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Citizen Hound
San Francisco, CA
Do you meet the requirements listed below in bold?
Cubicle walls seemingly growing taller and taller?
Recycled air choking you at your desk?
The man got you down?
Fresh out of college and have no idea what to do with your degree?
Studying for a grad degree and need to pay the bills?
Grow up with a family dog but can't have one here in The City?
Have a dog but don't have the time to give it the attention and exercise it needs?
Simply love our fluffy, shaggy, large and small four legged barking friends?
Then we sure do have an offer for you: walk dogs. Seriously, it'll change your life. Your mind will be opened and your soul unleashed. It's the best job you'll ever have. Keep reading!
We are always looking to meet quality candidates who could effectively lead off leash groups of dogs through parks and beaches with us. Teacher, dog trainer, coach, boot camp instructor, friend, confidant...we wear a lot of hats with these dogs, and sometimes they eat them! What we're looking for are people who'd fit our team well, who love dogs, who like being outdoors, who are responsible and caring, amiable and professional at work. If that's you, you're in.
If you can rightfully answer "yes" to each and every of the preceding questions, stop what you're doing and apply now. These are all "must have" qualities to keep our company at the forefront of the industry. Even though these are seemingly basic, they are at the heart of what we do. Be not mistaken, we are top tier and need you to be too. We won #1 Dog Walking company in SF and #1 Dog Walker in the Bay Area in three separate publications, multiple years. We want you to help us keep kicking ass.
After the one year mark you're eligible for salary:
Additionally pet sitting can make you THOUSANDS in cash. This can double your income. Read details below for more info.
(If you want to skip the deets and apply already just skip to the last paragraph.)
Money Details:
You shadow for a week, taking in $16/hour. Essentially you do nothing but ride along, meet the dogs and coworkers, work with your trainer at cafes, and learn the basics. Not bad at all.
Week #2 is a bit different, so we up you to our training wage, $20/hour, the high end of industry standards for starting pay. You start picking up your own packs of dogs and meet up with me and other staff at our walking locations - typically Crissy Field and the forest at the Presidio. You start keeping track of your mileage and will be reimbursed gallon for gallon. You learn.
You're bumped up to $20.50 for 2nd leg of training, and after your training is complete, typically the first few months of employ, $21/hour and employee status, not independent contractor like some other jobs posted in the industry. You'll get your dog walker certification and permit through us ($800-$1000 you don't have to spend) and you're ready to go. The longer you stick with it, the more you involve yourself in our company mission, the more you demonstrate your willingness to work hard and grow professionally, the more you learn, the more you earn.
Many people make salary just after 1 year, and all positions will earn more as the company grows. There's training at every level, even at the top where we'll prepare you for leadership roles. It may seem like only a dog walking job, but things you learn here will undoubtedly serve you in subsequent jobs and careers.
On top of your daily shifts are near daily completely optional opportunities for private walks and pet sitting. Some choose to take on daily private walks, expanding on the general 6 hour day. Sometimes people just take one off private walks. Pet sitting is routine and people can double their income by pet sitting, and it's the easiest money you've ever made.
Shift Details:
Typical shifts last five to six hours Monday-Friday, you start in the late morning and are home by early evening. If you want to have a second evening job this is perfect to take up all your afternoons. For us, there is no such thing as working nights, weekends, or holidays. However, good extra income is available to you through boarding, solo walks, and eventually private lessons on your own personal schedule as needed by our clientele. Most employees here eventually take on an ongoing private walk either before or after work to expand pay. If you can sit dogs you can make THOUSANDS in cash. I made over $8,000 pet sitting in June and July alone!!!!!
Who We Are:
We are all roughly 20-35 years old. We get along great, going out for drinks after work sometimes, getting together for team outings, or just hanging out in the field every day with the dogs. I believe who you work with is one of the most important things in your life. You spend so much time at work you better love it.
Windy City Dog Walkers
Chicago, IL
Company Overview: Windy City Dog Walkers is Chicago's most trusted dog walking company. We have been serving Chicago since 2002 and were voted "Best of Chicago" in 2014. We are a "dog walker focused company" with excellent reviews on Glassdoor! We are an A+ company because we only work with A+ walkers. We focus on smaller neighborhood routes, walking on leash with one household's pets at a time, providing the same dog walker every day and helping clients with training reinforcement. Our client's dogs thrive with consistency and we find this system provides our walkers with reliable income that is more predictable when compared to other dog walking services. Many of our walkers walk with us for over two years and we promote from within. If you love working with dogs but would like to work without the on-demand nature of dog walker apps - this is the opportunity you have been looking for!
Job Summary: This is a physical job designed for true dog lovers. You will be walking independently with our client's dogs on leash. The route is normally within one neighborhood but you will need to travel to multiple households during the day. Most dog walkers typically walk 5+ miles each day. We place great emphasis on safety, customer service and self-reliance. Most walkers work 20-25 hours a week but a walker can work 30 hours or more if they are ready for the opportunity.
Route Details: We are currently hiring dog walkers for opportunities in many of Chicago's neighborhoods. The typical dog walker walks 8-10 dogs a day and works 4-6 hours per day. The route is normally within one neighborhood but you will need to travel to multiple households during the day.
Responsibilities and Duties:
Qualifications and Skills:
Benefits and Perks:
To ensure we receive your application, please fill out the online application located on our website at:
The Grateful Dog
Corte Madera, CA
The Grateful Dog, located at 2094 Redwood Hwy in Greenbrae, currently has 2 positions now open for Dog Handler: day-shift (opening and/or closing) and overnight shift. We are all about providing a comfortable, safe, and sanitary work environment filled with love for our dogs as well as our staff. If you have experience working with dogs and are passionate about providing them with the best standards of tender love and care then please respond to this ad and send your resume to us. Top/competitive wage will be paid and is commensurate with experience, ambition and performance. Full-time positions available for the right candidate.
Job duties include (but are not limited to):
Strong Work Ethic:
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Dog Pool Club
San Carlos, CA
Dog Pool Club is a premium off-leash indoor dog park, with dog swimming pools, coffee shop, and a retail store for the parents. Our first location is in San Carlos, CA.
You love dogs, so do we. Join us!
What makes being a Dog Pool Club Associate so rewarding?
Knowing every pet's name that walks into the club and making sure they enjoy their stay and come back for more. Ensuring a safe environment for dogs and their parents, to play, swim, shop and return home clean, happy and tired.
What you'll do:
* Deliver exceptional customer service to all customers who walk through our doors
* Build relationships with your customers, understand their pet's needs, and share your product knowledge in order to provide solutions
* Ring up customers, answer questions, stock shelves—whatever needs to happen to create an exceptional in-store experience
* Ability to use good judgement in resolving customer complaints
* Process incoming email/phone inquiries, and other misc. client requests.
* Ability to handle dogs on or off leash, in a pack environment
* Must be able to maintain safety and cleanliness of the facility for all guests
* Cleaning of the play area continuously throughout the day
* Guest check-in / check-outs
* Participate in training and educational programs to enhance your product knowledge and communication skills
What you'll need:
* A passion for dogs and people
* Be friendly, genuine, helpful, optimistic and always smiling
* Sales and/or pet experience is a plus
* Ability to work evenings and weekends regularly
* Ability to lift and carry up to 50 lbs
* Jumps into any activity as needed to support the business
* Shares feedback, ideas, and insights – we want to know what you think!
* Work as a team player to ensure each customer receives the best service possible
* Build lasting relationships with customers and their dogs
What you'll love:
* Working with happy dogs
* Cultivating a community of dog lovers
* Pay starting at $16 and opportunities for growth with the business
* Generous employee discount - extends to you and family members!
* Bring your well-behaved dog to work
* Have a high school diploma, or equivalent
* Minimum of 1 year experience in pet care/food service/retail/hospitality/barista - desired, but not required
* Customer service focused and solution oriented
* Ability to develop relationships and communicate clearly and professionally with customers and coworkers
* Ability to positively and proactively handle customer concerns and prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment
* Ability to quickly learn new procedures and processes
* Strong organizational and follow-through skills
* Ability to work a flexible schedule based on store needs
* High level of ownership, accountability and initiative
* Passionate about the health and well-being of dogs and team member associates
This description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this position. The actual duties, responsibilities, and qualifications may vary based on assignment. Dog Pool Club LLC is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances.
Precious Fur
san francisco, ca
Do you LOVE cats? Are you a planner, yet FLEXIBLE when things change? Are you just as comfortable scooping litter as playing with or sitting quietly beside and grooming cats? Then this job is for YOU!
We are a small, well established, professional cat sitting company servicing San Francisco. We are currently seeking to fill a position for part time work and seeking someone who will visit cats in the home of our clients for 30-60 minutes per day per client. This is a great way to earn supplemental income and spend time with kitties.
NOTE: If you see this job has been posted for a few weeks- apply anyway! We might be hiring more than one person.
We are ONLY hiring if you:
- Live in San Francisco
- Have reliable transportation
- Absolutely love cats and have a background caring for them
Are you interested? Great! Send us an email to email@example.com and tell us about yourself:
More high level details of the position and what we are looking for:
Who we are looking for:
What the job entails:
We will respond to the most qualified applicants to set up phone and in-person interviews. Looking forward to hearing from you!
Recess With Steph
San Francisco, CA
Looking for a fun job working outside with dogs? Recess With Steph is hiring! Looking for a Contract Dog Walker
to help with an expanding dog walking service.
Who are we looking for?
The ideal candidate would be a graduate of dogTEC's Dog Walking Academy, the SF/SPCA Academy for Dog Trainers or similar program, and have some knowledge and background in pack management and humane-based training methods. This is a great opportunity for a recent graduate who has a desire to get his/her foot in the door and expand their knowledge of pet dog training and pack dynamics. Although experience is a plus, the willingness to learn and expand your knowledge around dogs and pack dynamics is just as important – with many years experience running SF Puppy Prep and teaching dog training classes at the SF SPCA under my belt, I love to teach, mold, and help newbies learn the trade of caring for and exercising dogs!
Contract Dog Walker:
Walking Shifts: (after an initial training period)
Wage: paid per dog @ 60% our daily rate ranging from $27/dog to $35/dog (Full time rate is $30/outing; Part-time rate is $35/outing; some clients have a discounted rate)
Job Requirements:
How to Apply:
Please contact me at email@example.com
Blue Dog
San Francisco, California
Are you tired of the daily grind? Do you spend your time at work staring out the window and wishing you could be somewhere else? Then this is just the job for you! Blue Dog is a professional dog walking company and we're looking for dog lovers to join our team. If you're ready to work hard, provide outstanding customer service, and make some new furry friends, we'd love to hear from you!
Fog City Dogs
San Francisco, California
Are you looking for a change of work scene? Looking to get more exercise or meet pet loving people or more importantly meet people loving pets? Do you miss the presence of your own dog, but aren't in a position to have one (or more) at home? Let Fog City Dogs put your passion for pets to work.
Fog City Dogs is looking for hard working dog lovers with flexible schedules to join our team as a Playgroup Supervisor. We are a leading dog kennel and dog daycare in San Francisco.
Job Responsibilities:
Multiple walks around the neighborhood per shift with 2-3 large or small dogs on leash - Cleaning and picking up after dogs - Helping to supervise and maintain order in large groups of loud and active dogs - Bathing dogs, brushing dogs, and clipping dogs' nails - General facility sanitation and maintenance (spraying, vacuuming, mopping, etc) - Other duties as needed (feeding dogs, filling water bowls, giving medications, washing dog beds/bowls, etc)
Basic Requirements:
Solid customer service skills/experience - Able to multi-task in a high energy environment - Comfortable and confident handling and controlling dogs of all sizes, ages, and breeds (both on leash and in a group environment) - Able to spend time on your feet, walking dogs, bending over to pick up after dogs, lifting mop buckets, lifting dogs up into bath tubs, (max. 50lbs) - Dependable, punctual, friendly and personable - Positive attitude, Team player, Self starter
Prior employee management experience is a PLUS - Dog handling training will be provided - High school or GED equivalent required - college degree is a major plus - able to work over holidays
Able to work 3-5 days per week - Bayview (Shafter Avenue at Industrial near Bayshore) is open 7 days per week and shifts are either 7am-2pm, 7am-11:30am, 11am-3:45pm, 1:30pm-8pm, or 3:30pm-8pm - Marina (Lombard Street at Franklin) is open Mon-Fri. Shifts either 7:15am-11:30am, 10am-4pm, or 3pm-7:30pm
The Opportunity:
We are a leader in dog day care and overnight dog boarding in San Francisco, and are continuing to grow. This can be a great job for a dog lover and an active individual. Staff get to walk dogs outside and play with dogs in play groups. This is a fun, active, and rewarding job, especially for a dog lover. But it is also a lot of work. It can be loud, it can be stinky, and it can be tiring. But dog lovers know and love these types of challenges. You will be working with a fun group of mostly younger people from a wide variety of backgrounds in a dynamic, fast paced environment - and also with lots of dogs. Reliability is key and will make you our greatest contributor. You may report to people younger than you but will be heard and respected for your experience and contribution. If you are a personable, reliable, and honest dog lover with dog care experience and a flexible schedule, then this is the perfect job for you. Interested candidates should reply to this posting with a resume, 2 professional references, current phone number where you can be reached and indicate the best time to reach you. Please indicate "Playgroup Supervisor" and Your Name in the subject of the email.
Woof Dog Day Care and Boarding
San Ramon, CA
The Role: Woof is hiring for Dog Handlers that can tackle boarding and daycare for our awesome dogs. If you are looking to join a professional team that loves dogs, please read more about us and apply!
Boarding: We provide European Style boarding which is a service that gives each guest has an individual experience, comfortable sleeping quarters for meals and bedtime sleeping. Otherwise, dogs are encouraged to take part in our large indoor or outdoor play areas with their canine friends. Sleeping quarters are assigned based on the dog's size and suite availability. We also provide:
Each day, we see who our guests are and match them in playgroups based on size, play styles, and compatibility, using the four play yards available in both our daycare and boarding buildings. We like to think of it as planning the ultimate play party!
To apply please send your resume and cover letter!
Launder Mutt Pet Stylin
Reno, NV
Looking for experienced professional groomers. Applicants must have 4+ years grooming experience. Full time and part time available.
We're looking for people who care about dogs like they're part of the family.
W-2 position + daily tips.
Compensation is 50% of each job -- see https://laundermuttdogs.com/our-services/ for pricing info.
Open Tuesday through Saturdays 8am-4pm Pacific Time.
All Applicants must be able to lift/restrain at 40+ lbs.
If interested, please call (775) 322-3992 or email us @ email@example.com.
Top Dog SF
San Francisco, CA
Calling All DOG LOVERS and EXPERIENCED PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS!Great job available: good reliable pay in a fun natural environment! Apply to join our team as an Outdoor Doggie Day Care Manager today!If you have experience working as a professional driver (cabs, ride sharing services or delivery) this is your opportunity to get out of your personal car and spend some time in a natural setting with the company of dogs. Top Dog SF offers applicants with urban driving experience (professional or personal) employment with a reliable schedule and competitive/predictable pay. We are looking to grow our award winning team and you do not need prior professional experience working with animals to apply. Top Dog SF offers a paid training program to help you build your skill set and confidence level with dogs.You would not need to worry about using an app to accept work and determining your income. You also for this position. Top Dog SF has a company provided fleet which enables you to work with dogs in a natural setting focused on learning, safety and fun. Top Dog SF encourages to apply. What this job entails: Driving our company van to pick up dogs + exercising them at our private camp.
Job Duties Include:
We are looking for team members who are ...
A Note About Job Requirements:
Scheduling & Availability: Be reliable and dependable. be available to work one of the shifts listed below, Monday through Friday; 8:00 am to 3:00 pm or Monday through Friday; 9:30 am to 4:00 pm Employees love a lot of things about working for Top Dog, SF - here are just a few:
Apply today!Want to learn more about Top Dog SF first? Perfect.Check us out on our website at --
Mobile Zoo of Southern California
La Puente, CA
Mobile Zoo of Southern California is looking for a couple of animal presenters at our La Puente location. They must be able to do animal presentations inside classrooms, as well as petting zoos outside in the field. Close proximity to our La Puente location is a must. Flexible schedule is important as our hours of operation vary greatly. This is the perfect job for a fit and active retired person.
The Milo Foundation
Point Richmond, CA
Essential Duties/Responsibilities:
Skills and Experience:
Physical Requirements:
Wage will be commensurate with experience and skills.
Thank you for your interest in pursuing a career at The Milo Foundation, an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, age, color, creed, religion, ancestry, marital status, national origin, disability, veteran status, sex, sexual orientation, domestic partner status, or medical condition.
Submit resume and cover letter here or to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Family Dog Rescue
San Francisco, CA
Adoptions and Foster Program Manager needed to manage fast-paced, very busy Adoptions and Foster Program placing 1,200 dogs for adoption every year.
Must have minimum 3+ years experience in a management role in similar adoption and foster program, or equivalent in similar customer-facing role. Excellent public-facing, customer service skills required.
Strong people management skills and experience with HR required.
Must have experience hiring and managing team of 5 employees.
Team player, strong communicator, calm, mature leader needed.
Must have some knowledge of dog behavior and basics of shelter medicine.
Veterinary tech, zoo, wildlife experience as employee or volunteer a plus.
Canine Comprehensive
Oakland, CA
If you love the outdoors, have a heart for animals, are extremely reliable, enjoy working solo, and have a knack for customer service- this may be your dream job! We are a small local business offering pet care services for clients in the Oakland, Piedmont, Berkeley, and Montclair areas. We pay by the job- so instead of getting hourly no matter how many mutts you wrangle, the more dogs you walk at a time the more you make! We are searching for folks with a zeal for life and the outdoors to commit to our team.
The perfect person will...
***If you have your own pooch: rad, awesome, great! You can bring them dog walking with you, but not to overnight jobs. Please consider who will care for them if you were staying at client homes.
Hound Lounge
Walnut Creek, CA
Hound Lounge
1829 Mount Diablo Blvd, Walnut Creek, CA, 94596
Do you love dogs?
Hound Lounge is a small boutique-style Dog Grooming Salon and Daycare located in Walnut Creek. We are looking for someone to join our family as a Dog Bather! You will get to spend time with the dogs one-on-one and help make them beautiful for our clients. We will provide you with the skills you need to succeed and offer paid training! Please send a cover letter and resume to the email provided.
Job Duties: Bathing, drying, and brushing dogs of all sizes; general cleaning duties; aid in daycare and with groomers as needed.
Hours: About 30 hours/week. 8am- 2pm, Tuesday- Saturday. *Saturdays are required*
Requirements: Animal handling experience strongly preferred, detail oriented, able to work in a team environment, 18 years or older, must be comfortable lifting up to 50lbs, must have a love for dogs!
Compensation: $12/hour
Heaven Sent Pet Care
Evanston, IL
Calling all animal lovers! Heaven Sent Pet Care, a professional dog walking company (serving Evanston, Wilmette, and Kenilworth) is currently looking for dynamic, caring, and trustworthy pet lovers to join our expanding team. If you love to spend time outdoors, are a self-starter, and are able to work independently and manage a changing schedule, this may be the job for you!
We are now hiring for a part-time DAILY DOG WALKER. The ideal candidate will have consistent availability between 10am-3pm Monday through Friday. We offer flexible ongoing part-time positions that work well as supplemental income -- this is a great position for freelancers!
How We Work:=
Our "Daily Dog" walking services are typically performed Monday through Friday between between the hours of 10am-4pm. (Our busiest time frame is between 11am-3pm).
Our fees:
The rate walkers are paid ranges between $6.92-$8.50 per 25-minute visit (equivalent averages to around $13.84-$16 per hour).
Administrative Support:
We provide a professional work environment. This is a supported position and we are office staffed from 8am-4pm Monday through Friday for any questions or help a walker might need. We also have emergency contacts for walkers, if an issue arises after business hours.
Consistent and Predictable work:
Unlike with dog-walking applications, from week to week you have the same group of dogs to work with and you can count on how much work you will have.
Is this a good fit for you?
We are looking for candidates who:
Interested in applying? Please reply to this posting and tell us a little about yourself!
We look forward to hearing from you!
Los Angeles, CA
POSITIONS AVAILABLE (please put in email which position you are interested in:
Graveyard (12a-7am)
Late Night (4p-12a)
Front Desk Staff (6:30a-9:30p)
If you are done with retail, food service, staring at a cube wall and coffee barista work and love dogs then join our team!
Dog-E-Den is a new Dog Care facility in Hollywood located on Sunset Blvd. and we are looking for responsible dog handlers to join our team. Dog handlers supervise, care for and play with our canine guests. We are searching for motivated dog lovers who don't mind getting dirty or hard work. Employees must be available to work weekends and on holidays as this is our busiest time.
- Supervising play
- Feeding meals
- Administering medications
- Washing dog dishes
- General cleaning and maintenance chores will be assigned daily
-Being on your feet for up to 8 hours
This is an enjoyable job with animals but staff is not here just to "pet puppies"; there is barking, flying hair, dirty paws and very physical work involved. This position can also lead to a supervising role for the right candidate.
Applicants must be at least 18 years old and should be comfortable handling all types of dogs in a humane manner. Applicants should have a flexible schedule that allows them to work nights if necessary. You should be able to lift 50 lbs. and expect to be physically active for your entire shift. You should be able to work equally well either independently or as a team. Along with a strong work ethic and physical stamina, please be responsible, honest, patient and prompt; possess good verbal communication skills, a sense of humor and most importantly, a positive attitude.
For consideration please reply to this posting with your resume directly. Emails without resumes WILL NOT be considered.
Looking for part-time full-time employees.


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I find it amusing that We Happy Few has announced a Season Pass and Sandbox, but haven't even released their game yet.
The game has been in the works for two years now, and it's been given countless release dates… But apparently, it's going to finally get released on Friday, this week (10/08/18).
Am I confident about the game coming out on time? No, I won't believe it until I see it.
Am I excited for the game? Fuck no.
When was the last time that they updated it for the better? Last time I checked, this game is still in an early access state, the game doesn't make sense, I doubt the ending is going to be any good, there's no help in the game – meaning if you can't find your next objective, you're screwed.
Are they going to fix all of these issues with the very first update upon release? Are they fuck.
If they fix it, they'd need to change the entire base file on Steam because an update won't resolve it. It would be quicker to just redownload…
So, will I be playing it? For the sake of Orwell, yes. Will it be a good game? I cannot yet confirm or deny, but I am leaning toward the latter.
(We Happy Few is purchasable for PS4, xBox, and Windows. Purchase store for PC, Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/320240/We_Happy_Few/)

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To request a reservation at Silos Restaurant, simply fill out the form below.
*Please note that all reservations are only confirmed with the response from our team.
For Silos Estate, Cellar Door and Accommodation, please visit our sister site, www.silosestate.com.
We look forward to seeing you soon.
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The all-new frame combines progressive geometry with fully integrated battery to keep the riding characteristics at the level unavailable for other e-bikes on the market. Short chain stays, expanded front triangle along with low gravity centre ensures flawless cornering, stability and control.
The latest super-compact, weather-proof and powerful Shimano STEPS E8000 drive unit with three power modes providing up to 250 Watts of boost is one of the best e-bike MTB solutions to let you climb with ease and comfort.
The power source of new TYGON uses the latest technologies available - it's compact, lightweight and efficient. This is why our engineers were able to pack massive 630 Wh of energy into small, fully integrated power cell hidden in the frame.
Rock Shox Revelation fork with 120 mm of travel, dropper post, Shimano XT 1x11 drivetrain and powerful brakes along with 29-inch wheels and wide cockpit make new TYGON full-blooded trail e-bike ready for the biggest challenges.
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Car Accident: A Short Story
I was 7, perhaps, or 8. Maybe older; time has faded some of the relevant facts, but others stand out the starker in comparison. My mother is sitting at our dining table, and it is late at night. She's just come home, and others are seated around her: an aunt, and my father.
I've only passed through the dining room on my way to my bedroom. My aunt turns to me from where she has been listening to my mother talk of her night, and asks me, in Chinese, "Aren't you worried? Your mother was just in a car accident!"
I shrug, keep walking. The shrug is more out of shyness and discomfort than anything else. Behind me, I hear my mother tell my aunt, also in Chinese, "See, she doesn't care! She doesn't care what happens to me."
I kept walking, not looking back, and closed my bedroom door behind me.
I've never talked to my mother of that night, but it continues to come back to me at random moments, like tonight. You see, what I never told my mother, my aunt, or my father, was that I did not know the Chinese phrase for "car accident."
I thought that my aunt had told me that my mother had been in heavy traffic. In my mind, that explained why she'd gotten home so late, and so I summarily dismissed the matter from my mind.
There are many things one might draw from this memory. I've gone through them all. But, tonight, I just wanted to record it here. A small scrap of a memory, but significant all the same.


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Well I've got most of the work done! I am in physical pain from my weekend travails. I drove out to the cellar late Friday night and settled in for a night's sleep in the unheated house, some new windows are being put in on the top floor, I know, bad timing! Not terrible but I don't recommend it. Up early on Saturday morning I began a 16 hour day, moving wine cases and endless loose bottles, cleaning out some working space and planning my attack on this, cellar building 2.0. As you might remember this is what the cellar looked like when we last left it.
So I had to move the pile of boxes that blocked the way out to the adjoining room. Away they went while I formulated a plan in my head. Phase one of today's adventure would be to assemble the magnum racks and somehow switch them out with some of the old bin type racks. The magnum racks were very easy to assemble, each unit taking less than 20 minutes and looking like this.
4 of these units had to assembled and placed on the back wall under those wooden single magnum boxes in the background though the 2 units to the far right, magnum racks as it were, were going to remain. A puzzle began to unfold. Just how to extract the middle unit here without moving all the bottles several times. Well this was the before picture:
With a little bit of work I managed to remove one section after offloading it onto the center aisle racking for temporary storage. I then slipped in the first magnum rack and moved several magnums from the racks on the right into their future homes.Sorry the picture is a bit blurry. I took most of the photos without flash since the cold cellar temps made the battery lose power fairly quickly. By day 2 I had taken to keeping it in my pocket!
I then was able to move the bottles remaining on the racks to be displaced into the empty magnum racks and, with my meager selection of Chateauneuf, into the final resting spaces The first rows of the new cellar to actually be filled with the correct wines. Beaucastel finds a home!
Some more wrangling and the old racks were removed. The rest of the wine, the Northern Rhone selections was replaced in the old bins racks once they found a new home in a dark corner. I took a picture but it is just too blurry to use. Their places now taken by my beloved magnum racks!
2 hours later my magnums were cataloged, organized and put in their places! Well most of them, many in wooden boxes had to moved above the Bordeaux case racks.
I then got to building the remaining 2 aisle units that I described in part one of my adventure . While working on theses units I realized that my high density tower, also described in part one, would fit better in the space, leaving uniform aisles on both sides of the rack, if it was spun around 180 degrees. So once the aisle units were built, some 4 plus hours later, I offloaded the high density tower. Thank god I hadn't filled it last time! Once it had been emptied the units were switched around so that the big bulk bins faced towards the wall and the individual bottle rack faced the light for my viewing pleasure! Here are groups of 96, 01, and 04 Barolo sleeping with case quantities from 89, 98, and 99 filling the bins behind, and beyond that the racks hold Giacomo Conterno, Giuseppe Mascarello, Brezza and Oddero.
And on this side are mostly random bottles of old Barolo in individual slots with the floor rack next to it filled with Vietti, Bartolo Mascarello, Cavallotto, and Giuseppe Rinaldi. The back wall is Tuscany. Check out the mess through the door!
I spent all day Sunday, well from 9:30 til 4:30, putting away bottles, allocating space, moving bottles once, twice, three times, sweeping, kicking stuff out of the way but finally I was almost done. The wines are almost all in their spots! I still have to re-inventory the cellar and make some adjustments, like find 20 cases to pack up and sell, but the vast majority of the work has been done, certainly the hard work! Burgundy on this rack with the Southern Rhone continuing this French side of the rack.
On the other side of Burgundy more Barolo makes this the Barolo aisle.
And on my way out the door a slightly blurry photo of a cardboard box free cellar! Mission accomplished!
And that was phase 2 of my work down there. I still have the paperwork aspect to complete and I have more than a few bottles that need drinking sooner rather than later. Things like magnums of Comte Armand Pommard 1993 and Olarra Gran Reserva 1970 will join a gallon bottle of 1971 Borgogno Barolo Riserva and will serve to celebrate Snooth's upcoming first annual meet and greet party this February! So it's not all glamorous after all. There is the work of consuming wine involved with all this. In fact the photos present a lovely hued impression of my cellar but the truth is also less glamorous. Under normal lighting it looks a lot more like this.
And I'm just fine with that! I actually might do things a little differently given the chance to redo this work. I might splurge for Mahogany instead of Pine and I would think of making one of the aisle units a table top instead of a display top so that I had someplace to rest cases will working with them. There might be a few other little points, like maybe renting a nailgun to help speed up the assembly but all in all my cellar is a success and the racks from Grotto Cellars did the trick. And now I think I'll go have a drink, or two, and dream of my cellar.
Gregory Dal Piaz is the Community Manager at Snooth , an avid Wine Geek with a passion for things Italian, and a long suffering Mets fan.
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- Reply by oceank8, Jan 12, 2009.
Looks fabulous, thanks for sharing!
- Blog comment by Bryan Kane, Jan 13, 2009.
Wow, it almost looks as bad as my cellar. I have four rooms with racks and boxes all over the place (with the overflow). Too much good wine and too little time.
- Reply by Mark Angelillo, Jan 13, 2009.
Great stuff, Greg.
- Reply by Philip James, Jan 13, 2009.
Thats an insane collection - congratulations on getting it all finished
- Reply by John Andrews, Jan 13, 2009.
When and where is that meet and greet? ;-)
- Reply by Gregory Dal Piaz, Jan 13, 2009.
When are you gonna be here?
- Reply by fibo86, Jan 13, 2009.
Wow Greg.....It's beautiful
- Reply by John Andrews, Jan 13, 2009.
@Greg ... nothing planned yet but I'm guessing March / April timeframe. I may have a work trip out that around that time.
- Reply by Eric Guido, Jan 13, 2009.
Greg, Wow, looks great. Whole lot of work but I'm sure you're feeling great now that it's done. Amazing collection. Makes my collection look tiny. Love that shot with the Barolos up top.
- Reply by Eric Guido, Jan 13, 2009.
One other thing, why does it appear that some bottles are wrapped in plastic but others aren't?
- Blog comment by Dan, Jan 13, 2009.
Seriously, when are we invited ? And by the way, where do you live ? Just so we know.... just in case you are out of town. Just kidding.
- Reply by Gregory Dal Piaz, Jan 14, 2009.
John, Give me some lead time, tell me what you want to drink, and we'll have dinner!
Eric, Thanks. Yes many of the bottles are wrapped in plastic for several reasons. First and foremost I have had humidity problems in the cellar for a pair of reasons. One is the sheer volume of cardboard that had been there served as a sponge. the bottles that were stored in those boxes had to wrapped to protect the labels. A second issue was a small crack in the foundation that allowed moisture to wick up into the cases that were stacked above the crack.
I also have had to wrap many older bottles just to keep the labels with the bottles as the cycles of damp and dry have reeked havoc with the old glues used on many of the bottles. I also have some bottles with pretty labels so those get protected too. I am also lazy so I only got around to wrapping about half the bottles.
Dan, let me know when you are in town. The offer to John stands for you as well!
- Reply by ttutony, Jan 14, 2009.
Looks awesome, I'm glad to see it turned out so well!
- Reply by John Andrews, Jan 14, 2009.
@Greg ... consider it done. I think I should make a personal trip just around this offere!
@Dan ... we should coordinate the trip a the same time.
- Reply by Gregory Dal Piaz, Jan 14, 2009.
Thanks TT
Yes you guys should co-ordinate. We can drink twice as much that way!
- Reply by RachelNYC, Jan 14, 2009.
@John I thought we were going to Napa in Feb? Don't go over committing yourself. :)
Seriously though when is the meet and greet planned? My Feb schedule is starting to fill up and I want to make sure that I stick around New York for that.
- Reply by John Andrews, Jan 14, 2009.
@Rachel ... for sure ... Napa in February and then NYC in March / April ... see, everything well thought out.
- Blog comment by Dan, Jan 15, 2009.
@Gregory and John: I will be in NYC for the Polaner tasting at the end of March. As soon as my schedule is set, I'll keep you posted.... thanks for the invite!
- Reply by ajsfuxor, Jan 18, 2009.
That's amazin!!!
- Reply by Gregory Dal Piaz, Jan 19, 2009.
Thanks Ajs!


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Illustrating and using so many adjectives in their teaser video, Samsung is surely testing the imagination of consumers. And by releasing out such type of a unique video, Samsung plans to attract the users towards the unveiling of their flagship. These adjectives are attributed to be divulging revelations about the device's new fitness features, the waterproofing availability and the facilitation of enhanced camera software. Furthermore, the cinematic effect i.e., the slow-motion video displayable by the upcoming Galaxy S5 should follow along the lines of Apple's iPhone. At present there is no accurate source to confirm this information; however it is construed that the Galaxy S5 will come along with a wide array of features.


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Jacob's wives, Rachael and Leah were in constant competition with each other. Rachael failed to trust God and gave Jacob a servant to have children with. Leah also gave Jacob her servant. No wonder this family became so dysfunctional to the point of trying to kill their youngest brother, Joseph!
This story shows what troubles comes when we fail to trust God and we take things into our own hands.
Jacob deceives his father-in-law to somehow get back at him for the wrong Laban did to Jacob. Yes, Jacob was prosperous in material worth, but their family relationships suffer tremendously because of their attitudes and actions.
Clearly, Jacob acted out in deception and greed. God was faithful to the covenant He'd made with Abraham. It was not because of anything Jacob did that God was faithful. It was God's divine choice to be with Jacob and to save him from Laban. Just as the Israelites later. It was not because of how good they were! No, they were pure evil! God's covenant with Abraham was what kept them in the position they were in. Only by that covenant were they God's chosen people. God sent Jesus Christ to be the atoning sacrifice for all mankind's sin. It is not by anything we could ever do to find favor with God! No, only because of the sacrifice and that covenant that god has grace and has saved us from eternal condemnation. God is faithful to keep His promises.
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The Looming Threats
Judging by the past three glorious vintages and the moment's decent national economy, wine quality and subsequent demand is stronger than ever. In this respect, Stolpman Vineyard's future is looking great.
However, at the end of the day, we are farmers. Doom always lurks around the corner.
Customers constantly inquire about the drought. For now – thanks to our quality-oriented decision to dry farm – the deep aquifer holds steady at 300 feet below our vines.
Drought happens to be only one of our concerns, although it is certainly the most publicized.
Seemingly contradictory to drought conditions, the string of moderately warm winters has enabled vine fungus Eutypa to approach epidemic levels across Santa Barbara County. The fungus penetrates the vine through fresh pruning cuts in the winter and spreads through the core of the vine. When the fungus enters the vine, no new growth emerges from that spur. The second year, the fungus spreads within the cordon to other nearby spurs. Vintners refer to this stage as "dead arm" – as one entire side of the vine fails to grow. By the third year, the vine is dead, no new growth emerges on either cordon.
Eutypa appears especially menacing within mature vines. We see most of the spur die-off in 15-20 year-old vines. Ruben estimates roughly 2,000 vines are effected within our vineyard. While this is only about 1% of our vines, we fear Eutypa will ravage the entire vineyard if we do not act
The second Ruben sees Eutypa within the vine, he grows a sucker near the ground. As soon as the sucker grows, Cuadrilla hacks off the entire trunk to eliminate the spread of the fungus. New cordons are later trained at the lower fruiting wire. Unfortunately, this is a labor intensive fix and also costly in terms of production – the newly suckered cordons do not produce much fruit the following year.
We plan to apply an organic product called Vitiseal to all of next year's pruning cuts to ward off new fungus. When it comes to saving our old vines, I'm thrilled to find an organic alternative.
Glassy Winged Sharp Shooter
While the drought receives national media attention, another culprit lurks like a black cloud just over the Santa Ynez Mountain ridgeline. Glassy-winged sharpshooters now plague vineyards and orchards as close as Ojai. The bugs not only carry lethal Pierce's disease, but unlike their cousins, the Glassy Winged version can survive eating dormant vines, and therefore live to take out entire vineyards.
A quarantine prohibits transport of plants up the coast until a three day inspection period concludes. Relying on government regulations and wrist slaps for violations does little to reduce our apprehension. Just in April, inspectors stopped a northbound load of olive trees riddled with the bugs.
Particularly worrying about Pierce's disease; as of today, the agricultural community has failed to find an organic solution to eradicate the bug.
Climate Change
Much like our individual ability to effect the drought, we can only do our part to combat climate change – we don't waste water and we don't waste diesel. The dry farming practices that we implemented 15 years ago to pursue higher quality wine now leave us optimally suited to operate during drought conditions. Likewise, we use our tractors minimally, preferring to keep our soil healthy and loose.
Our only option as farmers is to adapt to climate change.
Over the past 25 years, we've experimented with new varieties as we learned more about our unique and varying weather pattern. Now, after three – going on four – warm years, we will re-examine later-ripening varieties that we previously ruled ill-suited for Ballard Canyon's cool maritime climate. First up will likely be a second attempt planting Mourvedre this winter.


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*The Green Lady Lounge will host an album release show for Steve Lambert's new album Seven Stories on Sunday, June 25. The saxophonist's recording features contributions from vibraphonist Peter Schlamb, pianist Andrew Ouellette, bassists Ben Leifer and Dominique Sanders and drummer Brad Williams.
*The Passion of Charlie Parker, a concept album featuring contributions from the likes of Gregory Porter, Donny McCaslin and Kurt Elling, will be released on June 16.
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My 30 Before 30 list becomes a bigger elephant in the room as we get closer and closer to my birthday! So here I am with three months to go.
Thankfully, my friends and family have been incredibly supportive in helping me accomplish the many goals of my list. One of my favorite things on the list has been #15. Visit at least 3 state and national parks. Well I have killed #15 between hiking with my brother and adventures with my friends. (You might remember my NC adventure in the rain: https://adventuresinpolkadots.wordpress.com/2014/08/18/adventures-in-the-rainy-wilderness/)
This weekend, my cousin Erica took her mother and one of my favorite aunts and me to Devil Millhopper Geological State Park in Gainesville.
The weather was perfect for an outside adventure. We had so much fun! We loved the crisp fall air, the beautiful woods, and really cool sinkhole that has now become a pretty neat geological feature. Don't worry we took tons of photos…
There were soooo many stairs down to the sinkhole…
Then there was the time that I started teasing my Aunt Hilary about her posing and I basically turned our adventure into America's Next Top Model.
We may be goofy but we always have a great time together! I would wholeheartedly recommend this park to anyone! It was a blast and I can't wait to go back!


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Mauricio Pochettino felt Tottenham's 2-0 win at Newcastle United did not accurately reflect the comfortable manner of their victory to open the Premier League campaign.
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More Cross Hatching
Taught my last class of the semester today, so hopefully there will be some time to work on projects. I also need to write an article and will be visiting friends and family around the Holidays, so I cannot promise too much progress in the animation department, but it should be more than during this past fall semester. That flew by: did work quite a bit on a presentation that will be given at SIGGRAPH Asia this week, and spend time on home improvement (installed some new windows) and "gardening" (cleaning up the mess after an early ice storm devastated the tree in our backyard). Here is another look development test:
I created one using projected textures earlier. That technique worked but I was not quite happy with the end result and the amount of manual labor involved. There was no need to properly UV the objects but hand drawing several cross hatch textures was kind of involved. This new test uses a single cross hath pattern, distorted by (a rendered image of) the object normals (and the After Effects filter "Turbulent Displace"). I think I like this better.


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Angel Falls, Babette de Jongh
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Genre: Romance,
I was torn in this read, I love second chance romances, but was Ben right for the person Casey is now, was he still the same Ben or had circumstances changed him too?
Then there's Ian, he's so great a character, such a real charmer and he seems to adore Casey, sets her heart racing too. Whats a girl to do?
Casey's kind of torn, the town seem to assume she and Ben will pick up where they left off so many years ago, but will she always feel second choice, does she really want that life, she loves Ben and the kids, but does she really love him That Way?
If so why does Ian set her blood racing, is he really where her future lies?
Its a tough one, with both men being protective of Casey where the other is concerned. Lots of male posturing 🙂 and doesn't that happen so often!
Ben's still grieving and yet he doesn't seem able to let the idea of him and Casey go, doesn't want to see her with Ian.
Ian shares some of his past with Casey, isn't sure he wants a permanent relationship, he's open about how he feels and that he may not want long term but he can't seem to let her go either, can't seem to let her have that long term chance with Ben.
Its a fun read, so very real and I could have shook both men at times.
I could see it play out exactly as it did if it was real, could see why Ben's in laws felt Casey was perfect for him and their grandchildren, wanted them to be a family, and they weren't alone, half the town seemed to feel that was a natural conclusion too.
No-one really looked at how fair that was to Casey though, thought about how she and Ben had changed in the past 12 years even of they were still looking back at their shared past and missed opportunities.
Ian and what happens there – I'd have reacted as Casey did, and I think that's true of many of us when out emotions are cut, when the past looks like its becoming the present.
I wasn't sure for a long while just how things would play out, whether it would be Ben, Ian or maybe someone else or no-one… Its a great read and one I really enjoyed, though I'm not sure its a re-reader for me.
Stars: Five, I wasn't sure for a long while just how things would play out
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Weekend on the Mosel PART V: Cochem (Conclusion)
You might ask why it took so long for me to wrap up this part of my blog. Well, my mom planned a nice big vacation in Zeeland in Holland on the North Sea for us. So, I took a … Continue reading
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Weekend on the Mosel PART III: Wine Festival in Trier
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Learn to Clear Your Clients' Limiting Beliefs
You know that you are designed and destined to have a profound impact on people.
Imagine having these skills:
With these skills, your reputation will soar. You will have people lining up to work with you.
To Coaches: This Isn't Your Mother's Therapy
Coaches are taught this by every school: "Leave the past, and therapy, to the therapists. Focus on their present behavior, and their future goals." That's good advice for new coaches, who shouldn't be messing around inside people's psyches. They don't have the skills or the training to conduct therapeutic interventions.
Coaching that's focused on goals and behavior can help some people move forward with their lives and accomplish great things.
There's something that holds most of your clients back from actually doing what you both know they should do. They get started, then stop. They make promises, then break them. They run smack into their internal blocks and barriers – into their psychology, their early childhood programming, and the limiting beliefs they accumulated during their lives.
So what's a coach to do? We can't become therapists overnight. That takes years of academic study and internship.
There is one powerful solution that enables you to create immediate and profound change in your clients: Learn to eliminate and transform your clients' limiting and negative beliefs. I can teach you how – in only ten weeks of intense study and practice.
To Therapists: This Is The Skill You Were Never Taught
You studied hard and learned how the psyche works. You were shown a myriad of intervention techniques that can heal what's been broken, and break patterns that keep people stuck repeating bad choices. It's fulfilling work…
But eventually, you ask yourself, "Isn't there something faster, more efficient, that can create these same changes, but doesn't take months, or years, of incremental movement forward?
Yes, there is. And it requires a shift in what you believe is possible. Your work is aimed at changing your clients' perspective – the way they see themselves, others, and the world. This is the realm of beliefs. When your client makes a shift, what has shifted is their point of view about their past, their present, or what's possible in their future.
Why not help them change their beliefs directly – without all the storytelling and drama?
It is possible. And I can teach you how in only ten weeks of intense study and practice.
When you can create profound shifts in each client session, your clients walk out the door feeling not just "better," but literally transformed. Your reputation will soar. You'll get more referrals. You'll get more pleasure from your work, because you'll be seeing results in nearly every session.
My name is Lion Goodman. I am the founder of Clear Your Beliefs, the iClearIt iPhone App, and the creator of The Clear Beliefs Process, the most powerful belief-change technology ever taught to coaches and therapists.
I have trained hundreds of coaches and therapists to use this methodology, and shown them how to add it to their previous training so they can move from competence to excellence, and from mere helping and coaching to true transformation of lives.
If You're Looking for Transformation, You've Found It.
You're probably aware that your limiting beliefs prevent you from creating and attracting what you want. You can see your limitations showing up in your personal life, and you see them showing up in your work life.
You may have already tried to change your beliefs, but you're still caught in their grip. The extraordinary success you want (and deserve) eludes you.
If your beliefs really create your reality, changing your beliefs ought to change your reality.
And this is exactly what happens when you truly – and profoundly – change your beliefs. You can see, feel, and experience the change immediately. When you change, the world changes.
Can beliefs be permanently changed?
If you've tried using affirmations, NLP, EFT, or other methods to transform your own (and your clients') limiting beliefs – you may have had some success. Some methods attempt to overpower the beliefs you already have by repeating new beliefs, which is helpful – for awhile. But the old beliefs creep back in, like poltergeists that return to haunt you over and over again.
Other methodologies disrupt beliefs at the conscious level. You recognize they're no longer true, which helps for a while. But this doesn't eliminate them permanently, either. It's like chopping a weed off at the surface – the root just grows another stem.
Some belief-change methods require tapping on the body, or using muscle testing as a way of finding beliefs or clearing their energetic signature. These methods work some of the time for some people, but for others, they're just too woo-woo.
The science and technology of belief change continues to evolve. And now…
There's now a simple, easy-to-learn, effective way to permanently change negative and limiting beliefs. When you learn to use the Clear Beliefs Process in your practice, you can actually eliminate old beliefs, banishing them forever from your life – or from your client's life. Resistance melts away. There is a palpable shift in what you're feeling, your attitude, your motivation, and your ability to move forward. It's an elegant process that really works. It's a method you can use with your clients over the phone, and you can master it relatively quickly.
If you're in the business of helping and serving others as a coach, therapist, healer or change agent, the Clear Beliefs Process will become your most powerful tool to help your clients transform their lives. They will see and feel immediate results from working with you, and as a result, your reputation will soar.
In the training, you'll apply the Clear Beliefs Process to your own beliefs. You'll learn how to clear obstacles out of your own way, and increase your ability to deliver value to the world. You'll get more referrals, more clients, and more satisfaction. You'll see core transformation inside yourself, and inside your clients' lives.
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"I have been working with the Clear Your Beliefs Process for more than four years. It has been exceedingly helpful to me on my internal journey, and is now one of the tools I reach for most frequently in my psychotherapy practice. The process leads to discovery, insight, and change. The explorations are both gentle and profound. Its beauty manifests in the real world for my clients. I am grateful for this process, and I continue to work with it, both in my practice and in my own personal growth." – Martha Bear, Psychotherapist, Certified Clear Beliefs Practitioner


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Frontier Centre: Alberta continues to attract more investment and people than other provinces. What are the key factors that underlie this success?
Stockwell Day: An approach that says to people: we will allow you to enjoy the rewards of your education, your skills and your labour that translates into a broad-based policy of low taxation for everybody. The government being out of the business of subsidizing business and making the opportunity field a place where everybody can plant their seeds and watch things grow.
FC: A lot of people downplay Alberta's strong economic growth by saying that it is based on petroleum revenue – what is your response?
SD: Just check the records – in 1986, of all the corporate revenue we took in, approximately 59% came from the oil and gas sector. When you look at 1998, some twelve years later, of all the corporate revenue we took in, only about 21% of that was from the oil and gas sector. We see a vastly expanded base to the economy, much more diversification, particularly in the area of manufacturing and the value-added sector that have long term, relatively high skilled, high tech jobs. In the 1997/98 fiscal year, because oil was so low, we actually took in a billion dollars less in oil revenues than the year before, and yet our economy continued to expand in these other diversified areas, allowing us to ride out that cycle without going into deficit.
FC: Alberta is cutting its provincial income tax rate to a flat 11% and there has been some speculation about reducing it to "zero". How can that be accomplished?
SD: Getting to the single rate has been a major achievement and it is fully endorsed by the majority of our population. It is a major step to simplifying the system. Our government can no longer easily hide behind a range of brackets and special constituent favours that typically plague tax systems. The single rate tax is a much more transparent system.
As Alberta continues to radically pay down our debt, thereby alleviating the cost of government, it does open the door of opportunity for looking at on-going reduction of provincial income taxes. If Albertans want to support this, a policy of no provincial income tax is indeed possible. We haven't made that policy decision but some of us tossed it into the public arena for visioning purposes to show our citizens that it is within our grasp Who knows? Seven or ten years from now it is something that is at least a possibility.
FC: Did the sharp cuts to Alberta's civil service require you to cut services? In hindsight what advice would you give to other provincial cabinets? Did you make any mistakes that they might avoid?
SD: The amount of services being delivered by the government was reduced but the amount of services available to Albertans increased because we analyzed what we did through the question "what should the government's core business be?"
As an example, we said to ourselves, "Why is the government in the business of selling liquor?" So we ceased to do that as a service, thereby, reducing the number of people in government who were selling booze. In moving it out to the private sector, however, we saw an expansion of retail opportunities. Those retailers primarily hired the people who had been working for the government in that business because those people had the product knowledge and experience on the marketing end. We saw a net decrease in the cost to government but we also saw an increase in jobs. The managers who had previously worked in the public sector were now getting not just their salaries but bonuses based on performance. In many cases, they ended up actually making more money then before. And I still run into managers every day who are in the liquor store business who say it was the best thing that happened to them – being moved out to the private sector.
FC: In hindsight, what advice would you give to other provincial cabinets?
SD: Make the decision and accept as fact that government is performing services and delivering products that it should not be. Put together a core group of people in the private sector and the public sector to help identify which areas government should move out of. Be propelled by the basic understanding that government is involved in too many areas and that you benefit your citizens by letting those services be delivered through other mechanisms. Be driven by that and accept the committees' recommendations on which businesses the government should be moving out of. Be convinced that it is the right thing to do.
FC: Long debate grinds on about the issue of Federal tax cuts. If you had your way what sort of budget would we see from Ottawa?
SD: Parallel what is already proven successful in a number of provinces: reduced provincial income tax; making the system simpler. We still say, even though people tell us it can't be done at the Federal level, that you could look at the possibility of a single rate. So I would tell the Federal government: "do as we do. Forget the political and philosophical motivations, look at what works and what's working in the provinces: Lower tax systems lead to invigorated provincial economies.
FC: Research from the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies indicates that "have-not" provinces that receive more money from Ottawa than they pay in, suffer economically from this generosity. Albertans pay more than they get — do you agree that your largesse may be hurting more than it helps?
SD: Well, as Albertans, we agree with some of the fundamentals of equalization. The well-intended goal of equalization is to provide a mechanism that assists a province when it gets hit with an economic downturn beyond its control, courtesy of other provinces that may be doing well. That was the original intent of the program.
The danger is that any insurance program, if it is too generous, can encourage the very activity that it is insuring against – which is lack of productivity. And, if your business is not doing well but you have a silent partner who will continue tofeed funds into your business without accountability, then you won't focus on the things that have to be done to make that business productive on its own. That's the dangers of the equalization program – we support it but it can actually erode and take away the very things that have to happen to improve the situation.
FC: Alberta has tried to free up the rules governing Medicare but each time backs down in the face of threats from Ottawa to withhold transfer payments. Do you see any cracks forming in this wall?
SD: I tell people that, ten years ago, if a publicly elected person stood up and talked about looking at alternative forms and more efficient ways of delivering health care, they would have been hung in the public square. Today, we talk about it as elected people in Alberta and we only get burned in effigy in the public square. So things are improving.
The public is saying that they still want the principles of insured services being available to everybody without somebody buying their way into the line up. The public is also saying, allow some market reality into the system so that line-ups can decrease and the product can improve and service can improve. There is an increasing acceptance of that in the public arena and politicians need to listen to it.
FC: Alberta promotes competition between public schools more aggressively than any other province. What lessons have you drawn from this policy?
SD: Lesson No. 1 is that there will always be people in the public education arena who don't like the idea of competition. Increasingly large numbers of people realize that you can have diversity in the public system and it does allow for the creation of excellence rather than one-size-fits-all mediocrity. We have seen different types of schools coming forward with different emphases and that has produced energy, innovation and better quality in the long run.
FC: The Estey Commission's recommendations on deregulating grain transport have not yet been heeded by Ottawa. What's holding them up? How important are these policies to the prairie farm economy?
SD: I come back to basic principles: you need to expose farmers to, and many want to be exposed to, economic opportunities and diversity. You are going to have an unproductive farm economy if you have programs in place that feature the negative sides of regulation. They don't force farmers to be business people. They don't allow them to be business people and look for the opportunities that are going to be most productive.
If you have a system which forces higher costs on the farmer whether it is shipping related or otherwise, then those farmers are going to come back and ask for some kind of subsidy to make up for the policy that is heaping greater costs on them. The whole circle becomes vicious. We have a big enough problem dealing with European and U.S. subsidies without having to compound it with unrealistic, non-market based policy within our own domestic market.
FC: Do you think there is an optimal size of government and at what level is it best to divide the resources between the public and private sectors?
SD: Any government, even Alberta's in Canada today, can safely assume that it is too large right now. Less is better and every government even including Alberta's has a good distance to go in driving down the size of government before they have to worry that they have passed the "optimal" limit. We have significantly reduced the size of government in Alberta. We are down to 14% of our GDP and yet we can still make productivity gains and efficiency gains. So, I would toss the challenge to all levels of government, we all have a way to go before we can be accused of missing that "optimal" size.


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Made myself some delicious veggie sushi rolls! I've never made anything with nori seaweed before, so the whole experiment was really all about figuring that out.
I used lots of carrot, paprika, some green onion stalks, fried eggs, and various green herbs from the garden.
What the first roll lacks: Soy sauce, celery, radish (from the garden) and maybe some white onion.
Note for the future:
Do not prepare rolls when the rice is still hot. The smell gets a bit strong.
The second roll has less rice in it, but also a bit more of everything else. Plus the radishes and soy sauce. I also added some sausage on the side to taste. It was all quite delicious, but I still wish I had any kind of celery, and could fit even more carrot into the rolls.
I wonder if portobello mushrooms would be too much at once. Or if I could roll the whole thing without using rice, and rather have that on the side. To be honest, maybe the whole thing should just be made into bite-sized side-dishes with rice. Or just a salad.


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Here is a perfect, easy accessory to get you through the summer months. If you are a fan of friendship bracelets, you should try this tutorial for Lovely Leaves Friendship Bracelets, and create your own DIY bracelets in no time. You don't have to select five different colors to make this pattern, but any colors you want. They can be occasion-specific, like your favorite sports team's colors, or holiday-specific, like various shades of red and green for Christmas, or adding beads to you personalized DIY bracelets with this easy homemade bracelet pattern(image via: serimarea). We have some macrame projects with fabulous and interesting patterns, macrame is a fun craft we begins from our childhood. We started to make macrame bracelet most often from school age, and macrame is more practical than just making these accessories, we have macrame hammock, macrame owl DIY tutorials which are perfect to bring macrame craft into home decoration.
Let's see our collection of inspirations below:
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There is a video tutorial by BeyondBracelets on youtube for your better understanding! Enjoy fun~
You May also love this DIY macrame hammock for outdoor relaxation or reading.
DIY Macrame Hammock Chair
DIY Adorable Macrame Owls (Video)