The U.S. Army Leadership Field Manual

Format I Own: Digital (pdf)

Acquired on Sunday, September 15th, 2019

How the world’s most dynamic organization prepares its leaders for battle, with valuable insights for today’s business arena

For more than 50 years, The U.S. Army Leadership Field Manual has provided leadership training for every officer training program in the U.S. Army. This trade edition brings the manual’s value-based leadership principles and practices to today’s business world. The result is a compelling examination of how to be an effective leader when the survival of your team literally hangs on your decisions. More than 60 gripping vignettes and stories illustrate historical and contemporary examples of army leaders who made a difference.

The U.S. Army Leadership Field Manual also provides:

  • A leadership approach based on the army’s core principles of “Be, Know, Do”
  • Hands-on lessons to enhance training, mentoring, and decision-making skills
  • Chapters that focus on the different roles and requirements for leadership

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Dams and Reservoirs, Societies and Environment in the 21st Century

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Acquired on Saturday, September 14th, 2019.

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Around The Web – Issue #1

From David Thrift, editor at MUDPIX MAGAZINE:

Here are some links to articles I’ve read lately that I found interesting. It is 9:12 PM CST on Saturday night, September 14th, 2019 as I’m doing the final edits for this first edition of Around The Web, a new blog section where I bring you links to interesting articles I’ve recently read that you may want to check out for yourself. I had not intended on spending the majority of my day browsing and reading articles like I did, but I’m glad I did. It gave me the opportunity to get this blog category started as I had been planning to do it for awhile. I hope that with Around The Web I will bring some great article links for you to explore in each issue. I hope everyone is having a great weekend so far. So let’s get started with Around The Web – Issue #1.

From CNN Style Arts:

Studio 54: The Disco Playground Where Sex And Glamour Reigned – Read on Saturday, September 14th, 2019. My comments: Ok I didn’t actually read the whole article. I just skimmed through it mostly. I bet the book is interesting.

The Work Of Beloved TV Artist Bob Ross Is Finally Being Recognized In An Exhibition – Read on Saturday, September 14th, 2019. My comments: I remember watching this show when I was very young on public tv. As the article states, it’s hard to not watch the show even if you aren’t painting along. Bob Ross had a voice and painting style that makes his craft captivating to watch.

The Photographer Shooting A 30 Year Time-lapse Of New York’s Skyline – Published September 12th, 2019. Read on Saturday, September 14th, 2019. My comments: This is something I could totally see myself trying to do if I had the time, the equipment, and the skills to set up. I don’t think the views would be as spectacular though from any of the windows in my house.

From CNN Travel:

This Photographer Captures Airplane’s Technicolor Rainbow Trails – Read on Saturday, September 14th, 2019. My comments: Never saw or heard of rainbow contrails until today. Great photos in this article.

From Lifehacker:

Manage Your Messy Desktop With Windows 10’s New PowerToys – Read on Saturday, September 14th, 2019. My comments: This is my first time hearing about “PowerToys” for Windows (“for Windows” written because my first thoughts about that product name were not clean). I did not fully read the article. At this point I only know it has something to do with managing your Windows desktop.

The Best Way to Quickly Install Apps on a New Windows PC – Read on Saturday, September 14th, 2019. My comments: I’m the guy that still installs my software the old school way (one at a time), but according to this article there is a faster way to do this. I really don’t run that much software myself so I’m not sure the info in the article will do me any good or not, and I didn’t read the full article either. It’s another article I’ll have to read more in depth some other time.

Photo credit for header at top of this edition of Around The Web: Jake Weirick

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Latest Updates As Of Sunday, June 23rd, 2019

Since Saturday, May 11th, 2019 I’ve been working hard to get mudpix.com in order to present my photography, digital zines, and blogging interests set up for routine posting and presentation. I’ve been keeping a detailed updates list on the website. This list has outgrown the space I want to take up in the layout, so with this post I’m creating the Latest Updates Archive. This will allow myself, and you the viewer to explore the latest as well as older changes and additions to the website.

2019-06-23-SU @ 4:43 PM CST – Featured YouTube Channels and Videos has been updated with a new Featured Music Channels section. Yes this site is primarily built to promote my photography and digital zines, however extra content can’t hurt right!? A new Instagram Archive is being added to the blog. There is currently one page in the archive as of this update. There are 10 photos on that page. There will be 10 photos per page as the archive grows, and I will be adding to this archive frequently.

2019-06-16-SU @ 8:12 PM CST – My PAYHIP shop has been set up. You can view and purchase digital zines here.

2019-06-16-SU @ 6:46 PM CST – A new option for obtaining JOYRIDE MAGAZINE is coming soon. For those who would like to show support and purchase copies of the digital magazine, you will be soon be able to do so on PAYHIP. The magazine is free, and is a direct download from this site, however each free issue is only available for a limited time. Adding the option to purchase the issues on PAYHIP adds a way for you to purchase back issues once they’ve expired on this site, or you can purchase them as they are issued. Either way, I plan to make each issue available free here on mudpix.com for a limited time period. The first issue is being uploaded to PAYHIP today. I’ll update soon when it is available for purchase.

2019-06-09-SU @ 7:11 PM CST – The new JOYRIDE MAGAZINE has been launched. It’s the free digital (pdf) photo magazine featuring my traffic photography around Alabama and Georgia. Download your copy of the first issue here. Available for a limited time only. Get it now while you can.

2019-05-29-WE @ 8:05 PM CST – If I haven’t mentioned it lately, I recently purchased a bluetooth shutter button which connects to my Samsung Galaxy S8+. I bought it for two reasons. The first reason is because I wanted to be able to mount my phone on my dash and have the ability to focus safely on my driving while also being able to capture traffic photos. The other reason is that Georgia law in my area does not allow holding your phone while driving. This method allows me to comply with the law, and still make some good photos. What has resulted from this for me is a new addiction to my traffic photography because it has enabled me to safely and efficiently capture more photos when I’m out on the road. Today alone I captured 373 photos during my drive from work to go pick up some groceries and then get home. In the past week I have captured 2,922 photos. Many of these photos were taken during my road trips out around the lakes while doing my normal photography out there. What do I plan to do with all these photos you may ask? Well I’m going to put them in free versions of MUDPIX MAGAZINE. I recently started a “Clouds” version of the magazine which was to focus on my addiction to cloud gazing. Well now that I have this new thing I’m doing with my phone mounted to my dash and collecting traffic photos (which also allows me to capture clouds on the horizon along the way when I’m out on the road – 2 birds, 1 stone) I’m considering to make a name change to the free magazine. I may even start an entire new magazine series and leave “MUDPIX MAGAZINE” to it’s original focus, which is my lake photography. I’m going to have to start getting a handle on all these photos I’m taking so that I can keep up with my editing. So tonight I’ve decided to put off photo editing on MUDPIX MAGAZINE #1 so that I can edit my new traffic photos. I will be “batch” editing the traffic photos to save time because there are way too many to do premium edits for like I do for MUDPIX MAGAZINE. Be on the lookout for lots of new free photo ebooks coming soon.

2019-05-18-SA @ 10:55 AM CST – The first issue of “Clouds” is now available for you to download and view. It’s a free ebook focused on cloud gazing, and includes bonus content such as photo previews for future issues of MUDPIX MAGAZINE. The pdf is 170 pages, and 23.1 MB. You can download it here.

2019-05-16-TH @ 10:24 PM CST – I’ve been working on a new free ebook today. I hope to have it finished and available on site before the end of this upcoming weekend.

2019-05-12-SU @ 9:25 PM CST – More of my recent photography has been posted in Day Trip – Saturday, May 11th, 2019.

2019-05-11-SA @ 10:37 AM CST – I have some new recent photography posted in Day Trip – Sunday, April 28th, 2019. Go check out the photos.

2019-05-11-SA @ 9:40 AM CST – My YouTube Channel is coming along now, complete with it’s first video post, a channel art banner, and a new channel icon. I may start using the icon as my official logo all around on my site and all social media, but for now I’m happy with it representing my work on YouTube. Go check out my channel and subscribe.

2019-05-11-SA @ 8:54 AM CST – My latest list, Featured YouTube Channels And Videos has been added to the blog. Currently it features a few new favorite channels and videos I’ve discovered since starting my YouTube Channel. I’ll be updating this list as time goes on and I discover new favorite content to link to.

2019-05-11-SA @ 7:20 AM CST- Now that this site is growing, I think it’s about time that I start maintaining a new updates list so that you can keep up with the latest updates. The latest update on site today is my first video posted to YouTube. It’s called Relax At West Point Lake – Video #1 and was filmed on Monday, May 6th, 2019. In the video you can see one of my favorite locations in Georgia where I love to go do my outdoor photography. I’m planning to film more videos over this summer from various locations. Follow this site to catch my upcoming videos. Also please subscribe to my YouTube Channel.

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Favorite Unsplash Searches

Unsplash.com is by far my favorite, and practically only stock photography website that I use for various projects. For my own photography website here at mudpix.com I usually try to use my own photography for promoting my work, but sometimes a perfect stock photo is needed for a certain project, or other website project such as The Junkyard (Blogs & Business Directory) that I maintain. This page provides a list of some searches I use frequently for various projects and will be updated periodically.

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Instagram Archive Page 1

Welcome to the first page of mudpix.com’s Instagram Archive. This archive will provide you the pleasure of viewing photos previously posted to MUDPIX MAGAZINE’s official Instagram page maintained by photographer David Thrift. All photos taken by David. You can find all the latest Instagram posts by David on Instagram here. This archive is updated periodically.

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Get JOYRIDE MAGAZINE While It’s Still Free

It’s here! The first issue of JOYRIDE. It’s the free digital (pdf) magazine featuring my traffic photography. This issue contains 787 full page traffic photos taken on Friday, May 31st, 2019 throughout Opelika, and Auburn Alabama. Also features bonus close up photos highlighting my favorite shots in this joyride. Spend some time with me out on the road through my photography and see what I saw. Due to it’s file size, this issue is only available for an undetermined limited time. Download it now while it’s still available for free. In the near future a purchase option will be the only way to get it. Check back soon for issue #2.

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Clouds #2

This photo taken on Monday, June 17th, 2019 at 11:35 a.m. CST. Location: over my back yard.

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Clouds #1

Kicking off a new category on my blog with “Cloud Gazing”. Cloud gazing is a favorite activity of mine, as well as photographing some of the clouds I see. In this category I’m going to be posting cloud photos I’ve taken of clouds over my front and back yard, or other locations.

This photo taken on Monday, June 17th, 2019 at 10:30 a.m. CST. Location: over my back yard.

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JOYRIDE MAGAZINE #1

It’s here! The first issue of JOYRIDE. It’s the free digital (pdf) magazine featuring my traffic photography. This issue contains 787 full page traffic photos taken on Friday, May 31st, 2019 throughout Opelika, and Auburn Alabama. Also features bonus close up photos highlighting my favorite shots in this joyride. Spend some time with me out on the road through my photography and see what I saw. Due to it’s file size, this issue is only available for an undetermined limited time. Download it now while it’s available. Check back soon for issue #2.

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