DOOOOOO YOU WANT A FREE DERG? (Dragon feller)

A free derg? What a steal! It'd be dumb of me to pass up on an opportunity like this! Thank you for the offer, Mel! :)

De maan schijnt feller in de metaverse - de podcast

juni 2023 | podcast

"Dit is De maan schijnt feller in de metaverse – de podcast. In deze korte podcastserie gaat Merel van Slobbe met drie schrijvers in gesprek, naar aanleiding van het verschijnen van haar gelijknamige debuutbundel. De schrijvers vroeg ze alle drie om een tekst uit haar bundel te kiezen en daarop te reageren met een eigen tekst. Tijdens de afleveringen gaat Merel met hen in gesprek over deze teksten, over poëzie en over het schrijfproces. Deze aflevering spreekt zij met Mel Kikkert over poëzieperformances, fancultuur, tiktok en ChatGPT."

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Missy Mia

Ever thought of a baby girl who looks like a carbon copy of her father? May I present to you, Mia Laica Feller Lagrama, an 18-year-old college girl who has a great love for basketball. She was born in the middle autumn season of September, particularly on the 16th day of the year 2004. Mia’s name has two kinds of history, first is that the name she had right now was supposed to be the name of the baby that her mother was taking care of before because they thought it was a girl. Second is that the initials of her two names are from her mother's and father’s nickname “Mel” and “Lito” making the letters “M” and “L”. Along with that, she was called a lot of different nicknames. Her nicknames are “Akik”, “Aica”, and “King”. Most of her nicknames were derived from her second name “Laica”.

When she came out of her mother’s tummy, she is dark-toned, has a high-bridged nose, a tomato cheeks, and has a resemblance with her father’s features. When Mia grew up, everyone thought that she was a tomboy because she really is boyish. She is the type of girl who doesn’t like dresses and heels. She prefers jeans, caps, and sneakers. In short, Mia is not girly. She has a talent for dancing, singing, and drawing. But one thing she is passionate about is dancing. She discovered it when she was in high school as she started joining in dance performances and dance competitions in school and organization. Mia also has a great love for reading. She loves to read fictional stories on Wattpad because it is her escape and she feels on cloud nine whenever she reads. She jokingly believes that “fictional men are way better than true men.” Her favorite novel is Chasing in the Wild from the University Series by Gwy Saludes.

Mia is very family-oriented. She has a good relationship with her mother and younger sister. Besides that, Mia was a very papa’s girl. They are the evidence that every firstborn in the family is really close to his or her father or they look alike each other. She idolizes her father so much that he influenced her in playing basketball. She already dreamt when she was a kid to be a part of a varsity team and play on the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP), particularly on the team of Growling Tigresses of the University of Santo Tomas. She actually tried to join the try-out at UST back when it is the start of college admission for the year 2022-2023. Sadly, she wasn’t accepted yet it was a memorable moment for her because it was her dream university and there will be no regrets as she takes that opportunity. At the moment, she is currently a part of the women’s basketball team of Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Muntinlupa (PLMun), the university that she goes to. Mia believes that gender is not a basis for what things you should be into or like to do. She can be who she wants and what she wants. Mia is breaking the society’s stereotypes.

As the firstborn of the family, she kinda feels pressured. Entering the adolescence stage started her to think carefully about everything that she do. She became careful with her decisions and was firm with her priorities because she has the responsibility. She is in the front seat of the road she drives for her and her family. As she continues to drive the road she’s taking, she applies to herself the saying “Kung para sayo, para sa’yo” which means in English that if something is meant for you, then it will be yours. Applying it helped her to be positive always in the opportunities she takes.

— Biography ༄

About Mel Feller and Who He Is

Mel Feller a Personal Development, Business, Real Estate, Branding, Business Funding and Finance Coach. In addition, Mel Feller has served in a variety of executive leadership roles for medium and large organizations, including multiple Fortune 500’s. He is a charismatic leader who has facilitated change and growth in all sized organizations, including non-profit and Board development. Mel Feller has successfully led organizations in the areas business development, marketing, real estate and Realtors, sales, team building, operations, and the like.

Mel Feller is committed to serving. In the community, he chairs several organizations. Mel Feller volunteers his leadership at two churches in a variety of ways, including serving on council, bible study facilitator, and more. Mel Feller has been a featured speaker for career professional groups, business leaders and continuing education sessions, as well as, aspiring business startups.

Mel Feller had a real estate license the same week he graduated from high school and was a multi million-dollar producer with Century 21 for 18 months after becoming licensed. He held that license for 20 years. He specialized in both residential and commercial real estate. He had a special emphasis in multi-units.

In addition, Mel Feller loves real estate and is an avid real estate investor. He loves coaching real estate. He maintains holdings in several states.

He was a former Chief of Staff for a United States Senator has two Master Degrees in Public Administration and Human Resources with an emphasis in Adult Education and Training. Mel Feller states, “An effective coach is someone who tells you what you may not want to hear, helps you navigate around your blind spots, and helps you identify opportunities…so that you can be who you’ve always known you can be”

When he is not coaching, you can find Mel Feller reading, listening to podcasts, exercising, fishing, or with his beautiful and loving wife, step kids, kids and grand kids exploring the greatness of the family and world God has gifted us all with.

Mel Feller is a business/real estate entrepreneur. He served in the Navy Reserve and is helping and creating business programs & writing grants for veterans.

Melvin Feller Business Consultants Discusses Business Disclosure Statements and What to Avoid

Melvin Feller Business Consultants Discusses Business Disclosure Statements and What to Avoid

Melvin Feller Business Group in Burkburnett Ministries and Dallas Texas and Lawton Oklahoma. Our mission is to call and equip a generation of Christian entrepreneurs to do business as ministry. We provide workshops and resources that help companies discover how to do business God’s way and provide a positive outreach as the director. When the heart of a business is service rather than self it can be transformed into a fruitful business ministry earning a profit and being of service to the community and their customers.  Melvin Feller is currently pursuing another graduate degree in business organizations.

 Buying a business opportunity, franchise, licensee opportunity or distributorship is a big decision, one you should not take lightly. Thankfully, there are some serious regulations in place at the federal level as well as within many states that are designed to protect you from making a bad decision or being taken in by a fraudulent enterprise, starting with the critically important disclosure statement.

 The disclosure statement is a document that any seller of a business opportunity, franchise or similar concern is required to provide to you as a potential buyer by law.  It details everything you need to and should know about the business in question and must be given to you if not during the first “personal meeting,” then within a specified timeframe.  Although the disclosure requirements as delineated by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) are considerable, those set forth by the 26+ states that also have them do not overrule them.  So be certain to check the regulations in your state in addition to those of the FTC before you sign on the dotted line or give the seller any money.

 Remember, oral statements, exchanges or promises that are made to you by the seller or between the two of you are not legally binding!  This is precisely why knowing what comprises a comprehensive disclosure statement is so important.

 So here it is, a brief overview of what a truly solid disclosure statement should contain as stipulated by the FTC:

  Name under which the seller is doing business, including such particulars as trademarks, trade names and service marks, et al.

 Five-year or more retrospective of principal players’ business experience, as well as any parent firms

 Seven-year retrospective re: any legal entanglements involving either the principals or the company, including such things as fraud, felonies, civil actions, et al.

 Past seven-year fiscal profile to include bankruptcy, insolvency, etc.

 Factual description of the enterprise being sold

 Clear statement of total funds to be paid by the buyer and under what conditions, as well as any refund policy

 Clear statement of any recurring funds to be paid, for what purpose, at what intervals and under what conditions

 Required affiliations between the buyer and any other concerns as set forth by the seller

 Required purchases, leases or rentals as set forth by the seller

 Clear accounting of the financial implications for the seller as a result of buyer arrangements with identified suppliers or other concerns

 Material terms and conditions of any financing arrangements between the seller and the buyer

 Clear statement of facts re: goods and services for sale, potential customers and/or geographic parameters for the sale of allowed goods and services, as well as any agreement with regard to protected markets/territories

 Clarity on expectations re: direct operation of the purchased enterprise and by whom

 Details re: duration of the arrangement between the seller and buyer, renewal, extension, termination, modification, sale, refusal to renew or extend, etc.

 Total profile of affiliated concerns to date, with emphasis on those nearest to the potential buyer’s intended locale, including contact information for referrals

 Role of the seller, if any, in site selection for the enterprise

 In-depth review of initial and ongoing training program(s) and what can be expected

 Public figure affiliation (on the part of the seller) disclosure, if applicable

 Most recent fiscal year financial statement (balance sheet), as well as other income-related documents as specified.

 In addition, the FTC stipulates that a number of CAUTION notice be included in the disclosure statement, just to ensure there is no confusion as to what is being promised.  Where you see one, pay attention.  Finally, any seller of a business opportunity, franchise, licensee opportunity or distributorship that promises you a specific level of income is doing so at their own peril, unless the context in which they are providing the information meets with some specific requirements.  For a more in-depth look at what those are, as well as the overall disclosure statement content as prescribed by the FTC that is outlined here, please click on the Commission’s Disclosure Requirements and Prohibitions Concerning Franchising and Business Opportunity Ventures webpage now.

Melvin Feller Business Consultants Ministries Group in Texas and Oklahoma. Melvin Feller founded Melvin Feller Business Consultants Group and Burkburnett Ministries in the 1970s to help individuals and organizations achieve their specific Victory. Victory as defined by the individual or organization are achieving strategic objectives, exceeding goals, getting results or desired outcomes and a positive outreach with grace and as a ministries. He has extensive experience assisting businesses achieve top and bottom line results. He has broad practical experience creating WINNERS in many organizations and industries. He has hands-on experience in executive leadership, operations, logistics, sales, program management, organizational development, training, and customer service. He has coached teams to achieve results in strategic planning, business development, organizational design, sales, and customer response and business process improvement. He has prepared and presented many workshops nationally and internationally.

57. i like mountain music (1933)

release date: june 10th, 1933

series: merrie melodies

director: rudolf ising

starring: sara berner (various), pinto colvig (yodeler/various), jack mercer (will rogers/various)

though the cartoon titles share the name of the songs they showcase, they can make for some pretty intriguing titles, like here. this is another installment of the books come to life series, pertaining to magazines instead.

open to a drugstore after closing. there are some wonderfully beautiful backgrounds as we view the interior, settling onto a magazine rack. all is quiet and peaceful... until a cowboy from a magazine titled “WESTERN THRILLER” tears a hole in the cover page with a spray of bullets.

he hops out of the book and motions for his dozing cowboy buddies to wake up, yelling “c’mon, fellers!” no further cue is necessary as they grab some instruments and launch into an instrumental solo of the titular song “i like mountain music”. an interesting array of gags: the double fisting gun slinging cowboy leaps onto a counter top and dances to the music, spinning around. his spurs cut a hole in the counter top and he plummets into the glass display case below, spraying himself with perfume. elsewhere, one of the cowboy musicians rides his accordion like a horse, making for some intriguing visuals. standard as these gags may be, the animation has come quite a ways since the beginning of our journey, and are thusly more enjoyable.

after receiving warm applause, the lead cowboy and some backup singers sing the vocals to the song. catchy and beautiful as always! a variety of spot gags accompany the song, such as polish pianist and prime minister ignacy paderewski playing the piano and singing along.

a caricature of eddie cantor (another looney tunes favorite, a whole cartoon dedicated to a chicken counterpart of himself with slap happy pappy) pops out of a magazine and pulls a violinists beard, shouting “look, jimmy! it’s rubinoff!” dave rubinoff was cantor’s violinist for one of his radio shows.

our saunters will rogers, actor slash vaudeville performer slash cowboy slash comedian. he makes his way towards a magazine covered in cobwebs dated october 1929, detailing the catastrophic stock market crash. he gingerly places a “NO SALE” sign by the magazine and says “well folks, all i know is what i read in the paper!” a group of babies from a baby magazine (mtself included) cheer him on and applaud.

some lovely animation as a figure skater from “dance magazine” leaps onto a mirror, tilting it horizontally beneath her weight and skating on it.

to top the gag off, a steady snowfall enhances her elegant routine... and it’s revealed to be a cowboy pouring talcum powder on her! highly predictable, but it got a good smile out of me regardless.

there are some babies waving jingle bells to the beat of the music... and members of an african tribe making clicking sounds to the music. not too fond of that one. otherwise a beautiful and amusing scene, but yeesh. as you can imagine, their depictions aren’t very savory.

the skater finishes her beautiful routine with a split, a group of toys applauding her (frequently reused from red-headed baby. i’ve noticed the amount of recycled animation has certainly dwindled within the past handful of shorts, which is always a refreshing sight to see!)

freshly picked from pagan moon, a hula girl dances to “it’s time to sing ‘sweet adeline’ again”, a chorus of steel guitar players backing her up in vocals. my affinity for steel guitars prevails, recycled as this scene may be.

a yodeler from travel magazine (who is actually pinto colvig! i’ll talk more about my thankfulness that this is the first merrie melody with some voice credits FINALLY at the end) yodels as he hops from cliff to cliff, mountain to mountain, ashes to ashes, dust to dust.

the yodeling yokel sings “i like mountain music” from a woman sourced from the “college rumor” magazine. look at the difference in designs here! i know it falls under the category of “look at the sexy woman... and this man is ‘normal’ (not in this case but)”, but i can’t help but love the contrast in design anyways. very funny and intriguing. a caricature of ed wynn also lends his out of tune voice to the song as magazine creatures applaud the spectacle.

what’s a cartoon without a little nefarious doings, huh? a mobster ushers his cronies to follow him as he sneaks along the countertop. the screenshot doesn’t do it justice, but his toadies are actually walking at different intervals, but still synchronized! great animation as always. the musical synchronization is on par as always. sherlock and watson make an appearance, sherlock bending low and sniffing the ground like a dog for clues. words fail me in describing how much that amuses me.

the gangster’s plan becomes evident once he and his cronies make their way towards a cash register. the mobster pours some lighter fluid in a spray bottle, lighting it and using the makeshift blowtorch to weld a hole in the cashier and steal the contents inside.

edward robinson makes a cameo, grunting “they can dish it out, but they can’t take it” while the mobsters use a spoon to pour coins in a dish. good use of sound effects! robinson takes out a pair of guns and begins to shoot at the gangsters. one of the gangsters fires in retaliation, missing.

a phonograph from “RADIO magazine” calls out all the cop cars to stop the theft. even mussolini sends his italian policemen after the gangsters (ironic that even mussolini takes the role of one of the good guys, seeing the events of wwii, huh?).

a barrage of artillery is used against the thieves, such as gumball bullets and pins shot through a pencil sharpener (i love those pencil sharpener machine gun gags so much).

one of the gangsters (whose butt serves as a nice pin cushion) seeks refuge in a magazine with jean harlow on the front. quickly he learns to regret his decision, running from the pages as we get a ferocious shot of ping pong. not king kong, the star of the smash hit king kong released in march of 1933, heavens, no! ping pong!

ping pong barrels towards the camera and chases down the mobster. desperate for any source of shelter, the mobster dives into a glass. ping pong approaches a syrup tap and presses down on “razzberry”, the tap blowing an actual raspberry instead of any syrup. the gag is topped off as the mobster winced with each raspberry blown. the crowd celebrates his loss, and we get a rather interesting iris out—i’m not sure how to describe it. it’s like a double iris out. regardless, it’s pretty cool!

one of the more interesting merrie melodies for sure! i didn’t talk about the voice credits at the beginning—because i didn’t know they existed! halfway through this i consulted imdb for the soundtrack list, and saw that there were actually names available. sara berner would be one of the bigger voices behind looney tunes—almost like the female equivalent of mel blanc. bernice hansen would dominate the screen in the 30s with her wonderful baby voice (used to the best of its abilities in cartoons where she voices actual babies who turn out to be conniving little bastards, referring to porky’s naughty nephew and porky’s picnic. she’d also voice petunia, both tashlin’s “sexy” approach and clampett’s cute and childish approach!). pinto colvig is credited too, of course gaining notoriety for his role as the original goofy. jack mercer also voiced popeye and felix the cat. quite a list here!

anyway, enough about voices. this was a really entertaining cartoon! with the books come to life cartoons, you have a certain standard of what to expect (save for book revue LOL. that’s a trip and a half), so i was pleasantly surprised to see that this was about magazines instead. especially in a drugstore, there’s a lot more room to work with the setting. the animation was beautiful and the gags were on point, and the celebrity caricatures were drawn great. even if you don’t know who they are, you still get a good laugh. the only downfall would be the racist gag with the stereotypical african tribe members making clicking sounds... that speaks for itself. needs to be addressed (as all the blackface and stereotypical gags do), but doesn’t necessarily drain the short too much of its charm. overall, definitely worth a watch. paced nicely and very high energy and silly! just express caution at the clicking gag with the ice skating scene.

link!

Last MLB Player To Wear Each Jersey Number: Cleveland

1: Greg Allen (2018-present)

2: Leonys Martin (2019-present)

3: Woodie Held (1958-61)(retired for Howard Averill 1975)

4: Bradley Zimmer (2017-present)

5: Richard Booker (1966)(retired for Lou Boudreau 1970)

6: Mike Freeman (2019-present)

7: Eric Stamets (2019-present)

8: Jordan Luplow (2019-present)

9: Erik Gonzalez (2016-18)

10: Jake Bauers (2019-present)

11: Jose Ramirez (2014-present)

12: Francisco Lindor (2015-present)

13: Leonys Martin (2018)

14: Jesse Levis (1992-93)(retired for Larry Doby 1994)

15: Ramon Vazquez (2005-06)

16: Jason Donald (2010-12)

17: Yonder Alonso (2018)

18: Ron Tingley (1988)(retired for Mel Harder 1990)

19: Bob Feller (1945-56)(retired for Feller 1956)

20: Rajai Davis (2016)(retired for Frank Robinson 2017)

21: Forest Swindell (1986)(retired for Bob Lemon 1998)

22: Jason Kipnis (2011-present)

23: Michael Brantley; Jr. (2009-18)

24: Andrew Miller (2016-18)

25: Jason Giambi (2013)(retired for Jim Thome 2018)

26: Rajai Davis (2018)

27: Kevin Plawecki (2019-present)

28: Corey Kluber (2011-present)

29: Juan Diaz (2012)

30: Tyler Naquin (2016-present)

31: Danny Salazar (2013-present)

32: Adam Rosales (2018-present)

33: Brad Hand (2018-present)

34: A.J. Cole (2019-present)

35: Oscar Mercado (2019-present)

36: Tyler Clippard (2019-present)

37: Cody Allen (2012-18)

38: Eric Haase (2018-present)

39: Oliver Perez (2018-present)

40: Alexi Ogando (2018)

41: Carlos Santana (2019-present)

42: Rich Yett (1986-89)(retired league-wide for Jackie Robinson 1997)

43: Josh Tomlin (2010-18)

44: Nick Goody (2017-present)

45: Adam Plutko (2017-present)

46: Jon Edwards (2018-present)

47: Trevor Bauer (2013-present)

48: Boone Logan (2017)

49: Tyler Olson (2017-present)

50: Evan Marshall (2018)

51: Shawn Armstrong (2015-17)

52: Mike Clevinger (2016-present)

53: Melky Cabrera (2018)

54: Chih-Wei Hu (2019-present)

55: Roberto Perez (2014-present)

56: Cody Anderson (2015-present)

57: Shane Bieber (2018-present)

58: Neil Ramirez (2018-present)

59: Carlos Carrasco (2013-present)

60: Brian Tallet (2005)

61: Dan Otero (2016-present)

62: Nick Wittgren (2019-present)

63: Josh Smith (2019-present)

64: Fernando Cabrera (2004-07)

65: Zach Plesac (2019-present)

66: Perci Garner III (2016)

67: Chris Nichting (2000)

68: Jefry Rodriguez (2019-present)

69: Luis Medina (1988)

70: George Kontos (2018)

71: Willie Martinez (2000)

72: Sam Hentges (2019-present)

73: Jean Mejia (2019-present)

74: Never issued

75: Yu-Cheng Chang (2018-present)

76: Tom Magrann (1989)

77: Never issued

78: Never issued

79: Bobby Bradley (2019-present)

80: Never issued

81: Never issued

82: Never issued

83: Never issued

84: Never issued

85: Never issued

86: Never issued

87: Never issued

88: Josh Outman (2014)

89: Never issued

90: Adam Cimber (2018-present)

91: Never issued

92: Never issued

93: Never issued

94: Never issued

95: Never issued

96: Never issued

97: Never issued

98: Never issued

99: Daniel Robertson (2017)

Interesting to see all the players who already signed new deals who can’t play Champions league. A few Wolfsburg players but will Lyon let Sbg stay for a month ? melanie probably new she didn’t get to play the final games. And seems like Lyon keep all their players

All the new signings will be able to play in the CL next season. SBG can still choose to finish out this CL with Wob seeing as she was part of their roster, Mel will have to wait until next season because Chelsea didn’t make it this season, Lyon will likely only lose Lucy to City and probably Naomie Feller due to the end of her loan. I think team’s are focusing on next season’s CL more now.

Kismet and Crane Boy in Search of the Perfect Mimosa

Kismet! Kismet is fate. Flirtatious. Destiny, dressed in brighter colors. Kismet is the younger sibling of Fate and Destiny. The fun one that was good at sports in High School but drinks a little too much now. A happy drunk though. Thank God, right? Kismet. Like Comet or Kermet. Kismet is goofy and adventurous. Like me! Maybe. I hope. Yes? “Kizzzz meeettt” The way a drunk girl clutching her 4th Whiskey Sour would say, “kiss me” before she bows to vomit all over your Levis 509’s. Kismet is the word my Dad used to describe the story I would like to tell you. And here is how it starts. It is Christmas day. My entire family is together on the beach. It is before noon. For the love of all things orange, spritzy and alcoholic… rain down upon us oh Lord of Mimosa! By the way a ‘perfect Holiday Mimosa' almost always means the ‘nearest Holiday Mimosa’. I decided I would hit the Shell Station across the main highway that runs parallel to the ocean. Now, the way I looked running across A1A in flip flops and my long skinny legs scissoring out of my small swim trunks must have resembled the unnatural way a bird runs before it remembers it can just fly away. A long-legged bird. Some type of Crane that spends its time sun bathing near a Florida reservoir not realizing he is a chip away from some retired Snow Bird golfing his way through retirement. (So many bird metaphors in one paragraph! The Humanity! Or rather, the Ornithurae!) Every so often one of these Jack Nicklaus wannabes takes liberties on a ‘mulligan' and ‘shanks' a ‘divot' right o’er the reservoir, scaring the rusted 9-Iron stem right out of the Crane’s beak, sending it away in a panic! Scurrying as awkwardly as a human, proportioned such as me, to safety in the cattails. This was what my step-mom saw as she happened to be driving by at that very moment. She swerved to the side of the road in excitement. I believe because, at first, she was sure a video of this strange Crane-boy running in broad daylight would go viral. But then she realized it was just a normal boy, her step-son in fact! She tilted her head to the side in a close second to that initial excitement of ‘Crane-boy siting’, and waved. Now this was kismet! I had just told my Dad how much I missed her. (Technically, she is my 'ex-step-mom' so I don’t get to see her much. Also, calling her ‘ex’ doesn’t feel right so she will forever be step-mom!) She has always possessed undeniable psychic ability, so whether it was her or me that manifested this to happen is up to the Gods of, yes… KISMET to decide! We talked about writing and she shared that she had finished the 1st draft of her book, which I absolutely cannot wait to read. And she (as she always has) encouraged me to write. And while the chance meeting above was one of many joyous moments of the Holiday season, it isn’t the only thing that compelled me to take pen to paper. Something of a different 'brand of miracle' happened to me during the same fateful Mimosa hunt! Upon entrance to the Shell Station I expected a Christmas Salutation. I was given none of the sort. The cashier, long shaggy hair, thick goat-tee, adorned with tattoos and a furrowed brow aimed solely at his phone did not even look up from the counter upon which he slouched. I thought to myself, “Ok. That’s fine. I’m going to throw out a wild hunch that he maybe loathes the holidays, is exhausted of all the Christmas songs, is tired of greeting customers with plastic cheer and hates his family.” Hush, Cookie! You needn’t jump to such sardonic conclusions just because his Facebook feed is more important than wishing his customer a Happy Holiday! I went straight for the walk-in cooler. I decided to splurge. I could barely even reach the top shelf to take down the $11.99 bottle of Champagne. But hey, money is just a number and age isn’t real. Or is it the other way around? I don’t know but it was Christmas for Christ’s sake. I approached the counter with two different types of Orange juice. I’m the most indecisive person on the planet and couldn’t bare the thought of choosing between Tropicana or Welch’s. Which is tastier? Which is from concentrate? What does that even mean? The cashier didn’t look up. I placed the items on the counter right in front of him with a semi-aggressive thud. As to say, “pardon feller, not that I need a stuffed Rudolph or a Santa to sit on, but a little eye contact and a smile wouldn’t kill ya on CHRISTMAS!” A few seconds went by and still nothing. Oh you better believe my nose was glowing bright! But then, finally he looks up and breaks into an unexpected monologue! Without even a ‘hello’, or ‘is that gonna be all for you’? He embarks… “You know the producer of ‘Die Hard’ just finally admitted that ‘Die Hard’ is in fact a Christmas movie?!” “Uh. no, I didn’t..” “Yea. I mean, no shit. It ain’t even Christmas until I watch that shit. I even made my girlfriend watch it with me two nights ago. She was like, “Can we fuckin turn this off yet or what?!” And I’m all, “Well Mel Gibson doesn’t give a shit about you either, bitch!” “Wow. Hm.. I think it was actually Bruce…. never mind.” “Of course it’s a fucking Christmas movie. Then we went to her house and she has two older brothers named Jesse and Joey and I’m all, “Good evening, Mr. Tanner!” And she didn’t even get it. It’s a Full House joke. She didn’t even get it.” After I broke my trance of nodding and smiling I thought it best to give relationship advice. “Maybe it’s time to find a more compatible partner?" “Well, she’s 23. So you gotta live with some shit for that, ya know?!” “Ain’t that the truth, brother.” Astonishingly enough, he managed to ring me up for the Mimosas. I gotta give it to him. Some impressive multi-tasking. I gathered my bags and ran like a Crane for the door. Now the point is that this was all very close to not happening. I could have driven and not awkwardly run like a Crane across the street. We could have settled for the un-chilled beer upstairs. But we didn’t. We wanted the Perfect Mimosa. And thanks to kismet, and all of its phonetic and fateful glory, I not only got to see my ‘ex’/ aka my forever stepmom… but I also got to experience the Christmas Miracle of that Shell Station! Yippee-kay-yayyy mother fuckers! -Cookie

Because I can't draw anymore, I've regressed to this little feller I decided to call "Sad Cube". He's like Mel Gibson's beaver puppet to me. I can't fully express myself without him. I recently experienced a rather ugly friendship breakup from someone whom I once regarded one of the most important people of my life. What can you do?

Father Christmas by Chris Jericho and The Christmas Helves

Father Christmas by Chris Jericho and The Christmas Helves

*phone rings*

Mike Check (*picks up phone*): Hello, KMCR. Mike Check here?

*Voice on phone*: Hello Mike, this Le Champion!

Mike Check: I don’t know any Mel Hampion? You must have the wrong number there, Frenchie?

*Voice on phone*: No, you idiot! It’s me, Chris Jericho!

Mike Check: Hey, no need to get upset there feller. What do you want?

Jericho: What do I want? I wanted you to play my brand new…

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Nos dejaron en la música….

Oliver Knussen, Dieter Schnebel, David DiChiera, Glen Roven, Martin Dalby, Milko Kelemen, Bo Nilsson, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Matt Marks, Daniel Barkley, Claudio Scimone, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Enoch zu Guttenberg, Jesús López Cobos, Jean-Claude Malgoire, Harold Farberman, George Walker, Edward Simons, Wanda Wilkomirska, Levine Andrade, Anshel Brusilow, Francis Lai, Herman Krebbers, Michael Tree, Didier Lockwood, Nina Beilina, Philip De Groote, Jean Grout, Nelson Cooke, Ivan Davis, Lívia Rév, Johannes Goritzi, Theodore Antoniou, Renaud Gagneux, Alan Stout, Patrick Williams, Milan Krizek, Gian Paolo Mele, Eitan Avitsur, Juan Hidalgo Codorniu, Thomas Pernes, Milko Kelemen, Alain Kremski…

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Amos Oz, Vidihadar Naipaul, Stephen Hawking, Dasa Drndic, Philip Roth, Tom Wolfe, Neil Simon, Pablo Garcia Baena, Nicanor Parra, Diana Der Hovanessian, Claribel Alegría, José Triana, Victor Heringer, Tom Griffin, Clement Rosset, Sergio Pitol,  Irina Tokmakova, Efrain Jara Idrovo, Pavel Srut, Jane Langton,  Julia Vinograd, Tom Leonard, Rob Hiaasen, Vicente Verdu, Inge Feltrinelli…

Jon Paul Steuer, Frank Buxton, Johann

es Brost, Anthony Bourdin, Sister Wendy Beckett, Paul Bocuse, Josep Fontana, Erling Mandelmann, David Austin, Robin Leach, Hubert de Givenchy….

Argentina

Osvaldo Bayer, Hermenegildo Sabat, Augusto Fernandes, Irene Gruss, Hugo Santiago, Horacio Molina, Elvira Orphee, Antonio Pujia, Tito Capobianco, Alicia Berdaxagar, Esteban Peicovich, Violeta Rivas, Jaime Torres, Jorge Demirjian, Gustavo Tambascio, Poldy Byrd, Maria Concepción César, Guillermo Bredeston, Alba Arnova, Emilio Disi, German Garcia, Juan Jose Stagnaro, Iris Alonso, Norma Bessouet, Julio Blanck, Juan Carlos Mastrángelo, Carlos Garaycochea, Betty Elizalde, Victor Buchino, Majo Okner,Tomas Maldonado, Elsa Bloise, Roxana Darín, Noemi Lapzeson, Deborah P. Volpin, Emilio Urdapilleta, Francisco Romero, Choly Berreteaga, Julio Llinas…

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Reasons Why Many Investors Fail

Reasons Why Many Investors Fail  

By Mel Feller, MPA, MHR

Mel Feller Seminars, Coaching For Success 360 Inc. /Mel Feller Coaching    

 Investing is supposed to be easy; you take an amount of money, invest it in the market, and let it grow in value over time.  If it is so easy, then why do so many people fail at it?

  Here are few reasons why investors fail.  I hope that you are not committing all of these mistakes.  If you commit any of them, take note of them and take action to correct them.

 Reasons Why Investors Fail

 No Financial Goals or Change Goals Too Often. If you are going on vacation, you have a plan, right? So why wouldn’t you have a plan for your money? After all, a typical vacation only lasts a week while you want your money to last your lifetime, and possibly more. Sadly, too many people have no plan and simply throw money into the market, thinking they will figure it out later. Later comes, and they still have no clue. Sit down and think about what you want financially. Once you have an idea, create a plan around it and stick to it!

 Invest in the Wrong Securities. This does not mean you invested in some now defunct internet start-up over Apple. What this means is you are invested in emerging market stocks when you have three years until retirement. You should have your money in more stable investments, such as bonds. Another example is having a portfolio asset allocation that is appropriate for your goals. If you are close to retirement, you should not be invested 100% in stocks. Understand what you are investing in.  Stocks are for the long term, bonds are for shorter-term periods.

 Invest Emotionally, Not Rationally. You see the market up 300 points and think you have to get into this rally or conversely, you see the market drop by 300 points and sell everything. In both cases, you are acting on emotion. Do your best to take your emotions out of the picture. Expect short-term volatility, because it will be there. Nevertheless, always remember that you are in it for the long term.

  Being Too Greedy. You see that Apple stock keeps rising so you go ahead and invest in it because you think it cannot lose. On the other hand, you have lost much of your retirement savings in the past few years and to make up for it, you invest everything you have in technology stocks. Do not be greedy. Stick to your plan. When you chase investments, you will be burnt. Trust me. I have done it and so have many others.

 Relying on Experts. Tune into the business channel and you will see some expert pumping up a stock. You think that it sounds good and invest in it. Bad move. No one knows how the market is going to react. There might be a short-term pop in the stock the expert is promoting, simply because so many others are blindly following their advice. In time though, the stock will return to normal. Stay focused on your goals and on the plan, you created for yourself.

 Listening to Outdated Articles. With the internet, you can find a story on just about any topic you want. What you need to pay attention to is the timeliness of the article. There is no reason to get excited about what an article says if it is outdated. In addition, with how quickly news travels, it can become outdated quickly.

 Becoming Overwhelmed. There are thousands of mutual funds, stocks and bonds to invest in. You could easily spend your entire life researching each one of them. Too many fall victim to analysis paralysis. This happens when you have so much information; you end up not making a decision because you are overwhelmed with it all. Search out low cost index funds and stop there. Pick a few that will give you the allocation you need for your goals and more on. No need to research until you cannot take it anymore.

 Investing to Save on Taxes. I hate paying tax as much as the next person. However, there is no reason to invest in a security simply because it will save you on taxes. Realize that I am not saying you should not save in your 401k and IRA accounts. I think you should be contributing as much as the law allows you to. Nevertheless, do not go investing in other products just for the tax savings. If they are part of your plan, then by all means, invest. If not, move on and invest to meet your goals.

 Investing on Margin. Many investors were burnt in earlier years because they have too much money invested on margin. If you do not know what margin is, it allows you to invest in securities without having the cash up front. If the security increases in value, you can sell it, pay your outstanding balance, and keep the rest. Problems arise when the security drops in value. In this case, you do not need to sell it in order for the lender to get his money. Once the value of the security drops below a certain point, you need to add cash to your account to make up for the difference. My advice: Do not invest unless you have the cash. If you do not have the cash, then save up until you do. There is no point into going into debt to invest money.

 Not Understanding Compound Growth. The more time you have, the more your money can compound upon itself. Another way to explain compounding is that you earn interest on not only your principal, but also on the interest, you have earned as well. As your investment account balance increases, the compounding of your money increases at a faster rate, earning you more money quicker. You will not become a millionaire overnight, but your money will grow.

 Fixed Income Does Not Mean Fixed Value. If you are investing in bonds, also known as fixed income, your principal invested can lose money. There is no guarantee that you will not lose money. Bonds are less volatile than stocks and as a result are less likely to lose value, but that does not meant they will not.

Mel Feller, MPA, MHR, is a well-known real estate business consultant and speaker, specializing in performance, productivity, and profits. Mel is the president of Mel Feller Seminars with Coaching For Success, Inc. and Mel Feller Coaching, a real estate and business specific coaching company. His three books for real estate professionals are systems on how to become an exceptional sales performer.  His four books in Business and Government Grants are ways to leverage and increase your business Success in both time and money!

About Mel Feller and Who He Is

Mel Feller a Personal Development, Business, Real Estate, Branding, Business Funding and Finance Coach. In addition, Mel Feller has served in a variety of executive leadership roles for medium and large organizations, including multiple Fortune 500’s. He is a charismatic leader who has facilitated change and growth in all sized organizations, including non-profit and Board development. Mel Feller has successfully led organizations in the areas business development, marketing, real estate and Realtors, sales, team building, operations, and the like.

Mel Feller is committed to serving. In the community, he chairs several organizations. Mel Feller volunteers his leadership at two churches in a variety of ways, including serving on council, bible study facilitator, and more. Mel Feller has been a featured speaker for career professional groups, business leaders and continuing education sessions, as well as, aspiring business startups.

Mel Feller had a real estate license the same week he graduated from high school and was a multi million-dollar producer with Century 21 for 18 months after becoming licensed. He held that license for 20 years. He specialized in both residential and commercial real estate. He had a special emphasis in multi-units.

In addition, Mel Feller loves real estate and is an avid real estate investor. He loves coaching real estate. He maintains holdings in several states.

He was a former Chief of Staff for a United States Senator has two Master Degrees in Public Administration and Human Resources with an emphasis in Adult Education and Training. Mel Feller states, “An effective coach is someone who tells you what you may not want to hear, helps you navigate around your blind spots, and helps you identify opportunities…so that you can be who you’ve always known you can be”

When he is not coaching, you can find Mel Feller reading, listening to podcasts, exercising, fishing, or with his beautiful and loving wife, step kids, kids and grand kids exploring the greatness of the family and world God has gifted us all with.

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Mel Feller is a business/real estate entrepreneur. He served in the Navy Reserve and is helping and creating business programs & writing grants for veterans.

Who Needs A World Series? The Indians Are Dominating The All-Star Game

When Major League Baseball’s All-Stars take the field Tuesday night in Washington, the Cleveland Indians will be quite well-represented. With starting third baseman Jose Ramirez leading the way, the Tribe has six total players on the American League roster, tied with the Houston Astros for the most in MLB.1 It’s a fitting honor for this star-powered season in Cleveland: The Indians currently boast four players — Ramirez, Francisco Lindor, Trevor Bauer and Corey Kluber — each on pace to put up at least six wins above replacement,2 which, if it holds up (grain of salt), would tie them for the most by any MLB team since 1901.

That kind of star performance is nothing new for the Tribe, though. Since the All-Star Game began in 1933, only seven franchises (the Yankees, Cardinals, Red Sox, Dodgers, Reds, Giants and Braves) have sent more total players to the midsummer classic than Cleveland has. And no team’s top players have done more to help their league win during the game itself, especially on the pitching side. The franchise may not have won a World Series since 1948, but it does shine brightly on at least one high-profile stage.

I figured all this out by crunching a simplified version of WAR on the stats from each All-Star Game in history. This WAR doesn’t use defensive metrics3 or fancy adjustments for extra bases gained, but it does judge a player’s basic hitting and pitching stats relative to the environment in which they were produced. (For batters, this mainly meant calculating runs above average using weighted on-base average; for pitchers, this involved a 50-50 blend between the value of not allowing earned runs and the value of performance in categories a pitcher directly controls — walks, strikeouts and home runs.)4

By all those numbers, here are the franchises who have the best All-Star Game WAR over time, divided by the number of years they’ve existed (through 2017):

In terms of value from batters (per season that both the team and the All-Star Game existed), the Indians rank fifth behind the Cardinals, Red Sox, Tigers and Diamondbacks. That’s pretty good, and it comes thanks to players such as third baseman Al Rosen (career 1.247 All-Star OPS) and catcher Sandy Alomar Jr. (who was named MVP in 1997). But the pitching side is where Cleveland has really distinguished itself, easily ranking No. 1 among all franchises (topping the Dodgers and Reds). That’s largely due to the efforts of 1930s/40s-era Tribe hurlers Mel Harder and Bob Feller, who show up as the top two pitchers in All-Star history according to WAR. In 25⅓ combined All-Star innings over nine appearances, that pair allowed just 1 earned run, good for a miniscule ERA of 0.36.

Now, we should note that it’s no coincidence the All-Star Game’s most valuable pitchers played early in the game’s existence. Back then, pitchers like Feller were allowed to log three to four innings at a time, as opposed to today’s trend of letting each pitcher on the roster get about an inning of work apiece. Obviously, it’s easier to rack up big WAR totals if you get to throw more innings — provided you’re effective the way Harder and Feller were.

But that isn’t to say no modern players are near the top of the All-Star WAR ranks. Mariano Rivera ranks ninth among pitchers after allowing zero earned runs in nine innings of work, and Randy Johnson ranks 11th. On the hitting side, Derek Jeter enhanced his status as baseball’s biggest star with a 1.184 OPS and the third-most All-Star WAR of any position player.5 And Mike Trout is zooming up the list — because of course he is — with a 1.533 OPS and the seventh-most WAR of any hitter, compiled in only five appearances.

Speaking of modern entities, at the other end of the All-Star WAR spectrum from the Indians are the Miami Marlins and Colorado Rockies, who look terrible even after adjusting for how comparatively few chances they’ve had to rack up appearances. (Each franchise entered MLB in 1993.) Interestingly, the Astros join them among the teams whose players have done the least in the All-Star Game over the years. Houston has had plenty of top-line talent to represent it, but Jose Altuve and Craig Biggio combined to go 1-for-23 in their All-Star appearances, and Roger Clemens gave up 3 earned runs in two innings as an Astro, to go with a handful of other high-profile flops.

The good news for the Astros is that they’ll get a bunch of chances to reverse that trend in Tuesday’s game. At the same time, the Indians will get plenty more opportunities to pad their all-time numbers. Bauer and Ramirez might never catch up to Feller and Rosen, but they do have a lot of illustrious history on their side.

Check out our latest MLB predictions.

from News About Sports https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/who-needs-a-world-series-the-indians-are-dominating-the-all-star-game/

Melvin Feller Business Ministries Group Looks at Doing Business as God’s Direct Light in Your Business

Melvin Feller Business Ministries Group Looks at Doing Business as God’s Direct Light in Your Business

Melvin Feller Business Ministries Group in Burkburnett Ministries and Dallas Texas and Lawton Oklahoma. Our mission is to call and equip a generation of Christian entrepreneurs to do business as ministry. We provide workshops and resources that help companies discover how to do business God’s way and provide a positive outreach as the director. When the heart of a business is service rather than self it can be transformed into a fruitful business ministry earning a profit and being of service to the community and their customers.  Melvin Feller is currently pursuing another graduate degree in business organizations.

 Did you know you are a minister? You do not need to be licensed and employed by a church to do the work of the ministry. In fact, Paul makes it clear in 2 Corinthians 5:17–19 (NLT) that “God has given us the task of reconciling people to him.” Essentially, we are all ministers. For many of us it comes naturally, yet for others it does not. In addition, oftentimes the most difficult place to minister is the workplace; however, Jesus shows us throughout Scripture that everywhere we go is an opportunity to minister. There are so many ways we can bring the love and light of Jesus into the workplace. Here are several tips to help you get started in your marketplace ministry!

JOIN IN. God may already be working in the hearts of those around you. Pray and ask God how you can join in on what He is already doing.

  GET TO KNOW PEOPLE. Find out what needs or difficulties people are experiencing, and pray about how you might help them.

 IMAGINE. If Jesus were to walk through your workplace, what would His mindset be? Who would He encourage? What would He do? Take some time to ask the Lord what He would have you do in your workplace this week.

 PRAY. Who can you pray for this week? Praying for your coworkers and leadership will make your spirit more sensitive to how you can minister to them in the future.

  HONOR. The Bible says we should work as if we’re working for the Lord and respect and honor those in authority (Colossians 3:23–24; Romans 13:1–7; 1 Peter 2:13–20; Hebrews 13:17). This includes your boss, no matter who they are. How can you honor your boss this week?

  BE PRESENT. Sometimes, when deadlines loom and the workload is overwhelming, it can be difficult to stop and be present with someone. However, one of the biggest ways we can be like Jesus is by giving people our full attention.

 ASK. Learn to ask many questions and then truly listen. Sometimes listening can be more effective than talking.

  CHOOSE PEOPLE ABOVE ISSUES. When issues arise, remember your relationship with those around you is more important than any problem. God loves every person, and no problem should interfere with how we treat people.

  BE KIND. Let your words always be filled with kindness and grace. In a world where kindness is not the norm, strive to be different and show the love of Jesus in all of your conversations. However, do not be fake—people can usually spot insincerity.

  SHIFT YOUR PERSPECTIVE. Business is ministry when you do it for the Lord. Just because you are not in full-time ministry working at a church, does not mean your job is not as important to the kingdom of God. Think about how your job can help others and Steward God’s creation.

   Melvin Feller Business Ministries Group in Texas and Oklahoma. Melvin Feller founded Melvin Feller Business Consultants Group and Burkburnett former grace Ministries director in the 1970s to help individuals and organizations achieve their specific Victory. Victory as defined by the individual or organization are achieving strategic objectives, exceeding goals, getting results or desired outcomes and a positive outreach with grace and as a ministries. He has extensive experience assisting businesses achieve top and bottom line results. He has broad practical experience creating WINNERS in many organizations and industries. He has hands-on experience in executive leadership, operations, logistics, sales, program management, organizational development, training, and customer service. He was a Burkburnett man. He has coached teams to achieve results in strategic planning, business development, organizational design, sales, and customer response and business process improvement. He has prepared and presented many workshops nationally and internationally.