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Sometimes artwork is disappointing and I threw this one away! But I like the idea and the title and one day will get round to using them again.
Haughty cat
Not this time – I walk away, head held high.
National Open Art competition
Wow! I have been shortlisted for NOA 2017. The second round is later but in the meantime there is the World Art Vote. You can vote for my picture from here.
If you would like to see other shortlisted work, go to this page. You can of course vote for several artists… but please do vote for me!
If I have asked you already elsewhere, sorry!
Not waving
I love this gloomy piece which evolved under my eyes. My visual memory was jerked by the beginnings of the hunched up figure and I found the image I recalled in a book about Gauguin (hero!) with a photo of a Peruvian mummy. I have always loved the poem by Stevie Smith – hence the title.
Maybe all the horrifying stories of drownings in the Mediterranean influenced me as well. We can never know all the subconscious themes.
Image 10×8 inches (25.5×20 cm).
Tower of Fools
The things in my imagined landscapes come from patterns and designs that I 'find' as the painting grows. I heard of the Tower of Fools at an exhibition at the Wellcome Foundation a while ago. Image approx. 10×8 inches (25.5×20 cm).
Maggie with daffodil
Picture recently framed for upcoming summer exhibition at a local gallery. Image 8 x 10 inches (20×25 cm).
You've seen silly – this is sillier!
Mixed media on paper, about 8×10 inches.


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Glee: The Music, Volume 4 by Glee CastPosted: December 1, 2011 Filed under: Glee The Music - Volume 4 by Glee Cast | Tags: Ages 13 and up, Album, CD, Music Leave a comment
Bibliographic Information: Glee Cast. (2010). Glee: The Music, Volume 4 (music album). New York, NY: Columbia Records. ASIN: B004BH5U3A. Length: 1:04:55.
Plot/Content Summary: Fans of the wildly popular television program Glee will swoon over the cast's fourth volume, which contains music from a diversity of decades and musical styles. Teens will likely recognize Cee Lo Green's smash hit "Forget You" sun by Glee guest star Gwyneth Paltrow and the cast. Highlights include Glee versions of: Ike & Tina Turners' "River Deep, Mountain High," Bob Marley's hit "One Love," Dirty Dancing's "(I've Had) The Time of My Life," Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream," and Jay-Z's "Empire State of Mind."
Critical Evaluation: The Glee Cast wins again with Glee: The Music, Volume 4, perfectly combining strong energy and exuberance with spectacular vocals and music. The amazing range of the vocals parallels the exciting mix of songs from many genres and time periods. Current chart toppers are interspersed with favorites from decades past to create an eclectic mix that is brought together by the one thing they have in common: the Glee Cast members and their drive for the highest quality of performances. There is something for everyone and the emotional ride ranges from sad to in love to angry to celebratory, and lots in between. Fans of Glee will delight in getting to hear their favorites in the car or on the go, and will keep coming back for more. This album is just plain fun.
Information about the Author/Performers: The Glee Cast who perform in this album are the actors and vocalists who star in the hit TV show of the same name. The main contributors to the album are the actors who play members of the fictional McKinley High School Glee Club: Kevin McHale, Heather Morris, Cory Monteith, Chris Colfer, Amber Riley, Mark Salling, Dianna Agron, Lea Michele, Naya Rivera, Jenna Ushkowitz, Harry Shum, Jr., and Ashley Fink.
Genre/Format: Eclectic Genre Mix, Music CD
Reading/Listening Level & Interest Age: 13 and up
Challenge Issues: The song "Forget You" was originally recorded by Cee Lo Green as "F*** You," and included other profanity as well. In response: Green recorded a cleaned-up version, "Forget You," which is the one the Glee Cast recorded.
Why is this CD included? The album is lively, fun, and very entertaining, and the Glee series is extremely popular among teens. The music from the program is also wildly popular, songs from Volume Four, "Teenage Dream" and "Loser Like Me", "charted in the top ten in the US and Canada; the former is also the only single from the second season to have been certified gold in the US." The album itself "charted in the top ten in Canada and the US" and is one of "the only two albums to have been certified platinum from the season" (Wikipedia, Glee Cast discography)
Glee Cast discography. (2011). Wikipedia. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glee_Cast_discography


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Song Association: Lynyrd Skynyrd – That Smell
Why, you ask: Because when I sold candles I was searching for the PERFECT smelling Creme Brulee…and when I finally found it I said THAT SMELL!!!! LOL
This smells JUST like that perfect smelling Creme Brulee Candle I was searching for years ago.
The taste is a little lighter than I thought it would be…more subtle. It's like this…you have your Rooibos and then you have your flavoring…so…in short, it's a good flavored rooibos but you can still taste the rooibos.
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Tuesday 26th April 2016
Line Up:
James Whitehouse – Guitar and Vocals
Chris Thomason – Drums
I'm interested to hear the story behind how you got together. When did you meet, and what made you decide to start making music together?
I (James) had been in a band for about five years and met Chris when we needed a new drummer. He was in my sister's class at uni and happened to post on Facebook about any bands looking for a drummer so I gave him a shout, he auditioned and got the job! After a few rehearsals I broke the band up… I wanted to do this new thing and I knew I wanted to do it with Chris so I asked him and he said yes!
Was it always the plan to form a duo, and how are you finding the music making process?
Yes, we went into this knowing it would just be two of us. We'd both been in bands with more people and had both found it frustrating trying to organise simple things like rehearsals. So on a practical level it made sense, but we also just really wanted to try it. Musically it's very freeing as well. Having the limitation of it just being the two of us means that we have to keep things pretty simple and it's a fun challenge creatively finding ways to do as much as possible with it.
Who are your inspirations? Do you have someone musically that you look up to, or that you draw your creativity from?
We like all sorts really. Obviously we've studied other two-piece bands to see what their thing is and to see what's out there already. A particular favourite two-piece is Death From Above 1979! Also bands like Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave, Queens of the Stone Age, etc. We basically bonded over our love of big riffs and just wanted to that.
Tell me about your new single "Robot Girl". What's the song about?
"Robot Girl" is about a man who builds himself a woman to love and to love him, but the more he works on her, the more he realises that no matter how much time/effort/love/etc, she'll never love him back because she can't. It just seemed like a cool idea to write about!
Who did you work with to record your music video, and what was your reaction when you saw the finished video?
We directed and edited it ourselves. We went into the process with £0.00 so we came up with an idea for the video that we could do for nothing. Our good friend James Newmarch shot it and hooked up some lights and we did it ourselves. Thanks to 81 Renshaw Street for letting us use the back space and to LIPA for lending us the lights! I'd say my reaction to the finished thing (James) was relief. It's a lot of work making a video… OH, and Proud!
Can we expect an EP or album in the near future?
Yeah! We're looking at possibly doing an EP in September if people want it. We've been sticking to singles up until now because it's good to give people something new every now and then rather than making them wait ages for all of it at once.
I have to ask about the band name and how you came up with it. Your band logo looks to be antlers of some kind. What's the connection here?
Well coming up with a band name is always a challenge. We had a few boxes that we needed it to tick on a practical level, stuff like "can we get the .com URL and Facebook.com/rivalbones". Then we needed something that no other band had so that narrowed it down A LOT! The game became about finding two words that don't usually go together, but make sense next to each other anyway. So we found "Rival Bones" and it worked! We were very nearly "Ghost of Bear". The antlers were just something that I (James) thought complimented how we sound on a visual level. We wanted something that represented the "bones" in the name and antlers were a cool play on that.
You've been playing live dates in and around the Liverpool area, but what's the furthest you've taken you music so far?
The furthest away we've been is Birmingham or Leeds. We've probably played outside Liverpool more than in Liverpool itself.
What about airplay, have you been lucky enough to have your music played out on the radio?
Yeah! Our first single "You Know Who You Are" got a spin on the BBC when it came out. That was super exciting!
What's the ultimate aim for the band, and where do you hope your music will take you?
We just want to reach as many as possible. I think for us at the moment, the goal is to play the big summer festivals like Download and Reading/Leeds. We're not really interested in getting famous or anything, we'd just like to be known for being good at what we do!
Connect with Rival Bones on their Website, Twitter and Facebook.


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Many of us have heard about solar energy and know it's great for the environment, but lots of people don't know the reason. There are lots of advantages of solar energy, but there are also a few bad things which you have to know prior to spending in it.
One of the strongest reasons plenty of individuals invest in solar panels is mainly because they are able to save lots of cash in the long haul. A fantastic benefit of making use of solar panels is you can say bye to those income draining monthly electricity bills. There is a catch, of course, installing solar power panels is not free. Yes, you end up with totally free energy, but your monthly savings, for at least a while, will go towards recovering your substantial up front cost for the solar panels along with the installation.
Your monthly cost savings is apparently crucial to just how long before you really enjoy the 100% free power, therefore, if your monthly bill is big, it's going to take a shorter time than if you have a small electricity bill. You may be fortunate and get assistance with the up front cost from an unexpected origin, because your government may offer motivation for you to set up solar energy panels.
Added to it being a great financial investment, solar energy is as well environmentally friendly – a huge plus these days. Solar energy generation does not involve any burning or emissions, unlike conventional fuel sources, which is why it's called "clean" – the direct advantage being that it is not harmful to the environment and our health. Global warming and acid rain are two major environmental worries, and solar energy doesn't lend itself to these at all. The energy buzz-words, renewable and sustainable, are relevant to solar energy since it will be available to us as long as the sun keeps shining.
The panels, which trap solar energy, are commonly installed on rooftops, where they are unobtrusive and out of immediate sight, which is mostly not true of wind turbines. Naturally, to produce energy in an efficient manner, the panel have to be situated in direct sunlight. The solar panels do not emit any sound or scent, which adds to their ability to combine in a subtle manner with their surrounding.
Still another great thing about solar systems is that once they're set up, you can literally forget about them, because they demand no maintenance. There are issues with solar energy, one of the most essential being they don't have the ability to produce energy at night. In order to have energy at night, you can put in a battery, or other back-up system. This involves additional funds, but the solar energy can charge the batteries so you needn't spend money recharging them.
In conclusion solar energy is certainly worth looking into. Besides the upfront expenses, it costs you nothing, and it's good for the environment. If you're wanting to lower your energy expenses and care about the environment, then solar energy looks to be the answer.
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It's a new show for the Super Fans, and this week one of the Super Fans has a brief run-in with a stage 4 clinger. The clinger scale is based on a 1-5 with 5 being the most dangerous of all clingers. Now I feel I need to define a couple things in the story. So, a clinger is just someone that moves a little too fast in the relationship that it makes the other party, in said relationship, uncomfortable. Also, relationship is not necessarily referring to an intimate relationship. With all that said, one of the Super Fans was able to spot the signs of the clinger, and avoid disaster.
March Madness is here and its time to fill out your brackets! Are you ready for the chaos that will be your bracket this year. The parody in college basketball this year is going to make for an interesting March. We discuss a few matchups that we are interested in watching, and review our Elite 8 down to the Championship.
So, the NFL offseason is actually interesting this year, and we're not even at the draft yet. What are some of the best moves so far, and who is going to be drafted first?
This is our show… Thanks for listening!


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We Are The Generation [collaboration With Kudakwashe Chiwara, Miranda Mabuto &Gaylord Munemo - Poem by donald kuutsi
Hear the trumpets of the wise,
The time is now,
Within our heads are not pieces of flesh,
Within our heads are ideas,
Ideas to give a hand to the need,
Ideas to give life to the lifeless,
Ideas to make our country a better place,
If you can see like l see,
If you can feel like l feel,
If you can care like l care,
Arise and stand with me,
This is the time,
Yourself, myself our country
The hour has come,
Wake up and arise,
The voice of the voiceless,
We are the generation,
Born to make it happen,
Born to make a change,
Together we can bring justice to life,
Eliminating crime,
with one voice, clamoring for peace,
For a change,
Destroying hatred, uniting all nations,
We are the generation,
Born to make a change,
If you are out there shout along with me,
Shout with a vociferous outcry,
Louder than the silent killer,
Louder than the sonic bang,
Shouting for a better change,
Shouting for a better future,
Shout along with me if you are out there,
We are the generation,
Oh hear now the drumming of the excited,
It has arrived,
The time to celebrate our greatness,
Rejoice in your gladness,
Our hard toil recognised,
Our vivid imagination regarded,
Our day as poets,
Our day to be us,
Our day for Poems
Speak forth, these words,
These words that birth these worlds,
These worlds that assume choral obit dancing about the sun,
In cosmic revolutions in an universe of consciousness,
Speak forth these words that birth these celestial bodies that we are,
For we are these worlds that earth these seeds,
These seeds of truth that bore the clarity,
This clarity that lead us not into democratic fallacy,
But shall deliver us from the cramping limits of traditional biasis and prejudices,
So that ours is freedom the influence and the voice forever and ever,
All rights are reserved,
All values are preserved by these words which l the poet shall recite yes,
These words which we, the GENERATION shall speak in due declaration and statement of purpose speak forth such words
Comments about We Are The Generation [collaboration With Kudakwashe Chiwara, Miranda Mabuto &Gaylord Munemo by donald kuutsi
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Very good poems. I enjoyed. thanks.
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Famous Poems
- Still I RiseMaya Angelou
- The Road Not TakenRobert Frost
- If You Forget MePablo Neruda
- DreamsLangston Hughes
- Annabel LeeEdgar Allan Poe
- IfRudyard Kipling
- Stopping By Woods On A Snowy EveningRobert Frost
- Do Not Stand At My Grave And WeepMary Elizabeth Frye
- TelevisionRoald Dahl
- I Do Not Love You Except Because I Love YouPablo Neruda


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An Extended Review by B.J. Marshall
Chapter 1
- And So It Begins (August 7, 2010)
A brief survey of Francis Collins' background and the arguments in this book.
- From Atheism to Belief (August 15, 2010)
Francis Collins can't decide whether he used to be an aggressive, argumentative village atheist or an apathetic, ignorant nonbeliever; also, can altruism be the product of natural selection?
Chapter 2
- A Doubtful Belief (August 23, 2010)
Is doubt a normal and healthy element of faith? Does being presented with evidence take away our free will?
- Ultimate Meaning (August 31, 2010)
Collins argues that life can have no meaning if it comes to an end.
- Joy and Wishful Thinking (September 5, 2010)
Do human beings have a "God-shaped" hole in our hearts? Does desire for something prove that the object of desire exists?
- Rusty Containers (September 12, 2010)
Francis Collins claims in all seriousness that Moses leading the Israelites out of slavery is a concrete example of the good that religion does in this world.
Chapter 3
- Prelude to Cosmology (September 19, 2010)
Is supernatural belief "simpler" than methodological naturalism?
- In the Beginning (October 4, 2010)
Collins gives a good summary of the Big Bang, but disappointingly reverts to "Goddidit" as a glib explanation of what came before.
- Quantum Quote-Mining (October 10, 2010)
Misleading quotes from famous scientists are reproduced to suggest that they all held views similar to Collins'.
- Cosmology and the God Hypothesis (October 17, 2010)
The concept of a "timeless" god is problematic if that same god is also supposed to act within time.
Chapter 4
- A Biologist in His Element (Sort Of) (November 8, 2010)
Collins adeptly refutes some common god-of-the-gaps arguments, but then commits others himself.
- A Shoddy Harmonization (November 15, 2010)
Collins answers some common creationist arguments, but his refutations are much weaker than they could have been.
- On Darwin (December 5, 2010)
About Charles Darwin's religious beliefs, if any, and how they affected the development of his theory.
- Grandeur in Life (December 12, 2010)
Do naturalistic explanations take "divine mystery" out of the world, and is this a good thing?
Chapter 5
- Science Works! (December 19, 2010)
Collins' advocating faith as a means of knowing undercuts his own efforts (and those of others) to cure disease and improve human well-being through the power of reason.
- Size Doesn't Matter (December 31, 2010)
A primer on DNA, the size of the human genome, and the tree of life.
- Micro vs. Macro (January 16, 2011)
Collins attempts to answer common creationist objections, but only accomplishes the task partway.
- Clarke's Goalposts (January 30, 2011)
Any goalposts moved sufficiently far enough away are indistinguishable from no goalposts at all.
Chapter 6
- Intellectual Dishonesty (February 7, 2011)
From Augustine to the modern day, politically adroit Christians have been evading the question of how Genesis is meant to be interpreted.
Chapter 7
- A Flurry of Fallacies (February 13, 2011)
Just because a government promotion of religion has been going on for longer doesn't make it more acceptable; atheist evolutionists.
- Questions for Atheists (February 20, 2011)
Collins wonders why atheism has become so prominent in recent eras, but doesn't squarely address his own question.
- Collins vs. Dawkins (March 4, 2011)
Francis Collins takes on the most famous atheist of all.
- The Irony of Misunderstood Agnosticism (March 13, 2011)
A critical look at Collins' analysis of agnosticism.
Chapter 8
- YEC Is Dumb (March 20, 2011)
Although Collins is opposed to young-earth creationism, he misses several opportunities to decisively refute it and ultimately builds his own argument on the same flawed premises.
Chapter 9
- Intelligent Design (March 27, 2011)
Collins rebuts several specific claims of ID, but doesn't address its philosophical underpinnings.
Chapter 10
- Bridging the Gap Between Science and Faith (April 3, 2011)
Collins promotes his own theistic evolutionary synthesis as "intellectually satisfying", but largely adds nothing to standard scientific models other than "Goddidit".
- Biologos: It's All Greek to Me (April 10, 2011)
Collins contemplates the question of why theistic evolution hasn't caught on more widely.
- Biologos: Epic Fail (April 18, 2011)
An astonishing admission: Biologos, Collins' preferred theistic version of evolution, isn't a scientific theory at all.
Chapter 11
- Truth Seekers (April 30, 2011)
The moral argument and the argument for historicity of Jesus are invoked as the two best reasons to be a theist and a Christian.
Closing Thoughts
- A Final Word (May 8, 2011)
While scientists and religious believers may have some of the same goals, the ways they justify them couldn't be more different.


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PEMBROKE, N.C. -- Freshman Chloe Zoeller recorded four hits in two games on the way to helping the Georgia Southwestern State University softball team to a doubleheader road sweep of UNC Pembroke Friday.
The Lady Canes improved to 18-23 overall and 7-5 in Peach Belt Conference play with the victories while UNC Pembroke fell to 22-14 and 2-8 in conference play this spring.
How It Happened:
Game 1: Georgia Southwestern 6 UNC Pembroke 4
GSW scored all of the runs they needed in the second inning behind starter Madason Messer. Zoeller started the frame with a single and moved to second on a wild pitch before going to third on a Cassidy Burton sacrifice bunt. Ansley Dean followed by reaching first on a fielder's choice sacrifice bunt that scored Zoeller and advanced Graysen Sanders to third after she walked earlier in the inning.
Mikela Barlow drew a walk to load the bases for Hayley Tierce and she came through with a grand slam for her conference leading 14th home run of the season while pushing her RBI total to 45. The Lady Canes added their sixth run when Shannon Gibson singled through the left side to score Lauren Kuerzi who doubled in the previous at bat.
Messer picked up her team-high eighth win of the season after she escaped trouble in the bottom of the seventh, going the complete game while allowing four earned runs on 10 hits with three strikeouts.
Game 2: Georgia Southwestern 6 UNC Pembroke 3
The Braves jumped in front early, scoring a run on two hits in the first inning off GSW starter Shannon Gibson. The Lady Canes evened it up in the third on a Kuerzi RBI single that brought home Barlow. UNCP knocked Gibson out of the game and took a 3-1 lead in the third after a 2-run single off the bat of Tatum Brummitt.
Dean replaced Gibson and put four consecutive scoreless innings on the board in relief, allowing seven hits while striking out two. GSW tied the game in the fifth thanks to another Kuerzi RBI single and a Gibson sacrifice fly that made it 3-3.
The Lady Canes scored the game-winning run and added insurance for Dean in the seventh. Tierce started the inning with a double and came around to give GSW its first lead on a throwing error after Elizabeth Wills put down a sacrifice bunt. An RBI double from Gibson and an RBI sacrifice bunt from pinch-hitter KayLynn Church made it 6-3. Dean gave up two singles in the bottom half, but got Lexie Coxe to groundout and end the game for her third win of the season.
Gibson and Kuerzi both went 2-for-3 at the plate with two RBIs and Zoeller notched her second straight 2-for-4 outing of the day to lead GSW.
Up Next: The Lady Canes four-game PBC road trip concludes Sunday with a doubleheader at Francis Marion. The first game is scheduled to start at 1:00 p.m. with the second game to follow at 3:00.


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Here's a minor challenge and request for you! My teammate (Simon Jensen) and I are working on my master thesis, which consists of the following components:
- We will make a game.
- People will write AI's for the game.
- We will write a reinforcement learnt AI, which trains on the previously mentioned AI's and attempts to beat them.
The AI's are implemented in C#, you will implement a function which you can name anything you want, for example it could be named "MyThinkMethod". This method takes a FeatureVector and returns a PlayerAction. Whatever you do inside this function is up to you, as long as you don't access any other information from Torque3D than what is given in the FeatureVector, and don't try to manipulate the state of Torque3D. We didn't have time to patch up all the security holes there are.
Here's a simple example of an AI that simply moves forward:
using Torque3D; using Torque3D.Engine.Util.Enums; namespace GameAI { public class AIClass { [ConsoleFunction] public static PlayerAction MyThinkMethod(FeatureVector vector) { return PlayerAction.MoveForward; } } }And here is an example which avoids obstacles:
using Torque3D; using Torque3D.Engine.Util.Enums; namespace GameAI { public class AIClass { [ConsoleFunction] public static PlayerAction MyThinkMethod(FeatureVector vector) { if (vector.DistanceToObstacle < 1.5f) return PlayerAction.TurnRight; return PlayerAction.MoveForward; } } }Getting started is simple! Just download the game (Winx64 compiled on Windows 10) here. Open the VS solution in the aiProject folder. It should be able to compile right away, so see if the solution compiles.
The solution is a simple C# solution, with a single class, which references the Torque3D.dll and outputs to the aiLibs folder. All dll's in the aiLibs folder will be probed for static functions with the [ConsoleFunction] attribute, so you can have multiple AI's in different dll's. You will see I left a simple one for you to try and beat
Then simply run the Game.exe file. When the main menu loads, select "SinglePlayer" and "StartLevel" and then you should see the following screen:
Now you can write in the name of the function that the AI should use (there is a bad one for default). For example you could write "MyThinkMethod" or "LukasThink" like so:
Now, you should see the game running which looks like this. The Player 1 is the blue one, Player 2 is green.
Please tell me if anything is unclear and thank you so much if you take a look at this. Feel free to report bugs, errors, stuff that is not properly explained etc. And if you make a cool AI, please post it here so we, and everyone else, can download it and compete against it!
Happy coding!
You control the camera with WASD + E for up and C for down.
Game mechanics!
This is fairly important, I guess.. The game mechanics are as follows:
T3D has the standard 32ms tickrate. Each tick allows both players to take 1 action (i.e. one call to their think function). The players can take the following actions:
- None - Do nothing
- MoveLeft - Strafe left
- MoveRight - Strafe right
- MoveForward - Move forward
- MoveBackward - Move backward
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Summer is in full swing, which means hiring for the season is on the rise. In fact, 38 percent of employers were set to finish their summer hiring by May. While you may have started strong, as the season ramps up, there may be need to look for additional staff. Recent studies indicate that two million Americans quit their jobs every month, making it vital to have a hiring strategy that extends beyond May.
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What kind of employees are you looking for? Part-time, contractors, freelancers, or temporary workers are all reasonable options when it comes to summer hiring, particularly if there is an end date involved. While these workers are all part of the flexible job market, a market that is growing rapidly, you have to understand your target in order to hire them well.
For example, many freelancers have multiple jobs. Temporary workers may have a stricter schedule than others. Part-time workers may be able to start at a moment's notice, while contractors may need something more concrete. It all depends on who you want on your team; the rest will unfold based on the target.
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You may have tried more traditional hiring methods in the past to fill summer jobs. However, in order to seek out the best talent, you should utilize alternative hiring methods. For instance, major job boards typically house full-time positions. If this isn't what you're looking for, you won't have much luck through a job board or through other methods that don't consider a broader spectrum of workers.
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Let's say you anticipate a very successful summer, with ample opportunities for growth once the the season is over. Instead of letting your seasonal workers go, let them know that their summer jobs could turn into something more permanent. This provides an incentive to perform well throughout the temporary position in hopes of staying on board once summer ends.
Conversely, let's say you created a great relationship with your workforce, but don't have the means to take them on after the summer. Helping them to find other work, referencing them to similar opportunities, or just pointing them in the right direction are all ways you can help them past their tenure. You still have a role in their professional future, even if you aren't their boss anymore.
So, when you're looking for employees over the next few months, make sure to optimize your summer hiring strategy by understanding your target, using alternative hiring methods, and by providing growth opportunities. When you do so, the right employees will be steered in your direction.
What do you think? What are some other ways to optimize your hiring strategy?
Lynn Dixon is the co-founder and COO of Hourly.com, an employment network that quickly matches people who are interested in flexible positions with the right opportunities. Connect with Lynn and Hourly on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
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Martial Peak - Chapter 1
Chapter 1 – The servant who sweeps
As new day began, Kai Yang woke up and started to tidy his bed. Taking the broom lying in the corner of the small room, he walked out while at the front door stretching a little. He looked up to see the touch of grey in highlighting dawn sky and closed his eyes, breathing in deeply. He was enjoying this moment of peace, before he had to start his assigned work of sweeping the ground free of the dirt and leaves.
Dressed in black clothes that were simple and clean, the worn black colour seemed to highlighted the youth's loneliness and years of isolation there. His spine was as straight as a javelin with a meticulous expression on his face. Even though he was completing the lowest ranked job, Kai Yang's actions were very well executed. Exerting little force on the broom and with only the rotation of his wrist, the broom moved effortlessly. When his body moved, the dust and trash on the ground seemed to magically accumulate in one place around him, just like they had grown a pair legs.
Kai Yang was the Sky Tower's trial disciple as he had trained for three years, yet only reached the tempered body third stage. Other disciples who had entered at the same time as him, long surpassed this and reached higher stages. Thus, they were all able to enter into the main building, pay their respects and make steps towards their futures. He could only lament about his inadequacy in the outer grounds.
Reaching the tempered body third stage in three years could not be called bad or good, but really, really mediocre.
Helplessly, Kai Yang could only continue to sweep in the outer grounds, working hard to support himself and also in training.
Sky Tower school was a very unique school, as this uniqueness was through the ruthless competition between disciples. In the school, the strong are like kings, while the weak were eliminated. The strong eat the weak;the law of the jungle was actively followed by all.
In other schools you may be able to see friendly rivalries, brotherly bonds and people who worked together to achieve the same goal. But in the here, the only "bonds"were false, so they could use each other and rise in power;stepping over each other's bodies was the only method.
Sky Tower's strict system was well-known throughout the entire Han Dynasty. Although school itself was not that large, the brutal nature of their disciples, made their might second to none! That is because each disciple's skill was like a ferocious tiger and when they walked out, no one in all the rivers and lakes dared to provoke them.
(TLN: All the rivers and lakes is a martial term similar to the heavens and the earth, to convey how their might resounded through the land.)
Though, Sky Tower School had one rule;that was to accept disciples at fourteen year old and for the first three years of their acceptance, it was considered their testing period. In those three years, all of the disciples food, clothing, shelter were provided by the outer grounds, so the disciples only needed to focus on cultivating. But if, in these three years they could breakthrough the tempered body, they would be able to enter the inner court to pay respects to their elders and become their students. Of course you don't necessarily needed a teacher and could you improve on your own, but the difference in learning by yourself and having a teacher was very large. In a way, the Sky Tower rules did have some room for flexibility and freedom.
In those three years if you don't break through, then you are given two choices: leave the school or be demoted to a trial disciple.
Trial disciple is Kai Yang's current status! He is also Sky Tower's shame!
Compared to normal disciples, their treatment was very different. Trial disciples must provide for their food, shelter, clothing, as the outer grounds would no longer waste cultivating resources on these trashes. Once demoted to a trial disciples, you basically could never advance. Unless of course, you manage to increase your cultivation level quickly in a small amount of time. Only then would the school consider promoting you to true disciple.
The entire Sky Tower consists of three thousand disciples, while the experimental disciples? You can count them on your ten fingers! Kai Yang has faith that he can become a true disciple!
For trial disciples who wanted to survive in Sky Tower, this was like dreaming of reaching the heavens. Take Kai Yang for example, his current residence was a hut that he had built himself, one log at a time. He didn't even have the time to fix the holes on his small roof. When it rained, the water also couldn't exit properly and built up in the room. He also buys his own clothes and food;basically he is responsible for all his own needs.
Kai Yang's small hut was in the school's most remote and most uninhabited location.
Generally speaking, when subjected to such horrendous treatment, it was difficult to endure. That was the reason why the school only had a very small number of trial disciples. Most who couldn't meet the requirements chose to leave the school, but Kai Yang stayed.
This was equivalent to been kicked out, how was this is okay?
A few months prior, when he was made a trial disciple, Kai Yang also accepted a sweeping job to provide for himself.
Right now Kai Yang was both an trial disciple and a little sweeping servant;but just by sweeping, it was hard to maintain a living. There were many times when he was cold or hungry, but he had chosen this path. So he didn't play the drums of retreat, because in this this life he had sworn an oath to continue down it. That was what men did.
In Kai Yang there was toughness, it was a even if you slam into the brick wall, don't look back type of toughness! (TLN: Chinese idiom, to continue on with your own decision/idea/plan)
Cleaning the trails, sweeping dust from the space the sky gradually began to light up from the rising sun.
Even though sweeping itself didn't use a lot of energy, but without any food or drink since the morning and constant motion, Kai Yang was covered in sweat. This had nothing to do with strength, it was just his physique was very poor. Two out of three meals he went hungry, Anybody who lived like him, how could their physique be good?
As time went, more and more Sky Tower disciples had started to surround him. These disciples had woke up early, not to cultivate but to gwak at him. They had great interest in Kai Yang, gazing at him with avid gazes, like they were staring at a naked beauty or a sweet fragrance like juicy meat bins wafted out.
Among those Tower disciples gathered around Kai Yang, there was also a tense atmosphere in the air. Looking at each other warily, all held an unfriendly look.
Someone in the crowd softly said: "So many people, it's a bit excessive ah."
It was that moment someone else said: "Do you think anybody can walk this path huh? Nobody wants you to stay."
That statement made the person who spoke embarrassed. Everybody knew why they were gathered here, why they were all looking at Kai Yang, and they all wait for the next moment to come. The deadline was about to arrive, so wasn't leaving now not a pity? If you could grab the rewards, then today would be a harvest.
Kai Yang naturally knew the reason for the commotion next to him, though his expression never changed. They would parade themselves every five days, six times a month. He had already gotten used to it, and it was nothing to make a fuss out of. He also noticed the amount of people in front of him had increased, they probably had not all arrived yet. (TL: Wow, these guys are really bothered to come there six times a month. Don't they have better things to do?)
Although he was being discredited, Kai Yang turned a blind eye to the people next to him and began to sweep.
Following the passage of time, the people around Kai Yang gradually increased, by now there was roughly thirty-forty people present.
Kai Yang suddenly stopped and sat down in the middle of the road and slowly he breathed in the early morning air to restore his own physical stamina.
At that movement, the people gathered around him all went to surround him. A tense atmosphere filled the air, as if the air no longer flowed.
No one looked at each other, but all looked intensely at Kai Yang.
If people were to see this crowd, they would hold the misunderstanding that some expert was in the middle. Or else, how could so many people surround one person like that? In reality, Kai Yang was only a trial disciple with a cultivation at the tempered body third stage. Any of the people present, were stronger than him.
"Kai Yang, no need to bother. Why don't you just obediently lie down on the ground so I can beat you and save some time?" Seeing him like that, they held much disdain.
How much energy can a tempered body third stage restore? You are going to lose anyway, so why linger?
"Hear, Hear. Kai Yang, please think about our fellow disciples feelings too. We're not like you, after this game we need to go practise and cultivate."
This statement was to make Kai Yang quickly submit and let them beat him. The act of restoring his internal energy was similar to disrespecting to them, but he just turned a deaf ear, like Buddha Lao.
Time continued to pass by, suddenly the melodious Tower bells sounded. It reached the ears of all the disciples surrounding Kai Yang and himself, startling the disciples. The bells tolled nine times, and from the east the sun rose. It was a new day! Everyone calmed down their breathing, helplessly looking at Kai Yang as he slowly got up. He took up his broom and glanced at the people encircling him.
"Choose me Senior Yang!" Shouted a person. "I strike lightly and can guarantee you no pain!"
"Rubbish! Choose me, I will be merciful. I will end it in one fist, and I promise not to waste everyone's time."
"Pick me……"
"Pick me……."
It was very clamorous, just like a marketplace where vendors were trying to sell their produce, competing on whose produce was fresher.
"Kai Yang, you can choose your own opponent!" Someone reminded.
Kai Yang chuckled, readily he lifted his broom and threw it to the sky. The dozens of pairs of eyes looked up, full of expectation and waited for the broom to fall whilst praying: "" Time seemed to slow down, the broom turned a few times in the air and fell on the ground with a loud boom, no longer moving.
The broom head pointed into the crowd to a burly teenager. A regretful sound echoed as the rest of the crowd's resentment and resignation came out. But that burly youngster laughed out loud and rushed out: "Fellow disciples, this brother won this battle today, but hope fellow disciples will not blame me."
"Che, lucky bastard!" One jealously said.
"Why couldn't it choose me. I had come every five days, for an entire month! Kai Yang you aren't doing this on purpose are you?"
"Don't mention it, I have already come for a full three months and not once was I chosen!"
"Brother, you are more miserable than me."
"Not miserable, not miserable, watching is also a good, good show." The two brothers looked at each other, smiling secretly in their hearts.
In the courtyard, the others had already dispersed, leaving only Kai Yang and the burly teenager to face each other.
"Trial disciple Kai Yang, tempered body third stage!" Yang Kai introduced to his opponent.
"Ordinary disciple Zhou Ding Jun, tempered body fifth stage!" The burly teenager introduced.
Sky Tower disciples were also ranked. From bottom to top are the trial disciples, ordinary disciples, lower base disciples, elite disciples, and core disciples;the five ranks. Zhou Ding Jun said that he was an ordinary disciple, that means he has yet to pay his respects and doesn't have a mentor. If the breakthrough of the tempered body disciple had a mentor, then their status would be higher than those ordinary lower base disciples. And those elite disciple were selected from the best lower base disciples.
As for the core disciples, they were treated as the pillars for the next generation of Sky Tower School and thus were cultivated accordingly.
The awe-inspiring disciple hierarchy, though it seemed unreasonable it could stimulate the younger generations into a fierce sense of competition, which was the foundation of the brutal Tower regime. This was the main reason why Kai Yang fought countless people, another rule of Sky Tower, the Challenge Rule.


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Posted September 24, 2014
Poor Wood.
Wood showed a lot of mental toughness this season. I think he learned a lot this season. That as a pitcher all you can do is your job and as long as you do you can't let the final results have a positive or negative effect on your performance. It would have been real easy for a young pitcher to pitch as well as he has this season and keep getting losses hung on his record and get frustrated by it. But Woody hasn't done that. It's really encouraging. Reminds me of Tom Glavine in that way.
He's my favorite part of this season.
Currently this offense ranks 3rd worst in the history of the Atlanta Braves for runs per game.
1968 3.15
1988 3.47
2014 3.55
Currently this offense ranks 3rd worst in the history of the Atlanta Braves for runs per game.1968 3.151988 3.472014 3.55
That 1988 team lost 106 games.
1 more loss and a losing season and I hope the door for fg. He needs to go and finally Bj upton. Trade to Yankees for a mid level prospect but they pay the salary. Go after dexter fowler.
Maybe part of the reason Wren is gone is that they had no one in the minors that they could bring up to play CF, basically, there were no options other than to just play him.
There isnt a whole lot of options at any position in the system. We have a few really good looking SPs coming through but not much after that. Peraza is the only Braves prospect ranked among the top 50 in MLB. Kyle Wren looks like a solid player as well.
No options? Is gattis-heyward-justin not an option? With Bethancourt at catcher?
Gattis in the outfield as the full time starter would be disastrous.
How would you describe BJ in the outfield full time? Haha
First extra base hit for Chris Johnson since August 21. Horrible
Posted September 25, 2014
Freddie Freeman leads NL 1st baseman in homeruns and rbis since the start of 2011. I never would have guessed that.
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Top #Braves ERAs since 2000
Jurrjens 2.60 ('09)
Maddux 2.62 ('02)
Wood 2.78 ('14)
Hudson 2.83 ('10)
Vazquez 2.87 ('09)
Teheran 2.89 ('14)
Great work by Wood and Teheran this season.
So thats what happens when you lead after 9
Mark Bowman @mlbbowman 1hTop #Braves ERAs since 2000Jurrjens 2.60 ('09)Maddux 2.62 ('02)Wood 2.78 ('14)Hudson 2.83 ('10)Vazquez 2.87 ('09)Teheran 2.89 ('14)Great work by Wood and Teheran this season.
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We'll have to wait until the number updates tomorrow but at least check Teheran had the 2nd lowest home ERA by a Braves starter since 1960. The lowest of course belongs to none other than Greg Maddux. But Teheran was 2nd on the list when I last saw it and both Maddux and Teheran's ERA's were under 2.
Not Braves-related, but Phil Hughes just finished the season with the highest K/BB ratio of all-time. He had 186 strikeouts compared to just 16 walks in 209 2/3rd innings. That's pretty ridiculous.
and that 1/3 of an inning cost him $500,000.00
DOB said from what he's heard he gets the feeling there will be "significant" roster turnover this winter
I just don't know where you'd do that. Obviously CF would be nice. Rest of the field seems pretty set, although you'd like an everyday second baseman to step up.
But you might have to move Justin to get rid of BJ and not eat too much.
I heard about that on the Dan Patrick Show this morning. Of course they were jabbing at the Yankees for not keeping him. Lol
I just don't know where you'd do that. Obviously CF would be nice. Rest of the field seems pretty set, although you'd like an everyday second baseman to step up.But you might have to move Justin to get rid of BJ and not eat too much.
Probably a lot of the bench guys. Then you have BJ, Santana, Harang if they dont resign him. Chris Johnson could be shopped as well. The extension to CJ was another odd move by Wren and undeserved IMO.
Add in the Gattis rumors.
Posted September 26, 2014
The Chris Johnson extension was such a dumb move.
I said back in January that Joey-T should have been a bench bat this season. But then they traded for Ryan Doumit. #Fail


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"O My America, My New Founde Land"ĀĀexplores the churches, religious art, and artifacts of the Spanish invaders of the Southwest and the Puritans of New Engl∧ the austere esthetic of the Amish, the Quakers, and the Shakers; and the Anglophile culture of Virginia.
"The Republic of Virtue"ĀĀsets forth the ideals of neo-classicism as interpreted in the paintings of Benjamin West, John Singleton Copley, and the Peale family, and in the public architecture of Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Latrobe, and Charles Bulfinch.
"The Wilderness and the West"ĀĀdiscusses the work of landscape painters such as Thomas Cole, Frederick Church, and the Luminists, who viewed the natural world as "the fingerprint of God''s creation,"ĀĀand of those who recorded America''s westward expansion--George Caleb Bingham, Albert Bierstadt, and Frederic Remington--and the accompanying shift in the perception of the Indian, from noble savage to outright demon.
"American Renaissance" describes the opulent era that followed the Civil War, a cultural flowering expressed in the sculpture of Augustus Saint-Gaudens; the paintings of John Singer Sargent, Mary Cassatt, and Childe Hassam; the Newport cottages of the super-rich; and the beaux-arts buildings of Stanford White and his partners.
"The Gritty Cities"ĀĀlooks at the post-Civil War years from another perspective: cast-iron cityscapes, the architecture of Louis Henri Sullivan, and the new realism of Thomas Eakins, Winslow Homer, the trompe-l''oeil painters, and the Ashcan School.
"Early Modernism" introduces the first American avant garde: the painters Arthur Dove, Marsden Hartley, Joseph Stella, Charles Demuth, Charles Sheeler, and Georgia O''Keeffe, and the premier architect of his time, Frank Lloyd Wright.
"Streamlines and Breadlines"ĀĀsurveys the boom years, when skyscrapers and Art Deco were all the rage . . . and the bust years that followed, when painters such as Edward Hopper, Stuart Davis, Thomas Hart Benton, Diego Rivera, and Jacob Lawrence showed Americans "the way we live now."
"The Empire of Signs"ĀĀexamines the American hegemony after World War II, when the Abstract Expressionists (Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Mark Rothko, et al.) ruled the artistic roost, until they were dethroned by Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, the Pop artists, and Andy Warhol, while individualists such as David Smith and Joseph Cornell marched to their own music.
"The Age of Anxiety"ĀĀconsiders recent events: the return of figurative art and the appearance of minimal and conceptual art; the speculative mania of the 1980s, which led to scandalous auction practices and inflated reputations; and the trends and issues of art in the 90s.
Lavishly illustrated and packed with biographies, anecdotes, astute and stimulating critical commentary, and sharp social history, American Visions was originally published in association with a new eight-part PBS television series. Robert Hughes has called it "a love letter to America."ĀĀThis superb volume, which encompasses and enlarges upon the series, is an incomparably entertaining and insightful contemplation of its splendid subject.
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Nor did they want pictures of landscape for its own sake, although peeps of it are
occasionally seen in the background of commissioned portraits. Seventeenth-
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Nor did they want pictures of landscape for its own sake, although peeps of it are
occasionally seen in the background of commissioned portraits. Seventeenth-
century New England was not an environment to which an English artist would ...
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Before long, a line of Irish creditors had formed at his door, and he was forced in
1792 to go back, this time for good, to America. He brought with him his stylistic
signature, an elegant and suave version of the painterly English portrait ...
Before long, a line of Irish creditors had formed at his door, and he was forced in
1792 to go back, this time for good, to America. He brought with him his stylistic
signature, an elegant and suave version of the painterly English portrait ...
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Absolute readies 80s push
Absolute Radio is to launch an experiential and online campaign to push its 80s radio station.
Absolute 80s launches Friday (4 December) and claims in its strapline to be "The UKs only 80s Radio Station".
The marketing push for the station includes sampling at forthcoming London gigs by 80s stars Madness, Simple Minds, Pet Shop Boys and Depeche Mode.
A digital campaign will include search and display advertising on 80s themed websites.
Absolute 80s will target 30-54 year olds and will play pop and rock acts such as Duran Duran and Spandau Ballet.
It will be streamed online and on Sky, Virgin Media and Freesat.
It will also be available on DAB in London in the slot currently held by Absolute Xtreme.
Programming for the latter will move across to the station's newly launched "dabbl" offering, which allows listeners to choose the music played.


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Central Alabama Search and Rescue
Central Alabama SAR was formerly Walker County Rescue which was formed in 1965 as a Civil Defense squad. Over the years the squad began to specialize and in 2005 began Search & Rescue operations including SAR K-9 (Live, cadaver, HRD), a Public Safety Dive Team, and Rope Rescue teams. We also offer Search & Rescue training courses to Law Enforcement, Fire & Rescue, SAR teams, any public safety agency and civilians.
Daphne Search and Rescue
The team responds in an area of approximately 300 square miles of waterways including the northern half of Mobile Bay and the Five Rivers delta system. We also provide land search and rescue services for Daphne, AL. The team has responded to calls from as far as New Orleans, Tuscaloosa and the Florida panhandle. We continue to provide mutual aid responses to any public safety organization that requests us.
HEMSI Search Dog Unit
The HEMSI Search Dog Unit stands ready to assist any person or agency upon request as a public service without compensation.
Huntsville Cave Rescue Unit
We are a professional all-volunteer non-profit organization specializing in cave, cliff, high-angle, urban and rough terrain search and rescue operations. We do NOT self-dispatch, so if you require cave rescue, please contact your local emergency services (typically 911) and be sure to ask that the Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) request our aid. You are welcome to contact us about your situation after you contact emergency services, but bear in mind we are not allowed on scene until our presence is requested by the AHJ.
Huntsville-Madison County Rescue Squad
We are one of the primary rescue agencies in Madison County, Alabama. We currently have one station located in the center of Madison County's largest city, Huntsville. From this station we staff 1 advanced rescue truck with 2 to 3 crew members 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. We also staff a second advanced rescue truck when the primary truck is busy working rescues.
Lower Alabama Search and Rescue
Lower Alabama Search and Rescue (LASAR) Is a State and National recognized all volunteer organization dedicated to help others. Our motto, "Failure is not an option" is something we believe in and let it guide our every mission.
North Alabama Search Dog Association
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We train and certify our K-9's to the highest national standards for search and rescue. We require our members to be nationally certified as Search And Rescue Technicians. We study missing persons behavior, scent theory, crime scene preservation, search management and man tracking to make our team a valuable professional asset on any search. We make ourselves available to law enforcement as well as fire departments . We are also a recognized resource by many emergency Management Agencies along the Gulf Coast to respond to searches and humanitarian relief efforts in the case of a disaster or hurricane. We can and do work with other search and rescue teams where we can provide unique K-9's and/or emotional first aid responders or to supplement their existing team with our search capabilities. All of our services are offered at NO CHARGE.
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So I just found out that Chase has just subtracted another monthly payment from my checking account for a car loan that was paid off two months ago. Apparently, once you set up automatic payments, they are impossible to cancel. Also now the account is dead so I cannot access it and they said they can't cancel payments either. I didn't quite understand when they will give us back our money. I went to my bank and they said it's not possible to block future payments to chase without a stop payment fee.
I did cancel the automatic payments (I don't understand why you need to do that since the account is paid off) when the account was paid off. But that only canceled the April payment and not the May payment, and apparently now they will keep taking our money.
So the lesson is: never, ever, use chase as your bank, including for a loan. In case it is chase that does your auto (or some other) loan, make sure to never give them your account information to set up automatic payment. Perhaps it's easier to just not get a loan with chase.
This follows their earlier nonsense of taking out more than the payoff amount on the last payment and then having to give us back a check for the difference.


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The zombies have been banished and the superheroes returned to their lairs, a week after the 14th annual Phoenix Comicon drew to a close. Amazingly, 78,000 people attended the June 5-8 convention. There were obviously economic benefits for the Phoenix Convention Center, downtown hotels, restaurants and trade show vendors. But Comicon, also, provides long-term benefits by hosting educational workshops for attendees trying to start their own businesses.
Of course, there were workshops on how "cosplay like a pro" or "how to get your zombie on." While Phoenix Comicon is very entertaining, one of its most valuable contributions are the tips provided by successful role models about how to successfully start or grow a business, skills that elude, but are needed by, many creative people. For example, Paul Roman Martinez discussed his success during The Phoenix Comicon Film School's "Screenwriting" workshop.
The "Before You Start Your Kickstarter" panel provided advice on how to finance projects. Scheduled panelists included Charles Sellner, Jason Brubaker, Jon Schnepp and Travis Hanson. Attendees were encouraged to build one's fan base before starting a campaign; run Kickstarter campaigns for 30 days, create exclusives for sponsors; launch campaigns at comic conventions; encourage friends to share on their networks; and learn from others' successful campaigns.
As importantly, were the negative lessons they learned, including overpromising sponsors; not including shipping costs in the budget; not providing comments and updates; and failing to use all social media outlets.
Another business-oriented class was "Creating a Professional Comic from the Ground Up." The real-life challenges and lessons learned from panelists Benjamin Glendenning, Charles Sellner, Eric Schock and Derrick Tipton were invaluable to the attentive attendees. They advised the artists to have the full story arc in mind, target a specific audience (print or digital), learn all aspects of the comic production, use techniques like Kickstarter to finance projects; aim at four-issue mini-series to start; always use contracts; and work with people you like and trust. They also encouraged comic artists to be patient; it took five years to find a publisher for Superman.
"You have to have a business and an artistic side," said Glendenning, creator of Skulljammer. "Take criticism as a positive and learn from it."
In summary, the annual Phoenix Comicon not only showcases current successful professionals and benefits current affiliated businesses; it is also helps develop successful comic-related businesses of the future.


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After graduating from the famed design school Central St Martins in 1995 Stella McCartney burst onto the fashion scene with a revolutionary vision and exquisite eye for detail. While the Stella McCartney label has had much success designing women's ready-to-wear, accessories, eyewear and fragrance it's the lingerie line that women everywhere are rejoicing. Designed for the modern woman, the collection focuses on sexy feminine pieces that come with an almost invisible feeling. Composed of bodysuits, chemises, bras and knickers, sourced from recycled metal hardware and organic cotton, each piece is crafted using cutting edge technology and expertise.
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