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Chris Cruz

Fun loving, hard worker, 10 year golf novice, 15 year novice surfer - Down to earth, trusting, honest with a bit of wild side.

What I’m doing now

(This is a now page, and if you have your own site, you should make one, too.)

I’m home in St. Augustine, FL. I have recently purchased a beach home on Crescent Beach which is amazing. I have always wanted to live near the beach and now I have made that dream come true!

I've recently failed out of MBA program at FAU (stopped going to classes), opened up a business (Grande Royal Escape), and started an APP (Popppins) while working at my full time job at CSX. These past couple of months have been an amazing expierence, and has been a true test to determine if the lifestyle of an entrepreneur is for me. This is a lonely life, but for me that's okay. I was raised extremely independent and do not like anyone telling me what to do, so if that means I work longer hours, so one day I can run my company full time, I'm all in baby!

So now I am:

  1. Completing a build out for Grande Royal Escape - I post daily to SnapChat @chrispopppins. There is going to be a zombie room and a British Spy room. Super excited!!!
  2. Working with my programmer in Russia to develop a gifting app. (I was tired of searching through a dozen of online images, so I'm creating an app for someone to send me gifting ideas and I can select them and send to my loved ones)
  3. Listening to podcasts, mostly Tim Ferris (Derek Sivers and Tim F. one was great!) and following Gary Vee on YouTube while commuting an hour to my day job. (Gary and Tim are both amazing people - well, I haven't meet them but in all the content they seem to be great guys)

My Dream - I want to impact people's lives by doing good deeds, and being positive about every life challenge. I really think people who are driven, smart, and good hearted can have a powerful impact over those who dwell in the negative.

When not working, I try to walk on the beach, surf, hangout with my pups, golf, bike ride, run, camp, hang out with friends, and BBQ.

Listening to mostly pandora, and my stations range from Tom Petty, 2000 hip hop (for working out), BBQ hip hop, Bob Marley, Today's Hits Radio, Incubus Radio, Jimmy Buffet, and now this time of year you have to throw in the Christmas Radio.

This update was December 15th, 2016 (My Niece's Birthday - Happy Birthday Tiana!).


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Brown Estate Winery Quarterly Newspaper

Each quarter I look forward to working with the amazing team at Brown Estate on producing a quarterly newspaper for their members, fans, and visitors. For the past two years, we’ve collaborated on the 8-page, broadsheet publication and our creations keeps getting better and better.

Every issue features gorgeous photography, most often shot by the very talented Carolyn Burgess. The content is written by the staff at Brown and features everything from member profiles to event features to articles about the winemaking process. Over the course of the last two years the content of the paper has evolved from just showcasing the wines to featuring robust and original content that readers love and respond to.

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Centerfold from the Summer 2013 issue, featuring an infographic-style map of the vineyards and the now infamous tractor illustration!

In addition to creating something that customers truly love, what’s so enjoyable about working with Brown is that we have so much fun doing it. Their love for what they do shines through in every interaction we have, and once we get our rhythm going with each issue there is no stopping us.

Here’s what Stefanie Kelley, Director of Operations has to say about our partnership:

“Having worked with other graphic designers with whom we never quite ‘clicked,’ first and foremost I appreciate Chris’s agreeable disposition and well-honed sense of humor. He is truly a pleasure to work with… and that facilitates great results. But what I’ve enjoyed most about our collaborative process, besides his amazing capacity to turn out brilliant work under sometimes treacherous deadlines, has been seeing him continually developing and expanding his design skills. He always brings his ‘A’ game, and he’s constantly raising the bar. This combination yields the client a lot of bang for the buck. Every time we think we’ve put out our best issue ever, Chris helps us make the next one even better.”

I feel so fortunate to work with this amazing team, and look forward to many more collaborations in the future!

A spread from the Fall 2012 issue.

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A spread from the Summer 2013 issue.

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Binding the quiet (2010) - 10 minutes
Commissioned by Ensemble contemporain de Montréal +
for piccolo, clarinet (=bcl), bassoon, horn, percussion, piano, electric guitar, violin, viola and cello

Christopher Mayo's Binding the quiet starts out in a brushed, pitchless soundscape of airy sounds and rustled paper. As it gradually accumulates more concrete surface detail, all derived from the same simple melodic line, rhythmic patterns begin to dominate, and the transformation is quick, total and delirious.
— Elissa Poole, The Globe and Mail (November 9, 2010)

Full article

Quant à Christopher Mayo, il fait une musique robuste, vive, spirituelle, colorée mais jamais légère : son portrait tout craché.

[As for Christopher Mayo, his music is robust, lively, witty, colourful but never light: his spitting image.]
— Nicolas Gilbert, (November 8, 2010)
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La virtuosité d'une certaine jeune musique anglaise se mâtine chez Mayo (Binding the quiet) d'une attention toute particulière à l'exploration timbrale, particulièrement sensible en début de parcours, et la directionnalité formelle de cette quasi-toccate, dont on pressent assez rapidement l'objectif ultime, suit pourtant vers son apogée un chemin habilement sinueux et varié.

[In Mayo's work (Binding the quiet) the virtuosity of a certain young, English music is mixed with a particular attention to timbral exploration, particularly noticeable at the beginning of the work. The formal directionality of this quasi-toccata, in which we quickly sense the ultimate goal, follows a path toward its climax which is expertly winding and varied.]
— Michel Gonneville, cette ville étrange (November 20, 2010)
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Christopher Mayo's Binding the quiet initially seemed to evoke natural soundscapes such as shifting wind-like sounds, with few pitch references. The rustle of crumpled paper emerged time and time again throughout the piece sounding subtly through the thickening instrumental textures. A constantly varied melody eventually emerged from the sonic mesh, gained rhythmic distinction, and then faded. The surprisingly rich sounds of crumpled paper...echoed in my mind.
— Andrew Timar, The WholeNote Blog (November 26, 2010)
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À la fin du spectacle, l'heure du vote a sonné. Le vainqueur de la tournée remporte le prix du public Génération 2010, assorti d'une bourse de 1 000 $ et d'une commande des Jeunesses Musicales du Canada. Cette année, c'est Christopher Mayo qui a été choisi par près de 700 spectateurs pour son œuvre Binding the quiet. Une distinction de plus pour un jeune virtuose canadien.

[At the end of the show, the time to vote has come. The winner of the tour wins the audience award Generation 2010, with a cash prize of $1,000 and a commission from the Jeunesses Musicales du Canada. This year, Christopher Mayo was selected by about 700 spectators for his work Binding the quiet. One distinction more for a young Canadian virtuoso.]
— Elodie Crézé, L'Express du Pacifique (December 6, 2010)

Programme Note
Binding the quiet was commissioned by Ensemble contemporain de Montréal + for their 2010 Génération project and tour. It was first performed November 5, 2010 at The Banff Centre by ECM+ conducted by Véronique Lacroix. Binding the quiet was awarded the Prix du public Génération 2010.

The title is taken from the first line of a poem by Kenneth Patchen from his 1971 collection Wonderings.

Binding the quiet into chalky sheaves
I do not forget to pack spirit-moss
And lonely isles of hasty leaves
Into these "boxes" which will toss
Upon the sea until next Wednesday
When some good soul knowing them mine
Shall bring them back without a word—
And inside I'll find sixteen baby foxes
Sleeping at the breast of a great milk-white bird

- Kenneth Patchen, Wonderings (1971)

Performance History
November 5, 2010 - ECM+, Véronique Lacroix, conductor, Rolston Recital Hall, Banff, AB, Canada
November 7, 2010 - ECM+, Véronique Lacroix, conductor, Phillip T. Young Recital Hall, Victoria, BC, Canada
November 9, 2010 - ECM+, Véronique Lacroix, conductor, The Jazz Cellar, Vancouver, BC, Canada
November 11, 2010 - ECM+, Véronique Lacroix, conductor, Conservatoire de musique de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
November 13, 2010 - ECM+, Véronique Lacroix, conductor, National Arts Centre, Ottawa, ON, Canada
November 14, 2010 - ECM+, Véronique Lacroix, conductor, The Music Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
November 16, 2010 - ECM+, Véronique Lacroix, conductor, D.F. Cook Recital Hall, St. John’s, NL, Canada

Broadcast History
2010, CBC Radio 2, Espace Musique


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Cider Press Hill

I am upgraded

Wednesday, 5:25 pm

By Kate

heavy rain

Over the past year, I’ve depended entirely on my mobile phone to handle all my telephone needs. I canceled the landline and couldn’t be happier about it. However, my phone plan with Sprint was geared to having a cell phone as an extra, not the primary phone. Consequently, I’ve had quite a tussle trying to stay within my minutes—a whopping 200 of them per month. Most often, I went over by 50 to 100 minutes, which, on my plan, only added $5-$10 to my bill. I didn’t really think that was too outrageous, so I lived with it.

This month, though, I used close to 900 minutes and boy is that gonna cost me when I get the next bill. So, I decided it was time to either upgrade or switch carriers. Sprint has some interesting new plans available, but I don’t really want to pay for stuff I don’t need or want. AT&T, on the other hand, had just the right fit for me: 900 minutes, 200 text messages, free mobile to mobile, free minutes for 5 different phone numbers that I call frequently, and rollover minutes. All for less than what I’ve been paying Sprint the past few months.

I jumped on it and also bought myself a really pretty new red phone with a slide out keyboard and a touch screen. I’m extremely pleased with it.

When the lad found out that I had 200 text messages per month, he promptly got me to burn through 12 of them. Young people prefer texting to talking, apparently. And since that is the case, I am delighted to have an easy to use keyboard because I think I may use it often. Today a couple more text messages from the lad. I told him he was going to have to go a little easy on the messages because Mom *is* going to use some for Twitter, too. This seemed to surprise him. “Mom! You Twitter?!” Heh, yeah. I am not sure why that’s so surprising.

Anyway. Now I am another couple of feet into the twenty-first century. I read in a book recently that, according to the author, we will be connected in ways we never imagined within 10 years. Our devices will be smaller and they will do all the things that we require 3 or 4 (or more) devices to do now. I look forward to that. I love gadgets that do lots of different things.

How to price yourself out of business

Tuesday, 4:06 pm

By Kate

Several months ago, I went grocery shopping for a friend who had just had knee replacement surgery. She preferred that I go to the grocery store that I almost never visited. I’m not sure why that is, but we get into our habits. She had a huge list and it ended up requiring two carts to drag it all to the cashier. Now, I would have expected that the total bill would have topped out at around $320. When the total tally came to $212, my jaw nearly crashed through the floor. That got me to thinking.

Not enough to change my habits immediately, but I did begin shopping at the other grocery store on occasion. What I noticed was that when I stopped by Shaw’s market (my habit store) for my mid-week “just a few things” sprint, the bill almost always came to about $28. When I bought the same sorts of items at the other store—Market Basket—my bill was usually around $17.

Over the summer, I mentioned that to the lad one day. He was doing most of the cooking and composing his own grocery lists. He was finding it a little difficult to get all he wanted at Shaw’s within the budget that I gave him to spend. We decided to go do a full week’s shopping at Market Basket and see how we did.

What we did was spend $83.39 and the lad whooped like a crazy man. He still had money left over in his food budget. “The more I save, the better the stuff I can get,” he reasoned.

We decided to conduct an experiment. We took the grocery receipt tape and wrote everything down in a notebook, with the Market Basket price next to each item. Then we went over to Shaw’s and found the same items. We wrote down the prices next to the Market Basket prices. When we came home, we tallied it all up and found that if we’d done the shopping at Shaw’s, we’d have spent $115.31.

We actually saved $31.92 by shopping at Market Basket. Same brands, same items.

Now, I can’t entirely account for the differences in prices, but I am confident that Shaw’s is quite aware that they’re being beaten to a pulp by the competition. There has been an on-going battle for the past three or four months. When Shaw’s drops the price of something for the weekly sale fliers, Market Basket drops theirs by an additional 10 cents. I can’t remember the last time I bought a can of Bumblebee albacore tuna for 75 cents.

Despite their efforts, Shaw’s has been losing badly. They’ve laid off employees. Their parking lot is quite often empty. While, just around the corner, Market Basket’s parking lot is mobbed. When I stop by Shaw’s for anything (usually my ground coffee and cut flowers which are cheaper there), I can always park near the door. When I stop at Market Basket, I often have to park near the road waaaaay far away from the front door. It’s pretty easy to tell who gets the lion’s share of the trade.

I suppose it might be worth mentioning that a couple of years ago, Shaw’s was purchased by Albertson’s. They’ve gone down hill ever since. Prices went up and the produce section was remodeled practically out of existence. The store uses an astounding amount of real estate for their produce section and cut the amount of produce in half. There’s a problem when you go to buy a head of iceberg lettuce or a package of mushrooms or a plain old leek and there are none to be found. Not.A.One.

Lots of greens in plastic bags, though.

Conversely, Market Basket remodeled their produce section, made it larger, and packed it with more. Not only that, they added special lighting that makes all their produce look even more lush than it already is. A brilliant and (probably) cheap marketing move. Nothing sells like literally beautiful produce.

And, their avocados are only 79 cents. I’m in love.

Then there are the Shaw’s Rewards Cards. Oh yes, new and improved. (Market Basket doesn’t have one.) Shaw’s decided to give us discounts on our gasoline as well as in-store discounts and coupons based on our buying habits. During the gasoline price heights last year, that was a pretty popular option. The more you spent at Shaw’s, the less you’d pay for gasoline at Irving gas. Some people might get up to 30 or 40 cents off per gallon. Which is a nice savings. But, really, I could have bought a whole tank of gasoline plus a little with what I’d save by shopping at the competition.

Yesterday, I stopped by Shaw’s to pick up a couple of items at their deli counter, which is, I think, better than Market Basket’s. While there, I thought I might pick up a couple of other things, too.

Well. I wanted a pound of roast beef and a half a pound of Provolone cheese from the deli, but Shaw’s had jacked their prices up since last week to $9.99 ($7.99 last week) per pound for the roast beef and $5.99 ($3.99 last week) for the Provolone. Holy mackerel. Someone is not only losing the price wars, but throwing in the towel, I think.

While, there I thought I’d check prices for the other items on my list: fresh spinach ($7.99/lb package), a fresh avocado (1.99 each), a pound and a half of hamburger ($2.49/lb), and a pint of store brand heavy cream ($2.19). I wrote ‘em down and went over to Market Basket to buy my stuff.

My Market Basket bill was $15.17 for the roast beef ($5.68 for 1.14 lb), Provolone cheese ($1.61 for .54 lb), spinach ($1.99), avocado ($.79), burger ($2.29/lb), and cream ($1.69). Had I bought it at Shaw’s the total would have been $25.94.

Shaw’s has been here for a long time and it used to have a devoted clientele. Now...well, not so much. It is startling and distressing to drive past and see a nearly empty parking lot while the other store’s lot is jam packed and overflowing. There are even traffic jams in Market Basket’s aisles. On several occasions, when I’ve stopped at Shaw’s to pick up a pound of coffee in the evening, I am virtually the only person in the store and the clerks practically pounce on me as if I’m an endangered species.

I can’t figure out whether this is Albertson’s fault or what. I suppose it must be—they are the owners and business model writer uppers. But it’s positively asinine with rather abstruse reasoning to price oneself out of business like this. Isn’t it? Is the same situation going on in other Shaw’s/Market Basket markets?

Starting the engine

Sunday, 5:59 pm

By Kate

light snow, mist

I couldn’t take the bright pink and turquoise any longer. Back to the foxes we go.

I tweaked the sidebar a bit. The additions will probably slow the loading time down to a crawl, but we’ll give it a try. And I opened a twitter account so there is no excuse for me to completely disappear for weeks on end. Twittering/tweeting/whatevering is kind of entertaining.

Anyway. More tomorrow. Is there anyone left who stops by to read this thing?


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Friday, March 31, 2006

Movies That Should Have Won

Does anyone disagree that Citizen Kane should have beat How Green Was My Valley?

If you don't think Raging Bull should have beat Ordinary People, I'll have to hurt you.

I'd go with Ed Wood but would accept Pulp Fiction over Forrest Gump.

I'd like anything over Titanic.

Warning: I've never deleted a comment before but that might change for anyone suggesting that Shakespeare in Love shouldn't have won.
Movie Rating System

In case anyone is wondering, the "worst," "bad but forgivable," and "group of friends" categories go from worst to slightly better; the "musicals," "like," and "favorites" go from best to less; and "eh" is in no particular order.

Thursday, March 30, 2006

Best Losers

Over at Louis's Mr. TV Head blog, I found this poll to vote for the worst Oscar-winning movies of the year.

Here's my break-down:

Didn't see: Gone with the Wind (39), Million Dollar Baby (04), Crash (05)

1. Greatest Show on Earth (52) Stick with burning bushes, C.
2. You Can't Take it With You (38) It's a Wonderful Life isn't sappy enough for you? Try Capra's earlier effort.
3. Titanic (97) I liked Kate Winslet's breasts and the part where everyone died.
4. Oliver! (68) This movie doesn't even deserve a snide comment. Considering making it number one.
5. The English Patient (96) The hero makes a deal with the Nazis for the woman he loves. Paging Zombie Bogart to kick the shit out of every pansy involved with this masturbatory pile of slop.
6. Around the World in 80 Days (56) Makes the Jackie Chan version look good.

Bad but forgivable:
1. Gentleman's Agreement (47) Here's Gregory Peck to tell you that hating Jews is wrong.
2. Going My Way (44) "There's a war on. We'd rather vote for Bing singing to choir boys than the much superior Double indemnity.
3. How Green Was My Valley (41) "There's a war in Europe. And Mr. Hearst gave us strict instructions."
4. The Great Ziegfeld (36) You could have made another Thin Man movie from the cast.
5. Mrs. Miniver (42) The weaker, English version of From Here to Eternity. Kinda like the opposite of our beers.
6. Hamlet (48) Everyone says they love this version but, I'm sorry, Gertrude is supposed to be older than her son. Still it's a good way to cut 2-1/2 hours out of a literature class.
7. Forrest Gump (94) "Uh, we're not at war any more. Why didn't we vote for Pulp Fiction?"
8. The Last Emperor (88) Hello, this guy was gayer than James Whale. Shouldn't you have at least hinted at it?
9. Gandhi (82) Just shoot him already and get it over with.
10. The Deer Hunter (78) Yeah, I've got an evening to kill.
11. Silence of the Lambs (91) This is like the opposite of a David Lynch film. The more I think about it, the more I hate it.
12. Ben-Hur (59) You let the Roman Empire fall? Damn you! Damn you all to hell!

Musicals ("Uh, honey, I watched that with you. Don't I deserve a blowjob or something?")
Chicago (02), West Side Story (61), Gigi (59), My Fair Lady (64), American in Paris (51), Sound of Music (65)

("Uh, honey, I watched that with you. Don't I deserve a blowjob from you and a group of your friends?")
Terms of Endearment (83), Ordinary People (80), Kramer vs. Kramer (79), Out of Africa (85)

Category of "Eh"
Platoon (86), American Beauty (99), Best Years of Our Lives (46), Gladiator (00), Braveheart (95), The Sting (73), Driving Miss Daisy (89), Beautiful Mind (01), Chariot of Fire (91), Dances with Wolves (90), Life of Emile Zola (37), Schindler's List (93--yeah, how many times have YOU watched it?)

1. All About Eve (50) George Sanders! I love that guy!
2. Midnight Cowboy (69) Why was this rated "X"?
3. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (75) Just try that with the Joker!
4. Broadway Melody (28) Hey, it's making noises!
5. Cimmaron (30) The black kid named Napoleon dies saving a couple of white girls. Hey, just think of how the audience in Georgia reacted.
6. On the Waterfront (54) Too much message but it's got the line.
7. Laurence of Arabia (62) I like that scene with the match.
8. Grand Hotel (31) It's mentioned in The Apartment.
9. The Apartment (60) Fred MacMurray as a sadistic SOB? I love that guy!
10. Rocky (76) Yes, you do too.
11. Cavalcade (32) The Titanic sinks in 15 minutes!
12. Amadeus (84) That's Mozart's middle name.
13. All the King's Men (49) It's funny cuz it's true.
14. A Man for All Seasons (66) I even like the Charlie Heston version.
15. Wings (27) D.W. could have done it better but he was probably drunk at the time.
16. Mutiny on the Bounty (35) Look at him whip that guy! You'd think he was Jesus!
17. Marty (55) They drink beer on screen. That was shocking for the times.
18. It Happened One Night (34) "Uh, honey, yes, I did like it. Okay, I'll get to work.
19. The Lost Weekend (45) "Yeah, it's Reefer Madness Redux but Billy should have won last year. And I like that scene with the bat and the rat."
20. Annie Hall (77) Just to piss off the Star Wars fans.
21. From Here to Eternity (53) This is pretty close to "eh."

1. The Godfather II (74) And he went on to make that stupid version of Dracula.
2. The Godfather (72) And Frankenstein.
3. Patton (70) "Damn! He shot that mule in the head!"
4. Rebecca (40) George Sanders and Alfred Hitchcock! I'm in love!
5. In the Heat of the Night (67) "Do they call you Virgil?"
6. The French Connection (71) The 70s rocked (in this regard).
7. Rain Man (89) I actually don't want to punch Tom Cruise in the face!
8. Casablanca (43) Hey, Bogart, check out that piece of crap that wins in '96.
9. Bridge on the River Kwai (58) Is it just me or are American actors much worse than British?
10. Unforgiven (92) Clint.
11. Return of the King (03) Yes, I'm openly geeky.
12. Shakespeare in Love (98) "Thank you God! I don't care what Covington says--Speilberg and Hanks lost--you do exist!"
13. Tom Jones (63) Hey, in the 60s and not a musical. I use it in class and--oh, nevermind.
14. All's Quiet on the Western Front (30) Do I just like this or put it here? I switched about eight times.

Tuesday, March 28, 2006

Class Once More

For the second quarter in a row, Clermont College's copier was down on the first week of classes. I had to print everything individually which looked good but must cost a fortune.

Yesterday I turned 38. Oddly enough, I hadn't given my age much thought and for the longest time thought I was already 38 and was turning 39. I feel like Bill Murray on a very long Groundhog's day.

Saturday, March 25, 2006

Allegedly Drunk

Remember the post from a while back about zoos in Florida forced to separate dangerous animals even farther from the public, because of the risk of an idiot trying to French kiss a puma?

"This was strictly human error and poor judgment."
Don't Come Knocking You're a
(Hey, they can't all be gems)

This gives me an excuse to tell my sister's alligator story.

While she lived in Florida, a man in the area was awakened by his dog barking. He went down to investigate and found the dog in front of a sliding glass door with a huge alligator on the other side. Being a native, he went back to bed but shortly afterwards heard the glass shatter. Being a native, he had a loaded .45 and went downstairs and blasted the alligator's brains out (even though gators have small brains, this is easier than it sounds--just shoot level between the eyes). Sadly, he missed a few shots and had to replace his hard wood floor. I think the kicker was that his insurance replaced the door but didn't want to pay for the floor.

(Okay, that's not much of a gem either.)
Thinking about Nixon

In keeping with the lightning fast pace of the blogosphere, here's some musings about our 37th president.

1. I've always heard Nixon used as a master of apophasis (ad hominem attacks that are framed in a way that appears the speaker is trying to avoid them, e.g., "I think we should stick to the issues, not the undeniable fact that my opponent's father was a high ranking figure in organized crime and sold bathtub rum to schoolgirls," "I'm not even going to bring up that my opponent is a papist who takes orders from Rome," or "Let's avoid mentioning that the good senator is romantically linked to Rita Haysworth and instead focus on inflation") but all the examples are hypothetical. Does anyone know of a real quote where he does this? (My half-ass attempts: and

2. The Checker's Speech is a textbook example of all sorts of rhetorical devices (aposiopesis, when he got so choked up with emotion that he couldn't speak for a moment; straw man argument, defiantly announcing that he wouldn't give the dog up although none of his critics had ever suggested such a thing; emotional appeals, the millions of souls lost to communism during the Truman administration) but was the overall speech the truth?

Nixon had been accused of criminally mismanaging campaign funds (the more things change...) and he gave the speech to reveal his entire financial history. It occurred to me that I've read about the speech in many contexts but never if Nixon was innocent of the initial charges.

3. Have you noticed that now Republicans seem to hate Nixon more than Democrats do? After his death, people lined up to call him a statesman but now I hear him used as an example of evil ("He's as bad as Nixon"), and, more often than not, the speaker is conservative. Nixon was behind the founding of the National Endowment for the Arts and he did visit China but why did his old party turn on him?

Friday, March 24, 2006

No More Books

For the first time, I'm going to try to handle four separate classes without assigning text books in any of them. Books make things so much easier ("Next, read the twenty-page article in the beginning of the chapter") but it's hard to justify their cost. For a ten-week class that only meets once a week, no matter how I sliced it, a $65 book seemed like an excess so I'm going to try to rely on handouts and outside sources. I'm just starting to regret it four days before the quarter even starts.

Tuesday was a snow day. My will to live is about exhausted. On Wednesday I went in to Devilgirl's class and actually felt useful for the first time in the school district. In the past, things moved so smoothly that it didn't feel like I made the slightest difference. This time the class had a substitute who wasn't familiar with special-needs classes of the school so for once someone was happy to see me.

Today my step-daughter got a "write-up" for creative use of the F-word (telling girls in front of her to "shut the fuck up" during school announcements). I remember saying worse much earlier than the seventh grade but I had the sense not to be in earshot of the teacher.

Also I tore a muscle in my neck and am back on medication (left-over stuff from my back). It's never enough.

Wednesday, March 22, 2006

"What WE want"

You know, I like junk food. It's pretty obvious just by looking at me. Still I know that junk food isn't good for me and that I really should eat something better. From Roger Ebert's latest Answer Man column, some people don't have similar realizations about movies:

Q. I must take issue with your response to Jay Leno's question about whether Hollywood is out of step with the mainstream public. Your response was, "Maybe the moviegoing public is out of step with good movies." How incredibly insulting and arrogant! Your comment illustrates an obvious belief on your part that the people involved with financing, writing, directing and acting in films -- most of whom live in the unnatural and aesthetic environments of Hollywood and other cloistered situations -- know better than I and the rest of the public what WE want and need in entertainment! Many of us are TIRED of the continual diet of political, environmental and societal issues forced upon us by today's moviemakers. The overwhelming and continual box-office success of the lighter fare vs. the others proves my point.

Donna Larson, Princeton, Minn.

A. No, I think it proves my point. These 2006 films "won" their weekends or placed second: "Hostel," "Underworld: Evolution," "Big Mamma's House 2," "When a Stranger Calls," "Madea's Family Reunion," "The Hills Have Eyes," "Ultraviolet" and "Date Movie." Only three of these, by the way, were "lighter fare," unless vivisection and evisceration make you smile. During the same weeks, these films were not embraced at the box office: "The Matador," "Cache," "The New World," "Transamerica," "The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada," "Tristram Shandy" and "Tsosti." If I prefer the films on the second list, does that make me arrogant? Moviegoers "tired of the continual diet of political, environmental and societal issues" are finding lots of films that entertain them, and those of us who prefer more challenging films have to look a little harder.

I've noticed that the same people who claim that "it's good to relax with something that doesn't strain your brain" are the people who are most in need of a good mental workout. Wes just wrote about the poster boy of witless entertainment, "the single unfunniest person since Pol Pot, Larry the Cable Guy." The fact that Larry's not living out of a dumpster behind an all-night KFC pretty much confirms that, yes, "[m]any of us are TIRED of the continual diet of political, environmental and societal issues forced upon us," and it shows.

It's depressing when college students complain about poetry full of hard words and obscure ideas, especially when they're referring to Robert Frost. In the birth of drama, back in the days of the ancient Greeks, it was expected that entertainment should make the audience--even an audience of illiterate farmhands--think. Today that's box office poison.

I'm not crusading against junk food or junk entertainment. God knows I love them both. But it sickens me that people are proud of the fact that they love crap and are offended by people who don't.

Tuesday, March 21, 2006

Found Meme

Here's what appears to be a meme that I found running on a computer at NKU. Initially it asked all the questions two or three times in slightly altered form (I don't know if the guy was revising the meme as he wrote it) I also have no idea who originally wrote or answered it:

Describe your family: in two words - strong and supportive

How do you deal with your hair? gel and a hair dryer

Your first job: paper route

What kind of student were/are you? smart, but a bit of a rebel against the establishment.

How often do you go to the movies? once or twice a month

Have you had to move before? many, many times

Do you have any regrets right now? not really

Do you think it is okay to date someone you met online? Ironic you should ask that.

Who was the worst teacher you ever had? Dr. Norman Finklestein. His ass will soon be kicked.

Who do you admire? My mom and dad

What do you want to be when you grow up? Already am

What things really irritate you? rednecks and racists

Dumbest thing youÂ’ve ever done: today or in general?

What would you change about the world? Make Pat Robertson and Bill O'Reily towel boys at a gay bath house.

Have you ever had to go to the hospital? yes plenty of times

Have you been to another country? yes

What are your interests? music, books, writing, passionate love.

What are you afraid of? not being able to protect the ones I love

Do you attend church regularly? no

What was the worst date youÂ’ve ever been on? A blind date I discovered was ignorant, racist, and homophobic.

What do you think about the war in Iraq? I think Bush should be there fighting on the front line

What was the worst moment in your life? When my Uncle Gary killed himself.

How do you cope when you are upset? music

What is your favorite thing to eat? BBQ

Bad habits of yours: eat way too much junk food

My answers:

Describe your family: In two words--loud and expensive

How do you deal with your hair? comb and cut it.

Your first job: Mini-golf, peddle boat, and kiddie ride attendant at Coney Island.

What kind of student were/are you? lazy and catching up at the last minute.

How often do you go to the movies? Never since Dec. 2001.

Have you had to move before? Nine times from 1991 to 1999. None since 1999.

Do you have any regrets right now? Regrets? I have a few.

Do you think it is okay to date someone you met online? No, she's really a vice cop or a balding Mormon with a foot fetish.

Who was the worst teacher you ever had? Mrs. (or Miss) Brown from 8th grade science. Drunk and incompetent, she once gave a test with four 15-point questions and graded them on a scale of 100 (meaning if you got all the questions right, you got a D-).

Who do you admire? Rodney Dangerfield.

What do you want to be when you grow up? Making more money.

What things really irritate you? Cell phones.

Dumbest thing youÂ’ve ever done: Assumed that because Devilboy pooped twice that he wouldn't do it again.

What would you change about the world? You wouldn't recognize it.

Have you ever had to go to the hospital? Several times for me; a million times for Devilboy.

Have you been to another country? Once.

What are your interests? Books, mythology, wasting time on the internet.

What are you afraid of? Talking pigs.

Do you attend church regularly? Not anymore.

What was the worst date youÂ’ve ever been on? One with a fundamentalist Christian hermaphrodite.

What do you think about the war in Iraq? I keep expecting it to be a setup for a new season of Candid Camera.

What was the worst moment in your life? My life icontinuousnous worst moment.

How do you cope when you are upset? Surprisingly well.

What is your favorite thing to eat? Ice cream.

Bad habits of yours: Wasting time on memes.
Depressing Update

Well, for the second time since December of 2004, my wife is unemployed. Not that such a thing is ever good but I quit my steady day job to watch the kids during normal working hours because she was so insistent that she was on a fast track to a higher position.

Meanwhile in the deli night crew, one of the older workers slipped on the floor as it was being hosed off and broke her wrist. As the EMTs arrived and took her away on a stretcher, customers still kept coming to the counter asking for cheese.

Big fights between my wife and 13-year-old step-daughter show no signs of letting up. I'm ready to cut out my ear drums with a steak knife to get some quiet around her.

Also for some reason, Blogger is displaying the blog weirdly. Not that it's my biggest problem but it's annoying.

Saturday, March 18, 2006

Devilboy Slightly Improves Sleeping Ability

After seeing the doctor for the millionth time, he suggested melatonin for Devilboy to sleep more than three hours at a time. At first it helped but last night he was up four times.

We had more run-around with Children's Hospital about autism specialists but supposedly things will be in the works at the end of the month.

Meanwhile at home, he's gone through a stage of pouring liquids on the kitchen floor. Yesterday when I went to change into work clothes, he poured a bottle of chocolate syrup (my wife's really bad idea) all over the floor and himself. The bright side is that the stuff he pours tends to smell nice--chocolate, green apple shampoo, and orange juice.
Finally Another Post

This will make the fourth day I contributed something this March. The archives will look a tad bit hungry.

In the past week I've put together three bookcases, one of which collapsed and was completely destroyed. The other two turned out fine. I could finally unpack the rest of my books.

I had to change the locks twice. The first time I used a Schlage lock which is heavy-duty and tough to force. I know this because the first time I went out and locked the door, when I tried to get back inside it wouldn't open. I went to Lowes and bought a new lock and a crow-bar sized screwdriver, and even with the key seeming to tumble, it took about 15 minutes to tear the lock (and part of the door) apart.

It turned out it wasn't Schlage's fault--for the first time, the catch in the door knob jammed, forcing me to bust that loose as well. The Schlage had worked perfectly all along, I just didn't consider that the problem was the door knob. After seven years of working without a hitch, what are the odds of it jamming the first time I used a new deadbolt?

I replaced the lock and door knob with Kwiki-Lock. Kwiki-Locks ought to have a label saying, "If you majored in English, this is the hardware for you."

Now the door of the shower is acting up. Curtains sound pretty good.

Tuesday, March 14, 2006

Yes, It's that Dumb Quiz Again

I'm guessing everyone has seen this thing a few million times already but thanks to Pseudojournalist KatieG over at Innisfree, I'm hitting it again.

1. Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18 and find line 4

"important about the applicant that may not be apparent from"

2. Stretch your left arm out as far as you can, what do you find?

Air (but if I leaned a little more, I could reach a bookcase).

3. What is the last thing you watched on TV?

Goodnight Moon video. Devilboy was vaguely interested.

4. Without looking, guess what time it is.

5. Now look at the clock, what is the actual time?

6. With the exception of the computer, what can you hear?

The dryer and absolutely nothing else.

7. When did you last step outside? What were you doing?

About 9:30 to take out the trash.

8. Before you started this survey, what did you look at?

Innisfree courtesy of Pseudojouralist Kate.

9. What are you wearing?

Blue shorts and underwear. Devilboy jumped half a bottle of shampoo on the kitchen floor and I had to use every towel and most of my clothes to clean it up. (The place smells like green apples and the floor is damn shiny.)

10. Did you dream last night?

Yes, it was long and incoherent but the only thing I specifically remember is someone shooting at me from across an empty lot.

11. When did you last laugh?

I think when Devilboy saw me coming to clean up the shampoo and tried to run but slipped all over the floor. He had just had a bath and had to have another.

12. What is on the walls of the room you are in?

Family pictures in collage frames; a framed wedding announcement; a collector's box of little toys, fake Tyrannosaurus teeth, and fake bugs; four DVD cases; a nature picture of about 100 animals; and crayon and pencil marks.

13. Seen anything weird lately?

Devilboy in the shampoo was pretty weird.

14. What do you think of this quiz?

Thanks an effing lot, Katie.

15. What is the last film you saw?

Howl's Moving Castle on DVD. The Fellowship of the Ring at the theater (Dec. 2001).

16. If you turned into a multi-millionaire overnight, what would you buy?
A new house with a yard and pool, new pre-assembled furniture, and the final season of Futurama.

17. Tell me something about you that I don't know.

After I gave my dog a bath yesterday, my wife let him in the bedroom and he took a nap on the bed, soaking it full of wet-dog water. I did five loads of laundry today and will probably do at least four tomorrow.

18. If you could change one thing about the world, regardless of guilt and politics, what would you do?

Repeal the laws of physics.

19. Do you like to Dance?

No, and "Dance" shouldn't be capitalized.

20. George Bush.

Please put that in the form of a question.

21. Imagine your first child is a girl, what do you call her?

My first child is a girl.

22. Imagine your first child is a boy, what would you call him?

My first child is a girl.

23. Would you ever consider living abroad?

I've tried dressing as a broad but I haven't got the gams for it.

24. What would you want God to say to you when you reach the pearly gates?

Sorry about all that.

25. 4 [sic] people who must also do this theme in their journal.

Bea Arthur, Dick Cheney, Steve "the Crocodile Hunter" Irwin, and Batman.

After finishing, I saw that Louis "Mr. TV Head" set me up for it, too. I guess just read this twice.

Tuesday, March 07, 2006

One Down

I had the last regular class for English Comp. III tonight. Still on muscle relaxants, anti-inflammatory, and pain killers so it was a weird one.

I graded under the influence and actually heard one student say, "I didn't expect that high!" Looking at the results, I think the drugs added about 18 points to the standard. No complaints, but I'll feel guilty when this wears off.
Cat Killer Controversy

I just found this after the sheep and goat stories below. This looks like a bad week for the animal kingdom.

For those of you with weak stomachs, do not click. This is a Museum of Hoaxes post about a woman in China who allegedly kills kittens by grinding them to death with spiked heels.

Is it real? I don't know but the reactions of the comment crew is almost as disturbing as anything else. They make the crew at look like the seven Solons of ancient Greece.

Okay, for the sake of an argument, forget how many people are killed in China or anything about human rights. Consider that the Chinese government harvests tigers for use in fertility "medicine." The government is constructing a dam that is guaranteed to wipe out an entire species of river dolphin. China has made James Watt seem like a tree hugger and the commenters are going ballistic over one cat?

If it turns out this is real, I hope she winds up taking the cell of one of the demonstrators for democratic freedoms. I'd bet that this is another example of "the more repressive a society, the sicker the porn." Still, I'm hoping it was faked and I'd like to put a hurt on her with a crow bar if it wasn't (but I'd like to do that to a lot of people).
When a Fire Official Loves a Sheep

Of all the things going on in the world, why do I even care?

I guess because, on some level, I never really believed this stuff was true. But crikey!

"You caught me{ellipsis}. I tried to (expletive) your sheep," Johnson told his neighbor.

Johnson's neighbor told sheriff's deputies he was called home Saturday afternoon when his 13-year-old daughter saw Johnson drag one of their sheep into a barn.

"The sheep ran out of the barn at that point," the report says.

Johnson apologized, according to the report, and said he'd had "too much to drink."

Alcohol was involved? Now that's a surprise.
"I probably do need some help."

UPDATE: This is how they deal with the situation in Sudan.

Saturday, March 04, 2006

All Hail Our Shark Overlords

"How did sharks come to rule the world in their iron fins?"

"Well, back in 2006, the Pentagon got this wacky idea."
My Classes Are Never This Exciting

Go to college. See a video of a man having sex with a pig.

Guess I'll send my vida to Grand Rapids Community College.
Mixed Twins?

It's not that I'm saying Snopes was bamboozled on this one but. . .anyone heard about this? I didn't think the genetics behind skin color worked this way (and I got ten out ten in the 8th grade math test).

Here's an old Straight Dope column that doesn't exactly match up but it's the best I can do at short notice.
A Negative Word about Bill Gaines?

Up until now I've had only good thoughts about Bill Gaines, the genius behind Mad Magazine in its glory days, Tales from the Crypt, Weird Science, and much, much more.

Now I hear that he was responsible for the death of 3-D comics.

I don't know if I should fall into "It-must-be-true-because-it's-on-the-web" trap but this page has a good reputation.

Not that 3-D comics ever mattered to me like Alfred E. or the Old Witch but somehow. . .

And, yes, I know that Gaines never gave his writers and artists real contracts on Mad, which caused Don Martin to go to the vastly inferior Cracked.

Man, a few more posts like this and I can open my own comic shop.


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Friday, May 27, 2016

[5.25/10] The Other Side of the Door (2016)

The Other Side of the Door (2016)

Quick Review: Set in India for a change, the film definitely succeeds in creating a truly obscure tone, fully benefiting from its very atmospheric location, and Sarah Wayne Callies gives a strong central performance, portraying fear and despair equally as convincing but it's the lack of real suspense, the jumpy, yet cheap boo scares, and not-so-terrifying images that turn this one into a weak ghost story unable to stand out. Watch out for the gatekeeper, tho'.

Ashley Shannon said...

I liked it a little more than you did but generally agree. Gatekeeper was brilliant!

George Beremov [Nebular] said...

I liked it a lot at first, but half way through it started to become a little bit disappointing. They could have worked on the suspense a bit more. Loved the gatekeeper! :)


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Trylon Theater

98-81 Queens Boulevard,
Rego Park, NY 11374

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Life's Too Short
Life's Too Short on January 12, 2008 at 9:08 am

Those are some large dwellings behind the Trylon. Are they anything significant?

HowardBHaas on November 3, 2007 at 10:02 am

My copy of this Marquee (2nd Q 2007)arrived in today’s mail.

SchineHistorian on November 3, 2007 at 9:46 am

That issue was mailed from Elmhurst on 10/20. Bulk mail might be cheap, but it’s “expensive” in other ways. Drop me a line at and we can talk more about this.

SchineHistorian on November 2, 2007 at 8:02 pm

Which gives me a chance to reiterate that if anyone else is interested in a copy of the latest Marquee magazine, just go to and order one for yourself! The issue also includes a great article on projection methods over the years and a piece on the home museum of the late Jim Foley of Syracuse NY. (Shameless THS promotion – yeah i know!)

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PKoch on November 2, 2007 at 2:34 pm

It depends on how much you care about the Trylon, but, it’s academic, now that you have your answer.

Life's Too Short
Life's Too Short on November 2, 2007 at 2:32 pm

I think what you are saying is that I should have spent the time sifting through all of this for the sake of the Trylon, an assertion I disagree with. It’s a confusing stew of posts reporting that demolition had begun, but that they fight was not over. And no, the post above did not answer my question.

At any rate, the whole reason I got back on here was to mention that a great article on the Trylon appeared in the latest Marquee magazine from THS. The Marquee article answered my question very quickly:

The project was finished, the Jewish center is now open, most of the interior was destroyed, and the “Friends” group is still trying to get the exterior landmarked.

PKoch on October 5, 2007 at 7:37 am

“Life’s too short” to spend half an hour reading this page, for the Trylon’s sake ? I think you’re in too much of a hurry.

Hope you got your answer.

SchineHistorian on October 4, 2007 at 7:59 pm

That post is from May 3, 2006 if you want to look up the whole post.

SchineHistorian on October 4, 2007 at 7:57 pm

… CM Katz’s flip-flop of decisions is particularly disturbing in the Trylon case, since she opposed landmarking, then publicly stated her support, and then said she never felt it was suitable. She made no effort to encourage the LPC to calendar it. LPC won’t act without strong political support.She has the power, since she’s the Chair of Land Use. How can an elected official choose to suit her own interests, and mislead her constituents rather than serve them?

The Committee To Save The Trylon Theater & the community communicated. It was Melinda Katz who failed (to meet after promising, respond to letters, etc)! The effort isn’t over. Will her lack of intervention in this scenario be an obstacle in other neighborhood preservation efforts? Let’s continue to bond together for the benefit of the community, and not let this happen. “Power to the people!!!!!” ……

Life's Too Short
Life's Too Short on October 4, 2007 at 7:37 pm

It would take at least half an hour, for God’s sake. I started reading it and didn’t find my answer. I thought one of you people in the know might write a couple of sentences to fill me in. Instead you wrote a couple of sentences giving me attitude.

That’s pretty weak.

SchineHistorian on October 4, 2007 at 12:07 pm

My thoughts exactly PKoch – let her constituents fill in those blanks! Not for me to say. :X Ditto on the current status.

PKoch on October 4, 2007 at 11:43 am

Mikeoaklandpark, rather than confuse you further, I suggest you read all of this theater’s page and, if that does not answer your question, I leave it to “NativeForestHiller” to do so.

Mikeoaklandpark on October 4, 2007 at 10:40 am

Whi is Melinda Katz and what does she have to do with this theatre?

Life's Too Short
Life's Too Short on October 4, 2007 at 10:25 am

I don’t have a clear idea of what happened here. Did they finish converting the theatre into another use, or is it still sitting there?

PKoch on October 4, 2007 at 9:17 am

All too true !

SchineHistorian on October 4, 2007 at 9:08 am

See? No matter how bad, there is always something worse! : D

PKoch on October 4, 2007 at 9:00 am

Better than Roseanne Barr grabbing her crotch and spitting on the ground !

SchineHistorian on October 4, 2007 at 8:58 am

Hmmm…. yes. Isn’t it ironic…. : (

br91975 on October 4, 2007 at 8:24 am

All I could think from my Upper Reserved box seat at Shea Stadium last Sunday, while the Mets completed the implosion of their season, was how ironically appropriate it was that Melinda Katz, of all people, was chosen to sing ‘God Bless America’ during the 7th Inning Stretch…

PKoch on August 21, 2007 at 11:27 am

Thanks, EdSolero and SchineHistorian !

SchineHistorian on August 21, 2007 at 10:06 am

The next issue of Theatre Historical Society’s quarterly journal MARQUEE will have a piece on the Trylon, written by Trylon advocate Michael Perlman. Copies can be ordered by non members at or better yet JOIN and get them delivered automatically to your mailbox!

Ed Solero
Ed Solero on August 21, 2007 at 9:46 am

Just to follow up on Warren’s July 12th response to Queens Logic’s comments, the interior of the Trylon remained pretty much as it was on opening day – normal wear-and-tear notwithstanding – right up until the day it closed.

PKoch on August 17, 2007 at 2:04 pm

Thanks for posting this, Warren. I enjoyed looking at it.

almcgrath on July 12, 2007 at 12:22 am

I remember going to the movies with my friends at the Trylon in the early 1980’s when I was in high school. What’s the latest on the preservation efforts? Was the interior of the Trylon still art deco-ish by the 1980’s or was it modernized by then? I don’t remember it being art deco at all, is why I ask. If it was modernized, is it just a matter of removing drop ceilings and revealing original ceiling, and removing old paint to reveal original paint, or was it completely destroyed inside when renovated, and nothing left intact?

uncleal923 on June 4, 2007 at 8:55 am

Can the Trylon still be restored?


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Reality Theatre

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Robertsdale, PA 16674

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Originally opened in 1918 as the Liberty Theatre, a wood-frame theatre seating just under 475, the popular venue was burned to the ground in 1936.

It wasn’t until more than 12 years later that a new theatre was built on the site, renamed the Reality Theatre. According to the story, the builder of the theatre came up with the name because "the people of Robertsdale only dreamed of the theatre reopening, but that dream has now become Reality."

The theatre operated for another decade before closing, but reopened once more in the late-1960’s before closing again in the early-1980’s.

After sitting empty for many years, the wonderfully restored Reality Theatre today serves as the Coal Miners Museum and Entertainment Center which is operated by the Broad Top Area Coal Miners Historical Society.

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    Polo is arbitrator for the Foundation for the Settlement of Automation Disputes and board member of the Netherlands Association for Information Technology and Law. He is member of the editorial board of the magazine Internet and Law. Polo is chief editor of the online Dutch IT and Law magazine "www.ITenRecht.nl". Polo is the former chairman of the Dutch Outsourcing Association (Platform Outsourcing Nederland) and is the former chairman of the Dutch Association of IT Lawyers (VIRA). Polo is author of a legal text book on software distribution, publishes regularly and is often asked as a speaker.

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Source: Received as budwood from

Parentage/origins: Parents unknown.

Rootstocks of accession: Carrizo citrange, C-35 citrange

Season of ripeness at Riverside: October to November

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Baines says this is highly resistant to nematodes. Difficult flowering--WPB. Letter from W.C. Cooper, July '59: In a recent conversation with E. Mortensen, Horticulturist, I.C.A., San Salvador, El Salvador, formerly Supt. of Substation 19, Carrizo Springs, Texas, he described to Dr. Gardner and me the origin of the Carrizo and Uvalde: Uvalde- "There are 3 citranges growing in a fruit planting in Uvalde. In 1930 when I started the station at Winterhaven I collected fruit from these trees. We identified 2, but not the third. The two identified were the Morton and the Cunningham. Swingle came to help us identify the third but was unable to do so. He suggested it be named and I gave it the name Uvalde. How did these 3 trees get in Uvalde in the first place? I thought they must have come from Swingle and Webber, but they say not. So I don't know how they got there. The fruit is ridged. It might be a cross. Perhaps a Washington navel cross. Swingle thought it was a Satsuma cross."

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The accuracy of permanent deformation (rutting) prediction models for flexible pavements depends on effective calibration and validation with robust data sets. This project will enhance the hot-mix asphalt rutting prediction model in the new national mechanistic-empirical pavement design methodology developed in NCHRP Project 1-37A. The enhanced rutting model will be calibrated and validated using measured materials properties and pavement performance data from a large set of in-service field sections and full-scale test sections.


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Camp Verde was a United States Army facility established on July 8, 1856 in Kerr County, Texas along the road from San Antonio to El Paso

The camp was the headquarters for U.S. Camel Corps, which experimented with using dromedaries as pack animals in the southwestern United States. The Army imported camels in 1856 and 1857, using them with some success in extended surveys in the Southwest. The camels did not get along with the Army's horses and mules, which would bolt out of fear when they smelled a camel. The soldiers found the camels difficult to handle and they detested the smell of the animals

During the Civil War, on 28 February 1861 Confederate troops captured more than 80 camels and two foreign drivers at Camp Verde. A Texas Ranger company was assigned the camp in 1862 and J.W. Walker was in care of the camels, some of which were used to transport salt from San Antonio and Brownsville and San Elizario, while some transported cotton to Mexico. Three were let loose and found their way to Arkansas where Federal troops sent them to Iowa to be sold --

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(November 2013Enlarge Texas Historical Marker: One Mile to Ruins of Camp Verde

(November 2013Enlarge Camp Verde Marker

(November 2013Enlarge State of Texas Site Marker for Camp Verde

(November 2013Enlarge View from the marker. Structure in background is Post-Civil War

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