![]() These yokai may look cute, just like the kitties they used to be, but these cat-shaped spirits are dangerous and may want to kill or eat you. The black Cadejo has purple glowing eyes and can stand on two feet, he attacks people or lures them into making bad choices. The white Cadejos have the hooves of a deer and move like deer. The Cadejo are dog-shaped spirits that appear at night to travelers. Three cute doggie heads are better than one! 14. The three-headed dog who guards the underworld. But, watch out for his antics during thunderstorms! 13. Lightning in the form of a white or blue wolf or dog, and a cry that sounds like thunder, Raiju is usually harmless. CoyoteĪn important figure in Native American lore, sleek Coyote was a trickster god who is also responsible for some important things like bringing rain or giving fire to man. Sometimes these spirits can transform into human shape and cause mischief. Fox Spiritsįox spirits, sometimes with nine tails, look just as their name suggests, like adorable foxes. In other stories, it has a mirror on its head and it’s the body of the creature that gives off a blazing white light, visible over a league away. CarbuncloĪ small furry, four-legged cutie with long ears and fluffy fur, in some stories the Carbunclo has a shining gem embedded in its forehead and gives off a bright light. The Aralez saves wounded soldiers on the battlefield by licking their wounds clean and thus lending them some of its healing powers. AralezĪ dog-shaped spirit is sometimes depicted with wings. It trots along on its stubby legs and looks for unattended ax handles to eat. The axehandle hound has an ax blade-shaped head and a handle-shaped body. If dogs and cats fill up your cuteness meter there are plenty to choose from in mythology! ![]() Getting closer and closer to the edge of the falls, trying to outshout the roaring water, Azeban comically falls in the water. One day, bored and looking for something to do, Azeban gets in a shouting match with a waterfall. AzebanĪ trickster figure of the Abenaki and Penobscot people, Azeban is a cute and fluffy raccoon who plays silly tricks and gets into a lot of trouble but is mostly harmless. In some traditions, they also have cute pointed ears. The elves are a kind of supernatural being that is commonly found in medieval and modern European folklore.Įlves closely resemble humans, but they possess otherworldly qualities such as light skin or hair color and an ethereal demeanor. Because his parents were enemies the hippogriff is considered a symbol of love. Said to be the offspring of a Griffin and a mare, the hippogriff has the back half of a sleek and powerful horse and the front half of an eagle, he is the fastest creature on earth. Classic and powerful, the golden griffin could be considered regal or cute, depending on your point of view. The back half is a lion and the front half is an eagle. Often depicted with the top half of a woman or girl and the bottom half of a fish, mermaids are another icon of all things mythical and cute. With their cute horse faces, bright white coats, luminous eyes, and pearlescent horns it’s no wonder why. Unicorns have been the icon of fantasy and mythical creatures for decades.
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![]() I honestly didn't connect, or even like, any of the characters. Family drama, divorce, affairs, secrets, stealing embryos, crazy weather - all the makings for a homerun book, but this one struck out for me. this was a book I had a hard time finishing. And I just knew from there this was going to be a book I couldn't put down. There was one - the opening of this book really grabs you. I tried so hard to find some redeeming qualities in this book to push my rating up. ![]() I really, really hate rating a book 2 stars. I definitely didn’t-hate it - it had a few redeeming qualities. It was a little over-stacked with over-flowing cornucopia arrangements and stereotyping prose. This book was (yet another) readable novel…interesting ‘enough’ listening -but ‘not ‘wow-great’. His obsession with watching the weather channel was a distraction from the personal rising surges…with all the extended family members. Oscar was worried that he and his wife might not succeed and being able to repair their marriage of 39 years. “What you’re doing to our family, to our marriage, is cruel and uncalled for”, he said to his wife. He was a man who had to get away to gather up his thoughts: Was the type of man who was not good at disappearing, when he disappeared. Oscar, Granddad, Father, Husband….’Patriarch’…. Their family wrestled with ‘impending’ evacuations, a scary accident involving three year old twins, deceptions, marriage strife, betrayal, fears, grief, loss, divorce, births, family standards and expectations, immigration issues, hardships, and love. The Alvarado family-an integrated catholic, Jewish, Mexican American, family (sounding a little gimmicky to me), > proved to be as religiously insignificant as it sounds. Weather”….is much more ‘family’ stormy-, than devastating natural disaster stormy. The monthly weather-was accurate-following our California weather history-at least -but the weather was still more of a background distraction to the family saga at large. Given that I didn’t think Taylor Jenkins Reed addressed the Los Angeles fires, earthquakes, natural disasters with any sincerity in her book - ‘Malibu’ - I was hoping this book would. My daughter, sister, cousins, nephews, nieces, and many friends live in Los Angeles so the title alone peaked my interest. I chose to listen to this book hours before learning that Reece Witherspoon announced “L. ![]() “You don’t need to come here and share with us your Jewish guilt” > ouch!!! I recommend this for those who are fans of the telenovela sort of stories. To me, they all sounded sleezy, even the patriarch Escandon who is a good guy. I wasn’t a fan of her narrations of male voices. Corzo is great with the female voices and even one with a French accent. I listened to the audio narrated by Frankie Corzo. I didn’t need to read that interview to see exactly what she did. Times that she channeled the telenovela theme while writing this story. Escandon proves differently.Įscandon also admits in an interview with the L.A. Escandon made the weather the main character, as almost each chapter includes the climate, even though most East Coast people think that there is no weather there it’s a constant temp with little rain. My family is incredibly boring relatively speaking.Īs the title suggests, the weather does figure prominently. In one year, the family endured: a brain tumor, infidelity, a gender-fluid teen, kleptomania, artificial insemination, divorce, subterfuge, hidden businesses, raw sex, near drowning, rape, climate change, and gender politics as examples. This is one crazy soap opera story! Author Maria Amparo Escandon writes an ambitious tale of the Alvarado family. With quick wit and humor, Maria Amparo Escandón follows the Alvarado family as they wrestle with impending evacuations, secrets, deception, and betrayal, and their toughest decision yet: whether to stick together or burn it all down. Each will have to take a critical look at her own relationships and make some tough decisions along the way. Their three daughters-Claudia, a television chef with a hard-hearted attitude Olivia, a successful architect who suffers from gentrification guilt and Patricia, a social media wizard who has an uncanny knack for connecting with audiences but not with her lovers-are blindsided and left questioning everything they know. His wife, Keila, desperate for a life with a little more intimacy and a little less Weather Channel, feels she has no choice but to end their marriage. He’s harboring a costly secret that distracts him from everything else. is parched, dry as a bone, and all Oscar, the weather-obsessed patriarch of the Alvarado family, desperately wants is a little rain. FORECAST: Storm clouds are on the horizon in this fun, fast-paced novel of an affluent Mexican-American family from the author of the #1 Los Angeles Times bestseller Esperanza’s Box of Saints. ![]() ![]() All of the tactics described within Motivation are designed to avoid the “it’s not my job” attitude and encourage input, team work, and most importantly – productivity. Managers need to remember that motivation encompasses a wide variety of tactics including common interests, individual investment in growth, shared voice, and positive words of encouragement. Incentives will go a long way with motivating employees however, it is not all that is needed. ![]() For example, someone in product development might receive an incentive for reducing bugs within deadline while the customer service representative might receive an incentive on increasing customer satisfaction. If the objective is to improve the quality of the product then your employee incentives should be built to maximize this desired result. If your common goal is to revamp the reputation of your company, then one of your objectives might be to improve the quality of your product. Once the common goal has been identified, each member of the management team must incentivize their employees accordingly. What really defines a successful manager is one who is able to identify what key components motivate each of their employees and how to communicate this effectively to a wide-range of audiences. Motivation can vary across teams, and most importantly across individuals. The final steps in eliminating silos cover execution and implementation. Kudos to execs and management teams who are able to successfully establish a unified, common goal and understand how the various parts of a whole intertwine. This thinking, along with a unified focus, should be applied across teams to encourage collaboration, team work and ultimately accomplishment of the common goal. It is recognizing the interconnections between parts of a system and synthesizing them into a unified view. In Virginia Anderson and Lauren Johnson’s book, Systems Thinking Basics, they define systems thinking as a holistic and big-picture view of the whole. It is also important that all employees are aware of this objective and understand how they can make an impact individually. Once the “elephant in the room” has been identified it is important that all executives and all members of management work together towards achieving that common goal. Many times there are multiple tactical goals and objectives identified, but it is up to the Leadership team to remain on task and define the single, qualitative focus that is shared among them as the top priority. Once the leadership team has agreed to the over-arching unified vision of the organization, it is important that this team determines underlying root problems that may be causing the ripple effect of silos. A unified leadership team will encourage trust, create empowerment, and break managers out of the “my department” mentality and into the “our organization” mentality. There must be a large level of executive buy in and core understanding of the company’s long term goals, department objectives, and key initiatives within the leadership team prior to passing it down to the teams. It is imperative that the leadership team agrees to a common and unified vision for the organization. For many organizations, this means that not only do all employees of the company need to row in the same direction, but the executive teams must be engaged and at the forefront steering the boat. They waste resources, kill productivity, and jeopardize the achievement of goals.” He goes on to advise leaders to tear down silos by moving past behavioral issues and address the contextual issues that are present at the heart of the organization. Here are 5 ways to encourage a unified front.Īs written by Patrick Lencioni in his book Silos, Politics and Turf Wars “Silos – and the turf wars they enable – devastate organizations. It is the responsibility of the leadership team to recognize this and rise above to create effective, long-term solutions that are scalable, executable, and realistic. Most employees become frustrated with their department and the organization as a whole when they have identified the problems, but can’t do anything about it. These assumptions will actually lead to long term harm to the organization as a whole by creating resentment and cynicism within the teams. Unfortunately, while these behaviors may be a result of the silo mentality it is not the root cause. Many executives may look at their organization and dismiss department inefficiencies and lack of cross-functional solutions with immature employees, lack of basic training, or simply the inability for some employees to play nicely with one another. When we take a deeper a look at the root cause of these issues, we find that more often than not silos are the result of a conflicted leadership team. The silo mindset does not appear accidentally nor is it a coincidence that most organizations struggle with interdepartmental turf wars. ![]() Overall she’s excellent & ready to be enjoyed by its next caretaker. Fresh from Mel’s private collection as its been on display mostly never leaving his music room for any gigs. It appears completely original & works quite well being serviced recently at the Amp Shop in W. This is the perfect amp for any studio work & light enough to move between gigs. Hammond uses it currently with his Hammond XK-1 Organ and Excelsior Accordion with Sennheiser pickups. The amp is all original - transformers, resistors, caps, and the speakers. Its cabinet is untouched loaded with 2 matching D912 12″ speakers dated to 1966 still sporting its original fiberglass stuffing. Fender Bassman 2x12 Vintage Speaker Cabinet. English: 1965 Fender Bandmaster piggyback amplifier belonging to Jon Hammond with 2 x 12' factory Fender Jensen speakers stock. Its big, harmonically rich tone is what vintage Fender tube amp dreams are made of. It has a date code of “QA” on its original Tube Chart inside the head which is for January 1967. Courtenay’s journey began during the Psychedelic era where vibrant colors and a free spirit were combined to create fun and whimsical clothing and dynamic art. It also includes its original silver sparkle grill cloth set w/its raised Fender logos still in place. What’s so cool about this amp set is its previous caretaker, Mel Grant, commissioned “Courtenay Tie Dye” who developed a tie dye style and folding technique which he called ‘Geometriart’ & became widely known for the many tie dye t-shirts, mandalas, speaker fronts and backdrops he created for ‘ The Grateful Dead’ and he became most remembered for his stage pieces. Its Black Face panel states “Fender Musical Instruments”. Its Black tolex on both its head & 2×12″ cabinet are super tidy. ![]() Comes with the original, now replaced, Astron Caps.ġ25C1A Choke: 606-4-45 $2000.This is a totally GROOVY 1967 Fender Bandmaster Piggyback Amp set in very clean all original shape for that Grateful Dead collector. Old stock GE tubes, and 2 prong cable still attached. This decision to replace or repair the speakers is best left to its next owner. It features the original Oxford 12L6 speakers, appropriately dating to the 47th week of 1964 - sadly, both speakers appear to need their cones repaired. The 2x12" cabinet included in this package is also in great shape cosmetically with original tilt back legs. At some point this was modded for an extra speaker output, which has remained untested. Internally, the guts are well preserved less a few replaced discrete components and all new F&T filter caps - resulting in a very minimal noise floor. A very clean faceplate, grill & tolex that show minimal wear. This example comes to us in great shape cosmetically and functionally, having recently been serviced. Established Prog/Power Metal Band Master Sword Looking For Drummer. This examples tube chart is stamped OA, indicating a January 1965 production and pre CBS guts. The soundtrack of the film The Sound of Music was released in 1965 by RCA Victor and. A powerful piggyback, these iconic amps are recognized for their excellent wattage resulting in clean and slightly compressed tone - functional for any genre of music, and a favorite amongst pedal pushers. One of the finest size amplifiers from the Fender catalog, the Bandmaster. ![]() ![]() The original version shut down in November 2012 and was followed by an alpha test for Version 2.0. This new game, initially dubbed "Version 2.0", features a new game engine, improved server infrastructure, and revamped gameplay, interface, and story. This team was responsible for generating content for the original version as well as developing a brand new game which would address all of the previous release's criticisms. In response, then-Square Enix President Yoichi Wada announced that a new team, led by Yoshida, would take over and attempt to fix the issues with it. The original Final Fantasy XIV, released in September 2010, was a commercial and critical failure. As Eorzea recovers and rebuilds, the player must deal with the impending threat of invasion by the Garlean Empire from the north. Through the gods' blessing, the player character escapes the devastation by time traveling five years into the future. At the conclusion of the original game, the primal dragon Bahamut escapes from its lunar prison to initiate the Seventh Umbral Calamity, an apocalyptic event which destroys much of Eorzea. Final Fantasy XIV takes place in the fictional land of Eorzea, five years after the events of the original 2010 release. Directed and produced by Naoki Yoshida, it was released worldwide for PlayStation 3 and Windows in August 2013, as a replacement for the failed 2010 version of the game, with support for PlayStation 4, OS X, and PlayStation 5 releasing later. ![]() Final Fantasy XIV is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed and published by Square Enix. ![]() My main amplifier for these is a hybrid Music Hall PH 25.2 but they do equally well with the THX 789. A more sophisticated, more mature version of the award-winning NightHawk, NightHawk Carbon boasts. I have several headphones, which includes planar magnetics and I believe the Carbons are one of the finest, most enjoyable headphones to ever have been created and are still my favorites. If you wanted to pay me 20k id probably turn loose of them. Thank you to for sending them out for review. I'm currently at the 60 - 70 hour mark and have to say they have really started to improve in the last 10 or so hours. Audioquest recommend 150 hours which seems like a lot. I've always been sceptical about burn in but the nightowls have really opened me up to it. Im am very thankful that i did not do that as I would not trade or sale the Carbons for anything. I have truly enjoyed the time I have had with the Audioquest Nightowl Carbon. The nightowls are very good headphones but sound awful out of the box. I hated these when I first received them and wanted to trade them. Some people have said its like there is some sound processing applied…it feels that way. I guess you could argue the mids are ever so slightly recessed but once you have adjusted to what you are hearing the detail is there. Nothing is forward but there in the right amounts. Your brain needs to adapt to what you are hearing. I tell everyone that after 150 hrs to put the headphones on and play 3 songs through completely. Nighthawks have a sound that takes your ears several minutes to adjust to. They did mention the 150hr break in period and i would say definitely 150hrs. ![]() ![]() I know these post are older but there are some things about the Nighthawk that should have been detailed by Audioquest for new owners. ![]() (4) Make sure the device driver is installed properly on computer. If the operating system of your device is supported by the program and you have not enabled USB debugging on your device, please manually enable USB debugging mode on your Android device to have your Android device recognized. (3) Enable USB debugging mode on your Android phone. If it still fails, please try to plug your Android phone into another USB port on computer, or find another USB cable in good condition to connect your Android phone to computer instead. (2) Switch to another USB port or USB cable.įirst of all, please unplug and connect your Android device again to see if it works. 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Introduction: If the program does not recognize your Android device, you can find out all solutions here. ![]() In 1965 she traveled to Sioux City to give evidence at the request of a United States District Attorney in a court-room trial involving the sending of allegedly obscene nudist magazines into the State of Iowa, but instead of proving the prosecution's case, in the witness box she made a spirited defense of the principles of the lifestyle. ![]() Japanese release of Seiji Hiraoka & His Quartet album Bedtime Music. She also appeared on the cover-art of several pop-music vinyl record albums, including Les Baxter's Jewels of the Sea, Sea of Dreams by Nelson Riddle, Marty Paich's Jazz For Relaxation, Chile con Cugie by Xavier Cugat, the Luxuriously Slow Moods of The Cesana Strings album "Sheer Ecstasy", and the R.C.A. In the 1960s as a part of the counter-culture sweeping the United States she became involved with the Nudist movement, and with her husband appeared in numerous nudist magazines advocating the benefits of the lifestyle, such as Naked & Together: The Wonderful Webbers by June Lange (1967). The photo-shoot for the 1956 publication being shot by Russ Meyer. Under the name Marguerite Empey she was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month in May 1955 and in February 1956. As the decade progressed she modeled for many professional photographers, including Peter Gowland, Bunny Yeager and Keith Bernard. In the early 1950s she found employment as a chorus girl at Bimbo's 365 Club in San Francisco, whilst developing her professional modelling career. As a child she received ballet lessons from Russian ballerina Maria Bekefi. Born in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S., the daughter of Marguerite ( née Andrus), a Hollywood actress and former "Miss Long Beach" beauty contest winner, and Arthur Guy Empey. ![]() Select the Auto-hide the taskbar check box.'This would be good as a mobile game' was, historically, some pretty faint praise. Open Taskbar and Start Menu Properties by clicking the Start button, clicking Control Panel, clicking Appearance and Personalization, and then clicking Taskbar and Start Menu. GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers.You will need to hide the taskbar before entering full-screen mode if you don't want it to be visible during gameplay. Now, if you're playing the game in its full-screen mode, you might want to hide the Windows taskbar. Reaching across and touching the planetsSid Meiers Starships is a Turn based strategy game in which you command a fleet a ships in your quest to conquer the. 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