In the world of smartphones, Xiaomi has its own prominence. Recently the brand launched its new Xiaomi Mi 8 Pro in the market. The smartphone comes with gorgeous design and incredible performance that makes us buy this smartphone. No doubt that the new Mi 8 Pro is better than it's predecessor in almost every aspect. Let's dive into some capabilities and features of this phone.
The Screen of Xiaomi Mi 8 Pro is surrounded by fair bezels, a notable chin and a notch. The display is of 6.21 inches, gives a Full HD + resolution of 2248 * 1080 Pixels. In addition, the complete display has a 2.5D Gorilla Glass 5, so you do not have to worry about the panel being easily scratched. The screen also comes with HDR10-compliant.
Also Read: Xiaomi Mi 8 LIte 4G Phablet Offered for $219.99.
Mi 8 Pro's unique feature is its fingerprint sensor. The fingerprint sensor is located inside of the screen. To unlock the smartphone, you just need to press it slightly. The phone comes with an infrared detector, for fast face scan. It unique transparent back casing allows you to see the interior and all intricate electronic parts.
The Xiaomi Mi 8 Pro consists CPU of Snapdragon 845 for multitasking and games, so it is definitely a multimedia phone. It also has an Adreno 630 system that boots up videos and Android games. Moreover, the device comes up with 8Gb of RAM and 128GB internal memory. The available space can be extendable by using a MicroSD card. Also, the dual-band GPS allows extremely precise location, so navigation in large cities will not be a problem with this.
Xiaomi Mi 8 Pro runs on Android 8.1 and is customizable by the MIUI 10 interface. This interface helps the device for a smooth and fresh experience. Its face un-locking ability is fast and accurate, even under various lighting conditions due to an infrared sensor.
Also Read: Grab Huawei Honor V20 4G Phablet for $659.99.
The Xiaomi Mi 8 Pro has a dual sports camera at the back, using 12MP wide-angle and 12MP telephoto sensors. The rear camera also consists of light sensitive 1.4 micrometre pixels and Dual Pixel Auto-focus technology. This allows for quick and extremely sharp shots even with limited lighting. Moreover, it also has 3D beautify function for sharpness. The selfie shooter at the front has a 20MP camera. Xiaomi Mi 8 Pro has a smaller battery with 3000mAh power pack up. It also has a quick charge 4.0 system to recharge the battery very quickly.
Xiaomi Mi 8 Pro is now available on Gearbest for just at $449.99.


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This is my programmer's blog, where I write about what projects I'm working on and where I share the problems I'm working through. However, I can also talk about my sysadmin tasks here on dsj.net, my local home network.


With a positive outlook for livestock producers, ProGibb SG Smartgrass plant growth regulator from Sumitomo Chemical Australia solves the problem of filling the winter feed gap.
Pasture growth will certainly been helped by the recent rain falls, however with the cooler months now here the perennial problem of filling the winter feed gap will arise, as will the question of whether to run less livestock or increase supplementary feeding. With ProGibb SG Smartgrass, the answer is neither.
ProGibb SG Smartgrass is a plant growth regulator for pastures, which works by augmenting the natural level of gibberellins contained in plant tissue which makes leaves grow longer and faster, thus creating significant gains in dry matter yield. A single low cost application of this plant growth regulator can generate 30-60% more dry matter within three weeks of application.
Commercial demonstrations of ProGibb SG Smartgrass applications indicate an increase of pasture dry matter ranging from 324Kg DM/ha to 1250Kg DM/ha when pastures have enough nutrition and soil moisture to sustain rapid growth over a short period.
While generic imitations of ProGibb SG Smartgrass plant growth regulator have entered the market legally and illegally over the last year, trials have shown that ProGibb SG Smartgrass outperforms the others in terms of compatibility with herbicides and EASY N liquid fertiliser, and in pure kgs of dry matter per hectare produced.
The economic reality of this is that even if the generic product was free, the extra dry matter produced off each hectare by ProGibb SG Smartgrass would still make it better value for money.
Brett Ryan from Sumitomo Chemical Australia has said that sales of ProGibb SG Smartgrass plant growth regulator have grown as more and more dairy farmers make it a standard part of their pasture management program.
Given that dairy farmers are the undisputed leaders of intensive pasture production, it is not surprising that they have seized on the advantages of ProGibb SG Smartgrass in both Australia and New Zealand.


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package gov.nih.nci.ncicb.cadsr.semconn;

import java.util.*;
import java.lang.Integer;
import javax.mail.*;
import javax.mail.internet.*;
import javax.activation.*;
import org.apache.log4j.*;

/**
  * The Email class can be used to sends emails
  * @author caBIO Team
  * @version 1.0
 */

public class Email {

  private InternetAddress   m_From= null;

  private InternetAddress[] m_To  = null,
                            m_CC  = null,
                            m_BCC = null;

  private String  m_Subject = null;
  private String  m_Body = null;
  private String  m_MimeType= null;
  private String  m_Filename = null;

  public  String PROP_SMTPHOST   = "mail.smtp.host",
                 PROP_SMTPPORT   = "mail.smtp.port",
                 PROP_NoSubject  = "(No Subject)";
  private Properties props;
  private static Logger log= Logger.getLogger(Email.class.getName());
/**
   Default constructor
 */
  public Email() {
    initialize();

    }

/**
    constructor method
   @param From      The email address of the sender
   @param To        The email address(es) of the recipient(s)
   @param CC        The email address(es) of the Carbon Copy recipient(s)
   @param BCC       The email address(es) of the Blind Carbon Copy recipient(s)
   @param Subject   The text to be shown as the "Subject" line of the email
   @param Message   The text to be used as the body of the email
   @throws AddressException
 */
  public Email( String From, String To, String CC, String BCC,
                String Subject, String Message, String Attachment) throws AddressException {
    initialize();

    setFrom(From);
    setTo(To);
    setCC(CC);
    setBCC(BCC);
    setSubject(Subject);
    setMessage(Message);
    setAttach(Attachment);
    }

/**
   This method initialises the various private data elements,
   ready for setting later.
 */
  private void initialize() {
  	props = System.getProperties();
    m_From= null;
    m_To  = null;
    m_CC  = null;
    m_BCC = null;
    m_Subject = null;
    m_Body    = null;
    m_Filename = null;

    }

/**
    This method sets the "From" address for the email from the supplied String.

   @param From      The email address of the sender of the email.(Should be in sender@company.com format)
   @throws AddressException
 */
  public void setFrom(String From) throws AddressException {
    InternetAddress[] ia = null;

    if (From == null) {
      throw new AddressException();
      }
    else {
      ia = InternetAddress.parse(From);

      if (ia.length > 0)
        m_From = ia[0];
      else
        throw new AddressException();
      }
    }

/**
    This method sets the "From" address for the email from the supplied String.

   @param From      The email address of the sender of the email.(Should be in sender@company.com format)
   @throws AddressException
 */
  public void setFrom(InternetAddress From) throws AddressException {
    if (From == null) {
      throw new AddressException();
      }
    else
      m_From = From;
    }

/**
    This method sets the "To" field of the email.

   @param To    The email address of the recipient of the email.(Should be in sender@company.com format)
   @throws AddressException
 */
  public void setTo(String To) throws AddressException {
    if (To == null) {
      m_To = null;
      }
    else {
      m_To = InternetAddress.parse(To);
      }
    }

/**
    This method sets the "To" field of the email.

   @param To    The email address of the recipient of the email.(Should be in sender@company.com format)
   @throws AddressException
 */

  public void setTo(InternetAddress[] To) throws AddressException {
    m_To = To;
    }

/**
    This method sets the "CC" field of the email.

   @param CC    The email address of the recipient of the email.(Should be in sender@company.com format)
   @throws AddressException
 */
  public void setCC(String CC) throws AddressException {
    if (CC == null) {
      m_CC = null;
      }
    else
      m_CC = InternetAddress.parse(CC);
    }

/**
    This method sets the "CC" field of the email.

   @param CC    The email address of the recipient of the email.(Should be in sender@company.com format)
   @throws AddressException
 */
  public void setCC(InternetAddress[] CC) throws AddressException {
    m_CC = CC;
    }

/**
    This method sets the "BCC" field of the email.

   @param BCC    The email address of the recipient of the email.(Should be in sender@company.com format)
   @throws AddressException
 */
  public void setBCC(String BCC) throws AddressException {
    if (BCC == null) {
      m_BCC = null;
      }
    else
      m_BCC = InternetAddress.parse(BCC);
    }

/**
    This method sets the "CC" field of the email.

   @param CC    The email address of the recipient of the email.(Should be in sender@company.com format)
   @throws AddressException
 */
  public void setBCC(InternetAddress[] BCC) throws AddressException {
    m_BCC = BCC;
    }

/**
    This method sets the "Subject"  for the email

   @param Subject   Subject line of email
 */
  public void setSubject(String Subject) {
    m_Subject = (Subject == null) ? PROP_NoSubject : Subject;
    }

/**
    This message sets the content of the message part of the email.

   @param Message   The text appears in the body of the email message.
 */
  public void setMessage(String Message) {
    m_Body = Message;
    }

  public void setAttach(String Attachment) {
  	m_Filename = Attachment;
  }
/**
    This method does the actual sending of the email. It allows
    the email to be modified after it's creation and then sent later.

   @return boolean  Indicates success or failure of sending the email to the
                    specified SMTP host
 */
  public boolean send() throws Exception{
    boolean  mailSent  = false;

    Session      sess  = Session.getDefaultInstance(props, null);
    MimeMessage  msg   = null;
    Multipart    mp    = null;

    try
    {

      if (props.containsKey(PROP_SMTPHOST) &&
          !props.getProperty(PROP_SMTPHOST).equals(""))
      {

          msg = new MimeMessage(sess);
          msg.setFrom(m_From);

          msg.setSentDate(new Date());

          if ((m_To == null) &&
              (m_CC == null) &&
              (m_BCC== null))
            throw new MessagingException("Trying to send an email with no recipients defined");

          if (m_To != null)
            msg.addRecipients(Message.RecipientType.TO, m_To);

          if (m_CC != null)
            msg.addRecipients(Message.RecipientType.CC, m_CC);

          if (m_BCC != null)
            msg.addRecipients(Message.RecipientType.BCC, m_BCC);

          if (m_Subject == null)
            msg.setSubject(PROP_NoSubject);
          else
            msg.setSubject(m_Subject);

          MimeMultipart mp1 = new MimeMultipart();

          if(m_Body != null)
          {
	         BodyPart bpMsg = new MimeBodyPart();
	         bpMsg.setText(m_Body);
	     	 mp1.addBodyPart(bpMsg);

          }

          if(m_Filename != null)
          {
	         BodyPart bpAtt = new MimeBodyPart();
	     	 FileDataSource fds = new FileDataSource(m_Filename);
		     bpAtt.setDataHandler(new DataHandler(fds));
	   	     bpAtt.setFileName(fds.getName());
	     	 mp1.addBodyPart(bpAtt);
          }
          msg.setContent(mp1);

          Transport.send(msg);

           mailSent = true;
          }
        }
        catch (MessagingException mex)
        {
          mailSent = false;
          log.error("MessagingException: " + mex.getMessage());
          throw new Exception(mex.getMessage());
        }

          return mailSent;

    }

/**
    This method sets the value of the SMTP mail hosts address.

   @param sIP       The internet address of the SMTP mail host to use as the
                    Transport for the email.
 */
  public void setMailHost(String sIP) {
   // Properties props = System.getProperties();

      props.put(PROP_SMTPHOST, sIP);
    }

/**
    This method allows the value of the SMTP Mail Host's port to be changed.

   @param port      The port number for the SMTP host.
 */
  public void setMailHostPort(String port) {

    Integer newPort = new Integer(Integer.parseInt(port));

    props.put(PROP_SMTPPORT, newPort.toString());
    }

  }

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Influence of neoregional and modern architecture on creation idea of Cracow architectural design school
Dariusz Kronowski
Teka Komisji Urbanistyki i Architektury Oddziału Polskiej Akademii Nauk w Krakowie | 2014 | vol. XLII | 85-129
Keywords mountain architecture neoregional architecture modern architecture tradition architecture
The article presents the first pioneering attempt to shape the architectural form in the mountains on the basis of traditional architecture and its further evolution to neoregional modern form. Important here is capitalizing on the tradition and the search for new meeting methods of mountain architecture. This evolution should take place at different levels of development - from research on the forms of the original, by drawing on traditional solutions and prospecting for new solutions. In this methodology became famous Cracow design school in the landscape under the direction of Prof. Włodzimierz Gruszczyński and generations of his students, who in later years, despite the difficulties emphasized the seriousness of the debate on items subject.
Ivigna – A new idea ofentering modern architecture of the XXI c. in mountain landscape
Teka Komisji Urbanistyki i Architektury Oddziału Polskiej Akademii Nauk w Krakowie | 2016 | vol. XLIV | 169-178
Keywords mountain architecture contemporary architecture modernism Italy Baldi
The article presents the project and realization of Ivigna (in Merano, Italy) aerial cable car project designed by architect Roland Baldi. The boxed form has been boldly and confidently introduced into the surrounding mountains, despite distancing itself from standard references to genius loci of the natural landscape. This project presents an avant-garde, innovative and reliable approach to the composition of architecture in the context of a mountain landscape. Despite the severity of forms, a kind of architectural rhythm and lightness of shaping the object introduced in the context of an open space can be sense here. It is essential to seek new forms and technologies for communing with nature and culture, in order to shape interesting modernist architecture, entering the twenty-first century.
Coolhunting in architecture and design
Wojciech Bonenberg
Teka Komisji Urbanistyki i Architektury Oddziału Polskiej Akademii Nauk w Krakowie | 2014 | vol. XLII | 59-82
Keywords architecture coolhunting forecasting
The essay presents an original application of using the coolhunting method to discover new trends in architecture and design. The ability to identify trends is tied in with the possibility of attaining an advantage over the competition with the use of new designs that can become hits on the market, gaining the favor of customers. The term coolhunting can be broadly defined as the pursuit of inspiration and the forecasting of the directions of development. Initially, the term was applied to fashion, but quickly spread to other spheres of activity, like music, the arts, lifestyle and finally, to architecture and design. The essay is a slightly altered and improved rendition of the author's article published in Zastosowania ergonomii. Wybrane kierunki badań ergonomicznych w roku 2014 . (ed. Charytonowicz J.), Publ. Polskie Towarzystwo Ergonomiczne PTErg, o/Wrocław, 2014, p. 289-304. The method outlined therein is the result of research conducted under the author's supervision at the Institute of Architecture and Spatial Planning of the Poznań University of Technology between the years 2012 and 2014.
Mysticism among walls
Artur Kamczycki
ACADEMIA - The magazine of the Polish Academy of Sciences | 2016 | Nr 3 (47) Singularity | 32-35
Keywords Kabbalah Kabbalah and architecture
Kabbalah and architecture, dealing with quite different domains, seem to have nothing in common. And yet they often intertwine, interact, and complement one another, sometimes leading to unexpected conclusions.
The architecture of office buildings in Hamburg
Maciej Złowodzki Katarzyna Zawada-Pęgiel
Keywords architecture office building Hamburg
Hamburg with the quantity of about 18 mlns m2 is, alongside with Berlin and Munich, the biggest office centre in Germany. The large-scale planning and urban operations with the aim of location this function in the centre have been carried out since the beginning of the '60s. The policy of deployment the ofiice sites has beez modified since then, from isolating the monofunctional area of the Modernism's spirit, to multifunctional structures interplaying with the other sites when it comes to activities' potentiality with the expansion of the large-scale urban structures. Many recent realisations abound with significant buildings that bring the avant-garde approach to the idea of an office building. The high level of building technology and the importance of ecological aspects are the important distinction. The mentioned realizations has been noticed by the architectural critics and mentioned in professional press. The pride of place belongs to the works of BRT (Bothe-Richter-Teherani), that has created many innovatory office buildings.
Issues of the Central Industrial District architecture conservation
Marcin Furtak
Keywords Central Industrial District COP industrial architecture architectural conservation doctrines of conservation
The article presents the architectural heritage created as a part of the Central Industrial District in the context of the need for its preservation and protection. Presented are selected topics and problems associated with the current technical condition of both industrial and residential buildings. The analysis contain also the impact of modern conservation doctrines and their ability to preserve works of COP's architecture with the specific conditions of ownership, poor awareness of users and owners, and a large shortage of historical planning sources.
Aesthetics and Efficiency in the Polish Architectural Spaces in the Aspect of Solar and Photovoltaic Installations
Bartosz Felski Grzegorz Pęczek
Studia KPZK | 2018 | tom 187 Piękno i energia: współczesny model budowania dzielnic mieszkaniowych w Europie | 284-293
Keywords Architectural aesthetics energy efficiency in architecture PV panels solar panel
Architecture is a discipline combining aesthetics with technology. This paper is focusing on the relationship between aesthetics and energy efficiency in architecture with special interest in solar collectors and photovoltaic panels as technological equipment of the buildings. The paper takes into consideration the present situation and architectural development in northern Poland, with some input basing on European experiences. The paper defi nes aesthetics and effi ciency in the field of architectural design as well as the use of public and urban spaces. Authors present also some case studies regarding the use of solar panels in selected architectural examples. The paper ends with summary and some conclusions including the need for further research in the field of architectural design, technology and product design, as well as the perception of urbanised spaces and the important field of economic and financial factors connected to the topic.
Architecture of Contrast in Historic European Cities on the Example of Public Utility Buildings at the Turn 20 th and Early 21 th Centuries
Agnieszka Malinowska
Studia KPZK | 2018 | tom 192 Urbanistyczne aspekty transformacji miast | 419-434
Keywords Contrast in architecture historical context modern architecture revitalisation urban space
The paper gives an evidence that construction of contemporary objects at the interface with the historic urban space, may be a way to renew and revitalize areas which require it. Such action may be a strong and valuable catalyst for the functional and visual transformation of a given fragment of urban space. It can also contribute to the increase of social activity within it. Research shows that public facilities from the turn of the 20th and 21st century, which were built using innovative architectural technologies and constructional solutions, are the buildings which provide great opportunities to contrast with historical architecture. This can be achieved due to their significant scale and rank in the urban space. The analyzes show that design based on the principle of contrast is the right solution for the degraded historic urban space. The replenishment of the old tissue should be carried out with the emphasis on the identity of the times in which we live, without creating architecture which could literally imitate historical objects or compete with them. Because of this contrast and diversity, new fragments of the city can become a counterweight or a valuable background to the existing historical tissue. Contemporary buildings located in a historical context are not only enhancing the values of cultural heritage but can also become a grateful element of the urban space and a strong accent of modernity and innovation in the city.
Revitalization of Modern Fortifications – Limitations and Possibilities
Grzegorz Bukal
Keywords Architectural monument fortification revalorization revitalization
The purpose of his paper is to present the modern or the artillery fortification as a special group of historical constructions with their determinants, as possible subjects of revitalization. The fortifications constitute a large group of architectural monuments in Poland. Because of their structural characteristics, they are objects diffi cult to maintain and manage, so they have remained in state of irreversible degradation for many decades. Due to the political and economic transformation in Poland, over recent decades the problem of chaotic and aggressive investment has arisen, which the fortifi cations are falling victims to. The text discusses the fortification as a part of the cultural heritage, the dichotomy between notions of "revitalization" and "revalorization", and shows prospects of contemporary civil functioning and revitalization of the artillery fortifications.
Beauty and Energy – Experiences from Architectural Project Practice in Poland
Keywords Housing architecture in Poland housing estates
In the article the question about the issue of beauty and energy in Polish architecture is considered in the context of experience in the design of buildings and housing estates collected in the last twenty years by the Warsaw studio Grupa 5 Architekci. The conceptual, urban and architectural assumptions are illustrated by three examples representative of different, key problem issues.
The churches in Kraków erected during the last decade XX c. and in the beginning XXI c.
Józef Szymon Wroński
Teka Komisji Urbanistyki i Architektury Oddziału Polskiej Akademii Nauk w Krakowie | 2013 | vol. XLI | 7-48
Keywords sacrum symbol architecture arts Krakow
During the first fourteen years of transformation, 1989-2003, according to surveys by the author of the paper hereby, there have been erected in Kraków the twelve new churches. Author already published the result of survey depending the first six of therm. So herewith there are last six shrines described. The way of creating them is significant and characteristic for contemporary Polish architecture in general, and particular typical for the trend of a new ecclesiastic architecture. Itr is a special mixture of the tradition, hence completed with aesthetic of Late Modernism, Post-Modernism, and the newest incorporation of Modernism – of the XXI C.
Archetype in architecture
Tomasz Kozłowski
Keywords architecture archetype avant-garde deconstruction
An attempt has been made to present "continuity" which, despite artists' denials, is a prerequisite for the creation of novelty. Subsequent movements and styles (trends today) in architecture have tried to deny the ideas and forms of their predecessors. Avant-garde art distances itself from any continuation. The original does not exist even in the modern world, let alone in post-modernity. The world is filled with shapes, colours and images of the past, unable to liberate itself from it. The artists are left with a false impression of their genius and originality. Looking at the buildings built today, one can discern the unbuilt architecture of the early twentieth century. This is by no means the accusation of lack of originality, but rather the realisation of a harsh fact that it is impossible to create complete novelty. It might have been easier for our predecessors without access to the Internet and the World Library of Imagination.
The citizen, architecture, aesthetic, landscape, sustainable development
J. Krzysztof Lenartowicz
Teka Komisji Urbanistyki i Architektury Oddziału Polskiej Akademii Nauk w Krakowie | 2014 | vol. XLII | 255-274
Keywords Citizen architecture aesthetics landscape stable development
The concept of civil society does not cease to attract the attention of the media and that of politicians. It is being discussed over and over and viewed from every angle: political, national, social. We can ask ourselves the important question the, what is its influence on architecture and the aesthetics of our immediate surroundings? How can converting the homo sapiens into a citizens change our landscape? If it can, what is so special about architectural and urban design in a civil society which makes it different from those that we have now? Can we describe the aesthetics of a civil society? And finally, what are the relations between being a citizen and architecture, aesthetics and the landscape?
Urbanized Space as a Place of Architectural Dialogue
Antoni Taraszkiewicz
Keywords architecture context of the place urban planning urban space
In the paper author discusses problems related to the leading role of architectural structures, as a part of the creating process within contemporary urban space. Architectural objects establish a continuous dialogue not only with their surrounding space, but also between each other. In this relation, the first plan comes with two factors, determining all spatial and functional solutions: the place in which a given project is localized and the time in which the urban designer came to the architect to create his plan. Based on the analysis of own projects and urban and architectural realizations, the author proves that the architectural dialogue in urban space must be respected in the context of the place and the time, but also in the creators moral responsibility. This responsibility is defined by consequences of design decisions not only for the urban space itself, but above all, for people and their coexistence with the space. For designers it reveals a necessity to comply principles of ethics and professing the value system in order to taking care of the urban space not only three-dimensional, but also "existential".
Context of the place, identity of the place
Teka Komisji Urbanistyki i Architektury Oddziału Polskiej Akademii Nauk w Krakowie | 2013 | vol. XLI | 229-235
Keywords context of a place identity of a place quality of architecture
Identity in a housing environment is one of its resources as valuable as its water, air, flora and fauna. The readability of identity should be the basic factor of the quality of architecture and landscape architecture recognizable as a significant resource. It is an important factor which influences the living standard of people who inhabit a given space from a psychological, social and cultural point of view. In order to care for identity, we must be aware of it, of its role and significance in our lives and residence in a given environment. Man must understand the phenomenon of the meaning of life with respect to its space as his place in the world. When we understand the all-embracing rhythm and taste of the life of a place of residence, we will comprehend life itself.
About Zamość without concealments (heritage protection ideas)
Bonawentura Maciej Pawlicki
Teka Komisji Urbanistyki i Architektury Oddziału Polskiej Akademii Nauk w Krakowie | 2015 | vol. XLIII | 41-63
Keywords architecture art conservation culture protection tradition
Conservation of the Old Town Zamość began to realize almost a hundred years ago. Then the eminent preachers of culture in the early period. 20.year inter-made idea of restoring the prestige of the works of Polish culture. The idea of protecting national cultural heritage grew gradually until such time as the first scientific research, development of standards and principles of care and maintenance. Today Zamość was inscribed on the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage. Many things made, much remains to be done.
Juliusz Żórawski 's notion of limited complexity
Teka Komisji Urbanistyki i Architektury Oddziału Polskiej Akademii Nauk w Krakowie | 2016 | vol. XLIV | 79-87
Keywords Juliusz Żórawski limited complexity prognosis of development complexity architectural psychology theory of architecture
The paper presents the meaning of complexity as a notion in psychology, and its influence on architectural theory in the 1960s, focusing on the notion of optimal complexity. A commentary is presented on the two texts ("Network of straight lines" and "Limited complexity") by professor architect Juliusz Żórawski from 1967, where he has introduced the term of limited complexity in relation to architecture, and where he criticizes excessively far reaching forecasts of future development. Żórawski's concepts are parallel to those of R. Venturi at that time.
Why the architecture for us? What for the urbanism for us?
Sławomir Gzell
Keywords architecture definitions celebrities Wejchert's School spatial order Modernity
Shaping a space shouldn't be an endless expansion of the built environemnt. New districts and new cities should be more than collections of houses, quickly produced and placed without any overarching concept. They should present streets, squares, axes, directions, as features of the area's composition. An ordered space is a sign of true modernity.
The Study of the Influence of the Ceiling Structure on Acoustics in Contemporary Churches
Anna Sygulska
Archives of Acoustics | 2019 | vol. 44 | No 1 | 169-184 | DOI: 10.24425/aoa.2019.126363
Keywords church acoustics reverberation time in the church contemporary church church architecture
The paper discusses acoustic problems in the contemporary Catholic church, and presents a study of the influence of the ceiling structure on acoustics in the interior for two types of ceiling structures, i.e. the truss type and the reinforced concrete one. The investigations involved six contemporary churches: three buildings with a truss type ceiling and three buildings with a reinforced concrete ceiling. The results reveal that in churches with a truss type ceiling, acoustic parameters reach values close to recommendations. In contrast, churches with a concrete ceiling create very unfavourable acoustic conditions. The investigations rendered it possible to calculate the sound absorption coefficient α for the truss type cover.
The octagonal tower at castle Ojców – a commemorative realisation of king Kasimir III the Great?
Michał Wojenka
Acta Archaeologica Carpathica | 2018 | vol. LIII | 169-200
Keywords castle Ojców tower Kasimir III the Great architectural detail commemorative realisations
The octagonal tower of the ruined castle Ojców (southern Poland) is considered one of the most impressive foundations of king Kasimir III the Great (†1370). The purpose of this paper is to discuss the results of archaeological dig carried out in 2016 and to combine it with written evidence to form the basis for the reconstruction of its long-gone past. The tower is an octagon in plan, has 11.55 m in diameter and has walls that are ca. 2.7-2.8 m thick. On the inside it is round, 6.2 m in diameter. It was built of carefully processed hewn limestone set in lime mortar and what is important to note, it is the only known castle tower realisation of king Kasimir which was built on such blocks. On the other hand, the raw material used for building the tower has close affinities with church foundations of the king (e.g. in the collegiate church in Wiślica). Noteworthy, the fieldwork of 2016 provided rich assemblage of architectural details, including stylistically homogenous window or portal framings with characteristic pear-shaped mouldings and hollow-chamferred profiles, which likely relate to the earliest stages of the castle, perhaps already to the realisation of king Kasimir. There is a high degree of confidence that these elements were originally placed in the tower, and, if so, they determined rich and representative design of the whole structure. According to the author of the paper, there are strong indications that the impressive octagonal tower which is distinguished among the other contemporary defensive realisations by its building material, size and, possibly, a decor, was built as a commemorative realisation, given to honour the memory of the father of king Kasimir – Władysław the Elbow-high, who according to the local tradition, early in the 14th c. found a refuge in a cave located nearby (note the castle's name: Oczecz − further Ojców − in Polish means Father). Last but not least, the archaeological dig brought to light the remains of an undefined building from the late 15th-mid 16th c. west from the tower, the remains of post-medieval (17th c.?) wall adjacent to the tower from the north, and some important stratigraphic observations, which allow to state that the octagonal structure witnessed some extensive restoration work in the second half of the 15th c.
The spirit of place and spirit of time - write together or separately? Grammar of architecture
Ewa Kuryłowicz
Teka Komisji Urbanistyki i Architektury Oddziału Polskiej Akademii Nauk w Krakowie | 2013 | vol. XLI | 91-103
Keywords architectural grammar spirit of the place 1945+44=1989 innovation vs. memory
Architecture created in Poland of 21st C. is somewhere a mode of selfpresentation, in another cases is a method of shouting down the others. It is also aomwhere talking without any thesis, instead with a large dose of a badly understood assertiveness. Whe should to built a clear architectural activity, more objectified, and tied with a contemporaneity. We should begin from the most basic rules, from the certain architectural grammar. The identity can be understood as a set of features, which e.g. let to distinguish architecture growing out in Poland, in contrary to architecture rooted somewhere elsewhere. Those are not always any formal features. In order to understand what a spirit of the place really is, e.g. in ancient Rome there was an idea of the watchman spirit. This spirit gives life to the people and to the places, accompany them since they a born until they are dead. It determines their character or the content.
Limited complexity
Juliusz Żurawski
Keywords architecture complexity Juliusz Żórawski limited complexity progress forecasts
The never before published paper is one of the last writings of Juliusz Żórawski (1898–1967), professor architect and theoretician of architecture. The notion of limited complexity introduced here relates to individual characteristics of the conceptual abilities of man. Tasks of architecture are based on prognoses, and this brings with it the risk of making errors. The author criticises J. Fourastié's prognoses related to the Earth's overpopulation in 3000 AD, which would force building new cities above the ground, contrary to human psychosomatic nature and habitude.
Garrison in Gdańsk as an Example of Shaping Attractive Urban Space on Former Military Areas
Michał Kwasek Karol Grębowski Jarosław Przewłócki
Keywords 19th-century adaptation of building architecture former military sites pro-ecological investment revitalization
The aim of the article is to present a Polish example of revitalization activities in the "recovered" areas in the city. The process described concerns the Garrison in Gdańsk Wrzeszcz. These areas were formerly occupied by the army, now for several years they have been carrying out construction works aimed at creating a comprehensive residential and service complex with a wide range of accompanying services. The revitalization of this area makes it possible to incorporate it into strongly urbanized city tissue. The location in the center of one of the main districts of the city, very good transport connections make it an attractive location for residents and entrepreneurs. The article refers to other implementations of this type of actions, stressing that the successful revitalization of the former military barracks in Gdańsk is to a relatively large extent carried out with respect for the existing historical tissue. The presented historical outline of the analyzed area makes it possible to get acquainted with its former character and its infl uence on contemporary design decisions. The methods of forming attractive urban spaces have been indicated.
Jesuits as doctrineros in Columbian Andes of 17th century
O. Tomasz Szyszka SVD
Studia Nauk Teologicznych | 2015 | Tom 10 | 243-258 | DOI: 10.24425/snt.2015.112806
Keywords Evangelization of Indians converting doctrinas (doctrines?) Jesuits music architecture methodology of mission work Bogota Colombia
Jesuits arrived in the land of the New Kingdom of Grande (Colombia) at the beginning of the 17th century. They founded colleges in all most important towns and began the mis-sionary service among Indians, according to the scheme of so-called 'doctrinas', i.e. villages inhabited by autochthons. During the years 1605-1660 they worked in a few doctrines on Altiplano in the surroundings of Bogota and Tunja and on eastern slopes of the Andes. Their service was usually very effective and carried out according to the established methodology of the missionary work. They were appealing to the following rules: systematic and regular religious education, knowledge of the local languages by missionaries, development of the educational system including study of the singing and the music, practising solemn liturgy based on solid and well equipped churches. The past experience of the work in 'doctrinas' was used in the second half of the 17th century during the establishment of Jesuits' reductions in Casanare, Meta and Orinoko.
Social perception of building development in Ojców National Park and its buffer zone
Bernadetta Zawilińska Laura Kochel
Biuletyn KPZK | 2018 | No 272 | 344-355
Keywords Ojców National Park national park buffer zone protected area landscape protection local development local architecture
The article presents the problem of the settlements development in the Ojców National Park (ONP) and its buffer zone, both located in the suburban area of Cracow (Poland). The aim of the research was to recognize the social perception of this phenomenon, as well as the residents opinion about the limitations in spatial management related to the functioning of the Park. Interviews were made among 204 residents, and 40 representatives of local self-governments, cultural institutions, associations, administrators of tourist facilities and entrepreneurs. The local community perceives constraints in the new buildings construction and in enlargement or modernization of the existing ones as the main problem for people living in the ONP or its buffer zone. Driven by their particular interests, residents advocate the further development of the settlements and tourist infrastructure within the Park and the buffer zone, the liberalization of regulations, and even the liquidation of the Park's buffer zone. They do not understand that the natural and landscape values (highly appreciated by them) can be degraded due to these activities.

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Zack Snyder's Justice League Cut Gets First Full Trailer
by : Cameron Frew on : 22 Aug 2020 22:50
He will rise: the first full trailer for Justice League: The Snyder Cut is here.
There was an idea to bring together a group of remarkable people; a legendary superhero squad appallingly serviced in their big-screen debut, to the point of flop and betrayal.
Against all odds, defying the cries of 'impossible!' and 'it'll never happen', Snyder is resurrecting his complete, unfettered vision of DC's Justice League from the ashes of the 2017 theatrical release.
Check out the first trailer for Justice League: The Snyder Cut below:
Justice League: The Snyder Cut is the result of a titanic fan campaign, #ReleaseTheSnyderCut, which had been raging on pretty much since the original film's release. Warner Bros. is throwing at least $30 million at it in order to complete post-production work effectively. 'Clearly this wouldn't be happening without them,' Snyder said of the fans.
For those who haven't kept abreast of DC goings-on; the original Justice League, while still attached by name to Snyder, is unlike his original vision. He stepped away from production due to a family tragedy, enlisting Avengers Assemble director Joss Whedon to finish up. However, Whedon made seismic changes both tone-wise and visually.
However, Snyder urged in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter that his cut 'will be an entirely new thing, and, especially talking to those who have seen the released movie, a new experience apart from that movie… you probably saw one-fourth of what I did'.
His wife and producing partner Deborah added: 'This movie was the culmination of a hero's journey that all these characters went on. And the idea was always to build them up to be the heroes people expected them to be.'
Zack Snyder's Justice League Is Officially Released On March 18
The film will be screened in four hour-long parts on HBO Max, with plans in motion for worldwide distribution.
There's also been no confirmation regarding how the UK will be able to see the film. While HBO Max's An American Pickle debuted in cinemas, Justice League's episodic format will likely see it dropped on Sky Store or another on-demand service.
Commenting on Warner Bros. handing Snyder the reigns to Justice League once more, the director said: 'This return to that pedigree and to let my singular vision of my movie be realised, in this format, in this length, is unprecedented and a brave move.'
Justice League: The Snyder Cut is set for release in 2021 on HBO Max.
Cameron Frew
After graduating from Glasgow Caledonian University with an NCTJ and BJTC-accredited Multimedia Journalism degree, Cameron ventured into the world of print journalism at The National, while also working as a freelance film journalist on the side, becoming an accredited Rotten Tomatoes critic in the process. He's now left his Scottish homelands and taken up residence at UNILAD as a journalist.
Topics: Film and TV, Batman, DC, Film, HBO Max, Justice League, Now, Superheroes, Superman
"It Will Be an Entirely New Thing": Zack Snyder's $20M-Plus 'Justice League' Cut Plans Revealed


If you don't have loads of free time to lounge around listening to Big Finish audios, the Short Trips range are a great place to get your Doctor Who fix; likewise if you're on a tight budget, at just £2.99 it's hard to go wrong. This months Short Trip, Lost and Found features the Second Doctor. The question is; will you want this story to be forever lost, or is this a great find?
They find tins of beans.
With a tin of beans.
They might find the bear!
But they can't touch it.
Should you want to purchase Lost and Found, it's currently available as a download from Big Finish for £2.99 which you can purchase here.


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Glasgow is a vibrant city filled with science fiction, fantasy and inventiveness, and our team aims to bring our love of these to our Bid to host the 82nd Worldcon. Under its previous name as the SECC, Glasgow has hosted two previous Worldcons: Intersection in 1995, and Interaction in 2005. We are delighted to be able to revisit the SEC Campus, which has seen considerable growth in the last few years, including new onsite hotels, restaurants and development inside the convention centre itself. It will serve as a hub for a fantastic Worldcon. Join us as we bring all our futures together in one great celebration!
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Bruce Springsteen: From Asbury Park, to Born To Run, to Born In The USA
David Gahr (Photographs by), Chris Murray (Contributions by), Maureen Orth (Foreword by)
Publication Date: April 3rd, 2018
Available Formats Hardcover (4/3/2018)
An unprecedented look at a very young Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, from the group's creation and early New Jersey days to their meteoric rise and seminal Born in the USA tour, in photographs almost all not previously published.
David Gahr (1922–2008) was tapped by Columbia Records designer John Berg to shoot cover art for Bruce Springsteen's second album, The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle. Gahr's earliest photographs of the musician showcase a youthful Springsteen, not even aged twenty-three, in Asbury Park, New Jersey, on the eve of a career breakthrough. Gahr befriended the rising star, and over a span of approximately ten years he photographed Springsteen, both on- and offstage. Rare captures include Springsteen recording music, performing at the cramped venue Bottom Line weeks before the release of his seminal 1975 album Born to Run, and playing to legions of fans during his Born in the USA tour. Bruce Springsteen 1973–1986 is an unprecedented look back at Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band on their path to becoming rock legends.
David Gahr was one of music's renowned but under-the-radar photographers. Starting in 1958when Moses Asch of Folkways Records brought his work to a larger audience, Gahr captured iconic images of some of the greatest musicians of the twentieth century, including Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger, Janis Joplin, Johnny Cash, and Miles Davis, to name only a few. Chris Murray is a writer and founder of Govinda Gallery, which represents some of the best rock music–related fine art photography and photographers in the world.
Praise for Bruce Springsteen: From Asbury Park, to Born To Run, to Born In The USA
Now comes a new compendium of images, Bruce Springsteen: From Asbury Park, To Born To Run, To Born In The USA featuring the work of long-time music photographer David Gahr and includes more than 150 images, spanning the formative years 1973 to 1986 of the Springsteen opus.
In more than 25 photographic sessions, Gahr documented live performances and recording sessions, taking portrait studies and candid shots of Springsteen and his band as he worked to find the right mix and substance for what he calls his "music of transcendence." In those early years, Springsteen slowly brought on band members Clarence Clemons, Danny Federici, Vini "Mad Dog" Lopez, Gary Tallent, David Sancious, Max Weinberg, Stevie Van Zandt, Nils Lofgren and Patti Scialfa. Some would come and go, and some would ultimately form that "heart-stopping, pants-dropping, house-rocking, earth-quaking, booty-shaking, Viagra-taking, love-making, legendary," E Street Band. ~ Smithsonian
"An unprecedented look at a very young Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, from the group's creation and early New Jersey days to their meteoric rise and seminal Born in the USA tour, in mostly never-before-seen photographs." — Publishers Weekly
New York Dolls: Photographs by Bob Gruen
Bob Gruen (By (photographer))
"The Dolls told me: We know you as you really are, and you're OK by us."--Morrissey, from his Afterword Formed in New York City in 1971, the New York Dolls prefigured Punk, New Wave, and Glam Metal Rock with their over-the-top style and their ingenious sound, setting the tone for many rock bands ...
The McCartney Legacy: Volume 1: 1969 – 73
Allan Kozinn, Adrian Sinclair
In this first of a groundbreaking multivolume set, THE MCCARTNEY LEGACY, VOL 1: 1969-73 captures the life of Paul McCartney in the years immediately following the dissolution of the Beatles, a period in which McCartney recreated himself as both a man and a musician. ...
David Gahr
An unprecedented look at a very young Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, from the group's creation and early New Jersey days to their meteoric rise and seminal Born in the USA tour, in photographs almost all not previously published. ...
The First 21: How I Became Nikki Sixx
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Transformer: A Story of Glitter, Glam Rock, and Loving Lou Reed
Simon Doonan
In this funny and poignant memoir and cultural history, the television personality, columnist, and author of Drag pays homage to Lou Reed's groundbreaking album Transformer on its fiftieth anniversary and recalls its influence on his coming of age and coming out through ...
Human Conditions
Olaf Heine
This gorgeous collection of meticulously composed duotone images of actors, musicians, and artists spans the German photographer's entire 30-year career, and offers a rich sampling of his genius for staging, composition, and portraiture. ...
Prince: All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track
Benoît Clerc
A new, definitive look at one of music's greatest songbooks by an expert author The latest book in the bestselling All the Songs series, this is the most in-depth exploration of Prince's songs ever written. ...
Lights, Camera, Accordion!: Eye-Popping Photographs of Weird Al Yankovic, 1981-2006
Jon Bermuda Schwartz
As featured in Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, The A.V. ...
Bonnaroo: What, Which, This, That, The Other
Set on 700 acres of rolling farm hills in Manchester, Tennessee, Bonnaroo is a four-day music and camping festival that draws in over 80,000 fans every summer. ...
Shout, Sister, Shout!: The Untold Story of Rock-and-Roll Trailblazer Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Gayle F. Wald
New York Times Book Review Editor's Pick: The untold story of 2018 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Sister Rosetta Tharpe, America's first rock guitar diva ...
Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978-1984
Simon Reynolds
Rip It Up and Start Again is the first book-length exploration of the wildly adventurous music created in the years after punk. ...
Together Forever: The Run-DMC and Beastie Boys Photographs
Glen E. Friedman
"People always get caught up in what these two iconic groups stood for, but can we just step back for a moment and say, who gives a fuck? They were good! ...
Kim Gordon: No Icon
An edgy and evocative visual self-portrait by musician and artist Kim Gordon, indie-underground cultural icon and muse of style for four decades. ...
Frame of Mind: Punk Photos and Essays from Washington, DC, and Beyond, 1997-2017
Antonia Tricarico (Photographer)
"Whether hanging out with musicians between sets or pressing up against the stage while they play, Tricarico seeks intimacy as well as energy."--Washington Post ...
Black & White & Weird All Over: The Lost Photographs of Weird Al Yankovic '83 - '86
As featured in Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, The A.V. Club, Nerdist, Gizmodo, Ultimate Classic Rock, and more ...
'Til Wrong Feels Right: Lyrics and More
The Godfather of Punk and frontman for The Stooges offers insight into his creative world with this collection of lyrics brought to life by full-color photos, never-before-seen notes and memorabilia, short pieces by Iggy, and commentary from other music legends, including Danny Fields and ...


Nowadays we wear athletic clothing as a fashion statement, but it wasn't always that way. Fitnessgoals.com did some reasearch and created some graphics to show the progression that women's fitness trends have gone through from the '70s until now.
Fitness fashion has come a long way from the invention of the sports bra in the '70s, or the explosion of color-blocked spandex in aerobics classes of the past.
Check out these GIFs to see how far workout fashion has come—and maybe even have a good laugh.
You probably can't even imagine life without sports bras, but there was a time when they didn't exist. The "Free-Swing Tennis Bra" was the first of its kind, and we've come a long way since then.
SHIRTS, LEOTARDS, AND JUMPSUITS, OH MY!
Perhaps the most varied of the bunch, workout tops have had so many different trends that it's hard to nail them all down. While they seem ridiculous now, we can't help but wonder if those scandalously high-cut leotards were as multi-purpose as women back then made them seem.
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Box content covers all basics, and many other functionality which includes: Folders, Files, Users, Comments, Tasks with persistent ID's for every object.
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Best of Show and People's Choice: Mike Williams of Sacramento for his 1948 Packard Station Sedan Woodie with a customized tailgate.
Early auto registration is at "Dirty Jack's" Drive-In Car Show behind the Gualala Hotel noon to 6 pm.
Check-in and registration for the 9th Annual Gualala Arts Auto Show starts at 7 am at Gualala Arts Center.
Admission to the show is free with a $5 parking donation.
Download your schedule for the day here.
The 9th Annual Gualala Arts Show and Pinewood Derby is set to honor the 50th Anniversary of Waterman Racing Components and the men who built it! We expect it to be our best auto show yet!
If you are a car enthusiast and love the nostalgia of old cars, the sound and fury of dragsters, the art of hot rods, customs, and modifieds, looking at original cars you lusted after in your youth, and/or rare and unusual contemporary automobiles, you'll love the Gualala Arts Auto Show. Located on the beautifully landscaped grounds of the Gualala Arts Center, this is a car show you can actually stroll through, talk to the owners and appreciate each car, truck or motorcycle for the piece of art it is.
Located up the hill behind Gualala Supermarket, one would never know that Sid Waterman's unassuming Waterman Racing Components shop has held an international reputation for excellence in the great world of auto racing for more than 30 years and continues to be an industry leader not only for drag racers, but also for Indy, NASCAR, and USAC customers.
Sid started Waterman Racing Engines in 1967. He moved with his wife, Judy, to Gualala in 1979, selling the engine building part of the business and opening a new enterprise specializing in fuel delivery systems. In December of last year, Waterman Racing Components partnered with Aeromotive, Inc., and this past April was the company's 50th Anniversary.
Joining Sid Waterman for the auto show and 50th Anniversary Celebration at the Arts Center will be his longtime driver Ronnie Hampshire, recently inducted into the Drag Racing Hall of Fame, his brother, Jeep, who built the engines, and Kent Fuller, who constructed the chassis and is also in the Hall of Fame.
It will be a day of great fun, good food, shared automobilia, and the ear-shattering roar of the Waterman-Hampshire classic nitro rail that set a world speed record in 1965!
DJ Sister Yasmin will be spinning the tunes all day long on the JAMI Amphitheater. Between raffles and speakers, Sister Yasmin, the coast's favorite professional deejay and music selector, will play oldies and goodies for dancing and entertainment.
This half-century of automotive excellence is a tribute to the hard work, perseverance, dedication, and skill of a young man who paid back his sponsor at a drag meet fifty years ago. Exactly how this unassuming man built a business with facilities at the Indianapolis and Charlotte raceways from his offices headquartered on Church Street in Gualala is an inspirational story.
It began when Waterman was lured to a Fremont drag strip in 1959. The first moment he heard a nitro-fueled rail fire up he was hooked. It has been his passion ever since. He moved from his boyhood home in San Jose to Southern California to be near the center of drag racing. He began wiping wheels on dragsters and worked diligently to learn all he could about making cars go faster.
In 1967 his life changed again at the annual Bakersfield March Meet. He was one of 140 entrants trying to qualify for 32 spots in the race field when a stranger asked why he was doing poorly. Waterman said he needed better tires so the man gave him $400 to purchase new tires. The car qualified third and when Waterman used his prize money to pay back the generous sponsor the man said he had done the same thing for nine other entrants, but Waterman was the only one who paid him back.
Two weeks later the same man called to ask if Waterman wanted to buy his machine shop and that day Waterman Racing Engines was launched. His boss at the time encouraged him and gave two pieces of advice — (1) never put out a product unless you know it is the best and (2) be sure the product looks better than it performs. Waterman has always followed that business plan.
Over the years Waterman parts have been in Top Fuel, Funny, IRL Indy, Sprint, and NASCAR champions' cars year after year. He has even designed Formula 1 parts for the Penske organization. In 2009 Waterman was inducted into the International Drag Racing Hall of Fame.
Just last year he gave the introductory speech when Ronnie Hampshire received the same honor. He has also received special recognition from the United States Auto Club and Car Craft Magazine for his engines and safety innovations, particularly for his fuel pumps.
Tired of the traffic in Los Angeles, Sid and Judy discovered Gualala nearly 40 years ago and fell in love with the area. Waterman Racing Components has been a vital part of this community since Sid moved to Gualala to raise his family and fulfill his promise to his surfer wife that someday she would live by the sea.
Free registration through July 10! After that, each entry is $10 up until 10: 45 a.m. the day of the race!
Cars must pass inspection to qualify for racing. Present your car for inspection from 10 am to 11 am, Saturday, July 15. Only 1 entry per person is accepted for each classification, and the racer MUST BE PRESENT for their car to be entered and run in the races.
Vintage and Unlimited class are open to racers of any age. For Vintage class, cars must have been previous Gualala Arts Pinewood Derby entries or built prior to January 2017.
Trophies awarded for: First Place, Second Place, Most Artistic, and Best Time Overall.
See registration form for details about classifications and heat schedules, rules, etc.
Download your "Cruise our local Businesses" passport here. Make a purchase at the 60 participating local businesses (listed on the back of passport) and receive a stamp or mark on your passport in the numbered square for that particular business. Turn your passport with as many marks as possible into Gualala Arts Center at noon on July 15 during the 9th Annual Gualala Arts Show. The more marks on your passport, the better your chance to win the Grand Giveaway!
All passports will be entered into the raffle for the Grand Giveaway prize of a 2-night stay in House No. 4 at the Point Arena Lighthouse and dinner for two at the Pier Chowder House and Tap Room at Arena Cove. Raffle winners must be present to win!
The newly remodeled House No. 4 at the Point Arena Lighthouse.
Coastal residents are invited to join in the fun of the 9th Annual Gualala Arts Auto Show with the "Cruise our Coastal Businesses" passport campaign.
Pick up your passport at local businesses, Gualala Arts Center, Point Arena Lighthouse, or download it here.
The business passport includes a full list of 60 local businesses supporting and investing in the Auto show and Summer Nationals Pinewood Derby event happening Saturday, July 15 on the Gualala Arts Center grounds.
Master Bedroom of House No. 4.
Carry your passport with you and make purchases at the businesses listed on the backside. You will receive a mark or stamp indicating you shopped there.
Passports should be turned in at the Art Show by noon on Saturday, July 15. Winners must be present.
The more squares marked, the better your chance to win the "Grand Giveaway" raffle of an Arena Lighthouse package that includes a two-night stay in newly remodeled House 4 on the property, a Full Moon Night Tour of the lighthouse and dinner for two at the Pier Chowder House and Tap Room restaurant at the Point Arena Cove.
The kitchen of House No. 4, Point Arena Lighthouse.
Motivational Speaker Nathan Ogden, who will be riding through the Gualala area during his "Chair the Hope" cycling event and will make a stop at the 9th Annual Gualala Arts Auto Show and Pinewood Derby on Saturday, July 15.
Ogden, a quadriplegic, will be riding a hand cycle in a relay-style ride with his wife and four children to raise awareness and money for wheelchairs to be delivered to developing countries. Ogden has broken his neck two separate times, leaving him paralyzed, but his disability has not altered his adventurous drive. Nathan, his wife Heather, and their children ages 10-18 will be cycling 1,200 miles from Mt. Bachelor, OR (where Nathan broke his neck the first time) to Los Angeles, CA. The Ogden's know first-hand how a wheelchair can change a life.
Ogden will be at the Pinewood "Summernationals" derby for a while and then will speak briefly in the afternoon as his schedule permits. "Some of my family will probably be going on ahead and then I will catch up. We are riding relay style, so we take turns," he said.
The goal of "Chair the Hope" is to inspire people to get outside and keep moving despite disabilities, fears, or excuses while raising $100,000 to donate to the Wheelchair Foundation. During the past 17 years, the Wheelchair Foundation has gifted over 1 Million wheelchairs to people in need worldwide. Ogden said he and his family are passionate about getting kids, mothers, and fathers, off the ground and into wheelchairs to allow them the independence to live with hope.
Using his years of challenging experiences Ogden has found superior coaching and awareness for moving from paralysis to progress in all areas of life and is passionate about sharing this message. He is the author of the book "Unfrozen", his story with a message to help others live life fully. "Our true potential is discovered by melting away our limitations and living UNFROZEN." The book can be purchased at Amazon by clicking here.
"The Gualala Arts Auto Show tends to bring out a pretty passionate bunch and we are excited that Nathan can bring his message here and share it," said David "Sus" Susalla, Executive Director of Gualala Arts.
Gualala Arts values and appreciates our many generous local sponsors who make the Annual Gualala Arts Auto Show and Pinewood Derby possible. Please offer your patronage to these valued businesses.
Best of Show sponsored by Go Local!
Summernationals Sponsors: CNA Metal Works, Gualala Supermarket, Heart of a Child Toys, Dirty Jack's Car Show, Sea Ranch Building Supply.
General Sponsors: Franny's Cup & Saucer, Redwood Coast Chamber of Commerce, Garcia River Casino, Rosie Iverson of Coldwell Banker.
Raffle Donations: Anchor Bay Store, Four-Eyed Frog Books, Gualala Supermarket, Pacific Coast Center for Yoga, Pacific Coast Herb Company, Pier Chowder House and Tap Room, Point Arena Lighthouse, Sea Ranch Building Supply, Sea Ranch Lodge.
Raffle Sponsorship: Point Arena Lighthouse and Pier Chowder House and Tap Room restaurant.
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Phoenix Mercury point guard Temeka Johnson is a leader on and off the court. Phoenix, AZ. August 29, 2009. Photo by Max Simbron
Phoenix Mercury point guard Temeka Johnson is having a fantastic season on the court. Her ability to break down her defender and create opportunities for her teammates has placed her 5th in the league in assists behind only the biggest names in the game. With her Night of HOPE event she is now looking to bring that same spirit of giving that has marked all aspects of her career to her new home city of Phoenix.
Just moments after draining a late three pointer to help the Mercury earn their 20th win of the season, Temeka Johnson went up stairs to a suite in the US Airways center to introduce Meek's HOPE Foundation to local non-profit leaders.
"My goals for tonight was to make people aware of the HOPE Foundation in general. I just want to be able to give hope and give as much back to people as people in the community give to us," explain Johnson about the event.
Meek's HOPE Foundation has primarily been focused on helping children through adopt-a-school programs and on promoting education through her scholarship fund. Temeka follows in the footsteps of her grandmother, Jewel Johnson who was lifelong educator.
The foundation has previously worked in Temeka's native state of Louisiana and her previous WNBA home city of Los Angeles. Since being traded to the Mercury in the off season, Temeka has been looking for an opportunity to learn more about specific needs in the Phoenix community. The Night of HOPE event was designed as a "listening session" to discuss potential areas of focus for her charitable work.
Carolyn Sechler, a CPA who works with over 300 non-profit agencies in the Phoenix area, was on hand to lend her expertise on the local situation. When she explained to Temeka that the average age of all homeless people in the Valley of the Sun was 9 years old, the pain and determination became instantly visible on Johnson's face.
While specific plans will come later, there's no doubt that the Phoenix community will benefit from having Temeka Johnson on its side.
Leaders from Phoenix Mercury organization including Head Coach Cory Gaines, Assistant Coach and former Mercury player Bridget Pettis, Mercury President Jay Parry and GM Ann Meyers-Drysdale attended the event to show their support for Meek's HOPE Foundation.
Ann Meyers-Drysdale said this about her point guard, "Temeka Johnson has always been involved in helping others and we as an organization know how important it is going out in the community, especially a community like ours, where we can have a player like Temeka Johnson and her teammates get involved with HOPE and go out there and help others. It just reflects on the kind of first class person that she is who has always given back to the community."
Johnson follows in the foot steps of many players from both the Suns and Mercury organizations who have understood the obligations and opportunities that come with their role. They represent the best of what professional sports has to offer.
For more information visit meekshope.org
Audio with Temeka Johnson and Ann Meyers-Drysdale


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Q: How to validate a custom data file with cloud-init I am using custom-data to pass in some boot time configuration to a server on azure. I can see the file at the location
/var/lib/cloud/instances/<instance_id>/user-data.txt

and cloud-init is showing as done (cloud-init status)
the problem is that none of the script is doing anything, and there are no config files produced.
I was wondering if anyone knew of a command to show if the file at the location above is valid syntactically?
thanks

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I was wondering if anyone knew of a command to show if the file at the location above is valid syntactically?

To validate the config, check out the cloud-init schema subcommand. Something like this may be what you want:
On a live system:
cloud-init schema --system

To see the userdata passed, try:
cloud-init query userdata

To see everything passed, try:
cloud-init query --all

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In today's digitally-driven business environment, the need for effective Web analytics strategies has never been greater. Surprisingly, most organizations are analyzing Web variables that simply don't mean anything, such as number of page views or time on site.
Read through this presentation transcript to gain insight on why these traditional methods fall short, and learn about a two-tiered analytics approach that combines customer and visit type data in order to provide users with more insightful reports.


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Thousands of Victorians will join the fight against dementia throughout June by hosting their very own -get-together with a difference', while raising much needed funds to support the 74,600 people living with dementia in Victoria.
Bring It To The Table will provide an opportunity for communities to come together, have fun and enjoy delicious food while talking about dementia and raising awareness about Alzheimer's Australia Vic and the services available.
Lyn Allison, Alzheimer's Australia Vic Board Member and former leader of the Australian Democrats said last year Alzheimer's Australia Vic supported more than 10,000 people through our counselling programs and the National Dementia Helpline; we had more than 15,000 people participate in our education courses.
'With the prevalence of dementia projected to increase to 141,000 by 2030, we need to be able to not only continue to provide these services, but to ready ourselves for an increase in the community's needs in the coming years.
'We are calling on Victorians to get behind this initiative, host an event and to get talking about dementia," Ms Allison said.
'Alzheimer's Australia Vic's services provide crucial support for people living with dementia and for carers," said Pamela Hore, a former carer and long-time volunteer on the Alzheimer's Australia Vic National Dementia Helpline.
'When I was a carer, Alzheimer's Australia Vic provided a lifeline. Bring It To The Table and other initiatives like it are incredibly important for raising funds to ensure those vital services are maintained," Ms Hore said.
Events can be hosted at any time during the month and at any location, whether that be at home, work, school, at a community group or even at the local park. Hosts will invite friends, family and colleagues to join them for a high tea, sit-down dinner, picnic or games night.
All guests will be invited to make donations which will be used to fund vital services for people living with dementia, their families and carers.
Getting involved with Bring It To The Table is simple – just go to www.bringittothetable.com.au, register your event, set your fundraising target and download the host pack which includes hints and tips, fantastic event ideas to inspire you, invitations, promotional posters, fact sheets and much more.
'In the next twenty to thirty years almost every Victorian will be impacted by dementia," said Ms Allison.
'Bring It To The Table will unite the community while raising awareness about dementia and raising funds. The money raised will allow us to invest in our programs and continue to be here for all Victorians when a diagnosis of dementia is received or when they have any concerns or questions," Ms Allison said.
In Victoria around 74,600 people are living with dementia.
Alzheimer's Australia Vic is the charity representing people with dementia in Victoria. As the peak body, we provide specialised dementia information, education and support services.
Call our National Dementia Helpline on 1800 100 500 or visit www.fightdementia.org.au/vic
Interview with Pamela Hore
Question: How has Alzheimer affected your life?
Pamela Hore: With both parents and an unrelated Godmother all being diagnosed with dementia it has helped me understand how diverse the disease is.
Question: What was the most difficult part of caring for your parents?
Pamela Hore: The impact it had on family members who did not understand about dementia and the effects it has on the individual.
Question: How did Alzheimer's Australia help you when you were caring for your parents?
Pamela Hore: Alzheimer's Australia Vic's counselling support services played a significant role firstly in helping my father by recognising that he was not 100% and ultimately my mother by recognising that she needed to be supported in an environment other than with dad. Alzheimer's Australia Vic's services provide crucial support for people living with dementia and for carers. When I was a carer Alzheimer's Australia Vic provided a lifeline. Bring It To The Table and other initiatives like it are incredibly important for raising funds to ensure those vital services are maintained.
Question: Can you tell us what Bring It To The Table is?
Pamela Hore: A gathering of like-minded people wishing to support the cause of dementia and create more awareness in the process.
In June this year, thousands of Victorians will join the fight against dementia by hosting their very own -get-together with a difference', while raising much needed funds to support the 74,600 people living with dementia in Victoria.
Question: How can Australians get involved in Bring It To The Table?
Pamela Hore: Events can be hosted at any time during the month and at any location, whether that be at home, work, school, at a community group or even at the local park. Hosts will invite friends, family and colleagues to join them for a high tea, sit-down dinner, picnic or games night.
Question: Why have you decided to volunteer your time on the Alzheimer's Australia Vic National Dementia Helpline?
Pamela Hore: Because after three loved ones being diagnosed with different types of dementia it seemed the obvious thing to do.
Question: What types of support does the Alzheimer's Australia Vic National Dementia Helpline offer?
Pamela Hore: Understanding and support for people with dementia, their family and carers
Practical information and advice
Up to date written material about dementia
Details of the full range of services provided by Alzheimer's Australia
Information about other services available through other organisations
Question: Can you tell us about your work on the Alzheimer's Australia Vic National Dementia Helpline?
Pamela Hore: It is the most rewarding activity I do with my life other than what I do with my family members. It also gives me the chance to meet and enjoy friendships with others and the opportunity to learn from these people in the process.
Question: What advice do you have for other Australians who may have recently become a carer for someone with Alzheimers or Dementia?
Pamela Hore: Always bring Alzheimer's Australia Vic to your table!
Interview by Brooke Hunter
Photo: Ari Hatzis


It's already the middle of June, so it's probably time to show off my garden so far. I still have things I haven't planted yet (snap peas, more potatoes, beans, etc.), but I have enough here to make me smile.
Having gotten permission from my wife to carve up more of the back yard into a garden, we've laid down some 4x10' beds to grow LOTS of stuff.
Here's the rear area where my garden has been for the last few years.
Artichokes. They take FOREVER to grow.
Asparagus. :: sigh :: They take even longer than artichokes. In fact, I don't think you can really harvest asparagus for two YEARS after you plant seeds.
My blueberry bushes are doing great - lots of little berries forming. If blueberry bushes didn't just look like gangly sticks during the cold season, I'd have these growing everywhere.
This is my third generation broccoli that my oldest daughter and I planted in January. It's neat to harvest seeds and to watch the seeds turn into food year after year.
Lots and lots of carrots. You're supposed to space them out a bit, but I literally just dumped the seed packet into the dirt. I don't love carrots like some people do, so I don't really give them too much thought.
I've had this golden sage for a few years - it survives the winter just fine, and it's grown quite a bit. I thought I would use it more than I do, but I don't cook as often as I would like. That, and this sage is good with red meat, and we just don't eat very much red meat in our house.
We have grapes! Two of the three varieties have sprouted little bunches of grapes, and the third variety is just now starting to grow large enough to do something. We shall see. So far, all the grapes look green to me.
My lemon thyme has grown large enough for me to split it up into three plants. I've given one of the splits away to a friend, and have the remaining two on my back deck. I use this a lot more than any other herb - it's great on chicken, fish, fried rice... pretty much anything, really.
I've never had lettuce grow this well before. I think that my compost has finally matured, and the plants I'm growing are just thriving in it. The lettuce heads are big enough that just two of the plants provide enough lettuce for a salad. AWESOME.
Here's my next batch of lettuce and some bak choi cabbage. I have no clue what kind of lettuce it is, but it's about the best lettuce I've ever tasted. It has some sort of nutty flavor to it, and just a single 1" leaf goes a long way. I can't wait for it to get huge.
My onions and garlic are doing quite well. I haven't planted any bulb onions yet, but I think I probably should. It'll be nice to have several varieties of onions growing. Onions go well with everything.
Here's my small red potato bed. I had hoped to do the rising-box trick with them, but I don't think I'll get around to that this year. I'll just keep putting more dirt on top of them until the dirt starts spilling out of the box.
I actually have a monstrous section behind my rear garden to grow an entire field of potatoes, which I plan to do. Potatoes are great.
This is a third-generation radish crop. I actually prefer to let the radish go to seed and eat the seed pods instead of eating the root, since the yield is so much larger, and the seed pods are much juicier.
Here's my rhubarb plant. I'm not sure when/if the stalks will turn red, indicating that they're ready. It's possible that I have a different kind of rhubarb than I originally assumed. I'll have to do some more research and see.
My strawberry plot is doing quite well, although there's some critter that's been getting into my strawberries. I think I may end up investing in some traps to snag the critters before they eat up all my berries.
We've put down three zucchini, which of course means that we'll have a trillion zucchinis growing. If you're reading this blog and you live anywhere near me, be warned - you might end up with a basket of zucchinis on your door step.
I was workin on our crisis (-: garden two days ago at the property and Jeri said that Asparagas takes 3 years to produce. Why so long??? Dumb asparagas.
Yeah, it takes a while. They actually send up shoots right away, but the root crown isn't large enough to send up large shoots, so you end up with little hair-thin stalks for the first couple of years. Once the root stalks get big enough, you start getting some real production... but yeah - 2 or 3 years.
You could just spend $40 on 50 mature asparagus crowns, via ebay. Actually, if you want to go in on a group-buy, I'll buy them and we can split them up. I'm sure I don't need 50 of them. I'd be fine with 10 or so, probably. Interested?
Can't you trim the blueberry bushes before winter?


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Casey Wright Named "Top 10 Entrepreneurs to Watch in 2015″
Wright Brothers, Inc. CEO Casey Wright was recently recognized as one of San Diego's top entrepreneurs to watch in the coming year. After three consecutive years of rapid revenue growth with WBI's flagship agent recruiting product REDcareers, Wright Brothers, Inc. is poised to launch its next game changer—WingWire, a custom content marketing solution for Realtors,…
Wright Brothers, Inc. CEO Casey Wright was recently recognized as one of San Diego's top entrepreneurs to watch in the coming year. After three consecutive years of rapid revenue growth with WBI's flagship agent recruiting product REDcareers, Wright Brothers, Inc. is poised to launch its next game changer—WingWire, a custom content marketing solution for Realtors, with a potential market of 1.3 million U.S. Realtors. Explained Wright, "REDcareers was a solid double. With WingWire, we're swinging for the fences."
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This post is part of an ongoing series that highlights discourse about civility online. We glean the articles for civility linkblogging from a broad cross-section of blogs, newspapers, and magazines, from the United States and abroad.
This week, our linkblogging segment focuses primarily on Canada: on Rob Ford's ongoing stewardship of Toronto; on increased polarization in the national legislature; on the poor influence — the polarizing influence — of political culture imported from the United States; and on one grade six class that has had just about enough of name-calling, and will no longer visit Alberta's provincial legislature meetings.
Polly believed that what she did as a legislator was important, but she never considered herself important. Her important work is not forgotten. In fact, an annual Polly Rosenbaum Dinner is being held every year in Clifton to honor her dedication on behalf of Greenlee County. The 6th annual event honoring her is Thursday, March 20, at Tyler's Taste of Texas in Clifton.
It is being sponsored by the Greenlee Democrats – and while Polly was a lifelong Democrat – anybody is welcome to the dinner, regardless of political affiliation. Polly would have liked it that way.
Coun. Sean Chu may be a newcomer to city hall, but he's getting a quick education on the etiquette of social media.
He has issued an apology, but still faces the prospect of being censured under council's ethical conduct policy.
Hawn doesn't lay the blame for the lack of civility on any particular party, or expect any particular leader to produce a solution.
"I think it does come down to individuals thinking about what they're doing and saying every day and just the simple things. People fire a shot, a nasty shot, instead of just saying, 'Well you know what, maybe they've got some good ideas'," said Hawn.
Are our democratic institutions imploding, or is heated debate just an inevitable part of the system, serving as evidence of a healthy diversity of representation?
Researchers interviewed by the Star agree there has a recent downward spiral in the conduct of our politicians and civility in office, both on a local scale and in other levels of government.
Gary Levy, a political scientist at Carleton University, says it's hard to pinpoint what prompted it — a spike in tumultuous minority governments, maybe the polarizing influence of the U.S. — but agrees politicians' behaviour has seen a change for the worse.
Premier Alison Redford and Opposition leader Danielle Smith have sparred on numerous occasions and the battle between the Progressive Conservatives and the Wildrose Alliance is primed to heat up even further.
Those disagreements have been widely publicized, and often fuelled by combatants through social media, as the race to form this province's next government has caused a never-ending cycle of mudslinging.
For members of the media, and citizens deeply involved in politics, much of this comes as no surprise. However, the issue received much more attention last week when a Grade 6 class in Innisfail informed the Legislature students would no longer attend question period.
Repeated displays of rudeness, name calling and offensive language were cited as just some of the reasons the class felt the need to speak out, as the childish behaviour witnessed was simply too much for the youngsters to tolerate.
This week's posts highlight online reactions to Weber Shandwick and Powell Tate's 2013 study, Civility in America. Conducted in conjunction with KRC Research, it gauges the American public's attitudes toward civility and self-reported experiences with incivility in a variety of areas of American society and daily life. It measures something of the sentiment among Americans that we suffer from a civility problem, and that it is likely to get worse.
A detailed summary of the study's findings may be found here [PDF].
Meanwhile, if you have an article that you think would be right for future civility linkblogging posts, please do not hesitate to email it to us at editor@instituteforcivility.org. Include the title, url, and a short summary, and we will gladly review it for publication.
In my tradition we try to be conscientious not only of our own behavior but to encourage others to be socially conscious. It is a reciprocal relationship in which each member helps the other become better.
In secular terms I suppose we are speaking about civility, which is the opposite of cannibalism.
However, recently it seems to me the cannibals are gaining ground.
In his new book, The Importance of Being Civil: The Struggle for Political Decency, McGill University professor John A. Hall explains that civility is the glue that holds society together.
Hall's book should be required reading for local councils and every candidate before next year's local elections.
Civility in America continues to disintegrate and rude behavior is becoming the "new normal," according to a new national survey. Reports of personal infringements are on the rise, driving 70 percent of Americans to believe that incivility has reached crisis proportions. With Americans encountering incivility more than twice a day, on average, and 43 percent expecting to experience incivility in the next 24 hours, dealing with incivility has become a way of life for many.
I recently shared a few alarming results from the 2013 Civility In America Study and detailed an example of a missed opportunity to make a difference. Today, I want to delve deeper into what the research shows.
It's not shocking, to me anyway. I have long been aware we have a pervasive culture of incivility in America. This latest study reveals how widespread the problem is. Incivility has essentially become a way of life in America.
The kind of civility that is recognized all over the world as basic dignity — the freedom to speak and associate, to choose one's leaders, to live without fearing a regime's security services — is not on Mr. Castro's mind. His regime continues to threaten and persecute those who dare challenge its legitimacy.


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Adventures / Europe / Montenegro / Rapid Rafting
Take on the whitewater of one of Europe's deepest gorges as you drift through the Dinaric Alps.
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in Montenegro
Cascading meltwaters, bouncing rapids and deep, carved-out canyons make this country a little-known rafting hot-spot.
Venture out towards National Park Plokletije in the southern-most part of the Dinaric Alps to explore the picturesque but lesser-travelled Lim River for an adrenaline-fuelled ride on Class III-IV rapids.
Alternatively, take to the waters in Durmitor National Park and raft the mighty Tara River Canyon; the second deepest canyon in the world. Paddle over underground aquifers and past mountain ponds to catch a glimpse of rare plants, birds and mammals.
Take a look at some of our top picks for rafting in Montenegro.
Tara River Canyon
At the heart of Durmitor National Park lies the UNESCO-protected Tara River Canyon. It is 82km in length and has a depth of 1,300m and is the deepest and longest canyon in Europe, and the second deepest in the world. The clear waters of the thunderous Tara River tower between limestone cliffs making for unrivalled rafting.
Riding the Class III rapids is the best way to see the canyon, as it's sheer size makes viewing difficult otherwise. A popular one-day route is from Brstnovica to Šćepan Polje. This thrilling 18km stretch has the biggest drop in elevation in the shortest time and features 21 of the river Tara's 50 rapids. Pass waterfalls and caves whilst you spot otters, eagles and wildcats in their natural habitat.
The chilly Tara River is best rafted from April-October, when the snow has melted and the water levels are manageable. Reach Durmitor by flying to Dubrovnik in neighbouring Croatia, and the rafting does not require any previous experience.
The Lim River
The Lim River is more challenging than the Tara River Canyon but with fewer crowds, the exciting Lim River will see you bouncing over Class III-IV rapids.
Running close to the foot of the Plokletije mountain range, the 220km Lim River flows through Montenegro, Albania, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. From Montenegro, most expeditions begin from the small town of Plav, a 140km drive from Podgorica.
Starting from Plav Lake, you'll navigate emerald waters through the stunning surrounding valleys. Some operators offer half day tours, taking you on the fast-paced and thrilling 3.5-hour section from Plav to Murino. Pass through 50-metre-high rock formations jutting out of narrow creeks.
For those wanting more, multi-day adventures are available, taking you further up the Lim towards the bustling town of Berane and beyond. Rafting the Lim suitable for all abilities.