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'Transforming ordinary perception into creative vision' (Phenomenology as a Mystical Discipline)
July 9, 2015
An article by the late Colin Wilson, published in Philosophy Now:
"What is the trick of transforming ordinary perception into creative vision?
"We can begin by noting that poets do it all the time, so do great painters like Van Gogh. Read Shelley's 'Ode to the West Wind' and you can feel the 'phenomenological vision'. Or look at a great painting by Van Gogh or Vlaminck or Soutine. When I was working in a tax office in Rugby in my teens, I remember my boss saying with disgust that he thought Van Gogh simply distorted everything he painted. He was missing the point: that Van Gogh was saying: "This is how I see things when I put on my creative spectacles." Rupert Brooke said that on a spring morning he sometimes walked down a country road feeling almost sick with excitement.
"Brooke realised that he could bring on this feeling by looking at things in a certain way. And what was really happening when he did this was that he had somehow become aware that he could see more, become aware of more, by looking at things as if they possessed hidden depths of meaning. For it is true. He was becoming conscious of the intentional element in perception, that his 'seeing' was in itself a creative act….
"The mind can deliberately change the way it sees things. Brooke tells how he can wander about a village wild with exhilaration:
'And it's not only beauty and beautiful things. In a flicker of sunlight on a blank wall, or a reach of muddy pavement, or smoke from an engine at night, there's a sudden significance and importance and inspiration that makes the breath stop with a gulp of certainty and happiness. It's not that the wall or the smoke seem important for anything or suddenly reveal any general statement, or are suddenly seen to be good or beautiful in themselves – only that for you they're perfect and unique. It's like being in love with a person… I suppose my occupation is being in love with the universe.'
"We can grasp what Ricoeur meant by 'the very seeing is discovered as a doing'."
via Phenomenology as a Mystical Discipline | Issue 56 | Philosophy Now
Read the entire article by Colin Wilson at Phenomenology as a Mystical Discipline | Issue 56 | Philosophy Now.
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Tags: Colin Wilson, creativity, mental discipline, mysticism, Paul Ricoeur, perception, phenomenology, Philosophy Now, Rupert Brooke, Shelley, Van Gogh


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District 6 City Council runoff set for Thursday
Election day for the runoff between Evan Weiss and Lionel Garcia for the District 6 City Council seat is set for Thursday.
Residents of District 6 can vote at the Plainview Adult Activity Center, 1107 Smythe St.
Voting is open every day between 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday only.
During the special election in September, Garcia received 37.74 percent of the vote with 40 votes and Weiss received 44.34 percent with 47 votes. Since neither candidate secured the necessary 50 percent majority of votes, a runoff was called.
Garcia is a former city councilman. He gave up his seat on the council in 2016 to run for mayor after serving four years. He is a certified municipal official and has lived in Plainview for more than 60 years.
Weiss is a veteran of the United States Air Force and this is his first time to run for a public office. He has served on the city's Planning and Zoning Committee and on the Zoning Board of Adjustment.
During interviews with the Herald just before the special election in September, both candidates mentioned a desire to focus on how to retain businesses in Plainview if elected.
This election is only open to District 6 residents.

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Apart from being a paradise for tourists from all around the planet, Croatia is also a true paradise for banking.
According to some data, banks in Croatia earn up to 200 percent more on loans for citizens and business entities in comparison to Germany. Some Croatian politicians claim that interest rate for loans in Germany on the average is 1.57 percent, whilst in Croatia it is 3.57 percent.
Following these quotes, Croatia is truly a hen that lays golden eggs and one of the best countries for establishing banks. In the last two decades, banks have been popping around the country like mushrooms after the rain.


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Chinese gamers are set to get something not entirely dissimilar to the Wii, with local company 3DiJoy announcing a new console that will cost just $20.
The company is looking to take advantage of the governmental ban on imported, foreign consoles like the Wii, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 with the launch of a motion-sensing console that will be offered to gamers for the bargain price of $20.
Unlike the Wii, however, it won't be a stand-alone product. Instead, gamers will be expected to subscribe to one of the country's IPTV streaming services for which the Wii-alike will be offered as an add-on, hence the bargain-basement pricing.
Li Hsu, chief executive of 3DiJoy, claimed in an interview with PCWorld that combining the two technologies, "Will drastically lower the barriers to playing such games - you do not need to connect the gaming box to a television set, as you are already connected to the game through your television."
Li went on to explain that 3DiJoy has a major advantage over first-to-market rivals like Nintendo: legality. "These [foreign] games consoles are banned in China, so ours are legal - those are not," he said.
Despite the dubious legality of getting down to some Wii Sports in the People's Republic, that hasn't stopped die-hard gaming fans who snap up the imported consoles on the country's thriving grey market - but a home-grown equivalent that costs a fraction of the official hardware while avoiding the risk of arrest will likely prove tempting to those who already subscribe to compatible IPTV services.
With Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft officially locked out of the extremely large Chinese market - the country already has over five million IPTV subscribers - 3DiJoy could well be on to a winner, not matter what the quality of games is like.


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Three seriously injured in lorry and car crash on the A1
Two men and a woman were seriously injured in a crash between a lorry and a car on Sunday.
Lincolnshire Police are appealing for witnesses to the collision on the A1 north bound near Long Bennington.
A lorry and a blue VW Passat crashed at around 1am on April 14, which resulted in multiple injuries.
Officers closed off a major section of the road for several hours.
Anyone who witnessed the crash and has dashcam footage is being urged to call 101, quoting incident 23 of April 14.
Lincolnshire Reporter welcomes your views. All comments are reactively-moderated and must obey the house rules. Please stay on topic and be respectful of other readers.


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Welcome to Wellness Wednesday! I want to start posting about health and wellness more so every so often I am going to share some tips and facts about wellness! This Wednesday I wanted to give an update on one aspect of my life. Over the last couple of years, I have had a growing interest in health and wellness. I showed an interest in becoming a dietician but this January I decided the next step in my journey was to enroll in the Institute of Integrative Nutrition! IIN is an online health coaching certification course that is a year long and based around a holistic approach to health. The graduates of IIN go on to do a plethora of things ranging from health coaching, investing a product, opening a restaurant, and more. I have not decided what I would like to do in the future but I have been toying with opening a wellness education center or restaurant where people can come have a healthy meal, get one-on-one health coaching, or provide education to the public about health and wellness. Whatever I choose I am looking forward to this journey.
"The thing that is scariest to you, is the thing that is most important."


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US e-Chromic to Present at NRELs Industry Growth Forum
Boulder, CO (PRWEB) October 20, 2012
US e-Chromic is pleased to announce that it is one of thirty clean-tech companies selected to present at the U.S. Department of Energys National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) 25th Industry Growth Forum. The forum will take place October 23 24, 2012 in Denver, Colorado.
US e-Chromic and the other presenting companies were carefully selected from hundreds of candidates through an extensive application and review process. NRELs Industry Growth Forum is the nations premier event for emerging clean energy and energy efficiency technology startups. At the Forum, companies gain valuable exposure to and feedback from venture capitalists, corporate investors, government agencies, and strategic partners. Since 2003, presenting companies have raised more than $ 4 billion in growth financing.
It is an honor for US e-Chromic to present at the NREL Growth Forum, said Loren Burnett, Chief Executive Officer and founder of US e-Chromic. This validates both the potential effectiveness of electrochromic thin film in reducing energy demand as well as the unique technologies and features that US e-Chromic delivers. Patented US e-Chromic reflective electrochromic technology makes it possible for retrofit solution providers to quickly and confidently transform existing windows into energy efficient smart windows.
Burnett will present for US e-Chromic on Wednesday, October 24 as part of an overall agenda that includes company presentations, panel presentations, and networking sessions. US e-Chromic receives advisory support from CleanLaunch, the technology incubator at the Center for Renewable Energy Economic Development at NREL, and through the State Energy Sector Partnership Grant (SESP), awarded through the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment to support entrepreneurs leading pre-revenue companies.
About US e-Chromic
US e-Chromic (http://www.use-chromic.com) is a Boulder, CO based company dedicated to energy efficiency. It is developing an electrochromic thin film for windows that will reduce air conditioning costs by >25%. It has exclusive rights to technology created and patented by the U.S. National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) that transforms ordinary windows into highly energy efficient smart windows. Because US e-Chromics electrochromic thin film reflects sunlight and its heat on demand, if can be used to retrofit existing windows on a cost effective and environmentally friendly basis.
US e-Chromic
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Carillion posts pre-tax profit of £180m, as revenue falls 13% to £4.4bn in 2012
Carillion has hailed a "robust financial performance" in its full year results for 2012, despite a 41% fall in Middle East construction profit.
Revenue for the construction services business outside the Middle East - which includes the UK and Canada - fell 31% from £1.85bn to £1.28bn, although operating profit rose 25% to £72m.
The operating margin in the construction business outside the Middle East jumped to 5.6% - up from 3.1% the previous year.
However, operating profit for Middle East construction fell by 41% to £29m, as revenue fell 14% to £474m.
The overall group, which includes support services, recorded a pre-tax profit of £180m, a rise of 26% on 2011's figure of £143m.
As anticipated, revenue fell further, down 13% to £4.4bn over the period.
Speaking to Building, chief executive Richard Howson said Carillion had a strong balance sheet and £5.2bn of new and probable orders achieved during 2012.
He pointed to continuing good opportunities in Canadian PPP schemes and success in winning road and rail work in the UK.
He also revealed that 75% of new orders are in support services but said that was broadly in line with what was expected.
"We won a huge amount of road maintenance work in Canada in the final two quarters of 2012, which counts as support services work," he said.
Turning to the Middle East, he described the region, and particularly the UAE and Qatar as "slow".
He said: "There is no shortage of opportunity - pipelines are very strong but there is a lot of indecision…in terms of contract awards being placed.
"This [fall in profit] is a result of that indecision but the key point is that going into 2013, we've got over 90% of revenue for this year secured already."
This includes probable orders worth around £210 million for projects in Oman, Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia.
In construction services for the rest of the world, the group has secured new and probable orders worth around £160 million, for what it called "long-term public and private sector customers".
Referring to Building's recent feature on the prospects for the top five contractors, Howson said he agreed with analyst Kevin Cammack that "holding the new status quo" was the right approach for Carillion in the current market.
"I thought what Kevin predicted was right - that we would seek to grow [the business] carefully if the opportunities are there," he said.
Howson also said that the ongoing slimming down of Carillion's UK construction business, which accounts for much of the reduction in overall revenue, is now almost finished.
He said: "There may be a slight reduction in 2013 but that is now almost over."
Howson added that Carillion also sees the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) scheme in the UK as a real opportunity and continues to be "selective" in choosing which projects to bid for.


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My first Radio Interview in 2013
The new year has started and I brought it in with a bang.
This is my first radio interview for 2013. Check it out. There is so much new information about my books. I talk about the new characters in my new book The Pink Canary. How the book came into being and all the behind the scenes things that went on. I also talk about Silent Scream, The Last Rites and Dream Catcher Failure Was Never an Option. This is just the beginning of a great new year. This show has over 4 million listeners – Don't let it pass you by.
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The Last Rites
Brillant Insanity
Blood Alley
Tangled Minds
Satan's Holiday
Welcome to Your Nighmare
Blood Alley
The Pink Canary
When Fates Collide
When Fates Collide Mardi Gras Bound
When Fates Collide Mardi Gras Bound
When Fates Collide Arm Candy
Voice From the Grave
Voice from the Grave Kindle Edition
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Dream Catcher Failure Was Never an Option
Dream Catcher Failure Was Never an Option
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Pennies From Heaven
DreamCatcher Failure Was Never an Option
American Idol
Halloween IV Special Edition
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Human Nature
Genesis Book One of the Kingdom Come Series
Unholy Repression
Whispers in the Cries
The Price of Fear
Shadows in the Dark
The Raising
The Wicked Haze
Staple Gun
The Order of the Blood
Rusty Nails Broken Glass
Shocker II Original Treatment
Read Us or Die
Nocturnal Offerings
Pray, Serpents Prey
The Everborn
Outer Darkness
Red Wet Dirt
Never Cease
Meat City and other tales
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In The Beginning
Ghost Prints
Demon Revolver
Magick and Misery
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Holiday Madness
Blood Verse
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In the Absence of Sun
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A pretty cool project.
Pick a place on the globe. Any place. Then tune in and hear what's playing on the radio in that location.
The service is called Radio Garden, and here's what it's essentially all about:
By bringing distant voices close, radio connects people and places. Radio Garden allows listeners to explore processes of broadcasting and hearing identities across the entire globe. From its very beginning, radio signals have crossed borders. Radio makers and listeners have imagined both connecting with distant cultures, as well as re-connecting with people from 'home' from thousands of miles away – or using local community radio to make and enrich new homes.
While Radio Garden lets you tune into broadcasts across different geographies, another service previously featured here on OC--Radiooooo--lets you hear radio broadcasts across time. That is, historical broadcasts.
Between the two services, you'll be covered spatially and temporally. What more could you want?
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A world where humanity seems to be on the verge of extinction and little what humans do are for the good for their tribe. Capitalism which is the biggest enemy of all, mocks the poor, makes him feel unwanted, incomplete and lost. Rape. Poverty. Death. These unrelenting factors pave the way for the most grimmest and uninviting life approach- pessimism. Once set in, it clutches and chews, piercing in through the toughest membrane, gnawing its very soul. True Detective is one such story. On the surface it sounds like a fancy, star-studded crime procedural. But True Detective is about the world we live in. It is a story about 'light vs dark'. Amidst all this darkness, True Detective is a story about finding a small measure of good in the world.
This season kicks off with the murder of an underage prostitute named Dora Lange. The murderer chooses a ritualistic approach in doing the deed- crowning the victim with a pair of deer antlers, tied up, mutilated, posing in a prayerful position at the base of a large oak tree. This isn't it. We see stick figures known as Devil Traps hung on this oak tree! Martin Hart and Rustin Chole are the two mismatched souls, appointed to solve this satanic murder mystery.
The events of the series take place in a swampy, decayed coastline of Louisiana, which adds an eerie and evocative texture to it. Filling the backdrop with industries and factories emanating smoke, burnt down churches, and creepy biblical scenes on the wall are bound to make you feel restless. Cinematography and music provide the much needed complexity and depth to the show. Adam Arkapaw adroitly captures the smoky atmosphere of the locations. This makes his cinematography arrestingly artful. The score/music is so soulful, appropriate and otherwordly good (just like a Martin Scorsese's movie) that it is almost like another character! Nic Pizzolatto, the creator of the show, has done justice to the anthology format of the series. Categorizing it as a mini-series drama show, Pizzolatto manages to compartmentalize its character-driven plot with all his dexterity that he's successful at, making viewers feel flabbergasted, showcasing the down home-local color and including literary references which takes the show to a supernatural level. Cary Fukunaga's direction is riveting, provocative and so poetic that it takes its viewers to the depths of hell and back. The director was asked about its anthology format and how they planned to go about this hackneyed process (since many have tried their hands at it and failed) in an interview to Bright Ideas magazine and this is what he had to say:
BRIGHT IDEAS: How did True Detective become an anthology?
Talking about its characters, Rustin Chole by nature is misanthropic, shattered by the death of his daughter. Nonetheless, he is full of wits with brooding and enigmatic looks. A primary protagonist, Rustin's characterization is one-of-its-kind. And by 'one-of-its-kind' I mean, alluring and kick- you-in-the-crotch, spit-on-your-neck fantastic! Nic Pizzolatto, outlines much needed details of this nihilist, guiding us in to his traumatic and dreadful past. His daughter died and later his wife divorced him on the basis that there's nothing gluing them together anymore. Living alone in his apartment where he ''contemplates the moment and the idea of allowing your own crucifixion'', he was formerly a narcotics undercover from Texas. Matthew McConaughey pulls it off (the character) with a great finesse and his performance is electrical! His methodological style of portrayal of Rustin is brilliant and unparalleled. What adds more depth to his character are the philosophical underpinnings, which he delivers effortlessly. These underpinnings are so ass-kicking-rad that it will definitely throw you into a tizz and make you want to use them daily!
True Detective is about its characters, their issues and how each of them manages to transform each other's lives through this investigation. According to me, this is the real story and is more powerful and resonating than the original which is about solving Dora Lange's murder. And other critics have reflected over it in a precise manner: The Lange murder is just a Trojan Horse. The real story here is much richer and stranger: who are these men, and how did this murder change their lives?
True Detective also drops references to one of the most horrifying and compelling texts in the category of horror fiction. Authors like HP Lovecraft, Ambrose Bierce and Robert Chambers come to life through the fictional visions of this show.
This is what the creator has to say about the show.
PIZZOLATTO: I think what True Detective keeps telling you, over and over again, is that everything's a story. Who you tell yourself you are, what you tell yourself what the world is, an investigation, a religion, a nihilistic point of view – these are all stories you tell yourself. You need to be careful what stories you tell yourself.
The writing is top-draw. Here are few quotes from the show that, as I have already mentioned will make you want to use them day-in-day-out:
"To realize that all your life – you know, all your love, all your hate, all your memory, all your pain—it was all the same thing. It was all the same dream. A dream that you had inside a locked room. A dream about being a person. And like a lot of dreams there's a monster at the end of it."
"Death created time to grow the things that it would kill."
For the ones who have already viewed it, they will agree that season one has been one of the most thought provoking, salient, episodic narratives of the year. That said, the show will continue with its anthology format which means season two will be a different story, comprise different characters, different locations and much more.
Season 2 is already underway and the creator has revealed information the central characters: "Right now, we're working with three leads… The characters are all new, but I'm deeply in love with each of them. We've got the entire series broken out with a couple of scripts, and we'll probably start casting in earnest in the coming months."
He has also hinted on the plotline: "hard women, bad men and the secret occult; history of the United States transportation system."
As for the location, it moves from Louisiana to California i.e., from the southern coast to western coast: "…It takes place in California — not Los Angeles, but some of the much lesser known venues of California — and we're going to try to capture a certain psychosphere ambiance of the place, much like we did in season one."
True Detective is one of my favorite shows and I cannot wait for season two. Also, I have no better way of summing this article up but by quoting Rust's ramblings:
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Hi kids!
So a few months ago, Stan Lee, icon to many a folk who might find themselves reading these words, passed away at the age of 95. The celebrations of Stan Lee were many, and it was nice as a comic book fan to hear Stan Lee acknowledged over many different forms of media for his impact. I still have that thing inside that when I hear comic books recognized, I light up. Then, the reality sets in, and I think, oh man, I know more than this guy they're interviewing (I'm looking at you, NPR's 1A). Part of the reason why I felt more informed is because of this week's first part: the review of Stan Lee's graphic memoir: Amazing Fantastic Incredible Stan Lee.
The memoir, written by Stan Lee and Peter David, with art by Coleen Doran, spans the majority of Lee's 95 years and originally saw publication in 2015. It touches on Stan in multiple facets of his life, including his own personal thoughts and feelings and insecurities. For as maligned as Stan Lee can sometimes be, it's nice to hear his side of the story, even if it is via the help of Coleen Doran and Peter David. It seems only fitting, in a way, that this is how Stan's story gets told. He's an idea guy, who has always known how to surround himself with the best people to make the pictures (or even sometimes fill in the words, too).
The book touches on his relationship with his family throughout his life. It starts with Stan as a poor kid with a love of stories whose family could barely make ends meet. A majority of the story is framed around Stan's relationship with the love of his life, Joan Boocock. Even up to the last pages of the memoir, he gushes about his trophy wife who would pass on shortly after publication. The book also talks about how proud Stan is about his daughter J.C., and it touches on some of Stan's greatest losses, including his daughter Jan after only 3 days. It's hard to believe someone as accomplished as Stan Lee still felt he let his mother down because he "only" became a writer instead of president. The personal parts really help to humanize Stan.
Of course the memoir dives into his professional life, which peaked my interest the most. He gets his start in comics apprenticing with Joe Simon and Jack Kirby on early Captain America comics. From there, it's a series of incredible events that are great fun to see through Stan's eyes. You have Stan Lee name-dropping Dr. Seuss and Frank Capra as he almost gets thrown out of the army. You get the Marvel Method description delivered from older Stan to young Stan. The challenging of the comics code with his anti-drug arc on Amazing Spider-man. You also get Stan being ashamed to work in comics, and the countless times he tried to write other things! You even get to see Stan's perspective on many of the talented artists he worked with over the years, including glowing praise for both Joe Maneely (who passed away before the super-hero boom at Marvel) and Jack Kirby. The book offers one to two pages apiece about the origins of the Fantastic Four, Spider-man, Hulk, Thor, Ant Man, the X-Men and more. Stan gives his brother Larry Lieber the credit he feels Larry never got. He gives Steve Ditko the shout out he deserves. Stan even goes into the troubles he encountered with Steve Ditko and Jack Kirby, too. He touches on the passing of the torch to John Romita on the art side and Roy Thomas on the editing side.
They show the Merry Marvel Marching Society and describe how its spirit lived on in FOOM magazine, and even touch on the little things like the No Prizes. The memoir does a really entertaining job of capturing the fun and silliness of Stan's career but also touching on the sad or disheartening moments, too. I never got that feeling that Stan was trying to create the illusion that he did all the heavy lifting as some will try to characterize Stan as doing. Nor do I get the impression that Stan feels he is blameless in some of the blunders or shortfalls of how the industry was run. I do get the impression that Stan Lee was a person: capable of falling prey to mistakes just as well as he was adept at stumbling onto successes. He credits his collaborators and offers his insights throughout the story that make it such an entertaining and enlightening read. There are plenty of cameos (and Stan's take on his own movie cameos!) that make this graphic memoir a satisfying experience.
The recognition of Stan Lee's life and accomplishments was nice for a comic devotee whose ears always perk up when comics are mentioned outside of comic shops or Andy's basement. It's a similar feeling to when I was a kid, if I saw someone in a comic book t-shirt, they were instantly elevated to a potential friend. It didn't matter if it was a Punisher shirt (a character I don't particularly care for), if it was a comic shirt, that meant that person read comics like me. They were in the club. That alone was something special.
Today, comics are more ubiquitous. Target and Walmart have specific sections flooded with comic and pop culture clothes. Just because someone is wearing a Spider-man T-shirt, they might not know who Stan Lee, Steve Ditko, or John Romita are or why they matter. That's ok, of course. The more people we pull under the tent, the better, I've always felt. If somebody picks up a Spidey shirt because they liked the latest cartoon, movie, or PS4 game, all the better. They might be inspired to pick up a comic at some point and dive a little deeper, and I'll take that lotto ticket.
Then, there are folks like Bill Maher. Initially, following the death of Stan Lee, Maher stated on his HBO Real Time blog, "The guy who created Spider-Man and the Hulk has died, and America is in mourning. Deep, deep mourning for a man who inspired millions to, I don't know, watch a movie, I guess," Yikes. That's dismissive. I'll be honest in that this didn't get much of a rise out of me, simply because I thought Maher was being a troll for the sake of being a troll. Was it classless and lowbrow? Sure. Plenty of media personalities make their bones by being classless and lowbrow, and usually they're not worth the time it takes to respond.
Of course, many folks were feeling emotional, reacting emotionally, and ultimately feeding the troll. It's not surprising. Especially with the interwebs, everybody gets to voice their opinion and comment on whatever offends them on any given day (much like I am now). Armie Hammer got himself into a bit of an internet kerfuffle for criticizing people who posted pictures of themselves with Stan Lee in order to make Stan's death all about themselves. Eventually, though, he recanted, as he realized his comments were telling people how they should or should not grieve. It's an honest mistake. Hammer reacted emotionally because he thought people were being gross just like the people who posted pictures of themselves with Stan (like me!) thought they were honoring their connection to the man. Don't you tell me how to grieve, Lone Ranger! At least Hammer saw the error of his ways (we all make mistakes sometimes, especially when we react emotionally), and tried to make amends.
Unfortunately, some used Stan Lee's death not to commemorate his works or his impact, but to get themselves in the limelight. Like I said, it's how these folks like Maher get their name in the news. Normally Bill Maher is like a tree falling in the woods, not really making much of a sound or impact–that is until he says or does something foolish to get his name in the headlines again. Trolls gonna troll and all that. I was happy to look the other way. Maher doubled down on his quote in a way that finally got to me. In an interview with Larry King, Maher discussed the fallout. "Talk about making my point for me," Maher said. "Yeah, I don't know very much about Stan Lee and it certainly wasn't a swipe at Stan Lee…I am agnostic on Stan Lee. I don't read comic books. I didn't even read them when I was a child. What I was saying is: A culture that thinks that comic books and comic book movies are profound meditations on the human condition is a dumb f—ing culture. And for people to, like, get mad at that just proves my point." He rambled a bit more before continuing, "Now, I have nothing against comic books — I read them now and then when I was a kid and I was all out of Hardy Boys. But the assumption everyone had back then, both the adults and the kids, was that comics were for kids, and when you grew up you moved on to big-boy books without the pictures."
This is where I feel bad for Bill Maher. Even though months later, he's started trolling again just to get people to say his name out loud. I'm not mad at him, though, just so that is clear. Maher is part of the society that gives comic fans the chip on their shoulder sometimes, that leads companies to put tag lines of "Comics aren't just for kids any more!" on their books, or causes journalists to start every comic story with "Biff! Bang! Kapow!"
They just don't get it.
Comics are an art form, and a valuable one at that. Sure, they can be great for kids to read and to gain confidence with written and visual language. That's not a bad thing in any way,shape, or form. The fact that comics can often be used to bridge the gap for struggling readers is a big deal. Superhero comics often explore those archetypes and myths that are integral to a society's definition of itself. Think Carl Jung and Joseph Campbell and their emphasis on those archetypes and the roles they play. Comics are capable of exploring worlds both in simplistic styles for maximum relatability or complex forms unbeholden to budgets or reality or anything other than the creative potential of its makers. Comics can be informative, metaphorical, and insightful. Comics can be many things to many people, of all ages and ability levels, just like other artforms. I would encourage all hardcore comic fans to check out Scott McCloud's Understanding Comics for an intro into the artform and a clear discussion of how it works and what makes it different from novels or movies. Most importantly, comics are another art form that can possibly help inspire people, to lift them up or encourage them or help them when the path gets rough.
Stan Lee played a major role in the development and promotion of comics in the United States, and he deserves a place amongst the difference makers in modern culture like Walt Disney, Steve Jobs, Elvis, or the Beatles. I would encourage folks that like Maher to go out and explore some works that might help them to gain a better appreciation of the art he chooses to denigrate because he doesn't understand it. Failing that, at least show some respect for those of us that do. Some of us need comics so we don't become emotionally shriveled old trolls, thankyouverymuch.
Taking the time to learn about Stan through his memoir Amazing Fantastic Incredible Stan Lee isn't the worst place to stop along the way.
Final Grade: B+
With that said, I hope everyone has a good week!
Until next time,
I'll be the guy standing on the shoulders of giants rambling on about how great they were!


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What's better than a dynasty football slow draft in February when there isn't any football to watch anymore? I refuse to acknowledge the XFL, by the way. Okay, maybe a fantasy baseball draft would be a little more exciting than a football draft because the season is a lot closer. Some of us prefer football over baseball and there's some of us that can do both. A fantasy sports Eiffel Tower, if you will.
I was lucky enough to catch an industry friend's tweet about a start up dynasty that was going to draft in February and I gave it about 0.2 seconds of thought before I came to the conclusion that I was all for it. I messaged Matt Williams and he gladly accepted me assuming that I don't have a reputation of ghosting my teams (I don't). It is a 12-team PPR superflex league with a TE premium. My opponents include: Scott Fish Bowl 8 champion Stompy, Matt Williams, John Hogue, Kane Fossell, Nick Faber, @DFSMich_5, Caleb Pierson, Steven Toroni, Jon Helmkamp, John Hesterman, @GOATDistrict and @EverydayFFB. Those are 12 names, but two of them co-own a team.
I'll mostly just be writing about my roster, but I will also point out some tidbits on how the draft board was shaking out. Most of the meat of the analysis will be in the first 10 or so rounds. First drafts of the season are rusty, and there will be plenty of trading in this league, but I'm hoping that a good portion of these picks shape out. I drafted from the 11 spot.
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Liverpool found victory in the first game of the season against Arsenal at the Emirates as the Reds overcame the Gunners in 4-3 Premier League classic.
Jürgen Klopp's Reds looked to get off to a positive start this season hoping to take advantage of a weakened Arsenal side, with the likes of Giroud, Koscielny, and Özil not deemed fit enough to play following their recent return from the Euros over the summer.
Injuries to Mertesacker and Gabriel resulted in an inexperienced centre back pairing in Callum Chambers and new signing Rob Holding. However, the first half proved to be more or less a disaster for the Reds, as a lethargic looking Liverpool cancelled each other out with their opponents.
The deadlock was broken in the 28th minute as a turning Lallana was dispossessed of the ball and fed into Walcott on the edge of the 18, leaving Moreno to charge his man down and delivering an extremely rash challenge, resulting in a penalty. However, Simon Mignolet turned up big, saving Walcott's effort. Yet, only a minute later, Walcott was found all alone again in the same area of the 18, and with Moreno caught sleeping and unable to recover, delivered a pinpoint strike into the bottom left corner of the net.
A disjointed Liverpool was undeservedly saved at the end of the half though, as the Reds drew themselves level after a fabulous free kick from Philippe Coutinho against the run of play, the two sides went into halftime at 1-1. The second half started brilliantly for Liverpool, much improved, in which the away side went 2-1 up following a special cross from Wijnaldum into Adam Lallana's path, in which the Englishman took off his chest and finished sublimely past Petr Cech.
Liverpool then looked like a team rather than a bunch of newly introduced individuals and grabbed a third in the 55th minute, as Nathaniel Clyne's low cross into the box was met with the deftest of touches from who else but Philippe Coutinho once more, collecting his brace. Soon after it became 4, Mané this time being released down the wing and, after cutting inside, finishing brilliantly into the far corner of the net.
Yet, only a minute after, the score changed to 4-2, as substitute Oxlade-Chamberlain did brilliantly by cutting between two men and finishing at the near post. It could have been made 5 for Liverpool as Firmino released Coutinho down the left hand side, but the Brazilian came down with a leg cramp in attempt to reach the ball, forcing a substitution to be made with Can coming on to see the game out. Reason to worry began following a 75th minute Arsenal free kick, in which substitute Santi Cazorla delivered the perfect ball onto Chambers' head who converted at the far post. 4-3, already a Premier League classic.
After the third goal, Liverpool did very well in staying disciplined in holding a high line, preventing any more pressure that Arsenal attempted to throw forward in hopes of an equalizer. In the end, this classic ends in a superb Liverpool win.
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BISMARCK — The developer of a wind farm in northwest North Dakota that state regulators recently rejected is planning to submit a new proposal, a spokesperson said Wednesday, Aug. 14.
The North Dakota Public Service Commission denied NextEra Energy Resources' request for a siting permit in June amid opposition from state and federal wildlife agencies. The developer sought to build a 200-megawatt wind farm in Burke County north of Powers Lake consisting of up to 76 turbines on 23,000 acres.
The PSC found the project would have an unacceptable level of "adverse effects" on animal health and safety. It would also have negatively affected wetlands, which agency rules protect from energy facilities. The Republican commissioners said it was the first time they remembered denying a siting permit for any energy facility during their tenures.
A NextEra spokesperson said Wednesday the developer is working with local and state stakeholders and plans to submit a new application to the PSC in the fall.
"We look forward to building a wind project which will bring great benefits, including good jobs and economic growth to the local area," the spokesperson said in an email.
Greg Link, chief of conservation and communications for the state Game and Fish Department, said they've been in talks with project developers about amending their plans. Though NextEra is eyeing the same general area, Link said state wildlife officials are "feeling a lot better about the project."
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G.W. (Bill) Snell, 97, died at 4:05 am on February 26, 2018 at his home in Bartlesville, Oklahoma.
Bill was born July 18, 1920 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma to Fred R. Snell and Jennie Mae Spalding Snell. He attended school in Bartlesville, graduating in 1937 from Bartlesville High School. He was then employed by Reda Pump Co. and later Phillips Petroleum Company.
On June 17, 1940 he married Maxine F. Johnston, the love of his life, in a private ceremony at the Boston Avenue Methodist Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Their friendship began in 1935 when each were in high school which led to marriage and a lifetime together.
After attending H.C. Price Welding School, in 1941, he started on a lifetime of recognition all over the United States for his expertise in welding. Then, worked for H.C. Price Pipeline Construction Company of Bartlesville, Oklahoma. In 1942, still with H.C. Price he worked on the World War II Emergency Project for aviation fuel, from Skagway to Fairbanks, Alaska, the Canol Project.
January 1945 to May 1946 he served in the Army Signal Corp, training at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. Camp, Shelby, Neosho, Mo, and then Vint Hill Farms, Virginia as code instructor. He was honorably DISCHARGED May 1946.
In 1947, Bill and his father F.R. Snell started the F & S Welding Co. In 1948 he returned to pipelining, joining R.H. Fulton Co of Lubbock, Texas as welder and welding foreman. In 1952 to 1955 he was employed by Platt Pipeline Co of Casper, Wyoming as Connection Foreman. They built a home in Casper planning on making this their home, but they decided to return to F & S Welding so they made one more move to Bartlesville where they continued to live the rest of their lives. It was a happy move for them.
In 1962 he started a 20-year career with Phillips Petroleum Research Center in Bartlesville as a Contract Welder until his retirement, then continuing working at home.
A son, William Frank (Bill) was born to Bill and Maxine on January 5, 1942 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. He was named for his father and grandfather Frank Johnston being born on his grandfather's birthday.
Their daughter Donna was born September 21, 1954 in Casper, Wyoming. She was a much welcome gift, making their family complete. She complemented their family by becoming a teacher.
Bill loved his family and enjoyed life. Music was very important to him. He had a good voice, sang a lot and loved to dance. He wrote poetry and short stories that were published. During his life, he owned a sail boat, 2 outboard motor boats, liked to ski. He had a jeep, 2 motorcycles and liked to fish and hunt.
He will truly be missed by family and friends.
Bill is survived by son Bill and Bertta Snell of Bartlesville; daughter Donna and Stephen of Tulsa; granddaughters Timi and Bert Wilson of Moore, Allan Snell of Owasso, Amy Overby of Raleigh, N.C.; daughter in law Linda Norman of Moore; six great grandchildren; one great grandson and a host of nieces and nephews.
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I love you Wednesday
Directed by: Henry King, William Cameron Menzies, USA, 1933USA, 1933
Plakatmotiv I love you Wednesday, © Fox Film Corporation
Cast and Credits
|Fox Film Corporation
|William Fox [Presenter]
|Henry King
|William Cameron Menzies
|Based on
|Molly Ricardel [Play]
|William DuBois [Play]
|Director of Photography
|Hal Mohr
|Frank E. Hull
|Costume Design
|Rita Kaufman
|Warner Baxter [Philip Fletcher]
|Elissa Landi [Vicki Meredith]
|Victor Jory [Randall Williams]
|Miriam Jordan [Cynthia Williams]
|Laura Hope Crews [Doc Mary Hanson]
|June Lang [Ballet Dancer (as June Vlasek)]
|Mischa Auer
|Gino Corrado
Technical specifications
Category: Feature Film
Technical Details: Format: 35 mm, 1:1,37 - Ratio: 1:1,37 - Black and White,Length: 80 minutes, 24 frames per second
Sound System: Mono
First Screening: June 16, 1933 in USA
Survival Status: Prints of this picture exist
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Subject: Archie McKeegan on Ulster TV tonight!
From: Ptarmigan
Date: 14 Mar 11 - 06:09 PM
Did anyone else see the late & great Glens of Antrim singer
Archie McKeegan on BBC Ulster tonight?
Those Were the Days! at 7.30pm
There were a couple of very nice clips of him near the start of the prog, from back in the 1970s & the very last clip is him on the side of the road .... thumbing a lift. ............ No doubt heading for Johnny Joe's! :-)
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From: katlaughing
Date: 14 Mar 11 - 11:13 PM
Would love to, but it won't allow playing it in my area, darn it!
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From: GUEST,Donal
Date: 14 Mar 11 - 11:46 PM
Likewise, it won't play in Australia, I think you need to be in UK, or maybe Europe, to be able to play BBC videos. Still, I do have Archie's audio tape - The Smith of Tiveragh.
Subject: RE: Archie McKeegan!
From: Ptarmigan
Date: 15 Mar 11 - 04:26 AM
Shame you can't watch it over there. Maybe it'll find its way to YouTube ... eventually! ;-)
Aye Donal he really was a wonderful singer, both to hear & to watch, as he put so much of himself into each song. My wife & I often heard him sing at the monthly singing session in Johnny Joe's, Cushendall.
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With its high rent, heavy traffic and unreliable subway system, New York can be a tough place to live. For many, it's a nonstop grind of work and sleep to make rent and pay the bills each month. It's also an exciting city full of diverse people and enormous skyscrapers. It's both aspects of Manhattan -- the hectic lifestyle and stunning architecture -- that make it a perfect fit for Spider-Man, a witty web-slinger who struggles to balance his work and love life with the responsibilities of a powerful superhero.
The latest Spider-Man video game, developed by Ratchet & Clank studio Insomniac, treats New York as a character. A place that can pose real, relatable problems for Peter Parker and his alter-ego.


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Ever since we started the company, we made a difference between the compensation the company offers and the money (as salary and bonus payments) that each person receives. The salary clearly is an important and major part of the compensation a company offers to their employees (in lack of a better term). But in our company and within our values, it cannot be the only "thing" a person receives in exchange for the time and ideas they invest into the joint venture (please understand this term literally).
We never considered it contemporary that people only come to work for money that eases the pain they experience at their workplace. We are joining forces for common values. A common understanding of digital things. A shared passion and similar goals.
Salary – money makes the world go round
Nevertheless, monetary aspects have to work not just individually per person to make ends meet – but also with the outer world so nobody has to seriously consider all the different job offers we all receive (even me – as the owner and CEO of the company…). A lesson we learned in 2018 when the circumstances in the lives of many of our colleagues changed and all of a sudden the salary part took a much greater weight in the equation.
To be honest, we probably made the mistake and ignored this topic for way too long. We relied on the common and non-monetary aspects to be in in great condition, discussed and developed those, increased the salaries annually (based on the company development) and paid bonuses as far as the liquid assets allowed.
It became clear as people were with the company for more than five years and life around the company happened with marriage, kids and mortgages, that there is a need for more transparency and a more foreseeable increase of the salary you can count on and plan with.
On the other hand, it is important for the economic part of the company to know that the monetary expectations of the team are realistic (or have to be discussed early) and actually feasible, considering the status and the evolution of the company's financials and external circumstances. It has to be commonly known what each and every single person with the company has to do, to fulfill the business plan and make the growing salaries possible.
Compensation – how our model works
So what we created as a compensation system is based on several pillars and – as our DNA dictates – is more a promise than a constitution:
Values as the foundation
The first pillar consists of our values. They are anchored within the company and if you break our values we need to have a talk. If we don't live up to our values, collaboration won't be fun anymore and the results as well as the customer experience will suffer. We don't want that. Nobody does.
Our codex as the universal agreement
The second pillar is a codex we created, that breaks down our business model to what every single person has to have on the radar as far as personal performance goes. How many hours do I book, how many are billable and how many are actually being billed? And what do I do if one of them goes out of hand? You could call this the essential equation of the company everybody has to contribute to. And it can be checked and managed and there's an objective truth to these KPIs.
Common monetary benefits
Thirdly, we listed all the non-monetary and also non-obligatory things the company does and offers to make everybody's lives easier, more convenient and working more fun. This was actually done by a task force from different teams and disciplines, so it was not only accounting and bookkeeping ticking boxes but actually collected from the day to day business.
The fourth part is a transparent and known salary structure, that is based on individual factors and that may not be entirely objective. It boxes the complexity per person somewhat, so individual conversations about the salaries are less extensive. The individual factors have been prepared by the mentioned task force and have been discussed and filtered by another group, to prepare the conversation and decision making process in a meeting with all people in the company at the table.
So how does this salary structure work? Well – first off we had to equalise factors that everybody can actually influence and that are important to the company. We broke those down into these four factors:
Experience as the main differentiation
Whenever a new netzstrategian joins us, we look at the practical experience in the individual discipline and field of work the person will cover in our company. This defines where the new strategian is situated within our four salary brackets and where (on the individual scale) they start (the latter is a more subjective discussion and always in relation to other applicants and past experience).
Clear outlook for growth
To define the potential growth of the salary we defined, we divided the time a netzstrategian works in the company into four brackets, which each represent four years you'd stay within a bracket (if you start at the beginning). And we broke down the annual growth potential into three parts:
Shared responsibility for annual goals
So each year the disciplines come together and define on their own, who should learn what, improve upon what skill or take care of which coordination/administration tasks. With this agreement, we settle on a salary for the upcoming year if the objectives have been accomplished, others have been defined or if there are good reasons why things didn't happen the planned way. This can be up to EUR 2.100 per person and year.
Furthermore, we increase the monthly payments by EUR 250 after 12, 36 and 60 months since company affiliation makes a big difference when it comes to working together (the longer, the better/easier since processes are learned and people are known) and how much a person can help onboard new teammates. But we believe this effect is maxed out after five years.
And we increase the salaries by 1,5% per year just to make sure we adapt to inflation and the constantly growing cost of living (due to more and more expensive digital gadgets :-D).
We also would like to continue to pay two bonuses per year but since we dramatically increased the yearly promised salary we'll see how this plays out and what it does to our bank account.
The emergency break for this system on an individual as well as the collective level, is the codex we all agreed upon. If we don't all stick to these equations and contribute to the economic part of the company, there's no way we can keep this promise and we probably have to go to a much more individual compensation and salary agreements. But it certainly is not what we believe in.
So we have high hopes that with this model we have found a good compromise between all the things that are important to us. Fun times at work, great project, good collaboration and personal financial foreseeabilityn 😄
We'll report how it goes… and we're looking forward to your thoughts (in German and English) in the comments below.


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I've got a job interview for Tesco on Saturday morning and I just wanted to know if anyone else has had one cos apparently they ask weird q's like 'Who would you invite to a dinner party? etc'. I'd just prefer not to make a complete tit out of myself, so please let me know what I'm in for. I mean I know it's not that big a deal and it doesn't matter if I get it or not cos I'm only doing it to get a bit of extra cash for going to uni, but I don't want to be sitting cringing the whole way through it!


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First thing you need to know about interior design ideas. A lot of people would love to make their home nice, but think it is too expensive to do interior design work. However, there are some very simple tricks that can be used to brighten up the home, and some of these will be divulged today. Read on for some wonderful home decorating examples.
If you are making decisions about changing the interior decor of your home, get your family involved. Remember that they will need to live with the changes as well. Decisions that are made should be acceptable to everyone to avoid conflict and ill feelings. Your home is the haven for each member of your family, so everyone should feel good about the changes ahead.
A good tip when you're thinking of getting some interior designing done is to consult with a professional interior designer. Everyone thinks they can do everything themselves, which isn't a bad quality, but professional interior designers have an eye for things that the average Joe doesn't even think about.
Choose your colors carefully when you're looking at repainting a room. You want to choose colors that go well together and compliment each other. You don't want colors that clash and fight for attention. You want your colors to blend together and feel natural. Don't go with too many bright colors, or you risk overwhelming your senses.
If you are designing a new kitchen in your house, it is beneficial to contact a professional contractor. Your ideas might involve electrical and plumbing work that is beyond your scope of expertise. By contacting a professional, they can help you to outline the exact project so it is done right and within budget.
If you have a backsplash in your kitchen that you really hate, consider painting it. Painting a backsplash is not a difficult task, and it can completely change the look of your kitchen. It is also a less-expensive option than removing and replacing the existing backsplash. You can even use a grout pen to paint in new grout lines when you are done.
Interior Design Ideas
If you feel that interior design ideas don't just come to you, gather ideas for yourself. Many cities have decorated showhouses designed by interior designers to help the public gain insight into designing. If you don't feel like visiting a showhouse, look at different books, home decorating and designing magazines or use the Internet as inspiration.
Leather is a perennially popular finish for high-quality furniture. If you want to incorporate leather furniture into your next interior design project, resist the temptation to pick an exotic color that matches your new decor. Leather furniture can last for decades. You want to buy it in neutral shades that will fit in not only with your current interior design ideas but also with new concepts you may try out in the future.
The article above has shown that a bit of creativity and some good advice go a long way towards creating spaces that wow. Using some simple tips, you can use all of your creative resources to make your home look dazzling.


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The titular track. Featuring Jon Anderson of "Yes" fame on the open section of the track. The song is a 20 minute epic tale of Prince Rupert and his battle for... something. Fighting a lizard? I don't know. The Bolero section and subsequent instrumental passages just burst with various instrumentation and variety that with every listen you can find a new instrument in the mix. I was really hard trying to funnel all those instruments to just one keys, guitar and bass track.
Keith Tippett really does shine on this track, especially in the bolero section. The way he'll throw in a bunch of chords in such a quick fashion that both fit in the key of the song but sound so disjointed and off-center that it's something I'll never get tired of listening to.
Andy McCulloch is the drummer and he really shines during the "battle" section during the second part of the track. He's keeping the beat but throwing in fill and coming back in on the 2nd beat not the first and he's like a master a using rests in his fills. His style of drumming is something that I wish a lot more drummer would try as it's so much more interesting to listen to.
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Andres Vela
Name: Andres Vela
Age: 21
Major: Music Performance
Hometown: Edinburg, TX
Why UTRGV?
One of the main reasons for choosing UTRGV is that I already had been taking private lessons for three years with the professor of double bass, Dr. George Amorim. I wanted to continue studying music at the university level because I really enjoyed working with him and knew that there was much more to learn.
What made you decide on your current major?
I've always had a great amount of appreciation for music. I joined orchestra in the sixth grade and was a part of the All-Region and All-State orchestras throughout my middle and high school years. I enjoyed working with great musicians and meeting new people and decided that I wanted to continue that in college. I have since had the opportunity to travel and perform in different countries like Germany, the Czech Republic, Italy, China and Aruba. I have also been part of various summer music festivals like the National Youth Orchestra of the United States, Round Top Festival Institute, Aruba Symphony Festival, Classical Music Institute, Texas Music Festival and Aspen Music festival.
What do you like most about UTRGV?
As a music student, one my favorite things about the UTRGV School of Music is that it provides many opportunities to perform and make music with fellow colleagues.
What are some of your favorite study spots on campus?
My favorite study spot would be inside any of the practice rooms in the Performing Arts Complex, Building C. Being isolated in these rooms helps me stay focused and work more effectively without any distractions.
What does being a Vaquero mean to you?
To me, being a Vaquero means to work hard toward your goals every single day, having trust in the process, and loving your craft.
What opportunities has UTRGV helped you find throughout your community?
Since my acceptance here at the UTRGV School of Music, I've had the opportunity to perform with various professional ensembles. I have performed with the Corpus Christi Symphony as well the Chamber Orchestra of San Antonio and many other smaller ensembles in the area.
What are a few of your favorite books?
I don't have any favorite books that I have read, but I do enjoy reading anything music related that I can get my hands on. Anything from sheet music, scores, or books about important classical composers.
What's in your playlist right now?
Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev and Shostakovich.


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Pallet rack is typically safe and easily-maintained storage equipment, whether you are dealing with selective, pushback, drive-in, or other types of rack. But if you load it wrong, if you don't inspect and repair/replace damaged components, if you don't understand your capacities, and if you don't take steps to ensure your rack isn't impacted by loading equipment, that safe rack can become dangerous and expensive.
We have created an infographic to help you navigate the most common mistakes people make dealing with pallet racks. Feel free to share this graphic to any site or other media. It is the first of many infographic posters we'll be offering to help people operate and maintain material handling equipment.
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Household Cleaning Products & Equipment
First United Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hammond provides household cleaning products and household cleaning equipment to those in need. Most household supplies cannot be purchased using government food credit cards. Love INC clients are frequently in need of cleaning supplies for their homes. You can donate products directly to the church or to Love INC of Greater Hammond.
First United Evangelical Lutheran Church is located at 6705 Hohman Avenue, Hammond, Indiana 46324-1407. The church office phone number is 219-932-9070.
Please donate the following items:
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions has announced that the Justice Department is rethinking its approach to the federal agreements, known as consent decrees, that have been reached with dozens of law enforcement agencies.
The re-examination could lead to a retreat by the Trump administration on the consent decrees that the Obama White House used to overhaul troubled police departments.
In the past, the investigations leading to the agreements have uncovered widespread patterns of racial bias, use of excessive force, tactical blunders and poor oversight.
A sampling of the reports shows how systemic bias plays out.
Pedestrian Stops
Zero-tolerance policing that was adopted by many city police departments in the early 2000s has led to aggressive tactics. By cracking down on minor offenses, often called the broken windows approach, the thinking went, major crimes would be deterred.
In 2013, a federal judge ruled that the stop-and-frisk tactics of the New York Police Department violated the constitutional rights of minorities in the city, repudiating a major element in the Bloomberg administration's crime-fighting legacy.
• Baltimore
The Justice Department found that the Baltimore police stopped pedestrians more than 300,000 times from January 2010 to May 2015. It said the precise number of those stops was "likely far higher due to underreporting." The department found that most stops by the police were made in predominantly black neighborhoods without "reasonable suspicion."
The report said:
In the five-and-a-half years of data we examined, African-Americans accounted for 95 percent of the 410 individuals B.P.D. stopped at least 10 times. One African-American man in his mid-50s was stopped 30 times in less than four years. Despite these repeated intrusions, none of the 30 stops resulted in a citation or criminal charge."
• Seattle
The Justice Department found in its investigation of the Seattle police in 2011 that the police focused largely on minority neighborhoods of the city in its street stops. Its report said:
In the East precinct, nonwhites make up only 33 percent of the population; however, they made up 64 percent of the street checks. Similarly, in the West precinct, nonwhites only make up 26 percent of the population but made up 47 percent of the street checks. In the Southwest precinct, nonwhites make up 32 percent of the population but made up 49 percent of the street checks.
Traffic Stops
The most common interactions between residents and the police are traffic stops. Members of minority groups stopped by the police face far more searches, as well as arrests and fines. Philando Castile, 32, who was fatally shot by a police officer in Falcon Heights, Minn., on July 6, had been pulled over 49 times in 13 years.
• Baltimore
African-Americans accounted for 82 percent of all vehicle stops by the Baltimore police, though the group made up 60 percent of the driving-age population in the city and 27 percent of the driving-age population in the greater metropolitan area, according to the Justice Department's report.
• Ferguson, Mo.
African-Americans accounted for 86 percent of traffic stops in 2013 but make up 63 percent of the population, according to recent data published by the Missouri attorney general.
Black drivers were more than twice as likely to be searched after being stopped as white drivers were, according to the Justice Department's report in 2015. But officers found contraband in the possession of African-Americans 26 percent less frequently than they did in the possession of white drivers. The report on Ferguson notes that the data suggests that "officers are impermissibly considering race as a factor when determining whether to search."
Excessive Use of Force
In a number of cities, the Justice Department has found that routine encounters with the public often escalate unnecessarily into violent situations.
• Seattle
The Justice Department asserts that when Seattle police officers use force, "they do so in an unconstitutional manner nearly 20 percent of the time." For example, the report said, when the police "use batons, 57 percent of the time it is either unnecessary or excessive."
The report also says that the Seattle police "escalate situations and use unnecessary or excessive force when arresting individuals for minor offenses. This trend is pronounced in encounters with persons with mental illnesses or those under the influence of alcohol or drugs. This is problematic because S.P.D. estimates that 70 percent of use-of-force encounters involve these populations."
• Chicago
In January, the Justice Department found reasonable cause that Chicago police "engaged in a pattern or practice of unreasonable force in violation of the Fourth Amendment" and attributed the deficiencies to a number of things, including training, supervision and accountability.
• Baltimore
In interviews with the Justice Department, Baltimore residents said "that even when they believe they have done nothing wrong, they flee from interactions with officers, believing that it is better to run at the sight of an officer rather than take the risk that an interaction with the officer will result in unnecessary and excessive force being used against them," according to the report. The report added:
The Baltimore Police Department uses unreasonable force against people who present little or no threat to officers or others. Specifically, B.P.D. uses excessive force against (1) individuals who are already restrained and under officers' control and (2) individuals who are fleeing from officers and are not suspected of serious criminal offenses.
Force used on restrained individuals: We found many examples of B.P.D. officers using unreasonable force on individuals who were restrained and no longer posed a threat to officers or the public.
• Cleveland
In May 2015, the Cleveland Police Department agreed to accept close federal oversight of its practices, including how and when its officers were allowed to use force.
The Justice Department found that the Cleveland police routinely used stun guns inappropriately, punched and kicked unarmed people and shot at people who posed no threat. The episodes were often unreported and not investigated, the inquiry found.
A case from 2012, described in the report, illustrates the problem.
An officer's gun discharged when he struck a suspect in the head with it. The officer, who was off-duty and dressed in civilian clothes, observed what he believed to be a drug transaction take place involving two vehicles and about six suspects. The officer approached them without calling for backup and told them to leave. When "Eric" got out of one of the cars, the officer drew his handgun, pointed it at Eric, and ordered Eric to the ground, identifying himself as a C.D.P. officer but not showing a badge. A witness reported that she saw a man, later identified as the officer, holding a gun to Eric's face while Eric asked repeatedly for the officer to show his badge and expressed disbelief that he was an officer.
• Ferguson
The Ferguson police used Tasers and dogs in excess on African-American suspects, according to the Justice Department report. In 2013, one black man was chased down and bitten by an officer's dog even though the officer had frisked him and knew the man was unarmed. The officer's supervisor later justified the use of force with a patently untrue statement, suggesting that the officer feared "that the subject was armed," the report said.
• Albuquerque
The police used lethal force in 37 cases s from 2010 to 2014. In them, 23 people were killed and 14 were wounded, an usually high number for a city of about 550,000, the Justice Department report said.
Among the cases cited in that report: Police officers once fired a stun gun at a deranged man who had doused himself in gasoline, setting him ablaze. Another time, they fired one at a man who yelled, "Bang, bang," as the officers approached. They also fired a stun gun at a 75-year-old homeless man for refusing to leave a bus stop, at a 16-year-old boy for refusing to lie on a floor covered in broken glass and at a young man so drunk he could not get up from a couch.
Unreasonable Search
The Justice Department found that the police often treated minorities with heightened suspicion in pedestrian and traffic stops, leading to unlawful searches.
• Baltimore
The police "regularly escalate" encounters with residents through illegal searches, the Justice Department's report said, by frisking people without a reasonable suspicion they are armed and dangerous and by conducting strip or body searches in public before an arrest.
In a typical case, an officer frisked an African-American man during a traffic stop. The man was the passenger in the vehicle and was frisked, the officer said, because the driver, who was stopped because his headlights were off, looked nervous as the officer approached the car. The frisk of the passenger included a public pat-down of his groin.
In another case, officers stopped a woman for driving a car missing a headlight. A female officer searched under the woman's shirt and in her anal cavity, in public view. The woman was released without charges.
In some communities, police and court officials focused on generating revenue from municipal fines, often issuing expensive fees for minor offenses.
• Ferguson
Excessive fines were a tactic most prevalent in the Justice Department's investigation of the Ferguson police department. The report said:
A 90-year-old man had a warrant issued for his arrest after he failed to pay in a timely manner the five citations the Ferguson Police Department issued to him during a traffic stop in 2013.
An 83-year-old man had a warrant issued against him when he failed to resolve his Derelict Auto violation.
A 67-year-old woman told us she was stopped and arrested by a Ferguson police officer on an outstanding warrant for failure to pay a trash-removal citation. She did not know about the warrant until her arrest, but the court ultimately fined her $1,000, which she continues to pay off in $100 monthly increments despite being on a limited, fixed income.
Poor Supervision, Inadequate Reporting
Poor documentation of police officers' interactions with civilians and lack of supervisory review of reports was another thread found in the Justice Department reports.
• Cleveland
Investigators said the analyses of use-of-force incidents by police supervisors was superficial at best and, at worst, appeared to be intended to justify the unreasonable use of force by their subordinates.
An episode in which an officer punched a 13-year-old boy in the face three or four times while the teenager was handcuffed illustrates the problem. The officer weighed twice what the handcuffed boy weighed. There was at least one other officer present who could have helped control the situation. The supervisor who reviewed the episode noted the weight difference, the presence of at least one other officer and the fact that the boy was handcuffed, yet nevertheless found that the use of force against the boy was "arguably the best response."
• Chicago
Investigators found that community policing as a driving force had declined and attempts to restore it have failed. To succeed, the report said, the Chicago police "must build up systems throughout the department, to support and bolster this community-focused approach to policing." It will fail, the Justice Department found, "if it remains a series of disconnected initiatives, no matter how well-meaning and well-executed."
• Ferguson
The Justice Department raised concern about a lack of accurate records in tracking the use of stun guns or Taser weapons by the police. It also noted that much use of force — like "physical blows and baton strikes" — was not reported, which "raises the possibility that the pattern of unreasonable force is even greater than we found."


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BY PAMELA JO BOWMAN – MESA ARIZONA – Sometimes, life gets so serious that just trying to get through it becomes ridiculously funny. Everyone looking at my life, right now, who knows about the drama swirling around my work and my family are wondering how I am holding it all together. I feel like I am in the eye of the storm. Where I stand, I feel calm and quiet. I can look out and see the dust and haze swirling toward me. I can see trailers and cows flying in the distance, but I am still. I know the calm will not last long, but it strengthens me for the moments when I weaken.
Yesterday I tried to turn away from what is real. I understand denial so much better now. It creates a storm within. I could feel the pull of my life drawing me out toward the chaos. There was constant struggle of self. Finally I succumbed to what is real and then I became very weepy. I found comfort in the arms of those that love me but I still felt so weak and frail and …I don't know which is the "right" word … helpless or hopeless. Maybe a little bit of both while I was trying to decide who was to blame for all of this. In the end, trying to find fault does not diminish the pain or change what is. To be certain, there are those at fault, but all of us are responsible for our role in what is occurring. Maybe that is the problem. No one can admit responsibility. For me I have to admit it. I will own what is mine. It quickens the healing and releases me to me.
Today, I am better. Perhaps I have resorted to my old coping habits. If I ignore whatever is happening then it will go away. It works for a while. Then I looked in the mirror and was surprised at what stared back at me. I swear I have aged 10 years in 10 days. It is okay. I feel wiser. Looking good just isn't important anymore. Getting through the day is. Finding the ridiculous helps diminish the storm so I can still dance in the rainfall.


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Video: The Difference Between Traffic Generation & Audience Development Strategies
Editor's Note: The below video is excerpted from the Publishing Executive webinar "How Publishers are Using Content Analytics to Drive Strategy."
There's a reason why many editors use the term "content" reluctantly. "Content" is such a vague term as to be nearly meaningless: it says nothing about the quality, function, objectives, or user experience that are the defining characteristics of any content.
Fortunately, as content analytics become more accessible and better understood by both advertising and editorial interests, our understanding of content engagement is becoming more sophisticated.
In a recent webinar we hosted on how publishers are using content analytics, Atlantic Media's associate director of digital analytics Adam Felder spoke about how the company's content strategy has evolved as a result of reevaluating the importance of pageviews versus time-spent.
Felder admits that for a very long time -- and for valid reason due to advertising spending being driven by impressions -- "we've been frequently myopic when it comes to looking at pageviews."
Instead of looking simply at raw traffic, Atlantic Media is now paying greater attention to the type of audience content attracts, how long readers are sticking around after engaging with that content, and whether they are coming back to the site later on.
As a result of this rethinking, Felder sees traffic generation and audience generation as two very different strategies. "They're actually not the same thing. When you're thinking about audience development, you want not only to get traffic to your site right now, but you want to get people to come back to your site in the future," said Fielder.
"What we've found is the best way to get people to come back and be aware of the fact that they're reading The Atlantic, and aware of The Atlantic as a brand, and sharing with they're friends is to promote what is typically our journalistically most rigorous content. That which we're most proud of, frequently our long form content."
On the other hand, Felder said that traffic generation strategies are driven by a greater volume of content that is often shorter and less-rigorously reported. "The more at bats you have the more likely you'll be able to get people to your site."
Watch the full webinar "How Publishers are Using Content Analytics to Drive Strategy," where you can learn more about Atlantic Media's content strategy, how IEEE Spectrum is using analytics to transition to daily digital content, and content trends from CEO and co-founder of analytics firm Parse.ly.
Denis Wilson was previously content director for Target Marketing, Publishing Executive, and Book Business, as well as the FUSE Media and BRAND United summits. In this role, he analyzed and reported on the fundamental changes affecting the media and marketing industries and aimed to serve content-driven businesses with practical and strategic insight. As a writer, Denis' work has been published by Fast Company, Rolling Stone, Fortune, and The New York Times.


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Great sense of achievement in Mountmellick Further Education Centre on awards presentation night
There was a great sense of achievement in Mountmellick in recent weeks when a large gathering celebrated Further Education awards.
Joe Thompson (Mountmellick Further Education Training Centre Director) and Colin Flaherty (AEO Laois/Offaly ETB) presented the awards at the Mountmellick Further Education & Training Centre Awards Ceremony.
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It's almost that time of the year that gets most riders in North America screaming, "Hallelujah!" Spring is only nine days away, which means (depending on where you live), it's time to wake up your motorcycle from its Winter slumber. The first thing you want to do after removing your motorcycle cover and dusting off your bike, is prep it to get back into road-ready condition. Even if you winterized your motorcycle for off-season storage, you'll want to make sure your bike is properly ready before you take it out for a ride. Here are five motorcycle maintenance tips for Spring.
Fill Up With Fresh Fuel
Gasoline can go stale, and if forgotten about can cause issues with your stored motorcycle. After a few months, the more combustible elements in gasoline will have already started to evaporate. This can cause your bike to run roughly or not at all. High compression engines don't like this, and the old fuel will cause it even bigger problems. Gasoline sitting in your fuel tank can also react with oxygen to create varnish deposits in the system, which can clog your filters. Temperature change can also add condensation to your fuel tank, which can also cause serious problems.
Ideally, you would have either drained the fuel or added a fuel stabilizer to the fuel in your tank when you winterized your bike. If you drained it, peek inside your tank for any rust or muck that could cause you problems in the future. Fill up your tank with some high-octane fuel before starting it up, to make sure the gas running through the system is as fresh as possible.
Battery Maintenance
One of the most common issues with motorcycles hibernating through Winter is the condition of the batteries. When a battery dies, its life gets cut short. Only a few battery drains can cause big problems.
First things first, if you have a battery of voltmeter, check the voltage at the terminals. With the engine turned off, it should be at least 13 volts. You then want to check the connections. If the terminals are corroded, disconnect the cables and start cleaning using a mix of baking soda and water. Brush off the corrosion and rinse the water. Make sure it is completely dry before reconnecting the cables. You can also stop the corrosion from coming back using a terminal protector spray.
For flooded batteries, you will want to check the water level. If its below the full line on the side of the battery, add distilled water until the desired fill level is reached. Do not use tap water because the chemicals and mineral can contaminate the battery. Don't overfill it either, because the liquid will expand during charging, and will make a huge mess.
Now its time to charge the battery. I recommend using a low-amp charger, to keep you from overcharging and drying out the battery. High-amp chargers can damage your battery if you happen to overcharge it. If you hooked up your battery to a charger and nothing happened, it might be too far gone and time for a new one.
Check Your Tires
Checking your tires should be apart of your pre-ride checklist, but its even more important to make sure they are properly inflated and in good condition after your motorcycle's Winter slumber. The air pressure most likely decreased, so you want to bring it back up to specification. Examine them for cracks and rot, and be sure there is plenty of treat remaining on them. If not, now is a good time to replace your tires so you have trusty new rubber for the long riding season ahead.
Please read our guide on How to Choose Motorcycle Tires if you're planning on purchasing a new set.
Oil and Filter
You should've changed your oil when you winterized your motorcycle, but if you didn't, now's a good time to do so. Even if you did change it before Winter, you should do it again to make sure your engine runs smoothly all season. Change your oil filter while you're at it.
Make it Look Pretty
You first ride of the season will make you feel good, so why not look good at the same time? Giving your pride and joy a good scrub and wax will help protect it from things like dirt, rocks and sunlight.
You must remember that with the season change, the weather is very unpredictable. Patches of melting snow and ice can make for slick and hazardous roads, so pay attention to the road and your surroundings. Now that your fuel tank is fresh, your battery is charged and your bike is clean as a whistle, its time to saddle up and go ride.[fbcomments]


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EXL Launch Week day one: introductions, millennials
By Zaina Salem, Grant Morgan, and Dylan Reynolds
March 2, 2016
"The notion that you have to pick between what you love and paying the bills is absurd," said Jeff Hoffman, co-founder of Priceline and founding director of The University of Akron's new EXL Center. A series of events to launch the EXL Center — short for Experiential Learning Center for E...
Around the World party creates unity
By Zaina Salem, Managing Editor
September 23, 2014
Students and staff traveled the globe at the Around the World party in Quaker Square Station. Hosted annually by the Office of International Programs, guests had the opportunity to experience and celebrate different cultures, religions and music represented by UA students, faculty and staff. Upon...
CMT party informs students
March 5, 2013
Alexandra Didato Try slapping your hand for 30 seconds, while spinning around in a circle, all while balancing yourself on your toes. The tingling sensation in your hand, strain in your calves, and lack of control over your balance is exactly what those with Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) experience on a ...
Party like a college student
January 25, 2012
By: Jaclyn Wloszek It's 1 a.m.; life is a whirlwind of colors. You are laughing about something that that bartender said. Your ears are ringing; the song "Levels" by Avicii is playing. People are pressed up against you; normally you are claustrophobic but it doesn't seem to matter much toni...
Shooting south of campus
October 17, 2011
By: Molly Gase Six victims were reportedly injured during a shooting Saturday at a party in the 600 block of Sherman Street south of campus. The shooting happened at an off-campus fraternity party. According to a story by the Plain Dealer, six suspects were arrested early Saturday. The party was held i...