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Developer Craig Hall has big regrets about his big AMR investment
Real estate writer Steve Brown attended a Wednesday morning meeting at which Dallas developer Craig Hall talked about his one-time big investment in AMR, parent of American Airlines.
In particular, Hall discussed his failure to sell the AMR stock in a timely manner, as Brown reported on our Biz Beat Blog.
"To this day I beat on myself a lot about it," Hall said. "It takes a lot to bail out a big loss."
Hall and his companies — Hall Phoenix/Inwood, Ltd., Phoenix/Inwood Corporation, Search Financial Services LP and Hall Search GP LLC – acquired 12.4 million shares of AMR between October 2004 and July 2005. They paid $116.3 million for the shares, at an average cost per share of $9.38.
At Wednesday's discussion, Hall didn't disclose when he and his companies sold the AMR shares. Their value would have peaked at $504 million on Jan. 19, 2007, when AMR shares closed at $40.66.
"When it started going down, rather than pulling the trigger and getting out . . . psychologically I thought it would come back and I had a sense of loyalty, since it was a Dallas company."
Based on Tuesday's close of 90 cents, those shares would have been worth $11.2 million.


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Samsung Galaxy S III is finally officially announced
0. phoneArena 03 May 2012, 13:13 posted on
The Samsung Galaxy S III is finally here! After months of rumors and speculations Samsung has unveiled its 2012 Android flagship…
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1. Joshing4fun (Posts: 1236; Member since: 13 Aug 2010)
Where's the PLUS!? Pentile sucks... And only an S4 for americans. :-(
13. ILikeBubbles (Posts: 525; Member since: 17 Jan 2011)
i'd take an s4 over the nvidia.. maybe even the exynos too.
48. jove39 (Posts: 1858; Member since: 18 Oct 2011)
HD Pentile display is not bad...but seems Samsung is behaving like lazy!
66. TylerGrunter (Posts: 1522; Member since: 16 Feb 2012)
Yes, I think the pentile is the biggest dissapointment of the phone. I guess the technology is still not there to make Super Amoleds with more than 300 dpis...
78. SuperAndroidEvo (Posts: 4833; Member since: 15 Apr 2011)
Yeah like I said, I am skipping this phone & waiting to see what the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 looks like. It should be way better that the Samsung Galaxy S III.
94. lsutigers (Posts: 820; Member since: 08 Mar 2009)
100. Commentator (Posts: 3685; Member since: 16 Aug 2011)
I wish I had your patience, but I can't wait any longer. From the moment I saw "PenTile display, Qualcomm Dual-core in the US, and June release" the Evo LTE became my official next handset. Now I just hope Sprint releases it on May 18 instead of June 6... Galaxy Note 2 will blow away the rest of the competition though.
(Cool, 100th comment!)
122. SherlockHolmes (Posts: 125; Member since: 10 Apr 2012)
I cannot wait so going for ONE X !!
59. crysiswarmonger (Posts: 78; Member since: 06 Feb 2012)
They mentioned all the rumors and some were true and some were not... but all this rumor building they created actually worked against them.
I was expecting the plus display also.
70. chadrick0814 (Posts: 209; Member since: 23 Nov 2011)
Americans aren't prohibited from buying the international version. Amazon.com is easier to type than phonearena.com.
2. dcgore (Posts: 227; Member since: 24 Feb 2012)
Summer release for US.
35. -box- (Posts: 3991; Member since: 04 Jan 2012)
Gives HTC a chance to sell some One-series
84. -box- (Posts: 3991; Member since: 04 Jan 2012)
June, to be more precise
3. eDiesel (Posts: 142; Member since: 17 Mar 2012)
Looks like ill never excepted Leaks From BGR ever again.
False rumors set me on fire
110. andro. (Posts: 1998; Member since: 16 Sep 2011)
Now you know the hurt of ifans every autumn!
4. OllielovesAndriod (Posts: 22; Member since: 07 May 2011)
Apple should be worried!
41. Veigald (Posts: 290; Member since: 13 Jan 2012)
Well, as long as Apple and Nokia can design something nice, the Asian Android manufacturers can pump out all the specs they want wrapped as something that looks like lower end fisher-price toys. I want my phone to look nice as well as functioning smoothly.
If I were going Android it'd be the Galaxy Nexus, to me that is still the only desirable Android phone.
43. HTCFreak (Posts: 156; Member since: 17 Jul 2010)
The iPhone is a smartphone made for normal people, and the S3 is a superphone, made for people who want some real power in their hands. Both different categories, i think :)
49. -box- (Posts: 3991; Member since: 04 Jan 2012)
I think my biggest issue with this is that it doesn't scream "FLAGSHIP PHONE" to me. The Lumia 800/900 and N9, higher-end Xperias, and a few others radiate quality and exclusivity just by their looks. This looks, well, generic. Hopefully holding it changes that.
Honestly, I'd rather wait for a Note2 than get this
72. chadrick0814 (Posts: 209; Member since: 23 Nov 2011)
Looks are always a matter of personal opinion.
98. Lucas777 (Posts: 2137; Member since: 06 Jan 2011)
eh not really... apple and samsung control almost all of the market, with apple taking the larger share of the profits... they know how to work the consumer aspect and hopefully tim cook will give us some amazing tech in the new iphone
5. medalaster01 (Posts: 42; Member since: 22 Nov 2011)
It is not all that inovative I will skip this one
Happy with
Samsung Gnote
Dell streak 5
6. W.P._Android_in_that_Order (Posts: 208; Member since: 15 Feb 2012)
6th! (which for this post is pretty good.)
7. androidaddict (Posts: 9; Member since: 27 Mar 2012)
disappointed by its looks :(
12. hunted (Posts: 403; Member since: 21 Sep 2011)
yes me too, but they increased the screen size significantly & did what they promised. so be happy, it is another ground breaking device
33. gp284 (Posts: 120; Member since: 25 Feb 2012)
38. remixfa (Posts: 14255; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
how isnt it exactly?
39. -box- (Posts: 3991; Member since: 04 Jan 2012)
Lol, your spaces not working either?
50. PackMan (Posts: 277; Member since: 09 Mar 2012)
The white one looks slightly better but i have to agree with you. I am utterly disappointed by everything, HTC one x is better than this thing.
52. PackMan (Posts: 277; Member since: 09 Mar 2012)
This doesn't even seem like an upgrade. I am going to keep my GSII.
105. TROLL (banned) (Posts: 4851; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)
Me to what a let down I've just bought the
One X ...
21. arsenaljimenez (Posts: 178; Member since: 03 May 2012)
yeah it looks sort of cheap. the back is really disappointing.
25. Chronos (Posts: 258; Member since: 25 Feb 2012)
It's Samung's well-known design. What did you expect it to look like?
53. jove39 (Posts: 1858; Member since: 18 Oct 2011)
Those overly rounded edges...looks like !@#$%
58. -box- (Posts: 3991; Member since: 04 Jan 2012)
I think my biggest issue with this is that it doesn't scream "FLAGSHIP PHONE" to me. The Lumia 800/900 and N9, higher-end Xperias, and a few others radiate quality and exclusivity just by their looks. This looks, well, generic. Hopefully holding it changes that. I didn't notice what the body is made of anywhere, just that it has a "plasticky feel". Lots of rumors were pointing to a ceramic body shell, so if it's plastic, that is disappointing
Honestly, I'd rather wait for a Note2 than get this, if I had to buy Samsung (which I haven't personally, and feel little inclination to)
69. gwuhua1984 (Posts: 1237; Member since: 06 Mar 2012)
I'm in the same boat... I really dislike the home button and I thought the back looked a bit awkward.
Who knows, I thought HTC One S didn't look so good. It actually look okay when I held it.
I'll be able finalize my feelings on SG3 when I see one physically... Just that the US is getting the bad side of the deal is rather disappointing.
111. andro. (Posts: 1998; Member since: 16 Sep 2011)
Agreed,the design is suspect. Luckily everything besides the design is market leading
8. dipanshukhanna (Posts: 6; Member since: 29 Apr 2012)
What about RAM?
123. SherlockHolmes (Posts: 125; Member since: 10 Apr 2012)
9. simplyj (Posts: 404; Member since: 23 Dec 2009)
Meh. The S2 was better.
16. Mxyzptlk (Posts: 12999; Member since: 21 Apr 2012)
It's not saying much, but I have to agree.
10. Dr.Phil (Posts: 1163; Member since: 14 Feb 2011)
I like the "pebble stone" design they went with. It makes the device stand out from the other square devices that are out there. The only thing I find that could be a negative for some people is if that 12mm thickness turns out to be the real specifications of the device. I wouldn't mind it, but I know there are some people out there that prefer a thinner device. And the "natural interaction" features seem very cool. I would actually very much like the ability to say "snooze" to my alarm clock instead of reaching over and hitting everything off the night stand trying to reach it to turn it off.
17. Dr.Phil (Posts: 1163; Member since: 14 Feb 2011)
Nevermind, PhoneArena just changed their dimensions. They had listed it as 12 mm thick.
11. androidaddict (Posts: 9; Member since: 27 Mar 2012)
front is still okay..but the back is fugly...
14. Mxyzptlk (Posts: 12999; Member since: 21 Apr 2012)
The design looks off, too much emphasis on cheap looking plastic. The rounded edges doesn't help anything.
And it doesn't address the device having improved radios.
29. rav405 (unregistered)
As expected only bump up on screen size, resolution and processor, nothing that surprised me like the nokia 808 pureview did, though 808 pureview runs on a single core processor, but it is made from polycarbonate same as the lumias and i would prefer the 808 pureview, having said that SGS3 is not bad phone it is good in its own way.......
15. Mube1 (Posts: 153; Member since: 22 Sep 2011)
What the f**k :@:@:@
18. Sarath (Posts: 19; Member since: 17 Jan 2012)
Only 8 MP?
Sony and HTC have released 12MP and nokia released even 42 MP.
And why to include physical buttons in android 4.0 and waste some valuable space?
44. -box- (Posts: 3991; Member since: 04 Jan 2012)
For the home button, it's part of their design, much like iOS has a home button or Blackberry has the trackpad/ball. The physical buttons are indeed confusing, unless they serve any other purposes or offer enhanced usage in case of software glitches or screen malfunctions. 8MP seems surprisingly low as well, though the software enhancements are nice. Granted, megapixels aren't everything (16MP on the HTC TItan II and 41 on the Nokia 808 PureView) but they don't hurt either, especially in the era of higher-than-1080p resolution
19. Mube1 (Posts: 153; Member since: 22 Sep 2011)
And thank god I didn't sell my s2:-)
20. good2great (Posts: 1042; Member since: 22 Feb 2012)
cant lie she's a beauty....
whoever said apple should worry is stupid... that phone is too huge for people to put down the iphone for it... yes some will switch from being tired of the same ole "iOS"... BUT thats not gonna be a record breaking amount of people...
again this phone looks amazing and i'm sure the specs under the hood will satisfy lots of android users.
good job sammy...
i'll be waiting for the iphone 5 tho hehe...
61. networkdood (Posts: 6330; Member since: 31 Mar 2010)
I hope it is a larger screen...too small to watch Netflix on...
22. ilia1986 (unregistered)
Meh.. this is a great phone, but it's more of an Samsung Galaxy S2S.
23. Nathan_ingx (Posts: 3761; Member since: 07 Mar 2012)
Man!! it looks like it dropped down straight from Venus!!
It's sleek, slim and metallic...but not what i expected...
This is it...no more speculations! They just die one or the other way!
24. bolaG (Posts: 468; Member since: 15 Aug 2011)
8mp camera 2011, 1.9mp front camera 2011. 4.8 inch 720p 2011. so whats the big deal with this phone anyways?
45. 0o0blackstar0o0 (Posts: 86; Member since: 26 Oct 2011)
I know hey its has all the same hardware in it as a Samsung Galaxy Note except processor .. all the rest is all software features .. witch can be released on Other Galaxys's ...
i'm a little disappointed
I really want S Voice though .
26. Guest_star (Posts: 231; Member since: 30 Dec 2011)
LOL, well this is a disappointment...nothing special too look at, specs are soso but i bet quad core exynos will be better than tegra 3...as far as screen goes, that is the biggest letdown of them all, pentile AMOLED...shame really, now I wait and see what LG has instored for us because well it looks like that optimus 4x HD was work in progress when they showed it...
27. Chronos (Posts: 258; Member since: 25 Feb 2012)
Overall, it's great. I'll still hold out on my next smartphone for the fall.
28. osanilevich (Posts: 284; Member since: 29 Sep 2009)
Quite frankly, that thing is ugly
30. danny_a2005 (Posts: 165; Member since: 06 Oct 2011)
Ugly phone thank God I Bought the Htc One x.. It's so hot

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The town of Summervilles annual budget retreat will be held Friday at a councilmans house on the Toogoodoo River.
A welcome breakfast begins at 9 a.m. and the retreat is scheduled to adjourn at 1:30 p.m.
Agenda items include the presentation of the departmental budget requests and proposed 2015 general fund and stormwater fund budget. A presentation of the proposed 2015 hospitality tax fund budget will follow, along with the allocation of those funds.
At noon council members will go over business license rate amendments and then go into funding for the National Guard Armory project. Summervilles Parks and Recreation Department believes the best use for the old National Guard Armory building, located on Hickory Street, would be to convert it to a community recreational center.
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How To Gather Sound From The Sky From Almost AnywhereTuesday, September 15th, 2009
It's hard to believe, but I've been recording radio for almost forty years. However when I first started I wasn't collecting airchecks or bandscans. I was just doing what comes natural to a kid– grabbing free music. Instead of searching for hits on hard drives around the world I was dangling a cheap microphone in front of a radio speaker. For years I couldn't hear the opening guitar lick of "Ticket To Ride" without imagining the pop of a front yard firecracker that occurred while I recorded the song with my Panasonic reel to reel.
A couple years later I got a bit more advanced with my radio/recorder interface by attaching a patch cord with two alligator clips to the radio's speaker terminals. But it wasn't until the late 70's that cassette decks with built-in radios became popular, making it possible for anyone to record a high-quality aircheck. Unfortunately, I didn't come to appreciate the value of archiving radio until the early 80's when I happened to gather some souvenir radio recordings while on an extended road trip. That was when I realized how cool it was to actually own the radio programming I had heard instead of trying to recall some fading memory.
Since that time I've always had a boombox around the house, and when there's something on the radio I'd like to keep I can simply slap in a cassette and make it happen. That urge to archive and all the subsequent enjoyment I've gotten from replaying captured broadcasting (and sharing it with others) gets to the heart of how this blog came about in the first place.
Of course cassettes are almost quaint these days, and most recording has gone digital. Me too. I'm as digital as anyone. Yet, all the airchecks and bandscans posted here so far began as cassette tapes. In essence I have to record the audio twice, once on tape and then again into the computer. While I've had some success recording local stations with the laptop, attempts to do the same thing while DXing has been problematic. Computers are full of RF noise on AM and the HF bands, and most MP3 devices aren't much better. If you've ever wondered why almost all of the digital audio players with onboard radio only carry the FM band, try waving your iPod near a radio tuned to an AM station (…it doesn't sound good). However, making AM reception viable on small low-power computer like a DAP isn't impossible. It just requires a little thoughtful engineering and some well-placed shielding.
As I've monitored the evolution of digital audio players over the last decade or so, for a long time there was only one MP3 player that included an AM radio. It was a Korean-made gadget marketed by "Pogo!," an upstart California electronics importer, and they called it the "Radio Yourway." Not only did it have an AM receiver, but it was also a radio recorder. While all this was intriguing, the price (over $200) and the paltry storage capacity (in megabytes back then, not gigabytes…) was a deal breaker for me. And probably for others as well.
I don't know enough about Pogo and their products to speak authoritatively about their history, but the evidence of their rise and fall is just a google search away. Their "Radio Yourway" device had certainly gained a following here in the states before it was discontinued. While it remained rather expensive, when it came to MP3 players with AM radio (not to mention the recording option!) there just wasn't any competition. And once you figured out the firmware, the thing apparently performed pretty well. Pogo even put out an improved version of the Radio Yourway (which looked much more like an iPod…) as well as a promising mini-version of the device (as well as a few other Americanized electronic gadgets from Asia) when they suddenly went out of business a couple years ago.
As a shortwave listener in America, there's been an odd disconnect over the last decade between available hardware and available broadcasting. While in the west there's been a mass exodus from shortwave broadcasting, there's also been a minor revolution in receiver technology where sets that are more powerful and versatile (and often cheaper) than previously possible have entered the marketplace. And while I don't buy a lot of gadgets, I do keep up with what's new and interesting on the radio market as well as what's happening with portable media players. And inspired by what Pogo proved was possible, I've hoped to one day come across an all-in-one gadget for listening to radio, recording radio and listening to anything I had as an MP3 file. In the last couple years I've thought my dream might come true once or twice, but each time a little bit of online investigation would reveal that the radio-recorder I've been trying to wish into existence is still a pipe dream.
The Degen (or Kaito) 1121 probably came closer to what I've been looking for than anything yet developed– a very portable shortwave radio that incorporates a detachable MP3 recorder. Sure it's a little expensive and the radio isn't supposed to be quite as good some cheaper Degen models, but it does record true MP3 files and has a built-in timer for automated recording. However, it only records 32kbps MP3's and allows for just three programmed timer recordings. Most reviews bemoan the confusing firmware and a few mention systemic glitches where recordings were lost. However, it really fell off my wish list when I found out it only has 256 megabytes of memory you can't add more with a memory card. Even before digital storage became so cheap, the appeal of any audio device with less than a gigabyte of storage was never very appealing.
Then along came the Grundig G4 "World Recorder," which appeared to be an integration of the Degen (or Kaito) 1102 with MP3 technology, and kind of exciting at first glance. And it has a gig or two of storage which can be easily doubled with an SD card. However once the G4 went on sale there was a resounding online silence surrouding . Almost no reviews and a few questions from curious consumers like me who were looking for information as well. Then about the same time I heard the radio was being discontinued (although you can still buy from the original stock from a few dealers) The worst part? Although it does play your MP3s (either through its small speaker or headphones) it actually records radio as an uncompressed low-quality wav file. In other words, as a recorder the 1121 is a lo-fi budget operation that creates audio files in the same league as an inexpensive voice recorder. What were they thinking?
Then the Degen 1123 came along last year. A cute pocket gadget with shortwave and a gig of onboard storage (but no card slot). And while it's the most portable AM/FM/shortwave recorder on the market, and the price is reasonable, the 1123 records in the same watered down wav format as well. There's plenty of online feedback out there, and the verdict seems to be that it's a cheap and imperfect (but interesting) toy, and if more care would have went into the design and manufacturing it could have been something much more substantial. A company like Sony could have done something really interesting in the same vein, but they gave up on shortwave radio R&D a long time ago.
And now with the world economy is disrepair it seems unlikely that another shortwave-MP3 recorder will be engineered anytime soon. However, last year an MP3 radio recorder of note seems to have risen from the ashes of the last version of the Radio Yourway. In this part of the world it's known as the CC Witness, and except for a rather high price they seemed to have gotten almost everything else right. Except of course, no shortwave.
Unlike most of the radio recorders I've mentioned, the CC Witness seems to get a lot of positive reviews. For people who either insist on owning an MP3 player with an AM radio, or others who want to record all sorts of radio shows unattended via a programmable timer, the Witness is a bit of a godsend. Practically speaking, there is no competition. The biggest complaint? The price. A hefty two-hundred and thirty bucks. Perhaps it was the result of so many balking at the cost, or the faltering economy, but California-based C. Crane has decided to chop fifty bucks off the price of the CC Witness. And while that's still not cheap, it's a generous price cut. And I suppose a few people who've been putting off buying this unique device may take the bait.
And now that I've gotten a chance to actually get my hands on the heralded CC Witness I can tell you that if you think an AM/FM MP3 recorder might be useful to you. you'll probably think this thing is worth every penny. Is it fantastic? No, not quite. But it is a well-built novelty that does almost everything it's supposed to do rather well. Compared to some of today's technological toys that are roughly in the same price league (smart phones or the latest generation of iPods) the CC Witness isn't as outwardly impressive. The monochrome screen and lack of graphic magic position the aesthetics of the device with the first and second generation of digital audio devices. While it's not wafer-thin, it is small. What you get in the box is a very portable work horse that efficiently bridges some new and old technology in a way no other gadget has done very well.
Before I turn this post into a love letter to an appliance, let me tell you what it doesn't do. Or why it isn't perfect. First off, don't plan to DX with the CC Witness. The AM radio isn't bad, but it certainly could be more selective. If you live near powerful AM stations you'll probably notice their signals bleeding into adjacent frequencies. However, if a regional 50,000 watt station is in the clear you may be able to pick it up from a few states away. For example, I've picked up WHAS in Kentucky from here in Brooklyn. And when I was recently in the Cleveland area, WLS in came in strong from Chicago.
As far as the FM side of things, that isn't so important to me. And like all the personal music players I've ever seen, including cassette and CD players with radios, it uses the connecting cord for the headphones as the antenna for the FM band. So if you're walking around listening to a dodgy FM signal the reception may vary with every sway of the cable. Of local FM stations that interest me here, like WKCR, WNYC-FM and WBAI– they all came in strong. And recording them in stereo at a high bitrate gave nice clean results. Reception of WBGO in Newark was a little more problematic.
Another thing to consider about the CC Witness is that it's more than just a radio that makes airchecks, it's also a shirt pocket digital recorder with a lot of storage potential. With the push of a button you can use the tiny embedded mic to make quick and dirty recordings. Or you can plug in a more substantial microphone and have yourself an audio field day. The onboard mic isn't great. I noticed a handful of hiss when I tried it.
While I like the microphone options, it's the "line in" recording potential that sparked my curiosity. Would the CC Witness allow me to record bandscans and airchecks direct to digital, and skip the step of recording them with magnetic tape? This is what I wanted to find out. While there are a number of MP3 players with line-in recording (including adapters for your iPod), from my experience every digital gadget seems to be a fountain of RF noise when it comes near an AM or shortwave radio. That iPod might be alluring, but it's apt to be a rude annoyance when you're trying to hear some little African country on 60 meters. I was hoping that the internal "shielding" might also help prevent the CC Witness from being an inappropriate transmitter when I plugged it into my shortwave. As a casual DXer, stray RF noise is my enemy. In fact, for a long time I've done all my DX radio recording using only batteries because I've found that plugging in the radio or the tape deck often introduces noise from the AC current or the power supply. But much to my delight, the CC Witness proved to be a very quiet companion to my G5. That made me happy. But I had to go through a few practice runs before I got it right.
Now let me make another check mark in the "what's not perfect" column. You cannot visually see the line levels when you're recording and you cannot adjust the levels with any controls on the CC Witness. When I didn't see any reference to recoding levels in the manual, I thought it might have been an oversight. And when I couldn't find anything about the input levels on the player itself I reasoned that it might have some type of default auto level control built-in. There's a switch for it on the cassette deck I've been using for years to make airchecks. And it has a level meter too. That's why I bought it.
On my Grundig G5, and most of the better portable shortwave sets, there's a "line level" output that I always use for recording. That's what it's for. This way I can listen through the speaker or the headphones and adjust the volume any way I like and it won't affect the recording. I tried this with the CC Witness and was sorely disappointed. Too hot. These days I'm accustomed to looking at audio visually on the computer and I took a gander at what I'd recorded and could plainly see plenty of sections of the file were obviously over-modulated. In order to ameliorate this situation I had to switch things around and record through the headphone jack, doing some trial and error until I figured out the safe recording zone for the volume control. Since then I've looked at the C. Crane website (where there's a lot of product support you won't find in the manual) and they recommend purchasing some kind of attenuator so you can have more control over the recording levels. I actually have an in-line headphone volume adapter that would do the trick, somewhere around here…
Another thing. At first I was quite frustrated by the record button. I would press it and nothing would happen. And then I'd press it again. And perhaps once again. And then the CC Witness would suddenly start to record. Yet knowing myself as I do, as an occasionally impatient guy with electronics (especially when I'm dealing with four and five-year-old PC's here at the house), so I though perhaps I should try pressing the record button once firmly and see if all those extra button punches were a waste of time. Sure enough. After several seconds (sometimes as many as ten) the recorder would indeed engage. And after some further observation I noticed the delay was worse when I was recording on the SD card instead of with the onboard memory. There is a variable lag either way, but a firm press on the right side of the REC button will eventually kick the recorder into gear. I suspect that the chip that powers the CC Witness isn't the fastest on the DAP scene.
My last complaint about recording with the CC Witness seems like a real oversight. And it's something that often irritates me about MP3 encoding done by gadgets or people who oughtta know better. It's the simple fact that making stereo MP3 files of a mono source is wasteful and unnecessary. Period. Yet, by default all line-in and radio recordings you make with the CC Witness are in stereo. And even if AM stereo did have had one bright shining moment, it never caught on. It's over. All broadcasting AM is mono. Always. In practical terms, what that means is all the AM radio recordings on the CC Witness take up twice as much space as they should.
Okay, so storage is cheap. And you can put a 16GB SDHC card in the CC Witness and record radio for weeks or months without filling it up. Then I noticed that there's a switch in the menu to record using an external stereo or mono microphone, which tells me that this issue could probably be fixed with a firmware upgrade. C. Crane has continued to provide firmware upgrades on their website, and the latest version (which I installed) was just released in July. And whoever is working on the next firmware update I say– give us the choice to record radio (or through the line-in input) in mono. Please.
Purely as an MP3 player, the CC Witness is not fancy. There are certainly more exciting and feature rich MP3 players on the market for the same price (or less). While I love the graphic EQ feature on my Rockbox enabled Sansa player, Witness only has the typical "pop," "rock," "classical" type EQ I see on too many audio gadgets these days. (Remember bass and treble?) As much as I'm irritated by these choices, I eventually found the "live" setting to be the brightest and most listenable for my purposes. But I have no idea why it's "live." And the CC Witness doesn't have all the playlist functionality and tag parsing tricks you'll find on many players, but it does play about any MP3 you throw at it and will shuffle anything in the same folder. But there are limits. It chokes if you have more than 2000 files or 500 folders on any memory source (on the card or the internal flash memory).
I imagine the most popular reason to purchase the CC Witness would be to time-shift your radio listening (especially talk shows on AM radio). And from my experience, this thing performs that task like a champ. As long as the station comes in clearly you're going to get a good recording. The menus are simple enough, and you don't have to leave it on to have it light up and start recording on schedule all by itself. And there's a switch in the menu to turn the timers off and on. But be aware that if you plan to use this function extensively, you might wanna consider buying their "accessory kit," which will run you an extra twenty bucks. It includes an AC adapter, a docking cradle and a silicone protective jacket. With the cradle and wall-wart you can locate the CC Witness away from any RF noisy appliances around the house and always have the Witness fully charged for more recording or to take it with you. Otherwise the only other way to power the thing (or recharge the battery) is to hook it up to a computer with the USB cable. But if you're recording AM radio, the computer and its peripheral devices are likely to degrade your reception. While the power adapter for the CC Witness is a bit large, it's quiet, and shouldn't affect your reception. Some of the worst RF issues at home are simply stray noise from a few bad AC adapters.
Now that I've had my chance to be cranky, let me be charitable again. I've found the CC Witness to be a commendable little appliance. A toy for some. A tool for others. Despite my complaints, I'm glad to have this one and I'm going to get a lot of use out of it. Even with the stereo AM recording issue, I went to make another test recording on there as I was writing this and noticed that at the encode rate I was using to record (192kbps) there was still room for over sixty-three hours of recording on the 8GB card I have in there. And there's already many hours of recording on the card as well as a bunch of files leftover from something else. That, to me, is incredible. And if you've ever looked at a box of over thirty C-120 cassettes (as I have), perhaps you can appreciate why just that makes me happy.
We live in a time when cheap rules. This was already the case before the economic collapse last year with inexpensive goods flooding the marketplace taunting us to spend money we don't have. And one of the reasons we've gotten use to seeking out the lowest price for everything is because we're usually buying products from huge thoughtless transnational corporations who inherently cut corners on everything and offer poor service through the entire transaction chain.
I feel pretty lucky in this regard, because I live in New York where I deal with locally owned small businesses all the time. Sure, I'm occasionally seduced by an incredibly low price from faceless mega-capitalists, but when I'm buying something more substantial that it's important that I'm treated well during the shopping process. And afterward if something goes wrong I can be assured of some friendly assistance, if not a refund or exchange, without it being a difficult or unfriendly process.
For example, the owner of a neighborhood computer store here once let me take home three or four different sound cards and try them out on my computer before I found the one that worked for me. I've been a regular customer ever since, despite the fact that I could get some of the same things I buy from him cheaper at Staples or online. And there's a diner down the street I avoided for years. The menu in the window made it pretty clear their dinners were too expensive. Then one night I ended up there and paid the price. While it did cost more than the roast chicken down the street, the portions were good, and so were all the extras that came with the meal. But it was the awesome old-school diner waitresses that have kept me coming back ever since. They tend to their customers and do everything within reason to make sure you get what you want and that you like it. That's worth an extra couple bucks.
And from what I've seen, I think this might be the deal with the C. Crane Company as well. Almost everything in their catalog is a little more than a bargain hunter might be willing to pay. And some of their products can be purchased (as similar or identical products) from overseas for a little less dough. But from my experience, with C. Crane you get something extra– real customer service. And while many of their products come from the other side of the world, if you write or call C. Crane you get a response from California.
It's because C. Crane is actually a "mom and pop" distributor of specialty electronics. They don't actually make stuff, but they do tweak and fine tune items for American consumers. And although they don't sell a lot of stuff with mass appeal, they do seem to know how to market to their scattered flock of niche consumers. After Pogo dropped the ball, C. Crane picked up on the wizardry of the Korean gadgeteers who created the Radio Yourway and had worked with them to acclimate their new and improved version of the device for the U.S. market. The fact that the CC Witness even exists is because the founder the company, Bob Crane, is one of us. Someone who loves radio. Specifically the sound of amplitude modulation. And over the years he's evolved a furniture and carpentry concern into an upstart mail order gadget business. However, there was big bump in the road along the way.
For years Crane put out a catalog of specialty radio stuff and advertising the AM radio faithful on talk radio. And made his name marketing the Select-A-Tenna (for pulling in those faraway AM signals) and the Baygen wind-up radio (one of the first human powered "disaster" radios). Then in 1998 he worked with the Taiwanese electronics company Sangean to refashion one of their radios into the first C. Crane branded product– The CC Radio. And he followed through with a promotional campaign that enticed more than a few medium wave diehards across the country. And one day when I had the money, I bought one for myself. And the radio that promised to pull in far away voices and offer them in pleasing audio clarity became the mascot of Art Bell's "Coast to Coast" program for years.
The CC Radio was the first of a number of products from Asia that Crane had tweaked to his specifications for the new C. Crane brand, but the CC was by far their most famous product and seemed to always be the first thing you'd see on their website or when you opened their catalog. It was a little expensive, but still a very good radio. Except for one thing. The ribbon connection to the LED display Sangean had put in there were glued instead of soldered into place. And more than a few of them began to gradually lose contact with the radio, rendering the display useless. This was a big problem. And it happened to mine too.
So in the mid-2000's while C. Crane was firmly establishing itself as an electronics distributor of note, a growing (and often online-enabled) number of disgruntled CC Radio owners began to mumble bad things about Mr. Crane and his company. And as I began to find other people on the web who had the same problem as I was having with my CC Radio, I grumbled too. And as a guy who made who promised good customer service as part of his advertising campaign, you can bet he was doing some grumbling of his own. Perhaps burning up the phone lines to Taiwan…
I don't recall all the details now, but I it seems to me that I started reading online about how C. Crane was trying to rectify the situation with the affected CC Radio owners by offering an inexpensive repair and paying the return shipping, or something like that. But when I finally got around to contacting them to see about bringing my CC Radio back to life, all I had to do was kind of prove that I had bought the radio and then they give me all the information on how to send it in for a free repair. Hot damn, I thought. While I had to pay to ship it across the country, they took care of the rest. And this radio was a few years old. I was impressed. And while they may not have to deal with product snafu on that kind of scale again, it suddenly becomes clear why you pay a little more money for C. Crane products.
And it would only be fair to add that the CC Radio display issue is history, and in the current (and third) incarnation of the receiver the ribbon cable is firmly and forever attached to the display unit. At least that 's what they say. And I believe 'em. They call it the CC Radio 2, and you can read all about it at their site.
I didn't mean to turn this post into an advertisement. I just call 'em as I see 'em. Even beyond the problems with the CC display, C. Crane gets some razzing and abuse from radio heads and techno-troublemakers online. (And if you didn't already notice almost everybody seems to be itching for a fight these days.) But as merchandisers like Radio Shack are abandoning their old base of radio listeners and electronic-minded average guys, C. Crane has been moving in the opposite direction. Yes, you can find a lot stuff similar to C. Crane's roster of goods for a cheaper price if you go through ebay. And if you're a hard core DXer you already know there's a whole world of super fancy and fantastical gear out there beyond the C. Crane catalog that will make your heart race and perhaps pull in a one kilowatt signal from the South Pole on a good day. But it will cost you.
C. Crane takes the middle-ground, where casual geeks and normal folks with electronic desires can find stuff they like, and stuff they dream of. Like a little radio that can record itself and store more airchecks than you could probably hear in a year. Yet, while I am impressed with their customer service I do wonder about their branding strategy sometimes. Like the name "CC Witness." I do wonder… "a witness to what?" And as a further testament to my halfheartedness about the name, as I was waving this around to friends and family over the last few weeks I just had a hard time saying– "Take a look at this CC Witness." I just called it my new radio recorder, or something like that. Maybe they could call it the "VersaCorder…" No, wait. They already have something a lot less amazing with that name. But it would make more sense.
Back in Korea (the land where the CC Witness was born) they call it the DDR-4300. Catchy, eh? However, in Japan they have the best name of all. In the land of the rising sun they call it the "Talkmaster Slim." And that IS the name. In English. In fact, this device is probably more popular in Japan than anywhere else. From what I gather, the Talkmaster Slim is the gadget of choice for young Japanese learning the English language. And from what I've read many of these English "classes" are broadcast on AM radio in Japan, which can be easily captured by their Talkmaster Slim. I suppose this accounts for the feature on the device that allows you to slow down, or speed up, the audio files during playback. It's all about comprehension.
And if there's some irony in this, it's that a modern piece of electronics that probably has its broadest appeal with middle-aged (or older) Americans who haven't abandoned the AM band, in Japan it's apparently youth culture technology. And in Japan you can get the Talk Master Slim in all sorts of bright "young" colors. It's an accessory! And just to get a taste of the exciting alternative lifestyle of the CC Witness in Japan, check out this video. It'll make you realize just how sexy this digital recorder can really be, if you let it happen.
I received my CC Witness at a very opportune time, right before my yearly trip to see the family in Michigan. And as I usually do a lot of airchecking when I get out of the city. So I really got a chance to put the Witness through its paces. Other than the quirks I mentioned in this post, I was able to make a lot of fine radio recordings with this device. While it ain't hi-fi, the DX recordings I made with the CC Witness were at least as good as what I was able to get on cassette. And the battery life seemed very good. Charging during the day kept it alive through the night as I recorded. And not only that, but the CC Witness also enabled me to do something I've always wanted to do. Something I hadn't even considered until I started my long drive to the Midwest.
As I mentioned before, I've always wondered why car cassette players couldn't do what every boombox can do so easily– record directly from the radio. I always find it interesting to check out radio while on a road trip as I pass through the reception zones of stations I wouldn't hear any other way. In fact, I've dedicated a couple posts so far to doing just that as a passenger on a road trip back in 1988.
Well this time I was driving alone, where it was certainly impossible to hold a boombox up to the window to grab signals from the countryside. But I did have my CC Witness. And with the Witness plugged into the car stereo via a cassette adapter I was able to tune in to stations and record them as I drove. Maybe that doesn't mean much to you, but I was almost giddy. On my way through Ohio and Michigan I recorded quite a bit of AM radio while in the driver's seat. And not only that, but there's a setting in the menu that enables the CC Witness to include the frequency of the station recorded as well as the time and date of the recording. Incredible. No need to log anything.
As a guy who looks at any escape from New York as an adventure in amplitude modulation the CC Witness is the perfect companion. And in another post or two I'll probably dump out my net and let you hear some of what I captured with my new toy. There's not much local radio of note along interstate 80 in Pennsylvania, or New Jersey for that matter. But there was plenty to hear along the interstates in Ohio and Michigan– two states hit hard by hard times. Add to that the bizarre alternate realities spreading on the radio these days, and I caught a strange mix of American radio from 2009. Some of it rather scary.
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An intelligent girl who is stubborn and likes to get her way. Her spontaneous and gorgeous nature lures guys in. Although sometimes she might act uninterested towards a guy doesn't necessarily mean she's not into him. She is a natural flirt who tends to be lustful, and prideful in ocassions. But all in all she's a very generous person who takes care of others. She is a person who accomodates according to the situation and is good at acting.
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Man, did he just brody that watch?
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bro ,brother ,or homeboy .
derived from the jerkin generation .
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whuts good brody .?
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Cuteness that's all I have to say. What is the definition of cuteness? Brody. Whatever he says is cute and adorable. He is the best boyfriend anyone could ask for, caring, sweet, amazing in everyway. He is the one you dream about and someone you always want to be with. Someone you can't take yor mind off. Someone I wish to be with every single day. All I have to say is that I love him.
There is nobody like Brody!
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A player but very attractive.
but none the less; a player.
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Guys are nice, until they pull a Brody.
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To cause a vehicle to drift in circles by causing the tires to break loose(lose traction), works extremely well on a snow covered empty parking lot. Can be accomplished with a rear wheel drive car going forward or a front wheel drive car in reverse. Old Skool term.
Brody**Now that the parking lot is covered in snow, I can not wait to pull some brodies.
**Whats wrong with you? You can not do Brodies with studded tires.
**Whats wrong with you? You can not do Brodies with studded tires.
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another word for spining donuts in a car or truck on or off road
What a'll want to do?
Drink some beers, spin sum brodies.
Drink some beers, spin sum brodies.
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an amazing guy that everybody loves but he breaks alot of hearts and makes ppl mad ALOT he can get a girl to do anythingg and everything he just has those eyes that makes you fall forr himm.He is a sexy beast and he is really funny he is a player but for some reason all the girls want to be with him!!He can get almost any girl that he wants.Brody can be a GREAT guyy and sometimes he cant!! (:
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"Yeah i know he can be a jerk sometimes though!"
"Yeah i know he can be a jerk sometimes though!"
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I got Twitter up and running....
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Dueting with girlfriend Katy Perry on the track, which they cowrote for his latest album, Paradise Valley, the couple posed for professional portraits to accompany the release.
"I'm excited to give you the first look at the single artwork for 'Who You Love,' shot by the great Mario Sorrenti," Mayer, 36, writes in a post on his Tumblr. "Get it at the iTunes Store, and then head over to Vanity Fair to see exclusive photos from the shoot."
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New BeginningsPosted Thursday, November 6, 2008, at 1:16 AM
The big day started pretty routinely, wake up, get ready for work, running late as usual. My husband Sandy and I had talked that morning about our schedules and when we would meet up to go to the hospital. The big event probably wouldn't happen until later in the day or so we had planned. He had to meet contractors and line up work for his employees. I had clients to see, a conference call I couldn't miss and later, lunch with the girls, which had been planned for weeks. Unfortunately, what we didn't know was that Mother Nature has her own schedule and she doesn't care what you might think you "need to do first." So after several phone calls back and forth, pushing lunch up and deciding to leave early, we got the call. We missed it. We had missed "The Big Event!" Oooops!
So we jump in the car and race to the hospital, parking at the wrong end, of course. Finally, after walking what seemed like a good ten miles we finally enter - the maternity ward. It was deserted, no one around, no noise, no babies crying. I thought we had made a wrong turn in the hospital maze somewhere. "Only one patient here today", the nurse said as she led us down the hall and into the room. All the other new grandparents were gone and the new Mom and Dad were left eating lunch alone. She offered to let us in the nursery since we were just getting there, so we jumped at the chance. There she was in all her glory, Kennedy is her name, all seven pounds, eight ounces of her and less than an hour into this world.
As we stood there in awe of the beautiful and wonderous site of this tiny soul we were jabbering back and forth. "Look at her feet. Watch her breathe. Who does she look like? Oh look, she's smiling at me." Suddenly I realized that Sandy, who had just a minute ago been doing the same was stone silent. I turned to look at him and realized this was a new beginning for him today. This big, burly, six foot, self-described tough guy was standing there with a single tear running down his cheek as he watched his first grandchild kick and squirm. I knew right then and there that life will never be the same again for any of us because now we have a tiny new life, that in an instant has wrapped her heart in ours.
That day was June 4th and today, Novmber 4th, Kennedy is five months old. She recognizes faces and tries to reach for things. She squeals with delight and is able to sit up alone. Her world is filled with wonder and hope. Today the country elected a new President on a platform of Hope. That's my wish for Kennedy, my sweet little girl. Always have Hope! And remember every day we wake up in this world brings a New Beginning!
(Kennedy is the daughter of proud parents Kevin and Whitney Hill)
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Nice heart warming story. Tell the parents not to blink because as you know these gifts from God grow up way too fast!
-- Posted by opinionated on Thu, Nov 6, 2008, at 9:36 AM
Why is this woman so special to be able to tell her story in the paper?
-- Posted by mistyrain25 on Thu, Nov 6, 2008, at 8:08 PM
mistyrain25, you're just as special.... Just type it in the same place that you posted your question on this blog and your story will be read by the same people who read Kim's story...............
-- Posted by Johnny Yuma on Thu, Nov 6, 2008, at 9:27 PM
I guess mistyrain(beautiful handle) isn't a grandma yet .I hope someday she will know what that is like. Good stories are much needed in this time of stress. Family is the most important thing ,second only to God.
-- Posted by Glenda on Thu, Nov 6, 2008, at 11:13 PM
In all of the hatred, politics and crime stories--isn't it nice to be able to read a story about what really matters in life? People get so hung up on all the "happenings" of todays time- they don't stop to realize what is really important in life. God blesses all of us with a new beginning everyday and I think we all should be just a little more thankful! To think of a precious new baby, and to be able to see the world through their eyes, we should all be so lucky! Great story Kim!
-- Posted by Little Miss Sunshine on Fri, Nov 7, 2008, at 8:38 AM
If anyone is interested in writing a column I'm sure the editor would be willing to talk to you about it. Just give them a call, they are always looking for different viewpoints.
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This sequence of image galleries is progressive: from a brief overview of performance considerations in staging Shakespeare, it evolves to a broad survey of the whole history of Shakespeare production, followed by coverage of narrower periods as modern records intensify, until we reach the modern age with galleries focused on late twentieth-century British theatre and contemporary American Shakespeare companies, followed by detailed documentation of the origins, development, and use of the rebuilt Globe Theatre at Bankside, London.
The second page of galleries shifts emphasis to more specialized approaches: unusual images of performances; data about the relevance of Shakespeare's plays' historical content to performance, both in Europe and Britain; followed by various exercises illustrating the use of this material in Shakespeare analysis, including sample gatherings from the whole collection focused on three of the most popular plays: Much Ado, King Lear, and Romeo and Juliet.
1.Introduction to Shakespeare Staging
The first section of this gallery provides a preliminary account of the origins and current character of the rebuilt Globe Theatre, developed more fully in Gallery 9. The other sub-galleries outline some modest production options, illustrated by the UCB Shakespeare Program, for modern staging of Shakespeare (with a few professional theatre analogues). Photographs are by Velma Bourgeois Richmond, unless noted, and are intended for educational not commercial use. Clips from several of these productions can be seen in the Video gallery.
2. Productions from the 16th Century to The Present Day
These images relate to productions from the sixteenth to the twentieth century, giving an overview of the developments in theatre styles from Shakespeare's own time to about 1914, with stress on the earlier centuries. Plays included are grouped alphabetically by play title, with production details listed under each title where known. The last page 5 illustrates the range of theatre stages on which these plays have been performed. Please note that the later, more narrowly focused period sections (Galleries 3-9) overlap with the end of this broadest one (Gallery 2), so some related pictures may appear in later contexts (including a few in the Bibliographies and About Us). As noted some of the pictures in this gallery were provided by the Shakespeare Centre Library, Stratford-on-Avon, by permission of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, and the Furness Image Collection of the Libraries of the University of Pennsylvania, except for those identified otherwise. The remainder are from the UCB Shakespeare Program collection. They are intended for educational and non-commercial purposes.
3. Productions from 1838 to 1914
These pictures from the Victorian and Edwardian periods are arranged alphabetically by play title. This section develops the previous one's last phase, concentrating on the more elaborately "historicist" staging of Shakespeare by such prominent professionals as Irving, Tree, Benson, and Poel. These photographs derive from the U.C. Berkeley Shakespeare Program Collection and the Yorck Project, under GNU Free Document License. They are intended for research and educational, not commercial use.
4. Shakespeare in 1900
In 1900 Seymour Eaton edited a Shakespeare Rare Print Collection of which the U.C.B. Shakespeare Program owns the Connnoisseur Edition. These engravings were published for subscribers to The Eversley Shakespeare and Review of Reviews (Philadelphia: R.G. Kennedy & Co.). This collection reflected the then current subjects of interest to American enthusiasts and experts in the field of Shakespeare performance at the turn of the century: principally the historical identity of the actors themselves, not distictive interpretations of roles. Many of the pictures from the Collection that are omitted here are conventional sketches of historical buildings or scenes by German artists without specific relation to any performance. However, the remainder provide a retrospective over the contents of the previous Gallery 3 in terms of the American stage. Because of the uneven condition of the originals each image required individual processing to register legibly on this site.
5. Productions from 1900 onwards
This section includes celebrated performers who flourished or emerged in the inter-war years: Peggy Ashcroft, John Barrymore, Edith Evans, John Gielgud, Leslie Howard, Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, etc. However, it also reviews a variety of foreign and non-English-speaking productions from 1900 to the 21st c. These pictures are for educational use, and most appear by the courtesy of the Hampden-Booth Library, New York, the Yorck Project (under GNU Free Document License), or of the Cleveland Press Shakespeare Photographs 1870-1982, edited by Lesley Ellen Jorbin of the Special Collections, Cleveland State University Library, and based on the Clevelandmemory site at http:/www.ulib.csuohio.edu/shakespeare/ See individual credits.
6. Productions in Britain: 1960 to 2000.
This gallery covers important or interesting productions in Britain since World War II. among the sources are the professional collections of Donald Cooper, Thomas Holte, and Janet Arnold, provided by kind permission of the Arts and Humanities Data Service (25/1/06) found at http://www.ahds.ac.uk/performingarts/collections/designing-shakespeare.htm. Other image sources include Velma Bourgeois Richmond (Shakespeare Program); and Ester Inbar (via the Yorck Project, under GNU Free Document License). Images are arranged alphabetically by play title, and are intended for educational and research purposes, not commercial use. This counter was reset on 11/20/09 after 2937 visits.
7. U.S. Shakespeare Stages: California Shakespeare Theatre & Others
Initial shots show the California Shakespeare Theatre in the hills between Berkeley and Orinda, which is typical of many open-air theatres in the American West. Terry Teachout called it "one of the most beautiful outdoor performing spaces in America" (Wall St. Journal, 7/23/10). Gene Angell designed this polygonal theatre with a ground plan shaped like the original Globe "footprint." A history of CST is attached to the album's first image, listing all productions. Production shots are courtesy of Jay Yamada and the CST. The Shakespeare Bulletin reviewed the CST Much Ado (22.1,2004, 97-9), and Julius Caesar (21.3,2003, 106-8),with casts and crews. Later there are shots of the 2008 CST Pericles and the 2007 Richard III, etc. Then come 2002 CST Macbeth and A Midsummer Night's Dream. Remaining images are from a score of representative North American theatres active after 1945, courtesy of Internet Shakespeare Editions, University of Victoria (B.C., Canada) and www.clevelandmemory, org/copyright/ Cleveland State University, Michael Schwartz Library, Special Collections. Owners of copyrights are indicated, but educational use is permitted according to ISE and CSU.
8. Origins, Construction, and Use of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
This Gallery is devoted to aspects of the reconstruction of Shakespeare's original Globe Theatre near its original site in Southwark, on the right bank of the River Thames opposite the City of London. The principal sections cover six main topics: the theatrical precursors of the Globe (8.1); the rebuilding process up to 1998 (8.2 ); some early uses of the rebuilt Globe (8.3; some illustration of various aspects of the first performance of Much Ado About Nothing on an early version of the stage of the new Globe (9.4); and the completed Globe and its operation, including what a drama group experiences while exploring uses of the stage of the new Globe (8.5). The images in this gallery are from photographs by Velma Bourgeois Richmond, unless indicated otherwise, and are for scholarly and educational uses. For a fuller discussion of the performance considerations involved in this gallery please click on the first image inside its penultimate section: 8.4. Much appreciated funding for the digitization of the relevant images in this gallery was provided by the Office of Educational Development U.C. Berkeley.


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on May 8, 2013 - 3:30 PM
"The rich are different from you and me," said F. Scott Fitzgerald to Ernest Hemingway in the famous anecdote. "Yes," replied Hemingway in terse wise guy mode, "they have more money." Hemingway's reply is what makes it a classic joke about dueling sensibilities. But Fitzgerald was right. And that's one of the things that "The Great Gatsby," opening Friday, is about.
There is so much more to being rich in America – for all our putative democracy – than merely "having money."And that is why for film critics, Baz Luhrmann's "The Great Gatsby" was, quite frankly, among the most dreaded film projects of the 21st century. Fitzgerald's best-written novel isn't merely a great American masterwork – one that readers have long suspected of literary perfection – it is, in its permanent status in secondary school syllabuses, so often one of the primal literary experiences of American teenagers. It's one of the classic moments where our children discover what literature is, in all its haunting art.
And here is this big, unspeakably vulgar version of it by the famous Australian apostle of free-flown cinematic excess ("Moulin Rouge") Luhrmann, complete with deliberately anachronistic rap music, absurd swooping 3-D CGI effects as his tale whipsaws across Long Island Sound into midtown Manhattan. He even takes the most grandiose moment of George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" and uses it as accompaniment to the moment 40 minutes into the film when Jay Gatsby (Leonardo DiCaprio) appears to us for the first time.
If Jay Gatsby had been a film director, Luhrmann's "The Great Gatsby" is the adaptation he might have made of Fitzgerald's exemplary literary art – a completely ingenuous and wrongheaded monument to everything that Hollywood money can buy, a shameless wallow in excess that can imagine no other point to finery than vulgar display. It's a crazily stylized and artificial version of the occasional gentle surrealism that Fitzgerald constructed from the reality of the 1920s.
When we first see gambler Meyer Wolfsheim in Luhrmann's "The Great Gatsby" – the fictional character loosely based on the very real gambler/gangster Arnold Rothstein – he looks like a hirsute Hindu Maharajah wearing the most expensively tailored gangster clothing purchasable in the Western Hemisphere. In other words, he's a loony 3-D closeup of everything WASP America in the '20s might have conceived of as Other when, if he'd wanted, Luhrmann could simply have gone online and instantly conjured up pictures of the very real Arnold Rothstein to give him casting ideas. (The real guy, in most pictures, looks a bit like Milton Berle.)
But just as Gatsby's narrator Nick Carraway likes Jay Gatsby enormously – the grand, self-created myth conjured out of nothing but money by the formerly "dirt poor" James Gatz of North Dakota – it's hard, I think, not to feel huge affection for this energetically stylized version of Fitzgerald's austerely lyrical and tragic novel.
Nick Carraway's little rental cottage (80 bucks a month in 1920s prices) sat right next to Jay Gatsby's unimaginably luxurious "palace" on the "New Money" West Egg of Long Island. Meanwhile, across the sound on the "Old Money" East Egg, live Tom and Daisy Buchanan, embodiments of all the insular, xenophobic entitlements of "old money" where there are, after all, few pleasures greater than the contempt one can freely express for those who don't share it. Tom, the philandering polo player, lectures some dinner party guests, in one scene, on the perils of rapidly advancing non-white races.
Wealth, after all, is merely the accumulation of more and more money and who knows where it's been? Or where it came from? When Fitzgerald says that Daisy's voice sounded like money, though, he's referring to something else, a very specific vocal sound that American moviegoers might know from Katharine Hepburn, Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly and (my nomination for the actress who should have played Daisy in the 1949 version) Gene Tierney.
In the hopes of luring his beloved Daisy, Gatsby, meanwhile, throws the grandest parties anywhere in his vast, rambling , absurdly overstaffed "palace" – open-house spectaculars full of senators, movie stars, sports luminaries, musicians, everyone in that democratic aristocracy whose name might be known to others that one has never met.
In one of the movie's most cunning scenes, we're reminded that for all Nick's affection for Gatsby, the mysterious zillionaire himself is not immune to the class barbarisms of wealth. In full earshot of his disapproving domestic staff, Gatsby, at one point, refers on the phone to his concern for them only "as long as they can cook and make beds." Luhrmann isn't such an innocent apostle of cinematic ostentation that he forgets that money and class are the decidedly ambiguous stars of the tale.
Those made of flesh – the actors that is – are a different, complex story. DiCaprio is a vastly better Gatsby than Robert Redford in Jack Clayton's somnolent animated magazine ad from 1974. Tobey Maguire is a better Nick Carraway than expected, even though Luhrmann's conceit has him narrating the movie in later life as he lives in a sanitarium suffering from "morbid alcoholism" a la Fitzgerald himself.
On the other hand, Carey Mulligan is an earnest pro going through Daisy motions even though she wouldn't be likely to obsess anyone, much less Jay Gatsby.
A lot of other Luhrmann meat puppets do their best here – Joel Edgerton as Tom Buchanan, Elizabeth Debicki as Daisy's golf pro pal Jordan Baker, Isla Fisher as Tom's proletarian mistress Myrtle.
Luhrmann can't begin to disguise how much more interested he is in the engine roar of Gatsby's customized yellow Duesenberg convertible. It's a real thing that only obscenely plentiful money could have bought – just like all the careening CGI effects in his 3-D movie that sometimes seem to begin where Busby Berkley left off.
In his naive innocence, though, Luhrmann thinks he can finally take Fitzgerald's masterpiece off the library shelf and install it somewhere permanent inside the heart of American mass culture. In his inappropriate, ridiculous and ridiculously likable movie version of it, he will, I think, come closer than anyone else ever has.
The Great Gatsby
3 1/2 stars
Starring: Leonardio DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan, Tobey Maguire, Joel Edgerton, Elizabeth Debicki and Isla Fisher
Director: Baz Luhrmann
Running time: 143 minutes
Rating: PG-13 for some violent images, sexual content, smoking, partying and profanity.
The Lowdown: Wildly stylized adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel about New Money vs. Old Money on 1920's Long Island.
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Walter Williams, the man who woke up inside a body bag, is home from the hospital.
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Last week, a coroner pronounced Williams dead before he woke up in a funeral home.
Williams' story went global when word of him "coming back to life" spread online.
Doctors said a mix of medicines may have caused his vital signs to appear unresponsive.
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Hearts, teddy bears, flowers and heart-shaped chocolate boxes bombard every retail outlet, and we know Valentine's Day is on its way. Whether you like the holiday, Valentine's Day is the February holiday that gets all the love.
The other February holiday, which is celebrated with mattress and furniture sales, was actually created by law to celebrate the birthday of our nation's first president, George Washington. Our nation's first president was known for defeating the British army at Yorktown in 1787 and for allegedly chopping down his father's cherry tree with a hatchet as a child.
It's allegedly, as it's thought that the author, Mason Locke Weems, manufactured the story to prove a point (and to sell books).
Although President's Day may be February's reason for sales, it's really is a day to celebrate all our American presidents. How better to celebrate President's Day, then by planting a Colorado-appropriate cherry tree in remembrance of Washington.
There are a couple of great options for Weld County, and although these suitable cherry trees have fruit, they are not generally thought of as the typical pie or edible cherry. Remember proper planting and watering are the keys to a healthy tree — unless of course you have a new hatchet and want some practice.
Amur Chokecherry (Prunus maackii)
This cherry tree grows to an average of 20 feet and is known for its fragrant spring-blooming white flowers and its small black fruit, which are good for birds. This tree does not perform well in very heavy clay soil, so be sure to plant in well-drained soil.
The shiny, bright amber to coppery-orange bark curls as it peels off the trunk and provides great year-round interest. The amur chokecherry is great as a street tree, an ornamental tree, or as a specimen tree in a garden.
Canada red chokecherry (Prunus virginiana 'Schubert')
The Canada red chokecherry tree grows 20-30 feet in a broad oval shape, if grown as a tree (this Chokecherry tree can also be grown as a shrub). They prefer to be grown in full sun with well-drained soil. This tree may sucker, which can be a nuisance in a lawn or planting bed.
The foliage is bright green as it emerges, but it turns purplish-green in color for most of the summer and orange-red in the fall. This tree has showy-white flowers in May and small purple fruit that matures from July to October, and the bark is a simple gray-brown.


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The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for the entire WISN 12 viewing area.
The warning is in effect from 9am-9pm.
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Snows will become heavy early this afternoon, then exit late afternoon into early evening.
Snow accumulations of 4 to 7 inches are likely, with locally higher amounts possible, particularly along the Illinois border.
Winds...southeast at 10 to 15 mph with a few gusts of 25 mph in the morning. South to southwest at 5 to 10 mph with gusts to 20 mph in the afternoon.
The snow will rapidly accumulate on roads making travel difficult with visibilities of 1/4 mile at times. The snow will affect the beginning of the evening commute...especially in the Milwaukee Metro area.


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The Australian actor and wife Elsa Pataky took in the tennis tournament from the Royal Box on Sunday, watching as Roger Federer fell to Novak Djokovic in the men's final.
The proud parents (they welcomed twin boys Tristan and Sasha in March) were photographed looking sweet in the stands, laughing and embracing throughout the match.
But the box's true stars were the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, William and Kate, who smiled and cheered as they held court in the elite seats along with England's other power couple, David and Victoria Beckham.
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They weren't the only famous faces in the crowd: Celebrities took over the stands at London's Centre Court, ensuring the spectators had as much star power as they players.
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Congratulating Djokovic after the match, the royal couple were full of praise, but when quizzed by the Wimbledon champ about her tennis skills, Kate admitted that she was a bit out of practice since giving birth to her son, George, a year ago.
WATCH: Djokovic is reunited with wall of champions & is congratulated by the Duke & Duchess of Cambridge. #Wimbledon http://t.co/zJeRGuoczF— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 6, 2014


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Okeechobee Blvd. Branch
About the Okeechobee Blvd. Branch
The Okeechobee Boulevard Branch provides traditional print resources such as books and magazines, as well as electronic resources and audiovisual materials to library patrons. The library circulates a large amount of popular adult fiction, nonfiction, large print, and children's materials. Reference and reader's advisory services are available.
A wide variety of electronic resources, such as magazine articles, newspaper databases, and Internet access, are available to the public. Hands-on computer training for novices and the more experienced is available. The library has an active children's department that offers programs to children of all ages.
By Bus: Palm Tran Route 43
From I-95: Travel to Okeechobee Boulevard (Exit 70). Drive west on Okeechobee Boulevard (approximately 3-1/2 miles), past Haverhill Road. Library will be on your right, next to Dunkin Donuts.
From Florida's Turnpike: Take the Okeechobee Boulevard (east) exit off of the Turnpike. Drive east on Okeechobee Boulevard (approximately 1/4 mile). Library will be on your left, next to Dunkin Donuts.
- Free Wi-Fi and Internet access
- Three study rooms
- A large meeting room that seats up to 50 people
- A small conference room that seats 10
- Comfortable seating and reading tables with electrical connections for laptops throughout
- Color and black and white copiers
- Self-service options at Check Out
- Interior and exterior materials return
33 Public Computers
- 3 Catalog and Electronic Database computers
- 24 Public Internet computers
- 6 Public Internet computers in the Children's area
Public adult and youth computers shut down 15 minutes before the branch closes. Guest computers shut down 10 minutes before the branch closes.
Service Area
North to 45th Street, south to Belvedere Road, east to the West Palm Beach city limits, west to State Road 7 (including Century Village, Golden Lakes Village, Haverhill and Westgate).
Nearest County Libraries
Main Library (5.5 miles)
Royal Palm Beach Branch (6.5 miles)
Greenacres Branch (7.5 miles)
Wellington Branch (10 miles)
History of the Branch
November 1976 - Okeechobee Blvd. Branch opens in a 1,430 sq. ft. storefront. October 1977 - OBB acquires additional 330 sq. ft. February 1981 - OBB expands to 4,460 sq. ft. April 1993 - New Okeechobee Blvd. Branch opens in 17,000 sq. ft. building.


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This week former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean will speak at an event in Iowa. And next month Dean will be talking about health care reform in New Hampshire, WMUR Political Scoop has learned.
A decade after Dean's last presidential campaign began, is another one about to begin?
Dean will give a speech called "Health care in the private sector -- reform is still possible" on Sept. 23 at the Saint Anselm College New Hampshire Institute of Politics.
In Iowa, Dean is talking about Democracy for America's "Purple to Blue" program.
Dean finished second in the 2004 New Hampshire Democratic primary.


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Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Great defense wins championships, but you likely can't win a title without a solid offensive attack. The Wando volleyball team's strength this season is currently its offense, and the defense needs a little seasoning as the Warriors aim to return to the Lower State championship game this year.
"We have very good power and strong hitters – even our new players on varsity are very good hitters," coach Alexis Glover said. "Because we are a taller team, defense is sometimes an issue. We will work every day in practice to make the transition from offense to defense smooth."
Last season, Wando lost to Aiken, 3-2, in the Lower State title match.
The Warriors won the second and fourth games before losing by two points in the fifth, and deciding, game.
"Our goal is to push past the disappointing loss to Aiken last year and play for the state championship," Glover, who was inducted into the South Carolina Athletic Coaches Hall of Fame, added.
Wando lost six seniors from last year's group but return all-state and all-region setter Natalie Tucker, all-region outside hitter Britney Vallez, outside hitter Daley Gosnell, right side hitter Maddie Kennedy, middle hitters Elisa Aldrich and Samantha DeJong and DS/liberos Alex Casale and Megan Morris.
"The tough thing to replace with this group is the experiences they had together," Glover said of the six graduated players, "because this particular group of graduates had been playing volleyball together since seventh grade."
Glover noted the Tournament of Champions, Sept. 20-21 at Dorman High School, as an event where the Warriors will face "our biggest competition of the season."
The field consists of teams from the Carolinas, Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee.
Wando is 8-2 so far this season with home matches on Wednesday against Bishop England and Porter-Gaud.
Palmetto Christian
The Palmetto Christian Academy volleyball team returns one starter from last season's 15-6 group. In their first year of SCISA 2A, the Eagles lost to Spartanburg Christian on the second day of the state tournament after an 11-3 region mark.
Five players – all starters graduated – and only six players return to the court. "It's always tough for a coach to find replacements for a varsity team," coach Alyssa Woodhall said. "I am excited for this year's lineup. The girls have stepped up, and we are on to a great start. The girls realize they have big shoes to fill and haven't let me down."
Woodhall said with so much roster uncertainty from her team and the Eagles' other region opponents, the goal this year is to "stay grounded fundamentally."
"We may not march through the season so easily, but we will still be tough to beat," she added. "I aim for consistency in all things and want my girls to strive for perfection."
Among Palmetto Christian's strengths are hitting and passing. The Eagles spend at least half of their practices working on passing in serve receive or individual defense, Woodhall said. They have to improve on serving and consistency.
Last season's rival was Holly Hill Academy, which the Eagles split their matches. "I am looking forward to a fresh start this year. I believe everyone graduated key players this last year, which will make the games a little more interesting," Woodhall said. "I am just ready to start up region play to see where my girls will stand and what all they can accomplish."
Bishop England
The Bishop England volleyball team aims for its 13th consecutive state championship this season.
The Battling Bishops swept Chesnee in the state finale last year in three games: 25-20, 25-12, 25-19.
They're 6-0 so far with a pair of matches on Wednesday against Wando and Porter-Gaud.
Coach Cindy Baggott did not return multiple requests for comment.
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Photos by: Carly TaylorThis tiny bunting favor is a great idea to incorporate a bit of your wedding day design into a keepsake for your guests. They will love having a piece of your day to remember forever! Use a fabric pattern that you use in some aspect of your wedding, whether it's invitations or table runners! Directions: To make the bunting, cut small triangles out of your chosen fabric. Using hot glue, attach each one to a piece of embroidery thread or ribbon. Let them dry ... Top off your bags with a simple thank you label and a bit of twine. Simply slip the perfect presents in bags such as these and send them home with a little tag and a big thanks!
By: Mary SwensonThat of-the-moment (yet utterly classic) blue and white striped shirt seen just about everywhere these days inspired this fresh, stylish table setting. Here's how we did it! Linens Customizing individual linens for each place setting is made easy by using inexpensive white cotton napkins and multi-surface acrylic craft paint. Simply iron each napkin flat, and paint thin stripes along the bottom. Centerpiece Liven up your centerpiece container by adding a striped detail along the bottom. First, we spray-painted a clear glass vase with white spray paint and let it dry completely. Then, after marking off stripe-painting guides using low-tack adhesive tape, we painted stripes around the base of the container. Floral Simplicity A single, oversized red dahlia adds just the right amount of color and drama to this centerpiece while keeping it simple and unfussy. Menus Carry the stripey theme over to all aspects of your event! To create this menu card, we used blue cardstock, a white gel pen, and white paint. Contrast + Color The blue menu card is a striking contrast atop the sea of white. Place one card at each table setting, or put one or two at each table. Place Cards Make matching place cards by using white card stock and painting stripes along one edge with blue paint. Use a similarly-colored blue pen to print names on each card. Coordinated Paper Goods Coordinating menu and place cards are a lovely and sophisticated detail. Stripes, Stripes, Stripes! Using the same number of stripes and a common color scheme for each piece on your table creates a unified, crisp look that's perfect for a bridal shower or wedding day! (photos by Mary Swenson)
Photo By Chelsea FussUsing five varieties of Lilac and a a few stems of springtime Spirea, we created a gathered, musky bouquet that any bride would be happy to sink her nose in for a day. The textured, romantic style is perfect for a modern, traditional or country wedding. You will need: 30 stems of lilac. We used: Korean Lilac (tiny flowers), "Beauty of Moscow (light pink), "Mount Baker" (white), Common Purple Lilac and Wedgewood Blue. 15 stems of spirea string flower clippers ribbon or cloth tape Directions: 1. Condition flowers overnight. Cut the stems and cut a slit upwards in each stem to allow it to drink water. Sit them in lukewarm water in a cool place away from drafts, heat, and fruit and food. 2. Strip most of the leaves off the lilacs. Usually the stems are long so trim them to around 12" each. Make sure there is one stem per large blossom. If there are two stems, trim one off. 3. Make piles of each type and color. 4. Gather 1- 2 stems in your one hand. Add stems at a 45 degree angle. Turn the bouquet to the right each time you add stems. The stems should spiral. For the most part, larger, heavier blooms should sit at the bottom of the bouquet and lighter buds and blossoms should sit near the top. 5. Secure with twine or string. 6. Add a ribbon. We used a patterned cloth tape (usually sold for bookbinding) and simply wrapped it on top of the string. If you use a ribbon, secure with a pin. Tips for working with lilacs: Always give them a clean cut when you bring them home. Cut at an angle, and then cut upwards into the stem, once. Use lukewarm water, lilacs don't like to be shocked by really cold or hot water. If some blooms start to wilt, recut the stems. Keep away from fruit, food, direct sunlight, and drafts. Plan to buy a bit more than you need, a few stems in the bunch will always wilt. Don't be afraid to work with lilac, if you remember these simple tips, it's easy! Photo By Chelsea Fuss
Project & Photos By: Victoria HudginsLooking for a less traditional cake topper for your wedding? These vintage fabric stars will bring a dose of bright charm to your cake or dessert bar. Materials: To make them, you'll need basic star frame(s), mod podge, fabric, and scissors. Small cardboard star frames are available at your local craft store, while larger metal frames can be readily found at thrift stores or at many big box stores. Materials (cont.): Find a fabric that coordinates with your wedding day. Search Etsy for a wide variety of pretty vintage florals or check your local fabric store for vintage replica fabrics. Step One: Cut your fabric to the approximate size of your star and dredge it in a bowl of Modge Podge until completely wet. Place the fabric on top of your mold and use your fingers to gently shape it into form. Let dry overnight. Step Two: Once dry, cut the fabric closer to the frame shape and turn over. Secure any extra fabric in the back with glue. Step Three: Use wood glue to attach a stick to the backside of a large star frame. Many smaller frames come sold with small wooden sticks already attached. Display Tip: Place one large star in your cake for a bold bright touch or scatter smaller stars atop cakes, cupcakes and desserts.
Photos By: Chelsea FussThese sweet and wild green wreaths are perfect for anytime of year (just change out the ribbon to suit the season). They look gorgeous on church doors, bride and groom chairs, or as pew markers. Total cost: $5 per wreath. Materials: Spool wire Floral tape Clippers Greens (about 15 stems per wreath, we used rosemary, bay and boxwood) Ribbon 1. Form a circle (whatever size you need. Remember your wreath will be slightly bigger than the form) with the spool wire and double it over several times. 2. Cover the circle in floral tape. 3. Cut small pieces of greens and, take excess leaves off about an inch of the bottom stem. 4. Secure each piece with wire. 5. Make sure you overlap the stems to cover any wires or mechanics. You may need to fill in with a few extra pieces. 6. You can make these up to a week ahead of time. Spray daily with water and keep in a cool, dark place. 7. Hang with ribbon and afterwards send them home with special guests. Add this natural touch to your big day - and have fun! Photos By: Chelsea Fuss
One of the trends we love about rustic weddings is the do-it-yourself projects even the least crafty brides create with wood. Here's what to display for every part of your big day:
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Seating Arrangements
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Chair Decor
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