Today's AEC industry is experiencing significant growth, demanding that our leaders evolve and communicate far beyond the check-the-box approach.
Have you ever asked yourself, "What the heck is real leadership?" This is the question that prompted our mid-sized, Orlando-based firm to investigate and find a few answers. Starting with the premise that we had no idea what leadership was allowed us to look at this topic free of general bias. We strategically selected team members across the company with differing backgrounds, ages, character profiles, and skill sets to dive in and own it.
Communicating with people is much different than communicating to contractors via the development of construction documents.
Accountability plays a significant role in moving onto the next step.
We can talk about accountability another day. For now, let's take a deeper look at issue No. 1, communication. In many firms, regardless of the industry, communicating has always been a key component to accomplishing goals, up and down the organization. The common thread that we seem to forget is that it's not about the business lines we sell or even the quality in which we deliver them. It's about the people.
In the AEC business, we find ourselves struggling to meet client expectations that are many times not clearly known. We have difficulty developing concepts with teams that self-limit their own creativity due to self-negotiating what they believe is wanted by the client, and delivering against unreasonable deadlines that stifle critical thought. We as an industry have somehow fallen into selling time instead of being that truly trusted advisor.
Dale Carnegie once wrote, "Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation, for your character is what you are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are." He was right, of course, and his sage quote is applicable to our industry. One's ability to express an idea or hear another's perspective is our most powerful tool in the leadership arsenal – as long as it's not motivated by personal gain or the demands of maintaining one's reputation. This skill, which to me is the equivalent of E=MC2, can move mountains and positively affect the bottom line for any firm.
To combat the epidemic of poor communication, I have been on a personal mission to find out all I can, from Paul Ekman's non-verbal coursework, reading countless books on communicating, and investing an inordinate amount of time watching numerous communication-related blogs and TED Talks. Personally, I started to see a common theme – place your ego in the back seat and start talking to people. To be successful at this, you must accept their quirks and, above all, be authentic. All of us have a desire to be liked, cared for, and respected. And all of it starts with communication, and bringing our "whole self" to work each day.


Cook the beans in a pan of boiling salted water for 6-8 mins until just tender. Drain and quickly cool under cold running water. Set aside.
Heat the oil in a large pan on the barbecue, then add the garlic and cook quickly until lightly browned. Add the beans, stir well, cover and leave to reheat. Meanwhile, cook the tomatoes on the grill bars until softened and slightly browned. Tip the beans into a serving bowl and top with the tomatoes. Sprinkle with a little sea salt and serve.


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An Evening of Special Effects Film Music (Perfect Collection 5)
International Title
Music By: Akira Ifukube
Record Label: Toho Music
Running Time: 56:17 Discs: 1
Release: January 2008 CD Number: GX-6 (Set)
Anthony Romero
First, thanks goes to Jessica Stan for sending this in for review!
The first bonus CD from this set is another LP transfer, this time of the famous Symphonic Fantasia. The LP being repoduced is the original release of the concert performance from 1983, called An Evening of Special Effects Film Music (K20G-7169~70), that was conducted by Yasuhiko Shiozawa with the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra.
In terms of the content, Symphonic Fantasia is an amazing body of work. The three suites are a vast collection of music from Akira Ifukube's science fiction work for Toho woven together seamlessly from one theme to the next. Although largely focused on the kaiju material, there is one track from the much more obscure The Adventure of Taklamakan (1966) found here as well. A more detailed breakdown of each theme in the suites can be found on previous releases of the Symphonic Fantasia on CD, such as A Tribute to Godzilla: Akira Ifukube Symphonic Fantasia Complete (KICS-775) which actually deals with a later recording of the same suites. The great thing about this collection is that its instantly familiar to genre fans, yet stands on its own as well. It brings new elements and new ideas and in many ways was incoperated into Ifukube's work in the 1990's, such as the mixing together of King Ghidorah's Theme with the Battle Music from King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) which ultimately became the three-headed monster's new theme in Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991).
After the Symphonic Fantasia, the disc includes a ten minute track called "Rondo in Burlesque for Orchestra", or "Rond" as its titled on the front cover. This track is largely based on the main title theme from Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965), yet is effectively stretched out to a ten minute performance due to several different styles applied, including an almost drill march take near the end. Its really a great ode to the theme, and a wonderful track in its own right.
In regards to the overall presentation of this CD, its so-so. The detractor here is the audio quality, which suffers from being a faithful reproduction of the original LP. Clearly someone at Toho Music is a huge LP aficionado, and its worth recongizing that there is a growing niche fascination with vinyl records. However, the key word there is vinyl. Trying to reproduce vinyls on CD is futile, and seems to miss the point of why the format is still popular. Not only that, but this material in particular has been released so many times on CD, with great quality, that anything less would be absurd. However, that's what this CD is. To be fair, I will attest to hearing horror stories about the quality on this CD from friends before ever listening to it. So it was much to my surprise that the quality wasn't bad. In fact, I had to hear this and a normal CD copy of the 1983 performance back to back to spot the differences. Suffice to say, this CD lacks the clarity of other releases to the format, as some instruments just don't feel as prominent or with the same type of range. However, if one has never heard the Symphonic Fantasia before, though, this probably won't be noticeable, its that minor.
Overall, the audio quality isn't up to snuff with what's already out there on CD, but it's good enough to please most consumers. The music itself, though, is a must for any fan of Ifukube. So while this might not be the best way to experience the music, it's still an adequate release and a good bonus for the Perfect Collection line.
Symphonic Fantasia No. 1
Rondo in Burlesque for Orchestra


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Q: Limit of a function of two variables Let $\displaystyle f(x,y) = \frac{x^2  y}{x^4 + y^2}$
Does this function have a limit when $(x,y) \to (0,0)$?

A: Hint: Set first $x=\sqrt{y}$ for $y>0$, and then $x=y$.

A: Hint
$$\lim_{x\to0}f(x,x^2)=\frac{1}{2}\not=0=\lim_{x\to0}f(x,0)$$

A: Let $x^2=r\cos\theta$ and $y=r\sin\theta$, where $-\pi/2\le \theta\le \pi/2$. Then our function is equal to $\cos\theta\sin\theta$. In particular, its values for $r$ near $0$ depend on the value of $\theta$.

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I am so, so sorry guys. I thought it would be a nice Christmas present to upgrade the board because a new stable release of phpBB came out a couple weeks ago. So I did the upgrade...and now the board is completely blank.
This is not the end of the world, because the database seems intact, so I am hoping one of the good folks at phpBB will tell me how to get it connected to an installation and all will be well, but the board is down until then. I'm really sorry. If people want a temporary place to play till then, I can open up http://www.antagonia.net/antic_fables for you all. I think most of you have usernames there anyway.
Once again, my apologies. I have never had anything like this happen before!
ETA: 6 am-- problem solved; I figured out how to fix it on the back end. Apparently our board style is incompatible with the new version of phpBB. So you will notice it is not pretty right now and some of the hand-coding, like the date feature I did is no longer in there. HOWEVER, the add user feature somehow managed to survive. I'll add that back in as soon as I have a chance. But now I need to sleep. And we DO have an updated board.
MERRY CHRISTMAS TEA! It looks great despite the near-tragedy. I like the color scheme!
Hahaha that is the default color scheme. I just got the board working and left it. But thank you!
But it's ocean colored...! ftw!


I am finally making the transition, albeit slowly, from LJ to DW. I am ravens_shadow on LJ (still there for now), but in addition to moving my personal blogging/journaling here, I thought this might also be a good time to consolidate my other platforms. I am CoffeeQuill and Red-Inked Leaf on blogspot, writing about writing and hobbies in the former, and editing in the latter. I am still active on tumblr as coffeeinacoldhell, for all my random fandom needs (heavy emphasis on the random), and am SabrinaQuill on twitter for thoughts in anxiety, crafting, comic books, representation and inclusivity.
I have been a teacher, editor and writer. I'm now pushing towards the writing side of things, both in fiction and in finding a full-time communication job.


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Your Complete Guide To Quitting Your Birth Control
Here's everything you need to know. - by Esther Crain
Maybe you've had too many close calls forgetting to take the Pill on time. Or perhaps you never got over the ick factor of sliding a plastic ring into your vagina every three weeks. Whatever the reason for your birth control break, it's important to make sure you go off that Pill or ring the right way.
The Pill and the ring each pump artificial doses of oestrogen and progestin into your bloodstream to halt ovulation. Once you quit BC and those synthetic hormones are no longer circulating, your brain sends signals to your ovaries to wake up and start producing natural hormones, which prompts ovulation. "It's smart to have a plan in place and get a sense of what to expect in those first weeks, so you know what side effects might kick in and you'll have time to cover yourself with another contraceptive method if you don't want to get pregnant," explains Melanie Collins, M.D., ob-gyn at the Renaissance Women's Group in Austin, Texas. Here's everything you need to know about breaking up with the Pill or the ring.
How you should quit: From a medical standpoint, there's no reason you can't dump your pills at any point in your cycle. But ideally, the best time to quit is at the end of your pill pack, when you would expect your period to start anyway. "This way you stay on schedule," says Collins. Quitting another time can prompt breakthrough bleeding, as your body realizes it's not getting the regular dose of progesterone it used to, adds Mary Jane Minkin, M.D., clinical professor of ob-gyn at Yale University School of Medicine.
Side effects to expect: Once your system gets back in the swing of cranking out its own hormones again, weird things can occur—such as breast tenderness, moodiness, and then a heavier flow and more painful cramps as you begin to ovulate again. Not everyone experiences these symptoms, but if you do, know that they tend to ease up once your cycle evens out. Other body strangeness could include a ramped-up sex drive and acne breakouts. Now that the Pill is no longer suppressing your natural testosterone production, your body starts making small amounts of this hormone, which contributes to libido and acne, says Minkin.
RELATED: 5 Things You Should Always Do After Sex
What to know if you don't want to get pregnant: That infertile "grace period" that supposedly happens in the weeks after stopping oral contraceptives? Uh, that's not a thing. Even though it generally takes three or four days minimum before ovulation will kick in again, theoretically you could produce an egg hours after your last pill, says Minkin. Don't want a baby? Don't take chances. Cover yourself with another method of protection starting with your very first post-pill ride in the saddle.
What to know if you want to get pregnant: While you might end up knocked up right away, Collins suggests giving your body a few months for ovulation to kick in and your cycle to even out before actively expecting to get a positive pregnancy test.
And this is super important: If you're thinking baby, start taking a prenatal vitamin the same day you stop taking the Pill. Look for one that includes folic acid, the B vitamin proven to prevent certain birth defects that happen in the first month after conception, says Minkin. Even if you're all about eating healthy and are sure you get your folic acid in food, play it safe with a supplement.
RELATED: 6 Things You Should Never Do Before Sex
How you should quit: Just like ditching birth control pills, you can say sayonara to this flexy, hormone-infused ring anytime of the month, no harm done, says Minkin. But also like the Pill, you'll avoid breakthrough bleeding and stick to your regular schedule if you take your last ring out after three weeks as usual and just never put another one in again.
Side effects to expect: The ring has the same estrogen-progesterone combo as most oral contraceptives; the hormones are simply absorbed directly through your vagina rather than via your intestinal tract. Side effects are what you'd expect: breast sensitivity, mood swings, a heavier flow, breakouts, and more cramping. After your own hormones get back on track, these symptoms will likely even out, generally after a few months. But changes such as a higher sex drive and acne breakouts might be here to stay, since they could be triggered by the natural testosterone your body is now making again, without the hormones in the ring suppressing production.
RELATED: 4 Things That Happen To Your Vagina When You Stop Having Sex
What to know if you don't want to get pregnant: You need a new contraceptive method as soon as you take out your last ring. If you want a break from hormones and don't want to deal with a doctor visit, condoms are 98 percent effective in preventing pregnancy, says Dr. Minkin. She also suggests an IUD (99 percent effective), even if you're not sure what your future baby plans are. An IUD is hormone-free, so if you were experiencing unwanted side effects from the Pill or ring, you won't see them with your IUD. Plus, you can always have it taken out, says Minkin, should you decide you're ready for mom-hood. If you're not sure what to go with, check in with your ob-gyn, who can give you a run through of birth control options that mesh with your body and lifestyle, says Collins.
What to know if you want to get pregnant: You probably have a three or four-day window at the earliest before ovulation gets going again. But it's normal for ovulation to take longer than that, so don't worry if it takes two or three ring-free cycles before you conceive (and of course, conception can take months or years, especially if you're near 40). In the meantime, make sure you start taking prenatal vitamins with folic acid, says Collins, as soon as your body is ring-free and gearing up for ovulation.
This article originally appeared on WomensHealthMag.com.
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Open, Letter
by trulymadlydeeply On Monday, September 20, 2010
Dear _______ (blank),
I thought about writing you the whole way home tonight. It started somewhere around that really expansive part of the FDR where the road takes a big curve to the left and the river hugs in to the right, and you've got an open view of the Empire State (all white now) and the Chrysler and that funny building with an isosceles triangle for a hat. That part always gets me excited about the city. Just that part. Flying driving and boom, beautiful skyline, you can feel the cars respond with the woosh in the road. Somewhere around the bridge I got in the mood to write again, like I did back when. Then you're ahead of yourself, and all these ideas come tumbling out in perfect succession and you're stepping harder on the pedal to slow the thoughts down before you're before a place to jot, jet. Then someone threw their cigarette out their window and it freaked me out, like always. I always picture some freak accident of physics happening where their loose cigarette, still lit, bounces into my tailpipe and sparks, ignites up in there somewhere, exploding the whole car and me along with it. One little spark and boom, MacGruber, I'd be gone and then this letter couldn't come out. That's what I worry about. Dying and not being able to write this letter. Not dying and leaving behind friends and family and a life not yet lived out. No. Just dying and not getting home tonight to let this out because those friends and family aren't around (I tried. Called two of them, no dice.) and when you start thinking, "I wouldn't mind someone to just talk to and tell all this random stuff to and have them listen and then I'll listen back" you start to think you really do need that, not just want it, but need it. So you call. Or start a narrative to no one in particular, to blank.
It's not like I can't be alone. I love being alone. But lately I feel like all we do is work. Work, work, work and relax at home in our own worlds before we pass out for a few to get up and go again. And that's fine, and maybe I'm just having a bout of cryptomnesia (which I analyzed in the car) where I internalized a horoscope I read today which told me rekindling friendships and spending time with friends would be something I might yearn for today, and then spit it back out thinking it was coming from my own original source. I don't know. Maybe. Regardless, we used to all get together for some QT without our phones and laptops open and heads in 3 worlds at once. We all used to get together and BE together. In a room, with some tunes and some wine or food or tea or whatever and really spend time together. Maybe play some cards. Or get into fights where packets of oatmeal would be thrown really hard until they burst. Ha. And the simplicity of each others company was enough, we didn't need added cushioning of extra media to make time around others comfortable. When did that happen? How did that happen? Us getting so dependent on our second identities in the matrix that it makes interactions face to face, hm, I don't know, strained. Strange. Eh, maybe it's just my imagination.
It's like I'm stoned or something, tonight. I used to be, often, when the words would align right up in a stream and flow out sans inhibitions. Just being honest. But I havn't been since before that time between May and June when things got rearranged, some kind of automatic psychotherapy to clean that little part up. But I still dream about it, let me tell ya, and a nervous dreaming. How am I gonna get neurotic in my sleep? I used to never care this much about not doing something. But the funny part is that in waking life, there's nothing to it, I can take it or leave it and I just leave it.
That and nervous, worse-possible-outcome dreaming about being late to a class and getting in trouble. I am chronically late. It's terrible. My sense of time is a little warped. I'm workin on ittttt. What's the saying? "#IT'S A PROCESS"?
I've rarely had recurring dreams but I figure I'm really dealing with some sh*t inside there for these things to continually be brought up. Dark stuff. Joints and tardiness. Jeez.
It's a trip to get on the other end of something you love. Where you break it down into its parts to be able to put it back together in order to understand it fully, so you can pass it on to others with the how, why and where behind the instruction. Honestly, it can take the fun out of it, being on this other end. Receiving the transmission feels great and you just turn in, tune in and take it. Giving it can be so exhausting. Because you're also trying to take it in, as the giver and as the receiver, like, what are they feeling? Is this flowing? There must be some seamless level where giver and receiver are no longer separate. I'll let you know when I get there. I'm still digging my heels into confidence and projecting my voice with authority, that way responses are firmer and I won't think they hate me or don't trust me when I'm giving them instructions on how to move. It's weird, I know. Wish I could take my own class...
I mentioned the power of auto suggestion tonight. Had them all in a standing balance. Wobbling. "Bring strength into your standing leg with your suggestion of stability." I think that convoluted advice just distracted some people and they lost their balance. Ha. Shit. One. Day. At. A. Time.
But really. Auto-suggestion. Get familiar. I'm not going to 'testify!' but I'll say, it's magical.
And we could all use a little magic in our lives.
Signing off with so much more I had but got left on the road somewhere.
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jessie lynn said...
https://www.thetopofmymind.com/2010/09/open-letter.html?showComment=1285272589507#c8753496815683895673'> September 23, 2010 at 4:09 PM
i know i'm not "blank," although maybe this letter wasn't intended for a particular "blank," either way, i enjoyed reading your thoughts. it's nice to read what you feel in someone else's feelings; it makes us all a little bit more human. and that part about reaccuring dreams...i never can find my class, and have fallen behind terribly in one or two particular subjects. i've yet to check that out in my dream dictonary, but there's def. something there. who are we? ;)
trulymadlydeeply said...
who are we?! I can't believe you just asked that question.
why, I've been wondering the same thing since, oh, yesterday.
but somewhere... I know it's not a question to ask with my mind. (I put carats around the "know" at first and the word disappeared when posted. hahah)
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My brain just exploded
tumbling after
F*#king!!
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Tauno Ilmoniemi f. Granit (16. maj 1893 i Kuopio – 21. september 1934 i Oulu) var en finsk gymnast og udspringer som deltog i OL 1912 i Stockholm.

Ilmoniemi vandt en sølvmedalje i gymnastik under OL 1912 i Stockholm. Han var med på det finske hold som kom på en andenplads i holdkonkurrencen for hold i frit system. Norge vandt konkurrencen.

Han deltog også i udspring under disciplinen tårnspring, men blev slået ud i første runde.

Eksterne henvisninger

Gymnaster fra Finland
Udspringere fra Finland
Deltagere for Finland ved sommer-OL 1912
Olympiske sølvmedaljevindere fra Finland
Medaljevindere ved sommer-OL 1912

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Magnetic North Is Cruising Toward Siberia, Puzzling Scientists
It has drifted so far that scientists made an emergency revision to the World Magnetic Model
Jason Daley
The magnetic north pole—the one that we rely on to calibrate compasses and complex navigation systems—has always been a little squirrely. Driven by the unpredictable swirls and flows in the Earth's iron core, the magnetic pole had been drifting around northern Canada for hundreds of years. But in the last 150 years or so, the magnetic pole began darting toward Siberia.
Because of that, NOAA and British Geological Survey—which update the World Magnetic Model (WMM) every five years to aid in navigation—for the first time ever issued an emergency update to the model on Monday, reports Alexandra Witze at Nature News & Comment.
Scientists first learned about the unpredictable movements of the Earth's magnetic north pole 400 years ago, when English mathematician Henry Gellibrand calculated that it had moved hundreds of miles closer to the geographic north pole over the course of 50 years, reports Shannon Hall at The New York Times. For centuries, it wandered around northern Canada's Arctic Archipelago. But in 1860, it began making a straight-line journey across the Arctic Ocean and toward Siberia, traveling about 1,500 miles and crossing the international date line in 2017.
While for most of the 20th century it moved about six miles per year, in the 1980s it began speeding up, reaching about 35 miles per year by 2000. In 2015, when the last WMM was released, it had slowed to 30 miles per year, and the WMM release that year was based on the presumption that it would continue slowing. But since then, the pole has picked up the pace again, putting the WMM so out of whack that an update was warranted.
Last year, officials realized that the model would become so inaccurate, it could cause problems with military and ocean navigation and even impact air traffic control. Maya Wei-Haas at National Geographic notes that people using civilian navigation probably have not have noticed any problems. But those traveling north of 55 degrees latitude, including airliners, would have. The premature update incorporates the last three years of data and should improve things until the official five-year year WMM update is released at the end of 2019.
So what's going on with the pole, and should we be worried? Witze reports for Nature that this is one global problem that humans aren't responsible for. The magnetic field is generated by molten iron and nickel surrounding the Earth's solid, iron core. As that liquid metal swirls and spins, it generates electric currents and the magnetic field that surrounds the planet. But that churning core is unpredictable, changing the spot where the magnetic field lines return into the Earth, aka magnetic north, a moving target. Researchers hypothesize that the recent wandering of the pole might be linked to a high-speed jet of liquid iron, which they believe is currently active deep under Canada, that is weakening the magnetic field in that area. Another strong patch of magnetic field in Siberia may be stepping in and tugging the pole eastward.
"The location of the north magnetic pole appears to be governed by two large-scale patches of magnetic field, one beneath Canada and one beneath Siberia," Phil Livermore, a geomagnetist at the University of Leeds said at the American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting reports Witze. "The Siberian patch is winning the competition."
As long as researchers can keep track of the peripatetic magnetic pole, however, there's nothing to worry about. "It's not the fact that the pole is moving that is a problem, it's the fact that it's accelerating at this rate," William Brown, geophysicist at the British Geological Survey tells Hall at The New York Times. "The more acceleration or deceleration there is, the harder to predict where the thing is going to be."
Eventually, Earth's magnetic north and south pole will wander extremely far afield—throughout time the planet's poles have periodically flipped, and we are geologically due for it to happen again, and Hall reports that some researchers believe our wandering pole may be a precursor to this, though others disagree. But don't worry. The flip will likely take thousands of years, giving humanity ample time to prepare for the day when our compasses start pointing the wrong direction.
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Jason Daley is a Madison, Wisconsin-based writer specializing in natural history, science, travel, and the environment. His work has appeared in Discover, Popular Science, Outside, Men's Journal, and other magazines.
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Junglist Soldiers: Uncle Dugs on Stevie Hyper D
Competitions / Interviews / Artists / Elevation / Helter Skelter / Junglist / Labyrinth / MC / old skool / rave / RCFF / Rinse FM / Roast / Stevie Hyper D / Telepathy / Uncle Dugs / Utopia
Very few names in drum & bass carry the same weight as the legendary Stevie Hyper D. Whether you knew his distinctive double-timed flow from myriad mixtapes, experienced him in the flesh at one of the many raves he was regularly booked at (Helter Skelter, Telepathy, Labyrinth, Elevation, Utopia, Roast and many more) or you're just well aware of his legacy, Stevie's influence and impact on the scene is still respected to this very day.
On October 19, Uncle Dugs will broadcast Junglist Soldier, a never-heard-before documentary about Stevie on his Rinse show. Produced with care by Matthew Gale and Stevie's cousin Darryl Austin, it's the first time the MC's story will be told in full. Two years in the making, and kept very very close to Gale and Austin's chests, it's unmissable for anyone with an interest in UK dance music, MC culture and drum & bass. Here's the teaser vid…
"The funny thing is I never knew him, I never met him in my life." says Dugs. "My experience of him is as a raver. When I first saw him I couldn't believe how he had the crowd eating out the palm of his hand like he did. He'd say something and the crowd would do it back. It was mad. No MC owned the crowd like him. He owned the dance!
"When he said 'junglists are you ready?' the WHOLE place would shout 'bo!' back. The whole place. He had acceptance from the crowd. The crowd are fickle. They won't just do what they're told. Yeah of course you'll get the odd ones shouting 'whey!' for the sake of it, but he had everyone shouting. Even the badboys at the back of the room doing naughty things. Even they would shout back to Stevie Hyper D!"
A more fitting tribute, you will not find. Stevie was a true entertainer with enough clout, charisma, humour and skill to appeal to everyone. He worked in tandem with DJ. He complemented the crowd's buzz without compromise. He influenced the next generation…
"Ask a lot of the grime guys who their influence was back in the day and a lot of them will tell you Stevie Hyper D," says Dugs. "From the garage MCs right through to the grime guys like Wiley – they were all influenced by Stevie. He's like a Tupac or a Biggie. When you die at the top you never leave it. He might have been rubbish now. I doubt it though; he had an album deal just before he died. Who knows how that album would've affected the grime scene. If you're a fan of him you'll love this documentary; it's his life story, there are loads of great clips on there. But even if you're not a fan, if you love UK music and rave culture and MCs then this is really interesting. It's such a well told story and the guy's a fucking a legend at the end of the day. He changed the course of Mcing. All your Skibs and them lot, all their careers are off the back of what Stevie's done…"
Find out the full story on Dug's RCFF show on Rinse FM, Friday October 19, 11am-2pm.
And while we're here… Win Uncle Dugs Rinse 20 CDs!
There's also the small matter of Uncle Dug's recent Rinse 20 CD. An old school workout mixed with slick style and a handful of tunes have NEVER seen an official release, it's essential. We've got five to give away. All you need to do is answer this question:
What does RCFF stand for?
Answers over to comps@breakbeat.co.uk by October 19 please. Good luck!
Drum&BassArena Editor: Dave Jenkins has documented beats for over 15 years working with the likes of UKF, Mixmag, DJ Mag, iDJ, Bandcamp, Resident Advisor, Radio 1 Xtra and many more.


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Q: Django runs fine locally but one field doesn't exist after deploying to Heroku I'm still relatively new to django. In my website, I created a new field group in AnonymousStudent model. My Django website runs fine on my local machine, but after deploying to Heroku it says the group field doesn't exist.
I got couple of errors when trying to access to different parts in my website.
One says:
ProgrammingError at ...
column "group" of relation "student_anonymousstudent" does not exist LINE 1: ...", "last_active_time", "associate_experiment_id", "group") V...

Another one says:
ProgrammingError at ...
column student_anonymousstudent.group does not exist LINE 1: ...dent_anonymousstudent"."associate_experiment_id", "student_a...

And the other one says:
InvalidCursorName at ...
cursor "_django_curs_139758823008000_sync_1" does not exist

The traceback for the last one says:
/app/.heroku/python/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/db/backends/utils.py in _execute
86.                 return self.cursor.execute(sql, params)
▶ Local vars
The above exception (column student_anonymousstudent.group does not exist LINE 1: ...dent_anonymousstudent"."associate_experiment_id", "student_a... ^ ) was the direct cause of the following exception: /app/.heroku/python/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/db/models/sql/compiler.py in execute_sql
1144.             cursor.execute(sql, params)

It seems like a migration problem, but when I tried to run python manage.py makemigrations it says nothing changed.
settings.py
DATABASES = {
    "default": {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
        'NAME': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'db.sqlite3')
    }
}

if 'HEROKU_ENV' in os.environ:
    ALLOWED_HOSTS.append(".herokuapp.com")
    DATABASES["default"] = dj_database_url.config(
        ssl_require=True,
        engine="django_postgrespool2"
    )

Procfile
release: bash release-tasks.sh
web: daphne giks.asgi:application -b 0.0.0.0 -p $PORT -v2

release-tasks.sh
python manage.py migrate
python manage.py loaddata fixtures/publications.json
python manage.py loaddata fixtures/awards.json

I have couple of questions here:

*

*Apparently I'm using two different databases for local and Heroku environments. But I've specified in my Procfile to auto run migrations when deploying. So is this really a migration problem?

*Still about the database. Can you use django_postgrespool2 with sqlite3?

*What exactly is the problem? And how to fix it?
Please let me know if more information is needed. Thank you in advance.


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So, several years ago we had Dragon NaturallySpeaking 13. And up till then I always thought DPI was 'dots per inch'.
But then came Dragon 14… the 'NaturallySpeaking' part of Dragon's name was lost and the new version was called 'Dragon Professional Individual', or 'DPI' for short.
At the time of writing the current version is Dragon Professional Individual 15. That's the version for Windows PC.
This version is intended for the individual PC user, rather than for installation on network servers. The Enterprise version of Dragon that can do that is called Dragon Professional Group.
Then there's 'Dragon Professional Individual for Mac' for… obviously… the Mac. That doesn't have the number 15, but the current version has 'v6'.
You'll understand that nowadays, in my world, DPI doesn't have much to do with 'dots per inch' anymore. It stands for Dragon Professional Individual.
In case you were wondering… I do not sell Dragon software, just the online training/online course for Dragon. Make sure to sign up for the waiting list if you want to keep up to date!
If you're in The Netherlands, however, just go to my Dutch site and you'll be able to purchase software and microphones.
It's pretty complicated to start using Dragon (NaturallySpeaking) if you hardly have any computer experience.
Rather than explain the issues and possible solutions, I'll refer you to a blog post that I wrote about your specific question.
Read the relevant blog post.
Category: Is Dragon for me?
Although the manufacturer promises that you can successfully use built-in laptop microphones for Dragon, I have found this to be incorrect.
I've tried with the built in microphone of my own Surface Pro and results were dismal.
Also, one of my clients created a new user profile using the built in mic of his laptop. He could not dictate successfully at all. When I came for his individual tuition for Dragon, we plugged in a suitable microphone (Jabra). Although we recalibrated the audio, recognition results remained subpar.
The only solution was to create a new user profile with a suitable microphone. I must say that I was quite surprised that choosing a new 'source of dictation' (i.e. mic) and checking that microphone via the Dragon settings was no solution to the poor recognition results. We had to create an entirely new profile.
Check out my microphone recommendations if you need a mic for Dragon.
Check here for microphone models that are approved by the manufacturer Nuance.
Do you agree with me that the built in mic is rubbish for Dragon? I'd love to know; just put in a quick comment below. Thanks!


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Pe nebo také fe (symbol ף,פ; , někdy též ) je sedmnácté písmeno hebrejské abecedy. Pochází z fénického písmene .

Koncový tvar písmene pe v psané podobě je pak skloubením písmene lamed a původního pe.
Tvar písmene představuje hlavu z profilu. Slovo  pak v hebrejštině znamená "ústa".

 V Unicodu má hebrejské pe označení , koncová podoba . Existují i samostatné kódy pro variantu s dagešem a s rafe
 V morseově abecedě se používá sekvence ·−−· (tečka, čárka, čárka, tečka).
 V Braillově písmu se používají znaky ⠋ () a ⠏ ().

V hebrejštině
V moderní hebrejštině se čte dvěma způsoby:
 jako neznělá bilabiální ploziva [p] (IPA 101), v tomto případě se občas vpíše do pe tzv. dageš, nebo
 jako neznělá labiodentální frikativa [f] (IPA 128).

Vyskytne-li se pe na konci slova, dostává grafickou podobu ף a vyslovuje se vždy jako [f]. Pokud je třeba zapsat na konci slova vyslovované [p] (v transkripcích cizích jmen nebo v přejatých slovech), píše se běžné פ.

Bez ohledu na výslovnost je pe/fe včetně jeho koncové podoby považováno za jedno písmeno a takto řazeno ve slovnících.

V jidiš
Stejně jako v hebrejštině může označovat hlásku [p] nebo [f], je však v každém z těchto významů považována za samostatné písmeno a při abecedním řazení má toto rozlišení primární řadicí platnost ([p] se řadí před [f]). Grafické rozlišení se provádí pomocí značky dageš pro [p] a značky rafe pro [f]. Toto rozlišování ovšem není dodržováno u starších textů používajících odlišný pravopis.

V aramejštině
Židovské varianty aramejštiny používají pro zápis hebrejské písmo včetně písmene pe a jeho koncové podoby. Jiné grafické systémy používají odpovídající znaky 𐡐 (, imperiální aramejština) ܦ (, syrština v zápise serto) a další.

V arabštině
V židovských dialektech arabštiny zapisovaných hebrejským písmem se používá písmeno pe včetně jeho koncové podoby pro hlásku [f] (hlásku [p] arabština nemá). V arabském písmu mu odpovídá písmeno fá (ف )

Ladino
V jazyce ladino ("židovská španělština") označuje písmeno pe hlásku [p] nebo [f]. Grafické rozlišení se provádí u "měkké" výslovnosti [f] pomocí značky gereš (), rafe () nebo (zejména ve starších textech) varika (). U slov přejatých z hebrejštiny se měkkost neoznačuje.

Číselný význam

V systému hebrejských číslic má význam 80. Koncovému fe (ף) je přiřazena hodnota 800, často se však v praxi nahrazuje spojením ת״ת.

Pe jako značka

 V gramatice písmeno pe (פ) označuje první ze tří písmen slovního kořene.
 V knižních vydáních textů tanachu označuje konec oddílu (paraša) a začátek oddílu nového, přičemž nový oddíl začíná ve svitku Tóry, popř. jiných liturgických svitcích, na novém řádku (paraša ptucha = otevřený oddíl).
  Na chanukovém drejdlu (sevivonu) se vyskytuje písmeno pe pouze u verzí užívaných v zemi Izrael jako součást zkratky či kódu נגה״פ (nes gadol haja po — div veliký stal se zde); v diaspoře je nahrazeno písmenem šin (nes gadol haja šam — div veliký stal se tam).

Reference

Externí odkazy

Hebrejská slova a fráze
Hebrejská písmena


Your veterinary clinic and veterinarian will tell you much the same as below. Cancer in a dog is unfortunately not a rare occurrence. With dog breeders aggressively inbreeding their stocks to maintain desirable qualities like cuteness in their dogs, genetic mutations make serious problems like lung cancer very common in these poor animals. How do you get to lung cancer in a dog? Dogs, as it happens, don't do so well with cigarette smoke. When someone in the home fills the atmosphere with smoke, exposure to this secondhand smoke can easily set a dog's lungs down the path to cancer. Dogs with short snouts can be especially susceptible to lung cancer too. With a shorter nasal passage, they don't stand a chance having the smoke filtered out for them before the air they breathe in reaches their lungs. When your veterinarian advises you about the beginning of lung cancer, a dog can often be none the worse for it starting out. They are their usual happy selves at first.
You begin to notice that something is amiss when the dog keeps trying to cough but doesn't seem to do it to expel mucus. And then comes the appetite loss and weight loss. With lung cancer, dogs that are younger don't stand a chance. Some boarding kennels don't even like to board dogs that are not in good health. The cancer starts and progresses through the body metastasizing very quickly. In older dogs though it can take a bit of time. Pay close attention if you will, to how your dog is breathing. If the malignant tumor in the lung is large enough, it can narrow the dog's breathing passages enough to cause breathlessness.
Get your dog in to the vet right away when any of this happens. The veterinarians there are trained to give you the best advice. The veterinarian will give your dog a chest x-ray to check for the size of the tumor in the lung and try out a biopsy. With lung cancer, dogs do get a choice in several kinds of treatment. Ordinarily, the vet will arrange for surgery – unless it is a cancer that is metastatizing. In that case, radiation therapy and chemotherapy are your only choices. Struck with lung cancer, dogs usually have up to a year to live. It will help your dog fight the cancer and live well for as long as he's around if you give him lots of natural remedies. There are homeopathy and herbal treatments available that can help. Some veterinary clinics endorse alternative methods and some don't. Herbal remedies like Essiac can work wonders for the quality of life your dog has for as long as he lives. You could also consider putting your dog on the Budwig diet to help with his health overall.
After a hard day of treeing squirrels, we find our happy dogs taking a well deserved nap.


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Q: How to pick transaction isolation levels? I have a table in database that is responsible for storing ordered/reorderable lists. It has the following shape:
| id | listId | index | title | ... |

where id is primary key, listId is foreign key that identifies what list the item belongs to, title and other columns are contents of items. index property is responsible for position of item in list. It is an integer counter (starting with 0) that is unique in the scope of the list, but may repeat across lists. Example data:
| id      | listId  | index | title    | ...
---------------------------------------------
| "item1" | "list1" | 0     | "title1" | ...
| "item2" | "list1" | 1     | "title2" | ...
| "item3" | "list1" | 2     | "title3" | ...
| "item4" | "list2" | 0     | "title4" | ...
| "item5" | "list2" | 1     | "title5" | ...

Users can create/delete items, move them inside the list or across lists.
To ensure consistency of indexes when running these operations, I do the following:
Create item:

*

*Count items within this list

SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT "Item"."id") as "cnt"
FROM "item" "Item"
WHERE "Item"."listId" = ${listId}

*Insert new item, with index set to count from step 1:

INSERT INTO "item"("id", "listId", "index", "title", ...)
VALUES (${id}, ${listId}, ${count}, ${title})

This way index grows with each item inserted into the list.
Move item:

*

*Retrieve item's current listId and index:

SELECT "Item"."listId" AS "Item_listId", "Item"."index" AS "Item_index"
FROM "item" "Item"
WHERE "Item"."id" = ${id}

*Change index of "shifted" items if necessary, so that order is consistent, e.g. given the item is moved forward, all items between its current position (exclusively) and its next position (inclusively) need to have their index decreased by 1:

UPDATE "item"
  SET "index" = "index" - 1
WHERE "listId" = ${listId}
  AND "index" BETWEEN ${sourceIndex + 1} AND ${destinationIndex}

I'll omit the variation with movement across lists because it is very similar.

*Update the item itself:

UPDATE "item"
   SET "index" = ${destinationIndex}
WHERE "id" = ${id}

Delete item:

*

*Retrieve item's index and listId

*Move all items in same list that are next to this item 1 step back, to remove the gap
UPDATE "item"
  SET "index" = "index" - 1
WHERE "listId" = ${listId}
  AND "index" > ${itemIndex}

*Delete item:

DELETE FROM "item"
WHERE "id" = ${id}

Question is:
What transaction isolation levels should I provide for each of these operations? It is very important for me to keep index column consistent, no gaps and most importantly - no duplicates. Am I getting it right that create item operation is subject to phantom reads, because it counts items by some criteria, and it should be serializable? What about other operations?

A: According to your constraints, you can create a unique index on two columns: listId,index can be defined as unique. That will avoid duplicates.
Additionally to avoid gaps I would recommend:
select listId, index, (select min(index) from Item i2 where listId = :listId and i2.index > i1.index) as nextIndex from Item i1 where nextIndex - index > 1 and listId = :listId
at the end of each transaction.
Together with transaction isolation level: "Repeatable Read" and rolling back and repeating the transaction if either the unique constraint fails, or the statement, I suggested, returned a record, this should meet your requirements.

A: Without knowing more about your specific application, the safest bet is indeed to use serializable as isolation level whenever you access that table but even that level may not be sufficient for your specific case.
A unique constraint on (listId, index) would prevent duplicates (what about the title? Can it be repeated in the same list?), some accurately crafted "watchdog" queries can further mitigate issues and database sequences or stored procedures can ensure that there are no gaps but truth is the mechanism itself seems fragile.
Knowing only so much of your specific problem, what you appear to have is a concurrency problem at user level in the sense that several users can access the same objects at the same time and make changes on them. Assuming this is your typical web-application with a stateless back-end (hence inherently distributed) this may carry a large amount of implications in terms of user experience reflecting on the architecture and even functional requirements. Say for example that user Foo moves item Car to List B which is currently being worked on by user Bar. It is then legit to assume that Bar will need to see item Car as soon as the operation is completed, but that will not happen unless there's some mechanism in place to immediately notify users of List B of the change. The more users you have working on the same set of lists, the worse it becomes even with notifications as you would have more and more of them up to the point where users see things changing all the time and just can't keep up with it.
There's a lot of assumptions anyone will make to provide you an answer. My own lead me to state that you probably need to revise the requirements for that application or ensure that management is aware of several limitations and that they accept them.
This type of problem is pretty common in distributed applications. Usually "locks" on certain sets of data are placed (either through database or shared memory pools) so that only one user can alter them at any given time or, alternatively, a workflow is provided to manage conflicting operations (much like versioning systems). When neither is done, a log of operations is kept to understand what happened and rectify problems later on should they be detected.


Electromagnetic water meters have become increasingly well known for mass estimation of private and commercial drinking water, particularly as evaluating and metering pick up as tools for more productive utilization of water and water preservation. The more important water turns into, the more intrigued the market is in the exactness and unwavering quality of water meters. Previously, a few issues hindered electromagnetic water meter exactness and dependability, including the circumstances in which there are insignificant streams, and close quarter establishment with not as much as ideal up and downstream straight runs. Cabling expenses can be high, particularly in remote zones and additionally very populated territories, and cables are liable to altering.
Water utilities have shown unmistakable interest in holding onto water meters as these devices have created during the time to help the customers to understand the measure of water use. The precision of this equipment has enhanced charging strategies and empowered utilities to analyze the water use and its wastage. Consistently, a couple of sorts of water meters have grabbed a piece of pie in the overall market inferable from their criticalness in checking water, significance, and reducing the utilization on water bills. The irrefutable fact about depleting water resources have raised stresses over measures to reduce water use and wastage over the globe. The increasing government spending in growing economies is also anticipated to fuel the growth of electromagnetic water meter market across the globe. The market players have started adopting product innovations as a key strategy. The new innovations in this market eradicates the challenges, thus offering outstanding low-flow accuracy with no requirement of upstream or downstream straight runs.
The global electromagnetic water meter market is bifurcated on the basis of type, application and geography. On the basis of type, the market is classified as flange type, plug-in type and others. Flange type is expected to hold the major share in the global market, owing to the increasing demand from precision and accuracy in various industries such as food and building and construction. On the basis of application, the market is segmented into food processing, water treatment, industrial and others. The advancement of infrastructural and residential buildings in rising economies is expected to drive the growth of global market throughout the years. Progressing developments including rail transports and airports, is also anticipated to boost the demand for electromagnetic water meter. Also, expanding government spending from developing economies such as China, India, and Brazil is filling the interest for electromagnetic water meters.
The market for electromagnetic water meter is segmented into regions such as North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, and Middle-East and Africa (MEA). Asia-Pacific was the major contributors to the growth of electromagnetic water meter market in 2015, owing to the upsurge in demand from various end-use industries. North America was the second biggest market followed by Europe. The market for electromagnetic water meter in Asia-Pacific is further projected to witness highest growth in coming years owing to the rapid industrialization and growth in infrastructural activities in the region.
Siemens, ABB, Elster, Krohne, Azbil, Omega, Aichi Tokei, and Bermad Meters are some of the key players operating in the electromagnetic water meter market.


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On October 25, 2017, Investar Holding Corporation issued a press release announcing its financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2017. A copy of the press release is furnished as exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Press release of Investar Holding Corporation dated October 25, 2017 announcing financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2017.
This communication is being made in respect of the proposed merger transaction involving Investar Holding Corporation ("Company") and BOJ Bancshares, Inc. ("BOJ"). This communication does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities.
In connection with the proposed transaction, the Company has filed a registration statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-220884) with the SEC, which includes a proxy statement of BOJ and a prospectus of the Company, and will file other documents regarding the proposed transaction with the SEC. Before making any voting or investment decision, investors and security holders of BOJ and the Company are urged to carefully read the entire registration statement and proxy statement/prospectus, as well as any amendments or supplements to these documents and any other relevant documents filed with the SEC, because they contain important information about the proposed transaction. A definitive proxy statement/prospectus is being mailed to the stockholders of BOJ, seeking the required stockholder approvals. These documents and other documents relating to the acquisition filed by the Company can be obtained free of charge at investors.investarbank.com or at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.
BATON ROUGE, LA (October 25, 2017) – Investar Holding Corporation (NASDAQ: ISTR) (the "Company"), the holding company for Investar Bank (the "Bank"), today announced financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2017. The Company reported net income of $2.1 million, or $0.24 per diluted share for the third quarter of 2017, compared to $1.9 million, or $0.22 per diluted share for the quarter ended June 30, 2017, and $2.0 million, or $0.29 per diluted share, for the quarter ended September 30, 2016.
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SAN ANGELO, TX -- Fog and drizzle in San Angelo Friday morning are causing some slick spots on area roadways.
Patchy fog with intermittent drizzle will continue to impact West Central Texas through much of the morning.
The National Weather Service Office in San Angelo says expect visibility in some locations to drop below 1/4 mile.
The fog and drizzle will dissipate by the late morning.
Look for rapid warming this afternoon as the forecast calls for sunny skies and high temperatures to reach 80 degrees.
There is a slight chance of rain over the weekend. Saturday there is 30 percent chance of rain with temperatures in the mid 60s.
An arctic cold front is headed into the region Sunday with temperatures falling to 18 degrees Sunday night.
On Sunday, the arctic cold front will plunge southward across west Texas, bringing with it an arctic air mass which should result in much cooler temperatures across the region.
Sunday Night through Tuesday will easily be the coldest time period as low temperatures will be in the teens and 20s. Combine this with north winds around 10 mph and very cold wind chills in the single digits can be expected for Monday and Tuesday morning. Wind chills in the Big Country may even dip below zero.
By midweek, the frigid air mass should exit the southern Plains and much warmer return flow will set up across the region.


Nor was I. I was familiar with the photo having seen it before thought I don't recall where, but never knew the story behind it.
then I read a book and watched a documentary about the air craft from that era.
because of what they wanted it to do , it did three things , just ok , and one thing very well.
a pilot in west phoenix told me that many skipped right over too the F4's w/o any regret at all.
I've been singing that stupid song all week.
I finally got to watch the film this weekend, and it was excellent.
Thanks for the heads up. I will check it out!
This was a very good documentary, but I am interested that they focused particularly on how LBJ and Macnamara fucked up running the war. They pulled no punches on that.
And lied to us the whole time, knowing they couldn't win the war.
BTW I like the Wild Weasel motto "YMBSM".
Finally watched it tonight. Now I know why there is a building at Maxwell AFB named "Richter Hall". Very humbling. I was only a small boy during Vietnam and don't remember much about the war, but it infuriates me everytime I read or see how politicians hamper our military.
Great show, these pilots were studs.
So many of these guys are like that... Iknow a guy who got shot down once in Korea, again in Nam, and rode one all the way into a corn field in Kentucky, because if he punched out it would have taken out half the small town. Then went on to a full career flying airline. Amazing dude.
I had the opportunity to attend a presentation this past Tuesday by USAF Col (Ret) Thomas H. Kirk Jr, a Thud pilot who'd also flown F86 fighters in the Korean War. Col Kirk was shot down over North Vietnam and held in the "Hanio Hilton" for more than five years, before being released. Quite a story, with an even more impressive character that lived to tell it.
He's an incredible guy. At 90+ years of age, still working out six days a week, playing golf regularly, and making appearances like this one, he's active physically as well as mentally. I believe he was involved in the documentary too.


For centuries, tradition held that to honor and preserve the mortal remains of this true Prince of the Apostles, St. Peter's Basilica had been built right over St. Peter's grave.
Not, however, until 1939, did researchers, scholars, and scientists begin sustained, systematic efforts to discover the truth, an archaeological task that spanned 30 years. Carefully studying every known clue while literally unearthing others as they tunneled their way through a tangle of ancient structures beneath the magnificent high altar of St. Peter's, they slowly unraveled the secrets surrounding the burial of St. Peter.
The Bones of Saint Peter is the engrossing true story of how these determined researchers finally solved the puzzle of St. Peter's burial and rescued his bodily remains from centuries of oblivion.


As people of the Judeo-Christian faith traditions, we are people of story. Beginning with our creation stories in Genesis 1 and 2, to the gospel stories in Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, our scriptures are full of stories about people and God. Jesus taught in parable stories. We have been telling each other stories as ways to teach and express our faith, to pass along our heritage and to establish our identities for a veeery looong time. Stories tie us together with each other over time and place. Just as you may have family stories about something silly you did as a child, our church has a rich history and many stories as well.
At UCC Missoula, our fall small groups will be formed around "affinity groups," folks who have something in common like age, family status, sexual orientation, gender or something else. In these groups, we will explore stories about how our faith has developed and how/when we arrived at UCC, explore a few Bible stories and learn and share some stories about our church. These church stories, in particular, will contribute to our Transition Team's work in readying us for our upcoming pastoral search process. In fact, a member of the Transition Team will likely participate in each group to listen for themes and dreams.
SCHEDULING—Groups will first meet after church on Sunday Sept. 18th, 11:30-12:30 in the Fireside Room to schedule your five gatherings. Groups will have one "point person," but facilitators will rotate each week. Church staff will provide a complete curriculum and guidance. Our Small Group Ministries Coordinator, Laura Folkwein will support facilitators.
Sign-ups-August 22nd -Sept 11th at church and online. Sign up for a Fall Small Group here.
Wrap up Celebration—Groups will wrap up with an all church gathering to share more stories and add ourselves to a UCC-Missoula church timeline. The event will include dinner, group sharing and some facilitated processes with the Transition Team. DATE To Be Determined (Soon!).


Die Färberei exemplifies why I love Munich. It's an enclave of urban culture, a great public resource, a nucleus of street-art activity, and totally hidden.
A one time textile dyeing plant, Die Färberei is located in the Rückgebaude of an apartment building and is a combination studio, gallery, shared work space and home to some of Munich's young graffiti and street artists.
I spent last Saturday there with a couple of fellow Etsy members to take a Siebdruck class (silk screen). The class was taught by a young cool-guy named Leo. At first, Leo gave the impression that there were about sixteen million things he'd rather be doing than teaching a bunch of amateurs how to Siebdruck on a Saturday, but he warmed up and by the end of the course I concluded ol' Leo was okay.
By the end of the day my fantasies of 'running down to the silk screen place once week to whip out some cool prints' had completely evaporated. It's a lot of work. That's not to say I won't one day do a Siebdruck project, in fact once you take the class you are allowed to use the studio for a small fee, but thanks to the Färberei course, I know it's going to be a big project.
It's right across the road from the Schyrenbad. I was trying to find out if it's in Au or Untergiesing, but I can't find a map for that. In any case, it's on the border of the two.


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Australia Gold Mining Areas - RareGoldNuggets.com.
The Australian gold rush was a large number of gold discoveries in Australia. During those gold rushes, significant numbers of workers (both from other areas within Australia and from overseas) relocated to areas in which gold had been discovered. A number of gold finds occurred in Australia prior to 1851, but only the gold found from 1851 onwards created gold rushes.
Mining companies rush to shield indigenous communities.
Although gold mining was less important than coal for much of the twentieth century, when coal prices fell in the 1980s and gold prices climbed, gold mining was once again actively pursued and old goldfields such as Charters Towers and Cracow reopened. Small gold deposits were discovered across the Darling Downs through the 1850s, preceding the first gold rush in Queensland at Canoona near.The discovery of a "rich and extensive gold field" in the Shoalhaven River near the township of Bungonia was reported in the Sydney Morning Herald in July 1851. A sample of the gold sent to Goulburn to be tested was pronounced to be "first-rate pure gold".The 1850s gold rush was the first major mining boom in Australia. Economic historians note that the timing of these gold discoveries may have been related to international developments such as the California gold rush of the late 1840s, which had heightened general interest in gold exploration and mining. The first well-publicised find of gold in Australia, near Bathurst in New South Wales.
The early histories of many goldfields towns are summarised in Flett's book The history of gold discovery in Victoria. Robert Brough Smyth's 1869 book The gold fields and mineral districts of Victoria (available online) includes information about the geology and mining history of all major Victorian goldfields.Capitalising on the gold price After the gold rushes of the late 19th century, gold played a lesser role in the Australian economy of the early 20th century. It wasn't until the 1970s and early 1980s, with deregulation of the gold market and the dramatic increase in the price of gold, that Australia's gold industry experienced a resurgence. This renaissance was further buoyed by.
Legendary Western Australian gold mining town. There is nowhere else in Australia quite like Kalgoorlie. Unlike most goldmining towns, which last for as little as a couple of years, it sits on the edge of the famous Golden Mile and has an economy which has been driven by gold since 1893. The main street, Hannan Street, is awash with glorious buildings all bearing testament to the wealth that.
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Alluvial gold was discovered here in 1868 and resulted in a rush of up to 4000 people which lasted until 1870. The small township of Barossa was established and survived until the 1950s. Reef mining took place in the 1890s. Part of the goldfield, preserved on Para Wirra National Park, can be rediscovered on two self-guided interpretive trails, which commence from the northern entrance to the.
The Australian gold rush of the 1850s was a mining boom that attracted the attention of the world. Gold was first discovered in New South Wales in 1823, but it was in the Victorian towns of Ballarat and Bendigo where immigrants flocked to seek their fortune. It was the gold rush that established a large-scale mining sector in Australia and by 1850, the country was producing nearly 40% of the.
Gold rush history. The discovery of gold in the 1850s and 60s is the most significant event in the evolution of the state of Victoria. Gold fever hits. Fuelled by extravagant stories of wealth gained at the 1849 Californian gold rush, gold fever hit Victoria following the early gold discoveries in and around Clunes, Warrandyte and Ballarat. But the real rush began with the discovery of the.
Rio Tinto renews contract with Sodexo. - Australian Mining.
The people of the mining towns needed large amounts of supplies. The Western mining boom had begun with the California Gold Rush of 1849. When the Gold Rush ended, miners looked for new opportunities.
Chapter 3 - Gold Rush! Early prospectors panned gold from gravel bars beside the river. The artist William Hind came west from Toronto in 1862 to paint the exciting scenes of the gold rush. BC Archives PDP 01207. In 1858 prospectors arrived in British Columbia to look for gold. The rush of gold seekers lasted for several years. It led to the growth of business, the construction of roads and.
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Australia's most famous gold rush, the Victorian Gold Rush, launched the state into global prominence and established Melbourne as one of the most important financial centers in the 19th-century world. Millions of people rushed into the region and began digging for that most precious of metals. Few got rich. Most people instead turned to homesteading and agriculture, and the Australian state.
Technically, with 97 inhabitants, Gunbar isn't deserted, but lots of other websites have featured it on their lists of Australian ghost towns and I didn't want to rock the boat. 6. Walhalla.
Gold profits were used to establish towns and to transform cities with new banks, stores, hotels, and other businesses. There were large investments in transportation, with the construction of roads, railroads, and bridges. The gold rushes had already pushed settlement farther into Australia, especially in Queensland and Western Australia, so the new roads and railroads made it easier for.
What Was Life Like in Gold Rush Mining Camps and Towns.
Tasmanian Gold Rush - Between 1877 and 1914 Beaconsfield's Grubb Shaft Mine was by far the largest single source of gold in the state, reaching its peak in gold production around 1900 - goldfield mine. Tasmanian Gold Rush - mining prospector prospecting. Beaconsfield gave 855,000 ozs of gold from 1,023,000 tons of ore. Tasmanian Gold Rush - The west coast was opened up when gold was found by.
Your task is to work with your assigned teams (five students per team) to explore the lives of a group of people during the Gold Rush in Australia. Each team will be assigned one of the following topic groups: miners, Chinese migrants, Aboriginal people, women or children. You are to research the lives of your topic group through a number of tasks. As a group you will use all the information.
The Australian gold rush was a large number of gold discoveries in Australia. Thousands of people came to Australia in the hope of finding a lot of gold and becoming rich. The rush started in 1851 when gold was found near Bathurst, New South Wales and ended with the last rush in 1893 to Kalgoorlie, Western Australia.At each place gold was easily found in rivers and creeks.
Its bright yellow glimmer has sparked countless gold rushes that led development of many towns, states and cities. Indeed, the discovery of gold in an area makes for some interesting stories, not only from a mining perspective but also a historical one. A perfect example of this is the gold mining history of Australia. The 1880s and 1890s saw numerous gold discoveries in different areas in.


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