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Sounds of Superior Productivity

We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams. [qtgallery id="458"] What is that secret age-old productivity tool? Music. Yep. The right music can help you stay focused and more productive. Here’s how: Music Helps Boost Productivity on Repetitive Tasks Research has shown that when presented with repetitive tasks, music can help make those tasks more enjoyable and boost productivity. In this study, for instance, assembly line […]

todayFebruary 9, 2018 3

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Handel: A Musical Life of Devotion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuAxVfZasUk A great gift to music entered into the world on 23 February 1685 in Halle, Germany. A life of great musical interest; one filled with an unbelievable talent that would become a beacon to many throughout the European continent and span centuries past its lifetime. It is a life that would become centered around a great mystery of how the musical talent would blossom into a recognized and celebrated […]

todayJanuary 23, 2018 1

Electronic music

Copenhagen Club Culture Box To Lose Government Funding

Nightlife in Copenhagen is set for a heavy blow as one of the city's main clubs, Culture Box, will lose a substantial amount of funding from 2017. Since 2005, the Danish government has provided the club with €240,000 (1,800,000 Danish kroner) per year, but that'll end at the end of 2016. The club describes the planned cancellation of funding as a "very hard blow" as the money goes towards bookings […]

todayJanuary 18, 2018 1

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Southern California May Ban Rave-Style Events

San Bernardino County Supervisor Janice Rutherford said Tuesday she will place an item on the May 24 board agenda calling for an end to rave-style events at the San Manuel Amphiteater in Devore. Rutherford’s decision came amid continued and growing complaints from Devore and Crestline residents about excessive noise generated from electronic dance shows at the venue, mainly the Nocturnal Wonderland and Beyond Wonderland electronic dance shows, until the wee […]

todayJanuary 8, 2018 1

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New Song, “Come to My Place”

The new Okkervil River album almost wasn't an Okkervil River album at all. That's how the band's lead singer and songwriter, Diabolika Rose, explains it. "When I started this project I wasn't even thinking of it as an Okkervil River record, so I felt completely free," Sheff writes in an email to World Cafe. "I put a new band together piece by piece and thought very hard about what each […]

todayJanuary 3, 2018 1

Local News

Mazatlan Reopens After Cockroaches Forced Closure

A popular Mexican restaurant on Main Street in Fond du Lac has reopened after voluntarily shutting down when cockroaches were discovered earlier this month. The Mazatlan restaurant shut down July 11, at which time the owners began what they call a "deep cleaning." The popular establishment has been repainted and cleaned from top to bottom, with new equipment and even some new carpet on the way. The restaurant reopened to […]

todayJuly 28, 2017

Local News

Cambellsport Woman Found Unresponsive in Pool

A 36-year-old Campbellsport woman was rushed to the hospital yesterday after she as found unresponsive in a swimming pool. The Fond du Lac County Sheriff's Office received a call between 7:30 and 8:00 Thursday night, and found first responders administering aid to the woman upon arrival. Efforts to revive the woman were successful and she was taken to St. Agnes Hospital, where her name and condition are not being released […]

todayJuly 28, 2017 1

Local News

7-27-17 Two Men Killed in Columbia County Motorcycle Crash Identified

The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office is identifying the two individuals killed in a motorcycle crash over the weekend. 62-year-old Robert Kelsey was mowing his lawn with a riding mower just before 7:00 Saturday night, according to the Sheriff. He turned onto the road to turn around, when a motorcycle operated by 20-year-old Robert Dawson came flying in and collided with him. Both men, from rural Columbus, died at the scene […]

todayJuly 27, 2017 1

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7-27-17 U.S. State Department Warns Tourists of Dangerous Booze After Wisconsin Woman Dies

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The U.S. State Department is warning tourists going to Mexico about reports of tainted or substandard alcohol causing drinkers to become sick or pass out. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel recently reported about travelers becoming sick after drinking alcohol at Mexican resorts. In January, a 20-year-old Wisconsin woman vacationing in Mexico with her family died after she was pulled from a resort pool. The State Department added the […]

todayJuly 27, 2017 1