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Rheanne Dodson Falkner is a partner of Miller & Falkner, an employment and personal injury law firm serving the people of Kentucky and Indiana. Earlier in her career, she spent six years working for Louisville-area firms representing large companies in litigation cases. Since joining Miller & Falkner in 2003, she has put that experience to use as a Kentucky personal injury attorney, protecting the rights of injured individuals. Her practice focuses exclusively on representing the rights of people, not companies or insurers. She devotes at least ninety percent of her practice to litigation.Experienced Personal Injury & Employment Law Advocacy
Rheanne believes in using her knowledge and understanding of the law to help people who have suffered injury because of someone else's carelessness or wrongful acts, as well as people who have experienced discrimination or harassment on the job. The experience she gained defending large companies throughout Kentucky and Indiana makes her a formidable advocate for the rights of injured and wronged individuals.Helping Personal Injury Victims Seek Justice
In the personal injury arena, Rheanne represents people who have suffered injuries due to other people's negligent, reckless, or even unlawful conduct in recovering compensation for their losses. People owe a duty of care to others in many situations. If a person breaches this duty of care in a way that causes someone injury, they can be held liable to the victim for negligence. Damages in a personal injury case might include medical bills, lost wages, future treatment needs, and compensation for pain and suffering. Rheanne's personal injury practice includes medical negligence, medical malpractice, nursing home abuse and negligence, and other types of cases involving injury to people who are sick or vulnerable. Rheanne also represents clients in automobile accident litigation, trucking accident litigation, defective products litigation, slip-and-fall cases, and other premises liability litigation.Fighting for Employee Rights
In her employment and labor law practice, Rheanne advocates for workers' rights under the state and federal laws that protect them from discrimination and other adverse actions, and that allow them to assert claims related to working conditions, wages, and other aspects of their employment. She represents clients in claims for employment discrimination and workplace harassment, Family Medical Leave Act litigation, sexual harassment and retaliation. She also handles labor law matters related to union rights, collective bargaining, and activities protected by the National Labor Relations Act.Dedicated to Serving Clients Throughout Kentucky & Indiana
Rheanne Dodson Falkner was born in Owensboro, Kentucky, and grew up in Bowling Green and Louisville. She graduated from Louisville's Ballard High School and obtained her undergraduate degree from the University of Louisville. She graduated with honors from the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville in 1997. She obtained her license to practice law in the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1997, and was licensed to practice in the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky the same year. The State Bar of Indiana admitted her to practice in 2000. She is also admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. She is a member of the Indiana and Kentucky Bar Associations, the Louisville Bar Association, American Association for Justice, Kentucky Association of Justice and the American Bar Association.
J.D., University of Louisville School of Law, Louisville, Kentucky, 1997
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U.S. District Court Eastern District of Kentucky, 1997
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Louisville Bar Association
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UN sending envoy to Myanmar again
TheUnited Nations special envoy to Myanmar will be returning soon to pursue a dialogue between the country's military rulers and the opposition led by Aung San Suu Kyi but details are still being worked out, the Associated Press quoted UN as saying Monday.
UN deputy spokesman Marie Okabe said she could not confirm reports from Yangon that quoted a diplomat as saying Dr Ibrahim Gambari would visit Myanmar on January 31. The diplomat spoke on condition of anonymity because the news had not yet been officially announced.
'I can confirm that the secretary-general has asked Gambari to return soon and the Myanmar government has extended an invitation for him to visit the country,' Okabe said.
'At this point, however, discussions are ongoing about the details of the visit.'
Dr Gambari will be visiting Myanmar in the wake of a judicial crackdown during which government courts handed down harsh prison sentences to scores of pro-democracy activists. It will be his first visit in five months, and his seventh since he began his assignment in mid-2006.
Ban has expressed frustration at the failure of Myanmar's military government to open its political process and urged the junta to take 'tangible steps' to include opponents like Ms Suu Kyi, the Nobel Peace Prize winner who has spent more than 13 of the past 19 years under house arrest.
Asked about Mr Ban's expectations for Dr Gambari's visit, Okabe said, 'the secretary-general has expressed his expectation that more progress is necessary on issues which Gambari raised with the government on his last visit'.
She said these include especially 'the need for dialogue between the government and Aung San Suu Kyi, and he has therefore asked Dr Gambari to return to continue his discussions and engage with the Myanmar government, opposition and other stakeholders'.
The country's pro-democracy movement has been disappointed by Dr Gambari's previous visits, which have failed to secure the release of Ms Suu Kyi from more than 13 years under house arrest.
During Dr Gambari's last visit in August, Suu Kyi refused to meet him, and he also failed to be received by junta chief Senior Gen Than Shwe.
Nonetheless, the coming visit was welcomed by Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy.
'I believe the special envoy's visit this time will be beneficial as the envoy and the NLD share the same principles on achieving political reform in the country,' party spokesman Nyan Win said on Friday.
During Dr Gambari's visit, Nyan Win said his party will discuss the arrests and sentencing of more than 300 NLD members and other political prisoners last year.
The current junta came to power in 1988 after violently crushing a nationwide pro-democracy uprising.
It called elections in 1990 but refused to honour the results after Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party won a landslide victory.
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Ticking Time Bomb: PA headed for fiscal 'perfect storm'
Finally, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has a new state budget. The 101-day budget crisis ended with a new spending plan of $27.8 billion, a mere $500 million less than the previous year's budget which ran up a $3.2 billion deficit. Given that the new budget projects a zero percent growth in revenues, it would be logical to assume another multi-billion dollar budget deficit will ensue.
Some in the legislature understand what has happened. House Republican Leader Sam Smith summed it up well: "With more than a billion dollars in new or increased taxes, billions in federal stimulus dollars, and now by draining the Rainy Day Fund and the Health Care Provider Retention Account and raiding the Tobacco Endowment Fund, we are positioned on a giant funding cliff if the economy doesn't swing back strongly in a year."
The situation, in fact, is even more dire than Representative Smith portrays. According to state Representative Sam Rohrer, House Republican Finance Chairman, it is unwise to use fiscal year 2008-2009 as a revenue benchmark because September of 2009 marked the 17th consecutive month where revenue collections were below estimates. In fact, revenue for the 1st quarter of the new fiscal year (July, August and September) fell $140 million below estimates.
Using historic fiscal data, Representative Rohrer says a more realistic revenue projection during the current fiscal year would be $24.3 billion in tax collections. That is $3.5 billion less than the spending contained in the recently approved state budget. Much, but not all, of the deficit will be plugged by stimulus money and one time revenue sources. But, even with that, a massive budget deficit again looms for next year. Given these figures, it would have been more responsible for the General Assembly to have pared spending in the current fiscal year to the $24.3 billion level.
It would be bad enough if that were the only fiscal problem facing the commonwealth. But, it is only the tip of the iceberg. A looming melt-down in the state's pension system threatens to make the general fund deficit look like chump change.
The Commonwealth Foundation has been conducting a series of public meetings across the state to raise the profile of the pension problem, an arcane issue that fails to attract much media coverage but will soon have a profound effect upon taxpayers.
A policy brief issued by the Commonwealth Foundation puts the problem in perspective: "The looming crisis in the long-term commitments made by policymakers on behalf of taxpayers is reflected in the rapid 615% increase in expected taxpayer pension contributions from $584 million in FY 2004-05 to more than $4.2 billion in FY 2012-13." The foundation concludes that "without significant action affecting plan design, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will likely be facing unaffordable costs." In other words, when the two funds become insolvent billions of taxpayer dollars will be needed to finance the bail-outs.
Making matters worse, the state Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund, facing a $1 billion deficit, is now borrowing money from the federal government to provide benefits to the unemployed. Given that unemployment continues to tick upward, there is every reason to believe the situation is going to get worse before it gets better.
Warren Hudak, a member of the Unemployment Advisory Council, said during a Lincoln Radio Journal interview that the system has a "structural problem" and that only three other states in the nation are now paying out more in benefits than Pennsylvania. Hudak says that under the most optimistic scenario the fund will remain insolvent for a "minimum of seven to eight years."
At the moment, federal stimulus dollars are being used to plug the holes in Pennsylvania's leaky fiscal ship. But, stimulus spending does nothing to change the underlying dynamics that point to major deficits when that temporary funding stream ends. When it does, Pennsylvania will be hit with a perfect storm unless spending is quickly reduced to more realistic levels.
Unfortunately, as the recent budget crisis has proven, the political will does not exist in Harrisburg to take that responsible course of action. And so, the fiscal storm continues to brew.
(Lowman S. Henry is Chairman & CEO of the Lincoln Institute and host of the weekly Lincoln Radio Journal. His e-mail address is [email protected])
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EYE ON HEALTH: Hip Impingement
Hunter Vinsel has been an avid athlete his entire life. But in his 20's, he started feeling a crippling pain in his hips.
Hunter Vinsel says I figured it was just one of those injuries you battle through, but after a little bit as it was going on, I started realizing something probably wasn't right."
In fact, something was very wrong. Hunter had a condition known as hip impingement. The ball and socket of his hips weren't smooth, causing friction and pain. A condition doctors say is on the rise.
Dr. Tom Ellis, Wexner Medical Center, says If you look at sporting injuries across the board, you're starting to see more and more injuries in younger and younger patients."
Dr. Ellis is an orthopaedic surgeon at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. He says symptoms of hip impingement can affect anyone from 16-60. Some cases are genetic. The hip bones can develop rough and jagged edges.
But in some cases, activity may be to blame, especially in children who play only one sport and subject themselves to constant and repetitive motion.
Dr. Ellis says "That has to take a toll on the body. And so we think that there are a certain percentage of the population where they're starting to develop hip problems at an early age because of all the activities they are doing."
By the end of the year there will be 70 thousand surgeries to repair hip condition like this. Double the amount just five years ago.
The good news for Hunter is surgery worked so much so that he's not only back to working out, but recently leased a new apartment, on the third floor.
Hunter says "there is a solution to this. Knowing there is a solution was huge."
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During surgery doctors smooth down the jagged edges of the ball and socket joint to help eliminate the pain. Hip impingement is a relatively new diagnosis. Experts say it has only been consistently diagnosed in the last decade or so. If you have chronic hip pain from exercise or crossing your legs or sitting in your car for too long, you might want to speak to your doctor about this condition. If it is diagnosed early, you may be able to avoid surgery.


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You will go out for a hunt, and you will clear the New York outskirts of all humans with cold blood. You will shoot, you will hurt, you will kill, and you will die. There are no rules, there is no compassion, no mercy, no point in going back. You are the lord of life and death now – and you have full control over the lives of worthless human scum.
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A long range transportation plan is a tool used by federal, state, and local entities to evaluate transportation assets and to plan for future needs. The Statewide Transportation Plan is a long-range plan that assesses the State's multimodal transportation system and presents plans for improvement and maintenance. The plan will forecast a minimum of 20 years, and will involve engagement with both public and private entities. The plan is designed to meet the goals and other requirements required by federal legislation, including the new FAST Act with its emphasis on performance management.
The Statewide Transportation Plan will include both a document and a travel demand model. The document will provide a means to display the State's current assets and examine where work will be needed in the future. The travel demand model will be used to forecast traffic to help identify future needs. Alabama's transportation infrastructure includes the highway system, transit and rail lines, bicycle and pedestrian operations, freight operations, airports, and river and seaports.
This website will continue to be update periodically. The most recent Statewide Transportation Plan was completed in July 2017. This report is available below in the Reports Tab. Deliverables included interim reports, mapping, and other related information. The previous statewide transportation plan (2008) is available here. An assessment of the existing transportation system was also performed in 2008 and that document is available here.
Your comments are important to us - please continue to let us know about transportation related concerns that you think will help us to improve the Alabama transportation program. Please send your comments to: firstname.lastname@example.com.
Alabama Statewide Transportation Plan
Alabama's highway network provides connectivity for passenger vehicles as well as goods and services. Roadways are described by the federal functional classification system, which defines a roadway based on its accessibility and mobility. Interstates provide the most mobility, while local roads provide the most accessibility. ALDOT uses a number of tools to determine the future highway needs of the State, such tools include the ALGO Traffic Incident Management System, the MPO travel demand model, and various local and statewide transportation plans.
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|Alabama Statewide Freight Plan
|FAST Act Key Provisions
|Surface Transportation Block Grant Program
|Metropolitan Long Range Transportation Plans
Rail exists in Alabama for the purpose of moving passengers and freight. Amtrak is the major mover of passengers and there are four class 1 railroads operating in Alabama. The Alabama Department of Transportation looks at rail movement from several angles. There is the need to understand freight movement and the major generators of that freight movement. Safety planners also need to monitor rail grade crossings to examine the potential for accidents.
|Alabama Rail Plan
|Norfolk Southern Corporation
|CSX Transportation, Inc.
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Airports are important to Alabama passenger and freight movements. Alabama's airport system consists of over 200 registered airports, 6 of which have commercial services. The State Aeronautic Bureau maintains an Airport System Plan, which inventories the current condition of the network.
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|Aviation Council of Alabama
Alabama Statewide Airport System Plan
|Freight Data and Statistics
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Alabama has approximately 1,500 miles of navigable inland waterways along six corridors, giving it one of the longest such systems in the United States. These water corridors connect to over 15,000 miles of inland waterways in 23 states via the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. ALDOT's role in improving the movement of waterborne fright consists of ensuring the efficient access to and from port and dock facilities.
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Approximately 55 of 67 counties have public transit operations in Alabama. ALDOT responsibilities for transit are specified in state and federal law and include planning as well as capital and operating funds grant program management and administration. Transit systems in the state also rely on Metropolitan Planning Organizations and Regional Planning Commissions to assist with reporting and meeting state and federal requirements.
|State Management Plan
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Current transportation legislation continues to place an emphasis on bicycle and pedestrian modes of travel. This has been recognized by the Alabama Department of Transportation as they are developing a Statewide Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan. Many cities have followed suit with their own bicycle and pedestrian plans.
|Alabama Statewide Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan
|Alabama Bicycle Coalition
|Zyp Bikeshare
|SCC Meeting, December 13th, 2016
|Stakeholder/Public Meeting #2, March 2017
|Fact Sheet
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|Stakeholder/Public Meeting #1, September 2016
|Stateholder Listing
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|SCC Meeting, July 28th, 2016
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|What is the Statewide Transportation Plan?
The Statewide Transportation Plan (SWTP) is the result of the statewide planning process that reviews long range transportation needs in the state, seeks public input on priorities of stakeholders and communities, evaluates funding resources and develops recommendations for programs, policies and transportation initiatives.
|Why is it important to update the SWTP?
It is important to maintain oversight of the condition and operation of transportation programs so that the State is able to respond to evolving transportation demands. As the State grows and businesses establish themselves in Alabama, the Department's goal is to provide mobility that facilitates access to jobs, education, commerce and other trip purposes.
The SWTP is also a federal requirement in order to maintain eligibility for federal funds. Transportation projects will usually require years of preparation to accomplish. The SWTP looks ahead to identify emerging needs and evaluate how best to meet the transportation needs of citizens. Projects included in the STIP should be in keeping with the needs identified in the SWTP.
|What modes of transportation are included in the SWTP?
The SWTP is multimodal and includes roads and bridges, transit, bicycle, pedestrian, freight transportation, passenger rail and aviation activities. Federal regulations emphasize safety and security; the SWTP will look carefully at the safety and security of different transportation modes.
|How can I participate in the SWTP update?
The study will have ample opportunity for citizens to participate through public meetings, reviewing materials on the web and providing comments. You can send in comments via mail, e-mail, or in person at meetings. You can stay involved through materials posted to the web, by attending public meetings and by communicating with the study team.
|How does the State include Indian Trides in the statewide planning process?
The FAST Act and FHWA continue to strengthen the role of Indian Tribes in the transportation planning process. Transportation plans shall be developed in consultation with the tribal government and the Secretary of the Interior. FHWA recently convened a rulemaking committee for the Tribal Transportation Self-Governance Program (TTSGP) in order to develop a detailed interpretation of how and when Indian Tribes should be fully involved in federal processes and programs. In the meantime, ALDOT is continuing its efforts towards more fully incorporating the Indian Tribes into its planning processes. For the Statewide Transportation Plan, ALDOT is coordinating to receive relevant transportation and socioeconomic data and information, particularly with regard to travel demand modeling and projected growth.
The State of Alabama recognizes nine Indian Tribes: Poarch Band of Creek Indians, Echota Cherokee Tribe of Alabama, Cherokee Tribe of Northeast Alabama, Ma-Chis Lower Creek Indian Tribe of Alabama, Southeastern Mvskoke Nation, Cher-O-Creek Intra Tribal Indians, MOWA Band of Choctaw Indians, Piqua Shawnee Tribe, and United Cherokee Ani-Yun-Wiya Nation. One is also federally recognized: the Poarch Band of Creek Indians.
|How are the Statewide Transportation Plan and the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program related?
The Statewide Transportation Plan is a long-range planning document looking 20 years or more into the future. The Statewide Transportation Plan is not required to include specific projects but will provide a plan to improve and maintain the State's current assets. The Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) identifies multimodal transportation projects across the state for a four year period. The STIP includes all projects inside the Metropolitan Planning Organization's TIP, as well as projects in the rural and small urban areas. The STIP is financially constrained, meaning there are sufficient funds available to complete the four-year program of projects.
|What is a Statewide Travel Demand Model?
A statewide model will be developed to provide projected traffic volumes, as well as to identify anticipated locations of congestion and need for improvements. The model reflects base year 2010 and future year 2040 growth and is based on readily available data. The model platform is CUBE Voyager.
The model process is initiated with assessment of current conditions. Traffic Analysis Zone (TAZ) boundaries are defined through a review of Census data, MPO models, and previous ALDOT evaluations of transportation conditions. The trip generation module uses base year socioeconomic data (population, households, employment, household median income, and automobile ownership) to determine the number of trips made between TAZs.
Following development of the trip generation module, a base year roadway network will be developed to include all Interstates, U.S. Routes, and State Routes. Trips are assigned to the network based on the simplest path between an origin and a destination. By running the base year model, an estimate of the total number of vehicles using each roadway in the network will be developed. When compared to the roadway capacity, the model identifies congested areas and shows the level of congestion projected to occur.
The base year model is calibrated and validated to FHWA specifications provided in the Model Calibration and Reasonableness Checking Manual. Calibration and validation of the base year model ensures it accurately reflects current travel patterns and traffic volumes, thereby providing confidence in the model and its ability to reflect current as well as future conditions. After approval of the base year model, the future year model is developed to project future conditions and determine the transportation network's future performance.
Your comments are important. Please contact us with your ideas, concerns, and thoughts regarding the Statewide Transportation Plan update.
Mailing Address:
Mr. Jim Doolin
Alabama Department of Transportation
Transportation Planning Bureau
Metropolitan Planning Section Rm# C118
1409 Coliseum Boulevard
Montgomery, AL 36110
Thank you for your participation!
|Household Distribution, 2010
This map depicts the concentrations of households across Alabama.
|Employment Concentration, 2010
This map depicts the concentrations of employment across Alabama.
|Projected Household Growth, 2010 – 2040
This map depicts the projected household growth by census tract across Alabama.
|Projected Employment Growth, 2010 – 2040
This map depicts the projected employment growth by census tract across Alabama.
|Alabama MPOs and RPOs
This map depicts the locations of Metropolitan Planning Organizations and Rural Planning Organizations. A Metropolitan Planning Organization is a group of representatives from local governments that come together to address transportation issues is their jurisdictions (https://www.dot.state.al.us/ltweb/planning/MPOWebsites.html). A Rural Planning Organization address the same issues in rural populations across the state. Rural Planning Organizations are staffed by Councils of Government; more information is available at https://alarc.org/.
|Major Capacity Improvements Committed Through 2040
Projects were determined based on cost, location, and criticality to the network. This is not an all-inclusive list. The most up to date project listing rests with the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program, located here: https://cpmsapps.dot.state.al.us/OfficeEngineer/Plan/Statewide, which provides information on cost, project dates, etc. for projects in a 5 year window.
|Key Bridge Projects
This map depicts bridge projects of significance across Alabama. Projects were determined based on cost, location, and criticality to the network. This is not an all-inclusive list. The most up to date project listing rests with the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program, located here: https://cpmsapps.dot.state.al.us/OfficeEngineer/Plan/Statewide, which provides information on cost, project dates, etc. for projects in a 5 year window.
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Chirnside United co-manager Duncan Morrison paid tribute to goalscorer Alan Jess as his side picked up their first Border Cup for seven years with a 1-0 over Jed Legion.
Jess's second-half strike was the difference as Jed Legion suffered their second Border Cup final loss in a row.
Morrison and co-manager Stevie Shennan picked up their first trophy since taking over the club at the start of last season, and their young squad looks likely to challenge for more as they currently sit top of Border Amateur Division A.
Morrison said: "Alan has plenty of experience which is needed to help our younger players.
"A lot of this squad was in our Colts team two seasons ago and having that team has now paid off.
"I thought we deserved to win the game. We dominated early on and once we got the goal we had a few chances to kill the game off which we didn't take.
"But we are very strong defensively and I was confident they would not be beaten." While this wasn't a Halloween horror of a cup final, it was not a classic either, and it became clear from an early stage that one goal would likely prove the difference.
It was also evident that Chirnside had the great aerial and physical threat, with Daniel Romaines having a header cleared off the line within the first two minutes.
To their credit, Legion tried to play passing football throughout this cup final with Craig Hall and Jamie Swailes looking a promising central midfield pairing, but it was a direct route which almost created the opening goal.
Ashley Langford collected Canmy Page's long throw and his cross was cleverly back heeled towards the net by Chris Gillon, only for Martin Todd to palm the ball away.
Keeper Todd also denied Langford just before half-time as Jed worked their way into the tie.
Yet it was Chirnside who grabbed the only goal seven minutes after the break when ex-Berwick Rangers development squad player Daniel Pattenden unleashed a low angled shot which Jack could not hold, allowing ex-Eyemouth United man Jess to find the net from less than six yards out.
Jed would dominate possession for the remainder of the game, but Chirnside were now looking dangerous on the counter attack, with substitute Adam Turner's pace causing concerns.
Legion's Joss Lowe made a vital save to deny sub Keir Blaikie a certain goal which would have sealed the game.
Jed boss Derek McLachlan said: "We lacked the cutting edge to win the game."
Jed Legion: Jack, Lowe, Page, Chandler, Finlayson (Jack 75), Swailes, Milner (Spence 85), Hall (Davidson 89), Hunter (Gillie 62), Gillon (Stephenson 67), Langford.
Chirnside United: Todd, Stobie, Turner, Romaines, Young (Lough 76), Christie, Pattenden, Condy, Logie (Blaikie 64), Hannan (Turner 67), Jess.


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Type: Privilege Escalation
Location: Local
Impact: Critical
Product: SecPanel
Website: http://www.secpanel.com
Vulnerable Version: v2.0.0
Fixed Version: v2.0.1
Date: 2013-07-22
By: www.rack911.com
Product Description:
SecPanel's one click install hardens your server against the most common and dangerous attacks. You can manage your server's security from a web based dashboard.
Vulnerability Description:
When the software is installed it adds a user to sudo allowing access to various functions. Unfortunately, there is a flaw that exposes the password in plain text that would ultimately allow an attacker to escalate their privileges to root access.
Proof of Concept:
Due to the nature of this security flaw, we will not be posting a Proof of Concept until a much later date.
We have deemed this vulnerability to be rated as CRITICAL due to the fact that root access can be obtained.
Vulnerable Version:
This vulnerability was tested against SecPanel v2.0.0 and is believed to exist in all prior versions.
Fixed Version:
This vulnerability was patched in SecPanel v2.0.1.
Vendor Contact Timeline:
2013-07-11: Vendor contacted via email.
2013-07-12: Vendor confirms vulnerability.
2013-07-15: Vendor issues update.
2013-07-22: Rack911 issues security advisory.


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Previously known as THE FASTEST, this uplifting biopic about one man's remarkable transformation tells the true story of Jerzy Gorski, former junkie turned athletic champion. After spending 13 years struggling with heroin addiction, Gorski underwent intense physical and mental rehabilitation to become Poland's Double Ironman World Champion. Director Lukasz Palkowski spares none of the gritty details in this realistic yet inspiring account of Gorski's journey. The film was a major blockbuster in its native Poland, as well as winning Best Production Design and Best Debut Actor (actress Kamila Kaminska) at the Polish Film Awards.
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You will visit your provider once a month up to week 28 (through the 6th month), every two weeks until week 36 (during the 7th and 8th months) and once a week after 36 weeks until you deliver your baby. Your partner or family members are encouraged to attend these visits with you.
At each visit the provider will:
- Ask you how you feel in general
- Check your weight
- Test your urine for sugar and protein (to check for any medical problems)
- Measure your abdomen to check baby's growth (fundal height)
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Q1. Will I have to buy insurance?
The Affordable Care Act put in place a mandate to buy insurance, with a tax penalty if you are uninsured. Graham-Cassidy would get rid of that mandate and the penalty. The mandate was created to ensure that young and healthy people would buy insurance, offsetting the costs of insuring older and sicker people. Health insurers have said another mechanism is needed to keep insurance markets stable if the mandate is eliminated.
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The bill would repeal the penalties for large employers that fail to offer affordable insurance to workers.
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Insurance companies still won't be able to deny coverage based on pre-existing conditions, but states can waive the provision that caps what they can charge. They can also waive certain mandated coverage under Obamacare, such as maternity care, mental health services and hospitalization.
Q4. What happens to private insurance subsidies?
The bill would end subsidies in 2020 for those who purchase insurance on their own rather than getting it through an employer or government program. Under Obamacare, people earning up to 400% of poverty get subsidies to reduce their premiums. Those earning up to 250% of poverty get a break on deductibles and other out-of-pocket expenses.
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Thirty-one states and the District of Columbia expanded Medicaid under Obamacare to people earning up to 138% of poverty. The Graham-Cassidy legislation would immediately stop more states from expanding Medicaid and would end the existing expansions in 2020. Instead, states would receive, through 2026, a block grant to devise their own way of helping residents who had gotten Obamacare coverage either through Medicaid or with private insurance subsidies.
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My daughter's violin teacher is a huge fan of Lawrence Block. In particular, Block's Matt Scudder series. So when I was at Bouchercon last month and my friend Alison Gaylin said she'd gotten an ARC for the latest Scudder book, A DROP OF THE HARD STUFF, I talked her into giving it to me so I could give it to Miles.
I had never read a Block book. But since it was in my bag on the plane, and I had three hours to kill, I pulled it out and began to read.
I am kicking myself for never picking up a Block book before. It was amazing. A relatively quiet mystery; a flashback to the year after Scudder stops drinking; a case about an old friend who is violently murdered; a slow, languid pace that just sucks you in and keeps you thinking long after you finish the book. I have lived with recovery in my life, not my own recovery, but in my family, and Block gets it all right. A scene where Scudder comes back to his room to find a glass of bourbon on his desk waiting for him is one of the strongest in the book. The temptation is clear, his resolve uncertain. The mystery takes a back seat to his struggle.
I'm now going to seek out more Block books. Better late than never. Sadly, though, you'll have to wait for this latest, since it won't be released until May 2011. But it's worth the wait. My daughter's violin teacher was very happy he could get this sneak peek!
The other book is one I just finished, and I admit that I'm not exactly sure what I think about it. Either it was brilliant, or it was ridiculous. But I can't make up my mind.
I have loved Louise Penny's Three Pines mysteries. Her chief inspector, Armand Gamache, is wise and clever. The setting is what drew me initially and has kept me enthralled: a small town just outside Montreal that's not on any map. My family has been to Quebec and Montreal a few times, so the setting speaks to me.
Her new book, BURY YOUR DEAD, is set in Quebec City. I absolutely loved following Gamache around there, since I could close my eyes and picture exactly where he was at all times. The city within the walls is not that big, and since we explored every inch of it, it was easy to picture.
The problem with the book is that there are basically three plots going on simultaneously. The first is the initial one: Gamache is in Quebec City and has stumbled across the murder of a man who has spent his life searching for the remains of Champlain, the founder of Quebec. Penny addresses the problems between the English (Anglophones) and French (Francophones) in Quebec in this plot.
While Gamache is investigating, however, suddenly we get snippets of conversations he has with a young agent named Paul Morin. And as the book progresses, we realize something has happened to Morin, that Gamache is "recuperating" in Quebec City, and his right hand man, Jean-Guy Beauvoir has also been wounded.
We then move into plot No. 3: Gamache sends Beauvoir to Three Pines to see if Olivier, the bistro owner, (SPOILER HERE) actually did kill the Hermit in the previous book. Now, I had huge problems with that last book, and I wasn't sure I was going to read this new book because of that. I never once believed that a beloved, recurring character had become a murderer. Perhaps Penny knew all along that perhaps he wasn't, and that's why she revisited that in this book. But it still feels wrong.
So all three plots are intertwined in this one book. While I got used to the conversations between Gamache and Morin interrupting the flow from time to time, it was an odd device to use. I found myself rating the three plots as to their importance to me: 1) Morin and what happened to Gamache and Beauvoir; 2) Three Pines and Olivier; and 3) Champlain's body. Sadly, I think Penny meant that I should be more interested in the third since that took up the majority of the book, but I found myself skimming a bit to get through all the history to find out just what happened with Morin.
Like I said, either this was brilliant or it was silly to take on three complicated plots at the same time. I'm not quite sure which.
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Guacamole caught some random Pro getting squeezed and trying to take out Levi.
Some edited video I got
Ayla cheering on "The Man"
Posted by The Evil MGE! Tuesday, August 30, 2011 at 7:55 AM
Posted by The Evil MGE! Monday, August 29, 2011 at 6:36 AM
Some call me evil. I call myself a Father, Husband, Macgyveriser and an occasional adventurous mountain biker.
Crossing Argentine Pass into Montezuma from Silver Plume, climbing Lenawee to Abasin and finally climbing over Loveland Pass has been a thought of mine for about 3 years now. JJonas has done it for some years and while there have been those that have questioned the route, its not theirs to question. It lies in the mind and bodies of those willing to do it.
But do I question myself at times. Between work and family, time is tight for anything else but I have a good wife and loving children who may not always understand my call to the wild but they let me explore and for that I am always grateful.
I hoodwinked 3 others into my adventure. Guacamole, Joe HomeGrown and Drew from the East. All three know my reputation for taking mortal men(my term for us weekend warriors) and pushing them to their limits. All three have seen me bonk and fight to keep churning the pedals when no power to push them was left in my body.
So in that day, it felt good to be a leader. To take us to 13,200 ft....eyes wide with wonder of the vistas at that elevation and to descend and climb two more times to elevations above treeline and feel strong all day.
Laughing at the middle fingers raised to my salute every time I looked back on Lenawee, I knew I had chosen the perfect crew for such an adventure for the mortal of men.
We may not be gods of the bicycle in your eyes but in that day, we were gods of our own adventure.
Slideshow Here....
Posted by The Evil MGE! Monday, August 22, 2011 at 12:01 AM
We found a wall of snow and climbed to its summit
We chased ethereal ghosts of my namesake
and we rode the Divide that separates the waters that flow to the Atlantic and the Pacific
To reach 13,000 + ft, climbing is required. At that elevation, the mortal man can't always sustain, so we hiked
at the top, we admired the views and new bikes...Guacamole's(left) and my(right) new Jet 9's...Thanks Golden Bike Shop
and then we descended...... to 8000 ft or so
another climb to 10,000 + ft
and another 2000 + ft descent
Thanks to PBR, Lubes, Guacamole and Canyonrat for joining me for a day of adventuring in the Mountains....oh and Lubes and myself, finally cleaned the Turn of Doom in Gtown and that which lays beyond.
Posted by The Evil MGE! Saturday, August 20, 2011 at 6:40 PM
I picked up my Jet 9 frame yesterday afternoon and had it built last night. I had to work today but was able to get out for a short lunch ride and in short, this bike is just fuggin rad! I'll be leading a group of 5 hardy souls to the top of Jones Pass tomorrow for a climb to 13,215 ft followed by a 5000+ ft descent off the Continental Divide.
Posted by The Evil MGE! Friday, August 19, 2011 at 11:22 PM
Last weekend Guacamole and I tried to head for the Lenawee Trail to try out his new Jet 9. He was looking for some chunk but mother nature turned us from the High Country with voluminous black clouds that ominously hung over the mtns.
So we took a turn and ended up in Golden Gate State Park to do a big ol loop including Mtn Lion and then a counter clockwise circumnavigation of the entire Park.
Posted by The Evil MGE! Wednesday, August 17, 2011 at 9:31 PM
A few weeks ago I noticed my Phoenix had cracked again. This time on the weld at non driveside chainstay and the paragon slider.
Reading up on the interweb and talking to a few builder friends led me to believe this was due to the fact that the area had never been braced. So I talked to Chris, a local single speeder bad ass, all around good guy and owner of Podium Cycles about repairing the crack and installing a brace.
Chris installed a sleeve over the original chainstay and installed a brace between the chainstay and seatstay to hopefully advert this from happening again.
Another issue I've had with my frame is that the wheel has always leaned towards the driveside seatstay even though it was straight between the chainstays.
This difference is almost 3/8's of an inch. Chris put a Campagnolo dropout alignment tool on the rear dropouts and the driveside dropout was approx 3/16 of an inch lower then the non drive side. Chris said this was most likely due to an improperly set frame or possibly a miscut of the prebent seatstays...I believe this is the most likely cause since looking at the bends in the seatstays, they are asymmetrical.
As a temporary fix I took my dremel tool to the driveside dropout and removed the material necessary to allow the wheel to sit straight between the dropouts. A quick test ride tonight at 3 Sisters in Evergreen showed promise that the temporary repair will hold until I can get Chris to look at the frame more closely to determine what has caused this.
Posted by The Evil MGE! Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 11:46 PM
Rented as a demo from the Golden Bike Shop. I knew of the Jet 9 for some years now. 1st hearing of the recall in 2009 and later hearing about the "rise of the Phoenix in 2010. Niner claims the 2010 model is 30 % stiffer then its predecessor and though I never got a chance to throw my leg over the earlier model, I'd say they hit the mark with this bikes rocket ship, sling shot, point it and it'll take you there as fast as your willing to push it attitude.
Golden Bike Shop recommends running a 120 mm fork to the 90 mm rear end. I was a little hesitant at 1st and on my 1st test ride, Chimney Gulch to Enchanted Forest to Apex, I thought they may be off the mark. The bike handled twitchy and nervous on the climbs and while I felt fast on the descents, I really didn't feel in control. I attribute this to the fact that the bike had a 0 degree rise stem and a flat bar along with skinny Maxxis Ignitor 2.1 Tires on the front and rear.
I got home that night and switched out the front tire for a Panaracer Rampage 2.3 and switched the stem to a 6 degree rise with a riser bar on top of that. That weekend we did my Great Big, Damn'd Vail ride and the resulting ride was astounding. The bike felt overall more comfortable under me and performed to every command I could give as long as my legs and lungs could continue producing the momentum. The result was a bike that climbed and tracked well, though new to me compared to my hardtail was a slightly longer wheel base that made switchbacks a little trickier. The descents is where this setup really shined and I had to reel myself in a few times when it felt that I was going a little to fast for my own comfort.
While I know the Jet 9 was optimized for cross country racing, I see the potential for this machine to be a epic cruiser that could handle a variety of diverse terrain while keeping a rider happy for many miles in the saddle. This can be accomplished through using a 120mm fork, 2.3 or larger front tire and 2.2 or larger rear tires along with a cockpit setup optimized for the individual rider. For this reason, I have Golden Bike Shop holding a frame for me until I can gather enough funds to make it mine.
Posted by The Evil MGE! Sunday, August 7, 2011 at 11:09 PM
ok..only 38 miles. Somewhere around 8,000 ft of climbing and just below 11 hours including breaks and lunch.
I've been wanting to ride Two Elks since moving to Colorado three years ago. The only thing that bothered me about it was it was gonna either be a shuttle or a long road/bike path ride to make it a loop. I thought about Resolution Road but I figured if I was gonna be pulling my teeth, I might as well do it on Single Track.
Enter Cougar Ridge. I'm sure it makes a fine downhill but it's a helluva climb. Least I knew it would be and an east coast friend who just arrived in town on Friday showed it could be climbed on a bike. Funny how all of us who were acclimated were the ones walking for at least 80% of it while she just rode away. Did I mention she was a girl? Watch out ladies, she is in town for the Leadville 100 and I have a feeling she might earn herself a belt buckle.
The ultimate route: Vail Pass>Shrine Pass Rd>Bowman's>Top of the World>Two Elks>Minturn>Game Creek>Cougar Ridge>The Grand Traverse>Two Elks Connector>Top of the World>Bowman's>Shrine Pass Road>Vail Pass
Keep in mind this is a lolly pop loop and while we took our time, had lunch in Minturn, and took many breaks....its a loop I'd only recommend to the super adventurous, the super fit, and have the spirit to persevere.
On to the video. Don't worry, I broke it up with pictures, pov, and people riding.
The 1st 15 seconds or so is PBR talking. Some reason the sound didn't transfer well and he is berating yours truly, while climbing a ridable portion for me of Cougar Ridge.
"He did this. That guy. He's the one. His Fault"
Posted by The Evil MGE! Monday, August 1, 2011 at 12:02 AM
I've been missing some good old chunk style riding. big rocks, roots, eroded(did he go there, I believe he did IMBA*) singletrack. I took Guacamole to a favorite gem up in the mountains somewhere between Boulder and Estes Park where the line between Colorado Backcountry and what definitely has a backwoods Appalachian feel, becomes blurred.
Everything in the area from the trails to the ...ummm towns, if you'd call them that, feels like they stepped straight out of the Appalachia's. Rugged defines this country and it'll break you without thinking twice about it.
I figured I'd start our day in Colorado's east coast style riding right. A couple miles on pavement followed by a brief fun descent on rocky singletrack followed by a hike a bike>ride a bike>hike a bike climb.
I followed this up with a dirt road climb to Left Hand Reservoir and a view that said we were still in Colorado
This was followed by entering the Little Raven Trail. A trail of boardwalks over high mountain bogs followed by lots of rock gardens.
This trail brought us back to Brainard Lake and some brief views of the Indian Peaks Wilderness
where just beyond, a bit of rock and roots awaited
And the roar of the South Saint Vrain kept music with our pace
A bit of smooth singletrack intermittently broke the constant pounding
and after getting lost on a bit of, "new to me" trail...we found the way
During the ride I kept getting a creak out the rear of my bike. Thinking it was a wheel I soon discovered it to be a crack in the chainstay. Fugg me, right in the middle of our peak high country season too.
Sanded just to be sure. The horizontal line is the crack.
* I'm not really meaning to bag on IMBA as I believe they are positive ambassadors of our sport. A root or a rock in the trail is not always a bad thing though and while I love a good ol IMBA style flowy trail as the next mountain biker, I believe there is a limit to excessive trail cleansing.


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Tue, 11 December 2007
This is an interesting and informationally dense interview, be prepared to take notes! Over 70 books have been written about Thomas Edison, "Innovate Like Edison" is different, it's the first to elucidate how Edison did Innovation. This book puts forward more detail about how he worked and his methods with teams, research, and more. This is a book that we can learn from and adopt. The Innovise Guys talk to the great grand niece of Edison, Sarah Miller Caldicott, an innovator in her own right, and co-author of this important new book about innovation process. As usual the Guys have fun with serious content and they explore the books ideas with Sarah. Included are a review of Edison's "five competencies of innovation," his innovation and problem solving assessments (that you can access in the book), various other Innovation tools and techniques, and what it was like to work with illustrious co-author Michael Gelb. For more information about Sarah and the book, visit www.sarahcaldicott.com.
Direct download: sarahcmiller.mp3
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Thu, 8 November 2007
Amy Tan, author of The Joy Luck Club, had this to say about the authors of This Is Not the Life I Ordered: "Kudos to the amazing strength of these women! This book is the needed inspiration to survive the worst luck and circumstances that catch women unexpectedly. Stories of almost unimaginable pain and tragedy: the death of loved ones, being witness to mass murder, the loss of an esteemed job after years of loyalty, and the reversal of fortunes. But more importantly, these are stories of individual strength to transform shock, despair, and paralysis into sheer will and guts. It contains the innate resources we have to climb out of the abyss and into a new life with unexpected happiness." In this podcast, The Innovise Guys talk to two of the authors, Deborah Collins Stephens and Michealene Cristini Risley about their book which celebrates sisterhood, community and creative re-framing of lives gone horribly awry -- and how hope, optimism, humor and acceptance can open the way to gratitude and acceptance of what life deals you. The guys want to also mention that they think, on top of everything else, these brainy, resilient, funny women are "major babes".
Direct download: whoselifeladies.mp3
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Sat, 6 October 2007
The Los Angeles Times – once wrote, "Fresh out of college, Marty Sklar was overwhelmed to find himself as Walt Disney's newest writer.? Sklar, in awe, dutifully followed Disney around, scribbling down Disney's orders, ideas and, occasionally, one-line gems. Many years after Walt's death, Sklar recognized this treasure-trove of wisdom and created "Mickey's Ten Commandments?, one of the most widely circulated creeds and a bible of the theme park industry."The lessons became a cornerstone of Sklar's own iconic reputation at Walt Disney Co., where he is among the last of a generation of creative minds who worked with the founder--so closely in his case that he became known as the Sorcerer's Apprentice?. "When people see Marty, they see Walt," says a former colleague. "When Marty says something is good, it's almost like Walt says it's good." He has also been called "the Jiminy Cricket? of Disney. Sklar led Disney Imagineering for over three decades. The Innovise Guys tracked down Marty at the ACA conference in Austin this past spring where he keynoted (American Creativity Association meeting). In this short but sweet interview, we learn of brainstorming and creativity Disney-style and about some of the methods behind the fairy dust. "There are two ways to look at a blank piece of paper," says Sklar, "One way is to see it as the most frightening thing in the world because there is nothing on it, and you have to make the first mark. The other way is to see the blank sheet as the greatest opportunity in the world.... You can let your imagination fly in any direction." Let's "Wish upon a star …?, shall we?
Direct download: martydisney.mp3
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Mon, 1 October 2007
Bijoy Goswami is an interesting man. He's the author of The Human Fabric, CEO of Aviri Corporation, and a founder of the Austin Boostrap Network. He's well educated of course -- Stanford -- but what makes him interesting is his diverse background and his ability to blend eastern and western concepts into new ways of being effective in the business world. A highly creative individiual Bijoy is very articulate when it comes to talking about start-ups, and creativity and innovation. Gregg caught up with Bijoy at Cafe Caffeine in Austin, Texas while there on his own book tour for Jack's Notebook. This is a concise and information packed interview, for more about Bijoy see: www.http://www.aviri.com/bijoy.htm and for more about the Austin Boostrap Network, see: http://www.bootstrapaustin.org/.
Direct download: goswami.mp3
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Tue, 11 September 2007
Are you a Clarifier, an Ideator, a Developer, an Implementer, or a Driver? In this instructive podcast, Dr. Gerard Puccio discusses FourSight, the breakthrough creative thinking style preference assessment which he developed through years of field testing and comparative research. The simple, user-friendly 34 question self-assessment tool is deceptive in it's simplicity, because it yields profound insights with far-reaching implications for personal development and how we work together as teams to accomplish complex objectives. Gerard keeps the Innovise Guys on their toes in this informative and jocular interview, wherein he sometimes upstages the Guys with some subtle and some not-so-subtle one-liners. Anyone who is involved with creative process, change management, team building, organizational development or dating will find this interview useful.
Direct download: thinkingskillspucciof2.mp3
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Mon, 11 June 2007
The Innovise Guys recently caught up with Dr. Gerard Puccio, program chair at the International Center for Studies in Creativity at Buffalo State College (SUNY) and his faculty colleague Dr. Mary Murdock at the American Creativity Association Conference. Together, with Marie Mance, they have just published a brilliant book, entitled Creative Leadership: Skills That Drive Change. In this fast-paced, fun and substantive interview, Puccio and Murdock discuss the connection between leadership and creativity. As the introduction to the book explains: "Change originates in creative thought, and the ability to engage in creative thinking or foster it in others is a skill that separates those who lead from those who follow … Creative thinking is the fuel that makes leadership work.? Leveraging more than 50 years of research in characteristically thorough fashion, the authors have written this book from the perspective of creativity as a core leadership competence. This is an informative and fun interview – at some points our affable guests even "out goof? The Guys, while covering the breadth, scope and seminal thinking behind the book, sharing their insights with aplomb. They also weigh in some of the challenges of the collaborative effort it took to write the book and fusing three authors into one, authentic voice. In the end, Puccio, Murdock and Mance have produced a book that is at once an extremely accessible, eminently readable, while a thorough, detailed academic resource for the latest thinking on Creative Problem Solving and Leadership – a hot topic du jour. Also discussed is their substantive reframing of the always resilient CPS process model. This is an engaging an informative interview that's right for anyone facing the challenges of change, leading others through it and who want access to lucid, straight forward, state-of-the art thinking on the Creative Problem Solving model. For more information on the Buffalo State program see: www.buffalostate.edu/centers/creativity
Direct download: pucciomurdockf.mp3
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Wed, 25 April 2007
Tamara Saviano is a creative publicist and the organizer of a non-profit called American Roots Publishing, which is dedicated to the preservation of American culture through music, literature, and art. Beneath her mild-mannered exterior lies a bit of a firebrand and a devout defender of free speech. That's one reason why Kris Kristofferson hired her – her guts to speak out. We would call her a genuine Creative Leader, entrepreneur, and arts advocate. The Innovise Guys are delighted to feature this interview Tamara did with Gregg Fraley as she passed through Chicago on her way back to Nashville. She's a classic creative in her own right as a Producer – her first CD won a Grammy in 2005 for Best Traditional Folk Album. That album, named Beautiful Dreamer: The Songs of Stephen Foster, is just one of the first projects slated for publication at American Roots Publishing. Her new media company, Ellis Communications will take her PR and media expertise up yet another level – we only wish we could afford her! Learn how this Nashville rebel unleashes her creativity on behalf of musical artists and in the cause of preserving American arts in this sparkling interview. For more information about American Roots Publishing see: http://www.americanrootspublishing.org/, for more about her publicity services see: http://www.savianomedia.com/index.html.
Direct download: TamaraSaviano.mp3
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Wed, 11 April 2007
Sewonderful Quilts is an amazing volunteer program to create quilts for critically ill children. They take material destined for the landfill and turn it into an object of love for the people who need it most. Francine Spacek, an interior designer in Chicago manages a volunteer network of quilters that have created almost 1000 of these works of art. Francine talks to the Innovise Guys about how she got the idea, how she recruits volunteers, how she gets tons of fabric samples, distributes them, and collects finished quilts which she gives to several hospitals in the Chicago area. She's looking to do more to expand this win-win-win idea, and needs quilters, sewing machines, fabric, and -- money -- to do more. It's hard to imagine a creative project more deserving of help, it's green, it distributes objects of art, it cares for people, and it creates communities of self expression. See www.sewonderfulquilts.com for more information. Tell people about this project please!
Direct download: francinequilts.mp3
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Sun, 18 March 2007
Michelle James is a creativty consultant from the Washington DC area and is the CEO of the Center for Creative Emergence (www.creativeemergence.com). Michelle is also a practiced improvisational actor who plays with Precipice Improv Theater Company (www.precipiceimprov.com) where she does long-format improv scenes. The Innovise Guys had a particular interest in Michelle because she actively uses improv tools in her business consulting, sometimes on the quiet, but many times she's brought in by her clients to teach improv. This is a fun and wide ranging discussion and the trio have a few laughs while talking about use of improv concepts like YES + AND, and Michelle's twist on that concept, YES = AND, Because. Michelle is also a key player/organizer in the Capitol Creativity Network (www.capitolcreativitynetwork.com). Tune into this pithy and upbeat interview with a leading creativity practitioner.
Direct download: michelle.mp3
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Sat, 3 March 2007
Pre-ACA Conference (March 21-23) Interview with Creativity's Garrulous Guru, Doug Hall: The Innovise Guys interview the guy dubbed "America's #1 Idea Guru" by Inc. Magazine. Doug Hall began his inventing career at the age of 12 by inventing and selling a line of magic and juggling kits. After graduating from the University of Maine with an engineering degree, Doug went to work with P&G, where he rose meteorically to Master Marketing Inventor by developing and implementing 9 innovations in 12 months. You may also know Doug for his appearances on TV's "The American Inventor" or for his "Brain Brew Radio" show on PRI or as CEO and founder of the Eureka! Ranch, described as an "invention & research think tank". The Innovise Guys match minds with this Mensan and marketing maven, who is a playful, peripatetic and a sometimes pugnacious proponent of his proprietary innovation system, which prognosticates and evaluates ideas based on a replicable, end-to-end, data-driven system. Hall speaks with some specificity about the American Creativity Association and its distinct value and mission, his soon-to-be-launched nationwide creative facilitation effort (in collaboration with the federal government) and forcefully shares his roguish views on the primacy of "left brain divergence". Tailor-made for the exigencies of today's business enterprises, Hall's system focuses on measurability and projectability based on a large data base and scaleable metrics to provide reliable degrees of confidence around new ideas in the largely uncertain world of new product development. Hall no longer believes that "fun is fundamental" and vows to rewrite his seminal book "Jump Start Your Brain" to reflect his new philosophy. No warm & fuzzies here. Art and play are out! This notwithstanding, this interview is full of fun and provocative insight that will get your synapses jumping, your blood surging and maybe your dander up! For more information see: www.amcreativityassoc.org, www.doughall.com, www.eurekaranch.com.
Direct download: Doug_Hallpcastiview1.mp3
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Fri, 16 February 2007
The Experience Economy & Innovation: The Innovise Guys Interview with Joe Pine. In 1999 Joe Pine and Jim Gilmore turned the marketing world on it's ear with the publication of their groundbreaking book, "The Experience Economy." Pine, formerly an innovator at IBM and a graduate of MIT's Sloan Graduate School of Business in Management Technology, met Jim Gilmore shortly after the publication of his first book, Mass Customization: The New Frontier in Business Competition. It turns out that Gilmore had author's envy -- He had been thinking along the same lines. They soon became friends, collaborators and ultimately partners in Strategic Horizons LLP. In this "experiential interview" Joe explains the basic precepts of the Experience Economy, the evolution of the concept, its application today and its relationship to innovation. The interview is true to the spirit of The Experience Economy's subtitle: "Work Is Theatre & Every Business a Stage" as Joe indulges Gregg and Doug and joins in the fun. For their part, as "The Guys" ham it up, they lend considerable credence to Oscar Wilde's Observation that "The World is a Stage, but the Play Badly Cast". (But you knew that.) In this interview Joe Pine also affords a glimpse of the soon-to-be-published Pine-Gilmore collaboration, "Authenticity." Each year, Pine & Gilmore design and direct a two-day experience called thinkAbout -- a series of staged events that foster creativity, innovation, and learning. The thinkAbout is a high-energy, high-impact event available to a limited number of participants each year. For more information on this and other offerings, visit www.StrategicHorizons.com or call Doug Parker at 330-995-4680.
Direct download: Joe_Pinefinal.mp3
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Thu, 1 February 2007
Da Bears. Da Super Bowl. Da Innovise Guys. We simply could not resist talking Bears football at this momentous time. And we make a true attempt to connect it all to Innovation -- After all, we all remember how the Bears 'thrilled the nation with their T-formation' -- or so the Bears fight song goes. And that's not all -- Papa Bear Halas created the professional National Football League -- an innovator for sure. In this interview, The Guys speak with sports geeks and clairvoyant cliches Skip Castro and Lou Scorpini, formerly the bombastic baseball announcers for the fictitious Beloit Bee Keepers Triple-A baseball franchise on WXRT and the SCORE radio in Chicago. Skip and Lou (actually screenwriter/sitcom executive producer Tom Wolfe and awarding-winning playwright, Hollywood sitcom actor and Second City alumnus Kevin Crowley) have at Da Bears of 2007 and Bears lore, as they prognosticate, play and replay with the connection of Bears football and innovation, as well as ruminate on Scorpini's incarceration in a federal penitentiary which effectively separated the delightfully unselfconscious, dunderheaded duo until this very special reunion. In this podcast, the Guys have their game faces on and give Skip and Lou room to connect on the bombs, keep the tape rolling and let their garrulous guests riff, diverge and converge on the Monsters of the Midway. There are a lot of 'forced connections' here, some fumbles and many takeaways -- all true to the Bears' football tradition.
Direct download: bears_skip_and_lou_show.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 12:15pm EDT
Wed, 24 January 2007
This podcast is a break with tradition for the Innovise Guys. Here, Doug interviews Gregg about the publication of Jack's Notebook, a business fable about creative problem solving. It's a fun interview -- some improvised songs, jokes, and accents happen as they manage to find out why Gregg wrote the book, who it's for, and to discuss some of the aspects of deliberate creativity as they progress. Jack's Notebook could be the first "break out" book that takes the concept of CPS and deliberate creativity to a much broader audience. For more information about Jack's Notebook, go to Gregg's website: www.greggfraley.com, or order it on Amazon.
Direct download: gf_jn_iview.mp3
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Mon, 8 January 2007
David Horth, author of The Leaders Edge, creativity and leadership expert, is with the Center for Creative Leadership in Greensborough, NC (www.ccl.org). In this wide-ranging and eclectic interview the Innovise Guys and David cover a wide range of topics, but with a central connection to creative leadership and design. They talk about design as a unifying concept of creativity, innovation, and quality. It's good fun and as usual the Guys talk about seemingly non-related stuff as well, like David's playing of a didgeridoo. David recites lines from Robert Frost and runs through the "six creative competencies" of an innovative leader that he amplifies in his book. David also talks about the goals of, and his role with, the Creative Education Foundation (www.creativeeducationfoundation.org). Check out this lively and content-rich chat.
Direct download: david_horth_interview.mp3
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