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For the typical CCC enrollee, actual arrival at camp
was the culmination of a fairly lengthy selection process. Some months
earlier he had taken the initial step toward entrance by applying to his
local selection agency for consideration as an enrollee. [1] He then waited patiently for a period of up
to two months until his application had been processed. If accepted, he
was sent to a conditioning camp, usually at an Army post, where he was
physically examined, vaccinated, clothed, and studied in his reactions
to Army discipline and hard labor. If the youth measured up to the
somewhat rigorous standards demanded there, he was formally enrolled,
took an oath of obedience, and was sent to an ordinary work camp. [2]
CCC publications used to claim that the average
enrollee was twenty years old when he entered camp, and came from a
family of six children. His father was unemployed, and he himself had
not worked for at least nine months. He had completed the eighth grade.
He weighed 147 pounds and was 5 feet 8-1/4 inches tall; thus, he was
underweight and below average in height. [3]
This is a rather rigid picture and obviously could not have fitted
exactly the description of the vast majority of enrollees, yet it is
probable that many of them shared at least some of these
The spectacle which greeted the new enrollee, the
type of camp which was to be his home for at least six months, varied
both from region to region and according to when the enrollee entered
the CCC. The first camps were often simply tents which, though lined in
neat rows, had all the disadvantages attendant to life under canvas. [4] In the early days of the CCC, existence could
indeed be most uncomfortable, particularly in the mountains when the
spring thaw started. Such conditions, however, were neither widespread
nor permanent. From the very start many enrollees lived in wooden
barracks, and these quickly became general. Each camp consisted of four
or five barrack buildings, one hundred feet long by twenty feet wide,
together with a mess hall, a recreation hall, administration buildings,
officers' quarters, a hospital, a garage, and often a schoolhouse. The
buildings usually lay in a rough "U" shape around an open space which
was either planted to grass or cleared for sports purposes. Sometimes
the structures were painted brown or green, but more often than not they
were simply creosoted or covered with tar paper. Though usually wired
for electric light, they were frequently inadequately illuminated. [5]
The buildings were solidly constructed, usually of
cedar, and could not easily be dismantled once the camp had finished its
work project. Sometimes they were turned over to a nearby community for
its own particular purposes, but more often than not they were left
boarded up and desolate, a waste of time, effort, and money. In 1936,
therefore, Fechner took a radical step in camp planning, deciding that
all future CCC camps were to be of a pre-cut portable variety, of
standard design, easily dismantled at the end of a work project, ready
to be transported wherever a new camp was authorized, and there set up,
waiting for new occupants. [6] This was a
far-reaching change, and one which was generally welcomed by Corps
officials. Camps were now standardized, each having four barracks
buildings, one mess hall, one schoolhouse, bath houses, one latrine
block, and twelve officers' and service buildings. [7]
Though the camp buildings henceforth conformed to a
standard plan, the way they were situated depended on the type of
country in which the camp was located. There were about fifty ways that
the basic functional plan could be altered, depending on the particular
contours of the terrain. Thus, the camps did not all seem to be dreary
replicas of the same model. Some, it is true, were constructed and
appointed with a startling lack of originality, but others were designed
and finished with pride and imagination. The enrollees labored long
hours to lay gravel paths between the barracks. They built rustic gates
and railings, planted trees, and added swimming pools, outdoor
amphitheaters, fishponds, or flower gardens. Within the buildings, they
built fireplaces of brick and stone, painted or polished the walls to
bring out the natural wood grain, adding charm in many different ways to
the basic camp plan. [8] At its best, the CCC
camp was a construction of real beauty. Frank Hill has described a
number of startlingly attractive camps he had visited throughout the
land; a camp on the Yosemite Valley floor in winter, surrounded by
snow-laden pines, another perched high on a crag above Los Angeles, one
in New York situated beside twin lakes, a soil erosion camp in Texas
standing uncompromisingly strong"the gaunt wastes of plain around
it." [9] Such camps as these, he said, either
contrasted starkly with the barrenness of their surroundings or enhanced
the natural beauty of the sites. Not all camps maintained the same high
standards, but there were few which did not try to capture something of
the unique, almost pioneer, flavor of the whole CCC enterprise.
Whether the camp was in Alaska or Oklahoma, Florida
or Puerto Rico, the daily routine was carried out according to the same
broad program. Reveille was at 6 A.M., and enrollees could not afford to
dally in bed because they had to be washed and dressed in their work
clothes by 6:30 A.M., ready for physical training. [10] Upon arrival at camp, enrollees were
usually given two sets of clothing, a blue denim work or fatigue suit
and a renovated Army olive drab uniform for dress purposes. In 1938,
however, Roosevelt ordered that a special, spruce-green dress uniform be
issued to all enrollees. The President, while visiting a camp at Warm
Springs, had been disagreeably surprised by the poor quality of the
dress uniforms. Shoddy clothing, he believed, weakened morale, and he
immediately asked the Department of the Navy to design him a special CCC
uniform. [11] These were in widespread use
by 1939.
After physical training, the enrollees trooped off to
breakfast, a noisy but satisfying meal eaten at long tables, at each of
which six to twelve men could be seated. CCC food was plain, nourishing,
and served in large quantities. A typical breakfast could consist of
stewed prunes, cereal, ham and eggs, coffee, and milk. [12] Fechner once described camp food as
"wholesome, palatable and of the variety that sticks to the ribs," and
the monthly camp food order would seem to bear this out. Typical
commodities purchased included bacon, beans, beef, butter, cheese,
chicken, eggs, flour, lard, milk, onions, pork, potatoes, rice, sugar,
syrup, apples, baking powder, cinnamon, cocoa, coffee, flavoring
extract, corn, macaroni, peaches, peas, pepper, pickles, pineapple,
prunes, rolled oats, salt, tea, tomatoes, and vinegar. [13] CCC food was not perhaps prepared according
to the best French cuisine, but it was usually well-balanced and
After breakfast, the enrollees usually policed the
grounds, tidied their huts, and then, in one of the few concessions made
to military practice, formed up in rough platoons for roll call and
inspection before departing for work about 7:45 A.M. [14] Enrollees walked or rode to work, depending
on how far the work project was from the camp. The jobs on which the
enrollees were engaged were as various as the types of camps authorized.
Enrollees in a forestry camp might find themselves working in small
groups under an enrollee leader, clearing dead wood, planting trees,
digging out rocks, or building trails. [15]
Some might be clearing strips for firebreaks, others building lookout
towers, telephone lines, small dams, or bridges. [16] Those working on erosion control projects
might be planting kudzu grass as cover, building small check dams on the
edge of a hillside, or marking a terrace prior to turning it into
contour patterns. [17] Bureau of Reclamation
camps were usually engaged in the construction of small storage dams,
frequently made of earth, while those under National Parks Service
control were engaged in a whole host of functions, ranging from the
planting and thinning of trees to the building of simple picnic spots
complete with rustic furniture. [18]
Work continued till about noon and then ceased for
lunch, which was usually brought to the work project. Again it was
substantial fare, sometimes a full-scale hot meal, but more often
sandwiches, pie, and coffee. [19] Lunch
break lasted for an hour and then work was resumed, continuing until
4:00 P.M. when enrollees returned to camp.
The evening meal was usually not held before 5:30
P.M., and the time between the return to camp and dinner belonged to the
enrollees. They used it in various ways. Most camps had sports fields
adjacent to them, and many youths enjoyed taking part in football,
baseball, or basketball, depending on the season. Sometimes the sports
were quite highly competitive, with representative teams being chosen
for contests against nearby camps or neighborhood community teams. [20] Indeed, some CCC athletes won football
scholarships to major colleges, and a score of baseball players were
signed by major league scouts traveling the CCC circuit. [21] More often than not, though, sports
activities were loosely organized, with the emphasis on participation
rather than excellence. For those less energetically inclined, there
were pool and table tennis facilities, as well as the camp library.
Libraries were arranged on a mobile basis. In a given area, the books
available were divided into nine groups, and each group was rotated
among nine camps. The type of book available in a typical library was
roughly as follows: adventure and mystery, seventeen volumes;
miscellaneous fiction, twenty-nine; westerns, twelve; travel, twenty;
history and biography, twelve; science fiction, twenty-nine; athletics,
five; and religion, three. Popular authors were Rex Beach, Sax Rohmer,
Rafael Sabatini, and Edgar Wallace. [22]
Each library also contained forty-five periodicals, usually including
Life, Time, Newsweek, The Saturday Evening Post, Radio News, and
the Sears-Roebuck catalogue. The New Republic and Nation
were banned, because in the eyes of many CCC officers they bordered on
the subversive. [23] No doubt the camp
libraries provided enjoyable reading for many enrollees, and instruction
for a few, but they were often subject to criticism. Sometimes the books
were locked away, the enrollee could not "browse around," but had to ask
for a specific book, scarcely encouraging for those wanting to read but
whose knowledge of books and authors was severely limited. More
substantial was criticism of the types of books available. It was
asserted that CCC officials had catered too much to popular literary
tastes, had been unimaginative in their selection of books, and had made
little attempt to insure that enrollees came in contact either with
literary masterpieces or radical points of view on major issues. [24] These judgments were just. Certainly the
youths could not be forced to read, and most did so only cursorily and
purely for recreation. Nevertheless, a library which seeks only to amuse
and not to challenge or to inform is failing in its duty. CCC
librarians, without stacking their shelves solely with cheap copies of
classics or with political tracts, could surely have provided better
fare for the enrollees than the pap which they were satisfied to
After the recreation period, dinner was served,
enrollees wearing their dress uniforms to this meal. Again the food was
substantial, with plenty of meat and fresh vegetables, invariably
followed by fruit and dessert. [25] After
the meal, most of the youths attended classes as part of the camp
education program, but study was not the only evening activity planned.
Table tennis and pool tables were very popular, and for those enrollees
with time on their hands there was always the chance of a ride to the
nearest town, there to see a movie, meet a girl, spend their allowance,
or just stroll around. Often, if no transportation was available and if
it was not too far away, enrollees seeking entertainment would walk to
the nearest community. [26] There was
usually no restriction on their leaving camp after work, provided that
they came back by lights out. If they were tardy in this respect, they
were likely to lose their privileges. [27]
At 9:45 P.M. camp lights were flashed off and on, the
signal to prepare for bed. Lights went out at 10 P.M. and taps was blown
fifteen minutes later. If the boys had done a full day's work, many
would have retired long before the official time, and quieting them at
night was usually no problem at all. At 11 P.M. the camp commander made
a brief bed check to see that no one was absent. Then the camp slept.
It must not be thought that enrollees, after entering
camp, did not see their families or home again until discharge day.
Leave provisions were relatively generous, and enrollees were usually
able to visit their families once a month if they so desired, though
this, of course, was conditioned somewhat by the distance between the
camp and the enrollee's home. It was the Corps' original intention to
locate all youths about two hundred miles from their home districts, too
far for weekly visits, yet close enough for monthly trips, but this
provision was frequently neglected. [29]
Obviously a New York boy in camp in Oregon was unable to get home
regularly, but even he could get some leave should he decide to re-enrol
at the end of his initial six-month stint. All re-enlisting enrollees
were given a six-day leave of absence on full pay between tours of
dutytime enough for most to get home, if only for a day or so. [30]
Besides normal leave provisions, there were other
days when no work was done. The standard holidays, January 1, February
12, May 30, July 4, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas were all
observed, as were denominational religious holidays, be they Jewish,
Catholic, Greek Orthodox, or Protestant. [31] Moreover, all enrollees of voting age were
given three days with pay to register and vote in primaries and local,
state, and national elections. [32] Perhaps
not surprisingly, the CCC vote tended to be solidly Democratic. Local
Republicans, therefore, often challenged fruitlessly the right of
enrollees to vote in other districts. [33]
Indeed, some tried more direct methods. Testifying before a New York
state commission investigating election irregularities, CCC enrollees in
camp at Tuckahoe, New York, disclosed how they had been bribed by local
Republicans to vote the GOP ticket in 1936. Having accepted the money,
the enrollees proceeded to vote for F. D. R.! [34]
Enrollees were also free on weekends, unless, of
course, the weather during the week had been so bad that there was work
to be made up. [35] If not, Saturday was
often devoted to sports and to group activities such as drama and choral
work. CCC boys were avid play producers, sometimes reaching quite high
standards. A few CCC authors and actors, in fact, were able to get work
with the Federal Theatre Project after leaving camp. [36] There were also camp dances. Most camps
held about four dances annually, inviting girls from the local
communities. [37] These were popular affairs
with both the enrollees and their partners, the music more often than
not being furnished by the camp swing band. On Sundays religious
services were held in all camps. In June, 1941, for example, there were
154 full-time CCC chaplains on duty, as well as 189 part-time contract
clergymen paid by Fechner's office, and five hundred volunteer, unpaid
clergymen from neighboring towns. The chaplains preached to the
enrollees, counselled them, visited the sick, buried the dead, and
performed the few marriages contracted between enrollees and local
girls. [38] These clergymen, unfortunately,
were often of limited ability and made little attempt to adjust the
level of their services to the enrollees. They put more stress on
preaching than on personal contact, and for this reason their work in
the camps was not as effective as it could have been. [39]
A constant weekend activity among some youths was
journalism, and most camps contributed regular activity reports to the
national CCC newspaper, Happy Days. [40] In addition, many camps published their own
newspapers. In August, 1935, there were 1,122 such journals, some
bearing such esoteric titles as the Flickertail Crier, the
Gully Growler, and the Grapevine Send-off. Most of the
work was done by the enrollees themselves during journalism courses on
weeknights and on the weekends. [41] For
many enrollees, the weekend was emphatically not a time of
Enrollees transferred the traditional camp practice
of "hazing" to the CCC context. New enrollees were fair game, and many
an unfortunate youth, sleeping deeply after his first day on the job,
awoke to find himself in the center of the parade ground, having been
carried there, bed and all, by his seasoned barracks companions.
Dressing hurriedly in the morning, he might also have found his shoes
nailed securely to the floor. This type of hazing was innocuous enough.
More harmful was the bullying which took place in a few camps and which
often worried new enrollees. [42] Hazing
received official sanction in some camps, and "kangaroo courts" were
established. In these, enrollees who had committed minor offences, or
who had offensive personal habits, were tried and summarily, usually
corporally, punished. The vehemence with which those delegated to do so
carried out the sentences led to complaints, however, and the courts
were soon abandoned in all but a very few camps. Discipline, even for
minor offences, was again the prerogative of the camp commander. [43]
An interesting aspect of CCC life was that the
enrollees evolved their own language, a peculiar mode of speaking which
was incomprehensible to the outside ear. Only a CCC enrollee, for
example, could tell that "Hey, greaseball, got a stiffy? Well, sawdust
and blankets will do," was simply a request for a cigarette, followed by
an assertion that tobacco and paper would suffice. Enrollees referred to
soft drink as "slough-water," a clergyman was a "sin-buster," and
"submarine turkey" was a fish. CCC slang bore little resemblance to Army
slang or to the language of the assembly line and the city street. It
was something indigenous to the camps themselves and to the collective
existence in the woods. [44]
There were critics of the tone of CCC camp life. Some
directed their shafts at specific aspects of the camp existence. The
Women's Christian Temperance Union, for example, while supporting the
Corps in general, campaigned vociferously to have beer banned from camp
canteens. [45] Townsfolk living near camps
occasionally complained that the enrollees were making too free with
their daughters. [46] Others were more
generally critical, claiming, with some justification, that despite the
education program, the camps did not do enough for the boys
intellectuallythat they did not give them any real interest in
government, in public problems, or in American democracy itself. Nor
were the boys sufficiently prepared for life outside the CCC existence.
[47] There is truth in this complaint, yet
in the long view the conclusion seems inescapable that the CCC was a
vitalizing, not a stultifying force for most of the young men who passed
through its forest portals. Work in the wilderness, as we have seen,
gave to so many new health, new courage, and new faith in their country
and its future.


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Do I need the Full or Player version of Kontakt?
All of our libraries require the full retail version of Kontakt.
What is 8DIO and what does it stand for?
8DIO is a premium developer of high-end virtual instruments. The company was founded by British Academy Award-Winning Composer, Troels Folmann. 8DIO (pronounced EIGHT-DEE-OOH) is an abstract version of AUDIO. The 8 is made of two circles – hence the aspect of tension and release in music. The symbol for infinity has the shape of a sideways figure 8. It also correlates with the idea of a full octave and number of luck in Chinese philosophy. It also ties in with our production music company, 8Dawn, which was founded on the question: "What did God do on the 8th day?". We got many other obscure and pseudo-intellectual reasons, but hopefully this will suffice.
Do you offer demo or trial versions of your products?
We unfortunately cannot offer any trial/demo versions of our products.
Why are some of your earlier samples only offered in mere 44.1kHz/16bit stereo?
After years of field and studio recording, making music and doing sound design, we've come to the realization that it's not always worth the extra disk space, bandwidth and memory footprint. The only truly important technical metric is how awesome an instrument sounds. It makes a lot more sense to offer more layers and round-robin variations per instrument, while remaining memory efficient so that users can think more about making music and less about the nuts and bolts. We work with great microphones, great recorders, effective recording and editing techniques and a whole lot of time and care. Our focus is on musicality and playability over fancy specifications. And we want to reach all users, not just those who can afford the best hardware. Over time, we've stepped it up to 24-bit for most new content. However, fear not – every one of our older libraries are still just as fantastic sounding and professionally recorded and produced.
Do you process your samples, or are they truly pristine and raw as nature intended?
We proudly live the lie. Yes, we do occasional post-processing and even a little EQ and mastering work on our sounds. Our libraries are meant to sound good and punch through the mix right out the box. However, if an instrument sounds wet, we recorded it wet in a real space. We don't ever add reverb or delay, except when creating completely unreal and unique synthetic instruments. For all of our flesh and blood instruments, we prefer to capture instruments in locations that compliment their character or offer a unique flavor, wherever or whatever that may be.
I would like to create demos for you and I believe I have what it takes. How can I apply to become demo composer?
8DIO features some of the best artists- and demo makers in the world. We are always interested in hearing new things and new submissions, but we only accept stellar compositions. Please send mp3 submissions to email@example.com or even better send us a Soundcloud link. We receive submissions every day and listen to all submissions made to us and we will get in touch with you if we are interested in using your composition. If you do not hear from us – we encourage you to post your demo on VI-Control, which is the leading forum for composers and producers, or on our Facebook timeline.
Is Ambient Guitar tempo-synced?
There is no tempo-syncronization in Ambient Guitar. It was played loosely and with the purpose of underscoring. Ambient guitar is – as implied – purely focused on ambient, non-BPM type of content. Its meant to be used for ambient scoring and there was never any tempo sync in this library to begin with.
Is Studio Solo Violin tempo-synced?
The Studio Solo Violin is not really meant to be tempo-synced, since the phrases were recorded without a specific tempo. The way to get it to fit tempo wise is by using modwheel and pitchbender. The pitchbender controls the speed of the phrase and the modwheel allows you to alter the start time of the sample, so you can scroll into the phrase. You should be able to get things to fit that way.
The Solo Violin library is a collection of over 4,000 phrases which can be sculpted together smoothly, but if you are looking to write a melody one note at a time, the solo violin included in Adagio Violins is more along the lines of what you are looking for. Adagio contains solo, divisi, and ensemble groups performing a wide variety of articulations, note by note so you can compose any melody with Adagio, whereas the Studio Solo Violin phrases are a bit more limited to sculpting several notes together instead of one at a time. Just let me know if there is anything else I can do for you.
Where can I download the Requiem Professional phrase-builder patch?
You can download the phrase-builder patch here, including the installation instructions: http://www.8dio.com/requiem_pro_bonus/requiem_pro_phrase_builder_bonus.zip
Do I have to combine the Requiem Professional 1.1 update with my Requiem Pro folder?
Requiem Professional 1.1 is essentially a full new library (new programming, optimized in size and streaming, new interface, etc.), which is why we do recommend keeping both 1.0 and 1.1 if you have any legacy projects using 1.0. As programming has been polished and improved a great deal in the update, midi CC data & key switches may not translate completely across both versions. It is complete as is, you don't have to combine any folders from both versions.
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Does material disadvantage explain the increased risk of adverse health, educational, and behavioural outcomes among children in lone parent households in Britain? : a cross sectional study
Spencer, Nick, 1943-. (2005) Does material disadvantage explain the increased risk of adverse health, educational, and behavioural outcomes among children in lone parent households in Britain? : a cross sectional study. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, Vol.59 (No.2). pp. 152-157. ISSN 0143-005X
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Objective: To test the hypothesis that material disadvantage explains the increased risk among children and young people of adverse health, educational, and behavioural problems associated with living in lone parent households in Britain Study design: Secondary analysis of a cross sectional survey of a representative sample of British households with children and youth Main outcomes: Parent reported fair/poor health, longstanding illness and disability, statement of special educational needs, suspension and/or expulsion from school, and in trouble with the police. Participants: Data were available on 15 636 (8049 boys and 7587 girls) aged 0-18 years in 8541 households in the third sweep (2001) of the British government's families and children study Results: Lone parenthood was associated with increased risk of health and educational problems, and antisocial behaviour among boys and girls in a logistic regression model adjusting for child's age alone. Adding age of main carer, number of dependent children, and child's rank in the household made little difference to the associations. Addition of housing tenure, household hardship index, and an interaction term for lone parenthood and hardship eliminated the relation with lone parenthood for all outcomes except parent reported health among girls. Similar results were obtained for households headed by lone parents for at least a year. An interaction effect of lone parenthood with hardship for parent reported health and statement of special educational needs was noted. Conclusion: Adverse effects of lone parenthood on health, education, and antisocial behaviour were apparently explained by material disadvantage in this cross sectional sample of British households with children and youth.
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The Ontario government wants to use a public private partnership (P3) to build four new Light Rapid Transit lines in Toronto. They plan to give the $8.4B for this project to a private multinational consortium. A multinational consortium will put their private interests ahead of accessibility and affordability for Toronto transit users.
The Canada Line in Vancouver was built using a P3 and costs rose $500 million above the original estimate of $1.5B. Even with the added $500 million in costs, transit users ended up with three fewer stations. They must also make up for $21 million in "lost revenue" because the private operator exaggerated their ridership projections.
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Emergency services and the army have rescued 32 people trapped in a beachfront restaurant.
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LUBBOCK, TX (KCBD) – Lubbock Cooper ISD says its TAKS results are at or above last year's results for each category and each student group.
"What's amazing with these scores is the fact that we grew by over 300 students this year," says Superintendent Pat Henderson. "These students are coming in here from out of district, out of state, and might not have the same instructional program or the same instruction focus as Lubbock Cooper."
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Rook is a trick-taking game played with a deck of Rook playing cards. It was first sold in 1906 by Parker Brothers. At a time when many religous leaders called the playing of card games "evil", Rook was used as a way for people to enjoy the fun and was often referred to as Christian cards.
Official Rules
Four players are organized into two teams of two players each, sitting opposite each other. Players must keep their hands secret from all other players, including their teammates. The object of the game is to be the first team to reach 300 points by capturing cards with a point value in tricks. If both teams have over 300 points at the end of a round, the team with the higher point total wins.
Only certain cards have a point value. These are known as counters. Each 5 is worth 5 points, each 10 and 14 is worth 10 points, and the Rook Bird card is worth 20 points.
The Deal
The 1s, the 2s, the 3s, and the 4s should be removed from the deck, and the Rook Bird card should be added, for a total of 41 cards. The dealer shuffles and cuts the deck, then deals all of the cards, one at a time. After every player has received his or her first card, the dealer places one card in the center of the table. This is repeated until there are five cards (the nest) in the middle of the table. The remaining cards are dealt normally.
After the deal, players bid in increments of 5 points for the privilege of naming the trump suit. Bidding starts with the player to the left of the dealer and passes clockwise. The minimum bid is 70 points, and the maximum is 120 points (the number of points a team would make if they captured all the counters in the game). If a player chooses not to increase the bid, he may pass to the next player. A player that has passed may not make another bid for the round. The high bidder adds the five cards of the nest to his or her hand, then lays any five cards to the side. The high bidder then names the trump suit.
After the trump suit has been named, the player to the left of the dealer places any card of any suit face-up on the center of the table. Play proceeds clockwise, with each player playing one card face-up in turn. After each player has played, the player who played the highest card of the suit of the leading card takes all of the cards played, or "takes the trick".
A player must either follow suit (play a card of the leading suit) or play the Rook Bird card. If a player has no cards of the leading suit, he or she may play any other card, including the Rook Bird card or a card of the trump suit. The highest card of the leading suit takes the trick, unless a trump card is played, in which case the highest trump card takes the trick.
If a player reneges, or fails to follow suit when he or she could have, the error may be corrected before the next trick is taken. If it is not discovered until later, the round ends, and the team that made the error loses a number of points equal to the bid, regardless of which team made the bid. The opponents score all the counters they captured before the error was discovered.
The person who takes the trick leads in the next trick. When a trick is taken, it is placed face-down in front of the player who took it. Tricks taken may not be reviewed by any player until the end of the round. The player that takes the last trick in a round captures the nest and scores any counters in it.
The Rook Bird card
The Rook Bird card is the highest trump card in the game. It takes any trick in which it is played.
You may play the Rook Bird card at any time, even if you are able to follow suit. It is the only card that may be played this way. If the Rook Bird card is led, all other players must play a trump card, if they have one. If the trump suit is led, and you have no other trump card, you must play the Rook Bird card.
When all possible tricks have been taken, each team adds the counters it captured. If the bidding team failed to make the number of points bid, the team loses a number of points equal to the amount of the bid, and does not make any points for counters captured in the round. The opposing team receives points for any counters they captured.
The first team to reach 300 points (or a predetermined amount established by the players at the game's start) is the winner.
Adaptation for standard playing cards
ROOK may be played with standard playing cards by removing the 2s, 3s, and 4s from the deck and adding the joker to be used as the Rook Bird card. Thus, each 5 is worth 5 points, each ace and 10 is worth 10 points, and the joker is worth 20 points. Aces play high in tricks.
One common variant for a standard deck is played by five players and is scored individually, not in teams. As above, a single joker serves as the Rook; however, it acts as the lowest trump (not the highest) and must follow suit as normal. The full standard deck is used; each player is dealt ten cards, and the nest is three cards. When the bid-winner puts down the modified nest, he also names any card not in his new hand: the player with that card becomes the partner of the declarer, but may not reveal herself except by playing the named card. The bid-winner may call a card in the nest to forgo the right to a partner. There are six trump options: any of the four suits, "high no-trump", or "low no-trump". In high no-trump, the Rook serves as the only trump, and high cards take tricks as normal. In low no-trump, the lowest card of the suit led takes the trick, and again the Rook serves as the only trump. At the bid-winner's option, either he or the player to his left may lead on the first trick. A hand is scored as if the declarer and his partner (if any) were one team, and the other three players were another. As above, aces are worth 15 points, kings 10, tens 10, fives 5, and the joker is worth 20 points.
Western New York Rook
The 1s 2s 3s and 4s are included in with the deal. Every player should have 13 cards and the "nest" or Kat (Kitty) should have 5. The Rook card is the lowest trump and is worth 20 points however you must follow suit whenever possible even with the Rook. The 1s are the highest of that one suit and are worth 15 points. When discarding cards in the Kat all counts must be face up to show how much the last trick could be worth. The last trick of the hand is worth 20 points and who ever takes the last trick gets all of the counts in the Kat. There are a total of 200 points every hand. The game ends at 500.
2-High Rook
Played very similarly to Western New York Rook. 1s, 2s, 3s and 4s are included with the deal. Each player has 13 cards, with 5 in the kitty. The Rook is the highest trump and can be played at any time. If the Rook is led, all players must also play trump cards, if possible. The Rook is worth 20, 2s 15, 1s and 10s 10 and 5s 5, making a total of 180 points per hand. The cards discarded after taking the kitty are not counted. The game ends at 500.
Alternatively, you can play with a standard deck of cards, using the Joker as the Rook and dealing 3 cards to the kitty.
Woodson Patrick Rook
This form of Rook is played in Eastern Kentucky and some parts of Ohio. The 1s 2s 3s and 4s are not included in the deal. The Rook Card is the highest trump and is worth 20 points, however, unlike other forms of Rook, the Rook must follow suit whenever possible. Each player is dealt six cards with three cards placed in the "widow", or "nest". Players then look at their cards and bid for the nest. The bidding ranges from 65-120. If a player "Shoots the Moon", that is they bid 120, then they automatically win the game if he or she makes that bid. Players who take the bid may also call "turn it" before they make trumps. "Turn It" refers to the nest takers right to turn the top card of the deck and has to make trumps based on that color (this usually happens if a player has colors that spread out like 3-2-2, etc.). An optional rule is that players may swap one card before the bidder calls trumps. Players and bidders alike may not discard game of any sort. After a color has been named trumps players may discard cards that are not trumps or game (although they can throw down trumps if they wish) and try to draw for better cards. The game continues until a team reaches 300. This type of Rook is often referred to as Poker Rook. This version of the game was named after its inventor and a legendary player named Woodson Patrick of Hager, Kentucky.
Western Kentucky Rook
This style of Rook is played with all 1s, 2s, 3s, and 4s dicarded save for the Red 1.
4 players divide into teams of 2. All players are dealt a hand of 9 cards with a 6 card widow, or nest. If a players hand contains no counting cards 5, 10, 14, Rook, or Red 1 then a misdeal is called and the hands are redealt. Bidding, then, proceeds to the left of the dealer. Players may bid up 150 with the minimum bid being 70. Also, bidders may pass, they choose not to bid for widow, pass in-favor, which allows bidding to comtinue normally until bidding returns to the player that has passed in favor who then places his bid normally, (Note: Only one player per team my pass in-favor) and "Shoot the Moon, which is a bid of 150 and wins the game if the bid is made. Play continues with the window winner leading out and calling trumps. Scoring consists of 5=5, 10,14=10, Rook=20, and Red 1= 30. The Red 1 captures the Rook in this style of play. The Rook is the second dominant card in the deck. If the bidder goes set or doesn't make his/her bid then that team is set back their bid and the other team scores what they drew in through tricks. Play continues until one team has a score equal to or over 500.
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The magazine asked me to do a kind of 'illustration-essay' (like a photo-essay, but with drawings). I decided to document something I see all-too-often around Paris, and which lookss subtly different from the same problem in the UK. I'll be posting my original sketches here all this week, and you can also see them in a slightly different version at http://fivedials.com.


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Back in my formative years, when I idolized the guitar gods on MTV (who now come back to life on VH1 Classic), I was always super excited to see a woman playing guitar.
And the most shredding female guitarist of the day was Lita Ford, who started with The Runaways and went on to be a solo star in her own right.
I would often air guitar the solo from her song "Kiss Me Deadly" whenever it came on 96 Rock in Atlanta.
After a while out of the spotlight, Ford has a new record, "Living Like a Runaway," and will perform at M15 in Corona on Saturday, Nov. 17.
7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, M15, 9022 Pulsar Court, Corona, 951-200-4465, $20.
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My family loves stuffed bell peppers, but some of the recipes I have tried are too bland for my family's spicy tastes. If you do not "like it hot", use tomato sauce instead of Rotel. It will still be scrumptious and packed full of flavor! I always say that a recipe is not the Ten Commandments; it's more like the Ten Suggestions. Alter the recipe to fit your own personal tastes and budget.
6-8 red, yellow orange or green bell peppers, (depending on size)
3 Tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 medium onion, diced tiny
4-6 cloves garlic, minced, less if you're not a garlic aficionado
1 pound ground chuck
1 pound ground Italian sausage, mild, sweet, or hot
1/4 cup finely chopped fresh parsley leaves or 4 Tablespoons dried parsley flakes
Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
Pinch red pepper flakes, or more if you like more heat
1 cup cooked bulgur wheat, quinoa, couscous or long grain white rice, (For added flavor cook the bulgur, quinoa, couscous or rice in beef broth)
2 eggs
1 can (10 ounces) Rotel, drained, reserve liquid
1 small (6 ounce) can tomato paste
1 cup grated Parmesan or Pecorino Romano cheese
Dash of Worcestershire sauce
Topping Sauce, optional
1/2 cup ketchup
Dash Worcestershire sauce
1-2 teaspoons of reserved Rotel liquid
3 Tablespoons brown sugar
Serves 6 to 8.
Note: Some grocery stores are now selling a mixture of ground beef and ground pork called "Boston Beef". Whenever I can find it, I use that mixture in my stuffed peppers, as well as in my meat loaf and meatballs.
Note: You will probably have meat mixture leftover; however, you have several options. You can add more mixture to each already stuffed pepper. You can make meatballs; bake them at 350 degrees F. for approximately 15 to 20 minutes depending on size and then freeze them in zip lock bags for future use. You can also make small meat loafs for sandwiches or you can freeze the entire mixture in bulk and add it to your next meatloaf, bell pepper, or meatball mixture.
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The Verdict
The major problem with this DVD is that matches focus on the singles careers of Matt and Jeff. To put it in musical terms, this is like buying a CD with Jimmy Page and Robert Plant on the cover and getting no Led Zeppelin songs.
I also have two issues with the editing of this DVD. The first is that there is no way to watch the matches without having to go to the main menu for each match. The second issue involves the blurring of the WWF logo during the Hardys vs. Dudleys match. Whenever someone walked in the middle of the ring, their face and parts of their body would become blurry. This great match has become unwatchable.
Overall Recommendation: This set would have benefited from a third disc focusing on their tag team days. I recommend this disc only for the most die-hard Hardy fans and suggest the Ladder Match DVD for everyone else. That DVD features nine of the greatest matches the Hardys have been involved in as both a tag team and in singles competition. By comparison, the masters of the ladder match are in zero ladder matches on this DVD set.
The Matches
Disc One:
- Vengeance '04: Matt vs. Kane in a No DQ or Count Out Match
- Unforgiven '05: Mat vs. Edge in a Steel Cage Match
- SmackDown '07: Matt vs. Joey Mercury
- SmackDown '07: Matt vs. Mr. Kennedy
- OMEGA '99: The Hardy Boyz vs. The Serial Thrillaz (features Matt, Jeff, Gregory Helms, and Shannon Moore on commentary)
Disc Two:
- Royal Rumble '00: The Hardy Boyz vs. The Dudleys in a Tables Match
- SmackDown '01: Jeff vs. Intercontinental Champion Triple H
- New Year's Revolution '07: Jeff vs. Johnny Nitro in a Steel Cage Match
- RAW '07: Jeff vs. Shelton Benjamin
- Judgment Day '07: The Hardys vs. Lance Cade & Trevor Murdoch
- Armageddon '07: Jeff vs. Triple H
- RAW '08: Jeff vs. Umaga in a Steel Cage Match


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Recent Trends in Insured and Uninsured Unemployment: Is There an Explanation?
AbstractThis paper presents new evidence on the reasons for the recent decline in the fraction of unemployed workers who receive unemployment insurance benefits. Using samples of unemployed workers from the March Current Population Survey, we estimate the fraction of unemployed workers who are potentially eligible for benefits in each year and compare this to the fraction who actually receive unemployment compensation. Perhaps surprisingly, we find that the decline in the fraction of insured unemployment is due to a decline in the takeup rate for benefits . Our estimates indicate that takeup rates declined abruptly between 1980 and 1982, leading to a 6 percentage point decline in the fraction of the unemployed who receive benefits. We go on to analyze the determinants of the takeup rate for unemployment benefits, using both aggregated state-level data and micro-data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. Changes in the regional distribution of unemployment account for roughly one-half of the decline in average takeup rates. The remainder of the change is largely unexplained.
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Central Asia environment
In Central Asia, the environment and water availability are key strategic issues. To target them, the European Commission designed for the period 2008 - 2013 two Regional Environmental Programmes.
According to the multiannual indicative programme 2007-2010 for Central Asia, the overall budget earmarked for the Environment is €16,2 million among which €13.2 are allocated for the two environmental programmes, called Central Asia Environment. The remaining 3 millions are pooled in the Central Asia Investment Facility (CAIF) 2009, which covers Energy and Environment as initial priority focus
What is the Central Asia Regional Environment Programme 2008?
The First Regional Environmental Programme for Central Asia, which will run for the 2009-2012 period, is focused on water. It consists of the following two projects:
- Sustainable Use and Management of the Transboundary Aquifers in Central Asia - SUMTACA (€2 million Euro): the project aims towards the development of joint measures at the sustainable use and management of transboundary aquifers in Central Asia. The objective of the project is to contribute to poverty alleviation and socio-economic development in the beneficiary countries by facilitating sound water management policies.
- Integrating Aquifers into the Conjunctive Use of Water Resources in the Fergana Valley for Improved Integrated Water and Land Resources Management (€2 million Euro): the project aims towards the development of strategic plans for the Fergana Valley at integrating transboundary aquifers from Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan in the overall use of water resources. The objective of the project will be to improve water and land management and protect the livelihoods of local communities.
The priority themes funded by the Central Asia Environmental programmes for water related projects are discussed by EU and Central Asian States within the EU-Central Asia Joint Working Group created in the framework of the worldwide EU Water Initiative (EUWI). The EUWI aims to achieve water related Millennium Development Goals in development countries (the MDG 7, adopted by the UN and to be achieved by 2015, aims at halving the proportion of the population without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation).
The Joint Working Group met three times, in Almaty (2007), Bishkek (2008) and Ashgabat (December 2008). At the last meeting, a platform for dialogue and cooperation in the field of environment in Central Asia was formally launched.
What is EURECA 2009- Regional Environment Programme for Central Asia?
The Commission is already completing the formulation phase of the Second Central Asia Regional Environmental Programme, named EURECA 2009, which is planned to run for the period 2010-2013. The Commission Decision on this programme is expected for end 2009.
The EURECA 2009 programme will focus on regional cooperation and partnership development with Europe and will reach its specific objectives through supporting the following four main components:
- the development of the Environment and Water Cooperation Platform aiming at facilitating closer regional cooperation both with Central Asia and between Central Asia and the EU;
- the sustainable use and management of natural resources in Central Asia, by tackling issues such as climate change, forest governance (the FLEGT process) and environmental data collection, exchange, monitoring and assessment;
- the Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM), and particularly trans-boundary river basin management through the development of networks and the sharing of best practices between Central Asian and European water management and basin organisations;
- the environmental awareness raising in the region by enhancing regional cooperation and partnership with Europe regarding environmental awareness on the most problematic environmental areas in Central Asia.
Where can I find more information?
For any further questions concerning the programme, please send an email to the project manager:
• Jelena SEMJONOVA for the 2008 programme
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text: WVII (Channel 7) advanced "An Evening of Rodgers and Hammerstein Classics," a student-run fundraiser for the University of Maine School of Performing Arts. On Jan. 17, Ben McNaboe, a senior music education major at UMaine, will direct about 90 musicians and vocalists in the show he created. He said organizing the event has been a team effort. UMaine students and musicians Justin Zang, Hope Milne and Ira Kramer also spoke to WVII about their experiences being involved in the production.


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Why Video Based Marketing Can Send Your Business Skyrocketing
Imagine being able to instantly increase your average website visitor's stay by 720 percent. Or instead of the average eight second scan of your email before it is discarded, 65 percent of your email recipients viewing a video email from you in its entirety. Now that's engaging prospects and clients.
It gets better. Think about these statistics:
70 percent of the top 100 search engine results today are video. The number of videos watched online grew 660 percent last year, and 90 percent of all Internet traffic will be video-based, by 2015.
If those numbers aren't enough to get your mind into high gear thinking about how to tap these trends in your business, then consider that over 1.2 billion people now access the Web on mobile devices and that viewing of mobile video shot up 5000 percent in the last thirty six months alone.
By now anyone who browses the Internet would have also realized that search engines have been prioritizing video over text content. So, it has become crucial that business of any kind or size, whether it's real estate auction sites or auto dealerships and banks, that three key things are seriously looked at.
1) How to constantly crank out video content;
2) Where to publish the content; and,
3) How to best leverage the content to in your marketing and sales.
We can write a book around content ideas. But if you are not in a position to effectively leverage the content in your marketing and sales, the effort will be far less than optimal.
Start thinking about video email, video auto-responders and video newsletters. Yes there is one such solution now and it's absolutely stunning.
Live broadcasting and presentations that include video should also become a key part of your marketing, so should mass video syndication over the Web, including to social media sites. I'm not referring to simple or expensive tools that help you to reach ten or 30 sites. It's time to think big. Reaching 200 sites or more with a click is now at everyone's fingertips and is a great strategy to help your brand and business be found more easily by your prospects online.
And that's just the beginning. We'll cover more ideas about how to use your videos, in future articles. For now, I'd start by writing down (and shooting some) video ideas including quick local market snapshots and updates, property tours, neighborhood tours, team and company clips, client testimonials, Holiday greetings, open house promo videos, new listing videos and so on.
For starters, definitely begin to film and add property videos to your listings whether on ListedBy.com or any other sites. Any site of consequence today should offer this option free of charge.
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Just wanted to give my quick views on the UFC Rio weigh-in that happened yesterday. I had first missed the weigh-ins and only got the very end with Okami, but after I've read a few negative comments regarding the foreign reception to the weigh-ins, I searched out to see if I could find the full video to see what the fuss was about. I finally got a hold of a pirated version on Youtube, and I can understand why some of the negative comments were made. I hesitated to write something about it at first, given that I don't want to jump to defend everything Brazilian, but I do want to take some time off to give you some insight into our culture a bit, if you're interested.
First, I have always disliked boos in the UFC in regards to all fighters, so on that front I'm in agreement with most who were disgusted with the boos received by foreign fighters yesterday during the weigh-ins. But, I am not sure most of the people who attended the weigh-ins were long time supporters of MMA. Please keep in mind that, even though Brazil has a long history with Vale Tudo and has a huge population of fighters in MMA, the popularization of MMA is only now taking effect in Brazil. I don't think most Brazilians present at the weigh-ins were at all familiar with all fighters present, therefore they resulted to the natural instinct of supporting nationality lines, giving support to their countrymen while dissing the opposition. The US has much more knowledge within their fanbase in MMA in contrast to Brazil, but boos are a normal thing anywhere MMA is present (except Japan).
As far as the chants though, I'm not one who dislikes the 'USA' chants in the US, to be honest. I think there's nothing wrong with supporting your fighter. The chants Brazilians were giving yesterday was a call to war; 'uh, vai morrer' or 'ooh, gonna die' is very, very common in Brazilian sports, especially in football. It's basically saying the other team, or in this case, fighters, will get smashed by their opposition. It's not intended to be taken literally, obviously, and if I was among the audience present, it's more than likely I'd have been chanting along with my countrymen.
At the end of the day, this comes down to culture, yes, we do get rowdy. Expect chants this Saturday night, maybe they'll even chant "eu, sou brasileiro, com muito orgulho, com muito amor" or "I, am Brazilian, with much pride, with much love". Regardless, it will be one noisy environment, something Brazilian fighters many times feel in their skins while fighting abroad, let's see how the foreign fighters will fair under the same conditions.
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The Flatirons present a bewildering maze of rock above and to the south of Boulder. Many famous rocks and routes grace this area. The First and Third Flatirons reign over downtown Boulder. A couple miles to the south, the Slab's squat mass dominates. Just north of Eldorado Canyon, the Devil's Thumb dominates the skyline. However, the true ruler of this area is the Maiden, unique among the Flatirons.
Getting There
The Maiden is a bit of a hike from the trailhead which tends to keep the crowds to a minimum. Begin at the southern end of the Mesa Trail, and hike until directly below the Maiden, which will be hidden in the trees. The Shadow Canyon trail connects to the Mesa Trail at an old water trough. The water trough is on the east side of the trail at a bend in the trail and is obvious. Turn left on the Shadow Canyon trail and walk up this for a couple minutes (don't go too far). Begin looking to the right through the trees. When talus is visible, follow a faint path through the woods (watch for poison ivy) to the talus. You should be near an old shallow quarry pit. A wall will be visible up the unstable talus slope, which marks an old stretch of access road for the quarry. The talus is bordered on the right by a strip of trees. There is a faint path up through the strip of trees - follow that, or scramble directly to the road. The road goes through the strip of trees - at this point head up a path that follows the strip of trees. Eventually, this steep path will deposit you at the base of the East Ridge. Allow a couple hours for the approach and plan on maybe getting lost the first time.
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West Overhang 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c Trad, 2 pitches
Cunning Stunt 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c R Trad, 1 pitch, 100'
Dream Street Rose 5.11b/c 6c+ 23 VIII- 24 E4 6a Trad, 2 pitches, 200'
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Kor-Dalke Route 5.12a 7a+ 25 VIII+ 25 E5 6a R Trad, 5 pitches, 350'
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Tizen is an open source mobile operating system created by Intel and supported by Samsung, and the Korean company has confirmed it will launch a series of "competitive devices" with the OS installed over the coming 12 months.
Samsung has long been a fan of providing mobile phones which use a wide variety of operating systems, and has in the past offered devices running everything from Symbian and Windows Mobile to its current Android and Windows Phone 7 and 8 line-up.
Tizen has more in common with its Bada platform though, as Samsung is looking to lessen its dependence on Android, at least according to sources speaking to Bloomberg. Samsung may be the darling of the Android world at the moment, but it clearly fears Google's purchase of Motorola Mobility will change this in the future, increasing the need for a strong alternative.
If Samsung can make a success of Tizen, it'll fall into Intel's plans too. The processor manufacturer wants to challenge ARM with its own Medfield Atom mobile processors, and having a manufacturer as big as Samsung producing devices with an OS which will no doubt work nicely with them will be a considerable advantage.
Samsung hasn't given any details on when its Tizen phones will appear, other than sometime this year, nor has it stated whether they'll be low, mid or high-range handsets.


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Circus Arts Camp 2014
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Circus Arts Camp 2014
For ages 8 - 12 (entering grades 2 - 6)
June 23 - 27
9:00 am – 12:00 noon, $225/wk.
Extended Day: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm - $325/wk.
Includes a fun and relaxed afternoon after the
morning Circus Arts Camp.
Circus Arts Camp is a fun-filled, week-long workshop led by John Saccone and other guest artists. Campers will learn and practice the art of juggling, clowning, mime, pyramids, tightrope walking, character study and performance techniques.
John Saccone has been teaching Movement Education at Merriconeag Waldorf School for the past nineteen years. He toured internationally with Tony Montanaro and the Celebration Theater Ensemble. He is a guest artist with the Portland Ballet Company and has performed for twenty four years in their Nutcracker. He is certified in Bothmer gymnastics and is a Spacial Dynamics trainer under Jaimen McMillan. John performs in the duo Reifer & Saccone (www.reiferandsaccone.com).
Register Now: If you would like to speak to someone about our summer camps,
please call Melissa Hoy, 207-865-3900, Ext 151.
If your child has a medical condition you will also need to download and complete the
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2. Calculate your total payment.
Summer Camps at Merriconeag Waldorf School
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Circus Smirkus :
Mon, Aug 4, 1:00 & 6:00 pm.
Circus Smirkus on our campus,
57 Desert Rd, Freeport.
Two shows each day! Tickets available
at Royal River Natural Food or online
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Circus Smirkus :
Tues, Aug 5, 1:00 & 6:00 pm.
Circus Smirkus on our campus,
57 Desert Rd, Freeport.
Two shows each day! Tickets available at
Royal River Natural Food or online.