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For much of its history, the university's grounds were neglected by lawmakers in Annapolis. Today, however, alumni marvel at the beauty of the UMES campus. In a contest professionally judged by a national landscapers' organization at the turn of the 21st century, the Princess Anne campus was rated second only to Duke one year and the University of Michigan another. Much of the credit for the stunning transformation of the university's physical appearance goes to Richard A. Henson, who died in 2002.
In the 1980s, the aviation pioneer, businessman and entrepreneur became enamored of the vision for UMES by its top administrator, William P. Hytche. Henson was so impressed with the quality of the academic offerings he decided to make a $2 million gift to UMES. The unkempt campus grounds – the result of generations of indifference by the state of Maryland to the university's infrastructure – caused him considerable concern, however.
So, behind closed doors, he lobbied then-Gov. William Donald Schaefer for a vigorous state investment in the physical plant, holding out the carrot of his $2 million gift to the public university. Henson's persuasive lobbying — and intransigence over the issue – prompted Schaefer to champion a significant capital investment here. UMES is now regaled as one of the country's most scenic campuses by students and visitors, as well as by its graduates.
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The story of Henson's professional success began at age 20. Driven by an ambition to fly, he procured a 25 percent interest in a $1,500 biplane. A year later, he purchased his own airplane and formed the Henson Flying Service in Hagerstown, Md. His company offered plane rides, flight lessons, fuel and service. By 21, he was Chief Executive Officer of his own company.
At the same time, Henson worked at Fairchild Aircraft in Hagerstown and became one of the company's first test pilots. He progressed from test pilot to director of flight-testing during his 33-year tenure with the company.
During World War II, he was among the first to be granted a contract specifically for training future instructors for the military. Many of these pilots were entering the Navy, so they jokingly called themselves, "Henson's Ensigns."
After the war, Henson began service between his hometown and Washington. D.C., on what became known as the "Hagerstown Commuter," gaining national recognition in 1962. By 1967, "The Hagerstown Commuter" had expanded with such rapidity he initiated a joint arrangement with Allegheny Airlines.
He became one of 12 operators in the United States to initiate scheduled air taxi and commuter service between two or more cities. By 1989, he had built his airlines into the nation's fourth-largest regional operation, with a route network stretching from Boston to the Bahamas. His concept of commuter aviation became a national model.
Henson Aviation began an experimental commuter service to the Salisbury-Wicomico airport in 1970, and so began a love affair between Dick Henson and the Eastern Shore, a place he eventually called home. Later, he moved his headquarters from Hagerstown to Salisbury.
He sold his company in 1983 to Piedmont Airlines, which opened the door for him to pursue his long-developing interest in community philanthropy.
In 1990, he established the Richard A. Henson Foundation, Inc. to execute his philanthropic objectives. A dreamer and visionary, yet also a staunch realist, he insisted his philosophy of philanthropy be safeguarded and remain unchanged after his passing. Through his foundation, Henson touched the lives of thousands of young people.
Cumulative gifts from Henson and his foundation to UMES total $4.5 million. When federal Title III matching funds are included — money only available due to Henson's philanthropy – that total balloons to $6 million. UMES Henson Scholars and Leaders have been the beneficiary of his philanthropy for many years, receiving scholarships based on academic accomplishments and financial need.
In 2008, the Richard A. Henson Foundation made a $1.5 million challenge gift to the University of Maryland Eastern Shore Foundation to establish the Henson Entrepreneurs and Scholars Endowment Program. It focuses on producing globally competent, entrepreneurial-minded graduates in business, science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines.
Steve Farrow, chairman of the Henson Foundation's governing board, said, ""With so many deserving causes and institutions in the local area, one of the difficult tasks we face as Richard A. Henson Foundation trustees is deciding how to allocate the Foundation's resources. However, in the case of UMES, it was an easy decision because of Richard Henson's strong feelings for and belief in this institution.
"Over 20 years ago," Farrow said, "he and Dr. Hytche had a vision of what UMES could be. Mr. Henson gave of his resources and today much of that vision is reality."
Richard Henson Hall opened in 1993. It houses the Hotel and Restaurant Management and Human Ecology departments, the university's Maryland Cooperative Extension Department, the Rural Development Center, a 21-room hotel and several conference and meeting rooms. The university also recognized Henson's transformational and inter-generational generosity by naming the Richard A. Henson Honors Program in his honor.
"Celebrating the Journey: The 125th Anniversary of theUniversity of Maryland Eastern Shore" 1886-2011


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On Friday, gold prices edged down following positive US data issued in the previous trading session. It ensured support for the greenback, while the ECB left the door open for further stimulus steps.
In New York, August delivery gold futures slumped 0.37%, trading at $1,326.05.
The August contract concluded Thursday's trading session 0.89% higher, being worth $1,331.00 per ounce.
Futures were about to gain support at $1,312.80, Thursday's minimum as well as resistance at $1,341.40, the peak from July 14.
Market sentiment strengthened moderately after Mario Draghi, ECB President told on Thursday that EU markets coped with the post-Brexit volatility, although reiterated that the EU's major financial institution is ready to act by making use of all the available instruments if necessary.
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So, obviously, I was at a wedding this weekend. The great news is that it was my son's wedding! He married the love of his life, Sarah, and he (and I) couldn't be happier.
The wedding was on Saturday. Alan and I headed to San Diego on Friday, along with my other son, who hitched a ride. We were due at the rehearsal by 4;30 at St.Brigid's Catholic Church in Pacific Beach. While I wanted to be on time, I wasn't really sweating it, thinking that as the mother of the groom, my part was small. I would be escorted to my seat, then would sit down and enjoy the wedding.
Little did I know that in a Catholic ceremony, the mothers of the bride and groom have a special part to play. I led the processional, then along with the mother of the bride, bowed before the altar, then we both stood in front of the crowd and lit a candle before returning to our seats.
I finally had the opportunity to meet my FDiL's family (that's future daughter in law, btw). They are lovely people and I'll be happy to get to know them better. Sarah's brother was doing the photography, and he was wonderful. I think that actually loving your subject adds an extra nuance to his photos.
I was told to be at the church by noon, an hour before the ceremony. That gave me the opportunity to watch the bride and her bridesmaids complete their last minute preparation. I also managed to hop in on some of the photo ops that the photographer set up.
Sarah was the surprise, later in life baby, and her older sister was 18 when she was born. I happened to catch sight of her as Sarah walked down the aisle, her face was so expressive of the love and happiness that she felt for her little sister.
It was a wonderful ceremony. As you'll see in the photos below, the bride was beautiful, the groom was handsome, and the mother of the groom was one hot mama:
Sarah's sister sang with a lovely, clear voice. Everything went completely smoothly. Believe it or not, I did not sneak my camera in, so no photos of the ceremony (with the exception of the phone shot of the kiss, and, of course, the professional photos). The weather, while chilly, held off the rain until early the following morning. The mostly cloudy skies made for great photo weather, though. The phone also caught this shot:
After photos with the families and wedding party, Sarah and Nathan, along with the photographer (her brother, remember), took off for a "Photo Safari" around San Diego. The plan was to take pictures of the happy couple at some favorite and famous sites around the city. I love to imagine the smiles on peoples faces as they watched the two pose. Everyone loves a bride.
Meanwhile, we (Alan, myself, my other son David, Brynne, my sister, Lisa, and her husband, Bill) enjoyed a way overdressed lunch at Subway, then headed back to our respective hotels to relax (take off those four inch heels!) before the 6:00 reception.
The reception was held at Tom Ham's Lighthouse on Harbor Island in San Diego (strategically placed just a half mile from our hotel). As an example of what a wonderful daughter in law that I now have, Sarah arranged, at a restaurant known for their seafood, steak, and prime rib, for Alan and me to have a vegan meal. See why I love her?
Nice reception, I got to dance with my son, Alan did a toast, we got to know Sarah's family better, and best part, I got this video of my sister dancing:
More shots from the reception:
I am so happy that my son has found the woman of his dreams. I was so pleased to see how much in love Sarah and Nathan are. I am glad that I have new family that is interesting, kind, and fun to be around.
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The house of Elizabeth Arden is launching a new, limited version of their popular fragrance for women, Pretty from 2009. The new, pink edition arrives as Parfum Spray.
Pretty retained the same composition as the original - floral juices created by perfumer Claude Dir of Givaudan. The fragrance opens with refreshing breezes of Italian mandarin and orange blossom mixed with peach juices. A heart is floral and gentle, created of petalia, starry jasmine, pink lily and peony, while base is soft and pleasant, composed of musk, Jacaranda wood and creamy amber.
This time you will be able to feel the scent of your favourite perfume from a new, pink flacon decorated with cheerful floral pattern. A similar pattern can also be found on crystal stopper on top of glass perfume flacon.
Pretty (limited edition) arrives on the market as 50ml and 100ml edp spray, accompanied by 200ml body lotion and 96g body powder with puff. The whole collection hits the shelves in October 2010.
Perfume rating: 3.85 out of 5 with 25 votes.
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I didn't realise there was any limited edition version of Pretty. I recently bought Pretty online and when it arrived it had the design on the bottle {as in the above picture} which I thought was odd but noticed that it smells the same and just lasted sooo much longer than the usual Pretty. So the only difference I can say is a good one-longer lasting!!
The scent is similar to the original "Pretty" except for the rose and musk thus much fresher hence more breezier if one can put it but not too floral smelling...more of a fresh floral breeze that lingers and lingers all day long.
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if anyone has this, please let me know, I will trade any perfume in ma wardrobe for it, I want it for ma bestie
I sprayed this on one day while wandering through Macy's, I really loved it but seeing as though it was a limited edition it was a no-no for me, I don't want to fall in love with a perfume then never be able to find it again! I recall it was very fruity, yes I smelled the peach but there was more to it, it was also floral but not overpoweringly so. Pretty LE is a nice non-offensive office friendly scent. Too bad I never see this in Macy's anymore I guess 3 months was enough of a limited time...sigh. I did get a small bottle of plain old Pretty from ebay recently, it's nice but not as nice as LE...
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I recently watched The Fountain, a visually stunning 2007 film starring Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz. Of course, I came into the film having heard mixed reviews, but I came away pleased with the overall message.
First things first, this is definitely not a movie that viewers can fit squarely into a genre (action, drama, comedy, etc.). In fact, I don't like using genre descriptions in general. The Fountain is premised upon a man's drive to keep his dying wife alive, but it dwells upon the value of life, the meaning of death, and how to deal with grief. While it forays into Christian and Mayan myth, and into Eastern thought on meditation, the lessons a Christian can take away from the film make it worth viewing.
A note on the plot…
Despite the claim in online synopses that this film is three different stories that parallel each other, I'd posit that these "stories" are all about Tom Creo and that they are not as distinct as summaries make them out to be. They are simply variations of the main plot line.
In the main plot, Hugh Jackman plays Tom Creo, a researcher trying to find a cure for cancer while his wife Izzi, played by Rachel Weisz, is slowly dying of cancer.
As Izzi is dying, she is writing a book she titles The Fountain, and she asks her husband to write the final chapter after her death, which she assumes is imminent. The film cuts to the plotline of Izzi's book throughout, which is the second "story," or, as I would argue, the first variation.
In the third "story," or second variation, viewers enter the mind of Tom Creo. In a mix of Mayan myth and Eastern thought, he is a sort of space traveler journeying through the Mayan realm of the dead (a nebula in space) with a dying tree that clearly represents his wife.
These two subplots are woven neatly into the fabric of Creo's mission to end death and save his wife, as the morality of and issues within his vision are hashed out in Izzi's book and in the Mayan realm of the dead.
A few take aways…
First, The Fountain teaches that we are not what we should be. Izzi's disease is tragic, and Tom Creo's search for a cure for death would at first glance seem like a noble endeavor. After all, creating a way for people to keep those they love by their sides for eternity would be a blessing, wouldn't it?
However, before Izzi is very ill, Tom slowly becomes immersed in his work and less with her. Once her illness worsens, viewers see him abandoning his dying wife so he can work on finding a cure, leaving her home alone and in the hospital alone. In his mind, whether the imagery was intentional or not, Tom the space traveler chips of small bits of bark from the tree—just as he chips away at his relationship with his wife in the real world—so he can tattoo himself and engage in meditation. All the while, his mantra is that he's close and he won't let her die. Tom's selfishness in what on the surface looks like nobility becomes more apparent as the film goes on.
Secondly, viewers learn that death is nothing to be feared. Izzi is admirable in her composure. Despite spending so much time alone during what she seems to know are her final days, she continues to love her husband and shows little fear of death. She knows it will be Tom who will struggle the most, because, to paraphrase a line from the film, all he sees is death. In preparation, she writes The Fountain for him, with a Spanish conquistador who seeks the tree of life mentioned in the book of Genesis to save his ailing queen. It is Izzi's forethought and consideration for her husband that aids him most in handling his grief.
Finally, as Tom deals with his grief, and in his subsequent writing of the final chapter of Izzi's book, viewers see that only in death can one truly live and love forever. In Tom the space traveler's world (aka Tom Creo's mind), the dying tree that he hoped to save…dies. And in death, that tree explodes into perfect bloom and he is with it forever.
In Tom's chapter of Izzi's book, The Spanish conquistador does indeed find the tree of life, and he is healed of his battle scars…shortly before the tree's elixir kills him and he merges with nature. His realization? The queen intended them to live together all along, in death.
Back in the real world, viewers see Tom planting a seed to a tree in Izzi's grave, a symbol of letting her go. We assume he is confident that he will see her in death, where they will live and love again. These lessons are significant for the Christian, as we have no need to fear death, because we have hope that in death we will be what we should be, perfected, and that we will truly live.


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Jun 01 , 2010
It's the first of the month – you can do that transaction online
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Dan Kolbet
The first working day of the month is typically a very busy time for our Contact Center because call volumes are high. Pile on top of that the time of year when college students are moving in and out and setting up or closing accounts and, oh yeah, a holiday weekend – and you're going to have some busy phone lines.
I e-mailed (note "e-mailed," not called) one of our customer service managers this morning and asked about call volume. He said they'd answered more than 1,000 calls already this morning – and projected four times that amount by the end of the day.
I'm a customer too and I've never had to wait more than a few moments to talk to one of our customer service reps (CSRs). I can't tell you what your wait time (if any) might be if you call, but I know one sure-fire way to avoid any wait – go online. Nearly everything you can do on the phone with a CSR can be done at this website
. Just sign-in your My Account and you are set.
Want to sign up for comfort level billing? Check. How about starting or stopping service? Check. Need to make a payment? Check. Want to chat about your day . . . OK, so you can't do that online (except for at
the Blog
, but just about everything else is available for you.)
So, give it a shot if you need to work with us today (or any day for that matter).
Let me know how it goes.
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May 28 , 2010
It's great to see smart grid progress
An Avista lineman installs a smart grid communications device on a streetlight.
Post & video by
Dan Kolbet
Watch a 30-second video of the device install.
It's great to see smart grid progress. And that's just what was happening high above Avista's Mission Campus (Spokane) parking lot this morning. We installed a wireless communication device - or radio – on a streetlight as part of our testing of the smart grid equipment we'll be installing in our
Spokane Smart Circuits project.
This device communicates to another device on our main building's roof, which communicates to another one – and so on.
This wasn't the first device we've ever installed, but it's the first one I've seen. Word is that we'll be installing a few more of these at our training facility in North Spokane soon to train our employees and test the system.
We'll certainly have much more on the
Spokane's Smart Circuits project
as it progresses, but I couldn't help but share this quick update.
Watch a 30 second video of the install.
Published: 5/28/2010 12:34 PM |
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May 28 , 2010
Avista helps Keller Williams Go Red
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Jessie Wuerst
It's funny how you meet people sometimes. And it's amazing how much good can come out of a casual conversation. On a flight back to Spokane in January, I shared the plane with an energetic group of Keller Williams real estate professionals returning from their annual meeting. One enthusiastic Realtor started up a conversation with my co-worker and me about Keller Williams' annual community outreach event called RED – Renew, Energize and Donate. Since we do a lot of work with non-profit agencies, we knew who to put the Realtors in touch with to find the people they could help in their day of service on May 13. Our great energy efficiency experts trained the Realtors how to do some simple home weatherization, and we provided some CFL bulbs and other materials that they installed.
We're pleased that we could be of assistance to Keller Williams as they helped six families who are most in need in our community.
Published: 5/28/2010 11:38 AM |
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May 26 , 2010
And the Prius goes to…
Ginny Welch gets a good look at her new Toyota Prius.
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Jessie Wuerst
The trunk of the Prius was stuffed with CFL goodness.
Efficiency matters and every little bit adds up. Even when you drive a fuel efficient car. And now, one lucky woman owns a brand new Toyota Prius - and a case of CFL bulbs - to help her be more energy efficient both at home and on the road.
Beginning April 1, KREM 2's Project Green and Toyota joined Avista in promoting the benefits and awareness of energy efficiency, energy assistance and rebates offered to homeowners. The grand prize in the seven-week promotion was the Prius, courtesy of Northwest Toyota Dealers. The May 25 grand prize event was hosted by KREM 2 weathercaster Tom Sherry and Avista Low Income Program Manager Christine McCabe.
Finalists were drawn each week from the over 65,000 entries to the contest. They ranged in age from 19 to 57 and came from communities throughout eastern Washington and northern Idaho. They are Flavia Ford, Post Falls; Rhianna Thomas, Springdale, Wash.; Robert Holven, Chester, Wash; Eleanor Anderson, Post Falls; Alicia Knowles, Spokane; and Christie Higley, Coeur d'Alene.
And the winner is Ginny Welch from Airway Heights, Wash.
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May 20 , 2010
Be like Roy. Sign up for Comfort Level Billing
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My friend Roy likes a good deal. It doesn't matter if the deal is saving money on a purchase or making his life easier, he's all over it. And one of his favorite "making life easier" deals was signing up for Avista's
Comfort Level Billing program
, e-bill and automatic payment service. Now he knows how much his bill is going to be every month, he receives it electronically, and his payment is automatically withdrawn from his checking account – and it's all free.
Avista's Comfort Level Billing program evens out the highs and lows of your bill by averaging your previous 12 month's usage and applying current rates. That way you, and Roy, know how much your bill is going to be each month.
If you're also into deals, now would be a good time to check out our
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May 17 , 2010
So, you've got an electric car . . . say cheese!
Electric car charging station on Mission Avenue.
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Dan Kolbet
Late last month Avista's
first electric car charging stations
debuted around Spokane. I've been keeping an eye out for anyone plugged into the station located in front of our Mission Campus building. Unfortunately, I have no window to peer out during the day to spot eco-conscious, electric car-charging citizens, plugged into our station. Alas, I've seen only one vehicle plugged in and of course, didn't have my camera to capture the moment. I've also come up empty handed after a few drive bys of our stations at Spokane's City Hall and at the Stream Plant.
But I know there are electric vehicle owners out there. I met a handful during our debut of the stations. Even Spokesman-Review reporter
Pia Hallenberg
spotted an electric car owner and featured him on her
South Perry Blog
last week. I remember that car in attendance at our station debut events too. There's no charging station on South Perry, but all three stations are certainly within the electric vehicle's range.
(The blog's worth a look too.)
Have you used one of the charging stations or seen someone else using them to charge up a vehicle? Send us
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or drop us a comment and let us know. Better yet, next time – snap a picture of you, the car and the station – love to see it.
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May 17 , 2010
Kettle Falls biomass plant featured
Kettle Falls Generating Station.
Burning hog fuel in boiler.
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of the
plant's operations.
Post by
Dan Kolbet
Sunday the Spokesman-Review ran a good article about biomass plants and the difficulty finding low-cost fuel. It featured Avista's Kettle Falls Generating Station. Check out,
"Biomass challenge,"
by Becky Kramer.
Two years ago I was involved in the 25th anniversary of the Kettle Falls plant and was able to learn a great deal about the wood-waste burning facility. I've got an affinity for it because it's pretty unique in our power supply mix. While we're obviously well-versed in hydropower and natural gas-fired generation and such – we've only got one biomass plant and it's cool.
This video was made during the dedication
of Kettle Falls in 1983.
Watch now.
Wood waste – called "hog fuel" – is fed into a seven-story furnace/boiler and burned, creating heat. The walls of the furnace/boiler consist of pipes filled with water that are heated by the burning hog fuel. The optimal burning temperature is 2,000 degrees, resulting in a steam temperature of 950 degrees. The heated water generates stream and pressure that drives a turbine, which turns a generator, creating electricity. The maximum output of the wood-waste only operation is 53 megawatts of electricity.
Watch a slide show from flickr
of the plant's operations.
Avista – or Washington Water Power at the time – created a short video in October 1983 during the dedication of the first-of-its-kind, renewable energy plant. The video is called "From Wood Waste to Power." Due to its age, some statements and facts in the video are dated, but the general idea is still relevant.
It's interesting to think that at the time, the plant was so groundbreaking and it's still a gem today.
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May 14 , 2010
Sustainability means more than just being green
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Have you heard the word? Seems like it's being used everywhere. Sustainability. What does it mean and why does Avista care?
As a utility company founded on renewable hydro generation, Avista has a long history of using and taking care of the natural resources in our environment. That's part of doing business in a sustainable way – a way that doesn't compromise the future for generations to come. That's important to us and we think it's important to you, as well.
As important as taking care of our environment is, there's much more to doing business in a sustainable manner. Sustainability has three components: environment, economy and society. Our newly released
2010 Sustainability Report
provides information about our company's business practices in all three areas. And, in keeping with the spirit of sustainability, the report is web-based to conserve resources and contain costs.
Research groups, major investors and others often use sustainability reports like ours to understand how a company's operations reflect its values and its commitment to the short and long-term use of resources. Our report is also a valuable tool for customers, community leaders and others who want to better understand Avista's environmental, economic and social responsibility actions and impacts.
The information is a snapshot in time, largely based on results as of Dec. 31, 2009, and tells about our company's activities from power generation to resource planning, from philanthropy to governance, from human resources to energy efficiency, and much more.
We encourage you to check out our 2010 Sustainability Report, watch the video message from CEO Scott Morris and give us your feedback. Your input will help us shape the content of future reports.
Visit the 2010 Sustainability Report website
Published: 5/14/2010 11:06 AM |
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May 12 , 2010
Video: Mock electrical accident true to life
Click to play mock accident video.
Post & video by
Dan Kolbet
The above video and the following story were originally run in Avista's employee publication, e.view. But a few folks online commented that they'd like to see this video project I'd been working on. I'm really proud of this video and the employees who set up and then executed this mock accident. It truly shows our company's commitment to safety and our employees' dedication.
Watch video now
Realistic mock accident scenario brings out Avista's best
Journeyman Lineman Mike Toutloff says there's no handbook on how to rescue a lineman off a pole. Sure, we practice it in all of our various locations and we're trained well, but rarely if ever do we go out into the woods and test our processes and procedures to see if we can make it happen during a crisis.
So he made it happen.
During the mock accident scenario, employees give
CPR to the fallen co-workers.
On a rainy, muddy Wednesday morning in April, in a rural area just outside Addy, Wash., Toutloff and Safety and Health Specialist Jim Womble spearheaded a mock accident scenario with an unsuspecting line crew. The scenario was pretty simple. Two linemen come into electrical contact on a pole and the remaining crew members were tasked with doing everything they could to save them.
But here's where 'pretty simple,' gets thrown out the window.
Would radios work this far out in the woods? How about cell phones? Who would respond and how would they find the crew down a one-lane dirt road, miles and miles from the main highway? How would communications with the Colville and Spokane offices play out? Would MedStar be able to land in adverse weather conditions? And finally, but most importantly, could we save our fallen co-workers?
Communications Manager Dan Kolbet was given complete access to every aspect of the on-the-ground scenario, and captured the morning's events on video. The video, "
Avista Mock Electrical Accident
," tells the tale of the set-up, rationale and every step of the rescue process.
One key component of the mock electrical accident that is missing from the video is how our employees in Colville and Spokane performed when alerted of the surprise event. Many employees noted how real the process felt and that it created a few hours of tense work. Dozens of employees, from many departments came together in support of the crew on the ground from the initial call through the implementation of our Business Continuity Plan.
The event has been hailed as a success throughout the company for its breadth and depth, and for providing critical lessons that could only have been learn through such a challenging, yet simple scenario.
Watch the video now.
Published: 5/12/2010 9:57 AM |
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May 12 , 2010
Does this look funny to you?
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You may have noticed that the blog looks a little funky lately. Me too. Earlier this month, we underwent a "widening" of the Avistautilities.com website. It allowed us to gain more real estate/space horizontally on pages so we can provide more content for you, without the need to scroll as much. A great example is our homepage. Since this is a bit new, we'll soon be finding ways to use that new space and I hope you all will like it.
Unfortunately the blog is a bit of a straggler. So, you'll notice a rather large white band to the right of this post (using some web browsers like Internet Explorer). It won't be there forever, but for now, just think of it as having the potential to be great, and wide.
(UPDATE May 20, 2010: The blog has now been sized to match the rest of the website. We're still tinkering with photos, but you'll notice the text and photos now fill more of the page. Yes!)
Depending on your web browser, you may have also gotten a pop-up message recently on the website that looks like the one on the right. It says that your web browser may be in need of an update and provides links to four popular browsers. Not to worry, you can still access the site with an older browser, but there might be a few features that look a little funny. To get rid of the message, just click the red "X" and it will magically disappear.
These changes are all a part of our commitment to provide you with the best web experience possible. If you have any questions or suggestions, let us know:
Published: 5/12/2010 9:39 AM |
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Definition of recover
recoveringplay \-ˈkə-və-riŋ, -ˈkəv-riŋ\
transitive verb
1 : to get back : regain
2a : to bring back to normal position or condition stumbled, then recovered himselfb archaic : rescue
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recoverabilityplay \-ˌkə-və-rə-ˈbi-lə-tē, -ˌkəv-rə-\ noun
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Middle English, from Anglo-French recoverer, from Latin recuperare, from re- + *caperare, from Latin capere to take — more at heave
First Known Use: 14th century
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Definition of recover for English Language Learners
: to become healthy after an illness or injury : to return to normal health
: to return to a normal state after a period of difficulty
: to get (something, such as an ability or feeling) again
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2 : to regain or return to a normal or usual state (as of health or composure Have you recovered from the flu?
3 : to make up for We can't recover lost time.
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Legal Definition of recover
1 : to get back or get back an equivalent for recover costs through higher prices
2a : to obtain or get back (as damages, satisfaction for a debt, or property) through a judgment or decree recover damages in a tort action b : to obtain (a judgment) in one's favor
intransitive verb
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As a California-based media hound, I read Olga Kharif's article, "The Online Experiments That Could Help Newspapers," with great interest as it concerned a new business model for newspapers being tested by The Bakersfield Californian.
As I commented on her story, daily newspapers need to transition to weeklies or biweeklies. If newspaper companies put all of their in-depth stories into concentrated newspapers, people will be far more willing to buy them at higher prices than the currently watered-down Sunday editions and the six puny editions that run throughout the week. If newspapers are publishing stories that were already covered by cable and broadcast news or the Internet, they might as well use news aggregation services on their Web sites for things that do not require original reporting.
Further, newspapers need to dedicate their Web sites to serving free ads, with the exception of competitively priced job listings and real estate ads. This is the only way to fight Craigslist and other sites that are sapping classified ad revenue from papers. My third suggestion: If the papers haven't already done so, they need to transition to print-on-demand, with distributed print houses throughout their coverage areas, as well as allowing POD throughout the world so people can get the Los Angeles Times, for example, for a low price. This could entail cooperation with bookstores or coffee shops (or both) that already have their own distribution chains.
Some background for my views: Concurrent with the rapid decline of the economy, we have seen the precipitous failure of newspapers around the nation, with The San Francisco Chronicle and The Boston Globe seemingly next on the extinction list. Let's dispense with the niceties regarding the role they play in our Constitution insofar as the First Amendment is concerned, or the history of print dating back to the 1400s and the Gutenberg press. What concerns me is that delivery of news has remained relatively static in spite of massive technological transformation under way.
The decline of the newspaper can be traced to four relatively modern events:
Free Web browsers: The beginning of the end was the release of Microsoft's free Web browser, Internet Explorer, in 1995. To the chagrin of Netscape, IE became the dominant browser, and with its ubiquity the floodgates of information were opened. People rushed to get their content online. Many tried to control the flow of information by monetizing it, but many more media brands were willing to give away information for free to gain a foothold in the nascent Internet.
Craigslist: Craig Newmark's game-changing Web site was the second event that greatly contributed to the decline of the newspaper industry through an attack on its traditional revenue model. Spreading from San Francisco since 1995, Craigslist has given people the ability to post classified ads for free, with some recent exceptions. Newspapers could not compete with this ad paradigm shift.
RSS: As early as 2000 but catching fire around 2005, Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feeds provided a free and easy way for the aggregation of news, stories, blog posts, and all types of information that Internet users felt was pertinent to their lives. With RSS, not only is information free, it's also quick and easy to grab the latest news from the Internet without having to visit your newspaper's Web site.
Google Ads: Google's ability to place ads everywhere online meant it could monetize the Internet by a seemingly transparent method; using AdWords meant that even small blogs could provide a source of income to Google. While the Google search engine became popular because of the accuracy and relevance of its search results, AdWords was the linchpin that would effectively create a dependable source of income for Google, marking the beginning of the end of mainstream newspapers.
To make this quartet of events worse, the deepening global recession has hastened the final coda of many newspapers. Although they have tried to respond, newspapers seem unable to articulate and execute a real strategy beyond cutting costs and services while raising prices for advertisements and subscriptions. This response is merely a Wall Street-driven reaction in full ignorance of the agents of change driving papers' demise if they don't evolve. I believe this is the wrong approach that will simply lead to the eventual collapse of newspapers.
That's why newspapers must publish on a biweekly or weekly publishing schedule in order to survive. It seems counterintuitive, in light of the immediacy of the Web, to publish with less frequency. In fact, some newspapers have already begun this transition. Consumers no longer think of daily news; news is served to us by the nano-second on the Web and on our smartphones and handheld devices.
Highlight the Best Stuff
Smart publishers will push what was daily news reporting online, then collect and publish their best digital reporting into a weekly collection of articles combining the most read, most discussed, most e-mailed, most blogged, or simply most thought-provoking stories in print. At the end of each of these stories, editor-selected opinions should be added to bring a balance of views.
In addition, the use of full- or half-page color images should be scaled up dramatically to draw people into buying printed newspapers. They say a picture is worth a thousand words; eye candy is a simple device to further differentiate between the online and print editions.
Newspaper Web sites will need to change as well. To start, they should collaborate with smaller papers to cover local news while aggregating broader news from national and international sources. At the end of each collection of articles from national or international sources, smaller local papers should attach a local perspective. Blogging by newspaper journalists creates a community, which breeds loyalty and readership if reporters and editors interact with readers and commenters and blog in order to spark and sustain a conversation.
As for the advertising model, it's not news that newspaper revenues are plunging. So why wait: Change! The online advertising model may improve if newspapers eliminate the middle man—the DoubleClicks and similar services—of the Internet. Instead, newspapers should repackage their print ad sales to include online ads. And believe it or not, those transient online ads do not encourage retention of their information; they are Attention Deficit Disorders, rewiring our brains to stop paying attention the moment we navigate to another page and back.
Classified Ads and E-Ink
Classified ads need radical reform to bring them back to newspapers. First, newspapers must create a unified, national classified database to rival Craigslist, allowing readers and Web surfers from across the country to access listings for jobs, apartments, and collectibles. Second, papers need to stop charging to post ads for anything except real estate and jobs. Third, those real estate and job ads should reduce their minimum price to $10 an ad, with a nominal click-based fee on top of that. These ads would be the only ones printed and posted online, while the free ads would be available only online. Finally, these free classified posts would contain paid, third-party advertisements of simple text-based click-through ads that are geographically tied to the classified posts.
Finally, if they haven't already done so, newspapers need to get on the E-Ink bandwagon to spread their reach beyond the physical borders of their print subscriptions. The future is in color E-Books, but as the Kindle is showing, black-and-white E-Ink is successful right now. Not only can this technology save print costs, but it offers a potential way to deliver news to rural areas as wireless technologies improve.
The drastic steps we're now seeing, from closing newspapers to death by a thousand cuts (in salaries, jobs, and newspaper sections) is a short-sighted, panicked response to the economic crisis. These steps by newspaper owners do not address the broader issues of why this once-esteemed medium has been in decline for at least the past decade. The current economic malaise presents an opportunity, however tough, to force newspapers to face broader issues and change with the times.


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The Center for Spirituality, Dialogue, and Service held an interfaith vigil on Tuesday to remember those affected by the tragic events of April 15, 2013.
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I am not sure of course but I am betting that the new dslr or s9000
if such a designation really exists, will be a 3mp camera with the
new CCD SR sensor, which as fuji states has better colour range and
attempts to introduce near film performance. As fuji argues:
Super CCD SR will provide a truer representation of the actual
subject being photographed, revealing highlight detail and
increased dynamic range, and resulting in stunningly detailed
images – particularly in dark and highlight areas. Fujifilm has
dubbed this advance 'High Fidelity Photography™', a reference to
the sensor's extraordinarily accurate rendition of detail – very
similar in principle to the technology advances that led to the
development of audio 'hi-fis'.
Fujifilm has paired two photodiodes per photosite: a larger,
primary photodiode adjusted for high sensitivity, with the
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combined, they offer four times the dynamic range of conventional
photodiodes. Samples yet to be seen. This is the ccd used in F700.
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BeschreibungThe past decade has witnessed a paradigm shift at the World Bank from a focus on structural adjustment to a focus on poverty reduction. As evidenced by the Banks 2001 report, "Engendering Development: Through Rights, Resource and Voice, an increased attention to gender issues has been an important part of this process.This book brings together a range of responses from feminist economists and other social researchers on the issues raised in this report. With contributions from highly esteemed scholars such as Eudine Barriteau, Diane Elson, Gale Summerfield, and Zafiris Tzannatos, this anthology critically examines the relationships between gender, growth, development, and the World Bank by: * developing a history of the World Banks perspectives on gender* empirically evaluating the impacts of the Banks policies on three different regions of the world* exploring the ideological and methodological commitments of the report from a variety of feminist and interdisciplinary social science perspectives* enquiring into future directions for feminist economics research.Highlighting the importance and challenge of taking gender into account in development theory and policy, the books complex and nuanced analyses of the social relations of gender in a global context make it an important resource for policymakers, activists and scholars alike.
InhaltsverzeichnisList of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements 1. Feminist Economics and the World Bank: An Introduction Part 1: Gender and the World Bank: An Institutional History 2. The World Bank, Development, Adjustment, and Gender Equality 3. An Assessment of Efforts to Promote Gender Equality at the World Bank 4. Comment Part 2: Policy Evaluations 5. Engendering Development 6. Engendering Agricultural Technology for Africa's Farmers 7. Taking Gender Differences in Bargaining Power Seriously: Equity, Labor Standards, And Living Wages 8. Comment Part 3: Disciplinary Paradigms / Development Paradigms 9. Colonizing Knowledge 10. Adjustment with a Woman's Face 11. Gender and Intrahousehold Decision-Making 12. Engendering Development or Gender Main-Streaming? 13. Comment Part 4: Explorations: Future Directions Of Feminist Research 14. A Seat at the Table 15. Why Feminist Economists Should Pay More Attention to the Coherence Between the World Bank and the WTO 16. Engendering the German Parliamentary Commission Report on Globalization of the World Economy 17. Women's Rights and Engendering Development
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Aoki-JZ moved forward to the Quarter Finals / Other DREAM notes.
Since the fight was a no contest, we will see it in the Quarter finals, according to wikipedia.
It was such a shame because this fight was the one everyone was looking forward to, and it ended like that.
Wiki also shows these brackets
Shinya Aoki
JZ Calvancante
Eddie Alvarez
Tatsuya Kawajiri
Mitsuhiro Ishida
Luiz Firmino
Joachim Hansen
Katsuhiko Nagata
What did you guys think of Alvarez pounding on Dida? How will his fight with Kawajiri go? Kawa pretty much dominated the whole fight.
We didn't see Ishida vs. Buk yung which i was annoyed about because he had a close fight with Shinya. I wanted to see what his performance was like. Ishida - Buscape should be nice.
Hansen dominated his fight, good performance, would think he'd beat Nagata.
Now that the Aoki-JZ fight has been moved to Quarter Finals, this means no Shaolin or Uno which could of been the 8th 1st round fight.
Easy fight for Sakurai aswell.
I think Dida needs to either work on his ground game or his TDD because I don't think anyone at 155 can stand with him. He rocked Alvarez pretty hard and Alvarez is a big dude. But for the second fight in a row he got destroyed on the ground and he really needs to figure something out because he is so good standing.
If these are really the brackets then it's going to be Kawajiri, Ishida, JZ, and Hansen in the Semi's which is a pretty good group.
Also another note from the show Dida's Punisher's UDL shorts were sick looking.
I hope those are the brackets cuz I'm liking those.
I'd be confident in saying JZ and Hansen will be in the semis. Ishida will most likely beat Buscape but it should be a good fight.
I'd have a little trouble picking the winner of Kawijiri/Alvarez. Kawijiri does have more wins over notable opponents, but I was really impressed with Alvarez in his fight with Dida, this one should be good.
Can't wait for the next round.
Whoa wait, nice to see JZ vs Aoki has a chance of happening again. I just read the results and figured that they were both out.
Dammit, why does Buscape get paired up with freakin' Ishida? Dammit!
Of course, I am going by the Wik brackets, as they could be false.
Well hopefully I will get around to watching the event. I just read the PbP that Plazz put up so I got a fairly good idea what happend! Thanks Plazz!
I think this is who we're gonna ge in the semi's:
JZ (Was Aoki lookin real bad or?? just goin off what I read)
Oh and I agree with your Semi's line up, I think Alvarez will put up a really tough fight against Kawajiri though, should be good.
I lost a little respect for Aoki. The shot was hard, but what if he fought in the UFC? Is he going to quit after getting hit with an Elbow. I just dont get it. There have been some cases where an illegal blow occured and I could understand. I think when Wes Simms stomped out Frank Mir that was understandable. But sometimes it seems like some guys just want out of the fight. Lets say you dont know shit about MMA. And you meet Aoki on the street and he is telling you about his last fight, and he is explaining to you that the fight was stopped and is going to be rescheduled because he got elbowed. I think most people would be pretty confused. Its a fight. You are supposed to get hit. Its the same with when guys get grazed in the nuts and take a 3 minute break. I dont know. Maybe Im just built different. None of that stuff usually hurts me til the next day.
No offense to Aoki fans. I dont mean to be a dick. This is a topic I have been meaning to bring up for awhile. Sorry if it seems like Im just taking a shot at him. Im not.
Alvarez could put up a tough fight against Crusher, but I think Crusher has this in the bag if JZ vs Aoki doesn't happen again.
But, I will still hope that my wild card pick-Buscape-wins.
Aoki wasn't getting killed but it sure looked like only a matter of time befor JZ caught him real hard and it also looked like Aoki didn't really have anything for JZ. It was too early to say definitively though. Also the pants Aoki was rockin' were ridiculous. Only Shinya could pull off the pastel look. The man has a style all his own.
I'm so glad we'll see this fight in the quarters.
Ishida vs. Buscape sounds sick as does Alvarez vs. Kawajiri.
I'm kind of worried about Buscape here, sirdilnik. He's sort of like a really aggressive, more exciting Aurelio, and we all know what happened to Maximus when he faced Ishida.
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