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The Gate City Bank Young Artist Program was founded in 2013. The goal of the Young Artist Program is to enrich young artists through training and stage experience that will enhance their performing abilities from guest artists, stage directors and the FM Opera General Director, David Hamilton.
Now in it's seventh year, this program is the first of its kind in the region, bringing groups of young professionals to Fargo from mid-January through April of each year. The Young Artists will be available to perform at schools, community events and will be featured in two Fargo Moorhead Opera productions in the 2019-2020 season: lead roles in Michael Ching's "Speed Dating Tonight!" and roles in Mascagni's "Cavalleria Rusticana".
This Young Artist Program is funded by a generous grant from Gate City Bank with additional assistance from the Twin Cities Opera Guild, the Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation and Anda Properties.
The location for the Gate City Bank Young Artist Program with the Fargo-Moorhead Opera is in Fargo, ND USA, an typically runs from February to April.
During their time here the Fargo-Moorhead Opera Young Artists will participate in and receive:
Coaching in standard operatic repertoire. Each Young Artist will be expected to learn at least one major role in its entirety.
Career training seminars include audition techniques, vocal wellness, marketing, diction and acting.
Covers of leading roles in mainstage production as appropriate.
Consideration for comprimario roles in mainstage production.
Staged scene concerts.
Serve as community ambassadors for the opera by participating in outreach programs in regional schools and at area businesses and community organizations.
Masterclasses with visiting guest artists.
Masterclasses with the General Director
Artists will receive a weekly stipend, housing and a transportation allowance for the duration for the 2019 season program.

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37 points….well, so far. So I went out the other day on a last minute hunt. During this busy time of year, it's a real relief to get out and go to my 'happy place'. I'd been looking at this 'new' area for a while now. I can actually almost see it from the other side of the 'canyon' and I finally made it over there to check it out. So glad I did. I found the large specimen within the first 10 minutes of turning the detector on. Right after I found a 'large' chunk of iron. After that, about every 30 minutes or so, I dug a piece of gold. The gully I was in, was just narrow enough to be able to detect it fully while standing in the middle. All of the pieces except for two were found in the gut, right where you'd expect to find gold. The large 'solid' nugget was found on a bench where the gully made a 90 degree turn. It was on the surface..... Obviously, I'll be going back in the near future. I'm curious to see what I left behind. Here's some pics. All of the day's finds, including trash targets, are pictured. I didn't find the coin. Hope y'all had a Merry Christmas !! Good Luck out there !! Luke
28 pointsWell, it's that time of year, again. It's starting to get nice out during the day, but I thought I would get in one more nighttime hunt. And this last night hunt treated me well. I explored a new area about a mile from where I had found gold before. The rain really has changed the roads and washes in this area. Many areas were nearly unpassable. But I managed to get there with my trusty 4x4 and went out into the night feeling a little crazy (by myself) as I am many times. And the only thing that makes that crazy feeling fade away, is when you find that first piece of gold. And then the stars align and everything seems normal, again. Friday night's total came out to 7.25 grams. Some pictures didn't come out so well. Photography just doesn't work too well at night.
22 pointsWas able to get out with Luke today and get some hunting in at one of my old spots. Boy, the rains really moved some material. After and arduous 5 mile hike in (well, it seemed like it.) Within 5 min. starting to hunt, I found the small one on the right with the 5000. Had to chase it around a little as it was tiny. About 5 min. after mine, Luke comes back to me and he had found the larger one. Its really flat. After 4 hrs of detecting and no gold, Luke found the little chunky one next to the flat one on the hillside. Great weather out today and gold was found. Nice thing about this wash is I park on the side of a paved road and walk in. Easy peasy! Tom H.
18 pointsI made it out to the desert for a hunt before the rain fell and managed a 1.5 gram nugget, lots of lead too. My battery didn't last very long either, gave it a half hr charge on the car charger and was good for a while longer. I will need to make something up to drain it down and cycle it a few times to see if it comes back to a full day of hunting.
17 pointsI was out the other day and after 4 hours of hunting I ran acrossed this when I moved some dirt. I moved four inches off the top and got a very faint signal. After 18 inches of digging I got this. Found with a GPX 5000 with 16 inch nuggetfinder advantage.
16 pointsI mentioned finding gold in the meteor forum so here it is. My brother and I hiked into an area that both of us had marked on our GPS. We covered lots of ground and I gave up on the area and was heading to the truck. I met up with my brother and he showed me a small nugget he had found. I guess the brought my motivation back up and I detected every little gully on the way out. My first nugget was the big one and the rest were within 100 feet. This was an excellent day in the hills and might have even have two more meteorites for the collection. I said might because I still have my doubts. AJ
16 pointsGuys I know I have been vacant for a while. After engaging in the topic with many of y'all about a rock I found that seemed to turn to a fruitless debate of witty fun. This outcome pushed me to try to produce proof. After Posting terminated I contacted Alan Rubin and he agreed to except a sample to visually inspect, then if satisfactory observations were made he would thin section and microprobe this material to analyze the composition. Well my friends it turns out that IT'S A METEORITE!!!! Not only was it a meteorite but I continued to hunt vigorously for more fragment with much success!!! Originally I didn't note the location of the original fragment because I was hiking with the wife and kid and just picked the fragment up and threw it in my wife's backpack where it sat in the corner of my living room for a couple of weeks till I examined!! So I hit the dusty trail and locked on to the first fragment a tiny 5~ gram fragment !!! So I knew I had found the honey pot so I returned on multiple trips producing more and larger fragments none exceeding the original 1113 gram fragment till one day I was out there with my metal detector digging deeper larger 3-4-500~ gram fragments !!! Literally on my knees metal detector in my left hand pic axe in the right excavation those larger fragments I look over to the left and I see a large stone, so large I dismissed it at first site because I thought ehhh it's just a brown rusty rock but my detector on the left still fired up still digging targets in the right I took a swing over it with the detector and it lit up like a darn Christmas tree over this mass !!!!!! This mass turned out to be a huge meteorite , the main mass at a whopping 24.4lbs!!!!!!!! I kept Alan Rubin in the loop the entire time and he agreed to classifying my meteorite!!! It's been a wild ride and believe me all up and downs along the way but 2 days ago my meteorite and meteorite name were finally accepted, approved and published into the Metbul database. It is the second meteorite classified and the largest meteorite classified in Massachusetts at a over 31lbs currently!!! I want to introduce to you all Barnstable Meteorite!!! H4 S1 W5 !!! Alan Rubin and another scientist did such a wonder and amazing petrography write up I'm speechless and honored!!! So with out further adu here are few originals from my original post to you guys and the updates as well!!! You guys saw it first here. I love this forum and I plan on being active again but I've just been super busy in life plus new meteorite!!!!https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?sea=Barnstable&sfor=names&ants=&nwas=&falls=&valids=&stype=contains&lrec=50&map=ge&browse=&country=All&srt=name&categ=All&mblist=All&rect=&phot=&strewn=&snew=0&pnt=Normal table&code=68720 BTW I'm Space Matter, I'm on Facebook, I'm a member of the International Meteorite Collectors Association #7312. I will be in AZ for the gem and mineral show from the Feb 6th-10th If anyone wants to say hi!!
15 pointsI've had the time to make a couple of Rye Patch trips. I did some swinging and some exploring. All of these nuggets came from near the burn barrel so no one got it all! These are from my last trip. This was the total of two trips. Just shy of 1/4 oz.
15 pointsGot out while it was cool cloudy Tuesday and Wednesday.... They were biting..... Chunky 3 with SDC AND 3 smaller ones same spot missed by SDC and nabbed with Gold Monster
14 pointsI know I totally stole the word "dink/dinkster" from @adam and @boulder dash. It is the perfect adjective to describe the nuggets Ive found though. So here is the pic of the dinkster I found today with Leverite.
13 pointsWell, today, Craig, Bob and I had an amazing day. The video will be coming soon. Have to do some editing, and make it great. But here is a teaser. Stay tuned!
13 pointsHere are a few of my friends from the last several weekends. GM 1000 and SDC 2300
12 pointsBeen shopping Craigslist/offer up and Facebook Market place for the last two months for a quad to use for exploring and detecting. Had a guy sell one out from under me when I was going to take a look at it. I was bumming a bit, but looked at Craigslist again and a guy just posted a 2011 Yamaha Grizzly with only 186 miles on it. I got it for 4800$. Heck, its barely broke in and all the other people wanted 45-6000 for quads a lot older and more miles. On the way home I decided to take the surface streets as I knew the tires on the trailer were pretty old....yah, guess what...BLOW OUT! Right in front of Discount tire!!!! Pulled in and they actually had 78x13 tires. The good Lord works in strange and mysterious ways. Had to do a lot of work to the trailer. The newer quads are 2 inches too wide to fit. Made some ramps and it all works great. Thanks to Chris Cartwright for steering me towards the grizzly.
10 pointsWell done fellers ....!! Theres a season?? You mean I didnt have to detect this summer ?!
10 pointsI want to thank each and every one of you guys for you prayers and good vibes. They were indeed felt at the time of need. This was a rough one for me as I had no inclination just what was going on. I put it off too long trying to get the family Easter Celebration going. Finally called in the paramedics in and they got me to the hospital. Extreme pain and couldn't breathe. Lungs full of blood clots and wouldn't let oxygenated blood flow through lungs. Clots came from an operation that I had two weeks prior. Had me on a heparin drip for three days and that took most of the pain away and now I have to be on Eliquis the rest of the way, no more blood thinners or aspirin. Life feels good again and I thank God for my 'Return to Life'. Old Guys, Don't try to go too far after feeling something go awry. Get it checked on most times Medicare will take care of it. That's what you worked an paid for your whole life. A very grateful 'OLD TOM'
9 pointsI think this user should be kicked off the forum Nice color Chris !
9 pointsWas able to get out on Fri. with Dave and Jen to do some exploring and detecting up in the San Domingo area. 5 Min. into the hunt I found a little guy. After that LOTS of trash But that is a good thing! Place has not been hit. Which seems unbelievable considering how easy it is to get to and the area around it I know has been hit. It was only down a couple of inches and the 9x14 got it. Saw some old mines, the palo verde trees are starting to bloom. Should look nice in a week or so. Took a pic of a tarantula hawk wasp. Nasty little creature if you read up on it. Found an intact box mold bottle! And.....broke another Idler arm on the YOTO. Did find out guys are making a brace to stop this from happening. I will be making one also as this is the 3rd one ive snapped. Getting kind of old. I had a spare in the YOTO so we swapped it out. Great day out and the weather was decent. Got blessed with a little yellow! Been a while. Tom H.
9 pointsJust an FYI, over the past year or two I have sorta turned a blind eye to those of you who insist on posting political topics and posts even though most everyone knows it's against forum rules. This is a new year and from here on out the forum rule of no political topics and or posts will be enforced, all future such topics or posts will either removed or edited at the staff's discretion, any topics from the past that are in the least bit politcal will be locked. If you feel the need to voice your political opinions or views then you need to seek out a political forum or Facebook, etc.
9 pointsHey Martin ... Had that happen a long time ago hunting in North Western Maine ... The North Maine Woods ... Spent the night as you did but in the morning a logger happened by on his way to the choppin he was working. Nice guy ... not only did he jump my truck but shared his thermos of STRONG hot coffee! Those French Canadiens sure know how to make good coffee. So we had some laughs during coffee 'break' and then went our separate ways. Two or three years later I ran across him again and asked if he remembered me ... ay-epp! he says! We talked for a few minutes and then I went to the back of my truck and pulled out a new bottle of Jim Beam and gave it to him! He was thrilled! I told him he couldn't open it until the work day was done. He agreed! Never ran into him again but sure was grateful for that first encounter.
8 pointsOn Sunday evening my son and a big group were enjoying a paddle down Clear Creek Canyon near Winslow. There were about ten kayaks in a group headed back from a five mile trip upstream. They were a couple miles from the trucks floating along in a big group. The weekend was nearing an end and no one was in a big hurry for the day to come to an end. At one point someone said." Where is David?" His kayak was floating upside down. No sign of him at all. Everyone looked at each other for a few seconds in confusion. My son and another fellow dove down into the water and started swimming around. The water was only about 12-15 feet deep and they went down and came up a couple times. After a few dives my son's friend came up and hollered, "HE'S DOWN THERE!" They dove down and found him there laying on the bottom as still as stone. They grabbed him by the arms and drug him to (the very scarce) shoreline and performed CPR. He immediately exhaled a lung full of water and began to breathe around a lot of fluid. To make a long story short a motorboat came by and took him back to the launch. He was flown to a hospital and then flown to Albuquerque. He seems fine. He was under water a couple minutes AT LEAST. They are watching him for a few days just to make sure all is well. No indication of what went wrong. He says one minute he was paddling along and the next he was on the beach coughing up water. He just lost consciousness for some reason. It was hot and that is the first best guess is that he had a mild heat stroke. They had all had a few beers so that may have played into it although he was not intoxicated at all. He has no history of seizures or fainting but that is always a chance. It is a real mystery as to why he suddenly lost consciousness. He just did. No one was wearing a life vest. It was hot and they were all swimming around a lot. The canyon is super narrow. But as I pointed out afterward there is no beach in most places to swim to shore. A rescue in in most spots would have meant doing it in the water in a sheer sided canyon. Without flotation that would be dicey. If the same thing would have happened in cloudy, deep or moving water he would have never been found. Even if he was not wearing his life vest and just had it clipped to him on a lanyard it would have insured his recovery. Without it he just quietly slumped into the river and went straight to the bottom. I hear he is doing fine today. Thank God. It was as close as a person could get to checking out. Only one little thing went wrong to put him on the bottom of that creek. A whole lot of things had to go just right to bring him back up alive. Everyone involved was trained to do a rescue and knew just what to do. They are all young adventurers and outdoor guides. The people in that group had years of experience handing themselves in every natural setting imaginable. They were all in excellent shape and had prepared themselves mentally for this scenario. They reacted instinctively and ran the plan without saying a word. Within seconds of them figuring out there was a problem the guy was sputtering again. These guys are heroes. And not accidental heroes either. They put in their hours and trained and practiced to be heroes. When the time came they got it done. I think that is mighty awesome. I bet David does too.
8 pointsNo dancing, gun packing, stinky fingered stuff I'm tellin' ya... I enjoyed my time immensely in Glorieta. I lived there for a year in a guest house before purchasing property a few miles to the east on the rim of the Freckle River canyon. Did you know Glorieta Mesa is the longest contiguous mesa in North America? It runs east and west for over 30 miles. It is often considered the terminus of the Rocky Mountains. It was here that Lincoln LaPaz observed the flying green lights. It is here where the Dali Lama hid during his exile. It is here where Demi Moore was jailed for public indecency for pushing her bare boobs against the glass window of a liquor store (it was 12 degrees at the time). There are a half dozen ancient pueblos here. The Spanish called them "Pecos" which means "freckle". Because when the Spanish bred with them the mixed children (and adults) were often freckled. They worshipped a giant snake and had human sacrifice in addition to having spots after breeding with the Spanish. Consequently everything is named Freckle. The Freckle River originates in the Sangre De Christo Mountians just below Freckle Peak. Freckle Canyon is famous for residents like Val Kilmer, and Jane Fonda. The Freckle River flows all the way through New Mexico and ends way down in Freckle, Texas. The entire area is known as the Freckle River Basin. You may have heard of the tales of Freckle Bill and his blue ox Babe? His wife was named Slue-Foot Sue and she rode a big catfish down the Rio Grande. Big wide hips. No freckles. Wore a lot of bouncy petticoats. Maybe you have heard of them? …Oh yeah, I almost forgot. A meteorite fell there. A pallasite. When sliced it looks like a steel fruitcake. Nicely patterned pieces can be worth a thousand bucks for a slice a bit bigger than a postage stamp. Real prospector porn I'm tellin' ya.
8 pointsWent out last weekend and did some panning and a little dredging. Water was flowing decent for a bit but it didn't last long. Here are the spoils. This does not include the previous weekends gold.
7 pointsCheck this one out! 6 lbs 3 oz. and 22" long. The little one is just under 2.5 lbs. and 18". That is a bottle of beer in his mouth. He is laying on the tailgate of my truck. Check out how wide he is in comparison to the tailgate! I am pretty sure that this is the biggest largemouth bass I have ever taken. I sure can't recall ever landing a bigger one.
7 pointsI happened to run across a news article from the '50s that mentioned a remote picnic site that was popular for weekend and holiday gatherings. A faded black and white photograph showed several concrete tables, benches, and stone bar-b-que pits on a secluded hilltop outside of town. I couldn't find anything else to go on and everyone I talked to had never heard of it, so I explored the back-roads until I located it by a process of elimination. There was nothing left of the concrete and stone that was functionally intact, and the (4x4 only), inaccessibility of the rocky washed out road made the location an ideal lover's lane, beer drinking - high school hideaway. After several trips to the site and a modest clean-up effort, I managed to unearth a few nice surprises: Wheaties, rosies, jeffersons, one buffalo/Indian head, a girls10k gold ring with a tiny "diamond" setting, and a singed 1961 Ben Franklin half dollar. The biggest surprise though, was the improvised "black-jack" made from a gym sock filled with (217) clad pennies, hidden under a pile of rocks. That's what makes detecting so head shaking interesting. You just never know what you might find next!
7 pointsI thought this was about small detector finds? This was from my last trip.... Small but not the smallest I've found..just showing possibility.
7 pointsFive large asteroids skimmed Earth today. The closest, asteroid 2019-OK, just discovered in the last 36 hours is 250 feet wide and missed us by just 45,000 miles, 0.2 the distance to the Moon. This early evening Arizona time it will have reached magnitude 9.4, which I can spot with my high powered binoculars. A thee inch telescope would work also to see it. Unfortunately, it is poorly timed and placed to observe before it fades. Please note that it is moving very quickly and seven hours later the magnitude has dropped to an impossible +46 as most of the dark side faces Earth, about as bright as a pen light sitting on the Moon. Not even Hubble would have a good shot at that. An impact of an object that size would have made a crater about 1.25 miles across and wiped out most life in an area the size of Connecticut. At that distance 1/144 objects will impact the Earth. For objects that come closer than the Moon the impact ratio is 1/3600. Asteroid 2019-OD, discovered a few weeks ago, came 0.9 lunar distance from Earth today. It is almost identical in size at 237 feet wide. It was best visible last evening in the southern hemisphere at magnitude 12.79, 6 inch telescope range. Asteroid 2015-HM10, discovered 4 years ago also is nearly the same size at 225 feet wide, but safely missed us by 12.2 lunar distance, about 2.9 million miles. Asteroid 2019-OE, at 2.5 lunar distance about 600,000 miles away, is 100 feet across. An impact from this one would be much larger than Chelyabinsk, but smaller than Meteor Crater. Both of these asteroids would have been too dim to be seen at magnitude +17.5. Heads up. You can learn about and see some of the larger Near Earth Asteroids NEO's which pass closer than 20 LD at http://www.spaceweather.com/ Click the Ephemeris tab, enter your home observing coordinates, date, and duration to generate where they may be seen in the sky. Tomorrow, the even bigger Asteroid 2010-PK9 at 500+ feet will miss us by 8.2 LD. Asteroid 2010-PK9 is a rare Aten class asteroid whose orbit brings it much closer to the Sun. In this case half as close as Mercury in a 205 day highly elliptical orbit. About two dozen more NEO's are listed in the next couple of months with more discovered and updated daily. You realize that only about 10%~ of these relatively small and very close NEO's are even observed as they pass by. Ignorance is bliss! Cheers! billpeters
7 pointsI was coming home from bow fishing yesterday and stopped by a place that I thought might have a meteorite. Within five minutes of searching I found this beautiful oriented iron. It is in fairly good condition and has a removable handle. When I took the handle off I discovered genuine lint. I have sent this lint to NASA because I suspect it came from Mars. There is no telling how old this aerolite is. The foundry that manufactured this sad iron started production way back in the 1780's and produced various styles of irons into the late 1800's. I have not done much research so I don't know exactly how old it is but it is a nice piece to add to my collection. The markings say Colebrookdale Iron Company, Boyertown Pa. U.S.A. Maybe in the future I will offer polished slices of this rare Martian aerolite. Terry Solomon may want a dandy wrist watch created around a slice. But for now we can all bask in the glory of the main mass as it was found.
7 pointsThese forums are a type of social media (like YouTube, FaceBook, etc.) where reality is often distorted in the viewers perception. You see a few people posting gold photos consistently and suddenly it seems very easy to accomplish. Same with reality shows. There are far more lurkers than posters and some of the most successful prospectors - detectorists never join a forum or participate in social media. It's just not their thing. What you don't know is as meaningful as what you do know, and as Clay noted - aside from gold, there are many other opportunities with natural resources. Knowledge is a big key. Finding gold consistently is fairly easy to do with experience. Finding enough to exist is one thing, finding enough to thrive is another. It all circles back to what you want and need, especially with living standards. Many people don't know what they want other than the fact that they want change and more control over their lives. Deciding to be an independent miner is fundamentally a form of risk assessment. Like a few others here, I've done small scale and agree that it's hard work and risk. You have to treat it like a business, because it is. It can be romantic/legendary in thought and it can make for good memories, especially if you can laugh at hard times. There are plenty of places where good gold still exists, and the bottom line is no one gets it all. Everyone leaves gold. It can be fun to chase crumbs, try to find what others may have overlooked or left behind because of something far better in their sights, or be the first in an area to find the big gold trophy nuggets. My daughter recently graduated with her first college degree and is pursuing her second. Before she started college my wife and I asked her to think about what she wanted her days to look like 5, 10, 15, 20, and 30 years from that point in time. It took awhile but she came up with an answer. From there we just needed to apply some ideas about how she could accomplish those states. We knew the end goal, so we began journey planning with that in mind. People change, and their dreams and goals change. Life is short so again, there is nothing wrong with taking a chance if you want to. You can always change course. My point is this, what do you want your working days and your future to look like - construction sites or the gold fields? Are you willing to accept the risks that come with striking out on your own? I have a friend who was in the construction business for himself here in the lower 48. He really wanted to go to Alaska and try his hand at independent mining, so he pulled up stakes here and went north. A lot of research went into the decision and he ended up being a handyman for a few years, but eventually acquired a few claims. Having prospected Alaska myself, I agree Alaska is vast with huge potential. But it's not a cakewalk. He still has yet to make a profit and maybe when this season is done he will, I sure hope so. Just because you're passionate about something does not mean that you won't suck at it. Avocation vs vocation. Other friends of ours wanted to live the "van life". He and his wife sold their house, 95% of everything they owned, paid off all debt, and hit the road after completing a van build. They kept some cash, made some investments, and now work part time/seasonal jobs to keep their savings as intact as possible. They absolutely love it and never plan on looking back. Now with prospecting you could do the same and give yourself a safety net of sorts. Success, satisfaction, and happiness have different definitions for us all.
7 pointsWoooo! I welded the cylinder heads this morning :-) I had another strange premonition, so I stopped into the local welding shop yesterday. After talking with the manager, I walked out with a free bottle of argon that had a little still left in it. I'll return the bottle Monday, but that little bit was more than enough to weld the heads up. ER 4043 works great as a filler wire. I have some some cleaning to do before final pics...but they are both welded finally!
7 pointsBeen facing a few specimens of this material. It was collected over 50 years ago. I got a fair amount from the son of the guy that collected it. A few other people got some also but very little was ever collected.
7 pointsHere's a few cool things I've found. The yellow stuff is some neat petrified wood, they are pretty big chunks with neat textures, and it's agatized inside. The one square piece has a knot hole in it. Also some pics of some fluorite from a spot Bedrock Bob showed me. I met a guy who has a couple claims in a turquoise area, he took us out and let us hunt around and keep any pieces we found. I found that nugget in the wash a long way from the main source.
7 pointsI have it in my bottle!😂 He walked away from it. I still call it the teamwork nugget. Watch the You Tube video when we post it.😁
7 pointsHahahahaha......Haha, yep We said snake> (too cold) then Nugget lol
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6 pointsWill be driving the coach out later today and hope to make it across the wash See ya there.....
6 pointsThe other night I went out for a night on the town and I also saw a LOT of grey foxes running around....but here we call them Cougars!
6 pointsIts that time of the year!!
6 pointsFlashback Series: Tales From The Flat, Part 1Oh, the things we discover when we camp with someone for the first time . . .In the 1990's, I used to chase the gold a long, long ways north and west of where I currently live, and the last section of the journey was a series of rough logging roads that was hard on vehicles and on nerves (if you've ever almost been killed by a logging truck, you know of what I speak).After our arduous journey, we selected a spot where some of the original gold rush miners from the 1870's had camped. It was a nice level spot with a creek on one side and the river on the other, the river about 30 feet down on the left, the creek located in a gentle draw on the right.We went through the tiring process of unloading everything from the back of the truck, so that we could set up the outfitter's wall tent. Once we'd put together a portion of the steel inner-frame, we hauled the white canvas up over the sidewall and roof supports. Next, I ran inside to lift up the remaining sidewall struts and poles, in order to set up, adjust, and stabilize the wall legs while my partner steadied the tent. After our canvas home was up, we covered the whole thing with a massive silver tarp as extra protection from the sudden downpours that frequently occur in those remote mountains. Then, we secured the tarp and the tent walls with ropes and stakes, and lastly, set up our mattresses, bedding, and the wood-burning stove my partner had manufactured himself (he used to supply the GPAA with stoves for their Alaska trips).We set up our base-camp on the flat treed area of older growth spruce, fur, white-barked birch, aspen, complimented by (along the banks of the bordering creek) thick stands of green-leafed willows and alders. Nestled amongst the trees, here and there, were several old log cabins, none of them inhabited, and an abandoned Hudson's Bay store. However, all possessed great character. Likely each structure had many tales to tell, being located in such a rich, storied goldfield, one where the Argonauts had chased the gold for well over a hundred and twenty years. On a related note, the old road we had journeyed in on ran right through our camping flat, and was still in use by the locals to get to the upper lakes for fishing, and to get upstream to their mining claims.With the camp set up, I finally felt how truly hammered I was from lack of sleep, adrenaline drop, and road exhaustion, brought on by sixteen straight hours of night and day travel on terrible roads, plus near-death encounters with logging trucks! As the long summer night was beginning to wane, all I wanted to do was crawl into my sleeping bag and drift off to blissful sleep. That is what I wanted, but that is not what happened . . .A long, restful sleep was not to be that first night. Even though I fell asleep easily, I was soon jarred from my dreams to discover something shocking about my partner: his snoring alternated somewhere between the noise of a fully-revved chainsaw, to that of a fully engaged Jake-Brake (engine ******er brake) on a semi-trailer! I tried pushing on his air mattress to interrupt his screeching midnight symphony, but he only snorted, made puckering and slurping sounds, and then hurried on to compose whole new measures to his masterpiece.Mercifully, my brain came to my rescue: I remembered hearing somewhere that a sudden, loud noise could jar a person from their deep-sleep snoring, leaving them in a lighter state of sleep with no snoring. In desperation, I whistled as loud as I could. (I can perform a loud, ear-splitting whistle on command, call my horses in from half a mile) My partner shot bolt upright in his sleeping bag, wildly scanning every corner of the tent, completely unaware of what had torn him from his sleep. I lay there as quiet and motionless as death, eyes closed, the perfect picture of an unconscious tent mate. As nothing was amiss in the tent, he quickly settled down to drift off to a soundless sleep.For about fifteen minutes . . .After that short reprieve, he launched into a whole new musical composition whose noise surpassed his former cruel and unnatural level! I genuinely felt he would wake the long-dead miners in the historic cemetery two blocks away. So, I whistled again, with a renewed, desperate effort. Once more, he sat bolt upright, and again, I remained motionless and silent. This time, the snoring ceased for the night, and I slept like the dead in the cemetery two blocks distant.Upon waking the next morning, my partner was in a reflective mood. It took him a bit of time to come out and state what was perplexing him so deeply. After fidgeting a bit, he said, "Do you realize you whistle in your sleep? You woke me up last night, and I just couldn't get back to sleep!"Truth is indeed stranger than fiction.All the best,Lanny
6 pointsMy Wife and I have been living in our 5th wheel, and traveling back and forth between southern NV, and central Wa. State, for almost two years now. I recently caught the metal detecting bug. Maybe "caught my second case", would be a better description. I had a Tesoro detector, way back in 1993, that was stolen out of my truck, a couple months after I got it. I picked up a Garrett Ace250, last summer, and had fun playing with that for a couple months before ordering an Equinox 800. It's a bit of a learning curve, but I am really liking the machine. When I do my part, it does amazing things. So far, the "amazing things" have been the removal of most of the lead shot, bullet fragments, little pieces of rusted iron, and general trash from the desert of Southern Nevada. :) Big shout out to Bill Southern. Your video tutorials have been priceless to us. Just yesterday, my Wife found a tack, and a tiny staple in a wash. I never would have given a thought to what they might be, other than "what the .... are these doing out here?" . Thanks to your videos, I picked up a clue. Just one of many! We are joining a couple of local clubs, and plan to spend a lot more time getting out in the desert this winter. Forums like this are better for my learning style than any classroom ever was. Glad to be here, I hope I can contribute something back, as I learn more. Regards, Kyle
6 pointsA huge Holbrook
6 pointsIt looks like everyone around here is either too shy...or they have warrants. It sounds like a fun project, but Momma used to say I had a face made for radio. You should talk Adam and Boulderdash into it. Of course... they would steal the show by finding the treasure within 5 minutes of arrival!
6 pointsThe spider in the corner won't know what hit it
6 pointsRick, Just saw this post, here is one, dont know if you have this pic... Dave
6 pointsI've tried coffee all kinds of ways. I enjoyed good ol percolator coffee for a long time. Then I got lazy and started using a mr coffee drip machine. It worked, but the coffee lacked soul. I can't handle the instant stuff at all. I switched to a french press recently. I will compare it to listening to recording through some chitty headphones and then hearing the entire orchestra in person. The difference really is astounding. If you ever get a french press(walmart $20) throw away the instructions and do it this way: I use about 4 tablespoons of good beans per large travel mug. Grind your beans coarsely. Dump them into your press. Pour enough boiling water in there to make your cup. Put the lid on and wait 4-5 minutes. The coffee grounds will be floating on top. Now give em a swirl to stir it up good. The grounds will sink. Now, leave the whole thing alone for another 8-10 minutes. Depress your plunger to push any unsunken grounds to bottom and pour the brown elixir into your cup...you will be rewarded with the most lush and flavorful cup of coffee you ever had. Repeat daily for best results, but be careful... you can quickly become a coffee snob.
6 pointsWell , it was under organic leaf litter, and on overburden, not bedrock. So it really is hard to say. What really matters I think, is that it was found, and not missed.
6 pointsThanks Ron. I am making some awesome spiders using datura apples for their butt and a cuckle burr for the body with devil claw legs. An amaranth root for a head with some fishhook cactus for jaws. I sold a half dozen just before Halloween. One woman dressed up like Elvira bought three to stick to her black shawl. It was beyond creepy. They look like mutant tarantulas or something. I have a few mesquite bean centipedes crawling around somewhere too. I just sold a rattlesnake carved out of driftwood. I glued painted yucca seeds all over it for scales. It had diamonds, a striped tail and everything. Each seed painted and tiled in there in a pattern. It was one of the coolest things I have ever done and I didn't even take a photo of the darn thing. Stuff like that takes a long time to make and you can't make much money on it. It gets attention though and that is what my little swarm of scorpions are all about. I'm just having some fun with the stuff that keeps sticking to my pants legs and trying to make people grin a little.
6 pointsHey Gang. Just wanted to follow up on this thread and let you all know I trust your advice. I considered the ATX but went with the buy I was working on with Dave. He goes by Spud here on the forums. His detector was in near new condition. The things he included in the deal could not be discerned as not being new. Brand new battery. Backpack, bladder, spring coil for the battery, sling, detector cover. I'm happy with my purchase. I now have two Minelab detectors. My wife and I will make a good team. I bought a GM 1000 for my wife recently. Its nice and light. I'll be packing the GP 3000. Thanks Dave. Great Deal sir.
5 pointsLook out for this guy in October. He is a claim jumping mad man
5 pointsThey got a good score today without me but my legs and lungs are getting a lot stronger. Soon I'll be able to go with Tom and pick up what he misses. I'll be at the outing to do some beeping and eating. I miss getting out a lot and it's sure better than that dang hospital. That wash has produced a lot of gold for us in the past and I am anxious to get in there and dig a little. Glad to see that it is still producing. Old Tom
5 pointsYou know guys, this whole thing is off topic. We tried to have a forum for this stuff a few years ago but it caught fire and imploded. It caused a lot of unneeded hard feelings. Please leave it here and move on. This is a gold forum first and foremost let's keep it that way. Jump on Facebook if you want to toss bombs (or rocks)…we don't need it here. Stop.


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Fall frequently marks open enrollment period for employees who obtain their health insurance through their work. Consulting and communications company HighRoads is urging people to pay extra attention to their plans this year.
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For example, this year Boeing announced it would no longer be paying 100 percent of the costs for health insurance. Rather, employees will be required to contribute 10 percent towards the coverage.
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Life is about creativity. Nature itself is the most powerful creative force on our planet. She works constantly, and without pay. The principles of Nature lay in giving to receive, and receiving in order to have something to give. Human life is very much the same. In order for us to receive we need to first give something of value. If we give love, then the laws of nature give us back love. If we give money, we shall everyone else is a returnee receive money. If we give forgiveness, we shall receive forgiveness even if it is not from the same source to which we have given. Unfortunately we often times forget this simple yet always working balance within nature and thus within ourselves.
Even religious books which mention these laws of giving and receiving are misunderstood by many over time. The laws of nature are basically the flow of creativity. Our emotions and our states of mind create on the within positive vibration forces, and ideas which when we share with the outside world either for money, other ideas, or anything else of similar value, we then step into the flow of nature's exchange of creative energy for other creative energy. Some would call this life itself. And this law is eternal, and
within every atom of our planet.
If anything is not being given, then that thing will not be received no matter the time frame or how hard anyone prays for it. If something is not being received, then the laws of nature might punish with taking something away.
Creativity has moved the progress of civilizations for centuries now. Men and women with the powers of their creative minds, their will, and free choice to engage in this flow of give and receive have given to many the fruits of their creative genius. Some of those men and women had no idea of how the laws of nature work, and at times they passed away without enough monetary wealth. But their creative work still lives on in our world and in our memories.
It is vital to remember that using our creative energy and sharing it with others is one of the most important aspects of human life. Some of our energy goes into shaping something that already exist, and some of our energy goes into creating something entirely new in our minds first. Ideas are the seeds of creative force, and are to be worked on with love and patience and read re zero light novel gratitude in mind. When they are polished in our minds, they are easier to transfer to the outside world. All ideas are first spiritual and then material. This is why the spiritual and material are bound together, even though one is static and the other transformational and dynamic.
In order for our creative ideas and things to be recognized by others, one needs to have a feel for how to push and market those same creations in front of target customers, colleagues or investors. It's simple to market to interested parties once we see that we need to keep in mind what does our creation do for people and how can it benefit them.


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Mark Tooley challenges the conventional wisdom that evangelicalism should become more progressive to prevent its decline.
The popular conventional narrative asserts that young people in droves are quitting evangelical Christianity because it's too socially and politically conservative. Of course, the implication is that if only Evangelicalism would liberalize, especially on sexuality, then it might become more appealing.
But all the available evidence as to what happens to liberalizing churches strongly indicates the opposite. Mainline Protestantism is in many ways what critics of Evangelicalism wish it would become. And yet the Mainline, comprised primarily of the "Seven Sister" historic denominations, has been in continuous free-fall since the early to mid-1960s. Its implosion accelerated after most of these denominations specifically liberalized their sexuality teachings over the last 20 years.
Episcopal Church peaked in 1966 at 3.4 million, now 1.7 million (50% loss).
Presbyterian Church (USA) peaked 1965 at 4.4 million, now 1.4 million (68% loss).
United Church of Christ peaked 1965 at 2.1 million, now 850,000 (60% loss)
ELCA (Lutheran) peaked 1968 at 5.9 million, now 3.5 million (41% loss)
Christian Church (Disciples) peaked 1964 at 1.9 million, now 400,000 (80% loss).
United Methodists peaked 1965 at 11 million, now 6.9 million (40% loss).
American Baptist peaked 1.5 million, now 1.2 million (25% loss).
What unites these denominations in decline? The undermining of Biblical authority. Tooley points out that the two Mainline denominations that have not officially liberalized on sexuality, United Methodism and American Baptists, have declined the least.
In contrast, All growing denominations in America are conservative, including the Assemblies of God, which in 1965 had 572,123 and now has 3.2 million (460% increase), the Church of God in Cleveland, which in 1964 had 220,405 and now has 1.2 million (445% increase), the Christian Missionary Alliance, which in 1965 had 64,586 and now has 440,000 (576% increase), and the Church of the Nazarene 1965, which in 343,380 and now has 626,811 (82% increase).
What about the Southern Baptists, America's largest evangelical denomination? They have been in decline for the last 18 years from 16.4 million to 15 million. That's a loss of 8% compared to the average Mainline loss of 50%. While SBC membership figures are down, its worship attendance was up by 120,000 in 2017.
Meanwhile the Southern Baptists have been planting churches with a 20% increase in the number of churches over the last twenty years. There's been a strong focus on planting black and hispanic churches. Something the liberal/progressive Mainline denominations find impossible to do.
I'll have more to say on this topic soon. Over January I'm working on my next book which is on the Lifecycle of Movements — how they rise and fall.


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The problem most smartphone users face today has "something to do" with battery life. While our screens are getting bigger and better, the battery technology stays the same.
Major handset makers are trying to address this issue with software tricks by monitoring which apps require more energy when not in use, and pause or slow their activity. Some devices like the Samsung Galaxy S5 and HTC One M8 are already doing this, but that's still not enough.
Microsoft on its end is experimenting with hardware-software solution that would prolong the battery life. The software side of things, called "E-Loupe," looks for power-hungry apps and prevent them from going crazy.
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Division of Pakistan (1971) & the role of religious leadership
Posted on August 10, 2006 by Dr. Afaq Ahmad Qureshi
Pakistan consisted of East & West wings before 1971. In the same year the Eastern wing got independent after Pakistan suffered defeat in the war against India. Role of mullah (clergy) is discussed in this break up and defeat. Continue reading →
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article last week in which a young Jewish woman from the Malmö Jewish community was interviewed and asked about her experiences with anti-Semitism in the city.
The young 23-year-old woman, who wishes to remain anonymous, calls herself "Lena" and explains that she is too scared to show her face in the newspaper as it could be dangerous for her. This is a result of events in Malmö, especially in the past year. According to Lena:
"In the last few years, most Jewish children and youth in the city have been subjected to various degrees of intimidation, harassment, abuse and violence.
One of the stories which Lena tells Dagen Magazinet concerns her little brother who last summer was abused by a gang of Muslims youths:
"Last summer my little brother (17) was abused and tormented by a gang of Muslim boys from Somalia…When they realized he was Jewish they started shouting "We will kill you, you fucking Jew" and tackled him.
Lena's father has also been subjected to threats. Last year, during the Israeli peace demonstration held by the Malmö Jewish community, he was threatened with death and bottles were thrown at him. One of these bottles hit Lena in the leg.
Still, according to Lena, such extreme things do not happen every day. The worst might, according to her, be to "meet daily with hateful and murderous looks from Arabs". Now she is even too scared to take a taxi in the city as the drivers often are Arabs.
She is also too scared to publicly display her Star of David necklace:
"I cannot go and buy fruit at the market with the Star of David around my neck. It is asking for trouble" she states in the interview with Dagen Magazinet.
While many of her Jewish friends feel that Malmö holds no future for the Jews, Lena, on the other hand, argues that the Jews "must stand up and resist" the threat. In a town where there are some 50,000 Muslims inhabitants and only about 700 Jews this might be a task too hard to handle; this is arguably also why some Jews already have decided to leave the city. In the interview Lena was too scared to even show her face which shows that the threat against the Jews in Malmö is frighteningly real.
Arguably, the threat against the Jews is not something that the Malmö Jewish community should have to deal with by itself, but something that the Malmö authorities should actively seek to stop. Yet as long as Ilmar Reepalu (Social Democrat) holds the position as Malmö's Mayor, Jewish youth in Malmö might have to learn the hard way to stand up on their own and resist these dangerous threats. Others may however already have come to the conclusion that they are much better off elsewhere.


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The name of this organization shall be entitled Northeast Ohio City Council Association, Inc.
The Association is organized exclusively for educational purposes under Section 501(c)(3) of
the Internal Revenue Code, or corresponding section of any future federal tax code. Upon the
dissolution of this organization, assets shall be distributed for one or more exempt purposes
within the meaning of Secton 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or corresponding section
of any future federal tax code, or shall be distributed to the federal government, or to a state or
local government, for a public purpose.
SECTION 1. There shall be two (2) categories of membership: Active and Associate.
SECTION 2. Active membership shall consist of any elected or appointed Councilperson or Trustee of any
City, Village or Township whose dues are paid in full each year.
SECTION 3. Associate membership shall be defined as a former Councilperson or Trustee who desires
membership in this Association and whose dues are paid in full each year.
SECTION 4. Associate members shall have the rights and privileges of active members but shall not have
any voting rights and shall not hold elective office.
SECTION 1. The officers of this Association are President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer who
shall also serve as Trustees of the Association.
SECTION 2. Officers and seven (7) At-Large members elected at the annual meeting in the first quarter of
each year shall take office at once and serve for one year or until their successors have been
duly elected and qualified.
SECTION 3. The President, Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary shall serve for not more than two (2)
years in succession in their respective office.
SECTION 4. Officers of the Association must be active members of the organization.
SECTION 5. Not more than one (1) representative from each municipality shall serve as an officer or member
of the Executive Board at the same time.
SECTION 6. The Executive Board Officers shall consist of the duly elected executive members (President,
Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer), the seven (7) At-Large members, and the Immediate
Past President.
SECTION 1. The regular meetings of this Association shall be held at least quarterly at such time and place
to be determined by the Executive Board.
SECTION 2. The annual meeting of this Association shall be held during the first quarter of each year.
Amendments to this constitution shall be submitted to the Secretary in writing, shall be mailed to
each member at least thirty (30) days prior to the next regular meeting thereafter, and shall be voted
upon and require two-thirds (2/3) vote of those members present at that meeting for passage.
SECTION 1. In order to transact business at a meeting, there must be a quorum. A quorum shall consist of
at least ten percent (10%) active members present at such meeting.
SECTION 2. An agenda shall be created for each Association meeting and presented to the members
present at such meeting.
SECTION 3. Special meetings of the Association shall be held upon Written Call of at least four (4) members
of the Executive Board or upon a Written Call of at least five (5) active members representing
five (5) or more different communities of the Association. When a special meeting is called, the
purpose thereof shall be stated in the notice of said meeting, submitted to the Secretary, and
mailed to each active and associate member at least thirty (30) days prior to such meeting.
SECTION 1. Dues for this Association shall be four hundred dollars ($400) per year for any City, Village or
Township's elected or appointed Councilpersons or Trustees up to and including nine members.
A municipality with more than nine members will pay the same dues for each additional nine
members or a pro-ration of that amount. Dues are to be paid before the annual meeting each
year. Associate Membership fee shall be seventy-five dollars ($75) per year.
SECTION 2. The membership year is from January 1 to December 31 of each year.
SECTION 1. The Executive Board shall consist of the President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer,
seven (7) At-Large Members, and the Immediate Past President who have been elected by the
members of the Association.
SECTION 2. The Executive Board shall meet at the Call of the President and at such other times as may be
necessary upon a majority vote of the members of the Executive Board.
SECTION 3. A majority of the members of the Executive Board shall constitute a quorum to transact
business at an Executive Board meeting.
a. A meeting of the Executive Board may be held in person OR with a minimum advance notice
of twenty-four (24) hours by telephone conference call, or other electronic means that
meets the rule of quorum.
b. An Executive Board member who is unable to attend an Executive Board meeting may
appoint another Executive Board member as his/her proxy. Each Executive Board member
present at the Executive Board meeting is allowed only one proxy per meeting. Appointment
of a proxy must be by advance notice to the President or to the Secretary in the absence of
the President.
c. The President, with approval of a majority of the Executive Board members, may determine
necessity of, and call for, an electronic vote. The electronic vote shall be ratified by the
Executive Board and must be recorded in the minutes of the next Executive Board meeting.
SECTION 4. Attendance: Any Executive Board member missing more than four (4) consecutive board
meetings shall come before the Executive Board for review and any necessary action.
SECTION 5. In addition to the standing committees appointed by the Executive Board under Article 7 of
the Bylaws, the Executive Board shall have the authority to create advisory boards and/or
seek assistance of advisors at such times as they deem necessary for the completion of their
responsibilities or in furtherance of the purpose of this Association.
SECTION 6. The duties of the Immediate Past President shall be to serve as an advisor to the Executive
Board with full voting authority.
SECTION 1. The Executive Board shall be responsible for the transaction of any business of the Association
between regular meetings.
SECTION 2. An annual budget shall be prepared and presented to the membership for approval at the
annual meeting.
SECTION 3. Expenditures greater than two hundred dollars ($200) must be approved by the Executive Board.
SECTION 1. The President shall preside over all meetings and shall be the Chief Executive Officer of
the Association. The President shall have general supervision over the development of its
entire program.
SECTION 2. The Vice President shall perform the duties of the President, in the President's absence or at
the President's request, and other duties as may be prescribed by the Executive Board.
SECTION 3. The Secretary shall ensure that minutes of the meetings are taken and that a file of
correspondence and reports is maintained, as well as an up-to-date record of any business of
the Association. Minutes of the meetings shall be available upon request.
SECTION 4. The Treasurer shall be the custodian of all Association funds and shall keep a record of all
disbursements. Any member of the Executive Board is authorized to be bonded, with authority
to transact business as long as the President and Treasurer are notified in advance of any such
transaction. The Treasurer also has authority to sign all Association checks. The Treasurer's
books are to be audited by an outside agency at year end.
SECTION 5. At-Large members shall serve on at least one Standing Committee. Members of the standing
committees may appoint a chair.
SECTION 6. The duties of the Immediate Past President shall be to serve as an advisor to the Executive
Board with full voting authority.
The Executive Board of the Association is empowered to fill any vacancy in an elective office by
appointment for the unexpired term of said office.
The Standing Committees of the Association shall consist of the following:
1. Program Committee
2. Membership Committee
3. Public Relations Committee
4. Constitution and Bylaws Committee
5. Nominating Committee
6. Any other committee deemed necessary by the Executive Board which shall be appointed by
the Executive Board at the annual meeting in the first quarter of each year.
The following shall be the order of business:
1. Roll Call of the Officers
2. Reading and Disposing of the Minutes
3. Reading and Disposing of Communications
4. Treasurer's Report
5. Reports of Standing Committees
6. Reports of Special Committees
7. Unfinished Business
8. New Business
9. Adjournment
Robert's Rules of Order (Revised) shall govern all proceedings, except when inconsistent with the
Constitution and Bylaws of this Association.
Amendments to the Constitution and Bylaws shall be submitted to the Secretary in writing, shall
be mailed to each member at least thirty (30) days prior to the next meeting thereafter, and shall be
voted upon and require a majority vote of those members present for passage.
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Missouri Western women's golf team finished second place at the Avila Spring Invitational this Tuesday in Kansas City, Mo.
Five of the Griffon golfers were placed in the top-10, including No. 3 Natalie Bird, who finished with a score of 161.
Western finished with a team score of 662, just 15 behind top-place Northwest Missouri State, who score a 647. Placing behind the Griffons was host Avila (722), William Jewell (728) and Peru State (765).
The successful outing by the Griffons put them in prime position to capture the MIAA Golf Championships, which start Monday, Apr. 16 in Smithville, Mo.
In the ten invites the team has been in this year, they have placed No. 1 in two of them — which include the Bearcat Fall Classic and the Rockhurst Early Bird Tournament.
Bird, who was named MIAA Athlete of the Week back in March, has a team-high seven top-10 finishes this season, and averages a score of 83. Western averages a team score of 337.
As for the men, Tyler Gast averages just under 77. Four Griffons average underneath a solid 80-score.
The men struggled at the Washburn Invite, placing No. 12. They too will be at the Golf Championships too, which will be played at
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Amsterdam station automates news production with Ross Video
RTV Noord Holland, a regional station based in Amsterdam, has introduced the Ross Video OverDrive automated production control system and XPression Virtual Studio to increase its live output for news and regional affairs.
The station went on air September 2011 with the new systems, allowing a new creative studio environment without increasing technical operators and allowing for a more efficient daily workflow.
The station worked with systems integrator Sealander Visions to implement automation on live output. Sealander technical solutions manager Tony Wood said, "When RTV N-H wanted to explore the possibility of adding control of a Virtual Studio to a live program, with a growing requirement for automation, we knew this would be a first."


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This is a stunning design. It's a large ornament and might be best suited when used for a display piece rather than on the tree. Of course, it will hang, but you will want to anchor it well. Eric has used shimmering white crystals rather than glitter to accent to recreate the frigid climate. The bear's white coat creates a stunning contrast to the blue-tinged ice and ocean water. This piece would be striking when placed on a sideboard or coffee table. It's definitely a work of art!
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Ubisoft haven't been shy in their ambitions for Rainbow Six Siege. They've even gone as far as to call it out for its potential to be the best FPS game on their roster – and coming from the company behind the Far Cry series, this is a pretty bold claim. So now it's out in the wild after two open betas, how good is it?
We Can Rebuild It, We Have The Technology
I pretty much grew up on Tom Clancy games. I played the original Rainbow Six on Playstation 1 so much the disc broke. I spent most of my second year of uni playing Rainbow Six Vegas 2's terrorist hunt mode with my flatmate, to the point where I would pester him to play long after he'd lost interest. To me, there's a strong link between the thrill of playing Vegas 2, and finding the right team of people in Siege. When everything is working as it should, it's an undeniable thrill to play.
Siege manages to pull together the victories of its forebearers into an online shooter that stands apart from its competitors for all its gadgets, strategy and teamwork. The 10 or so domestic maps bring what would usually be considered fantasy, firmly into reality. A dockyard, an embassy in a busy urban city, and a ski chalet are just some of the environments that can be kitted out with a variety of deadly traps as two teams frantically try to outwit each other with the clock ticking down.
Friends With Benefits
Each team has a rich arsenal of weapons at their disposal to make life short for the opposition. As defenders, you can barricade doors and windows, set up laser trip-bombs and plant C4 to protect your hostage, bombs or biohazard container. As attackers, it's your job to find the objective through any means necessary, be that with bullets or bombs. Environments get wrecked in spectacular fashion, sending splintered wood flying through clouds of dust and enemies, so camping is never a smart option.
The key focus of Rainbow Six Siege is that – like most shooters – grouping with your friends and using headsets, provides a tactical advantage over a team of randoms. Picking the right operators, timing your breaches to perfection, and ending the level victorious is not only satisfying, but also fairly simple when everybody pulls in the same direction.
Stop Playing With Yourself
While the multiplayer is the beating heart of Siege, there are questions to ask about the lack of a single player campaign. There is a hint of a story present, and there are 10 single player missions that – while fun – shouldn't be thought of as anything more than glorified training missions. There are gorgeously crafted cutscenes for Operators, and an intro movie with a blink-and-you'll-miss-it cameo from Angela Bassett that leaves you feeling like there was a story here at one point.
Siege is clearly made to be a multiplayer game, but the lack of a single player story will leave many feeling like they're not getting a full experience for the price, and justifiably so.
Leeroy Jenkins
Ubisoft want you to play Siege with friends. The problem is, unless you can team up with four dedicated teammates every time, the game leans heavily on luck as to whether you'll get a good team. After around 10 hours with the game (not including the betas), I lost count of the amount of times I would set up a barricade only to have a teammate tear it down or have somebody shoot a hostage, ending the round immediately.
It's frustrating to have to rely so heavily on other people, especially when the game does nothing to incentivise solid teamwork. What it really boils down to is, if you and four friends have copies of the game, you're going to clean up until you're at least level 20.
There is a good amount of fun to be had playing randomly, and a healthy portion of the time you'll get into a group that's okay, fighting off against another group that are okay, resulting in some pretty intense cat-and-mouse-style battles. Too frequently I tensed up waiting for the room I was in to be breached, or methodically searched the map for an enemy ready to spring out on me at any second. It's thrilling stuff at its core, even with the renegades.
Hello, Operator?
As with many online shooters, balancing is always a problem. It's something that Ubisoft have put a lot of time into trying to get right, and it pays off for the most part. There are 20 Operators to choose from – more to be added in the sequential free DLC – and each with their own pros, cons and special abilities that make them unique.
These Operators can be unlocked as you level up and earn in-game currency known as renown, which is pretty easy to come by. Each special forces team has four Operators – two attackers and two defenders – that can be purchased as you progress. The first Operator in each group costs 500 renown, the second 1,000, the third 1,500 and the final 2,000, but they can be unlocked in any order making it so once you've got your favourites, you're good to go.
Saying that, there are clear favourites. A lot of people tend to go for the likes of Ash, Fuze and Kapkan, making them highly sought after. Only one person per team can be any one Operator, which can be pretty frustrating if all the ones you've unlocked are taken. You're then forced to play as Recruits – who are perfectly usable – but don't carry the same cool gadgets as their teammates.
To Protect And Server
During Siege's two open betas, a recurring theme emerged. The servers suck, and unfortunately, this is something that's carried through to the game on release. Servers have been up and down with a worrying degree of regularity, something that a game with a heavy focus on multiplayer ought to have sorted long before this.
While Ubisoft will undoubtedly get this sorted, it's unacceptable that a game so heavily reliant on its multiplayer struggles to stand up to the stress of people playing the game online. If you're paying big money for a big release, you expect it to work when you get it, but all too frequently in modern times this has not been the case.
There were high expectations for Rainbow Six Siege, set by both Ubisoft and gamers. It just misses out on being an incredible experience due to the server problems, and the fact that random people can ruin a fun game with a couple of dick moves. To their credit, Ubisoft have said they have plans to deal with preventing trolls from spoiling the game, and the servers will get better with time. Rainbow Six Siege is undeniably best enjoyed with friends, but there's still enough here to keep players hooked for a good few months when tackled alone.
Mark is the Gaming Editor for UNILAD. Having grown up a gaming addict, he's been deeply entrenched in culture and spends time away from work playing as much as possible. Mark studied music at University and found a love for journalism through going to local gigs and writing about them for local and national publications.


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The "Just One Thing" Series at Management Excellence is intended to provoke ideas and actions around individually important topics. Use them in good health and great performance!
Increasingly, the work of organizations is completed in the form of projects. Strategy is executed in projects. Innovation efforts take on the form of projects. Quality improvement efforts start-out as projects. Even planning the company holiday party qualifies as a project, albeit, a particularly stressful one.
Understanding the discipline and tools of project management is now de rigueur for professionals with any intention of growing in their careers. Whether you are an individual contributor, a functional manager or an executive, it's great to understand the issues, challenges and practices of delivering projects.
However, when I take a close look at project teams that struggle (and too many do), it's generally not the misapplication of project management tools or practices that are at the source of the problems. Most often, it's the absence any visible form of project leadership.
Consider: project teams are generally temporary groupings of individuals with different skill-sets but a shared interest in creating something unique. Often, these individuals have little experience in working with each other, and while they might share an interest in the outcome, it's dangerous to assume that this group will magically or easily coalesce into a functioning unit capable of navigating all of the issues that arise on teams and with projects.
The Project Manger/Leader is responsible for guiding this team from selection and assembly through the murky woods of learning to act, decide, learn, argue, resolve, create and execute together. And for an encore, they have to coordinate the phases of the project, the use of the tools and the communication and coordination and general herding of cats necessary to move the team forward and keep the stakeholders appropriately informed.
The most successful project leaders I've encountered are lifetime students of human nature, relentlessly focused on engaging the hearts and minds of their team members and forming a team environment where the landmines surrounding human interaction can be safely navigated.
These individuals take the time to cultivate their leadership and coaching skills. They develop confidence in delivering tough feedback and they work hard to create visibility for and support the development of their high performing team members.
And along the way, they create remarkable value for their firms, rescuing troubled projects and safely guiding even the most challenging of these activities to success.
The Bottom-Line for Now:
Remember to put the "Leadership" into your firm's project work. If you're a project management professional, invest in your leadership skills development and put the tools to work to strengthen your performance and your team's performance. If the project culture in your firm is more informal, remember to bring the leadership focus when it's your turn to plan the holiday party or plan that new market launch.
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The Challenge To produce custom collateral that would reinforce USC Ostrow's stellar reputation while broadening the school's reach and expanding its applicant pool.
Our Solution With clever reveals and playful language, we produced fresh collateral that captured Ostrow's vibrant energy. We focused on the school's clear value proposition to engage prospective students at the top of the food chain.