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Then at 7:30 p.m. in Mills Hall, the UW Wind Ensemble (below top), conducted by Scott Teeple (below bottom), will perform a FREE concert of works by Jim Territo, William Schuman, Charles Ives, Percy Grainger and Paul Hindemith.
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By Jacob Stockinger
This weekend, the Oakwood Chamber Players — known for highlighting neglected composers and works — perform the last concert of their current season series "Vignettes" with an array of contrasting and generally neglected works from the late 19th to 21st century.
Performances will take place on Saturday night, May 18, at 7 p.m. and on Sunday afternoon, May 19, at 2 p.m. Both concerts will be held at the Oakwood Village Center for Arts and Education, 6209 Mineral Point Road, on Madison's far west side near West Towne Mall.
Tickets can be purchased with cash or personal checks at the door: $25 for general admission, $20 for seniors and $5 for students.
Members of the Oakwood Chamber Players (below) are: Marilyn Chohaney, flute; Nancy Mackenzie, clarinet; Amanda Szyczs, bassoon; Anne Aley, horn; and Maggie Townsend, cello.
They are joined by guest artists: Valree Casey, oboe; Hillary Hempel, violin; Michael Koszewski, percussion; Jason Kutz, piano; and Carrie Backman, conductor.
American composer Michael Gandolfi (below top) collaborated with MIT computer animator Jonathan Bachrach (below bottom) to create a unique musical and visual partnership for his Abridged History of the World in Seven Acts. Six instrumentalists create overlapping textures and rhythmic interplay in response to mesmerizing images.
Four French composers from the late 19th to mid-20th century are featured: The piano, four-hand "Dolly Suite" by Gabriel Fauré (below top) in an arrangement for woodwind quintet and piano; Petite Pièces (Small Pieces) for violin, horn and piano by his student Charles Koechlin (below middle; the sweetly engaging quartet Sérénade (Serenade) by Reynaldo Hahn (below third); and five Pièces en Trio (Trio Pieces) for oboe, clarinet and bassoon by Jacques Ibert (below bottom).
The Piano Trio in One Movement" by British composer Norman O'Neill (below) is full of verve and heart-felt melodies.
The woodwind quintet Piccolo Offerta Musicale" by noted Italian film composer Nino Rota (below), who wrote the scores for many films by Federico Fellini, is a short homage to Johann Sebastian Bach. (You can hear in the YouTube video at the bottom.)
The Oakwood Chamber Players are a group of Madison-area professional musicians who have rehearsed and performed at Oakwood Village for over 30 years. They perform in other groups, including the Madison Symphony Orchestra, the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra and the Willy Street Chamber Players.
For more information, go to www.oakwoodchamberplayers.com or call (608) 230-4316.
The Oakwood Chamber Players are a professional music ensemble supported by Oakwood Lutheran Senior Ministries and the Oakwood Foundation.
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CORRECTION: The concert by Sonata à Quattro TONIGHT at Oakwood Village West is at 7 p.m. — NOT 8 p.m. as mistakenly stated in Tuesday's blog posting.
By Jacob Stockinger
This weekend, two student orchestras will give FREE concerts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Mead Witter School of Music.
On Friday night, April 26, at 8 p.m. in Mills Hall, the UW Symphony Orchestra (below top) under conductor Chad Hutchinson (below bottom), who has won prizes and acclaim for his programming, will give a FREE "gallery tour" concert exploring how visual art is depicted in sound.
The program opens with "Finding Rothko" (2006), by American composer Adam Schoenberg (below).
The musical work depicts four Abstract Expressionist paintings by the Russian-American master Mark Rothko (below top, above his 1956 painting in Orange. You can hear the "Orange" section of the musical work in the YouTube video at the bottom.)
To read the composer's notes, go to: https://adamschoenberg.com/works/finding-rothko/
To find out more about the composer, go to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Schoenberg
The concert concludes with the dramatic, dark and moody "Pictures at an Exhibition" — in the classic orchestration by Maurice Ravel – by Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky (below).
The musical work is a set of vignettes evoking drawings and watercolors by Viktor Hartmann (below top), including the famous ending with "The Great Gate of Kiev" (below bottom).
On Saturday afternoon, April 27, at 2 p.m. in Mills Hall, the All-University Strings (below, in a photo by Jeff Miller for University Communications) – made up of non-music majors – will perform a FREE concert.
All-University Strings is comprised of two non-major string orchestras — named Orchestra One and Orchestra Two – that are open to all interested string players who are not music majors. Director Pedro Oviedo will conduct.
No word on the program, which is unfortunate. The Ear suspects that if the public knew the program, the concert might draw a bigger audience.
Then at 7:30 p.m. in Mills Hall, the UW Wind Ensemble (below top), conducted by Scott Teeple (below bottom), will perform a FREE concert of works by Jim Territo, William Schuman, Charles Ives, Percy Grainger and Paul Hindemith.
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ALERT: If you attend the concert by the Cuarteto Casals tonight at 7:30 p.m. in Shannon Hall of the Wisconsin Union Theater, you night want to read local writer and amateur cellist Paul Baker's interview with the Chicago-born violist who analyzes the interpretation of each piece on the program. Here is a link to Baker's blog "Only Strings" where you can find the interview: https://onlystringswsum.wordpress.com/author/pbaker/
For more information about the group and the concert, go to yesterday's post: https://welltempered.wordpress.com/2019/02/28/classical-music-this-friday-night-the-wisconsin-union-theater-presents-a-world-class-spanish-string-quartet-and-will-also-announce-the-special-programs-for-its-centennial-anniversary-next-season/
By Jacob Stockinger
This coming weekend, the Oakwood Chamber Players (below) continue their season theme of Vignettes with compositions that depict concepts and stories.
The program includes dances from Panama, a string quartet from Russia and interpretation of the natural world woven into a composition by an American composer.
Performances will take place Saturday night, March 2, at 7 p.m. and Sunday afternoon, March 3, at 2 p.m. Both concerts will be held at the Oakwood Center for Arts and Education, 6209 Mineral Point Road, on Madison's far west side not far from West Towne Mall.
Tickets can be purchased with cash or personal checks at the door: $25 for general admission, $20 for seniors, and $5 for students. Visit www.oakwoodchamberplayers.com or call (608) 230-4316 for more information.
Five Novelettes for string quartet by Russian composer Alexander Glazunov (below) showcase the composer's imagination and romantic writing. From the opening elegance in the Spanish style to the spirited Hungarian character in the finale, each of the five contrasting movements is graceful and captivating.
Red Hills Black Birds was composed by American composer Libby Larsen (below) for clarinet, viola and piano after she viewed contrasting paintings of New Mexico by Georgia O'Keeffe. Many of O'Keeffe's works embody a sense of perspective, color and horizon. Larsen's music uses her impressions of O'Keeffe's art as her compositional focus. She reimagines six paintings of the southwest and shapes her composition to concepts of breadth and timelessness.
Dash for flute, clarinet and piano by American composer Jennifer Higdon (below) is a riotous musical chase. The composer chose these three instruments specifically for their capability of velocity. The unrelenting pulse creates a breath-taking technical sprint for the players.
O Albion by British composer Thomas Adès (below) is excerpted from his string quartet Arcadiana. The music has an ethereal quality and mesmerizes with its slow beauty and simplicity. (You can hear "O Albion" in the YouTube video at the bottom.)
Trio for flute, clarinet and bassoon is an upbeat piece written by Canadian composer, bassoonist and jazz pianist Bill Douglas. His writing brings together both classical and jazz influences.
The concert concludes with Danzas de Panama by William Grant Still (below) for string quintet and flute. A noted 20th century African-American composer, Still based this piece on Panamanian folk tunes collected in the 1920s. He used the lushness of the songs and compelling rhythms with great success. He was a talented orchestrator and it is hard to resist the panache and charm of the four movements: Taborita, Mejorana, Punto and Cumbia y Conga.
Oakwood Chamber Players members are Marilyn Chohaney, flute; Nancy Mackenzie, clarinet; Amanda Szyczs, bassoon; and Maggie Townsend, cello. They will be joined by guest artists Elspeth Stalter-Clouse, violin; Ariel Garcia, viola; Brad Townsend, bass; and Satoko Hayami, piano.
This is the fourth of five concerts in the Oakwood Chamber Players' 2018-2019 season series entitled Vignettes. Remaining concerts will take place on May 18 and 19.
The Oakwood Chamber Players are a group of Madison-area professional musicians who have rehearsed and performed at Oakwood Village for over 30 years. They have also played in other local groups, including the Madison Symphony Orchestra and the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, and at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The Oakwood Chamber Players is a professional music ensemble proudly supported by Oakwood Lutheran Senior Ministries and the Oakwood Foundation.
By Jacob Stockinger
This coming weekend, the Madison Symphony Orchestra (MSO, below in a photo by Peter Rodgers), with music director John DeMain conducting, opens its 92nd season with a celebration of the 500th anniversary of the Lutheran Reformation.
The season-opening concert also showcases the Madison Symphony Orchestra as an ensemble with no guest soloist. The MSO's Principal Violist Chris Dozoryst (below) will solo in Hector Berlioz's "Harold in Italy."
Also featured is Leopold Stokowski's famous orchestral arrangement of Johann Sebastian Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, and the 500th anniversary of the Lutheran Reformation will be honored with Felix Mendelssohn's "Reformation" Symphony.
The concerts in Overture Hall of the Overture Center, 201 State Street, are on Friday night, Sept. 15, at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday night, Sept. 16, at 8 p.m., and Sunday afternoon, Sept. 17, at 2:30 p.m.
Ticket information is below.
According to the MSO press release: "The concerts present the music of two composers who shared a deeply spiritual relationship with the Lutheran faith, and passion for music. It is said that Johann Sebastian Bach set faith to music, and Felix Mendelssohn clarified faith for all to hear.
MSO Music Director John DeMain (below, in a photo by Greg Anderson) chose to pair Bach and Mendelssohn specifically for this program.
"Both Bach (below top) and Mendelssohn (below bottom) were devout Lutherans, Mendelssohn having converted from Judaism when he was 12 years old," DeMain says.
"I decided to open the season with Leopold Stokowski's great transcription of Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor for organ, and then give the first performance by the MSO of Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 5, subtitled the Reformation. Indeed, this symphony quotes extensively from one of the greatest Christian hymns of all time — "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God.""
Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor is a transcription for orchestra by Leopold Stokowski (below) and became well-known after its inclusion in Disney's film Fantasia. The piece was originally cut from the theatrical release of the film, but was later added back in a 1946 re-release and included Stokowski directing the orchestra at the beginning of the piece. (You can hear the original version for organ, with an unusual graphic display, in the YouTube video at the bottom.)
Hector Berlioz's "Harold in Italy" is considered an autobiographical vignette recounting the composer's Italian experience. The piece is filled with youthful vitality, tinged with an appealing Romantic sensibility that Berlioz (below) borrowed freely from literature, most specifically Lord Byron's poem "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage." Playing the solo viola part is MSO's Principal Violist Chris Dozoryst.
The 2017–18 season will mark Christopher Dozoryst's 10th season as principal viola with the Madison Symphony Orchestra. In addition to his orchestral duties, Chris also performs with the MSO's HeartStrings Program as violist with the Rhapsodie Quartet. He also performs and records, working locally and regionally in Madison and Chicago. He has performed numerous engagements with well-known musicians including Tony Bennett, Ray Charles, and Smokey Robinson.
Originally commissioned in 1830 for a celebration of the 300th anniversary of the Augsburg Confession, Mendelssohn honors Martin Luther (below) in his Symphony No. 5 "Reformation" by including in the finale the beloved hymn Ein' feste Burg is unser Gott (A Mighty Fortress Is Our God) that Luther had written while the Augsburg Confession was in session. This year marks the 500th anniversary of Luther's Ninety-Five Theses and the establishment of the Lutheran Church.
One hour before each performance, Amy Hartsough (below), acting director of music at Bethel Lutheran Church, will lead a FREE 30-minute Prelude Discussion in Overture Hall to enhance concertgoers' understanding and listening experience.
For more background on the music, please read the Program Notes by MSO trombonist and UW-Whitewater professor Michael Allsen at: http://www.allsenmusic.com/NOTES/1718/1.Sep17.html.
The MSO recommends that concert attendees arrive early for each performance to make sure they have time to pass through Overture Center's security stations, and so they can experience the pre-concert talk (free for all ticket-holders).
Single Tickets are $18-$90 each and are on sale now at https://www.madisonsymphony.org/singletickets, through the Overture Center Box Office at 201 State Street, or by calling the Box Office at (608) 258-4141.
Groups of 15 or more can save 25% by calling the MSO office at (608) 257-3734. For more information, go to: https://www.madisonsymphony.org/groups.
Student rush tickets can be purchased in person on the day of the concert at the Overture Center Box Office at 201 State Street. Students must show a valid student ID and can receive up to two $12 or $18 tickets.
More information is at: https://www.madisonsymphony.org/studentrush
Seniors age 62 and up receive 20% savings on advance and day-of-concert ticket purchases in select areas of the hall.
Discounted seats are subject to availability, and discounts may not be combined.
Major funding for the September concerts is provided by: the Wisconsin State Journal and Madison.com, Rosemarie and Fred Blancke, Capitol Lakes, The Gialamas Company, Inc., Marvin J. Levy, Nancy Mohs, and Peggy and Tom Pyle. Additional funding is provided by: DeWitt Ross & Stevens S.C., Forte Research Systems and Nimblify, the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin, and the federal National Endowment for the Arts.
By Jacob Stockinger
Cellist Parry Karp (below) will perform a FREE recital this Friday night, Feb. 24, at 8 p.m. in Mills Hall.
Karp, who is the longtime cellist of the Pro Arte Quartet, heads the chamber music program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Music.
Karp will be joined by pianist Eli Kalman (below right with Karp), a longtime partner who did his graduate work at the UW-Madison and now teaches at the UW–Oshkosh.
Their program features two well-known works.
Karp will perform his own transcription of the Sonata in A minor for Violin and Piano (1801) by Ludwig van Beethoven. It is the eighth of the 10 violin sonatas by Beethoven that Karp has transcribed, keeping the violin works in their original key on the cello.
The duo will also play the famous Sonata in A Major for Violin and Piano (1886) by Cesar Franck. It was transcribed by Jules Delsart with some adjustments from Karp.
Then comes a rarity: the 24 Preludes for Cello and Piano (1980) by Sulkhan Tsintsadze (1925-1991, below).
Here are some remarks about these works by Karp, who likes to explore neglected composers and repertoire:
"The 24 Preludes (1980) by Sulkhan Tsintsadze are a wonderful find. Tsintsadze was a composer and cellist from Georgia in the USSR, and was very taken by the 24 prelude format.
"The piece goes through all of the major and minor Keys in the same order as the do the preludes for solo piano by Chopin."
"Each Prelude is similar to a short story or vignette, and the emotional range of the entire set is compelling."
Here is more information about the composer:
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Originally released in 2013, the free-to-play, online action-RPG Path of Exile, developed by the New Zealand based Grinding Gear Games, continues to find a bigger and bigger audience. With multiple new expansions a year and having recently arrived on PlayStation 4, it's never been a better time to be a Path of Exile fan or to become one.
To learn what it's like managing the community for a game like Path of Exile, we recently asked Grinding Gear Games Community Director and Producer Bex some questions on what she thinks the key to being an effective community manager is, what impresses her most about the Path of Exile community, and, of course, what kind of characters she likes to play in-game.
Q: How did you come to join Grinding Gear Games, and how long have you worked as Community Director?
I originally joined Grinding Gear Games in March of 2013 as part of the customer support team. I had had some minor experience with game moderation that I thought would never be relevant again until I heard that there was a video game studio starting up in my home suburb and they were hiring. The opportunity sounded too good to be true but I applied anyway!
Throughout my time in customer support I had been building a rapport with the community. In late 2014 the company had grown enough that it required a dedicated Community Manager — co-founder and CEO, Chris, had solely been doing the community management up until that point. Because I was already somewhat known to the community, I was given the opportunity to trial for the position. By February 2015, I was officially the Community Manager. Four years later, we now have four other people on our community team and a dozen translators helping with our work. Last year we updated my title to Community Director and Producer to better represent my range of responsibilities.
Q: Path of Exile continues to grow and evolve, remaining popular years after its original release. What do you think is the secret to the game's success?
Passionate developers, recyclable game assets, frequent expansions and a customer-focused approach. I believe Path of Exile's innate replayability is also a factor. (Being genuinely free-to-play can't hurt either :P)
Q: What has been your favorite league thus far?
It's hard to pick a single one as they've all brought their own unique components. I really enjoyed Breach — the rush of being swarmed by the horde of surrounding monsters followed by a satisfying collection of rewards dropping. There was a lot of instant satisfaction going on with that mechanic. I also really enjoyed Harbinger for similar reasons. Once we fine-tuned the way the Harbingers fought, I found the encounters and currency rewards really enjoyable — particularly the Beachhead end-game map!
Q: What are some of your favorite builds in Path of Exile and why?
It's been a few leagues since I played it on the live servers but I really enjoyed playing as a Gladiator using Blade Flurry and the bleed mechanics. Swift kills followed by blood explosions. What's not to like? Outside of that build I've traditionally focused on bow characters but I'm really looking forward to experimenting with more melee builds after our upcoming combat revamp in our expansion coming in early June.
Q: What kind of games do you play in your free time (besides Path of Exile)?
I find it really hard to justify playing games that aren't Path of Exile. Not only do I really enjoy it but it helps me keep in touch with my work. Having said that I love RPGs and I'm currently enjoying a slow play-through of Breath of the Wild on Switch. Some of my favorite games in the past have been GTA V, Dragon Age: Origins and Tibia. I also really enjoy mindless puzzle games — back in the early 2000's I couldn't find anyone who could beat me at Hexic. This year I've also spent a tonne of time playing Bloons, another Kiwi-made game.
Q: What is your favorite aspect of being involved in the Path of Exile community?
I'm sure it's a cliche, but the people! Dealing with the public can be challenging but mostly it's immensely rewarding. I get to have so much fun with our players in general but especially when we're in the process of hyping an upcoming expansion, that's where the real mischief begins. It's a thrill to be able to tease them with a hint of information and later following up to make sure they have as much of the information they need as possible.
On a more personal level, I've been interacting with a number of our players for many years now. I watch people grow and change and overcome significant events in their lives. It's not unusual to be hearing about their struggles, break ups, triumphs etc. It's a privilege to be able to have this window into people's lives and when I'm really lucky, bring them a little joy.
I also find that dealing with the public is like constantly holding a mirror to your own sense of self. When you spend your days reading a mixture of perspectives, you constantly have the opportunity to evaluate your own thoughts and feelings in the context of that. I have learned a lot about myself and life in general through this process. That feels like an incredible gift.
Q: What do you think is the key to being a good community manager and fostering a healthy game community?
It's difficult to give any hard and fast rules about this as it varies from game to game. For me personally, finding a community and company that you are able to be your authentic self in goes a long way. The average player tends to see through people who are being disingenuous or hollow.
One of the most important aspects of being a good community manager comes from being supported by a good development team. No matter how good you are at community management, it's hard to justify bad or unpopular decisions. The support of a good development team also means that they are open to being transparent about their work and communicating with the players about what's going on. In turn, this also means being receptive to feedback when something isn't working right. I think it would be impossible to be a good community manager if your team was reluctant to work with you on it.
'Fostering a healthy game community' is a relatively subjective term - by what metric do you measure this by? I think the metric that is most important to me is what your community thinks of your game and your company as a whole i.e. what reputation are you creating?
There are many factors in play when keeping a community healthy but, for me, the core of this boils down to communication. Your community should know what to expect from you and your team and they should feel heard by you. A community manager's core function is to manage the flow of information coming into and out of the studio.
Q: What impresses you most about the Path of Exile community?
Their tenacity first and foremost. I'm probably biased but I've seen few gaming communities as dedicated and passionate about a game as our community is about Path of Exile. Beyond that, their ability to gather and share resources. In Path of Exile, knowledge is power — seeing the way the community comes together to share that with each other is a really cool thing.
Path of Exile is available to play for free on PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4. For everything Path of Exile, be sure to check out our Official Wiki.
Cameron Koch
Cameron is a Wichita, Kansas based writer whose love for gaming spans all genres and platforms. On the rare occasion when he is separated from a keyboard or controller, he enjoys fencing and obsessing over the latest and greatest Godzilla film.

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In 1338, Mikołaj Wierzynek funded a cemetery chapel on the site of today's church. In the years 1394-1402 it was, probably from the foundation of queen Jadwiga, enlarged by two bays. The sermon was preached in Polish in the church. In 1536, during the session of the parliament in Kraków, at the request of the deputies and with the consent of the senators, king Zygmunt I ordered the transfer of Polish sermons to the large St. Mary's church, and the German ones to the smaller St. Barbara. This act was a testimony to the awakening of national consciousness and pride of Poles and the effect of the process of Polonization of the German burgher families. In 1583, the church was handed over to the Jesuits. At that time Fr. Piotr Skarga delivered his sermon here. In 1687, the church was rebuilt by a Jesuit architect, Stanisław Solski, who added an apse from the eastern side, raised the interior and made a new barrel vault. After the dissolution of the Jesuit Order in 1773, the building had various owners, until in 1874 the order regained the church.
The church of St. Barbara is a gothic, brick, aisleless building with a later apse from the east. The façade of the church is towerless, with a buttress on the axis and closed by a triangular gable. It is preceded by a cemetery chapel combined with a porch, so-called Ogrójec, erected between 1488 and 1516. The chapel consists of two bays, covered with a rib vault. Richly sculptural decorated, the interior contains an altar made probably by Veit Stoss or his workshop in the fifteenth century. The interior of the church has been baroquesated, but there is, among others, gothic Pietà from the 14th century and late gothic paintings.
Krasnowolski B., Leksykon zabytków architektury Małopolski, Warszawa 2013.
Website swietabarbara.jezuici.pl, Historia kościoła.
Website wikipedia.org, Kościół św. Barbary w Krakowie.


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Identifying the contextual elements of project management within organizations and their impact on project success
In today's global business environment, where organizations continuously strive to respond to an ever increasingly fluid and complex marketplace, organizational change is now the rule rather than the exception. As a result, organizations are embracing strategic initiatives to stay ahead of more nimble competitors. And such initiatives often include using project management as a standard organizational practice. This article examines the contextual aspects influencing organizations--particularly those working in information technology (IT)--to initiate organizational change through project management. It overviews the literature on organizational change, project success, and the universality of project management as well as the literature on the project manager's role and the organizational trends and opportunities in practicing project management.
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Book Soup presents Rhett & Link discussing their new novel, The Lost Causes of Bleak Creek, live on stage!
From the authors of the #1 New York Times bestseller Rhett & Link's Book of Mythicality and creators of Good Mythical Morning, a thrilling and darkly funny novel about two best friends fighting the sinister forces at the heart of their Southern town.
About the Book:
It's 1992 in Bleak Creek, North Carolina--a sleepy little place with all the trappings of an ordinary Southern town: two Baptist churches, friendly smiles coupled with silent judgments, and an unquenchable appetite for pork products. Beneath the town's cheerful façade, however, Bleak Creek teens live in constant fear of being sent to the Whitewood School, a local reformatory with a history of putting unruly youths back on the straight and narrow--a record so impeccable that almost everyone is willing to ignore the mysterious deaths that have occurred there over the past decade. At first, high school freshmen Rex McClendon and Leif Nelson believe what they've been told: that the students' strange demises were all just tragic accidents, the unfortunate consequence of succumbing to vices like Marlboro Lights and Nirvana. But when the shoot for their low-budget horror masterpiece, PolterDog, goes horribly awry--and their best friend, Alicia Boykins, is sent to Whitewood as punishment--Rex and Leif are forced to question everything they know about their unassuming hometown and its cherished school for delinquents. Eager to rescue their friend, Rex and Leif pair up with recent NYU film school graduate Janine Blitstein to begin piecing together the unsettling truth of the school and its mysterious founder, Wayne Whitewood. What they find will leave them battling an evil beyond their wildest imaginations--one that will shake Bleak Creek to its core. (Crown Publishing Group)
About the Authors:
Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal, raised in North Carolina and best friends since the first grade, are a comedy duo known for creating the Internet's most-watched daily talk show, Good Mythical Morning; their award-winning weekly podcast Ear Biscuits; and the instant #1 New York Times bestseller Rhett & Link's Book of Mythicality. They share an office at Mythical Entertainment, the company they cofounded, but live separately with their respective wives, children, and dogs in Los Angeles.
This ticketed event will take place at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre located at 4401 W 8th St, Los Angeles, CA 90005. Doors will open at 5:00pm / Program will start at 6:00pm.
Two ticket options:
VIP Package: $150.00 (+tax and fees) (SOLD OUT)
VIP Package goodies will be handed out at check-in. Make sure to put on your laminate as it is your pass to the VIP section.
VIP Package includes:
• One premium reserved ticket located in the first 4 rows
• Exclusive meet & greet with Rhett & Link following the event.
• Personal photograph with Rhett & Link
• One copy of Rhett & Link's new book, The Lost Causes of Bleak Creek
• One exclusive Rhett & Link tote bag
• Official meet & greet laminate
General admission: $38.00 (+tax and fees)
Tickets will include one entry and one copy of The Lost Causes of Bleak Creek, which will be handed out at Check In. No book signing will follow the event.
If there are any questions please call Book Soup at (310) 659-3110 or visit us at www.booksoup.com
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Samsung Galaxy S6 (Gear VR Compatible Smartphone)
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- Accommodation in family rooms (24 sq m) and 2 persons (13 sq m): 50 zlotys / person.
- Meals – home-cooked meals of the Podlasie cuisine breakfast: PLN 20 / person. lunch and dinner: PLN 30 / person
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Houston startup plans to store wind energy underground
Texans have long stored oil, natural gas and other forms of energy in underground salt caverns, so it's only natural that a Houston startup wants to store wind energy there, too.
The method is in the company's name, Apex-CAES, where CAES stands for compressed air energy storage. The company plans to use electricity at night, when it's cheap, to compress air into an underground cavern. The company then releases the air through turbines to generate electricity when the price is right.
The only thing holding back this 30-year-old technology has been the economics. The difference between the high and low prices in a 24-hour period has not been large enough to generate a reasonable return on the capital investment.
Texas' wholesale electricity market and huge nightly wind resource, though, make compressed air energy storage viable, said Jack Farley, CEO of Apex-CAES. Build enough compressed air energy storage, and Texas would never have to burn coal again, and consumers would enjoy even lower electricity prices, he told me.
"I think you could turn off all fossil-fuel generators in Texas when you wanted to," he said.
Apex-CAES is raising $500 million to build its first facility near Palestine. Located near five existing natural gas storage caverns, the compressed air would spin turbines rated at 317 megawatts, capable of generating 15,000 megawatt-hours of electricity over two days without a recharge. The company, though, would never want to release all the air.
The big opportunity for energy storage companies, whether they use batteries, compressed air or hydroelectric dams, is to keep the electric grid balanced as people turn appliances on and off and while generators ramp up and shut down. Sources of electricity that keep the system smoothed out are called ancillary services, and they earn a premium from grid operators like ERCOT, the nonprofit grid manager that supplies electricity to most of Texas.
ERCOT also pays a premium for responsive reserves, electricity that is immediately available on a moment's notice in case of an emergency. While compressed air energy can't compete with low-priced natural gas or wind in the bulk electricity market, it can compete to offer reliable ancillary services.
Compressed air has both a price and operational advantage over batteries. Salt caverns are cheaper than lithium-ion batteries, and the system can fill the cavern with air while generating electricity. You can't charge and discharge a battery at the same time.
Operators can easily and quickly adjust output to match the needs of the grid - unlike with a natural gas turbine. In many ways, compressed air storage operates like a hydroelectric dam.
"ERCOT uses a regulation product every second of every day. They deploy responsive reserves about eight times per month, every month of the year," Farley said. "We would be there for the grid 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, to balance the system and keep it at 60 hertz."
The secret sauce is Texas' cheap wind power, which during the spring, fall and much of the winter is basically free at night because there is so much of it.
Texas has 19 gigawatts of installed wind turbine capacity and is expected to add another 10 gigawatts by 2020.
The only thing preventing Texas from building more wind, solar and compressed air energy storage is the low price of natural gas.
With prices averaging below $3 for a million BTUs, the electricity business is a tough place to make a profit right now.
Old attitudes are also a problem. Critics of clean energy complain about the intermittence of wind and solar power, and the high cost of lithium-ion batteries. Sure, solar is strongest during the day and wind produces the most at night, but the weather doesn't always cooperate.
The renewable energy sector, though, is maturing, and because tax credits for it are rolling off by 2020, smart people are working to solve those problems.
Farley has identified suitable salt domes and caverns across most of the U.S. Wind and solar companies are building widely dispersed assets so that when weather is bad at one location, it's probably good at another.
Americans are also waking up to the social benefits of converting to renewable energy and storage. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have calculated that shutting down coal plants and replacing them with natural gas has saved tens of thousands of lives. Getting rid of coal altogether would save tens of thousands more.
Apex will need a small amount of natural gas to heat the air it compresses to maximize turbine output. But storage facilities could limit natural gas usage to when demand peaks in the summer and winter while eliminating the need for coal completely.
The power sector is undergoing a revolution, and Americans should embrace and encourage startups like Apex-CAES. Just as innovators found a way to produce natural gas from shale rock and produce huge amounts of oil and natural gas, equally inventive innovators are working to solve the problems around clean energy. They are showing results.


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News Briefs
Cassville library wins Reading Club contest
The Barry-Lawrence Regional Library System ran a contest during the Summer Reading Club to see which branches had the readers of the most books. In a close contest, Cassville won for the larger branches. As a reward, award-winning children's author David Harrison of Springfield, the author of 90 works of poetry, fiction and non-fiction, will speak on Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Cassville Branch Library.
Southwest preschool hosting screenings
The Southwest school district will host preschool screenings for children ages 3-5. Children who are not eligible to attend kindergarten for the 2015-2016 school year should not participate. The screening will be held Aug. 11-12 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the K-2 building. For an appointment, people should call the elementary school at 417-826-5411.
Harrell Family Reunion to be held Aug. 16
The Harrell Family Reunion will be held Aug. 16 at the Fairview Community Center. Attendees should bring food and drinks. Lunch will be at 1 p.m.
SONbeam Preschool hosting Open House
Cassville United Methodist Church's SONbeam Preschool will host an Open House on Monday from 6-7 p.m. The teacher is Megan Cox, and the assistant teacher is Gayle LeCompte. For enrollment in the 2015-2016 school year, people may call 417-847-4714. To enroll, the child must be at least three years old by Aug. 1.
Tax sale set for Aug. 24
The Barry County Collector's Office, headed by Collector Janice Varner, is preparing for the annual Barry County Real Estate Delinquent Tax Sale. Missouri law requires land with three years of delinquent taxes be sold on the fourth Monday in August of each year, falling on Aug. 24 this year. The first publication about the sale was printed in the Cassville Democrat on July 22, and copies are available at the collector's office. The tax sale listing can also be viewed at www.barrycountycollector.com, and will be updated when parcels are paid. Barry County Assessor Sherry Sears will have available for sale two booklets containing parcels that will be offered in the sale. The rural and city booklets will be $20, and the subdivision booklet will also be $20. People may also purchase both for $30. Those interested in purchasing a booklet may call Sears' office at 417-847-4589.
Cassville Community Foundation seeking grant applicants
The Cassville Community Foundation is accepting grant applications for the 2015 funding cycle. All not-for-profit, 501c(3) organizations that serve the Cassville community are encouraged to apply. Applications are available at the Cassville Area Chamber of Commerce and must be submitted by Sept. 1.
Local church hosting Springfield preacher
Oak Ridge Missionary Baptist Church will have Brother Larry Lovvorn of Springfield preaching at 11 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 9. The church is located at 16722 Highway 248, approximately five miles east of Cassville. For additional information, people may call Pastor Larry Henbest at 417-847-2552.


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Our blog is going through a makeover, two busy little bees working hard to make it all happen.
We will have an online shop for the Annie Sloan Paint so you can order it directly .
In the meantime just before the move I had a visit form young Sara, who just purchased a home and wanted to find unique items to put in her new home.
Very organized armed with picutures of the things she wanted. The first on the list a dining room table , although she did not have a picture of this she knew what she wanted, and based on a table that I had in the shop we came up with a table for her.
Saturday we deliver the table and I will show you what else I found for Sara.
A BEAUTIFUL day here the weather perfect no humidity yet.
Rented a truck today to do the final move, and presenting a kitchen desing this evening. A busy, but exciting day
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Have no fear in changing your career
January 6, 2019
Students in Ms. Becker's Honors Geometry and AP Calculus classes are expected to always provide solid justification for their answers. Becker acquired her strong logical reasoning skills through her practice as a lawyer
Now, she uses the skills she acquired while working at a law firm in her classroom.
"In every subject, not just geometry, you have to justify your conclusions; justify why you're solving the problem the way you're solving it," Becker said. "There's a lot of logical reasoning involved which overlaps a lot with what I used to do."
Not knowing what to do with her life after college, Becker decided to go to law school and proceeded to work at a law firm for the next six years.
"I was a lawyer for about six, seven years. I hated it, it wasn't for me," Becker said. "It's not my personality at all."
Becker found herself Googling how to become a high school math teacher because of the dread she felt working at a law firm.
She decided to take a risk and pursue teaching. She went back to school, got her masters in education from DePaul University, and now considers it one of the best decisions she's made.
Students at Lane also view teachers' prior experience as being beneficial to the classroom.
"The more experience and knowledge a teacher has, the capacity for teaching greatly improves," said Michael Kurowski, Div. 968.
Other teachers at Lane have had experiences similar to Becker's.
Before pursuing teaching, Mr. Batt, a chemistry teacher, worked for a pharmaceutical company on the North Shore.
He decided to leave the industry because the company was doing science for money and not research. Batt said he wanted to do science to advance human knowledge of the world.
"It wasn't causing patient issues," Batt said. "I just didn't agree with the processes they were doing. I felt that coming back to academia was where I really wanted to be anyway."
Batt says he enjoys working at Lane and would never go back to working in the industry. Like Becker, Batt takes things he learned from his previous job and employs them in the classroom.
"Some of the things like the write-ups that they're doing, those ideas come from the industry," Batt said.
Batt's students know all about his experience working for the pharmaceutical company. His students enjoy listening to stories about the industry and how science works outside of the classroom.
"He doesn't talk about anything that he doesn't know or hasn't experienced himself, said Elizabeth Palumbo, Div. 961. "He draws a lot of his own education/experience and uses it in order to ensure that we understand the material."
Palumbo had Batt for Chemistry and Biochemistry. She believes she benefits from having Batt as a teacher, as his experience brings new ideas into the classroom.
Mr. Polley went from working as an interior designer and senior salesman for Ralph Lauren Home to working as a world language and social science teacher.
"I didn't like the way I behaved or what was expected of me to do to make money for the company," Polley said. "I decided then and there that I needed a job that would give back to society rather than to an individual."
Polley's previous experiences have given him confidence and creativity, which, Polley believes, are important qualities to possess as a teacher.
Switching jobs or careers is not uncommon. Many Americans switch careers now more than ever, according to The Balance Careers website.
There is a lot of pressure on students to choose the right major: one that will lead them to a successful life. The reality is that most students at the age of 18 don't know what they want to pursue later in life. In fact, almost 80 percent of college students in America tend to switch their major at least once, according to "Borderzine."
Julia Kuron is a senior at Lane with strong school spirit and a considerable academic career. Her most outstanding accomplishments include receiving a...


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The ancient imperial examination is not less difficult than the present civil servant examination, and it must be a national examination. Thousands of troops and horses have tried all kinds of tricks to cross the bridge. Cheating is one of the most common tricks. Sui and Tang Dynasties is the creation and initial stage of the imperial examination, any system is in the initial stage of continuous exploration and improvement. The imperial examination system is no exception. As a result of the imperfection of the system, some examinees have made a crooked idea to find someone to take the place of them.
Because everyone's handwriting is different, it is inevitable that some people will bribe the reviewers to recognize their handwriting in advance, so as to get high marks. Don't think it's hard. In the Tang Dynasty, people's names, places of origin and other information on the test papers are all visible to the examiners. It's not hard to know that the examiners were bribed to cheat. In the Song Dynasty, this method did not work, so a poem praised: "only there is justice in the paste name, Gu Han should ask for it." that is to say, candidates who have nothing to do with the background should really thank the "transcribe paste name" system, just like we now want to thank the college entrance examination.
Entrainment. This is the easiest, you can operate it by yourself. To this day, it is also emerging in an endless stream. In the Ming Dynasty, invigilation was very strict. If you want to strip off your hair, you have to open it for inspection. There are also relevant regulations. For example, clothes can only be worn in single layers, but there are still jackets full of books and classics that are kept in the Palace Museum as cultural relics. Family. This is the examiner who helped cheat. After the paper is collected, transcribe the well written paper or directly open and change the paper for your own relatives.
The greatest cheating in examinations in ancient times: flying pigeons passing on books. In ancient times, the imperial examination should be conducted for several days in the examination hall, and the examinees also need to live in the examination hall for several days, during which they are not allowed to leave the examination hall. Candidates use this to feed and train pigeons at ordinary times. When they arrive at the imperial examination, their families will put pigeons into the examination hall at night. The examinee takes the test question home through pigeon, the teacher at home writes down the answer again, let pigeon take it back to the examination room. It's so amazing that God doesn't know ghosts!
It is said that there is also a kind of micro sculpture, which carves the answers on rice grains and brings them to the examination room. Powerful people usually buy examiners, either with money or with human feelings. As long as they can get credit, they will be able to make a great leap forward. Therefore, cheating in ancient examinations is often forbidden. Of course, the result of being arrested is also very tragic. The lightest thing is that he was expelled from the examination hall and never hired. He will be implicated within three generations. It is said that Xu Xiake in the Ming Dynasty couldn't get credit because his grandfather cheated in the exam. What's more serious is to fight against the board, to rush in, and those who commit crimes will even be killed.


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The Winslow Lady Bulldogs beat the Window Rock Lady Scouts 9-3, March 14. Alicia O'Haco with a hit. Photo/Todd Roth
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The Winslow High School baseball and softball teams have been active and successful recently. Both teams have won most of their recent contests. The girls most recently played in a tournament at Goodyear.
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Eben born as Emmanuel Benjamin on 9 September hails from Nigeria, is a father of one and a protege of Pastor Chris Oyakhilome. The multi-award gospel musician is the founder of his own record label, Hammer House of Rock. The talented gospel singer has paved a successful and righteous pave for himself in the Nigerian gospel music scene.
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"While the Indian Navy has already begun design work, wide-ranging cooperation with the United States has enormous potential," Ashley J. Tellis, a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace suggested. "Such collaboration would increase the Indian Navy's combat power and would resonate throughout the Asian continent to India's strategic advantage," he wrote in a new report.
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It should also support a partnership between the Indian Navy and the US Naval Sea Systems Command, and US private industry to validate the vessel's engineering and production designs as also coordinate on sea trials prior to commissioning the ship.
Washington should also "encourage the conclusion of consulting contracts and memoranda of understanding between Indian shipyards and US industry to assist India in incorporating advanced construction techniques when building its new large-deck carriers," Tellis wrote.
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Thus "the principal objective underlying bilateral cooperation should be to ensure that India's next-generation aircraft carrier-to include its air wing and its capacity for combat operations-will be superior to its Chinese counterparts," Tellis said.
Though cooperation on the fight, move, and integrate functions is likely to be most indispensable and rewarding, joint development should in principle span all the mission areas involved in carrier design, he said.
"Above all else, the Indian Navy should not succumb to the temptation to make collaborative development merely an exercise in procuring technology," Tellis wrote.


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Someone asked me not to do disclaimers so I won't. Despite the current political climate, I will not put a disclaimer for this post.
I am just surprised by the uproar over AIB Roast. It wasn't even that funny and yet all this publicity. I expect the CM of a state which is notorious for driving away 'outsiders' to have a negative opinion about it. I mean, what else is this guy supposed to do? Build infrastructure in Mumbai? Are you fucking kidding me?
But when people of my generation have a problem, there is a BIG problem. As a person of who isn't on twitter I would have put up 1-2 statuses on fb and shut the hell up. But, twitter has this effect. One topic takes over the timeline and that is all one can think about all day. So, I have been raving, ranting, getting pissed off and to make matters worse I had enough troubles with my cab, hotel and flight yesterday to try all my patience. I have decided to write this post and close the issue here. No more ranting, hopefully.
The beauty of the internet is that you can find whatever you want on it. The only condition is that you have to go looking for it. It's not like TV/friends which influence you and push you. You have to make the effort to go to the internet and it is as accessible as you make it out to be. For example, during a week in Chennai in 2006 I had no friends and not much to do after work. So, I spent my evenings looking at porn and shagging. Of course, the bill from the internet was humongous (those days when unlimited downloads were unheard of). Do I do that anymore? No. I mean, I shag. Hell, I think it is imperative for a happy life. But, I don't go looking for porn. I have my favourite clip and I stick to that. I don't go looking for something am not interested in. Makes sense, right?
So, if you are offended by abuses, bad language, sexist jokes… why would you go looking for a group called 'All India Bakchod' on youtube. Why? And the trailer of the roast was quite explicit. As a fan I knew what the content would be like. Chalo, maan liya you didn't know. Didn't Karan Johar warn you in the beginning? So, then why did you watch the entire video? WHY? Why did you waste 1.3 hours on it? And then you get offended and spend more time ranting about this on social media. I don't get it. Are you an imbecile?
People asked me why am I taking it personally. I am 30 yrs of age. I have seen enough in this life to not like people anymore. I don't drool over men or fawn over celebrities. But, am a fan of these stand up comedians and so proud that they are the next generation. They think… they take a stand about issues… they are genuinely decent and nice guys. I like them. I follow them on twitter and know enough to feel like I know them. For example, Aditi Mittal is single… Neeti Palta has a dog… Jeevshu is pro AAP… Rohan Joshi's best gift is a book Shaheen Bhat gifted him… Sahil Shah is in love with his penis. And when the government goes after people I know and like, that's personal.
All of us live in iron towers. We think we are very noble by getting enraged when a child is thrown out of McD and by writing about it on social media. We think we have done enough by airing it on social media. It is so far off from our lives and our reality. But when the politics/bigotry enters my world like this, hell, it's personal. It's so personal if you tell me you voted this party in power am going to fucking abuse you.
It's pretty clear none of these guys have ever watched a live stand up comedy show. I mean, the stuff that is said live will give them a heart attack. And if you are in the front row, you will get picked on like nobody in school has ever have bullied you. Like, there was this guy in dark glasses seated in the front row once. He looked menacing… very menacing. The stand up comedian cracked jokes about his balls all night. You need balls of steel to tolerate that. That's why I never sit in the front row. The whole night will be jokes about my name. The stand up comedian won't even need his other jokes for the night. Once a comedian cribbed about kids. He wasn't cracking jokes, he spent the night just cribbing. Not funny at all. Anyway, my friend's friend who likes kids walked out of the show. I mentioned it to Aditi on twitter once and she said 'As long as he just walked out'. That is what you do… don't like it don't watch it. I can't stand Honey Singh songs, I don't listen to them unless they are on radio and then I have the option to turn off the radio.
I mean, you are stupid if you don't like sexist jokes and you watch Sahil Shah's comedy. That guy puts up pics of how long his penis is on twitter/instagram. They are not pics of his penis, just pics of other things so you can imagine how long it is. Yes, it's ridiculous. But what is more ridiculous is if you go watch him. And yes, he is my favourite stand up comedian. YES- me a feminist, likes his sexist jokes. Because that's not who he is as a person, atleast I hope not. He is just cracking jokes… to make us laugh.
There was one more point. Somebody mentioned – how can Deepika have a problem with TOI on her cleavage pics and then laugh at such jokes in a show. It's like this. If my friends- guys or gals, crack jokes about me- about my boobs/vagina/cleavage/sex anything I don't have a problem.. AT ALL. But if you are not part of this group and even dare comment on any of this, I will make your life miserable or ignore you… which is the same thing. That's the difference. It's called consent. Who I laugh with about myself is my choice.
The AIB roast is not the best thing I have seen… hell, it wasn't even good… thoda chill karo. Use your freedom of choice to decide what you want to be offended by. Don't ruin my day by picking on my heroes.


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