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Copper Agates
To really understand these very rare and unique agates, a must read is an article by Dr. Wayne Sukow in the November 2011 issue of rock and gem magazine . It explains about the rare copper infused agates of the Kearsarge lode, found in just a few area mine dumps in upper michigan.
Dr. Sukow was also one of the main speakers at the 2012 International Agate show in Minneapolis in July. Those presentations are available for sale at the Minneapolis rock club website.
I got to meet up with Dr. Sukow, and it was a great pleasure to spend time with him discussing these very rare agates. Getting Dr. Sukow and Jack Hobart together at the agate show was a real treat for all!!!
Dr. Sukow's website is http://www.sukowssuperiorminerals.com/U-Read.html
note! unless otherwise specified, these specimens are from the Wolverine #2 mine dump, Kearsarge Lode, in the ooper of Michigan.
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This copper agate that is mostly quartz (about 80%). The other part is banded native copper and agate. The one half has a solid copper eye and five bands of copper within the agate bands, then one small partial band of copper. The other half has a copper eye with a white center, and I am not sure of the white mineral. The other half has 4 thin bands of copper between the agate bands and another partial banding at the border with the quartz. This pair weighs in at 4 grams.
Item #B4, cost is $25
This is a St. Louis Mine copper agate from Calumet Michigan area. It is domed polished and shows purple around the border and it has bands of red, purple, white, and clear colors. Purple is more of a rare color to be found in the copper agates. It weighs in at 47 grams.
Item #M600, cost is $60
This is a duel eye copper agate from the St. Louis Mine in Calumet Michigan.
Both eyes have a translucent outer banding. The larger eye has a quartz center with spots of copper and then thin bands of caramel color banding, then the translucent layer as the outer layer.
The smaller eye has a healed fracture going through it and it has two distinct areas of banding. It weighs in at 110 grams, and was not polished past 600 grit by the way it looks. It should really polish out nice, and weighs in at 110 grams.
Item #M606, cost is $25
This is a two piece lot from the St. Louis mine in Calumet Michigan. The larger piece has a long white center with red minerals sprays in it. The outer part is a solid pink agate. There is a thin healed fracture on the bottom 20% of specimen. It is very different as the 20% below the healed fracture has a lot more of a darker minerals in the white area. It looks like both pieces were only ground to like a 400 grit or so, and once polished will look great. The second smaller piece has lots of white/brown thin banding, which changes to thicker bands, then a solid color section then more banding. It is all surrounded by that unusual translucent white thick band. Both pieces weigh in at 19 grams.
Item #M602, cost is $15
This is a two piece grouping from the CH 21 mine dump. They look similar but are from two different pieces. Both are a lot larger than the normal agate found there. The larger piece is all agate with a quartz spot on the outer rim. The main center is more of a lighter clear/pinkish color with a few bands of white in it. There are multiple spots of red minerals in this area. The next outer section is a bit whiter in color and the spots of minerals are changing to a black color. The outer pink banding actually starts at the very bottom at an eye so small you need a loupe to see it. From there, the pink banding flairs in and out all along the outer rim. This piece was not ground at all, and whomever did a poor job when they cut it. I see no copper in this piece.
The second piece is smaller and it has a quartz eye and has a thin white banded area around it. It then changes to thin pink bands. There is two spots of copper on the outer edge of the specimen. This piece also was just cut and not polished, so will look great when polished. They weigh in at 39 grams. There is several wet spots as I tried to take pictures with them being wet but it did not work out.
Item #M614, cost is $35
Is two samples from the St. Louis Mine in Calumet Michigan. The first piece has two eyes, one is large the other is very small. It has crème, red, white, gray banding. There is one spot of copper on the outer edge of the agate. There are two micro fixed fractures on the face.
The second piece is one third white, and the remainder is pink. There is some white banding in the pink area. The pink area goes from solid color to light banding. It also has a semi translucent ring around the pink and white. Both were not polished past 600 grit by the way it looks. They should really polish out nice. The pair weighs in at 71 grams.
Item #M607, cost is $20
This is a highly polished and coated CH 21 copper agate. It shows great banding and the quartz eye has spots of copper in it. The specimen weighs in at 5 grams.
Item #M617, cost is $25
A two piece lot from the St. Louis Mine in Calumet Michigan. The larger specimen has a quartz eye with spots of copper. There is light colored banding around the quartz. The outer part is more banding. There is a healed fracture line across the specimen. The banding past the fracture flows and bands in a different direction than the other part. There is then that unusual thicker white band of a translucent agate as the outer part of the agate.
The smaller specimen has a small quartz eye with brown repaired fracture lines through it. It then has multicolored banding. Both specimens weigh in at 27 grams.
Item #M605, cost is $25
These two specimens are from the St. Louis Mine in Calumet Michigan. The larger specimen has a quartz center, then banding that gets darker in color as it bands outward. It also has that unusual translucent white band around it. It also has a very small eye of agate to the one side.
The other piece looks more like a quartz outer area, with an area with various reds in the darker center. The healed fractures are also red in color.
Both pieces were not cut very well, but once they are grounded and polished should look really good. They weigh in at 21 grams.
Item #M604, cost is $20
Another copper agate from the St. Louis Mine in Calumet Michigan. This is a two sided specimen, as both ends were cut. Great banding of reds, white and brown in the center and it is all surrounded by a layer of that unusual white thicker translucent band. It also has a spot of copper on the outer edge of the agate and the matrix. The flip side is half quartz and half agate. The agate part has a lot of copper spots in it. It is totally different than the other side. You can see mainly copper on the outer edge not ground. That will most likely be a copper eye, or copper banding.
Warning, someone did a horrible job in cutting this great specimen, and once completed grinding and polishing it will look super. I think this is a great specimen to show off as one side has a translucent ring, the other side does not. It weighs in at 7 grams.
Item #M609, cost is $25
This amygdule pair is in the basalt kearsarge lode matrix. Both halves have areas of white banded agate but they only extend partway through the halves. The remainder is a light cream color with a solid cream eye. Both halves has a spot or two of copper. The one half does have a spot of SILVER in it. Finding a copper infused agate with any silver is a great find, and rarely happens. The half without the silver also has another smaller half of an amygdule and it shows multicolored banding. Within the banding is a tiny cavity that has a reddish color, with a green color mineral in the center. This nice pair weighs in at 11 grams.
Item #B2, cost is $90
This amygdule is actually a quartz ball that is lined with very thin bands of agate around the edges, then there is copper bands and areas of copper throughout the agate bands. There is a bit of amethystine color on the one half. The bottom third of the set is non banded agate, and has a nice round area of copper in it. The one half has a top that looks like the top of a hersheys kiss. A nice set for jewelry or the specimen collector. The pair weighs in at 8 grams.
Item #B5, cost is $20
This is a great micro specimen of a wolverine #2 copper agate. The bottom part of the nodule is a quartz ball. Next to the quartz is another smaller section of quartz with two bands of agate in it. The quartz is outlined with thin bands of chalcedony that as it nears one end it splits into a Y. The other third of the specimen is divided by an eye of agate surrounded by quartz with sprays of copper in it. The banded agate continues around all of that section. Quite a bit going on in this specimen that weighs in at 5 grams.
Note* This pair was ground only up to 220, as I leave it up to the buyer to decide to keep as is or to have finished out. The copper in all the sections look to go pretty deep into each section.
Item #B250, cost is $20
This copper agate pair is about 70% quartz, and 30% pink banded agate. There are sprays of copper in assorted areas in the agate. The one half has a sheaf of copper extending past the amygdule, this pair weighs in at 6 grams.
Item #B1, cost is $20
A complex mix is found in this copper agate. There is copper around all of the rim, dips into the amygdule and even circles a whiter area of minerals. There are bands of green, white, pink, cream, gray, and areas of a darker clearer areas. The mixture under a loupe is amazing. Great pair for jewelry, micro collector or copper agate collector. This pair weighs in at 4 grams.
Item #B564, cost is $25 sold
This half has a white non banded center sprayed with copper. Majority of edging is copper and there is an extended area of copper hanging out away from the matrix. This half weighs in at 2 grams.
Item #B270, cost is $15
This amygdule half has a solid copper eye surrounded by an area of translucent agate, then a band of copper then more agate, another band of copper, the upper half is quartz. It is all surrounded by a band of copper. At one part, the copper extends past the rim of the amygdule. This specimen weighs less than 1 gram.
Item #B6, cost is $25 sold
This thick half of a copper agate shows several thick bands of copper along with white and green banding. A nice specimen from the wolverine #2 and weighs in at 7 grams.
Item #B4, cost is $35
This a rarer copper agate from the C&H 21 mine dumps. It is domed polished and it shows the rare reddish/purple/Carmel colored bands. I only saw 3 for sale in the 3 upper Michigan shows. The one half is agate, the other is quartz and it has a solid copper center. Most of the paint colored agates come from this mine dump. This super nice piece weighs in at 6 grams.
Item #B283, cost is $75
This wolverine #2 copper agate has the largest solid copper eye that I have seen in years. While sawing this piece in half, the smaller piece popped off the solid eye. You can see the indented area where the solid copper center matches up to it. The eye is 7/16' long. It has several very nice thicker bands of copper. These two pieces weigh in at 12 grams.
Item #B524, cost is $150
This half of a copper agate is still in the basalt matrix. Between the thick bands of copper is a small rainbow shape banding of chalcedony. It weighs in at 9 grams.
Item #B579, cost is $20
This copper agate shows a great mix of copper bands mixed in with multi colored bands of agate. It also has a half healed fracture line. The part that is healed is filled with solid copper. The large agate eye has sprays of copper in it. This specimen weighs in at less than 1 gram.
Item #B7, cost is $25
This is the rarer pair as they have two eyes mainly of native copper. The smaller eye also has a quartz area that is loaded with sprays and spots of copper in it. The larger eye is native copper mainly with some banded agate. There is also a couple bands of thin copper in the eye. The remainder is all banded agate of whites and green colors. This set would look great in jewelry as well as a great specimen. The set weighs in at 6 grams.
Item #B559, cost is $80 sold
This wolverine #2 copper agate half is a combination of banded copper with quartz and chalcedony and was only ground up to a 220 grit. When polished all the way it will be a very nice specimen piece. It weighs in at 4 grams.
Item #B336, cost is $25
This copper agate set has two distinct parts. The larger eye/area is quartz with a band of copper around part of it, then surrounded by banded agate. The smaller area is non banded agate surrounding a white chalcedony center, and weighs in at 5 grams.
Item #B417, cost is $20
Is a very unusual copper agate as it has 3 distinct eyes. The two smaller eyes have copper banding along with green mineralization bands. The larger third eye has no copper. The outer rim of the nodule is solid non banded agate or chalcedony. The half that has the large eye is all non-banded agate, while the other half with the two smaller eyes is banded. The pair weighs in at 5 grams.
Item #B453, cost is $50
This specimen is a copper lined around a hazy quartz nodule. There is also a few areas where copper extends into the interior. There is also a small piece of native copper extending beyond the body of the nodule. It weighs in at 2 grams.
Item #B343, cost is $20
I am putting this specimen in both the copper agates and the datolite listings.
One half looks to be part white datolite and the remainder is quartz which has a amethystine color to it. There is a couple of fine fixed fracture lines with red and green in color. The other patina is half white and has the datolite look to it. Datolite is rarely found at the wolverine #2. It weighs in at 3 grams.
Item #B452, cost is $30
This copper agate half is a combination of quartz, copper and agate. Some of the fractured lines are healed with copper, several others that separate the different sections are not healed. There are some thicker areas of copper around the edges. This specimen weighs in at less than a gram.
Item #B341, cost is $15
A super nice paired set from the Wolverine #2 mine dump. Eye upon eyes of copper with super defined copper banding around chalcedony. There is also an eye of copper in the main part of the solid chalcedony, but the eye is not in the other half. One of the nicer sets found at the wolverine. This set weighs in at 5 grams.
Item #E175 Cost is $250 SOLD!
This little beauty shows very nice chalcedony banding with copper on one end, and a copper eye with quartz and banded chalcedony on the other end. A classic Wolverine #2 specimen that weighs 2 grams.
Item #185 Cost is $40 sold
This very large wolverine #2 paired set is a good mixture of a quartz ball end with a light purple color, copper bands, then light pink banded chalcedony, a very wide band of copper then a pure white agate eye. The bands of copper have a multicolor hue to them from silver, red, purple. This sample has it all and weighs a hefty 15 grams.
Item #E157 Cost is $200 sold
A nice paired set from the wolverine #2 with multiple solid copper eyes and nice banded chalcedony. The one copper eye is in a patch of quartz as seen on both sides of the samples. The other side of it has a light green mineralization along with a spec of copper. This very nice pair weigh 8 grams.
Item #E158 Cost is $100 sold
A very nice paired set of copper infused agates that shows two eyes, one at each end. One is of swirls of chalcdeony with sprays of copper throughout the eye. The other eye is of a black mineral and copper in quartz with bands of quartz. In the middle, is very nice banding of pink colors of chalcedony. A super nice set that weighs in at 4 grams.
Item #181 Cost is $70 sold
This is a paired set from the Wolverine #2 and they show a mix of 2 copper eyes, banded chalcedony, quartz which has a light purple tint and a small round area of a green mineralization, which has a section of purple in it which sits in a section of quartz.There is small thin copper bands around the one copper eye. This pair weighs up at 5 grams.
Item #E159 Cost is $ 50 sold
Paired set of wolverine #2 showing mostly copper with a quartz ball which has larger crystals with a light gray coating on them. It also has a small area of green mineralization in it. The pair also has thin bands of copper around areas of quartz. This pair weighs 5 grams.
Item #E160 Cost is $150 on hold
This set shows a wide band of copper along with a copper eye mixed with both quartz and chalcedony. The set weighs in at 8 grams.
Item #E180 Cost is $150 on hold
A nice paired set that has multiple eyes of copper and chalcedony. One of the eyes is of solid copper. There is also a spot of silver on one of the eyes. Silver is rarely found in these copper infused agates. you have a quartz center with a circle of copper spots and chalcedony in it. the quartz is like a looking glass with near clear crystal. A very unusual pair. This pair weighs in at 13 grams.
Item #E182 Cost is $400 on hold contact if interested
A nice paired set from the wolverine #2 that shows a large area of banded copper with thin banding of light colored chalcedony. There is also chalcedony behind the large banded copper area. There is also another small round green colored mineralization. This set weighs 8 grams.
Item #E167 Cost is $200 sold
This nice little paired set that weighs 2 grams. The left side has a window of clearer agate, with a trace of purple of what looks like amethyst in it. the right side of the pair has two small areas of what looks like amethyst again.
Item #B420 Cost is $ 25
A nice banded pair with quartz on one end and agate banded with copper. This set weighs 7 grams.
Item #b325 Cost $50
Another paired set from wolverine #2 which shows thick bands of copper between sections of quartz. Also notice the extra copper which extends past the body of the nodule. The weight of this set is 5 grams.
Item #E161 Cost is $50 SOLD
A nice large set of wolverine copper agates shows a large bulls eye copper eye at the top. In the close up picture you can see 3 circle eyes of agate and each has a copper banding around them. there is a smaller copper eye just below the main copper banding. The lower larger section of agate changes over to quartz, then into the forming of a quartz geode. the quartz also has spots of copper in it as well. This set weighs 19 grams. This set has been grounded with a 600 grit wheel, but not polished.
Item #b370 Cost $350 sold
This is a nice copper agate shown just as it was found on the wolverine #2 pile. The solid copper eye extends out from the agate. The copper eye has what looks to be white datolite around the eye. The copper eye is in solid agate in which half way changes to multiple nice banding. A very nice specimen that shows some of the great combinations of minerals and metals. It weighs 2 grams.
Item #E152 Cost is $45 sold
This specimen has two agate eyes, the large eye has a dot of copper in it as well as some mineralization. the smaller agate eye has copper in its eye. there are at least 5 different colors of agate in this piece. It wieghs a little over 1 gram.
Item #b347 Cost $25
A nice large 9 gram piece with a large solid copper eye with a nice copper band around the copper eye. one part is quartz with copper linings around the edging, the other half is nice banded agates in 3 distinct agate bandings.
Item #b339 Cost $195 SOLD
The piece on the left has a white agate eye, with a copper band around it. It also has a small area of purple in the main body of agate. the piece on the right has 6 bands of copper around th4e agate eye. The outer part is quartz lined with copper. Total weigh is 2 grams.
Item #B356 Cost $75 sold
b328 A nice large half has two eyes of agate and scattered copper, with outer bands of nice agate, it then goes to solid agate with no banding. It also has copper lined at the opposite end of the eyes. It weighs 7 grams.
Item #B328 Cost $95 sold
A nice pair of copper agates, with two solid copper eyes, with bands of copper and agate. the one end has quartz sprayed with copper. This set weighs 15grams. it has been ground with a 600 grit wheel and not a finish polish. This pair has the largest solid copper eyes that I ever found. As thick as both pieces are, you could get another slice from the smaller end and 2 slices on the larger half.
Item #B371 Cost $215
A really nice paired set from the wolverine #2 mine dump. It shows very bright white and tan chalcedony banding with sections of quartz and bands of copper. Notice the left side half is missing a small part. This set weighs 4 grams.
Item #E164 Cost is $50 Unavailable
A very nice paired set from the wolverine #2 mine dump. It contains a very large very nice banded chalcedony eye that has a dot of copper in the eye. It also has a second smaller eye on the side of the large eye. It also has another section of chalcedony which is next to a pocket of quartz. A very nice sample showing a complex mix of minerals and metal. This set weighs 6 grams.
Item #E172 Cost is $50 Unavailable
This set of copper agate has a large copper eye in the larger piece, and a small copper eye in the smaller piece. The large copper eye also has some white agate plus dark agate and red mineralization all inside of it. this set has been ground with a 220 grit wheel, and has not been given a final polish. the set weighs 4 grams.
Item # B326 Cost $20SOLD
A single piece of a copper agate that has a separate eye on each side of it. the side showing has an eye of both white agate and creme color agate. It also has streaks of agate in 3 other spots. there is also purple showing up in the agate. Purple is rare to show up in these wolverine copper agates. The other side eye is smaller but with more of the purple coloring it, and agate in several areas. There is a green mineral in the center of this eye. A very unusual piece combing agate, copper, agate and other mineralization's in it. This piece has two separate eyes.
Item# B327 Cost $100sold
A small copper agate with a solid copper eye, with several bands of copper mixed in with the banded agate. It was ground down only to a 600 grit, and does not have a final polish. It weighs 1 gram.
Item #B350 Cost $45 sold
This item has a large quartz eye, and in the eye there is sprays of copper and a bit of white agate. It has a redband of agate, and has multiple brown layers. There is a fracture line going through the agate layers.It weighs 2 grams.
Item#B 352 Cost $45 SOLD
This unusual piece has a quartz ball on one end and it has a light purple hue to it. It also has small spots of copper included in the quartz as well. There is a eye at the middle of the specimen, It has a small quartz, agate, and copper eye. there is then more agate banding then an unusual green color in quartz, then the very end has a agate/copper eye. It weighs 6 grams.
Item #B348 Cost $25
A nice paired set that shows a solid copper eye in the center of the amygdule, with a black mineral around the eye along with some chalecdony in spots. The set weighs 7 grams.
Item #E183 Cost is $200 Unavailable
This matched set is a nice example of copper infusing into quartz. It has nice thick bands of copper running through it.
Item #B 327 Cost $25 SOLD
This matched set is a combination quartz and agate lined with copper. the one half has a solid copped agate eye with nice banding of copper and light purple agate. the other half is just bands of agate. the majority of this set is mainly quartz. the set has copper banding around the outside edges. this is a nice set showing quartz, copper and agates. the set has been given a final diamond polish.
Item #B330 Cost $40 sold
This sample is mainly quartz with some nice solid areas of copper. There is a small area of agate in the one corner. When usisng a loop, you can see different tiny colors in the quartz. The colors are purple, blue. pink. There is also a line of copper infusing into the quartz. The item weighs 7 grams.
Item #B369 Cost$40 SOLD
This paired set of copper banded agate was not cut completely through. It was lightly ground, and not polished. As a specimen it is unique in that it stands on its own. The eye is a solid copper with a gold tinge in the one half. This set weighs 3 grams.
Item #B353 Cost $165 SOLD
A nice sample of a combination of quartz, and copper infused agate. one half has a nice solid copper eye with a wide band of copper and a thin band in a nice creme and light translucent agate, the other side is quartz. The picture does not give it true justice as far as colors. Another rare sample of the mix of quartz with copper infused into the agate. The specimen weighs 2 grams.
Item #B335 Cost $65 SOLD
Wolverine #2 paired set showing nice white chalcedony banding in the eye with thin bands of copper around the eye and on the rims. The copper banding has red, purple, and copper coloring. The set weighs 3 grams.
Item# E162 Cost is $ 50 Unavailable
A nice sample of a banded agate with copper infused on the one side. When viewed with a loop, it looks like the bands of agate are around thin layered rounded seams of quartz. a great micro sample of mixing of minerals and metal. The weight of the sample is 1 gram.
Item #B362 Cost $45 SOLD
This paired set is a nice and unusual set. It has white agate with swirls of purple throughout the white agate. It also has sprays of copper all through the agates. One half of the pieces are about 25 domed chambers of quartz with small bands of agate around them. There is also splotches of what looks like amethyst in them. There is also a large amount of green mineralization as well. This is a great micro mineral specimen. The weight of this set is 4 grams.
Item #B375 Cost $45 SOLD
This wolverine set is a large quartz amygdule with very nice bands of native copper. I cannot tell if it is quartz or chalcondony between the bands of copper. This large set weighs in at 15 grams.
Item #E171 Cost is $80 Unavailable
A copper agate in a basalt matrix from the wolverine mine dump. It has a solid copper eye surrounded by a light green crystal mineralization, then bands of white and creme agate, with a small area of banded red agate. There is also a streak of copper going into the agate from the other end of the amygdule. There is also a small quartz lined bubble on the other face. Some of the quartz crystals have a green mineral coating. The bubble extends back and bends to the left. This specimen weighs 2 ounces.
Item # B387 Cost $25 SOLD
This sample shows a large solid copper eye which has a spot of silver on it. It also has bands of light color chalcedony and some quartz. Finding any silver in these infused agates is very rare. This sample weighs in at 2 grams. The spot on the copper eye is just a light reflection.
Item #184 Cost is $75 Unavailable
A nice large copper infused agate and quartz sample. It has a creme agate eye that has streaks and bands of copper around it along with bands of creme, white and clear colors. There is also several streaks of copper in the eye. It then has a band of copper around it and separates it from the quartz part. There is another small spot of agate near the dark mineralization. There is also some copper banding around the quartz portion. It weighs 9 grams.
Item #B340 Cost $25
A matched pair of copper agates. There are many thin bands of white, tan, and crème colors. There are also several very thin bands of copper in the agate in both halves. One the one half, there is a band of copper just 4 bands up from the center. There is then a section of crème non-banded agate with sprays of copper throughout this section. One half has several fractures the other has none. The weight of this paired set weighs 5 grams.
Item #B332 Cost $25
A 3 piece grouping showing different minerals and metal found at the wolverine mine.
The larger paint agate has 6 small eyes formed on its outer edge. Of the two larger eyes, one has an agate center with quartz isolating it from bands of crème and white bands of agate. The other eye is all agate in bands of different colors.
The second copper agate has a nice solid eye of copper with multiple thin bands of copper going through darker agate, then a section of lighter crème agate color, another band of copper. The other part of the nodule is quartz, which has a small circle of copper at its end surrounding a small spot of agate.
The third sample has a circle of crème agate then surrounded by a combination of pink and white agate, which changes into quartz, and agate. There are copper bands around the entire nodule.
These 3 pieces weigh 4 grams.
Item #B357 Cost $40 sold
This lot consists of one half of a copper agate, and one half of another copper agates. The larger piece is a paint agate found at the bottom of the wolverine #2 pile. One half of it has a dark green eye with bands of white, pink and green bands. What makes this a strange agate is that the bands start out as pink then change to greens. The halves are separated by a green mineral line. That is copper also showing up in the darker green area on top. I was only ground to 220 as I was afraid to lose any copper in the darker green area.
The other half is a dark green crystal with a nice spray of copper in it. This half has a bubble of pink expanding into it from the rim. The pink color goes completely around the specimen. It has not been given a final polish only ground up to 600 grit. you can see some rough spots on it yet. This weighs less than a gram.
The second specimen has an eye with a white agate or quartz center rimmed with copper, then a nice wide band of white chalcedony . It then has very fine bands of copper mixed clear crystal with a purple hue, and white chalcedony . It also has copper going around the outside of the majority of the sample. This specimen weighs less than a gram.
This lot is a great addition for the micro mount collectors.
Lot #B351 Cost $40
A wolverine #2 paired set that has an almost solid copper eye, with nice colored chalcedony banding. This set have been ground but not polished.
This set weighs 2 grams.
Item #E165 Cost is $25 Unavailable
This large paired set from wolverine #2 shows a large area of quartz with copper banding around the outside. there is also one small pocket of chalcedony by the spot of copper located just inside the quartz area. This set weighs 7 grams.
Item #E166 Cost is $100 Unavailable
This half of a copper agate shows nice copper banding around the outer edge of the specimen. One end has a small spur of copper extending past the outer rim. That same end is all crème color agate with several arcs of copper along the sides. There is a small area of copper and purple mineralization in the center. The other part of the amygdule is quartz. The weight of this piece is 2 grams.
Item #B343 Cost $30 SOLD
This small two piece set shows a copper eye on the left hand specimen, and copper bands on the right specimen. They weigh a total of 1 gram.
Item #B349 Cost $25 SOLD
This set shows a nice thick banding of copper around a chalcedony eye all on the edge of a quartz ball. This set is ground but not polished. This set weighs 2 grams.
Item #E168 Cost is $50 Unavailable
This wolverine #2 set shows quartz area and the chalcedony areas both lined with copper with copper also banding in with the pink chalcedony. This set is ground but not polished. The set weighs in at 4 grams.
Item E170 Cost is $50 Unavailable
This set shows an eye and banding of copper and chalcedony in one area on a ball of quartz. The right half shows a thin band of chalcedony along the rim. This set weighs 4 grams.
Item #E179 Cost is $50 Unavailable
A very nice paired paint agates with specs of copper. The color combination is great with pinks, whites, greens, purple, and creme. Trying to focus in on all the different agate eyes was rough, but still the pictures do not give it justice. The multiple banding of various colors makes this a micro collectors dream. There is flexs of copper in both halves. The smaller half picture #3 weighs 1 gram, the last picture of the larger piece weighs 3 grams. Another nice pair from Kearsarge Michigan. Note: there are still some minor saw marks on the faces, but the collector did not want to go down any deeper on the face.
Item #393 Cost $60 SOLD
A nice paired set from wolverine #2 that shows multiple eyes of copper with some copper banding around banded chalcedony with quartz filling up the rest of the amygdule. This set weighs less than 1 ounce.
Item #E169 Cost is $50 Unavailable
This wolverine paired set shows nice multiple bands of copper mixed with both chalcedony and quartz. This set weighs 3 grams
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This paired set shows mainly quartz with two bands of copper mixed with a small area of chalcedony, this set weighs 4 grams
Item #E179 Cost is $50 Unavailable
This paired set from wolverine #2 shows a large spot of copper with banded chalcedony. This set weighs 7 grams.
Item #E177 Cost is $25 sold
This lot consists of two paired sets from the wolverine #2. The larger set has a copper swirl center between quartz and agate. The smaller set has a solid copper eye in quartz. The quartz in both sets has a light purple hue to them. This lot weighs 11 grams.
Item #E163 Costs $100 Unavailable
This unusual wolverine #2 specimen shows many distinct copper eyes on one half and a smaller amount on the other half. all in a mixture of quartz and chalcedony with yellow and green mineralization as well. there is two small cavities as well one at each end. This set weighs in at 16 grams.
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When Is Really The Best Time For Gold And Argent Trading?
It is up to you to apperceive the appropriate time to go into gold and argent trading, but as consistently you charge acceptable ability afore you can advance answers. There are processes to accede such as alive the blazon of archive to appraise or trading strategies to use. The appropriate advice and ability can advice you arise up with able trading strategies for these adored metals.
One of the affliction problems traders acquaintance if ambidextrous with gold, is alive if to appropriate the trend beforehand afore the drive expires. If you are accomplished in banking markets, you ability accept heard of the saying: "the trend is your friend…until it ends". This agency that you charge to acquisition the action that enables you to appropriate the trend aboriginal afore the closing stages of its momentum, so you will not end up accepting into the trend too backward or too early.
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Banks That Advertise Gold Bill – A Safer Way To Buy Them
Gold investors can acquirement gold bill from banks, but not all banks advertise gold coins, alone some of them do. Banks that advertise gold bill are abiding to advertise accurate coins. This is acceptable for the new investors in gold, abnormally if you do not apperceive of any gold agent or banker yet.
Purchasing gold banknote bill at the coffer accomplish you accept accord of apperception back you are assured of accepting the appropriate barter bulk for your coins. The bulk of gold changes every day and usually if you acquirement some, it will be based on the accepted atom price.
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Gold and Argent IRS Advertisement Requirements – What Are The Rules?
Perhaps you accept fabricated the accommodation to alpha advance in gold and silver. You apperceive it's the appropriate affair to do in adjustment to bottle your purchasing ability of your dollars and your assets, but you wish to acquisition out what the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) advertisement requirements are first.
In the United States there is NO LIMIT to the bulk of adored metals you can own. You can buy as abundant as you wish and not accept to anguish about advertisement your purchases. If it comes to affairs gold and silver, neither the metals banker nor the chump is appropriate to address the acquirement of any adored metal, in any quantity, at any time, to the IRS. There is no IRS anatomy for advertisement adored metals transactions.
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BizMail 2.1 Spam Exploit
From: Jason Frisvold (xenophage0_at_gmail.com)
Date: 02/18/05
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Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 08:48:11 -0500 To: firstname.lastname@example.com
Greetings all,
Over the course of the last few months I've been the victim of
repeated abuses of a web-based form commonly used for customer
requests. This form can be downloaded here :
This form allowed a hacker to directly call the cgi, forge a referer
url, and, with carefully crafted data, send spam emails without
notifying the admin of the site. Below is the email I sent to the
author of Bizmail. He was intially skeptical, but worked with me and
has released a new version, 2.2, which fixes this exploit.
This is my first bugtraq posting, so if anyone has any suggestions on
how to improve future reports, please feel free to email me off-list.
---- After setting up additional logging and notifications, I was finally able to determine how this exploit works. Through reading the code and some general experimentation I was able to determine that the only required argument for the script is the email argument. A simple multi-line message, beginning with a newline, can be used to re-write the email headers and send spam to any destination, regardless of the hard-coded send_to addresses. Because none of the other optional variables are set, no response messages are sent. The only hint that someone has abused the script is information entered into the datafile, if the datafile is enabled. I had enabled the okurls feature as well. This feature ensures that the referer url matches a list of allowed referer urls. Unfortunately, the referer is not something that can be trusted, as this is sent by the browser. So, this is very easily fooled. In fact, the individual(s) that were abusing the script on our system reported a User-Agent of "Microsoft URL Control - 6.00.8169", which appears to be some sort of COM/OLE control which can be programmed to send a specific referer address. Without the need for programming your own COM/OLE control, there is a simple way to test this out. Place the following into an HTML file : <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Exploit Test Page</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <form action="http://www.example.com/cgi-bin/bizmail/bizmail.cgi" method="POST" name="Subscribe"> <TEXTAREA rows="5" name="email"></TEXTAREA> <INPUT TYPE="submit" VALUE="Submit" class="submit"> </FORM> </BODY> </HTML> In the textbox that pops up, enter in the following (begin by hitting enter to insert a blank line) From:email@example.com To:firstname.lastname@example.com Subject:Exploit Test This is a test Click submit. You'll receive an email from the bizmail script, but you won't receive the normal contact email. You can check the .dat file and see a copy of what you sent. I believe there's a simple fix for this. The variable, $formdata{'email'}, should be checked for invalid characters, such as carriage returns and line feeds. In addition, neither the smtp nor sendmail module should be called if the $MAIN_mail_send variable is not set. A subject should probably be required as well. As per the suggested guidelines of the securityfocus bugtraq list, I would like to hear back from you within one week. In the interest of security, I will be posting details of this exploit to the bugtraq list after one week if I have not heard back from you. -- Jason 'XenoPhage' Frisvold firstname.lastname@example.com
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TV Blurb: Sam leaps into a starship captain trapped in a concentration camp, and his interrogator looks just like Al.
Archer and Mayweather are imprisoned "for their own protection" with Suliban inmates who are not part of the Cabal. Teleplay by Mike Sussman & Phyllis Strong; Story by Rick Berman and Brannon Braga. Directed by David Livingston.
I never watched
Quantum Leap
as the premise didn't interest me, so I miss the nostalgia aspect of this episode. But by the time of Enterprise, I already knew of Scott Bakula and particularly guest Dean Stockwell's work through other productions. I had seen some of Stockwell's films from when he was a child, like
The Green Years
The Boy With Green Hair
The Happy Years
, and from his later tv and film work, including an especially memorable performance crooning into a worklamp in
Blue Velvet
. So even as a non QL fan, it's fun to see these two guys working together.
Travis gets some good scenes involving racism and prejudice mostly in scenes with Vorta vet Christopher Shea as a pessimistic Suliban prisoner. Another Vorta vet, Dennis Christopher, becomes Archer's Suliban ally in planning an escape. David Kagen is effective as the sadistic guard that usually shows up in prison movies.
The story draws attention to the internment of Japanese-Americans into euphemistic relocation camps during WWII. This event was so glossed over in American history texts when I was in high school (late 1960s), it was a genuine shock to me when I saw the 1976 television film "Farewell to Manzanar". Mike Sussman is on record (at Memory Alpha) as not fully comfortable with the morality play aspect of the episode, and I understand his concerns. But if news of Manzanar surprised me 30 years after the fact, I think it's a story that needs to be told and must be told, so that all of us remember.
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Monthly Archives: May 2011
Eric Coffin : What's Next?
Eric Coffin - Talks about commodities and the markets. …Listen to Podcast
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SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Federal prosecutors in San Diego say a Florida software executive has been sentenced to 2½ years in prison and ordered to pay $2.6 million in restitution after pleading guilty to stock fraud.
The 51-year-old Rizzo, whose company developed software to track inventories, pleaded guilty in August to using offshore boiler rooms to solicit investments for the company's penny stock without disclosing that only 20 percent of the investments went to the companies and the rest was the boiler room's commission.
According to the plea agreement, Rizzo and sold millions of shares of stock through a shell company in the British Virgin Islands to avoid federal securities scrutiny.
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To help harder-to-adopt dogs find loving homes, the Sun-News spotlights an animal in hopes of igniting a spark in the hearts of our readers. Many dogs at the Animal Service Center of the Mesilla Valley are easily overlooked. Maybe they're too big, too old or just look goofy. Our goal is to pinpoint the character of each animal by way of photography in order to shed new light on these so-called shabby mutts.
If interested, visit the Animal Service Center at 3551 Bataan Memorial West, or call 575-382-0018. The dog featured in this photo can be adopted free.
Name : Mr. T
Gender: Male
Breed: Shepherd mix
Age: 2.5 years
Mr. T has been a resident of that Animal Service Center of the Mesilla Valley since Aug. 7, 2013. The dog's long legs are quite endearing, and he has a puppy-like personality. He likes to take walks on the leash with the workers at the shelter, and is interested in new things. Mr. T will need a large area for playing because of his healthy energy level.


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5 Free enhanced Kindle ebooks now available from Vook
Every so often Vook will put some of their titles on sale or even give them away for free. Right now you can get 5 titles. Actually, if you don't mind giving up all the enhancements, you can get a few dozen titles for free. but I don't know why you'd bother.
The enhancements only work in the iOS apps, so if you have an iGadget then you should get these free apps.
Western Civilization 101
American Revolution 101
Civil War 101
Ancient Greece 101
World War I 101
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Welcome Lefty
They're backwards, not us!
Welcome to LeftyGuitarTrader.com, one of the world's only websites dedicated to left-handed guitars and guitarists! I have created this site with the intentions of providing a much needed forum and lounge for lefty guitarists from across the world to come together and talk, share, and buy and sell left-handed guitars and related gear. The plight of the left-handed guitarist is world renown. Hopefully if we all come together we can learn from each other, share ideas and point others in the right direction when possible. Please visit the forum and join our community! As always, everything is free here.The searching is over, you fit in here!
L2k!!! We've made it
It's been over 5 years since we started this place and we've finally hit another milestone. 2,000 members! Thanks to everyone for joining, buying, selling, breaking news or just trolling other members
Alright, now onto business. If you haven't yet signed up for the forum do it now. If you are a member and just lurk, start posting! Happy Friday!
Lefty Creativity Day!
Round of applause to rockinbluesfan for going the custom hand-made route and making this KICK ASS lefty strat table. Consider me jealous, this is the perfect compliment to a studio/man cave. Let me know if you need my shipping address!
- Jesse
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The Long Way is a sci-fi first person shooter game. This game is about a very big political conspiracy, which went out of control and had a very bad consequences on Earth and people.
This is our second release. In it, you must get out from a PHOL_LABS underground station on Venus. Luckily, there is a teleporter which can get you straight to the Earth.
Posted by Sgw32 on Oct 5th, 2012
Although I did not warn you about the date of release, it is now available for download. :D
PreludeYou survived after the PHOL_LABS accident in PHOL_LABS undergrounds, but you are bleeding and soon you see a group of monsters, and a door near them. You blocked the door, and closed it. Unfortunately, you fell down in a shock. You get up and remember everything. You are lucky, the place you appeared is an emergency station. It has a teleportation complex in it! Now you should find a way to turn it on and get out of there.
The new features in this demo is a 3d-computer screens. Now it has an interface in it.
Please read readme.txt for some quick info, or read the info about the previous part.
The story is connected to the first demo, but the game happens in different locations. In the first demo it's PHOL_LABS RTS Venus station, which is destroyed in the end of first demo. In this demo you can read some references to the first demo.
Now some info about the future of the project. I plan developing the full game. However, I'm entering the university this year, and it's difficult to make the games and to study at one time.
I'll try to make some quick sketches of maps.
We need many people in our, and maybe it doesn't matter, how can you help us. If you can, please send me letters to email@example.com
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Release Date: 2007-10-26
Genre: Drama,
Rating: NR
Duration: 1hr 43min
Mikkel (15) lives a good life with his mother in Oslo. Here he has heaps of friends and spends most of his day on a skateboard. When his mum gets a new job, Mikkel has to move to a small village and start all over. In this village skateboard no longer matters and snowboard is the new big thing. To be accepted by the new kids, Mikkel has to go into training. On top of that he falls in love with the girlfriend of the villages best snowboarder.
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Summary:Vincent is a brilliant young man who has not taken the fast track that his studies gave him. He works as a baggage handler in an airport and willingly steals objects from travellers. His colleague Gerard forces open the suitcase of a Syrian diplomat and is killed following the explosion of a bottle of perfume. The DST makes Vincent accept a deal: in exchange for collaborating with the French and British secret services to find those involved in the explosion, he will not be prosecuted for his thefts. The investigation leads him to London where he has to get close to Peter Burton, a British businessman. The DST and MI5 suggest that Vincent should seduce Burton's French wife Claire.


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Someone has very kindly help get me started on a mass rename script for renaming PDF files.
As you can see I need to add a bit of logical to stop the below happening - so something like add a unique number to a duplicate file name?
rename 's/^(.{5}).*(\..*)$/$1$2/' *
rename -n 's/^(.{5}).*(\..*)$/$1$2/' *
Annexes 123114345234525.pdf renamed as Annex.pdf
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Vladimir Nabokov once said, "A writer should have the precision of a poet and the imagination of a scientist."
The need to say exactly what you mean in written and spoken communication seems obvious, but when it comes to some of the English language's most similar word-pairs ("big" and "large," and "sure" and "certain," for example), the subtleties are difficult even for grammarians to untangle.
Most of the world's prominent grammarians have reached consensus for the appropriate uses of many often-confused word pairs. I explore the details of many of these grammatical errors in The Big Ten of Grammar and am sharing the grammarian's official verdict on the usage of five commonly confused word-pairs.
Both are used to express no doubt about something, but they are used differently depending on how one concludes that there is no doubt. "Sure" is used to express one's belief of no doubt through intuition or feeling: "I am sure she loves me" or "I am sure we will get the apartment we want" or "I'm sure my life is going to get better." "Certain" is used when one's conclusion of no doubt is based on facts, evidence, or definite grounds of some kind: "After reading the police report, I am certain the man is innocent" or "My research makes me certain my theory is correct" or "After studying the minutes, I am certain the city council made the right decision."
The traditional uses of "less" and "fewer" are being increasingly ignored. Except in mathematical equations where numbers are defined as being "less than" or "greater than" other numbers, "less" should be used to refer to bulk or a general quantity, while "fewer" should be used to refer to individual items or to a number, to something that can be counted. "I spend less time shopping in traditional stores, and I expect what I buy online to be shipped in fewer than three days." "School begins in fewer than three weeks." "Express Lane--fewer than 15 items." "Fewer" than fifteen people applied for the job." "I have fewer customers this year and less money." "Having less business means needing fewer trucks." "I advertised less and ended up with fewer customers." Using these word-pairs in their traditional ways definitely clarifies comparisons.
The interchangeable use of "further" and "farther" was first used in the Middle English period, the twelfth to the fifteenth century. The two words continued to be used interchangeably until about seventy-five years ago. Since then they have been thoroughly vetted by grammarians and are now uniformly used in similar, but slightly different, ways. "Further" is used to indicate time, degree, or quantity (no notion of distance is indicated): "I need to look into the matter further before making a decision" or "My research needs to go further before writing the report" or "This investigation needs to go further than previous ones." "Farther," on the other hand, is used to indicate distance: for example, "Bill ran farther than Joe," or "Chicago is farther from St. Louis than Kansas City is" or "The next service station is farther down the road."
"Big" is a Scandinavian word originally meaning important or of great significance: "big deal" or "big man" (important leader or government office holder, officer in an organization or company). "Big" is now used to refer to something that is big in size or importance, but not humungous or terribly out of proportion. "Large" comes from the English and French. Originally it was used in the sense of extravagant, lavish, exuberant, or lush and was considered an undesirable characteristic. "Large" gradually has come to refer to something that is very considerable in size or importance--out of proportion or overly large--but not necessarily an undesirable characteristic. "Large" is generally thought of as being much greater and more comprehensive than "big." Deciding which to use requires making a judgment call as to just how big or large something is.
About sixty-five years ago distinguishing between the uses of "often" and "frequently" was given a great deal of attention in England. In the United States, however, until a few years ago, little attention was paid to the meanings of the two words, and they were used interchangeably. Now, grammarians in the United States have gotten on board, and grammatical standards for using "often" and "frequently" have taken root. "Often" is used to indicate something happening many times, repeatedly, time and again--the expected norm. "Frequently" encompasses the same things as "often" and adds to it the idea of the expected norm happening at short or rapid intervals. The bottom line is this: there is a subtle difference in how these two words are used, and it takes a discriminating judgment call to determine how frequently something happens.
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Do you have a bad hair day always and feels like you don't want to go out without a hood to cover your hair? Maybe you have a static hair that gives you an uncomfortable feeling. Actually, taking care of your hair is seems like to be the most important thing to do for girls. As we always say; crowning glory of a woman is their hair so, why not get the best treatment and advices that can help you rejuvenate your static hair? If a person has problems with their hair, the first thing to do is to examine what or how worst your hair is. Then, go to grocery stores and buy a shampoo that best suits your hair. Do not forget to add conditioner to it so it will smoothen your hair.
Here are a few steps on what you can do when youre looking to get rid of that static for good
Then taking a bath put an exact amount of shampoo into your hair and massage it evenly. After you feel like you already remove the dust or dirt in your hair, washed it thoroughly with water. Apply enough amount of conditioner to your hair and gently massage it. Leave the conditioner for 5 minutes in your hair to penetrate the treatment. After few minutes, washed it with water leaving no residue on your hair (this is to avoid dandruff) and blow-dry it. After doing this, you will feel a sudden change of the texture in your hair. It will make your hair softer and smoother. If ever you noticed that this does not give any effect or result to your static hair, you can visit any beauty salon that has staffs who are expert in hair treatments. They can check whether it is static or not and will give you the best treatment that will help you achieve the best hair that you want.
However, some girls do not like to go to beauty salon to have a treatment; and instead they will cut their hair short like it is almost bald. They said this is one of the best things to do to avoid the static. Cutting it will give it a chance to grow back into its normal type. Making it a little reborn and might give back a natural look to you. Try these things so you will see the results. There is no harm in trying somehow. Static hair is nothing to worry about. All you need to do is to take off your hood and give yourself a chance.
While you can take many of these paths, youre going to find that sometimes its just not going to go away. You can also look into the atmosphere of your house. If you have a dryer climate, you may want to invest into a humidifier. You will also find that there are many products online that you can consider purchasing. If youre having a hard time with this one, you can consult with a salon near you for more information.
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Thank you folks! Going by the strong consensus, guess I'll have to be more careful with my reel next time.
Bill: It appears as though you've seen my reel Yes, I usually get a couple of empty spirals at the end. Used to think they were just buffers.
I normally don't use the metal clip at all and just start rolling on the middle bars.Is the clip really that important?
I ask because after watching a few YouTube video lessons (Art of Photography by Ted Forbes), it seemed like the clip can be ignored.
Albada: Not sure if Hewes will be available where I am. However, the reel I'm using looks really really similar to Hewes'.
Ezzie: Thank you. I was surprised about the dev results too. Destroyed my first roll (soda was probably too strong, and not anhydrous), but from the second roll onwards, getting at least 26-28 frames right.
Hopefully, that number will get to 37 once I learn how to load properly onto the reel.


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Horror film star Bruce Campbell hosts evening at the Pabst
Bruce Campbell, king of "B" movies and lord of chins, will host a live "Evening with Bruce Campbell," at the Pabst Theater at 8 p.m. March 2.
Campbell is best know for his starring roles in the cheesy, quirky horror classics "Evil Dead," "Evil Dead II" and "Army of Darkness" but he has also appeared in all three "Spider-Man" films and the surprising nuanced horror spoof/social commentary "Bubba Ho-tep." »Read Full Article
Justin Vernon's Volcano Choir gives Pabst a phenomenal night
Volcano Choir's national exposure, its "Jimmy Fallon" appearance, its first-ever, major U.S. tour — it can all be credited to its frontman Justin Vernon, the Eau Claire artist behind Bon Iver.
But Vernon couldn't take all the credit for Saturday's sold-out Pabst Theater show. »Read Full Article(4)
MSO, chorus and more bring Ravel, Stravinsky pieces to life
It takes a village to perform Ravel's "Daphnis and Chloe."
The Uihlein Hall stage was filled to apparent capacity Friday evening as the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Milwaukee Symphony Chorus, guest conductor Roberto Abbado and several extra musicians gave a riveting performance of the complete ballet score of "Daphnis." »Read Full Article
Rep puts it all on the line with extraordinarily honest 'Venus'
"How far should we go?"
In David Ives' "Venus in Fur," the actress asking that question is ostensibly inquiring about how much of the script to read during her audition. But in a play where lines continually bend and double, Vanda Jordan is also wondering whether the man assessing her is willing to be honest about the meaning of his play, his desires and his life. »Read Full Article
Kids in the Hall's Kevin McDonald teaching ComedySportz workshop
Canadian comedy troupe the Kids in the Hall gave the world the Chicken Lady, the Headcrusher and Buddy Cole--and has maintained a fervent cult following 18 years after its TV series went off the air.
Now you can learn their comic tricks first-hand when troupe member Kevin McDonald comes to ComedySportz Milwaukee, 420 S. 1st St., for a two-day, 14-hour sketch comedy workshop Nov. 16 and 17. »Read Full Article(1)
Digital Billboard Art Month; Antiques Show; ARToberfest
Looking up
I-94 and some streets in old Milwaukee become art galleries this week as part of Digital Billboard Art Month. IN:SITE, the temporary public art masters, working with the area's outdoor advertising leaders, the mayor's office and local arts and scholastic organizations, are putting on an art show in the air using 18 digital billboards. These special billboards will be on display Tuesday through Oct. 10. »Read Full Article
Performing Arts Events
Barnes & Noble Bayshore: Jenifer LeClair "Cold Coast," 2 p.m. Sept. 29, 5755 N. Bayshore Drive, Glendale, (414) 967-1610. »Read Full Article
Milwaukee Film Festival pick: Day Three
The Milwaukee Film Festival cruises into the weekend with 27 screenings Saturday alone.
There's an appearance by Milwaukee director and "Soul Food" creator George Tillman Jr. at a screening of his new R-rated film "The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete," at 7:30 p.m. at the Oriental, and of his 2009 film "Notorious" at noon at the Downer Theater. »Read Full Blog Post


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If you read SbB regularly you know of my affection for Danish tennis player Caroline Wozniacki:
She broke through in her tennis career last summer, making the finals of the U.S. Open.
(Oh. My. GOD.)
She's also rapidly becoming the most popular hottie in pro sports. (Danica? She's yours.) In other words, I'm a little flummoxed SPORTS ILLUSTRATED didn't include Woz in this year's swimsuit issue.
But so long as her career doesn't collapse from now to next February, I'm guessing Wozniacki's on SI's radar now for a future shoot. Let's hope so.
The only quibble I have with a lot of the SI athlete shoots is the makeup and photoshop can be overdone at times. We love these women for their natural beauty, so to me you're diminishing the spirit of their appearance in the mag if you go out of your way in an attempt to mask their so-called imperfections.
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Skateboarding Connecting Youth In Ethiopia
How it Started:
"Ethiopia Skate began as a peer group of young skateboarders led by 16 year old Abenezer Temesgen who would practice and share gear every weekend. As the community grew it attracted photographer Sean Stromsoe and other foreign skaters who each made their own imprint on the history of skating in Ethiopia. We are stoked to learn language, balance, and patience through skating with friends.
We are an international group of skateboarders working to make the world more connected.
We vision to connect Ethiopian skateboarders and coordinate opportunities for foreign skaters to link up with locals at skate spots around the country. We want to give access to equipment and maintain skate spots as we help guide this influential youth culture" – ethiopiaskate.org)
Ethiopia Skate | Skateboard Journey
"Basically it's a bunch of young skaters from every spectrum of life (rich to poor) helping each other progress through skating. The community gives a platform for skaters in Ethiopia to meet each other and meet foreign skaters when they visit.
We are getting several hundred boards in the next couple months and will be passing them out to youth organizations, schools, and individuals to help the sport grow, because now there is no access to skateboards (even for purchase)" – Sean Stromsoe.
Ethiopia Skate | A Message to the World
Interview with Sean Stromsoe (Ethiopia Skate Member and Photographer):
When did Ethiopia Skate officially form?
Ethiopia Skate started as a peer group of young skaters in Addis Ababa who on weekends would meet and practice in a vacant taxi parking lot. They were lead by 16 year old Abenezer Temesgen. With a major lack of gear and no place to buy a board in all of Ethiopia, they helped each other keep rolling by sharing their own gear. I met them by coincidence one day in June 2013 and we launched a campaign to connect these skaters to the world community in an effort to make a skate park and get more decks for the 30+ kids. We ended up discovering that there were more young Ethiopian skaters and several German and Swedish skaters living in Addis Ababa, and the community was born.
What type of initial reception did you get from the local kids and their parents?
It really depends on the person, but most are thrilled to see skateboarding and cheer when the skaters land difficult tricks. Some guards think the wheels will crack the concrete while others encourage the experienced skaters to jump their stairs or whatnot.
Do you or any of the members of the team speak the languages spoken in Ethiopia? If not, how did/do you guys deal with the language barrier?
I'm learning to speak Amharic, the main language spoken in Ethiopia's capitol. School in Ethiopia is taught in English so it's easy to communicate with simple phrases. Right now there are only 2 skaters from abroad working with us in Addis, the rest are local. Everything has been happening on a community basis, since most of the kids don't have phones they communicate directly with each other when there's a skate session or when we need to meet at the skate spots.
How much has Ethiopia Skate grown from its initial start?
In a year Ethiopia Skate has kept this core group of skaters rolling while connecting many local beginners and experienced visitors. We've built small ramps at youth centers and schools and are working on an actual park. Social media has been our best friend throughout all of this, by connecting a small group of skaters in Ethiopia to the world community. It's really rewarding to show the world a different side of Ethiopia but also a different side of skateboarding, something closer to it's roots.
Where do you see Ethiopia skate going in the next five years?
The introduction of skateboarding in Ethiopia is looking similar to its beginnings in Los Angeles so many years ago, a bunch of kids eager to find skate able spots and pioneer a sport that thrives in the concrete jungle. In five years we think there will be hundreds if not thousands of new skaters across Ethiopia as access to gear will become more readily accessible.
Our German buddy Daniel Scheidler has been working on a locally produced longboard which can be seen here: afrigadget.
Thanks to our supporters
Cali Am Jam Bringing Skateboarding and Health Awareness Together As One
Cali Am Jam is a nationally recognized skateboarding contest series founded by Robert Ferguson and House of Marley skater Karl Watson. Cash prizes, merchandise giveaways and a full scholarship to the Element YMCA Summer Skate Camp are just a few highlights of Cali Am Jam. This all age and skill set event is based in Northern California and brings out a beautiful crop of event seekers.
Not only does this community driven event put on an amazing skateboard competition, but it also raises awareness to problems that affect the community. 2014 focused on Diabetes in the Bay Area, Cancer Awareness near the state capital and Autism support in the Central Valley. What better way to spread awareness than to gather your community together over a little competition.
"Platform for our youth: It's highly important to re-edify the youth and get them more involved with the community whether its skateboarding, filming or lending a hand and being creative"
House of Marley supports initiatives that get the community aware and active. We thank Robert and Karl for their hard work and dedication to those around them. Now go grab some friends and show them up with that tre flip. Roll forever!
Check out their video from their last event of the year:
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Skate Legend Karl Watson Joins Team Marley
How do you explain Karl Watson's skate style in one word? Butter. Whether on a ledge, rail, Hubba, manny pad, hill or regular old curb, Karl is as smooth as possible on four wheels. His effortless command is something rarely seen. That's why we're extremely excited to welcome Karl as the newest member of Team Marley.0440000
Growing up in the skateboarding mecca of San Francisco, everything in Karl's skate life came organically. Living amongst legendary spots like Embarcadero and Pier 7, he learned from some of the best and pushed his skills forward with a natural ability. "I've been skating for 25 years and being an ambassador of House of Marley is an honor to me," Karl says of joining Team Marley.
In addition to his skateboarding evolution, Karl has parlayed his positive vibes into doing charity work with his organization, Karl's Kauses. "Karl's Kauses and OneLove mesh well as we both strive to give back to our communities," Karl states. Working together with other skaters, Karl's Kauses strives to bring skateboarding to kids around the world.
In 2003, Karl took a life changing trip to Bob Marley's home country. "I visited Jamaica with a group of 25 skaters in hopes of introducing skateboarding to the youth of the island," Karl says of his experience. "We assembled and gave away 200 complete skateboards. We also built two ramps in some of the roughest villages in Jamaica."
Karl's love for Bob Marley started at a young age and says "[Bob's] positive message helped me become the person I am today." Yet, it was his trip to Jamaica further cemented the influence of Bob on his life. "While I was there I became even more inspired by Bob Marley's legacy. I saw many murals of him and everybody had the utmost respect for the legend."
Between his sick style, charity work and overall positive attitude, Karl Watson truly embodies what it means to be a member of Team Marley. We're extremely excited to have him on board and look forward to seeing him skate for many years to come.
Bonus: Karl's creative flow is something to be seen and not read about. Check out these tight clips below of Karl showing off his neighborhood and talking about his skating past, present and future.
House of Marley Approved: Stereo Remix Vinyl Cruiser
Summer means it's time to bomb hills and get wild in the streets. Stereo Skateboards brand new Remix Vinyl Cruiser offers the best option for shredding in style as owners Jason Lee and Chris Pastras have built the perfect old school skateboard. Dubbed "banana boards" in a prior life, the new Remix model has a wider nose and longer tail for easier control.
House of Marley Wraps up The Transworld C.U.T. Tour in New York
Taking over the hot concrete of New York's Lower East Side, nearly a hundred amateur skaters took to Coleman Park to compete in the final round of the Transworld C.U.T. Tour this past week. Fighting for the top prize of one of our earth-friendly bags filled with skate gear from companies like WESC, ShakeJunt, Coal and DeathWish, the competition was frenetic and fierce.
Sick grinds and wall rides ruled the day with many of the skaters hitting the park's quarter pipe-to-wall ride for an insane jam session. A.J. Rodriguez hit the top of the fence with a huge 50-50 while Jordan Trahan and Keith Hardy littered wall rides all over the place. As sketchy and insane as some of these tricks were, tech skating ruled the day with crazy grinds propelling Tyshawn Jones and Andrew Valencia to victory.
Winning the Prime C.U.T. award for his super shred-heavy style and long flowing locks, Piro Sierra dropped epic boardslides over the rainbow rail and a few grinds on the ledge-to-quarter. A busted arm couldn't keep Tyshawn Jones from getting third with some crazy frontside flips, while Steven Farmer brought home second with his gnarly bag of tricks. None could stop Andrew Valencia though, the Transworld C.U.T. Tour winner for New York dropped bluntside after bluntslide and flip after flip in each of his lines.
With the C.U.T. Tour officially over, Transworld Skateboarding is challenging the winners from each of the six stops to piece together their best skate video. With less than a month to get all the footy they can, each of the C.U.T. finalists videos will be put on the web for users to vote on for the overall winner of the whole tour. The winner selected by the fans will receive the ultimate prize of a spotlight article in an upcoming issue of Transworld. For an am skater, there is nothing better than this kind of killer profile to document your style.
Bonus: Check out the footage from the Transworld C.U.T. New York stop and stay tuned for more clips from each tour stop's big winner.
#LiveMarley Contest Winner: Jeremy Hopwood/Caravan Skate Shop
As a part of the #LiveMarley contest on our Facebook page, we've been asking you to submit stories of how you have personally been inspired by Bob Marley's values. The first winner of one of our sick new watches is Jeremy Hopwood, a 27-year-old skater from Seattle, who is also the owner of Caravan, a mobile skate shop.
OK. Your first thought was "What's a mobile skate shop?" Right? Well, Jeremy was tired of the old skate shop model — he wanted to move it out into the streets. Instead of waiting for someone else to do it, Hopwood bought a van, tricked it out with a quarter pipe and stocked it full of decks, wheels and trucks. Forget the ice cream man… Kids are now running to the Caravan Skate Shop van. We spent some time talking to Jeremy about the shop, his charity work with Skate For Change and the future of the van.
What was the reason that you started Caravan?
Caravan evolved out of boredom and a desire to do something meaningful. The whole idea didn't come to me at once, but it was a feeling that I had… A burning. After I thought of the mobile skate shop idea, it took me a few months before I actually bought the vehicle. It was Earth Day 2012. My friend and I went out for a day trip here in Issaquah, Washington, starting at 6 or 7 AM. We actually didn't know it was Earth Day until we got back from the trip.
How did the charitable element come into play?
The charity aspect came out of pure desire to continue what I started. I went to a local skate shop with the idea and the owner and I began converting the van to have a better aesthetic and functionality for skateboarding. I got word of Pam Miller (a skate event organizer) and her work, and was able to go to that first event at Samammish Park and volunteer with set-up/breakdown for the event. I passed out water and had tools and extra bearings/hardware for people skating. It slowly evolved to where I was accepting donations of skateboard equipment and shoes, and then going to events and giving them out to kids who needed them.
How did you become involved with Skate For Change?
Getting involved with Skate for Change (a non-profit group of skaters who give back to low-income families and the homeless) was another blessing from Pam Miller, and the skate park competition circuit she runs. I took the Caravan out to Woodinville Skatepark with a pack of younger rippers, Jaeden Ovenall, Kyle McQueen and we entered the contest as a team. It was the first contest I had been in since I was 18 or so. So Skate for Change had a booth set up and it was about as natural as it could have been. I was already doing the charity aspect of Caravan and it was a perfect fit.
What kind of projects are you working on with Skate For Change?
Caravan and Skate for Change are starting to come together, but it hasn't happened just quite yet. Mike Smith [the founder of Skate For Change] travels the country and speaks at high schools, and is gaining a huge following. They just won the State Farm $25,000 grant for the second year in a row, and just recently opened up the Bay in Nebraska, an indoor skate park/youth facility. So as far as my part, I go out with SFC Seattle most Sundays and spread the word about what we are doing in our community. Besides that, I am working to recycle used skateboards by shaping, sanding, and painting them, and by leading by example.
What's the connection between skateboarding and making changes in society?
I've had conversations about the connection between skating and society since I was a lot younger. The first skateboard video I was in was called Wood Relation. To me that title says a lot on its own; skateboards are a vehicle for positivity and growth for individuals. They don't pollute the environment, at least their carbon footprint is much smaller than most other modes of transportation. Beyond that, skating is an outlet for creativity, in art, in the physical form and with photography/filmmaking. It's an extremely positive activity, but I believe anything active can be good. A lot of skaters don't like scooters, rollerbladers, bmx or traditional sports. I think those are great and much better than kids playing Call of Duty any day.
Some people just don't understand skaters. They think they are lazy. They think they are destructive. "A skater comes down the street and it's loud… It shocks people," Hopwood says of skaters' reputation. "They think you are reckless and are going to run into them." Through his work with Caravan and his latest adventure (a summer spent acting as a counselor at a Massachussets sports camp), Jeremy is doing his part to keep the skate community in a positive light. He's even considering making Caravan a bi-coastal project with a new van on the East Coast.
If Bob Marley's vision for a better world has inspired you to hit the streets, plant trees, pick up trash or spend time helping others in your community, then we want to hear your story! Visit the #LiveMarley contest page on our Facebook profile and tell us what you are doing locally to improve the planet for a chance to win a new watch.
The House of Marley Hits Up The Transworld Come Up Tour 2013
Around the globe, little groms hit the skate park every single day with the dream of having a chance to win a major competition and take home the big prize. We've teamed up with Transworld Skateboarding on their current Come Up Tour to offer amateur skateboarders the chance to bring home a championship of their own.
The C.U.T. tour starts with underage skaters submitting footage to become prequalified for a skate jam at their local park. The best of the best qualify for the finals, while hundreds of their skate brethren continue to battle it out for the chance to be called C.U.T champion.
This past Saturday, Chicago's finest took over Piotrowski Skate Park, vying for three gear-stuffed Lively Up bags. From the techie switch flip crooked grind of Kevin Braun to the giant kickflips of Jorgey Rodriguez, the competition was hot and heavy. In the end, no one could match the flip-in/flip-out tricks Emmet Duffy was throwing down as he walked away with the C.U.T. championship for the Windy City.
Transworld's C.U.T. continues to roll on down the road this weekend for a stop in Phoenix on April 27. We'll be taking over the Peoria Skate Park with Cowtown skate shop and getting skaters to go big for some Lively Up bags and more prizes from Independent, Deathwish and Shake Junt. Skaters can still apply for the Phoenix contest by sending a one-minute video with their best tricks to Transworld Skateboarding.
Bonus: Check out this sick contest recap from the Chicago stop of the C.U.T and get some inspiration to shred:
Photo Credit: Transworld Skateboarding
Daycation Pt. 2 With Izzy Guttuso
When we last caught up with freelance photography Izzy Guttuso, she had taken in a day of relaxing beachside fun with her friends. Check out Izzy's second DayCation below, as she leaves behind the comfort of the ocean for a skateboarding mission. A few arm scrapes, shredded boards and hundreds of miles later, her crew has had another successful adventure. Stay tuned to the House of Marley blog for more day trips with Izzy and get some inspiration to go explore your own world.
DayCation Pt. 2
Getting up early is always a part of the deal. You get in a good meal, relax for a bit, prepare your deck set up and cruise a little. Living in Florida, where the land is so flat, we have to head north to find the right hills for longboarding.
One of my favorite places to skate is Hiawassee in Northern Georgia. When we get to the hill, there are no cars, no city sounds, just the nervous chatter of friends, snaps of helmets and rips of velcro as we re-adjust our slide gloves. When stopping isn't an option, padding isn't really an alternative or choice. You just gotta have it.
Being able to fly down miles of winding roads through fog and nature awakens the senses. The cool air rushing past my skin forms goosebumps on my body, and the adrenaline pumping through my veins gives me the most incredible feeling.
Despite the cuts, road burns and broken bones, I don't ever want to stop getting that feeling that skateboarding gives me. It just wouldn't feel right. Growing up, learning to skate came before I even learned how to ride a bike. To me, it's not a sport or pastime anymore, it's a lifestyle.
Photography/Words by Izzy Guttuso
Tony Hawk Foundation Brings Skateboarding to Underprivileged Youth
Recently, the Tony Hawk Foundation united with eBay Giving Works and some of the most recognizable names in the music industry to raise $126,000 in an effort to build skateparks for underprivileged youth.
Developed by Tony Hawk Foundation board member and musician Ben Harper, the group collected old pro skater decks from the likes of Jamie Thomas, Bucky Lasek and Mike Vallely to auction. Yet, these weren't just any old decks. Inscribed with lyrics and autographs from Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, and the recently departed Adam "MCA" Yauch, all of these skateboards were certifiable one-of-a-kind pieces of skate and music history. While the rest of us will have to settle for skating to these artists playing on our Bag of Riddim portable audio systems, a few lucky folks will now have the option to skate on the hand scribed lyrics of these legendary songs (though we wouldn't recommend it!).
The board with the highest bid was a Jamie Thomas signature Zero deck adorned with the signature of Bob Dylan. Emblazoned with the words of Dylan's signature hit, "Blowin' in the Wind," it became the most expensive single deck ever purchased in the history of the skateboarding at $38,425.
All of the proceeds from the auction went directly to the Tony Hawk Foundation, which has already helped build over 400 skate parks in low income areas.
Skateboarding's ability to unite youth from all different types of backgrounds can't be ignored. The House of Marley commends the Tony Hawk Foundation for working to impact underprivileged youth across the country. The epitome of #LiveMarley is creating something that helps society move forward today. Props to the Tony Hawk Foundation.


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From 24/7 Wall St.: As new regulations have eaten into their profits, banks have looked for new ways to increase revenue from their customers. Many banks tried, unsuccessfully, to implement debit card fees. More successful for banks was raising checking account fees. And despite being quite pricey, some banks have even upped fees for overdrafts. In fact, banks collected $29.5 billion in overdraft fees in 2011 alone.
The general assumption is that customers should know what they are getting themselves into when they agree to these fees. But according to the Safe Checking Project at Pew Charitable Trusts, customers are often unaware of the fees associated with their checking accounts because many financial institutions are not upfront about them. Furthermore, bank customers are overwhelmed with very long disclosures — 69 pages on average, according to Pew.
"The problem is that these disclosures are hard to read," Susan Weinstock, director of the project, told 24/7 Wall St. "Nobody reads these things. They are not meant to be read. They are complex."
Some banks fare better than others in terms of disclosure. Certain banks have all of their information online, which is considered most easily accessible to customers. Others have some information only available at local branches, which is less accessible, but at least is available. And a few banks do not disclose important information to customers at all.
24/7 Wall St. compiled a list of the top and bottom three banks in terms of their transparency with customers regarding checking account fees. Pew measured how 12 different banks disclosed nine different pieces of information regarding checking account fees:
-Minimum deposit needed to open an account
-Monthly fee
-Requirements to waive monthly fee
-Nonsufficient funds fee
-Overdraft transfer fee
-Overdraft penalty fee
-Maximum number of overdraft fees per day
-Extended overdraft penalty fee
-Posting order
Pew then categorized banks on each piece of information based on how readily accessible the information was to consumers. Based on this information, 24/7 Wall St. compiled the following list of the top and bottom three banks:
Online Disclosures: 9 of 9 Information Available on Account Webpage: 3 of 9 Information Unavailable Online or at Branch: 0 of 9 Revenue: $21.4 billion Minneapolis-based U.S. Bancorp (NYSE: USB) is among the top three banks when it comes to disclosure transparency. All of the disclosures are available online. The bank places its minimum deposit to open an account and monthly fee information right on the account webpage, and it was one of only a handful of banks to place its information regarding the extended overdraft penalty fee online. Unlike many of the larger money-center banks on this list, U.S. Bank operates in only 25 states. The firm does not have the massive investment banking, M&A and trading operations that larger banks have. U.S. Bank has $341 billion in assets and is the fifth-largest commercial bank in America. The bank has substantial mortgage and credit card operations. Read more at 24/7 Wall St.
Online Disclosures: 9 of 9 Information Available on Account Webpage: 3 of 9 Information Unavailable Online or at Branch: 0 of 9 Revenue: $110.84 billion Large banks often gets a bad rap for not being upfront with customers about checking accounts. But Chase, the largest U.S. bank in terms of assets, has all of the disclosures available online, a few of them even available directly on the account holder's webpage. In March, the company also became one of only a few banks to adopt Pew's disclosure box, which places all the information in an easy-to-read schedule. JP Morgan has been considered the best-run bank in the United States since the credit crash of 2008. CEO Jamie Dimon was able to steer the firm's activity away from many of the derivative credit instruments that so badly damaged Bank of America and Citigroup. JP Morgan's management tarnished its reputation recently when it was forced to announce that it had lost at least $2 billion in trades done in its London office. Those losses are expected to rise. Read more at 24/7 Wall St.
Online Disclosures: 9 of 9 Information Available on Account Webpage: 5 of 9 Information Unavailable Online or at Branch: 0 of 9 Revenue: $115.37 billion Bank of America infuriated many customers last fall when it attempted to implement a $5 fee for using a debit card. It comes as a surprise then that the bank is the most transparent one out of the 12 banks in the survey. All the disclosure information Pew looked for is available online. In fact, Bank of America spelled out the extended overdraft penalty fee directly on the account webpage, the only institution to do so. Although Bank of America has not adopted the same schedule as Chase Bank, Weinstock said it has been receptive to Pew's recommendations. Bank of America has been considered the worst-run of the large banks. Its buyout of Merrill Lynch in late 2008 cost the bank billions of dollars in losses. It still uses the Merrill brand for much of its brokerage and personal financial operations. Bank of America also bought mortgage lending giant Countrywide Credit in early 2008. Losses from Countrywide's large prime-prime mortgage portfolio further damaged Bank of America's balance sheet. Read more at 24/7 Wall St.
Online Disclosures: 5 of 9 Information Available on Account Webpage: 3 of 9 Information Unavailable Online or at Branch: 1 of 9 Revenue: $18.53 billion Information about monthly fees and minimum deposits at Capital One are readily accessible on an account holder's webpage. But if customers want to find out about fees for nonsufficient funds, overdrafts and overdraft transfers, they will have to take a trip to the local branch. "The problem is it's very hard to comparison shop between bank branches," Weinstock said. Worse yet, information about the existence or the amount of the extended overdraft penalty fee is not available online or at a branch. Capital One specializes in a number of retail banking businesses, particularly mortgages, credit cards and auto loans. Capital One significantly expanded its online banking business when it bought ING DIRECT, USA from a large Dutch financial-services firm in February. The buyout cost Capital One $9 billion and added approximately $80 billion to its deposit base. Read more at 24/7 Wall St.
Online Disclosures:3 of 9 Information Available on Account Webpage: 3 of 9 Information Unavailable Online or at Branch: 0 of 9 Revenue: $10 billion Branch Banking and Trust, or BB&T as it is known to the public, stays true to its name -- at least to the branch part. While all the disclosures measured are available somewhere, six would require a visit to a brick-and-mortar location -- more than any other bank measured. In fact, none of the disclosures involving overdrafts are available online. The North Carolina-based bank is also one of only three banks -- with PNC and SunTrust -- that does not have its posting order placed online. BB&T specializes in wealth management, retirement planning, mortgages and insurance. It business and corporate banking operations are of only modest size compared to those of the large money center banks like Wells Fargo and Citigroup. The firm does most of its business through approximately 1,800 financial centers in North and South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Georgia, Tennessee, Maryland, Florida, Alabama, Indiana, Texas and Washington, D.C. Read more at 24/7 Wall St.
Online Disclosures: 3 of 9 Information Available on Account Webpage: 2 of 9 Information Unavailable Online or at Branch: 4 of 9 Revenue: $94.80 billion (Entire HSBC) Getting checking account information from HSBC is incredibly difficult. While all other banks have most or all of the information available online or at a branch, four of the nine disclosures are not available for customers at HSBC. Even the minimum amount required to open an account is nowhere to be found. "We don't know if that means (the bank) doesn't charge these fees or not," Weinstock said. "But if they are free, let's put that out there." Two of the remaining five disclosures require a trip to the local branch, which is problematic because the London-based bank cut back on the number of branches in the United States last year. HSBC's U.S. operations are only a modest part of the parent corporation. Its largest divisions are in Mexico, Hong Kong and Europe. The company's corporate financial operations do business with large global companies and governments. HSBC has among the largest bond and equity trading operations in the world. Read more at 24/7 Wall St.


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In case you haven't noticed, the white stuff we call snow is all around us. It's causing some slippery conditions for motorists and pedestrians alike. Just getting around your respective city or town, whether it's a booming metropolis like Toronto, or a small Town like Omemee (home of Neil Young, just outside of Peterborough), you have to be careful.
We get calls everyday from people seeking our assistance with their personal injury claim. In order to build a case from the start, we need evidence. Cases are built on evidence. Some evidence is not permanent; meaning that it can get lost or evaporate in to thin air.
Many people who are injured in an accident don't understand this concept, and it's very important to do so.
In a car accident case, the police are often called to the scene of the accident to investigate fault (liability). Fire and Ambulance may be called to the accident scene as well. All of these emergency personnel, in a perfect world, are supposed to take notes, interview witnesses to get their account of the story, take measurements of the accident scene, and take photos. All of that evidence gets preserved.
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Sound Shapes: The Kotaku Review
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Scott Pilgrim Movie Includes Zelda Tunes, Beck As Sex Bob-omb
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Gary Burton Makoto Ozone Duets
"Playing in a group is sort of like being part of a panel discussion where everyone takes turns offering views on a subject, with support and encouragement from the rest. A solo performance is almost like delivering a speech. But, in a duet, two performers have a face-to-face conversation. It's very interactive and intensely focused, and if the two players are in rapport, it's the most exciting music I know. Looking back on my career, it just may be my most ideal musical setting.
Since that first experience in Munich, I've had the opportunity to play more duets with Chick and with several other great musicians: Ralph Towner, Steve Swallow and Paul Bley; but most importantly, Makoto Ozone. Makoto was 21 when he joined by band in 1984, and almost immediately we started including duets in our concerts. Before long, we could practically read each other's minds when we played together.
Besides developing into a great improviser, soloist, and writer, Makoto is an expert in the widest range of styles of almost any musician I know. Being able to explore all kinds of jazz (and some types of music outside of jazz) has been one of the highlights of our collaboration. When we finished recording and I listened to these songs, I was struck by the great variety of our repertoire, everything from standards and contemporary jazz to tango and 1930's stride. I hadn't realized how much music we explored over this past decade.
Recording is always a challenge because you want to capture your best on the tape and you don't have an audience on hand for inspiration. Some projects require a lot of advance preparation, like getting new music ready and setting up for complicated studio situations. Bue a record like this relies almost entirely on preparation which takes place in the player's minds and comes through experience. Since we have been performing most of these songs with some regularity, we decided to record direct to two-track, playing the pieces as we would at a concert. We wanted to capture the energy we always seem to have when there's an audience.
This record was non-stop fun for us. And, it documents the adventures we've had over ten years of making music. We've been a lot of places, played a lot of music, and stood in front of a lot of audiences in that time. We hope you find it as much of an adventure as we have."
- Gary Burton