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CONDITION: Good, with normal wear and tear for it's age with light dents and scratches. Both Daruma and the box have darkened with age.
NOTES: Briefly, Ittobori is a carving technique. The name literally means "one chisel cut". You see the angles made by the chisel, they are not smoothed out. An art form that goes back hundreds of years, the most popular subjects are Noh and the 12 Animals of the Zodiac.
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This has to be the mildest splash and dash on record! The whole fun of the race is laughing at how many layers Emma puts on for the run. But at 12 degrees, it was trisuit only weather! Though we still had plenty of things to laugh at Emma for, such as forgetting her TE licence, to falling off a chair, to me overtaking her as she is coming out of the bushes with a big strange dog during the race on the run! I am sure she was drunk. And her overall time is 10 minutes slower than last year! So she must have been drunk.
Alison Lamputt let the club down by not winning! She always wins! You must do better next year Alison, you are losing your touch.
Andy did great and got a PB. Well done.
This was the first time James has done the aquathlon. I think he enjoyed it and it was nice to see him for a change.
This was only Alison Macdonald’s second multisport event, and she did great, taking over 5 minutes off her over all time from the March aquathlon. That is brilliant work. Well done!
Full BCT Splash and Dash Aquathlon 2018 results.

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“It must have been about daybreak when Don Quixote left the inn, so happy, so gallant, so delighted at being a properly dubbed knight that every the very girths of his horse were bursting with joy” (Cervantes 41).
The inn where Don Quixote was staying at is the location where he is finally made an actual knight. The way that the individuals at the inn played along with the knight and dubbed him as a knight was extremely ridiculous. Don Quixote is being made fun of by everyone around him but he does not see it at all. According to Don Quixote, he can now go on with his knight duties such as fighting other knights and saving all damsels in distress. The diction used by Cervantes to explain his excitement shows the reader how immersed he truly is in this unrealistic life style. The new knight even feels the excitement within his horse, which is obviously not as gallant or ‘bursting with energy’. His madness is clearly portrayed in this scene because he is living in a running illusion.


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Identification of Plant Science Concepts Needed in Agriscience Programs of the Future.
The purpose of this study was to identify the plant science concepts which should be taught in secondary agriculture programs of the future as perceived by innovators in the field of plant science. The Delphi technique was used to gain the perceptions of a nation-wide panel of plant science professionals. The panel was comprised of three groups of plant scientists: secondary plant science teachers, university plant scientists, and plant scientists working in industry. The secondary plant science teachers were selected from the national and regional winners of the agriscience teacher award. The university plant scientists and plant scientists working in industry were chosen for their expertise and innovativeness through multiple nominations from their peers. The Delphi panel identified 191 concepts and reached consensus in prioritizing by importance. The highest rated concept was the "Scientific method of research." New concepts were added in each of the three rounds used in the study giving credibility to the synergistic effect. It is this researcher's view that a refined list of these prioritized concepts, keeping scope, sequence, and difficulty levels in mind, be considered when developing new secondary plant science curricula.
Gaspard, Camile Patrick, "Identification of Plant Science Concepts Needed in Agriscience Programs of the Future." (1992). LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses. 5436.

industry_corpus2: Agriculture & Fisheries


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Facial disfigurement caused by birth defects, trauma, disease or surgery doesn’t just affect your appearance, it can also impact your self-esteem, confidence and social interactions. In some cases, surgical reconstruction isn’t possible or desirable. At Naperville Dental Specialists, we have an alternative. Dr. LaVacca can use maxillofacial prosthetics to restore the affected portion of your face to help you look and feel your best, while also improving the way you function.
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The current incarnation of the club was established in 1990 though there was another club of the same name that existed until 1986, playing latterly in the Northern Counties East League. The new club started out in the Lincolnshire League and enjoyed a couple of mid-table finishes before a 3rd place finish in 1993. The following year, they were champions. After a few more mid-table finishes, they transferred to the Central Midlands League Premier Division in 2003. They enjoyed a 4th place finish in the first season which was good enough for promotion to the Supreme Division. They remained here until 2008, when they successfully applied to join the Northern Counties East D1. Their debut season saw a 12th place finish, but that was as good as it got. Performances and finishes gradually declined and in 2014, a bottom place finish saw them relegated. This meant a return to the now regionalised Central Midlands League. They've played in the North Division ever since finishes ranging from 4th in 2016 to 10th last season. Before today's game, they sit in 7th, with it being pretty cerian that they will remain in the league next season. Appleby Frodingham have yet to play in the FA Cup and the FA Vase has proved frustrating with exits at the first hurdle in each of their seven campaigns.
It had been a long while since I had done a Friday night game with Milton Keynes based Chris, thanks to a combination of lack of fixtures and poor weather. But this Friday provided an opportunity, albeit one that was a fair while away. Scunthorpe based Appleby Frodingham had a game against Thorne Colliery that had been moved to the Friday night in an attempt to attract a bigger crowd. When I checked with Chris, he was up for it, and the weather appeared as if it would play ball, proving their pitch was decent. The day of the game came and I filled up my car with fuel in the morning and also got a new tyre fitted after work, which thankfully was an easy day, as I had stuff to do. I came home and had lunch, spending the early afternoon researching the club history and trying to see whether the game was on or not. This was easier said than done, with an unreliable home Twitter, although their Facebook page seemed to offer positive news. I got my stuff together and left at 1.55, planning to meet Chris from work. The journey over there was a right pain, 25 minutes delay due to roadworks on the A413, but I eventually arrived to meet him at 3:10. It was slow getting out of Milton Keynes and then there was a lengthy delay on the A1 due to a broken down van. It could have been a different story if I'd just taken the directions offered by my Sat Nav that tried to direct me to Appleby in the Lake District rather than the team in Scunthorpe.
We eventually got to the ground at 6.20 and took a stroll into town. The ground was really near Scunthorpe itself and so it was a good opportunity to 'tick' the town's Wetherspoons, the Blue Bell Inn. After a swift pint, we went in search of food as there were no tables available. A Peri Peri Pizza was enjoyed before we made our way to the ground. Entry was £3, plus a basic programme was £1. The hosts took the lead on 4 minutes, Daniel Boulton got ahead of the Thorne defence and slotted home. Appleby Frodingham were well on top and they hit the post before doubling their lead on 28 minutes. This time, a pinpoint cross found Caine Mawer and he had an easy finish to make it 2-0. The home side also had a goal ruled out for offside before half time. The second half passed without much incident, though Thorne Colliery had their number 16 (and possibly another player) sent off for unknown reasons. It capped a miserable night for the visitors who dropped to the bottom of the league after the weekend's results. We left at 9.40, with me stopping at a cash machine for Chris so he could get some money out. We made swift progress, perhaps too swift as going back via the M1 I might have been done for speeding through the roadworks. It was unclear to me with poorly signed speed limits, especially in the dark where the signs were just shoved behind a barrier on normal sized lanes with no cones. It remains to be seen whether anything will come of it, but with a clean licence for around 15 years, its something I want to avoid. I dropped Chris off at 12:20, getting home myself 50 minutes later. After catching up on Twitter, it was straight to bed, with me heading off to London on the train for a game the following day.
BRUMBY HALL SPORTS GROUND is a decent venue for step 7, having been used at step 6 in recent times. All the cover is on one side and includes a terrace for around 150, plus a metal stand with 100 seats. The rest of the ground is open hard standing. I didn't check out the clubhouse or tea bar, but the ground is 10 minutes from the edge of Scunthorpe town centre which has a good choice of places including a good Wetherspoons.


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Abstract: We are interested in the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying tissue morphogenesis during zebrafish gastrulation. Both differential cell adhesion and contractility have been proposed to be key mechanisms by which tissues form and rearrange in development. To obtain insight into the potential roles of differential cell adhesion and contraction for germ layer morphogenesis during gastrulation, we are analyzing cell adhesion and contraction of germ layer progenitor cells using atomic force microscopy, primary tissue culture and transplantation assays. I will present and discuss data about the differential adhesiveness and contractility of germ layer progenitor cells in the context of germ layer formation during vertebrate gastrulation.
Notes: Abstract for the Annual Meeting of the German Societey for Cell Biology.

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The underperformance of actively managed mutual funds compared to passive investments is well-documented in the literature—as is evidence on the lack of persistence of outperformance beyond just the randomly expected.
For example, in their study “Luck versus Skill in the Cross-Section of Mutual Fund Returns,” published in the October 2010 issue of the Journal of Finance, Eugene Fama and Kenneth French found that only managers in the 98th and 99th percentiles showed evidence of statistically significant skill.
A related study by Laurent Barras, Olivier Scaillet and Russ Wermers, “False Discoveries in Mutual Fund Performance: Measuring Luck in Estimated Alphas,” which was published in the January 2010 issue of the Journal of Finance, found only 0.6% of mutual funds have a true positive risk-adjusted net return, while 24.0% have a true negative risk-adjusted net return. And even these very low figures would be lower for taxable investors, as they are all based on pretax returns.
Since 1989, the percentage of managers who evidenced enough skill to basically match their costs (showed no net alpha) has ranged from about 70% to as high as about 90%, and by 2011, was at about 82%.
The percentage of unskilled managers has ranged from about 10% to about 20%, and by 2011, was at about 16%.
The percentage of skilled managers began the period at about 10%, rose to as high as about 20% in 1993 and by 2011, had fallen to just 1.6%.
Lubos Pastor, Robert Stambaugh and Lucian Taylor, authors of the April 2015 paper “Scale and Skill in Active Management,” provided insight into why the hurdles to generating alpha are getting higher. The authors, whose study covered the period 1979 to 2011 and more than 3,000 mutual funds, concluded that fund managers have become more skillful over time.
However, they also found that the higher skill level has not been translated into better performance. They reconcile the upward trend in skill with no trend in performance by noting: “Growing industry size makes it harder for fund managers to outperform despite their improving skill. The active management industry today is bigger and more competitive than it was 30 years ago, so it takes more skill just to keep up with the rest of the pack.” These findings are consistent with the other research we have discussed so far.
Pastor, Stambaugh and Taylor came to another interesting conclusion: The rising skill level they observed was not due to increasing skill within firms.
Pastor, Stambaugh and Taylor hypothesized this was a result of newer funds having managers who were better educated or better acquainted with new technology—though they provide no evidence to support that thesis.
The authors also found that all fund performance deteriorates with age, as industry growth creates decreasing returns to scale, and newer, and more skilled, funds create more competition.
While most of the academic literature compares the returns of active funds to risk-adjusted benchmarks using indices and/or factor regressions, Riley instead used ETFs to build investable benchmarks for actively managed mutual funds. He did so because, while the returns of benchmark indices don’t include implementation costs, the returns of ETFs do. Thus, we have a more real-world comparison.
Riley’s benchmarking process did not make assumptions based on a mutual fund’s stated style or benchmark. Rather, he selected the appropriate benchmark based on a fund’s exposure to common factors (beta, size, value, momentum, investment and profitability) and return history.
Riley also observed that a similar approach has shown that a portfolio of ETFs can be used to replicate the performance of hedge funds. Given that ETFs are relatively new, and that he needed a sufficient number of ETFs to complete the comparison, his study covered the period 2003 through 2014.
The ETFs used in the study had an average expense ratio of 0.31% compared with 1.21% for the actively managed mutual funds. The results using index funds would have been very similar given their average expense ratio was just slightly higher at 0.36%.
On average, just four ETFs were needed to create a benchmark, with the majority of the benchmarks consisting of a single ETF. For example, among benchmarks that held six ETFs, the highest-ranking ETF had an average weight of 51.6%. The next two highest-ranking ETFs had a combined weight of 34.2%, and the last three ETFs had a combined weight of only 14.1%.
Benchmarks were effective at replicating the general return pattern and factor exposures of the actively managed mutual funds, with the average correlation between fund daily returns and benchmark daily returns being 0.97, while the average absolute difference in pricing factor exposures (e.g., beta, SMB, HML) ranged between 0.06 and 0.12.
While there was some variation in replication quality, the benchmarks closely tracked their designated fund even in the tails of the distribution. The 10th percentile of correlation was 0.94, and the 90th percentile of tracking error was 0.43%.
The average actively managed fund underperformed its benchmark (produced a negative alpha versus the benchmark) by 1.03% per year (with a t-stat of 2.81, which indicates statistical significance at the 5% level) after accounting for expenses. The difference in expense ratios explains 90% of the underperformance.
There was a nearly 1:1 ratio between expense ratio and performance. Thus, if investors must choose actively managed funds (which unfortunately is the case in many 401(k) plans), they should choose the ones with the lowest costs within the desired risk profile.
There was no evidence that past performance provides valuable information. The best and worst performers in the previous year had performance that differed by only 0.23% in the next year.
Riley concluded that because the actively managed funds in his sample managed about $2.5 trillion at the end of 2014, underperformance of 1% per year represented an opportunity cost of $25 billion per year for investors selecting active management.
That’s the cost of the triumph of hype, hope and marketing over wisdom, experience and the evidence. And even that cost understates the true cost for taxable investors, as it’s often the case that, for such investors, the greatest cost of active management is taxes.
Because strategies don’t have costs, whenever I perform an analysis on active funds, I use passively managed investable alternatives. For a summary of the results from my series evaluating the performance of actively managed fund families, see this recent article.
Given the overwhelming evidence that choosing actively managed funds is playing the loser’s game—a game that, while possible to win, has odds of success so low that it’s not prudent to even try—we are presented with an anomaly: It’s estimated that today only about 15% of individual investor assets are invested in index funds (though perhaps as much as 40% of institutional assets are).
This anomaly is especially puzzling because, with relative ease, average retail investors can purchase a passive portfolio that will likely outperform (because of lower costs) an actively managed mutual fund while capturing the same systematic risk exposures.

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Yet another holiday season is upon us. Just as we finish washing the Thanksgiving dishes, it’s time to start the holiday shopping and string those lights. Many people look forward to the holiday season – the familiar traditions, delicious holiday treats, and much anticipated time with family and friends.
Great expectations awaken. Parents set a course for a magical holiday experience for their children. Grandparents look forward to ushering the new generations of family into historic traditions. And children can barely contain themselves thinking of Santa’s soon to arrive gifts.
Yet underneath the anticipation and excitement is a reality: the holiday season can deliver a major dose of stress. And while couples, too, hope to share the special season together, this added stress makes it one of the most trying times of the year for partner relationships.
Money: One spouse may be convinced that the holidays are unaffordable. He or she may feel stressed-out by the cost of gifts and entertainment.
Workplace Commitments: Another spouse may experience the stress of workplace demands that arise at the end of the year and rarely accommodate a family’s overcrowded holiday schedule.
Scheduling: Some couples are stressed out when confronted with managing the competing demands and schedules of two extended families. How do we find ways to celebrate with two sets of grandparents, in different locations, who have a whole host of expectations?
Unexpected Realities: Just because the holidays arrive does not mean families get a free pass on the realities of life – children still get sick and require care, bills may mount, expensive house repairs may be necessary, the weather can get bad for travelers.
It’s likely stress will continue, but there are important strategies couples can consider to remain connected, avoid high conflict, and work together as they navigate the impending challenges.
Think of each year as an opportunity to evaluate how holiday plans and traditions are working for you. Couples are often pulled to fully participate in the events and traditions of each side of their family. There is often a pull between partners to experience the holidays the way they each did growing up and a resulting guilt when they do not.
It is important that couples take the time to engage in a conversation regarding what holiday experience they want to have together. Couples often fail to ask what are our traditions and our desires for the holiday season as a separate family. There is a great opportunity to get creative, keep what you enjoy from the past, and add new traditions that reflect your family.
Importantly, couples should also feel permission to create these traditions as partners. Often times children become the catalyst for a shift in family orientation and many couples wait until they have children to assert their own preferences. The couple relationship is just as important and deserves the same priority and care.
Couples must learn to say “no” and invest in experiences they value without over scheduling themselves and their families. Couples often end up running themselves ragged and resenting each other when they try too hard to accommodate every opportunity they are offered during the holiday season. Families fear missing out, disappointing others, and not living up to the expectations for the season.
Couples must discuss and set priorities together, decide what’s feasible and communicate clear and firm boundaries. There’s a myth that setting boundaries means you must be aggressive or rude. That’s one way to handle it, but couples can also communicate their decisions by being compassionate and kind. Setting boundaries can be applied within the couple or externally with family and friends. It can be applied to discussions about money, logistics, or the uncertainties that arise. The goal is to be realistic with what is possible, be direct, and accept that others may be disappointed along the way.
Couples who experience a healthy intimate relationship protect and take care of each other. They don’t avoid important issues, but instead confront them head on and work as team. The holidays and resulting stress often surface these issues and trigger vulnerabilities. For example, one partner may experience high conflict with one of their parents. Spending increased time with that parent and the resulting stress may trigger depressive feelings and anxiety.
When these vulnerabilities are exposed one partner may pull away from and turn against the other in fear. One partner may minimize the issue or feel frustrated in response to the reoccurring issue. Couples should discuss these challenging areas and work as a team to protect one other from these hurtful interactions and stress. For example, couples should discuss how much time they want to spend with the high conflict family, determine how they will respond when their boundaries are pressured, and encourage one another when the anticipated tensions arise.
The goal is to for couples to be patient with each other. It can be tempting to blame one’s partner when they are stressed. Instead couples should cut each other a bit of slack and stay connected as a united team. While the holidays are bound to bring added stress, any storm weathered together is most often manageable and less lonely too!

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It’s safe to say that before I came to UNCW and became a communication studies major, I was living with my eyes closed. It’s hard to put into words just how thankful I am that I decided to attend UNCW, but I’ll give it my best shot.
I will start with the university as a whole.
Not only is it located in a beautiful place geographically, just look at the campus, but it is filled with people who are dedicated to getting the most out of every student. Transferring from a smaller school, I have to admit I was worried at first about becoming just another number lost in the crowd. I would soon realize that this was far from the case.
Not only did I feel right at home here, but my belief that the education I was going to receive would be superior, was confirmed.
As a transfer student going from already being a COM major, to PCOM, and forced to take public speaking, I was not exactly thrilled about my decision to attend UNCW my first semester.
Those initial feelings of doubt could not be farther from how I feel now.
After getting through the gateway courses, I started to realize how much being a COM major at UNCW had to offer. Taking courses outside of my focus such as interracial communication and political communication, combined with courses such as IMC I and Advertising II, helped me gain a broader perspective of the world and a better understanding of how everything is connected.
In addition to providing me with this broader and better understanding of the world, it also made me think more critically about it.
Everything is not always as it appears and it is important to understand how to think for yourself. Every course I have taken here has addressed this mindset, and is something that UNCW and the COM department should take great pride in.
As a-soon-to be graduate from UNCW, I am more prepared to start my career than I could have ever imagined. I will be forever grateful for this, but I am more grateful for how prepared I will be to better myself in all aspects of my life.
My eyes are now open, and I will do my best to understand all I see.
Here’s to Being Thankful My Plan A Sucked.
I totally agree and relate to this. I am a transfer from the University of Alabama and I am so glad to have come to UNCW and find great people and a great environment.
I really enjoyed reading your blog post. It is comforting know how everything has been worth it for you now that you are at the end of your journey at UNCW as a COM major. I definitely believe I picked the right school to go to and the best major to be in.
I CAN’T WAIT to get passed these gateway courses, so that I can fully experience and relate to what you mentioned above. I’m looking forward to what the Communication Studies Department has in stored for those majoring in COM. I can’t wait to finally learn about my concentration within communication studies.
I agree with you a million percent because I have lived and attended 2 universities before i came to UNCW. I remember first coming here and I thought of how welcoming the environment and its people. UNCW also helped me better understand what i wanted to major in which is COM.
I agree with you 100 percent! Ever since I changed my major and joined the COM department I feel like my professional skills have developed, and I have been more able to think critically about things. I also feel the support of the staff, they have shown again and again how dedicated they are to our education.
I am on the exact same boat as you. UNCW was most definitely not at the top of my list for colleges. I was not happy being here my first few weeks but I couldn’t help but fall in love with UNCW and everything it has to offer. I wanted to transfer originally, but could never imagine not getting my degree here at UNCW. It’s in a wonderful location and everyone here seems to always be in the best of moods and so helpful. I’m glad you and I both got to experience UNCW in the same ways.
I’m so happy that I decided to become a COM major. Dr.Webber is by far the best professor I have ever had and I feel fortunate to be taught by someone like himself.
I completely agree with you. As an exchange student I had the chance to spend only one semester at UNCW, but I wished I could have stayed longer. I was really worried at the beginning of the semester, but now If I look back I can see how this university played a major role in my academic and personal growth!
Great post! I agree that not only is our campus beautiful, but also the minds of those that are here. At UNCW you get the benefits of both college and living by the beach. What could be better? I, too, was living with my eyes closed before I chose to be a COM studies major. After completing the gateways and entering into the 300-400 level courses, I now have a better understanding of who I am as a person and what I want to achieve in the future. Friends and family have seen such a positive growth in my person and it feels good to know that the hard work is paying off. Good luck to you, Brian, as you leave paradise and enter the real world. I hope the preparation pays off.
UNCW was my number one choice for its simple yet exciting atmosphere. COM was never my top choice but when I started to realize how important it was to society it made me have a greater respect for the major. After taking COM courses such as COM 301 and COM 305 it made me completely fall in love with COM. Everyday seems like a new adventure with this major and I can’t wait to see where it takes me.
Reading your post completely inspired me to make the most of my time here a UNCW and really immerse myself in my COM courses. After reading your post I made me even more confident in my decision to be a COM major and I look forward to making the most out of my major just like you did.
UNCW is one of the best places to go to school. Why? because of what you just said. You get the prestige of a University and all the amenities like tutoring and advising that is offers. However if you choose to be a COM major, You get professors that really care about the course subject and they really care about getting you ready for the real world; that’s priceless.
I really enjoyed reading this! I have had a very similar experience here at UNCW and couldn’t be happier that I came here. Also, being a Communication Studies major has helped me improve the skills that I already have and also how to ethically and effectively communicate. This department is filled with excellent staff and a lot of really awesome students!

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This is a possible chain, since it goes from a SS1 to SS3 and followed by another SS3.
This chain is impossible, because a SS2 card is trying to chain on a SS3 card, which it can't.

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Wolf Runs slots is an interesting video slot from IGT (International Gaming Technology). This game comes with 40 lines of pay and boosts of 5 reels. There are bonus rounds to look forward to in terms of free spins, and there is a multiplier effect to make for pleasant winnings. Don’t expect much, however, as this is a low-medium roller game.
Wolf Runs slots is an animal-themed video game that revolves around wolves. There is a world of features to look forward to such as the Wild symbol, Scatter symbol, and free spins round that can also be re-triggered.
Interesting characters in Wolf Runs casino slot online include a black, white and howling at full moon wolf. It also includes playing cards with values of King, Ace, Jack, Queen, 9 and 10.
The howling at full moon lupus is the Wild symbol of the game and is used to substitute all other symbols in the game save for the bonus symbol.
The ‘BONUS’ symbol of the Wolf Runs slots game is what represents the Scatter symbol.
The letter/number symbols of the slot can earn you relatively low winnings. You can expect between 5 and 150 times your wager for them. On the other hand, though, other symbols in Wolf Runs slot can get you up to 400x your wager that is if all paylines are active.
On the flip side though, unveiling 5 Wild symbols will get you 1000x your wager!
Players can look forward to the autoplay feature that allows for between 10 and 50 automatic spins in Wolf Runs slots.
This feature comes in handy for those moments when you are unable to spin your game manually and does away with having to pause your game in case you are called away from your computer for whatever reason.
The beauty of this feature is that it can be done away with on any part of the slot. The bet value that can be placed is between $1 and $12000. This is a medium variance game.
The RTP percentage for this game is 94.98%. Unfortunately, there is no mobile version of the slot.
How to Outsmart the Wolves in Order to Win in Wolf Runs Slots?
If you wish to get a decent win, you may want to strive to unlock 5 Wild symbols on your screen, this is because these five symbols (the howling lobo in the full moon) are capable of getting you unto 1000x your wager.
The stacked Wilds in the slot can translate to pretty regular decent winning’s. This feature can come in handy for those wishing to play Wolf Runs slot machine online.
Free spins round: In order to enter the free spins round, you would have to unlock 3 Scatter symbols on your screen. The Scatter symbols are represented by a box titled ’BONUS’. When unlocked, you will be presented with 5 free spins.
If you manage to unlock 3 more BONUS symbols, then you will be presented with 5 extra free spins.
Stacked lupus Wild round: in this portion of the slot, you will find four or more Wild cards stacked on top of one another. With the stacking comes a chance to enjoy good winning combinations.
In order to enjoy the free spins bonus round, the BONUS symbol will have to be unveiled on reels 2, 3, and 4 simultaneously.
If wolves intrigue you or if you wish to overcome your fear of them, then Wolf Runs slots will definitely give you a run for your money! When you enter the lupus-ruled world of the forest, you will have to encounter as many wolves as possible if you wish to win big.
If you wish to play Wolf Runs slots for real money, the more wolves you run into, the better are your chances of making good winnings!
There are two rounds to look forward to in Wolf Runs slots: the stacked lobo Wild round and the free spins round. In the stacked lupus Wild round, your chances of reaping decent amounts from your wager are increased thanks to the ‘stacked’ cards.
In the free spins round, you also have a chance at good winnings if the feature is triggered. In addition, there is a possibility of re-triggering which ups your chances as well.
Wolf Runs slots may be a basic game compared to most on the market, but it doesn’t take away from the interesting features it has. Players can look forward to features such as the stacked lobo Wild and the free spins features. Both features translate to god winnings for the player.
Wolf Runs slots is a medium variance game that has an RTP percentage of 94.98. It does come with Wilds, Scatters and bonus features to make for an interesting slot.


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Love knows no bounds…or at least attraction for the first time. Today’s generation has already moved forward and regarded attraction as something that could happen in any place, any time and with any person. Attraction doesn’t care on what race you are or what belief you have. You can be someone who is even having STD friends. As long as the person is open to the concept of attraction that knows no bounds, attraction could come a very long way.
As attraction would transcend any belief, cultural background and race, it is important to realize that this concept is not welcomed by everyone. Although most of us are already accustomed to the fact that a Caucasian could fall in love or be attracted to an African American and the other way around, there are those that frown to this concept. In fact, there are people who say they are ok with that type of relationship but when that happens in their family, they vehemently oppose the relationship. This is not only happening for Caucasians but also in African Americans. There are those that oppose the relationship, not only to a certain race but also to other race.
That is why these dating tips are written. Its aim is to educate not only those that are dating with an African American or an African American dating a Caucasian but also with other races as well.
are a small group of friends who may not explicitly say it but they are not at ease with the relationship. You’ll probably receive cold shoulders if you wanted to continue your relationship. Although it’s heartbreaking, you have to live with the fact that it would happen.
Although we do not want to label anyone, the usual persons who would stereotype race and would react to this type of relationship are the elders of the community. As a single person who has experienced freedom of choice in any way, you will have to acknowledge that fact. It’s not their fault since their upbringing is a lot different than what we have today. Fortunately, most of the elders today are not showing their opposition but would only be cold on your enthusiasm to be in a great relationship.
Unfortunately, there are those that didn’t just show their lack of interest of your new relationship but would vehemently prohibit you from this type of relationship. At this day and age, this behavior is rare but that doesn’t mean that it doesn’t exist. When this happens, you and your family have a great problem with race. This behavior also happens in minorities as some would prefer to be in a relationship exclusively in the same race. Talking about race is a very sensitive topic and there are persons who can get easily affected even though they try so much to overcome stereotyping.
When this happens, the first thing you should do is to seek help. This is often disregarded when the relationship is deemed as temporary or if the relationship has ended. But even if the relationship is just short lived, help should be sought anyway. The fact that you are not dating anymore doesn’t diminish the fact that some members of your family has a problem with race. Those that have a problem might be a little bit hesitant at first but they know that they have a problem so they have to do something about it as soon as possible.
If you are both of the same race; the problem of race is diminished and you can move on to establishing a personal relationship. Never, in any way, pretend on who you really are. If your goal is to establish a good relationship, you have to know as soon as possible if you are compatible with your date. Sure, there is already the physical attraction but everyone knows that this is not just the basis for a lasting relationship or even just for a short lived friendship.
he or she might not like, but you have to show extra effort in being a gentleman or a lady for the evening. It’s just common courtesy to be polite in the first date as you slowly reveal yourself to your date.
The last thing that anyone should think when they are seeking for companionship or to develop a personal relationship is the physical appearance of the person. Although everything starts with physical attraction, it doesn’t end there. Those who are seeking more than just physical intimacy should not only judge the person by its physical appearance but also in their personality.
Perfection should not be sought either. Everyone has their dream girl or boy but it’s a very rare occasion that this would come into a reality. If everyone insists to find their dream partner, no one will end up married or having a relationship even for a short time. Everyone has inadequacies. But instead of seeing it as a disadvantage, it should be seen as the spice of life. These inadequacies are, in fact, part of the reason why we are attracted to that person. No one is perfect but everyone has something to give. Race should never be an issue as love and attraction knows no bounds. When you are attracted to a person, you really don’t see race but an attraction that might end up with something very special.


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Along the way, we’ve seen the show grow; taking several forms, evolving & improving year by year.
9 years, as a matter of fact!
So this Tuesday, June 27 at Dante’s we celebrate the BIG 700 presented by Do503, feat some of our favorite musical guests: Nathan Baumgartner of And And And, Rasheed Jamal, Maze Koroma, Emma Browne, & Tony Ozier from the Doo Doo Funk All-Stars!

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These gift boxes were each wrapped in a different shade of paper chosen to match perfectly with the wacky, wonky, wonderful work of Pean Doubulyu Glass.
Pean Doubulyu wanted to reflect the vibrant colors of their art through packaging, so owner Liz Pannell collaborated with Taylor Box to select a palette of colors to compliment their work.
Four colors were chosen for two sizes of boxes. Each piece includes a folded board insert to hold four glasses per box.
Thanks to a variety of colorful base and lids that could be combined in any order. No two customers felt like they were getting quite the same packaging.
Customers at Pean Doubulyu's Providence glassware shop have been reported to ask to purchase just the box itself.
A box meant to be gifted, but ideal for repurposing, the board insert is easily removed for complete access to the interior space.
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It is only by being a prisoner for religious conviction in a Soviet camp that one can really understand the fall of the first man, the mystical meaning of the redemption of all creation, and the great victory of Christ over the forces of evil. It is only when we suffer for the ideals of the Holy Gospel that we realize our sinful infirmity and our unworthiness in comparison with the great martyrs of the first Christian Church. Only then can we grasp the absolute necessity for profound meekness and humility, without which we cannot be saved; only then can we begin to discern the passing imagine of the seen, and the eternal life of the Unseen.
On the day of Pascha all of us who were imprisoned for religious convictions were united in the one joy of Christ. We were all taken into one feeling, into one spiritual triumph, glorifying the one eternal God. There was no solemn Paschal service with the ringing of church bells, no possibility to gather in our camp to worship, to dress up for the festival, to prepare festive dishes. On the contrary, there was even more work and more interference than usual. All the prisoners here for religious convictions, whatever their denomination, were surrounded by more spying, by more threats from the secret police.
Yet Pascha was there: great, holy, spiritual, unforgettable. It was blessed by the presence of our risen God among us — blessed by the silent Siberian stars and by our sorrows. How our hearts beat joyfully in communion with the great Resurrection! Death is conquered; fear no more, an eternal Pascha is given to us! Full of this marvellous Pascha, we send to you from our prison camp the victorious and joyful tidings: Christ is risen!


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The International Olympic Committee said it was pleased with the alpine World Cup and Canadian Championships recently held in Whistler.
“I can see the state of readiness,” said IOC president Jacques Rogge at a press conference as he wrapped up only his second visit to Vancouver since the city won the right to host the 2010 Games in July 2003.
Rogge’s visit coincided with a visit by the IOC’s coordination commission which was checking up on the organizing committee’s (VANOC) progress in several key areas including security, sport, marketing, media services, and services to the National Olympic Committees.
According to VANOC press releases neither Rogge nor the commission raised any flags during the visit. Previously they have questioned whether there will be enough accommodation in Whistler and the state of the Sea to Sky Highway.
VANOC CEO John Furlong said that the organization is currently working on the organizational plans for transportation up and down the highway.
“The work that we are preoccupied with now is actually planning how to move people,” said Furlong.
Rogge visited the Richmond speed skating oval, the UBC Winter Sports Centre and the Vancouver Olympic Village. He did not visit Whistler as originally planned.
Talks also took place between Rogge and several top officials including B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell, Vancouver Mayor Sam Sullivan and Whistler Mayor Ken Melamed.
The IOC met with representatives of the Four Host Nations as well. Chiefs from the Squamish, Lil’Wat, Musqueam and the Tsleil-Waututh Nations bestowed traditional names on Olympic leaders in recognition of the work they have done in bringing the 2010 Games to the region.
Rogge is a raven, VANOC chairman Jack Poole is a Pool-Warrior, Furlong is a beaver, and Rene Fasel, head of the IOC’s commission, was named Winter.
It is also expected that this week will see an announcement of a deal between First Nations and VANOC for the sale of authentic aboriginal art to be sold under the Olympic brand.
It is likely to be very lucrative.
During the IOC press conference at the end of the visit Rogge also responded to queries about the quest of female ski jumpers to compete in the 2010 Games.
He firmly denied that there was any discrimination involved in the decision not to include women’s ski jumping.
“There is no discrimination whatsoever,” said Rogge.
“The decision of the International Olympic Committee not to include women’s ski jumping was taken on technical grounds not on gender issues.
“In any other sport you are speaking about hundreds of thousands, if not tens of millions of athletes, at a very high level, competing for one single medal.


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This guide was written by students for students. Use the table of contents to find what you are looking for or just skim from cover to cover. It contains information about Med 1 - the curriculum, things you need to do, should do, might want to do and so on!
Use it as your guide to Dal Med for the coming year.
Just REMEMBER: You DON'T have to read it all today (or even tomorrow) It really is intended to be a guide and resource for your entire year.


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Our current troubles are the result of inept central banking arising from two errors, for which the Federal Reserve was the most prominent but by no means the only proponent.(2) The first was to claim that the value of equities and other assets could not be known and the second was to claim that falls in asset prices, if they were to occur, could be readily offset by monetary policy.
Asset prices are an important transmission mechanism whereby changes in interest rates affect the real economy, but these changes are ephemeral. If monetary policy is too easy for too long, asset prices are temporarily driven a long way above their fundamental values and the strength of their mean reversion becomes stronger than the influence of interest rates. We know from recent experience that when this happens central banks lose control of their economies. Massive fiscal stimulus and unusual monetary policies then become necessary and the risks of both inflation and deflation rise.
To avoid a repetition of our current troubles, central banks will need to identify which asset prices matter, how to value them and what steps to take before they reach excessive heights.
The assets which matter are equities, house prices, and the return which investors receive from holding illiquid assets, which I will loosely term the “price of liquidity”. Central banks must understand how to value each of these and they will therefore have to overcome the confusions that result from the residual influence of the Efficient Market Hypothesis (“EMH”). Although its invalidity has been known for some time, economists have been slow to put a new paradigm in its place. This is a habitual problem(6) and has given rise to the unkind comment that “Science advances obituary by obituary.” While recent events are likely to accelerate the internment of the EMH, we are left with some residual difficulties. Although economists have generally discarded the EMH, the habits of thought that went with it often remain. A frequently encountered example is the assumption that the equity risk premium can sensibly be used for valuing assets or predicting returns, despite the evidence for its instability. There is also a risk that the justified reaction against the EMH will go too far. Instead of assuming that financial markets are perfectly efficient, there is a growing tendency to assume that they are simply irrational casinos.
Once it has been accepted that central banks can monitor the difference between the value and the price of assets, the next step is to consider the policies that should be implemented should they get out of line. The concern with asset prices must not replace the aim of stabilising consumer prices, but should be an additional responsibility. Although the failure to address asset price bubbles is the cause of our current troubles, the introduction of inflation targeting by central banks has been a considerable success and we should not go backwards and discard the valuable advances that have been achieved.
If central banks have only one policy instrument, namely short-term interest rates, the only possible response to asset bubbles is to “lean against the wind”, as suggested by Lucas Papademos, Vice-President of the ECB,(12) and Sushil Wadhwani, former member of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee,(13) among others. This requires central banks to raise interest rates in response to asset prices when this would not seem justified by the outlook for consumer prices over the usual policy time horizon. Had this been the policy of the Fed during the bubble that developed in the late 20th Century, it seems likely that the stock market would not have risen to the heights it did and the Federal Reserve would not have needed to reduce interest rates then as much as it did in order for the US economy to recover from the 2001 recession, which followed the sharp fall in the stock market. The subsequent recovery would then have been of a more traditional and orderly kind and the second round bubbles which broke in 2007 would not have occurred. In the nature of things we cannot prove what might have been. Whether or not leaning against the wind would have produced a better outcome for the economy must therefore be a matter of judgement. What can be said, unequivocally, is that the actual outturn of events, which followed very different policies by the Federal Reserve, has been of a kind that we will wish to avoid if possible in the future.
It would, however, surely be better to add another policy instrument to the central banks’ armory. One possibility, which seems to me to be the best so far proposed, is that central banks should have the power to vary commercial banks’ minimum capital ratios. This has been proposed as a way of offsetting the tendency of banks to exaggerate cycles(14) but, as this problem is associated with the rise and fall of asset prices, there is no conflict in using it also as a way to dampen asset prices and the two objectives are in particular harmony when one of the asset prices under consideration is the liquidity price, as this indicates when lenders have become by past standards, insufficiently risk averse. It is in just these conditions that a constraint on excessive ease in bank lending is clearly desirable.
My conclusions are therefore that central banks must, in the future, be concerned with asset as well as consumer prices and that they should be given an additional policy weapon, so that they have two weapons as well as two targets. I would, however, caution that this does not mean that the economy can be managed without periodic recessions. It seems to me to be likely that by responding to asset as well as consumer prices, it should be possible, though difficult, to avoid major recessions; it is probable that periodic mild recessions are the minimum price that we must pay to avoid major ones.
(1) The issues discussed in this article are examined much more fully in Wall Street Revalued - Imperfect Markets and Inept Central Bankers by Andrew Smithers, which is due to be published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. in July this year.
(2) For the former views of the current Chairman of the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors See Monetary Policy and Asset Price Volatility by B. Bernanke and M. Gertler published in the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Economic Review 1999 4th Quarter pp 17 – 51.
(3) World Economics Vol. 3 No. 1 Jan-Mar 2002 Stock Markets and Central Bankers – The Economic Consequences of Alan Greenspan by Andrew Smithers & Stephen Wright.
(4) See ECB favours using monetary policy as asset-price tool article in the Financial Times 15th May, 2009.
(5) As reported, for example, in “Troubled by bubbles” by Krishna Guha in the Financial Times 16th May, 2008.
(6) As famously formulated by T.S. Kuhn, notably in the Structure of Scientific Revolutions University of Chicago Press 2nd edn. 1970 first published 1962.
(7) See Valuing Wall Street by Andrew Smithers and Stephen Wright. McGraw Hill March 2000 and Wall Street Revalued – Imperfect Markets and Inept Central Bankers by Andrew Smithers op. cit footnote 1.
(8) See An Institutional Theory of Momentum and Reversal by Dimitri Vayanos & Paul Woolley, The Paul Woolley Centre Working Paper Series No.1 FMG Discussion Paper 621. November, 2008.
(9) For example, A Spatio-Temporal Model of House Prices in the US, by Sean Holly, M. Hashem Pesaran and Takashi Yamagata, (2008), forthcoming, Journal of Econometrics.
(10) Decomposing credit spreads by Rohan Churm and Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou Bank of England Working Paper No. 253 and Lewis Webber and Rohan Churm Decomposing corporate bond spreads Bank of England Quarterly Bulletin 2007 Q4 page 233.
(11) The difficulty of this decision is well set out in a paper by Athanasios Orphanides and Simon van Norden on The Unreliability of Output Gap Estimates in Real Time. CIRANO November 2001 and subsequently in 2002 in the Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol 84, pp. 569-583.
(13) Wadhwani Sushil, Should Monetary Policy respond to Asset Price Bubbles? Revisiting the Debate. National Institute Economic Review No. 206 October, 2008.
(14) See The Fundamental Principles of Financial Regulation by Markus Brunnermeier, Andrew Crocket, Charles Goodhart, Avinash Persaud and Hyun Shin op.cit.


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Our goal is to make the process of making your design specifications efficient, easy and mistake-free.
A lot of designers use Word, PowerPoint and Excel to make reports for suppliers, customers and other parties involved. This can be a very time-consuming activity of copy and pasting with obviously a high risk of making errors. When using DesignSpecs, copy and pasting belongs to the past. This makes the creation of your design specs much more efficient, providing you more time for what is most important: your design.
What makes DesignSpecs such an efficient tool to use? In DesignSpecs all your project specifications are stored in a general and clear database. In this database it is extremely easy to add and remove projects, rooms, products and/or product specifications. But most important: you can easily make an export of all desired product specifications with your logo and company name on it.
Because all reports in DesignSpecs are data driven by the project board, changing project details or products automatically updates any export you make. Thus making changes is really easy: you can make a new report in just a few clicks.
DesignSpecs is not just made solely for you. If desired, it is also available for all colleagues and other parties you work with. You can even decide for each project seperately who can work on the project or not.
Because DesignSpecs is cloud based, it is available everywhere and at any time you want. All you need to do is login and you can start! DesignSpecs is also accessible on handheld devices, such as smart phones and tablets.
By creating your projects online in DesignSpecs, you create a project history. This history is very useful, since it contains all products that have you used in the past. This makes it easy to find and reuse them in another poject.
DesignSpecs is continuously improving. In close relation with interior architects we add new functionality to the software and solve minor flaws. New functionality will become automatically available to all users without loss of data.
If you have any problems using DesignSpecs then please contact us. We are glad to help!


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Since 2016, Evil Santa has been coming to town once a year to ring in the holiday season. In celebration of three years of this seasonal Spiced Milk Stout, this year, we at The Virginia Beer Company asked him to stick around for three separate releases culminating in the debut of DOUBLE EVIL SANTA.
Double Evil Santa is a Spiced Imperial Milk Stout with a jolly 11.3% ABV, a stronger version of our Evil Santa Spiced Milk Stout that has been aged in Bourbon Barrels for four months. Nutmeg, cinnamon, and allspice are complemented by the caramel and vanilla notes that arise from extended barrel aging.
Draft will be available at the brewery on Black Friday (11/23) at an early opening time of 11 am. A limited number of 500 ml bottles will also be available – fit to slumber for a future holiday occasion (if you can wait that long). In celebration of the return of the holidays and this inaugural release, Waypoint Seafood & Grill‘s Prost Food Truck will be with us beginning at 11 am serving a holiday-inspired brunch menu until 2 pm and lunch/dinner fare into the night.
Company: The Virginia Beer Co.
On October 30th, the public release of Black Tuesday begins at 10 a.m. PST. The public can purchase Black Tuesday via the Bruery.com for one day only.


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- Tests third party apps across various multimodal devices on the Assistant platform.
- Notates bugs, edge cases, findings and share this information with multiple teams, stakeholders, and with the developers.
- Canswitch between collaboration within a team and working independently on time sensitive tasks.
- Must proactively communicate status across various teams including technical and non technical partners.
- A team player with a positive attitude and people skills.


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One for all: With this new ALL-IN-ONE kit you are well prepared for all kinds of damage – small scratches on the cabinet door, a chipped washbasin, an incorrectly set drill hole in a wall tile, scuff marks on a wood table or whatever. With the ALL-IN-ONE Kit you repair a variety of surface damage quickly, effectively and durably. Evade costly and time extensive replacement works and make your rooms and objects look really good again. The ALL-IN-ONE Kit is ideal for facility services, hotels and gastronomy.
The new kit contains almost all kinds of fillers like Duo Royal, Soft Wax, Hard Wax, Hard Wax PLUS, Rex-Lith and Ceramic Filler as well as the fillers for sanitary ceramics and natural stone. Furthermore, various touch-up materials such as the lacquer pens Premium Edge Pen and Brush Pen as well as all necessary accessories and tools. As with all the other assortments and sets, everything is clearly and functionally arranged in this kit.


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People often tell you to follow your instinct. Listen to your “gut” about an emotion or a situation you’re experiencing. That same instinct can help when you’re traveling distant lands, or even when exploring somewhere local.
Safety is an important part of travel, and of our daily lives. We all have our safety net or bubble. We choose who we let in and how comfortable we are in our surroundings. We feel happy with the familiar, but simultaneously excited about the possibility of the new.
Handling stressful situations with reason and calmness.
Checking state department guidelines for dangerous areas.
Researching a country or region before visiting.
Tip #5 sticks most with me. Learning about a new country – its history, its culture, its people, its traditions – is one of the best parts of travel. I couldn’t imagine traveling somewhere without first researching it. And, safety can certainly be influenced by the overall culture of a place.
Many years ago, I traveled to Egypt with family. Since then, to say the country has seen much unrest and violence would be an understatement. But, would I consider visiting again? Absolutely.
An insatiable curiosity and desire to explore the world wouldn’t stop me from seeing even areas that most would call “danger zones.” Of course, you must keep in mind heightened security risks for certain regions or countries in the world. On the flip side, you’re at risk anywhere. Travel safety encompasses common sense and above all, trusting your instincts. If something doesn’t feel quite right, assess the situation and try to plan your way out.
What situations have you experienced when traveling (or even when commuting to work) that made you feel less safe? How did you handle them? How would you approach travel safety? Has anyone ever been to a particularly “dangerous” area? Did you feel less safe there? What did you do to feel safer?


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48 years ago today, Jose Feliciano made headlines across the nation after singing "The Star Spangled Banner" at The World Series. (Folks weren't keen on his interpretation of our National Anthem.) A single released of the live recording stalled at #46 a month later.
Jimi Hendrix turned heads when he did his screeching guitar-assault version at Woodstock a year later ... but Jose's rendering was probably the most talked about performance of our National Anthem until Roseanne Barr did her crotch-grabbing version at a San Diego Padres / Cincinnati Reds game in 1990.
I love FH when you surprise us with unexpected posted music like you did on Thursday.
and Micky Dolenz is back on February 11th for an All Monkees Hits Show.
Call it a Pleasant Valley Friday! We're pleased to announce that The Monkees THE COMPLETE SERIES on Blu-ray is once again coming off the assembly line and is ready to ship right to your door. We've resolved the prior shipping issues that caused a small number of boxes to arrive with minor damage, so order with confidence.
• All 58 episodes, newly remastered in stunning HD from the original negatives for the very first time, plus the 1969 TV Special "33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee"
• Unique packaging including a 7" featuring "Star Collector" b/w "Goin' Down" in unique TV mono mixes available ONLY in this limited edition!
· A bonus disc packed with hours and hours of outtakes and vintage TV appearances available ONLY in this limited edition - once this sells out, you'll never be able to get this material again!
· Episode 19 "Find The Monkees"
· Episode 56 "Some Find It Lukewarm"
And take a look inside the box here.
Fresh from their August induction into the Rhythm and Blues Hall of Fame (http://rhythmandblueshof.com/) , R&B legends Mary Wilson of the Supremes and Eddie Holman will be among the great musicians who will fill the star-studded “Legends of R&B and Doo Wop” concert lineup at Highlander Auditorium in Upland, Michigan.
Wilson, Holman, The Original Tymes and Harold Winley and The Clovers will all take to the Highlander Auditorium stage for a blockbuster trip down memory lane on Saturday, Dec. 10. Presented by Affordable Music Productions, Legends of R&B and Doo Wop tickets may be purchased at www.affordablemusicproductions.com or by calling 1-888-718-4253.
setting the stage for one of the most successful singing groups in recording history. “Where Did Our Love Go” reached No. 1 on the U.S. pop charts in 1964, followed by five consecutive No. 1 hits: “Baby Love,” “Come See About Me,” “Stop In the Name of Love,” and “Back in My Arms Again.” Wilson has gone on to perform on dozens of hit records, while also enjoying a career as a best-selling author, stage and screen actress and much-requested lecturer.
was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2005.
Tickets are $49, $59, $69, $79 and $89. There are no service fees and parking is free. Highlander Auditorium is located at 850 N. San Antonio Avenue (at Foothill Boulevard) in Upland.
British Songwriter Rod Temperton, keyboardist with Heatwave and composer of their hits "Boogie Nights" and "Always And Forever", died of cancer Wednesday (October 5) just four days shy of his 69th birthday. Rod also wrote several Michael Jackson hits, including "Thriller", "Off The Wall" and "Rock With You", George Benson's "Give Me The Night", Michael McDonald's "Sweet Freedom" and "Baby Come To Me", made popular by Patti Austin and James Ingram.
Joan Marie Johnson (Faust) who, along with her cousins Barbara Ann and Rosa Lee Hawkins formed the Dixie Cups and reached #1 in 1964 with "Chapel Of Love", died of congestive heart failure in her native New Orleans at the age of 72. Formed to compete in a high school talent contest in 1963 (as the Mel-Tones), they caught the eye of Joe ("You Talk Too Much") Jones who became their manager (despite their not winning the contest). Joe auditioned the girls for producers Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, who signed them to their Red Bird label as the Dixie Cups. The success of "Chapel Of Love" was followed by "People Say" (#12 - 1964) and "Iko Iko" (#20- 1965) but a year later Joan left to battle sickle cell anemia and devote herself to her church. The Dixie Cups were inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame in 2007.
These Tony Award winning artists have joined together to bring many of the forgotten hits of the 60s to audiences worldwide ... and THEY ARE SENSATIONAL!
They just did a show in New Brunswick yesterday and are dear friends of Tommy and I.
Please check out their website for more details ... I think your readers would enjoy them.
Bob sent us this glowing review of the Eric Burdon show we saw at The City Winery last week ... ironically, it's written by Damian Rico, who sat directly across from me at the very same table the night of the show! (lol) Small world, eh?
His is a much kinder take on the show ... which, as I stated in my review, seemed to be enjoyed by the majority of the folks there that night.
There’s no question The Beatles and Rolling Stones changed the history and culture of rock and roll in the United States in the '60s. But no single distinctive voice may have been as powerful as electric as blues man and lead singer of the Animals Eric Burdon’s.
Burdon’s powerful stage presence and dynamic ability to mesmerize audiences with his hits is still growing strong after six decades in the business.
Recent sold-out shows at The City Winery in Chicago are a solid indication of Burdon’s enduring relevance and his fans’ indebtedness for his craft.
Burdon played for nearly two hours, taking his audience on his journey from early performances like the Monterey Music Festival, where he performed with the likes of Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, Otis Redding, The Mamas & The Papas and Jefferson Airplane, to name a few.
At 75 years old, Burdon is still bringing it.
Burdon did an impressive job coupling songs from his newest album “Til Your River Runs Dry” like “Devil and Jesus,” “Bo Diddley Special,” to the classic cuts like “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood,” “Monterey,” “Bring It On Home To Me,” “House Of The Rising Sun” before leaving the stage.
Burdon is still a force to be reckoned with and his music will continue to stand the test of time.
The music video for “Sixteen Tons” by ZZ Top featuring Jeff Beck has just premiered in support of the recent release of the album ZZ Top Live! Greatest Hits From Around the World from Suretone. The piece was directed by Odin Wadleigh who has created music videos and documentaries for numerous artists including Alice In Chains, Kool Keith and Mayer Hawthorne. He melded August, 2016 performance footage of ZZ Top shot on tour in Dayton, Ohio with black and white archival film of ditch diggers, auto workers and (literal) bridge builders as an homage to the travail of the blue collar worker. It is the story behind the track that contains one of the more interesting twists in music history.
The Texas trio and British guitar legend Jeff Beck have long been friends, collaborating together on stage occasionally. When a YouTube video surfaced in 2012, purporting to be ZZ Top and Jeff Beck performing the Tennessee Ernie Ford classic “Sixteen Tons,” it seemed entirely plausible, save for the fact that they had never performed that song together in their lives. In reality, it was appropriated from a joint performance at Madison Square Garden in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame but “Sixteen Tons” was not on the set list that night. Instead of attempting to file suit against the perpetrator, whose identity still remains a mystery, That Lil’ Ol’ Band From Texas and Mr. Beck embraced it by covering “Sixteen Tons” on their 2014 tour together, using the same arrangement as heard in the hoax video.
Live! Greatest Hits From Around the World features two authentic collaborations with Jeff Beck in his native London – “Rough Boy” and “Sixteen Tons.” It is from this version that the music video was spawned.
“It’s a mega meta kinda thang,” says ZZ Top frontman Billy F Gibbons. It gets even more meta than that. The most familiar pervious version of “Sixteen Tons” was Tennessee Ernie Ford’s massive 1955 hit that went all the way to #1 on the charts. It was originally recorded in 1946 by country singer Merle Travis who gets writer’s credit. His song is based on folk singer George S. Davis’ “Nine-to-ten Tons,” written in the 1930s.
On November 4, ABKCO Films will release a newly restored version of Blindman, the 1971 cult Spaghetti Western starring Tony Anthony and Ringo Starr and directed by Ferdinando Baldi (David and Goliath starring Orson Welles). The DVD, Blu-ray and digital download versions are in HD, mastered from the original 35mm negative. The release is preceded by midnight theatrical screenings at IFC Center in New York City on October 7 and 8, and a double feature with Jodorowsky’s El Topo at the Castro Theater in San Francisco on October 21.
Blindman is Baldi’s take on the immensely popular Zatoichi films of Japan. A blind gunman (Tony Anthony) escorts a group of fifty women to Texas, where they are to be married to miners. When the mail order brides are kidnapped by a gang working for two Mexican banditos (one of whom is played by Starr) and their villainous sister, the captors find out their opponent, dependent on his horse and his hearing, is a deadlier challenge than they might have expected. Full of humor, sarcasm and featuring an unforgettable 5.1 audio soundtrack by Stelvio Cipriani, Blindman is one of the most stylish and absurdist of the Spaghetti Westerns from the early ‘70s.
Shot at Cinecitta Studios in Rome, and on location in southern Spain, Blindman was co-produced by Tony Anthony, Allen Klein and Saul Swimmer, the latter of whom co-produced the Beatles film Let It Be and directed George Harrison’s The Concert for Bangladesh. Blindman features many classic Spaghetti Western locations in their heyday – the Western town of Decorados in the Tabernas desert, the massive fort built for the American film El Condor, the railroad station from Once Upon a Time in the West, the cortijo from Duck, You Sucker, and the “mission” location featured in The Bounty Killer and Death Rides a Horse.
Ringo Starr, having just ignited his solo career the year before, amidst of the dissolution of the Beatles, was so imbued with his role in Blindman that he recorded a song describing the premise of the film. The b-side to his 1972 single “Back Off Boogaloo,” the aptly titled “Blindman” was produced by Klaus Voormann, a member of Plastic Ono Band and cover art designer of the Beatles’ Revolver.
Tonight from 10 to 11 New York time = "The Fugitive."
For all you youngins out there who thought that today's posting might be a tribute to Joey Fatone and N*Sync, consider this an education!!!
My wife and I attended the book release party for Glenn Burger's "Never Say No to a Rock Star" and it was an evening beyond belief!
Attached is an article about the evening, along with some photos.
http://forgottenhits60s.blogspot.com/2016/09/glenn-berger-never-say-no-to-rock-star.html to read Bob's complete review of Glenn Burger's book.
Meanwhile, here is his first-hand account of the party!
Readers of FH may recall the review and interview I recently did regarding Glenn Burger’s terrific new book, Never Say No to a Rock Star.
If you didn’t, the book is about the author’s time in the 70’s spent as assistant, then recording engineer, to star producer Phil Ramone. It’s so descriptive that the reader feels as if he’s / she’s right there in the studio, smelling the burn of the tubes in the recording equipment, hearing the tape roll and watching the likes of Paul Simon, Bob Dylan, Frank Sinatra, Wilson Pickett, Mick Jagger, The New York Dolls, and other musical luminaries in the studio recording some of their most iconic music.
And, then there are the behind-the-scenes stories! Glenn doesn’t hold back in describing some of the appalling behavior of some truly childish, nasty and unreasonable temperamental artists. He compares it to the absolute genius that blasts through the control room speakers.
It’s a beautiful dichotomy that is wondrous and revealing to read. Many of the artists are described as lovely and sensitive people ... and, he praises the studio “cats” (musicians) as the secret stars of every recording event. There’s so much more to the book, written from this now-psycho therapist’s grown up and professional point of view about his youth spent in the recording business, as well as of the artists he encountered and worked for.
And, to top it all off, Glenn hosted a book release / fundraiser (for MusiCares) last night (September 29) at “The Cutting Room,” in New York City. (Fans may recall that this was the scene of Ron Wood’s two solo concerts about two years ago.) The evening was billed as a “New York Studio Cats Reunion,” and man – was it!
My wife, Susie, and I drove into the city, had incredible dinners at “The Cutting Room” and watched with our mouths open (after we ate) and bopping with feet tapping as these mavens of music took us on a rockin’ escalator to nirvana.
Robbie Kondor – musical director, “The Nuff Brothers” featuring “Blue” Lou Marini (sax), Kenny Ascher (piano), David Spinozza (guitar), Bette Sussman (musical director for Better Midler, on keyboards and vocals), Irwin Fisch (keyboards), John Siegler (bass), Tom “Bones” Malone (trombone), Curtis King, Jr. (vocals), Valerie Simpson (of Ashford & Simpson), and, from “The World’s Most Dangerous Band,” (billed last night as “Paul Shaffer & The Latest”) none other than Will Lee on bass, Sid McGinnis on guitar and the incredible Paul Shaffer on keyboards, vocals and lotsa schmaltz! You probably recognize a lot of these names from T.V., movies (“The Blues Brothers”) and from album liner notes.
The friendly and sociable audience was chock full of recognizable names and faces, and I had the pleasure of meeting the very lovely May Pang. I also bumped into an old, old friend (well – he’s my age), studio guitarist and all around good guy, Craig Snyder, who joined Susie and me at our table, and introduced us to a lot of his friends and colleagues.
Author Glenn Burger played the gracious host, making his hundreds of guests feel singular and welcomed, and all-in-all, it was as fun a musical evening as I’ve ever spent, even without my bass plugged in and around my neck. Sometimes you just wanna lay back and let the cats who can really do it, do it.
Now, go out and get Glenn Burger’s incredible book, Never Say No to a Rock Star. You’re gonna love it!
Glenn Berger, recording engineer and author of "Never Say No to a Rock Star: In The Studio With Dylan, Sinatra, Jagger and More," and Musical Director Robbie Kondor, are hosting this benefit reunion of the musicians, singers, producers, arrangers, engineers, and studio staffs who were behind the hit music recorded in New York studios over the last fifty years. With performances by a host of the greatest musicians and singers alive and surprise guest artists, in both song and story Glenn and Robbie will celebrate these unsung heroes whose contributions to innumerable classic records shaped a generation. Come hang with old friends, share this once-in-a-lifetime event, and contribute to a worthy cause. All net proceeds will be donated directly to MusiCares. MusiCares is the charitable arm of the Recording Academy that provides a safety net of critical assistance for music industry professionals.
My curiosity got the better of me ... so I did some digging and came up with this article and interview with Ron Onesti from 2012. (OK, I am absolutely going to have to ask him about this next time I'm there and have him take me on the guided tour!!!) Frickin' amazing!
I have known Eric for many years. I haven't seen him in a while, but we are good friends.
I hope it was just a bad night. All performers ave bad spells.
I went through a period where I thought it was all over, but I took time out and went to a singing coach and it saved me.
You also have to consider he may have had a long stretch of work without a lot of rest, which is a killer for singers.
I love Eric and I will get in touch with him.
He's the real deal and I hope he is okay because he has always given his all. He is strong and let's hope he bounces back. Knowing him, it won't surprise me.
Yeah, I'm thinking he may have been sic because his voice was pretty weak ... but from several emails I've received, he seems to be having a bit of a hard time moving around these days.
It's a shame because everybody has this image in their heads about the glory days when ALL of us were young ... the audience often forgets that WE'VE gotten older, too.
I'm doing something next year that spotlights the entire year of 1967 ... Eric Burdon and the Animals had three or four US chart hits that year ... it would be GREAT if he'd be willing to reflect back on those times, as I think he had sort of "rebuilt" The Animals shortly before then ... their musical direction certainly changed that year with things like "Monterey" and "San Franciscan Nights" ... he was definitely affected by what was going on here in The States during The Summer Of Love.
Maybe pass this email along to him and let him know that I would love for him to participate.
Regarding Eric Burdon, I remember seeing him a few years ago and his stage moves were limited to a fist pump. He could still sing and, his limitations notwithstanding, performed with conviction. He also gave an engaging interview when we talked to him for Songfacts back in 2010.
Did you cut out and save these records from the backs of cereal boxes?
Interesting to see that Garth now has more 10 million selling albums than The Beatles.
Garth keeps a local-guy low profile (avoiding the high rent district) and is seen around our part of town pretty often at the Chick-Fil-A and other spots. His wife Tricia (Yearwood) is in my wife's Zumba class and is just considered one of the girls. She signs-in with the last name "Brooks", though most don't usually think of her that way.
My good and long-time friend, Jon Ashe, has been playing with Tommy James now for a couple of years. Jon played the original bass on "Mony Mony." When I was in The Rip Chords and we opened for Tommy (in, what? 2001 is it??), I gave Tommy his old friend's phone number. It only took a decade, but Jon is back.
I sent Jon your coverage of the Chicago show, and he, in turn, sent it on to Tommy.
Booked like crazy, they are, and deservedly so. I'll keep you posted.
Have a cool weekend, my friend.
First I've ever heard about the Al Capone connection but who knows ... he had his hands in everything back then!
UPDATE: After doing a little bit of digging I found this little piece of information regarding Capone's ties to The Arcada Theatre. I never knew ... had absolutely NO idea ... but next time I'm there, I'm going to have to have Ron Onesti take me on the official guided tour!
Saw Brian Wilson, Al Jardine and their Pet Sounds Concert Saturday at the Chicago Theater and all I can say it was F A N T A S T I C !!!!!!
They opened up with "California Girls" and it blew the roof off the theater ... what a sound!!!
The musicians sounded GREAT and they duplicated the numerous sounds of the Pet Sound recordings to perfection.
We were also treated to their Big Hits and all I can say is Brian Wilson and Al Jardine have a lot of stamina and I am so glad I got to see them perform!!!
Well over two hours on the stage and the audience wanted MORE!!!!
Man, did your review of the Lou Gramm concert hit home today! I know you were looking forward to it, but when a famous group is so loud that it has gone way beyond a point where you think the nails and screws are coming out of the walls, then it is time to leave! I love the band, Foreigner with Lou in front, but when volume is more of a factor than the music is, well, that's another story.
Don't get me wrong, I would love to hear the Lou Gramm Band, but maybe at an outside venue, where I can escape somehow. In my opinion, he is one of the trio of "voices" of the eighties, along with Steve Perry and Brad Delp (three singing heroes of mine). I would really like to hear what he can do these days, without having to put up with all the decibels. I have a Foreigner reunion DVD put away in a box somewhere, probably recorded close to twenty years ago. I know that Gramm had gone through all the health issues, so I was trying to be understanding, but his voice was so off that I actually felt sorry for him.
However, as years have gone by, maybe he sounds pretty good now.
Doesn't matter what your musical tastes are ... you'll find something for EVERYBODY at The Arcada Theatre in St. Charles, IL.
'50's Music? Bobby Rydell hits the Arcada stage on November 26th ... and Pat Boone will be doing a show with his daughter Debby on October 16th. You can also catch Little Anthony and the Imperials on October 23rd ... they put on a GREAT show last time I saw them.
'60's Music more your style? Then how about Johnny Rivers? He's coming to The Arcada on October 9th. And then on November 4th, The Arcada plays host to Ms. Dionne Warwick, one of the most memorable voices of our time.
The '70's are well represented, too. America graces The Arcada stage on November 18th ... and Tony Orlando is back on December 10th. This Friday (October 7th) you can catch soulful sounds of The Stylistics ... or kick it up a notch with The Charlie Daniels Band on November 3rd or Roger Hodgson of Supertramp on December 8th and 9th.
They've got music for every style and taste ... how about Dr. Demento on October 27th? Blues Legend Buddy Guy on October 8th. Chazz Palminteri puts on a one-man show of his pride and joy, "A Bronx Tale" on October 15th. Or catch Gallagher on October 21st.
The Ides of March and the Brian Setzer Orchestra are both putting on Christmas Shows at The Arcada on December 16th and November 15th respectively. And Edgar Winter and Starship (featuring Mickey Thomas) have shows lined up, too.


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Jenefer Ardell Miller « Scuff'd Up: Shows August 26-29, 2010 in Phoenix, Arizona!
Jenefer Ardell Miller is a native of Michigan and has studied dance and acting all across the country. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in the Performing Arts from Oakland University in 1997. She has directed and choreographed shows such as Fiddler on the Roof, My Fair Lady, Guys and Dolls, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Willy Wonka, and more. Jen has performed in shows alongside Fayard Nicholas, Dianne Walker, Lane Alexander, Savion Glover, Jimmy Slyde, Rhythm ISS and studied with legends such as Savion Glover, Dianne Walker, Barbara Duffy, Heather Cornell, Debbie Allen, Frank Hatchett, Hinton Battle, Chet Walker, and Andy Blankenbeuhler. In 2001, Jenefer was honored to perform solo at the Detroit Tap Festival honoring the legendary Nicholas Brothers. Jenefer has a Master of Arts in Elementary Education from the University of Phoenix in 2003 and now teaches Theatre at Kyrene Akimel A-al Middle School. This year, she will be taking a position directing and choreographing for the Musical Theatre of Anthem. Most recently, Jenefer has enjoyed watching former dance students, Ryan and Evan Kasprzak, bounce their way to the top of Fox’s So You Think You Can Dance!
Tickets are $15. All tickets purchased are non-refundable and will be available at "Will Call" in the Cactus Shadows Fine Arts Center lobby, 1 hour before showtime. Tickets will be sold on a "best seats available" basis.
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VQ is celebrating 50 years of Volleyball in Queensland this year. Our Golden Jubilee Dinner will be held on the 22nd of June at Hillstone St Lucia.
Members of the public are welcome to nominate players for the Player of the Decade for both Beach and Indoor Volleyball.
There is no limit to the number of nominations you can enter. Fill out a new form if you would like to make multiple nominations.
Online Nominations close Monday 6th May at 11:59pm.


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Day visitors to site must be agreed, and booked in prior to arrival and will be charged at £5 per head per day.
There is no charge for dogs, But they must be kept on a lead at all times and exercised off site. (Dog waste bin at entrance to site).
Details for bank Lloyds, sort code 30-99-97 account 00230639, reference name as booking, we will require £20 for up to one weeks booking, £40 for over 7 days.
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You may be aware of this year's Bath Sculpture Trail – Minerva's Owls in Bath. It's a fun project, and I hear people are making their way out to Freshford to find our owl - which is The Wowlet - sponsored for and decorated by the Freshford Preschool at the Village Hall.
I am involved with this in a limited way - as it's a follow-on from my King Bladud’s Pigs in Bath ten years ago which gave us our “Country Pignic”, still on the shop terrace.
I thought you might like to let locals know that I am looking after the online shop - mini owls, posters, mugs, maps etc - with more products to follow. So if they want to buy anything - no need to travel to Bath or to pay for posting - just contact me at Hillside Farm, tel 722511!!
I am not the only local person involved. The owl sculpture’s creator is Alan Dun in Limpley Stoke who also created the pig in 2008 and the lion in 2010 (as well as the Cirencester hare in 2014 and the 2016 Herdwick sheep in the Lake District). Freshford artist Annabel Menheneott painted both NocturnOwl and Sea Owl; Cllr Neil Butters’ wife Charlotte Moore painted James the Jolly Owl (at Jollly’s) and the Packhouse Owl in South Stoke; and artists Emma Rose (“Minerva”) and Catherine Beale (H‘owl at the Moon) are known to our shop customers because we have had their pictures on our shop walls more than once. Other local residents have helped with sewing the goddess Minerva’s costume, organising children to paint a charity owlet, putting a finishing varnish coat on the owl sculptures and helping to install owls. And the Village Hall committee has lent gazebos and display tables for particular PR events. So I think we all have a right to feel some ownership!