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Brandon Text is the companion of the famous Brandon Grotesque type family. It has a higher x-height than the Grotesque version and is optimized for long texts, small sizes and screens. This sans serif type family of six weights plus matching italics was designed by Hannes von Döhren in 2012.
Brandon Grotesque
For a clean and
noble look
For long texts and
small sizes
Influenced by the geometric-style sans serif faces that were popular during the 1920s and 30s, the fonts are based on geometric forms that have been optically corrected for better legibility. Brandon Text has a functional look with a warm touch and works perfectly together with Brandon Grotesque. It is manually hinted and optimized for screens, so it will be a good choice for Websites, eBooks or Apps.
The whole Brandon series is equipped for complex, professional typography with different sets of numbers, alternate letters, fractions and an extended character set to support Central and Eastern European as well as Western European Languages.
Brandon Text comes in 6 weights plus matching italics. From the fine and noble Thin weight to the extra strong and loud Black weight.
The first 100 buyers of the complete Brandon Text family will receive a limited brochure about the fonts. Just send your MyFonts invoice to: firstname.lastname@example.com and this wonderful little gift is on its way to you…
Background Story
From here to Fame
Having finished the first drawings of Brandon Grotesque in 2008, I asked myself what I should do with it now. Should I publish it with the help of a type foundry or would I be better off by myself? I wasn't sure, so I put it in the drawer. After nearly two years, I found it again. I started to rework some details, and after six more months of work, I decided to publish it by myself. Still I was not sure if anybody would be interested in just another geometric sans – but at least I loved it. So I decided to share it like this: I designed a limited edition type specimen of just fifty copies for my first fifty customers. I wasn't even sure if I could sell fifty copies – but it turned out very differently.
The success of Brandon Grotesque was overwhelming. Within the first month it was climbing to the top of bestseller lists and was featured in the well-known MyFonts newsletter. In its first year it became the most successful new typeface of 2010 – and its success continued. Today I can say that Brandon Grotesque was a changing point in my life. Before, I had designed typefaces for nearly three years – and honestly, I was thinking about doing other things for a living, keeping type design as a hobby. Following the success of Brandon Grotesque, I now get to experience the great privilege to do "what I love". I'm happy to see that a vision like mine can be realised.


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View the full article at Should the U.S. Adopt European-Style Data-Privacy Protections?
This urgent issue will be debated at the 3rd International Summit on the Future of Health Privacy in Washington, DC on June 5-6, 2013 at Georgetown Law Center.
The opening keynote will be Peter Hustinx, the EU Data Protection Supervisor. He will speak on "A health check on data privacy?"
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The Best Western Regency Inn in Danville offers the best in service and hospitality with convenient access off Interstate 74 at exit 220.Guests are just minutes away from Danville's corporate, industrial, and leisure areas and are ideally located near area shopping and attractions including Kickapoo State Park, Kennekuk County Preserve, David S. Palmer Arena and many historic sites.
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The Best Western Riverside Inn in Danville offers the best in service and hospitality. Enjoy the complimentary rotational breakfast bar featuring eggs, pancakes, french toast, french toast sticks, sausage or bacon (items vary by day). Additionally enjoy many of our savory baked items or variety Yoplait yogurt. All of our rooms are equipped with wireless high-speed Internet access, our exclusive Kohler luxury showerhead, plush beds, 250 thread count luxury linens, fluffy towels, 27 inch televisions with cable, in room coffee, in room hair dryers, and many more amenities to make your stay comfortable and convenient.
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A quaint and unique place to visit with friends and enjoy wonderful food. Daily coffee, soup, tea and lunch specials available!
Artistic talent is showcased on a wall mural that decorates the side of a building on this quaint small town's square. The first mural at Illinois and Madison streeets was completed in the fall of 1998.
Conkeytown Christmas Tree Farm
Create a family tradition! Choose and cut your own fresh Christmas Tree. All trees are $30 (tax included) and we'll shake and bale it for free. Open Saturdays and Sundays 8 AM to 4 PM Thanksgiving to Christmas. We have white pine and scotch pine.
Two floors of original antiques in excellent condition. The store owner is very knowledible of the merchandise and they are displayed perfectly.
Provides a clean, spacious, relaxed, and friendly lounge and dining atmosphere. Open jam sessions every Friday. Delivery and catering available.
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Built in 1946 as part of the Brooklyn Dodgers farm system, during the summer the field is home to the Danville Dans, a college summer wooden bat team. This NCAA-sanctioned, Major League-sponsored wooden bat collegiate league plays at Danville Stadium.
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Danville Symphony Orchestra Presents "Beautiful Women"
Join Maestro Swerling, the Danville Symphony Orchestra, and coloratura soprano Jami Leonard for a program of dazzling talent and sonic beauty as we take you from glittering arias by Rossini and Strauss, to sizzling orchestral masterpieces by Ravel and Bernstein inspired by life in Paris and New York. Don't miss Beautiful Women, an eclectic and exciting program.
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Five By Design's signature harmonies stand out in the American musical landscape, spanning the test of time for over twenty years. This nationally acclaimed vocal ensemble is the choice of symphony orchestras, delighting hundreds of thousands in performing art centers across the country. As they make their way back to Danville for the third time, Five By Design will join the Danville Symphony Orchestra for an exciting evening of Music of the Mad Men Era. Enjoy numbers made popular by Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin, Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, Rosemary Clooney, and Bobby Darin.
Anchored by Sears, Carson's, Dunham's Sports, and Burlington Coat Factory, the Danville Village Mall features Ross Dress For Less, Book World, Christopher & Banks, Clair's Boutique, Deb Junior & Plus, Cellular One, Bath and Body Works, Maurices and others. Dining options include Garfield's Restaurant and Pub and Buffalo Wild Wings. The AMC Village Mall 6 is open daily for movie-goers.
Visitors to Danville can watch special events such as concerts, trade shows, circuses and other performances throughout the year. The arena hosts the annual Dustbowl basketball tournament, Danville Dashers hockey and public ice skating.
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Historic Fischer Theatre, owned by the Vermilion Heritage Foundation, was built as the Grand Opera House in 1884. From Lillian Russell to silent movies, this theater provided entertainment to the community until it's closing in 1982. As work continues toward the goal of complete restoration, the lobby is used for many public events. The theater also houses the "Stage Presents The Fischer Gift Shop" where you will find creations by local artists and artisans, as well as products highlighting the area's famous stage, movie and vocal artists.
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The International â The Pines
Bolton, Massachusetts
August 10-12, 2004
BOLTON, Mass. â A 40-foot-putt on the final hole capped off Cornelius Carrollâs second sub-par round of the Fidelity Investments Junior Classic and sealed the Boys Division title by four strokes with a tournament total of 1-under-par 215.
Catherina Wang of Orlando, Fla., held off a late charge by Marika Lendl of Goshen, Conn., to take home the Girls Division title.
The Fidelity Investments Junior Classic was a 54-hole event conducted by the American Junior Golf Association on The Pines Course at The International. The event featured 98 of the nationâs premier junior golfers, ages 12-18, from 14 states and Canada.
Carroll entered the day with a one-shot lead atop a packed leader board. A birdie on hole No. 2 quickly gave Carroll the advantage he needed to separate him from the pack and record his second AJGA crown.
âI was 1-under through the first two, but was happy to make the turn at even par,â said Carroll, from Windermere, Fla. âI just wanted to come out here and hit fairways and greens.â
After making two 20-foot birdie putts on Nos. 13 and 14, Carroll let his experience take over.
âIt was a matter of experience today,â Carroll said. âI have learned how to grind it out and stay in it each shot. I have been playing solid all summer, so it is very nice to have it end this way.â
Jon Curran of Hopkinton, Mass., and Michael Slovitt of Winnetka, Ill., tied for second at 3-over-par 219. Matt Giftos of Nashua, N.H., finished in fourth place, while Cody Paladino of Kensington, Conn., and Brent Blaum of Coral Gables, Fla., tied for fifth.
Wang found herself coasting along with a three-stroke lead entering the final two holes, but a bogey on No. 17 and a birdie by Lendl left Wang with a one-shot advantage entering the final hole. After hitting a short tee shot, Wang regrouped and saved par, while Lendl bogeyed.
âIt got really close there,â said Wang, who was also 3-1 in this yearâs Canon Cup to help bring the Cup back to the East team. âI just hung in there and pulled it out.â
Wang finished the day with a 4-over-par 76 and a 7-over-par 223 for the tournament, giving her a third title in 2004. She also won the Dunlop Carolina Junior Championship and the Ringgold Telephone Company Junior Classic.
Finishing behind Wang and Lendl was Lala Anai of Lexington, Mass., and Brittany Skoda of Chagrin Falls, Ohio. The duo tied for third at 11-over-par 227.
The American Junior Golf Association is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the overall growth and development of young men and women who aspire to earn college golf scholarships through competitive junior golf. The largest association of its kind, the AJGA has a junior membership (boys and girls ages 12-18) of approximately 5,000 junior golfers from 50 states and 30 foreign countries.
Titleist, the AJGAâs National Sponsor, has been the catalyst and driving force behind the Associationâs success since 1989. Rolex Watch USA, a supporter of the AJGA since 1983, became the inaugural AJGA Premier Partner in 2004.
AJGA alumni have risen to the top of amateur, collegiate and professional golf. More than 160 former AJGA juniors currently play on the PGA and LPGA Tours and have compiled more than 300 wins. AJGA alumni include Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods, Davis Love III, Mike Weir, Charles Howell III, Jim Furyk, Vicki Goetze-Ackerman, Grace Park, Cristie Kerr and Beth Bauer.
For more information about the Fidelity Investments Junior Classic, please contact the AJGA at (770) 868-4200.
The Foundation
The Achieving Competitive Excellence (ACE) Grant program provides financial assistance to junior golfers who wish to play in AJGA events. Its goal is to give top-flight golf opportunities to young golfers regardless of financial resources. This program helps to fulfill the AJGA's mission of developing young men and women who aspire to earn college golf scholarships through competitive junior golf.
What is Leadership Links?
Leadership Links is a new program whereby the AJGA is able to further its mission to help develop young men and women by teaching charitable giving skills and service-oriented practices at an early age. This program gives juniors all the tools necessary to donate their time, talent and resources to local charities and the AJGA youth development programs. Please click here to learn more about the program and the different opportunities available.


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The 3 Most Notorious Photobombers on the Internet
For the uninitiated, photobombing is the art of jumping into the background of a photograph right as it is being taken. The results vary, but can be particularly hilarious if the correct ratio of "bizarre expression" to "having absolutely no relation to anyone in the picture" is met. Because it is the Internet's heroic burden to keep track of these things, here are three of the world's most notorious photobombers.
#3. Paul Yarrow
Paul Yarrow really, really likes to be on the news. However, rather than achieving his dream by eating a thousand hot dogs or killing a president, Yarrow prefers to just stand in the background of live broadcasts and stare at the back of the reporter's head like it's playing every Michael McDonald song ever recorded.
Yarrow is so consistent in his appearances that some intern probably thought he was a ghost.
"Wait, you can see him, too? Oh, thank God."
According to one of the various interviews Yarrow has given (because lurking behind broadcasters like a pastry-guarding sphinx is apparently a newsworthy endeavor), he is actually trying to make a statement about overweight people not being featured on TV because they aren't attractive enough. Despite Batmaning his way into so many appearances, Yarrow claims that the reporters always deliberately pass him over when taking statements from the crowd, probably because he looks like Willow on growth hormones and has the speaking voice of a cartoon mouse.
#2. Michael Cera
When he's not entertaining us with side-splitting comedy hits like Year One and Extreme Movie, Michael Cera is busy ambushing photos of anonymous douchebags to make them slightly more noteworthy.
Although to be fair, this photo is pretty hilarious on its own.
According to one of the least interesting minutes of television in the history of the medium, Cera wasn't even aware of the photobombing trend -- he just really likes jumping in on pictures, regardless of who is involved.
"Hey, did you guys see Superbad? That almost makes up for everything else!"
However, judging by these examples, Michael Cera might actually be some sort of celebrity vigilante using his chuckle-fame to thwart aspiring date rapists.
#1. Kelsey Whyte
Nineteen-year-old self-described "professional photobomber" Kelsey Whyte has recently become an online sensation, because the Internet makes people like Andy Milonakis famous.
That's Whyte on the right, although the girl in the middle knows what everyone is really looking at.
Whyte is responsible for hijacking several photos taken at a local bar, appearing behind groups of drunk people and looking like a banshee that forgot to shield its eyes from the Ark of the Covenant.
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Amazingly, she still seems to be the least-intoxicated person in this picture.
Most of the photos were taken by the same person, who is a friend of Whyte's, which explains how she is able to get away with making stroke faces in so many candid shots of total strangers. Her antics have earned her a legion of fans on 4chan and Reddit, which admittedly is like telling people you have a big following in prison.
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Well, one summer, I decided to tackle the problem. Not having any great knowledge of number theory, I used a more brute force approach. Note that for greater comprehensibility, I have broken the resulting formula up into several stages, but it would not be difficult to put it back together into one vast formula:
{e is prime:} PRIME(e) :=
Eb:Ec:((b+2)*(c+2) = e)
{if e is a prime, true iff a is a power of e:} PPOWER(a,e) :=
Ab:Ac:((b*c = a) -> ((b = 1) or (Ed: (e*d) = b)))
{if e is a prime, and a is a power of e, true iff d is the
(log_e a)th digit (counting from the right, starting with 0) in the base-e expansion of n:}
DIG(a,e,d,n) :=
(d < e) & Eb:Ec:((c < a) & (n = (b*e*a) + (d*a) + c))
{if e is prime, and a is a power of e, true iff n has exactly
(log_e a) digits in its base-e expansion (0 is counted as having 0 digits:}
(n < a) & Ab:((PPOWER(b,e) & (b < a)) -> (b <= n))
Ee:(PRIME(e) & (e > x) & En:Ea:(LENGTH(e,a,n) & DIG(1,e,1,n) & Ai:Aj:Au:( (PPOWER(u,e) & ((e*u) < a) & DIG(u,e,i,n) & DIG(e*u,e,j,n)) -> j = (10 * i) ) & Eu:(PPOWER(u,e) & (e*u = a) & DIG(u,e,x,n)) ) )
The basic idea is that you are asserting that for some prime e greater than x, we can find a number n which, when expressed in base-e notation, will have 1 in its units place, 10 in its e's place, 100 in its (e^2)'s place, and in general have the "digit" in each place be 10 times greater than the one to its right, such that the leftmost digit is our x.
To translate into Hofstadter's notation, of course, we must use horse-shoes instead of ->'s, big carets instead of &'s, letters a through e (followed by however many ''s) exclusively, and so forth. (We must also replace <'s and <= with appropriate expansions, and substitute in for our capitalized formula abbreviations.) This is left as an exercise to the reader.
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Ex-Sheboygan mayor takes plea deal in groping case
Robert Ryan lost recall election last year
Former Sheboygan mayor Robert Ryan has pleaded no contest to reduced charges of disorderly conduct for a 2011 incident in which he was accused of groping a woman's breasts during a drinking binge in Elkhart Lake.
Ryan pleaded not guilty last May to two sexual assault charges from the incident on July 23, 2011. Under Monday's plea agreement, he pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts of disorderly conduct. His trial was due to begin Tuesday. His sentencing is set for Wednesday. Each count carries up to 90 days jail and a $1,000 fine.
District Attorney Joe DeCecco said disorderly conduct includes "profane" or "indecent" conduct and actions that unreasonably offend the community's sense of decency or propriety.
Ryan lost a recall last year. He has acknowledged he's an alcoholic.
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Si vous aimeriez goûter à la définition saisissante et au réalisme des colonnes M80 dans un format plus compact en version 8-ohms, jetez un coup d'oeil aux M60. Un système à trois voies avec port à vortex triple, un haut-parleur de 5 ¼ po. dédié au médium, tweeter en titane et deux haut-parleurs graves en aluminium - la M60 reproduit tout le spectre musical sans effort.
Exceptionnelles pour l'écoute en stéréo, les M60 constituent d'excellentes fondations pour un système de cinéma maisons haut de gamme. Une image sonore précise jumelée à une clarté sans précédent et des basses profondes redéfinira la manière dont vous concevez le cinéma maison.
Ces enceintes 8-ohms, répondant aux moindres sollicitations, produiront une sonorité ultra-nette à volume élevé, dans les pièces de bonne grandeur. Pouvant être reliées à deux sources ou deux amplificateurs, les M60 sont livrées avec des pieds en caoutchouc, des pointes pour les tapis, et comprennent une clé pour serrer les bornes d'attache.
-- Tom Andry , Audioholics
-- Andrew Marshall, Audio Ideas Guide
-- Vince Hanada, GoodSound.com
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I'm extremely impressed with the M60s. I loved my M3s, but the M60s just completely outclass them in every way - detail, balance, soundstage & imaging - and the ease with which they handle everything that comes their way. Not just \"for the price\" - these are amazing speakers, period.
I've always been a firm believer in the bookshelf/subwoofer system for audio. In any tower speaker I'd ever heard, the upper-bass was always loose, and muddled. For that reason, I'd always bought and owned high quality bookshelf speakers, and mated them with a good subwoofer. (And that's still a terrific way to go) Then I heard the M60ti's. Holy cow. Clarity throughout the audio range. Bass is very tight and clean. Midrange is clear - voices sound like they're right there in the room with you. And the highs? You'll hear things you've never heard before. You can hear the guitar pick in accoustic guitar. You'll hear Norah Jones' delicate inhale before singing. It's all there. I love listing to speakers. I go out listening all the time, and I've yet to hear something that has made me want to trade my M60ti's in. They are very similar in sound/tone/detail as the MUCH more expensive B&W 703's. If you've heard those, and just couldn't afford their $2500+ price tag, give the Axiom M60ti's a try.
The best and most inexpensive way to get reference quality sound. The M60s continue to blow me away months after I bought them. My audiophile friend from London ON has put them on his must own list.
Can't say enough about how good looking and great sounding these speakers are. Punchy, right bass. Crystal clear mid and highs. Couple these with a pair of QS8s, a VP100 and the sub of your choice, and you've got a sound system that beats most professional movie theater's sound.
Hi, - just wanted to let everybody know how happe I am with my new speakers, - not to mention how fast they arrived, - ordered wednesday, got it friday, - I live in Denmark! I have a large collection of cd's and old lp's, - and everything sounds fantastic, - jazz, classical, symphony, piano, song etc. I also have the speakers connected to my television and the stereo image are much better than my old Sony 5.1 system, - I mean I actually saw \"snakes on a plane\" because of the thunder storms! My wife and I are both trained concert pianists, - so you should think we are used to using our ears, - these are the best speakers I have ever had, - thanks. It's really true, - you want to listen to all your old records/cd's again just to see how well these speakers make them sound.
Exceptional service, Exceptional speakers. I purchased the M60 along with the vp150 center channel. I was not prepared for the outstanding clarity and dynamics that these speakers exhibit. I have been auditioning speakers from paradigm, monitor audio, klipsch, B&W. for the money none can compare to the M60 in this price range. you will have to spend considerably more money to exceed their capabilities in an average sized room, unless you opt for the M80. A few of my friends are already begging their wives to allow them to purchase a new set of axioms speakers for their home theaters. I took a chance on axiom audios 30 day in home trial, and I will not be sending these speakers back. Exceeded my expectations in every respect, well done axiom. upgraded my speaker cable from a 14 AWG monter xp to Bluejean 10AWG Belden Cable, made a huge difference in low end extension and soundstaging. the better the components connected to these speakers, will reward the listener with wiith noticeable improvements in depth and details you have never heard before in your music collection.
The M60 is an excellent speaker at an awesome price. My first set was in Boston Cherry and I enjoyed them so much when I was looking for an upgrade all I could do was order a new set in the High Gloss Cherry finish! To me these are THE speaker... and the best looking in the Axiom line up :) Order up a pair and enjoy the music.
I just got my M60 speakers and WOW what awesome sounding speakers. I just played my Roger Waters in the Flesh DVD and these speakers are a lot better sounding then my present Tannoy speakers. I'm very impressed.
After several weeks of researching online in an attempt to find the perfect speakers for my very own home theater, I decided to purchase a pair of these speakers from Axiom's factory outlet for $892 and I am glad I did. These speakers have exceeded my expectations and continue to do so the more I listen to them.
Fantastic sound! Before these were delivered I remember thinking "how much better than my Tannoys could these possibly sound?" Now I know! Just delighted. Was so busy at home that the first three days I could not even unpack them! The fourth night I came home after work and just had to connect even though it was late. After hooking up I had to listen at a really really low volume as my wife and kids had gone to sleep. I was astounded for even at the low low volumes - I could tell that I really had somethinmg special here. Thank you!
Je viens de recevoir mes M60. Quel son incroyable! J'ai l'impression que l'orchestre est chez moi! Je m'installe une salle d'écoute et je pourrais les apprécier àleur valeur complète. Je vous donnerais d'autres nouvelles.Félicitations àvous et votre équipe pour la fabrication d'aussi bonnes enceintes.
I have had these speakers for several months now and I listened to many many speakers in and above their price range. NOTHING even came close. The only speakers that sounded better but cost considerably more were the martin logans, and not even their base model. I will put these up against nearly anything. I wish they went a little lower in deep base dept but within their range they are strong iand very accurate - what a lesson B & W could learn from you! someday your sub will back them up anyway. Thank you for re-awakening the audiophile in me.
Until you buy axiom you haven't listened to real music or heard the awesome sound effects of a good movie. The sound is unmatched crisp, clear and just all around incredible. Go big or go home get axiom.
Keeping in mind that it is only the 2 front speakers I have hooked up, I put on David Arkenstone's Atlantis album, specifically the last track, Spirit of Atlantis. JC, oh my God.........I literally began to cry; I mean it! I have never heard sound that incredibly crystal clear, powerful, balanced, overwhelming. I was carried away to another place by the beauty spilling out of these awesome speakers. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I need to grab the Kleenex and get back to my music! Axiom ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh so grateful,
Thank you for your advice on the M60's. I received a pair yesterday, and after auditioning them with 'Peppino D'Agostino's' high resolution 5.1 DVD, it was instantly apparent that this was an excellent upgrade from a pair of AX 1.5's. Not only do these speakers look outstanding, but the depth and detailed sound that emanates from them, is nothing short of spectacular. I had no idea that my Home Theatre System could sound so good. The rest of the set up consist of AX 1.5's, AX2's and AX 1.2's. It was very interesting to hear these older model Axiom's become more alive with the introduction to their new big brothers - Quite Amazing . I am so pleased with this purchase that I will be ordering the M60's matching center channel - the VP150. . . . .In Closing - Axiom Audio can keep my money - 'cause ya ain't getting these backTotally Pleased,
I absolutely love theM60s. Norah Jones was almost a religious experience.
Wow! Brent, these M60s are fan-TAS-tic! I thought I had pretty good floor speakers before, but I'm hearing things I've never heard before! It's a true joy to experience my music collection in a way I've never known. The product, like the service, is top-notch.
Received, installed, wired, tried it out. Very good. I'm pleased!
They are much better than the infinities they replaced. I can't wait to get the rear speakers next!
Thanx, super sound...all the rave reviews and positive promos were correct! Fedex great as usual. I just have one minor complaint.......why did I not find out about these loudspeakers earlier!
The speakers look good and sound great! It's been hard to decide what music to play next. I will certainly recommend your speakers to anyone in the market.
I'm very very happy with my Axiom M60Ti. It delivers sound so wonderful that I wish to have more time everyday with it. Thank you Axiom.
I was initially hesitant about purchasing loudspeakers without hearing them first, but the combination of Axiom's top-notch service, along with their informative website closed the deal. I'll definitely buy Axiom again, and I've been telling my friends about my great experience.
The new speakers are awesome!!! I was replacing 25 year old speakers, so I expected an improvement...but the Axiom's surpassed my expectations. We sat up last night playing Copeland, Green Day, Ted Nugent, Allison Krause, Yo-Yo Ma, Eric Clapton and countless others. Great speakers, a great price, simple to order, they arrived when they were supposed to, the set-up instructions were very clear...it couldn't have been easier.Thanks,
I am the satisfied owner of five Axiom speakers and awaiting delivery of two more. I bought a pair of M60s and M3s in Feb. 03 to replace my 14 year old 12 inch 3 way towers and 8 inch 2 way surrounds. I chose Axiom after week of research on the web and in person auditions. I had some doubts as to the bass of the M60s due to the 6 1/2 inch drivers. Chose the M3s as replacements for the surrounds because I was used to the "bookshelf" style speakers and was unfamiliar with the "surround" style speakers. When I received the speakers it was a matter of minutes when I put the issue of the bass abilities of the M60s to rest. The tight and clean low end of the M60s was every bit as good as the old 12 inchers. Time and technology works wonders because I never thought I would settle for less than a 12 inch woofer. As for the M3s, I was curious about this unit as the reviews were all almost too good so I hooked the M3s up as a stereo pair and listened to them for a couple of days. I was really impressed at the sound of these speakers. They were somewhat smaller than my old 8 inch bookshelfs that had acted as my surrounds but sounded much better. In a word they were CLEANER. I decided to move the M3s to the bedroom and I created a sound system with the M3s and an old receiver a dual cassette deck and a cd changer. This is Not a state-of-the-art rig but it really sounds great in the small room and it sings me to sleep most nights. Next I bought a pair of QS8s to fill in the living room as true "surrounds". I was very pleased at the effects of the QS8s. They spread the sound around the listening area like butter on warm toast. The surround style speakers are much better than the bookshelf type at creating an enveloping and realistic sound field. One thing, the QS8s are quiet powerful and can shift the emphasis to the rear of the room if you let the rear levels get too high. I probably would have been completly satisified with the QS4s but I'll be keeping my QS8s. Next was the VP150 center and as with the other Axioms it is doing a great job. I dont always have the center channel on when I am watching TV or listening to CDs but it really shines on DVD dialog. All of these speakers will play louder than I can tolerate and do so cleanly. As so many others have added I too am rediscovering my music collection. Boy does it sound great. I am buying a new receiver 7.1 for the living room and am waiting on my M2s for rears. I highly recommend Axiom speakers for any music style or room size. They look and sound great.
Yes, I did received my M60Ti speakers. It was delivered when promised, very good customer service. The speakers sound wonderful. I love them. In the future I will order a sub woofer :) Thank you for your good service and product. Regards,
To let you know that I am very satisfied and very impressed with how the speakers sounded. I've known Axiom since 1987 but never really bothered with it but now I've discovered how excellent sound and valuable they are. Thanks to all the reviews at audioreview.com that finally convinced me into buying the speakers. I was so close to buying a pair of Paradigm Studio 60's and a matching center for it but the $1000 extra compare to the M60 and VP150 changed my mind and am I glad I did. Thanks Axiom! I look forward to buying other Axiom speakers in the future.
I just wanted drop you a line to let you know that, my expectations were met in regards to my new M60 Towers! I am glad I went with my instincts and not the hype surrounding other speaker companies. I used to have a pair of Bose 901 speakers, and I must say I am way more impressed with the M60's. Thank you for putting out a fantastic product. I can't wait to get my center and surrounds.
I have received the speakers and I'm awaiting my new receiver, but in the meantime I hooked the speakers up to my old (small and antiquated) system. The speakers sound great. I can't wait to hear them hooked up to a real system. Thank you for your great customer service!
I set up the speakers last night, and played with them a little bit. I still need to re-do my equalization settings but I have to do some re-wiring before that will be done. I will let you know that in the short time I had to listen to them last night, I am already in love. They sound much more full in my living room than the M22ti's. I moved from a smaller apartment to a much more open condo so that was to be expected. Again, thank you. Axiom is one of the best. Thanks Again,
I was shocked at how fast they arrived (I expected a 4 to 6 week window). When I received the email indicating that they had shipped , I thought: Christmas comes early!!!! These speakers are truly outstanding!!!!!!!I didn't even have any problems with placement etc. Just removed the old speakers and inserted the new Axioms in their place. Hooked them up and......WOW! These really do compare to the B&W 703's (at a 1/4 of the price). I'll post a review on the message board in a week or two. Thank you again for the expedited delivery. Maybe I shouldn't mention on the board how quickly I received these? I wouldn't want to get future customers hopes too high! Next on the 'futures' list is a VP100 and QS8'sCheers,
Thanks for the follow up.I finally got my speaker placement finalized yesterday.They sound good from anywhere in the room.These are the first speakers I've owned that sound best with my tone controls on flat; regardless of the input material.Obviously an indication of sound engineering.No more suspending myself upside down from the ceiling to get in the sweet spot. Nice product and nice that it is made in Canada by a Canadian owned company. Regards,
Great service and excellant product. What a great pair of speakers!!
Just hooked up these M60's.............Holy S***! Gotta get back.
What a PLEASURE it has been to deal with you and your company!!! Great advice to start, friendly responses…what could be better? Thanks so much for everything. I love the new speakers.
Amie, Joe, Ian. I'd like to thank you all very much for allowing Mark and I to visit your facility. We thoroughly enjoyed the factory tour, learning about your operations, and of course, listening to your speakers. I helped Mark set everything up when we got back to Sudbury, and the Axiom's have been playing sweet music ever since. You have a fine product at an incredible price... and customer service that is second to none in my opinion. Please keep up the good work!!! Now that I've had the opportunity to hear your speakers, I can comfortably recommend them to family and friends... you have now officially taken over from Paradigm as my recommendation for best performance vs. $ spent! Thanks again, Best Regards,
You folks are GOOD! I placed my web order yesterday at 11 a.m. The order arrived this morning at exactly 11 a.m. - I was blown away. Plus the Purolator guy was a big hi-fi buff and seemed thrilled to be delivering a serious speaker system. I had been comparing the M60s to what I was familiar with in my old speakers. After a little time away, I was listening to the Axioms without bias. They are the most balanced, cleanest, least coloured speakers I have heard in a home listening environment. Needless to say they are equally spectacular with home theater soundtracks. The Axiom center channel speaker is a perfect timbre match. Many reviewers talk about how great Axiom speakers are "especially for the price". These are great speakers - PERIOD. Thanks for helping make me an "Axiom Man"! I'll spread the word. Have a great holiday! I know I will. Sincerely,
The speakers arrived in good condition. There was some box damage with one box having tire marks on the side like a vehicle brushed it, but it did not penetrate the second layer. The handles in the box were very helpful. Attention to detail even in the packing! The speakers sound terrific! It didn't take me long at all to position them correctly, and now I have that "wall of sound" that I hear people describing on the forum. I also see what people mean about vocals "coming to life". Needless to say, I'm very happy with them and I expect to be purchasing a center and four surrounds in the near future. Thank you again,
Beautiful speakers. We spent a couple of hours listening to them last night. We're still waiting for delivery of our HDTV so we can try them out with movies. I have really appreciated the promptness and professionalism of your company. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend you to others, but when my friends see and hear these speakers I'm sure they will sell themselves.
I am very pleased with my pair of m60's, how they were packed/shipped and how fast they arrived, excellant work. I can not say enough about how much of a pleasure it is to deal with a company that takes pride in the work that they do. I look forward to future speaker purchases from axiom and you have a loyal customer for life. You guys at axiom really run a professional business, and take care of your customers. Thanks again.Sincerely,
I received my speakers and totally LOVE em!!! Had some friends come over the same day and they were VERY impressed. I now have another friend looking into a pair of M60's or M80's in the near future. These speakers are such an excellent value. Cheers.
Everything is fine so far. I just got them hooked up last night and they sound GREAT!
The speakers arrived on time and intact. They sound very nice. I want to thank all of you at Axiom for a very easy and helpful shopping experience that led to a most fulfilling stereo experience. Please thank John (I'm not sure how he spelled it) for helping size the subwoofer. It seems perfect for the room. Without his input, I surely would have purchased the wrong size. My friend, Reagan steered me right when he told me to consider Axiom. Sincerely,
That was one the fastest service I've ever had. I have opened the boxes and arranged the speakers but haven't had a chance to connect them yet. I can imagine that they will sound as good as they look (even my wife love the color).
The speakers look and sound great! They are a perfect match for our oak entertainment center. I'm extremely happy with them, including how quickly they arrived. I was taking something of a gamble, not having heard any Axiom speakers before and going strictly on reviews. The reviews were right! Thanks for the excellent merchandise,
Just want to drop you a quick note of Thanks! Your Company has exceeded all of my expectations! The speakers & stands arrived on Friday. The attention to detail (screwdrivers provided, etc), build, clarity and stereo imaging is absolutely astounding! (matched with my HK 7200). I never realized that Beethoven's 9th had all those wonderful instruments
Thanks for the message. I'm thrilled with both the speakers and the service. I can't believe they shipped on Christmas Eve and got here on Monday - outstanding. As for the speakers; not much more to say than WOW. Didn't know what I was missing with my little bookshelf stereo speakers. Thanks for the very attentive customer service.
I received my Axiom M60ti speakers yesterday and immediately set them up....I've listened to them for 4hrs non stop and all I can say is..they are fabulous!!!! the speaker itself is gorgeous and the sound is just PHENOMENAL...Thank you for putting out such an outstanding product!!!! I confess now that I had my reservations evnthoug I read lots of reviews on the net, compounds that with the fact that axiom is not well known or a brand people recognize...Let me assure you that I will "plug" axiom anytime I get the chance.....Is there any "thing" i should do or you recommend to keep my axioms looking great, as far as maintenance I mean? I am now contemplating the addition of a couple of M3s in the near future....Thank you again for an outstanding product..Shipping was unbelievably fast, I placed the order on 12/16 and on 12/20 I had the axioms up and running......You have made a customer for life.
Thanks for your message. My M60Ti speakers were delivered promptly, and they look and sound absolutely amazing! I appreciate the ease of the entire transaction with Axiom Audio. Cheers,
I received the speakers on Jan. 7th in very excellent condition...no dent, no blemishes whatsoever. I was very excited when I got it and hooked up right away to my Denon AVR-3805 and the sound was so amazing. I was almost blown away by the sound. No need to break in, the M60Ti did its job right from the box. You did a very good job designing these speakers, they're magnificent... Congratulations to all of you in Axiom. The reviews were right, no need for audition. I'll be back to you when I need to upgrade my surround speakers.
You can fool some people some of the time, but you can't fool all the people all of the time. Bob Marley. I am refering to some of your competitors. As for your speakers, Bob's next verse is, "And now I see the light..." I am impressed with your M60s. Thank you,
I just wanted to tell you guys these speakers rock! I pulled out my Steely Dan (Aja) Wow...you can hear all the instruments--it's incredible. Thanks again,
I just wanted to let you know what a great experience it has been doing business with Axiom Audio. The customer service is exceptional and the products are true value. I love the open and detailed sound of the M60s. The QS8s are fantastic surrounds, I'm looking forward to hearing how they perform on SACD / DVD Audio. I will definitely be recommending Axiom to my friends.
As for the mighty M60s themselves, I'm thrilled with their performance thus far! They've replaced a pair of PSB Image 4Ts, which I still highly enjoy, however the M60s are surely a more competant pair of speakers for music, and I belive music is a taller order for a speaker than home-theatre use. I no longer use my EP-175 for music, as I always have with the PSB 4Ts. The M60s have plenty of authoritative bass on their own, mids are clear and present, and the highs are sweet without ever becoming fatiguing, sizzly, or generally obnoxious, as other tweeters of lower-priced speakers can be. I'm fully satisfied with my M60s, and don't expect to buy any more speakers for some time, but when the need arises, you can bet Axiom will the first brand I look to. Thanks again for your great products, ridiculous prices, and fabulous customer-service. Cheers!
Thank you for following up on my order. I received them last week and am very pleased with my purchase. The sound and build quality are unmatched in this price range and really dont know how you guys do it. These speakers will be with me for a long time. If I decide on additional surrounds or presence speakers in the future you can bet I will be back! Thanks.
I've been nothing short of astounded with all the axiom speakers I own (M3, M40, QS8, VP100).
They play ALL types of music very well...and I couldn't be happier with the customer service!
I got the speakers Thurs. afternoon. I played a album I know real well by Diana Krall. The first cut was Lets face the music and dance. The speakers instantly disappeared. It was like Diana Krall was right in the room. Sunday afternoon a friend of mine brought over The day after tomorrow. With addition of the the M60S The sound was nothing short of amazing. The LFE could knock the china out of the closet. I know with time they will only improve. I'm really happy with these speakers already. I definitely made the right choice with Axiom.
Amie, I received them 20 hours after you have shipped them.......it's a shipping record! First impression.....they are wonderfulllllll! I am so glad to have been to audioreview.com prior to make my choice. As you probably know your speakers receive such a great review on that website. You deserve it without any dought! Two days before, I have been to a well known audio store in Montreal where they let me listened to Paradigm, BW and others (about the same configuration as the 60).....just for fun to compare....even if I knew already that I would tried yours..... Even If I didn't have had lots of time yet to fully appreciate your speakers, I can tell you that I feel that your speakers are as quality good as the others sold at that store. Sound, presence, etc....they are superb. For 1100$ canadien it's a steel!......compared to the 1500$ to 2000$ of the Paradigm and BW, etc. Axiom is the way to go! Thanks again for your very good service and advices,
I've set up my 60s and started playing our collection of CDs and DVDs with them and the VP100. We've a pair of QS4s that I bought a couple of years ago, and everything blends together nicely. So far, all the reactions have been positive! Thanks for following up, and best regards,
Thank you for providing me with great service and a product that exceeded my expectations. My wife is as excited as I am about the aesthetics and tonal quality of the speakers. They really bring my cd's to life. We both agree that it seems like we are at a concert while listening to these speakers. My only wish is that they have longevity; otherwise I have no complaints. I will definitely choose your speakers when I upgrade to surround sound.
Thought I would drop you a line and let you know how impressed I am with these speakers. They're about 3 months old now and they're sounding better every day and they sound better the louder I play them! I got them up front with your M3ti on the B channel it's the best combination I've ever had and I've been through a lot of speakers. Last night my buddy was over and we put on Van Halen First CD and opened a beer. We thought Eddie was playing in my front room the midrange on those speakers is so good. He thought I had a sub he couldn't believe it when I popped the grill off and showed him those two little 6.5 inch drivers. Those are great drivers! Needless to say he just payed twice as much for his speakers and was ready to throw them away after hearing mine. Thanks.
Seriously good speakers. Worth every penny.
The mid range sounds are beautifully and smoothly rendered. The low end sound remains clean with superb tight bass.
Thanks Amie! I love the axioms!


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For the rest of you, I need to tell you something, and it's probably going to hurt: All that talk about how a higher education improves you as a human being, instantly launches a stellar career and hurls you screaming into the transcendental nirvana of financial stability -- yeah, that was all bullshit. Unless you're going for a professional degree, you really should not go to college.
You know what to do here.
Not for credit, and not at a four-year school, anyway. I know, I know: "But what about all those posters in the guidance counselor's office, stating in plain, hard numbers how much more a degree-earner makes over their lifetime?" Even a Bachelor's degree, they say, nets you over a million dollars more than a high school graduate.
Isn't that number strange? A million.
Even $900k sounds substantially less impressive, doesn't it? But no, it's that fabled "more than a million." Shit, that's no longer money, it's a lifestyle: Going to college makes you one whole millionaire better than those savage high school plebeians. And though the findings change a little with every new census bureau report, it's always been right around that magic number. The latest version tells us this: High school graduates average 1.2 million over their lifetimes, while a Bachelor's degree nets you 2.1 million, and it scales upward from there. But here's the actual language:
"Adults ages 25 to 64 who worked at any time during the study period earned an average of $34,700 per year. Average earnings ranged from $18,900 for high school dropouts to $25,900 for high school graduates, $45,400 for college graduates"
I've bolded the relevant text. Everybody in that survey has a job, which, incidentally, is a thing that your college degree absolutely does not guarantee you. All the unemployed people, their college degrees doing nothing for them? They don't factor in. But hey, maybe the situation will be better when you're out of college. Things might pick up. You just need to get more loans for now, to get you through, is all. And that's exactly what's happening, according to Robert Shireman, deputy undersecretary of the Education Department: "We're also in an economic situation that nobody predicted. The eye-opening increase in borrowing is largely due to the dire economic environment, which is causing more people to seek federal loans."
So, the reason you're collecting federal debt like soul-sucking Pokemon is because the working world is rough right now. Your parents, like most people, are in a tough financial spot, and they can't afford to send you to school. Since you can't find a job to support yourself either, you just need to borrow more, assuming you're going to make it back in the future, when you get out of college and into that thriving working worl- aw, shit.
Soon the old brag "first in the family to go to college" will be "first in the family to be debt free after high school."
But, hey, you're young and full of foolish hope: Let's assume the optimistic scenario -- that you get out of college without owing an unreasonable amount, after which you're immediately and miraculously employed, and you make that nice, round, one million dollars more per lifetime. Awesome, right?
But what if it wasn't a million dollars? What if that amount starts dropping? How low does that number have to go until it's no longer worth it? 750K? Half a million? The real figure, when all is said and done, is closer to 300,000. Over a lifetime. An economist tasked with studying the long-term value of a college degree found the following:
"College graduates earn, on average, about $20,000 a year more than those who finished their educations at high school. Add that up over a 40-year working life and the total differential is about $800,000 ... But since much of that bonus is earned many years from now, subtracting out the impact of inflation means that $800,000 in future dollars is worth only about $450,000 in today's dollars. Then, if you subtract out the cost of a college degree -- about $30,000 in tuition and books for students who get no aid and attend public in-state universities -- and the money a student could have earned at a job instead of attending school, the real net value in today's dollars is somewhere in the $300,000 range a number confirmed by other studies."
OK, but $300,000 is not to be dismissed outright. That buys you a decent house in Oregon, a sweet parking spot in New York or an extravagant meal in Tokyo. But still, 300k has a lot less kick than "more than a million dollars more!" For some reason, "exchange four years of your life and a decade of debt for a house ... 40 years later!" just doesn't have the same ring to it. And that's IF you get a job, and THAT depends on whether or not your degree is even remotely useful.
And we sent all those useful people away at the start, so that's probably not you.
Pictured: You. Not being useful.
If you start looking into the benefits of a college degree, you'll see this phrase a lot in the articles extolling their virtues: "... people with professional degrees earn more/have more rewarding employment/satisfy more sexual partners on top of a Ferrari." What does that mean, exactly? Can you even get an amateur degree? You can get a professional degree in the Liberal Arts, right? Like ... like a professional Theoretical Sociologist? Nope! They mean the hard sciences again, or law, or medicine.
So very, very not you.
But I think we need to pause and clarify now: If those are the fields you want to go into, you absolutely should go to college and study incredibly hard. If an architect skips the wrong day - to play an ARG, listen to retro-grunge-pop, start a Libyan revolution, or whatever it is kids these days do for fun - and he makes a mistake in his job, my apartment building collapses. If, say, a philosophy major skips the wrong day, he might not know what kind of idealism Kant supports, and that freshman with the pink MacBook won't give him a handjob in the back of her Jetta later.
The stakes are different.
So I'm not saying college does not have a use, I'm just saying that if you're the type of kid who, at 18, hasn't quite formed a complete and detailed plan for the next sixty years of your life, then you're probably not majoring in Esoteric Quantum Engineering. You're taking a survey on Quentin Tarantino films and you won't even show up for that half the time.
Right around the time you catch yourself pirating cliff's notes for Pulp Fiction, you start to redefine the term "higher education."
But then, I never quite understood the professional degree kids who knew exactly what they wanted to do with their lives before they were even legally allowed to smoke. At 18, all I actually "knew" that I wanted to do was girls, bong rips, and handstands - and I never did get that handstand down. We live in a coddling society, and our culture is extending mental adolescence further and further into the late teens and even 20s. I, for example, didn't really feel like a grown, responsible adult male until any day now, hopefully. The kids that have a life-map at 18 were always somewhat rare to start with, and now they're a dying breed. But even the lost teenagers still have that drive. It kicks in the second they get out of high school, and it's propagated by one of the most pervasive PR campaigns ever: "Go to college. You're nothing without a college education. It doesn't matter what you want to do, or even if you know what that is at all. Go to college. College fixes everything."
And why would the government be so gung ho about it -- willing to offer you all that free money (hey, you don't have to pay it back until college is over, and that's a lifetime from now! That's basically not even you anymore! Ha ha, fuck that guy!) - if it just ultimately screws you? Because of something called SLABS. If you haven't clicked on that link, that's okay: You're probably high right now and muddling through the second half of Jackie Brown. You're in no shape for the finer points of finance, but the gist is this: Remember what collapsed the housing market? The repackaged loans being traded with no capital behind them? This is the exact same deal.
Well, that's not fair. It's better. For the loaners, anyway, but much worse for the loanees (that's you).
The average debt load of a college student is $23,186 by graduation. And after the Bankruptcy Reform Bill passed back in 2005, student loans were no longer wiped clean during bankruptcy. That means there is literally no scenario, short of death, where you don't have to pay back that student loan - pay it back to the government, or private lending institutions backed by the government. You know, those people who funded all the programs telling you that you have to go to college or you're worthless and will die in a gutter while baccalaureate holders cavort about your stinking corpse on their golden unicorns? Yep, same guys.
They know they've got you, too: College tuition has been steadily rising, at three to four times the rate of inflation (and that's not even counting the textbooks, which clock out at an average of $7200 now). But, hey, that's no problem, because everybody qualifies for those loans, and you can basically take as much as you need! It's a vicious circle: They jack up the rates because they know the money's there, and then they have to make more money available because those rates are so jacked up. It's a debt circle-jerk and you're the one in the middle that everybody's aiming at.
Wait, it's not all loans though, right? Hey, yeah, you can get free money, too! Yep, the Pell Grant (the only free money everybody guaranteed qualifies for, if they present sufficient financial need). In 1990, those covered 60 percent of a student's costs. In 2006, they covered 30 percent.
If you go to college, you're all but guaranteed some significant debt, and don't think it won't affect you: In a 2006 survey, 39 percent of college graduates needed more than the default 10 years to pay back their loans. Most couldn't buy a house because of the payments, and 28 percent even delayed having children. Jesus, we're not just putting off idle hopes and dreams because of student debt; we're putting off propagating the fucking species. College graduates have yet another reason not to have kids, while dropouts, with their raging, debt-free boners, are out there whoring it up with impunity. Two seconds ago, somebody stopped reading that last sentence to page down to the comments section and write "IDIOCRACY WAS RIGHT!"
Yes. I know it was. It was a satire about current trends, not prophecy. If you believe otherwise, you're the kind of idiot the movie was referring to.
So the financial gains aren't so great, so what? College isn't about money: You learn things, you gain wisdom and you improve as a human being. Maybe the benefit isn't in net worth, but in collective knowledge ...
Maybe not: Sociologists at New York University found that about 45 percent of students showed no intellectual progress by sophomore year.
"To gauge their progress, at the start of college and also at the end of each student's sophomore year, we did surveys, collected transcripts and administered something called the Collegiate Learning Assessment, which measures higher education's impact on student learning. We tested them in areas like critical thinking, complex reasoning and written communication. These are the general skills that most people believe should be at the core of undergraduate learning...as many as 45 percent of students by sophomore year show little to no progress."
And again, that 45 percent probably wasn't taking Super Hard Math 701 as a prerequisite for their For Realsies Adult Degree. They were probably majoring in English with a minor in Oh God, What Am I Going to Do When They Make Me Leave Here. And just to hammer in that financial distress angle one more time, those researchers followed the same students beyond college, and it didn't get any better:
"Since graduating, 60 percent have full-time jobs, nearly 36 percent have moved back home to live with either their parents or relatives and nearly one-tenth are carrying more than $60,000 worth of debt. Of those who have jobs, more than two-thirds were making less than $35,000 a year and 45 percent were earning $15,000 or less."
Where I live, you make more than that working full time at a gas station.
"I really find that course in West African Feminist Fiction has helped me distinguish between the regular and the plus pumps."
I'm not saying you won't get anything out of college: While I was there, I certainly felt like I learned and grew as a person...for about the first year and a half. I think everybody should go to a community college for a bit. Everybody needs some of those early mandatory classes and social experiences, assuming they didn't already get them in high school. You need to take at least up to Calculus in math, so you can immediately forget it, but insist to the IT guys that you totally understood it at one point in your life. You need the introductory writing classes, at least up until argumentative essays, so you can win fights on the internet. And you need all of the general survey history courses, with a few psychology and philosophy courses thrown in on the side, so you can see how fucked up our species is, and come up with some pretentious bullshit reasons as to why that might be. And by all means, if you have the money, audit any class that sounds interesting, but keep in mind that this is the information age: You can get an Ivy League education for nothing. All that knowledge is free now. If you're paying, you're paying for paper.
Listen: Learning is awesome, and you should always be doing it, but unless your life goals line up with one of those handy Professional Degrees, you probably shouldn't sell fifteen years of your life for a certificate that says you got to the finish line once.
"He wasn't the absolute worst in school!"
But in the end, we can only really speak to personal experience: I'm a writer/editor, and I have an English degree. Yet I was so turned around and brainwashed by college-lust that I actually postponed accepting my dream job, writing dick jokes on the internet, because I wanted finish my degree...so that I could get a job writing someday. This is the only career that I know, and all I can tell you is that college didn't do much for me, personally, past sophomore year. If I've learned anything in my field, I've done it by practicing writing. A lot. If you want to go into the same profession, then I highly advocate joining writer's workshops. You can learn a lot there. But if you find yourself paying twelve hundred dollars for one -- like they charge in most colleges - you should look down and see at least four strong but supple hands on your junk at all times.
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5/3/10 at Progressive Field
On May 1st, I took lots of photos outside Progressive Field, and on May 2nd, I went nuts with my camera inside the stadium. May 3rd — my final game in Cleveland — was simply the day for me to snag an obscene number of baseballs.
It started like this…
…and continued with this…
…and this:
For some reason, the ushers at this stadium rarely collect the home runs that land in the seats before Gate C opens.
Soon after I grabbed those three Easter eggs, I got David Huff to toss me my fourth ball of the day near the bullpen in right-center. Nothing special, right? At least that's what I thought until I started scribbling some notes and numbers, and then it hit me: I had just snagged my 4,400th lifetime ball. Here I am with it:
Moments later, Grady Sizemore flipped a ball to me in right center. Even though he's struggling this season, I've always liked him and wanted a ball from him, so it felt great to finally get one.
This was my view of the field:
My sixth ball of the day was a total fluke. David Huff tossed it into the front row roughly 50 feet to my left — and there wasn't anybody there. I don't understand it, but whatever. All that matters is that I was able to run over and pick it up.
My seventh ball was thrown by Chris Perez near the visitors' bullpen down the right field line. My eighth and ninth balls were home runs that I caught on the fly; the first was hit by an Indians righty (no idea who), and the second was a line drive off the bat of Mister Sizemore.
It was 5:01pm. The stadium had barely been open for half an hour. I was thinking BIG, but then I hit a bit of a dry spell.
Twenty minutes later, when the Blue Jays took the field, things picked back up. Shaun Marcum tossed me my 10th ball of the day, and then I got another from Brandon Morrow. Here's a photo that I took a few minutes later. It shows those two guys standing around with their teammates:
Now get this…
Five minutes later, Marcum walked back onto the warning track to retrieve a ball. I wasn't even going to bother asking him for it, but then at the last second, right before he was about to fire it back toward the bucket, I said, "Hey, Shaun, let's play catch." He responded by turning around, tossing me the ball, and then walking away before I had a chance to throw it back.
Weird, no?
You know what else was weird? Two players (Huff and Marcum) had each thrown me two baseballs in the same day. (Okay, fine, Huff didn't exactly throw the second one *to* me, but it still counts.)
Look how empty the stands were, one hour after the stadium had opened:
In the photo above, do you see the fan in the pink shirt? He's right in the center of it, standing in the fourth row. Well, after I caught two more home runs on the fly, I ended up beating him out for another ball that landed in the seats. He was pretty bummed about it, so I asked him if he'd snagged a ball yet.
"Yeah," he replied, "I've actually gotten a couple."
"Oh, cool," I said, "because if you hadn't, I was gonna offer you this one."
He thanked me, and then he asked if I was Zack.
"Yeah, how'd you know?"
"I'm Jimmy," he said. "I the guy that emailed you and told you I was going to be here."
We talked for few minutes and then parted ways temporarily.
Now, in case you've lost count, I had 15 balls by this point, and yeah, I was thinking about reaching 20. There wasn't a whole lot of time remaining in BP, but I had a secret plan. During the previous 90 minutes, there were FIVE home runs that landed in the second deck in right field; when the rest of the stadium opened at 6pm, I raced up there. Here's a summary of what happened:
1) There was one other guy who also ran up to the second deck.
2) All five balls were scattered in the front row (some in puddles).
3) The other guy took a bad route, and I got a slight head start.
4) I grabbed four of the five balls.
5) I missed one because he shoved me from behind, forcing me to overrun it.
6) I offered him a few choice words.
Naturally, I didn't have time to pull out my camera and photographs the baseballs sitting in the stands, so please, take my word for it. I'm not making this stuff up. Just smile and nod and accept the fact that I had 19 balls in my backpack by the time I ran over to the left field bleachers. (By the way, I have no idea who hit the three homers that I'd snagged a bit earlier — balls No. 13, 14, and 15 on the day. All I can tell you is that they were hit by lefties on the Jays, and that the 14th ball was the 1,500th I'd ever snagged outside of New York City.)
Jimmy was in left field. There were a few other fans nearby. Someone on the Jays — a right-handed batter — launched a deep home run that landed halfway up the bleachers. I sprinted up the steps and hurdled a few benches and grabbed the ball half a second before Jimmy got there. (He was a good sport about it.) That was my 20th ball of the day (!!) and then, while I was up there, the same batter hit another ball that clanked off a nearby bench. I didn't even see it coming. I only heard it, and I was able to jog over and pick that one up, too. (Sorry for the lack of photos, but seriously, there was never a break in the action.)
Two minutes before the end of BP, I tried unsuccessfully to get a Jays pitcher to throw a ball up to me.
"You got like 30 balls already!" he shouted.
"Not quite that many!" I yelled.
"Why don't you dump all the balls out of your backpack and I'll throw one to you?" he joked.
I think it was Josh Roenicke, but I'm not sure. He was wearing warm-up gear over his uniform, and I was 20 feet high, but anyway, while he was jawing at me, another home run ball clanked off a nearby bench. Once again, I hadn't seen it coming. In fact, it nearly hit me, and it ended up AT MY FEET in left-center. Roenicke (or whoever it was) threw his arms up in disgust. Too funny. And that was it for BP.
Finally, there was a moment to relax/breathe.
Jimmy and I got a photo together:
In case you're wondering, that thing in front of my right ear is a pen. I'd been scribbling notes about all the balls I snagged, and I tucked it into my cap.
I gave away one of the balls to a kid, then changed out of my Blue Jays costume, and went to the back of the bleachers with Jimmy:
In the photo above, I'm holding my 20th ball of the day. Jimmy (who took the photo) lent me his glove to use as a barricade so the balls wouldn't roll down the steps.
Remember those puddles in the 2nd deck that I was talking about? One of the balls had evidently been laying face down in the water:
Balls No. 21 and 22 both looked pretty cool:
I suspect that the ball on the left hit the edge of a bench. That's gotta be how the gash got there.
Before Jimmy left to go watch the Cavs' playoff game, he asked me to sign one of his baseballs. Then I wandered down to the Home Run Porch and caught up with a fellow ballhawk named Sean Malafronte. Here we are together:
I had met him for the very first time earlier in the day when we were waiting in line outside Gate C — but I had already heard about him because he was involved in this home run controversy last season. Crazy stuff. It turned out that he had heard about me, too, and we kept running into each other throughout the day. I believe he ended up snagging eight balls.
Several minutes before game time, I made it down to the Indians' dugout just before Shin-Soo Choo finished playing catch. Here he is, about to make one of his final throws:
I got him to toss me the ball by asking for it in Korean. Then, on my way out to the left field bleachers, I gave away another ball and took the following photo of the empty stands:
Oof. Make me wish I lived in Cleveland. (No offense, Cleveland, but I really love New York.)
This was my view during the game…
…and this is a screen shot that shows me missing Jose Bautista's 2nd-inning homer by five feet:
The HORIZONTAL arrow is pointing to the spot where I was sitting, the VERTICAL arrow is pointing to me, and the DIAGONAL arrow is pointing to the spot where the ball landed.
If you watch the replay, it doesn't look like I was running particularly fast, and it's true. I wasn't. But here's why. The following photo shows the route that I had to take:
Let me explain the numbers (and symbol)…
1) I was sitting in the second row.
2) As soon as the ball was hit, I had to climb over the bench…
3) …and jump down to the front row.
4) I had to cut left in order to avoid the people and benches.
$) The money spot — it's where the ball landed.
If the ball had stayed in the stands, I would've been able to count to three and then pick it up. The other fans had NO idea what was happening. But no, of course, because I'm jinxed when it comes to game home runs, the ball smacked off the Road Runner ad, landed in the aisle, and bounced back onto the field. Un-effing-believable.
At least the game itself was exciting. Blue Jays starter Brett Cecil took a perfect game into the seventh inning. He then got Asdrubal Cabrera to hit a weak come-backer, walked the next two batters, and struck out Austin Kearns for the 2nd out. That's when I took the following photo to document the fact that his no-hitter was still intact:
Moments later, Jhonny Peralta hit a clean, line-drive single to left field, and that was that. (Was it MY fault? Did *I* somehow jinx him my taking a photo? I made sure not to talk about the no-hitter while it was still in progress. Damn. Would've been nice to witness history.)
During the break before the start of the ninth inning, I moved to the center field end of the bleachers and tried to get Grady Sizemore to throw me his warm-up ball. He ended up throwing back to Chris Perez, the reliever who was playing catch with him, and Perez threw it to me instead. HA!!! It was my 24th ball of the day — my fourth highest single-game total ever — and Perez was the third player to throw me a pair. Are you hearing me? Three different players each threw me two balls in one day. I know it's a random/meaningless "accomplishment," but I'd bet that no one else has ever done it.
I took the following photo from the spot where I caught the throw. (I had to jump for it while I was standing on the steps. One of the cameramen yelled, "Nice catch.") The arrow is pointing to the spot where Perez was standing when he threw it.
Since the Jays had the lead, I headed to their dugout in the bottom of the ninth, and I took this photo along the way:
After the final out, I got robbed by another fan on what would've been ball No. 25. Rommie Lewis tossed it to me from the side; the awkward angle enabled some other guy to reach out in front of me, and he apologized profusely.
"Hey, it's all good," I told him. "Get whatever you can get."
Final score: Zack 24, Blue Jays 5, Indians 1. My Ballhawk Winning Percentage is now .800 (4 wins, 1 loss.), which means I'd be in first place in any division in the majors.
I gave away one more ball as I headed toward the right field exit, and before I left the stadium, I took a few final photos. Here's one…
…and here's another:
I just LOVE empty stadiums. I mean…I love stadiums, period, but there's something extra special about being inside one when there aren't any other fans. (The whole game practically felt like that.)
That was it for the Cleveland portion of my trip. I knew that my next stop — Target Field — was going to be a bit more crowded.
• 24 balls at this game (21 pictured on the right because I gave three away)
• 62 balls in 5 games this season = 12.4 balls per game.
• 634 consecutive games with at least one ball
• 185 consecutive games outside of New York with at least one ball
• 123 lifetime games with at least 10 balls
• 7 lifetime games with at least 20 balls
• 4 consecutive seasons with at least one game at which I snagged 20 balls
• 4,420 total balls
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• $3.85 pledged per ball (if you add up all the pledges)
• $92.40 raised at this game
• $238.70 raised this season for Pitch In For Baseball
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Wow monsterous game Zack! way to go! Cleveland really does look like snagging paradise and a great ballpark. cant wait to get out there.
Another great entry, Zack! I love reading this stuff. The links and the photos and your sense of humor and passion make for an entertaining blog experience.
Also, my game high is seven baseballs–I can't seem to get past that "lucky" number. But I guess it can be done because you hit that mark consistently.
By my count you only used the glove trick once at Progressive Field. Was it just the railings and such or did security/ushers take issue with it? Is your book going to have a list of what stadiums allow devices? I'm not a big proponent of snagging via devices (mostly because all the SoCal stadiums frown upon it) but it's an interesting stat to check out. Where you can and can't use the glove trick, you know?
Good luck in Minnesota.
Hi Zack….
One word. WOW. What a great day. You definitely set the standard. Today was my birthday. My family had a party for me tonight, so I only attended batting practice and skipped the game. I met up with Rob and John from Anaheim who surprised me by being there today at PETCO. Good to see some fellow SoCal ballhawks. I ended up with three today, but I gave one back to Ishmael because Matt Stairs was throwing it to him and he just missed it. Not a great BP, but just being there is fun to me. Can't wait to read about Target Field. Have fun….
My high at PETCO is only 7 as well, so don't feel bad. My high at Qualcomm was 12. More room to run there. Too many railings in PETCO.
Hey Zack, How do you haul all those Baseballs around, as well as a Camera and anything else you need? Doesn't that slow you down? If You have 19 Baseballs in your Backpack how do you move around so quickly?
FACT: Cleveland has been rated the most depressing city in america
it is crazy how few people go to Indians games, particularly when you consider they once sold out 455 games in a row back in the 90s. Well, it looks like Indians ownership's loss is Zack Hample's gain! congrats on the big day.
It was nice meeting you (and Jona as well) at tonight's (5/6) Twins game. Sorry that we weren't able to hook up later during the game. I'm sure with the rain, you were probably able to make your way down to some decent seats. Bummer of a game, but hope you enjoyed it anyhow.
I'll try to post a panoramic I created that people can play…"Where's Zack".
Have a safe trip home.
Rich S (twibnotes)
Uploaded a couple pics from 5/6
Zack in snagging gear
You now know what he's wearing…
Where's Zack? Panoramic
Z, you had yourself quite the game. I'm planning on taking a trip to Cleveland soon… you should E-mail me a little scouting report if you can find some time! Much appreciated!-Ballhawk Shawnrealtalk.mlblogs.com
Hey, twibnotes, I'm gonna guess Zack's near the dugout on the third base side–under the "u" in usbank and what looks to be the Twins' mascot. I saw a splotch of orange that looked like a Ripken shirt.
Yay! Grady is one of my favorite players, so I'm really glad you got a baseball from him. I want to see the Indians but only if they call-up Joe Smith (or they trade him back to the Mets).
It is official, Zack, I am ready for a MONSTER BLOG. Bring on Target Field.
Thanks, and yes, you really do need to get to Progressive Field soon.
The ushers had no problem with it; there just weren't many opportunities because of the configuration.
Happy belated birthday. I miss Qualcomm.
It's tough. It DOES slow me down. I just have to deal with carrying a heavier load.
Not be me.
Yep, pretty much. Thanks.
Nice meeting you, too. Rain or no rain, I found it pretty easy to move around Target Field. Nice pics, by the way. Fun stuff.
Not sure what else there is to say about the place beyond what's here on the blog, but if you have any specific questions, I'd be glad to answer them.
Meh, I'm not a fan of Joe Smith, but the fact that you like him actually makes me like him a little bit more.
Getting all those balls is pretty amazing. At the risk of being that guy, what do you do with all these baseballs? I understand the goal of seeing how many balls you can get but once you have them do you just throw them in a closet? I think the thing the kind of rubs me the wrong way is the asking of players to throw you balls after you have one or a dozen. The orphan balls in the stands or the homeruns/foul balls are fair game but why ask a player for a ball when you already have one. It seems like after you have a dozen someone else in the park would appreciate getting a ball as well. Just my opinion. Your blog is pretty sweet. How many ballparks have you been to?


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Phils Win Series, Despite Lidge's 2 Blown Saves
The bloom has definitely fallen off the rose; Brad Lidge is our fallen hero who gave us perfection in 2008 and now nothing but headaches in 2009. Sorry Brad, but it is time to surrender your cape. With a 2-run lead in yesterdays' game, Lidge gave up 3 runs in the 9th and handed over the win to the Yankees. Tonight, he gave up 1 run in the 9th to tie up the game, but Clay Condrey emerged as the unlikely hero to bail him out. Condrey managed 2 scoreless innings and the Phillies won 4-3 in 11 innings.
But what has happened to Lidge? He swears he is not injured, so what are we to think? I know what I thought in the 9th today – that I was going to leap out onto the field, grab him by the shoulders and shake him violently until the sludgy alien-oil that has obviously taken over his brain came oozing out and gave us our hero back. It really is an X-Files kind of mystery what has become of Mr. Perfect these days.
But a win is a win and 2 out of 3 ain't bad. Shane Victorino gave CC Sabathia fits today at the plate; both he and Carlos Ruiz had a 3 hit night. And Ryan Howard shocked the crowd when he laid down a slap-bunt towards third base for a hit; there's something you won't see every day. Hey, whatever works!
had it working too through 6 innings of 2-run ball. He did fall behind in counts quite a bit, but recovered nicely, although you could tell he wanted to smack Eric Bruntlett in the 4th after an error that extended the inning. Hamels smack his fist into his glove as he arrived at first base and realized Bruntlett would not be throwing over as he dropped the ball.
And here is my "Shame On You" for the day: after striking out rookie John Mayberry in the 8th to end the inning, CC Sabathia hollered and pumped his fist as the strode off the mound, as if he had just won the game in grand fashion. His showboating was less than appropriate for several reasons; he had just struck out a rookie in his 2nd major league game and, the Yankees were losing the game 3-2 at that point. Much ado about nothing? I'd say so.
So how was my first, and probably my only visit to new Yankee Stadium? Pretty good. It is a very nice stadium; almost identical to the old one, only bigger, nicer seats and it doesn't smell like cat pee :O) The seats in the lower level from foul pole to foul pole have waiter service, which was convenient, but they could certainly benefit more from lowering the cost of those seats and skipping the waiters. A bit excessive, I thought. Loved the padded seats, Monument Park was nice, huge team store with a great variety of stuff and TONS of employees everywhere you turn to direct people and answer questions. The concourse even had a fresh fruit stand. I was not impressed with the murky, drab gray underground tunnel system which you have to walk through to get to Monument Park and the centerfield gate. It reminded me of Veterans Stadium; dark, creepy and nothing to look at. Literally…nothing. Blank, gray walls. But overall, it is a very nice place; just WAY overpriced and excessive in a lot of areas it does not need to be.
UPDATE: Here is the PHOTO ALBUM from the game including photos of new Yankee Stadium!
More game and stadium photos are coming! I will post those tomorrow at some point, but for now, I am nursing a wicked bad sunburn (ouch!) and dragging after a long 3 ½ hour drive home. So, off to bed for me! Must find the aloe…
UPDATE: Here is the PHOTO ALBUM from the game including photos of new Yankee Stadium!
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I'll trade you poison ivy for your sunburn! lol! Glad your guys took 2 out of 3 from the Yankees – it helped put my guys into first place!
Nice blog, sounds like you had a great time!
I'd like to exchange links with your blog,
Jenn, it sounds like you enjoyed your visit to Yankee Stadium. I didn't realize that all of the lower level seats between the foul poles have waiter service. No wonder they're so expensive! I've sat in club level seats at Oriole Park (which, as I recall, cost about $60) that had waiter service, and it was definitely very convenient. But I am perfectly capable of standing in line to get my own hot dog! LOL
Sorry about your sunburn, Jenn, but thanks for the pics and the report on the new stadium. It certainly is expensive. But at least you had a good experience. (Cat pee at the old place? LOL.) Loved your Jeter pics, of course. As for the game CC pitched, I never think of him as being someone who celebrates excessively on the mound, but I see your point about Mayberry.
"…and it doesn't smell like cat pee" – Yet! (give it some time for that new-stadium smell to wear off!)
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We would especially like to thank the Refugio County Historical Commission for all their work in getting and receiving the historical marker for Barefield School. To all members of the Community Cemetery, all workers and staff who were instrumental in whatever was done to make this day the success it was we say thank you.
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