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Q: Jenkins not accessible I have just installed Jenkins throught sudo apt-get install jenkins, the service is running however it is not accessible through the default port 8080.
    user@user-desktop:~$ sudo service jenkins status
● jenkins.service - LSB: Start Jenkins at boot time
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/jenkins; bad; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: active (exited) since lø. 2017-03-11 19:00:34 CET; 22h ago
     Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)
  Process: 7102 ExecStop=/etc/init.d/jenkins stop (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
  Process: 7139 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/jenkins start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
   Memory: 0B
      CPU: 0

mars 11 19:00:32 user-desktop systemd[1]: Starting LSB: Start Jenkins at boot time...
mars 11 19:00:32 user-desktop jenkins[7139]:  * Starting Jenkins Continuous Integration Server jenkins
mars 11 19:00:33 user-desktop su[7177]: Successful su for jenkins by root
mars 11 19:00:33 user-desktop su[7177]: + ??? root:jenkins
mars 11 19:00:33 user-desktop su[7177]: pam_unix(su:session): session opened for user jenkins by (uid=0)
mars 11 19:00:34 user-desktop jenkins[7139]:    ...done.
mars 11 19:00:34 user-desktop systemd[1]: Started LSB: Start Jenkins at boot time.

When I run Netstat -tap:
user@user-desktop:~$ netstat -tap
(Not all processes could be identified, non-owned process info
 will not be shown, you would have to be root to see it all.)
Active Internet connections (servers and established)
Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address           Foreign Address         State       PID/Program name
tcp        0      0 user-desktop:domain    *:*                     LISTEN      -
tcp        0      0 *:ssh                   *:*                     LISTEN      -
tcp        0    240 192.168.1.221:ssh       192.168.1.34:49858      ESTABLISHED -
tcp6       0      0 [::]:ssh                [::]:*                  LISTEN      -

I am not able to locate Jenkins running on port 8080, and I am not able to see any errors in the Jenkins log file.
I appriciate any tips for troubleshooting this problem.
EDIT: Syslog.
Mar 14 13:41:00 user-desktop systemd[1]: Created slice User Slice of jenkins.
Mar 14 13:41:00 user-desktop systemd[1]: Starting User Manager for UID 124...
Mar 14 13:41:01 user-desktop systemd[1]: Started Session c19 of user jenkins.
Mar 14 13:41:01 user-desktop systemd[23777]: Reached target Paths.
Mar 14 13:41:01 user-desktop systemd[23777]: Reached target Sockets.
Mar 14 13:41:01 user-desktop systemd[23777]: Reached target Timers.
Mar 14 13:41:01 user-desktop systemd[23777]: Reached target Basic System.
Mar 14 13:41:01 user-desktop systemd[23777]: Reached target Default.
Mar 14 13:41:01 user-desktop systemd[23777]: Startup finished in 80ms.
Mar 14 13:41:01 user-desktop systemd[1]: Started User Manager for UID 124.
Mar 14 13:41:02 user-desktop jenkins[23724]:    ...done.
Mar 14 13:41:02 user-desktop systemd[1]: Started LSB: Start Jenkins at boot time.
Mar 14 13:41:10 user-desktop jenkins: Running from: /usr/share/jenkins/jenkins.war
Mar 14 13:41:10 user-desktop jenkins:

A: Find Jenkins user by this command:
cat /etc/sysconfig/jenkins | grep JENKINS_USER

Then set  permissions to the Jenkins user to the files and folders as follows:
chown -R jenkinsuser:jenkinsuser /var/lib/jenkins
chown -R jenkinsuser:jenkinsuser  /var/cache/jenkins
chown -R jenkinsuser:jenkinsuser  /var/log/jenkins

A:
As I was connected to my company's VPN, wasnt able to connect.
Disconnected from VPN and it worked.  Even though my netstat -tulpn
would give ipv6 connection, i was still able to connect through
regular web explorer

Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address           Foreign Address         State       PID/Program name
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:111             0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      -
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:22              0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      -
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:25            0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      -
tcp6       0      0 :::111                  :::*                    LISTEN      -
tcp6       0      0 :::8080                 :::*                    LISTEN      -
                            -


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Funny how collecting brings about a result that you hadn't considered. When I got back into picking up new sets, I got the idea that I wanted a set of colored 500's. I thought "I really like those first eight colors--I want to find those. I already have a black '50 & three of the hard colors to find. This shouldn't take too long". Well, it didn't....but I couldn't stop there! I was reminded that five more colors were debuted in'57--gotta find those! Then there was turquoise! Now I've found out there were at least six colors offered in two-tone & four of the original colors debuted with black dials! Bottom line, a collector of ALL color variations of early 500 is looking for...drum roll, please...25 different phones! WHEW! That's three times more color variants than the 300 series.
Title: Re: WOW! This sure is alot of red!
I love red, I just wish I could find a Peking Red 500.
I thought you might enjoy a little banter on the newcomer--the red two-tone I got from Mark Scola. I was a little disappointed to discover that this one was probably a "garage conversion". The reason I believe that is the 9/56 base & network had a 6/53 ringer, 1/53 dial & 3/53 handset assembled to it along with the 6/59 red cover. I replaced the entire base with a spare 9/56 unit off another colred phone I had. The dial was replaced w/ a 7D-3 from 8/55, & I used the '53 handset, but replaced the elements with some 9/56 units. The completed unit is pictured below.
Fantastic collection of reds! I really like that you've gathered the major players, and that you can document the early usage of the color red on the 500 is pretty cool. I never knew that you could get a full red at the same time as a part red, that's an interesting oddity and I wonder what the reason for that was?
All those red phones are fantastic!!! They look so nice together!!
McHeath, you could get a two-tone red from about 1953-56. They didn't really ever say why, other than it provided more variety (see my post on the 1954-55 booklet). It may have been cheaper for them to produce since it had a black handset, cords and dial. I would imagine with the economies of scale that black was cheaper because of the sheer quantity produced, but I have no idea if the Bakelite handset was cheaper to produce than the plastic one.
There was also the early red 500 with the only black part being a black dial, but it wasn't available with a full red dial at the same time. I think the reason for that was the color dial faces were made by an outside supplier, (MP Co.) and they may not have been able to keep up with demand when it started. But by early 1955, they could. I'm sure technology played a role in it too, as with the cords being gray on most colors at the beginning. It evolved gradually until almost everything matched somewhere around Spring and Summer, 1956.
Stephen, those are sure some nice reds. You will find the red straight handset cord model is a very hard one to find since it was evidently made for a few months--that same Spring and Summer, 1956. Too bad about the mixed dates on the two-tone. Sort of a Franken-tone. ;) I have a couple of those myself. It's very easy to do with leftover parts and impossible to discern from the outside. Yours looks very good. Your Northern Electric soft plastic red is also a hard one to find. Thanks for showing everyone what's possible to collect out there.
Jester that is a great collection you have put together so far. Excellent job of maintaining each one too!
Is there any way to insure that a two tone phone is original ?
How much are the tickets to the museum?
Long answer is that the Bell System and GTE were both very frugal when it came to making things last and last. They recycled and refurbished phones like they were going out of style.
The best assurance is that all the dates fall in a tight range, but even that is no guarantee. Parts could be made a year or even longer ahead of time before being assembled into a phone. The dates were that of the date the part was made, rather than the date a phone was built.
Often, a part would be swapped out in the field. A transmitter here, a receiver element there, a handset cord, etc. So, I do not know of any way to tell if a telephone is the way it was originally installed. We just have to take em as we get em.
Good point, Bill. If the only item out of place on this red phone had been the cover, it could be that the customer reported a broken cover & telco. sent a tech. to replace it. Upon seeing it was an installed two-tone, he went to the truck & grabbed a fresh cover--in the same color as the cracked one. That would have jived with the BSP, too.
I think next on my list will be a two tone with gray cords.
Something new for a change.
Bill, I know I'm splitting hairs, but just to set the record straight, two-tones always had black cords. Look at Jester's red phone with the black handset, cords and dial above. A perfect example.
In the group picture, the phone on the left with the gray cords wasn't called a two-tone in 1954. It was just a red phone. I never thought about it, but those are actually three-tones. Red, black and gray.
It's a common misconception because of the color difference. If I were you, I'd look for a yellow 500 with black dial and gray cords. Oh to be a fly on the wall when they tried to sell that combination to Mrs. McLafferty. How did they explain the three different colors on that phone?
I attached a comparison of reds below, FYI.
I prefer the straight cord. Also, a straight, gray corded phone will generally go higher in bidding than the same phone with curly gray cords. As Jonathan pointed out earlier, the cord to find is a color matching straight handset cord for red. The same for yellow & moss green. Straight cords in general give the 500 a unique look that we aren't familiar with. While they were common on the early black sets, they were less so on the color sets, & customers were happy to pay extra for the optional curly cord when it was an option, making the straight cords even less common. The one negative to the straight cord--& probably why it went away--is that it's very hard to neatly stow one in a confined space & still be able to use it. This is something the curly cord did very nicely.
Stephen, you are right about the convenience of the coiled cord vs the straight one. I often will plug in one of my phones with the straight cord and drape it over the edge of the desk. But I worry that I'll snag my chair on it as I turn, or some other way and pull it to the floor. We sure wouldn't want that to happen.
I wonder how many phones were pulled down by small children back when there were a house-hold item? Probably a few.
This topic has been discussed before. I'm sure there is some good information here if you do a topic search of "gray cords". Off the top of my head, I recall reading or hearing that there was a problem encountered in producing all the colors with the original cord material. I have never heard what those problems were, but imagine that it had to do with color adhesion and keeping the cord flexible. WE seemed to have early success with ivory, dark gray, & dark brown in their early vinyl cordage. Dark Beige came a little later, then the rest of the colors....except for Mediterranean Blue. As far as I can find, this color retained the dark gray cords until production of it ended in 1957. Hope this helps.
In a 1949 press conference Bell System engineers said that the new cords would be jacketed with neoprene, but that tests were still ongoing. The goal was the reduce the wear and replacement costs of the cords, which is also why they went to a 4 conductor cord and added the grommet.
Title: Black Dial 500 - Anyone Here Get This?
Title: Re: Black Dial 500 - Anyone Here Get This?
I had my eye on that one, but I didn't think that I stood a chance of getting it, so I didn't bother to bid.
I was watching it as well. Ouch it went high.
Looks like another win by oldphoneguy55.
Do you know who this person is (oldphoneguy55)? I would love to see his basement.
I don't know who it is, but the "Oldphoneguy55" is very familiar.
I just took a quick look at his ebay profile. He has quite an appetite (and budget) for phone oddities. Several of the phones that I had been watching apparently ended up on his front porch.
He has picked up some nice phones in the past couple of years. I know someone that might know him....our own jflowres (Kidphone) sold him a phone not too long ago.
It looks exactly like jester's avatar!
I bought one almost identical to this red/black combo about six months ago...I think I only paid $150. I guess I got a deal! Only problem is...unlike kids...it's not a tax deduction.
Does anyone know around what year this phone was made. Very nice looking. Thanks Jiggerman.
The picture of the bottom shows a date. It looks like 5/54.
Dennis, I came in fourth. Way down yonder, as they say here in the South. According to the eBay handles list from years ago, oldphoneguy55 is David Shtaida from Wisconsin. Member of ATCA and TCI at that time (2006). Congratulations, David! You got a nice one.
Yes, that phone is from 5-54. It's one of what I call the early black dial models, made mostly in 1954 before they were able to produce red matching dial faces. It's not a two-tone, because those had black handset, dial and cords. This one just has a black dial. The cords are dark gray.
The plug on the end is, I believe, a Cinch-Jones plug. I used to see those plugs on old audio equipment and in old Lafayette catalogs from the 1950s.
What that GTE number card, and an old one at that, is doing on this phone is truly a mystery. I have to wonder if it was put there by the previous owner.
The seller was very wise not to cave to that vulture offer.
It took several years to sort out the manufacturing issues on all the components of color sets. Even after full color sets were available, there was a demand for two-tone sets, so they were modified in the distribution houses. They were in the BSPs and catalogs for years.
I have a bsp that says to order color housings and to switch them onto a black phone for 2-tone sets.
So all that makes them special is the handset cord ?
I am talking about the later 2-tones (black dial, black handset, black cords). The only thing that is special is the colored housing.
I will try to look up the date of these bsp tonite. I am thinking early to mid 50's.
I mentioned my odd 5302 with the E handset in the 5302 thread, and that I wondered if that was installed by the phone co., as opposed to a hobbyist.
Here's a black and white 500 that I found locally, many years ago, and the older woman said that she recalled it being like that when leased from the phone co., back in the day.
The base and ringer are dated 1952, and the white housing appears to be the thick soft plastic, like my older soft black ones..... (not sure what the cutoff date is for soft plastic). I'm fairly sure it had the black bakelite plungers when I got it, and maybe I robbed them for another 500 project, not thinking much about it at the time.... (maybe I need to swap them back).
The handset is bakelite, and the dial, microphone, and speaker are dated between '59 to '61, so I'm wondering if this was a white '52 that went in for a rebuild, or maybe an "in home" repair, and got a newer black handset and dial, just because that is what was available.
So, one question I have, was the 500 available in white soft plastic in '52, and if so, what would have been used as a handset? I guess I'm trying to determine if the white body goes with the original '52 phone. Are there any telltale signs inside the body? Any ideas about this 2 tone oddity?
Pretty cool looking phone! I like the 5300 with the E handset also. The 500 shell should have a clock like stamp inside with the date in it.
The first colored 500s were two-tone like yours. That topic has been mentioned on this forum in the past. Look at the inside of the shell near the bottom edge of the front. There should be a date printed there. If it is from about mid 1959 or earlier, the shell is probably tenite (soft plastic). Your phone should be valuable. The handset cord on it does not look original though.
Ahh, thanks guys. I always wondered if this could be original, but never knew of the 2 tones. I re-checked inside and the date is there, almost worn off, barely visible with a magnifying glass. It appears to be '56.
What should I look for concerning the cord? And am I correct about it having black plungers?
The cord restraints will have a date on them, also probably hard to read. An early 50's 500 should have the thick rubber cord on it.
Josh, it could just be my monitor, but that sure looks like an Ivory housing, not white. White was made in soft plastic, but not in 1952. White was released in 1957. Were you able to find a date inside the housing?f It's either printed along the front inside edge as Larry said, or the later ones had a circle with the date inside as Harry suggested. Two-tone sets had clear plungers.
Check out this posting for a brochure showing the two-tone sets and the "black dial" sets that had handsets matching the housing color. Only the dial bezel was black.
Thx Dennis. That's a great brochure explaining the color schemes. Mine looks like the one on pg. 8 & 9, "black and a color".
You are correct that mine definitely looks ivory. I guess I called it white because I thought it had yellowed. And it is definitely soft plastic.
Housing dated '56, handset '59, base '52.
Thx for the help, I learned something new.
The handset cord is definitely the newest component on your phone. The tapered reinforcement where it enters the handset was used from the mid-60's at the earliest up until everything went modular.
As mentioned above, there should be a two-digit date stamped into the metal cord restraint at one end. It might take a magnifying glass and good lighting to see it.
I have recently registered and this is my first post. I have been reading this forum extensively for about a year and have learned a lot! Thank you!! Anyway, I just saw this new listing on Ebay - item 280621943258 Is this a Med. Blue with a replacement black dial or a real two-tone? It's dated 8/54. The blue looks a little strange also. I haven't learned how to post a pic yet - perhaps someone can post one. Thanks.
Title: Re: Is this a "real" Med Blue two-tone 500?
It may be. I have asked for a few more pictures, we will see what the seller says.
It does look like a Mediterranean Blue 500 that has had the dial replaced. It looks like a #9 dial assembly to me. I can't really tell. The finger stop opening looks narrow, which would indicate a #9 dial and bezel. This color was released with a black dial but I think the handset cord would have been a straight cord, as seen in this booklet. These "two-tone" and "black dial" sets have been discussed a few times on the forum. A little searching should reveal more.
Notice that the finger wheels on the originals were black metal. This one looks like a hard center plastic wheel. I think that whole dial assembly has been replaced.
I think that dial is a 9C. Notice the thin finger stop. Compare it to the stop in the attached picture.
I got a reply from the seller and he posted 3 more pictures. Definetly Med. Blue on the inside and definetly the wrong dial.
Coil cords were always an option from 1954-56. So it could have either a straight or coiled handset cord. Either one is correct.
The replacement dial you need is a black 7-type dial from 8-54 with a black metal fingerwheel.
This phone is not considered a two-tone. A two-tone would have a black handset, black dial with metal fingerwheel and black cords with a color housing. The housing is the only part in color on a two-tone. If you want to call it something, call it a "three-tone," since it has a dark blue housing and handset, black dial and dark gray cords. I call it a "black dial model." They were only made this way in 1953-54 and maybe early 1955. The early ads (see Dennis' post) bear this out.
Auction picture posted below, FYI. As you can see, it is also a bit faded and needs both dark gray cords replaced. The coil cord could possibly be repaired, but the seller says "breaks" so it's hard to say.
This one went for around $50, which seems like someone got a deal. Anyone here?
The 1st, 2nd & 3rd runners up are easily identified but I have nothing on the winner.
It should be worth $50.00 + S&H.
Title: Got a rare Two-tone!
I was hoping this wasn't green. I was right. The sticker removal under the cradle was helpful. I wonder how many of these survived totally unchanged? Cord, housing, everything dates 1955.
Title: Re: Got a rare Two-tone!
Nice phone, Dan. You should be able to dress it up with some sanding. When you get some time it would be nice to see some photos under the hood.
Good catch! I have been looking for one of those. Blue is my favorite color.
Thanks Dennis and Larry. I am a little affraid of sanding and might try Novus 2 first. Hopefully it is just from a smokers house. I'll get you some post cleaning photos.
A nice blue just went for big bucks. The seller thought it was green, too.
Congratulations Dan. First time I see a real Mediterranean Blue two tone phone. Light sanding is the perfect solution to bring it back.
That is a fine catch, Dan! I don't know how I missed that auction. I know you're cautious with the peroxide, but I would consider this shell a candidate for some experimentation. I'm sure there is something that will "erase" the greenish cast on that plastic.
Thanks, I hate to sand because I don't know how to get the shiney finish back. I will try a little auto rubbing compound first . I LOVE novus 2 because it shines them up but fails on discoloration. Peroxide failed me on light blue, and dark blue is too valuable and risky for me to experiment on.
A lot of work and patience, especially if you're doing it by hand. Using automotive sandpaper, start with 400, then move up to the next higher grit and sand in the opposite direction to the previous sanding until the lines from the previous sanding are gone, repeat the process up to 2000. Yes, I agree, there's got to be a better way. I've only been able to do that once, or rather, was only willing to do it once. My last sanding project I used a detail sander and automotive rubbing compound and polisher, but it wasn't that bad to begin with and only on the handset.
Thanks for the info. It'd definately going to be a challenge for me.
You can send it to a pro also: Dennis or finlover.
I am going to start on a salmon colored less valuable pink one first for sanding experience. If I ruin it, I will send the blue along to one of you pros.
If it can look anywhere close to my avatar, I would be happy.
Use Micro-Mesh sanding sheets. They will not make scratch marks like most sandpaper.
Or BonAmi kitchen cleanser *without* bleach, and a toothbrush for scrubbing.
I'd be reluctant to use sand paper.
Also be very very very careful about temperatures: those old WE housings tend to warp easily (speaking from a bad experience once) and heat will do 'em in right quick. Use cool to mildly warm water only. Also keep the phone out of direct sunlight once you've completed the restoration.
Another beauty Dan! You are on quite a roll this year, what a find, good eye!
Were these two-tone sets created in the field by the techs or were they factory ordered with USOC and comcode codes?
What is to keep a person today from having two date matching sets - one red and one black - and create two two-tone sets? Certainly they may fetch higher prices.
Here is a photo of a Sept 1955 Oregon Pacific Telephone customer phone catalog advertising the sets for only $6 a month.
Note that there is a new member special discount of $5 for all who join in September.
Great and well written article.
All too often I get the newsletter, read it and file it. I forgot about this article.
Thanks for the reminder and it answered all my questions.
There's so much in the back issues, it's impossible to remember it all.
I read the first few years of Singing Wires when preparing for the 25th anniversary edition and was surprised at the content of some of the earlier issues. As time permits, I plan to read the entire run - since all the back issues are avaialble to members on the TCI site.
I recently acquired yet another soft plastic Red 500 to add to my collection. Listed on eBay, this one caught my attention and appeared to be original to its manufacture date of June 1954. It has a neutral gray straight handset cord and matching mounting cord. This set was billed as a full color set back in 1954, despite the fact that the "dial" is black. The handset is matching, distinguishing it from the "Two-tone" sets that were all black except for the housing. In a recent discussion about dial card retainer rings, I posted a photo showing this set as it has the nickel/chrome ring.
After I finished refurbishing this phone I decided to take a look at my other Red sets. I have enjoyed collecting the Red sets that I believe are original and sport the variations of handset cords. I thought I would post a few photos for the benefit of those that would like to know more about these early soft plastic sets. All the parts of these sets are how I found them with the exception of two cords that were bad and needed to be replaced. Some were found with their original number cards. This latest set had the original card hidden below the Area Code card----a Bonus card.
The second photo shows the Red straight cord, one that is hard to find. This one is dated June of 1956. Along side that phone is one that I added the Black straight cord to as the original was badly damaged. The phone came from Schenectady, NY and is dated 12-1954.
The third photo once again shows my latest set (From June of 1954) along side a "Two-tone" dated two years later, June of 1956. The coiled cord is a NOS replacement, from 10 years later---1966.
The fourth set of phones shows gray cords, the one on the left----the straight handset cord is dated April of 1955. Along side that phone with the gray coiled cord is an example from June of the same year.
The only set that I did not photograph is the regular old Red set with matching Red coiled cord.
My shelves only hold 5 at a time so I had to stick one of them on a separate shelf. Time to get more shelves.
Although I have begun collections of many different telephones, I probably enjoy collecting the 1950's soft plastic 500 sets the most. I would love to eventually collect a similar series in all of the original colors.
Good stuff; I had no idea that WE went through so many versions between the first introduction of color and the "final" version with everything uniformly colored.
There's an old National Geographic article about the Bell System, depicting someone standing in an acoustic room talking on a red 500 with black dial and black or gray straight receiver cord. When I first saw that I thought it had to be a "workshop model" or something that was put together to use for tests, because I had no idea that it was the production version at the time.
Germany and some other countries continued to use the black/other-color scheme: for example an orange or green housing & handset, with a black dial & cords.
Dennis, your red phones are really great to see and your post is a great history lesson on the difference between two-tone sets and black dial "full color" sets. They had lots of variations on the road to an all-matching phone and those in your pictures are some of the rarest of all soft plastic sets.
They didn't make as many early on as they did in 1957-59 when all the parts matched and the plant was also expanded to increase production. So those early sets are rare birds and not too easy to find.
You do need more shelves! Empty shelves have a way of filling themselves, so good luck finding all the other color variations. And thanks for posting your reds. What color is next? Moss green? Oxford Gray?
Dennis....great display. I'd love to see more of it. Really a eye catcher. The WE ad with the phones is a great visual.
Question on two tone sets. Basically if the dates match, you can build your own. What I am asking is there any link in the markings on your sets that show that black dial was made for the red housing or could it have come out of a different black 500 set with the same dates. I am just trying to learn as to what makes them authentic past the booklet.
Thank you all for the compliments on my Red phones.
Doug, there are no special markings that I am aware of when it comes to the black-dial sets or the two-tone sets with possibly one exception. The marking on the back of the 7D dial for a black set is -3 as I'm sure you know. I read or was told somewhere along the line that all of the two-tones and black dial "color" sets show a marking of -3, because the -3 (Black) is the color of the dial bezel. I think Paul F mentioned once that there was a color code specifically intended for a factory release of a two-tone set vs a local phone company assembly. I'm not sure if I remembered that correctly or if there is a BSP on that fact or not. Paul?
The photo attached to this post is the dial from the first set shown, the "black-dial" color set dated June of 1954. There is the number "1" or and "I" below the rest of the information. That MAY be the indication that was spoken about. The dials I have run across are not normally marked with that digit, although I have seen it before.
There is nothing that keeps someone from cobbling together a black dial set, or the two-tone sets. That's fine, especially if one wants to display them at home or wherever. However to me the fun part is finding these sets "in the wild" that I believe were not touched by the refurb shop. There may have been some handling along the way, like adding the latest dial card to include the Area Code, or maybe a cord replacement after the original was used to the point it caused service problems.
Those shelves are Ikea specials. They're held on with some pretty good sized lag bolts. My home is older and the walls are plaster and not drywall. I don't think the bolts will pull out due to the weight. I currently have four of those shelves up in this room. But that is room for only 20 500's. I need to take some lessons from you Doug to learn how to properly display the rest of my phones.
I think Paul F mentioned once that there was a color code specifically intended for a factory release of a two-tone set vs a local phone company assembly. I'm not sure if I remembered that correctly or if there is a BSP on that fact or not. Paul?
The BSPs do show two-tone sets coded with the color followed by the letter A (Described with reference here: http://www.paul-f.com/color.htm#WE500). AFAIK, this applied wherever the set was assembled.
Color codes were occasionally - but not usually - marked on the bottom of the sets. It's interesting to find them with the marking and matching plastics.
I have also seen the letter I on dials and other components. I don't recall seeing it in documentation.
Thank you for that information, Paul. On the 302's, didn't the "I" indicate Indianapolis? "S" for Shreveport, "A" for Atlanta, etc. Maybe it's an "I" on the dial and not a "1".
I have seen sets marked like yours. I believe Jorge Amely has a Mahogany 500 with the color code 54 on the bottom.
There was a Distributing House location in Atlanta, so it's possible the A code (and a few others) on some sets had something to do with where a set was refurbished. There's a list of Distributing Houses in WE and the Bell System - p 58. Refurb and repair operations were there.
Most of the components I remember with an I mark were 500-series parts. As I believe we discussed elsewhere, we've heard stories that parts were initially marked "I" to document the transition from several Chicago plants to Indy, then kept on for several years. Until we see it in writing, it's just speculation.
Some later dials had a 1 instead. Any speculations or references on that are welcome!
Difficult to tell if it is the real thing without taking the lid off, as you say. The year is right for the first 2 tones, the mouthpiece cap on the G1 has no centre hole, the handset cord looks right but there seems to be a refurb stamp (faint) on the base. I would have liked to have seen the date of the shell before I bid on it.
If it's the real deal then $76.55 isn't a bad price.
It looked all original to me, and in very good condition. I came in second. Jester came in first, so maybe he will post a few pictures when it arrives? No hard feelings, Stephen. All's fair, as they say. You're lucky I didn't bid any higher than I did. It was a nice one, and very early. Maybe the earliest I've ever seen. 10-53 is right at the beginning of production, I think. Has anyone seen anything on a color 500 dated earlier than that?
As far as the plungers go, I think clear plungers are normal since black plungers went with black housings and clear plungers went with color housings. I actually have a two-tone with black plungers, only because someone very early on painted the black housing ivory, but not the plungers.
Anyway, congrats to Stephen on getting this nice phone.
The handset cord seems shiny, probably a replacement. But the numbers card is priceless!
The handset cord does not look fat enough to be 1953 vintage.
I'll bet an original cord would have been a straight cord. Still, looks like a very nice phone find. Congratulations Jester on adding that phone to your collection.
I am crossing my fingers here because if the handset is just dirty, it should shine like a black piano finish when Stephen is done with it. I would just hit it with Novus 2 for a couple hours until it gets warm to touch under a trusty Ryobi polisher. After that I would treat the leather with Dennis' magic potions and it should look just like out of the box in 1953.
I am betting that it originally had a smooth black rubber handset cord.
Doug, I don't think I ever KNOW one of these is the real deal. The clues I look for are matching dates. I consider that dial card...it's old and probably original to the phone. Does the seller sell phones, or was it listed by someone cleaning out Granny's attic? Things like that tend to lead one to make a conclusion. I suspect the handset cord on this one was replaced but otherwise it has all the makings of a phone that was put out in the wild with that configuration. Sometimes I just take a chance. I've been disappointed and delighted. If I get one that I think is the real deal, then it is....in my mind.
Recently I was able to purchase a couple two tone 500's. A red one on Ebay http://tinyurl.com/abz6hfw that has all matching dates of 6/55 throughout and another one that is an ivory color that I has questions about. The phone is in amazing shape and has dates throughout varying from 12/53 to 2/54. The housing has a date of 10/53, ringer 12/53, dial 2/54, G1 handset 2/54. So my question is is this one original as well or likely stuck together? I thought that it was likely original with the fact that they are late one year and early into the next year but was going to ask the experts. Either way I love the pieces and thought I got great deals. BTW the red one looks rough because it has been sanded but no polish yet so bare with me.
I would guess that they are original. You got a really great deal. Don't worry, we won't tease you for having a strange phone ;).
Nice looking phones! Early 50's 500's are on top of my list of favorite phones!
Note: Two-tone sets were available for several years in the mid-1950s with colored housings and black handsets and dials.
Sets have also been found that have matching shells and handsets, but black dials with metal fingerwheels.
After the MD date, continued demand for 2-tone sets was satisfied by conversion of black sets using colored housings. Work was performed at the Distribution Centers.
The two tones are among my favorite color variations. The two you have are a great start. It was over twenty-five years between my first and second two tone set.
Do the two tone sets always have black dials and handsets and nothing else?
There are several threads on the forum that discuss this.
Until they are combined, I hope what little I know will help.
1) All true two-tones had 7D-3 dials & G-1 handsets, with black handset & wall mounting cords. The handset cords could either be straight or coiled/ curly/ retractile.
2) Early two-tones were identified w/ the suffix A after the color code ( i.e. 500D-51A= a 500 dial with moss green cover & black everything else).
3) There are some early "full color" sets that have 7D-3 dials on them. The explanation I have been given is that the number plates in the matching color were not ready, but the demand for these colors was high, so these few phones were released with black dials. These colors were limited to -52(Gray), -53(Red), -56(Pastel Yellow), -57(Mediterranian Blue). Most of these sets were issued with Dark Gray cords, but some actually have color matching cords.
4) While the earliest two-tones are factory assemblies with the suffix A designator, there is a BSP that notes that, after 3/ 55, two-tone sets ordered by the customer can be assembled in the field by ordering a Black 500/D, and the desired colored cover, which would be changed when the set was installed.
Sounds like some of my activities here on the forum have been discovered! "Combining"
I have been doing quite a bit of organizing & combining of threads. Mostly with Dennis's approval I think. There is a wealth of information on the forum but it isn't always easy to find. I am slowly seeking out topics to merge together that are full of great info on individual telephone topics. Then in many cases I pin them to the top of the board that they are on so they become the go to place for information.
I hadn't thought of a two-tone thread until Jester mentioned it so here is a start. If I find more I will add that as well.
I hope that everyone is okay with me doing this. Comments are most welcome.
My question is still out there, how did you know this the real deal by looking at it and not a homebrew?
IMHO, a homebrew two-tone is most likely going to be made with a much too new black 500 set as most people wouldn't know that it needs to have all the old 1950's parts to be "real". Sure, a knowledgable person could create one from all correc dated parts and then it would pretty much be real since they didn't have to be coded properly to be lugitimate as some were lugitimately created right in the field.
Most of us can quickly spot a 500 type phone that has the potential to be from the 1950's so if it is two-tone, you are going to have to use your skills to determine the liklihood that it is "real" and then take a leap of faith when it comes to bidding.
If a phone went back for refurbishing which is where most often they became a mixture of different dated parts, it didn't likely come back out of that process as a two-tone! By the time that large numbers of 500's were being refurbed, two-tone was a thing of the past.
That's another way to tell...wait and see if Jester buys it!
Yes just like the WECo 500's, AE did initially offer two tone 80's as well. It is probably even more difficult to substantiate its authenticity as a two tone since AE didn't date much of anything on its phones. I have seen a couple of two tone AE 80's on ebaY in the past and they don't go for much money typically.
* No. card frame--chrome--all masks match set color.
from Bell System Practices, Customer Equipment Series, Telephone Sets---500 Series, Use and Type, T.726.020, Issue 1, December, 1953, Sample Practice.
Note that in the "full colored sets," only ivory, brown, and gray had matching cords, and only ivory, green, brown and beige had matching number plates.
The 4 new colors weren't yet offered in Two-Tone as of December, 1953.
However, at this point there was not a lack of green or ivory number plates; so this was not the reason for continuing to offer two-tone green and ivory sets with black dials.
Won this on Ebay for 50 bucks including shipping. It was a BIN and withe impulse I accepted not realizing the seller has 0 feedback and this is the first item they sold!! I sent a couple messages pleading that they please package it carefully and never received a reply they just shipped it. I pray it arrives safely. I believe this may be an original two tone black and yellow from 1956. It has a straight handset cord. Was two tone actually offered in yellow?
Any chance you could post the eBay link?
I know it's a long link I'm sure if I spent more time I could figure out how to shorten it... You think 50 bucks is a good deal on a two tone?
The link could be shorter but it isn't one of the ones that wrap over three lines! Cut off the ? and everything after it in this example.
$50 seems quite reasonable to me for it if it turns out to be an original two-tone which I think it will.
Well, gambling has never been my thing. All dates match 1956 with the exception of the yellow housing which is from 1972. I knew as soon as I touched it that it wasn't soft plastic. Oh well, parts phone it is. Interesting that the yellow housing is from 1972 and the bell systems logo is still square not rounded.
Tough luck with that one - that's the trouble with buying online without having the chance to examine the piece hands on. Better luck next time.
It still will display well while you collect other colored two-tones!
From the listing pictures, it appeared that the shell was thinner than a soft plastic shell.
Actually Terry, for some reason it just doesn't look right. I can't even salvage the straight handset cord as there is a really bad break that goes almost all the way through! On a positive note I just snagged what seems to be a NOS 1962 all matching dates white (no fade) 500 for 35 bucks including shipping. Only damage is some rust on one of the feet.
This thread documents at least one early 500 in red with a black dial, but with red handset.
Does anyone know if any of the other colors went out with just a black dial? I think I've seen one Oxford Gray mentioned here before, possibly. Has anyone seen a Mediterranean Blue with black dial, but a blue handset?
You will see pages from a booklet illustrating those phones.
The first "full color" sets in red, yellow, dark blue and dark gray had black dials. They also had dark gray cords and color housings and handsets. There were actually three tones if you count the cords. This was the case until very early 1955 when the dials started matching for all "full color" sets.
In case you didn't see it in the link Dennis posted, here is the first page of that thread with the sets you mentioned.
Farther down on the page you can see what were called "two-tone" sets and they have black handsets, cords and dials, with color housings only.
I hope this clears up the confusion. You're not the only one who has questions about these early phones. They're not easy to find and to the untrained eye they look like someone replaced the dial with a black one.
If I am reading this right, the gray 500 shown above is not a 2-tone, but rather a "full color" gray 500 manufactured before gray number plates were available; this is why it has a black dial but the housing, handset and cords are gray.
A 2-tone set is all black except for the housing. The handset, cords and dial are all black.
Yes. For more background, including a BSP extract showing the full color sets with black dials, please read the May 2009 issue of Singing Wires. TCI members can find it in the Members' Area on the club site.
It is also offered as a "free sample" to all at this address.
Note that the Issue and Bonus pages (with additional background) are separate downloads.
As I have achieved, almost everone could have a two-tone 500, you only need to buy a black dial 500 and a color case, it's really cool for me!
The number card with the 702 area code and Centel logo on the second telephone shows that it was used in an area near Las Vegas.
I have several instruments with Centel number cards that were used at the Atomic Energy Commission's atomic test site in southeastern Nye County, Nevada, about 65 miles from Las Vegas.
Thank you for the info! I have no idea about area codes in USA, I only noticed Centel cards were only a few, it's not usual to see Centel dial cards.
G-Man, do you know anything about why it's only a three digit phone number (121)?
Most likely it was used on a PBX--in a hotel or a business-- and 121 was its assigned number. You could dial a 3-digit number to reach another extension, 9 for an outside line, or 0 to reach the receptionist/switchboard attendant.
Ya know what? I kinda like the two-tones, and I think I'll make one. If I have an extra early soft WE black parts phone lying around, and an early WE colored shell, I could make a really beautiful, interesting phone, and I would be using parts from my parts shelf (like WE did to make those phones in the first place).
What about black and sea foam green? How do these phones look to you?
The colors aren't bad. They would liven up a display shelf of largely black phones.
IMO, worth much more switched back correctly. I've seen the green sets go for quite a bit.
I have a sea foam green Kellogg ITT 500 phone made in 1966 and a black 1962 WE 500C. They are now all black and all green now. In their two tone form they were also Kellogg/Western Electric hybrids.
Here's yet another two-tone phone.
It looks like an orange ITT or Stromberg-Carlson 500 shell and handset caps that were put on a Northern Electric black 500 chassis. Definitely not original, but a lot of phones are customized this way.
Here are a few pictures of a beige and black phone I picked up at a yard sale recently for $5. Notice the 10-80 sticker on the bottom. Yes, it is a modular phone.
What are the dates inside, the housing, ringer, dial, handset, elements, cord restraints, etc. That 10-80 looks like a refurb date sticker.
It looks like it was a late-fifties to early sixties WE 500 chassis with the original dial, and then it was converted to modular (with a new housing, cords, and handset) in October, 1980.
I haven't checked the dates inside yet, but I think Christian could be right!
I just finished up a project (one of many) that I've been working on for the past few months now. It's a 1954 500 with a black dial and handset, and a soft plastic ivory housing that was covered in paint. The paint was factory-done, but it wasn't Polane, so it was removable with Easy Off.
Only problem is, the paint didn't come off as easily as I thought it would. It took me several months (on and off) to remove the paint! What I ended up with was a housing that had a leathery, snakeskin-looking finish to it; the EasyOff had actually carved tiny 'veins' all over the finish!!! Layers of plastic were also peeling off all over the place, it was a mess! After I got all of the paint off, I pretty much gave up on the project, and tossed the housing into my parts stash. Only recently, after reading up on this thread, I had the inspiration to revive the project.
It took me most of the weekend and a huge chunk of the week after school to sand the housing down with 180 grit sandpaper, followed by 400, 2000, and then compound. The results are better than I had hoped for!
Most of the parts dates on this are from around late 1953 to mid-'54. I'm not sure about the housing date, because it was covered in overspray, and when I tried removing the paint, the stamp must have come off with it! I know for a fact that it's soft plastic (strong smell, dull thud when I tap on it), I just don't know if it's from '54 or not. Nonetheless, I'm proud of myself for finally getting this done!
Looks good! What date is the shell?
I wish I knew. Paint covered the original date, and whenever I try to remove the paint, the stamp must come off with the paint. For now, I'm just assuming it's an original '54, although I have no evidence behind that.
Here's what it looked like after EasyOff. You can see some flaking plastic on the rear of the cradle.
Here's one 500DR-53 that left the factory -- or at least the distributing house -- as a true red two-tone.
The color code -53A is marked on the base!
Is it possible that in 1953, the only "color" 500s were these two-tone ivory (-50A), green (-51A), gray (-52A) and red (-53A)?
(Click on "see original listing" to see additional photos.) Sold for $588.88.
And another example of a high value phone listed at $15 in a10 day auction rising to only $37 in 9 days before dramatically rising to $600 in the last 10 seconds of the auction.
Seems like a distinct possibility.
Swap in a new housing on top of those black sets and add that stamp (—53A).
Prompto, there is a "color" phone, like a 10-minute oil change.
I still don't believe they actually installed any in 1953. This is stamped Dec, so not likely that it got installed that month.
At the earliest, it probably got installed in January of 1954.
After they were able to produce the full range of colored sets, they quit making two-tone sets. The 2-tones were still offered but the installer was to order the proper color housing and swap it onto a black set and send the black housing back to the storeroom (per a BSP).
So if all the dates on your 2-tone match (except for housing) there is a good chance it is official. I suspect that the colored housing may have an earlier date stamp from the current black set. Current (date) colored housings probably ran off the line as complete colored phones, whereas a colored housing that was ordered probably came out of warehouse stock.
Early colored sets with black dials are NOT 2 tone, they were current production colored sets.
I thought a few of you would enjoy some additional pics on this topic. These have been "in situe" the last few years here, so I spent the last week putting some tlc into them. These are all full color sets that, at the very least, I swapped a black dial for colored one. My reasoning was simple-- I had the parts on hand to do it and these will look great in the display case next to the complete full color sets I have in there. All the removed parts will be cleaned, adjusted and stored for eventual replacement on their respective chassis, should I decide to let them go.
Nice re-creations, Jester. The one on the left is a yellow one, isn't it? I can't quite tell, but yellow would have dark gray cords and a black dial in 1954 like you have, so I wanted everyone to know what color it is. The only real two-tone in your grouping is the green one. The other two, yellow and dark blue, are still considered full color sets since they have color handsets, and that's amazing considering the yellow one had three colors going on. Be sure to tell your holiday guests all that and watch them glaze over. ::) I'm sure you know already, sometimes the details we love are not interesting to non-collectors.
My aunt was talking about my uncle Don this past Christmas and the suit of clothes including an overcoat he got when he first started working for Southern Bell in late 1954. Imagine--he was there for the first color phones and then retired right at divestiture. I wish I had talked to him more about his work. He died in 1994. His overcoat exactly fits his tall grandson, who took it home with him as a memory of "papa Don."
For those interested. Here is some links to two-tone info posted to the forum in the past.
Here is an old thread with some BSP scans of colored and 2-tone telephone info.
Here is another thread that includes early and 2-tone sets.
Let me rephrase, Jonathan. I'm sure, because of the dates on these three phones, that all of them were assembled with color matching dials. I included the yellow and blue sets in that post because I didn't remember where to find the thread on black dial color sets. Also, I thought they look great together. On the blue phone, it actually came to me with a white 9CA dial. As fortune would have it, the rest of it had dates of 12/55 and 1/56, and one of the spare #7 dials I bought in a lot is a marked 7C 57 with dial plate, dated 11/55.
My jaw nearly dropped to the floor when I saw the Yellow black dial set, but then noticed that you said you built it. I have the only one that I know of, but it came to me from another forum member without the dial or cords--the only parts that make it special. The plastics are dated 1953 (or 1954, I'll have to check), so it was undoubtedly a black dial set originally.
I don't recall ever seeing a black dial-specific topic, so this one will do for pictures of those.
First time I have seen/read this topic, and Im glad I did. I always knew about the early two-tone sets and to be honest didnt pay them much mind. Seeing better pictures of them and after reading up on the subject, they are rather nice sets. Granter they are out of my budget for collecting ::), may need to make a faux set to round out my ranks.


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His roles prior to joining Informatics Ventures have covered academia, acting and working as an analyst, but Steve Ewing believes it is the latter that is now proving the most relevant in his current position as director of operations.
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The organisation supports Scotland's ambitious technology entrepreneurs and he says that on a daily basis he draws on his previous experience of meeting management teams, "seeing the whites of their eyes" and assessing whether they came across as credible.
"It's interesting how much you hear from investors that it's the team that makes the difference. And that was absolutely my experience from six years in the City… you invest in the people."
Informatics Ventures, which launched in 2008, is behind Engage Invest Exploit (EIE), which describes itself as Scotland's premier technology investor showcase connecting 60 Scottish tech firms with potential investors, partners and customers.
This year's event, at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre in May, hosted more than 200 investors and in excess of 250 start-ups, with more than £70 million being sought. Names presenting included Cally Russell of shopping app Mallzee and Rebecca Pick of personal safety alarm start-up Pick Protection, while Callum Murray, chief executive of Leith-based legal software specialist Amiqus, won Pitch of The Day.
Also featured in conversation were Duncan Logan, founder and chief executive of RocketSpace, whose alumni include Spotify and Uber, and Aberdeen Asset Management chief Martin Gilbert, who discussed his career and the firm's £11 billion merger with Standard Life.
Ewing says EIE is the largest tech investor showcase outside London, "a flagship event for Scotland showcasing the best of Scotland's tech, attracting amazing speakers and a significant audience".
There were in excess of 800 attendees this year, "which was a significant achievement given that this was the first year we were transitioning to a pay-to-attend model".
One of EIE's first successes was Edinburgh-founded fantasy sports operator FanDuel, which has since achieved "unicorn" status as a tech firm reaching the $1bn valuation threshold. "We're quite happy with that one," says Ewing.
The success of that business and travel search engine Skyscanner, a fellow unicorn that was last year snapped up in a £1.4bn takeover deal by a Chinese peer, have certainly put Scotland's tech sector centre stage.
Industry body ScotlandIS found in its 2017 survey of the tech sector that despite broader economic uncertainty, and the Scottish economy lagging behind the UK's, 82 per cent of businesses expected sales to increase this year.
And Ewing says the question is how to "fertilise the ecosystem with all that goodness in Skyscanner and FanDuel", with investment the top priority for the firms it works with. The raison d'être of EIE is to get these companies investor-ready and so that's why it's a programme, not just an event on a day.
"We put them through their paces," he continues, with the likes of investor-readiness workshops, investor events and pitch training.
The inaugural Scottish Start-up Survey from Informatics Ventures found 95 per cent of respondents said they require additional funding over the next 12 months, with 61 per cent seeking investment from angels and high-net-worth private investors.
EIE firms have in fact raised more than £400m of capital to date, but Ewing is also keen to highlight the importance of organic growth.
"Ultimately you're only ever going to scale as a company if you can sell stuff, and that as a theme is beginning to come through. Investors are saying 'we do want a company to do a really good investor pitch… but ultimately we will only invest if we think they're going to get traction with customers.'"
Informatics Ventures is funded by Scottish Enterprise and the University of Edinburgh, where it has its headquarters, with capital also coming from the private sector. Ewing says its aim is to help Scottish tech entrepreneurs regardless of their location or stage of development.
It was initially buoyed by European Regional Development funding, and leveraged into the bigger commercialisation programme in the university's pioneering School of Informatics, which covers subjects including artificial intelligence and cognitive science.
Ewing explains that Informatics Ventures came about on the back of the proposal that embedding a commercialisation team in the school could "maximise the impact" of its world-leading research, for example in licensing technology to large companies.
"In 2008, Informatics Ventures as an entrepreneur ecosystem support organisation was pretty much the only game in town and we remain the only dedicated technology entrepreneur support programme in Scotland," says Ewing.
"We were answering a very real need in Scotland's nascent tech entrepreneur ecosystem to bring them together… but moreover to help [them] way back then to understand what it means to build a successful business.
"This isn't a business school proposition, this isn't an academic programme – this is about entrepreneurs learning from other entrepreneurs."
His own arrival at the firm came after he fulfilled his ambition of going to drama school, then working as a professional actor for a couple of years.
However, questioning the viability of that career path and mulling over his financial future, he started applying for jobs, one of which was in business development at the School of Informatics.
He initially worked with academics on the likes of licences, intellectual property and company formation, subsequently moving over into the Informatics Ventures role.
Ewing had originally studied immunology at the University of Glasgow, continuing his work in this area at the University of Oxford.
He then became a biotechnology and pharmaceuticals equity analyst, initially at small German lender WestLB Panmure, starting in 1997. The biotech boom was on the crest of the wave, while the Alternative Investment Market (Aim) had just launched. It was an "interesting, exciting" period, he says.
Then came a move to Deutsche Bank, and it amuses Ewing that he was told there that he'd gone "from the third division to the premier league". This role also entailed his move back to Scotland, in August 2000.
Looking ahead, he says one of the biggest hurdles organisations will face is attracting the right talent, namely people who have started and scaled a firm, with uncertainty as Brexit unfolds a key factor.
Initiatives to unite these individuals with the companies who need them to grow are under way, he says, adding that the matter is among those under discussion with names like Gareth Williams, Skyscanner CEO.
The latter has been a participant in Informatics Ventures' IV Tuesday events as has tech pioneer Dame Stephanie Shirley, who wrote business letters as Steve Shirley to avoid gender prejudice, and founded an IT business that is now part of the Sopra Steria Group.
Shirley is lined up as a keynote speaker for next year's EIE event, and Ewing's ambition for the conference, which has held offshoot events in London, is for it to "grow arms and legs such that unquestionably it becomes a globally recognised programme for investor readiness based in Scotland, serving Scotland's technology entrepreneur ecosystem".
Also a target is maximising the organisation's association with the "firepower" of the School of Informatics, where Ewing sees great potential for company formation and industrial engagement.
This ties in with an ambition to extend Informatics Ventures' remit from companies at their earlier stages, "because you can't have companies of scale if you don't have companies starting", to engaging with them later on in their progress.
And in coming years Ewing would like to see it "on a stable footing to sustain and strengthen the work we do, not only through EIE but through all the other initiatives we're involved in to support Scotland's technology entrepreneur ecosystem.
"I think we're at a tipping point now — we were at the genesis of it and we want to remain very much at the heart of it going forward."


2016's Summer Classic, presented by University Center and Carnaval Brazilian Grill, will follow the established formula of "one night Indie, one night hip hop," although most music fans are likely to enjoy both lineups. Erin Castle of Sioux Falls-based Americana group Union Grove Pickers says her band's music often transcends tastes.
Union Grove will take the stage midway through Friday evening, after Maddie Todd and Gordo Ji'Bang, and followed by Heatbox and Hippo Campus.
Saturday begins with the second annual All-South Dakota Beer Tasting, featuring around a dozen breweries representing all corners of the Mount Rushmore State. The Sioux Falls Roller Dollz will be onhand running a dunk tank, JAM Art & Supplies will have make-and-take crafts, and Rich Rislov will provide musical entertainment. That night's music lineup includes Strawberry and the Jam, Sol Fredo, Down Lo & Deploi, Nikko McFadden, and Brother Ali.
Tickets are $10 per day or $15 for the weekend. Saturday's admission includes the beer tasting. Find more info at 605summerclassic.com.


Home Make Up Tips Do you already know how to cover defects?
You are not confident because of the defects on your face: acne, acne scarring, fatigue dark ring around the eyes and even the wrinkles? A few tricks will help cover weaknesses of your beauty more perfect.
Use absorbent oil paper, marking up each note mild acne to dry skin oily areas, then apply foundation powder. Finally, cover the use of cosmetics concealer acne so that is suitable with foundation colors, each dot on the acne spots.
If it is convex scars, color cosmetics should cover concealer acne similar color of skin. If a concave scar acne should choose cosmetics cover slightly brighter color. After the background check is complete, you use cosmetics cover acne scars illuminate the area, then again cover powder .
Powder as light pearls cream on the outer circle of nose, type in some length is 2.5cm from left to right, followed by type light pearl cream powder up the position head of nose, your nose will high … change suddenly.
Contraindications: Polished dark wings on either side of the nose.
Use the cream color of skin and brown cream poured over my arm and started to remove freckles from the tracks and then delete all across the face. Continue to dab a little powder same the color of skin, especially the freckles area. Also, if known to create attraction in eye area, lips … you absolutely can "distract" attention to the freckles.
– Abuse of cosmetics will cover defects that lose the pureness and nature.
– Principle of "less is more": Make a thin layer but subtle, carefully check the foundation and uses only a little cover powder.
– Mascara your eyes too thick will cause shortage of vatality, especially when they stick or blocking .
– Use 3 or more eye color not only do you take time but also makes others more aware of other defects on the body.


Somedays, when you eat two breakfast, you just aren't excessively hungry for lunch. Or, when you have food all morning long, you still want lunch, but in a reduced amount.
He had half a turkey & cheese sandwich on Nature's Own Multigrain Sandwich Thins, cut in half again to fit in the box, and decorated with a cute little cheese turtle. I was going to make a cheese dragon, but my dragon cookie cutter was too big. Next week! He has cantaloupe & honeydew, a few blackberries, one of the mini donuts from Kroger's bakery (cut in half to fit) and some baby carrots. Easy, quick & cute, perfect.
I just love the turtle. And absolutely enough food for a five year old :-) I just love your blog! You've really inspired me to create more healthy food for my little one. She really appreciates them and eats a lot better!


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