I'm an Evernote junkie .... there, I've said it. Yes, I admit it. I tell EVERYBODY about it; talk with ANYONE who knows me and they'll tell you I've at least mentioned Evernote to them a some point.
My desk is clean. I have NO MORE post it notes. I no longer use my paper-based filing cabinet. No scraps of paper. No notes lying around .... they've all been scanned into Evernote and DISCARDED.
Best of all .... ALL of the above is readily accessible to me wherever I am .... it's "in the cloud" .... on my computer, on anyone else's computer, on my iPhone, on my iPad. It's completely ubiquitous.
A video overview of the tool -- this is definitely worth watching and will give you the basics. Click here to watch the video (approximately 12 minutes, but again, well worth the time).
THE BEST BOOK written on the subject, Evernote Essentials -- Click here for more info on the book.
Give it a try .... or IF you're already using it, watch the video and read the book for tons of GREAT ideas for how to fully leverage this amazing tool.
In his book "Getting Things Done," David Allen talks about the power of the "Two Minute Rule" as it applies to our productivity and keeping our heads empty of all the little things we need to do.
The concept is simple: If you have a task to do -- a email that you just received, responding to a voice mail message, dealing with something that has landed on your desk, etc. and it can DEFINITELY be done in two minutes or less, then go ahead and DO IT.
NOT doing it, means writing it down or putting it on a task list or trying to keep track of it in your head. By the time we do get around to doing it, we've probably spent MORE than two minutes processing it FOR completion.
Is there something magic about two minutes -- could it be a one minute rule or a three minute rule? Certainly, but the message is this: If it can be done quickly, go ahead and do it. Determine what "quickly" means for you, but something in the one to three minute range is probably best, otherwise the time accumulates and you run the risk of counter-productivity.
IDEA: Pick a 10 or 15-minute block of time, twice each day, and handle a series of two-minute tasks. You'll be surprised at how much you get done by the end of the week.
So....What do you have in front of you RIGHT NOW that can be done in two minutes or less?
Gail Geary, J.D., CMC, is the owner of Atlanta Career Transition, an international career transition and outplacement firm, and is also a career management consultant for Right Management Consultants. She is a front-line correspondent working with individual career changers and major corporations. Gail has also been on the adjunct faculty for the American Management Association and three Atlanta-area universities.
Jonathan Fields, author of Career Renegade: How to Make a Great Living Doing what You Love, is profiled in this weeks WorkLife Nation webisode. It's timely because the intersection of career, happiness and productivity is the meat of debate lately. Even amidst our "career chaos economy," some corporate loyalists are going renegade, seeking a more fulfilled working experience. For some it's meant giving up the big bucks for a bit – or switching careers.
The definition of "career" is being deconstructed. The traditional life-long or 9-5 job is changing its face for a lot of reasons: we're living in an ever-changing economy due to globalization, the internet has upped the entrepreneurial game, rough economic conditions have sparked innovation, and the desire to be treated like human beings at work and in business - is stronger than ever before.
With the chaos over the last year has come plenty of opportunity. New business niches are being revealed as we change the way we work. The internet, technology, telecommuting, and a desire for a better work life fit have fueled innovation and fed a new stream of entrepreneurs. These changes have even stirred up the work life balance debate in corporate America.
Jonathan Fields talks about his journey, in this weeks WorkLife Nation webisode.
Original article from Judy Martin HERE.
Michael Watkins, author of the books, The First 90 Days and Your Next Move - A Leader's Guide to Successfully Navigating Major Career Transitions, is interviewed on the Harvard Business Review YouTube Channel on the subject of successfully navigating major career transitions.
Getting clarity on BOTH of the above is key to navigating and realizing a successful career transition.
What are some things I really do well, that I probably need to drop or no longer do in the new position?
What are some things that I DON'T do well, that are going to be important elements in the new position -- and therefore important for me to improve upon?
The world is changing; OUR world is changing and the pace of change continues to increase. What matters NOW, is THINKING BIG and undertaking small actions -- baby steps, if you will, -- on a day-to-day basis focused on making those big things HAPPEN. It all begins with new ideas and new ways of thinking.
I recently came across an excellent (free) eBook assembled under the direction of one of my favorite pundits, Seth Godin. According to Seth .... "Now, more than ever, we need to shake things up. Now, more than ever, we need a different way of thinking, a useful way to focus and the energy to turn the game around." I completely agree with Seth, and the eBook he has assembled is full of wonderful, inspiring ideas to help you make big things happen in YOUR world -- your business, your personal life, your community. More than seventy big thinkers have contributed to this amazing eBook, each sharing an idea for you to think about as you head into the new year.
Here's the deal: it's free. Download it here. Seth's big goal is to get this free eBook in the hands of 5 million people. You can find an easy to use version on Scribd as well. Please share with anyone in your world whom you care about. Let's watch the magic happen together!
Most senior executives have never faced the prospect of prolonged unemployment. Add to that a hyper-competitive job market and the realities of not generating income for the foreseeable future, and we all tend to get overwhelmed.
So....you're in transition, now what? Wouldn't it be nice to have a concise, easy-to-read guide that could get you started off on the right foot and maybe even shorten your path back to steady income? Good news! Such a guide has been commissioned and is available for FREE as an e-book entitled "I'm In Transition, Now What? 12 Ways to Shorten Your Unemployment by 90 Days."
This e-book is comprised of 12 powerful ways to shorten your transition by 90 days. It's chock-full of useful tips on networking, resume writing, interviewing, social media, and much more from career experts across the country.
The e-book will be a living document, meaning new chapters will be added based on reader feedback. We hope you'll take some time to read the e-book and share your feedback.
We also highly recommend you send this e-book to your professional network, or anybody that might need a fresh career perspective, as a way to spread the wealth. They'll thank you for it!
You can access the e-book here: I'm in Transition, Now What?
All the best to your Career Success!
Andy Robinson, Carrie Robinson - contributing authors, "I'm in Transition, Now What?"
Interview with Frances Cole Jones, Author of "The Wow Factor - The 33 Things You Must (and Must Not) Do to Guarantee Your Edge in Today's Business World)"
Carrie and I interviewed author Frances Cole Jones on the Career Success Radio Show on Tuesday, November 10th on the subject of "Wowing" and positively influencing your colleagues, employers, potential employers -- even your competitors. Frances recently released her newest book, "The Wow Factor" with offers easy-to-follow advice and immediately implementable tips and techniques for "Wowing" those around you. CLICK HERE to listen.
Frances founded Cole Media Management in 1997. From the beginning, the company's focus has been to cultivate a client's inherent strengths to develop more powerful communication skills and, through these, enhance his or her personal and professional performance.
Cole Media Management clients have appeared on The Today Show, Good Morning America, Oprah, C-SPAN, CNN, Squawkbox, The Charlie Rose Show, Larry King Live, The Discovery Channel, The BBC News, E! Entertainment, Access Hollywood, Project Runway, Top Chef, ESPN, Extra! Fox and Friends, The View, Cashin' In, QVC and others. Clients' print interviews have appeared in publications including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Forbes, Newsweek, Vogue, W, O Magazine, Town & Country, Harper's Bazaar, Tatler, etc.
The scope of their work includes preparation for television and print interviews, IPO road shows, meetings with potential investors, and internal meetings with partners, sales staff, and in-house personnel. They also provide presentation skills seminars and speechwriting for clients.
I recently read Beverly Kaye's and Sharon Jordan-Evan's excellent book, "Love It Don't Leave It - 26 Ways to Get What You Want at Work." Beverly and Sharon share 26 great ideas for how to find what is RIGHT about your job and how to make the most of your work environment.
This book is particularly timely in today's job market, but is equally relevant regardless of the unemployment rate and state of the economy.
"Love It Don't Leave It" is definitely a MUST READ for anyone who wants to TAKE CONTROL of their performance and their careers. All of the ideas are highly practical and IMMEDIATELY implementable.
Too many people leave their jobs because something is wrong or something is missing. They either leave physically -- by walking out the door; or, they leave "mentally" by withdrawing their energy and commitment but stay put -- later regretting their departure (either way).
But....there ARE other options. It is possible to achieve and regain love and passion for your work -- It is possible for YOU to create all of the following where you are now.
NOW is the time to take control; pick up the book and take action -- the ideas are presented in a manner that facilitates implementation -- the processes are clearly presented.
Join us next week, Tuesday, November 3rd, at 4pm EST on Exceptional Wisdom Radio, when we interview Sharon on her book and she talks about some of the 26 ways to "fix" you current work situation.
All of the following books are chock-full of great insights, excellent tips and offer innovate and highly practical ideas directed toward your professional development, career planning and management, and achievement of success (as you define it). The recurring theme in all of these books is that each of us must take personal responsibility for our own situation and discipline ourselves to take the actions necessary to continue to advance our career.
Take a quick look at all five and choose one that really "hits home" with your current situation and your near term career goals and objectives. I highly recommend all of them and hope you gain some useful insights that you can put into action.
This book by author Cheryl Richardson offers you 12 strategies to transform your life one month at a time. Designed as a practical, action-oriented program, each chapter challenges you to alter one behavior that keeps getting you in trouble.
Great leaders know how to lead by example and create trust. With this book, Noah St. John gives you a simple, proven way to become a true leader, both in your family and your professional life.
For those fearful of the next headcount reduction, Viscusi offers a sound strategy for "surviving" and remaining a valuable team member. The 50 tactics he offers are intended to bulletproof a job, but they are also the same tactics that make one a valuable employee and enhance one's attractiveness to prospective headhunters.
An informative guide to walking away from an established-albeit stultifying-job and forging a more rewarding career. A multitude of questionnaires, exercises and worksheets helps readers determine their dream job, assess expenses and assets, and plot an escape plan to break free of corporate life. The book also provides pointers to those readers who simply want to be happier in their current job.


If you're the lucky owner of Google's smart TV dongle and are looking for the best Chromecast apps, you're in luck. We've rounded up the best apps to turn your gogglebox into an all-singing smart TV, with the likes of Netflix and Google Play offering the latest digital entertainment.
Google's Chromecast turns your TV into a internet-connected smart TV, and is still one of the cheapest ways to give your dumb TV a new lease of life. The service has now a tonne of apps and third party devs can create their own, expading the service even more. Chromecast apps are an addition to the Android or iOS versions, so you don't need to install anything separate on the dongle itself.
The little device allows users to stream films, TV, music, pictures and local files direct to their TV screens wirelessly. This is all thanks to a number of apps including Youtube, Netflix and Google's own streaming services to name just a few and Google say the list of apps will continue to grow.
Chromecast takes the hassle out of playing media on the TV, say goodbye to unpractical HDMI cables trailing across the room and say hello to the easy way to view your favourite media. We have a run-down of 10 of the coolest apps on the Google play store, to get the most out of the Chromecast.
Perfect those who are looking to ditch their TV subscription and go completely cord-free. Watch over a 100 handpicked TV channels, completely free on any device and then Chromecast it to the big screen.
There are various 'platforms' (or channels) avalable, like News, Sports, Music, Comedy plus Pluto has a few exclusive channels. These comprise of Fails, Classic Cartoons and Cats 24/7, now that's a selection.
The combination of viral sensations and TV channels mashed together, bridges online and TV platforms in a nifty manner, but we doubt the BBC will be getting worried quite yet.
Chromecasting, though, works fantastically. Choose what you want to watch - Cats 24/7, obviously - and the it'll beam the content right to your telly. It's quick, buffering is kept to a minimum and the video quality is pretty good. The layout and UI is impressive too. It looks like any other EPG, so picking channels is easy and it's clear to see what's on. A thumbs-up from us.
This app has really come into its own since Chromecast support was added. Originally you had to follow the workouts from your phone or tablet, but now you can beam them to the big screen and turn your lounge into a mini gym. The neighbours/flat below are going to love you.
DailyBurn is a pretty jam packed fitness app, with 14 separate workout programmes performed by actual, real-life professionals. Those workouts boast more than 100 individual workouts, all in HD quality and there's something for all abilities. From gym-newbie to seasoned masters. They can also be stored offline, accesible anywhere. Which is a neat feature.
There's more to the app than just videos though. Your performance in each workout is tracked, so you can keep an eye on how well you're doing and then compare it to previous attempts. Everything you do will be kept, giving you a thorough workout history on a weekly basis.
The interface, which has just got a fresh redesign, is slick and quick. Videos load up in a snap - this will depend upon your internet connection - and look crispy. You can really see the muscles bulge. While it's free to initially download, you will need to stump on some cash if you want to unlock all the tutorials. Still, it's cheaper than joining a gym.
If you have BT Broadband you can enjoy BT Sport free, but usually getting the content on a big telly would require hooking up your laptop to a TV using HDMI. Now, however, the BT Sport Chromecast support makes that a thing of the past.
An alternative to Plex is Videostream Chromecast: Remote, a free remote control app that works with the Videostream Chrome extension so you can play local multimedia content wirelessly. There's no need to pay for the app and, usefully, there's no need to setup a Plex media server, which the less tech-savvy will appreciate.
Yet another app worthy of any sports fan. BBC Sport will let you enjoy a love of all things active in the living room. Whether that's live radio or checking out all the latest sporting updates.
We've been big fans of Pocket Casts for a while now – a podcasting app that's a joy to use and is packed with countless added features, so the news that Chromecast support has been added certainly got us excited. It works as you'd expect, quickly casting either audio or video slices of entertainment to your tele, in a matter of taps.
While loads of these apps are Android only, PixoCast gives some love towards to the iOS Chromecast fans. Thanks to some auto-transcoding tech, you can send 1080p video, recorded from your phone, direct to the TV, without suffering any playback lag.
An app that hardly needs an introduction, but it's great to know that the BBC has been quick out of the blocks to add Chromecast support to its Android and iOS apps. Beam the latest episode of Line of Duty straight from your phone to your TV in possibly the simplest way possible.
One of the many photo beaming apps that has become available since Chromecast's release, we'd probably go as far as saying Dayframe is the most fully featured. Input your Instagram details (or not, you don't have to), choose a few favourite subjects, like tech and art, and it'll bring a load of snaps together in one place. As you'd expect, Chromecast support lets you beam all this straight to your tele.
A must download for any new Chromecast user, AllCast streams music, videos and photos stored on your device to your TV – simple as that. Load up some entertainment on your phone, settle down and beam it to your tele, night sorted. The app also supports loads of others streamers, like the Xbox 360 and Roku.
Gaming streaming to Chromecast is still very much in its infancy, but developers are already beginning to see how far the useful little dongle can go. The super simple game of TicTacToe, better known here as noughts and crosses, seems as good starting point as any and its move to Chromecast brings a nice version of the game to the TV. iOS people can also join in the fun with a compatible app.
Ditch those old-fashioned music channels that never play the songs you really want and replace them with the new king of online music videos, Vevo. Thanks to added Chromecast support, you can now create your own stream of hand-picked videos and play them on the big-screen.
Movie streaming service Netflix has added Chromecast support for its app, which means that anyone with a subscription can now play their favourite movies and TV shows on their TV. A nice touch for the app is that you can use your chosen device as a remote to pause, rewind, fast-forward and even change the volume of your media.
Plex is a media management app with Chromecast compatibility, which enables you to control media from all of your Android devices and stream to your TV. One of the added bonuses is that Plex is compatible with sites such as Vimeo and YouTube, allowing you to queue videos to watch later on with any device. You also get a sleek interface that is easy to navigate and find exactly what you're looking for.
Avia is a handy app to stream all our media files from several devices to your TV using Chromecast. Files such as pictures and videos can be streamed to a TV from an Android smartphone, tablet or even from cloud storage spaces like Dropbox. Avia allows you to manage all of your files in one place and doesn't restrict your phones activity, allowing you to stream media in the background. The app does require a small in-app purchase but is worth the fee merely for its multi-platform accessibility.
Red Bull – unsurprisingly – has recently launched its own specialist TV channel which is available via Chromecast. The content available is mainly sports shows and behind the scenes footage at Red Bull events. You can also view a calendar of live sporting events throughout the year which then allows you unlimited real time access to these live events.
The YouTube app is another must-have for Chromecast users, with cool features and a slick interface. The app allows you to stream as many videos as you like on to the big screen in your house without a smart TV or HDMI cable. If you're having a party, the app comes into its own, enabling anyone connected to the Wi-Fi to add videos to the queue, so videos of cats can be shared easier than ever.
In a new addition to the content available to Chromecast users Songza has recently released a compatible app to stream music playlists designed by experts suited to your mood. This is the easy way for anyone who doesn't want to have to sit and queue up a playlist, you can simply set a mood and enjoy. This is an ideal app for party playlists and really adds value to the music options available to Chromecast users.
Chromecast allows users to watch thousands of TV shows and movies through the TV using Google's own video streaming service. Users are able to either purchase or rent movies through the Google Play store and then watch them on their TV even when not connected to the internet. The Google Play store offers an extensive range of movies and TV shows at reasonable prices making it a good value app for most movie lovers who would rather not trawl around a shop to search for their favourite films.
It's not just Movies and TV that's great for Chromecast. You can play music purchased on the Google Play store on our TV via the Google Music app. The app allows subscribers to stream their playlists over their home cinema system. The app is currently only compatible with Android phones or tablets but look out for expansion in 2014.
So it's not a true Chromecast app, but this extension is still worth a look. The Googlecast tab extension for Chromecast enables you to send your browsing to the big screen. It's perfect for catch-up services like BBC iplayer and 4OD, as well as showing off your snaps on Facebook or doing presentations.
Google is still holding back on the compatibility of third party developer apps, but when they finally give the go-ahead for this to happen there is a whole range of developers queuing up to make the most of the dongle. Vbukit is one of those with a lot to offer to the Chromecast, with one of the features being the ability to display Business documents direct to the TV. This is a feature which could make displaying spreadsheets and PowerPoint presentations easier than ever. Vbukit also allows for the streaming of social media feeds from multiple devices and the capability to open local files from cloud sites like Dropbox and Google Drive.


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Q: How do I make sure that I process one message at a time at most? I am wondering how to process one message at a time using Googles pub/sub functionality in Go. I am using the official library for this, https://pkg.go.dev/cloud.google.com/go/pubsub#section-readme. The event is being consumed by a service that runs with multiple instances, so any in memory locking mechanism will not work.
I realise that it's an anti-pattern to do this, so let me explain my use-case. Using mongoDB I store an array of objects as an embedded document for each entity. The event being published is modifying parts of this array and saves it. If I receive more than one event at a time and they start processing exactly at the same time, one of the saves will override the other. So I was thinking a solution for this is to make sure that only one message will be processed at a time, and it would be nice to use any built-in functionality in cloud pub/sub to do so. Otherwise I was thinking of implementing some locking mechanism in the DB but i'd like to avoid that.
Any help would be appreciated.

A: You can imagine 2 things:

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*You can use ordering key in PubSub. Like that, all the message in relation with the same object will be delivered in order and one by one.

*You can use a PUSH subscription to PubSub, to push to Cloud Run or Cloud Functions. With Cloud Run, set the concurrency to 1 (it's by default with Cloud Functions gen1), and set the max instance to 1 also. Like that you can process only one message at a time, all the other message will be rejected (429 HTTP error code) and will be requeued to PubSub. The problem is that you can parallelize the processing as before with ordering key

A similar thing, and simpler to implement, is to use Cloud Tasks instead of PubSub. With Cloud Tasks you can set a rate limit on a queue, and set the maxConcurrentDispatches to 1 (and you haven't to do the same with Cloud Functions max instances or Cloud Run max instances and concurrency)

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STUDENT MATINEE FRONT OF HOUSE STAFF: the show before The Show
By Ting Ting Cheng on September 18, 2017 / News
It was in the fall of 2014 when I sought a job that would match the year-round schedule of my daughter's new school. I was doubtful that such a job existed when my sister spied and forwarded this job posting to me:
Open Positions – Daytime Usher: Help us to bring live theatre productions to junior and senior high school students as a daytime Usher for daytime weekday matinees at Park Square Theatre in Downtown St. Paul.
I almost didn't apply, not wanting the hassle and expense of parking downtown. But why not just take a look? My background did include customer service and working with students. I'd even been a regular theatre-goer before motherhood and, in fact, was a Park Square subscriber for a season before giving birth.
My interview went beyond well. We were a good fit. And not only would I have the flexibility to work around my daughter's school schedule, but it dawned on me that I could park and ride to work on the light rail. The job even came with the perk of free tickets to all the plays, reinvigorating my family's theatre attendance.
The House on Mango Street was the first student matinee performed on the Andy Boss Thrust Stage.
Adding to my excitement was the prospect of being a part of Park Square's new phase. The just completed Andy Boss Thrust Stage would open that fall, with the potential to expand their teenage audience from 25,000 to 35,000 students each year. They needed more Front of House staff to be able to service two shows running on two stages.
Our Student Matinee Front of House pre-season training introduced us to the Education Program's "Evening of Theatre During the Day" concept for school groups. Basically, we give students the same amenities as our evening and weekend audiences but at a lower cost. The students get reserved seats, an unabridged program and the service of professional ushers–all that create a special outing to see a show. The Front of House staff set the initial tone for the "evening"; we're part of the show before The Show. We even dress up for our roles: black pants or skirt and white top with permissible pops of color.
As an usher, I'm officially under the supervision of a house manager but, in reality, I work in partnership with her/him. The house manager and ushers also work in conjunction with the stage manager. Together, we aim for seamless service and a superior audience experience.
The ushers carry out many varied tasks. Pre-show duties include greeting buses, helping groups cross the street and into the lobby, tearing tickets, handing out playbills and directing patrons to their proper seats. During the performance, two ushers stay inside with the school groups while two ushers remain in the lobby to set up concessions. During intermission, the outside ushers sell snacks and beverages; one of the inside ushers come out to monitor the bathrooms, returning inside once intermission is over. While the play continues, the outside ushers do a post-count of concessions to check against the house manager's money count, clean the lobby and throw out trash. An usher checks on bus arrivals and helps patrons cross to their buses post-show. All ushers pitch in to leave the theatre and lobby clean and, if necessary, set up the lobby for the nighttime performance. The house manager stays to complete reports and lock the doors.
While our Front of House duties may sound somewhat straightforward, true to the nature of live theatre, our workdays are open to unforeseen surprises. Snow may delay a group's arrival; an actor may wake up sick, causing a scramble to bring in the understudy; once all the water in the building got shut off. Another time, Romeo accidentally slid his sword next to a student, who picked it up despite my whispered instruction to let it be. Medical emergencies arise; a section gets rowdy; a chaperone losses his temper. High drama can happen offstage, too. Front of House staff learn the art of letting go–but not letting it go to heck.
And how do we watch the same play over and over? The performance is actually different each time, depending on the synergy between the actors and audience members. As the house manager says in her/his pre-show announcement: "It's you being here, creating and working with the actors that creates theatre." Plus who says we're just watching the play? We're also watching the students react to the play. That gives us an added perspective. Students are generally less inhibited than adults to show how they feel during the play. I recommend sitting through The Diary of Anne Frank or our new adaptation of Hamlet with them to see what I mean.
If we're lucky, a pre-show Build A Moment (a presentation by professional theatre artists to explain how a particular scene was created) or post-show discussion is scheduled for the day. Then Front of House staff can opt to come earlier or stay later to watch these fascinating events. We get to learn along with the students.
One thing that I've learned is that what Park Square offers through its Education Program travels well beyond our walls. We can be a student's first exposure to professional theatre, first time to see themselves truthfully portrayed on stage or initial spark to a lifelong love of theatre. Comprised of hundreds of students from a number of schools, an audience may witness acts of racism, privilege, empathy, kindness and generosity in our theatre. All that becomes part of the learning experience that goes back with them as well. Theatre reflects humanity, both on and off the stage.
I'd say that a big responsibility of Front of House staff is to pay attention. Pay attention to what's happening on the stage and all around us, how the program interconnects to the organization's mission as a whole and how our role fits and matters in the bigger scheme of things. To care about doing this is the key to Front of House longevity. You need to be inspired, too.
If you would like to consider joining the Student Matinee Front of House staff for Park Square's upcoming season, don't hesitate to email a cover letter and resume to kunik@parksquaretheatre.org or contact PerformanceManager Jiffy Kunik at 651.767.8489 (or via email) with any questions.
A HISTORY OF OUR EDUCATOR ADVISORY BOARD: Teachers Helping Teachers
By Ting Ting Cheng on August 19, 2017 / News
At the backbone of Park Square Theatre's robust Education Program is the Educator Advisory Board. This working board is comprised of secondary educators whose passion for theatre compels them to volunteer their personal time to ensure that our program serves our young patrons well.
Having been a teacher herself, Education Director Mary Finnerty did not hesitate to ask for help from teachers when she started Park Square's Education Program in 1994. She knew that the program's effectiveness relied on keeping a pulse on what was happening in classrooms. A strong program had to offer relevant and engaging programming with usable supporting materials. Who better to ask for input than teachers themselves? Hence, the Educator Advisory Board was formed in December 1994 and consisted of four members. Together, they created the study guide for Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, the only production for students that season.
By the following year, membership had grown to ten teachers who gave practical advice on how best to handle ticket disbursement, disruptive students and much more. They met once a month and wrote the study guide for Arthur Miller's The Crucible as well as discussed future programming.
In 1997, the now 14-member advisory board created a new event called "Teacher's Night Out." It was a fun way to introduce the Education Program to teachers with an insider's look at the season's production of Tom Stoppard's Arcadia. One hundred teachers attended the first "Teacher's Night Out" which remains an annual event, grown in popularity to require a guest wait list. The special evening begins with a complimentary glass of wine before "An Insider's Look at Park Square Theatres' Education Program: A Teacher's Take on the Season," which is followed by Build a Moment where teachers see how a scene from a play evolves from page to stage. A delicious catered dinner is then served before teachers see the play's full performance.
With ever more teachers volunteering to help promote and support the Education Program, it experienced huge growth in 1998, attracting about 7,200 students to see Of Mice and Men with 3,600 to take part in its Immersion Days, consisting of workshops and demonstrations to further deepen students' learning experience at Park Square.
It was time to consider how to expand student matinee offerings beyond one show per season, which Park Square Theatre started doing in 1999 with The Miracle Worker, Taking Sides and Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet). About 16,000 students participated in the Education Program that year.
And, as the saying goes, "The rest is history!" Currently, over 30,000 students visit Park Square Theatre each year to participate in our award-winning education program. The Educator Advisory Board continues to advise Mary on programming, scheduling, logistics, discipline policies and workshop topics and artists as well as produce our study guides and organize education events. Park Square Theatre is so grateful for its hard work and dedication. Thank you for your invaluable support!
(Look out for the upcoming post "THE EDUCATOR ADVISORY BOARD: Creating Our Study Guides")
Current Educator Advisory Board Members:
Marcia Aubineau, University of St. Thomas, retired; Liz Erickson, Rosemount High School; Theodore Fabel, South High School; Craig Farmer, Perpich Center for Arts Education; Amy Hewett-Olatunde, LEAP High Schools; Cheryl Hornstein, Freelance Theatre and Music Educator; Alexandra Howes, Twin Cities Academy; Dr. Virginia McFerran, Perpich Center for Arts Education; Kristin Nelson, Brooklyn Center High School; Mari O'Meara, Eden Prairie High School; Jennifer Parker, Falcon Ridge Middle School; Maggie Quam, Hmong College Prep Academy; Kate Schilling, Mound Westonka High School; Jack Schlukebier, Central High School, retired; Tanya Sponholz, Prescott High School; Jill Tammen, Hudson High School, retired; Craig Zimanske, Forest Lake Area High School
NOTE: If you are interested in joining, please contact Mary Finnerty at 651.767.8494 or finnerty@parksquaretheatre.org.

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A Pöttöm George (eredeti cím: George Shrinks) kanadai PBS/Disney televíziós rajzfilmsorozat, amelyet William Joyce rendezett. A forgatókönyvet Ken Cuperus, Dave Dias, Hugh Duffy és William Joyce írta, a zenéjét Roberto Occhipinti szerezte, a producere Michelle Melanson, a főszerepben Tracey Moore hangja hallható. A Nelvana és a Jade Animation készítette. Kanadában a TVOKids és a Knowledge Kids mutatta be, Magyarországon pedig a Minimax, majd később az M2 tűzte műsorra.

Cselekmény

Szereplők

Epizódok
1. évad

Ha nem tört volna el (If It Ain't Broke)
 Megtarthatjuk? (Can We Keep Him?)
 A madarak megmentője (Close Encounters of the Bird Kind)
 Hangya a pikniken (Ants in the Pantry)
 A rovargyűjtemény (Round Up the Usual Insects)
 Csöbörből vödörbe (From Bad to Worse)
 Elsüllyedt kincsek (Sunken Treasures)
 A hóemberek földje (Snowman's Land)
 A szuperautó balhé (Zoopercar Caper)
 Irány a csatorna (Down the Drain)
 Egy nap a strandon (A Day at the Beach)
 King Kongó (King Kongo)
 George és a földönkívüliek (George vs. The Space Invaders)

2. évad

 A Shrinks ház szelleme (The Ghost of Shrinks Manor)
 Utazás a kert középpontjába (Journey to the Centre of the Garden)
 Daisysitter (Dog-Sitting Miss Daisy)
Vissza a feladónak (Return To Sender)
Váltonak a dolgok (The More Things Change)
A Georgefon (The George-Lo-Phone)
Lefelé a folyón (Down on the Bayou)
Béka baj (Tankful of Trouble)
Irány az óratorony (All Along the Clock Tower)
Az idegen űrhajó visszatér (Return of the Space Invaders)
Hóvihar (Small of the Wild).
Száguldó Shrinks (Speed Shrinks)
Automata kutyafürdető (Hound of the Bath-ervilles)

3. évad

Az utazás (On the Road)
A sztár leég (A Star Is Shrunk)
George megnő (George Unshrinks)
Szörnypüré (Monster Mash)
Kacsa a pácban (In the Duck Soup)
Barátok és kökörcsinek (Friends and Anemones)
Shrinks edző (Coach Shrinks)
Kalandos vándorlás (Migrate-est Adventure)
George inasa (George's Apprentice)
Irány a cirkusz! (If I Ran the Circus)
Becky Csodaországban (Becky in Wonderland)
Játék George (Toy George)
Elveszett világ (The Lost World of George Shrinks)
Elveszett és megtalált művészet (Lost and Found Art)

Jegyzetek

Források

További információk

 Pöttöm George a bcdb.com-on
 Pöttöm George a retrojunk.com-on

2000-ben bemutatott kanadai televíziós sorozatok
Kanadai rajzfilmsorozatok
Családi televíziós sorozatok
2003-ban befejezett kanadai televíziós sorozatok

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Discop Africa on Wednesday launched Digital Lab Africa, a call for projects and a platform for African talents in multimedia. The event was organised by the French Institute of South Africa, in partnership with Discop Africa and Trace.
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Hometown to honor The Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger, Keith Richards with statues
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The Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger and Keith Richards are set to be immortalized with statues in their hometown of Dartford, in Kent, England, with Mick telling The Telegraph he is "honored and delighted with the news."
The statues are to be created by sculptor Amy Goodman. They will be erected near the Dartford Railway Station where the two childhood friends reunited as teenagers in 1961, started talking about music and decided to form a musical partnership.
Goodman is currently working on the statues in her studio. Once completed, they will be unveiled at One Bell Corner on Dartford High Street.
"Many Dartfordians have gone on to change our world, but in terms of culture and music you don't get much more influential than The Rolling Stones," Jeremy Kite, leader of the Dartford Borough Council, tells the paper. "Their music has changed the face of popular music and these lads from Dartford are now two of the most recognizable and loved people in the world."
He adds, "We want to celebrate that their roots are firmly planted right here in our town and also thank them for the impression they have made on lives."


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Q: how to compute a differential? Let $$l:\text{Imm}(S^{1},\mathbb{R^2}) \to \mathbb{R}$$ be $$l(c)=\int_{S^1}{|c_{\theta}|d\theta}$$ and its diffrential is $$dl(c)(h)=\int_{S^1}{\frac{<h_{\theta},c_{\theta}>}{|c_{\theta}|}}d\theta$$
Can you please, explain how this differential is computed?

A: I would proceed as follows:
\begin{align}
dl(c)(h)&=\left.\frac{d}{dt}\right|_{t=0}\int_{S^{1}}|c_{\theta}+th_{\theta}|d\theta\\
&=\int_{S^{1}}\left.\frac{d}{dt}\right|_{t=0}\sqrt{\langle c_{\theta}+th_{\theta},c_{\theta}+th_{\theta}\rangle}d\theta\\
&=\int_{S^{1}}\left.\frac{d}{dt}\right|_{t=0}\sqrt{f(t)}d\theta,
\end{align}
where we set $f(t):=\langle c_{\theta}+th_{\theta},c_{\theta}+th_{\theta}\rangle$. Now
$$
\left.\frac{d}{dt}\right|_{t=0}\sqrt{f(t)}=\frac{f'(0)}{2\sqrt{f(0)}},
$$
where
\begin{align*}
f'(0)&=\left.\frac{d}{dt}\right|_{t=0}\langle c_{\theta}+th_{\theta},c_{\theta}+th_{\theta}\rangle\\
&=\left\langle \left.\frac{d}{dt}\right|_{t=0}(c_{\theta}+th_{\theta}),c_{\theta}\right\rangle+\left\langle c_{\theta},\left.\frac{d}{dt}\right|_{t=0}(c_{\theta}+th_{\theta})\right\rangle\\
&=\langle h_{\theta},c_{\theta}\rangle+\langle c_{\theta},h_{\theta}\rangle\\
&=2\langle h_{\theta},c_{\theta}\rangle
\end{align*}
and
$$
2\sqrt{f(0)}=2\sqrt{\langle c_{\theta},c_{\theta}\rangle}=2|c_{\theta}|.
$$


THE PICKIEST EATER IN THE WORLD: THE 76TH OKTOBERFEST AT SOFITEL PHILIPPINE PLAZA!
On October 17-18, Sofitel Philippine Plaza Manila's Harbor Garden Tent will be transformed into a beer garden, or "Biergärten" as they call it in Germany. Set up will be these long tables and benches.
See your friendly waiters and waitresses in dirndl and Lederhosen for that complete Oktoberfest feel.
And of course, what is Oktoberfest without huge mugs and free flowing ice cold San Miguel beer!?!
To accompany your ice cold beer, Sofitel Philippine Plaza's Master Chefs will be preparing an amazing Bavarian spread, which includes not just pretzels and sausages, but a whole lot of other stuff as well!
Check out this pretzel and pastry section!
I love their pretzels! Because it's drizzled in rock salt!
Check out the rock salt on these Laugen Rolls! (I love salt, obviously).
This festival will also include exciting raffles with millions worth of prizes to be won! The ticket fee for this Oktoberfest is not just for a night of partying and merry-making. But proceeds of this festival will actually go to the German Club's welfare/charity projects.
Gonna take a lot of beer to fill that all up!
Irene Co aka "Indulgence by Irene" and Yen Dreyfus, aka The Tummy Traveler joined the festivities in the beer drinking contest.
Afterwards, the crowd participated in a group dance, shaking to the tune of some traditional German drinking songs!
It's always fun when the KTG gets together for some amazing food and Booze!
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The Berwickshire Place-Name Resource
The resource includes historical research for all Berwickshire place-names on the Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 Landranger map, including more than 1,600 place-names and 7,000 historical forms presented via a series of interactive maps. Find out more
Posted on 23rd January 2023 23rd January 2023 Authorbaitken
I divided my time primarily between the Anglo-Norman Dictionary and Books and Borrowing this week. For the AND I implemented a new 'citation editing' feature that I'd written the specification for before Christmas. This new feature allows an editor to bring up a list of all of the citations for a source text (similar to the how this page in the front-end works: https://anglo-norman.net/search/citation/null/null/A-N_Falconry) and to then manually edit the XML for one or more citations or apply a batch edit to any selected citations, enabling the citation's date, source text reference and/or location reference to be edited, potentially updating the XML for thousands of entries in one process. It took a fair amount of time to implement the feature and then further time to test it. This was especially important as I didn't want to risk an error corrupting thousands of dictionary entries. I set up a version of the AND system and database on my laptop so I could work on the new code there without risk to the live site.
The new feature works pretty much exactly as I'd specified in the document I wrote before Christmas, but one difference is that I realised we already had a page in the Dictionary Management System that listed all sources – the 'Browse Sources' page. Rather than have an entirely new 'Edit citations' page that would also begin by listing the sources I decided to update the existing 'Browse Sources' page. This page now features the same tabular view of the source text, but the buttons beside each text now include 'Edit citations'. Pressing on this will open the 'Edit citations' page for the source in question. By default this lists all citations for the source ordered by headword. Where an entry has more than one citation for a source these appear in the order they are found in the entry. At the top of the page there is a button you can press to change the sorting to location in the source text. This sorts the citations by the contents of the <loc> tag, displaying the headword for each entry alongside the citation. Note that sorting currently doesn't work logically to a human user. The field can contain mixtures of numbers and text and therefore the field is sorted as text. When this occurs numbers are sorted alphabetically, meaning all of the ones come before all of the twos etc. E.g. 1,10,1002 all come before 2. I'll need to investigate whether I can do something about this, maybe next week.
As my document had specified, you can batch edit and / or manually edit any listed citations. Batch editing is controlled by the checkboxes beside each citation – any that are checked will have the batch edit applied to them. The dark blue 'Batch Edit Options' section allows you to decide what details to change. You can specify a new date (ideally using the date builder feature in the DMS to generate the required XML). You can select a different siglum, which uses an autocomplete – start typing and select the matching siglum. However, the problem with autocompletes is what happens if you manually edit or clear the field after selecting a value. if you manually edit the text in this field after selecting a siglum the previously selected siglum will still be used as it's not the contents of the text field that are used in the edit but a hidden field containing the 'slug' of the selected siglum. An existing siglum selected from the autocomplete should always be used here to avoid this issue. You can also specify new contents for the <loc> tag. Any combination of the three fields can be used – just leave the ones you don't want to update blank.
To manually edit one or more citations you can press the 'Edit' button beside the citation. This displays a text area with the current XML for the citation in it. You can edit this XML as required, but the editors will need to be careful to ensure the updated XML is valid or things might break. The 'Edit' button changes to a 'Cancel Edit' button when the text area opens. Pressing on this removes the text area. Any changes you made to the XML in the text area will be lost and pressing the 'Edit' button again will reopen the text area with a fresh version of the citation's XML.
It is possible to combine manual and batch edits but manual edits are applied first meaning if you manually edit some information that is also to be batch edited the batch edit will replace the manual edit for that information. E.g. if you manually edit the <quotation> and the <loc> and you also batch edit the <loc> the quotation and loc fields will be replaced with your manual edit first and then the loc field will be overwritten with your batch edit. Here's a screenshot of the citation editor page, with one manual edit section open:
Once the necessary batch / manual changes have been made, pressing the 'Edit Selected Citations' button at the bottom of the page submits the data and at this point the edits will be made. This doesn't actually edit the live entry but takes the live entry XML, edits it and then creates a new Holding Area entry for each entry in question (Holding Area entries are temporary versions of entries stored in the DMS for checking before publication). Th process of making these holding area entries includes editing all relevant citations for each entry (e.g. the contents of each relevant <attestation> element) and checking and (if necessary) regenerating the 'earliest date' field for the entry as this may have changed depending on the date information supplied. After the script has run you can then find new versions of the entries in the Holding Area, where you can check and approve the versions, making them live or deleting them as required. I'll probably need to add in a 'Delete all' option to the Holding Area as currently entries that are to be deleted need to be individually deleted, which would be annoying if there's an entire batch to remove.
Through the version on my laptop I fully tested the process out and it all worked fine. I didn't actually test publishing any live entries that have passed through the citation edit process, but I have previewed them in the holding area and all look fine. Once the entries enter the holding area they should be structurally identical to entries that end up in the holding area from the 'Upload' facility so there shouldn't be any issues in publishing them.
After that I uploaded the new code to the AND server and began testing and tweaking things there before letting the AND Editor Geert loose on the new system. All seemed to work fine with his first updates, but then he noticed something a bit strange. He'd updated the date for all citations in one source text, meaning more than 1000 citations needed to be updated. However, the new date (1212) wasn't getting applied to all of the citations, and somewhere down the list the existing date (1213) took over.
After much investigation it turned out the issue was caused by a server setting rather than any problem with my code. The server has a setting that limits the number of variables that can be inputted from a form to 1000. The batch edit was sending more variables than this so only the first 1000 were getting through. As the cutoff of input variables was automatically and silently made by the server my script was entirely unaware that there was any problem, hence the lack of visible errors.
I can't change the server settings myself but I managed to get someone in IT Support to update it for me. With the setting changed the form submitted, but unfortunately after submission all it gave was a blank page so I had another issue to investigate. It turned out to be an issue with the data. There were two citations in the batch that had no dateInfo tag. When specifying a date the script expects to find an existing dateInfo tag that then gets replaced. As it found no such tag the script quit with a fatal error. I therefore updated the script so that it can deal with citations that have no existing dateInfo tag. In such cases the script now inserts a new dateInfo element at the top of the <attestation> XML. I also added a count of the number of new holding area entries the script generates so it's easier to check if any have somehow been lost during processing (which hopefully won't happen now).
Whilst investigating this I also realised that when batch editing a date any entry that has more than one citation that is being edited will end up with the same ID used for each <dateInfo> element. An ID should be unique and while this won't really cause any issues when displaying the entries it might lead to errors or warnings in Oxygen. I therefore updated the code to add the attestation ID to the supplied dateInfo ID when batch editing dates to ensure the uniqueness of the dataInfo ID.
With all of this in place the new feature was up and running and Geert was able to batch edit the citations for several source texts. However, he sent me a panicked email on Saturday to say that after submitting an edit every single entry in the AND was now not displaying anything other than the headword. This was obviously a serious problem so I spent some time on Saturday investigating and fixing the issue.
The issue turned out to be nothing to do with my new system but was caused by an issue with one of the entry XML files that was updated through the citation editing system. The entry in question was Assensement (https://anglo-norman.net/entry/assensement) which has an erroneous <label> element: <semantic value="=assentement?"/>. This should not be a label and attributes are not allowed to start with an equals sign. I must have previously stripped out such errors from our list of labels, but when the entry was published the label was reintroduced. The DTD dynamically pulls in the labels and these are then used when validating the XML. But as this list now included '=assentement?' the DTD broke. With the DTD broken the XSLT that transforms the entry XML into HTML wouldn't run, meaning every single entry on the site failed to load. Thankfully after identifying the issue it was quick to fix. I simply deleted the erroneous label and things started working again, and Geert has updated the entry's XML to remove the error.
For the Books and Borrowing project I had a Zoom call with project PI Katie and Co-I Matt on Monday to discuss the front-end developments and some of the outstanding tasks left to do. The main one is to implement a genre classification system for books, and we now have a plan for how to deal with these. Genres will be applied at work level and will then filter down to lower levels. I also spent some time speaking to Stirling's IT people about setting up a Solr instance for the project, as discussed in posts before Christmas. Thankfully it was possible to get this set up and by the end of the week we had a Solr instance set up that I was able to query from a script on our server. Next week I will begin to integrate Solr queries with the front-end that I'm working on. I also generated spreadsheets containing all of the book edition and book work data that Matt had requested and engaged in email discussions with Matt and Katie about how we might automatically generate Book Work records from editions and amalgamate some of the many duplicate book edition records that Matt had discovered whilst looking through the data.
Also this week I made a small tweak to the Dictionaries of the Scots Language, replacing the 'email' option in the 'Share' icons with a different option as the original option was no longer working. I also had a chat with Jane Stuart-Smith about the website for the VARICS project, replied to a query from someone in Philosophy who had a website that was no longer working, replied to an email from someone who had read my posts about Solr and had some questions and replied to Sara Pons-Sanz, the organiser of last week's Zurich event who was asking about the availability of some visualisations of the Historical Thesaurus data. I was able to direct her to some visualisations I'd made a while back that we still haven't made public (see https://digital-humanities.glasgow.ac.uk/2021-12-06/).
Next week I aim to focus on the development of the Books and Borrowing front-end and the integration of Solr into this.
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College: Oklahoma State
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Conference: Big 12
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Tuesday, December 1, 2020 Latest PDF issue | Give to the Voice | Search
River Falls resident surveys political party power and public opinion, supports Mary Burke for new governor
By Thomas R. Smith
Over the past four years Wisconsin has earned the dubious distinction of being one of the most politically polarized states in the nation.
Our state has always been a study of contrasts, capable of producing pairs of both Joe McCarthy and "Fighting Bob" LaFollette, and Paul Ryan and Russ Feingold.
I remember a time in the recent past when Wisconsinites seemed capable of remaining relaxed, easy-going, and tolerant of differences. That mood of acceptance is gone. Now there is a casualty of careless wielding of power by the ruling party.
When one party holds all the power, it needs to use that power in a wise and cautious way in order to keep the respect and loyalty of all citizens.
In Wisconsin, the ruling party has taken the opposite path. It misses no opportunity to uncompromisingly dominate the minority party.
Consequently, about half the citizens of Wisconsin feel disenfranchised, shut out of the decision-making, and unrepresented by the current administration. Understandably, this leads to bitter division, reflected by the relentless polarization in public opinion polls.
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Q: Derivative of $\log \frac{x^3}{5}$ Okay, so I'm starting to learn about the properties of derivatives and I was told to find the derivative of the title. At first, I tried to solve it by doing the following:
$$ \begin{align}f'(x) &= \frac{\mathrm d}{\mathrm dx}\log \frac {x^3}{5} \\[4pt]
&= \frac{\mathrm d}{\mathrm dx} (\log x^3-\log5)  \\[4pt]
&= \frac{\mathrm d}{\mathrm dx}\log x^3-\frac{\mathrm d}{\mathrm dx} \log 5 \\[4pt]
&=\frac{1}{x^3\ln10}-0 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \mathrm{Since} \  \frac{\mathrm d}{\mathrm dx}\log_a x=\frac{1}{x\ln a}
\\[4pt]
&=\frac{1}{x^3\ln10}
\end{align}
$$
Then I realized that I can "take the exponent out" of the logarithm and the derivative to get a different result:
$$ \begin{align} f'(x)&=\frac{\mathrm d}{\mathrm dx}\log x^3-\frac{\mathrm d}{\mathrm dx} \log 5 \\[4pt]
&= \frac{\mathrm d}{\mathrm dx} (3 \log x)-0 \\[4pt]
&= 3 \frac{\mathrm d}{\mathrm dx} \log x \\[4pt]
&= \frac{3}{x \ln 10}
\end{align}$$
What is happening here? Am I correctly using the properties? If so, why do I get different results?

A: You are missing the chain rule for derivatives. For instance:
$$\frac{\mathrm d}{\mathrm dx}\log x^3 \neq \frac{1}{x^3 \ln(10)} $$
The correct answer is
$$\frac{\mathrm d}{\mathrm dx}\log x^3= \frac{1}{x^3 \ln(10)} \cdot  \frac{\mathrm d}{\mathrm dx} x^3 = \frac{1}{x^3 \ln(10)} \cdot 3x^2 =\frac{3}{x\ln(10)} \cdot $$

A: You did a very critical mistake...
Why $\frac d{dx}\log_{10} x^3=\frac1{x^3\log10}$? $\frac d{dx}\log x^3=\frac{\frac d{dx}x^3}{x^3\log10}=\frac{3x^2}{x^3\log10}=\frac3{x\log10}$.


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Gabriel Mayer (* 9. Oktober 1878 in Altötting; † 24. Januar 1954 ebenda) war ein deutscher Politiker der BVP und der CSU, Landtagsabgeordneter und Bürgermeister seiner Heimatstadt.

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Mayer wurde im Hotel zur Post geboren. Er erwarb in Traunstein die Mittlere Reife und besuchte danach die Brauerschule in München. Damit verbunden waren mehrere Praktika, die er auf verschiedenen Großgütern und in Brauereien absolvierte. 1910 übernahm er den Posthof von seinen Eltern. Daneben hatte er noch weitere Funktionen inne, so war er Vorsitzender des Pferdeversicherungsvereins (ab 1900) sowie der Landkrankenkasse in Altötting (von 1914 bis 1918), er gehörte der Bezirksbauernkammer und dem landwirtschaftlichen Kreisausschuss in Altötting an. Nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg trat er der Altöttinger Einwohnerwehr bei. Ferner war er Vorsitzender der Mörnbach-Genossenschaft, er beteiligte sich an der Gründung der Volksbank Altötting, deren Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender er war, und er war Ehrenmitglied des örtlichen Turnvereins, der Kolpingfamilie sowie der Freiwilligen Feuerwehr.

1933 wurde Mayer verhaftet, 1944 wurde er im KZ Dachau interniert. Im April 1945 stand er auf der Todesliste der SS.

Am 24. Januar 1954 erlag Mayer einem Schlaganfall, er wurde im Familienbegräbnis beigesetzt.

Politik
Bereits 1916 wurde Mayer Mitglied im Distrikts- und Bezirksausschuss in Altötting, 1919 wurde er Vorsitzender des Bezirkstags. Im selben Jahr trat er in die BVP ein und wurde am 15. Juni zum ersten Bürgermeister von Altötting ernannt. 1920 wurde er erstmals in den Bayerischen Landtag gewählt, dem er bis 1933 angehörte. In der letzten Wahlperiode, welche 1932 begann, war er dort Vorsitzender des Ausschusses für die Besoldungsordnung. Am 27. März 1933 trat er vom Amt des Bürgermeisters zurück, nachdem die Nationalsozialisten ihn dazu gezwungen hatten.

Nach dem Krieg gründete er 1945 die Kreisgruppe der CSU und wurde deren Vorsitzender. Die US-amerikanischen Besatzungsmächte ernannten ihn am 14. Mai 1945 erneut zum Bürgermeister von Altötting, in diesem Amt wurde er später durch Wahlen bestätigt. 1946 gehörte er der Verfassunggebenden Landesversammlung an. Im selben Jahr wurde er in den ersten Bayerischen Landtag nach dem Krieg gewählt, dem er eine Wahlperiode lang bis 1950 angehörte. Dort war er Mitglied des Ausschusses für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft. Am 30. April 1952 schied er aus dem Bürgermeisteramt aus.

Ehrungen
Ludwigskreuz
Goldene Medaille als Ökonomierat
Päpstlicher Orden vom Heiligen Gregorius
1948: Ehrenbürger von Altötting
1953: Bundesverdienstkreuz am Bande
1954: Altbürgermeister
Gabriel-Mayer-Straße in Altötting

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Abgeordnetenprofil von Gabriel Mayer auf der Seite des Bayerischen Landtags

Gabriel-Mayer-Straße Biografie der Stadt Altötting von Manfred Lerch
Gabriel Mayer in der RegioWiki Niederbayern

Landtagsabgeordneter (Bayern)
Mitglied der Verfassunggebenden Landesversammlung (Bayern)
Mitglied des Bayerischen Landtags in der Weimarer Republik
Bürgermeister (Altötting)
CSU-Mitglied
BVP-Mitglied
Ökonomierat
Träger des Bundesverdienstkreuzes am Bande
Träger des Gregoriusordens
Ehrenbürger von Altötting
Deutscher
Geboren 1878
Gestorben 1954
Mann
Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender (Deutschland)


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As a practitioner I offer Alkhemi®Therapy, a combination of bodywork, counselling, energy healing and shamanic techniques. I have worked privately on a one-to-one basis, and with larger groups to help combat corporate stress. As a teacher I encourage students to go within and trust their inner wisdom. My vision has always been to empower others and awaken them to the power of their own sacred journey.
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I'm a Dru Yoga Teacher, Sekhem Master Teacher, Bowen Therapist, Reiki Master Teacher, Egyptian Cartouche Master Teacher, NLP Practitioner, Meridian Therapies Practitioner and Magnified Healing Master Teacher. I have diplomas in Anatomy and Physiology, Crystal Healing and Colour Therapy, and qualifications in Counselling and Co-Counselling. I have taken classes in Core Energy Management, Holistic Leadership, SKHM and Shamanic practices. I have a BA(Hons) Degree in Fashion and Textile Design, and I'm currently taking a Masters Degree in Interdisciplinary Psychology at Leeds Beckett University. For a full list of my qualifications click here.
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ANCESTRAL SIGNPOSTS....
I will probably never know why my great-grandfather's parents named him Pharoah Ramsden. Someone must have made an error with the spelling, which should read "Pharaoh", but I won't hold that against my working class great-great-grandparents who both signed their name with a cross on the 1861 census form. My nanna told me that her father's name had always caused her embarrassment, but as a child I found the curious combination of the ancient and royal "Pharoah" with the down-to-earth Yorkshire "Ramsden" rather exotic and intriguing. It was no more than a curiosity then, but with hindsight it reads like an ancestral signpost, pointing the way to my future. Through the twists and turns of life and relationships, my name now has both ancient British (Celtic) and Egyptian connections.
After my divorce I decided that, rather than go back to my maiden name, I would move forward and choose a new surname to reflect my transformation. I searched many sources for inspiration but Taliesin (usually pronounced Tally-e-sin, but I pronounce it Tal-ee-sin) was the only name that resonated strongly with me. Sometimes called the Last Celtic Shaman, Taliesin was a poet who lived in late 6th century Wales, but in legend he was a shapeshifting bard and prophet associated with transmigration, metamorphosis, the quill and the harp - all symbolic of my life at that time. Taliesin literally means "shining brow", referring to the aura of light around his head.
El Masry is my surname from my six year marriage to Mahmoud, whom I met whilst living in Egypt. Masr is the Arabic name for Egypt, so El Masry is "the Egyptian". As I regard Egypt as my spiritual home, I'm proud and honoured to be called "El Masry".
CHILDHOOD....
My childhood was defined by the extremes of academic expectations on the one hand, and my need to express myself creatively on the other. My paternal grandparents were incredibly nurturing, and encouraged my creative nature by allowing me complete freedom, and teaching me the transforming power of unconditional love. I was a dreamy, artistic, thoughtful, but very talkative child, regarded as "too sensitive" by the some of my down-to-earth Yorkshire family. I was in my thirties before I understood that sensitivity is a gift, and not something to be suppressed.
Me and my dad, drawing in sand at the beach.
I went to a private all-girls school and was expected to be an all-round accomplished academic and sportsperson, but I somehow managed to spend a lot of time in the art room. I was always entranced by nature and I grew herbs to make natural beauty products. I discovered wholefoods in my late teens and became vegetarian soon after. My mother had become interested in yoga and complementary therapies, and encouraged me to attend classes with her. Despite taking a degree in Fashion and Textile design, and running my own business (Facade Original Clothing) - by the time I had my first child (aged 27) I was a fully-fledged vegetarian, meditating, natural-birthing, tree-hugging hippy chick!
Just before the birth of my first son, my father was hit by a car on his way home from work. He died a few hours later. In the space of five weeks I experienced the worst and best days of my life. My spiritual beliefs kept me sane during those incredibly painful first months. I knew that there had to be a deeper meaning for my father's death, even though I couldn't understand it at the time. After the birth of my second son, I became more and more interested in personal and spiritual development, and I began attending classes and courses. Working with healing energies completely changed my life. I took First Degree Reiki in September, 1995. By the time I took the Second Degree three months later, I had chosen to divorce my husband of 15 years and I was a single parent of two small boys.
EGYPT...
I had always been more drawn to Egyptian energies rather than Eastern systems such as Reiki. In early 2000 I took a Sekhem First and Second Degree course which was billed as an ancient Egyptian healing system. The energy felt luminous - golden, solar and powerful - and it had a profound effect on my life. Within two months I had been gifted my first trip to Egypt. I travelled alone to stay with an English woman who was teaching Egyptian Mysteries at the edge of the desert overlooking the Pyramids of Giza. My love affair with Egypt had begun!
The Great Pyramid, Giza
That first visit felt like a dream come true, but five months later I was back, for Simon Treselyan's Sekhem Mastery course - the first ever to be held in Egypt. I couldn't wait to start teaching Sekhem and I initiated my first student the day I landed back in England. However, I was frustrated by the lack of Egyptian content in the course and my students expressed the same disappointment. As I worked daily with the energy, inspiration and information began filtering through to me and I started to add the new material to my courses.
Since then, researching Egyptian spiritual traditions and working intuitively and shamanically with the deities of ancient Egypt has been my passion and my life's work. I've lived in Luxor for a year and visited Egypt more than 20 times, each trip bringing more awe-inspiring moments and life-changing experiences: meditating at sacred sites; galloping on horseback across the desert by the pyramids of Giza; felluca (sailboat) rides on the Nile at sunset; riding camels into the desert at night to meditate under the stars; lying in the 'sacrcophagus' in the Great Pyramid whilst various notes were "toned" over me; meditating inside the Step Pyramid at Sakkara; being 'asked' by High Priestess and "Divine Adoratrice" Amenirdis to clear the passageways of her mortuary chapel; having the Queen's Chamber of the Great Pyramid opened especially for my personal Inner Guide Meditation initiation; sensing ancient priests around me in a small chamber at Medinet Habu; star-gazing all night on the roof of the villa, counting shooting stars; communicating psychically with pharaonic statues; walking along the workers' path across the Theban Hills to the Valley of the Kings....
Empowering the keystone of my carnelian Medicine Wheel with the energies of the West, on the mountain path overlooking the Valley of the Kings.
....and in December 2012 I made a personal pilgrimage to Luxor to fulfil my dream of watching the 2012 Winter Solstice sun rise along the central avenue of Karnak Temple - one of the most memorable experiences of my life!
Winter Solstice, 2012, Karnak Temple
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From the signposts of my own personal journey a psycho-spiritual system evolved, a practical but deeply transformational process. Drawing on the sacred wisdom teachings of ancient Egypt, Alkhemi®Therapy empowers us to access healing energy, re-member our connection to Source, and rediscover alignment with our Infinite Self.
During the many years of developing Alkhemi®Therapy, I've been drawn to various subjects or therapies: (shamanism, mythology, magical invocation and ceremony, yoga and breathwork, star-gazing, drumming, sacred dance, essential oils, crystal healing and amuletic jewellery), and each time research has revealed that in some form they had been practised in ancient Egypt. This happened several times before I realised that I had been attracted to these activities for a reason - they were all elements that "wanted" to be included in the system.
YOGA....
One of those elements was yoga. In 2008 I discovered Dru Yoga, a gentle but powerful form of yoga, which had such an immediate and profound effect on my well-being that I completed the two year Dru Yoga Teacher Training course. Although yoga, as we know it, wasn't practised in ancient Egypt, they undoubetdly practised sacred movement and breathwork - essential components for health and well-being.
There are many parallels between the mythology of Yogic philosophy and that of ancient Egypt. In my own practice I gradually replaced Hindu deities with Egyptian ones, and began developing sequences and postures which reflected the principles of Alkhemi®Therapy. I also introduced some of the simpler sequences into Alkhemi®Therapy as an effective way to clear and balance the body-field on a daily basis. Eventually, Alkhemi®Therapy and Alkhemi®Yoga Fusion became two complementary, overlapping modalities.
SHAMANISM....
I'd been attracted to shamanism for many years. I admired its utterly grounded approach to spirituality and its fearless perspective on what many see as the shadow aspects of life. Shamanism is the original Earth-based spirituality of all indigenous cultures and is similar to many Pagan religions: the natural world is respected and revered; everything that exists is believed to be imbued with spirit (even apparently non-sentient objects like stones, rivers and mountains); and ceremony and ritual are used to interact with human and nature spirits and the general functioning of the cosmos.
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I was only a few weeks into a one year course, Walking the Sacred Wheel, when it became clear that I'd been working with shamanic techniques since I was a child: spending a significant amount of time in a light trance, believing that everything was alive, creating potions from plants and often visiting 'fantasy' worlds. Even more significantly, I realised that the ancient Egyptian priesthood had practised a highly developed, institutionalised form of shamanism, and I would even argue that the ancient Egyptian religion makes no sense unless approached from this perspective. This realisation had a profound affect on my personal spiritual practice, and also on Alkhemi®Therapy.
Alkhemi® Sacred Circle representing the Four Directions, and 18 centres of the human body-field (nine Primary Centres and eight Secondary Centres) laid out in a circle or Medicine Wheel. It symbolises daily, annual, and all other natural life cycles. I've recreated this layout in my garden to form a Medicine Wheel for sacred work.
My own practice, and the advanced levels of Alkhemi®Therapy, could now be described as Ancient Egyptian Shamanism. I've created shamanic tools, invocations, healing techniques, amuletic stones and jewellery, anointing oils, rituals and ceremonies - all inspired by the principles of Alkhemi®Therapy, and in fact many of these have become part of the Alkhemi®Therapy system. Although (due to family commitments) these days I'm mostly a lone practitioner, I pride myself on being a Keeper of Ceremonies. My sacred days are linked to the cycles in nature and the celestial calendar: diurnal, annual, precessional, and significant astrological events. I celebrate Full and New Moons, Solar and Lunar Eclipses, and the Wheel of the Year (particularly Equinoxes and Solstices). I always record my shamanic journeys and ceremonies in a journal, and I keep a Dream Diary.
Facing South: Summer Solstice Ceremony, 2017.
DRUMMING AND DANCE....
Practising shamanism opened the way to two more significant elements on my journey: drumming and sacred dance. Drumming entered my life in the autumn of 2011 through two different gateways - shamanic drumming and African drumming. I had reached the stage of my shamanic course where we were asked to consider the use of percussion in healing. I was already fascinated by the use of sound as a healing mechanism, so I was enthusiastic about "asking for my drum" (a process where you prepare yourself for your ceremonial drum to enter your life). I felt it out there, but I was waiting. Around the same time, a chance conversation in my spiritual discussion group led me to an African drumming workshop which was being held two days later. The workshop turned out to be the first session of an on-going Djembe Circle and I was hooked! I was literally "entranced" by drumming. Even though we were all beginners, the vibration of many drums playing together created a feeling of connection and entrained my brain to a higher state of awarenesss. I bought my first djembe (the blue one at back left) and practised diligently. After a year I moved on to a professional djembe (centre back decorated with green ribbons for a gig at the "We are Wakefield" peace rally). When the Circle was obliged to become a community group and find its own funding, I volunteered to be the Chairperson and was launched onto a fast-track learning curve in the (alien to me) world of voluntary groups and committee procedures.
My three sistra (singular: sistrum), the ancient Egyptian rattle, sacred to the goddess Hathor.
Not long after I joined the Djembe Circle, my shamanic drum (see below: "My Drum Collection", centre front) came to me by way of my shamanic teacher. It's made of deerskin by the Lakota who dedicate them with prayer. I knew it by it's sound, which surged over and through me as it was demonstrated. Shamans cultivate a relationship with their drum which they perceive as a living being and I'm deeply honoured to have been chosen by my drum. Although I've learnt much about rhythm and percussion from the djembe circle, working with a shamanic drum is entirely more intuitive and unbound. The drum leads, psychically communicating the rhythm to the player.
Priestesses of the goddess Hathor playing the frame drum (left) and the sistrum (right). Wall relief in the Mammisi, Temple of Dendera, Upper Egypt.
After I discovered that ancient Egyptian priestesses played the frame drum (a round drum with a shallow frame) in temple ceremonies, I'm now focussing my drumming practice on mastering my 22" frame drum.
African Dance performance at the African Drum Village, 2013
Five years ago I began empowering my healing tools with the energy streams of Alkhemi®Therapy. This led to the creation of Alkhemi®Anointing Oils and The SACRED STONES of Alkhemi®Therapy (a range of Therapy Stones and amuletic jewellery), which enables everyone, regardless of training or background, to discover the transformational power of ancient Egyptian wisdom.
Alkhemi® Anointing Oils and the SACRED STONES of the Nine Primary Energy Centres.
The SACRED STONES of Alkhemi®Therapy: amuletic jewellery and Therapy Stones.
My vision for the future is to establish an ecologically and ethically-friendly yoga and retreat centre in Egypt - The Alkhemi®Centre - where spiritual travellers can learn healing arts, explore sacred rhythm and dance, practise yoga, contemplate ancient mysteries and realise their infinite potential!
Sa Sekhem Sahu
In love and gratitude,
Jacqui Taliesin El Masry
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The Theatre Company of the Ozarks was organized in 1977 under the name of the Buffalo River Theatre Company. Until September, 2015 the organization was simply known as The Theatre Company. Today, many years and two name changes later, The Theatre Company of the Ozarks is still producing high quality live theatre for Harrison and the surrounding communities. The Theatre Company of the Ozarks brings from 4 to 8 productions each year to the Lyric.
The Theatre Company of the Ozarks is dedicated not only to bringing high quality entertainment to the area, but encouraging members of the community to become involved, whether on stage, back stage, or behind the scenes in sewing, fundraising, and volunteering to help enrich the lives of all in our community through support of and participation in the Arts. Thus, the Theatre Company was involved in the development of the Ozark Arts Council, with several Theatre Company members on the original (1996) OAC board. Many young people who have become involved with Theatre Company of the Ozarks productions over the years, have gone on to have theatre-related careers.
We are proud of the involvement of our community in the Theatre Company of the Ozarks. The diversity of the actors involved with Theatre Company of the Ozarks production is one of its greatest strengths.
Poster from 2016 Children's Musical
The Theatre Company of the Ozarks general membership meets twice a year. In September the plays for the next season are selected, and in January officers and board members are selected. The Theatre Company of the Ozarks has an elected board of 7 members, who meet monthly and are charged with managing the business of the Theatre Company of the Ozarks. Annual Memberships are $5.00 and Lifetime Memberships are $100, and entitle a member to vote on officers, board members, and productions for the next season.
The Theatre Company also works closely with the other arts organizations in the Ozark Arts Council and beyond. They have collaborated with the North Arkansas College Drama Department on productions, and have had Harrison Art League members assist with set design and decoration and there is also overlap in our membership with a history of HAL members acting in and directing some of our productions. Theatre Company volunteers staff the concessions and box office at the Lyric for Theatre Company productions and other OAC member organization events.
The Theatre Company is committed to promoting the Arts in our area, and particularly committed to extending to people—of all ages and abilities—the opportunity to express themselves in the theatre arts.
The 2017–2018 Theatre Company of the Ozarks Board and Officers
Jamie Taylor – President
Clark Middleton – Board Member, OAC Representative, Vice President
Debbie Waters – Board Member, Secretary
Lisa Johnson – Treasurer
Michael Amburn – Board Member
Jim Johnson – Board Member
Teresa Olson – Board Member
Eric Stefanski – Board Member, Asst. Public Relations Officer
Julianna Stefanski – Public Relations Officer
The latest news on Theatre Company and other OAC events will always be posted to The OAC eNews and The Theatre Company's Facebook page.
See The Theatre Company on Facebook and Subscribe to The OAC eNews to keep up-to-date with audition and production news. Please note that scripts will be not be distributed prior to auditions. Most of our auditions are based on cold reads, with material provided at the audition; other procedures will be noted on Facebook and in the eNews. Auditions for musicals will require you to sing (a cappella) a short (one minute or less) song/portion of a song of your choosing. Headshots and resume/curriculum vitae are not necessary.
Ticket Prices (in general):
$12–$15 for adults;
$10–$12 for students and senior citizens (with valid ID); and
$8–$10 for children 12 and under.
Ticket prices will be three dollars $3.00 higher at the door, so it is very advantageous to buy tickets online.
EARLY BIRD TICKETS (when available; for cast, crew, and OAC Members)
$2 off for adults;
$1–$2 off for students and senior citizens
$0–$1 off for children 12 and under


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Man Utd have had two matches in 2018, in which they got two victories, at first over Everton in the English championship and over Derby County in the English cup. Both matches ended with a 2:0 score. Manchester United are situated on the second position in the EPL tournament table and have 47 points in the asset.
Stoke City are preparing for the upcoming game without a head coach, which deteriorates the situation for the Potters even more. The club's management stalled as much as they could with firing Mark Hughes and they have to wait for good results. Whereas, the stalling is unacceptable for the future guests as the Red-and-Whites are in the relegation zone, the Potters have 20 points in the asset and the 18th position in the tournament table.
Man Utd will probably lay without Lukaku once again, but that didn't bother Man Utd to score four goals to their opponents' net within the last two games, besides, Stoke defense is one of the worst in the league and the guests are preparing for the upcoming match without a head coach. A bet on a negative handicap looks like a good option in this situation.