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Freddy's opens in San Marcos
SAN MARCOS, Texas – Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers will make its San Marcos debut on Saturday, Sept. 17, at 310 N. IH 35. The fast-casual restaurant concept is known for its cooked-to-order menu of steakburgers, Vienna Beef hot dogs, and shoestring fries, as well as dessert treats prepared with a choice of chocolate or vanilla frozen custard that is churned fresh several times throughout the day.
"At Freddy's, a steakburger starts with premium, lean ground beef," said James Oberg, franchise owner. "The patties are pressed thin on a flat grill and cooked until the edges are crispy, and the center is juicy and flavorful. Our most popular burger, the Original Double, comes standard with two patties topped with two slices of cheese, mustard, onion slices, and pickle planks."
The 3,251 square-foot franchise restaurant will seat 100 guests with additional seating on the patio. Drive-thru service is also available. Hours of operation are Sunday through Wednesday 10:30 a.m. to midnight and Thursday through Saturday 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
"Frozen custard is denser, richer and creamier than traditional ice cream, due to a churning process that eliminates excess air and ice crystals," said Oberg. "We have more than 30 mix-ins, including candy bites, traditional toppings, and several different fruit and nut options; the combinations are endless."
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I love the look of all the gorgeous blingy adhesive rhinestone and pearl flourishes and accents out there but not the price! There is a limit to how many you get on a sheet and once you've used that favorite big flourish, it's gone, you're just left with the teeny pieces to work with. And of course they typically come in one color per pack, so you're buying lots to get different colors. My desire with "Bring the Bling" was to give you a set that will recreate this look so you have a variety of shapes and swirls to use unlimited times, in any color you want, without adding bulk to your cards! The tiny round "highlight" in the center of each, adds detail, enhances the 3-D effect, and works as a piercing and stitch guide.
So many ways to bling it!! A lot of "busy" bling may not be your style, but a few thoughtfully placed dots on a card are like throwing on a pair of earrings to make you look elegant and pulled together before heading out the door! They complete the look! We will have a BLOG HOP tomorrow with the Gina K Designs team for this set and I can't wait to see all the ways they've used it! :) Until then , I hope this gets your creative juices flowing! I may come back to this post and add pics of the different looks you can achieve using the different techniques for your reference, but until then, here we go!
Ink up any of these images with Versamark and stamp. Leave "as is" for a subtle watermark or add embossing powder and heat for shiny dimension. Powders are available with shiny, sparkly, matte or distressed finishes, try them all! Metallic powders like silver and gold look like brads or nail heads. Clear or colored powders or tinsels with shimmer in them look like clear or colored rhinestones.
Have dimensional bling in any coloring inking up the bling stamps with Versamark then inking on a colored pad and stamping. Add clear powder and heat, your colored ink will show through.
Stamp in Versamark and use the dots as a guide to carefully dot/drop on Crystal Lacquer or Liquid Pearls. The lacquer allows the color of the cardstock to show through, the liquid pearls will be opaque.
Stamp in colored ink and drop Crystal Lacquer over it for shiny, dimensional colored dots.
Stamp in white onto vellum for a dry embossed look.
Stamp in Versamark onto colored paper for a dry embossed look.
Get a jar of Sticky Stuff powder to use with your Versamark and expand the possibilities! Ink up the image with Versamark, pour on the sticky stuff powder and heat like you would when you emboss, you now have sticky dots that you can add flock, glitter, foil leaf, colored sand, etc.
Use the three single big, medium, and little dots in the corners of mats, frames and labels like an accent or brad, or line them up in different orders on your block to go around a curves, add to the end of another flourish in the set to change the shape, etc.
The long die cut swirls, lines and flourishes have a lot of flexibility! Vary the look by curving the image slightly when you put in to on your acrylic block and stamp.
The straight line is perfect to underline or lead to a sentiment or image. It can also be a flower stem or the string to hand an ornament or punch, get creative!
The curvy or scalloped bling looks gorgeous on the flap of an envelope or the edge of a mat on your card front of inside. Tim around the outside edge of the dots with your scissors to enhance those curves for an ornate, blinged border or shaped card edge.
Stack the borders to make more complicated ones, example, the line with scallops below it. Use them to enhance your ribbons: stamp the scallops once and then flip it over and stamp again about a half inch above it. Adhere ribbon in between the scalloped borders.
Stamp them onto solid ribbons to make patterned ones.
Stamp the "S" curves end to and to make a new border, vary the size to change up the look, big, small, big small. You can also create new whimsical border s with just the flowers or hearts, mixing the sizes.
Adding some single bling or tiny flourish at the end of a greeting gives it more flair or can fill out some space around the sentiment within your mat or die cut frame, where you just a need a little "something".
The large flower is open in the middle to add the bling swirls in the middle in a different color or finish. The smaller flower with the roudn petlas also fits inside. You can also add a button or large brad.
Change the look of the large or small flourish by inking up only the parts you want with a marker and stamping. This way you can eliminate the curls, leaves on the sides if you desire.
Use markers to color different dots in the image different colors (direct to stamp) before stamping. Add extra variety by ink up the image in one color and then swiping a slightly darker marker along the very edge or slightly rolling onto a darker pad. This will the outside edges of the bling even more shadowed and dimensional.
After stamping in a colored ink, you can touch up the bling by going over them with gel, glaze or stardust pen. Just put a tiny dot or crescent opposite the highlight, or draw a quick circle around the highlight. You can do the same with the fine point of a colored marker. Enhance stamped colored bling using a Copic Spica or Sakura glitter pen.
Stamp the small and large leaves around the edges of the flourishes or straight or scalloped borders in places that enhance and balance out your layout. Pop up the blingy flower images over it, or adhere Primas, stamped cut out flowers, rolled flowers etc.
The flourishes make a beautiful butterfly, bird, or bug trail and can add whimsy and beauty to any mat or patterned paper. Stamp them onto your mat and layer die cut from over them, with the swirls and flourishes peeking out around the edges.
Clear emboss the flourishes on cardstock or patterned papers and then sponge distressing inks over them for a vintage,weathered look, your dots will magically appear through the ink in reverse!
Stamp the images onto acetate or vellum cardstock and then use the the little highlight in the center of each to pierce through, place a mouse pad or craft pad underneath when doing so. Now you have a piercing template you can reuse again and again, and the best part, it's reversible! Now you can pierce a mirror image of every single swirl and flourish by flipping the piece over, too cool!
You can also stamp onto your paper, piece through and the flip the cardstock over to a pierced look.
Use the piercing for real stitches with embroidery thread or do faux stitching by quickly tracing over the dots with a pen.
Stamp the images onto designer paper to add detail and customize for you theme or to coordinate with your stamped focal point.
Make bold, graphic looking backgrounds by stamping the different images in one to three different colors onto white white or colored cardstock, makes a very fresh, happy background with burst of color in seconds!
Stamp the smaller images like the flowers, leaves and hearts onto colored cardstock or patterned papers and cut outside the dots to make blingy embellishments.
See you tomorrow for our hop and more inspiration!
Melanie thanks for the tip sheet. I ordered it and will try some of the ideas.
Wonderful tip sheet -- I now need to go order this stamp set -- It will add a lot of variety to my cards!
Gotta do this quick I need to order your stamp set...a great big THANK YOU for those creative $ juices flowing. Yippee!! And the tips...well don't they just hit the "nail" on the bling...yep, yep, yep!
I wasn't sure what to do with your bling stamp set. Now I have some great ideas. Will definitely have to order.
Ordered and now the wait...there is just some about YOUR stamp sets that make me want to create. Wow, I am sooo excited about getting this set. The blog post is already saved in YOUR file...then when the stamps come...there I go!
Thank you for the tips...I ordered this stamp set so will be giving tips a workout!!!
Thanx for the great tips. It really makes me want to get this set which I will do soon.You gave me so many ideas. I printed out the tip sheet so I won't forget. You have a great site Melanie,I always enjoy seeing what you post!!
A beautiful card done in an unusual way! Thank you for the "how to".
That's a tip sheet! Thank you, Mel.
Always a learning curve to these skills.
the cards are cute, pretty, and great. I like the new sets.
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India's only volcano on Barren Island active again
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Barren Island erupting on January 23, 2017. Credit: CSIR-NIO
The Barren Island volcano, India's only live volcano, is once again active, scientists working for the National Institute of Oceanography who witnessed the volcanic activity in January said. The Barren Island volcano, located 140 km [about 87 miles] Northeast of Port Blair, dormant for more than 150 years started erupting in 1991 and has since then shown intermittent activity," CSIR-NIO said in a statement on Monday. "The volcano was erupting in small episodes lasting about 5 to 10 minutes. During the daytime only ash clouds were observed. However after sundown, the team observed red lava fountains spewing from the crater into the atmosphere and hot lava flows streaming down the slopes of the volcano." "The volcanic island is uninhabited and the northern part of the island is, as the name suggests, barren and devoid of vegetation," CSIR-NIO said. A 6 km (20 000 feet) high ash plume drifting 120 nautical miles to the southwest was reported last night.
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Today, my local comic book store threw a Halloween party that featured local artists. To appeal to the cosplay community, creators were asked to come and do live demos. I repped the sewing folk by demoing the making of a dino costume… for dogs!
Waymore is happy with his snuggle suit!


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Pat chops dry with paper towels and rub with seasoning. Turn chops in marinade and let stand 15 minutes.
Season chops with steak seasoning.
Grill chops on indoor electric grill preheated to high for 6 to 7 minutes on each side, or pan fry over medium high heat for same time under a loose tin foil tent in a nonstick skillet.
Serve chops with Sun-dried Tomatoes and Potatoes and Orange and Oregano Salad.
Simmer the chopped sun-dried tomatoes and quartered potatoes 10 minutes in just enough water to cover.
During the last 3 minutes of the cooking time on the potatoes, add the broccoli florets. Drain and return plumped tomatoes and cooked potatoes to the warm pan to dry out. Dress tomato-potato combo with parsley, oil, salt, and pepper.
Remove skin and pith from oranges. Slice oranges in 1/4-inch thick disks. Arrange orange slices on a serving plate and sprinkle with the oregano, onions, and dress with the extra-virgin olive oil, red wine vinegar, salt, and pepper. Serve.


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Doctor Joanne Orlando
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Dr Joanne Orlando is a leading expert in the field of children and technology. In particular, her research focuses on the teaching, learning and social effects of children's uses of technology. Joanne examines this focus across all ages (early childhood, primary, high school and young adults) at school, in the home and social spaces.
Joanne has established an outstanding reputation as leader of public debate internationally, and her strength is making complex ideas simple and interesting. As a result, government, key technology and telecommunications organisations, and the media regularly seek her out to provide expert advice and commentary on children and technology.
Publications of Joanne's research and recommendations appear in journals and books internationally. She initiates new ideas and discussions about children and technology through opinion pieces in major newspapers around the globe, and through regular media appearances. Joanne has extensive expertise in media including many years writing and advising on Australia' children's educational television program PlaySchool.
Joanne is currently undertaking two major investigations: one of young children's home uses of technology, and the other of the relationship between vulnerable children's uses of technology and their well-being.
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Orlando, J. (2019), 'WhatsApp for electronic feedback and assessment', Encyclopedia of Education and Information Technologies, Springer 9783030105754.
Orlando, J. (2019), 'Young children's home technology use : responsive qualitative methods for a sensitive topic', The Routledge International Handbook of Learning with Technology in Early Childhood, Routledge 9781138308169.
Power, A., Woodrow, C. and Orlando, J. (2018), 'Ideas of community : assembling new governance in early childhood education', Resisting Educational Inequality: Reframing Policy and Practice in Schools Serving Vulnerable Communities, Routledge 9781138089303.
Orlando, J. (2015), 'Extending understandings of educational technology : teachers' critiques of educational technology as important intellectual capital for researchers', Critical Perspectives on Technology and Education, Palgrave Macmillan 9781137385444.
Orlando, J. (2014), 'The app trap : how children spend thousands online', A Year in the Life of Australia, Future Leaders 9780987480767.
Arthur, L. and Orlando, J. (2014), 'Enhancing student well-being and connectedness : technology as a resource for community building in the project teachers for a fair go ', Contemporary Issues of Equity in Education, Cambridge Scholars 9781443863322.
Orlando, J. and Sawyer, W. (2013), 'A fair go in education ', Exemplary Teachers of Students in Poverty, Routledge 9780415531566.
Arthur, L., Callow, J., Cole, B., Gilbert, S., Hatton, C., Hertzberg, M., Mooney, M., Munns, G., Nanlohy, P., Orlando, J., Pares, L., Power, A., Sawyer, W., Vozzo, L. and Zammit, K. (2013), 'A new Monday morning and beyond', Exemplary Teachers of Students in Poverty, Routledge 9780415531566.
Orlando, J. (2013), 'Engaging teaching practices with ICT in low SES schools', Exemplary Teachers of Students in Poverty, Routledge 9780415531566.
Orlando, J. (2008), 'Online teaching in universities and management: Divided and shaky grounds for change', Changing University Learning and Teaching: Engaging and mobilising Leadership, Quality and Technology, Post Pressed 9781921214387.
Ahmad, M., Mubin, O., Shahid, S. and Orlando, J. (2019), 'Robot's adaptive emotional feedback sustains children's social engagement and promotes their vocabulary learning : a long-term child-robot interaction study', Adaptive Behavior, vol 27, no 4 , pp 243 - 266.
Orlando, J., Hanham, J. and Ullman, J. (2018), 'Exploring intentional use of a technological proxy, Turnitin, to enhance student academic literacy practices', Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, vol 34, no 4 , pp 44 - 56.
Ahmad, M., Mubin, O. and Orlando, J. (2017), 'Adaptive social robot for sustaining social engagement during long-term children-robot interaction', International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, vol 33, no 12 , pp 943 - 962.
Ahmad, M., Mubin, O. and Orlando, J. (2017), 'A systematic review of adaptivity in human-robot interaction', Multimodal Technologies and Interaction, vol 1, no 3 .
Orlando, J. and Attard, C. (2016), 'Digital natives come of age : the reality of today's early career teachers using mobile devices to teach mathematics', Mathematics Education Research Journal, vol 28, no 1 , pp 107 - 121.
Callow, J. and Orlando, J. (2015), 'Enabling exemplary teaching : a framework of student engagement for students from low socio-economic backgrounds with implications for technology and literacy practices', Pedagogies, vol 10, no 4 , pp 349 - 371.
Hanham, J., Ullman, J., Orlando, J. and McCormick, J. (2014), 'Intentional learning with technological proxies : goal orientations and efficacy beliefs', Australian Journal of Education, vol 58, no 1 , pp 36 - 49.
Orlando, J. (2014), 'Veteran teachers and technology : change fatigue and knowledge insecurity influence practice', Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, vol 20, no 4 , pp 427 - 439.
Orlando, J. and Gard, M. (2014), 'Playing and (not?) understanding the game : ECRs and university support', International Journal for Researcher Development, vol 5, no 1 , pp 2 - 15.
Orlando, J. (2014), 'Teachers' changing practices with information and communication technologies : an up-close, longitudinal analysis', Research in Learning Technology., vol 22 .
Orlando, J. (2014), 'Educational technology : a presupposition of equality?', Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, vol 42, no 4 , pp 347 - 362.
Orlando, J. and Harreveld, B. (2014), 'Democracy, critique, and the presupposition of knowledge : teachers as capable, resourceful theorists', Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, vol 42, no 4 , pp 321 - 323.
Orlando, J. (2013), 'ICT-mediated practice and constructivist practices : is this still the best plan for teachers' uses of ICT?', Technology, Pedagogy, and Education, vol 22, no 2 , pp 231 - 246.
Orlando, J. (2011), 'ICT, constructivist teaching and 21st century learning', Curriculum and Leadership Journal, vol 9, no 11 .
Orlando, J. (2009), 'Understanding changes in teachers' ICT practices: a longitudinal perspective', Journal of Technology, Pedagogy and Education, vol 18, no 1 , pp 33 - 44.
Orlando, J. (2007), 'Computer-based learning in a primary school : differences between the early and later years of primary schooling', Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, vol 35, no 1 , pp 89 - 103.
Ahmad, M., Mubin, O., Shahid, S. and Orlando, J. (2017), 'Emotion and memory model for a robotic tutor in a learning environment', ISCA Workshop on Speech and Language Technology in Education, Stockholm, Sweden.
Ahmad, M., Mubin, O. and Orlando, J. (2016), 'Understanding behaviours and roles for social and adaptive robots in education : teacher's perspective', International Conference on Human Agent Interaction, Singapore.
Ahmad, M., Mubin, O. and Orlando, J. (2016), 'Children views' on social robot's adaptations in education', Australasian Computer Human Interaction Conference, Launceston, Tas..
Ahmad, M., Mubin, O. and Orlando, J. (2016), 'Effect of different adaptations by a robot on children's long-term engagement : an exploratory study', International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology, Osaka, Japan.
Attard, C. and Orlando, J. (2014), 'Early career teachers, mathematics and technology : device conflict and emerging mathematical knowledge', Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia. Conference, Sydney, N.S.W..
Orlando, J. (2012), 'Teachers' changing practices with information and communication technologies (ICT) : an up-close, longitudinal analysis', Learning with New Media Conference, Glen Waverley, Vic..
Reyna Zeballos, J., Orlando, J. and Morgan, G. (2010), 'Developing a digital media teaching repository : technical considerations', World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education, Orlando, Fla..
2017, 'Evaluation of Early Childhood Schools and the Koori Preschool Program', Report
2016, 'Evaluation of the Mobile Youth Van Claymore Project in NSW: Project Report', Report
Fair Go Research Project: Fair Go is funded by the Australian Research Council in collaboration with DET (NSW) and UWS. In this project extensive case studies were undertaken of 30 "exemplary" teachers of students in poverty. Joanne's focus is the ways exemplary teachers in poverty use technology in their teaching.
The e.ffects Project: An ARC funded collaborative research project undertaken by University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) and NSW Department of Education and Training (DET) that focuses on student learning in schools and classes where Computer Based Learning (CBL) is used. The objective of the study was to identify factors within primary and secondary schools that contribute to integration strategies with positive benefits for students.Collaborators: Professors Lyn Yates and Shirley Alexander, Dr Debra Hayes (UTS)
Net Gain: This project was funded by the NSW DET, Curriculum Support Directorate. It focused on the integration of computer based learning in NSW government schools. Collaborators: Dr Debra Hayes, Dr Sandy Schuck & Gilda Segal (UTS)
Evaluation of the M.Y. Van Claymore Project in NSW
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Early Childhood Schools and Koori Preschools Program Review
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Reconciliatory Education Reform Issues: The Case of Cyprus
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Science Education & E-Learning in Girls' Secondary Schools in Saudi Arabia
Investigating the Lived Experiences of Career-change Teachers in their First Year of Teaching
Attitudes of Students and Teachers Toward Computer-Assisted Language Learning in EFL Context at Saudi Educational Institutions
Science Education and E-Learning in Girls Secondary Schools in Saudi Arabia
What Key Factors Accelerate the Implementation of Transformational ICT Pedagogy by Teachers in the Primary Classroom
Teaching English Vocabulary via Video Games
Visual Pedagogy in the New Digital Era: Analyze the Role of the New Media in Language Teaching Practice and in Cross-Cultural Study
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Reading Respect in Australian Schooling
A Chinese Beginning Teacher's Professional Identity Transformation: An Auto-Ethnographic Study
Southern Asian Languages
A 'Self-Study' of a Chinese Teacher-Researcher's practice of transnational knowledge exchange: Stimulating Students' Mandarin Learning in Australia
The Degree of Secondary School Principals in Jeddah Educational District Employment of Information in Technology in their Administrative Tasks
A Path to Professional Knowledge and Identity Building: Self Study of a Native Chinese Language Two Teacher in Western Sydney Schools
Connecting Australian Students' Prior Knowledge with their Second Language Learning: A Beginning Mandarin Teacher's Exploration of Strategies through Language Transfer.
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Investigating the Lived Experiences of Career Change Teachers within New South wales Department of Education High Schools.
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Escambia Co. Sheriff, Northwest Florida PBA call for judge to halt release of attempted murder suspect
by: Christopher Lugo, Cody Long
ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. (WKRG) — The Escambia County Sheriff and the Northwest Florida Chapter of Police Benevolent Association are calling for Judge Coleman Robinson to halt the release of a man who allegedly attempted to shoot and kill deputies in 2019.
ECSO said they received a call of a suicide threat in the 400 block of Limerick Lane around 1:37 Wednesday afternoon, on Dec. 11, 2019. The sheriff's office said Daniel Hux, 41, called for help, complaining of domestic issues with his spouse. He then said he needed an ambulance for the hospital.
Man wearing body armor attempts to pull gun on deputy, says Mobile Co. Sheriff's Office
Deputies said once they got on the scene, they found Hux on the carport where he opened fire on deputies. One of the deputies was hit by the gunfire and taken to a local hospital.
In a letter to Robinson, Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons said Hux has entered a plea that could potentially allow him to escape responsibility for his "dangerous and egregious actions," and secure his release back into the community with few, if any, restrictions that would ensure he no longer poses a danger.
"Hux placed a call to 911, effectively luring law enforcement and first responders into an ambush and attempted to kill two of my deputies," Simmons wrote in the letter. "He called 911 stating someone had kidnapped his son and told ECSO dispatch he needed medical assistance. He also advised dispatch he was not feeling violent and did not have any weapons. This was obviously not true. While one deputy was knocking on his front door, another walked over to the carport area where he saw Hux with a firearm. Hux, upon seeing the deputy, opened fire, hitting the deputy multiple times. I am alarmed and gravely concerned for the safety of the citizens of Escambia County and for the safety of all law enforcement and first responders that may be called upon again to respond to his residence."
Simmons said it is hard for him to believe that they currently face the possibility, "that this attempted murderer could be released into our community."
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"I am sympathetic to mental illness, but that does not, in my opinion, relieve him of responsibility and his release will not make our community a safer one," Simmons wrote. "I implore the court to use every available resource to ensure Hux is confined to either a secure detention facility, or a long-term mental health treatment center to ensure the safety of our community. I can't imagine anyone would believe that his release, in any capacity, is a good idea if they themselves were the ones tasked with responding to an accident involving Hux."
Northwest Florida PBA president Chase Horne said the number one priority of any Justice deliberating on whether to release a defendant back into the community is to take into consideration the threat that that defendant poses to society and to ensure justice is served.
"It has come to our attention that a hearing will be held tomorrow morning to consider the potential release of Daniel Hux, who brazenly lured two of our deputies to respond to a 911 call placed by Hux, who pretended to need medical assistance," Horne said. "Upon arriving at Hux's residence, our deputies soon found themselves in an ambush, with one of our deputies sustaining multiple gunshot wounds. While it is a miracle that our deputy survived, it would be an absolute travesty of justice to allow his attempted murderer to return back to the community."
Horne said Hux poses a "clear and present danger" to the entire community.
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"This cold-blooded attempted murderer poses a clear and present danger to our entire county and to the men and women who serve and protect our county," Horne said. "Our deputies should not have to arrive with a SWAT team the next time a 911 call is placed from the defendant's residence. For these reasons, I am calling on all first responders, members of the public, who support the men and women of law enforcement, as well as the safety of our community, to pack the Escambia County Courthouse tomorrow at 8:30 a.m., to show their support for our deputies and to ensure justice is served."
Former Assistant State Attorney Greg Marcille said in 2019 his office would seek the maximum penalty when it comes to the case of Hux.
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Planning is important. The Bible tells us that before we start building something, we would certainly want to count the cost (Luke 14:28). Even so, planning is not everything. If you can only think up great ideas, but can never see them to completion, what good comes from the ideas?
In Proverbs, we read that good planning and hard work lead to prosperity. This means before we set out to do something, we should plan it out and use good discernment. When we have our game plan in place, then we should work hard to see it through. If we live this out, we will be prosperous.
Today, consider how you can be a better planner or how you can best follow through. Ask God to reveal any shortcuts you are attempting to take in life. Thank God for the opportunities He has provided to plan and work to glorify Him in everything.


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John Clement (born in Yorkshire about 1500; died 1 July 1572, in the Blocstrate, St. John's parish, Mechlin, Duchy of Brabant) was an English Roman Catholic physician and humanist. He was tutor to Thomas More's children, and became President of the College of Physicians.

Life
He was educated at St. Paul's School and Oxford. Thomas More admitted Clement as one of his household to help in the education of his children and to assist him in linguistic studies.

In 1519 we find Clement at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, when Cardinal Wolsey constituted him the Rhetoric Reader in the university; later he became professor of Greek there. About 1526 he married the daughter of a Norfolk gentleman, Margaret Giggs, who lived and studied with More's family; she had been adopted by More.

Applying himself to the study of medicine, he was admitted a Fellow of the College of Physicians (1 February 1528), and was chosen by Henry VIII to attend Wolsey when the latter was dangerously ill at Esher (1529).  He was consiliarius of the college from 1529 to 1531, in 1547, and again from 1556 to 1558.  He held the office of president in 1544, and that of censor in 1555.

After the accession of Edward VI of England he retired to Louvain to escape persecution for his Catholicism; he was exempted from the general pardon granted by Edward. He returned to England in Mary Tudor's reign and practised his profession in Essex, but fled abroad again when Elizabeth I came to the throne.

Mechlin was his last place of exile. He lies buried in the cathedral church of St. Rumbold in that city.

Works
He wrote: "Epigrammatum et aliorum carminum liber"; and also translated from Greek into Latin:
 (1) "The Epistles of St. Gregory Nazianzen";
 (2) "The Homilies of Nicephorus Callistus concerning the Greek Saints";
 (3) "The Epistles of Pope Celestine I to Cyril, Bishop of Alexandria".

Notes

References

Attribution
 The entry cites:
Charles Dodd, Church History (Brussels, 1737–1742), I, 202;
John Pits, De Angliae Scriptoribus (Paris, 1619), 767;
Anthony à Wood, Athenae Oxonienses, ed. Bliss (London, 1813–1820), I, 401;
Robinson, Registers of St. Paul's School (London, s. d.), 19;
Munk, College of Physicians (London, 1878), I, 26.

External links
Biography at the Royal College of Physicians
John Clement and Marshfoot House (PDF)
John Clement and his books

1500s births
1572 deaths
English Renaissance humanists
16th-century English medical doctors
English Roman Catholics
Medical doctors from Yorkshire
16th-century Roman Catholics
People educated at St Paul's School, London
Presidents of the Royal College of Physicians
Greek–Latin translators

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May Ingeborg Nilsson (verheiratete Lafforgue; * 5. Mai 1921 in Åre; † 7. November 2009 in Albertville, Frankreich) war eine schwedische Skirennläuferin. Sie gewann bei den Weltmeisterschaften 1939 in Zakopane die Bronzemedaille im Slalom und gilt in Schweden als Pionierin des alpinen Skisports. Ihre Töchter Britt und Ingrid Lafforgue waren ebenfalls Skirennläuferinnen.

Biografie
May Nilsson besuchte 1936 die Skischule in ihrem Wohnort Storlien, wo ihr Talent vom Trainer Sigge Bergman entdeckt wurde. Bergman vermittelte die junge Nilsson an den berühmten Arlberger Skilehrer Hannes Schneider, der ihr dabei half, ihren Schwung zu perfektionieren. Ihr Fahrstil wurde als "weich, schön und exzellente Technik" beschrieben.

1938 reiste die Nachwuchsläuferin mit einer schwedischen Delegation zu den Skirennen am Galdhøpiggen. Die Erfolge im Slalom bedeuteten den internationalen Durchbruch des schwedischen Alpinsports. Nilsson selbst gewann in jener Saison drei Medaillen bei den österreichischen Meisterschaften, nämlich Silber im Slalom sowie Bronze in Abfahrt und Kombination. Ihren größten Karriereerfolg feierte die Schwedin 1939 bei der Weltmeisterschaft in Zakopane. Im Slalom gewann sie mit 19,5 Sekunden Rückstand auf Siegerin Christl Cranz die Bronzemedaille und sorgte damit für die erste schwedische Medaille bei alpinen Skiweltmeisterschaften. In der Kombination verpasste sie als Vierte einen weiteren Medaillengewinn nur knapp. 1940 gewann sie bei den "Ersatzweltmeisterschaften" im norwegischen Rjukan sowohl Abfahrt als auch Slalom.

1941 war May Nilsson als einzige Frau Teil des 23-köpfigen schwedischen Aufgebots bei den umstrittenen Weltmeisterschaften in Cortina d'Ampezzo. Nachdem sie in der Abfahrt Rang acht belegt hatte, endete der Slalom für die Mitfavoritin mit einer Disqualifikation. Die Ergebnisse wurden später annulliert. Während Nilsson in den 40er-Jahren zahlreiche Staatsmeistertitel gewann, arbeitete sie als Hostess im Skiort Riksgränsen. Bei den Olympischen Winterspielen 1948 in St. Moritz war sie sportartenübergreifend wiederum die einzige Schwedin und schaffte als bestes Ergebnis einen zehnten Platz in ihrer Paradedisziplin.

Ihr jüngerer Bruder Åke Nilsson (1927–1991) war ebenfalls Skirennläufer und nahm dreimal an Olympischen Winterspielen teil. Mit ihrem Ehemann Maurice Lafforgue, zweifachem Silbermedaillengewinner der Weltmeisterschaften 1937, bekam sie im November 1948 Zwillingstöchter. Die Schwestern Brigitte "Britt" und Ingrid waren ihrerseits sehr erfolgreiche Skirennläuferinnen und gehörten Anfang der 1970er-Jahre zur absoluten Weltspitze in den Disziplinen Slalom und Riesenslalom.

May Nilsson starb 2009 im Alter von 88 Jahren in Albertville.

Erfolge

Olympische Spiele
 St. Moritz 1948: 10. Slalom, 15. Kombination, 18. Abfahrt

Weltmeisterschaften
 Zakopane 1939: 3. Slalom, 4. Kombination
 Cortina d'Ampezzo 1941: 8. Abfahrt (annulliert)
 St. Moritz 1948 : 10. Slalom, 15. Kombination, 18. Abfahrt

Weitere Erfolge (Auswahl)
 8 schwedische Meistertitel (Slalom 1939–1941, 1943, 1945–1948)
 Sieg bei den französischen Meisterschaften im Slalom 1956
 1. Platz SDS-Slalom, Riesenslalom und Kombination 1947
 2. Platz SDS-Slalom 1948
 3. Platz SDS-Riesenslalom und Kombination 1948

Weblinks
 May Nilsson auf der Website des Schwedischen Olympischen Komitees

Einzelnachweise

Alpiner Skirennläufer (Schweden)
Schwedischer Meister (Ski Alpin)
Sportler (Gemeinde Åre)
Olympiateilnehmer (Schweden)
Teilnehmer der Olympischen Winterspiele 1948
Schwede
Geboren 1921
Gestorben 2009
Frau


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Episode 241 – Jose Zavala
January 1, 2020 by Sam
Jose is an Accountant & Hunter
Jose Zavala talks about his passion for hunting and how it has given him the skills of being patient and taking a step back to breathe in stressful and fast-paced moments in the office! He also discusses how the idea of dressing for success does not always have to be a suit and tie!
• Getting into hunting
• Hunting and bonding with family
• Skills acquired from hunting that he applies in the office
• Closing deals with clients on hunting trips
• Dressing casual with clients
• If someone tells you it's dumb, they're dumb
Jose's Pictures
Jose, his brother and his dad a couple of years ago during opening day.
Smoking meats with the smoke coming out.
Jose doing his podcast with some friends.
Jose and his dad during the World Cup in 2014.
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Happy New Year and welcome to Episode 241 of What's Your "And"? This is John Garrett. Each Wednesday, I interview a professional who, just like me, is known for a hobby or a passion or an interest outside of work. To put it another way, it's encouraging people to find their "And." Those things that are above and beyond their technical skills, the things that actually differentiate them when they're in the office.
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Please don't forget to subscribe on the podcast so you don't miss any of the future episodes because I love sharing such interesting stories each and every week. This week is no different with my guest, Jose Zavala. He's a principal at ZTX Advisors in Houston, Texas. Now, he's with me here today. Jose, thanks so much for taking time to be with me on What's Your "And"?
Jose: No, of course, John. Thank you for having me, man. I've been a big fan of your podcast. I love what you're doing. We're more than just number crunchers.
John: Appreciate it, man. Thank you so much. Yeah, but you know the drill right out of the gate, 17 rapid fire questions. Get to know Jose on another level here. Let's do it. Now, everyone listening that knows Jose will be like, I had no idea. Yeah, favorite color?
Jose: Blue.
John: Nice, okay. How about a least favorite color?
Jose: Green.
John: Interesting. All right. When you fly, window seat or aisle seat?
Jose: Aisle all day.
John: I'm the same. How about do you have a favorite actor or actress?
Jose: Actor, I would say it's going to be probably Will Ferrell.
John: Oh, there you go. How about more pens or pencils?
Jose: Oh, pens.
John: There you go. No mistakes. I like that. That's confidence. How about puzzles? Sudoku or crossword?
Jose: Sudoku.
John: Sudoku's exactly how I do my tax return.
Jose: I've never thought about it like that. John. I'm just letting you know.
John: Well, if you go to jail, it wasn't my idea. Would you say you're more of an early bird or a night owl?
Jose: Night owl.
John: Night owl. Okay, all right. How about more chocolate or vanilla?
Jose: Chocolate.
John: All right. Since you're an accountant, I have to ask, favorite number?
Jose: Thirteen.
John: Oh, is there a reason?
Jose: It's my birthday.
John: There you go. All right. How about prefer more hot or cold?
Jose: Hot.
John: Yeah. That's easy in Houston for sure. I don't even think you have a choice. Even right now, it's probably over a hundred on January 1st, like who knows?
Jose: I'll tell you this. We spent probably the last six Christmases in shorts and tank tops. That'll tell you something.
John: Oh, wow. I think everyone listening just wants to punch you right now. For financials, balance sheet or income statement?
Jose: Balance sheet.
John: Okay, all right. How about a favorite sports team? Any sport.
Jose: The US Men's National Soccer Team although they've really made me upset lately but I'm a huge soccer fan.
John: Yeah. When they're good, it's fun. That's for sure.
Jose: I'm a diehard fan. I've gotten in trouble for cancelling plans with family and friends because their game is on. During the World Cup, don't even think about even calling me, don't bother.
John: That works, man. That works. That's awesome. Awesome. How about would you say more suit and tie or jeans and a t-shirt?
Jose: Oh, jeans and a t-shirt.
John: My bad. Shorts and a t-shirt. All right. How about for your computer, more of a PC or a Mac?
Jose: Oh, PC all day. I tried a Mac and it slowed me down way too much.
John: Yeah. I don't even know. I'm not even allowed in the stores. I'm not cool enough. On your mouse, are you right-click or left-click?
Jose: Right-click.
John: Right-click, fancy. All right. Two more. More Star Wars or Star Trek?
Jose: That's a great question because I love both. Lately, I've been geeking out with Star Wars because of the new movie coming out.
John: Yeah, and the new show on Disney Plus or whatever.
Jose: Oh, yeah. Right now, it's Star Wars, but I go back, I love them both.
John: Sure, 51, 49. It's right on the fence. All right. Fair enough. The last one, favorite thing you own or the favorite thing you have.
Jose: Favorite thing I have is actually my freedom. The ability to do whatever I want to do it and how I want to do it.
John: There you go. That's hard to argue that one, man. Hard to argue that one.
Jose: It's a long time coming. Now, I can call the shots and that's been the most amazing thing in the world.
John: Good for you, man. That's awesome. Very cool, very cool. I know we talked a couple of weeks ago. You're quite an avid hunter. Is this something that you grew up doing?
Jose: You know what? No. I got into it probably my teenage years. My uncle has a pretty big range down in south Texas. For those of you guys that know hunting in south Texas, that's like prized deer. You're talking big old bucks. We were lucky enough and blessed enough to be able to go down there with him. That's where I got the edge.
Ever since then, we were going and then my dad saved up enough and now he has his own little property in east Texas. They're not as big but it's still nice to go out there and do that. So now, we have our own property. I've got a couple of different places I can go now.
John: Nice. That's fantastic, man. That's really great. Is it something that you mostly do with your dad?
Jose: It's a whole family event. Opening Day, at least in Texas, is a holiday.
John: Right, right.
Jose: I actually changed the baby shower date for my daughter because they wanted to do an Opening Day and I told them no. I made everybody changed their plans for that because it is a holiday. I mean you see camos and trucks and four-wheelers and side-by-sides and for the small towns, that's the majority of their economy, all of those "city slickers" coming in and spending our money.
John: Right, yeah. That's funny. I went to high school in Southern Illinois outside of St. Louis and you could tell during school day what kids were hunting because that first day of hunting school, I mean they might as well just cancel school. I mean it's half of us are there. Yeah, that's awesome, man. That's really funny.
Do you have any interesting stories or cool more rewarding story from your hunting experiences?
Jose: Yeah. For me, there are days where I'll go and sit with my dad. We don't talk. You have to be quiet but it's just there's still that bonding time because you're together or whenever I shot my first buck, we decided to process it ourselves, doing that together with my brother and my dad and everything.
That's been kind of to me, the best thing is it's just that time I spend with them and then trying to get ready and then the arguments of no, your feeder needs to go here, no this needs to go here. It's all part of the process but the most rewarding thing is something I can share with my family. It's something that brought us a lot closer together.
I've got friends that have a couple of places so I go with them so it kind of really solidifies the relationship with those people.
John: Yeah. That's awesome, man because I mean it's a long day. I mean you're out before the sun, I imagine. I don't know. I've heard stories anyway. But you're up super early and then it's a long day. I mean especially if you're able to shoot something, then there's the cleaning and taking care of that and getting it all processed and all that side of it. So yeah, it makes for a long day together.
Jose: I've got a funny story. When I first started, my uncle and my dad still made fun of me for this. You have to be up at 3:00 or 4:00 a.m. because you want to sit out there before the sun even comes up because you want to sit yourself and just stay because any little movement, you know, they're going to hear you or smell you.
I remember we're up late and we get up, we had two hours of sleep. I'm like man, who made that rule that you had to get up this early? They just started laughing at me. Ever since then, every morning, it never fails. Every Opening Day, we get up. It's like, okay, I get it now.
John: Yeah. The deer did, Jose. That's who. It wasn't our idea either. That's awesome. But now, it's a tradition.
Jose: Oh, 100%.
John: That's really funny. Do you feel like hunting has given you a skill that you're able to bring to your accounting profession besides waking up early?
Jose: One hundred percent is patience. Having to seat there and wait because you can sit there and literally not move for four hours because any little movement, any little noise you make may scare something off. For me, it has been patience. I'm go, go, go, go, go non-stop. I mean I don't stop. I'm always on the go.
Having to take a step back and really just relax has been helping me too because sometimes, I get into the thick of things and I start working, I've got a lot of client work and next thing I know, it's six, seven hours in. I'm just okay, I need to take a step back and just kind of you know, decompress a little bit. That's to me has been the big thing, has been the patience and that ability to be able to step back and slow down.
John: That's huge, man. I mean especially in this day and age because I mean we get all caught up in looking side to side on what other people are doing or even just getting excited about what we're doing. It's easy to overheat, if you will. That's great that you have that outlet.
Jose: I mean I'm horrible about it but this has really been able to show me just take a step back and essentially smell the roses and it's a marathon, it's not a sprint. With the whole instant gratification that people want stuff now, now, now, and I'm guilty of it too. This is kind of taught me like hey, if you wait — what was the movie? If you build it, they will come?
John: Yeah. Field of Dreams.
Jose: Yeah, Field of Dreams. That's kind of what would stop me a little bit is that like okay, I can take that time off, I can take a step back, and the world isn't going to end.
John: Right. The work still gets done. Really cool that you're able to see that because not everybody can see that because they're out there in the field and their brain is still doing work. That's a good release for you. Is this something that you talk about with clients or co-workers?
Jose: There's a few clients of mine that really enjoy it. We're talking about finding a way to get them out there, you know, maybe one weekend to go out there and let them enjoy it too or kind of you know, get a taste because it's really hard to find because you got to find a lease or you're going to own some property. It gets hard. So that's what they were looking. It's kind of like a thank you to some of our clients especially the ones that are local. Hey, this is something that we can do for you as a thank you.
John: That's a great idea because I mean I'm sure that they didn't teach you that in business school but it's just hey, you light on, so do I. You happen to be my client but so what? Let's go do this.
Jose: My clients know that Opening Day, probably that whole week afterwards, getting to me is going to be very limited. They already know that. It was just kind of nice, unless something's an emergency then of course, I'll take care of it but if it's not an emergency, we've been able to really distinguish what is an emergency and what isn't.
Jose: Everybody thinks everything's an emergency.
John: Exactly. Yeah, but I mean that's great that you have that relationship with them and they have that relationship with you. They get it. I'm sure you get it on their side as well when they have hobbies and passions that are going to lock them out of something for a couple of days or whatever.
It doesn't make you less professional or less good at your job at all. If anything, it makes you better because you're able to focus at the time when you're actually there. Before you had ZTX, was it something that would come up when you had colleagues?
Jose: Yes. One of my good friends now, we both worked at the same firm. That's how we started bonding originally was just talking about our stories and what not and then —
John: How great is that?
Jose: Yeah, that was awesome. He had his own property which is about an hour from where our property is now. We started talking, he left the firm, I left the firm, we stayed in touch and now, we work closely together and we're friends but we're also work colleagues I guess because we work together a lot on some of these clients and so it's actually been really, really good. It's a good opening line if you're trying to get to meet someone or something then hey, what do you like to do? What are your hobbies? If they say hunting, then it's like oh, instantly, you're like you have that connection with them.
John: Yeah, we're best friends right now. I pull out the scent and start spraying you right now. Wait, whoa, whoa. Not that kind of — what? But that's really powerful, man. Because you didn't bond over financial statements or debits and credits, you bonded over the passion that you have outside of work, that's carried on. I'm sure that you worked with a bunch of people when you're at that firm. It's much bigger. You had that somebody that you've stayed in touch with not because of the accounting side of it as much as the other which is really powerful I think.
Jose: It definitely has been amazing. We were trying to close a deal. We actually brought them as like hey, you guys want to come hunt ad we get to know them a little bit better and really kind of pitch them and ended up closing a deal with the clients.
John: That's fantastic, and while you're hunting.
Jose: You're talking, you're hanging out, you're outside, loosen up. It's no longer about you know, hey, here's what I can — no. It's just like hey, man. This is me. This is him. This is what we can do. This is what we're about. If you want to work with us, great. If not, let's just go have some fun. It was a very non-sales pitch, just kind of like a hey, let's just have a good time. Then afterwards, it's like all right, guys. I like you. Let's do some work together.
John: I really honestly believe that, and there's a lot of brain science behind it as well for my research is that that trust is actually developed from being interesting, from those passions and interests and if it's a shared passion, wow. Anyone can probably do the work that they needed done or there's quite a few people that could've but you're the one who took them hunting and bonded over being just a real person.
Jose: I think sales talk was minimal if none. Just like hey, this is who I am. Just give me a chance to show you who I am or what I can do. It worked out.
John: That's awesome, man. Yeah, because I have a thing that I call the trust rut where the more that we try to convince someone that we're good at our job, the less that they actually trust you.
If you were to rent a car in the north in the snow and you get stuck and you just gun it, you just sink down into a rut. Because I mean now, when I need somebody, I assume you're good at your job. You don't have to keep telling me this. I think now, you're trying to convince yourself you don't suck at your work. It's cool that you're able to you know, that confidence comes through. That's really awesome, man. That's fantastic.
How much do you feel like in a larger organization, it's on the leadership to set that tone or how much is it on the individual to just within their little department or their little circle to create that?
Jose: Personally, I think just going to start at the top, I mean you got to set that culture, you got to set that mentality of openness and welcoming because I've worked at firms where it was just very professional, very that old school, this is it and this is how it works, you've got to do your job because I told you so and I don't care what you have to think. What we do is right and what you think is wrong.
John: Right. Oh, man.
Jose: It's just like, okay. I have ideas too. You don't have to implement them but at least listen. Hear what I have to say. I mean I'm implementing of this stuff now and I'm just like, and now you know I've got some of these people calling me hey, how do I do this? It's just like now, you want to hear me. But I think honestly, it's top down because yes, there is kind of with us, as an individual to go out and kind of get yourself out there and things like that which is the hardest thing to do, I mean you do your standup.
I do videos all day but setting up for the people, I still get deadly scared talking to people, top-down. It should start at the top. Set that precedence. Let people know, hey, it's okay to be yourself. It's okay if you're quirky, be quirky. If you're this or you're that, but just creating that culture, that good culture.
John: Yeah, absolutely. I think it makes it a lot easier because then people can you know, just see it modelled in front of them. I mean that's what I did when I got out of school and started at PricewaterhouseCoopers, I was modelling behavior of people in front of me because it's like oh, well, they're successful and that's what you need to do in order to be successful and then you find out that their modelling behavior in front of them and no one's actually being themselves totally. It's that tone at the top can be set. You can show that and be a little bit vulnerable that definitely helps big time.
One thing I'd like to go back to is when you were saying that it was just really professional, and the definition of what's professional is really vague. The work that you do now is just as professional as when you were in that office, whether you're wearing a three-piece suit or not. I mean it's still professional. So yeah, I think that that's one thing that I think the listeners hopefully can start to think differently about what is considered professional really?
Jose: I agree with you 100% because what I thought was professional was the three-piece suite. You go in, you know, now is a lot of clients. I show up with sometimes shorts and my button-up and it's all about you know what I can deliver and this is who I am and I work polos a lot. I don't have to wear a three-piece suit every time. That shoes too? That's great.
John: We're talking about you, JJ, the CPA.
Jose: That's exactly what I was thinking about. Don't get me wrong.
John: No, that's his brand though. Absolutely.
Jose: Yeah, depending who I talk to. I'm part of the NAHREP which is the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals. Part of their mantra and what they talk about is you know, dressing up for success. When I hang out with them, I dress to the part. Okay, I want to look my best and everything but a lot of my clients, I go and visit them, I mean flip-flops, shorts.
John: Because they probably are too.
Jose: Yeah. They are too. That's the kind of client I'm attracting and that's who I like to work with. I think professional, it's just the way I said it, you're right. It all depends on you. I was always told you had to be it was that very strict just kind of like three-piece suit. But at the end of the day, just be yourself. Going back to that, being yourself and these people are going to like you. They're not going to work with you. If not, then they're not.
John: JJ's personality comes through like whether he's wearing that suit or not. Don't let it hamper you and suffocate your personality. No matter what outfit is, it doesn't matter.
Jose: I got a pick on JJ though because we did the Accounting and Social Media Symposium and he was rocking some pretty short shorts there. JJ, I love you my friend.
John: That's hilarious.
Jose: But I got to hang out with him and I got to see him. JJ is one of the coolest, most down-to-earth guys. You see him with a suit. You think, oh, he's a stuff. No, he's not. He's the complete opposite.
John: Right, exactly. He was on the show so people can look him up and listen to that. That's a really great episode as well. I think it's easier to define unprofessional. To me, unprofessional is when you're inhibiting someone else's ability to do their job. Everything's pretty much fair game up until the point where you're stopping others from doing their work.
That's why I think it's easiest to look at it. If you really like to play the electric guitar, you can't bring it in with your amp and just start jamming away in the office. Talking about it and sharing those stories and all that within reason should be completely acceptable if not mandatory type of thing or the hunting stories.
I mean yeah, you can't just walk in with your gun to the office and be like, hey, everybody look at this or drag a deer in like hey, look. It's just that's going to inhibit people's ability to do their job. Talking about it and sharing stories obviously creates relationships that matter.
Jose: It's a lot better than talking about hey, well, how did that last audit go?
John: Right? We'll get to that eventually but let's start with some cool stuff first.
Jose: Yeah.
John: Do you have any words of encouragement to anyone listening that might think hey, my hobby or passion has nothing to do with my job so I'll just keep it to myself because no one cares?
Jose: Oh, no. Not at all. Your hobby and passion is what you love and that's how people get to know you because when you talk about it, you're passionate about it. Passion comes out and at least for me, it does. When I talk about something I'm passionate about, I really like it, it comes out and so people can see it and they get to know the real you.
I feel like that kind of — when you talk about that, it brings down your barriers, your walls that you have of okay, they get to see the real you. You and your prime. This is what I love to do. This is what I love to talk about. I think for sure do it. If somebody tells you it's dumb, they're dumb.
John: There you go. I love that. That's at simple as it gets. That should be on a t-shirt right there. That's it. If someone tells you it's dumb, they're dumb. That's it in a nutshell. That should be the title of my book. I don't know what What's Your And is all about.
Jose: I mean it's true because I mean if they're going to hate on it, let them. I mean obviously, they live a miserable life. They've got whatever and then this is funny because I was watching some kind of podcast webinar thing and somebody was talking about being a Youpreneur where you can essentially make a business model out of what you love. I mean look at people that have podcasts that are huge based on Pokémon. It's like okay, someone may think oh, that's childish. Okay, but that's what you like then that's what you like.
I like hunting, I like soccer, people hate soccer, okay. Well, good for you. It's what I like and that's what I'm passionate about.
John: Right, yeah. That was Chris Ducker by the way, the Youpreneur, and he's great, really good book as well. You have these passions and these hobbies and yeah, sure. You're good at accounting or you're good at whatever your job is. Law or engineering or IT or whatever, but you have these other dimensions to you as well. The longer I found that you let them go dormant, that they will eventually be instinct and then that's when it gets really scary.
Jose: Yeah. Your job doesn't define you. Your job is what you do to support yourself. It doesn't define you. I feel like, and I was really bad about this where I defined who I was or I tried to label myself on who I was based on my job and what I did and my label and my title and once I kind of started to step away from that and really focus on let me just be the best me I can be, I mean I've started delivering a lot better to my clients, I started feeling a lot happier, started being a lot better, and it kind of opened up this whole world of possibility now.
That would be my biggest advice. Don't focus too much on it's a title, it's a job, and everything. But that job does not define you. If you're doing tax returns and you're working at X company and they let you go, you can always go work at Y, you can always go work at Z, you can always open up your own shop. The sky's the limit.
John: That hunting passion or soccer passion that you have is going to be with you no matter what firm you work for or what title you have at that firm. You get promoted. The technical skills change but your passion stays the same.
Jose: Precisely.
John: This has been awesome, Jose. Really, really great. Really powerful, man. That's good stuff. But before I wrap it up, it's only fair that I allow you to rapid fire question me back since I so rudely open the gates on that right at the beginning.
All right. I'm ready.
Jose: Hot or cold coffee?
John: You know what? I'm not a coffee guy, but hot chocolate.
Jose: Okay, hot chocolate. Tax or audit?
John: Oh, audit. I have no clue what tax people do. Do they leave the office? I don't even know. They are always on a different floor. I don't even know my own taxes. It's audit all day if I had to choose between those two.
Jose: Amazon or Google? Smart Home devices.
John: Yeah, I mean I guess Amazon.
Jose: Alexa?
John: I just got a Smart Plug. It's pretty cool. I don't have the listening devices things because I don't need them knowing how crazy I am at home. But it is pretty cool because on my phone, I could just open the app which is probably listening to me all the time anyway and just be like turn on the living room light and then click, it's on. I'm like wow, we are in the future now. This is nuts.
Jose: I don't know if this is relevant to you or not, I play video games. Xbox or PlayStation?
John: Nintendo. Old school. I have the original Nintendo from when I was a kid. You know the original Nintendo?
Jose: Oh, you still have it?
John: Yeah. I still have it. What's really cool about that is that technology is advanced so far now that you can actually fit 100 games on one cartridge. I just have one cartridge that's in my Nintendo now that has 100 games on it that I got out of Etsy for $30 or something. But I have the original Super Mario Brothers, Duck Hunt cartridge. Yeah, and several of the games that I used to play when I was in fifth grade when it came out. That's how I old I am. But yeah. So yeah, I'm a Nintendo guy. Some of those controllers with too many buttons. I don't know what they'll do.
Jose: Funny you say that. I don't have the Nintendo but I've got the Super Nintendo, the original one. It's got a bunch of games and yeah, I still play that to this day. I mean nobody can beat me at Mario Kart. I'm just going to put that out there right now.
John: Challenge accepted, man. Next time I'm in Houston, it's on, buddy. I missed the final exam because I was playing Mario Kart.
Jose: Oh, really?
John: Yeah. I'm pretty into it, man. I'm pretty into it.
This has been so fun, Jose. Thanks so much for taking time to be with me on What's Your "And"?
Jose: Of course, man. I really appreciate it. Thank you.
John: Everybody listening, if you want to see some pictures of Jose in action or connect with him on social media, be sure to go to whatsyourand.com. All the links are there. While you're on that page, please click that big button and do the anonymous research survey about corporate culture that I'm doing.
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The inaugural Manchester International Film Festival 2015 is fast approaching and its full line-up has just been released.
Taking place between Friday July 10 and Sunday July 12 the event will have something for every taste and aims 'champion great story-telling that translates brilliantly onto the big screen'.
The two opening features are the UK premiere of Touch and the International premiere of Meet the Hitlers.
There are a variety of shorts from both home-grown and international talents.
ManIFF2015 will feature the world premiere of 'One Word', a short by Manchester-born filmmaker Caleb Shaffer's, on the Saturday.
The short film is about a young African refugee who moves to Manchester to escape civil unrest in his homeland.
He struggles to escape the horrors of his past experiences and to integrate into British society and culture.
The protagonist, Sammy, uses performance art to find his voice.
There will be a chance for young talent to show off their credentials on the Saturday morning when there will be screenings from film students alongside experimental music videos.
Director of Operations, Neil Jeram-Croft said: "There was a vast range of excellent independent films to choose from but we had to shortlist this down to the crème de la crème.
"Manchester has always been a destination for culture for us in the UK, so it seemed like the perfect setting for the festival.
The world premiere of the Kafkaesque Italian mystery The Imago closes the festival on Sunday June 12 along with the UK premiere of documentary Gazelle: The Love Issue, which follows one man's struggle with HIV after he loses his partner.
ManIFF2015 is being held at AMC cinema, Great Northern Warehouse, 235 Deansgate, M3 4EN.


And so it seems as good a time as any to evaluate: in their current state, is this flood of Christian films a good trend?
My answer is simple: no. I know it can seem petty to pick on Christian films, but they have become a noteworthy representation of Christianity. Every conversation I have with a non-Christian requires dealing with their perceptions of me as a Christian, which more often than not means dealing with the Republican Party, televangelists, and Christian media. The issue of representation aside, the problems in Christian films must be addressed, because they are not just issues of technique or stylistic preferences. They are issues of integrity.
There are currently two primary problems with Christian films: (1) they are either inherently dishonest and/or (2) they are primarily concerned with what C. S. Lewis called "egoistic castle-building." Note: discussing both issues will require me to generalize about Christian films at large, so there will be (I hope) some exceptions. But I believe the trends discussed here are self-evidently true for a great majority of the Christian film genre.
Over the last few years, many church-funded films have featured explicit evangelism encounters. They usually come near the climax of the movie and feature one character explaining to another how he/she is a sinner and needs Jesus, the result of which is usually conversion. Everyone knows this scene is aimed at non-Christians in the audience; it's the altar-call sequence of the film and frequently features explicit preaching.
The problem is the sense of bait-and-switch. We are saying, on the one hand, "Hey, we know you love art; here is our art over here!" and then "P.S. Now that we have you in the theater, we would like to convert you." While the scenes can be powerful in presentation, they are more akin to interventions than filmmaking.
If we want to take this problem a step farther, it is worth pointing out that movies simply are not good carriers for complex propositional ideas. Think of the last "big idea" movie you've seen. How explicitly did it speak about its ideas? Watching The Matrix didn't make me an expert on philosopher Jean Baudrillard and, if it had, it would have been an awful film. The Wachowskis understood that the primary role of a film is to entertain and, at most, provoke some basic thought. To work as a movie, The Matrix has no choice but to boil down its big ideas to a few simple slogans. If we, on the other hand, try to package our most important propositional truths, usually explained in 40-minute sermons, into a film, we will either make a bad movie or dilute the message. Probably both.
The films with Christian themes that have worked (Tree of Life, Lord of the Rings, Chariots of Fire) understand that they cannot replace church or the apologist. Their filmmakers simply tried to make good movies that reflected the truth of the world around them (Chariots and Tree of Life do contain some preaching, but the preaching is tactfully employed and does not contain enough information to convert us). One can't help but wonder if many conversion scenes are included as a justification for church involvement in filmmaking, which only further communicates that we are not making films out of love for the craft.
But What if Someone Is Converted By These Films?
First, if you are asking this question, you have proved my point that the evangelism scenes are primarily aimed at the audience and not organic to the story.
Second, the ends don't justify the means. In the words of one of my pastor-friends, "If someone comes to Christ through my terrible sermon, I praise God for his grace and mourn the terrible sermon." The idea that one conversion validates even the worst means can be used to justify all sorts of evils.
If we use these Christian films as a vessel for our biggest propositional truths, we are just caving to our culture's unfortunate trend of doing its most important discourse through entertainment.
C. S. Lewis introduced his concept "egoistic castle-building" in An Experiment in Criticism. The concept is simple: egoistic castle-building occurs when a group of people project themselves "into the most enviable or most admirable character . . . [thus] reading takes them least out of themselves, confirms them in an indulgence which they already use too much, and turns them away from most of what is most worth having both in books and life." Lewis was speaking about readers, but it works for filmgoers as well. They are so compelled and so desirous for the reality of this world to be true that "[they] have no objection to monstrous psychology and preposterous coincidence." An easy and extreme example would be the upcoming film adaptation of 50 Shades of Grey, a story that invites women to fantasize through the exploits of Anastasia Steele.
Most Christian films fall in the same fantasy category. They take place in a world similar to ours, and yet this is a "real world" wherein college freshmen can defeat learned college professors in debate (God Is Not Dead) and televangelists are important enough to the political process that they are framed and hunted down (Persecuted). These films are meant to assure us that our view of the world is correct. They are evangelical fantasies.
Some may argue that it is good for Hollywood to hear us. They should recognize the Christian audience. But the only message we've sent thus far is that we are satisfied with inexpensive, poorly received films. The more we pack out for these movies, the more of them we will get.
Certainly, there are ways to make honest, profound Christian films. What if Persecuted was about a pastor, formerly powerful in the Republican Party, coming to terms with his lessening influence?
What if God Is Not Dead was about a Christian wrestling with the fact that he knew atheists smarter and more ethical than himself?
Suddenly we would have a chance to say something vulnerable, honest, and profound. But as long as Christian films are motivated by a desire to trap people into hearing a gospel presentation, or as a consolation for losing the culture war, they should not make the final cut.
Andrew Barber teaches English at the Stony Brook School, a boarding school on Long Island. He has an MDiv from Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis and has written film reviews and editorials for various sites, including Christianity Today and Relevant Magazine. You can follow him on Twitter: @flybarber14.
With his latest research on emerging adults, sociologist Christian Smith helps the church reach out to a rootless generation.
"When there is no authority in religion or in politics, men are soon frightened by the limitless independence with which they are faced. They are worried and worn out by the constant restlessness of everything." Alexis de Tocqueville observed this about 19th-century Americans and their budding instincts on freedom and religion. But he could just as well have been describing today's young adults. In a new life phase that sociologist Jeffrey Jensen Arnett labeled emerging adulthood, Americans ages 18-29 enjoy more options for work, marriage, and location than perhaps any previous generation. They are also one of the most self-focused, confused, and anxious age groups, led into an "adultolescence" that prevents a majority from committing to people and institutions.
All of this, says Christian Smith—sociologist at the University of Notre Dame and director of its Center for the Study of Religion and Society—seriously shapes emerging adult's religious beliefs and practices. His Souls in Transition (Oxford), the follow-up to his and Melinda Lundquist Denton's groundbreaking Soul Searching, suggests that the church can root emerging adults in Christ at a time when they are tempted to float away. CT associate editor Katelyn Beaty recently spoke with Smith about his findings.
What cultural shifts have produced this new life phase called emerging adulthood?
Much social transformation since the 1960s and '70s has created it. A higher proportion of American youth are spending more years in higher education. They are waiting a lot longer before they get married and have kids. That's partly related to wanting to stay in school longer. It's partly related to wanting to be "free" longer. It's also associated with things like the availability of artificial contraception.
Another factor is changes in the global economy that make jobs more fluid and unpredictable. You no longer settle into a job that you'll have the rest of your life. You may be transferred, you may lose your job, you may need retraining, you may need specialized education. All of this puts young people on edge, wanting to keep their options open when it comes to work.
All this has also created cultural changes that perpetuate an interest in being wild and free, sexually hopping around, for a time. As they exit the teenage years, young people basically understand they have up to 12 years before having a family and settling into their "real job." And those are very important years.
How do all these transitions affect emerging adults' religious attitudes?
Most of what happens in emerging adulthood works against serious faith commitments and putting down roots in congregations. Most emerging adults are disconnected from religious institutions and practices. Geographic mobility, social mobility, wanting to have options, thinking this is the time to be crazy and free in ways most religious traditions would frown upon, wanting an identity different from the family of origin—all of these factors reduce serious faith commitments.
For some emerging adults, the chaos helps them find that religion is an extremely helpful antidote. But that's after they have been through many difficulties. And only some look to faith to provide stability; most do not go there in the first place.
All that said, there is a significant minority of emerging adults who are raised in seriously religious families who continue on with that. It's not a story of consistent decline. But overall the culture of emerging adulthood puts many pressures on faith practices that are undermining or depressing.


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Joe Johnston returning to direct Shrunk
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'Honey, I Shrunk the Kids' original director Joe Johnston is in talks to helm the upcoming reboot of the movie series.
'Frozen 2' actor Josh Gad pitched the idea for 'Shrunk' to Disney earlier this year and the studio met with different directors but felt bringing back the man who made the 1989 original would be a perfect fit, Variety reports.
The original 1989 film followed Rick Moranis as Wayne Szalinski, an inventor who accidentally shrinks his and his next door neighbour's kids to a quarter of an inch with his electromagnetic shrinking machine and accidentally throws them out with the trash.
The re-imagining will be set about three decades after the original, with Gad, 38, set to play the grown-up version of Wayne's son Nick, who is also a scientist and who will accidentally shrink his own children.
Disney had initially discussed the idea of debuting the film on their new Disney Plus platform but are now planning a theatrical release, although it is still in the early stages of development.
David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman are producing through their Mandeville Films and Television banner, and Todd Rosenberg is writing the script.
'Honey, I Shrunk the Kids' originally spawned two sequels, 1992's 'Honey, I Blew Up The Kid', and the direct-to-video 'Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves' in 1997, as well as a television show that ran from 1997 to 2000 and saw Peter Scolari take over the role of Wayne Szalinski.
'Honey, I Shrunk The Kids' was an unexpected box office hit, grossing $222 million worldwide and becoming Disney's highest-grossing live-action film ever at the time, a record it held for five years.
Stephen Graham 'to star in Venom 2'
Stephen Graham is set to star in 'Venom 2'.
The 'Irishman' actor is said to be joining the cast of the Sony movie, which will feature the likes of Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, Woody Harrelson and Naomie Harris.
But it's not yet known which part Graham will play, according to Deadline.
Andy Serkis will direct the motion picture, from a script written by Kelly Marcel, and Avi Arad, Matt Tolmach, Amy Pascal, and Hutch Parker will produce the film.
In October, Harris was said to be in talks to play villain Shriek, the love interest for Harrelson's villain Cletus Kasady, aka Carnage, in the movie.
A drug dealer named Frances Barrison became the unpredictable Shriek following a severe trauma, and her powers include sonic energy blasts, flight, and the ability to stir up dark and violent emotions in others.
Cinematographer Robert Richardson previously confirmed Harrelson will appear in the film, after making a brief cameo at the end of the first motion picture.
He said in August: "I was looking forward to entering into that arena with 'Batman' years ago with Ben [Affleck]. I thought, 'Well this is something I haven't done that I would love to try to do.'
"And then Andy Serkis, who I worked with on 'Breathe', gave me a call a month ago and said that he was up for this and would I be willing. I'd seen the film.
"I watched it again, then they sent me a script and I felt like, yeah, I would say yes anyway to Andy just because I would say yes to Andy, but I also think it's a great... I think it's unexplored yet, and it's going to explode, and this film, I think, will help it explode, because you have a remarkable central character with Venom, but now you've got Woody Harrelson, who's going to obviously make his own little entrance here, and we'll see what else comes in with the Sony Marvel collaboration."
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Q: Can we run MVC4 application in Sitecore CMS 7.2 rev.140526 or does it require MVC5? I have installed visual studio 2012(supporting MVC4 and .NET 4.5) and Sitecore  CMS 7.2 rev.140526. I am able to run the Sitecore using admin user and launch the website too.
I was going through this tutorial on MVC integration with Sitecore which creates an MVC application in visual studio and then integrates in the Sitecore CMS site. When I followed the same steps I got error. The MVC version used in this tutorial is MVC3 and the Sitecore version is 7.1.
I have tried the same in my machine but got the error Could not load file or assembly 'System.Web.Mvc, Version=5.1.0.0. From the error I understand that it is looking for MVC5 but in machine I have only MVC4.
Is there any way to resolve this?
First of all, is Sitecore 7.2 is compiled in MVC4 or MVC5?

A: Here is the Sitecore compatibility table:
https://kb.sitecore.net/articles/087164
It clearly states that Sitecore 7.1 is compatible with MVC 4 but newer versions of Sitecore (7.2 and 7.5) do not support MVC 4 and they require ASP.NET MVC 5.1

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