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Sometimes, status is everything.
If you've been in the game long enough, toppled enough chart records and broken enough barriers, there are few who will stand in your way of indulging your every fancy. Sometimes this a good thing, sometimes it's hilariously bad. Either way, this lack of barriers has created some of the strangest, most left-field LPs in history, and sometimes they emerge from the most surprising of sources.
Here, you will find Frank Sinatra's rock opera, Elvis Presley's album of nothing but stage banter, solo outings from three of the Beatles, one of whom (McCartney) has lodged three albums on this list alone. Whether it be Dylan going gospel or Stevie Wonder going botanal, these discs are often overlooked in the great, intimidating discographies of some of the greatest artists who ever stepped in front of a microphone. All we can say is this: enjoy the trip.
—Evan Sawdey
Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra is no stranger to concept albums, but even the thought of Frank Sinatra tackling a rock opera would no doubt alienate a few. Yet in 1969, Sinatra was approached by "Big Girls Don't Cry" writer Bob Guadio to do a song-cycle about a man whose wife left him with his kids. Frank agreed, and soon was recording a disc where each song was a concise character study about small-town life, replete with electric guitars, children's choirs, and everything else you'd expect from kitchen-sink production by Jake Holmes. With all that said, however, the set is surprisingly subdued, Sinatra belting out this post-modern pop in classic style, ranging from the overblown "What's Now is Now" to the jazz-affected "Elizabeth", each line depicting our unnamed narrator as a man who spends more time reflecting on his life than taking action to change it. It's a truly bizarre, strange experience, but even with superb pocket-symphony pieces like "She Says" and "Lady Day" (the latter unrelated to the story, tacked on for hopes of raising its commercial standing), Watertown offers one of the most unique experiences in Rat Pack history: making the Chairman of the Board sound completely out of place. Evan Sawdey
"Watertown [Fan Video]"
The Fireman
Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest
US: 14 Feb 1994
UK: 15 Nov 1993
As the early 1990s gave way to yet another generation of musical icons, rock and roll's surviving elder statesmen settled comfortably into middle age, attempting to find that perfect middle ground between continued relevance and reliability. Always the most musically conservative of the Fab Four, Paul McCartney had spent the bulk of his post-Beatles career crafting solid pop music that largely eschewed the trendy or experimental, guaranteeing that while a new Macca album would always be something of an event for his many fans, only the hardest-core of these would argue the results were ever surprising or remarkable. Beginning the decade with a widely publicized foray into classical music with 1991's Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio may have represented some kind of personal affirmation of maturity and credibility for the man who would soon become Sir Paul—legitimizing him to whatever larger musical community it was that still kept rock and roll at the kid's table—but artistically it did little more than affirm his fuddy-duddiness. He soon retreated back into more typical fare with 1993's Off the Ground, perhaps most notable for the minor hit single "Hope of Deliverance", but out of this otherwise fairly standard McCartney outing grew something truly unexpected. Enlisting former Killing Joke bassist Martin "Youth" Glover to prepare some remixes for single releases, McCartney ended up being so taken with the results that the two eventually spun these mixes—culled almost entirely from samples from the Off the Ground sessions and incorporating some material from older McCartney recordings (1979's Back to the Egg being the second most prominent source)—into a full length release. The result was Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest, Paul McCartney's ambient techno album.
As if seduced by sheer oddity of this impromptu project, which came together over the course of just four days, McCartney shrouded the release of the album in a playful "Paul is Dead"-style mystery. Released on February 14, 1994 under the name the Fireman, the album art consisted of nothing more than a solid block of fire-engine-red, with neither artist credited anywhere on the packaging. The music contained inside was similarly anonymous: nine instrumental tracks running an average of eight minutes each, all built around a vaguely similar mixture of propulsive house grooves, repetitive synth hooks and glitchy atmospherics. Very occasional melodic variation comes in the form of some stray looped guitar riffs and shards of indecipherable sampled dialogue (McCartney's?) that can sometimes be heard beneath the music, but the results are an album that sounds at best meticulously uniform and at worst needlessly repetitive. Still, Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest represents a rare case of McCartney exploring, however tentatively, a new era's musical underground, and while certain elements inevitably date themselves (the Yello-esque synthetic vocal shouts that echo throughout "Celtic Stomp" would have certainly been out of style by 1994), heard a decade and a half later the majority of this album sounds surprisingly contemporary. To say that McCarthy and Glover anticipated the chilly minimalism of such later celebrated electronic acts as Boards of Canada or the Field would be embarrassingly overstating this album's importance and innovation, but the album still stands as an interesting and actually listenable digression from an artist that we had all come to rely on for sheer predictability. (Strawberries Fields Oceans Forest is currently out of print on CD but remains available for sale on the iTunes Music Store.) Jer Fairall
"Celtic Stomp [Fan Video]"
Stevie Wonder
Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants
US: 30 Oct 1979
In 1976, Stevie Wonder was the biggest pop star on the planet. His ambitious double album, Songs in the Key of Life, was the third LP ever to debut at number one on the US charts. It held that top spot for 14 consecutive weeks, making it the fourth biggest number-one record of the 1970s. He could literally do whatever he wanted at this point in his career: not only was he still exercising creative control over his records for Motown like Marvin Gaye before him, but he had the attention of an enormous cross-section of music fans from around the world: black and white, hip and square, lovers of pop, rock, jazz, soul, funk, and just about everything in between. Instead of capitalizing on his celebrity, however, Wonder took his sweet time (three years, an eternity for him in those days) to record and release, in 1979, Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants, probably the weirdest album to be released by a superstar at the height of his creative and commercial powers. Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants, commissioned as the soundtrack to a documentary based on a book about (ahem) plants, was another double album, but this one was largely instrumental and saturated with synthesizer experimentation—the very opposite of what one would expect from the author of such radio-friendly songs like "Sir Duke" and "I Wish". This was like the Kid A of the '70s, a detour so far from the commercial norm that it risked alienating scores of unadventurous listeners. This is not to say that "unadventurous listeners" were to fault for the album's less than stellar appraisal; the instrumental tracks do take Wonder a little too far outside of his comfort zone, and as a two-LP statement, it's the sort of bloated, occasionally worthwhile indulgence that Wonder so deftly avoided with Songs in the Key of Life.
Perhaps the most compelling case for Wonder's popularity at the time, however, is how well the album did (at first) despite its fundamentally anti-commercial skew. Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants peaked briefly at number four on the charts and its single—"Send One Your Love"—even reached number one on the Adult Contemporary chart. Those who gobbled up the LP upon its release were rewarded with some decent pop songs after slogging through the ponderous instrumentals weighing down sides one and two: "Black Orchid", a stately Wonder ballad; "Come Back as a Flower", which features Wonder's ex-wife, the great Syreeta Wright, on lead vocal; and "A Seed's a Star/Tree Medley", an uptempo disco-rock jam that, while not on the level of "As" or "Another Star", shakes out some late-inning cobwebs nonetheless. Most importantly, though, this record answers the question, Where does a superstar go when he's reached the top? Anywhere. Zeth Lundy
"Secret Life of Plants"
John Lennon & Yoko Ono
Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins
US: 29 Nov 1968
UK: 29 Nov 1968
Released one week after The White Album, while John Lennon was still a Beatle, Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins still has capacity to shock from its cover art down. That notorious picture, a time-delay photograph of Lennon and future wife Yoko Ono fully naked in grainy black-and-white, is an appropriate visual metaphor for the bewildering sound-collages within. Lennon's first artistic collaboration with Yoko, the 17-minute recording stripped away all the expectations that came with being one of the biggest rock stars in the world. Completed one night at Lennon's home using tape looping, vocal effects and random plonks on the piano, the couple celebrated its conception by making love for the first time afterward. It failed as an experiment, reviled and dismissed for being formless, boring, and sounding like "Revolution 9" without the studio, even while it laughably charted on the Billboard 200. Yet for the purpose of this series, let's throw away those tired old accusations and reconsider it as an intently personal expression. If it should never have been commercially released, it acts as Lennon's bold inauguration into the avant garde world, showing him bravely embracing his newfound artistic creativity and eccentricity as a means to escape his boredom in the Beatles. That is not to say that Two Virgins is easy going, but it contains a special historical and artistic value in this rockstar's life which should be acknowledged. Like John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band two years later, Two Virgins implies the question: this is who I am, and if you don't like it… who cares? Andrew Blackie
"John, You Went Too Far This Time [Sissy Spacek's reponse to Two Virgins]"
It is often regarded as the worst album of all time. Lester Bangs called it "the Greatest Album Ever Made." It was pulled from record shelves after one week, shortly thereafter breaking the record for the most returned copies of a single album. No disc has ever been as love-it-or-hate-it as Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music, an album that—when I interviewed Lou himself about it—he described as being "just, ya know, a guitar solo." Yet MMM was more than that: Lou basically put two amps right next to each other, guitars propped in front of them, and recorded the ever-growing feedback loops for hours on end, eventually splicing the whole thing together to create a 64-plus-minute suite of white noise. Of course, at the time, fans didn't know what to expect: Lou was coming fresh off of some commercial success with the drug-fueled pop of Sally Can't Dance (an album he almost entirely disowned), and would later follow MMM with the acclaimed, doo wop inspired Coney Island Baby. Yet the inadvertent effect of MMM was that it inspired countless noise-rockers in its wake, even getting the full orchestral treatment from German avant-orchestral collective Zeitkratzer in 2002 (no, really). In the end, however, the disc lives and dies entirely on the listener's own threshold for distortion: you will either think it's the greatest album ever made, or the worst. This is a rare niche in rock history where you will find that there is no middle ground. Evan Sawdey
"Zeitkratzer—Metal Machine Music [Excerpt]"
Bob Dylan
Slow Train Coming
US: 20 Aug 1979
Bob Dylan
US: 23 Jun 1980
One of Bob Dylan's many decrees on 1965's "Subterranean Homesick Blues" and accompanying LP Bringing It All Back Home: "Don't follow leaders." Not hard to see why, then, when he announced 14 years later that he had chosen the Lord Jesus Christ as his savior, that his inexplicable and earnest conversion was met with some shock. Here was an artist who had gone from being gloriously, legendarily individualistic to quoting Bible verses in his own record sleeves. Not that there was anything wrong with that in itself; Dylan had always followed through his personal reinventions with infallible confidence (see: Newport Folk Festival 1965) whether his audience liked it or not, but his sudden change of heart and desire to preach seemed slightly unreal and overwhelming—during two years on the road he insisted on playing only "what the Lord had given him to sing".
The fruits of his faith in this period are specifically captured in two of his lesser-known releases, Slow Train Coming (1979) and Saved (1980). To measure the bafflement of the public reception to these albums, we can look at the fact that it took Dylan 16 years afterwards to recover all of his acclaim and success. Both marked an ill-advised musical departure from his famous folk-rock-on-amphetamines style, enlisting a trio of back-up singers and Dire Straits' guitarist Mark Knopfler to drag up Dylan's savvy off-key wheeze out of the mire—Slow Train Coming is the R&B slow-burner, while Saved pushes him into mellow keyboard-land and church-like hymns of praise. As with any Dylan album, though, most important were his words. His self-righteousness remained steadfast throughout both, but it was intensely disappointing to hear a man that could formerly pen poetry so acute, witty and sharp drowned out chirping a chorus from the Gospels (compare "Visions of Johanna" with "Saved"). His writing was lazy by his standards, devoid of his usual cunning turns of phrase, and stuck in a repetitive Us vs. Them mindset that understandably provoked ire.
The title Slow Train Coming itself was Dylan's image for the impending doom of Armageddon, come to clean up the hypocrites and non-believers. An acquaintance of Dylan, John Lennon's response to the disc may be most telling; after "Gotta Serve Somebody" became the former's first charting hit in three years, Lennon recorded an answer song, "Serve Yourself", a bitingly sarcastic parody which portrayed Dylan's conversion as a kind of sick joke, maybe because Lennon didn't know how else to interpret it. As with any "Dylan phase", though, the question now is whether he still believes what he wrote. His explicitly Christian songwriting was abandoned after those two controversial years, and neither returned to or renounced. Both Slow Train Coming and Saved are often roundly ignored and forgotten as part of Dylan's vast canon; not even notorious like 1970's Self-Portrait, just condescendingly put aside. Then again, if connecting with God ultimately didn't fulfill and satisfy one of the most prominent musicians of the 20th century, at least he got a strong reaction. Andrew Blackie
"Gotta Serve Somebody [Fan Video]"
Ringo Starr
Beaucoups of Blues
US: 25 Sep 1970
As fans of John Lennon's Plastic Ono Band and George Harrison's Electronic Sound can attest, the Beatles have been known to veer off into left field on their solo ventures. However, few could have called Ringo Starr's unconventional intentions to record a full-blown country album. And that was after making his solo debut, 1970's Sentimental Journey, which was an orchestral collection of standards! Making good on his twangy turn on the Fabs' C&W send-up "Act Naturally" off 1965's Help!, Ringo hunkered down in Nashville, rounded up the city's top session players and recorded this love letter to Music City that's as authentic as the most classic George Jones platter. Though he eventually returned to the classic Beatle-esque pop he helped construct on its 1973 follow-up, Ringo (which remains the closest thing to a full-on Beatles reunion album after their break-up), Beaucoups of Blues remains Starr's most thoroughly enjoyable, though misunderstood, solo outing. Ron Hart
Paul McCartney
McCartney II
US: 16 May 1980
Just as he did with the break-up with the Beatles, Macca recovered from the demise of his '70s supergroup Wings by hunkering down in the studio and recording an entire solo album by himself. Apparently enamored with the advent of new wave, Paul made his 1980 debut for Columbia Records a platform for which to delve into his love for synths, washing his trademark harmonies in Moog burps and Korg flange, as on the notorious second track, "Temporary Secretary". While some critics hailed the album at the time for its adventuresome and refreshing break from McCartney's adult-contemporary pop motif of the late '70s, others wrote it off as a failed experiment that stands alongside the worst of the Macca catalog. However, in the advent of new wave's recent revival, McCartney II has been lauded by a new generation as an inspirational launchpad for their own synth-pop musings from the likes of Super Furry Animals' Gruff Rhys and abstract beatsmith Boom Bip's '80s-flavored Gnarls Barkley trip Neon Neon, who cite the album as the primary inspiration for their own debut album, Stainless Style. Whether or not Macca should take that as a complement is in the eye of the beholder, one would suppose. Ron Hart
Elvis Presley
Having Fun With Elvis on Stage
"I'd like to do a medley of some of my biggest records for you. They were actually no bigger than any of the rest of them, they were all about the same size."
If you're curious to know what Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music sounds like, pick any three minutes of that double album, listen to them, and wonder no more. You can use the same method with Having Fun With Elvis on Stage. It's billed on the cover as "A Talking Album Only;" if only that were true. In addition to talking, there's laughing. There's Elvis turning the word "well" into a multi-syllable incantation worthy of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. There are awkward silences and bad edits. And most frustratingly, there are generic introductory bars to songs we never get to hear. And trust me, you'll kill to hear a one-minute autopilot version of "Hound Dog" or "Big Hunk O' Love" to break up the monotony.
Midway thru Side A, Elvis tells the story of making his first record, being a relatively local success, "and then I met Colonel Parker." Laughter ensues. But if the audience had known the Colonel was going to thank them for their patronage with Having Fun With Elvis on Stage, a positively shameless piece of product even by Elvis' occasionally dubious standards, they would've kept quiet. What's really amazing is that, although RCA has seen fit to release hours upon hours of outtakes and alternate versions, and repackaged the Elvis catalogue in dozens of permutations, they haven't bothered to put Having Fun With Elvis On Stage on CD. But that's okay; the bootleggers have picked up the slack, and released several sequels on top of it.
In hindsight, some of these are probably drug-induced ramblings, and although Elvis gets a few genuine laughs ("I'd like to walk around for a second, get my breath back. See my breath over there?"), it's mostly a sad reminder of what he became. Tom Useted
"Elvis Having Fun Backstage"
The Who Sell Out is arguably the Who's greatest album, but certainly its oddest. The greatness comes from its transcendent psych pop classics "I Can See for Miles", "I Can't Reach You", and "Mary Ann with the Shaky Hand", the oddness from the fact that these are book-ended by radio jingles and commercials. Between "Tattoo", one of Townshend's prickliest and most perceptive considerations of what it means to be a man, and the gorgeous "Our Love Was", for instance, listeners are exhorted "Radio London reminds you / Go to the church of your choice". Later, on side two, you cannot listen to "I Can't Reach You" without first experiencing a silly Charlie Atlas commercial. Indeed some of the ads have become as famous as the songs themselves; there is something iconically Who-like about the photo of Roger Daltrey submerged in a bathtub of Heinz Baked Beans and the Entwhistle-penned jingle that accompanied it—the combination of trickster art and goofiness that distinguished this band from other late 1960s innovators.
When they made Sell Out, the Who was, in fact, in the process of selling out, recording a series of ads and jingles for a London-based pirate radio station. When the station was shut down in August 1967, the band decided to put the leftover material on its upcoming album. Radio London later sued over unauthorized use of its jingles. Although Sell Out is studded with some of the Who's best and best-known songs, it was only a modest commercial success. The album's biggest hit, "I Can See for Miles", peaked at #10 on the UK charts, a result so disappointing that Townshend began to consider abandoning the three-minute pop songs that had been the band's staple and try more extended compositions. "Rael", which closes the album, is one of his early attempts at rock opera, and a foreshadowing of what the Who would achieve later with Tommy and Quadrophenia. Jennifer Kelly
Bob Dylan
Self Portrait
US: 8 Jun 1970
Bob Dylan
US: 19 Nov 1973
Bob Dylan's Self Portrait was rather infamously greeted by Greil Marcus in Rolling Stone with the following question: "What is this shit?" Anyone who bothered to read further was treated to a far-ranging series of meditations about the relative merits of the double album, as well as an attempt to figure out Dylan's motives. In other words, Marcus tried to answer his own question, and in the process managed to make Dylan's most superficially boring album to date considerably more interesting. (He also laid the groundwork for his landmark Mystery Train, but that's another story.)
For all its sprawl, for all its lack of what usually makes Bob Dylan great, and for all the vitriol heaped upon it, Self Portrait is by no means an unlistenable or awful album. On the contrary, like Nashville Skyline before and New Morning after it, it's a warm, not-always-unintentionally humorous collection of songs, one that might be best experienced and understood as a contained world. In a sense, it's a lot like the sessions that produced The Basement Tapes, as Dylan originals sidle up alongside a wide range of covers, mostly from the traditional and country bags but occasionally dipping into pop, and often the distinctions between them are difficult to determine. Like The Basement Tapes, too, Self Portrait showcases material that doesn't always work, but that still contributes to the little universe of the record and helps illuminate the more successful pieces.
An oddity among Dylan albums to date in that it was recorded over the span of almost a full calendar year, Self Portrait was also the first Dylan album to boast not a single stone-cold classic. That said, its relative highlights are many. The opening "All the Tired Horses" bears no trace of Dylan—sung, as it is, by a bunch of female vocalists—except in the two-line lyric: "All the tired horses in the sun / How'm I supposed to get any riding done?" If you hear "riding" as "writing," consider the record summarized. And yet, even if it's a slight non-song, the string arrangement is gorgeous, and you have to admit it's a pretty mysterious first track. The gold-rush story-song "Days of '49", a hilariously sloppy "duet" on Simon & Garfunkel's "The Boxer", the instrumental "Wigwam"—which wouldn't sound completely out-of-place on the Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid soundtrack—and the deceptively cheery-sounding "Living the Blues" are more than worthy as well.
Ironically, although Self Portrait is an unrepresentative Bob Dylan album overall, the title is pretty accurate for what the record is: a snapshot of Dylan at a particularly uninspired period of his career. An even more definitive sounding but far less accurate title graced a similar album several years later. When Dylan briefly left Columbia for Asylum, his old record company assembled Dylan, a collection of nine outtakes primarily from the New Morning sessions. Anyone who loved rock's greatest songwriter tackling Gordon Lightfoot's "Early Morning Rain" on Self Portrait should have been pleased as punch to hear him do such contemporary hits as "Big Yellow Taxi" and "Mr. Bojangles", the latter drawn out for five-and-a-half minutes of chirpy lady vocalists and an exhortation of "Yeah, dance!" from Dylan. And the less said of "Spanish Is the Loving Tongue", the better.
But Dylan, the only one of his albums not currently available on CD, is in some ways even more pleasing than Self Portrait. Sticking to covers and maintaining a fairly consistent sonic palette throughout, the record manages a few surprising pleasures. A long take on "Can't Help Falling In Love" and the waltz-y "Mary Ann" are stronger vocal performances than anything on Self Portrait, at least on Dylan's part; the background singers are especially nasal on "Mary Ann", and it's hard not to wish these were somewhat less polished recordings.
Self Portrait and Dylan have been regularly maligned as two albums that added very little to the Dylan canon, but this is perhaps slightly unfair, especially in the case of the former. If Dylan came into existence purely out of spite, Self Portrait was very much a creation of the artist himself, and although it might not belong in the hallowed company of much better but equally messy double albums like The Beatles or Exile on Main St., its charms are just as beguiling, and its narrative just as labyrinthine. It is long overdue for a re-evaluation. Tom Useted
Why Paul McCartney decided in 1971 to hire top studio musicians (including bassist extraordinaire Herbie Flowers) to record a full-length instrumental cover version of his then-unreleased second solo album, Ram, complete with swing-band orchestration, liberal use of flanger effects, tuba jams, and a boy's choir, will perhaps remain forever inexplicable. Why he decided to shelve the record, only to release it six years later under an alias—a made-up Irish bandleader/socialite whose back story McCartney contrived to have planted in British newspapers—with liner notes penned by McCartney under another pseudonym (Clint Harrigan) is equally obscure. But the utter improbability of Thrillington's genesis makes the record seem a kind of miracle, or at least testimony to what whimsical lengths a pop star will go in order to amuse himself after his fame and influence have already become immeasurable and he has little left to strive for.
Even for those who don't know Ram well, Thrillington has some novelty appeal—it's impeccably recorded and never dull—but fans of the album are better equipped to appreciate the radical transformations that the homespun, humble songs have undergone via conductor Richard Hewson's elaborate arrangements. Parts that McCartney scatted out or seem to whip up provisionally on guitar appear here as full-blown contrapuntal string-section duels, and submerged hints of melody on the original are brought to the fore, often courtesy of the Mike Sammes Singers, who supply the nonsense-syllable hooks. This wouldn't be the last bizarre album McCartney would release under a pseudonym—his ambient electronica albums, credited to "The Fireman", were yet to come—but unlike his later asides, it suggests a different direction he might have taken post-Beatles, if he had truly chosen to repudiate rock (something of which he is often fallaciously accused) and give full play to his to his fixation with music-hall traditionalism and nostalgia. Instead, we were lucky to get Wings. Rob Horning
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Picture Gallery Of Exterior Design Color Schemes
You might treat some of these elements as accents, and some might need different kinds of paint. Approaching an exterior paint job systematically is the best way to avoid confusion.
First consider the style of your home. If it fits a specific historical style or design, you could make your color selection based on historic colors for the style. You might have to conform to certain standards set by historic guidelines or neighborhood groups.
Next take a look at your neighborhood, especially homes on either side of you. That will reduce your choices somewhat because you may not want the same color as a neighbor's house, and you want a color that won't clash with it either. Other houses on the block may give you some inspiration.
Give some attention to the elements of the exterior and decide what you want to paint and what you don't. You won't paint the roof, of course, but what about the eaves and fascia? The shutters and trim might need paint, along with the doors and windows.
Decide whether you want the house to stand out from or blend into the surroundings. Do you want to downplay the trim or highlight it? Choose the main color for the house first, then pick the accent colors. If you want the gutters to disappear, paint them the same color as the main body of the house. The reverse is usually true for the front door; it should be the focal point of the front of the house.
White will call attention to details and will work well with most styles and other colors. Just like inside, use gloss white on the trim and flat white on the walls. Light colors tend to change with the lighting conditions and help blend various elements together. Midtones add warmth and make good understated accents. Dark shades recede and help the house blend into the background. Choose accent colors that highlight architectural features. Test the colors with a test board or by painting small swatches on the house.Scale of values
No matter what your color scheme, you'll find that even widely different colors will work well together if they have the same relative value. A value scale can help you make decisions about color schemes.
The scale runs from white to black in ten increments that show different proportions of black. The shades correspond to the relative lightness or darkness of a color. Pure yellow, for instance, is light and has a higher value than pure blue. But you can choose shades of yellow (darker) to match tints of blue (lighter), and everything will work just fine.
Conversely, you can keep the values different when you want to bring in contrasts. Strong greens and blues will often create color clashes, but a pastel of one and dark shade of another will complement each other.
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Do you enjoy going to the cinema?
I love going to the movies. A lot of times, especially when I'm away from home, if I have all day to kill I'll go and do a triple-header. I check the listings and plan three movies in a row.
Do you have a favourite film?
That's a tough question. Of recent times, probably the movie I've watched the most is Avatar - probably, like, 10 times. Inglourious Basterds I watched five times. Another movie that really inspired me was The King's Speech.
Is there anything that's surprised you about Australian television?
I haven't had a chance to watch your soap operas. But I find the news here to be a lot more entertaining, a lot more laid-back. It's not as stiff to me as it is in America. Your guys laugh a lot.
Do you have the records, cassettes or CDs you had as a child?
I've kept them all. I was all about cassettes, then CDs came more when I was in high school. I've got mix tapes that I used to make for girls back in the day.
Are you still into record stores or more of an iTunes guy?
Sadly, I love record stores but in America the great chains have gone away. I've yet to find a great record store in Sydney but I haven't had time to search. I live on iTunes because whenever I'm sitting around, that's where I'm at. I probably buy 20 records a week, easily.
Back in the US, do you have jam sessions with your father-in-law, Lionel Richie?
You know what , we actually do. Lionel is like a true father, he's like a guide for me, he's a mentor. My wife [Nicole Richie] is more like, ''Oh dad, don't tell this story again,'' but I soak it up. I would venture to say I spend more time with him than [she] does.


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Bartlett - Fox
Sheila and Gordon Lloyd of Upper St. Clair announce the engagement of their daughter, Katelyn Bartlett, to Shawn Fox, son of Dr. and Mrs. Tom and Sandy Fox of Columbus, Ind.
Katelyn is the granddaughter of the late Jerry and June Rouse of Florence, Ky., and the late Gordon and Francis Bartlett of Phoenix, Ariz.
Shawn's grandparents are Jim and Martha Fox, and Faye and the late Jack Armstrong, all of Anderson, Ind.
The future bride is a 2007 graduate of Upper St. Clair High School and a 2010 graduate of the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Ky., where she was a member of Alpha Delta Pi Sorority. She is currently employed as a defined benefits representative for Fidelity Investments in Ft. Wright, Ky. She is also a fitness instructor with Pure Barre, also in Ft. Wright.
Her fiancé is a 2003 graduate of Columbus North High School in Columbus, Ind., and a 2007 graduate of Indiana University in Bloomington, Ind. He is currently employed as an investment advisor for Fidelity Investments in Ft. Wright.
An August wedding is planned. The couple will honeymoon in Paris, France, and make their home in Ludlow, Ky.


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The Greek cabinet pledged its support after a seven-hour emergency meeting that ended at 3:00 AM Wednesday, according to the New York Times.
Government spokesman Elias Mossialos said the referendum would take place "as soon as possible," once the basics of the bailout deal had been formulated.
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Yet Germany has warned that the rescue plan is not up for negotiation, hours ahead of an emergency meeting at which French and German leaders are expected to tell Papandreou he has no choice but to accept austerity measures.
Papandreou convinced his cabinet ministers the government needed the consent of Greek voters to proceed with the austerity measures demanded by other members of the eurozone, the BBC says.
He argued a referendum would provide:
"a clear mandate and a clear message in and outside Greece on our European course and participation in the euro."
The cabinet's backing makes a stark contrast with the reactions from the opposition and even Papandreou's own party, with six senior members calling for his resignation. One MP from the ruling Pasok party has already quit over the issue, leaving Papandreou with a parliamentary majority of just two seats.
His government faces a no-confidence vote on Friday.
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He will also have a difficult task to win over his eurozone partners when he meets them Wednesday evening.
The Greek PM has been summoned for emergency talks on the sidelines of the upcoming G20 summit in Cannes, France. He is due to meet French President Nicolas Sarkozy, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, European Central Bank President Mario Draghi, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde and EU authorities at around 8:30 PM Wednesday.
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European leaders have expressed their shock at Papandreou's surprise referendum announcement, and they are likely to tell the Greek leader there is "no alternative to cuts," according to Bloomberg.
Germany's Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle issued a clear warning Wednesday, reports the BBC:
"[What] we just agreed last week cannot be placed back on the table."
EU leaders had hoped to present a united front at the November 3-4 G20 summit, with the Greek bailout the centerpiece of their strategy to tackle Europe's debt crisis.
But many fear that the Greek public will reject the rescue plan, which requires drastic spending cuts in pensions and public sector wages, if given the opportunity.
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Cards 4-3 over Bucs, top 9
do you swing away?
Rippin on stubbs...lol
my goodness arroyo.
This has to be the skinniest starting pitcher matchup of the season.
reds school of bunting fails
can stubbs come through?? probably not.
Here comes the U.S.S. Head Fail - Cincinnati, OH.
Rounding third and heading for home...
why do we settle for stubbs when their is guys like david dejesus out there we could go after?
Now he will get that BIG curve and flail at it
up to wilson valdez...
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Pewter Report doesn't project RB Michael Smith to make the Bucs' final roster.
It's obviously way too early for this kind of stuff -- the Bucs haven't even played a single preseason game. But Scott Reynolds of Pewter Report has Tampa Bay keeping Peyton Hillis as the No. 4 running back behind starter Doug Martin, Brian Leonard, and rookie Mike James. The Tampa Bay Times projected Smith to be the direct backup to Martin last month, so there's plenty to be sorted out. It's a big preseason for last year's seventh-round pick.


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Just found out today i lost my baby at 8 weeks and it hurt so bad.Two years ago i lost my son and now this one
im so sorry to hear that :(
very sorry for your loss. Are they going to run tests for you, to try and determine why this is happening?
I'm sorry for your losses. *big hugs*
Im so sorry for.your loss honey I,know it's hard but keep your head held high he is now with the angels of god!!
Im sorry mama.I lost mine at 12 weeks in june of 08.Its hard but you'll get through it.if you ever want to talk PM me.
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Mario Vilchez Urbina began planting small plots of coffee for his farm, Finca Santa Gema, in 1998. In the years that have followed, Mario has achieved recognition for producing some of the sweetest and most complex coffees in Nicaragua. During our visit this past harvest, we were impressed with Mario's dedication to quality and progress as well as his incredible generosity and welcoming presence.
Approximately 20 acres of the sandy-loam soils of Santa Gema are planted in Red Catuai and Maracaturra, with an additional 14 acres to remain as forest. Mario's wife and three sons are actively involved with the management of the farm with each participating in a different capacity. A small wet-mill on the farm handles the pulping, 14-18 hour fermentation, and washing of the coffee. Each lot is then delivered to Beneficio Las Segovias for drying.
We have secured two lots of his excellent red catuai to feature this year and we will be sure to keep an eye on next year's harvest in anticipation of featuring one of his coffees again.


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Belmont's "Welcome Home" initiative was established by Senior Leadership three years ago to support the university's goal of becoming increasingly more diverse and broadly reflective of our local and global communities. The Welcome Home team helps to define our work in terms of racial and ethnic diversity and how we go about achieving our goals. The team meets regularly to explore initiatives and plan strategies to create a culture of inclusion; to ensure learning experiences that enable students to gain strong intercultural competencies; and to actively and intentionally recruit faculty, staff and students from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds.
The Welcome Home Team utilizes a tactical approach to increasing racial and ethnic diversity at Belmont by recognizing and supporting on-going campus diversity initiatives as well as establishing tiered initiatives and goals. A web site has been developed that features Belmont's Diversity and Global Initiatives. Click here to visit the website and here to see an overview of the Welcome Home Team's "Tier One" initiatives as well as the university initiatives that are already established and continuing.
As we end this academic year, I want to update the campus on the progress that's being achieved. Attached is a document that overviews the current status update for each of our Tier One initiatives. Tier two initiatives are being developed and will be shared with all of you in the fall.
In addition, I'm happy to report that Belmont will pilot a "Supplier Diversity Program" for the 2014-15 fiscal year to mutually benefit minority and women-owned businesses. The pilot will create opportunities for vendors to market their products to two key departments at Belmont -- Auxiliary Services and Facilities Management as well as current contractors who engage in subcontracting serving those departments. The pilot will also develop a basis upon which Belmont can expand the program to other departments in an effort to underscore the importance of diversity and cultural competency.
I'm excited about the work that's being done, and I want to thank everyone for their efforts in helping Belmont become a leader among universities who strive to create a culture of inclusion.
Have a wonderful summer!
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Sources say that stunning electoral success of the Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi is motivating many bigwigs in the state right from politicians to entrepreneurs and bureaucrats who are all set to launch political parties.
Apart from TDP leader and entrepreneur Palem Srikanth Reddy who is reportedly planning to launch his own party, sources say Maharashtra cadre IPS officer and former state CBI director J D Lakshminarayana is planning to launch a new party or join AAP! This also reportedly includes Lok Satta president Jayaprakash Narayan, who is trying to make his party act the AP unit of Arvind Kejriwal's AAP.
In the case of Lakshminarayana, the top cop who handled several high profile cases while in AP such as Satyam scam, Jagan assets, Emaar and illegal mining, the Maharashtra government seems to have instigated him to float a political party by not giving him a posting ever since he completed his CBI deputation in AP in June last year. Lakshminarayana is associating himself with an NGO for last few months and addressed the youth in colleges, schools and clubs across the state including Vijayawada, Kakinada and Amalapuram and sources say he has already met Kejriwal and actor Pawan Kalyan.


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Hey All,
I'm working with the repackaging tool that comes with Admin Studio, to create msi's for imaging. I'm repackaging inside a VM that has windows 7 enterprise 64-bit installed in it, when using the snapshot method, everything seems to be fine, the msi is created. But when I run the msi from the command line to test it (msiexec /i myProgram.msi /passive) it briefly starts the install than stops. After this happens if i try to run any .exe on the system (regedit, notepad, eventviewer, ect) i receive an error message containing the path of the exe i'm trying to run and a message "More Data is Available"(screen shot below). I can't open event viewer or any log files because i keep getting the same errors. I started looking to see what else was causing this error and even trying to modify user permissions on random files also kicks this error. Also if i restart the VM, i get a BSOD and the VM restarts.
I have been doing this for the last 3 summers for a university that leases students laptops with all there course software preloaded. Each year we have used the admin studio repackaging tool with no problems. Now we did switch versions this year, LANDesk included a free version of the tool. Also I have tried the trial version that comes with Admin Studio 11 Enterprise edition and am receiving the same error.
Anyone experienced this before?
Thank You in advance
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Found the problem. The registry value for located at [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\SideBySide] called PublisherPolicyChangeTime was changed to a REG_SZ during the install, when it should be a REG_QWORD. Just deleted the registry value before building the msi and it worked fine.
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Man sought in Burger King attack, attempted robbery
Posted September 6, 2012
Raleigh, N.C. — Raleigh police are looking for a man who attacked a Burger King employee during an attempted robbery last month.
Investigators say the would-be robber entered the restaurant, at 3701 Hillsborough St., shortly before 10 p.m. on Aug. 22 and struck one of two employees with a handgun.
While leaving, police say, the man shot at the employee. No one was injured.
Investigators are looking for a white man of Hispanic ethnicity, who stands about 6 feet 2 inches tall and has a thin build.
Surveillance photos show him wearing a curly, black wig, dark "skinny" jeans, black sneakers and a white shirt under a black zip-up windbreaker jacket.
Police believe he might have fled the scene on a black bicycle.
Anyone with information about the robbery or who might recognize the man in the photos is asked to contact Raleigh Crime Stoppers at 919-834-4357 or to report a tip at the Crime Stoppers website, http://www.raleighcrimestoppers.org.
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Taiwan remains at 13th in WEF competitiveness
The China Post news staff Thursday, September 6, 2012, 11:34 am TWN
Taiwan ranked as the 13th most competitive nation in the world in the newest World Economic Forum (WEF) survey, the third year in a row the nation has garnered the 13th place.
According to the WEF, Taiwan is still strongly competitive yet needs to improve its budget deficit situation.
In this year's report, Taiwan took No. 1 in many categories including fixed-line penetration rate, efforts to curb inflation, medical advances and development of high-tech clusters.
Taiwan is also commended for progress made in several areas including "laws and regulation," "infrastructure," "higher education," "commercial market efficiency," "labor market efficiency" and "financial market development."
Yet the nation's rankings fell in the following categories: "macroeconomic climate," "health and rudimentary education," "market size" and "innovation," the last of which is ironic given Taiwan is being described as an "innovation-driven" economy in the report.
Taiwan's regulatory regime was ranked No. 10 this year, a jump from No. 30 last year. Government transparency ranked No. 6 this year compared to last year's No. 5. Commercial maturity ranked No. 13 just as it did last year. Innovation ranked No. 14, down from No. 9 last year. While the rankings go up and down, they are within the top range compared to other nations.
Yet the WEF warned of the specter of budget deficit, which in Taiwan accounted for 4.9 percent of total GDP last year, ranking No. 91 across the globe. This year the percentage narrowed to 4.3 percent, which the WEF said could still be improved.
As for other nations, Korea ranked No. 19 in total, a jump from No. 24 last year. China ranked No. 29, down from No. 26 last year.
Switzerland ranked No. 1, while Singapore maintained its second place.
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Bunny Love!
I looooove bunnies. This precious duo came out for Santa Barbara's Bunny Festival last weekend. Lucky rabbits – there were carrot eating contests, pampering massages at "Spa Bunne," and even the Bunny Olympics where agility trained rabbits did hurdles, obstacle courses, and even played basketball! I still haven't worked out in my head how a bunny could play anything resembling basketball but, since I wasn't able to make it, I'll take their word for it.
The event is put on by Bunnies Urgently Needing Shelter (B.U.N.S.), a crucial volunteer organization to help abandoned rabbits. So many people adopt baby rabbits then realize they don't have the patience to care for them once they grow up. As when choosing any pet, make sure you have enough energy to dedicate to their needs.
The problem with abandoned bunnies has gotten so serious in some cities (San Francisco, included) that there are city ordinances prohibiting the sale of rabbits. Unless you have the space and time to dedicate, be like me and do your bunny admiring from afar!


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A Safety and Efficacy Study of SB1518 for the Treatment of Advanced Lymphoid Malignancies
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Art II students at Star City High School began the new school year with a surreal experience combining reality with dreams.
Art II students at Star City High School began the new school year with a surreal experience combining reality with dreams.
Star City High School students in Roger Darren High�s class recently created their own original handscapes by combining observational drawings of their hands with surrealism.
Surrealism is a 20th Century artistic style in which dreams, fantasy, and the subconscious served as inspiration for artists.
After carefully drawing at least three hands from observation, the students incorporated dreamlike images to create their handscapes. While a landscape is a painting or drawing that depicts natural scenery (such as mountains, trees, rivers, or lakes), a handscape depicts images of hands and surrealism.
Prior to the lesson students studied examples of artwork created by surrealist artists, including Salvador Dali. Dali used bizarre dream imagery to create unforgettable and unmistakable landscapes of his inner world. His most famous work is �The Persistence Of Memory�.
The lesson gave the students the opportunity to combine life drawing with images from their imagination in order to create original works of art.


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Buffalo swept the season series with Cambridge-Isanti baseball by rallying for a 10-6 win in nine innings at Larson Field May 17. The loss put the Bluejackets in a tight spot in their pursuit of the Mississippi 8 crown, needing some help from other teams to make up the one-game deficit with a week to go.
The Bluejackets have M-8 games remaining at Rogers May 19 and home against Monticello May 24. Buffalo goes against Becker and Big Lake this week, while St. Michael-Albertville takes on Monticello and Big Lake. The BL Hornets are also still in the race at 9-5.
Against the Bison on Tuesday, C-I took a 4-0 lead into the seventh as Cole Bakke was cruising on the mound. But a leadoff walk followed by two batters reaching on bunts opened the door, and Buffalo began chipping away. A key play came when the tying scored when it looked like C-I catcher Ryan Epsen had him blocked out and tagged at the plate.
Both teams scored one run in the extra-inning eighth to keep the game going, then the Bison got to reliever Austin Karpen for 5 runs on 5 hits to pull ahead. The Bluejackets managed one run in the bottom of the ninth on Nick Johnson's solo shot over the right-field wall, but that's where their rally ended.
Bakke allowed 3 earned runs through eight innings for C-I, striking out 7 and walking 2. Johnson, Epsen and Matt Ziebarth all had 3 hits for the Bluejackets, with Reed Burns supplying 2 hits. Mike Henderscheid and Tom Selz both had 2 RBI.
St. Michael-Alb. 10, C-I 4
The Knights continued their hot late-season surge by rapping out 13 hits in the May 13 home win. The victory moved SMA ahead of the Bluejackets in the Mississippi 8 standings. Clayton Jennissen had 2 doubles for the Bluejackets. Ryan Miller took the loss after giving up 5 hits and 5 runs (2 earned) in 1.6 innings.
C-I 12, Becker 0 (5 inn.)
Trent Chromy threw a five-inning shutout, striking out 8 and allowing just 1 hit, in the May 16 win at Becker. Mike Henderscheid homered, and Jennissen went 3-for-3 to lead the offense. Reed Burns (3 RBI), Bakke and Brent Schoenwald doubled at the plate
M-8 Baseball
Buffalo 10-4, 10-6; St. Michael-Alb. 10-4, 10-6; Cambridge-Isanti 9-5, 10-5; Big Lake 9-5, 12-5; Monticello 8-6, 9-8; Zimmerman 6-8, 7-8; Rogers 4-9, 4-10; Becker 3-10, 3-11; Princeton 2-9, 2-9.


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Donald Gee, Dulles passenger, arrested for simple assault (video)
WARNING: The video contains profanity.
An irate passenger at Dulles who was caught on video yelling obscenities and striking a pilot was arrested Tuesday evening and charged with simple assault and public intoxication.
A video of the entire incident was posted on Liveleak.com.
In the video, Donald Gee, 53, is seen berating a pilot about his delayed flight to Philadelphia. When the pilot tells him the flight is grounded, Gee continues to curse at him and eventually strikes him. He was taken down and restrained until police arrived.
Charles Hobart, spokesperson for United Airlines, released the following statement:
"Violence against our employees is unacceptable and we will review this closely. We are fully cooperating with authorities and do not have further comment at this time."
It's been a nerve-fraying week for flyers.
On Monday, Daniel Perry was arrested after allegedly disrupting his United flight from Hong Kong to Newark, screaming he'd been poisoned. Last Friday, a man on a Frontier flight claimed to have a bomb, and an Egypt Air flight en route to New York made an emergency landing after a threatening note was discovered in a bathroom over the weekend.
Gee, who is from Philadelphia, is being held on $2,500 bond.


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An Approach To The Measurement Of Technological Change Based On The Intensity Of Innovation
The economics of innovation presents a lot of taxonomies of innovation. This research introduces the scale of innovative intensity (SIIN) based on a meta-taxonomy that subsume other, less comprehensive taxonomy. The SIIN is similar to the seismic scale of Mercalli used for measuring the intensity of earthquakes. This scale is used for a theoretical framework of measurement based on the economic impact of the technological innovation on the economic system. The theory is applied on some case studies from agricultural mechanisation and ICT industries and the results show as the Internet innovation has a higher economic impact than farm tractors.
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This month, the kabuki masterpiece "Yoshitsune Senbonzakura (Yoshitsune and One Thousand Cherry Trees)," adapted from the 1747 bunraku play written by Takeda Izumo, Mamiki Senryu and Miyoshi Shoraku, is being staged at two theaters in Tokyo: the National Theater of Japan in Hanzomon and the Nakamuraza Theater in Asakusa.
Complex of plot but full of exciting highlights, the play is presented in its entirety (toshi) at the National Theater (Part I runs 11 a.m.-3:55 p.m. and Part II 4:30 p.m-9:25 p.m.). At the Nakamuraza, the stories of the three striking characters, Tomomori, Gonta and Tadanobu are staged independently, each program running for 2 1/2 hours.
The Nakamuraza is an enormous canvas structure built by the Sumida River in Asakusa in November 2000, simulating the original Nakamuraza Theater in Edo where "Yoshitsune Senbonzakura" was first performed as a kabuki play in 1748. With the capacity to seat 800 people, the Nakamuraza's interior is laid out to give the atmosphere of an 18th-century kabuki theater.
As presented at the National Theater, "Yoshitsune Senbonzakura" revolves around the 12th-century hero Minamoto no Yoshitsune, his brilliant military exploits against the Taira forces in the battle of Dan-no-Ura in 1185, and his subsequent tragic downfall. The lengthy play is enriched with episodes about such prominent members of the Taira clan as Tomomori and Koremori, Sato Tadanobu and an enigmatic character called Gonta. Characteristic of this superbly constructed drama is the way the tension of watching Tomomori's splendid death is relieved by the lovely dance in Act IV, depicting the idyllic journey of Yoshitsune's mistress Shizuka through the Yoshino mountains dazzling with cherry blossoms.
Act VI of "Yoshitsune Senbonzakura" is a fine specimen of the realistic sewamono (drama of manners) genre, in which Gonta is transformed from a yakuzalike swindler into a man who sacrifices his own wife and son to save Koremori. Act VII, which sees Yoshitsune in hiding, is filled with kabuki stage tricks referred to as keren.
At the National Theater, Danjuro Ichikawa, 55, one of the most prominent tachiyaku (male leads) today, tackles the formidable task of performing the three roles of Taira no Tomomori, Gonta the rascal Tadanobu. The distinctive style of performance for each character was developed by the celebrated kabuki actor Kikugoro Onoe VI in the 1920s and '30s. Kikugoro's methods were transmitted to his disciple Shoroku Onoe in 1948, and then from Shoroku to Danjuro Ichikawa, Kikugoro Onoe VII and Tomijuro Nakamura.
Danjuro gives an outstanding performance as Tomomori in Act III, especially in the striking closing scene in which Tomomori jumps off a cliff weighted with an enormous anchor. Danjuro is also highly convincing as Gonta, showing a different aspect of his art in an emotional sewamono scene in Act VI.
The role of Yoshitsune goes to Danjuro's son, the good-looking and talented Shinnosuke. The part of Shizuka is shared by the renowned onnagata actor Jakuemon Nakamura, who is going strong even at the age of 81, and his son Shibajaku. Shibajaku enacts Shizuka in Acts I, II and VII, while Jakuemon performs Shizuka in Act IV, opposite his nephew Danjuro as Tadanobu, depicting Shizuka's journey in the Yoshino mountains. In Act VI, Shibajaku also gives an admirable performance as Osato, the pretty daughter of Yazaemon, in love with Koremori who is disguised as the humble servant Yasuke.
In the meantime, at the Nakamuraza Theater in Asakusa, Kankuro Nakamura, 46, is delighting his fans by performing the same principal trio of Tomomori, Gonta and Tadanobu in the styles of acting perfected by Kikugoro Onoe VI (Kankuro's grandfather), which he has inherited through the late Shoroku Onoe and Tomijuro Nakamura.
Kankuro exhibits his versatility in handling the three distinctive characters. He confesses that of three, he likes the part of Gonta best because the character's story is so dramatic. When Kankuro played this fascinating character for the first time in 1992, he learned the technique of rendering Gonta established by Kikugoro Onoe VI who learned from Tomijuro Nakamura — who had himself studied the performance of the role under the late Shoroku Onoe.
In his current performance as Gonta, moderating the character's emotional outbursts with a cool ferocity, we sense that Kankuro has set out on his journey to reach the level attained by his eminent grandfather, Kikugoro VI, who had the reputation of being the finest kabuki actor of sewamono plays.


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28 days.
4 weeks without taking a single day off.
I'm stepping down today.
My left knee is flaring up.
I had to make an emergency trip home. My grandmother passed away suddenly.
I'm stressed out and sad.
Eating too many cookies.
I'll be back to run my 5k Friday anyway.


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ISRAEL Folau is ready to play a full 80 minutes when he makes his first foray into rugby union tonight.
NSW Waratahs coach Michael Cheika said the code-hopping superstar would play at least one half of football against the Melbourne Rebels in Hobart, spending time at fullback and on the wing.
Despite joining his third football code in three years, Folau's final message was simple yesterday before he and an under-strength Waratahs team flew to Hobart: "I'm ready".
Despite only joining the Waratahs on December 4 - just 59 days ago - Folau says his body is physically ready to handle a full game just over three weeks out from their Super Rugby season- opener against the Queensland Reds on February 23.
In his eight weeks of pre-season training Folau has bulked up three kilos on top of the weight he gained while training privately at the end of his only season of AFL with the GWS Giants.
It is in his head where he faces the toughest challenges. Having not played the 15-a-side game since high school, his knowledge of the sport still needs developing.
His first appearance in rugby makes tonight's clash one of the most anticipated Waratahs trials ever, but the 23-year-old former NRL star and his new coach both insist their first priority for Folau is simply to enjoy himself.
"I'm certainly more confident heading into this game," Folau said when asked how tonight's game compared with his AFL debut.
"With a contact sport like this I've got to get used to the amount of tackling and getting off the ground, which you don't really have to do too much in AFL. That's something I've had to condition my body to get used to again."
While he has had huge support from Cheika and his teammates in learning the intricacies of playing on the wing and at fullback, Folau said it was the advice from his own family members that has sunk in the most this week.
Their advice was simple: "Go out there and enjoy yourself. Back yourself and have fun."
It was the same advice he received from Cheika.
"I just said to him I need you to enjoy yourself," Cheika said. "If you're getting the ball and you've got natural talent, there's not much else to do. He's going to make some mistakes. He's going to make some positional mistakes, but so is everyone. I'm not worried about that."
While Cheika is happy to let Folau develop at his own pace, playing with intensity is non-negotiable for every player in his squad. Positions are still up for grabs.
Cheika said every player in his 27-man squad would spend significant time on the field tonight.
"It is the day to put your hand up for a spot," he said. "There's a real opportunity for a lot of guys who don't even have a contract. I won't be scared to find a way to get them in there. I don't know how I can do it, but I'll find a way to do it. If you play good enough, you'll get a chance."
Even Folau believes he needs a strong performance right from the opening kick-off to earn his spot in the team.
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Suffering from headaches that are affecting your training and other day-to-day activities? The culprit could be your diet.
May 19, 2011
Headaches affect as many as 50 million Americans a year and are said to be the leading cause of absence from work. Headaches can ruin a good workout or keep a bodybuilder out of the gym completely.
Few bodybuilders may realize that some of the most common causes of headaches are ordinary foods that they eat every day. This may be particularly troublesome for people who take in large quantities of food to support muscle growth. Food-related headaches are usually felt on both sides of the head, occur within a specific time after eating an offending food, and disappear after the food is eliminated from the diet.
If you frequently suffer headaches, consider avoiding some of the common foods that may be triggering them. One ingredient to be aware of is tyramine. Tyramine is produced from the amino acid tyrosine; it increases blood flow to the brain, sometimes leading to headache. Cheese is high in tyramine. That's particularly true of blue cheese, brie, Cheddar, Stilton, feta, Gorgonzola, mozzarella, Muenster, Parmesan, Swiss and processed cheese.
Other foods to watch for in terms of tyramine content include processed meat, homemade bread, sour cream, overripe bananas, figs, raisins, avocados, eggplant, pickled herring, canned soups, yogurt, chocolate, soy sauce, beer and red wine. Some fat-loss supplements also contain tyramine as an ingredient. If you notice you are more prone to headaches after eating, pay attention to when you get the headaches and what you have eaten. Try to avoid those foods in future meals and note whether you stop getting headaches.


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Residents cope with aftermath of apartment fire
CHAMPAIGN — Just last week, Lindsey and Ben Hammerslag, both 24-year-old University of Illinois students, spent the last of the cash and gift cards they received as wedding gifts in January on items for their Champaign apartment.
"We spent $500 at Target and our apartment was lovely, homey and well-decorated," said Lindsey Hammerslag, adding that the thank-you notes had not yet been completed.
That all changed early Wednesday when fire swept through the building they called home at the Stonegate Village Apartments, 2403 W. Springfield Ave.
"My bedroom is right next to the locus of the fire. I was dreaming and suddenly there were flames in the dream. I sleep two feet from the window. I opened my eyes and it was pure orange and there was heat coming off the window. I elbowed my husband and we ran. It was just a roar of noise. We didn't stop for anything. I thought to leave the door open and stopped to knock on neighbors' doors on the way out," she said.
She left the door open hoping their two cats would leave on their own. One did; the other and a rabbit were found in the apartment — alive — hours later.
Ten of the 12 apartments in the three-story building were occupied by 15 people. All got out safely, most with just the clothes they were wearing. The building was destroyed, the loss estimated at $1 million. There were four apartments on each floor.
Fire officials said Thursday that a carelessly discarded cigarette started the fire on the balcony of a first floor apartment. Flames quickly spread up the outside of the building to the roof. Hammerslag said that apartment was directly beneath theirs.
On Friday, displaced residents were trying to get resettled in other unfurnished apartments found for them in the same complex by the owners, Royse & Brinkmeyer.
Stephanie Funkhouser, office manager for Royse & Brinkmeyer, said several of the tenants did not have renter's insurance.
"We don't require it but we strongly encourage it. So many people think, 'This isn't going to happen to me.' We feel it's vitally important," she said, adding that the insurance is fairly inexpensive.
Royse & Brinkmeyer employees were spreading the word about those tenants most in need through the company's web site (http://www.roysebrinkmeyer.com) under the fire relief tab and on Facebook, urging willing donors to contact the victims directly.
Karen Maldonado was among them. She was getting hot as she slept and got up to open the window.
"I thought someone was shooting. I realized it was popping from the fire. I saw the sparks, grabbed my daughter and ran out," she said.
Given the difficulty of waking a sleeping teen-ager at 3:45 a.m., Maldonado had to repeat herself to get 15-year-old Aliyah to comprehend the seriousness of the situation.
Maldonado left with nothing but her daughter. Aliyah brought only her cell phone.
"Everything is gone," she said Friday from a laundromat where she was trying to wash soot and smoke from the few clothes they salvaged. "The roof collapsed into our apartment."
Maldonado, who's lived in the complex about a year, was kicking herself about the lack of insurance.
"I've never needed it. I regret not getting it," she said, adding that she and her daughter need everything.
She said co-workers from AT&T in Rantoul where she works have been helpful.
Even though the Hammerslags have renter's insurance, that doesn't cover the $1,100 in veterinarian bills they have incurred for their cats and rabbit, all of which suffered smoke inhalation, Lindsey Hammerslag said.
Sadie, the 13-year-old "adventuresome" cat, ran out the door when the Hammerslags did. Fieval , a 6-year-old Maine coon, remained in the apartment until about 11 a.m. The couple found him, soaked and shivering, when they were first allowed back in about 9 a.m. He was suffering from hypothermia.
Hammerslag said when her husband saw all the water in the corner where their exotic rabbit's cage was, he assumed the worst. About 3 p.m., they asked a firefighter to check for Lola, 2, a Polish dwarf.
"The fireman came down holding a cage with a clean, dry rabbit. I don't know how she did it. I think she made a deal with the devil. She was fine," Lindsey Hammerslag said.
Few other of their belongings survived. Fans of action figures, the Hammerslags spent several hours Wednesday digging for their collectibles, only to be told by recovery specialists that anything with plastic would have to be tossed because of the cancer-causing effects of the soot.
Their electronics, including computers, were ruined. Hammerslag said she and her husband "back up everything ... in multiple versions" so they weren't worried about losing school work or personal files. She's a Ph.D. student in neuroscience and he's a master's candidate in library and information science.
She turned in 75 percent of the statistics homework that was due Wednesday — the professor agreed to give her a few extra days — and is currently fretting about an upcoming exam in that class.
"Our dishes and silver will probably make it. That's about it," she said.
Many of their wedding gifts were not from their gift registry and had special meaning, such as her husband's aunt's pearl necklace, that he gave her on their wedding night.
"We'll figure out how to replace that stuff," she said. "I feel like my experience with the loss is tempered by getting the pets back."
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Rogers returns to action for Browns vs. Bucs
Published: September 12th, 2010 | Tags: Cleveland Browns, Shaun Rogers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Week 1 inactives
Browns NT Shaun Rogers, who has been recovering from a broken leg, is active for the season opener at Tampa Bay. The three-time Pro Bowl pick missed the final five games last season after breaking his leg, and he also missed all of training camp and the preseason.
Inactive for the Browns are: Colt McCoy (No. 3 QB), WR Carlton Mitchell, DB Nick Sorensen, LB D'Qwell Jackson, OL Steve Vallos, OT Shawn Lauvo, TE Alex Smith, LB David Bowens.
Inactive for the Buccaneers are: Rudy Carpenter (No. 3 QB), RB LeGarrette Blount, RB Kregg Lumpkin, C Ted Larsen, DL Michael Bennett, WR Maurice Stovall, WR Parker Preston, DE Erik Lorig.


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The one at the base of my skull is about the size of a pea. It is stationary. It does not move at all. The same is true for the the one on the side of my neck.
It doesn't seem as though there is fluid inside, although I'm not sure how to tell. They are pretty hard...not like a rock, but the shape stays the same when I press on them.
They are not painful.


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If your garage is looking dingy or your basement could use a fix, ideas for painting concrete floors may be worth considering. A painted concrete floor can add new life and additional color to a space. There are several methods and products for painting concrete floors, choose the one that best suits your needs.
There is a one or two-step process with cleaning and floor prep depending on what condition your floor is in. Paint and wet concrete don't mix, the floor must be dry. A simple way to test for leaks is to open baggies and tape them to the floor. Allow them to sit overnight. If you find moisture in them the next day, you'll need to seal the floor before you paint.
*Note: concrete products will have the words, "masonry or concrete" in the description.
Check for holes or cracks in your floor or the paint will show defects in a obvious way. There are pre-mixed concrete patches such as DAP® Ready-Mixed, Quickrete and more. Primarily, it requires misting the crack, applying the patch and covering to cure.
Grease and oil are enemies of paint. Tom Schmidt of Jagger Scored/Stained Concrete, says these materials inhibit concrete penetration and prevent the color from taking. A thorough cleaning is crucial. A great environmental product is OilGoneEasy at oilgoneasy.com.
For oil deposits, pick them up by sprinkling with kitty litter and dispose; then using a scrub brush attached to a stick, apply a TSP---Trisodium Phosphate. If needed see: concretenetwork.com for additional information. Rinse and let dry for a minimum of three days.
After repairing cracks, degreasing, washing, rinsing and drying, there's one more step before you pick up a brush or roller. Scrape off old paint with a wire brush. Sometimes sanding is suggested, but use caution: if you sand rough areas---you can rent a sander-polisher with a diamond disk---the texture may change. Sanding and polishing is best done by a professional because of complications inherent in the process.
Vacuum completely and wipe down with tack cloth to remove any dust.
If your floor is susceptible to water, seal the surface. A sealer bonds with concrete. Sometimes a product may be both a sealer-primer, which is the best solution. Inquire at a home improvement, paint or hardware stores about these products.
There are several types of primers: acrylic, polyurethane and epoxy. Read the labels to see which product will serve your purpose best. They adhere completely and some prevent mildew, while others help protect concrete from chemical absorptions. Check the calfinder.com link for specifics.
For painting there are latex, acrylic, epoxy and oil or water-base formulas. Whatever primer you use, match the type of paint in chemistry: acrylic primer for acrylic paint. Concrete stains are also a great looking option.
Apply paint with a long-handled roller, although you should use a brush for corners and small areas. For certain applications a squeegee is preferred.
Depending on which primer or paint you used, you may still need a sealer. All these products need to be compatible, so take that into consideration when buying your materials.
A tip: additives can be put into the paint to make surfaces "non-slip." With any applications, apply in thin layers, let dry between coats, and two layers is the norm.
Armorpoxy Ultrafast is a popular commercial vendor epoxy, often used in car showrooms, with little downtime. It's pricey but beautiful.


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What Makes Coffee Good
DateNovember 2005
Other Media
This Web site follows the bean from the farmer's field to the barista's cup, unfolding the processes and diverse personalities behind Starbucks' coffee.
On this site visitors learn where coffee is grown, how beans are separated, and how farmers engage in sustainable farming practices. Different sections reveal the skills and expertise of those that roast the bean, the professional tasters who assess the results, and the in-store coffee ambassadors' brewing mastery. Committed to creating a positive environment for workers, customers, and farmers, and protecting biodiversity, the site also profiles the practices and policies that define Starbucks' values. As visitors navigate along the path of the bean from the field to the cup, the playful interface spreads out images, objects, and information that connect with more in-depth resources, maps, illustrations, and videos. As part of a brand campaign created by Wieden+Kennedy, full-page advertisements promote the Web site and its in-depth information.
Part of SapientRazorfish /© 2017 Second Story, Inc.
- Designer
- JD Hooge
- Developer
- Thomas Wester
- Motion Designer
- Alphonse Swinehart
- Illustrator
- Martin Linde
- Quality Assurance
- David Brewer, David Knape


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Shel Holtz on the growing relevance of content curation
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When is a company not a company? When it's a media publisher.
So was I until in a recent interview, Shel Holtz explained the growing importance of content curation to companies looking to build awareness.
The media landscape is rapidly changing
We all see the major upheavals happening in the press right now. Print journalism is giving way to digital. Readership is dwindling. Newsrooms are shrinking. This affects coverage across the board, including business stories. It was never easy getting a journalist to pick up on a press release, but the environment is getting even tougher.
People are now reading from a more diverse set of sources. What people are reading online often differs from the top stories breaking on the nightly TV broadcast. The scope of news consumed is broader than it ever has been.
Traditional press folk are no longer the arbiters of influence. Enter the role of the content curator.
Gimme a filter
Experts who are willing to spend some time pulling out the nuggets of information now have an increasingly useful role to play.
Shel cites the example of NPR's Andy Carvin, who built up a large Twitter readership during the Arab Spring revolutions. Rather than push out his own (or NPR's) content, Andy threaded together a narrative from key players and thought leaders. Sure, you could have followed these people individually, but that would have meant having to find them and then pick through multiple streams of tweets. Andy did all the legwork and published what he found on Storify, and went on to become the go-to source for online information on the Arab Spring.
Companies can learn a lot from this example. Content curation is a great tool to build awareness and thought leadership. Whether it be in the PR department, a technical sales specialist or market intelligence folk, there may already be people within the company following a given topic of key strategic interest. The next step is to package this up and publish it. Before you know it, you are providing a valuable service and have become an expert in the field.
A little shameless self-promotion coming up: IBM is one of the examples Shel mentions. The smart folk who run the Smarter Planet campaign have a Tumblr where they collect interesting tid-bits from across the web.
Other curation tools beyond Storify and Tumblr include the rotary visualizations of Pearltrees to the newsy feel of Paper.li to straight listings in Delicious. Curata, Loud3r and Daylife have enterprise offerings with enterprise price tags.
Beyond external communication, curation has a special role to play in connecting employees inside the firewall. News about the company, competitors, the industry and the marketplace can help to build a well-informed workforce.
And whilst many curation efforts may be brand-led initiatives, there's no reason why individuals can't make use of these tools to cover their own particular specializations. Google+ is particularly useful in this regard, as you can create circles covering different topics.
Turning visitors away
One of the reservations that came to mind as I put this piece together is around measurement and rewards for these initiatives, particularly brand-led external curation. On the web marketing side, I'm hearing more these days around building and measuring engagement, rather than just counting page views or visits.
Curation can be tricky in this regard as you are often driving people to off-domain locations that can't be tracked. Effectively, when you look at your web stats you may well see a lot of single-page visits. It's tough to weave a tale of engagement around these kinds of numbers.
One way around this is to be clear on the objective and measure against it. For instance, looking at return visit metrics can highlight the number of people who value the curation enough to keep coming back for more (regardless of the duration of each visit). Indeed one of the most popular sites on the web deals with a similar scenario: as Dave Winer has pointed out, Google is at one level little more than an algorithmic curator that spends most of its time sending visitors away.
Curation continued
Check out the webinar with Shel Holtz to hear about curation from the man himself.
Follow Shel on Twitter or check out his blog and the excellent FIR podcast.


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Get an overview of this hotel3-star hotel with free breakfast and restaurant
Popular property highlights
Situated in the historical district, this hotel is steps from Basilica of Sts. Gervasius and Protasius and Porta delle Saline. Castle-on-the-Sea and Marina di Rapallo are also within 10 minutes.
Hotel Features
This smoke-free hotel features a restaurant, a bar/lounge, and an outdoor tennis court. Free buffet breakfast and free WiFi in public areas are also provided. Additionally, a spa tub, a sauna, and a rooftop terrace are onsite.
Room Amenities
All 28 rooms offer free WiFi, minibars, and flat-screen TVs with satellite channels. Other amenities available to guests include room service, hair dryers, and safes. Limited housekeeping is available.
Guest Highlights
- Central location
- Helpful staff
Hotel Cavour
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
In addition to an outdoor tennis court, Hotel Cavour features a spa tub and a sauna. The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast each morning. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wireless Internet access.
This business-friendly hotel also offers a rooftop terrace, concierge services, and laundry facilities.
Hotel Cavour is a smoke-free property.
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Total number of rooms - 28
- Number of floors - 3
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- 24-hour front desk
- Bar/lounge
- Concierge services
- Elevator/lift
- Rooftop terrace
- Luggage storage
- Laundry facilities
- One meeting room
- Restaurant
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Outdoor tennis court
- Sauna
- Smoke-free property
- Spa tub
- Free breakfast
- Free WiFi
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Free Wi-Fi
- Outdoor tennis court
- Laundry facilities
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Room Amenities
- Room service (limited hours)
- Hair dryer
- Flat-panel TV
- Free WiFi
- Bathtub or shower
- Air conditioning
- Phone
- Limited housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Bidet
- Satellite TV service
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Desk
- In-room safe
- Minibar
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
Where to Eat
A complimentary buffet breakfast is served each morning between 7:30 AM and 10:30 AM.
Onsite venue - This restaurant specializes in Italian cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the hotel include an outdoor tennis court, a spa tub, and a sauna.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Surfing/boogie boarding nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Windsurfing nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Scuba diving nearby
- Rowing or canoeing on site
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
Hotel Policies
Check-in time ends at midnight
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for EUR 30 per night.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets stay free
- Restrictions apply
- For more information contact the property at the number on the booking confirmation
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
- No onsite parking is available.
Optional extras
- Rollaway bed fee: EUR 30 per night
Hotel Name
- Cavour Rapallo
- Hotel Cavour Rapallo
We should mention
All guests, including children, must be present at check-in and show their government-issued photo ID card or passport. Cash transactions at this property cannot exceed EUR 2999.99, due to national regulations. For further details, please contact the property using information in the booking confirmation. Guests can arrange to bring pets by contacting the property directly, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.


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The wonderful truth about drinking wine is that every bottle as a story. Every winemaker pours a little bit of their soul into a very handcrafted product. From the soil, vineyard, grapes, and actual wine making process; each component contributes to shape the story of that wine. But with any exquisite product, the storytelling experience starts with heritage that is the heart of the product. The heart of Fernwood Cellars and its origins start on the historic Redwood Retreat Road. This scenic, humble road takes its name from "Redwood Retreat" a 1800's metaphysical resort, family ranch and now home of Fernwood Cellars.
Fortino Winery was first established in 1970 when Ernest and Marie Fortino purchased a vineyard that had been growing since the early 30's. Ernest was drawn to the vineyard because the surrounding land was highly reminiscent of his hometown, Calabria, Italy.
Clos LaChance is located in San Martin, CA, within the Central Coast American Viticultural Area. Being a good steward of land and resources are key components in Clos LaChance's winemaking practice. The family is especially vested in the sustainability of the winery and vineyard with the homes of creating a legacy for their children and grandchildren. Clos LaChance Winery and Estate Vineyard is proud to be Certified Sustainable by the California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance.
Guglielmo (gool-yell-mo) is a Family Wine Making Tradition in the Santa Clara Valley Since 1925. Guglielmo Winery - a third generation, family owned winery produces a wide variety of award-winning varietals from more than 100 acres of Santa Clara Valley estate vineyards, as well as from other premium winegrowing regions within California.
Located near San Francisco, Solis is tucked in the picturesque Hecker Pass region which is just at the southwestern edge of Santa Clara Valley and just west of downtown Gilroy. You'll enjoy our charming tasting room where you will be able to sample our wide variety of wines.
Morgan Hill Cellars is a bonded wine warehouse and contract facility for wine production including: custom crush, custom bottling and labeling, bulk wine storage, and bottled wine storage. While most of their wine sales are large and commercial, they keep aside special small-brewed wines for local consumption.