How many athletes gamble without the big name? Topp's should research that and see how men they can erase
absolute ******** who gave these idiot the authority to decide it didn't happen...right no one! absolute ********!!!!!
He was the best of his time and the betting occurred after his actual playing career. What he did in his personal life is his own business and I am sure he was not the only athlete cheating on their wife. Topps you have got this all wrong, shame on you.
Then Topps better erase Mark McGuire, Roger Clemons, A-Rod, and anyone else that had anything to do with STEROIDS. Pete Rose bet on baseball., but he didnt do anything that increased his ability to hit the ball. All of the aforementioned were using steroids to CHEAT baseball. Its not the same and Pete should be in the HOF. People at Topps, your a bunch of jerks.
OK...everyone relax a bit. This is just typical yardbarker bad journalism. They are not rewriting history. When i started reading this, based onthe sensationalist headline, I figured they were still listing Ty Cobb as the leader so saying that a player was just #### hits away from 4189. But they are not doing that. They simply are not naming Pete Rose...becuase contractually, according to their deal with MLB, they are not ALLOWED to.
Sure...the better thing to do would be to not name ANY of the leaders. Just say someone is #### amount of wins away from 511 without naming Cy Young. Then it would be consistent. But really, the one to blame is MLB for not allowing his name to be used at all. Except when it means money for them.
You cannot erase a mans life for 1 mistake. He was retired anyway! BOYCOTT ALL TOPPS PRODUCTS!!!
Who the hell is Topps to make a decision like that when the Hall at least recognizes Rose as the all time hits leader. Shows what kind of class they have to eliminate Rose and still show a--hole Barry Bonds as the home run king. Not only the steroid issue but the fact that everyone who ever met the man hates him. He achieved his record by cheating, took the money, and walked away and thumbed his nose at the game. whereas Pete made a mistake after his playing days but even though banished he is still respects the game and is the biggest promoter of the game out there. This past Christmas I bought my grandson his first pack of Topps baseball cards for a stocking stuffer but I am sorry I did and it will be his last pack.
It's time to put Pete into the Hall of Fame. He paid for his crime and did the time. He's an America Hero!
One cannot take the wins away from Joe Paterno and one cannot take the hits away from Pete Rose.
Seriously?? I don't remember Pete Rose "The Player" ever being convicted or accussed of any crime? Oh, that's right, he wasn't!! Even the crime he committed pales in comparison to the sabatoge the PED Boys have brought to the game. Topps has chewed too much of their own gum, perhaps they should now swallow it!
I agree it's time to forgive Pete and let him in the HOF. He has done nothing to damage the game or it's integrity like so many PED players. Many say that it is his lack of integrity that is the reason he is not in the HOF. But why does the lack of integrity weigh more with voters than those players who have displayed an abundance of integrity. Because imo there are several former players that are borderline stat guys that should be voted in easily if their integrity was factored in. Look at Dale Murphy and Fred McGriff for example. Check their stats and add the integrity factor and they should be in the HOF. It is ashame that Pete is being punished so much for merely refusing to drop to his knees and beg the media for forgiveness. Who is the one the most arrogant and stubborn. Pete or the media? TOPPS is wrong. And with their reasoning how could they list Bonds as the HR leader. He's done more damage to the sport by a long shot. He actually cheated while playing. Hank Aaron is the HR leader in my book. Pete in.. Bonds out!
Piss on the HOF and piss on Topps! Pete Rose played harder than anyone I ever saw, being 60, I've seen quite a few. Who knows what players were doing before tests were developed to detect PED's. Who knows whether Ruth, Cobb,or Stan the man ever bet on a game? I'm still a Charlie Hustle fan, some said he is arrogant, he is, ANYONE who is that competitive and accompished what he did is. The HOF and Topps are a joke, I don't care about PED's or gambeling after his playing days, he set the record and should be recognized!
Pete Rose is a saint compared to todays players
Wrong drcision from Tops. I never ever will buy another card from that company. Pete Rose have not my sympaty because he is very arrogant; bur that has nothing to do whit his record. To me he was the best player of all times. You can't hide the sun whit one finger and to me tha's what Tops and the Hall of Fame people try to do. To me the HOF and Tops are wrong all the way and til they change they have no value at all for me. What Pete Rose did after his career was over can't erase his rcord!!!!
I am going through my cards and erasing all TOPPS cards. I am giving my cards to my grandson, but unfortunately all the TOPPS cards will have been burned.
I guess all companies want any kind of publicity they can get...even if it makes them look petty and foolish. I hope your company goes out of business soon.
You got to be kidding me, Pete Rose deserves his name on that record, he busted his ass playing hard 23 years. You are lucky if you see today's players play hard, this guy did it his whole career. TOPPS you sure screwed up bad this time, no more TOPPS cards for me!
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