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7 Items You Won't Believe
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February 02, 2009 3,620,939 views
Drugs, artillery emplacements, napalm, prostitution – sometimes it seems like the best things in life are illegal. For some reason, the fascists who control this country don't believe in your God given right to smoke meth and man a 155-millimeter Howitzer.
Luckily for us, there are a lot of awesome things out there that Uncle Sam amazingly hasn't taken away from us yet. Read this article, and then go and pick up one of everything while you still can!
Holy Shit, Really?
Yes. There are currently no federal laws governing or restricting the ownership of flame-throwing devices. Some states have laws restricting possession of flamethrowers, with violations only considered to be misdemeanors, but 40 states have absolutely no laws whatsoever concerning flamethrowers. Only in America would a device capable of launching rivers of fire at people be less regulated than marijuana.
Careful with that pot, it looks dangerous.
Where Can I Get One?
You can sometimes find professionally made flamethrowers being sold by private buyers online, some for as little as $300. Also, if you're unsure on how to use your new device, but you want the source of your advice to be batshit insane, you could pick up Ragnar Benson's delightful read, Breath Of The Dragon: Homebuilt Flamethrowers, which we can only hope comes with a cellphone with the numbers 9 and 1 already dialed.
What Should I Do With it?
Actually using your flamethrower is somewhat more difficult than acquiring it. It seems that lawmen these days have rules about when and where you're allowed to shoot gallons of flaming fuel. We recommend making friends with someone who owns a few acres of land out in the country and then going hog wild. If you accidentally start a wildfire, don't fret: Flamethrowers are just as good at stopping fires as they are at starting them. Just burn everything around the fire to cinders, and it won't have anywhere to spread!
Holy Balls, Why is it Legal?
Cracked cannot overstate the importance of destroying the horrifying bee menace. As a potent combination of "deadly" and "too small to shoot," the Africanized Honey Bee is quite possibly mankind's most dangerous enemy. Enter the flamethrower: your first, last, and only line of defense against the black and yellow hordes. In 1968, Brazilian firefighters armed with flamethrowers defended a group of children from the onslaught of buzzing death. This is apparently not an uncommon happening in nations fighting off the advancing bee legions.
Holy Shit, Really?
Salvia divinorum is a member of the Lamiaceae family, which makes it a cousin of the mint plant. When properly prepared, salvia can be smoked in order to bring on incredibly intense, at times paralyzing, hallucinations. Most salvia trips are short in duration, but very powerful and jarring. All side effects of salvia are gone within an hour, and it doesn't show up on standard drug tests.
Depending on the amount of smoke inhaled, users of salvia may experience hallucinations on par in intensity with those caused by drugs like LSD or DMT. Since most users lose consciousness and drift off into a world of fractal shapes and green women as soon as they hit the pipe, it has not gained much popularity as a 'party' drug.
It kind of makes the world look like this for about six minutes.
Where Can I Get One?
Salvia is still legal in most US states. You can pick it up at most well-stocked 'head' shops, but the cheapest and highest quality salvia is usually found online. Make sure to check your local laws to see if you can legally purchase and possess it in your state. If not, at least you still have your flamethrower.
What Should I do With it?
Here at Cracked, the only "high" we're interested in is the natural high we get from bringing comedy to the world (and sometimes crystal meth), so we have no advice here. However there are a number of educational videos that recommend gardening, writing letters to congressmen, and driving while on salvia.
Also, we do not recommend teaching while on salvia.
Holy Balls, Why is it Legal?
Salvia is actually pretty harmless, as intoxicants go. There have been a few accusations of its involvement in causing a suicidal mindset, but evidence is spurious at best. In fact a number of scientists believe that salvia may act as an anti-depressant, and its effective use in ending cocaine addiction has been noticed as well. Dr. Bryan Roth believes the drug has the potential to help those suffering from schizophrenia and Alzheimer's and has urged the government not to ban salvia. With the potential to cure depression, Alzheimer's, schizophrenia and cocaine addictions, it's a wonder salvia isn't a mandatory side dish in high school cafeterias across America. We're going to go ahead and say that last one is a bad idea.
Holy Shit, Really?
Tannerite is sold legally as a binary compound, meaning you mix two harmless powders and get something that goes boom. Just apply the mixture to the object you wish to blow up and then hit it with extreme force or heat.
Where Can I Get Some?
You can buy tannerite straight from the distributor. Premade shaped charges can be bought, or you can just get huge containers of the powders. We recommend only purchasing small amounts, as the temptation to blow it all up at once rises exponentially the more you have.
This man purchased 100 pounds of the stuff and was unable to resist the temptation. The blast was heard for miles, and sent scraps of shrapnel flying almost a quarter of a mile.
What Should I do With it?
Find an old car at a junkyard or ex-girlfriend's house. Drive it out to the same remote place where you use your flamethrower. Now, coat the car with tannerite, stand very far back and shoot it with a rifle. The results should look something like this:
Note to Women: this is pretty much what having sex with a Cracked writer is like, but for hours.
Congratulations! You are now having the most fun a citizen of the United States is legally allowed to have. Now lock the guns and explosives up and smoke some salvia to celebrate.
Holy Balls, Why is This Legal?
Like flamethrowers, tannerite actually has quite a few legal uses, including avalanche control. Despite being both legally available and explosive, no deaths have ever been linked to the compound. Due to its binary nature, tannerite is perfectly safe to store and transport. Statistically, a suburban swimming pool is much more likely to end human lives.
Holy Shit, Really?
Homemade firearms. They are also known as garage guns, Chechnyan Firecrackers and scrap weapons. Most garage guns are made out of easily acquired pieces of trash and industrial debris. They can be as simple as a lead tube with a rubber-band-powered firing pin, or a fully automatic pistol made out of aluminum cans and assorted sprockets.
Garage guns vary in quality from relatively good…
… to plastic deathtraps.
Where Can I Get One?
You can make one. Improvised firearms are legal under federal law, as long as the weapon does not violate any existing gun laws. You can even make silencers and sawed-off homemade shotguns if you get the proper tax stamps. There are a variety of guides for building home-made guns available for free online. Chechnyan rebels are the most prolific creators (and users) of these guides.
What Should I Do With Them?
The same things you would do with any other gun: load it with tracer rounds and blow up cars covered in tannerite. Of course, since you'll be shooting a DIY contraption made of scrap metal and prayers, both accuracy and safety will be far below acceptable standards. We recommend getting a gullible friend (perhaps the same person whose land you're using) to fire the first few shots. If it explodes, you might need to go back to the drawing board.
We made this!
Holy Balls, Why is this Legal?
First of all, because a gun with an unrifled barrel is only accurate to a few inches. Since most professionally manufactured firearms are legal in the USA, banning homemade ones doesn't make much sense. Neither China, the gun-control capital of the world, nor Russia have been able to stop their dissident populations from building their own firearms. Since you can literally build a gun out of the contents of a trash bin, any laws made to stop self-made firearms would be almost unenforceable.


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An Interview with Dr. Karen A. Moriello
Karen A. Moriello, DVM, DACVD, is a professor of dermatology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's School of Veterinary Medicine and a member of the Veterinary Medicine Editorial Advisory Board. She is the author of numerous journal articles and books, including Self-Assessment Colour Review of Small Animal Dermatology.
What is the most exciting change you've seen in veterinary medicine?
The practical aspects of diagnosing and treating dermatophytosis. The pictures in this article were taken by my close friend and colleague Dr. Sandra Newbury, who envisioned and made possible the first Dermatophyte Screening and Treatment Program in an animal shelter. This model is being copied in shelters throughout the country.
Who was your most memorable patient?
A 2-year-old Persian cat named Monet. Through a calamitous series of events, she developed feline skin fragility syndrome due to exogenous glucocorticoid administration and toxic epidermal necrolysis from a sulfa drug administered to treat diarrhea associated with a "designer diet" being fed by the owner. The protein-deficient diet (Ah! Cats are not vegans!) really complicated the situation. The end result was literally a skinned cat—with skin sloughing from her neck to her lumbosacral area. The prognosis was grave, but the owner was a pediatric nurse who simply would not let Monet die—and she didn't! Over a year's time, Monet's skin healed, and she regrew her hair. The only telltale sign was contraction of the skin over her head making her ears too close together.
What was the best professional advice you ever received?
What would you advise a new graduate?
Veterinary medicine is a lot like the army—It's not a job, it's an adventure. But don't forget, adventures are not always fun while you are having them.
Are you a cat person or a dog person?
A cat person. I have three nocturnal house-wrecking predators that are the delight of my life. All three are refuge rejects. Henry, a not-quite-tame black cat, slides between feral and pet. E-1, a big yellow tabby, is a former research cat; his name comes from his ear tattoo. He's sweet but not too bright. Tink, a humane society rescue cat that had a broken leg, is affectionately known as the old lady. She is very attached to my son, so much so that she yowls in disapproval when he brings a young lady to our house. I'm fine with my son's dating, but Tink is not.
What book would you recommend?
Becoming a Writer by Dorothea Brande. I credit this book with helping me develop self-discipline, not just in writing but in overcoming procrastination and getting over the notion that I need "inspiration" to get X problem done. It was written in 1934 but is still in print.


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Jason Cuadrado, CEO of Kulture Kick brings to our attention a new talking bobblehead of Johnny, the main character in the cult indie film The Room. Officially licensed through Wiseau-Films, the bobblehead will measure 7-inches tall and will feature Johnny carrying a rose for Lisa and a football for playing catch with Denny. A limited run of the Talking Johnny Bobbleheads will be available this December through www.theroomstuff.com.
The Room is a 2003 independent film written and directed by its star, Tommy Wiseau, who is also credited on screen as both the movie's producer and executive producer. It spins a melodramatic story of a love triangle between a man, his fiancée, and his best friend. According to Jason Cuadrado "It's considered one of the best/worst movies of all time. It's got a worldwide legion of fans (and many celebrities) who howl at the awful story and acting. It's become a midnight sensation selling out theaters around the world." Color me intrigued. Being a fan of cheesy B-Movies, I think I'll catch it on DVD.


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Washington goes 2-for-2 in challenges
Close plays at first, third overturned after skipper initiates reviews
CLEVELAND -- Indians third baseman Lonnie Chisenhall had a career-high nine RBIs against the Rangers the last time he faced them on June 9 in Arlington.
The Rangers took one away from Chisenhall by successfully challenging an umpire's call on Friday night at Progressive Field. It was one of two successful challenges by manager Ron Washington in back-to-back innings. On both plays, the Indians still ended up scoring a run.
The first one happened when Chisenhall came to the plate with runners at the corners and nobody out in the third inning against Rangers starter Jerome Williams.
Chisenhall, with the Indians leading 2-0, hit a ground ball to first baseman J.P. Arencibia, who threw to second to start the double play. The relay from shortstop Elvis Andrus to first base was close, but Chisenhall was called safe. That gave him an RBI as the run scored.
Washington challenged the call by first-base umpire Marvin Hudson, and it was overturned after review. The run still counted, but it didn't count as an RBI for Chisenhall.
The second overturned play came in the fifth. This time, the Indians had runners on the corners with two outs when Michael Brantley singled to center. The run scored, and Mike Aviles tried to go from first to third against Rangers center fielder Leonys Martin.
Again, the throw was close, and Aviles was ruled safe by third-base umpire Cory Blaser. Washington opted to use his additional challenge, and the call was overturned for the third out of the inning. Washington is now 16-for-25 on challenges this season.
It's the second time Washington has challenged two calls in a game. He was 1-for-2 on April 28 against the Athletics.
T.R. Sullivan is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Postcards from Elysian Fields, and follow him on Twitter @Sullivan_Ranger This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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A century ago, the U.S. Navy purchased its first airplane after a series of tests in which a brave pilot–wearing inflated bicycle inner tubes as a lifejacket–demonstrated one could land safely aboard a ship and then take off from the same vessel. The date of that purchase–May 8, 1911–is considered the birthday of naval aviation. In the hundred years since, the aircraft carrier has evolved from a scouting tool to a leading strike weapon.
During World War II, the dominance of the battleship ended abruptly in three striking examples. For the loss of two outdated biplanes, the British Navy crippled three battleships of the Italian Navy in a 1940 surprise raid at Taranto. That foray served as the blueprint for the attack on Pearl Harbor, which left most of the U.S. battle fleet in ruins. Those who still doubted the waning of the battleship argued that in both cases the surprise attacks against anchored, unprepared ships limited the crew's ability to defend them. That defense was finally and emphatically laid to rest with the sinking of the fully alerted British battlecruiser Repulse and brand-new battleship Prince of Wales by Japanese aircraft off the coast of Malaysia.
World War II was the only time carriers dueled with their own kind. The war in the Pacific saw such clashed as Coral Sea and Midway, in which the opposing fleets never saw each other. By war's end, the aircraft carrier's role as primary weapon was cemented. During the Korean War and the conflict in Vietnam, carrier aviation continued to develop not only as a weapon, but as a projection of foreign policy.
While the carrier has remained the backbone of U.S. defense strategy for 70 years, the club of nations that can afford them remains relatively exclusive. Britain has the HMS Illustrious at present, with a pair of super carriers under construction. France has the nuclear-powered Charles de Gaulle, while Spain and Italy each have a pair of smaller carriers. Russia has one, as do Brazil, India, and even Thailand, which operates the 11,400-ton Chakri Naruebet, the world's smallest carrier, on occasion (limited funds restrict operation). Australia, which has been without an aircraft carrier since the 1982 retirement of the World War II-vintage HMAS Melbourne, has ordered a pair of its own, according to reports.
But 100 years after the birth of naval aviation, a new player has finally taken a seat at the table. China, which has long envied the actual and perceived political benefits of owning and operating a floating airfield, began sea trials of its first aircraft carrier this month. Acquired from Ukraine (which inherited the carrier after the collapse of the Soviet Union) in the late 1990s, the former Admiral Kuznetsov-class Varyag was approximately 70 percent complete when she was towed to China in an odyssey that lasted nearly two years, to be used initially as a floating entertainment and hotel complex. Somehow that plan changed and over the span of five years the ship was completed in its originally intended role, a clear stepping stone to the country's eventual building of indigenous carriers.
The U.S. downplayed the news, with some describing the refitted ship as a "starter carrier," and China itself has described it as obsolete, to be used only for "research and training purposes," but as the Shi Lang (as several reports have named it) left its port of Dalian, ripples from the nearly 1,000-foot-long vessel's wake splashed at least symbolically against the shores of all of its Asian neighbors. In recent years, China has had territorial disputes with Japan, Vietnam and the Philippines, while India has expressed concern about China's interest in the Indian Ocean. The development of a potent Chinese naval aviation force could also influence future events on the Korean peninsula, possibly deterring the approach of U.S. carriers.
Despite the sea trial (coincidentally scheduled at a time when Vice President Joe Biden was visiting China), it could take up to a decade or more for China to develop an effective battle group. A carrier exists for its air wing and it remains to be seen whether that will consist of Russian-built or -licensed aircraft, such as the Sukhoi Su-33; a naval version of the homemade Chengdu J-10; or a future J-15. Concurrent with the development of the air wing, pilots and support personnel must be trained for the highly demanding flight regime that is naval aviation. China must also build or otherwise acquire vessels to support and protect the carrier. These will represent significant challenges to the Chinese, who are reportedly beginning construction on two additional carriers.
Whatever else it represents, this "birth of Chinese naval aviation" could mean the start of a challenge to decades of U.S. dominance in the Pacific.


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We had almost two months of windy weather, enough for me to throw discs I have no business with when there is no wind! I am a firm believer in building a good foundation, form etc. So on calm days I am discing down and trying to master discs and work my way up. I play with several groups of guys that are long time players but they all throw drivers and then putt, my initial strategy was to throw straight and consistent with a mid to keep up with their (slightly) longer drives. Also my strategy in ball golf and it works!
Question is at what range (on a straight no wind shot) do you switch to a driver? I think I got lazy early on and started throwing a leopard on short stuff because of less effort needed. I want to take a step back and have a really solid stright midrange shot in my skill set even though I am ok with leopards and valks and a beat to hell wraith (throwing around 300 most of the time). This question came to mind a minute ago while throwing a new Roc, forgot just how hard you can throw a mid and how nicely they still behave at the same time. I think I switched to drivers a little early before maxing out mids. I also have some back issues so I get a little lazy about putting core muscles and legs into it but working out to fix that.
So you mid range fans out there, what ranges are you routinely using them for?
Thanks for any advice and comments!


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The Power of Women
Instinctual Birth Stories
Chapter 7: Stories For Students ~ Word Medicine
I sat on the roof of our little midwifery school in Guanajuato, Mexico, and held the hands of Doña Cuca. She was one of the village healers, which includes being a midwife. She was very old and very tired.
I asked about her health and whether she wanted to tell me anything before I left for my home in the Ozarks of Missouri.
"Estrellita (little star)," she said slowly. "I'm old and can't do what I used to. The young ones don't want to walk in our path (meaning they don't want to become midwives). They don't want a chicken and some eggs for all their time and labor."
What do they want, Doña Cuca?" I questioned softly.
"Dinero!" she said simply and plainly. "They want money."
We sat together quietly, with our heads lowered and our hearts even lower. She in her world and me in mine. Her world was disappearing and the world of my Cherokee ancestors had already disappeared. Then Doña Cuca sat up straight and tall.
"And I ask you, Estrellita," she said. What are they going to do with their money but buy a chicken and some eggs?"
I nodded. We sat with our hands and hearts entwined. We sat in silence with the truth ringing in our ears and our souls. We sat with a different sort of silence. A more hopeful silence.
If you are a student of midwifery, of healing or of life, these stories are for you.
Chapter 3: Stories of Community ~ Wonder Woman on Halloween
She did it! We did it! Just as others were buying treats and planning tricks, we got the miracle we had been working and praying for. It took 23 prenatals, two pregnancy bouts of complete bed rest, protein every hour, daily phone check-ins, soul work and a bit of mystery. It took a community of women working together.
This community Wonder Woman had turned around two previous episodes of threatened premature labor and changed her pattern of postpartum hemorrhages. Instead of creating a scary drama, she simply had a gorgeous girl, and a first birth where she could hold and enjoy her baby instead of having a team fighting for her life. The whole community is celebrating and arriving with soup and songs of praise to the new mother and third daughter. I feel honored to sit bedside with such incredible women, who shape-shift reality. By birthing at home, they hold sacred space. At the same time, the experiences of birthing contemporaries share no resemblance to that moonlit silence filled with powerful grunts and sighs and sacred simplicity.
What does it take to create a crack in the cosmic egg wide enough for a soul to slip through at home under moonlight? Does it take soul work that is ours and ours alone to do? Does it take 23 prenatals or more? Does it take being a witch?
Or does a daily walk to the well with the community women work like magic?
Chapter 5: Stories of Babies ~ Little Girls
In many cultures, especially in Mexico, little girls are unwanted. One night when I was working at a small maternity hospital in Guanajuato, we had a difficult and delicate birth. We meandered through to a vaginal birth of a gorgeous little girl, the second-born living daughter of Maria, who had many sons.
"What a beautiful daughter you have!" I exclaimed, as I placed the precious creature into her mother's arms.
"Yes," she answered with a distant stare. "But it is sad, isn't it."
"What?" I asked.
"That she was born a woman and will have a life full of suffering."
I took a deep breath, wishing that the baby would take a good, deep breath with me. The medical team was increasingly concerned with how slow the little one was coming around. I shared with Maria that I had three divine and beautiful daughters—not just two—and no sons. I said that if this child had to be born a girl child, I was happy that I was the privileged midwife for her.
Maria brightened and agreed that being together was very nice.
"Together we are going to change the world of suffering for little girls," I promised her.
Bonding is critical for little girls who are culturally unwanted. Once a mother falls in love with her baby, culture comes second. The medical team wanted to observe the baby girl in the critical care nursery. It would be easier for them to observe the baby there and do other things as well. Reluctantly they listened to my reasoning and concerns for bonding and reluctantly they agreed to observe the baby in the mother's arms, placing an extra nurse in her room.
The baby improved steadily and everyone relaxed. Later they asked me, "How did you know she would be all right?"
"I didn't," I answered. But I did have nature and billions of years on my side.
Chapter 1: Stories of Power ~ Word Medicine
"You're a Strong Woman!" I told her as she wobbled, faint of body and spirit. "Look at me and say, "I'm a Strong Woman!"
"I am a S-T-R-O-N-G woman," she responded, deliberately and slowly. The full moon made dappled light in our little room in the woods.
"MorningStar, if I'm a strong woman, why don't I feel it?" she asked, tired and sick and weak. Then she pushed out her largest baby girl and held her to her warm breast.
"You were right!" she exclaimed in power, "I am a Strong Woman!"
Women birth everywhere—in woods, in shacks, in quaint homes and suburbs and palaces, under trees, in taxis, and lately, in clinics and hospitals. It's hard to birth in power without privacy, love and a place called home. It's hard to birth in power if you're scared or sick or tired. It's hard for a midwife to help you if she's far from help herself and, especially, if she doesn't know how to make good word medicine.
The instinctual life will create word medicine, even if you're on an island. I've never met a woman who wouldn't get her baby out if she were on an island. And I don't believe she would flop on her back and put her feet in the air. I do imagine she might squat and crawl and walk and pant and rest and hold on and let go and weep and sing and call to the gods, and in the end, cry out in power—in great triumph—in wet bliss.
These stories are those kinds of stories…
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1 Chicago Dog Express
600 Cerrillos Road
Food carts tend to offer some of the most interesting and affordable food in any city. The problem is, they also tend to move around a lot or not be there on the day you thought they were gonna be there.
That's not so with Chicago Dog, which is technically just a hot dog stand, but is also permanently located at the corner of Cerrillos and Paseo de Peralta. Chicago Dog excels in this genre because it does what all great carts and stands do: It serves a humble food item normally cooked at home and often quite difficult to get in restaurants. (Think Indian tacos, roasted corn, horchata.)
But admit it, guys, Chicago Dog does dogs better than Mom. For one thing, Mom usually has only one kind of dog and a limited condiment range, while Chicago Dog offers a wide range of methods for you to totally exceed your calorie limit for the day. Mmm…fully loaded sausage dogs. And the breakfast burritos are worth causing a minor traffic jam.
The only thing that could make this place better is extending the hours of operation to 24.
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As 2012 ends, it is time to look at the sectors that did the best. The best market performers went to the financial sector, up 27.65% and nearly double the return of the S&P 500 index. The sector benefited from a return of around 120% from Bank of America (BAC). At the start of last year, the company traded well below its book value, which is somewhere in the 20's. A gloomy cloud that held back shares was its unknown liability in the mortgage market. Since then, housing prices improved in places like Phoenix (up 21.7%). Citigroup (C) shares were up around 54% in 2012. Consumer Discretionary rose 22.81% in the year. Companies like Comcast (CMCSA), Home Depot (HD), Amazon (AMZN), and Walt Disney (DIS) helped generate strong returns. Home Depot and Amazon surprised many: housing was assumed to be weak, which proved wrong. Amazon's stratospheric high P/E failed to stop shares from rising nearly 50% in 2012. The Health Care sector was up 16.74%. Companies like Pfizer (PFE) did well, while also paying dividends. Only Utilities generated a negative return, but the chart may not have included dividend returns. For companies on the S&P 500, EBAY (EBAY) outperformed the majority of technology stocks on the index. eBay closed recently at $53.59 and for 2012, shares were up 68.5%. Companies performing better than eBay were Expedia (EXPE), up 112 %, Seagate Technology (STX), up 85%, and Computer Sciences Corp. (CSC), up 69%.


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Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity selects the best products of 2010
Ralph Graves is one of Crutchfield's blog editors, and part of the company's social media team. He writes about home audio/video gear, specializing in Apple-related and wireless technologies. Ralph holds a master's degree in music composition, and his works have been released on various labels. He's served as product manager for an independent classical and world music label, produced several recordings, and worked extensively in public broadcasting. Since 1984 he's hosted a weekly classical music program on WTJU, and is also active as a blogger and podcaster.
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Heads up!Welcome to this article from the Crutchfield archives. Have fun reading it, but be aware that the information may be outdated and links may be broken.
The Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity® website mostly reviews mid- to upper-level audio/video gear with an emphasis on performance for the money. Secrets' editorial team recently announced their Best of 2010 Awards, and we were pleased to see that several products we carry at Crutchfield.com made the list.
Two-Channel Speakers: PSB Synchrony Ones
Jim Milton wrote in his review:
"The PSB Synchrony Ones are one of the best sounding speakers I have had the pleasure to audition in my home. The overall sonic performance was exceptionally good, with a wide and deep sonic soundstage with all of my music. The build quality is nothing short of extraordinary for both its solidity and style. Paul Barton and his team have put a lot of research, time and effort into these speakers and the results really do speak for themselves. Highly recommended!"
Best Value 5.1 Speaker System: Definitive Technology ProCinema 800
Jim Clements picked the ProCinema 800 for this category. He wrote:
"The Definitive Technology Pro Cinema 800 system ... will delight you with what may be the best bang for your buck deal in the Home Theater marketplace. Despite their small size; the satellites produce tangible mid bass, transparent mid range and sparkling highs. The included compact sub boasts a beefy little amp and high excursion driver. This little sub filled out the lower octaves much better that I expected it would based on its size and price. I did prefer their performance on films a little more than with music, but I honestly can't think of a speaker system that offers better performance at this price point . . . highly recommended."
Compact Subwoofer: Velodyne MiniVee
Ross James was most impressed by the MiniVee. In his review he says:
"... I was blown away by the Velodyne MiniVee subwoofer. At $699 list price, with a compact footprint and small eight-inch driver, the MiniVee puts out amazing amounts of clean, deep bass. I measured 112 decibels at 31.5 Hz; incredible performance for a sub of that size and price."
Wireless Music Streamer: Logitech Squeezebox Touch
Chris Heinonen said he'll be holding onto his review sample. He wrote:
"The easiest way to summarize this is to let you know that the Squeezebox Touch will not be going back to Logitech. Simple to setup, easy to use, and with great performance and quality, it's what I've been waiting for in a networked music player. It's a fantastically engineered product that has changed how I use my AV system more than anything else I've reviewed."
Headphone Amplifier: NuForce Icon HDP
Chris Heinonen had some good insights on the Icon HDP. He wrote:
"The original NuForce Icon was a very nice, compact unit that served as an introduction to USB DAC's for me. As my headphones improved, and I acquired more 24/96 audio tracks, I started to see some limitations for it in my system, and the HDP version has come along to take care of all of those issues. With a DAC that offers better quality that $500+ players out there, and a headphone amp that was able to drive a difficult load, the HDP comes out as a fantastic bargain in my opinion. For anyone that has a PC audio system, or a headphone system, and is looking for a DAC or an amplifier, the HDP gets a high recommendation from me."
Best Value Blu-ray Player: Sony BDP-S570
Gabe Lowe and Adrian Wittenberg said in their review:
"For the price, you get a quick, high-quality, Blu-ray player that has excellent deinterlacing performance and also has a huge amount of additional features. There is something here for everyone, whether you are a Netflix subscriber, a Slacker Personal Radio user, or even someone who just wants a player for Blu-ray disc playback and/or standard DVD playback. Even more importantly, this player was just fun to use."
Make sure to visit Secrets of Home Theater and High Fidelity to read the full versions of these reviews. They make for great reading!


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While Towers residents can expect shortfalls in the budget this year, the end of 2011 saw an excess of revenue over expenditures.
"Budgeting is really not a true science. I would consider it more of an art," said Mort Gitter, Board member and finance committee chair. "You can budget in a couple of ways. Over the years, we've adopted a slightly different approach with three components. Our primary aim is to maintain and preserve the financial integrity at North Shore Towers."
At last month's open finance meeting, Gitter addressed highlights of the 2011 budget and expectations for 2012, adding that for the third year in a row, there will be no maintenance or Country Club increases.
"We are committed to keeping North Shore Towers as a luxury complex," Gitter said at the December 15 meeting. "But in order to maintain a luxury complex, you've got to spend money. We have to figure in our budgeting process how much money we can spend — taking into consideration the financial soundness of the community to keep this place running as a top notch facility, which does of course preserve shareholder value.
"Sometimes it works out, and sometimes it doesn't. But believe me, we give it our best shot," said Gitter.
The co-op anticipates having an excess of revenues over expenditures of about $340,000, which Gitter said is "incidentally less than one percent of the amount of our budget."
"That's very, very close to being 100 percent accurate," he said.
Revenues from operations in the year 2011 totaled $43,240,000, Gitter explained, while operating expenditures in 2011 approximated $42.9 million.
Gitter attributes this excess to fuel, water, real estate taxes and insurance costs in 2011 being slightly less than projected expenditures.
"That's the reason. There's no mystery to it," he said.
However, due to major projects in the works for 2012 — along with rises in costs from major components of 2012 expenses — the co-op will see a shortfall of about $835,000.
Gitter said projected operation revenues for 2012 will be $43.4 million, and projected operation expenditures will come to $44,235,000.
He also said the 2012 projected expenses will exceed those in 2011 by approximately $1.3 million due to increases in wages and benefits, water rates, real estate taxes and building repairs.
Specifically, he said wages and benefits will go up by $350,000, as water and sewer rates, along with service contracts — work done by outside firms including the elevators and landscaping — continue to escalate.
He said repairs are going to be up in excess of $200,000 and real estate taxes for the community are projected to rise by approximately $700,000.
"Unfortunately, we still have to pay more taxes each year then we paid in the prior year. So even with all of the activity that goes on, our real estate taxes are rising, but hopefully at a decelerated rate of increase than what we have encountered in the past," Gitter said.
However, Gitter said there are several ways to accommodate for this, without having residents suffer maintenance fee increases.
The majority of the money will come from the operating reserves — a fund that was created by shareholders a number of years ago and was designed primarily to guard against unforeseen cash shortages arising from spikes in fuel or operating costs.
This fund has built up to a point where it exceeds $4 million, Gitter said.
"For a number of months, we have wrestled with how to remedy this shortfall," he said. "Normally, we do not advocate taking funds from our operating reserves to remedy shortfalls. There's a lot of danger in that because once you start dipping into the till and taking money from your reserves, that accelerates year after year and it doubles up. So the fact is that you might cure [the shortfall] in one year, and you have a double problem in the following years. As a result of which, we have continuously resisted the temptation of taking any money from our reserves to remedy any shortfall that we may have."
But this year is the exception, Gitter said, adding that this reserve fund is different from the capital improvement and emergency reserve funds.
"In the event that we encounter any cash problems in the year, we could take some of this money and not have to come back through the shareholders to pay our bills. We didn't think it was fair that if we have this fund that at some point we would not take advantage of it," Gitter said.
The co-op is also up for refinancing its mortgage — a one in 10 year event, said Gitter.
"Nothing is sure in this world, but we have a pretty good handle of what the market will be, and that we will save a significant sum of money in the refinancing over our current rate," he said. "As the result of which, in 2013, our expenses should be less than they are now, since we are advertising a portion of our mortgage to the tune of approx $1.2 billion a year. We will save that money in 2012."
Gitter said this also quenches the original fear of doubling up on debt from dipping into funds.
"When you add it all up, in the event that we take a shortfall in 2012 and you take [money] from the reserve fund, you will not be doubling up because when you add 2012 and 2013, the savings and expenses in 2013 will pretty well balance out," he said. "We have resisted for many years, but we have a once in a long time opportunity to do it without any material adverse effect upon the finances of this cooperation. This obviously bestows a very significant financial benefit to each of you and all of the shareholders."
In 2012, the co-op also expects to spend approximately $2,120,000 on capital improvement projects — a budget that Gitter says is "somewhat below" the monies spent in 2011.
"There's a reason for that, and it's not because things are not getting done or that we are not going to do them," he said. "It's just so much work that can be done around here without totally disrupting the lives of all of us. Everybody in this room has been subjected to the ramps, with the hammering and drilling. Next year, we're going to have scaffolding."
He said there is a "whole host of other capital expenditures that will be made," but the capacity to do them is limited.
"All of the capital improvements will be done at the proper time, with minimal inconvenience to our shareholders," he said.
These projects include but are not limited to upgrading a boiler, which is projected to cost about $680,000; fixing sidewalks and drains in the parking area in front of the buildings, said to cost $425,000; and improving movie theatre seating, which will total $75,000.
"We all are extremely proud that our reserves are at a point that they give us confidence in knowing that we can meet our immediate needs comfortably," Gitter said.
In 2011, the capital improvement fund saw $7.1 million, and Gitter said the fund will increase to $7.5 million in the year 2012.
The emergency reserve fund is "stable," Gitter said, and will increase from $3 million to $3.1 million in the new year.
The only fund that will see a decrease is the operating reserve fund, which Gitter explained will be used to fund the 2012 deficiencies. Currently, it has $4.6 million. By the end of 2012, it will have $3.8 million.
In total, there were $17.6 million worth of funds in 2011, and 2012 is expected to see $17.3 million.
"There's no magic to it," Gitter said. "We've operated efficiently and in addition, we have been able to save very, very substantial sums of money than our expenditures."


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From Middle English cruschen ("to crush, smash, squeeze, squash"), from Old French croissir ("to crush"), from Late Latin *cruscio ("to brush"), from Frankish *krostjan ("to crush, squeeze, squash"). Akin to Gothic 𐌺𐍂𐌿𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌽 (kruistan, "to gnash"), Old Swedish krusa ("to crush"), Middle Low German krossen ("to break"), Swedish krysta ("to squeeze"), Danish kryste ("to squash"), Icelandic kreista ("to squeeze, squash"), Faroese kroysta ("to squeeze").
crush (plural crushes)
- A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
- Addison
- the wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds
- Addison
- Violent pressure, as of a moving crowd.
- Crowd which produces uncomfortable pressure.
- A crush at a reception.
- A violent crowding
- A crowd control barrier
- An infatuation or affection for.
- I've had a huge crush on her since we met many years ago.
- The human object of such infatuation or affection.
- 2004, Chris Wallace, Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage
- It had taken nine years from the evening that Truman first showed up with a pie plate at her mother's door, but his dogged perseverance eventually won him the hand of his boyhood Sunday school crush.
- 2004, Chris Wallace, Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage
- A standing stock or cage with movable sides used to restrain livestock for safe handling
- A party, festive function
- 1890 Oscar Wilde,The Picture of Dorian Gray ch 1
- Two months ago I went to a crush at Lady Brandon's.
- 1890 Oscar Wilde,The Picture of Dorian Gray ch 1
- (Australia) The process of crushing cane to remove the raw sugar, or the season that this process takes place in.
Derived terms[edit]
violent collision or compression; crash; destruction; ruin
violent pressure, as of a crowd
violent crowding
crowd control barrier
short-lived and unrequited love or infatuation or its object
standing stock or cage used to restrain livestock for safe handling
process of crushing cane, or its season
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crush (third-person singular simple present crushes, present participle crushing, simple past and past participle crushed)
- To press or bruise between two hard bodies; to squeeze, so as to destroy the natural shape or integrity of the parts, or to force together into a mass.
- to crush grapes
- Ye shall not offer unto the Lord that which is bruised, crushed, broken or cut. --Lev. xxii.
- To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding; to comminute.
- to crush quartz
- 1912, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan of the Apes, Chapter 1
- With a wild scream he was upon her, tearing a great piece from her side with his mighty teeth, and striking her viciously upon her head and shoulders with a broken tree limb until her skull was crushed to a jelly.
- To overwhelm by pressure or weight; to beat or force down, as by an incumbent weight.
- After the corruption scandal, the opposition crushed the ruling party in the elections
- To oppress or burden grievously.
- To overcome completely; to subdue totally.
- The sultan's black guard crushed every resistance bloodily.
- Sir Walter Scott
- speedily overtaking and crushing the rebels
- (intransitive) To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight or force
- an eggshell crushes easily
- To feel infatuation with or unrequited love for.
- She's crushing on him.
- (sports) to defeat emphatically
2011 November 11, Rory Houston, "Estonia 0-4 Republic of Ireland", in RTE Sport[1]:
- A stunning performance from the Republic of Ireland all but sealed progress to Euro 2012 as they crushed nine-man Estonia 4-0 in the first leg of the qualifying play-off tie in A Le Coq Arena in Tallinn.
Derived terms[edit]
to press or bruise between two hard bodies
to reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding
to overwhelm by pressure or weight
to oppress or burden grievously
to overcome completely
to be or become broken down or in
to feel unrequited love
- crush in Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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Perfect Match
Endangered by Smoking Bans and Disposable Lighters, MatchbooksOffer a Miniature History of American Advertising
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The whimsical ad, from the only surviving example of this early commercial pursuit, read, "A cyclone of fun--powerful caste--pretty girls--handsome ward-robe--get seats early." On the front appeared a pasted-on photo of the star of this comic organization, Thomas Lowden, a trombonist immortalized with the edict "America's Youngest Operatic Comedian." In effect, the opera performers had created the earliest known commercial advertising on matchbooks. The sole remaining example of that night's festivities is today insured for $25,000 by its owner, The Franklin Mint.
Today, matchbooks with advertising are ubiquitous, valued by smokers and collectors alike. But if it weren't for an English druggist named John Walker, many a cigar would never have been lit. In 1827, Walker marketed a sulfur-tipped splint called a Congreves, creating the first matches known to man. While the matches turned out to be explosive in nature and unpredictably dangerous to handle, they helped pave the way for an easier light for future generations of smokers.
Seven decades later, in 1889, a Philadelphia lawyer and patent attorney named Joshua Pusey took the process a step further and created what is considered the first matchbook. Pusey probably cut the first matchbook from a cardboard-like material with a pair of office shears. On a small wood stove, he boiled up the original volatile formula for the match head and striking surface mixture. Pusey christened his invention "flexibles"; however, no record exists of the number of match sticks in that first book (the typical number was 20 or 50). After his novel invention was announced toward the end of 1892, Pusey spent the next 36 months defending it in various lawsuits. Victorious in his patent defense, he parlayed the patent rights to Diamond Match Co. for $4,000 in 1896. As is often the case with great inventions, others had been working on the matchbook idea at the same time. Being an inventor and not a fighter, Pusey quickly accepted Diamond's offer, which included a job offer; Pusey remained with Diamond until his death 20 years later. Even though another company made a limited number of matchbooks prior to 1896, Diamond's market share and domination of the American match industry catapulted Pusey's invention to world-wide recognition.
After it acquired the rights from Pusey, Diamond decided to build a matchbook factory in Barberton, Ohio, rather than use one of its existing busy wooden stick plants. In 1896, the company made more than 150,000 matchbooks a day. The early matchbooks, which carried no advertising, were a dangerous and flimsy novelty, and Diamond hoped to replace them with a quality matchbook on which it could sell advertising space (it would be another 40 years before matchbooks would be given out freely to the public).
The new Diamond matchbook department of 1896 was the black sheep of a thriving and affluent business. In the early days at the Barberton plant, Diamond turned the matchbook division over to a spirited and highly motivated young salesman named Henry C. Traute. Traute's marketing genius and interest in the industry soon propelled him to the top of his trade and, later, to a promotion to vice president at Diamond. Initially, he persuaded upper management to move the striker from the inside to the outside, thus altering the matchbook from a potentially explosive contrivance to a safer and more dependable tool for lighting. Traute lobbied to further protect the customer, insisting that the soon-ubiquitous phrase "Close cover before striking" be included on the front flap. The modern matchbook was taking shape under the tutorial of this far-sighted and ambitious salesman.
Traute needed clout for his new matchbook division. Targeting big business in the first decade of the twentieth century, he started with the Pabst Brewery in Milwaukee. This order was for the trifling amount of 10 million matchbooks, each of which advertised Blue Ribbon Beer. Not resting on these laurels, he next visited James B. Duke, the tobacco baron, and persuaded him to buy 30 million. Not satisfied for a moment, Traute invaded the empire of the chewing gum king, William Wrigley, and secured an order for one billion matchbooks, each advertising Wrigley's Chewing Gum.
Necessitated by Traute's vigorous sales initiatives, better production equipment quickly emerged. Had production rates of the late nineteenth century not improved, the Pabst order would have taken just over two months to ship, Duke would have waited almost seven months and Wrigley's order wouldn't have been filled for more than 18 years.
Traute made another giant contribution to the match industry. He envisioned a system whereby companies that produced the matchbooks would sell advertising space to various firms and distribute the matchbooks themselves. The idea, to which matchbook collecting surely owes a debt, was significantly different from the dedicated advertising promotional matchbooks sold to Pabst, Duke and Wrigley. Traute made the matchbook company responsible for spreading the product around the country. Distribution had to be controlled, of course; for example, assurances were made that matchcovers with whiskey advertisements didn't surface in a dry county. The new system reduced advertisers' costs and provided more revenues for Diamond, as well as spurring a number of other ambitious matchbook companies to begin production during the first 20 years of the new century.
It didn't take long after the invention of the matchbook to find a popular use for it. Around the turn of the century, the United States was known for being a nation of cigar smokers. According to one turn-of-the-century poll, some 30 million Americans smoked more than 1.5 million cigar "brands." The plethora of brand names revolved around the popularity of the proud and personal identification a man had with his cigar. Almost any businessman, banker or entrepreneur could have his own cigar band placed on a cigar when ordered in the prescribed number. Although the tobacco contained in hundreds of these "different" cigar brands might have been rolled by the same cigar factory worker, anyone with the resources could boast that he smoked his own private leaf.
The popularity of cigar smoking triggered an increased demand for matchbooks. Numerous early experiments determined the proper length for the paper match stick, allowing the cigar smoker just enough flame to properly light his cigar. The size of the matchbook itself was about 1/4 inch longer than today's standard 1 7/8-inch matchbook. (These older matchcovers are commonly called "tall" by today's collectors.)
Yet behind the plumes of cigar smoke, cigarettes were becoming popular during the first few decades of this century. Manufacturers found them easier and quicker to make, and by placing 10 in a package (later 20), they could sell less tobacco at a greater profit. The suffragette movement of the period acknowledged women smokers. And cigarettes gave a "clean" look to smoking, insofar as the paper surrounding the tobacco was white.
Through the late 1920s, the matchbook industry flourished. Tens of thousands of advertisers used matchbooks, which had become the most popular advertising format in America. A mom-and-pop store was a typical advertiser. Before the shop opened, Mom would organize the decorations and do the cooking, while Pop arranged for the rental agreement, building signs, business permits and related services. Local newspapers would probably carry a short story about the opening of the business, but a continued customer base called for repetitive advertising efforts. The matchbook was the perfect vehicle. Pop would order a case of 2,500 professionally printed matchbooks for just under $5, and within a few weeks would be distributing matchbooks throughout the neighborhood. The strategy worked again and again, in hamlets, towns and cities all over America. Not only did businesses get on the band-wagon, but service companies and product manufacturers joined the throngs.
Then came that dark October day in 1929, that heralded the beginning of the end for most large production matchbook orders. During the next few years, discretionary expenditures for matchbooks dwindled as advertising budgets fizzled, the first budget casualities of businesses that survived the crash. Diamond Match and other once prosperous matchbook companies were hurting. Another Henry Traute was needed, or at least another brilliant idea.
It came to Diamond Match in the form of an old idea relegated to back rooms during the heyday of production. Since manufacturing and service businesses were curtailing their orders, why not sell matches to the public? The question remained--what do you sell to a post-1929 Depression-ridden American public?
The answer was the silver screen. Early in 1932, Diamond produced the first set of movie star matchbooks for the American market. On "the smallest billboards in the world," 10 personalities adorned the "test set," as it was coined by collectors: Katherine Hepburn, Slim Summerville, Richard Arden, Ann Harding, Zazu Pitts, Gloria Stuart, Constance Bennett, Irene Dunne, Frances Dee and George Raft made the final cut. The promotion worked, and the rest is history. After success with the first test set, which sold for a penny at the local five and dime, Diamond released matchbooks with several hundred other national celebrities. Stars' photos, with brief biographies on the back of the matchbook, came from the movies, radio and popular nightlife.
Closely following its Hollywood successes, Diamond introduced matchbooks with America's second-most popular heroes, sports figures. Football, baseball and hockey players signed releases as their photos and biographies found their way to matchcovers. Called "Group One" matchcovers by collectors, the items featured college and professional sports teams. Football matchbooks included players from the Philadelphia Eagles, Detroit Lions, Chicago Bears, Green Bay Packers, Boston Redskins and New York Giants. Nationally recognized college football rivalries were also featured, including Army vs. Navy, Fordham vs. St. Mary's, Georgia vs. Georgia Tech, Holy Cross vs. Boston College and Notre Dame vs. Southern California. The sports sets were a runaway success story for Diamond Match, and the savior of the industry. These popular matchbooks continued until the late 1930s, when war broke out and matchbook companies focused their attention on the largest accounts yet, the U.S. military and the country's patriotic efforts.
With life breathed back into the match industry through the need for popular patriotic and military advertising, the U.S. Office of Price Administration insisted that a free book of matches accompany every pack of cigarettes. Since the price of a matchbook hadn't increased in 50 years, why should vendors complain? Even in 1945, a matchbook cost a tobacco vendor only about one-fifth of a cent.
At the end of the Second World War, more than 500 billion matches were manufactured annually in the United States. Around 200 billion came in matchbooks, 100 billion were wooden safety matches and the rest were the wooden "strike anywhere" matches, which could be used on any rough surface. The figures spoke for themselves. American matchmaking had become a bustling industry and a far cry from its humble beginnings 50 years earlier.
During the Second World War, cigarette manufacturers solidified their hold on the American smoking public. They offered millions of free cartons of cigarettes to U.S. servicemen in the European and Asian theaters, and at home. Cigarette makers indoctrinated their own sales forces for a post-war cigarette-smoking nation. The push was on to change the nation's smoking habits, and what better way to lure anyone into a habit--make it free, at first. Returning soldiers demanded the popular smoking form in the States. Fashion also dictated a smaller and quicker smoke, as the war years of the 1940s unfolded into the prosperous and active years of the 1950s.
The matchbook industry and the common paper match under-went several major changes at that time. First, it took less flame to light a cigarette than a cigar. With cigars losing popularity, a decidedly smaller match stick was needed. In addition, the cigarette- vending machine was becoming popular, found in every bar, restaurant, hotel, bank and business in an ever-expanding America. Along with the cigarette-vending machine came the vended matchbook to accompany each pack. These developments can trace their roots to the early 1930s, when the Ohio Match Co. became the first matchbook maker to experiment with the shorter match. During the decade that followed, the company applied for several patents on the vending equipment needed to dispense the shorter matchbook. Individual matchbook dispensing machines were already passé. With its portentous popularity, Ohio Match corralled the vending machine market for a short period. Eventually, other designs emerged and other matchbook companies entered the market. The "tall" matchbook, however, was quickly fading from popularity. Even with the recent resurgence and popularity of cigar smoking, the tall matchbook never saw a comeback. The Second World War and the popularity of cigarettes ended the era of the tall matchbook forever.
Penny boxes, popular in Europe, and kitchen matches, used for lighting fireplaces and stoves, were still available for the inveterate cigar smoker. Ornate match safes, fashionable at the turn of the century, added an extra dimension to lighting your favorite smoke, but the containers had to be periodically refilled.
During the golden age of matchbooks--from the late 1930s to the mid-1950s--dozens of match companies and their salesmen thrived. Selling a million matchbooks often took novice salesmen less than a few months. Large companies employed dozens of artists and maintained state-of-the-art design studios. World-famous artists such as George Petty, Alberto Vargas and Ed Moran drew pictures of women that ended up on matchbooks. Even Marilyn Monroe lent her shapely form as an early pinup model for matchbook designs. As recently as 1976, when Phil Carollo bought Lion Match Co. (now known as Lion Corp. of America), there were 23 prosperous American match companies.
But the boom didn't last. Today, there are only four American match companies: Lion Corp., Superior Match Co., Atlantis Match Co. and D.D. Bean & Sons Co. "Banks and big businesses were our largest customers," says Carollo. "They would buy cases of custom-imprinted matchbooks and distribute them freely to local businesses."
As smoking restrictions were imposed on restaurants, hotels and bars, those establishments also cut back their matchbook purchases. Today, many states require separate ventilation systems and partitions in restaurants wishing to provide areas for smokers. And while years ago, many hotel chains required franchises to place matches and ashtrays in every guest room, today many hotels have nonsmoking floors and no longer offer matchbooks to guests.
The smoking bans will hurt important industries that helped America grow. Matchcovers were the most popular advertising format for over 40 years. Advertisers used matchcovers to promote every aspect of America, including airlines, banks, beer, cigars and cigarettes, fairs, fraternal organizations, gas stations, hospitals, hotels, military, movies, political campaigns, radio stars, railroads, restaurants, soft drinks, sports, transportation, wars, and of course, match companies themselves. "People will always need matches," says Carollo. "But will they strike ones made in America or have to rely on Canada, Europe or Russia?"
As a collectible, matchcovers didn't receive much recognition until the 1930s. Due to European influences, match boxes and match labels were popular during the first quarter of the century in the United States and Canada. Matchcover collectors began organizing sometime between the Chicago Century of Progress Exposition of 1933 and the New York World's Fair of 1939. Clubs such as The Blue Moon Match Box Club and United Matchonians (both are now defunct) had roots prior to 1940, but none would rival the Rathkamp Matchcover Society, founded in 1940 and still thriving. Since that time, more than 45 regional clubs have come and gone. Fewer than 15 remain today.
During the late 1940s and early 1950s, there were more than one million matchcover collectors in the United States and Canada, though only a small percentage ever belonged to matchcover collecting clubs. A 1957 Mirror Magazine article by Bill Gilmartin hailed matchcover collecting as "the fastest growing hobby (in America) . . . matchbook collectors are outnumbered in the ranks of the nation's hobbyists only by stamp collectors." Their European counterparts remained loyal to match boxes and box labels, which are still prized today. U.S. figures show that match box collecting has recovered some of its former luster in the United States during the past 10 years, although it has never regained its earlier popularity.
Despite the commercial decline of matchbook sales, matchcover collecting still ranks as the most popular collecting hobby in America after stamps. Casual collectors, thought to number in the hundreds of thousands, pop matchbooks into brandy snifters and fish bowls. Serious collectors, estimated at between 4,000 and 6,000, join clubs and trade by mail. Die-hards attend conventions, run for club offices and publish articles, bulletins and books about matchcovers.
Matchbooks document trips and vacations, make great keepsakes from cherished evenings and weekend outings, and are still your best bet at a campfire. The early matchbook plaudit of "20 little salesmen" still reconciles service and product industries. "You can't beat matchbooks for good, inexpensive advertising," says John Williams, publicity manager of The American Matchcover Collecting Club. Even in the smallest American towns, restaurants, hotels, businesses and banks still use this medium to advertise. The aficionado can easily cull a handful or a caddie (a box of 50 matchbooks) just for the asking. Although once coat-tailed to cigarette smoking, matchcover collecting has recently surged in popularity and successfully divorced itself from that habit. For many, matchcover collecting musters every collector's urge to organize, classify, categorize, display and record.
As with any ephemera (frail collectibles such as those made of paper), condition is the key factor. Today, matchcovers are classified as either used or unused. Mint condition means "right out of the box," without edge dings, creases, nicks or blemishes of any kind. A scratch mark on an otherwise pristine full matchbook can reduce its value by 50 to 75 percent. Watch out for glue or adhesive marks on the insides of matchcovers, as well as faded corners made by photo corners or the page slits in professional matchcover albums.
As far as categories go, restaurants are a good starting point. They easily break down into cafés, lunches, seafood, ethnic and so forth. They can also be sub-classified by city and state, chain restaurants, single-site eateries attached to hotels, out-of-business restaurants, diners and more. Adjunct eating places such as bars, grills, taverns and pubs are also collectible. Along with restaurants, the categories of hotels, motels and banks are considered "easy." However, serious collectors can branch out into more than 600 other categories, from airlines to zoos.
Among today's hot categories are sports, girlies, nationalpolitics, beer, cigars, soda and the remarkable "size" categories from the golden age of matchcover collecting, which include Giant Features (matchbooks measuring 3 3/8 inches by 4 1/4 inches), Features (matchbooks with colorful images across flattened sticks), Contours (uniquely shaped matchcovers), Midgets (matchbooks measuring 1 1/16 inches by 1 1/2 inches) and Actions (matchbooks with an extended disk saddle, giving it a satchel-like appearance), just to name a few.
Sports matchbooks have dozens of sub-categories. Jack Dempsey may have made his name as a boxer, but he also owned a number of restaurants and hotels, and together his various pursuits earned him a place on 21 different matchbooks. A set of Washington Redskins matchcovers are worth between $300 and $500.
Today, tall matchbooks and matchcovers are scarce. Several matchbook companies made them throughout the 1920s and 1930s, including Lion Match Co., Federal Match Co., Star Match Co., Union Match Co., and Diamond Match. Treasured by serious collectors, they can be found in mature collections. Other rare matchcovers include the Mendelson Opera Company specimen held by the Franklin Mint, matchbooks honoring Charles Lindbergh's 1927 flight across the Atlantic (two sold by the American Matchcover Collecting Club fetched $3,800 and $1,600), a matchbook featuring Gen. Douglas MacArthur with the declaration "I Shall Return" (a single matchbook once brought $145), and a series of African matchcovers showing a nation's leader on the front and a flag or a seal on the back; these were made to commemorate the country's separation from its European sovereign and were only distributed at its embassies.
Because matchcovers have been used to advertise anything and everything this century, there's certainly no shortage of examples for those who lean toward the offbeat.
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WATSONVILLE -- A Capitola woman is facing charges of elder abuse after police say she swindled a 78-year-old woman out of more than $100,000.
Watsonville police arrested Morgan Rebecca Stuart, 53, Wednesday after a yearlong investigation into claims that she took financial advantage of a Watsonville woman. An arrest warrant was issued and Stuart surrendered to detectives at the Santa Cruz County Jail, Lt. David McCartney of the Watsonville Police Department said.
Stuart is accused of obtaining a new car and close to $102,000 in cash from the Watsonville woman. She claims the car and the money were gifted to her to help her promote her hospitality business and to pay medical expenses. The victim and her family claim Stuart befriended and manipulated her, and later took financial advantage of their relationship.
Stuart spent a year in federal prison for credit card theft in the early 1990s, McCartney said. A former employer in Campbell also filed embezzlement charges against her in 1994. It was not immediately known if she was convicted of that charge.
Watsonville police ask anyone with information on the case to call 768-3358 or call the anonymous tipline at 768-3544.
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ORLANDO, Fla. - The nation's second largest university is about to get a little more diverse.
The University of Central Florida Foundation just spent $6 million on 59 acres near campus on McCulloch Road in Seminole County. That land is the future home of UCF's new retirement community.
According to UCF Vice President of Communications and Public Affairs Grant Heston, other universities, including the University of Florida, have successful retirement communities and UCF has already fielded inquiries from prospective residents.
Those residents would have access to the same amenities as traditional students.
"If you want to go to a football game, or a baseball game, or if you're into politics and want to hear some of our great guest speakers, or maybe just learn more, say about psychology, this is a great opportunity to do that," Heston said.
Heston says housing options will include both independent and assisted living.
UCF junior Jason Bailey says his main concern is mixing older drivers with the student population.
But student Samantha Sokolis tells us she would embrace the learning opportunity.
"I love the educational part. I loved hearing my grandfather's stories and I don't get to hear those anymore," she said.
Heston says because of attitudes like that, this project is a win-win.
"The more a university is connected into a community, the better the university and community are," Heston said.
Heston tells Local 6 the project is beginning its development phase, and while he cannot confirm a timeframe as to when the facility will open, he says it will likely be sooner rather than later.
Cost for residents is also still being determined.
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Subprime lenders may finally shed their predatory image thanks to better data collection and new products and services. The industry says they're finding ways to give consumers what they need -- often at better prices than traditional banks.
Many of these lenders gathered this week at the Clarity Services Round Table in Clearwater Beach, Fla., where subprime (also known as nonprime) lending was a major topic of conversation.
Tim Ranney, president of Clarity Services, a consumer reporting agency, says subprime consumers have been misunderstood by many lenders. For instance, if they have credit cards and still take out payday loans, lenders may conclude they're not intelligent enough to know that a credit card will be better than the payday loan.
But that's not the case, Ranney says.
"The consumer is protecting the card," he says. Major lenders "sometimes do not understand that."
Subprime consumers are generally defined as people with FICO scores at 660 or below, according to the FDIC.
That FICO score, however, masks a variety of differences between subprime consumers. People who've had, until just recently, excellent credit are lumped with the highest-risk consumers. So are people who've had their credit dented through no fault of their own.
Lenders say they're now analyzing consumer data and conducting surveys to get past those low FICO scores and find subprime consumers who are worth another shot.
Clarity Services, which uses demographic data and conducts surveys on subprime consumers, groups them into four categories.
- Newbies, such as people graduating from high school or college and immigrants with no credit history.
- Consumers who only recently fell into the subprime category.
- People with low incomes, little credit history and who are financially unstable.
- Scammers who apply for credit with no intention of paying it back.
People with generally unstable financial lives and fraudsters get lumped into the high-risk category. The others are considered to be good borrowers.
Finding the right fit
Clarity Services focuses on consumers that fall beneath the prime market. They track payment and behavior data that the three big credit bureaus -- Equifax, Experian and Transunion -- don't. The company was founded in 2008 so it's a relatively recent development. There are other services that also focus on markets that some traditional lenders eschew.
BillFloat, for example, helps consumers make ends meet between paychecks. Its vice president of risk and analytics, Bruce Brenkus, said his company offers short-term loans specifically for bill payment for consumers who need more time to pay. The loans are charged a 36 percent annualized interest rate but the loan is paid in 30 days.
"What we do is known as small-dollar lending. It's 3 percent interest on (a) 30-day loan," Brenkus says.
BillFloat customers give the company their bank account information when they apply for a loan. BillFloat will send the payment for the bill directly to the creditor, then, 30 days later, the loan to BillFloat will be due.
Many people who struggle with bills, struggle because the payment date falls at a bad time, Brenkus says.
The due date may be negotiable, however, so consumers should check with their lender to see if they can move it to a more convenient time.
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First of all, welcome to the board, and many gentle hugs to you!
If you have most any autoimune condition, sun can be dangerous. Note my moniker? I ALWAYS wear a hat - 4" brim minimum, and NOT one that you can see through - be sure itis a tight weave or heavy cloth. Plus I wear sunscreen (spf 50, VUA/UVB) AND long sleeves/slacks between sun up and sun down. Even a few minutes can be too much ifyou're sun sensitive, and your body is certainly telling you that! Sun can send you into a flare if you do have lupus, or worsen other symptoms if you have another condition.
So glad to hear, though, that you don't have multiple myloma, that can be a difficult cancer. They have improved treatment in the last 10 years, but any cancer can be difficult!
Oh I understand the falling apart feeling! Suddenly you're no longer in control of your day to day physical well being. Your body has taken a tangent. It is a difficult thing to accept. With patience, you can learn to relax a bit and just BE. And to enjoy the slightly slower pace you may need to take.
The aches, pains, swelling, ah they sound familiar! Whether they're lupus, RA, MS, or something else, who knows! Wait for the labs. It isn't JUST the labs that tell the doc, it is the overall symptomology. So do keep track of everything - the sun sensitivity, how you're feeling at different points of the day, and so on. Take that and a list of questions to your doc. Give him/her a cc, hold on to a cc. And EXPECT that you will review those questions in detail -- you DESERVE the time and the answers. Even if sometimes those answers are "we just don't know."
Many many hugs, dear, and keep posting, we are all here together!


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Free dates vary, allowing multiple park visitation opportunities
Kansas state parks offer a variety of scenic landscapes, from the Ozarkian forests of Crawford State Park in eastern Kansas to the rugged High Plains oasis known as Scott State Park in the west. Free Park Entrance Days offer Kansans an opportunity to sample that variety and save money at the same time.
During free entrance days, park visitors may forego the normal vehicle entrance fees required during the rest of the year. It's an opportunity for Kansans to rest, relax, and rejuvenate themselves in some of the most aesthetic environments in the Sunflower State.
Hiking, mountain biking, horseback riding, fishing, swimming, boating, and wildlife watching are just a few of the recreational experiences offered at all state parks. Camping fees still apply, but Free Park Entrance Days allow everyone a prime opportunity to sample each of the state's 23 parks. Following is a schedule of Free Park Entrance Days in 2006:
• Oct. 28 -- Elk City
• Nov. 4 -- Glen Elder
For more information or to obtain a free guide to Kansas state parks, contact Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks' Pratt Office (620/672-5911), or visit the KDWP website's State Parks pages for more information.


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text: News Article Why a human connection is still vital for great selling Simon Dudley Published August 27, 2013 in Business Daily Even in today's modern era, it seems to me that Internet history is repeating itself. Many of today's digital marketing tactics cut out the human connection almost entirely. Strategies such as lead generation, prospecting and qualifying prospects has been reduced to pure mathematics.


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Ever since I sunk my teeth into the juicy classic cheeseburger at Holsteins for this roundup of tasty burgers on the Las Vegas Strip, I've been looking forward to returning for round two. That opportunity came during a quick visit centered around the judging the final round of the World Burger Championships, part of the 2013 World Food Festival.
This time, I scored a backstage pass into the Holsteins kitchen, where executive chef Anthony Meidenbauer chatted with me about the restaurant's signature (and most popular) burger: the Gold Standard. The re-examined and elevated bacon cheeseburger is their best seller, representing 25 percent of burger sales. On a typical day, Anthony says the kitchen churns out between 150 and 200 of them, served with a side shoestring or steak-cut fries at no extra charge (a rarity on the strip, where most burgers come à la carte).
On this subject, Anthony says, "Know where you get a burger and fries separately? Quick service places. At a restaurant, they're supposed to come together." Amen, brother. You've got my agreement on that, along with the majority of AHT'ers.
For a closer look at how this goat's milk cheddar, bacon, arugula, confit tomato, and house-made garlic-chive aioli-topped burger comes together, check out the slideshow »
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Science can't explain magic - but that doesn't mean science can't detect it. Modern fantasy is full of cool gizmos that can identify sources of mystical power... and even track them down. Here's our list.
Everything in Ghostbusters. This is the movie that perfected the magic-handling gadgets motif, from the "ghost sniffer" to the ghost detector, to the ecto-goggles, to the giga-meter... pretty much any kind of gizmo you might need to figure out the location of an evil spirit, Egon whips up at one point or another. And they all look awesome, as a bonus.
The BTRS detector in The Middleman. Our studly science hero uses a BTRS (Beyond The Realm Of Science) detector to scan for things that are, well... beyond the realm of science. As Wendy says: "Handy."
The Dragon Detector from Questors by Joan Lennon. In Lennon's fantasy novel, our hero Bryn has a gadget called a "dragon detector" which gives off an awful noise when the dragon Dagrod comes near it. As Bryn explains to Dagrod, "Apparently you give off a sort of radiation, and if I wanted to know if you were around, or coming closer, or something, this would tell me..."
The EMF detector, from Supernatural. Turns out that ghosts and other nasties give off electromagnetic fields, which you can detect with a handy gizmo. So in almost every episode of Supernatural, Dean Winchester whips out his flashing whizbang at some point. Which is very DIY, as Sam discovers in "Phantom Traveler":
Sam: What is that?
Dean: It's an EMF meter. It reads electromagnetic frequencies.
Sam: Yeah, I know what an EMF Meter is, but why does that one look like a busted up walkman?
Dean: Cause that's what I made it out of. It's homemade.
Sam: Yeah, I can see that.
People actually use these things in real life, and the guys on Ghost Hunters also use a similar rig to look for ghost signatures. And I love these gizmos.
Fairy detector in The Fairly Odd Parents. Mr. Crocker, the only adult who believes fairies exist, builds a fairy detector. And before his memories of his own godparents were taken away, he scrawled "Fairy Godparents Exist" on the back of a fairy detector.
Tricorder from Star Trek. The crew of the Enterprise frequently visits worlds where magic, of some sort, appears to work, including in the episode "Catspaw" and the animated episode "The Magicks Of Megas-Tu." Frequently, even if these magical mind-energies are not susceptible to human technology, they can be tracked to their source using Spock's tricorder, and some good old human ingenuity.
The "Ectoplex" Paranormal Energy Detector, from Sabrina The Teenage Witch. It zeroes in on paranormal energy fields and supernatural phenomena, as you can see in this clip (around the four-minute mark):
Dragon Radar from Dragonball. It's used to find the mystical dragon balls which summon the wish-granting dragon Shenron when you gather all seven of them together.
The Spook Detector in Caballistics, Inc., a comic that's been running in British anthology series 2000 A.D. since 2002. One of the paranormal investigators in the newly privatized Department Q is Hannah Chapter, who comes equipped with her own "spook detector."
Vampire Detector in Tales From The Crypt, "Fare Tonight." Two young girls, Mildred and Camille, decide to become amateur vampire hunters, and so they build their own homemade "vampire detector" gun, in this 1993 episode. And here's a picture of a cool Steampunk vampire detector that someone built as part of a costume.
The Emergency Detector in Ultraman. The Science Patrol all wear special tie-pins which blink and react when a monster gets too close. This is their "emergency detector."
So what did we miss?
Additional reporting by Alasdair Wilkins.


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Citizens concerned about climate change are invited to join Yolo MoveOn, 350 Bay Area, and more than 50 organizations in a protest march.
The event is on Saturday, and is part of a national movement called Summer Heat.
The big action will be at 10 a.m. on Saturday, starting at the Richmond BART station, and then proceeding to the gates of Chevron's refinery.
Meet at Amtrak train station in Davis, to buy tickets at 7 a.m. The train will be leaving at 7:20 a.m. Please contact Yolo MoveOn Core member, Frances Burke at 848-2696. Bring a hat, water and a sign.


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