Mystery Mind is the title of a posthumous album by Mark Heard, released in 2000 on Fingerprint Records.
This collection of never before heard interviews and demos by Mark Heard was originally intended as a prerelease EP, paving the way for a full length collection of more unreleased music that was to be released later the same year on Fingerprint, entitled All She Wanted Was Love. For a variety of reasons, that full length project never materialized and fans would have to wait three more years to hear some more of Heard's unreleased recordings on the Hammers and Nails project put out by Paste Music.
The interview segments were taken from a phone interview with writer Brian Quincy Newcomb. Since it was recorded at Fingerprint, only Heard's answers were audible on the recording. So the producers had to do some creative editing to make the segments make sense to the listener and sound like intros to the songs.
Mystery Mind began its life with the title Mercy of the Flame and was originally going to be released independently by the producers with all proceeds being donated to the Heard family, but Fingerprint Records liked the final project enough that they wanted to release it themselves. Fingerprint had the album mastered and created new artwork based around the previously unpublished cover photo of Mark.
Track listing
# "Mystery Mind" (demo)
# "Interview Segment One"
# "Mercy Of The Flame" (demo)
# "Interview Segment Two"
# "I Just Wanna Get Warm" (demo)
# "Interview Segment Three"
# "Let Freedom Ring" (demo)
# "Freight Train To Nowhere" (live at Cornerstone 92)
# "Orphans of God" (live at Cornerstone 92)
# "Interview Segment Four"
# "In Concert"
Production notes
*Tracks 8 & 9 were Recorded Live during Mark's final concert performance, at the Cornerstone Festival in 1992. Heard suffered a heart attack during the performance and died not long after.
*Track 11 Recorded Live at a Daniel Amos benefit Concert in California in 1982. Mark and other performers had put on a special show to raise money for D.A. after the band had their touring equipment stolen. The show was recorded and the recording was donated to Fingerprint Records by Rick Deering.
This collection of never before heard interviews and demos by Mark Heard was originally intended as a prerelease EP, paving the way for a full length collection of more unreleased music that was to be released later the same year on Fingerprint, entitled All She Wanted Was Love. For a variety of reasons, that full length project never materialized and fans would have to wait three more years to hear some more of Heard's unreleased recordings on the Hammers and Nails project put out by Paste Music.
The interview segments were taken from a phone interview with writer Brian Quincy Newcomb. Since it was recorded at Fingerprint, only Heard's answers were audible on the recording. So the producers had to do some creative editing to make the segments make sense to the listener and sound like intros to the songs.
Mystery Mind began its life with the title Mercy of the Flame and was originally going to be released independently by the producers with all proceeds being donated to the Heard family, but Fingerprint Records liked the final project enough that they wanted to release it themselves. Fingerprint had the album mastered and created new artwork based around the previously unpublished cover photo of Mark.
Track listing
# "Mystery Mind" (demo)
# "Interview Segment One"
# "Mercy Of The Flame" (demo)
# "Interview Segment Two"
# "I Just Wanna Get Warm" (demo)
# "Interview Segment Three"
# "Let Freedom Ring" (demo)
# "Freight Train To Nowhere" (live at Cornerstone 92)
# "Orphans of God" (live at Cornerstone 92)
# "Interview Segment Four"
# "In Concert"
Production notes
*Tracks 8 & 9 were Recorded Live during Mark's final concert performance, at the Cornerstone Festival in 1992. Heard suffered a heart attack during the performance and died not long after.
*Track 11 Recorded Live at a Daniel Amos benefit Concert in California in 1982. Mark and other performers had put on a special show to raise money for D.A. after the band had their touring equipment stolen. The show was recorded and the recording was donated to Fingerprint Records by Rick Deering.
Eric Steven Reyes (born January 15, 1979 in Rock Island, Illinois) is an Independent Party candidate for the United States Congress in Illinois's 17th congressional district.
Early life and education
Eric Reyes was born to Sandra and David Reyes, the first-generation American son of a janitor and data entry clerk. He grew up in Rock Island, Illinois with his brother and sister.
Reyes attended Lincoln Elementary, Audubon Elementary, Washington Junior High School, and Rock Island High School, graduating in 1997.
Reyes graduated from Augustana College, in Rock Island, Illinois, with B.A.s in Political Science and Philosophy. During his time in college, Reyes was an active student leader, holding positions in a variety of clubs and organizations such as: Multicultural Programming Board, Multicultural Coalition, Enhanced Cultural Curriculum Committee, Latinos Unidos, and Gamma Alpha Beta, and he was the first ever Multicultural Representative to the Student Government Association. Reyes was also a founding member of the College Democrats of Augustana. He was elected President of this organization during his senior year, and during his tenure, the organization saw an increase in membership of over one thousand percent. Throughout his time at Augustana, Reyes volunteered 20-30 hours per week at the Boys & Girls Club (He was honored to be recognized as Volunteer of the Month in the local paper for his work there) and worked full time.
Reyes earned his Juris Doctorate from Northern Illinois University College of Law, focusing his studies on Constitutional Law. In his spare time, he was involved with Big Brothers Big Sisters of America. During this time Reyes enlisted in the Military but was badly injured in Boot Camp and was unable to continue.
Career
During his time in law school, Reyes became involved in Barack Obama's U.S. Senate campaign and was hired to be the Northern Illinois County Organizer. He ran the campaign in Boone, Lee, Ogle, DeKalb, and Kendall Counties. The proximity of these counties to Winnebago County, led to his working a great deal in Rockford as well.
After law school, Reyes opened his own law office and practiced primarily Family Law. He was also retained by International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 145 who he helped with union contract enforcement and the preservation and restoration of collective bargaining power.
Reyes became an in 2008. Reyes was designated the Domestic Violence Prosecutor, and the prosecution protocol he instituted led to a dramatic improvement in the percentage of successful prosecutions for domestic battery, as well as a drop in arrests for such incidents. Due to his record in that division, Reyes was then designated as the county's first ever Gang & Organized-Crime Prosecutor. He worked with all local, state, and federal authorities to attempt to stem the tide of gang violence.
In 2010, Reyes accepted a position as Partner with the firm VanDerGinst Law, P.C., making him one of the youngest partners at a law firm in the area at the age of 31.
Reyes returned to private practice in 2011, focusing his practice on Criminal, Family, and Immigration Law. It was during this period that he announced his candidacy for the U.S. Congress in the Illinois 17th Congressional District.
Early life and education
Eric Reyes was born to Sandra and David Reyes, the first-generation American son of a janitor and data entry clerk. He grew up in Rock Island, Illinois with his brother and sister.
Reyes attended Lincoln Elementary, Audubon Elementary, Washington Junior High School, and Rock Island High School, graduating in 1997.
Reyes graduated from Augustana College, in Rock Island, Illinois, with B.A.s in Political Science and Philosophy. During his time in college, Reyes was an active student leader, holding positions in a variety of clubs and organizations such as: Multicultural Programming Board, Multicultural Coalition, Enhanced Cultural Curriculum Committee, Latinos Unidos, and Gamma Alpha Beta, and he was the first ever Multicultural Representative to the Student Government Association. Reyes was also a founding member of the College Democrats of Augustana. He was elected President of this organization during his senior year, and during his tenure, the organization saw an increase in membership of over one thousand percent. Throughout his time at Augustana, Reyes volunteered 20-30 hours per week at the Boys & Girls Club (He was honored to be recognized as Volunteer of the Month in the local paper for his work there) and worked full time.
Reyes earned his Juris Doctorate from Northern Illinois University College of Law, focusing his studies on Constitutional Law. In his spare time, he was involved with Big Brothers Big Sisters of America. During this time Reyes enlisted in the Military but was badly injured in Boot Camp and was unable to continue.
Career
During his time in law school, Reyes became involved in Barack Obama's U.S. Senate campaign and was hired to be the Northern Illinois County Organizer. He ran the campaign in Boone, Lee, Ogle, DeKalb, and Kendall Counties. The proximity of these counties to Winnebago County, led to his working a great deal in Rockford as well.
After law school, Reyes opened his own law office and practiced primarily Family Law. He was also retained by International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 145 who he helped with union contract enforcement and the preservation and restoration of collective bargaining power.
Reyes became an in 2008. Reyes was designated the Domestic Violence Prosecutor, and the prosecution protocol he instituted led to a dramatic improvement in the percentage of successful prosecutions for domestic battery, as well as a drop in arrests for such incidents. Due to his record in that division, Reyes was then designated as the county's first ever Gang & Organized-Crime Prosecutor. He worked with all local, state, and federal authorities to attempt to stem the tide of gang violence.
In 2010, Reyes accepted a position as Partner with the firm VanDerGinst Law, P.C., making him one of the youngest partners at a law firm in the area at the age of 31.
Reyes returned to private practice in 2011, focusing his practice on Criminal, Family, and Immigration Law. It was during this period that he announced his candidacy for the U.S. Congress in the Illinois 17th Congressional District.
Wingsuit combat is violent conflict between two or more individuals wearing wingsuits.
In 2009, a group of German companies joined forces to create a wingsuit that would be appropriate for military combat use. The suit has a wingspan of 6 feet and a glide ratio of 5:1. A small engine may be added to the suit to help attain additional distance.
Wingsuit combatants are effectively invisible with a low radar signature and the ability to control deployment. However, combatants must be capable of eliminating the enemy entirely as no return mechanism has been devised.
In Popular Culture
* The mouse-over text in XKCD [http://xkcd.com/1051/ #1051 "Visited"] laments the absence of a link to this page.
* In the second Transformers movie, wingsuit combat is used during the climax to retake the city.
* A high-ranking cabinet member of the Clinton Administration once categorized wingsuit combat as "the coolest thing since Fonzie."
* A possible precursor may be battles of angels vs. demons, such as in works based on the Book of Revelations, or in Paradise Lost.
In 2009, a group of German companies joined forces to create a wingsuit that would be appropriate for military combat use. The suit has a wingspan of 6 feet and a glide ratio of 5:1. A small engine may be added to the suit to help attain additional distance.
Wingsuit combatants are effectively invisible with a low radar signature and the ability to control deployment. However, combatants must be capable of eliminating the enemy entirely as no return mechanism has been devised.
In Popular Culture
* The mouse-over text in XKCD [http://xkcd.com/1051/ #1051 "Visited"] laments the absence of a link to this page.
* In the second Transformers movie, wingsuit combat is used during the climax to retake the city.
* A high-ranking cabinet member of the Clinton Administration once categorized wingsuit combat as "the coolest thing since Fonzie."
* A possible precursor may be battles of angels vs. demons, such as in works based on the Book of Revelations, or in Paradise Lost.
Carlos Gerardo Cortiglia is the British National Party candidate for the London mayoral election, 2012.
BNP candidate for Mayor of London election 2012
On 7 September 2011 the British National Party (BNP) announced London member Carlos Cortiglia as its candidate, who is a press officer for the party. Cortiglia was born in Uruguay of Spanish and Italian ancestry and came to the United Kingdom in 1989. He has previously taken part in a televised abortion debate on RT in his capacity as press secretary and was a list candidate for the party in the assembly elections in 2004. He has worked for the BBC World Service and has been involved in several areas of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, including television, radio and Internet via London Radio Service, British Satellite News, APTN and other media.
Cortiglia's selection by the BNP as a candidate was marked by controversy over a 2003 interview, in which Cortiglia is quoted:
Soy argentino oriental, o dicho de otro modo, uruguayo de nacimiento, y me siento muy ligado emocionalmente a la República Argentina. En 1982 me ofrecí como voluntario para ir a las Islas Malvinas. Todo nació de mi gran interés por la historia y por haber crecido nutrido por los ideales de lo que podría haber sido y finalmente no fue. Esto me llevó finalmente a involucrarme en la carrera periodística que, en definitiva, fue lo que me trajo al Reino Unido.
That is, Cortiglia said that, feeling an emotional connection to Argentina, in 1982, he had volunteered to go to the Falkland Islands, which was interpreted as showing support for Argentina in the Falklands War. In 2011, Cortiglia labelled the erroneous suggestion that he had fought for Argentina as "far left fabrication" and explained the quote in La Nación so:
As a State employee and as a Uruguayan (not as a British citizen), I made a public pronouncement expressing the position of the Uruguayan government. If Argentina had suspected, at any point in time, that Uruguay would be siding with Britain or helping Britain, Uruguayan neutrality would have been compromised.
Cortiglia explained his reasons for joining the British National Party in a statement introducing his candidacy:
I want to help preserve the freedoms, values and traditions that help make this a great country to live in. That's why I joined the British National Party twelve years ago. I wanted to pay back the country that has been so kind to me and my family. I wanted to work with others who felt the same way as me.
BNP candidate for Mayor of London election 2012
On 7 September 2011 the British National Party (BNP) announced London member Carlos Cortiglia as its candidate, who is a press officer for the party. Cortiglia was born in Uruguay of Spanish and Italian ancestry and came to the United Kingdom in 1989. He has previously taken part in a televised abortion debate on RT in his capacity as press secretary and was a list candidate for the party in the assembly elections in 2004. He has worked for the BBC World Service and has been involved in several areas of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, including television, radio and Internet via London Radio Service, British Satellite News, APTN and other media.
Cortiglia's selection by the BNP as a candidate was marked by controversy over a 2003 interview, in which Cortiglia is quoted:
Soy argentino oriental, o dicho de otro modo, uruguayo de nacimiento, y me siento muy ligado emocionalmente a la República Argentina. En 1982 me ofrecí como voluntario para ir a las Islas Malvinas. Todo nació de mi gran interés por la historia y por haber crecido nutrido por los ideales de lo que podría haber sido y finalmente no fue. Esto me llevó finalmente a involucrarme en la carrera periodística que, en definitiva, fue lo que me trajo al Reino Unido.
That is, Cortiglia said that, feeling an emotional connection to Argentina, in 1982, he had volunteered to go to the Falkland Islands, which was interpreted as showing support for Argentina in the Falklands War. In 2011, Cortiglia labelled the erroneous suggestion that he had fought for Argentina as "far left fabrication" and explained the quote in La Nación so:
As a State employee and as a Uruguayan (not as a British citizen), I made a public pronouncement expressing the position of the Uruguayan government. If Argentina had suspected, at any point in time, that Uruguay would be siding with Britain or helping Britain, Uruguayan neutrality would have been compromised.
Cortiglia explained his reasons for joining the British National Party in a statement introducing his candidacy:
I want to help preserve the freedoms, values and traditions that help make this a great country to live in. That's why I joined the British National Party twelve years ago. I wanted to pay back the country that has been so kind to me and my family. I wanted to work with others who felt the same way as me.