#Ezekiel Cranston

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"Jose Garcia-Lopez 1983 Star Raiders painted art-p. 45!"

Original page art from DC Graphic Novel #1: Star Raiders, 1983. Art by José Luis García-López, script by Elliott Maggin, letters by David Cody Weiss.

Based on the Atari 800 video game.

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16, 22, 25, 28

under a cut for length to save people’s dash

16: Top 5 purest characters: ummmm okay in no particular order

ezekiel figuero (the get down)

ravi chakrabarti (izombie)

penelope alvarez (one day at a time)

alec hardison (leverage)

burton guster (psych)

22: Top 5 animals/pets: ooh uh. (can i say cougar? no? damn.)

dude (descendants)

jack the monkey (pirates of the caribbean)

hattori (one piece) (...what)

clyde (elementary)

pooka (anastasia)

(also on this list in spirit is binx from hocus pocus but binx was a person first so i don’t really count him. i also do not count diaval from maleficent bc while he started as an animal, he ended up a shapeshifter, soooo. also if the kiddo hadn’t watched jw enough times to make me sick of it, i’d say blue.)

25: Top 5 ships: hey this isn’t fair. fuck. okay. we’re gonna do two categories cause this thing says for movies and tv which is a dick move so.

tv:

john sheppard/teyla emmagan (stargate atlantis)

ravi chakrabarti/liv moore (izombie)

eliot spencer/alec hardison/parker (leverage)

jace lightwood/maia roberts (shadowhunters)

ezekiel figuero/shaolin fantastic (the get down)

movies:

jake jensen/carlos “cougar” alvarez (the losers) (u saw this coming)

ben/mal/evie/jay/carlos aka the ot5 (descendants)

billy cranston/jason scott (power rangers 2017)

danny ocean/rusty ryan (ocean’s eleven)

chad danforth/ryan evans (high school musical

28: Top 5 trios:

eliot/parker/hardison (leverage)

clive/liv/ravi (izombie)

jack/elizabeth/will (pirates of the caribbean)

uma/harry/gil (descendants)

sherlock/joan/marcus (elementary)

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Bowers on collecting: Revisiting the Prairie Flower

By Q. David Bowers

Several years ago I contributed an article to the Civil War Token Journal, on one of my favorite tokens.

I revisit it and send along with some excerpts:

The Prairie Flower Token

Reverse Die 1069

Introduction

I start the article with comments on time, patience, and the love for tokens in worn grades—musings about Civil War tokens in general.

One nice thing about collecting Civil War tokens is that there are nearly endless possibilities to specialize. Collecting one store card from each state is a popular way to start, an introduction to the super-daunting challenge of seeking one of each town within a state. There are enough “rare towns” that it will take several years to narrow a “want list” down to fewer than a dozen.

Time is an essential ingredient for collecting tokens. Enjoying an experience that continues for multiple years is part of the appeal of these tokens. Patience is also needed. Neither Bill Gates nor Warren Buffett could complete a set of rare towns within a year! The American Numismatic Society, which far and away has the most extensive collection of any institution—thanks to the donation of pioneer numismatist Edward Groh well over a century ago—lacks a number of towns.

In contrast to the above, if you wanted to assemble a set of one each date and mintmark of Morgan silver dollar 1878 to 1921, this could be done on the Internet in a few hours. If you opted for Mint State, say 63 or 64, it might take a day. If Bill Gates or Warren Buffett wanted an 1804 silver dollar, “The King of American Coins,” I could find one for them next week. If they wanted a Civil War token from Cranston, Rhode Island, sorry, but I can’t help.

That brings me to another aspect of Civil War tokens. While a Gem Mint State token is more desirable than one in, say, VF-20 grade, every advanced collection is filled with circulated pieces, usually in the majority. For some varieties, all known pieces are in grades below VF-20. Thus, one can love a worn token.

The preceding brings me to another favorite series—the title subject of this article.

Hover to zoom.

The Prairie Flower Tokens

Many years ago I acquired an 1863 Indian Head store card with THE PRAIRIE FLOWER around the border, a copy of the current federal Indian cent design with UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

Intrigued, I set about trying to find as many different as I could—that is, tokens with this obverse, but combined with advertising dies for dozens of different merchants.

First of all, who was the Prairie Flower? A real lass? Or a fantasy? As the token has no basis with any other token or coin of which I am aware, I have concluded that it was created by someone in the Cincinnati shop of John Stanton, the source of most of the other Indian Head Civil War tokens dated 1863 and 1864 and with 13 stars surrounding. The Indian Head hub is the same, and the merchants who advertised on the reverse of the Prairie Flower tokens also advertised on the reverses of other tokens made by Stanton.

As you probably know if you are familiar with Civil War tokens, Stanton was also the source of the Wealth of the South and related pieces, including odd mulings (such as the curious and marvelous muling with Abraham Lincoln on the obverse and NO SUBMISSION TO THE NORTH on the reverse), not to overlook the Excelsior Tobacco Co. rarities and the tokens of Steamer Lancaster No. 4.

The record shows that collecting Civil War tokens was very popular while the war was still going on. It seems that all of the larger minters in various cities produced pieces on order for numismatists. Collectors included Edward Groh, Henry Clay Ezekiel, J.N.T. Levick (in particular), and others, not to omit the enthusiastic leaders of the Rhode Island Numismatic Association. Thomas Cleneay, a token collector par excellence, wrote that he used to visit Stanton’s shop on a regular basis to see what was new and to acquire desirable specimens. James Murdock, Jr., and William W. Spencer were Stanton’s partners in what seems to have been a highly successful enterprise. Because of this activity, we have tokens struck in silver, over copper-nickel Indian Head cents, and other numismatic delicacies—all rare, some particularly so.

Aspects of Prairie Flower Tokens

Stanton made two dies with THE PRAIRIE FLOWER inscription and the portrait of an Indian princess, one undated and known today as Fuld 1068, and the other dated 1863 and known as Fuld 1069.[1]

Larry Dziubek, in the Journal of the Civil War Token Society, Fall 1986, studied certain dies and, among other things, gave this state-by-state distribution of merchants using Stanton’s 1863-dated THE PRAIRIE FLOWER die:

Alabama: (1 merchant used the die), Illinois (6), Indiana, (10), Kentucky (2), Michigan (13), Missouri (1), New York (1), Ohio (101), Pennsylvania (9), Tennessee, (4), and Wisconsin (1).

For my own collection of Civil War tokens, I obtained nearly half of the known varieties. Most of these trace their pedigree to the collection of Virgil M. Brand (1861-1926), the Chicago numismatist. Certain of these later appeared in a sale conducted by Harmer-Rooke Numismatists in 1969. Certain others that went to Horace Brand (one of Virgil’s two brothers, the other being Armin) were sold to the New Netherlands Coin Co. in the 1950s and then resold en bloc to Donald M. Miller, the well-known Pennsylvania numismatist and a fine friend of mine. If you are a collector of this, drop me a note at qdbarchive@metrocast.net and I will send it to you. As such, this blog is sort of an infomercial!

[1] Die with portrait shallowly punched, with field area to the left of 9th feather; this is from the same Indian Head hub punch used on various dies dated 1863 and 1864 by the same maker; examples include nos. 1018 to 1045, 1046 (dated 1864), 1046A (dated 1864), 1047 (dated 1864), and the presently discussed 1068 and 1069.

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ESPY Awards 2017: Time, TV channel, and awards and nominees for Wednesday night’s ceremony

Who will win some of sports biggest honors?

The 2017 ESPY Awards will honor some of the best athletes in the world, as well as athletes and fans who have had an impact of the world and our lives.

This is the 25th year of the awards show and, as always, it boasts some of the biggest names in sports and culture. The show will be hosted by former MVP quarterback Peyton Manning, and will feature presenters like Bryan Cranston, Eddie George and Danica Patrick.

How to watch the 2017 ESPY Awards:

Time: Wednesday, July 12, 2017 at 8 p.m. ET

TV: ABC

Online: Watch ESPN

Awards and Nominees:

BEST MALE ATHLETE

Kris Bryant, MLB

Sidney Crosby, NHL

Michael Phelps, Swimming

Russell Westbrook, NBA

BEST FEMALE ATHLETE

Simone Biles, Gymnastics

Katie Ledecky, Swimming

Candace Parker, WNBA

Serena Williams, Tennis

BEST CHAMPIONSHIP PERFORMANCE

Tom Brady, Super Bowl

Kevin Durant, NBA Finals

Shay Knighten, WCWS

DeShaun Watson, CFB National Championship

BEST BREAKTHROUGH ATHLETE

Giannis Antetokounmpo, NBA

Laurie Hernandez, Gymnastics

Aaron Judge, MLB

Dak Prescott, NFL

Christian Pulisic, Soccer

BEST RECORD-BREAKING PERFORMANCE

Bill Belichick: Most Super Bowl wins by a head coach

Michael Phelps: Extended his own record of most gold medals/most Olympic medals

Diana Taurasi: Broke WNBA career scoring record

Russell Westbrook: Most triple doubles in a season

BEST UPSET

Clemson defeats Alabama, CFB National Championship

Denis Istomin over Novak Djokovic, Australian Open 2nd Round

Mississippi State defeats Connecticut, Women’s NCAA Basketball Final Four

BEST GAME

Cubs vs. Indians, World Series Game 7

Patriots vs. Falcons, Super Bowl

Federer vs. Nadal, Australian Open Final

BEST COMEBACK ATHLETE

Matt Bush, MLB

Roger Federer, Tennis

Jordy Nelson, NFL

Candace Parker, WNBA

BEST PLAY (16 NOMINEES VOTED BRACKET-STYLE)

Julian Edelman Super Bowl catch vs. 16. Noah Brown TD catch around defender

Morgan Williams buzzer beater vs. UConn vs.15. Larry Nance dunk

Aaron Rodgers to Jared Cook vs. 14. Lamar Jackson hurdles defender

Northwestern buzzer beater vs. 13. Edwin Encarnacion walk off HR

Russell Westbrook buzzer beater vs. 12. LeBron James dunk off the backboard

Chris Coghlan leaps over catcher vs. 11. Sidney Crosby one-handed goal

Olivier Giroud scorpion kick goa l vs. 10. Warriors jump ball transition dunk

Mario Mandzukic goal in UEFA Final vs. 9. Jarrod Dyson catch

BEST TEAM

Chicago Cubs, MLB

Clemson Tigers, CFB

Golden State Warriors, NBA

Pittsburgh Penguins, NHL

New England Patriots, NFL

South Carolina Gamecocks, Women’s NCAA Basketball

US Women’s Gymnastics

BEST INTERNATIONAL ATHLETE

Canelo Alvarez, Boxing

Usain Bolt, Track & Field

Katinka Hosszu, Swimming

Conor McGregor, MMA

Cristiano Ronaldo, Soccer

BEST NFL PLAYER

Tom Brady, New England Patriots

Ezekiel Elliott, Dallas Cowboys

Khalil Mack, Oakland Raiders

Aaron Rodgers, Green Bay Packers

Matt Ryan, Atlanta Falcons

BEST MLB PLAYER

Kris Bryant, Chicago Cubs

David Ortiz, Boston Red Sox

Rick Porcello, Boston Red Sox

Max Scherzer, Washington Nationals

Mike Trout, LA Angels

BEST NHL PLAYER

Sergei Bobrovsky, Columbus Blue Jackets

Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins

Patrick Kane, Chicago Blackhawks

Auston Matthews, Toronto Maple Leafs

Connor McDavid, Edmonton Oilers

BEST DRIVER

Ron Capps, NHRA

Lewis Hamilton, Formula One

Jimmie Johnson, NASCAR

Simon Pagenaud, IndyCar

Martin Truex Jr., NASCAR

BEST NBA PLAYER

Kevin Durant, Golden State Warriors

James Harden, Houston Rockets

LeBron James, Cleveland Cavaliers

Kawhi Leonard, San Antonio Spurs

Russell Westbrook, Oklahoma City Thunder

BEST WNBA PLAYER

Tina Charles, New York Liberty

Elena Delle Donne, Washington Mystics

Maya Moore, Minnesota Lynx

Nneka Ogwumike, Los Angeles Sparks

Candace Parker, Los Angeles Sparks

BEST FIGHTER

Terence Crawford, Boxing

Gennady Golovkin, Boxing

Demetrious Johnson, MMA

Conor McGregor, MMA

Andre Ward, Boxing

BEST MALE GOLFER

Brooks Koepka

Sergio Garcia

Dustin Johnson

Rory McIlroy

Henrik Stenson

BEST FEMALE GOLFER

In Gee Chun

Ariya Jutanugarn

Lydia Ko

So Yeon Ryu

Lexi Thompson

BEST MALE TENNIS PLAYER

Roger Federer

Andy Murray

Rafael Nadal

Stan Wawrinka

BEST FEMALE TENNIS PLAYER

Angelique Kerber

Jelena Ostapenko

Monica Puig

Serena Williams

BEST MALE COLLEGE ATHLETE

Ian Harkes, Wake Forest soccer

Frank Mason, Kansas basketball

Matt Rambo, Maryland lacrosse

Zain Retherford, Penn State wrestling

DeShaun Watson, Clemson football

BEST FEMALE COLLEGE ATHLETE

Inky Ajanaku, Stanford volleyball

Kelly Barnhill, Florida softball

Kadeisha Buchanan, West Virginia soccer

Kelsey Plum, Washington basketball

Zoe Stukenberg, Maryland lacrosse

BEST MALE ACTION SPORTS ATHLETE

Oystein Braaten (NOR), Ski

John John Florence, Surf

Nyjah Huston, Skateboard

Mark McMorris, Snowboard

BEST FEMALE ACTION SPORTS ATHLETE

Lacey Baker, Skateboard

Anna Gasser, Snowboard

Kelly Sildaru, Ski

Tyler Wright, Surf

BEST JOCKEY

Javier Castellano

Mike E. Smith

John Velasquez

BEST MALE ATHLETE WITH A DISABILITY

Will Groulx, Cycling

Mike Minor, Snowboarding

Steve Serio, Wheelchair Basketball

Brad Snyder, Swimming

Roderick Townsend, Track and Field

BEST FEMALE ATHLETE WITH A DISABILITY

Oksana Masters, Nordic Skiing

Tatyana McFadden, Track and Field

Becca Meyers, Swimming

Shawn Morelli, Cycling

Grace Norman, Triathlon

BEST BOWLER

Jason Belmonte

Francois Lavoie

EJ Tackett

BEST MLS PLAYER

Andre Blake, Philadelphia Union

Stefan Frei, Seattle Sounders FC

Matt Hedges, FC Dallas

David Villa, New York City FC

Bradley Wright-Phillips, New York Red Bulls

BEST MALE US OLYMPIC ATHLETE

Ashton Eaton, Decathlon

Ryan Murphy, Swimming

Michael Phelps, Swimming

Kyle Snyder, Wrestling

BEST FEMALE US OLYMPIC ATHLETE

Simone Biles, Gymnastics

Allyson Felix, Track & Field

Katie Ledecky, Swimming

Simone Manuel, Swimming

As always, the ESPYs look to be an exciting night of honoring the great achievements in sports. Check back here for updates on winners as the night goes on.