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For antennas, I had a Radio Shack clip-on-reel-in short wire antenna plus my twenty-year old Radio West ferrite loop antenna. [...] Following are my detailed medium wave loggings made in Ecuador between October 27 and November 19, 1997. [...] ECUADOR Radio Tarqui, Quito 1423-1431 Tarqui Deportes program w/ promo for coverage of upcoming futbol game then live interview from Uruguay. [...] 570 COLOMBIA Radio Nacional, Bogota 0151-0154 History pgm on independence of USA, // 580. [1]

DXer of the Year for 1995. [2]

… I never did make an attempt to log all the local stations, as I did in Cuenca and Guayaquil. [...] PERU Radio Inca del Peru, Lima 0318-0331 Folk mx. [...] Loggings dated November 14 through November 19 were made in Quito, where we finished up our trip after taking care of our adopted son’s U.S. visa requirements in Guayaquil. [...] A number of logs of local Guayaquil stations were made, but no true Dxing was done. [...] 630 COLOMBIA Todelar Manizales 0055-0103 Anmt about “Gran resumen Todelar de noticias” then ad string, and time check. [...] 810 COLOMBIA Caracol Colombia, Bogota 0302 futbol game, // 820. [...] Still, I think a close reading of these announcements would be useful for anyone interested in knowing more of the style and wording used in radio station identifications and announcements. [...]… if I count the many frequencies where a Caracol or RCN outlet was heard, but I don’t know just which city on the frequency it was, then I logged about another ten to fifteen Colombians. [...] UNID 0702 briefly on top w/ English USA nx. [1]

You could need any of these players to listen live stations. [3]

Sources:
[1] Ecuadorian Medium Wave Log
[2] RADIO IN ECUADOR - Graphics
[3] Ecuador ,caribe Online Radio Stations - Estaciones de radio en Ecuador …

Some 1,000 tickets have been sold at Stateline Tobacco, on Stafford Road in Tiverton, since they went on sale Oct. 6. [1]

The small state of Rhode Island will have an added dose of excitement this New Year’s Eve as it hosts a drawing for its first million dollar raffle. [...] The tickets were issued in sequence and there are also 10 drawings for $10,000, 100 chances to win $500 and 500 chances to win $100. [2]

When: Promotional drawings took place every Wednesday at Twin River October 15- December 17th at 6pm, 7pm, and 8pm. [...] Submit the completed voucher to the Twin River Players’ Club Booths ** or mail to The Rhode Island Lottery, “Million Dollar Raffle”, 1425 Pontiac Ave., Cranston, RI 02920. [3]

With only 120,000 tickets being sold, the state Lottery Commission is promoting the New Year’s Eve drawing as having the best odds among New England lotteries to win $1 million. [...] If no one else bought a ticket after Cohen, he would have a chance of 1 in about 115,000 to win the top prize because his ticket number is close to 115,000. [1]

Ticket prices are $20 and can be purchased at any Rhode Island Lottery Retailer. [4]

Luxist is a member of the Weblogs, Inc. Network. [5]

This website, www.RILOT.com, is the official website of the Rhode Island State Lottery. [4]

Enter your AOL or AIM screenname and password. [5]

Although every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the winning numbers information on this website, mistakes can occur. [4]

The overall odds — chances of winning one of the 611 prizes — are 1 in 196. [...] In addition to the top prize, there are 10 drawings for $10,000, 100 chances to win $500 and 500 chances to win $100. [...] The drawing will take place at 10:59 p.m. [1]

Sources:
[1] R.I. Million Dollar Raffle nearly a sellout | Rhode Island news | projo …
[2] Rhode Island’s First Million Dollar Raffle - Luxist
[3] Million Dollar Raffle - Rhode Island State Lottery
[4] News & Announcements - Rhode Island State Lottery
[5] Rhode Island’s First Million Dollar Raffle - Luxist

If you’re having a party or dinner party and have never played the Kings Drinking Game, now is definitely the time to start. [1]

Each player picks a card and fallows the rule of the card, the rules of the cards is much similar to other games, but the King’s role is much Diffrent. [2]

You must continue to drink until the person to your right stops. [3]

Only one deck of cards is needed, game could be interesting with more than one deck however. [2]

The game goes around the table with each player drawing one card at a time. [4]

Each player picks a card and fallows the rule of the card, the rules of the cards is much similar to other drinking games, but the King’s role is much Diffrent. [5]

Each person has a turn drawing a card, and every card drawn corresponds with an action (see key below). [6]

The person who draws the card can stop first and it goes clockwise around them. [3]

Whenever a King is drawn, the person who drew the card pours as much of their drink as they would like into the large cup in the circle of cards. [...] 6 - To the Right - Person to the right of the player must drink. [...] A respectable gentleman displays king’s cup rules. [6]

The last person who draws a king MUST DOWN THE KINGS CUP! [2]

We at Kings Kup will settle for nothing less than the best when it comes to having fun while we’re getting our drink on, and neither should you! [7]

The goal of the game is not to get the last king, as drawing the last king means you must then chug the King’s Cup! [6]

Kings Cup (also known as Ring of Fire or Circle of Death– very dramatic!) is one of the most fun beer drinking card games you can play. [1]

Sources:
[1] Kings Drinking Game: Rules & How to Play the Best of the Beer Drinking …
[2] Kings Cup Drinking Game
[3] The Official King’s Cup Rules
[4] Kings (drinking game) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[5] Kings Cup - Drinking Games and More by Brewthis.com
[6] King’s Cup - Davis Wiki
[7] Kings Cup Drinking Game - Kings Kup Drinking Game - Official Kings Cup Site

If you’re already a RI Lottery VIP member, simply log in to your VIP account from any page of our website and follow the Group Play link on the VIP home page to register. [1]

This website, www.RILOT.com, is the official website of the Rhode Island State Lottery. [2]

The Rhode Island Lottery is responsible for the sale of lottery products and tickets as the only authorized agency, by constitutional amendment and legislative decree, to run a lottery, as a revenue-generating arm of the State. [3]

Select current lottery results for another state. [4]

If you have questions about winning numbers, contact the Lottery at 401.463.6500 or visit your nearest Lottery retailer for the official winning numbers and game information. [2]

Rhode Island was one of the founding members of the Multi-State Lottery Association which established the Lotto America game in 1987. [1]

The Rhode Island Lottery supports itself totally through Lottery product andticket revenue and receives no appropriation from the State budget. [3]

The Audience Also Likes section of a site’s profile shows other sites that the audience is likely to visit, and the affinity indicates how much more likely than average. [...] This list displays the other internet destinations that visitors to a particular site have a strong affinity for. [...] For example, an affinity number of 10.2 would say that a user on “X” website is 10.2 times more likely than the average internet visitor to visit the other site or category that is provided. [5]

As of February 2006, the highest jackpot amount was $365 million, won on February 18, 2006. [1]

This list shows keywords a site’s audience tends to type in. [5]

To become a Group Play Captain for your group, you must be a registered RI Lottery VIP member. [1]

Index represents how a site’s audience compares to the online internet population as a whole. [...] The affinity represents how much more often members of this audience use those keywords compared to an average internet user. [5]

Sources:
[1] Powerball - Rhode Island State Lottery
[2] Rhode Island Lottery
[3] Rhode Island Office of the Secretary of State
[4] Missouri Lottery Results
[5] rilot.com - Quantcast Audience Profile

Any use, reproduction, modification, distribution, display or performance of this material without NBC Universal’s prior written consent is prohibited. [1]

NBC News presents Yes We Can: The Barack Obama Story on DVD. [...] Watch The Recruit, the all-new Heroes webisodes, sponsored by Sprint. [2]

Carson Daly hosts the live countdown to the New Year from Times Square, with guest performances by Sir Elton John, Katy Perry, Ludacris, T.I. and the Ting Tings. [3]

Michael Phelps’ marketability will be tested in the weeks and months after his eight-gold-medal performance in Beijing. [1]

To view nbcolympics.com fully make sure you have Macromedia Flash Player version 7 or higher. [4]

Olympic swimming features 32 pool events ranging from 50 to 1500 meters, contested over nine days, and the 10k open water race, which debuts in Beijing. [1]

Much of the fun of watching sports is not knowing the result. [5]

Watch the all-new Chuck Webisodes sponsored by Microsoft Vista. [2]

Catch up on all of Chuck versus the Webisodes, sponsored by Microsoft Vista. [3]

If you live where you can pick up Canadian cable, you can watch in real time. [5]

NBCOlympics.com presents live coverage of all preliminary-round heats from the 2008 U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials in Omaha, Nebraska. [1]

Plus get bonus local coverage from Olympic zone. [4]

This “plausibly live” coverage, as annoying as it has been for years, is hopelessly anachronistic in 2008, when even NBC is offering thousands of hours of video on the web and seemingly dozens of TV networks. [5]

Emmett’s secrets for Buy More career success: show up early and keep your eyes and ears open. [3]

Sources:
[1] NBCOlympics.com - Swimming Trials: LIVE prelims
[2] NBC.com > Days of our Lives
[3] TV Network for Primetime, Daytime and Late Night Television Shows - NBC …
[4] 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games | Free Online Videos, Olympic Event …
[5] Stephen Kaus: NBC’s “Live” Olympics Fraud