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2007 World Series — Game 1
I don't know what's gotten into me. In the past, I never considered spending an entire game outside a stadium, let alone driving 200 miles to do so–but that's exactly what I did for Game 1 of the World Series at Fenway Park. I didn't REALLY expect to snag any balls, and I wasn't sure if I'd even have a good time. The weather forecast said there was a 20% chance of batting practice. I figured there'd be a ton of competition from other ballhawks during the game. I knew I wasn't going to see a single pitch. And yet for some strange reason, I was okay with all of that, in theory. It was an experience, or at least that's what I kept telling myself as I drove through Connecticut and into Massachusetts.
I parked at my friend's place in Lexington at 2pm, got a ride (from his wife) to his school where I'd be giving a speech the next day, got another ride to the subway (or the "T" as they call it in Boston), and found myself walking across a bridge toward Fenway Park more than four hours before the first pitch.
I turned left at the top of the hill and got my first look at Lansdowne Street…the area behind the Green Monster…the place where I'd be hanging out for the next eight hours.
There was a HUGE line of fans camping out under the overhang of the Monster Seats. The people at the front of the line had tents and lawn chairs and told me they'd been there for two days because they heard the Red Sox would be releasing "a couple hundred tickets" at game time.
These people were completely riled up, as you might expect, and they were yelling at everyone and everything. When a UPS truck drove slowly down the street, the whole line started chanting, "YOO-PEE-ESS!!! YOO-PEE-ESS!!!" And when a couple of Rockies fans walked by…forget about it. Garbage was thrown. Obscenities were screamed. It was disgusting and fantastic.
Anyway, it made me feel better to know that I wasn't the only fan without a ticket and that there were people who traveled even farther than me. I talked to one guy who flew in from Texas just to hang out and soak it all in.
The sky cleared up a bit, and I became hopeful that maybe, just MAYBE, the teams might take batting practice after all. Of course I couldn't see the field from the street, so I looked up and waited for someone to walk by at the back of the Monster Seats. There were some photographers milling about and a few vendors setting up. I even saw Red Sox owner John Henry up there for a couple seconds. Everyone was walking fast or busy working, and the street was so noisy that I knew no one on the inside would hear me. Finally, though, after about ten minutes, there was a lull from the people camping out just as a security guard happened to stop at the fence up above and peer down.
"Yo!!!" I yelled and waved my arms.
He looked right at me.
"Is the tarp on the field?!"
He looked over his shoulder, then turned back toward me and shook his head. Before I had a chance to get excited, some guy with a media credential walked over and said he was just inside the stadium and saw the infield covered. I didn't know what to think. Maybe the tarp had just been removed within the last five minutes?
I wanted to hang out on the roof of the garage across Lansdowne. I figured that's where most of the home runs would land–that is, if there was even going to be batting practice. I still had no idea what was happening inside the stadium (which was beyond frustrating, let me tell you), so I went about my business as if the teams were going to hit. What else was there to do? I started walking up the ramp to the roof of the garage and was immediately yelled at by the employee flagging cars in the street. He knew what I was up to and screamed that the garage was private property and I was trespassing.
"How about if I pay you to go up there?" I asked innocently. "Five bucks?"
"NO!!!" he shouted, "AND IF YOU ASK ME AGAIN, I'LL CALL THE COPS AND HAVE YOU ARRESTED!!!"
Fair enough, I thought. It cost $35 to park there. Maybe the guy was holding out for a bigger bribe so he could afford to take care of his missing teeth.
"Ten bucks?"
"Twenty bucks?!"
"GET LOST!!!" he yelled and began marching toward me.
"Thirty-five bucks," I said, back-peddling.
"I'M CALLING THE COPS!!!" he threatened again, and I had no choice but to let it go. At least he wasn't picking on me, specifically. While I was (amazingly) the only fan with a baseball glove, the garage guy was screaming at everyone, even at a couple of well-dressed fans who paused briefly at the bottom of the ramp to take pictures.
I was forced to stand on the sidewalk in front of the garage, and to my right. Not good. I was too close to the Monster. If any balls happened to clear it, they'd probably sail way over my head. I regretted driving all the way to Boston. But I wasn't about to give up.
I still didn't know whether there was going to be BP. And if there was, I had no idea when it was going to start. What could I do? I got into position and put on my glove and stared up.
This made other people stop and stare up too.
"Anything come over yet?" asked a guy with a World Series ticket in a plastic sleeve that was attached to a lanyard dangling around his fat neck.
"Any luck?" asked another guy two minutes later.
A third guy walked over and started talking to me–and never stopped. What was I doing? Did I ever catch a ball before? Did I have an extra ticket? Where was I from? Who was I rooting for? What did I think of the Rockies' chances? How about the weather? How about the Patriots? Is this great or what?
"I can't talk now," I said at last, never taking my eyes off the sky above the top of the Monster, "and I'd appreciate it if you'd give me some space."
"I'm not IN your space!" he shouted in my ear, his breath reeking of alcohol. He kept talking to me. I ignored him. He finally took off.
I just wanted to be left alone, and I nearly lost it when ANOTHER guy walked up to me and asked, "Can I talk to you for a minute?"
I looked down at him for a split second and spotted his media credential. He identified himself as Mike Dodd from USA Today and said he was doing a story about the fans outside Fenway Park. He pulled out his reporter's pad and asked a bunch of questions and scribbled furiously as I explained what I was doing. A woman walked up next to him and started taking pictures with a fancy camera. "This is my photographer, Eileen," he said.
We were done five minutes later. He thanked me for my time. I asked him when the piece was going to run. "Tomorrow," he said.
And here it is.
After a little while, and without any warning, a white speck came shooting over the Green Monster to my right, smacked off the brick facade of a restaurant, bounced back toward the Monster, deflected off the bottom of a food cart, and rolled back toward me across Lansdowne Street as dozens of oblivious fans walked past. I ran forward and grabbed it with my bare hand, and just like that, my whole trip was validated.
A dozen people walked over and asked to see the ball. Did it have a World Series logo?! No, it was just a regular ball, but still, it was pretty cool to have snagged one like that.
Remember the first photo in this entry? If you don't, scroll back up and take another look. See the sloped alley between the garage and the gray building? See the fence at the top of the alley? It was locked, and I was already thinking about climbing over it if a ball happened to land there.
Preparation, baby!
A ball DID land there, and I was over the fence in five seconds before anyone else on the street even realized what was going on. Normally, whenever I catch a ball, people are quick to congratulate me on the "nice catch" when, in fact, there's nothing "nice" or impressive about it. Catching a ball that comes right to me is about as easy as breathing. But THIS alley-snag required some athleticism. Not only did I have to climb the fence while wearing four layers of clothing, a backpack, and my glove on my left hand, but then I had to jump down onto a sloped, concrete ramp from seven feet up and avoid tumbling over forward. I certainly felt the impact on my knees and ankles, but it was pain-free, and I ran down and grabbed the ball out of the muck behind the blue dumpster. It was nasty back there. There was trash all over the place, and a bunch of rabbit-sized rats scurried under the dumpster as I stampeded toward it. (Would I hang out in an Iraqi minefield for a chance to snag World Series baseballs? I have a sickness, so yeah, probably.)
As I walked back up the alley, I held the ball between my thumb and index finger as if I were holding someone else's dirty underwear. The ball was in serious need of being wiped off, but I didn't have any napkins on me, and I had to climb back over the fence, which meant that somehow I was going to have to tuck the ball into…something. Ewww. I put the ball in my glove, shoved the glove in my backpack, climbed back over the fence (people were so eager to help me get down that I wasn't able to jump down until they got the hell out of the way), and got some napkins from The Sausage Guy.
When I walked back to the fenced-off alley, two big guys wearing Manny Ramirez jerseys offered to buy the ball from me.
"How much you want for it?" they asked.
"It's not for sale."
"C'mon, you got two of 'em!" they said as another ball flew over the Monster and landed in the alley.
"And I'm about to have three," I said as I scampered back over and chased the ball down the hill.
When I returned to the street, one of the guys pulled out a crisp fifty-dollar bill and waved it in my face.
I repeated myself slowly: "IT'S…NOT…FOR…SALE."
They wouldn't let it go and kept harassing me.
"Fifty bucks!" he insisted.
"I'm not out here to make money," I said, "but thanks anyway."
That was it for BP. A few other balls (all regular balls) had reached the garage roof, and a couple others had barely cleared the Monster and landed on the street in front of the garage. Throughout BP, I kept flinching every time a moth or bird flew over the Monster. All I could do was look up for white specks, and since I couldn't hear the crack of the bat, every little speck that moved made my heart race.
I wasn't sure when BP was going to end, so I waited on the street until 7:40pm to be safe. Then I found a bathroom, got some food, photographed the alley (through the fence that I'd jumped over)…
…and took pictures of other…characters.
By the time the game started, the mean garage guy was gone, and the few other employees didn't stop me from hanging out on the roof, free of charge. I wasn't allowed to wander in between the cars (even after I explained that I'd protect windshields from being smashed), but as long as I stayed on the ramp behind the entrance, I was fine.
This forced me to play close to the foul pole, but still, I liked my chances. If anyone hit a ball just to the right of the Coke bottles, I was going to have an easy catch on the fly. If a ball sailed just inside the foul pole, I was going to jump into the alley. And if a home run landed in the tight cluster of cars on my left, I was going for it. I didn't care. I was ready to CLIMB on the **** windshields if I had to.
I couldn't believe how little competition there was. For at least half the game, I was the ONLY person on the garage roof. At times, there were as many as half a dozen guys, but none of them had gloves, and none of them were really paying attention. At worst, they were just going to be obstacles that I had to run around.
I had an old walkman with a cheap pair of headphones, and that's all I needed to follow the action. Unfortunately, the radio broadcast had a five-second delay, so I had to stay alert and keep looking over the Monster at all times because I never knew for sure when a pitch was going to be thrown. Sometimes I could figure out what was going to happen based on the crowd's reaction. Whenever the count reached two strikes on a Rockies batter, I knew it was going to be a strikeout if the crowd suddenly went wild. Other times, I correctly predicted slow-rolling groundouts based on the crowd's steadily increasing cheer. If I stood in just the right spot on the ramp, I could see a portion of the jumbotron and get partial glimpses of the replays.
It was a challenge like no other I'd ever experienced as a baseball collector. Just the fact of not being able to see the batter made it a unique experience, and for that reason, I had to stay more focused than ever. I also had to plan my appetite so I wouldn't get hungry during the game, and as thirsty as I got, I had to force myself not to drink water because I needed to cut down on my trips to the bathroom. Apparently, the fans who'd been camping out for tickets had similar bathroom issues and, based on overpowering stench of urine, had been relieving themselves at the back of the garage. No way I was doing that. Before the game, I snuck into a Popeye's and used the facilities, and during the extended seventh-inning stretch ("God Bless America," indeed), I raced to the corner and conducted business inside that big obnoxious bar called Cask 'n Flagon.
Another challenge was staying on my feet for eight solid hours and craning my neck upwards at the wall. It rained for most of the game, not hard enough to halt the action, but enough to make everything in the parking lot too wet to sit on. I was in constant discomfort, but it was worth it. Like I said, I wasn't sure if I'd have a good time, but I ended up enjoying every second. Oh, and another challenge…dealing with all the people who kept asking me what was happening with the game (Get your own **** radio!) and if I'd caught any balls. Every time someone talked to me, I had to take off my headphones and ask them to repeat themselves and struggle to stay focused on the Monster.
This was only my second World Series game. The first was Game 5 back in 1993 when Curt Schilling, then with the Phillies, pitched a shutout at the Vet against the Blue Jays. I was inside the stadium for that game and only managed to snag one ball.
As for Game 1 of the 2007 World Series at Fenway…
Dustin Pedroia led off the bottom of the first inning with a home run to left field, but the ball didn't come close to reaching the parking lot. In fact, it barely cleared the Monster and bounced back onto the field. And that was the only longball of the game. Josh Beckett sounded sharp. (Can't say he "looked" sharp.) The Rockies were lame. Final score: Red Sox 13, Rockies 1.
I wanted a ticket stub, and just as it occurred to me that people probably wouldn't be giving them away for free, some guy walked along Lansdowne Street with a professionally-made sign that said, "WILL PAY $20 FOR TICKET STUBS," and no one bothered to take him up on it. I gave up before I started. To hell with it. I wasn't about to pay over $20 for a ticket stub for a game I didn't even see. Instead, I spent $15 on a Manny Ramirez tee-shirt which you'll get a glimpse of in my next entry.
• 314 balls in 40 games this season = 7.85 balls per game.
• 495 consecutive games with at least one ball
• 2 consecutive World Series games with at least one ball
• 3,275 total balls
22 Comments
Marvelous entry! I admire the fact that you envisioned making the trip to try to snag without entering Fenway. It sounded totally off the wall. Which, of course, is where you needed balls to come from. Anyway, your story kept me riveted. And I'm amazed that you maneuvered into positions to make the 3 grabs. Your enthisiasm for the game is 100% – and great fun to observe. Congratulations, dude!
Hey Zack
now that you caught three balls will you count the game in your streak?
BTW i got the Mariners Fan Pack consisting of oversized cards 2 brochures stickers and a letter
What a great day at the old ballpark. Nice job on snagging three. Just out of curiousity, what were scalpers getting for tickets out on the street?
I "snagged" 4 pucks at the Isles game tonight, a new record for me. The first from the trainer, the second and third fell from the netting. I gave the second puck to a little girl, then I got number 4 from security. Couldn't get a fifth at the end of the period, cuz all 3 people snubbed me, even though they acknowledged me.
awesome, really awesome. thats great that you got 3.
anne-i got the same thing from the mariners. i LOVE fan packs.
The never ending Game 3 gave me a chance to read your blog and it's a great story and I think it would make a great magazine article–somewhere. The same way CBS News did a story on you last year, you should get Sports Illusrated or ESPN the Magazine to do a piece. In my humble view, this Fenway/non-ticket World Series snag effort is as interesting as anything George Plimpton ever did (look him up young ones).
There is also one more thing I agree with in your story–you do have a sickness. May you never recover!
Nicely done, I'm still trying to recover from staring at that picture of the "belly dancer" too long….
Puck Collector- I don't know if you stand outside after the game for autographs but if anyone has any info on what the **** they did with the whole opposing team bus- autographs thing, I'd appreciate it if you'd let me know
John: I'm pretty sure that the bus waits at the players entrance. Just walk around the Colesium once, and you'll find it. There is usually a crowd, and sometimes they sign, sometimes they don't. I think that if it's a big name player (Sidney) then you should wait at the ticket office way before the game(Saturdays work best with this) and just wait for them to walk over from the hotel.
So you DID end up snagging more 2007 playoff balls than me… Well I'm HAPPY that you did, lol.
Well i guess it was worth the drive, huh? Nice Zack too bad you couldn't get in though or have any long balls hit over the Green Monstah. Im off to a watch party to see my sox win it all.
I can't thank you enough.
Yeah, the game definitely counts toward my streak.
I heard that standing-room-only tickets were going for $300, but I find that hard to believe. One guy said he bought two "grandstand" tickets from a scalper for $650 apiece. Ouch.
Congrats on your new record.
Thanks, duuuuude.
Thank you, thank you, thank you. I wish I had better connections to make the magazine piece happen. I guess I'll start by mentioning your idea to my agent to see if she thinks it's possible.
You should be thanking me for not sharing the video…
Ha! How about that. Didn't cross my mind until right now. Thanks.
Yeah, definitely worth it, although the lack of longballs during the game was a major disappointment. Could the Sox please lose the next two games so I have another chance to snag at Game 6?
dude absolutely incredable. only you could work enough magic and skill to snag three balls without even getting into the stadium. and i bet noone even in the stadium got three balls
definately worth it…to bad you didnt get a WS ball but still worth it
great great post…best line ( or just my favorite)
": It was disgusting and fantastic"
Zack, if you think that the Rockies will win the next two, then you definetly have a sickness. When will game two be up? And change the ball count at the top of the blog. It's still on 3272. See the Red Sox in April. They'll have some leftover WS balls.
a-rods opting out, where does everyone think he's going?
omg i hope the rockies come to shea next april. ill be at every game. maybe theyll give away ws balls to forget the memory of the sweep.
in other news…
I know im so excited. i hate the yankees. i hate a-rod. hes a disgrace to the game. hes a jerk. he cant hit in the playoffs. if the mets even make an attempt to think about TALKING about him ill be mad. he slaps the ball from peoples gloves. he yells at infielders so they cant make a play.
bobby kielty just homered. 4-1 sox.
2007 world champions boston red sox. congrats. (btw im confident the rox will comeback to win in 7. lol. imagine…) wow. long post.
hey scmu-ck, why don't you call the mets front office and let them know. their # is
718 507 6387.
and here's an article that will infuriate you:
The Mets have no where to put A-ROD. I'm more upset that BORAS, not A-Rod, chise to announce it in the middle of the WS. Maybe that A-Rod is gone, the Curse of the A-R-od will be lifted. Joe Girardi has been offered a job. We should have an A-Rod contract sweepstakes. Whoever guesses closest to the final contract wins.
Thanks. I always wonder which fan gets the most balls at any given game…and what that ball total is. Is it possible that my three really beat everyone else that day at Fenway? I wouldn't bet on it. There's probably some dweeby seven-year-old kid with no legs who sat right behind the Sox dugout and got a ball handed to him every half inning.
Thanks, Mista.
I'm hoping to have the Game 2 entry up some time today, or at least by the time I go to bed. Thanks for spotting the non-updated ball total. It'd been so long since my last game that I forgot all about the snag-O-meter at the top.
Hopefully to an American League team. Then I can still go for his homers at Yankee Stadium, Camden Yards, and (outside of) Fenway Park. If he goes to the National League, I'll be forced to stalk him at Shea (lame) and Citizens Bank (crowded). Not good. I think he's going to the Angels. Or what about the Phillies? They need a 3rd baseman, don't they? Can you imagine A-Rod hitting in that little joke of a ballpark?
You've inspired me to write a separate entry on A-Rod…
Woo. What a surprise.
That guy with the painted stomach is in MVP Baseball 2005. You know how EA Sports has a short intro with different snippets of film of the sport related to the game. That guy was everywhere after the Sox won it in 2004.


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Charlton Heston was famous for playing such larger-than-life historical roles as Moses, Michelangelo, Andrew Jackson, Buffalo Bill, Cardinal Richelieu, and Ben Hur, a fictional character who seemed more real than life in his portrayal.
Heston may have been Hollywood's last real star, instantly recognizable with that stentorian baritone voice and imposing presence.
He died Saturday night at 84. Our condolences go to his two children and to Lydia, his wife of 64 years.
Just as he excelled at portraying larger-than-life characters, his own life partook of something of the same quality.
He was perhaps best known in recent years as president of the National Rifle Association from 1998 to 2003, but he also served seven terms as president of the Screen Actors Guild and marched — not supported from afar or simply wrote a check but went and marched — with Martin Luther King during the civil rights movement of the 1960s.
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Diggers... What WAX did you buy today?
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First heard it in this http://www.stonesthr...showtopic=14091
Any and all google searches turn up nothing. Its driving me fucking craaaazy.
I ended up editing it out of the mix :
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I've bought quite a lot on eBay the last month, need to find the time for some real digging...
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The Supremes- Right On
Diana Ross &The Supremes/ Neil Diamond- It's Happening
Teddy Pendergrass- Life Is A Song Worth Singing
Teddy Pendergrass (Self Titled)
Isaac Hayes- Hot Buttered Soul
The O'jays- So Full Of Love
Ramsey Lewis- Blues For The Night Owl
Joe Jackson- Body and Soul
The Persuasions- We Came To Play
Spinners- From Here To Eternally
Ahmad Jamal Trio- But Not For Me
Mandrill- Mandrill Is
Henry Mancini- The Pink Panther
The Firesign Theatre- Forward Into The Past Anthology
J Dilla - Lost Tapes, Reels + More (EP)
Posted 05 May 2013 - 12:07 PM
Local record store is moving and selling everything at half price.
In The Jungle Grove was still to expensive for me, didn't knew they also carried the Burgundy EP.
I did some great shopping at a flea market today:
Posted 07 May 2013 - 10:02 AM
Louie Ramirez – Ali Baba
Jorge Santana - Jorge Santana
The Walter Wanderley Trio - Cheganca
Masekela - Colonial Man
Les McCann - Hustle To Survive
Wilbert Longmire - Sunny Side Up
Tony Coe - Coe Existence
Airto - I'm Fine How Are You?
VA - Brazilian Guitar Fuzz Bananas
Horace Silver - Silver 'N Wood
Charlie Byrd - Crystal Silence
Fernando Gelbard - Didi
Rod - Shake It Up
Bob Porter - Meeting You
Os Brazões – Os Brazões
Cem Karaca – Kardaşlar
Various – Persian Funk
Flaviola E O Bando Do Sol – Flaviola E O Bando Do Sol
Sahib Shihab Quintet, The – Seeds
Headhunters, The – Straight From The Gate
Gil Scott-Heron – Reflections
André Popp – Le Coeur En Fête
Eddie Palmieri – Sueño
Ronald Stein – Getting Straight (Original Soundtrack)
George Duke – Don't Let Go
Billy Cobham – Inner Conflicts
Miles Davis – You're Under Arrest
Bob James – H
Bob James – Foxie
Posted 12 May 2013 - 10:31 AM
Classic rap record, figure it would be nice to have, and I'm digging the cover. There's actually a few things I could sample on here, plus it's a joy to listen to.
I had heard of Rare Earth before, and after seeing the cover, I suspected this to be my find of the day. It has a fold out cover, it's really dope. The tracks themselves are mostly rock, but there's some good car tunes and I found a few mediocre things to sample, along with something that I think has a lot of potential. Not that great, but a lot of the rock tracks seem like good driving music, so I can add a few to my playlists.
I saw the name and cover of this record, and KNEW it would have samples. It didn't disappoint, the entire thing is just impeccable piano and flute with minimal drums and light bass. It's not moody enough for my taste, but there's some really nice loops, and I can get the effects I want with a bit of manipulation.
I almost passed this one up because of the boring cover, but I looked on the back and saw the first instrument was a vibraharp, and I knew I had to get this. When I first heard the record, I went crazy. This thing is so dope. It's all horns and vibraharp (reminds me of a more natural sounding rhodes) in nice rhythms with barely any hard drums. This was the best one I found, this is what digging is all about. This is a really dope record.
I really wish I had more money with me, the records were a dollar a piece and I saw some decent looking jazz too. This was a really successful second dig, I got these records for a total of 4 dollars, and after looking online these would go for about 20-60 dollars to buy individually online, in addition to all being pretty dope. I can't wait until I get a record player and can rip these myself, instead of having to rely on dls.
Posted 13 May 2013 - 10:51 AM
The Don Burrows Quartet - Sweet Emma 7"
The Harney Averne Band - Stand 7"
High Voltage - Here Comes The Streaker 7"
Ironing Board Sam - Original Funky Bell Bottoms 7"
Joe Thomas Group - Coming Home Baby 7"
Soul Brothers Inc - Soul Train 7"
Soul Brothers Inc - Long Dark Night For Prejudice 7"
I got these records for a total of 4 dollars, and after looking online these would go for about 20-60 dollars to buy individually online, in addition to all being pretty dope.
$4 is cheap but these records together would go for $20 max, nothing more They're nice finds though, I'm jealous at garage sales in the States! Could you post the title & artist of the Norwegian fusion album if you got it? I'm always interested in such things.
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Marcos Valle - Album
Jorge Ben - África Brasil
Gal Costa - Legal
Tim Maia - Album
Marcos Valle - Garra
Caetano Veloso - Araça Azul
Orlandivo - Album
(all originals!)
And some 45s:
April - Never Too Late
Donato - The Frog
King Hannibal - The Truth Shall Make You Free
Lee Dorsey - Give It Up
Nu-Sound Express Ltd. - Ain't It Good Enough
Philippe Nicaud – Erotico .. Nicaud
Power - Number One
Roy Lee Johnson & The Villagers - The Dryer
Troll - Starshine
The Wild Magnionals - Smoke My Peace Pipe
Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
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Chris Connor - Senor Blues 7"
The Don Burrows Quartet - Sweet Emma 7"
The Harney Averne Band - Stand 7"
High Voltage - Here Comes The Streaker 7"
Ironing Board Sam - Original Funky Bell Bottoms 7"
Joe Thomas Group - Coming Home Baby 7"
Soul Brothers Inc - Soul Train 7"
Soul Brothers Inc - Long Dark Night For Prejudice 7"
$4 is cheap but these records together would go for $20 max, nothing more They're nice finds though, I'm jealous at garage sales in the States! Could you post the title & artist of the Norwegian fusion album if you got it? I'm always interested in such things.
The record is Terje Rypdal - Whenever I Seem to be Far Away. It's a pretty dope fusion record, it has a few loops but it's by a guitarist and I'm not a fan of sampling guitars. There's some strings and early synth on it though. It's also one of those record where the songs are pretty much all 10+ minutes, so I'm going to have to give it another listen to really find what it's hiding.
Posted 12 June 2013 - 02:46 PM
Barry White- Change
Barry White- I've Got So Much To Give
Shaft- Music From The Soundtrack (Isaac Hayes)
David Ossman's- How Time Flies
Lionel Richie- Love Will Conquer All
Lionel Richie- Dancing On The Ceiling
Lionel Richie- Can't Slow Down
The Temptations- House Party
Roberta Flack- Chapter Two
Roberta Flack featuring Donny Hathaway
The Isley Brothers- Go All The Way
EW&F- All 'n All
EW&F- Raise
EW&F- Powerlight
EW&F- I Am
Gladys Knight & The Pips- Life
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Kool and the Gang- Love& Understanding
Kool and the Gang- Ladies Night
Kool and the Gang- Celebrate
Kool and the Gang- Emergency
Kool and the Gang- As One
Kool and the Gang- Wild and Peaceful
Gong- Time Is The Key
Gong- Downwind
Gong- Expresso II
Hiroshima- Odori
Hiroshima- Third Generation
Hiroshima- (Self Titled)
Hiroshima- Go
Hiroshima- Another Place
Dionne Warwicke- 16 Greatest Hits
Motown Chart Busters Vol. 5
Posted 19 June 2013 - 01:24 AM
This was apart of that 4 crate deal from yesterday. Anyone came across this one before?
I have this one (and found it already a couple of times), it's a nice compilation!
I've found some pretty rare library and jazz(rock) from Europe, really happy with those genres
Posted 21 June 2013 - 06:08 AM
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Lately I've been trying to buy records that I have in my iTunes but not on vinyl.
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Posted 15 July 2013 - 12:53 PM
Also waiting for Yessir Whatever and Tony Brutus - Water Pistol Repress to arrive.
Posted 24 July 2013 - 05:16 AM
Led Zeppelin II
Fat Jon - Lightweight Heavy
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$5 for each of them...and they all look super rare, there was no way i was gonna pass these up. also, i got Alan Parsons Project - I Robot, The Fabulous Ink Spots and a Crystal Gayle joint.
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so this guy called up the campus radio station last week saying he wanted to donate 1500 LP's to our collection.
the PD of the station said no on account of limited space, so i kept in touch with the guy and made an appointment to swing by his house today and dig through his crates to cherry pick what i wanted.
all in all, i ended up with 145 albums...a lot of it is fire too, as you can tell just by looking at the three visible ones right here in the pic.
the craziest part:
all of it was free. he basically donated all this amazing music to my collection. so i don't even know how much i could thank him for this, it really was the best dig i've ever had. even better than the last post i made in this thread with all those crazy japanese LP's...this blew even that out of the water (no pun intended, Japan).
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Surprise! GOP Governors "Stonewall" Key ObamaCare Provision
Talking Points Memo is shocked, shocked!, that Republican governors would leave the job of setting up the exchanges to the Central Government Planning Office
Late last week more than a dozen Republican governors declared that they will not build the insurance market exchanges called for by the Affordable Care Act, including prominent names like Bobby Jindal of Louisiana, John Kasich of Ohio, Scott Walker of Wisconsin and Rick Perry of Texas.
On Monday, Gov. Mary Fallin of Oklahoma joined them, declaring in a statement that it "does not benefit Oklahoma taxpayers to actively support and fund a new government program that will ultimately be under the control of the federal government."
Most people still do not want ObamaCare implemented. It still polls negatively. And Republicans will do all they can to gum up the works of a law that was rammed through the Senate and House.
The Obama administration wants states to build the exchanges so they have an incentive to make the law work. If the federal government takes over, state-level Republicans have a scapegoat in case things go wrong.
That's part of the reason, but, there is a bigger reason
The more states stonewall the exchanges, the more it complicates the task of the federal government. One challenge is that the law lacks an automatic funding mechanism for HHS to set up state exchanges. Enrollment is slated to begin next October, and the exchanges are scheduled to start functioning by January 2014.
So far, over a dozen Republican governors have opted to let the Central Government deal with setting up exchanges. Others have not decided as of yet, but will surely opt for federal exchanges. First, they do not want to be on the hook for helping create an exchange. Second, as mentioned, this puts the blame in Obama's hands. Third, as mentioned, there is no funding mechanism. When the special interests, healthcare companies, and insurance companies wrote the 2,700 page law that no one who provided a "yea" vote for read, they forgot to provide funding to set up and administrate federally run exchanges. And the slush fund for HHS is "only" a billion dollars, not enough to do the job.
The law is also rather murky on the legality of the Central Government setting up federally run exchanges.
So, yes, Republicans are going to gum up the works. Perhaps Democrats should have read the Bill before passing it. Because the GOP controlled House will not allow changes to strengthen the ACA under any circumstances.
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Here are some best use water conservation tips for your irrigation system:
Drought Response
During a drought emergency you may be asked to substantially restrict your outdoor watering. Drought response plans vary for place to place, but they all include irrigation restrictions. Complying with drought restrictions will almost certainly require you to reprogram your irrigation controller and possibly shutdown your system completely. Below are some tips for making the most of restricted irrigation during a drought emergency.
Alternating Day Watering
In the early stages of a drought, many response plans restrict irrigation to every other day or three days a week usually based upon your address. To comply with these restrictions you must reprogram your irrigation controller so that it only waters on the specified days. Many newer clocks keep track of the day of the week, which makes this task much easier. Older controllers may not have this feature. If your controller does not accommodate alternate day watering you have two choices: 1) manually turn your system on and off on the permitted days; or 2) get a new controller. During a drought, it may be time to consider option 2. See the Purchase Tips page for a list of features to look for in a new irrigation controller.
Water At Night
Make sure your system only operates when the sun is down to reduce evaporation losses. If you like to watch your sprinklers run, set the start time for 8:30 p.m. – there is still plenty of light outside, but the sun is usually down. Many irrigation experts feel the best time to water is between midnight at 4 a.m. because evaporation in kept to a minimum.
Repair All Leaks
Check your system for leaks. To detect a leak in your irrigation system, you must shut down all water use inside your home and be fairly certain that there is no leakage occurring indoors. Once you have done this, you can use your water meter to see if any water continues to flow into your system. To do this, follow the instructions detailed in the water meter page.
Multiple Start Times
If your irrigation controller offers the feature of multiple start times you can use this to your advantage. Most modern controllers offer the option of 2 or three start times. When this feature is implemented your system will run through the entire cycle of zones more than once per day also called cycle irrigation. Here's an example: Instead of watering zone 1 for 20 minutes, use the multiple start time feature and set up three start times. You can then water zone 1 for 6 minutes three times for a total of 18 minutes. The shorter run times will reduce runoff and water losses and will reduce deep infiltration below the root zone. Table 1 shows a sample watering schedule using multiple start times.
Table 1: Sample watering schedule
Severe Drought Actions
In a severe drought that stretches over several years automatic irrigation may be banned completely. No one hopes this day will ever come, but if it does we must all chip in and do our part. This means shutting down and possibly draining your sprinkler system. Remember, human beings throughout history have survived terrible droughts. It won't be pleasant. It will be inconvenient. You will make it through. The actions you take will determine how much of your landscape will make it through.
OK, you no longer have an operating sprinkler system and your outdoor hose watering is all but eliminated. What do you do?
Prioritize Plants in Your Landscape
The first thing to do in this situation is to prioritize your landscape into three categories: 1) High value/must save; 2) Moderate value/try to save; and 3) Low value/save if possible.
High value plants usually include valuable trees and shrubs that have taken years to establish that will die without water. Moderate value plants might include certain perennials, newer shrubs that can be replaced, and drought tolerant Xeriscape type plants that will require little water anyway. Low value plants usually includes turf grass (which can often bounce back successfully from a complete dry out) and annuals.
The old saying is still true, "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure". If there is a drought forecast for your area – plant more drought resistant plants. See the Xeriscape section of this site for some suggestions.
Tap into Graywater Irrigation Water Sources
It's time for drastic measures. It's time to get creative. The more water you can capture from your faucets, shower, bathtub, and clothes washer the more plants you can probably help survive the drought. You don't need to have an elaborate graywater collection and treatment system (although you might consider this option). Place basins in your kitchen and bathroom sinks to capture water that can then be put on plants outside. If you take a bath, don't drain the water! Use buckets to haul the bath water outside for your thirsty plants. You can also keep a bucket in the shower with you to capture water. Capturing and reusing the clothes washer water may be more difficult, but it is certainly possible to do. If you do this, be sure to use laundry detergent that won't harm your plants.
Place rain barrels at the bottom of your roof downspouts. If any rain does fall you'll be able to use the water more effectively on the plants that really need it.
Ration Water Across Your Landscape
Use your ration of hose water to water hour high value plants and trees first. If nothing else, you want to make it through the drought with those plants alive. If there is sufficient water, move on to the moderate value plants, etc. If you do not have further water from the hose, use your graywater on the moderate value plants and then finally the low value plants.
Keep your moderate and low value plants on a starvation diet. Contact local hortaculturalists and plant experts to determine the minimum amount of water required to keep your plants alive. Some plants can survive (not flourish, but survive) on a small amount of water delivered once per week.


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Whitestown Officers Wearing Wolfcom Body Cameras
WHITESTOWN, Ind. (WISH) - Another Central Indiana police department now has an extra set of eyes when patrolling and responding to calls.The Whitestown Police Department now requires their officers wear portable video cameras.
The cameras are essentially built into the officers' radios now, and serve as a video camera, still camera, and voice recorder if needed.
Chief Dennis Anderson says all of the 26 officers who patrol or respond to calls will be wearing one.
"They can capture things the camera sees, that sometimes the human eye doesn't see," Chief Anderson said. "It allows us again to have a permanent record of those events."
Whitestown started testing out these cameras in May. About a month ago, they made the decision to buy them for all officers.
"More agencies are looking toward this. This particular make and model is placed in about 300 agencies across the country already," explained Lt. Ed Savage, with Whitestown PD.
The cameras are the officers' radio, so they don't add an extra piece of equipment, explained Savage.
He says they cost the department a little more than $600 each.
The chief says they had the money in the budget to make the purchase.
"I relate it to the instant replay in the NFL," Anderson explained. "It's an opportunity to look at things from a lot of different angles, and not any one tells the true story. It's when you get to see it from multiple different angles, you're able to get a much clearer picture."
They say the cameras not only can help in solving crimes and crash reconstruction, they can keep officers accountable as well. They say officers can't delete the video themselves.
"The body cameras assist us as administration to see what our officers are doing in the field, to make sure general orders are being followed," explained Savage.
They also hope that these cameras will lead to better behavior by arrestees, knowing that they're being videotaped.
"Agencies that have instituted these, who've had problems of cases where officers had resistors, those numbers have dropped dramatically," said Anderson.
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CSU Campuses Help Fight Hunger
Hunger is a reality for one in six people in the United State, and CSU campuses are working hard through countless campaigns to help reduce the number of Americans struggling with hunger. More.
Making a Difference with Community Service
Since 1997, the CSU Center for Community Engagement (CCE) has guided CSU students in contributing more than 32 million hours of community service annually to California, which has a total economic impact of $697 million to the state. CCE will celebrate its 15th anniversary next March, and has kicked off the anniversary celebration with a scholarship fundraising campaign. Funds collected via Indiegogo.com (www.indiegogo.com/csu-cce) will be made available as grants and scholarships to help support community engagement efforts throughout the CSU. The goal is to raise $15,000. More.
Teaching Across Borders
CSU faculty pride themselves on passing the torch of knowledge on to future leaders. Each campus hosts an array of talented individuals who take their specialties and develop educational curriculum in other countries.
During summer and winter breaks, CSU Northridge professor Nhut Ho travels regularly to Vietnam to work with Vietnamese educators on revamping the country's higher education system and to raise its level of standards.
In January, CSU Long Beach English lecturer LeeAnne Langton will help Tanzania develop its English language curriculum.
Nonprofits Transforming Lives
Through programs that teach students how to build successful nonprofit agencies, CSU campuses are producing individuals who are essential to tackling issues such as managing climate change, supplying food and water to developing communities, redeveloping urban areas, and providing quality education and health care to underserved populations. Most CSU campuses offer public administration degrees that allow students to gain an in-depth view of the nonprofit sector. More.
SDSU Receives $3M Gift to Support Global Studies
Charles W. Hostler has donated a $3 million gift to support the University's international and area studies programs. More.
CSUEB President Announces $50K Matching Pledge for Scholarships
CSU East Bay President Morishita made a pledge to match up to $50,000 for scholarships for CSUEB students—for each dollar raised, the president and his wife will make a donation in an equal amount. More.
Fresno State President Welty Honored for Philanthropic Efforts
Fresno State President John D. Welty was recently honored with two awards for his philanthropic leadership during his tenure at the university. More.
CSUN Receives $750K Bequest
Dr. Richard and Ilona Buratti have donated $750,000 to CSU Northridge's College of Science and Mathematics to help fund graduate student scholarships and research-related expenses. More.
Former CSUSB President Donates $50K to Faculty Endowment
Anthony Evans, CSUSB's second president, donated $50,000 to help 14 faculty members expand their research and develop new courses. More.
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Cal Maritime President Thomas Cropper discusses how the University is a world leader in "pracademics" — the practical reinforcement of academics by real world application.
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About the Exquisite Corpse
The Exquisite Corpse - Over 200 important contemporary artists have come together to create collaborative drawings based on the 1920's surrealist parlor game "cadavre exquise". The project is meant to celebrate the theme of chance encounters, surprise and radical juxtaposition. Each artist adds to the composition, in sequence, without seeing the contribution of the previous person. Works in the project have been created either at a number of artists' drawing parties or passed from artist to artist. Each drawing is a combination of the work of three or four artists; one for the head and shoulders, one or two for the torso, and one for the legs and feet. The drawings, which are all a universal size of 16x30 inches, are being created to benefit Armitage Gone! Dance. The project also highlights the "performative" aspect of art making by demonstrating that drawing, performance art, and dance all have in common spontaneity and an unpredictable nature. The evanescent quality of dance is mirrored in the surprising juxtapositions of the Exquisite Corpse. The project is curated by David Salle, artist and Chairman of the Board of the Armitage Foundation and Project Manager Tanja Grunert of Gasser-Grunert Gallery.
Exquisite Corpse at the Armory Show – In March 2010 the first 30 Exquisite Corpse drawings were exhibited at the Armory Show in New York. The critical response included this from Paul Laster in The Daily Beast, "One of the most entertaining group hangings is the Exquisite Corpse exhibition. Using the 1920s surrealist parlor game cadavre exquise as the point of departure, 185 contemporary artists, including Dana Schutz, Ryan McGinness, and Louise Bourgeois, drew parts of the body on folded paper, without the knowledge of what their colleagues had done. The results are astonishing."
Armitage Gone! Dance - Karole Armitage has routinely made some of the most beautiful and meaningful dances of the last three decades. Her works are full of wit, humor and sophistication and possess a fierce and sensuous beauty. Like some of the best contemporary art, her concept of beauty involves making connections between unlikely things. Karole Armitage has deep roots in the artistic community and has been dedicated to fusing dance with the visual arts. A hallmark of her 30 year choreographic career has been her collaboration with such important artists as: Jeff Koons, Brice Marden, Philip Taaffe, Vera Lutter and many others. These collaborations, which began early in her career and continue actively to this day, are unparalleled in the contemporary dance world. The Exquisite Corpse project is a way for a wide range of artists to express their support for Armitage's work and also a way for her to acknowledge artists who have played such a large role in her career. The Exquisite Corpse project artworks are being created and sold to provide funding for the Company to create new works and to preserve existing ballets.
Sales The Armitage Foundation hosts two events annually that feature art sales to benefit the Armitage Gone! Dance New Works Fund. The next event will be in the spring of 2014.
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2. John Ahearn
3. Eija-Liisa Ahtila
4. Ellen Altfest
5. D-L Alvarez
6. Jose Alvarez
7. Ghada Amer
8. Laurie Anderson
9. Polly Apfelbaum
10. Knut Asdam
11. Donald Baechler
12. Kristin Baker
13. John Baldessari
14. Shigeru Ban
15. Amy Cohen Banker
16. Robert Barry
17. Jennifer Bartlett
18. Erica Baum
19. Ellen Berkenblit
20. Michael Bevilacqua
21. Ashley Bickerton
22. Nayland Blake
23. Ross Bleckner
24. Daniel Blochwitz
25. Louise Bourgeois
26. Joe Bradley
27. Ethan Breckenridge
28. Olaf Breuning
29. Beth Brideau
30. Delia Brown
31. Cecily Brown
32. Robert Buck
33. Tom Burr
34. Richard Butler
35. Nicolas Byrne
36. Ellen Carey
37. Matthew Cerletty
38. Sarah Charlesworth
39. Sandro Chia
40. Anne Chu
41. Francesco Clemente
42. Benjamin Cottam
43. Will Cotton
44. Renee Cox
45. Grayson Cox
46. Jessica Craig-Martin
47. Michael Craig-Martin
48. Russell Crotty
49. Adam Cvijanovic
50. Gerald Davis
51. Verne Dawson
52. Jules de Balincourt
53. Francesca di Matteo
54. Rodney Dickson
55. Chris Dorland
56. Carroll Dunham
57. Richard Dupont
58. Jimmie Durham
59. Dzine
60. William Earl Kofmehl
61. Tracey Emin
63. Reza Farkhondeh
64. Mounir Fatmi
65. Eric Fischl
66. Louise Fishman
67. Jonathan Safran Foer
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69. Adam Fuss
70. Maureen Gallace
71. Martha Gallo
72. Vidya Gastaldon
73. John Gauld
74. Rashell George
75. Steve Gianakos
76. Ralph Gibson
77. Liam Gillick
78. Robert Gober
79. Ron Gorchov
80. Douglas Gordon
81. April Gornik
82. Andrew Guenther
83. Ann Hamilton
84. Hilary Harkness
85. Claire Harvey
86. Mona Hatoum
87. Mary Heilmann
88. Dana Hoey
89. Katie Holten
90. Judy Hudson
91. David Humphrey
92. Elliot Hundley
93. Bryan Hunt
94. Bill Jensen
95. Chantal Joffe
96. Jasper Johns
97. Joan Jonas
98. Brad Kahlhamer
99. Anton Kannemeyer
100. Jane Kaplowitz
101. Alex Katz
102. William Kentridge
103. Karen Kilimnik
104. Terence Koh
105. Douglas Kolk
106. Juul Kraijer
107. Jonathan Lasker
108. Cary Leibowitz
109. Matvey Levenstein
110. David Levinthal
111. Hanna Liden
112. Glenn Ligon
113. Jonas Lipps
114. Damien Loeb
115. Whitfield Lovell
116. Nate Lowman
117. Carrie Mae Weems
118. Mary Jane Marcasiano
119. Kerry James Marshall
120. Kris Martin
121. Nick Mauss
122. Paul McCarthy
123. Adam McEwen
124. Ryan McGinness
125. Roy McMakin
126. Patrick McMullan
127. Amanda Means
128. Josephine Meckseper
129. Richard Meier
130. Sam Messer
131. Wes Mills
132. Marilyn Minter
133. Yasumasa Morimura
134. Malcolm Morley
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136. Irina Movmyga
137. Martin Mull
138. Matt Mullican
139. John Newsom
140. Camille Norment
141. Marcel Odenbach
142. Ioanna Olivera
143. Lisa Oppenheim
144. Tom Otterness
145. Tony Oursler
146. Jorge Pardo
147. Philip Pearlstein
148. Enoc Perez
149. Manfred Pernice
150. Ellen Phelen
151. Richard Phillips
152. Chloe Piene
153. Tiffany Pollack
154. Rob Pruitt
155. Mark Quinn
156. Shan Raoufi
157. Anselm Reyle
158. Alexis Rockman
159. Rosenblum/Muntean
160. Clifford Ross
161. Allen Ruppersberg
162. George Rush
163. Serra Sabuncuoglu
164. Tom Sachs
165. David Salle
166. Collier Schorr
167. Dana Schutz
168. Sean Scully
169. Richard Serra
170. Andres Serrano
171. Joel Shapiro
172. Dasha Shishkin
173. Lorna Simpson
174. Petra Singh
175. Alec Soth
176. Haim Steinbach
177. Pat Steir
178. Jessica Stockholder
179. Eva Struble
180. Billy Sullivan
181. Donald Sultan
182. Ena Swansea
183. Rosemarie Trockel
184. Diane Tuft
185. Frederic Tuten
186. Rezi van Lankveld
187. Michael van Ofen
188. Charline von Heyl
189. Rebecca Warren
190. William Wegman
191. Lawrence Weiner
192. Matthew Weinstein
193. Garth Weiser
194. Tommy White
195. Robert Wilson
196. Terry Winters
197. Lucy Winton
198. Joel-Peter Witkin
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Whatever the economy, some needs never go away.
The 31st Annual Wild Hog Canoe and Kayak race is mere weeks away, but organizers - Bronson's AmVets Post 88 - say they are far behind needed numbers of both racers and sponsors.
They don't mind so much for the race and themselves, but Levy County's venerable river adventure race benefits Levy Association for Retarded Citizens. Budget cuts and a falling economy have LARC headed for hard times, according to Executive Director Betty Walker.
Not that they've ever been easy.
Have you ever tried to find a word to describe wildflowers growing in numbers more than a few? Bees can come in hives, swarms and colonies. Cattle in herds. Fish in shoals. Geese in skeins and gaggles. And so on. In my research I discovered a few new words to describe numbers: a "sedge" of heron; a "nide" of pheasants; and my favorite-a "fling" of sandpipers.
Unity Family Day
Unity Family Community Center, Inc., will hold its Annual Family Day for the entire family and community, a day for families to come and learn prevention strategies and abstinence education for HIV/AIDS, substance prevention and crime prevention.
There will be games, activities and food for the whole family. The event will be Saturday, March 22, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Unity Temple of Deliverance Outreach Center, 2351 N.E. 200th Ave., Williston.
For details call 528-3556 or 529-2030.
Church of God celebration
The Williston Church of God choir will be presenting a musical program "An Easter Celebration." Through testimonies, Scripture and an arrangement of contemporary and Southern Gospel songs, you'll experience the entire Easter story and beyond. This celebration will take place on Saturday evening, March 22, at 7 p.m. and on Sunday morning, March 23, at 10:30 a.m.
A nursery will be provided. The church is located at 225 S.E. Fourth St. in Williston. For information, call the church office at 528-5982.
Bronson UMC Sunrise service
Norm D. Fugate recently obtained re-certification as a Board Certified City, County and Local Government Law Attorney.
Board certification recognizes attorneys' special knowledge, skills and proficiency in various areas of law and professionalism and ethics in practice.
Fugate is one of 178 Florida lawyers whom The Florida Bar has certified as specialists in this particular area of law. Fugate is the only board certified attorney in Levy County. Fugate is also board certified in the area of Real Estate Law.
It's a rainy day - threats of severe thunderstorms and tornados in some areas. What's a nature observer to do but stay inside and remember wild things seen in the last few weeks.
On Friday, March 16, 793 copies of Levy County: Voices From the Past arrived in Levy County. Because the shippers required a dock, the books were delivered to the dock of the Levy County School Board. They were immediately taken to an air-conditioned place for storage in Morriston.
Relay barbecue
The city of Williston is selling tickets for a barbecued pork sandwich with chips for $5 or barbecued pork sandwich dinner with beans and slaw or potato salad for $8. You can purchase your tickets at the City Hall.
All proceeds will go to the city's Relay for life Team to benefit the American Cancer Society. Please come out and help support a worthy cause.
The barbecue will be Saturday, March 15, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in front of the City Hall.
If you have any questions please contact the city at 528-3060.
WYAA carnival
Friends of the Williston Public Library is pleased to announce that Al Black, an original Florida Highwayman, will appear at the library Thursday, March 20 at 7 p.m.
He will bring slides and some of his own paintings and talk about the early days of the Florida Highwaymen, a unique group of painters.
At the program in January with Gary Newton, from The Humanities Council, Al Black's paintings were brought spontaneously by those who came to the program.
Many local people have some of Mr. Black's artwork that they kindly shared with the rest of us in attendance.
The Rotary Club of Williston is hosting its 3rd Annual Easter Egg Hunt. The free Easter Egg Hunt has been rescheduled for Saturday, March 15 at the Johnny T. Henry Celebration Park on Northwest Fourth Street one block north of Noble Avenue and near the Williston Health Care Center.
Saturday, March 15
* Williston Green Clovers, Juniors 4H Club, 9 a.m., Methodist Church, Williston, 213 W. Noble Ave.
* Gospel Sing, 1:30 p.m., Highland Baptist Church, Morriston on CR 326 just east of SR 121.
Monday, March 17
* AA Meeting, 7:30 p.m., Thompson Hall at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church.
* Lions Club 7:30 p.m., Lions Club 401 S.E. Sixth Ave.
* Levy Veterans Support Group, 7 p.m., Williston City Hall.
* VFW Post 5511, 7 p.m., at the post.
* Masonic Lodge #117 F.&A.M., 7:30 p.m., Ornan Lodge.
Community Cantata will be this weekend
"Look to the Lamb," a community Easter cantata, will be held March 15-16 at 5 p.m. each day at Holy Family Catholic Church's parish hall.
This year for Easter musicians from Williston First United Methodist Church and Holy Family Catholic church embark on a new adventure: remembering Christ's death and celebrating his resurrection through participation in the Williston community Easter cantata.
Everyone is invited. Come and glorify God with them.
Baxley to speak to AARP members
Dennis Baxley is the planned speaker at the AARP meeting, Monday, March 10 to be held at 9:30 a.m. at the Ornan Masonic Lodge, 250 N.E. Sixth Blvd, Williston. For more information call 528-3323.
Stearns staffer to be in Williston
A member of Congressman Cliff Stearns_ staff will be in Bronson and Williston on March 10.
He will visit Bronson from 9 a.m. to noon at the County Commission chambers, and Williston from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Community Center.
The Daddy's Sweetheart Dance that was held on Saturday, March 1, was a huge success. The father-daughter couples enjoyed dancing the night away and played the toilet paper mummy game. Thanks to willing fathers and their princess daughters $1,907 was raised. Proceeds will go to Joyce Bullock Elementary and Williston Elementary. This dance was sponsored by the Williston Junior Woman's Club. Additional pictures from the dance are available at www.willistonjuniors.org.
Monday, March 10
* VFW Post 5511, 7 p.m., at the post.
* WHS Athletic Boosters, 7 p.m., WHS Media Center;
* Williston area AARP Chapter #912, 9:30 a.m., Ornan (Masonic) Lodge, 250 N.E. Sixth. Blvd. Visitors are welcome. For information call 528-3323.
* CRA, 5:15 p.m., City Hall.
* WHS SAC will meet in the media center at 6 p.m.
A free Easter Egg Hunt is being planned for Saturday, March 8 at the Johnny T. Henry Celebration Park on Northwest 4th Street one block north of Noble Avenue and near the Williston Health Care Center.
&ASaturday, March 1
* Friends of the Williston Library, Book Fair, 8:30 a.m. - 1 p.m., Community Center in the the City Hall Complex.
Monday, March 3
* Masonic Lodge #117 F..M., 7:30 p.m., Ornan Lodge.
Tuesday, March 4
* Piecemakers, 9 a.m., Presbyterian Church.
Crime Watch set in Morriston
The Levy County Sheriff's Office is having a Crime Watch Meeting on Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008 at 7 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Morriston Baptist Church and everyone is welcomed to attend.
One day I doubled up on a trip to Archer. After meeting with my craft group, I donned walking clothes and turned off of 241 on my way home. Nearby is an outparcel of Goethe State Forest. I've walked in this place many times before, but not recently. I like to visit a little pond there set in the wood, surrounded by many lovely trees such as hickory, maple, sweet gum, live oak, holly and pine.
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Fundraising hits 80 percent of goal
LEWISTOWN – The United Way of Mifflin-Juniata has reached $481,465, or 80 percent, of its goal of $600,000 during the campaign that began on Sept. 19 and runs until March 15, 2013.
The Juniata County Library is one of the agencies that benefits from working with the United Way. Director Matt Godissart explains how partnering with the United Way has served the Juniata County Library:
"The Juniata County Library provides materials, programming and space to adults and children in Juniata County. Children's programs include the story hour which is an interactive experience with reading and activities. Teen programs include Teen Book Club, Teen Advisory Group – TAG – and knitting group. Adults are offered various types of programs that include anything from computer training to flu clinics.
"The library also provides free internet service, teen space, reading space for adults and a children's space for use at any time to our patrons. The Juniata County Library's goal is to be a community space for Juniata County.
"Partnering with the United Way of Mifflin-Juniata has, for many years, helped to provide excellent opportunities to create an environment of lifelong learning at the Juniata County Library and is already helping us reach the goal of becoming a community space.
"The children who attend programming at the library have benefited from extended programming, materials and new opportunities for development with the United Way's help. The children learn to foster a love for learning as well as gain social experiences through story time and other programs. Children and parents are also given opportunities to take their learning home, nurturing their interest in education in any environment."


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Kind of slow today, so I wanted to bring this back into the cipher, and besides, Grimm doesn't get as much of the positive recognition as he should be. Link is still alive.
In an age where the internet is heavily used as a cloak of anonymity, damn near any up-and-coming rapper can lay claim to being a street hustler who moves so much weight, they gotta use the scales that they weigh the whales with. Anyone can be a "true G." In my eyes, a real G is one who can turn a negative upbringing and lifestyle into something more constructive and manifest positive out of negative. Protons vs. electrons. Protons always win. Enter Percy Carey, better known now as Grand Master MF Grimm (the MF stands for Mad Flows) whose life story is just as intriguing and humbling as 'Pac's. As a child, Percy was neighbors with Morgan Freeman who actually helped Percy get cast as an actor on Sesame Street which lasted for a few years. I won't go into too much detail about his life, as I'm sure you'd rather hear it straight from the man himself (which you can down bottom in his interview with NPR), however, I'll give y'all a few more trivial facts for those who are not familiar.
UPDATE: New link added.
Percy, who was already a seasoned veteran on the battle circuit, had recorded a few songs, including So Whatcha Want as well as having a guest verse on the remix to KMD's What a Niggy Know (off Bl_ck B_st_rds which would not see the light of day until 2001). Percy, like most up-and-coming artists from the hood, was trying to balance out the artist and street lives, with the latter eventually catching up to him in 1994, when he was shot seven times in a murder attempt. Percy lost his hearing, vision and was paralyzed from the waist down, left in a coma, while his brother was unfortunately killed in the incident. After awaking from his coma, Percy immediately took pen to a pad and wrote the somber Scars & Memories, an open letter to his brother J Black. He eventually regained his vision and hearing, but was left as a prisoner to a wheelchair which he uses til this day. Fast forward to 2000, Percy was sentenced to life imprisonment for some hefty narcotics charges, which he eventually beat by studying law books in the prison's library, reducing his sentence to three years. With the multiple "rude awakenings" Percy witnessed, he eventually decided to turn his life around, focusing on music and educating the youth, steering them on the righteous path. He even penned a deal with DC Comics' offshoot imprint, Vertigo and wrote about his life story in a comic book autobiography titled Sentences: The Life Of MF Grimm which comes highly recommended (pick it up here). But enough at my attempt of trying to retell his story, let's focus on his incredible musical discography, shall we? Below you will find a compilation of what I think to be some of his best work, with some incredible contributions by the homie DJ Eclipse.
DJ Eclipse's Picks
01. Do It For the Kids
02. Emotions f. B-1
03. Get Down f. DJ Ekim
04. Stretch & Bobbito Freestyle (03-11-93)
05. Stretch & Bobbito Freestyle w/ Mr. Cee (03-11-93)
06. So Whatcha Want
07. Kool G Rap - Take 'Em to War f. MF Grimm & B-1
08. The Gingerbread Man
09. KMD - What a Niggy Know (rmx) f. MF Grimm
Justice's Picks
01. AIDS f. Kool G Rap, Akinyele & CJ Moore
02. Bloody Love Letter
03. Crumb Snatchers
04. Kings of New York
05. Kool G Rap - Money On My Brain f. MF Grimm & B-1
06. Scars & Memories
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The chairman of the Pike County Commissioners said he was disappointed and insulted that so many federal, state and corporate officials ignored an invitation to a meeting for September 18 that was called to address the Tennessee Gas Pipeline (TGP) plan to cut a 6.1-mile loop around the borough.
"We had no choice but to cancel the meeting," Caridi said. "Otherwise, we would be sitting talking to ourselves."
At issue is the TGP plan to take land from 14 properties, using eminent domain, and cut the loop to carry its gas pipeline to important markets in New York and New Jersey. The plan was chosen by TGP because of the informal opposition of the National Park Service (NPS) to allow the company to use an established right-of-way (ROW) the company already has that goes through the Delaware Water Gap National Recreational Area (DWGNRA).
"When Columbia Gas asked to go through the park a few years ago, they were not opposed," Caridi said. "Why suddenly are we?"
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has already
granted the company the right to take the land using eminent domain.
Local residents and their friends have been holding demonstrations against the move, trying to protect their properties and refusing to cease until the NPS clarifies its position, which they say has not been clearly stated.
"We have done all we can," Caridi said.
Caridi announced at the commissioners' meeting on September 18 that NJ U.S. Senator Robert Menendez has asked FERC to allow additional hearings on the proposed move.
"A number of my constituents feel that they were not provided with an adequate opportunity to express their concerns regarding the effect that this project will have on their communities, and I believe that a rehearing will provide them with that opportunity," Menendez said in his letter to FERC.
The senator added that there are a number of concerns regarding the use of eminent domain to take privately held property from landowners.
"We have not started work yet as we are still working to obtain permits and/or notice to proceed from FERC," said Joe Hiller, a spokesman for Kinder Morgan, which now owns TGP. "We hope to begin some work shortly after Thanksgiving this year but the bulk of the work should be done in 2013. The vast majority of land needed [for the Northeast Upgrade Project, which includes the loop around Milford] has been acquired by agreement with landowners. We do have our FERC certificate of public need so we have been granted condemnation authority to acquire the properties which have not settled. No homes are being taken."
In other action, the commissioners approved a move to apply for funds from the Local Share Account (LSA) that comes from gaming money through Monroe County. The funds can be used for public interest and community improvement projects.
In Pike, the money will be used to rehabilitate a building next to the county administration building that is being vacated by the transportation department. The building will house the Children and Youth Department's Visitation Center.
Potential funding could reach $100,000. The funds will be used to make the building handicapped accessible with handicapped ramps and other adjustments for access. Family services like foster care, family visitation rooms and training for independent living staff are included.
"At a time when the state budget can no longer support many of these programs, we need to find other funding to supply needed resources for the county youth," Caridi said.


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Cliff Lee Joins The Phillies
No more worries about Roy Halladay, trade deadlines and who is going where…the Phillies sealed the deal today with Cy Young award winning pitcher, Cliff Lee. Lee comes to the Phillies from the Indians sporting a 7-9 record and a 3.14 ERA; his record is tainted though due to lack of run support from a struggling Indians team. And last year, Lee won the AL Cy Young. Without giving away either JA Happ or Kyle Drabek, the Phillies made the trade and also received outfielder Ben Francisco who will likely take John Mayberry's spot on the bench and help to relieve Raul Ibanez. Off to the Indians are pitcher Carlos Carrasco, catcher Lou Marson, infielder Jason Donald and pitcher Jason Knapp.
While I am thrilled with this deal, and even more thrilled that we did not lose Happ or Drabek, I will miss Marson and Donald. I had the opportunity to chat with them both over the last few years and they are really nice, down to earth guys. Not to mention, they are both adorable :O) Ok, so I guess I will get over it. ;o)
A few more reason this is a GREAT trade; Lee will cost considerably less than Halladay next year; his option is 9 million, where Halladay's is 15.75 million. In addition to keeping Happ and Drabek, the Phillies also retained top prospects Dominick Brown and Michael Taylor. Essentially, the farm system will not suffer.
And a few more odd reasons this is a good trade:
– Lee's name is easy to spell.
– Cole Hamels will get less attention from the media, thus, we do not have to hear as many weird things come out of his mouth.
– Our bullpen will have someone new to play with :O) Not sure who that will be yet…
– Lee looks good in red.
– Lee is from Arkansas! Actually, I am not sure why that is good, but maybe he knows President Clinton? Just a thought…
The final game of the D-Backs series is about to begin…Go Phillies!
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*Read more about the Phillies at my other home page, Phightin' Phils Phorum in the My Team Rivals network*
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Hey Jenn! I've been in a bit of a blogging slump lately. Hope you're enjoying S.F.! I was glad to see that the Phils didn't have to give up Happ, Drabek, or Taylor to get Lee (you're right, nice short name, easy to type). I think Donald was destined to be traded at some point, there's just no room in the infield right now for him. Hopefully he gets a shot with the Indians; Marson and Carrasco too. Though Knapp is supposed to have just as much potential as Drabek, he's so young (only 18) and you just don't know what's going to happen with a pitcher over the next few years as far as elbows, shoulders, etc. At least Drabek is a few steps closer to the bigs right now, so I feel better about keeping him. Make sure you have some garlic fries at the games (if you like garlic, that is)!
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opinions difer, but not sure knowing the Clintons would be a good things….:-) Was a good trade though well done Amaro Jr.
enjoy San Fran, even the weather….brrrrr…
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It's very weird seeing Cliff in a different uni. You will also be glad to know that Cliff is very professional on and off the field. He takes the time and signs autographs for the fans. It's too bad that he had to leave, but this will be a better opportunity for him to get a WS Ring. If you remember back in 07′ he was injured and was sent to the minors and wasn't on the playoff roster. Good luck to Lee and the Phillies🙂 As for the Indians we shall see what the prospects become and where Victor will be after tomorrow. Good Luck.
Bookend him with Hamels and you got a great 1-2 combo come playoff time.
Great pick-up. Just what you needed.
I actually think he is a better pitcher than Halladay because he has been in the Playoffs and strives under pressure.
I am jealous you got him before we could fashion a good deal.
Kudos to your front office, they might have a extra piece for another ring.
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September 18, 2013 —
Let's face it—times are tough.
Even though there has been an upswing in recent months, the economy of the nation as a whole is still troubled, and many of us struggle to make ends meet. Tens of thousands are unemployed, while others work more than one job in order to put food on the table. With winter on the horizon, heating bills loom, along with a need to clothe the kids and stoke the fire, while juggling the bills. While many of these issues hit home, life in the Upper Delaware Valley continues to inspire, and I'm grateful to have the opportunity to lend my support to good causes for others less fortunate than myself.
As I travel the countryside, one word constantly comes to mind: community. After college, I struck out on my own, determined to make my mark on the world, seeking fame and fortune and giving little thought to others, believing that the ills of the world were someone else's problem and that (no matter what I heard) one person could not actually make a difference. I found a tiny bit of fame along the way, and what little fortune I accumulated slipped through my fingers as quickly as it came. Depressed and dejected, I reexamined my priorities, packed it in and made my way back home, where the heart is.
Almost immediately, I was humbled by the outpouring of community spirit that abounds here in the region. Observing neighbors helping neighbors, with a generosity of spirit that I had never witnessed before, it wasn't long before I felt the need to be an active member, and sought ways that I could participate. Since money is often scarce, volunteerism seemed like a good idea, and (being less selfish than in my youth,) I decided to donate what I could—time. September is National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and last year I chose to join the fight by standing in solidarity with the kids and shave my head during the local St. Baldrick's "Line of Hope/Conga against Cancer across America" that Eldred's Lou Monteleone organizes every fall. Monteleone toils all year long to help others and his yearly events (www.stbaldricks.org/conga [2]) raise thousands of dollars to help eradicate childhood cancer in our lifetime. The expression "bald is beautiful" comes to mind, but I allowed my (still selfish) vanity to prevail this year and sponsored others, seeking a way to contribute and still keep my hair. Although the Line of Hope has already taken place, it's never too late to make a contribution, and one can contact Lou at 845/557-3321. Every dime helps.
Since it's no secret that I love to hear the sound of my own voice, the kind folks at Thunder 102 radio have given me the opportunity to chatter endlessly over the last few years on behalf of The River Reporter and as a result, I feel the need to give back. The station (www.thunder102.com [3]) is community driven, and I'm grateful to be a small cog in the wheel of all that they do (as long as they let me keep talking). In association with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, (www.stjude.org [4]), Thunder 102 is once again lending it's considerable support to the cause and held its second annual "Hoops for Hope" fundraiser last Monday on campus at SUNY Sullivan, with members of the community donating money to shoot basketball free-throws and listen to me call the shots, along with on-air radio personality Michelle Semerano.
A game of "H-O-R-S-E" capped the evening with Thunder's Paul Ciliberto and Barry Lewis of the Times Herald Record, teamed up against Liberty's (IMHO) legend-in-his-own-mind Fred Kahn and honest-to-goodness legend Larry Chance, who along with the Earls, recorded monster hits "Life is but a Dream" and "Remember Then" back in the '50s. Chance continues to perform the music that helped define rock and roll, and members of the community showed up to see him, donate to the cause and have fun in the process. With Greg Goldstein of the Misner Agency refereeing, Ciliberto's team reigned supreme (sorry, Fred), and I'll have another opportunity to keep talking as the third annual Country Cares for St. Jude Kids Radiothon takes place on Thursday the 19th and 20th. Dharma the Wonder Dog and I will be on-air, gratefully accepting pledges and keeping the tote board updated as the 48-hour event unfolds. To donate, visit the website or call 800/720-5944. I may be horse myself by the time the radiothon draws to a close, but don't be surprised if when we see each other next, I hold out my hand and ask (for the kids, of course) "brother, can you spare a dime?"


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Wisconsin emergency officials say the state has caught a break in the weather, as a storm system that threatened Wisconsin lakes and streams is veering southward into Illinois.
Tod Pritchard of Wisconsin Emergency Management said officials were bracing for as much as 4 inches of rain Thursday in the southern part of the state. He said the new forecast calls for about half of that or less.
He said counties aren't relaxing quite yet, though. He said they're tracking the latest forecasts, and officials in Rock County have requested 50,000 sandbags to protect against flooding of the Rock River.
A handful of roads have closed in Milwaukee County. In Walworth County, West Side Elementary School of Elkhorn was closed because flooding because of problems with its sewer system.


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Men's Restroom in Long Beach is Voted Best Spider Collecting Site
Over the past few weeks myself and Shawna Joplin, Museum Coordinator of Animal Care and Education, have been madly working to get the Spider Pavilion ready by collecting hundreds of spiders for display. This involved a trip to the swamps of New Orleans to collect the largest orb weavers in North America and also multiple collecting trips around Los Angeles for our local spider species.
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The spiders Shawna and I collected in New Orleans are golden silk spiders, Nephila clavipes, also known as banana spiders because of their banana-ish abdomen. These spiders are common in and around swampy areas and are easy to spot on their large—up to 3 feed in diameter!—golden webs (...
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Spicy Watermelon Gazpacho
Recipe Summary
Recipe Servings: 2-3 large servings
Recipe Preparation Time: 20 minutes
Recipe Cook Time: 1 minutes
2 cups chopped watermelon, seeds removed, rind discarded
3 small cucumbers (Persian or Japanese) peeled, seeded, chopped roughly (1½ cups)
1 small yellow or red bell pepper, seeded and chopped roughly (1 cup)
1 medium tomato, seeded and quartered
1/2 small jalapeno pepper, seeded, deveined and chopped roughly
15 medium-sized fresh mint leaves, chopped roughly
¼ cup roughly chopped fresh cilantro, plus extra for garnish
½ small red onion, peeled and chopped roughly (⅓ cup)
1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon Lucini® Pinot Noir Artisan Red Wine Vinegar
1½ tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice (juice of half a lemon)
¼ cup Lucini® Premium Select Extra Virgin Olive Oil®
1½ teaspoons kosher salt, plus more to taste
⅛ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, plus more to taste
Lucini® Balsamic Vinegar of Modena, to finish
Add all the above ingredients, except balsamic vinegar, to a blender or food processor (It's going to be full—work in two batches if necessary).
Beginning with the slowest speed, blend or pulse until the desired consistency is achieved, around 30 seconds. If you enjoy your gazpacho with more texture, blend less.
Adjust the seasoning with salt and pepper. Refrigerate until chilled. Serve with a light drizzle of balsamic vinegar and some chopped cilantro.
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Chef Nathan Lyon is known to television viewers across the country for his simple, innovative cuisine featuring fresh, seasonal, local ingredients. Nathan's first cookbook, Great Food Starts Fresh is one of the "Top Cookbooks of 2012" by the Washington Post. Nathan is the chef and co-host of Growing A Greener World (PBS), creator and host of A Lyon in the Kitchen (Discovery Health and Fit TV), among the final four on the second season of The Next Food Network Star, and is a Sustainable Seafood Ambassador with the Monterey Bay Aquarium. He also is the host of Good Food America on Viera Living, which earned him a 2013 Emmy® nomination for "Outstanding Culinary Host". Read more about Nathan at www.chefnathanlyon.com.


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