What is a perfect world? A perfect world for managers means that all demand is met on-time at minimal cost. This provides maximum cash flow and profit with perfect customer service. As a matter of fact as soon as the company makes a product it has never made before, the customer shows up and says, "That is exactly what I wanted." Just as nice, suppliers show up to deliver raw materials just as they are needed. So there are always zero raw materials and zero finished goods inventory. Machines never break down, people always show up on time, and there are never any quality defects—maximum utilization with perfect quality. Sound good? When we describe this world to managers they either get a far-away wistful look in their eyes or they stare at us as if we were crazy. It would be a nice world to manage but unfortunately we live in the real world and wishing for or working toward achieving a perfect world is an exercise in frustration. There is one word that prevents managers from attaining the perfect world—variability—and there will always be variability. At Factory Physics Inc. we help managers understand and apply practical operations science to make the best of their world with all its variability in product mix, demand, people, and processes. The managers who have embraced the science say it is perfect for them, no more confusion about what's possible or about how to best improve performance.
Train your employees to establish a common, accurate understanding of how operations work.
Determine the best strategic and tactical execution options for your company.
Implement optimal management of your inventory, capacity, and response time buffers to get the best possible solution for your unique challenges.
Meet your marketing and financial goals given your existing IT, labor, and capital resources.
With your goals in mind, we enable companies to focus and accelerate existing Lean Manufacturing or Six Sigma efforts—we don't advocate eliminating those resources. Factory Physics Inc. strongly supports Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma efforts. We have personnel who are expert in the use of Lean, Six Sigma tools through years of industry experience. On the other hand, we have found that basing productivity improvements on a copycat approach leads to inconsistency, ambiguity, and redundancy in adapting those programs to a unique environment (your company). As briefly discussed below, the practical science provided through the Factory Physics approach gives you the information you need to resolve conflicts and solve your manufacturing and supply chain problems fast.
Companies are continually introducing ways to be more productive. Meanwhile, the drivers of productivity are fundamental laws of nature that never change. Companies constantly re-invent the wheel. In fairness, there are plenty of companies where years of neglect or a change of management warrants an initiative to get the company on course. On the other hand, it is a problem that industry in general tends to lurch from one consulting initiative to the next looking for the "system constraint," the "perfect value stream," "six sigma levels of quality," a "demand driven" supply chain, a new information technology solution, or any of a number of proposed silver bullets offered as "the answer."
Starting in 1986, research at Northwestern University and the Georgia Institute of Technology has led to a new paradigm that provides a comprehensive, scientific framework to control and optimize any operations. The result is the Factory Physics approach providing a comprehensive, practical set of solutions for manufacturing and supply chain managers and executives. Factory Physics is the title of both an award winning book and of our company. Formed in 2001 by Dr. Mark L. Spearman, Factory Physics Inc., began providing training and consulting based on the Factory Physics approach to improve manufacturing and service operations. Since then, in a strong endorsement for the Factory Physics approach, the National Science Foundation awarded Factory Physics Inc. over $1,500,000 in grants to develop our CSUITE Operations Analytics software (see CSUITE on the menu bar) to standardize and advance the framework. In 2014 Spearman published "Of Physics and Factory Physics," in the well-respected Production and Operations Management Journal, which provided a ground-breaking application of physics to operations management. Our combination of operations science-based consultation, training and software has been tested relentlessly in application, saving millions of dollars and increasing competitiveness for our clients.
The primary objective in business is to be as profitable as possible over the long term while being true to your values and ethics. Our operations science expertise and analytics will provide you the means to most profitably meet your customer's demand and expectations. We call this matching transformation to demand. The laws of nature tell us that we will always have variability. In the presence of variability, it is impossible to have transformation exactly meet demand. If you don't believe this, try planning for customer demand without considering scrap losses, batching requirements, or seasonality.
You can be responsive by keeping a stock of inventory, or you can have extra capacity to handle demand fluctuations or you can give up on responsiveness and make the customer wait a longer time. The only way to reduce the need for buffers is to reduce variability. However, it may benefit you to increase variability, e.g. introduce new products or technology, if you can increase profitability by doing so. In solving your management challenges, it is imperative that you determine and implement an optimal portfolio of buffers and variability to get the solution that works best for you and your company. Operations science and analytics enables managers to establish robust control for best possible profitability. This approach exploits the natural behavior of a company's operations and customers.
Finally, our practical operations science approach enables you to establish a common, accurate understanding of operations performance. This makes your company much more productive at making improvements and managing control. Imagine if you have ten people on the roof of a twenty story building and tell them the objective is to get to the ground as quickly as possible. If only one or two of the ten understand the law of gravity, there will probably be a few that will step off the roof of the building. Those who do may achieve the objective but the consequences are dire. The same type of behavior regularly occurs in operations management due to a poor understanding of operations science.
How do you apply practical science to accelerate your company's performance?
Determine your most effective manufacturing and supply chain strategy.
Understand where your company's performance is versus where it could be.
Adapt your planning and execution systems to the natural behavior of your operations for simplified management and improved control.
Tune your existing MRP or ERP system to give you optimal, predictable results.
There are as many different combinations of these efforts as there are companies, but practical operations science enables your company to adapt the appropriate elements to solve your unique challenges. Contact Factory Physics Inc. to quickly and predictably improve performance at your company.


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Ancient Rome and Greece
The Macedonian Empire, due to the constant warfare among the several autonomous kingdoms, was made vulnerable. At the same time, Ancient Greece was threatened from the East by Persians, Parthians, and Bactrians and from the West by the Romans, who had started expanding their power in southern Italy…
Myths of Ancient Greece and Rome
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Is the symbol of freedom, art, and democracy in the conscience of the civilized world. The capital of Greece took its name from the goddess Athena, the goddess of wisdom and knowledge. In Athens memory never fades. Wherever you stand, wherever you turn, the city s long and rich history will be alive…
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In Greek mythology, twelve gods and goddesses ruled the universe from atop Greece s Mount Olympus. These Olympians had come to power after their leader, Zeus, overthrew his father, Kronos, leader of the Titans. All the Olympians are related to one another. The Romans adopted most of these Greek gods…
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What Business School Leaders Can Learn from the Dairy Farmers
What would a unifying "Got Milk?" campaign look like for graduate management education?
By Shaun R. Carver • December 17, 2019
In this era of declining applications and shifting demographics in graduate management education (GME), it's incumbent upon business schools to leave no stone unturned in their search for creative solutions that support recruitment efforts.
Such a process includes looking at the methods that other industries have used to overcome their defining challenges. In that regard, today's business school leaders should borrow a page from the playbook of the American dairy farmers of the 1990s.
In 1993, the Goodby Silverstein & Partners agency created an advertising campaign for the California Milk Processor Board that sought to stem the tide of declining milk consumption in that state. (See the first television ad in the campaign, known among many Americans as the "Aaron Burr commercial.") By 1995, the campaign's "Got Milk?" slogan had been licensed to the National Milk Processor Education Program, which in turn licensed the slogan to dairy boards and dairy farmers across the United States. During that phase, some of the campaign's most well-known ads featured various celebrities sporting a "milk mustache."
How are MBA programs faring internationally?
Fast forward to the present, and the shrinking market for GME mirrors the plight of dairy farmers in the 1990s. International student applications to U.S. business schools are down 13.7 percent this year, revealed the Graduate Management Admission Council's (GMAC) 2019 Application Trends Survey Report. GMAC also found that 73 percent of two-year, full-time American MBA programs reported declines in total application volume, while 47 percent of programs reported a decline in domestic applications.
Business programs around the world are generally faring better than their U.S. counterparts, although the GMAC report documents a 3.1 percent year-over-year decline in global applications to business schools.
The outlook for GME programs is particularly positive in the Asia Pacific region, where GMAC reports that the percentage of business school candidates who planned to apply to a business school domestically rose from 41 percent in 2017 to 47 percent in the first half of 2019. During the same period, the percentage of GME applicants from the Asia Pacific region who said their preferred study destination was their home region grew from 24 percent to 29 percent, with 41 percent of those candidates citing improved access to jobs as their rationale for preferring to enroll domestically. Two-thirds of Asia Pacific programs reported growing (48 percent) or stable (20 percent) domestic application volume, while about one-third reported growing (37 percent) or stable (32 percent) international applications.
Meanwhile, in Europe, 56 percent of GME programs surveyed by GMAC reported increases in international applications. Canada also saw an increase in international applicants, outperforming domestic ones, 54 percent to 46 percent, respectively. According to the survey, the largest number of international students are coming from Asia Pacific.
With fewer candidates in the Asia Pacific region, in particular, applying to U.S. schools, the applicant numbers globally are redistributing across Asia Pacific, Europe, and Canada. This redistribution is strengthening those markets while simultaneously contributing to weaker international pools of applicants to U.S. programs.
What else is behind shrinking applicant pools?
Yet regardless of a school's geographic location, the vitality of GME is particularly threatened by alternatives to traditional MBA degrees. In AACSB's 2018–19 Business School Questionnaire, 69 percent of schools responding to the survey indicated that they offer non-degree options such as open enrollment or custom executive education programs.
Further, financial firms are increasingly recruiting their employees straight out of college and preempting the possibility of MBA program enrollment. Business schools outside the top tier of widely respected rankings face an ever-steeper uphill climb because they lack elite brand recognition, leaving them wondering how they'll meet their ambitious enrollment targets during a time of declining applications.
What should business schools do next to work toward a brighter future?
The power of storytelling
The solution begins with the same question that an advertising or marketing executive would ask at the beginning of their creative process: What story are we trying to tell?
For instance, at University of California, San Diego's Rady School of Management, we're telling the story of how our graduates are making a concrete impact on the local and regional economy. During the last 10 years, 88 percent of the companies started by Rady MBA graduates remain operational, while 15 percent of our MBAs are operating successful startups. Rady students and alums have launched more than 200 startups to date, and those businesses have raised a total of US$2 billion in the last decade.
Another chapter in our unique story is how Rady is one of many business schools where students are enrolling with the specific objective of launching for-profit companies that address social issues. Students at these GME programs are building the networks and communities that will enhance the impact of their pro-social ventures.
At Rady, we are amplifying our narrative by moving more toward a digital media strategy using keywords, geographic locations, and specific audience types based on demographic data. Our goal is to obtain and tell the stories of successful Rady alumni that will resonate with potential candidates.
Nevertheless, the inspiring stories of GME students in local markets aren't receiving the attention they deserve from the media, the rankings, or employers. And that's precisely where the accomplishments of individual business schools can be collectively amplified by a discipline-wide initiative that mirrors the dairy industry's famed "Got Milk?" campaign.
Just as small-scale dairy farmers don't possess the power to move the dairy market, today's individual business schools in any country don't have the resources or influence to reverse the migration away from traditional MBA programs among the entire population of prospective applicants. But business schools could move the needle if they acted in unison, with an inspired and creative message at the heart of their concerted campaign.
What would a "Got Milk?" campaign for GME actually look like? Here's a possible blueprint:
Much like the dairy farmers of the 1990s, business schools would unite for a broad marketing initiative. The different professional associations that represent the interests of the GME discipline on national levels would also join forces to serve as the glue that holds the campaign together, performing functions like hiring the advertising firm or other creative agency that helps GME come up with its game-changing slogan.
Once the marketing campaign's concept is finalized, the professional associations would pool their resources to fund the advertisements and disseminate them nationally among print, online, and broadcast media as well as other platforms. In fact, GME's campaign would have a leg up on "Got Milk?" with the advent of social media. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and various other social networks didn't exist in the 1990s but today would only strengthen the reach and influence of GME's outreach initiative.
Business schools in any nation or region would also use these new materials to market their programs to applicants overseas, supported by collaboration between professional associations in different countries. Would this lead to different nations siphoning away each other's applicants, amplifying concerns over declining international applications in places like the U.S.? Not exactly. Ideally, the messaging behind the GME initiative would seek to grow students' interest in the discipline across the board, benefiting academic institutions of all sizes and in all countries.
Following the first phase of the national and international campaigns, the participating professional associations would begin licensing the slogan, advertisements, and other forms of creative content to individual business schools worldwide. Each school would have the ability to customize the content for their local market, including by inserting their own program's story within the template provided by the broader GME campaign.
As a member of the BusinessCAS Advisory Board, I've already started the process of brainstorming with my GME colleagues in the quest to discover the next "big idea" that will elevate our discipline and secure our shared future. Just as dairy farmers came to understand, business school leaders will learn in the coming years that we're stronger together.
Shaun R. Carver is assistant dean of graduate programs at the University of California, San Diego's Rady School of Management.
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package May2021Leetcode;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

public class _0022GenerateParentheses {

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		System.out.println(generateParenthesis(3));
		System.out.println(generateParenthesis(1));
	}

	public static List<String> generateParenthesis(int n) {
		List<String> output = new ArrayList<String>();
		if (n <= 0)
			return output;
		dfs(0, 0, "", n, output);
		return output;
	}

	public static void dfs(int left, int right, String str, int n, List<String> output) {
		if (left == right && left == n) {
			output.add(str);
			return;
		}

		if (left > n || right > left)
			return;
		dfs(left + 1, right, str + "(", n, output);
		dfs(left, right + 1, str + ")", n, output);
	}
}

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John Oliver Explains Dialysis
John Oliver recently devoted most of his show "Last Week Tonight" to explaining how America funds kidney dialysis. Oliver admitted the topic was likely to make his viewers push the button on your TV remote marked "Dear God Literally Anything Else."
But it's an important topic. The United States "continues to have one of the industrialized world's highest mortality rates for dialysis care," despite spending more on it than other nations.
Since 1972, the federal government has covered all kidney dialysis. We now spend 1 percent of the federal budget just on kidney dialysis. That's half as much as we spend on the entire Department of Education!
Why do we spend so much? You can probably guess, fraud and greed. Two large companies, Fresenius Medical Care and DaVita, control 70 percent of the market.
Megallan Handford, a former DaVita employee who was fired for trying to unionize its employees, explained that:
"When I was working at DaVita, the priorities for transitioning patients was to get them on dialysis and get the next patient on as soon as possible," Handford told Oliver. "You would have sometimes 15, maybe 25 minutes to get that next patient on the machine, so you were not properly disinfecting."
This focus on profits above patients is reflected in the nearly $1 Billion in False Claims Act Settlements that DaVita has paid out in the last several years:
$350 Million (plus another $39 Million in forfeiture and $22 Million to states) for paying kickbacks to obtain referrals
$450 Million for falsely billing for drug waste
$55 Million for over-prescribing Epogen
Nor do these settlements appear to represent the end of DaVita's legal issues. DaVita faces a lawsuit and related government subpoenas over use of a non-profit, the American Kidney Foundation to push patients from government health care to Healthcare Exchange-offered private plans in order to dramatically increase its reimbursements.
Nor should you think that Fresenius is without blame. For example, in 2000, a team led by Suzanne Durrell secured the largest global settlement to date in a health care fraud case against Fresenius Medical Care. The investigation resulted in a record-setting $101 million criminal fine; an aggregate civil settlement payment of $385 million; and the withdrawal by the company of more than $130 million in pending claims for reimbursement with the Medicare Program.
If you have concerns about patient harm and fraud against the government by a health care company, please contact us to discuss how whistleblower laws including those above can protect and reward you and help ensure that the patients and taxpayers are protected.
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Unfortunately there is no revenue data in the results. Maybe the GTM settings are wrong. Does we need to implement both tags (one for the snippet and one for the ecommerce data which only triggers on the checkout-succes page).
I understand that you would like to implement revenue tracking on a setup that includes Optimizely and Google Tag Manager.
- I see on your website that GTM is implemented and consequently the Optimizely snippet loads in the body. Do you have a constraint on implementing the snippet with GTM specifically? The reason I am pointing this out is because this is not the recommended way of implementing Optimizely as GTM will load Optimizely asynchronously whereas it should always be loaded synchronously. The preferred way is to hard-code on your webpage directly. You can find out more about this by clicking here.
- How did you implement the revenue tracking call within GTM? The recommended way to do so is with this tutorial from our Knowledge Base.
If you're having issues with troubleshooting, would you mind sending me screenshots of your GTM configuration so I can investigate further? If you don't want to share the images publicly, you can pm me directly the link to the images.
We have two tags in the GTM. The first one is the normal snippet which fires on all pages types and the other is the ecommerce tag like in the article which fires only on the success confirmation page after the order.
I think this is not correct. Does we need two tags or just one?
You should have one tag for the Optimizely snippet and one for the revenue goal.
I logged into the account linked to your Optiverse email address and could not find any experiment for this account. Would you mind posting a link to your website so i can have a look? If you don't want to share the URL publicly, you can pm me directly the link. It would also help to access either read-only access to your GTM account and screenshots of relevant parts. If you don't want to share them publicly, you can send me a private message.
Hoping you can help with a similar request, we are hard coding the Optimizely snippet and want to set up the revenue tracking code as well. I know it needs to go on the confirmation page but I can't see in your documentation whereabouts it should be implemented, does it go in the body? Also can this one be fired through GTM?


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require "rails_helper"

module Shipping
  RSpec.describe ShippingCalculator do
    let(:basket) { FactoryBot.create(:basket) }
    let(:shipping_class) { nil }
    let(:amount_for) { 23.45 }
    let(:delivery_date) { Date.new(2020, 8, 17) }
    let(:options) do
      {
        basket: basket,
        shipping_class: shipping_class,
        delivery_date: delivery_date
      }
    end

    before do
      if shipping_class
        allow(shipping_class).to receive(:amount_for).with(basket, delivery_date)
          .and_return amount_for
      end
    end

    describe "#amount" do
      subject { ShippingCalculator.new(options).amount }

      context "with shipping class" do
        let(:shipping_class) { FactoryBot.create(:shipping_class) }
        it { should eq amount_for }
      end

      context "without shipping class" do
        it { should eq 0 }
      end
    end

    describe "#vat_amount" do
      let(:calculator) { ShippingCalculator.new(options) }
      let(:shipping_class) do
        instance_double(ShippingClass, charge_vat?: charge_vat)
      end

      subject { calculator.vat_amount }

      context "when shipping class charges tax" do
        let(:charge_vat) { true }
        it { should eq 4.69 }
      end

      context "when shipping class does not charge tax" do
        let(:charge_vat) { false }
        it { should be_zero }
      end
    end

    describe "#quote_needed?" do
      let(:basket) { instance_double(Basket) }

      context "when basket overweight" do
        let(:shipping_class) do
          instance_double(
            ShippingClass, max_product_weight: 10, shipping_table_rows: []
          )
        end
        before do
          expect(basket)
            .to receive(:overweight?)
            .with(max_product_weight: 10)
            .and_return(true)
        end

        it "returns truthy" do
          calc = ShippingCalculator.new(
            basket: basket, shipping_class: shipping_class
          )
          expect(calc.quote_needed?).to be_truthy
        end
      end

      context "when basket not overweight?" do
        before do
          allow(basket).to receive(:overweight?).and_return(false)
        end

        it "returns falsey when there's no shipping class specified" do
          expect(ShippingCalculator.new(basket: basket).quote_needed?)
            .to be_falsey
        end

        it "returns falsey when the specified shipping class has some table " \
        "rows" do
          sc = FactoryBot.create(:shipping_class)
          ShippingTableRow.create!(shipping_class: sc)
          calc = ShippingCalculator.new({shipping_class: sc, basket: basket})
          expect(calc.quote_needed?).to be_falsey
        end

        it "returns truthy when the specified shipping class has no table rows" do
          sc = FactoryBot.create(:shipping_class)
          calc = ShippingCalculator.new({shipping_class: sc, basket: basket})
          expect(calc.quote_needed?).to be_truthy
        end
      end
    end
  end
end


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Sipping, Shopping and Doing a Good Deed in Style
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (Jan. 28, 2016) Who doesn't like sipping Champagne and shopping?
Even better, supporters of Food For The Poor will have the chance to do both at a women's luxury fashion boutique in Palm Beach while showing support for a good cause.
Food For The Poor and Kyle by Alene Too are hosting a "sip and shop" event from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 18, at the boutique, 233 Royal Poinciana Way, Palm Beach.
In addition to enjoying wine and bubbly while they shop, guests will nibble on light hors d'oeuvres from the Village Gourmet Cheese Shoppe in City Place and indulge in desserts from C'est Si Bon Gourmet Market in Palm Beach.
The evening will include a raffle and a percentage of proceeds from sales at the shop will benefit Food For The Poor's home-building program in Haiti and Jamaica.
The Palm Beach boutique is the fourth store in the Alene Too family, which includes two successful shops in Boca Raton and the famed Kyle by Alene Too in Beverly Hills, Calif., which was featured on the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. On May 1, the fifth location will open in Southampton, N.Y.
"On behalf of the people in the Caribbean and Latin and America who will benefit from the generosity of strangers, we thank Kyle by Alene Too for opening its doors to us," said Food For The Poor Executive Director Angel Aloma.
The event will build excitement for Food For The Poor's first-ever There's No Place Like Home, Making Dreams Come True dinner. The event will be held from 6 to 10 p.m. Monday, Feb. 29, at the Four Seasons Resort Palm Beach, 2800 S. Ocean Blvd., Palm Beach.
The evening will feature cocktails, fine dining, entertainment and a silent auction.
Honorary committee members are Amy Royster Bridger, Malcolm and Lorrain Hall, Kimberly McGuire, Faith Morford, Robert and Janet Michel Nakushian, Sally O'Connor, Russell Sherrill, and Mary Frances Turner.
Longtime radio personality Candy O'Terry, better known as "Boston's Beloved Radio Voice," will perform songs from her CD Dream Come True featuring tracks recorded with the Boston Pops, Grammy nominee Jim Brickman and the legendary Livingston Taylor. O'Terry was honored by the Massachusetts Broadcasters Association as the 2015 Broadcaster of the Year.
John Trani, a resident of Farmington, Conn., and Sunny Isles Beach in Miami-Dade County, will be recognized at the dinner as Food For The Poor's 2016 Lifetime of Giving Honoree.
Trani's generosity has helped Food For The Poor with many projects over the years, from building houses in Haiti and Jamaica to educating bean farmers in Nicaragua on how to grow better crops and earn a living from the fruits of their labor while building a self-sustainable way of life.
For additional information regarding the There's No Place Like Home, Making Dreams Come True dinner, including tickets available at $500 per person, please call 888-404-4248 or visit www.FoodForThePoor.org/palmbeach.
Food For The Poor, one of the largest international relief and development organizations in the nation, does much more than feed millions of the hungry poor in 17 countries of the Caribbean and Latin America. This interdenominational Christian ministry provides emergency relief assistance, clean water, medicines, educational materials, homes, support for orphans and the aged, skills training and micro-enterprise development assistance, with more than 95 percent of all donations going directly to programs that help the poor. For more information, please visit www.FoodForThePoor.org.
Food For The Poor will host a "sip and shop" event from 6 to 8 p.m. on Feb. 18 at Kyle by Alene Too in Palm Beach.
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It highlights the habit of using plastic and how it is killing our planet.
In a bid to make India plastic-free by 2022, Union Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan launched the Plastic Anthem as a part of the 'Plastic Waste-Free India' campaign in seven languages on Thursday.
The anthem stresses on strengthening plastic waste management and recycling ecosystem in the country.
Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Smriti Manch (PDUSM) has prepared the Plastic Waste-Free India anthem.
The seven languages in which the anthem has been launched are Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Tamil, Telegu, Malyalam and Kannada.
The lyrics of the 'Plastic Waste-Free India' campaign's Plastic Anthem reads, "Kisi nashe ke jesi aadat padi ye kaisi, plastic se yaari gulami hui humari".
PDUSM has released the anthem in the form of an audio video campaign to make India a plastic-free nation.
The plastic anthem depicts a girl throwing a chocolate wrapper on road but before the wrapper touches the ground, a man catches it and throws it in a dustbin.
The song promotes the message of 'ditch single-use plastic'.
Launching the anthem, Harsh Vardhan said that there was a need to educate the next generation of entrepreneurs and innovators.
He further said that it is an important time for humanity since the actions taken by this generation will decide the course of the future of the planet.
The government is working with the stakeholders to completely abolish the use of single-use plastics by 2022 and strengthen plastic waste management and recycling ecosystem in the country.
He also praised the PDUSM and its president Vinod Shukla for the initiative.
Late Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya is an inspiration to all of us. His nephew Vinod Shukla and the Manch is doing excellent work to raise awareness and bust common myths surrounding plastic.
PDUSM is a non-profit organisation that is working on various social and environmental issues.
PDUSM has been working with local communities, recyclers, rag-pickers, students and other stakeholders to implement the better ways of waste management and recycling mechanism.


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use JMS\Serializer\Annotation\ExclusionPolicy;
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    protected $GroupName = 'GeoTiff';

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    protected $Writable = false;

    protected $Description = 'Proj Nat Origin Long';
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Hurry! Restaurant week ends on February 4th.
After an intense evaluation of all of the restaurant week menus and a marathon weekend of meals, we have narrowed the list of participating restaurants down from over 350, to just 5. We used the following criteria with equal weight given to each item.
Cost Effective: People seem to think they're always getting a good deal when they order from a fixed price menu. Let them continue to live in their ignorant bubble, and take advantage of the options they're too thick to see! You might actually get a better value ordering from the regular menu and having a more options. We compared the special restaurant week menus with each restaurant's regular menu to see if it made sense to make a restaurant week visit.
Creativity: Not all the restaurants participating in restaurant week are worth going to. And of the restaurants worth going to, not all the fixed price menus are stellar. We chose the very best OF THE BEST for our top five list.
Why:They have rockstar themed menu options. Ridiculous, rockstars are too high to eat, but it's a cute idea nonetheless.
Why: they have a Julia Child themed menu!
Why: when will you ever eat here for $44 again? They use a ticketing system though and it's probably too late to get in this restaurant week.
Fancy and creative (Not sure how else to qualify this).
Why: Go for lunch because the menu is awesome. There's a lamb pizza on there and roasted quail. What?!


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Q: How to add drop down Value by JavaScript Dynamically? I getting values form API and now I want to add these value to a drop down list.I tried this way:
My HTML :

                                <select class="selectpicker" id="location">
                                    <option value="" selected>Location</option>

                                </select>

and I wrote function from where I am trying to add value which is:
   function loadLoc(data){
                len = data.length;
                console.log(data);
                for(x=0;x<len;x++){
                         $('#location').append('<option value="california">'+data[x].name+'</option>');
                          }
                       }

what I did wrong :(

A: Your code is fine. I have updated it so try this: link
HTML

  <select class="selectpicker" id="location">
    <option value="" selected>Location</option>
  </select>

JS:
  function loadLoc(data) {
    len = data.length

    console.log(data)

    for(let item of data) {
      $('#location').append(`<option value="california">${ item.name }</option>`)
    }

  }

const list = [
  { name: 'California' },
  { name: "Russia" },
  { name: "Israel" }
]

window.onload = () => {
  loadLoc(list)
}

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package com.focusit.acache;

import java.io.*;
import java.nio.file.FileSystems;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Path;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * Walks through directory to dump it hierarchical structure, i.e. get list of all it's files recursively.
 * Created by doki on 09.06.16.
 */
public class TreeGenerator {

    public static final String DIRS_BIN = "data" + File.separator + "dirs.bin";
    public static final String FILES_BIN = "data" + File.separator + "files.bin";

    public void load(List directories, List files) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
        try (FileInputStream fos = new FileInputStream(new File(DIRS_BIN))) {
            try (ObjectInputStream oos = new ObjectInputStream(fos)) {
                directories.addAll((List) oos.readObject());
            }
        }

        System.out.println("Dirs: loaded " + directories.size());

        try (FileInputStream fos = new FileInputStream(new File(FILES_BIN))) {
            try (ObjectInputStream oos = new ObjectInputStream(fos)) {
                files.addAll((List) oos.readObject());
            }
        }

        System.out.println("Files: loaded " + files.size());
    }

    private void dump(Path dir, List directories, List files) throws IOException {
        Files.walk(dir).forEach(f -> {
            if (Files.isDirectory(f)) {
                directories.add(f.toString());
            } else {
                files.add(f.toString());
            }
        });

        System.out.println("Dirs:" + directories.size());
        System.out.println("Files:" + files.size());

        try (FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(new File(DIRS_BIN))) {
            try (ObjectOutputStream oos = new ObjectOutputStream(fos)) {
                oos.writeObject(directories);
                oos.flush();
            }
        }

        System.out.println("Dirs: dumped");

        try (FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(new File(FILES_BIN))) {
            try (ObjectOutputStream oos = new ObjectOutputStream(fos)) {
                oos.writeObject(files);
                oos.flush();
            }
        }

        System.out.println("Files: dumped");
    }

    public static void main(String args[]) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
        List<String> dirs = new ArrayList<>();
        List<String> files = new ArrayList<>();

        Path dir = FileSystems.getDefault().getPath(args[0]);
        TreeGenerator generator = new TreeGenerator();
        generator.dump(dir, dirs, files);

        List<String> dirs1 = new ArrayList<>();
        List<String> files1 = new ArrayList<>();
        generator.load(dirs1, files1);
    }

}


Raw honey has wonderful healing properties-both antibacterial and antioxidants. Honey can be used for healing or as a powerful treatment to your skin; it can even help you to recapture that all-important glow which is great if you have important events to attend or if your skin looks a little jaded.
If you suffer with acne, honey can be really beneficial. As it is naturally antibacterial, it is good for the treatment and prevention of acne. In addition, its antioxidant qualities can help to slow down the aging process keeping looking younger for longer. It has a moisturising effect on your skin and can help create that youthful looking glow. You can even use honey to open up your pores.
If you suffer with spots, don't waste time buying expensive over-the-counter preparations. Instead, reach for the raw honey and add a little to a cotton bud. Apply the honey very gently to the spots and leave. You can even leave the honey on overnight. You'll find in the morning that your skin looks so much better. If you have some tea tree essential oil and lavender essential oil handy you can also mix with honey, and this allows an extra burst of natural cleansing.
You may not think of the gooey sticky honey substances as being good for cleansing your skin but it is really great in removing make up. Use jojoba oil and add a little honey. You can also add in a few extra spices if you feel adventurous. Massage into your skin, removing make up and acting as a moisturiser at the same time. Honey mixed with baking soda, (I would suggest two parts honey to one part baking soda) makes a great natural exfoliator and you can use it once a week to remove dead skin cells and it also smoothes your skin and helps you to look and feel great.
To give your skin that little extra boost and to return your youthful complexion, add a layer of raw honey to your skin. Make sure your skin is damp and then using a circular motion and massage your skin. Leave for approximately 30 minutes and then wash off with lukewarm water. Your skin will feel amazing.
"Image courtesy of [Gualberto107] / FreeDigitalPhotos.net".


Didn't catch all the news? We got you.
The annual Game Developer's Conference is over for another year, and as always it was chocked full of exciting news. The San Francisco-based event has now closed it's doors for another year, and since then GDC have announced that this years attendance was a record breaker, with 29,000 people walking its boards. As ever, we had our eyes peeled for the best indie related announcements.
By far the biggest wad of news came with the Nintendo Nindie showcase. The Nintendo Switch has already proved itself to be an excellent platform, bringing great indie games back into the spotlight. In this showcase Nintendo revealed a whole bunch of exciting titles that will be coming to the handheld console in the future. Most impressively, as we told you last week, Nintendo have handed their precious Zelda IP to an Vancouver-based indie studio. Brace Yourself Games will develop a spinoff of the game, connecting it to one of their own popular releases, Crypt of the NecroDancer. The title, Cadence of Hyrule, is yet to receive a confirmed release date, but there is plenty of hype already.
Other eagerly anticipated titles coming to the Switch later this year are Cuphead, Overland, My Friend Pedro and Neo Cab. Let's face it, Cuphead is going to lead to some pretty frustration-battered Switches, and we can't wait to see how the graceful mechanics of My Friend Pedro's combat works on the hand-held. Overland and Neo Cab are slated for release later this year, and both immediately stand out for their intriguing art styles. With such highly anticipated games coming to the platform, we're sure the Switche's indie reign is far from over.
In other news, in a move that surprised no one, Return of the Obra Dinn snagged the Grand Prize at the Independent Games Festival, which took place as part of GDC. It was also awarded the prize for Excellence in Narrative Design, so you know you're really onto a winner here, if you haven't had a go already. The game was developed by solo-dev Lucas Pope, and when we reviewed it we awarded it a very rare 10/10.
A few days after the dust had settled on GDC, but no doubt connected to all the great indie news that came out of it, Xbox also took its turn to reveal some news. Three more indie titles will be arriving on the ID@Xbox platform in the near future; Killer Queen Black, Outer Wilds, and Blazing Chrome will arrive on the platform when they hit release date.
We're pretty happy about all this indie related buzz, and will keep you updated on these titles as and when they get some concrete release dates.


There will be donuts, coffee, hot dogs, chips and an assortment of drinks, candy and snacks. All the proceeds of the concession stand will go to help offset the cost of some of the programming in the club so please make a visit to the concessions stand.
The concession is located in the main building between McDonald's Field #6 and Scull Construction Field #7.


Suite V is for everybody.
It seeks to transform the austere standard for salon spaces and offer something altogether greater: a space for self-improvement, culture, and community.
Cut and color your hair; shop for tastefully curated vintage; enjoy music; savor refreshing cocktails and catch up with fellow clients-turned-friends.
It's a lifestyle space - a non-traditional hair practice that wants to put soul back into a functional spot.


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JBOSS_HOME=/opt/jboss/wildfly
JBOSS_CUSTOMIZATION=$JBOSS_HOME/customization
JBOSS_STANDALONE_CONFIG=$JBOSS_HOME/standalone/configuration/
JBOSS_CLI=$JBOSS_HOME/bin/jboss-cli.sh
JBOSS_MODE=${1:-"standalone"}
JBOSS_CONFIG=${2:-"$JBOSS_MODE.xml"}

function wait_for_server() {
  until `$JBOSS_CLI -c ":read-attribute(name=server-state)" 2> /dev/null | grep -q running`; do
    sleep 1
  done
}

echo "=> Starting WildFly server"
$JBOSS_HOME/bin/$JBOSS_MODE.sh -b 0.0.0.0 -c $JBOSS_CONFIG &

echo "=> Waiting for the server to boot"
wait_for_server

echo "=> Executing the commands"
export STUDENTS_DS="java:/StudentsDS"
export H2_URI="jdbc:h2:mem:STUDENTS_DB;DB_CLOSE_DELAY=-1"
export H2_USER="sa"
export H2_PWD="sa"

$JBOSS_CLI -c << EOF
batch

echo "Connection URL: " $CONNECTION_URL

# Add the datasource
data-source add --name=StudentsDS --driver-name=h2 --jndi-name=$STUDENTS_DS --connection-url=$H2_URI --user-name=$H2_USER --password=$H2_PWD --use-ccm=false --max-pool-size=25 --blocking-timeout-wait-millis=5000

# Add a realm based on a database
/subsystem=security/security-domain=jee7-demo-realm:add(cache-type=default)
/subsystem=security/security-domain=jee7-demo-realm/authentication=classic:add()
/subsystem=security/security-domain=jee7-demo-realm/authentication=classic/login-module=UsersRoles       \
    :add(code=UsersRoles, flag=required,                                                        \
         module-options={"usersProperties"=>"${JBOSS_CUSTOMIZATION}/jee7-demo-realm-users.properties",   \
                         "rolesProperties"=>"${JBOSS_CUSTOMIZATION}/jee7-demo-realm-roles.properties"})

#Successfully saved resource [ ("subsystem" => "logging"), ("logger" => "org.jboss.security") ]

# Execute the batch
run-batch
EOF

/opt/jboss/wildfly/bin/add-user.sh admin admin

echo "=> Shutting down WildFly"
if [ "$JBOSS_MODE" = "standalone" ]; then
  $JBOSS_CLI -c ":shutdown"
else
  $JBOSS_CLI -c "/host=*:shutdown"
fi


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Kepuk is een bestuurslaag in het regentschap Jepara van de provincie Midden-Java, Indonesië. Kepuk telt 5339 inwoners (volkstelling 2010).

Plaats in Midden-Java

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1971: The Road Starts Hear [RSD Black Friday 2021] Aerosmith UMe Cassette 2021-11-26 15.98
Original Grooves: A Gift To Pops [RSD Black Friday 2021] The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong All-Stars Verve Vinyl 2021-11-26 14.98
Memphis Heat [RSD Black Friday 2021] Memphis Slim & Canned Heat LMLR (French Import) Vinyl 2021-11-26 24.98
John Carpenter's Ghosts Of Mars (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [RSD Black Friday 2021] John Carpenter Varese Sarabande Vinyl 2021-11-26 24.98
Sling [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Black & White Swirl LP] Clairo Republic Vinyl 2021-12-10 39.98
Songs of Love and Hate (50th Anniversary) [RSD Black Friday 2021] Leonard Cohen Legacy Vinyl 2021-11-26 27.98
Sujinho [RSD Black Friday 2021] Jackson Conti Madlib Invazion Vinyl 2021-11-26 31.98
At Montreux [RSD Black Friday 2021] Larry Coryell & The Eleventh House Culture Factory USA Vinyl 2021-11-26 24.98
Rat Child EP [RSD Black Friday 2021] Crobot Mascot Records Vinyl 2021-11-26 24.98
Live-Evil [RSD Black Friday 2021] Miles Davis Legacy Vinyl 2021-11-26 27.98
Chemtrails Over The Country Club [RSD Black Friday 2021] Lana Del Rey IGA Vinyl 2021-11-26 35.98
The Last In Line [RSD Black Friday 2021] Dio Rhino Warner Records Vinyl 2021-11-26 24.98
Songs From The Deep [RSD Black Friday 2021] Eric Essix Lightyear Vinyl 2021-11-26 25.98
Evanescence [RSD Black Friday 2021] Evanescence Craft Recordings Vinyl 2021-11-26 29.98
Club Car Zodiac [RSD Black Friday 2021] Tav Falco ORG Music Vinyl 2021-11-26 18.98
Fall In Philadelphia: The Definitive Demos 1968-71 [RSD Black Friday 2021] Daryl Hall & John Oates Reel/Good Time Records Vinyl 2021-11-26 24.99
Paris 67 [RSD Black Friday 2021] The Jimi Hendrix Experience Legacy Vinyl 2021-11-26 20.98
Is That So? [RSD Black Friday 2021] John Hicks Trio Tidal Waves Music Vinyl 2021-11-26 35.98
Johnnie B. Bad [RSD Black Friday 2021] Johnnie Johnson Euclid Records… Records Vinyl 2021-11-26 24.99
The Iron Giant [RSD Black Friday 2021] Michael Kamen Varese Sarabande Vinyl 2021-11-26 29.98
Christmas… Christmas Tree Edition [RSD Black Friday 2021] Jorma Kaukonen Fur Peace Ranch Records Vinyl 2021-11-26 24.98
Christmas… Candy Cane Edition [RSD Black Friday 2021] Jorma Kaukonen Fur Peace Ranch Records Vinyl 2021-11-26 24.98
In Concert - Live At The BBC 1971 [RSD Black Friday 2021] Carole King Legacy Vinyl 2021-11-26 20.98
All You Can Eat [RSD Black Friday 2021] k.d. lang Warner Records Vinyl 2021-11-26 21.98
Once Again [RSD Black Friday 2021] John Legend Legacy Vinyl 2021-11-26 27.98
Muddlin Gear [RSD Black Friday 2021] Jamie Lidell Buckingham Royalties Cassette 2021-11-26 13.99
Music From The Penn Gala in 1983 [RSD Black Friday 2021] Local Natives Loma Vista Recordings Cassette 2021-11-26 9.98
Live and Unplugged From Vinyl Tap [RSD Black Friday 2021] Lera Lynn Ruby Range Records Vinyl 2021-11-26 16.98
BBC 1974 Londres [RSD Black Friday 2021] Magma Music on Vinyl Vinyl 2021-11-26 42.98
Independence [RSD Black Friday 2021] Matata Tidal Waves Music Vinyl 2021-11-26 30.98
Eve of Destruction [RSD Black Friday 2021] Barry Mcguire Anagram Music Vinyl 2021-11-26 25.98
SOCKS [RSD Black Friday 2021] JD McPherson New West Records Cassette 2021-11-26 13.99
Free Agents [RSD Black Friday 2021] Mobb Deep HHC Vinyl 2021-11-26 31.98
Lean Into It [RSD Black Friday 2021] Mr. Big evoxs Vinyl 2021-11-26 32.98
At Home With The Munsters [RSD Black Friday 2021] The Munsters BMG Vinyl 2021-11-26 24.98
No More Tears [RSD Black Friday 2021] Ozzy Osbourne Legacy Vinyl 2021-11-26 27.98
1971: The Road Starts Hear [RSD Black Friday 2021]
Cassette: $15.98 Buy
Boston 1971: A historic early recording of Aerosmith in their rehearsal room - just the band, crew and friends captured on Joe Perry's tape recorder. This never-before-heard performance showcases the early, raw talent of this future Hall Of Fame band, one year before signing to Columbia Records, and two years before their eponymous debut, which featured many of these songs, including their enduring anthem "Dream On".
A1 - Rehearsal Room A2 - Somebody A3 - Reefer Headed Woman + Walkin' The Dog
B1 - Movin' Out B2 - Major Barbra B3 - Dream On B4 - Mama Kin
The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong All-Stars
Original Grooves: A Gift To Pops [RSD Black Friday 2021]
Verve Label Group is proud to continue our vinyl series, Original Grooves, showcasing the vinyl cutting technique known as "parallel grooves", where grooves are cut side-by-side instead of one after another, allowing for a different aural experience depending on where the needle is dropped. The third of this series comes from Louis Armstrong.
Hear Louis Armstrong's original takes of two of his timeless performances alongside modern reinterpretations by an all-star band led by Nicholas Payton and Wycliffe Gordon. Grammy-award winning trumpet player Nicholas Payton is a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, composer, producer and arranger from New Orleans. Renowned musician, composer, conductor and arranger, Wycliffe Gordon is a veteran member of the Wynton Marsalis Septet and an original member of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra.
- Track 1: "What A Wonderful World" – Louis Armstrong original version
- Track 2: "What A Wonderful World" – The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong All Stars version
- Track 1: "Swing That Music" – Louis Armstrong original version
- Track 2: "Swing That Music" – The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong All Stars version
Memphis Slim & Canned Heat
Memphis Heat [RSD Black Friday 2021]
These are the 1970-1973 studio collaborations between Memphis Slim (one of the great blues pianists) and Canned Heat. This release is considered to be more "blues" than "blues rock" as the Memphis Horns give this album an extra boost of funk. Package includes: OBI strip, Single jacket, Printed inner sleeve with original record labels.
Back To Mother Earth | Trouble Everywhere I Go | Black Cat Cross My Trail | Mr. Longfingers | Five Long Years | When I Was Young | You Don't Know My Mind | Boogie Duo | Down That Big Road | Whizzle Wham | Paris
John Carpenter's Ghosts Of Mars (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [RSD Black Friday 2021]
John Carpenter recruited an unbelievable cast of musicians to record the soundtrack to this sci-fi horror film starring Ice Cube and Natasha Henstridge. Steve Vai, most of Anthrax, (including Scott Ian), Elliot Eason of The Cars, Buckethead and Robin Finck of NIN and Guns and Roses are among the featured players. This soundtrack is apocalyptic and an important mark in John Carpenter's unparalleled career as a Director/Composer. Released on "Red Planet" vinyl in conjunction with the film's 20th anniversary.
SIDE ONE:
1. Ghosts Of Mars (3:44)
2. Love Siege (4:37)
3. Fight Train (3:15)
4. Visions Of Earth (4:08)
5. Kick Ass (6:06)
SIDE TWO:
1. Slashing Void (2:46)
2. Power Station (4:37)
3. Can't Let You Go (2:17)
4. Dismemberment Blues (2:52)
5. Fightin' Mad (2:40)
6. Pam Grier's Head (2:35)
7. Ghost Poppin' (3:21)
Sling [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Black & White Swirl LP]
The sophomore album from Clairo, Sling, on black white swirl vinyl, exclusively at record stores. Written and recorded in upstate New York, it reflects on the possibilities of parenthood, full of crushing, intimate details and themes.
Side A 1. Bambi 2. Amoeba 3. Partridge 4. Zinnias 5. Blouse 6. Wade Side B 1. Harbor 2. Just For Today 3. Joanie 4. Reaper 5. Little Changes 6. Management
Songs of Love and Hate (50th Anniversary) [RSD Black Friday 2021]
50th anniversary edition on 180g opaque white vinyl, with updated / re-typeset embossed packaging that includes a brand new eight page, 12x12 lyric booklet. The audio has been sourced from the original analogue tapes via a new direct digital transfer. PACKAGING NOTE: Track list on back of LP jacket is a sticker that comes off when the cellophane is removed so that the jacket replicates the original package without tracklist.
1. Avalanche
2. Last Year's Man
3. Dress Rehearsal Rag
4. Diamonds in the Mine
1. Love Calls You By Your Name
2. Famous Blue Raincoat
3. Sing Another Song, Boys
4. Joan of Arc
Jackson Conti
Sujinho [RSD Black Friday 2021]
Madlib reissues his long out of print collaboration with legendary Brazilian drummer Ivan "Mamao" Conti, propellant for lauded jazz fusion archetypes Azymuth, on his own imprint. Alternate cover artwork, photography by B+.
When Madlib went to Brazil in 2002 with Mochilla to participate in the production of the Brazilintime documentary, his one mission was to meet Ivan "Mamao" Conti, the drummer of the legendary trio Azymuth. Madlib had made an Azymuth tribute record he wanted to play for him. On a rainy night in Rio, Mamao and Madlib went in the studio. Several hours later the rhythm tracks that make up Sujinho were laid and the process began.
Featuring the music of Madlib, Mamao, Edu Lobo, Chico Buarque de Hollanda, Luiz Eca, Baden Powell, Vinicius De Moraes, Marcos Valle, Joao Donato, Dom Um Romao, Airto Moreira and even George Duke… and with guest vocals by Thalma De Freitas — Sujinho is a unique and classic record. Filled with the angularity and edge of a Madlib production and underwritten by the polyrhythmics of Mamao — Sujinho takes Brazilian music into places it has never been, bringing oft-forgotten classics like "Upa Neguinho" to 21st century ears.
A Side
1. Mamaoism
2. Barumba
3. Anna de Amsterdam Interlude
4. Praça da Republica
5. Papaia
1. Brasilian Sugar
2. Sao Paulo Nights
3. Xibaba
4. Upa Neguinho (feat. Thalma De Freitas)
C Side
1. Casa Forte
2. Amazon Stroll
3. Berimbau
4. Anna de Amsterdam Reprise
5. Waiting on the Corner
D Side
1. Tijuca Man
2. Nao Tem Nada Nao
3. Sunset at Sujinho
4. Segura esta Onda (feat. Mamao on vocals)
Larry Coryell & The Eleventh House
At Montreux [RSD Black Friday 2021]
Larry Coryell (The Godfather of Fusion) & The Eleventh House is one of the best known 70s fusion groups. At Montreux was recorded live at the Montreux Jazz and Pop Festival, Montreux, Switzerland, July 4, 1974. The album is critically acclaimed as "The cutting Edge of Jazz-Fusion" and "A Coll Fusion Good Time". This deluxe package includes: an OBI strip, Single cardboard album jacket, printed inner sleeve, original record label and specialty "double split" red translucent/yellow translucent vinyl.
Improvisation On Villa Lobos - Prelude No. 4 In E Minor | Tamari | Joyride | Rasputin | Song For A New York Rainmaker | The Eleventh House Blues
Rat Child EP [RSD Black Friday 2021]
For RSD Black Friday, the first physical release of the Rat Child EP, featuring guest performances from Frank Bello (Anthrax), Howard Jones (Devil You Know, ex-Killswitch Engage) and Stix Zadina (Steel Panther). A 12" fluorescent green vinyl release, with an exclusive poster.
1. Mountain (feat. Frank Bello)
2. Kiss it Goodbye (feat. Howard Jones)
3. Everyone Dies (feat. Stix Zadina)
4. Rat Child
Live-Evil [RSD Black Friday 2021]
Miles Davis' Live-Evil turns 50 in November and this jazz-funk landmark double LP is a 100-minute workout of hard grooves and rhythmic explorations. Captured live during his legendary 1970 stand at Washington DC's Cellar Door, then edited by producer Teo Macero, the recording features Miles joined by a murderer's row of musicians: Gary Bartz, John McLaughlin, Keith Jarrett, Michael Henderson, Jack DeJohnette and Airto Moreira. The album's striking cover by legendary illustrator Mati Klarwein is complemented by two slabs of limited edition opaque teal colored vinyl for RSD Black Friday.
1. Sivad
2. Little Church
3. Medley: Gemini/Double Image
1. What I Say
2. Nem Um Talvez
1. Selim
2. Funk Tonk
1. Inamorata and Narration by Conrad Roberts
Chemtrails Over The Country Club [RSD Black Friday 2021]
Lana Del Rey's Chemtrails Over the Country Club album, on exclusive translucent cobalt vinyl with an alternate cover.
1. White Dress
3. Tulsa Jesus Freak
5. Wild At Heart
6. Dark But Just a Game
7. Not All Who Wander Are Lost
9. Breaking Up Slowly feat. Nikki Lane
10. Dance Til We Die
11. For Free feat. Zella Day & Weyes Blood
The Last In Line [RSD Black Friday 2021]
An RSD Black Friday picture disc release of Dio's sophomore outing, their highest UK and US-charting album, originally released in July of 1984.
The Last In Line
I Speed At Night
One Night In The City
Eat Your Heart Out
Egypt (The Chains Are On)
Eric Essix
Songs From The Deep [RSD Black Friday 2021]
The album is a collector's edition on Audiophile 180g vinyl of Eric Essix's 27th album, Songs From the Deep.
Because the South is his life and it's always been home, both physically and spiritually, Eric has carried those artful and passionate Southern breezes through some of his best recordings, including the albums Southbound (2000) and Birmingham (2009). Songs From the Deep captures our collective moment perfectly with a sense of personal nostalgia (Late Night Drive, Back Porch), sociopolitical resolve (Forward March), and several powerful shout-outs to recently departed civil rights icon and fellow Alabamian John Lewis (Walk With the Wind, Stand).
Walk With the Wind
Forward March
Evanescence [RSD Black Friday 2021]
First released in 2011, Evanescence followed the immense success of global chart-toppers Fallen and The Open Door. Singer Amy Lee described landing on the epononymous title as being "about falling back in love with this thing, with Evanescence" adding that "it just felt like this is who we are." Featuring the hit singles "What You Want," "My Heart is Broken" and "Lost in Paradise," Evanescence debuted at No.1 on the Billboard 200, also reaching Top 5 in the UK, Canada, Australia, and across Europe. Marking the album's 10th anniversary, this special pressing will be available on purple smoke vinyl and is limited to 8,000 copies worldwide.
Side A: 1. What You Want 2. Made Of Stone 3. The Change 4. My Heart Is Broken 5. The Other Side 6. Erase This
Side B: 1. Lost In Paradise 2. Sick 3. The End Of the Dream 4. Oceans 5. Never Go Back 6. Swimming Home
Tav Falco
Club Car Zodiac [RSD Black Friday 2021]
Cult legend, avant-roots/rock 'n' roll raconteur Tav Falco is back at it again, with some notable partners in crime including bass legend Mike Watt and drummer Larry Mullins (Stooges, Bad Seeds, Swans) among others. Written and recorded during the global pandemic of 2020, Falco's latest release blends tango, fuzz, and his signature roots sound, including a surprising electric folk treatment of "House Of The Rising Sun".
Limited to just 1,000 copies worldwide, mastered at 45RPM, and pressed on 12" color vinyl.
Strange Tango
House Of The Rising Sun
La Brigantessa Siciliana
Tony Driver Blues
Fall In Philadelphia: The Definitive Demos 1968-71 [RSD Black Friday 2021]
Recorded in the throes of their Philadelphia folk-rock phase during the late '60s, this record is a collection of rare early recordings by Daryl Hall & John Oates, before their signing to Atlantic Records. Prior to releasing their debut album, Whole Oats,' these two composer-performers had sketched out a series of songs, several of which went on to become early Hall & Oates classics. A great piece of rock history showcasing that early Philly sound before Hall & Oates went on to become one of America's greatest pop-rock duos.
Pressed on heavyweight transparent orange vinyl with individual hand-numbering.
1 In Honor Of A Lady
2 Good Night And Good Morning
3 Past Times Behind
4 The Reason Why
5 Sally
6 If That's What Makes You Happy
7 The Provider
8 They Needed Each Other
9 Deep River Blues
10 Angelina
11 Perkiomen
12 I'll Be By
13 Dry In The Sun
14 Lilly
15 Back In Love Again
16 Fall In Philadelphia
17 Georgie
18 Months & Weeks & Days
19 A Lot Of Changes Comin'
20 I'm Tired Of Wearing Buckskin
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Paris 67 [RSD Black Friday 2021]
Another amazing release from the official Jimi Hendrix "bootleg label" Dagger Records, this raw, direct to two-track, live recording from the Olympia Theatre in Paris was captured for French national radio and documents the Experience's triumphant return to France almost one year from the date of their 1966 debut. Recorded on October 9, 1967, The Experience were in top form, roaring out of the gate with "Stone Free," and following with vibrant renditions of "Hey Joe," "Fire," "The Wind Cries Mary" and "Catfish Blues." "Rock Me Baby" and a compact "Red House" prefaced a grinding, muscular take of "Purple Haze," followed by "Wild Thing," replete with a rousing, tongue-in-cheek lead vocal that emphatically closed the show. Released for RSD Black Friday on red and blue mixed vinyl.
1. Stone Free
2. Hey Joe
1. Rock Me Baby
4. Wild Thing
John Hicks Trio
Is That So? [RSD Black Friday 2021]
In the late 1980s, the renowned American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger John Hicks formed one of the most influential ensembles consisting out of musicians that had played music at the highest level all their lives and gained their status as both stand-alone artists and important sidemen. Each of them had participated in many of jazz's great moments and all shared the ability, documented on many albums, to inspire their fellow musicians to even greater heights. The 'John Hicks Trio' had several line-up changes over the years that included greats such as Clifford Barbaro (Strata East, Blue Note, Sun Ra Arkestra, Charles Tolliver), Clint Houston (Prestige, Nina Simone, Roy Ayers, Azar Lawrence), Curtis Lundy (Pharoah Sanders, Frank Morgan, Cole Porter), Marcus McLaurine (Muse, Verve, Weldon Irvine, Kool & The Gang) and Victor Lewis (Steve Grossman, Stan Getz, Charles Mingus, Cedar Walton, Chet Baker).
On this album (Is That So? from 1991) the trio consists out of some of the biggest and best players in the jazz, funk and soul scenes:
On piano we have the Atlanta based trio's bandleader JOHN HICKS (1941-2006). He served as a leader on more than 30 albums and played as a sideman on more than 300 other recordings. After being taught piano by his mother, Hicks went on to study at Lincoln University of Missouri, Berklee College of Music, and the Julliard School. After playing with a number of different artists during the early '60s (including Oliver Nelson and being part of Pharoah Sanders's first band) he joined Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers in 1964. In the early '70s he taught jazz history and improvisation at Southern Illinois University before resuming his career as a recording artist. Next to his many solo recordings for labels such as Strata East and Concord, Hicks would collaborate with all the big names in the scene, including Archie Shepp, Alvin Queen, Mingus and Curtis Lundy. In 2014 & 2015, J Dilla payed homage to John Hicks by sampling two of his songs.
On drums we have the legendary IDRIS MUHAMMAD (1939-2014) who to this day is still considered as one of the most influential drummers covering a multitude of genre-transcending styles. Born in New Orleans, he showed early talent as a percussionist and began his professional career while still a teenager, playing on Fats Domino's 'Blueberry Hill'. He then toured with Sam Cooke and would later go on to work with Curtis Mayfield. Next to his landmark solo recordings for Prestige Records, Idris would collaborate with iconic musicians and acts from the likes of Pharoah Sanders, Manu Dibango, Ahmad Jamal, Melvin Sparks, Charles Earland, Walter Bishop, Ceasar Frazier, Roberta Flack, Gato Barbieri, Nathan Davis, Sonny Rollins, Lou Donaldson, Galt MacDermot, Lonnie Smith…and countless others. Idris Muhammad's work was sampled by renowned performers such as Drake, Beastie Boys and Fatboy Slim.
On bass we have RAY DRUMMOND (born 1946) who originated from Massachusetts. Drummond was a well-respected bass player (and a master of his instrument), composer, arranger, bandleader, educator and producer who was part of performances and recordings of renowned acts and artists such as Pharoah Sanders, Horace Tapscott, Art Farmer, George Coleman, Leon Thomas, Johnny Lytle, Freddie Hubbard, John Hicks, Houston Person, Toots Thielemans, Lalo Schifrin, Art Blakey…and many others!
The 'Is That So?' album was recorded at the legendary Studio 44 (Holland) in July 1990 and released on the Dutch label TIMELESS in 1991. On this amazing piece of work you'll find ten majestic tracks (including an excellent Sonny Rollins cover-tune). The album was produced by John Hicks and Timeless Records owner Wim Wigt and is a remarkable outing of advanced musicianship by three jazz-giants in their prime, delivering an inspirational gem of an album. Is That So? sounds as successful, young and vibrant as ever! Expect supercharged Post Bop with striking notes, no-holds-barred musicianship, high swinging solos, screaming choruses and plenty of solid virtuosity to spare. The up tempo none stop Latin beat is complimented by the terrific drum solos of Idris Muhammad and the rhythmic bass stokes of Ray Drummond. This electrifying set of tracks makes this release a bonafide hit and a must have for any self-respecting jazz fan or collector.
Tidal Waves Music now proudly presents the FIRST ever vinyl release (these recordings were never issued on vinyl before) of John Hicks Trio Is That So?. This unique album comes as a deluxe 180g DOUBLE vinyl edition (strictly limited to 1000 copies worldwide) with obi strip. The jacket features exclusive pictures shot by legendary Dutch photographer Joost Leijen (known for his work with artists such as Chet Baker and Pharoah Sanders), also included is an insert with liner notes by renowned author and producer Russ Musto. This is also the FIRST time Is that So? is being released in North America and in the UK. Released exclusively for RSD Black Friday 2021
01 Is That So? - 02 Autumn Leaves - 03 How Insensitive - 04 April Eyes - 05 Yesterdays - 06 Emily - 07 I'll Remember April - 08 Never Let Me Go - 09 Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise - 10 Sonnymoon For Two
Johnnie Johnson
Johnnie B. Bad [RSD Black Friday 2021]
Rock and Roll Hall Of Famer, and namesake of arguably the greatest Rock n' Roll song of all time-- Johnny B. Goode, Johnnie Johnson lived in obscurity in his hometown of St. Louis. Johnnie's breakthrough in popularity began with Hail, Hail Rock N' Roll, Taylor Hackford's documentary about two 1986 concerts celebrating Chuck Berry. Hot on the heels of that movie came Nonesuch Records' Johnnie B. Bad album, produced by NRBQ pianist Terry Adams, with two tracks produced by Keith Richards. The record represents Johnnie's brilliance
and reaffirms him as the formative master of rock n' roll piano. Guest performers include Keith Richards, Eric Clapton, Steve Ferguson, Big Al Anderson, Joey
Spompinato, Bernie Worrell, Steve Jordan and Tom Ardolino.
This RSD Black Friday release from Saint Louis' record store/label Euclid Records… Records marks that album's debut on vinyl, remastered by Chris Muth and pressed on 180g vinyl
at QRP. The package also boasts brand new gatefold packaging.
Hush Oh Hush
Johnnie B. Bad
Creek Mud
Fault Line Tremor
Stepped In What!?
Can You Stand It
Key To The Highway
Blues #572
Baby What's Wrong
Cow Cow Blues
Movin' Out
Michael Kamen
The Iron Giant [RSD Black Friday 2021]
This first ever picture disc for the soundtrack of this heartwarming 1999 animated film celebrates The Robot, his best friend, Hogarth, and a cast of characters. Music composed by Michael Kamen, (Lethal Weapon, Die Hard), well-known for his work with Eric Clapton, Metallica and Pink Floyd in addition to his brilliant theatrical scores.
1 The Eye Of The Storm 2:31
2 Hogarth Hughes 0:21
3 Into The Forest 3:34
4 The Giant Wakes 1:25
5 Come And Get It 1:46
6 Cat And Mouse 0:56
7 Train Wreck 1:05
8 You Can Fix Yourself? 1:18
9 Hand Underfoot 2:00
10 Bedtime Stories 2:26
11 We Gotta Hide 0:50
12 His Name Is Dean 0:48
13 Eating Art 0:43
14 Space Car 0:59
15 Souls Don't Die 4:09
1 Contest Of Will 4:36
2 The Army Arrives 1:34
3 Annie And Dean 1:19
4 He's A Weapon 2:44
5 The Giant Discovered 4:28
6 Trance-Former 4:27
7 No Following 4:05
8 The Last Giant Piece 1:07
Jorma Kaukonen
Christmas… Christmas Tree Edition [RSD Black Friday 2021]
A first-ever vinyl pressing for the 1996 Christmas record from Jorma Kaukonen, originally released on Relix Records. It includes customized traditional Christmas standards and some original Christmas-themed compositions. One of two versions for RSD Black Friday 2021 the Christmas Tree version of this first-ever vinyl release is pressed on red and green vinyl. The deluxe packaging includes an OBI strip, a gatefold jacket, printed inner sleeve and specialty color vinyl.
Downhill Sleigh Ride | Christmas Rule | What Child Is This | Christmas Blues | Journey of the Three Wise Men | Baby Boy | You're Still Standing | Silent Night | Holiday Marmalade | Holiday Segue
Christmas… Candy Cane Edition [RSD Black Friday 2021]
A first-ever vinyl pressing for the 1996 Christmas record from Jorma Kaukonen, originally released on Relix Records. It includes customized traditional Christmas standards and some original Christmas-themed compositions. One of two versions for RSD Black Friday 2021 the Candy Cane version of this first-ever vinyl release is pressed on red and white vinyl. The deluxe packaging includes an OBI strip, a gatefold jacket, printed inner sleeve and specialty color vinyl.
In Concert - Live At The BBC 1971 [RSD Black Friday 2021]
Recorded Live for the BBC In Concert Series in 1971, and produced by Series producer Stanley Dorfman, Carole King performs hits from the seminal album Tapestry. Backed by members of Jo Mama (who were featured on the album), including her longtime friend and collaborator Danny "Kootch" Kortchmar on guitar. The setlist includes her songs "I Feel the Earth Move", "(You Make Me Feel) Like A Natural Woman", "So Far Away" (ft. James Taylor), "It's Too Late", "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" and "Up on the Roof." Never before released on vinyl.
1. I Feel The Earth Move
2. (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
4. It's Too Late
1. Smackwater Jack
2. Way Over Yonder
3. Will You Love Me Tomorrow
4. Up On The Roof
All You Can Eat [RSD Black Friday 2021]
"All You Can Eat is both the most brazen and conventional album she's ever made, and one of her best" - Entertainment Weekly.
Originally released in 1995, All You Can Eat is now on colored yellow-orange mixed vinyl, available first for RSD Black Friday.
If I Were You
You're OK
Acquiesce
World of Love
Infinite and Unforeseen
Once Again [RSD Black Friday 2021]
The sophomore studio album from multi-Platinum, Grammy-winning musician John Legend includes the hits "Save Room", "P.D.A. (We Just Don't Care)" and "King & Queen" featuring Mary J. Blige. Legend worked with a great list of producers and co-writers on Once Again, including Kanye West, will. I. am, Raphael Saadiq, Craig Street, Sa-Ra, Eric Hudson, Devo Springsteen, Dave Tozer and Avenue. Celebrating fifteen years since its release, Once Again is released for RSD Black Friday as a gold vinyl double album.
1. Save Room
2. Heaven
3. Stereo
4. Show Me
1. Each Day Gets Better
2. King & Queen
3. P.D.A. (We Just Don't Care)
4. Slow Dance
2. Maxine
3. Where Did My Baby Go
1. Maxine's Interlude
2. Another Again
3. Coming Home
Jamie Lidell
Muddlin Gear [RSD Black Friday 2021]
Originally released in 2000 by Warp Records.
"Jamie Lidell has taken the Trash Collective's aural-invasion aesthetic and tweaked it for far subtler ends. Though this album doesn't present a baseline criterion, Muddlin Gear will prep you for when the body-snatching pods land to give you the most visceral baseline experience of your life."--Pitchfork
1. The Entroscooper
2. Said Dram Scam
3. The Eèp.
4. Ill Shambata
5. La Scappin Rööd
6. In Inphidelik
7. Silent Why
8. Da Doo Doo
1. Daddy's Car
2. 00...0
3. The Cop It Suite
4. Dröön_99
5. Daddy No Lie
Music From The Penn Gala in 1983 [RSD Black Friday 2021]
Cassette: $9.98 Buy
1. More Than This [Roxy Music cover]
2. I'm Not In Love [10CC cover]
1. Right Down The Line [Gerry Raferty Cover]
2. I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near) [Michael McDonald cover]
Lera Lynn
Live and Unplugged From Vinyl Tap [RSD Black Friday 2021]
Lera Lynn performed a virtual instore full set at Nashville record store Vinyl Tap and recorded it for this special RSD Black Friday LP.
1. Eye, Eye, Eye
2. Drive
3. Daydreamer
4. Dark Horse
5. Black Hole Sun
6. Shape Shifter
7. Make You Ok
8. A Light Comes Through
9. What I'm Looking For
10. What Is Love
BBC 1974 Londres [RSD Black Friday 2021]
Magma is one of the most influential of all French bands. They have left a legacy of music that defies any of the standard and convenient classifications of rock, operating instead in a realm of their own creation.
Early on the morning of March 14th 1974, right in the middle of their second UK tour, Magma recorded one session for the John Peel sessions, playing only two pieces, but clocking in at 57 minutes, making it one of the longest, if not the longest, studio session ever recorded for this program; ''Theusz Hamtaahk'' (LP 1) & ''Kohntarkosz'' (LP 2), now available on vinyl for the first time.
BBC 1974 Londres is pressed on silver vinyl. Only 2500 individually numbered copies are available worldwide, exclusively at record stores for RSD Black Friday.
1. Theusz Hamtaahk (Part 1)
1. Kohntarkosz (Part 1)
1. Breeze
2. In The Temple
3. Dance Of The Furies
4. Slide (Hidden Track)
5. Starblood (Remix) (Hidden Track)
Independence [RSD Black Friday 2021]
Matata (which means "trouble" in Swahili) was an African funk band who took nightclubs by storm and jammed with some of the biggest giants in soul, jazz and Latin music. The band had its roots in the Congo although it formed in Kenya in the mid-sixties. Matata was based around the famous 'Starlight Club' in Nairobi. The group retained elements of traditional music by incorporating instruments such as the 'ngoma' (a large drum) and an eight stringed guitar-harp called the 'nyatiti'…this brought something different to their style and made for a unique sound. Each of the songwriters sang lead in their native tongues and this meant they used vocals in three African languages (next to the songs sung in English). As the sixties drew to an end Matata (sometimes also known as 'Air Fiesta Matata') were regulars on Kenyan television and enjoyed a national following.
In 1971 when the BBC held a competition to find the best band in Africa, Matata submitted a song and came in first. They were sent to visit London, performed at the BBC and stayed around to do some gigs (after years of playing at the 'Starlight Club' the band was tight and well-rehearsed). The timing was perfect because there was a serious cross-fertilisation taking place between musicians from many different genres and nationalities…and this brought such vibrancy to cultural life in the capital. Matata arrived in London just as Assagai and Osibisa – groups led by African musicians who also played a fusion of styles – released their debut albums, paving the way for their peers.
The band signed a two-album deal with the UK-based label President Records (who would go on to release Matata's 'Air Fiesta' in 1972 & 'Independence' in 1974). Several singles also came out of this and Matata scored hits in the Netherlands, Belgium and France. With a wealth of material and a dynamic live act to its name they would play packed gigs every night. The group was a visual, as well as musical feast and quickly became favorites at several well-known London nightclubs. Tours were numerous and the band played all over the world including having residencies in the UK, Norway, Switzerland, Hong Kong & Germany (where they got the chance to jam with Miles Davis in Cologne). There would be no further Matata recordings and sadly the band split after releasing their second album. Luckily, we are left with the unique documents that are 'Air Fiesta' and 'Independence'.
The album we are presenting you today (Independence from 1974) comes swinging right out the gate with a set of no less than TWELVE monster tunes. It's a musical gumbo full of irresistible rhythms, punchy blasts, snappy vocal hooks, reverb-laden 'Santana' guitar solos, a little reggae and Afrobeat filled horn arrangements, plus everything else needed to get dancers working overtime. On 'Independence' the group leaned mightily on James Brown for their groove, and laid out a heavy, rock solid variation on JBs funk with an African percussion base of fluid congas and bongos at the core.
Independence is a quintessential record that every serious collector or fan needs to have in his/her collection. Matata's marriage of percolating African rhythms delivered one butt-shaking, finger-popping club hit after another that can still fill a dance floor to this day. Hard funky soul with an Afrobeat backbone…it's all about the grooves here!
Originally released in 1974 on President Records, Tidal Waves Music now proudly presents the first official reissue of this seminal Afrobeat/Afrofunk album. This unique record comes as a deluxe 180g vinyl edition (strictly limited to 1000 copies worldwide) with obi strip and featuring the original artwork. This reissue also comes with an insert featuring pictures of the band and extensive liner notes from award winning author John Masouri. Released exclusively for RSD Black Friday 2021.
01 Return to You - 02 Good Good Understanding - 03 Gettin' Together - 04 I Believed Her - 05 Good Samaritan - 06 I Feel Funky - 07 I Don't Have to Worry - 08 Something in Mind - 09 I Want You - 10 Love Is the Only Way - 11 Gimme Some Lovin' - 12 Talkin' Talkin'
Barry Mcguire
Eve of Destruction [RSD Black Friday 2021]
The first vinyl reissue in more than 40 years - now on 180g vinyl!
Includes the iconic protest song and title track, which hit #1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in September 1965. "Eve of Destruction" was recorded by McGuire with the original composer P. F. Sloan on guitar, Phil Spector's Wrecking Crew members Hal Blaine (Frank Sinatra, The Beach Boys)) on drums, and Larry Knechtel (The Doors, Simon & Garfunkel) on bass. The song would be covered by countless artists (The Turtles, Johnny Thunders, The Pretty Things, Public Enemy), and was also featured on the soundtrack to the film Good Morning Vietnam, among other anti-war movies and TV shows. A dominating hit single, it charted higher than any protest song written by Bob Dylan (McGuire covers two of Dylan's songs on this album: "She Belongs to Me" and "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue").
1. Eve of Destruction
2. She Belongs To Me
3. You Never Had It So Good
4. Sloop John B.
5. Baby Blue
6. The Sins Of A Family
7. Try To Remember
8. Mr. Man On The Street - Act One
9. You Were On My Mind
10. Ain't No Way I'm Gonna Change My Mind
11. What Exactly's the Matter With Me
12. Why Not Stop & Dig It While You Can
JD McPherson
SOCKS [RSD Black Friday 2021]
JD McPherson presents SOCKS, A Christmas Album. Featuring eleven original tracks written by JD McPherson and his friends. SOCKS is an album of holidays songs sure to be standards while you are decorating the tree. Come get warm by the fire with songs such as "All The Gifts I Need" and "Every Single Christmas".
1. All The Gifts I Need
2. Bad Kid
3. Hey Skinny Santa!
5. Every Single Christmas
6. Ugly Sweater Blues
1. Holly, Carol, Candy & Joy
2. Santa's Got A Mean Machine
3. What's That Sound?
4. Claus Vs. Claus (feat. Lucie Silvas)
5. Twinkle (Little Christmas Lights)
Free Agents [RSD Black Friday 2021]
Mobb Deep redefined East Coast hip-hop in the early '90s with their release Juvenile Hell and the break-out follow up The Infamous. As the group moved into the 2000s and parted ways with their long-time label, Loud, they released Free Agents as a celebration of their moving on to … well, free agent status. With Havoc handling production on all but three cuts and only two guest appearances (one being from long-time Queensbridge associate Big Noyd) Free Agents is uncut, undiluted Mobb Deep all the way through. The reaction from fans was solid, catapulting the record to its peak at # 21 on the Top 200 with a Top 5 position on the R&B/Hip Hop charts. Out of print for well over a decade, this chapter in Mobb Deep's legacy is back in effect for RSD Black Friday in a never seen, never-to-be-repeated smokey-clear vinyl pressing.
1. This Is Not Supposed To Be Positive (Intro)
2. Solidified
3. Survival Of The Fittest 2003
4. Paid In Full
1. Double Shots (feat. Big Noyd)
2. What Can I Do?
3. Favorite Rapper
1. Let's Pop (feat. ACD)
2. It's Over
3. The Illest
4. Just Got Out The Box... (Skit)
1. Narcotic
2. Clap First
3. Watch That Nigga
4. Came Up
5. Don't Call Tasha
Lean Into It [RSD Black Friday 2021]
30th Anniversary of the American rock superband's most popular album Lean Into It
First time available in Limited Numbered Edition Colored 180g Vinyl.
First released in 1991, Lean Into It is the second studio album by the American rock supergroup Mr. Big (Paul Gilbert, Eric Martin, Billy Sheehan and Pat Torpey). This is the band's breakthrough release, peaking at #15 on the Billboard 200 charts, while the single "To Be with You" became the band's first and only song to hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The follow-up single "Just Take My Heart" was a Top-20 hit, peaking at #16 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The million selling album, also containing the popular tracks "Daddy, Brother, Lover, Little Boy", "Alive and Kickin" and "Green Tinted Sixties Man". Lean Into It shows that Mr. Big could strip away all the flash and seven minute solos and simply create well-written songs with rhythm, groove and good melodies, making the band one of the iconic new wave of progressive 'musician's bands' who could play mind-blowing complicated riffs on their instruments at lightning speeds.
This is one of the ever-green albums of '80s-style hair band rock that transcends the years and 2021 is the 30th anniversary of the release. evoxs is remastering the album using hi-resolution digital transfers from the original analogue master tapes and will be manufactured as a high quality 180g limited, numbered vinyl. The vinyl version of Lean Into It was only ever released in the US as a "record club" edition, and has been out of print for over 20 years.
1. Daddy, Brother, Lover, Little Boy
2. Alive And Kickin'
3. Green-Tinted Sixties Mind
4. CDff-Lucky This Time
5. Voodoo Kiss
1. Never Say Never
2. Just Take My Heart
3. My Kinda Woman
4. A Little Too Loose
5. Road To Ruin
6. To Be With You
At Home With The Munsters [RSD Black Friday 2021]
For RSD Black Friday, a limited edition reissue of the iconic At Home with the Munsters album from 1964. Features songs and story from the original cast of the beloved TV show.
1.At The Munsters
2. Herman Says, "Hello"
3. It Takes All Kinds Of People
4. Everyone Is Welcome
5. Meet Our Pets
6. Meet Grandpa!
7. Grandpa's Lab
8. Eddie!
9. I Wish Everyone Was Born This Way
10. Marilyn: "When Will I Find A Boy For Me?"
11. Nice Of You To Drop In / (Reprise) At The Munsters
1. Herman's Favorite Story
2. Lily's Favorite Story
3. Grandpa's Favorite Recipe
4. Final Theme
No More Tears [RSD Black Friday 2021]
Considered one of his most successful and most popular, No More Tears is Ozzy Osbourne's sixth solo studio album, in the Top Ten upon its release in September 1991. Featuring some of Zakk Wylde's best-ever guitar work, along with four songs co-written by Motörhead's Lemmy Kilmister, No More Tears contains some of the biggest songs of Ozzy's career, including the Top 5 rock radio hits "No More Tears" and "Mama, I'm Coming Home" (the latter also his highest charting Top 40 radio track), along with the Grammy®-winning song "I Don't Want to Change the World." No More Tears went on to become quadruple-platinum in the US, becoming one of Ozzy's two best-selling albums alongside his groundbreaking solo debut Blizzard of Ozz.
1. Mr. Tinkertrain
2. I Don't Want to Change the World
3. Mama, I'm Coming Home
5. No More Tears
1. S.I.N.
2. Hellraiser
3. Time After Time


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The drive south of Monterey, CA along Highway 1 is a jaw-dropping thrill. My husband and I had only a few hours to explore the area. We hopped in the car without any research of the area or Cabrillo Highway, and Bixby Bridge was a stunning surprise. We had to stop, get out of the car, and just stand there.
The aim of my quilt is to present a slice of colors that stand out on the cliffs, even on a foggy day, and the oddity of the brilliance of the surf below us against the foggy horizon. This piece is just a wispy reminder of what felt like a roller coaster ride that day.
Carried out very well! Captured the experience!
Beautiful work! It will be a great addition to West Coast Wonders.
Thank you! I did enjoy working with the colors on this one. It will be interesting to see the full exhibit.


Showcase your elegantly handcrafted floral wreath or spray using Floral Metal Easel Frame. This stand is made of metal wire pieces with a dark-green finish, a folding center that secures the easel-back in place, and a hook toward the top to hang your creation. Make your floral masterpiece center-stage at a recital, funeral, memorial service, wedding, anniversary, holiday event, and more.